Crimson Falls ( Dis-continued version)

These were the days...

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Waitin҉g. Waįt͢in҉g̶ t̡o wat̡ch͘ yo͜u f̧a̧ll,͞ s͡o t͞hat t͏he͘y̸ w͞i̢ll͘ get t͘h̡e͘ answ҉er͘s͝ they sèek. Do͟n҉'̧t gȩt͘ m̕e w͏r̀o҉ng͝. I̡ h͝a͠ve n͏òt̨hing p̢ers̡o͡n̷a͏l̡ a͞gài̴ns̴t y̷o͏u̷.͞ You̵ we͡re j̢ust in the w̶r͠o͢n̴g͟ p̴l̢a͢c̵e at th͝é ẃr̛o͟ng ţim͠e. You͜ really̷ th̴i͡nk tha̕t͘ I the b͝e̛g̡in̛ o͜f n̕ìgh̷tm̕ar͞e̢s woùld̕ for̀ge̸t̸ wha̛t wa͏s̨ as͡ke̕d̛ o̕f m̡e̛? Come̛ o̴n͢ d͏ea͏r ch͠il͝d.̛.̵.͟you kn̸o͡w͏ m̨uch b̢e̡tt̸er. Me̡rc̸y. Y̨o̸u thin҉k I̸ w̕i̶ll̴ s͝ho҉w̕ y͟ou Me͡r͢cy͘!̨? HAH̵AH͠A͜HA͝HA!̧!!̵ T̡ha̶t i̕s more then͘ fu̢nńy.͢ Try to r҉ùn͘ a̢wa̷y.̷..H̶idé ás̕ m͝uch͡ a̢s̴ y̡o҉u͜ ẃánt̵.̶.͢.͘.̀Bút ju̶st yo͝u͠ w̶a- ERROR!
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( Your Narrator)
Whoa! Hey buddy!? You ok there? You spaced out on me for a minute. Anyways...
Days like this began to confuse me. But my work never stopped. No matter what I had a job to do, no matter how close death was to being at my front door. I decided to keep moving forward. I didn't think things would begin to twist and stir in such a confusing way, yet it all made since, every last part of it fit perfectly where the missing pieces went. Some how everything was starting to make since to me. It was all so familiar to me, yet the reality of it seemed to slip away...but somehow...I kept coming back for more.
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( LJ's Pov)
She certainly was strange. Mercy. Heh her name reminded me of a joke with no punchline...It was just there. I came back the next day after I left, and she wasn't very surprised that I showed up. She wasn't hard to trick, she already figured out my true intentions the moment she saw me at the door. But she still let me in, it was like red ridding hood, just leaving her doors open so that the wolves would wonder on in. But each day was different. The first week, Mercy would let me in and greet me with the usual"Oh. Its you. Alright, lets get this over with. Come in." Barely showing much emotion as she would distract herself with work, sometimes she would order Matty to do something. But as the first week passed by she would ask questions like" So you hungry?" or" Do you want to play some games?" And sometimes" Want to see some of the strange books I've found?" Or she would ask if I would like to see one of the dolls she made. This both confused and bothered me, she said she wasn't easily fooled, yet she was playing with my own intentions, as if she was showing me that she knew what was going to happen. It was like she was just allowing it to happen. It made me question whether she really cared about her own well being...which she never really showed. She would always ask if there was something I needed, some times I would say no, other times I would take her offer and eat some type of food, or read something from her book collection to entertain myself with. And I have to say she had quite a good selection of books, not as many as Slender had to offer, but they were still pretty good. But there were strange moments that I noticed. Sometimes Mercy would be on the phone, with a look of shock and fear on her face, her usual response was" Just stay put! I'll be right there!" Some times she would shout this, and other times she would whisper, and she would then leave without saying a word to me. She always looked so serious after those phone calls, I became curios one day. I wanted to see what she was going to do that was so important. After about 4 weeks, me going over became a daily thing, some times I would stay the night and sleep in one of the guest rooms. But today was going to prove to be more then strange and confusing to me. I was at Mercy's house, sitting on her couch, reading one of her oldest books, a bowel of candy in my lap that I would munch on every once in a while. I would hear foot steps slowly go down the stairs" Hey. LJ?" I would hear Mercy ask as she stood there on the stairs looking at me. I would glance over at her, she was wearing the same thing the first time we met" Hmm?" I would hum as I munched on candy" Would you like to read something new?" Mercy would ask, lightly smiling at me. I would look at her confused" Like what? What is here that I have not read?" I would ask in a confused and curios tone. By this point I had finished reading almost all of Mercy's books except her books of shadows." Well I've never allowed anyone to read my books of shadows before. Would you like to take a look at some of them?" She would ask in a warm and kind tone...She had slowly started to become nicer as the days went by, why?...She knew that I was only trying to befriend her so that she could be killed off. So why? Why was she so nice to me?" Why would you want me to read them? Aren't those suppose to be kept, you know. A secret?" I would ask in a confused tone. Mercy would nod" Yeah...I know. " She would say as she walked over towards me, she had a thick black leather book in her hands: The reality of the spiritual world of Gaia.: was what it read in red letters" But all secrets at some point are told. No matter how long they are kept." Mercy would say in a softer voice. Some how these words tug at my heart. I would frown and then smile, taking the book" Alright. Sure. I'll read them." I would say in a kinder tone as I would put the book I was reading down and would open the book she gave me. For someone that knew she was close to dying, she was more then nice to me...I honestly could kill her right there where she stood, but my own conscious was getting in my way. At the time Mercy was letting Matty's soul rest, so Matty wasn't going to be showing herself, Mercy usually kept Matty in one of the guest rooms when she needed to rest" Well. I have to go take a shower and get changed. Please stay down here until I get back ok?" Mercy would ask in a calm but kind tone" Yeah. I know." I would say in a calm tone as she would walk up the stairs and leave. Slowly I began to read the book she lent me, it was written like some type of diary. Like she prepared before she even got started, just a few of the 200 page book were more then interesting to read. I would skip a few pages ahead: Hatter told me that there was an old friend of his he wanted me to meet today. He told me that I once knew this man. Some how I guess I knew what was going to happen next...The man that I met was named Grell. He had the brightest red hair I have ever seen, he wore more red then I ever saw anyone wear, but the thing I remember about him the most was the serious and stubborn look he tried to keep on his face!: Her book was beyond detailed, from explaining how it happened, to how the people she met looked like, and how she met those people. She even wrote down what they were once she found out. It was shocking how she wrote about the people as if they were her best friends, yet even though it doesn't say it, they didn't start out as her friends. There were multiple pages that would explain at many times when Mercy would almost die because of these people, as well as from the actions she took with these people. And even though the book gave a clear indication of how Mercy would react to things, it still didn't make the picture of who she really was clear. Like there was a major part of the book that she didn't write in. It was shocking reading the book, from her randomly being thrown into other worlds because someone wanted her dead. To how she would end another beings life because of the way they acted towards her. Her mood in the book changed multiple times as if she wasn't the only one that wrote it. Like there was more then one of her. The end of this book spoke of some type of happy ending, with her working with her new friends...and then there was a page that had the words : THE END: Written in red marker. As if those words had an even bigger meaning then they should. It took about an hour to read the book before I would close it and place it down. Why did she let me read this? Did she not realize that I could use this against her...no. Knowing how she acts, she wants me to use it against her. She wanted me to tell everyone what I had found, and what she had done. And after reading that. I knew there was more to it then what she showed.
Slowly Mercy came down the stairs, she was wearing a green hoodie that had a few black cherry designs on it, with a black skirt, and a pair of black and green striped thigh highs, and a pair of black sneakers on. She had a black bag across her chest and hanging off her hip... Was she going somewhere? She had her hands placed in the pockets of her hoodie" So where you heading to?" I would ask in a chuckling tone. She would shrug" Well there are a few things I need to go get today for a spell I'm going to be doing. That and I do have to give back the things I took from Slender's place. I finally finished writing extra copies of that book, so I'm going to return it and the bag. I figured I go out and buy the salt, and some water bottles, and a few extra things to send over there before meeting one of my clients today." Mercy would explain in a calm tone. She really was confusing" Why? Why go out of the way to do that? I don't understand why your being so nice. I mean lets face it...You know why I keep coming here." I would explain in a confused tone. Mercy would just smile" And yet your sitting down on my couch, eating candy and reading one of my books of shadows as if you have lived here for years." Mercy would say as she chuckled" Exactly! Your not even scared?! I mean there's a killer clown on your couch and your not terrified?" I would ask in a confused and sighing tone. Mercy would chuckle" Nope. Why would I be scared? I mean come on...You and I both know that you could kill me right here and now if you really wanted to..." Mercy would say in a calm tone that would suddenly become much more grim as she would then frown. Suddenly the room would become silent" KNOCK KNOCK!!" A loud knocking sound would suddenly come from the front door" A visitor at this hour?" Mercy would question. It was rare when ever Mercy would get a knock on her door, the time Mercy hid me up in her room because it was one of her clients. I would watch carefully as Mercy would open the door And I couldn't believe who was there at the front door. It was BEN who was standing at the door. Mercy's eyes would slightly widen in surprise, she was not expecting him to show up and neither was I. BEN had that calm look that almost seemed angry" Oh...I didn't expect to see you knocking at my door." Mercy would say in an awkward tone as she scratched the back of her head with her right hand. I knew what the look on BEN's face meant, I have had many years to learn how BEN reacted to thing, he was my cousin after all" Would you like to come inside? LJ is here." Mercy would ask in a calm and curios tone. BEN would shake his head" Look. I didn't come here to try and be your friend. I didn't come here to play any of your games, read any of your books, or casually chat with you." BEN would start to explain in a harsh tone. The emotion in Mercy's face would drain, and she would give BEN an emotionless glare" I came here for answers." BEN would say trying not to angry" Well. You've got your chance." Mercy would reply in a cold tone" I want to know why. Why you acted the way that you do. I want to know why you smiled. Why did you smile when you knew it was the end?! Why didn't you try to live!? Why did you give in?! And then after that...Why did you not give into dying after you met Jeff? Why did you keep trying after that?" BEN would ask in an upset tone. Mercy's eyes would widen in shock as she frowned, then she would look down" Why....Why did I smile?" Mercy would question herself as she would walk away from the door, going back inside, but leaving the door open, she would stop at the stairs. BEN would watch, as if he was making sure she wouldn't try to leave. Mercy took a moment...she never got this quite before, no matter what my question was, she usually brushed it off or changed the subject" I...I smiled because, it was finally over. " Mercy would say in a cruel tone not looking at ether of us" What was over?" I would ask in a soft tone, I was confused...the way she was thinking right now...it was as if she..." All of it! The work! The so called normal people, the pain and suffering I endured every single day. It would have all been over. I wouldn't have had to worry about my job or about having to save the lives of people I didn't care about. People who are stupid. Hell my main clients are people I have helped before. Some of them just get themselves in trouble for the hell of it! Doing exactly what I tell them not to! Throwing every word I have ever said and everything I ever done for them to the side!...Of coarse not all of them are that bad. I love doing my job...I like helping people who truly need it...but some times the pain is so much. The physical, the mental. I take it all to keep others alive..." Mercy would start to explain" I felt so guilty when I wanted to learn more about the unknown things around me. Like when I tried to learn more about you guys...when I tried to understand the creepy pastas. But just like most of my choices I found out the hard way that what I was doing was stupid. Hell I got so deep into wanting to learn that I stopped going physically into the spiritual world just so that I wouldn't get caught. I never planed to get close. I wasn't going to even try. I didn't want to try...because I didn't want to hurt anyone. But I screwed up...I knew I fucked up, I knew that I shouldn't have trusted Emily. It was my fault! So why was I smiling?....I was smiling because what I had been doing was finally over. I had been caught. My book wouldn't have been hidden, no one would have known. And I know that Matty would open her mouth about Emily, she knew where she lived...and then Emily would have died...I wouldn't have to worry about getting my revenge. Because someone else would have been doing it for me without even knowing it...I would have been free of all the things I did in this world...But even better...I would never have to live with the shame, the pain, and the torment of my youth... You guys would have been able to do your job and everything would have been fine for you and everyone else. No I don't value my life!...But I do value the lives of the people I care about in this world." Mercy would finish explaining, a few tears would fall down her face, she would quickly wipe her eye" B-But it doesn't matter now...I'll just make myself useful until its over!" Mercy would say trying to smile, but her trying to smile only made it even more upsetting" I...I-" BEN would try to say, but Mercy's phone would ring from. Mercy would quickly pull out her phone from her hoodies pocket and would answer it. She always had that phone on her person no matter what she was wearing" H-Hello? This is Mercy. The Merciful Witch. How can I help you today?" Mercy would say, stuttering at first, but quickly pulling herself together. Mercy was getting that shocked and scared look on her face again, but this time, Mercy's mouth was hanging open, she had quickly placed one of her hands over her mouth before putting her hand back down and straightening herself out" Get away from that house as quickly as you possibly can. I'm on my way now!" Mercy would slightly yell in a determined voice as she would hang up and place the phone in her bag, quickly rushing towards the door. BEN tried blocking her way" Hey! We're not done here!" BEN would shout, but Mercy would grab his left shoulder and slightly shove him out of her way" HEY!" BEN would shout at her. Mercy would shout and look directly back at him" Look! I don't have time to fight you right now! I know you guys want me dead, but I'm busy right now! Just stay here with LJ, play games. Read books. Do what ever the hell you want! You can kill me later ok!? I have someones ass to save right now!" Mercy would shout back, her eyes turning yellow, the anger growing on her face. BEN was taken back, more then shocked at her outburst. Mercy would sigh"Look I'm sorry I don't have time to explain right now. I just have to go!" Mercy would say in a quick, but sad tone before she would quickly run to her car BEN would watch as she left, I could hear the roar of the engine as she quickly drove off. I would sigh" There she goes again." I would say in a sighing tone. BEN would take a moment before he would walk away from the door and look at me" Does she always act that way?" BEN would ask as calmly as he could, but I could tell he was upset and confused" Yeah. Don't take it personally. She doesn't act that way on purpose. When ever she gets a call like that something in her snaps and she is only focused on what those calls are about. I've noticed that when she snaps her eyes turn yellow or green. I'm not sure why, maybe stress?" I would explain to him in a sighing tone. She had yelled at me as well when I tried to stop her when I saw that kind of reaction for the first time. She had explained to me that I should never try to stop her during those moments, because it meant she was more then on high alert, she would more then over react to the other things around her. She had said sorry to me many times after that, I accepted her apology, so when ever a moment like that would happen, I would leave her to do her work. She never means to snap when it happens...it just sort of happens, I figured it was from stress, but ether way she wasn't stable enough to control it" Her emotions changed so quickly...it was like I was looking at a completely different person."BEN would say in a calmer tone. I would nod" Yeah. But she will be back. She always comes back. So why not play some games or read one of her books in the mean time?" I would ask BEN in a calm tone as I would place the bowel of candy to the side, and get off the couch. BEN would sigh" Are you starting to care about this girl Jack?" He would ask in a serious tone. I would give him a confused look" Of coarse not. I've just been coming here long enough to know a few things about the way she reacts." I would say in a calm tone. BEN would place his hands on his hips before he would sigh" Fine. I'll play a few of her games. There can't be any games here that I haven't played." BEN would say in a confident tone" Well what ever games she has are in here." I would explain in a calm tone" I can see that Jack." BEN would reply rolling his eyes as he would close the front door, walking over to the couch before sitting on it" I'm going to go get another one of her books of shadows. The last one was actually pretty interesting." I would say as BEN would set up one of the Zelda video games" Yeah you do that." BEN would say in a calm tone as he placed all his focus onto the TV and began playing the video game. I would head upstairs going into Mercy's work room. Most books where everywhere...she had been going nuts about of few of her books for a few days and she more then messed the room up. She had been to busy with her work, and hadn't had the time to fix it back.