The mute, the blind, and the faceless

Chapter Three

Third person POV
           Clarisse returned to her home with her baby rat who she calls squishy because the first thing she thought of was a reference to Nemo when she caught that scene in a store window. Slender man returned to slender mansion but continued to watch Clarisse from a distance.
                   One year later...

Clarisse POV
It's been one year since I found Squishy in the woods. It's been difficult caring for her but she made it through. She eventually opened her eyes but she is still blind(picture up top).
Today I plan on taking a walk with her into the woods. She may not be able to see it but her other senses will love the sounds and new smells. She is always curious, which worried me since she may accidentally injure herself since she cannot see. But she always stays near me which is adorable since she mainly hangs around in the hood of my sweatshirt.
I got so lost In thought that I hadn't realized I was in the woods yet. I smiled knowing I was safe here but that smiled disappeared as I heard a raspy "hello" from behind me. Who would be out here in the middle of nowhere?
I slowly turned around and tried not to disturb Squishy in my hood, to no avail as she climbed on my neck. I saw a man with a white sweater and his hood was covering his face.
In his raspy voice he said "Its impolite to state you know..." He took off his hood as he said "but I understand, it's hard not too with a face as beautiful as this". I stared in shock at his pale white face. He had a huge cute shaped into a smile and it was as if his eye lids have been burned off. He pulled a huge knife out of his pocket. I ran as fast as I could away from that psycho but I heard him following me. Next things I know a huge weight crashed into my back pinning me to the ground.
"Oh what's this.." he laughed "... a pathetic human and her pitiful rat. I remember slaughtering a family of filthy vermin a while ago, looks like I missed one". Before he could do anything I managed to flip myself over and hide squishy behind me. He stabbed my left shoulder and I gritted my teeth in pain but I managed to grab the knife from him and used it to slash his right eye. He fell back in shock which allowed me to get up and run with squishy. But as soon as I started running a loud static filled my mind. I feel to my knees and then I blacked out.