It was raining on the day my parents explained the purge to me.
It was 24 hours every ten years that every crime will not be punished. You can literally get away with murder. I really didn't remember the last one I was in because I was 4 then.
But if my family can live through one, they can survive another, right?
Right?
Now I'm ten and my mom is explaining it all to me and my twin brother, Jacob. My other brother, Nathan, was old enough to remember so he already knows. He is currently 12.
I dreaded turning 14 I literally counted it down. And now the year I feared has finally arrived...the purge is working its way around.
"Alright, guns" Nathan says going down the list of supplies we need for our bunker for the purge "check" I reply "knives", "check" "uh...food and water" "check and check" "board games" "check" "traps, cameras, and security system controls" "check, check, and check" "fear" "oh most definitely check". "It'll be okay you know" he says patting my back "you can't tell the future" I say "yeah you are right I can't but I can make a promise" he says I smile he smiles back.
"Hey Maddy have you seen dad" Jacob says running up I shook my head "he is at the store getting some ammo" Nathan says Jacob nods and walks off. "I'm gonna go walk around and get some fresh air" I say walking out of our in-ground bunker. "Kay bye come back before eight" Nathan says "yes mother" I joke and walk off.
I walk on the sidewalk for a while then I hear someone crying. It sounded like a little girl. I look around and see nothing. Then I noticed it was coming from the woods. "Hello?" I call out taking a step in the woods. I heard no answer but the crying continued. I noticed a figure laying on the ground it looked like a man another figure was draped across the man figure. It was a girl she was crying. The guy had slits on his cheeks like some kind of creepy smile. His stomach was cut wide open. Eww. "Uh...hello?" I say soothingly the girl looked up her cheeks were cut like the guy's revealing all of her teeth. I scream and jump back at the sight of her. "Are...are you okay?" I ask "No I'm fine but you won't be" she says someone grabs my hair and jerks me to the ground two guys leaned over me one had a mask and the other... well I wish the other had a mask his skin was bleach white his eyelid appeared to be burned off and his cheeks were cut like the girl's the other had a blue mask that had what looked like black tears coming from the eyes. I thrashed around and the unmasked one stuck a knife to my cheek "go to sleep" he says the masked one hits his shoulder "Jeff. Jeff! Come on we already got one let's let this one be" the masked one says letting go of my feet the unmasked one kept the tip of the knife stuck in my cheek. "What?! We have already caught this one" the unmasked one says "tomorrow is the purge we can kill all the people we want slendy might need some help at the slender mansion come on let her go." The masked one says they both let me go I scramble to my feet and run away. I'm never going to anyone who is crying anymore. I go home blood was trickling from the tiny cut on my cheek just beside my lips. Jacob came up "what happened to you" he asked "I um...I tripped and fell and a rock cut my face I'm fine its just a small cut" I say stepping inside. We ate dinner silently. Then sat in the living room hugging like a bunch of weirdos. "Don't worry we have everything we need to survive" dad says yeah like that is supposed to help us. We are already dead. I can feel it.
We went to sleep and I dreamed about different scenarios that could happen tomorrow. All of which we all die. Wow I'm very negative aren't I.
I woke up the next morning and got dressed. I was about to explode with a mix of fear and anxiety. I walked downstairs and they were all silently eating breakfast mom had tear marks on her face. We got the bunker ready. When it got time we locked ourselves in it. I sat curled up in the corner then reality hit me. We are going to die one way or another, why are we hiding. The purge brings out the true Y.O.L.O. in us. There is two groups in the purge there is the people that hide and there is the kind that takes the chance to kill and hunt. The prey and the predator. Why the hell are we being the prey? I stand up and grab a handgun I put it my pocket and put a couple of knives in my boot. "Dad open the door" I say "what?! The purge is about to begin in less than an hour" Nathan asked "all I can say is y.o.l.o." I say forcing a smile "yeah you only live once don't waste it." Nathan says I take a deep breath "if I die at least I'll be in a better place than this" I say walking outside my mom begins to bawl. I stop half way out of the door. "I love you guys. I really do." I say they all stare at me as I close the door. I hear the horn that tells us that we still have half an hour until it begun I walked to my front lawn all of my neighbors were standing on their lawns wearing masks and holding different items as weapons. I pull the gun from my pocket and hold it. The adrenaline is already rushing through me. I was the only one with a gun. Man this is like a real life version of the hunger games. I smirk. "May the odds be ever in your favor" I say to myself smiling.
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We stand there for what felt like forever. Then the alarm went off. "May the purge begin" a female voice with a strange accent says over some speakers. A person began to charge me holding a baseball bat. I shot him. He hit the ground. I yelped and took off running. A masked person stepped out in front of me holding a bloody knife. He tilted his head to the side "a little girl outside during the purge, how cute" he said his voice muffled by the mask. I shot him he hit the ground. Dead. "Most people under estimate me" I say to his dead body. I continue to run I see a five year old girl being stabbed by a guy I shot him but the girl was dead. I hear a group of people coming up. "Hey look a little girl let's get her" a voice says I turn to see them running at me. I ran into an unlit alley they refused to come in and find me so they walked off. "Go to sleep" I hear a familiar voice say further down the alley. I froze. I heard a manly scream then gurgling noises. I remained frozen. "Wait. Jeff, I think I hear something over here I'll go look and see" another familiar voice says. The masked guy. I suddenly get bumped I fall in the light "oh my god its you" the masked guy says grabbing the collar of my shirt and slamming me on the wall holding a scalpel to my face. Why a scalpel? But its still sharp and capable of killing so I was scared. "What are you doing out here during the purge" the guy screamed in a whisper tone "I...I...well I don't actually know" I say he moves the scalpel and let's go of me I hit the ground on my feet."Listen I've done saved your life once I don't think I can do it again" he says "I'm not relying on you...." I'm interrupted by him covering my mouth with his hand "shhh" he says I remain quiet I hear voices they pass he moves his hand. "Listen by now you are supposed to be dead I was supposed to have done killed you. But I can't kill you. I just can't. But the others will" he says "why am I supposed to be dead and who is the others" I ask "the other creepy pastas. Ugh never mind its a long story" he says "what is your name though" I ask "jack. Eyeless jack or E.J. call me what ever but its not safe for you" he says "how does eyeless jack sound familiar" I ask then in hits me "omigosh you are the guy that steals kidneys aren't you" I ask the moon allowed me to see half of his face. Well mask. "What does your face look like" I ask trying to lift up his mask he pushes it back down "let's try to focus on the task at hand now okay" he says nervously "do you have eyes" I ask "yes. But purge...we have to remember the purge" he says "then why are you called eyeless jack" I ask "wow you are really full of unnecessary questions aren't you" he asked I nod "hey jack stop flirting and kill her already" the Jeff guy says I shiver. "No she can be one of us" E.J. said I was relieved.
"Well come on then let's go kill some people" the Jeff guy says clapping his hands like a seal. We walk around and they kill several people. I just watched them. Then a guy walked up he had no face he was wearing a suit. "Hello Jeff. Hello jack. Enjoying the purge?" He asked. How is he talking without a mouth? Weird. "Yes sir" they both reply "oh but you missed one" the faceless guy says pointing at me I froze. "No...um...actually I was thinking maybe she could be one of us" E.J. says the faceless guy walked up to me I put my finger on the trigger of the gun but I kept in pointed at the ground. The faceless man touched my hair. "Hmm. Welcome to creepy pasta Maddy" he says "wait how do you know my na........" that is all I can say before I black out. Uh oh this can't be good.
