Chris' Origins Part 1: A New 'Family'

Chapter 4: Chris's Dream

    Chris woke up in the middle of the night as he heard rocks being thrown at his window. He went to the window to see where the rocks were coming from. Chris saw Jeff throwing the rocks and also signalling him to come outside. He grabbed his hoodie and quickly but quietly ran down the stairs and went outside to meet Jeff. When he got there, Jeff was panting some.
"What were you doing?"
"Nothing. Just trying to get your attention."
"You weren't throwing the rocks that hard, so you don't need to be out of breath."
"I was using some of the heavier rocks that are around the house. Their weight is different than the normal ones around here."
"Then why didn't you use the normal rocks?"
"The bigger ones would've gotten your attention faster."

Chris sighed and sat down. He then looked up at the sky and watched all of the stars twinkle as they were accompanied by the glow of the full moon. Chris looked at the moon and started to feel dizzy. As he tried to snap out of what type of trance that he was in, he fell back, almost hitting the ground. Jeff saw him falling backwards and quickly caught him before he hit the ground but Chris had already passed out. After a moment of trying to figure out what happened, Jeff quickly took him inside and put him back into his room. He then went to go get Slender and told him what had happened to Chris.

    When Chris woke up, he found himself in a different place. He looked around to see if he was still outside and saw that everything was different. The sky was darker, the house was gone and was replaced with a lake that had rivers branching off it. The lake looked like it was full of black water, the grass turned to black, and the only thing that lit the area was the glow of a red moon. Chris got to his feet and looked around more. He was confused about where he was but it also felt like he has been here before. Chris started to walk around as he went to the lake. As he looked at his reflection on the lake, he could feel a strong and familiar presence. Chris was confused and he tried to make sense of where he was and why he was there. Chris then looked up at the moon. Its color was blood red. Chris sat down on the shore-line of the lake and continued to ponder this situation.
The ground started to shake. Chris quickly stood up and backed away from the lake as he saw an arm come out of the water, where his reflection was, and slam at the ground. The hand then opened and retracted back into the air, hovering over the lake. Another arm came out of the lake and joined its counterpart as they both hovered over the lake. Chris looked at the two arms. "They look familiar for some odd reason." Chris thought to himself. He then tried to think of a plan to try to fight the arms. But, his thought process was cut short as the hands went to slam on top of him. Chris quickly dodged to the right by doing a barrel roll. The hands shook with anger and pain as they returned back to their original position over the lake. At this point, Chris was panicking a little. He didn't know what was going on or why there were a pair of hands hovering over the lake that were trying to attack him. He also panicked because he didn't have a way to fight his new found enemy, since he didn't have any weapons with him. All he could do was to keep dodging, but how long can he continue to keep playing defensive? Chris tried to think quickly as he dodged to the left this time as the hands tried to slam on top of him again.

    Meanwhile, Slender had arrived to Chris' body and quickly checked it to see if there was any wounds that might have appeared. Chris' body was clear of any cuts, bruises, and scars. Sally came in with Jane and they both ran over to Chris, as they were very worried about him. They got on to the bed and laid beside him. Sally layed on the right side of him while Jane took the other side. They both wrapped their arms around him as he felt ice cold to the touch.

    After some time of dodging and running around the lake, Chris started to figure out the patterns of the attacks that the hands were using. He continued to dodge them with ease but he soon began to get tired from where he had lost a lot of stamina from his continued reflex dodges. Chris was panting heavily as if the air had began to dense down, making it harder to breathe. He also began to feel the cold air on his bare skin as he had torn his pants on some of the rocks that he scraped his pants on when he missed a step. It was getting harder for Chris to stay focused because of all the disadvantages that was now present. Chris thought to himself. "If I had a weapon, I could've finished the fight already or at least be able to survive. I need to think of a way to get away. Come on, move!" After the hands tried their slam attack one more time, Chris dodged it but with the dense air that he tried to breathe in, he fell on to the ground. As he laid there, exhausted, tired, and slowly suffocating on the dense air, his eyes began to flutter, as he saw the hand on the right reaching for him, until his eyes finally shut. The hand grabbed him and raised him up into the black sky. Chris had been pushed to his maximum limit. He couldn't fight anymore, nor did he have the energy to keep fighting. His body was held in the air by the hand that grabbed him. He finally passed out from his exhaustion and inability to breathe. It was over. Chris had lost and he would soon be dragged into the black lake with the bodiless hands that had him in their clutches. But, Chris started to feel a warm glow in his chest. This feeling started to spread through the rest of his body. He then began to move within the grasp of the hand, opening the clenched fist with his new found power and fell back to the ground, where he landed on his feet and stood tall. The hands began to attack again as if they were angry, but none of the attacks had touched Chris as he dodged them by jumping straight into the air. After he was in the air, Chris opened his eyes to show that his red and blue eyes had turned to a dark red and looked to be full of rage. His body acted on its own free will and stood on one of the arms. The right hand tried to swat him off but Chris dodged again by jumping onto the other arm. Chris body ran along the arm and jumped off it. After he landed on the ground, the arms began to fight one another and forced each other back into the lake. Chris collapsed again and hit the ground hard. Causing him to blackout again.

    Slender continued to study the breathing patterns that Chris was showing until they turned to normal. Everyone was relieved to see that Chris was alright but they were still confused and worried about how this might have happened. But, Slender decided that it would have to wait until another time. He collected Sally, Jane, Jeff, and the others as he exited the room.