A Fate Worse Than Death

A Fate Worse Than Death Ch.1

My name...Is Thomas Delaney ...And .. I use to be a normal person . With a normal life,  friends , but honestly that all changed one day working the night shift ...But before we get there, I guess I should give you a little backstory on who I am and where I come from right ?
I was born and raised in Oklahoma until my dad abruptly moved me to stay with my aunt away from him and my mom and honestly I didn't quite hear from them often. Maybe an occassional holiday visit or call, but no natural family life... As time went on I got used to living with my aunt Olivia she's barren and the thought of raising me truly uplifted her spirits. She never stopped telling me that as I often grew upset over the abscence of my family. Until I turned fifteen and learned of their disappearance...It shook me but the fact that they were never there kinda helped me get over it a lot faster than many expected.Now..On to present day .. As I said I live with my aunt in Port Richey, Florida and after high school I knew college wasn't for me and I wanted a trade in digital arts but to put myself through I had to get a job... Which brings us of course to the gas station job I landed with my friend Mark Anthony . Known as Surge's Station a decent paying chain of gas station's throughout Florida. Mark and I been cool since I moved here and he actually is how I met my girlfriend Rachel Everdean and help me get this job by convincing his cousin Edwin to hire me on.Yet lately,things just been...Weird... It all started on a Monday I was working the graveyard shift. When I saw it....
First Encounter
My boss had told me to take out the trash and clean up for the night and as i was doing so I saw this man standing out under a tree  near the dumpster and staring at me. His blank emotionless posture just unnerved me .So I said to the man. " Um Sir ?" As I edged closer.. "Sir are you ..O" And right as i live and breathe i noticed something... He was so thin and damn tall ...and the way he nightmarishly moved out behind the tree.. I want to say I Used some sense and went back inside or that I ran but I almost uncontrollably pushed by my curiosity moved towards the tree. It was as if I couldn't turn back . As I neared I noticed his abnormally long fingers slide behind the tree and thats when I ran up to the tree to get a glimpse and...There as I expected to see this horribly disfigured man towering over me I saw...Nothing...I sighed and relief came over me and I returned inside... My boss was puzzled to know what took me. I informed him there was some bum out by the trash. Here is where my boss Mr.Jackson laughingly said "Best fit for him aye ?" I chuckled because honestly he doesn't joke often. So any joke from him was to be taken with full gratitude compared to the uninteresting son of a bitch he normally is.... Just then Mark walks up still clutching his mop from cleaning the floors and asks me to describe the man... I state  " Well, I didn't quite get a good look at him as I didn't want Mark Edwin or my boss to look at me like I was crazy or anything. Mark shrugged and continued mopping as I cleared the cash registers... By the end of the night Mark offered to drive me home as my aunt stated she would be late and he noticed I seemed to be in deep thought... "Thomas? " He muttered... Yeah wassup? .. What's troubling you? You haven't said much since you sat down? I peered into the darkness and then said to him.. Bro remember that man I told you about? The Hobo ? Yeah Him. Aw, man what about him??.. Well let me describe him to you... He was tall and rather lanky, and when i tried to move in for a closer look he vanished behind that big tree.  Mark asked " Um anything else ? Did you get a good look at the guy ? I replied " Well he,. This may sound crazy man but he had no face ..." Mark kind of gazed at me for a few seconds and then laughingly said  ..."Wow bro sounds like you met the Slender Man if I didn't know any better". I Scoffed ... The what?! You know Thomas that creepy urban legend that made those girls kill their friend ?! They even made a movie about it. .. Mark come on man its an urban legend..Yeah well I don't know man if you start to have problems I know this guy who might can help you. What guy? Simon Powell . What?! "Come on not that nutcase". I retorted. He still believes dinosaurs are in africa, aliens and in those other creatures in the news too.. It's just a suggestion bro but seriously he knows everything on this kind of stuff - Uttered Mark. Yeah? I'll give you his number contact him if anything else happens? Ok.. By then we started talking about other things and as I peered out the window Mark began to talk about his love for a girl in our class.. But just then as we passed under a street light I thought I saw this massive shadow but as soon as i looked back at it ... It was gone... Again.. Just like any other classic horror movie cliche I've watched ..

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