A Fate Worse Than Death

A Fate Worse Than Death P.2

The Call Of The Beast
As I regathered my thoughts and tried to listen back on Mark's blabbering we approached my house and I eagerly got out .Mark's constant repetition of liking this jock concubine just was too much for me. However I thanked Mark for the ride and hurried inside making sure to lock the door ..My aunt already fast asleep... So I showered and got ready for bed...As i exited the bathroom and moved towards my room i noticed this odd shadow outside in the distance ... Not like any other shadow but a shadow that was darker and one that stood out as it sat under the light pole... I decided to walk into my room and lock the door. As I peered out at the shadow it began to contort into a more human like figure and it just stood there staring at me. Feeling unnerved by this I layed down to sleep... Not long after though I began hearing a faint scratching on my window and I turned on my air condtioner to drown out the ever increasing noise as the scratching turned to thumping. Then to a loud echoing... (Screech!!!!!)
... I got up and went in my aunt's room and asked her if she'd heard
the strange noise that came from the roof and she told me go back to sleep its probably a raccoon or a squirrel... I went back to my room and thought to myself maybe i'm just paranoid and after all I didn't even get a goodlook at the hobo from earlier and maybe I was just imagining all this. It is late after all .. I reasoned with myself . The most disturbing part of my realization though occured in a dream. Where I had this seemingly vivid picture of the encounter with the shadow and homeless guy and saw that he.Oh God they both didn't... They had no face... The clear pale face with black sockets where the eyes and mouth were supposed to be just sent chills coursing through my veins.. It shook me so much I jumped from my sleep . Having that frightening faceless enigma freshly burned in my psyche... I winded up not getting anymore sleep that night as class would start soon as the clock was 4 am now...and class began at 6... Sigh...
The Symbol
The next day class went by pretty smoothly and Mark, Rachel and myself got smoothies and chilled for a while before work that evening. It was here that we began to talk about strange dreams we had each had the previous night . With Mark's being about how Suzanne Beckham his obsession tried to kill him. Rachel on the other hand had a dream about her younger brother Jacob being lost in the woods and no matter how hard she looked she couldn't find him . Then I relented mine.. Upon hearing it we chalked our nightmares to having lack of sleep due to finals and trying to balance a job on top of that. Then Rachel asks if I'm ok with being alone this weekend as the anniversary of my parent's disappearance was coming up this weekend ..Reading into the reports have always left a sense of uneasiness in me. I mean they just vanished.Rachel consoled me and Mark reminded me I won't have to face it alone. Just then Rachel's younger brother Jacob arrived announcing that her parents had come to pick her up .We drank our smoothies and Mark and I were off again to work. After saying goodbye to Rachel and her brother , we departed . Upon arriving our boss notified us we'd be doing the night shift again this weekend with another coworker Edwin. As The other two emloyee's who were scheduled for the all nighter.called out . However I wasn't at all upset . This was just a way I could think and maybe bring clarity on the confusion i felt on the man I kept seeing and that shadow thing . As the shift progressed I asked Mark if he really believed in the slender man thing and if he could tell me more about it. Um yeah man it's like this malevolent entity that stalks you. "What does it look like"? I asked . I'll show you a picture man but make it quick you know we can't be on our phones . As Mark pulled up the image we were both taken aback at the accuracy of it and my dream . However before we could further discuss it Edwin butted in. Will you two get off your got damn phone and I don't care which but someone had better take out the trash . As I walked to take it out , Mark asked Edwin if he'd like to jump in the trash ... I chuckled as I grabbed it and Edwin scoffed and rolled his eyes as he began to wipe the counter . As I walked to the door Mark reminded me to be careful and if I see that bum again run but to take a picture and then run ... I laughed and went outside I was determined to actually throw away the trash and return inside as quick as I could but my curiosity was peaked. I had to prove to myself it was nothing . Just an overactive imagination . As I began making my way to the dumpster under the pole light . I heard something from behind the dumpster and peaked around slowly ... (HISSS)...It was that damn stray cat again...As i began to walk back i felt at ease as if the man i saw
may have just been a one time thing . So I just proceeded to walk back inside.. However as I did so the shadow appeared suddenly . As if from nowhere in front of me. I paused dead in my tracks . As it began to expand and contort much into the shape I saw before. A tall thin faceless maw peered down at me almost intrigued. I muttered w..whhat are you and what do you want from me? Almost at once it hoisted me up choking me.. I believed here...Now i was going to die. Then this black tentacle like tendrils emerge from it and they held my hands and covered my mouth, but then I heard Mark and Edwin yelling . It turned its head towards the direction and dropped me. Just as easily as it appeared it had vanished . As I looked back up. Mark was looking down at me and asking if I was ok but i couldn't respond and just blacked out...I awoke in a hospital where i was greeted by my aunt, boss , Mark and Rachel...All of which seemed so ecstatic that I arose. My head pounding and palms itchy. I asked what happened? ...Rachel says " You were attacked by that homeless guy you mentioned." Mark added Yeah i told you not to confront him he could have killed you bro! ...By then My Aunt says it's all over now though and thats all that matters...By then My Boss exclaims He has to leave to file a police report and exits the room with my Aunt who steps out to make a quick call... Mark then gets closer he and Rachel to ask me did I get a look at the guy this time? And then..It all comes back to me and I tell them you mean it? Rachel gives off a nervous chuckle.. No Him silly ...I reply to her that there was no man ...Just it ..I described its faceless void and its tall lanky body to them and , Rachel said stop your scaring me Thomas ... Just then my Aunt comes back in and says it will be time to go once the doctor releases me and she goes out of the room. Mark then says what do you mean it bro ? Edwin and I saw a shadow of a man on the cam flee and run into the woods. Mark then peered down at me ...What?! I ordered...Then suddenly he grabs my hands and opens them to reveal this wierd symbol of a circle with a line through it .(⨂)...We all were in horror as we peered at them . Two on each wrist .... Hot to the touch according to Mark... How the hell did you get these ?? IT I replied to Rachel ! No! Stop saying it! The man he gave them to you ! Somehow ... Mark stood up and walked toward the window mystified at this and said theres only one person who could help me . I sighed ... Simon isn't a doctor and besides he... Just then officer Johnathan Dunlap enters . How are you young man ? I'm ok sir. Now I know this may be troubling for you but I need you to explain to me what happened . We need to find the man that did this to you. Did you get a good look at him ?... (At that instance the symbols on Thomas wrists began to itch and as he tried to hide them the officer sees them and says he's been leaving these symbols across town. ) Thomas gives the best physical description he can and says the man was rather tall and lanky yet no truly distinguishing facial features... Dunlap encourages we all be safe as theres a curfew now in place and exits.Rachel asks was that really all I could remember about him? All It would let me . I was trying to say more I could see the images of It in my head but those symbols kept me from saying what I wanted to..(They stare at the symbols which now are engraved like a freshly done tattoo.) We then all sit and stare at each other ... and finally I relent to see Simon. asap...