Severe Affection Warning

The Mysterious Thing in the Woods

My vision was blurred by the burning tears in my eyes. How could Liam leave me without saying goodbye? Why would he run off with some girl? Where was he even going? My heart ached, thinking of all the possibilities. 

After a few hours of crying, I decided I needed some fresh air. Luckily, we...or I...lived in the middle of the woods. Plenty of trails and wilderness for me to roam through. It was midnight, but I didn't really care at this point. 

I grabbed my jacket and left, making sure the door was locked behind me so no animals could enter while I was gone. It was dark and cold, but I never really paid attention to it because I was numb from the heartache. 

After a few minutes of walking...I heard something. It sounded like a...siren? That's weird, I lived nowhere near a siren of any sorts...why was I hearing one now? I decided to search for the source of the sound. 

It was hard to search in the dark already but luckily the sound was loud and pierced through the air. I was able to find it through the loudness of it's screams.

After twenty minutes or so, I saw it. What I saw took me by surprise...

This siren....didn't look like a regular siren...it had a body. It was skinny, so skinny I could see it's skeleton. That wasn't the strangest thing about it though. It was tall...really tall. It had to be about forty feet tall! 

It approached me, as it got closer I could see it in more and more detail with the light from my phone. From far away, it looked like a monster ready to bite down onto its prey, but up close, it looked like a tall handsome prince coming to my rescue. 

The thing had large, broad hands that looked like they could crush me in an instant. The lips surrounding the siren at the top of it's head looked luscious and soft, like the pillows I sleep on at home.

Wait....a thing with a siren head? Why does that sound so familiar? I feel like...oh my god. This is Siren Head. The creature Liam wrote about in all those documents. He made it seem like a gross creature when in reality, it was a sexy beast. How could he lie to the public like that? 

Siren Head looked down at me.

"b2YgYWxsIG15IHllYXJzIHJvYW1pbmcgdGhlc2Ugd29vZHMsIHlvdSBhcmUgdGhlIG1vc3QgYmVhdXRpZnVsIGNyZWF0dXJlIGl2ZSBzZWVu"

Its words were like smooth silk. I blushed. I just met Siren Head today...why was it telling me such flattering words already? Was I ready to gift my love to someone else right after my breakup?

I looked back up at it and smiled from ear to ear. This is what I needed, comfort, reassurance, support. I was in love once again. 

After a few seconds, it dropped something in front of me. A gift? Already? I looked down and moved the light from my phone to the object.

It was Liam...and he was dead.