**UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This was written in 7th grade and I'm now graduated from high school with a few college credits under my belt. I'm fixing all of it.** A shiver raced down my spine and the air thickened. The other end of the alleyway wasn't far, but it didn't seem to be coming closer no matter how fast I walked. Humoring my paranoia, I glanced over my shoulder just in time to catch a fist to the face. I dropped to my hands and knees and stared at the ground in a daze. My jaw throbbed with each beat of my heart, hammering the side of my face. Strong hands gripped me and dragged me backward. We made considerable progress toward the other end of the alleyway before my dazed mind caught up with reality. I was being kidnapped.

"I made this deal for the both of us. If I hadn't, you and I would've never met each other. "Let's go.", a rough electronic voice raged behind Lila. "I'll see you on the other side." She managed to say as 6 needles worth of "The Deed" we're pumped into her veins. The only thing she saw before she blacked out was Robert's beautiful face.

Luke Hershanel is your average, nerdy, teenage boy. Or so people think. He has a dark past that not even he can truly understand. Now Luke lives with his best friend, David, because both of his parents died in a kitchen fire 15 years ago. After Luke has a creepy dream, strange and unexplainable things keep happening in his life. As Luke searches for answers, he tries to keep people from finding out. But is that what he should be doing? Find out in my first story, Behind the Mask.

Everybody has a tale of how they came to be - some tell the journey to strength, some tell the journey to happiness. Some happen to involve cruelty and torture. This is the story of the crazy man obsessed with human puppetry. __________________ PUPPET BOY PREQUEL created Nov. 30, 2015. IMPORTANT NOTICE - if you're reading this story on a site that is not www.wattpad.com then you could be at risk of a malware attack. Furthermore, please go to this link: www.wattpad.com/user/z0mbies, and report to me where you are reading this story. Thank you. WARNING: This story contains distressing material. Reader discretion advised. The characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.