An hour later...

"DANGNABIT I QUIT COME OUT PRETTY BOY!" Jeff cried, whimpering. Ben was laughing slightly, knowing where Tim was hidden.

"I don't think he can hear you where he is at..." Ben chuckled before Jeff grabbed his shirt with a crazed glare.

"TELL ME WHERE HE IS. NOW. BEFORE I SACRIFICE YOUR SOUL TO MY CARE BEAR OVERLORDS."

"Don't have one." Ben giggled.

"FUCKING TELL ME."

"He's in the basement."

"BUT I LOOKED THERRRRRRRRE..."

"Let me show you something..." Ben sighed, leading Jeff to the basement before showing him the nook that Tim had crawled through.

"That pretty kitty!" Jeff said, crawling through. "TIM."

"Wha?" Tim said, having fallen asleep leaning against a wall when he had sat down about thirty minutes before. "You found me..." He murmured happily.

"YOU. ARE. MINE!"

"Yours..." He said, sleepy.

Jeff grabbed Tim, and carried him to the couch, holding him possessively. He sat down, and huffed. He turned on the TV, and Ben sat down as well.

"Are you mad?" Tim asked, having gotten awake and saw Jeff's face.

"Scared the shit out of me."

"You know I would never leave you right?" Tim said, kissing Jeff's chin.

"Scared. The. SHIT. Out. Of. Me."

"What do you think happened to me?" Tim asked, confused.

"Scared. Shit. Out. Of. Me."

"I get that..." Tim sighed, snuggling up to Jeff. It was a few hours before Jeff started to get up, grabbing his new knife.

"I'm going hunting. You all have pizza and order a movie. I will be home at... midnight." Jeff said, smiling.

"Can I come, Jeffy?" Tim asked, always have been curious about Jeff's job.

"Tim..."

"I know I know... But I just wonder sometimes..." Tim said and by sometimes he meant a lot.

"I... Sure. Dress up appropriately, and get your bat."

"Really?" Tim asked excitedly.

"Yeah."

"Woo!" Tim said, getting to his bedroom.

"All black, and... I would recommend wearing the mask." Jeff said, sighing. "It's your past and you don't like it, but it will protect your identity and your face."

"...Ok." Tim said, wearing his black jeans and a black shirt while looking for a jacket. He looked in the box with the mask and found the orange jacket was black when turned inside out.

"You sure about this?" Ben asked, concerned.

"Watch the house, buddy. I trust that he knows what he wants." Jeff said, nodding. He changed into his iconic outfit, and took off his glamour, revealing his cut cheeks and eye lidless eyes.

"Ready." Tim said, his voice sounding deeper from the mask. His iconic orange jacket was turned inside out to show black and he was wearing black boots that was all terrain along with his mask.

Jeff turned to Tim, and froze for a moment, before nodding. Tim was holding his bat, staring at Jeff's face.

"Beautiful, pretty boy."

"Pretty handsome yourself, Jeffy... You should take off your glamour more often."

"You haven't seen me without the glamour before..." Jeff said, chuckling as he headed for the door. Tim followed, anxious yet excited at the same time.

"So, is this just for fun or are we doing this for Zalgo?" Tim asked, sneaking with ease.

"Both. Murder is fun." Jeff said, eyes bright. "Take my hand..."

"Ok." Tim took Jeff's hand, smiling big at how warm it was.

Suddenly, they were in an alley, hidden in the shadows.

"Stay quiet... and never talk too much. Just taunt, and kill." Jeff said, grabbing a hobo.

"Who do we kill?" Tim asked quietly.

"This guy..." Jeff said, throwing the hobo against the wall. "Hello Harold."

"What do you want?" Harold asked, staring at Jeff in shock.

"Long time no see. You know what I want. Names. Addresses. Abusers. Now."

"I don't know anything... I swear!"

"You are lying, Harold... You know how I get when I am lied to!"

"Please! Help me!" Harold yelled, looking at Jeff.

"Shut up! Or I will slice you open! You know our deal!" Jeff snarled, shoving his knife next to his throat. "Names and addresses, now."

"I... I can't..." Harold said,

"Why not, Harold? Don't you want your end of the deal? Booze and money?" Jeff said, grinning.

"I can only answer to Slender proxies now! If I don't... I have a fate much worse than what you could do..." Harold said, shivering.

"Slender got to you, eh?" Jeff said, snorting. "Fuck..."

"I think I can help with that." Tim said, walking out of the shadows.

"Eh? Oh! Harold... This is Masky... My new associate." Jeff said, nodding to him.

"Masky? I can tell you..." Harold said, looking at Tim.

"Say it out loud or I will cut out your tongue!"

"Drake Foster, 324 Walter street. Ramin Davidson, 7954 School Road..." Harold told Tim all of the names, Tim remembering all of them and he realized just how much influence he had as Masky. It made him feel powerful and he liked it.

"Thanks Harold. You be good now." Jeff said, handing him a hundred.

"Good doing pleasure with you both... Masky, tell Slender I have some addresses of kids for him." Harold said, smiling.

"Will do." Jeff said, before running off with Tim's hand in his.

"What do we do now?" Tim asked, breathless.

"We go hunting, pretty boy... First, will you go in there and grab me an ice cream?" Jeff asked, suddenly, pointing to a small parlor.

"Sure...."

"Vanilla, with rainbow sprinkles. I will be back in a moment..." Jeff said, cracking his neck. "No way in hell I will let Slender have MY insider... and I have to send a message."

"Of course. I will be back." Tim said, heading inside after taking off his mask and hiding it in his jacket. He ordered the ice cream, paying, before walking back out to wait for Jeff.

Jeff walked back in a moment, smiling.

"We need to go visit those addresses... We have a night of fun ahead of us, pretty boy." Jeff said, smiling.

"Of course... But make sure to not hog it all." Tim said, smiling as he headed to the nearest address.

Hours later, Jeff and Tim walked home, covered in blood and were laughing their heads off.

"Did you see that guys eyes when he saw you?!" Tim laughed, adrenaline coursing through his veins causing him to feel amazing.

"Yeah! We did some good tonight... and we cut off Slender from one of his sources! Hahahahahaa!"

"What was your favorite moment of tonight?" Tim asked, leaning on Jeff.

"The ones with you." Jeff said, winking.

"Aww... For a guy who just viciously murdered a bunch of people you sure are a sweetie..." Tim giggled, their home in sight.

"My pretty boy..."

"JEFF!"

"That screechy voice... could it be...? Jane?" He turns to face the frightened looking female, who was shaking slightly. "Jane? What's up?"

"You have REALLY done it this time! Slender is furious! You killed his temporary proxies and you killed the hobo informer!" Jane screamed, shaking her knife at him.

"I helped." Tim giggled, waving his bat in the air which was slightly bloody though he technically didn't kill anyone that night as Jeff always dealt the final blow.

"Slender is wanting YOUR head." Jane said, pointing at Jeff.

"He always wants MY head. I gave him one." Jeff said, remembering the paper mache head he sent.

"And, he said that there is some serious punishment for a certain proxy named Masky." Jane said, looking at Tim.

"Good thing my name is Tim!" Tim said, before he realized the seriousness of the situation. "Wait... He still thinks of me as his proxy?"

"He always has... Don't ever think he has given up on you... He NEVER gives up on his victims or proxies until the day they die." Jane said.

"Well, you are Tim now. He needs to fuck off. Tell him this is just evening out the score. He has been harassing my Tim for a while, so this... is revenge."

"You know for a fact he sees you as a thief, taking his property."

"Tim is a PERSON! He chose to come with me. So na na na boo boo, he sucks eggs." Jeff said, yelling out into the air.

"Really Jeff? Acting like a child?"

"Oh fuck no! Tim tim, get inside. I will take care of this. Tell Ben to put up the charms." Jeff said, pulling out the dagger. "Come on out, Slendy Tubby..."

"OK..." Tim said, but when he tried to move he realized his feet refused to.

"Ah... Masky... So nice to see you back in your uniform.

"He was killing with me. Fuck..." Jeff walked over and picked up Tim. "Hold on. I need to hide my boy."

"I don't think so..." Slender reached out with his tendrils, grabbing Tim causing him to yell.

"You are NOT TAKING HIM!" Jeff snarled, "ZALGO! HE IS HARASSING US AGAIN! ZALGO!" Before Zalgo arrived, Jeff sliced into Slender's tendrils, making him yell and retract them.

"Slender... You seem to have a knack for showing up at the wrong time..." Zalgo said, Tim laying on the ground as he held his stomach as Slender had held him too tightly. Jeff helped Tim up, and held him gently.

"Are you alright, pretty boy?"

"His name is Masky!" Hoodie snarled, tackling Jeff off of Tim.

"I'm going to slash your face off!" Jeff said, nicking Hoodie's neck with his knife.

"You can't have him! He belongs with us!" Hoodie yelled, throwing the knife away.

"He has been with ME! IF HE WANTED BACK, HE WOULD HAVE COME BACK!"

"If he would just remember! He would come back!!"

"He doesn't want to remember!"

"Why are you being so annoying?! Why are you afraid?! Is it because YOU don't want him to remember?"

"I want him happy! That's all! He is happy with me!"

"Are you sure...?" Hoodie asked, squeezing Jeff's throat causing Tim to tackle him.

"Don't hurt Jeff or I will be forced to hurt you!" Tim said, rolling around on the ground with the other man.

"Get 'em Tim!" Jeff said, helping.

"ENOUGH!" Slender said, yanking both Tim and Hoodie into the air.

"Slender... The child is not yours anymore..."

"He shall always be mine."

"He is MY PRETTY BOY! PUT HIM DOWN BEFORE I GIVE YOU A MOUTH AGAIN!" Jeff roared.

"Please let me go..." Tim whimpered, feeling low and weak when he was this close to the being.

"Hand over the boy, Slender... Before I do something I never regret." Zalgo said, holding out a hand.

"I can't do that, Zalgo..."

"Poor Toby... He will have to take your punishment then." Zalgo said, summoning a tied up Toby. He struggled, having been blindfolded and gagged with a rag.

"No!! Don't touch Toby!" Tim yelled, actually caring for him. "He is actually really nice and he hasn't done anything.

"Your choice, Slender..."

"Do it."

"NO!! I'll take the punishment or Hoodie!! Not Toby!!"

"Hm... Fine. I will take Hoodie." Zalgo said, nodding to Tim. He lifted his hand, and Hoodie came flying to him. "There... Toby is free."

Tim let out a sigh of relief before smiling.

"Let my boy go, Slender." Jeff snarled, pulling out his knife.

"We will be back..." Slender said, dropping Tim before disappearing with Toby and Hoodie.

"He always was a coward... Never the less, you two should be more careful. Angering Slender will eventually get you killed, Jeffrey..." Zalgo said, looking at the boy. Jeff snorted before picking up Tim, cuddling the younger male.

"Next time, warn me when you are trying to tick off Slender."

"I will stab him harder next time." Jeff said, smiling.

"I must plan for the future. I will put a guard out here, for your protection. He will not get away with this, I assure you." Zalgo said, nodding.

"Thank you..." Tim said, standing only to fall as he had hurt his ankle when he was suddenly dropped. "And once again, they hurt me after they proclaim to care for me..."

"I shall slay them later, my princess." Jeff said, picking him up bridal style. "For now, to the couch!"

"I hope Ben is okay..." Tim said, being carried inside to see the house was fine and the bunnies were being protected by the dogs while Ben was sleeping on the floor.

"Zelda... You looking pretty... C'mere..." Ben murmured, smiling.

"Don't wake him... Shhh..." Tim whispered, smiling before he yawned.

"Bedtime, pretty kitty..."

"Ok..." Tim said, not arguing as he was tired.

Jeff carried him into the bedroom and tucked him in, before collapsing beside him and falling asleep immediately. Tim stayed awake for a little bit, just watching Jeff and wondering if he was being a burden on him before curling up into a ball on the opposite side of the bed and falling asleep.