" Nicks cabin".

" Creak".

Nick groaned as he stepped into his house and closed the door, the floor creaked as he walked over to the nearby couch, tossing his jacket, gloves, mask and goggles on the chair next to it as he slumped down, leaning his head against the head of the couch.

Nick- "mind" home sweet home.

He then felt his stomach growl as he slowly got up, he walked over to the fridge and pulled out some leftover pizza, he tossed it on a plate and in the microwave and waited as the plate spin, as he was waiting he looked over and spotted something, an old photo of him and his grandpa, he picked it up as he thought back to the good times.

He was raised by his grandpa due to his parents dying when he was young, they apparently died in a freak building collapse that stunned modern construction workers and designers, they never found out how it fell. Nick was lucky to be visiting his grandpa when the building fell, he was only 2 years old. His grandfather took him in, cared for him, tried to give him everything he needed from a parent. But the thing that his grandfather did the best was teach nick the ways of a blacksmith, he had a gift for it, able to tell how to mold something just right, the proper heating, he was a master, making assortments of weapons, all of them deadly.

Nick shook his head, he'd had enough down memory lane right now.

"Beep, beep, beep".

Nick opened the door and pulled out his pizza, he walked back to the couch and slumped down as he turned on the TV. He was about to eat when he felt like someone or......something was watching him, he spun to see two yellow eyes glowing in the darkness.

Nick-........Lily, get over here.

The pair of eyes walked out of the darkness......to reveal a black kitten with a tiny red collar around her neck.

Lily- "mew".

Nick chuckled as the kitten tried to leap onto the couch, but was too small and ended up clinging to the edge.

Nick- Here.

He scooped up the cat in his hand and places her next to him, she nuzzled his hand as he pet her head.

Nick- "chuckles" At least I got you.

Nick had found lily in a box next to one of his previous targets locations, at first he ignored her, but the cat started to follow him and wouldn't stop, so after an hour of unsuccessfully trying to run and hide from the cat, nick had given up and adopted her, and it turned out to be one of his best decisions.

He pet the cat as he watched his show, slowly eating his slice, after an hour and with all of his pizza gone, he turned off the TV and stretched.

Nick- Come on girl.

He picked her up as the cat yawn in his hold, he walked into his room and took his clothes off as he hopped into bed, lily curled up on the pillow next to him and laid down. Nick smiled as he pet her.

Nick- You deserve a better life than I can offer you.

As he laid down, lily walked over, hopped onto his chest and laid down, her eyes glaring at him.

Nick- "chuckling" All right, all right, I give you a great life.

Lily mews in victory as she lays down and falls asleep. Nick smiles as he slowly follows suit, his eyes slowly closing as sleep overtook him.

Outside however, a figure watched the lights in the house go out.

?- "mind" He's asleep, should I knock him out.

?- No, nina said he was reasonable, save knocking him out as a last resort.

The figure nodded as they leaped towards the house.

" Later in the night".

Flashes of scenes flash in and out as nick tossed and turned.

?- Happy birthday nicky.

The smell of diesel and sparks lingering in the air, the sounds of machinery humming.

?- Your father wanted you to have this.

The sounds of a door being knocked down, windows being smashed and the pounding of footsteps.

?- NICK, HIDE, DON'T WATCH.

Man screaming for no one to move, the sounds of a man being struck.

?- Please, leave him be, it's me you want.

..........the sound of a gun shot, a scream first of rage, then of pain, pain that was searing his face, it was roasting his face, IT HURT.

Nick- AAAHHH.

Nick sprang up with a start, he scanned the room as his dilated eyes tried to find the threat he thought was there, slowly, he began to calm down as he realized it was just a dream, a nightmare more like. Nick looked down to see he had the revolver he always kept on his bedside table in his hands, he slowly lowered it as he held his head in his hands.

Nick- "mind" their getting worse, God, I can't take this anymore.

He shook his head and sighed, maybe some water on his face would help. He slowly got up and walked to the sink............not noticing the glowing green eyes watching him in the darkness.

He walked into his bathroom and turned on the tap, he let the cold water fill into his hands as he splashed it over his face, he looked into the mirror, running a hand over his reflection.

Nick-........What have I become.

" CRASH".

He jumped as the sound of glass shattering made him jump, he rushed out of the bathroom, he rushed over to his drawer and pulled out some spare clothes when he realized-

Nick- Lily, LILY.

Lily wasn't in the room, nick looked under the bed and dresser to no avail.

Nick- Where in th-

He then stopped as the sounds of creaking echoed out......from the living room. Nick grabbed his revolver and slowly opened the door, sticking close to the wall as he eventually reached the entrance to the living room, he slowly peaked around the corner and saw..........the, weirdest thing ever in a break in situation.

Lily was in the living, in the lap of a masked person, they wore a fading brown hoodie with brown jeans and combat boots, they wore a mask that had the design of a jack-o-lantern face with an x over the nose, a slash mark over the left eye, their long hair and figure told nick they were female, also her voice was a dead giveaway.

?- Who's a good kitty, is it you, yes it is.

She pet lily's head as the cat purred, nick was done with this, she had broken into his house and he was not going to let that slide just for his cat. He leaped out of the corner with his gun trained on her.

Nick- DON'T MOVE.

The woman froze as lily jumped off, she looked up to look at nick, even though she was wearing a mask, nick could feel her glaring at him with a cold gaze.

?- I suggest you put that down before we have a problem, "stands up" or I could just use these.

" SHING, SHING".

She flexed her fingers, showing off her gloves, at the end of each finger were razor sharp talons, they stared each other down, never breaking their gaze.

Nick- Think your faster than a bullet.

?- Been shot at plenty of times, your nothing new.

Time seemed to slow as they just stared at each other, never moving.

?- Listen, I came to talk, that's all.

Nick stared at her, not know whether to believe her or not, finally, he lowered the gun.

Nick- 5 minutes, make it good.

The girl put her hands down as she followed nick to the kitchen.

Nick- You take scotch, water or soda, I got all three.

?- Scotch.

Nick pulled out the bottle and two shot glasses, he fill them and slid one over to the girl, she downed it in one go and slammed it down.

Nick- Before we even start, how about a name at least.

?-............Rouge, friends call me heather, I'm a proxy for slenderman.

Nick felt his blood run cold as he heard that name, he sipped his drink.

Nick- He's real, wait, I'VE HEARD OF YOU, your a creepypasta, I thought you guys were myths.

Rouge- "snorts" That's what we want you to think, besides, tell that to nina.

Nick- Nina, you mean ni-

Suddenly, a wave of realization swept over him.

Nick- Nina fucking Hopkins, holy shit, I knew that name sounded familiar.

Rouge- Yeah, we're all real, now down to the deal, you saved nina and slender was really impressed with your skills, he's also impressed at your body count "phantomblade".

Nick freezes as Rouge smirks.

Rouge- Found your gear in your car, real sloppy.

Nick- Hey, no one's exactly lives out here, thought it would be fine.

Rouge- Whatever you say chief, so here's the deal, slenders offering you a place in his ranks, we have a mansion where we all live in, you would work for him killing people and in return, he's willing to help you track down your grandfather's killer.

Nick stared into his empty shot glass as he pondered the question.

Nick- How do I know that I can trust you, for all I know I'm walking into a trap here.

Rouge said nothing as she just stared, her hand running over her mask as she pulled it off, revealing her face, she had pale ivory skin and dark brown eyes, her face stared at him in a serious glare.

Rouge- Let's just say.....you weren't the only one scared in your backstory.

Nick just stared as he touched his own face as well, wincing at the painful memory of the molten hot metal.

Rouge- Listen, I'm not asking for trust.....I'm asking for a chance.

Nick stared at her as he tapped his finger on the table.

Nick- Fine, this isn't an agreement, I wanna meet who I'll be working with before I make any decision.

Rouge- Thank you, saves me the trouble of having to knock you out.

Nick- No pro- WAIT, WHAT.

Rouge smirked as she put her mask back on. She then stood still as she looked like she was concentrating.

Nick-..........um, Rouge.

?- Oh, don't mind her, she's just talking to father.

Nick- Oh, okay, t- HUH.

He spun around to see a girl with green eyes and brown hair, wearing a pink dress and holding a teddy bear sitting on his counter-top, EATING HIS DAMN SOUR PATCH KIDS.

Nick-..........um, Rouge, is this your kid.

?- hehe, silly, I'm not her kid, besides, I died 3 years before she was born.

Nick-...........what.

She then proceeded to fall of the counter.......and float in mid-air.

Nick- AAAHHH, FUCKING DEMON.

He proceeded to pull out a bottle of holy water and bible.

Nick- STAY BACK DEMON, BY THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY JIMMY AND THIS BIBEL, I ORDER YOU TO LEAVE.

He tosses the bottle of holy water at her.......that just went through her.

Nick-......"beat" Rrrrriigghht, your supposed to splash it.

Sally- Hahahaha, your weird, I like you.

?- Sally!.

Sally- uh.....oh.

She turned to see Rouge giving her a stern glare, her arms crossed and tapping her foot.

Sally- H-hi heather.

Rouge- "mom mode" Why are you not at the mansion, in bed, and where did you get that candy.

Sally- Uuuuuummmmm, Mr teddy gave it to me.

Rouge just continued to stare at her sternly as Sally sighed.

Sally- Okay, okay, I overheard nina and slender talk about someone new coming to the house and I wanted to meet them, so I followed you and hide in the shadows,.........and these were his candies.

Rouge- Sally, give him back his candy.

Sally went to give it back when nick raised his hand.

Nick- It's cool kid, have it.

Sally smiled as she popped more of the sour candies into her mouth.

Rouge- Your still grounded for sneaking out.

Sally- aaaaaaahhhhh.

Rouge- Now, I just talked to slender, he's going to open a portal to the mansion, all we go-

" BANG".

A shot wizzed past rouge, slicing off a small strand of hair as it embedded itself in the wall.

Nick- SNIPER, GET DOWN.

They all ducked as more bullets whizzed through the window and over their heads, Rouge, sally and nick hid behind the kitchen counter as they listened to shots firing and wood splittering.

Nick- WERE YOU FOLLOWED.

Rouge- THERE'S NO WAY, I MOVE THROUGH THE TREES.

............they both looked to Sally who looked back at them with confusion.

Sally- Don't look at me, I was invisible.

Nick- THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE BEING SHOT AT, OTHER THAN ME, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY GUNS.

Rouge- NO, I DIDN'T EXACTLY EXPECT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING SHIT SHOW TODAY.

A/n- HEY, child present, no swearing.

Rouge- Oh fine.

Nick- Who are you talking to.

Rouge- No one.

Nick-...........okay, IF WE CAN MAKE IT TO MY CAR, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE, I STORED A COUPLE OF GUNS IN THE TRUNK, PLUS WE CAN ESCAPE.

Rouge- OKAY, BUT HOW.

Nick thought for a moment when the windows smashed and canisters dropped in.

Nick- Smoke grenades.

Rouge- "chuckles" Those idiots just killed themselves, nick, get to the car, I'll handle them.

Nick- You sure.

Rouge- Please, you think this is the first time I've ever dealt with armed forces.

Nick nodded as he pulled open a nearby drawer and pulled out a cloth, wrapping it around his face.

Nick- Give those fuckers hell Rouge. 

A/n- LANGUAGE.

He and Sally slipped into the other room as Rouge waited.

" Timeskip".

" BAM".

Goon- MOVE MOVE MOVE.

Soon, the smoke filled house was filled with goons wearing body armor and gas masks, armed with assault rifles, the last to enter was a man larger than the others, he wore a skull mask helmet and his armor was painted black and white.

Goon- Remember, the boss said no one leaves alive.

Goon 2- "snickers" Copy that.

He switched to infared to see through the smoke, he moved to the nearby bedroom and burst in, it was empty. He walked in more as he shut the door behind him, not noticing Rouge behind it.

Goon 2- AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH.

The other goons whipped in he direction of the screams, training their guns on the hallway.

Goon 4- LAST CHANCE SMELT, COME ON OUT.

Nick- Okay.

" SHING, SHILK".

Goon 5- GGGAHAHHHHHLKKK.

Goon 5 held his throat as it spurted blood from the kitchen knife lodged in it, the other goons watched as he fell to the ground, blood pooling around him.

Goon 3- WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU.

Suddenly, he was tripped off hid feet, falling onto goon 4 and landing on the carpet, they went to get up when they were dragged away.

Goon 1- YOU SONS OF BITCHES, WHERE ARE YOU.

"Pst".

The goon whipped his gun around.......only for a clawed hand to catch it.

Rouge- Boo.

She kicks the man back, making him drop his gun, the smoke begins to clear, giving him a clear view of Rouge removing his mag, tossing it out the broken window and popping the chamber bullet as she tosses the gun to the side.

Rouge- Shit, there's goes the advantage, eh "cracks knuckles" More fun this way anyway.

Goon- You think taking away my weapon changes anything, I don't need a gun to kill you whore.

Rouge- "displays claws" I'd beg to differ.

The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a knife with a brass knuckle grip. Rouge rushes him as he swings at her, she slides under and slashes at his leg, digging into his skin. He screams in rage as he tries to stomp on her, but she was too fast, she leaped up and swung at him, only for her punch to bounce off.

Goon- HA, BODYARMOR BITCH.

Rouge just grins as she grabs the man and leaps up, wrapping her legs around his neck as she brings him crashing to the ground, she squeezed her legs around his neck as he tried to pry them off, eventually, grabbing her and tossing her off and into the nearby counter wall, she shakes her head and just barely dodges the man stabbing at her as his knife embeds itself into the wall.

Rouge- "mind" This is going nowhere, I can't get a hit on this guy as long as he has that heavy armor....wait, that's it.

She leaps up and slashes at the armor, her claws just scratching against it.

Goon- I TOLD YOU, IT'S BODYARMOR.

He pulls his knife out and swings at her as she continously dodges, every now and then slashing against the armor, seemingly doing nothing. After a few minutes, the man movements become more slow, he gasped for air as his swipes, while still deadly, seemed to slow.

Rouge- Ah, what's wrong big guy, getting tired.

Goon- BITCH, YOU WISH.

He spun around to slash at her again.......only for her not to be there.

Goon- What the-

" BAM".

The goon scream din pain as Rouge kicked his legs from behind him, she then grabbed his vest and pulled on it while back flipping off his back, ripping off his vest, he went flying into the nearby table, slamming his head into the corner.

Rouge- Ugh, that was a chore.

She tossed the vest away as the man staggered to his feet.

Goon- HOW, THE STRAPS-

Rouge- -that I've been slicing off while tiring you out due to the weight of you armor, ya been played.

The man roared as he rushed at Rouge, only for her to dodge his punch and uppercut his stomach, he stumbled back in pain as Rouge delivered a couple more body blows.

Rouge- Not so fun now huh.

He swung at her, only for her to grab his arm and judo throw him onto the glass coffee table in the lounge, knocking his helmet off.

Rouge- And now I owe nick a table, great.

The man stubbled to his feet as he raised his fists.

Goon- I'M NOT DONE YET BITCH.

He threw a weak ass punch at her.....only for her to catch it, twisting his arm.

Rouge- "brandishes claws" Here's a thank you for putting me in debt.

" SHING".

The man screamed as Rouges claws sliced his face, leaving a giant scar across his face, he fell to the ground, clutching his face as blood poured from it.

Rouge- Send a message back to your boss, tell him nick smelt is under the protection of slenderman and the proxies.

She turned away as she leaned againt the counter, letting out a sigh.

Rouge- Weah, that was a workout, now to get nick ou-

Goon- AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGHHH.

Rouge spun around just in time to block her arms as the man swung down at her with his knife, he pushed her back against the counter, the knife just above her face, the goon growled at her as blood continued to spew from his gash.

Goon- FIRST, I'M GONNA STAB YOUR EYE OUT, THEN RIP THE OTHER ONE OUT, THEN RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB.

The man slammed his arm down, pushing the knife close to Rouges eye, she grunted as she pushed back, but the man had the weight advantage.

Goon- GOODBYE YOU BI-

" SHING".

Rouge covered her eyes as blood splashed down on her as a scthye had stabbed the goon in the back, he let go of the knife as he gagged on his own blood filling his lungs.

Nick- The reaper has come to collect your debt.

With that, he tossed the man to the floor as he ripped him off his scythe.

Nick- Ugh, I just cleaned this thing.

Rouge- phew, thanks for the hand and the scythe.

She looked around, assessing the damage to the cabin.

Rouge- I mean, it could be worse.

"Ccccccccrrreeeaaaaakkk, CRASH".

A door tumbled to the ground as Rouge winced at it, nick sighed.

Nick- It's my fault, look.

He held up his hand, in it was a tiny broken object that was no bigger than a button.

Nick- Jason must've slipped it on me, I got sloppy.

He growled as he tossed the device on the ground and stomped on it.

Rouge- Shit, I'm sorry man, but we gotta go, more could be on the way.

Nick looked around the cabin and sighed.

Nick- Looks like I'll have to move, fffffaaacckk.

Rouge- All the more reason for you to move in with us, come on, besides, once slender sees you as a worthy ally, he's not gonna back down.

Nick looked around his house and sighed.

Nick- Fine, but im bringing my car and lily.

Rouge- Deal.

Nick slipped on his mask as he whistled, lily ran towards him as he scooped her up and passed her to Rouge.

Nick- Anything happens to her-

Rouge- I'll treat her like one of my own.

Nick hopped into the drivers seat while Rouge hopped in the passengers, Sally was in the back, eating her candy as she looked up at the two.

Sally- We going now, I'm bored.

Nick- Yeah, Rouge, where do I go.

Rouge- Just head into the woods on the nearby dirt trail.

Nick nodded as he gunned it, they headed down the road when they spotted headlights in the distance.

Nick- SHIT.

Rouge- TURN RIGHT.

Nick yanked the wheel hard as he drifted onto the nearby dirt road, they sped down it as they listened to the sounds of trucks and motorcycles behind them.

Rouge- KEEP GOING, THEY CAN'T FOLLOW US.

Nick- TO WHERE, I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS PATH, IT LEADS T-

Suddenly, a thick fog began to roll in out of nowhere as they sped along the path, nick watched as thick he further they went, the more evil and crooked the trees turned.

Rouge- Almost there.

Nick turned to see that the lights of the other vehicles were gone, he was about to say something when-

Rouge- Here.

Nick slammed on the brakes as the car came to a stop in the middle of a fog bank, nick squinted his eyes, but he couldn't see anything.

Nick- Where's "here" Rouge, theres-

He looked back and his eyes went wide, the fog slowly rolled away as crakjjg fountains with trees in them became visible, nick stared up slack-jawed as he slowly stepped out of the car, standing in front of him was a three story run down mansion, the paint was chipping and the bricks and marble columns were cracked, the whole house just screamed serial killer hideout.

Rouge and Sally stepped out as they looked up at the house with nick, Rouge walked over to nick and placed her hand on his shoulder.

Rouge- Nick, welcome to your new home, welcome.......to slender mansion.

" To be continued".