//------------------------------// // Eyes open... then closed // Story: Dawn’s Break // by Chemtest //------------------------------// (Survivor) I slowly approach the person in the corner, “Whats wrong? Why are you crying?” The person looks back at me with wide, frightened eyes, “No! Run, quickly! Get away! You can’t be here!” I continue to approach, “Why can I not be here?” “The Killer will find you! Just like he has me!” I kneel down next to him, “Who is this killer?” “Powerful, took over my mind. Like a demon, he manifested himself in my body! And even now he tortured me in my mind!” “Demons are nothing to the will of a man. This killer is nothing.” “He cannot be stoped! Just run as far and as fast as you can!” “Well, that sounds quite exausting to me.” His eyes widen again, “No, never be exhausted! No rest, rest means sleep! If you sleep, you don’t wake up!” “I’ve slept many times, always wake up in the end. What is your name, the killers name as well?” “Jeffry Woods. The killer is... Jeff the Killer. He is comeing for us right now, run!” “Well then, Jeffry, I am the Survivor. What exactly has this monster done?” Jeffry looks down, and tears join the blood around him, “Killed mom and dad... Lou. Sent him to his eternal sleep. Never will wake up... forced me to do it. I cannot fight against him! He has taken over my body, made me do terrible things! And he spends his every moment in our mind tormenting me! For all I know, your just a creative way of torment. A friend for him to rip away from me!” I lay a hand on his shoulder, “Nothing is forcing you to do anything. You have done nothing, he has done everything. And you just haven’t fought against him. He can get away with these atrocities because you haven’t piteched a counter offensive against him.” “There’s nothing that can be done. He is a demon, far past me. Only when we died, did he let lose for a second. In fact, he has been absent since then... probably to freak me out.” “No, he is not gone to freak you out, but because he is weak. Who is that’s left? You, not him. If he was strong, he would stay. But all that’s left is you.” “He will come back though, he always does. Not even Slenderman when in my mind could keep him away. When Slenderman once tried to invade into here, he was easily repeled.” “But it wasn’t his mind, it was yours. The only reason the Killer is powerful is because you believe he is. Slenderman would have lost because you made it so. Nothing is more powerful than our own expectations in our mind.” I hear a laugh from behind me, “The only powerful thing in this world is blood and madness! If it was my blade against your mind, the blade would win.” I turn around to see the killer standing there. Lidless and lifeless eyes, pale face, and a crazy smile. I simply turn back to Jeffry, “Jeffry, look me in the eye.” “He’s right there!” “Jeffry! Look.Me.In.The.Eye.” He finally looks up, “Why are you not running?!” ”He brings up a good point.” “Shut it back there!” I shout back at the Killer. “Did you just tell him to shut up?” I look Jeffry in the eyes, “Nothing is more powerful than you in your mind. It’s up to you to stop him. I cannot do anything within your mind, you have all the power.” ”Keep telling him lies. It will give him false hope for me to take away.” I turn back to the Killer, “Oi, fuckface, shut it! Nobody cares about your emo white looking ass! Fucking near bald teenager bastard! Wait your bloody turn to speak!” Jeffry from behind me is in shock, “Are you insane?” I look the Killer in the eyes, but still reply, “I trust you to kill the Killer. I put my faith within you, Jeffry.” ”Right, now your fucking dead!” The Killer starts a charge towards me, “I wear Mithrel bitch, come at me! Strongest material in the universe! I doubt some rusty ass kitchen knife will piece it!” He gets so close I can smell his breath. Then, he stabs... It bounces off the chain, ”What!?” I hear some movement from behind me, “He’s right. Your nothing! This is my mind, and you can fuck right off!” ”Your dead next!” A knife comes from over my shoulder. It pirces the Killer in the head, “I think the next dead is you, in fact.” I turn around to face Jeffry, looking down at the knifes in disgust. I walk to him, and draw my Mithrel knife. He looks at me, and I hold the blade so the grip is in his direction, “I never even use this thing. You deserve it. A Mithrel knife that can’t be stained, or broken.” Jeffry starts to examine it, and a genuine smile appears on his face, “Thank you, Survivor.” I feel myself start to fade out, “Enjoy your new freedom. And your new knife.” He smiles again at me, “I will, Survivor. For the rest of eternity.” ——— Compassion —(The Void)— In the black void stand two sides. Chem, Raven, Slenderman, and Avatar on one side. On the other is the Rake, Jeffry Woods, and Plauge. The Rake starts to speak, ”Į̲̤̬͉̝̙͚t̵̻̞̩̤͜ ͉͕̤̪̮̪̹̥͜͝͝w̭̙̩ͅo͏̮̫̹̱͔̥̰̯ư̮͟l҉̙̬̲̫̜͖̩d̥͎͔͉͉͈̗ ͈̙͔̪̦̣͟s̳̺̺̬̫͈͜e̴̫̝͓̼͚̠̲e҉̵͇̣̠̘̦̤̩͓̤m͓̜̖ ̫̻̺͙͖̯͉͢t̸̺̟̥̭͟h͙͕á͕̫̟̫̦̭͜ṱ̨͍̦̩̣̬̜ ̵͚̰͈̪͇͎̞̠͇͞t̰͞ͅw̨͈͉̞̭͔̘̠͚̝͞ó̵͙̼̘͘ ͏͚̩͈o̶͓͔̠̲͢͝f҉̜̱̘̤͢ ̵̺̺̞̦̟̮͇̕ͅy̵̤̪̠̲o͏̵͉u̸̢̲̥͘r̝̀ ̨̡̜̱̳̝̞͟ͅf̶̰͍̤̩̫̩̱̻̀r̛̼͓͈i̵̸͓͙̻͚̩̣̻̯͠e̛͔͍͚̭̹̤n҉̢͇̤͍̳͠d͖̗̪̥̬s͍ ̪͖̩h̷͉̝̯̘̗̟̖͜ͅa̷̡͈v̭͈̜̲̼̼̮́͘e̫̲̝̩̕ ̬͉͉l͏̹̥̩̤̳͉̝̣͟o͟͏͕̣̹s̨̧̞͞t̤̘̼̥̱͉̰̟.͍̰̥͘͢ ͍A͎͖̫͇͉͔͓͍̯͢n̰̜̺̣̳̗͔̪ḍ̟́ ҉̻́t̴̷̖̙̺̬̞̼̻̞̞w̶̷̱̯͠o̢҉͉̥ ̶̝̻̣͇̩ơ̡̩̝̦̠f҉̡͔͎̼́ ̭̺͎̣̞̱̬m̙͕͘͢͠ͅi̩͘͢n̛̞̙e̷͎̝ ̧̢̮̰̲͕̲̙͎̞h̭͖̘a̷̻̱̜̰̖̰̩͠v̷̮̥̞͠͝e̠̲͍̻̩͔̘͇̕͢͠ ̪̯̥̲͈̠ͅw̮͓͈͜ò͈̥̟̺̳ͅn͏͉̝̰̤̞͔̰̼͡ͅ.̻̙̳̪̣̟́͟͢” Slendy looks at the Rake, “How are you here? I killed you.” ”T͔̳̀h͔͙̹̝̺̠í̸̼s̸̠̗̩͘͝ ̤̤͚̤̖̖̤̣͘͝i̶̡͙̻͈̙͉͇s̷̛͏͈͍͈̖̪͔͙ ̴̢͙̬̻͙̖̬̙́m̸̖͘y̟̜͓̫͎͓ ̬̖ͅS͇̤͎̀p̢͍̝̭̩̘̜͘į҉̢̗͉r̛͖̬̥̭̪i͙̘̰͈̥t̝͚͎̰͖́u̡̗͖̪̝̣̹͘͜ͅa͓̪̙̻̬̠̟l͓͉̱̳̮͍ ̗̻̻̩͍͘͝f͎͢͢o̴̗̠̖̭̬̞̞ŗ̪̺̩̥̜̣͍͉̕m̨̝̤̩̠̗̖̥͈̮.̸҉̱̬̥͕̖͜ ̞̞͙Y̡̡̧̹͍̗͍̬o̶͠͏̞͎̗͚̻̻u̷̯̣̬͓ ̩̰̗͉̬̩̠̀ḇ͇̲̬̝ͅè̦̥̤̦̩̲̻̣a̷̡̖̫̖̮͖̰ͅt̞͈̘̪̪͍͜͢ ̛̞̥̺̬̥͘͞ṃ̸̨̧̰͔e̵̖̲̝̻͚͍̬̖ͅ ͜҉̩p̶̼̱͍̜̕h̴̴͓y̸̫͎̺͍s̡͖̦̤̫̜̦͠i̷̝̕c̷̮̦͖à҉̙̪̱͙̀ͅl̲̻͈̞͢l̸͢ͅy̶͡҉̼̹̝̖̝̬ͅ,͎̘̗͎̲̫̗͜ ̢̲̖̼̥͉͝b̬͍̝̱ự̵͓̺̫̣̹̺̫t̸͍̮̼͖̣̯̀ ̸͙̞͙̹̕Í̞͈̰̦͡ ̨̛̘a͏̷̖̤m̜͎̺̼͈͈̻̭̼ ̷͎̥̥̦͢͟m̵҉̞͕̤̘u̶̳͚̫̘͍͚̝c̴̢̧͎h͙̱̬̟̼͇̖́͝ ̗̱̮̪m͚̦̩͘ó̴̡͔̼͙̲͚̻̗̙r̶̘̹̳̪̜͚̘̘ę̸͎̜͖̮͜ ̡͙̘̖̭͖̀́p͕̰ͅo̷̢̺̘̘̬͎̰ͅw̱e҉̶͙r̸͞ͅf̠̝̖u̮̜̰̣͢l̻͎̰̦̀ ̗̼̱̦͜h̨̬̮̀e̛͈̫̖͈r̵̡̡̞̥̩̺̻̖e̢̢͚̮͠.҉҉̩̜” “Still four on three.” ”B͈͙͇̖̱̥̟̱͔͟͠u̝̻̘͎̻̟ͅt͚͚̲̬̗̣̱͚̕ ͖͍̘̮̩y͓̟͕̻̗̫͖͔͝ó͖͔͔̹͢ṷ͞ ̳̬̠͈̠͈͖̕ạ̸r̻̱͍͠ͅe̼̖̩̪͝ ͏̰̲̰̜̥͠ą̷̸͈l̘̦͖̦̬̗͠l̤͓̕͠ ̛͍̺͙͎͍w̸̯̯͈̦̰͇͓ȩ̡̥̘͎̙̼͙a̢͖̩͟k҉͚͇̳̘͕͇é̬̝̺r̰͔͍̬̀ ̫͓̯̹̺̼ͅh̵͚̪́e̼̠̟͇͓̞͓r̖̭͇̩̦͙e̵̪̮̱̝̖.̫̺̯̣͇̪̰͘͞ͅ ҉̹̗̖̮̝̹͟M̧̯̻͎̯̙͚̼͉͉e̵̳̥͉͈a҉͍̝̰̳̮n̤͕͉͍͍͉͚ͅi̶͔̳͍n̷̦̜͍͍͙͢͟g̷̯̬ ̢͔͕̮͚͢í̢̢̬̣͓̳͓t̼̞̺̰̪ ̘̳̩͚͇͉̞i̱͖̜͖͟͡ş̰̟͟ ̖͕͖̤͞m̴̶͔̫̱̣̗̬̫̹o͟҉̮̥̟̫̟̭̝r̡̛̘̘̳̩e̕҉͓ ̵̡̣̗̦̩̣̬̖͟t̸̨̛͇̞h̘̻̹͖̜̳̹̼r̴̡̥̞̼̘̜̙ͅe̴҉̥̝̗̜͔͇̭̖e̫̙̮̤̩̳̤͚͢ ̨̟̮̱̪̳̪̠͢ͅo͖̮͈̞̦͈̪̼͜͡ͅn҉͉̫̣̭̰̭̰ ͎̱͓̫͡ò̶͎̞n͙̫̥e͕̳̤͔͎͉͞.҉̪͈” Then Jeffry speaks up, “Yes, your luck has really run out.” Plauge nods, “Jeffry, do as we talked about.” Jeffry nods, and Plauge raises his boot, ”P̸̶̢̱̫͉̰r̵͕̝̞̺͢ḛ̥̪͢͠p͙̫͔̝̙͝a̩͖̲̫̮̯̻͞͠r̥͚̱̟̦͜e͝҉̷͍̥̖̝̯̞ ̶̩͡͞t̡͇͇̫̟͝o̸̼̻̯̝ ̷̧͕͇̠̺d̬̮̖̟̬i͚̠̗͓̰ę͉̗͝,̧̢̥̦͉̬̹̮͡ ͏̷͖ͅf̖̙̕͜o͇̬̝̰̲͔̜ǫ͙̟̞̟̬̭̤ͅl̶̞̘͕͔̯̞̟̹͙̕s̱͎͉͖.̫̰͚͘͠͡” Then Plauge’s boot goes down. *CRACK!* Onto the Rakes leg, breaking it instantly. In response, Jeffry draws his shiny knife, and drives it through the Rake’s skull. ”E̶͓̬̗͍͉̜̝͚̙̙̝̩̤̮̠ͯ́ͪͬͤ͐͆̂͐̊͝ͅE̛̟͔̯̜̜̮̹̮̞ͦ͛̂͑͆͛̄͟ͅE͕̘̗̤̠͖͓̘̞͎̮̖̜̝͑̏ͭ͗̓ͣ͑̇̔͌ͩ́͘ͅȆ͇̩̤̭͓͕̠̪̲͎̼ͧ̐ͦ̽ͬͣ͌̄̽ͫͨ͊͌ͬ̆͜͡͞͝ͅË̸̖̦̘̥ͫ̿̾͋͌̃̃̈̿̎̽͗͛͜͜G̢̱͍̝̱͔̦͕̭͎̰̱͇͕̖̘͂̇̏ͧ͛͛̽ͮ̋̈͆̑ͯͧ͟H̜͕̣̞̜̳͙̖̝̮͓͙̺͔ͮ͆ͩ̊̿̉̀́ͪ̉̐͊̉́̽̎͆̐̾̀͠ͅG̴̛̳͖̹̱͎̦͆̽̔̓͛͌̎͋̔̃̌͒̉̇ͭ̇́̚͢͞G̸̃̌́̂͐ͫͫ͒̎ͧͩͯ̿҉̗̝͔͓͍̲̥͇̖̻̦͙̯̹̭͔G̶̪͍̮̥̮̹̣̍̈̍ͫͤ̾ͦ̌ͦ͋͐ͤ͘G̡̩͙̪̣̖̞̩̉ͯͩ̋ͪ̓̊ͦ̚͞G̨͖̫̗̫̼̖̺̱ͪͥ̓̆ͥ̾͊̋̓̓ͣͯͦͯ̓ͬͩ̏̀͘Ğ̴̡̛̥̣̹̲̳̝̬̹̬̺̟̯͌ͯ͛̇͞ͅG̸̡̹̼̺͚͐ͩ̅͛ͦͮ̎̄ͣ͛͋̚͢͠Ḡ̶̨̛̗̪̤͈̮̪̩͕̪̠̥̯͉̺̝̬͉͍̓͛̓ͦͦ͛ͨ̑͐̀̃ͦͤ̆̽̕͝H̴̴̨̧̪̭̠̠̪̫͚̲̣̱̦̻͍̖̰͔͙̘̾̾ͫ̋̿͊ͧͤ͆ͪͩ̒͗̎ͣ͂̓̓ͩ͟H̨̡̙̙̱͉̳̰͎̗̭͙̹̞͕̩̯̪̳͇̓ͤ͌̑͑ͬ̅̂̒͂̇ͫ̓̚ͅḦ́̏ͣ̍́́̂̄̀͂̓ͭ̓͊͆ͫ̈͗͘͏͏̪̙̹̺Ḩ͍͕̩̱̦̫͇̬͍͙̗͚̥ͭ̊̉ͯ͆ͭ̾͐͊ͮ̎̈́̓̾̉̔̌̏ͮ͜H̸̪̰̹̼͙̳͎͙̥͒̾ͤ́̉ͤ̾͆́͞ͅH̀ͭ̔͐̇̂̋͗́̀̚͏̱̹͉͈͢H̴̺͉̗̘̗̪̦̭̟̰̫͗͂̈́ͣ̂́͐͞͡H̛̹͔͉͉͉̤͚̝̼̜̣̼̼ͬ̔̆̽̄ͤͫ͆̇͊͆͌͒͂̅͋̿͋̉͝Ḩ͔̗̫̻̩̞͍̙͗̅ͮ̽̋͆ͮͭ̌ͥ͊̎̏͑̀͘͞H͖͉͈̯̖̮͇͑̈́͑ͣ͆̑͑̾ͪ͑̐̌ͨͭ̍̑́͝ͅH̛̬̫̻͙̣̦͌̑ͦ̈͂ͯ̚̚͘͢͞ͅ” And with that, Rake collapses, dead. Plauge kicks his head again, “Dirty beast.” The four look at the scene in shock, before fading away. Plauge and Jeffry stay there. Jeffry looks over at Plauge, “So, uh, are we stuck here now?” Plauge nods, “I think so.” “Oh.” After a moment of silence, Plauge speaks up again, “So... want to learn the Rakes anatomy?” Jeffry nods, “Sure.” “Then prepare your knife. We can make his organs and skin into cards! Then we can play Blackjack!” “Good idea.” So, the both of them sit near the Rakes body. Plauge instructs Jeff on how to skin things, “So, you have to cut right there.” ——— All six friends wake up, “Right, who wants to start some assasinations?”