Slenderman

Slenderman is an anthropomorphic being between two and four meters long. His limbs are very long and his face is a pale mask with no features, no eyes, no ears, and no mouth. On its back it hides six tentacles with which it attacks its victims. It is invisible at will and, for this reason; it has rarely been photographed or videotaped. It moves in the shadows and stalks children and adolescents without anyone agreeing whether it is a protective presence or a threat.

Many say I'm bad, but I'm not. Many say I'm different, but I'm not. Many say I'm crazy, but I'm not. I feel alone, I walk alone; with no one to comfort me, with no one to love me.

I used to be normal, just like you; it's funny because I've always hated being part of the normal in the crowd. You should appreciate what you have; you should pray that you never have to feel what I feel:

Hatred, depression, abandonment, betrayal....

You all have life, you all have hope, I have already lost these things because of a madman, and he is the only one who is truly evil, not me.

He stole my life, my hope, my everything; he left me to rot after doing his damned experiment.

He welcomed me with open arms, he promised me a new life, better than the one I had lived before, he lied to me, and he stole everything from me. I still remember the day, I was a healthy young man fresh out of high school, the sun was shining, whatever, everyone hated me, I felt how everyone judged me. My way home during the last day of school was hell, as usual, kids passing by in their cars were yelling things like:

"Faggot" or "Take a shower already"; why do they hate me so much?

A thought went through my mind, these guys will slowly kill me anyway, why not do it quick and painless, I was blinded by pain, if I had known then what I know now I would never have dared to take that rope from my basement, but where to do it, not in my house, I hated my mother, but not enough to cause her trauma.

So I left the house and headed into town to the most remote part and into an alley I set out to end my life.

- Young man, what are you doing?

- Put an end to it. -I answered.

- Are you crazy? Come, come with me, I think I can help you.

- Help me? If you're just an old man, let me die in peace.

- I can't do that now. -He said in a hoarse voice and grabbed my arm.

-Come.

When I struggled he pulled harder. I fell and he grabbed my hand again and quickly pulled me into a building and closed the door behind us.

-Young man, I think I can help you, I know how you feel, please listen to me.

-Damn you, all right, but hurry up.

-A life is a precious thing, but what would you say if I offered you a new life for free.

-I'd say, where the fuck do I sign up.

-Well, I've been doing some research on human anatomy and after a few experiments; I think I've mastered the manipulation of the human form. I believe I can turn you into anything or anyone you desire. Of course, under certain circumstances.

-How so?

He pulled out a sheet of paper.

-Well, first of all sign here.

-What if I don't want to?

-Well, therein lies the second circumstance, you don't have a choice.

-What?

-You heard me, my dear friend.... -He took out a syringe with a green liquid in it.

-Now be still.

I tried to run, I tried to scream, but he grabbed me and buried the needle in my neck, then everything went black.

I woke up in a glass chamber and for some reason I was dressed in a suit. Seconds after I woke up, he came into the room wearing a lab coat.

-Hello, my friend, did you have a nice nap?

-Where am I?

-That's none of your business; all you have to do is sit back and let me take care of all the work.

-What are you doing to me, you psycho; I'm going to kill you.

-Son, I'm not afraid of you, you're going to stay there while I make history.

- History?

-Yes, when I finally succeeded in doing a full body transformation on you.

He touched a switch and started speaking into a microphone -Testing, testing; well now we'll start with the 84-B experiment.

- What the hell are you doing?

-Subject's vital signs, appear to be normal, his heart rate has spiked, however, brain activity is high and insulin levels are normal.

- Let me go!

-Ready to begin the experiment.

He turned around to pull a lever.

-Activating first knot.

A beam of energy began to pierce my body, shattering my being into pieces, I could not scream, my vision became blurred and I was suddenly blind.

-The subject's appearance began to deform, activation of the second knot.

The pain increased, I felt my mouth and eyes closing.

-The subject's face is completely transformed, activation B.

A siren sounded, "ERROR, ERROR", he screamed:

-No, his face and limbs are not fully developed; I have to abort the experiment.

The last thing I heard was a loud bang.

I woke up, this time in the rubble of that place, I could barely see, it was as if a screen of some kind was covering my eyes. My mouth felt as if it had been sewn shut with needle and thread, I couldn't breathe, as my nose had closed as well, but somehow I didn't feel the need to breathe.

I stood up, my arms and legs felt strange, it took me almost a minute to regain control over them, then I started walking through the rubble.

A smashed computer lay next to a dismembered foot, a trail of blood led me to a hallway and then to a door, I could hear noises, I opened the door and saw a policeman lifting some things, he turned around and saw me, he screamed and ran out.

I tried to yell at him to stop, but I couldn't speak, so I chased after him, as I ran I felt like my legs were changing, like they were growing as I moved. Soon I reached the policeman and tried to grab his shoulder, a tentacle came out of me and pierced his chest, and he cursed me and fell.

"What the fuck happened?" I thought.

I looked at the corpse, a huge hole was in his chest, and I couldn't help it.

I continued following the blood trail until I came across the man's body, he was crushed with a beam, I tried to lift it, at that moment the tentacles came out again, they lifted the beam without much effort and threw the man's body with a lot of force towards the wall and I was splashed with a rain of blood.

I looked everywhere looking for a place to escape, but it was a dead end, I kept looking until I found myself in a bathroom, it was what I needed to wash off the blood. I looked in the mirror and realized that I didn't have a face.

I live in the nightmares of teenagers and adults alike, all because of that fucker. Soon after this experience I have been discovering my true powers, I can stretch my arms and legs, I can also produce tentacles from my back.

After everything I have lived through I just want a friend, so I look for people, children, they are the only ones who don't see me with fear, but I can't always control my body, once in a while I make a mistake and someone dies, but it's not my fault, I just look for company.

I like pictures, I like to get into them, there are always people taking pictures of wildlife, so I decided to live in the woods, but whenever I approach a person to see how I came out in the picture, they run and one thing leads to another and one more person dies at my hands.

I swear that's not my intention, but I've lost all sense of.... Well, of everything. I don't know how to be a person anymore, things are always bad around me, it seems like I'm always going to kill someone.

I just want to ask you a favor, when you see me doesn't run away, in fact you should run to me and welcome me, that would mean a lot to me and that could save your life.

But how will you know it's me; you can easily look me up, just go to Google and type Slenderman....