Chapter One

"Omg! Daisy, that was so much fun!" Pheobe exclaimed.

"Yeah, it was! We should go on a double date again!" Daisy laughed.

They had just gone on a double date with Pheobe and Jake. They had a bit to drink so they couldn't drive. Not that they could at all, none of them had a license. They were on their way to a taxi stop on the edge of town. they weren't too far, Just a little bit farther.

"Daisy! Oh my gosh! You are so cute with Noah, I cannot tell you!" Phoebe said enthusiastically.

"Aww, Pheobe, well you're pretty cute with Jake."

The four of them were walking down a street. The street was dark and parts of the cement were ripped up. They were not in the good part of town, the part of town that the city neglected.

"Well, what do you want to do now?" Noah said

"Hmmm," Jake pretended to think but really he just enjoyed creating suspense. "How about we start a fire, like on a building?" Jake said as if a lightbulb was over his head.

"No, we don't want to end in prison on our night out, Jake," Noah said in a baby voice.

"True," Jake said in disappointment.

They saw the sign for the taxi stop up ahead, and there was a taxi stopped near it. Noah waved at the driver and jogged up, opened the door, and stuck his head in.

"Hey, Can we get to 449 W starlop boulavard?"

"Yeah, I can only take 3 though." The driver said only moving his eyes towards the backseat.

"Oh, we can squeeze," Noah said as they all crammed into the back. The front seat had a bunch of computers and radio consoles.

"Get out! Get out of my car!" The driver was now looking at them.

"Sir, we can squeeze, its no big deal."

"I smell the booze, get out!" He said finally, as he opened his door to get out. The four of them quickly got out as the driver glared at them, then climbed back into his car, and veered off.

"Well, that was unhelpful." Noah said to break the silence. He smiled as he saw another set of headlights pulling into the taxi stop. Noah waved his hands, but then saw the driver pick up a walki talki to listen to it. He put it down, and shook his head at the four teenagers, and zoomed off as well.

"Fuck!" Noah kicked a peice of stone lying on the ground.

"We are going to have to wlk through the woods, Noah." Daisy said unfortunatly.

The four of them turned and started to move through the woods. The woods that everyone talks about being haunted. The woods that everyone, even adults, are terrified of. The walked for a bit until Noah saw something flickering. The hair on the back of his neck stood up, as he held his arm out to halt the others. He sighed a breath of relief as he realized it was just a lightning bug. He chuckled at his dumbness. They walked a little bit more hoping to see some form of the woods breaking or a house, signifying they're getting closer to thier neighborhood.

Just then they heard a rustling behind them. At this point, they were in a wooded park, with no street lights. They were all alone, at least that's what they thought.

"It's probably just a raccoon or something," Noah said.

But just as he finished that sentence they heard footsteps unlike a racoon.

"Maybe it's a horse?" Jake said hopefully.

Then Daisy dropped. She was out cold, laying on the ground. Noah sat at her side and noticed a tranquilizer dart in her throat. He removed it carefully and stuck it in his pocket, he may be able to use it later. Then a scream echoed throughout the forest. It sounded like Phoebe. Noah didn't know what to do, he didn't want to leave Daisy but he wanted to make sure Phoebe was okay. He sprinted towards Phoebe, and when he got there she was laying on the ground, her nose bleeding, with a cut on her forearm.

"Phoebe!" Aiden was shaking her forcefully.

At that moment Jake came sprinting. His face looked pale and white as if he had just seen a ghost.

"That is not a horse!" Jake said frantically. He was hyperventilating.

"Jake, calm down, we don't know what this is, okay?"

"Are you nuts! Did you not see what happened to Phoebe and Daisy?"

"Jake, maybe this is just a huge misunderstanding."

"Oh my god! You want to go see if Daisy is still laying there?"

Noah didn't say anything. He knew this was not a 'misunderstanding', and he knew Daisy wasn't going to be where he left her. Noah likes to make sure people don't panic, and he says and does what he has to, to make sure people are protected. In other words, Noah is the protector. He likes to make people feel calm in scary situations.

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"Noah! Noah! I need you to run, baby! Run, just like me and your father taught you! I need you to never look back! I need you to find a wonderful family to take care of you. I love you, Noah."

"Mommy! Mommy, wake up! Please-"

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Noah had been jolted out of his memory when he heard more rustling. He looked around to see nothing.

Jake was nowhere to be seen, he had sprinted away and accidentally left Noah behind. As for Jake, he can be a little aloof. He does things without thinking. He's the goofball of the group, the daredevil, he didn't even realize he had left Noah alone. Alone with The thing.

Noah was alert, and making sure no-one was around, as he walked he discovered a flashlight with the batteries laying next to it. He picked up the flashlight and opened the place where you put the batteries, and inside was a note. The note read "I see you...". Noah dropped the note instantly and looked around. He flicked the flashlight on and off. it works. He turned it on and kept walking, his flashlight only letting him see a circle around him. He heard a twig snap beside him, and he turned towards the sound and shined the light in the direction. nothing. he turned and kept walking.

As he walked, his flashlights' light touched a hand. He stopped and stared at it. He was afraid of who the hand was attached to, or if it was even attached. He walked forward, as his flashlight discovered more of the body. He shined the light on the face and there was Jake. His face was beaten up. He had scratches all over his arms, face, and legs, and the environment around his body was very disturbed. The dirt was strewn around, and a lot of plants were broken. It looked like Jake didn't go down without a fight.

Upon closer inspection, Jake had black and purple bruises around his neck. He must have been strangled. The person that is after us is still here, and it's after Noah.

Just then, a pair of arms wrap around Noah's neck, their intentions far from good. Noah fights back as much as he can muster. He tries to elbow the thing but it's no use. Noah can feel he has lost a lot of oxygen, and he is slowly slipping out of reality. As his last-ditch effort, he swings his hand in a claw backward. The thing screamed loudly, and he quickly returned his hand to his body. His hand came back red, dripping with blood, and Noah sprinted as fast as he could, not even looking back. But then he does. And when he looks back in front, it's too late, He hits a tree. The thing catches up and grabs Noah's leg and drags him a little way, Noah tries to kick as he is being dragged. Noah curls up and kicks the thing in the face with his feet. He stands up quickly and sprints, but before he can get an inch, the thing grabs his shoulders and pulls him back.

"Who...Are..." Noah is being strangled again. Oxygen depleting in his lungs, Making it harder to talk. "..You?" Noah finally gets out.

The thing doesn't say anything.

Noah then feels a cold sharp feeling on his throat in a perfect line. He then realizes it's a knife. He tries to scream but it's just a grunt.

"You ready to die a bloody death?" The thing says.

then the thing loosens its grip on accident, enabling Noah to get a loud ear-piercing scream, which catches the thing off guard. Noah turns around and punches the thing in the face, and sprints the other way.

Noah runs for a little bit. Maybe 3 minutes. Until he hits his head on an overhanging net. It had something inside the net. like an animal or something. It smelled of rotten flesh. He turned on the flashlight and shined it on the net. At the sight of the contents of the net, Noah lets out a scream.

Inside the net was a human. Dead. Bloody. Decapitated.

The head was gone only to leave the bloody knob of its throat where the head was cut off. The body's arm was sliced right at the elbow. The other arm was fine except for the lack of fingers. All 5 fingers were cut to the brim. The body was missing one leg, and the foot was missing on the other. The abdomen was cut down the middles, with its guts spilling out. Its intestine was hanging down from beneath the net, through one of the holes of the net.

"what in the motherfuck is happening?" Noah muttered to himself. "what the fuck is going to happen to me? I need to go back and find daisy, Pheobe, and Jake!"

He turned and sprinted the way he came. He ran as fast as he possibly could. He then tripped. He shined the flashlight and noticed he tripped on Jake.

Jake is still out? He isn't dead, is he? Noah thought.

He loomed over him and shook Jake.

"Jake! Wake up!"

Jake made a sound. He opened his eyes and leaned up. He looked at Noah, then he looked around, and then back at Noah again.

"I fucking told you!" Jake said seriously.

"I know. I know. Jake, I am sorry. But right now we need to go find our Girlfriends."

"Sure thing, BET THEY ARE ALREADY FUCKIGN DEAD! CAUSE OF YOU!" Jake was enflamed.

"Jake, calm down. They are smart. They could still be alive."

Noah wasn't so sure on the inside and was actively trying to get the lump in his throat to go away. He is on the verge of tears. especially after what he saw in the net. He thought of that happening to Daisy. Or Pheobe. Even Jake. And the possibility of being his fault. After all, He was the one who told everyone to not panic and that it was fine and to keep walking. If only he would have just called a paid fucking taxi. None of this would have happened. If he called a paid Taxi, then none of them would be walking to a painful and gory death. Noah then thought about how someone can really only kill one person at a time, and he thought about watching Daisy getting mutilated. He thought about watching Pheobe and Jake getting mutilated, and he felt a tear run down his cheek, and he broke down and burst into tears.

"I'm sorry. Noah. You are probably right, actually." Jake said. "Come on. Let's go find them. They are probably fine." Jake said with a comforting voice.

They both started to run towards the girls' last known location. They ran around trying to find the girls, but there was no luck. They slowed down to a walking pace. Then they stood still.

"Where are they!" Jake shrieked.

"They didn't ditch us and run for the hills right?" Noah said.

"Of course not. Something happened to them!" Jake said. "I will find this bitch and fuck him up for killing my Girlfriend"

"Jake, I fought him. He is strong. You should not try and get into a fight with him."

"You fought him?" Jake said with a concerned voice.

"Yeah. I made it out fine but, I also found a net. It had a mutilated body inside of it. It was decapitated, and missing different body parts. its abdomen was cut open. This dude is not a joke."

"Whoa, what the fuck." Jake was concerned now.

At that exact moment a bat hit Jake over the head. He fell to the ground, unconscious.

And then the bat reached for Noahs head.

And everything went black