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Cruelest Of Hearts~Eyeless Jack X Reader Chapt. 26

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Chapter 26 Exile






What had happened to you, you had absolutely no idea; where you were currently, was another matter that you knew nothing about. For your rather hot-blooded nature, the state of ignorance was not so typical and once you found yourself in it, your brain was struggling all on its own to produce the necessary answers to all of your questions. Like now for example. Right now, you were under the faint awareness that you were lying against a comfortable surface; right now, your eyes were indeed open yet your vision could only see an endless haze of white lights which were ever-so-often disturbed by some faint shadow that danced on the edges of your vision, passing closely enough for your blurry eyes to pick up. It was your consciousness that was drifting in and out of awareness, threatening to pull you back into the darkness but you tried as hard as you could to focus right in front of you and remember what had happened. Because the need for you to remember, seemed like a matter of life and death.

  Due to this, you slowly but steadily began to feel other things as well; like a heavy weight pressing against your chest, making it all too hard to inhale the precious air that would give you clarity, as well as the throbbing pain on your knees and the burning inside your neck that was as if you had swallowed hot coal. For a moment, you didn’t know why or how you acquired these injuries but as your brain focused, all of your memories came flashing back right before your very own eyes. The packing, the broken door, the smiling man, the chase for your life, the window, the field, Jack and last but not least, your failing heart. In front of the magnitude of the wave your memories produced in a mere flash, your back makes a perfect arc and your lungs inhale the cool air violently, your parched throat burning you more and more as you try to ignore it and call out for Jack with everything you had. Yes, your voice came out barely above a desperate whisper and despite your attempts to move, everything was hurting you and moving very slowly; this only served to panic you more, especially when your body tilted to the side and your were taken aback to notice that there was no bed left, resulting into seeing the blurry pavement coming your way.

 Something flashed under you.

 Two sturdy hands wrapped carefully around your small waist, pulling you against a toned chest and holding you like you were the most breakable thing in existence, as you frantically tried to blink away the blurriness and freaking out all at the same time, struggling inside the steal embrace.

  ‘It is alright ______ you are safe; I am right here.’ The deep, familiar voice knocked the air out of your lungs as you gazed up, only to see the blurry face of Jack looking back at you with his empty eye sockets.

 ‘…J-Jack?’ you voice sounded weak even to you.

 Gently, the man helped you lie back on the bed and as the last traces of blurriness left your eyes, you were able to gaze upon his even face which was betraying no emotion whatsoever, but to your skilled brain, you were able to pick up a faint tint of worry staining his majestic characteristics as he paced up and down, trying to make sure you are okay and offering you a big glass of water, which you downed in one go, feeling the smooth liquid melting away the hot lava that had rested inside your neck.

 ‘There is no need to worry; we are safe inside my lab for now. Care to explain what happened to you?’

 His voice was cold and seemingly fell on your skin like more water, making you shiver unwillingly.

 ‘The smiling man came barging in the moment you left; he broke the door and attacked me, I tried to fight him back but eventually ran out of the room. I-I screwed up didn’t I?’ you hiss the last part, as he places a cotton ball which was drenched  in disinfectant on your wounds acquired by when you went through the window.

 He nodded ‘No, I am surprised you managed to get out of the house in the first place.’ He commented ‘I should not have left you alone.’

 In his words, silence falls among you, with him trying to tend to your wounds and you looking around you curiously, only noticing right now that you were back into his lab; all the shelves and counters were empty of course and the door was bolted shut, with any heavy item inside the room pulled right in front of it to prevent pretty much everyone from coming inside. But right now, you weren’t so sure that even those measures would be enough.

 ‘Who was the one that attacked me?’ you ask Jack long before you had the chance both to realize it and stop yourself.

 His movements pause for a split second, before a small sigh comes out from his lips ‘His name is Jeff The Killer. He is one of the creatures that reside in here, like myself.’

You had never heard of that name in your life and judging from your recent experience with him, maybe for a good reason as well ‘Are you sure the door will remain closed?’

  If Jack had eyes, you were pretty sure that he would be rolling them ‘For now, I believe so. We have to get out of here in the very next hours, before the sun goes down and before our Master learns about you.’

 ‘But they already know about me, aren’t they going to come after us no matter where we run to? We are no longer safe anymore.’

 You could clearly feel the adrenaline starting to pump hard inside your chest, filling your heart and your brain like the strongest poison known to mankind, more and more with all the passing seconds and the dawning of what you had done by walking out of that mere door, of exposing yourself to the whole house of killers and murderous creatures and to tell the truth to yourself, you were even more freaked out to notice that Jack was still sticking with his calm and cold demeanor, like the whole place wasn’t on fire. Hell, the whole place could go up on fire and the man would still be calm and collected. Couldn’t he see the danger of the situation you were in? why wasn’t he freaking out for God’s sake?!

 ‘No matter what happens, I will protect you. Also, they will be risking far more than simply their health if they do so much as to touch a single hair of your head; I am the only one along the lines of a doctor and most of them require my help frequently. Imagine what will happen if they hurt you.’

 ‘This doesn’t help too much you know; I am still a human that knows about you.’ you practically yell frantically at him, trying keep your hand under control and not slap him across the face.

 ‘Hyperventilating is not going to do you any good; especially when we’ll need to get out of here.’ He comments evenly.

 ‘And you being so calm is not helping me either?! Aren’t you worried?’ you demand to know.

 ‘I am worried.’

 ‘Then stop being so cool about it! And what the hell is this crackling sound?! Can’t you make it stop?!’ you yell, your hands –wounded or not- flying to cover your ears.

 It was a truly penetrating, unnerving and loud crackling sound, reminding you of what static sounded like when a radio was broken or unable to be tuned to a station right; it pierced through the air like an arrow and reached all the way inside your brain, making it hurt no much, that you covered your ears in a desperate try to protect it from the sound. There was no other sound that could match it both in magnitude or hellishness and the more the excruciating seconds passed, seemingly like eons, the more it was becoming stronger and stronger, reaching a certain point where you were no longer able to both see clearly or talk, surrendering yourself inside the pain it caused you, like a hot needle that was piercing your ear in order to reach your brain through it. Whatever Jack was saying right beside you, his words never reached your ears as you leaned forward and screamed on top of your lungs, your voice grazing the walls of your neck hard and injuring you, yet it never seemed to reach you as your body fell back at the medical bed and convulsed hard, as if the sound alone was able to give you seizures.

  All you could truly do was watch. Watch in desperation as your eyes nailed themselves out of pure instinct on the heavily bolted door, like you expected it to burst open at any given time. Jack was coming and going from beside you, picking you up and trying to wipe out the blood that was coming out of your nose and your ears, yelling incoherently to you and the only thing your brain wished for, was for the pain to stop; to pass and never come back again, as you bled out more and more blood.

It was right then that you noticed it…

 No, not it…

Them.

 There were six black… things… coming out through the sides of the lab door, sliding among the cracks and trying to slither their way in and through the whole pain and static you were hearing, it took you a few moments to realize that they were something along the lines of tentacles. They came though the sides, sliding over the wood, making you wonder how the hell did they manage that. Your field of vision was immediately changed as you realized Jack was placing you down on the floor, before stepping right in front of you; with the need to look up absent since you knew whatever the thing that was trying to get inside was, it had shortly send him into a battle position to protect both himself and you; still you had a clear view to the door as it was being tied up by the tentacles until you saw them  making a sharp move and the wood shattered into millions of pieces, revealing someone standing behind them.

 The moment that happened, three things occurred simultaneously.

Jack yelled something loudly.

The static subsided just enough to enable you to hear his muffled voice.

And you saw the creature.

There are some things that walk on this planet or can/cannot happen, that the brain will be completely able to understand and come in terms with, embracing their existence as part of nature itself and on the other side, there are things which nobody even dares to pose the question of their possible existence, shuddering from the terror in the mere thought of them. And the creature that was making its way inside the lab right now, its tall body reaching till the ceiling and even then hunching a bit in order to fit inside, was truly something out of an utter nightmare. It appeared as if it was a man; its characteristics, with the lean body and shoulders as well as the black suit, betrayed that whatever the hell the thing was, it could be classified as a male; yet, this was the only thing that even shared a resemblance with humans. Other than that, the creature had prolonged arms and legs and was extremely thin, having a completely white complexion. Yet, all of its monstrous characteristics paled in comparison to its face; because as your eyes finally reached all the way up to gaze onto it, a bloodcurdling scream left your lips; the thing had no face.  No eyes, no nose, no mouth. Just blank white skin with complete lack of any facial features whatsoever.

 The moment it walked inside the room, its blank face nailed itself to you, immediately making you scream your lungs out, something that was interrupted only when you tilted to the side and coughed up a mouthful of blood that was a mixture of both your own and Jack’s. Static filled the room once again, but this time it was a bit different.

 ‘She is mine Slender. I will not allow you anywhere near her.’ Jack’s voice filled your ears as well and you turned towards him, only to see the creature doing the same.

 Static flashed once again and Jack took a step back.

‘No rules were broken; she is mine and mine alone. I know very well that she is a mere human, but I will decide if she gets to live or not.’ The man stood his ground still.

There was a strange thing in the way Jack spoke, like he was answering questions that were never posed in the first place by the creature. Yet, as the Tall Man continued to gaze upon Jack, your brain managed to clear up enough to understand another strange thing; the different kind of static which was sounding all around you was both not as unpleasant as before, but it was also able to connect with certain words inside your mind each time, making it look like the creature was somehow speaking directly into your brains. Looking up at Jack, even if you were unable to see his face, it was clear that whatever the thing was saying, he was both listening very carefully and answering. Still, his ready-for-action posture and his hand that was tightening with all his might around his scalpel did nothing but allow shivers to travel down your spine.

You would take a wild guess and say that this creature was probably, the Leader of all the monsters inside the house.

 ‘I am perfectly aware of the risks hidden in bringing humans in here, yet I chose to have her for my very own satisfaction and use. It is also known that in the past, you allowed such comforts to other residents as well. There is no way for her to pose any danger into our hidden existence, since there is no way for her to escape me. If she does try, even once, I will oblige to the rules and kill her Slender.’ Jack informed, his voice adamantly unwavering.

 Hitherto, she did try to escape.

This time, you were able to pick up the full sentence that was lying inside the static. The voice of the Man made you shudder even more, yet your panic which flooded through your whole existence was interrupted by Jack’s voice.

 ‘I am aware of that and I will punish her accordingly. Still, it was Jeff that chased her in the first place; I had specifically ordered her to come and find me if such thing happened.’

  Eyeless Jack, there is nothing that can justify your reckless actions. You have placed us all in grave danger by exposing our existence to a mere human and thus, I will not overlook the rules. They are unchanging and you will be punished accordingly while the human will be immediately executed.

‘No pleas-‘

‘I will not let you touch her Slender. You will have to go through me to get her.’ Jack interrupts you as the Tall Man takes a step forward, draining what was left of the blood on your face.

He was going to attack Jack! You had to do something and do something fast! But what?!

 Jack raised his scalpel.

You were reckless Eyeless Jack.

‘She is not a threat to us and you know that.’ Jack yells back, his voice finally laced with anger.

  How can you be sure about such a thing?

‘Because I am already dying!!!’

 It was as if a bomb had gone off right then and there and no one was sure from where it came from. Suddenly, the static sound seized to exist whatsoever and dead-like silence took over the small, almost destroyed room of Jack’s laboratory, making you absolutely positive that you were able to hear your very own broken heartbeat pounding against your ears so loudly, that the two men who surrounded you were able to hear it loud and clear as well. What had happened? Oh yes. You had spoken up. What did you say?.....oh no……nonononononononono! You were NOT! supposed to say what you said! Why?! Why?! Mentally, you wanted to punch yourself so hard, you would land on the f*cking moon; honestly, you would prefer it much more than the view you had on Jack right now, whose back straightened in the sound of your words and his whole posture became so rigid, as if he had just turned into a statue; it was the reality of your words settling in inside the mind of the man, who at first didn’t even believe what he heard. Tears started welling on the edges of your eyes, fast to cascade your bruised cheeks as your hands flew to cover your mouth, the very same moment the two men turned to gaze at your crying form. Still, all you managed to do was cry even harder, regretting not only allowing these words to leave your lips, but for the sin of searching for Jack even after you knew the truth about yourself. How were you able to do this to him?

 One thing was sure right now though; the truth about you was finally out.

‘W..what did you say?’

It was Jack’s voice that broke the thick silence for the first time, his voice barely above a surprised whisper; you felt his gaze burning your face away, but all you did was clench your jaw tightly, pick yourself up and pin your eyes on the empty face of the Tall Man. This was it; the cat was out of the bag and right now, it was all or nothing. You were facing the man head on, if that meant protect Jack.

 ‘All I said was that I am already dying.’ You repeated yourself, clenching your fists with determination ‘I will not pose any danger to your kind whatsoever because first, I am dying and secondly, it is in your kind that Jack belongs. As for me, I have been diagnosed with Aortic Stenosis since I was fifteen, the same year that Jack disappeared and came over to your side. I have been battling it and the sudden cardiac arrests until now but before I came to the college from which Jack abducted me, the doctors said that I was in immediate need for a transplant since I only had six to eight months left to live. As you can already see, I turned down the transplant. Now, after three months in Jack’s captivity, I have three to four months left to live.’

 No one spoke after you and you downright ignored Jack who was now glaring daggers at the side of your face, clearly unable to believe his own ears. Yet, you had said nothing but the truth.

 Child, is all this true? The Tall Man spoke.

You nodded ‘You can check if you want. All I ask is to be allowed to spend my remaining days alongside my childhood friend and the only one I consider family. When the four months are over, you can check for yourself if I
am dead or not. That way, you can keep your one and only doctor as well. What do you say?’

Keeping your gazed fixed on the faceless man, you knew all too well that he was taking the things you said in deep consideration and thought; his silence and the complete lack of any static noise betrayed so much. Like the silence from Jack’s part betrayed that he was still processing the truth. It broke your heart in million little pieces to know that you had finally found him, only to leave him again and to tell you the truth, you didn’t even had the strength inside of you to raise your head and gaze into his beautiful face in order to see what he thought, how he reacted to the revelation. Instead, you kept your head down, allowing the quiet sobs to shake your body from the within, hearing the sound of your own heart cracking and breaking for a different reason than your condition.

 When Slenderman finally spoke, it felt like eons had passed by you.

Very well. I shall allow it but in four months I will come to take your soul. Eyeless Jack and _____ ______, the two of you must leave the premises of my house within the next hour. You are therefore exiled.



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 Even if Jack was standing right by your side, the mansion continued to be far more terrifying than you would like to admit. The two of you were walking down the narrow, wooden corridor, trying to make your way to the front door and with you doing your best not to pay attention to the various nightmarish inhabitants who were making their appearance from every possible corner and door in order to watch and comment about the peculiar extravaganza of a human walking these hallways while being fully alive and escorted by a ruthless killer of their own kind.
 
 Both you and Jack had passed the most part of the hour that followed Slenderman’s departure trying to pack whatever was left behind, while failing to exchange even the slightest of words. Your tears had long ago dried out, but Jack’s mood never seemed to alter neither towards the worse nor the better, leaving the man an empty shell to wander around doing all the chores that where required in the autopilot mode. No matter how much you tried to figure out anything, he didn’t say nor betrayed anything; something that was hurting you a lot me than if he was screaming at you. Pestering thoughts about the exile from the household and whether this was the best possible scenario for the both of you passed from your mind. Maybe you should have just given yourself up and allowed Slenderman to end your life, rather than allow Jack to lose the only home he had found peace inside. And yes, you felt terrible for hiding the truth from him. No matter how much you tried to explain to him though, he only shrugged you off by saying that you had to hurry. The only thing you were sure that you would be unable to live with though, was the thought that Jack would hate you for ruining everything.

 If only you hadn’t found him.

If only you had died that first time you had a heart-attack.

Going down the stairs and allowing a short glance around, you saw many of your already familiar murderers looking up to you, as you and Jack made your way to the front door, carrying with you what was left of your belongings; maybe it wasn’t such a normal thing for someone to be exiled from this house, or maybe they just wanted to make sure you were gone and as far away as you could from them. Maybe they waited for the moment you would step outside in order to kill you on the spot.

 ‘You are really pretty!’ a childish voice tore you away from your thoughts and you looked down only to see the browned haired girl with the green eyes which you had seen earlier that morning. She was smiling brightly to you despite the blood that was still cascading her small face.

 ‘Don’t scare her Sally.’ Jack murmured to the child calmly, only to receive an exaggerated pout.

 ‘I only wanted to give her this.’ she says and pulls an anemone flower, offering it to you with a huge smile.

 At first you were taken aback ‘F-for me?’

‘Of course silly!’ she responds, smiling even brighter.

 ‘T-thank you.’ you say, taking the blue flower in your hands and seeing the girl being picked up by another girl that appeared out of nowhere.

 The small girl threw her hands lovingly around her neck and you just stared in horror towards the elder girl, who wrapped her hands around Sally in a protective, motherly way; she must have been around your own age, standing at the proud height of 5’ 6’, with fierce scarlet red hair which formed lively curls and skin so white that could easily pass as a ghost, something that was even more enhanced by the torn witch costume she was wearing. Her eyes were a pure nightmare in the shade of vivid orange with the sclera completely black, making them shine like two orange gems. Two scars were cascading each of her eyes, starting from her lower eyebrows and reaching all the way down to her jaw, with the flesh still hanging open on the edges of her skin, like someone had shredded her skin in half. Her face betrayed no emotion, even when she kissed the little girl’s hair.

 ‘Why did you give the anemone to her Sally?’ Jack pulled you out of your thoughts and made you look away from the red-headed girl, who was now staring at you coldly.

 ‘Why else?!’ the small girl giggled ‘Because she is already dead.’

Jack went completely rigid to her words and instead of offering an answer, he passed his hand to your waist in a manner that was both protective and possessive and led you to the front door, opening it and allowing you to pass to the front porch. The cold of the winter enveloped you immediately and as you stared at the forest’s premises, one thing crossed your mind.

 This was the beginning of the exile.
 Hey darlings, I am really sorry for the delay, inspiration just avoided me these past few days =_= so the chapter may be a bit rougher than usual. I still hope that you'll like it though ^^ With this chapter we enter the second and final arc of the story; fear not, we have many more chapters to go ^^

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aaHA SO HALLOWEEN IS MISS AUTHOR'S OC, IM NOT SO STUPID AFTER ALL!!!

I also now have clearance to make a bad joke.

So this is a self inserted self-insert, eh? XD 
Since both Halloween and the reader can potentially both be the author... yeah that made more sense in my head.