Chapter 19
Slenderman's POV
I walked down the hallway, very confused. Where the hell is Kristi? I thought, looking inside the living room. BEN, Hoodie, and Sally were the only ones in there. "Have you guys seen Kristi?" I asked, trying to hide the worry in my voice.
BEN and Hoodie shook their heads and returned to their normal things, which was games and recording. Sally looked away from her dolls and at me, answering, "I thought she went to buy groceries or something with Splendorman. Check with him."
I stood there before going to the kitchen. How did Sally become so mature suddenly? I questioned myself, looking at the kitchen to see Splendorman put up groceries. He didn't seem like his usual happy self ever since Marie died, but he still smiled as if nothing happened. "Brother, have you seen Kristi?" I asked, seeing him freeze, "Sally said you two went shopping."
He turned slowly at me and gave me a smile, replying, "Haven't seen her, at all, in the past weeks. Also, I went shopping by myself."
I sighed and walked up to him. "Look, I know you're upset that Marie's dead, but you have to understand that Kristi-"
Splendorman snapped his head back in my direction and he had the biggest smile he could ever give. "Stop talking about Kristi like that. You would just accept anything she does since you love her, but you will be blinded from the truth because of that."
I felt anger swell within me and shouted, "You know that Kristi protected herself from Marie! Marie tried to kill her!"
"You know Marie wouldn't do that! We know your daughter more than Kristi does. But you won't even believe in Marie because of Kristi's 'always right'! You won't even believe in your own family now!"
I was shocked that Splendorman yelled at me. He usually never yells unless if it's a cheerful shout. I clenched my fists and went to my office, teleporting there. I went to my desk and threw the first thing I touched. When it hit the wall, I realized that I threw the retake of the family picture and I picked it up. I saw Kristi and Marie together, smiling wide. I was behind them and holding them close, taking the picture with one of my tendrils. "How can I believe Marie didn't do that when she can't be here to tell me?" I mumbled, holding the picture close.
Suddenly, I felt the phone in my pocket vibrate and I checked the caller ID to see Kristi's name. I flipped it and answered in a worried tone, "Hello? Kristi, where are you?"
"Hey, Boss," Jeff's voice, making me freeze, "We need your help."
"Jeff? Why do you have Kristi's phone?"
"She let me borrow it. Now, come get us!"
"Us?"
I heard a small shuffle before Ticci-Toby's voice answered, "Hey, Boss! It's Toby! I'm with Jeff and Kristi!"
"I can see that, Toby. Now, put Kristi on the phone."
There was another second before I heard Kristi's sweet voice greet, "Hey, Slendy!"
"Kristi! What's going on?" Before she could answer, I heard a siren and I asked, "Is that a siren? Are the police surrounding you three?"
"... Maybe?"
I slammed my fist on my desk and continued angrily, "Why are the police surrounding you guys? What did the two bring you into, Kristi? Tell me now!"
"Calm down, Slendy! I had to... get something and they helped me. But I didn't know what I needed had been given to a family and now we have hostages. You have to help us get out!"
I placed my hand on my forehead and sighed. "I swear, if you got hurt because of this, I'll-"
"Just hurry up and get here! They're about to break in!"
I got up and looked at my phone. I saw the tracking device that was on Kristi's phone and I teleported there, landing inside the house. The lights flickered a little before going back. I was facing the hostage family and they all stared at me in complete surprise, too scared to scream. "If I see anything like this again," I began to scold, turning around, "I'll be very-"
I froze when I saw Kristi, Jeff, and Ticci-Toby there. Toby was holding onto a limp body, but the brown hair and tanned skin gave away who it was. "Marie?"
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When your book gets worse and worse each chapter. *points to myself* This happens every story.