A Nightmare's Nightmare

I made my way upstairs and approached a door with the word 'Nursery' on it. I grasped the doorknob and turned it. The room had fog all over the floor, rocking horses were rocking by themselves and a music box was playing the children's song 'Skip to My Lou'. I approached the crib and holed back the covers. Lying underneath the baby blanket was a handgun. I picked it up, removed the mag and dumped out a single bullet. "Shit" I whispered. I put the bullet back in the mag, loaded it, and stuffed it in my right pant pocket. I decided to search for the piece of paper. As I looked around, Slender walked up the flight of stairs, leaving a large trail of blood. He approached the room and saw me looking through a toy chest. I dug my hands deep into the chest and felt something past the stuffed animals and baby toys. Before I could pull it out, a pair of hands grasped my shoulder and hauled me away from the trunk. Slender slammed the chest closed and turned to face me. I got to my feet and into a fighting position. Slender charged at me but I swiftly moved to the side and struck him in the rib. Slender backhanded me and punched me to the floor. He picked me up and slammed me against the bookshelf. Pinning me against it, he punched me in the stomach. He released me and watched me slump to the floor, groaning in pain, and coughing. I got to my feet and attempted to throw a punch, but Slender caught my fist in his grasp using his burnt hand. He thrust his hand forward so I got hit with my own fist, backhanded me, and kicked me away. I staggered to my feet as Slender slowly approached me. I dove between his legs and made a dash for the trunk. I quickly opened it and reached inside. I can't believe the music box still played 'Skip to My Lou.' This made my situation creepier. I pulled out a small box and dashed to the corner. I opened the box and unfolded the paper. Using my magic of fire, I burned it and watched Slender writhe in pain. I then saw writing appear as the paper burned.

1 bullet to the head.'

I glanced up and saw Slender stagger out of the room. I pulled out the handgun, cocked it, and pulled my arm back. Flicking arm forward, I pulled the trigger. I never thought I would use the bullet curve. The bullet zoomed out of the room, turned the corner, and drilled through Slender through the back of his head.

Feeling satisfied after hearing the body hit the floor, I tossed the gun aside. A writing appeared on the floor.

'5/8 papers found. Your next room is the basement. You will find six bladed weapons. Use them all. But find paper #6 first.'

I made my way downstairs and approached a door with the word 'Basement' written in red. Definitely blood. I opened the door and made my way down the stairs. The room was cold, dimly lit and smelled like blood. It didn't surprise me because I was in a fucking meat locker! Hanging corpses of cow, pork, and chicken hung on hooks and chains. I wanted to gag so much. I'm so fucking glad I spent two years in Equestria where meat isn't on the menu. I guess getting used to vegetation, sweets, and fruit will do that to you. I saw a piece of paper duct taped to a piece of pork carcass. I tore it and lit it on fire not giving a fuck about how Slender will react.

'1 Meat Cleaver
1 Makeshift Weapon
1 Machete
1 Carving Knife
1 Katana
1 Hatchet

1 blade = cut off a tendril.

So basically I'm temporarily going to be butcher for the night.

After the paper fully got burnt to a crisp, I made my way to a chopping block where an unfinished chopped poultry meat lay. Embedded on the chopping block was a meat cleaver. I picked it up and walked around the basement, searching for Slender. The soft creaks of the wood beneath my feet as well the sways of hanging raw food that's been stuck here for God knows how long made me feel uncomfortable. Suddenly, I heard movement behind me. I quickly spun around and raised the meat cleaver up. Stepping out of the darkness behind me, holding a pickaxe was Slender. He raised his weapon above his head, attempting to embed the blade into my head. I quickly spun around and blocked his attack with my weapon. While our weapons locked together, a tendril slowly sprouted from Slender's back and went from a slithery appendage to a razor sharp blade. I quickly pushed Slender back and moved away, still gripping the cleaver. The spike went back to its original state and lashed at me. I quickly moved to the side and sliced the appendage off. I watched the tendril flop around like a fish while Slender began to make the eeriest howling sound I've ever heard in my life.

I threw the meat cleaver at Slender but he caught it easily and embedded it into a pork carcass. He slowly approached me, extending the claws on his left hand while doing so. I took several steps back while Slender kept on advancing. I ignited my hands and began to throw several fireballs. For the most part, they didn't do any damage, though Slender staggered back from a few of them. Other times, he would swat them away like flies. I backed into a wooden table and felt around for something useful. On my right hand, I felt a screwdriver, and on the other, I felt a carving knife. I grasped both tools and times my attack. I held the tools in a way that when I perform my attack, the blades will be sideways. I watched as Slender approached me, clicking the claws on his fingers together. I charged forward and with a yell, I plunged the screwdriver deep into the side of Slender's leg, and slit his throat with the carving knife. While Slender grasped is bleeding throat, his remaining tendrils sprouted from his back and waved around. I grabbed one of them and began to cut through it with the carving knife. When I was done, I plunged the carving knife in the center of his back so neither he nor his remaining four tendrils can reach it.

As I ran further down the basement, I opened a cupboard and looked around. I found a hatchet, and a machete. I gathered the two blades, closed the cupboard, and ducked into the shadows. Slender walked around with a gash on his neck, looking for me. His hands and suit were soaked with his blood. As he continued to look for me, two of the four remaining tendrils sprouted from his back. In the dark corner, I changed positions so that I was now behind him. Next to me was a piece of wood. Putting the hatchet down, I picked up the wood and tossed it out of my hiding spot. Slender turned around and approached the splinter. He bent down, picked it up and examined. A soft whistling noise got his attention. When he turned his head, a hatchet was thrown out if the dark, getting him square in the forehead. I charged out of my hiding spot and slashed him with the machete. S
Slender staggered to his feet and using his clawed left hand and now sharp tendrils, he began attacking me while the hatchet was embedded into his forehead, causing more blood to drop. Using my superhuman assassin skills, I blocked a lot of his attacks, while some of the attacks slashed me. I slit his legs, causing Slender to fall to his knees, gripping the handle of the hatchet, I removed the blade with force and went behind him. Again, his tendrils writhed about like snakes. I embedded the hatchet into his shoulder blade and sliced tendril #3 off. After tossing the machete aside, I retrieved the hatchet and chopped off tendril #4. For the hell of it, I kicked the butt of the carving knife so deep into his back, the entire blade stuck out of his chest. I turned around to find the last two blades. Slender staggered to his feet. He had so many wounds, that when he walked, he almost looked like a zombie.

I made my way over to another end of the basement and saw a katana lying on a table. I laughed softly and picked up the katana. I picked it up, unsheathed it and admired the blade. I tossed the sheath aside, but when I turned around, Slender was charging at me from out if the dark. "Oh fuck!" I cried out as I quickly blocked it with the katana. Slender threw slashes with clawed hand while I blocked with my katana. The clash went on for several seconds until Slender made the mistake of lashing a tendril at me. I quickly stepped aside and sliced it clean off. Slender disarmed the katana from my grasp and kicked me against the wall. A black tendril lashed out and wrapped itself around my neck. I began choking and gagging as I was lifted off the floor. A toothy grin appeared on Slender's face as he ran a clawed finger across where my heart is. I then remembered seeing 'Makeshift Weapon' on the list of things I have to cut off Slender's tendrils with. I grinned and let out a choked laugh. I raised my right hand up and fire engulfed it. Slender watched as the flame formed into a dagger. I grasped the the tendril with my left hand, and with my right, I sliced through the tendril choking me. Slender staggered back and screeched as I slid down to the floor. With a monstrous voice, he shouted "Fuck you!" And slowly vanished. I got to my feet and took heavy breaths.

Across from me was a ghostly child holding a small wooden box. I slowly approached the child and eyed the box.

"We're counting on you" he said.

" 'We' " I asked. Coming out of the darkened corners and carcasses of the basement were several ghost children and men. These must be the men who had their loved ones raped by Slender. They were all chanting one sentence over and over again.

"Anything goes, finish him. Anything goes, finish him. Anything goes, finish him." While they chanted, I opened the box and picked up two pieces of paper. One had

7/8

The other had

8/8

I ignited a fire with my magic and burned the two papers. A message formed whilst the papers burned.

'Anything goes, finish him. Use what's inside the box!'

Inside the wooden box was a pair of brass knuckles, and an already loaded sawed-off shotgun. I retrieved the weapons and pocketed them.

As I made my way through the basement, the ghosts of Slender's victims followed me chanting continuously.

"Anything goes, finish him. Anything goes, finish him. Anything goes finish him."