Well, I've decided to try the impossible. Let's see how far I can go, shall we? Please review. I'd appreciate it. And also check out my Marble Hornets, Tribe Twelve and Everymanhybrid storeis as well please. All my oc's are mine.

To say that Vince was suffering from a deep loneliness and depression would be a bit of an understatement. He was alone now as far as he saw it. Well, except for the viewers maybe.

Evan was beyond help; possibly possessed, no, definitely possessed by a demon or ghost named Habit that had a weird fetish for rabbits and the number seven. Then there was Jeff. He was... He was gone. Vince didn't know if he was dead or not at the current time. But what he did know was that Habit had him. At least, that's what it seemed like. Claire might as well be dead. She was under the Slenderman's control and was now his proxie, under the title of, 'The Witch'. It was against her free will of course and Vince occasional wondered if she could see what she was doing or if it would only haunt her dreams when she finally snapped out of it. If she did at all that is. And Steph? Hell, Vince had no clue where the hell she was. She could have been in a different state for all he knew.

Checking out the shack at Baldpoint was perhaps one of the most strange (to put it in a lighter way) thing to happen. At first at least. It started out simple enough with him somehow moving in between his house and the houses of his three missing best friends, but when the Slenderman started to appear, it was more or less just plain disturbing and terrifying.

The sudden appearance of Dr. Corenthal was the only good thing that came out of it since he saved him. However, even that was fucking weird.

Though shooting the Slenderman was the equivalent of shooting Cthulhu, so that was pretty badass.

But one question was stuck in Vince's mind.

Why the hell did the doctor leave him in some sort of tunnel?

Vince could only look around the walls, staying still in place as he tried to figure out what to do next. He wasn't too sure which way to go exactly, and after what had just happened he could only imagine what the wrong direction would lead him.

"I should... I should check the time", Vince said to himself as he rummaged through his pockets for his phone. After what had happened to him, he felt it only right to know how long he was gone for. However, seeing the date on the phone brought tremendous shock.

The date said it was about a quarter to three, October 12th, 2012.

"No, frickin' way", Vince muttered, but there was no way he could deny this.

Thinking on it, denying things is possibly the reason he was here right now. Evan and Claire were clearly suffering from something. Hell, Claire confessed to him face to face she woke up with blood on her hands! Literally! And he just tried to tell his redhead friend it was a hallucination from lack of sleep! Even that should have been an indicator! And Evan? The viewers knew he was a nutjob, but himself and the others were just so use to Evan's behaviour that he didn't put too much thought into it. Though in retrospect, when Claire and Jeff noticed it he should have considered it himself. But no, he wanted to keep everyone together.

For Jay and Rebecca, these last few months were hell.

For a moment, it seemed like they had finally found Tim and they would be able to get out of the square they were trapped in more or less.

However, no sooner had they seen him had he vanished. They even found the mental health clinic he was going to and waited outside for months. But he never showed up. This worried them both greatly. Though it affected Rebecca a bit more since the brunette had a deep affection for Tim... Even if the Masky side showed his affection in a creepy way towards her sometimes.

However, when they received a box with some tapes from the Marble Hornets shoot a few years back, it had given them a lead.

As well as strengthened their new belief that Alex was a psychopath trying to murder them both.

But there was also the abandoned hospital. It was difficult to find but they found it eventually. Though neither of them ever wanted to return after they went through the maintenance tunnel. They didn't see why the hooded person couldn't have just given them Tim's medical file instead of being a jerk and giving the Slenderman a chance to get them.

After looking through said file, they knew that Tim was being disturbed, and finding him was a must.

With little option, they had to go to Rosswood Park, and find the tunnel Alex had single-handedly with a rock murdered a man.

But first, the mill Alex tried to murder them at.

"Okay, so let's see. There's no bullet on the ground... so either that was taken by Alex or Tim, or it got caught in one of them", Rebecca stated thoughtfully as she looked at the floor closely, kicking some straw wood away.

"Well, Tim seemed fine when we spotted him, so it might have hit Alex", Jay pointed as he walked around the stairs and looked up at the metal roof. "Hey, there's a hole up there. It looks about the size a bullet could make".

"You sure?", Rebecca asked as she moved over to Jay and looked at the small hole that Jay was pointing to. "You sure about that? I meant, I'm no expert but can a bullet even pass through metal that thin?"

"Well, I'm no expert either, but they were standing here and judging by the angle the bullet could have ended up being aimed there", Jay said.

"Have you ever considered doing CSI stuff?", Rebecca asked in a half-hearted attempt of humour.

"I would probably cause more damage after the crime was committed", Jay replied with a small smile that only lasted a moment. "If that hole was made by the bullet, then that means-"

"Alex is still around", Rebecca stated. She could only imagine what her older brother would do when he finds them again. Nothing pleasant is what she would guess.

"Yeah", Jay mumbled as he looked around for the tenth time that day. "Let's get going and find that tunnel before it get's too dark".

"Here, here", Rebecca mumbled as she went to go down the stairs, Jay just behind her. Being October, Rosswood was empty of visitors and the path was damp with water making it slightly muddy and making some leaves stick to the soles of their shoes.

However, this trip was going to have a slight twist to it that they never saw coming in a million decades.

Vince had only stood there for a few more minutes. He looked towards both ends of the tunnel and considered which would be safer. One end gave him a bit of a bad vibe. The other seemed alright. Although, he then had to think over if that was what someone wanted to him to think, or even if it was all in his mind. So maybe he should go left. Then again, right might actually lead him somewhere where he can get an answer to what to do. Though there was always a chance, slim as it may be, that Habit could be there, ready to strike. An encounter Vince would like as much as a conservative Christian would like a hooker. But then again-

"Hey!"

Vince turned around and saw two people there. The first was a skinny man around his twenties. How old exactly was uncertain but definitely older than Vince himself. His hair was a lightish brown and his eyes were a bit spaced apart. The other was a girl who seemed to be about Vince's age, albeit she was kinda short. Her hair was a dark brown tied back in a ponytail and something the two people had in common were the dark shadows under their eyes. A clear sign of sleep deprivation.

"Are you okay?", the guy asked, in an unsure tone. He seemed hesitant to ask him. Almost like he was expecting Vince to retaliate violently.

"Err... I'm not sure how to answer that to be honest", Vince admitted sheepishly, and how could he.

"What's with the camera?", the girl asked, her eyes locked on the camera Vince was holding. Strangely enough, Vince only noticed now that these two strangers were holding camera too.

"Er, I'm filming for... Have you seen a guy about my age, taller and has sort of curly hair? OR a girl with short, red hair?", Vince questioned. He would leave Evan out for the moment, and Stephanie too for now. "Their names are Jeff Koval and Claire Welmer".

"Er... Noo", the guy replied slowly. "Are they... missing?"

"Well... yeah".

Everyone stayed quietly. Maybe a part of them instantly knew the other was being haunted by something? If that was the case, they couldn't just blurt it out. It would just make them look insane.

No. There had to be a subtle way to bring the subject up.

Ring

Everyone was a little surprised by the sudden sound, but the light-haired man quickly pulled out his phone which was the source of the sound.

"Who is it?", the brunette asked, briefly looking at her friend before looking back to Vince.

"No idea", the man responded before he accepted the call and turned around briefly. Although it was rude, Vince couldn't help but faintly over here the caller. It was difficult, but he was certain he could make out the word, 'leave'.

"Alex?", the girl asked no one particular and Vince cringed briefly at the thought of one of his best friends brother, who was also a friend of his. Alex didn't deserve to go out the way he did, but at least he would be with his parents again. Thinking on it now, Vince felt annoyed at how Jeff tried to downplay his brother's obvious mental condition, but then again Vince could have done something more to convince Jeff to get help for his brother, especially since he wouldn't listen to Evan or Claire.

While Vince was having his little thoughts, Jay and Rebecca talked.

"How the hell does he know we're here?", Rebecca asked Jay sharply, her hands shaking slightly.

"I don't have any idea", Jay said, looking around him in slight paranoia. "But maybe we should just see what's at the end of the tunnel".

"What about the guy who looks vaguely like the late Billy Mays but younger?", Rebecca brought up as she took a quick glance at the man who seemed lost in his own thoughts. Her description was more or less correct, and the man also wore glasses.

"Well, he might be dealing with the same thing we are", Jay said. "Maybe... maybe we could at least ask-"

"And how do we know he'll help us?", Rebecca asked as she narrowed her eyes slightly. "Face it Jay, we haven't had much luck with getting help lately".

"I know, but we can't let this slip", Jay said, being a bit stubborn to some of Rebecca's annoyance. He looked over to the stranger and asked,

"Are you lost or something?"

"Well, am I still at Baldpoint?"

Vince felt a bit nervous when he saw the pair both frown. He must be somewhere else in Jersey.

"No, we're in Rosswood Park. Well, the woods of the nature trail actually", the male responded, looking at him with puzzlement. Vince furrowed his eyebrows at the name. He never heard of it before.

"Er, could you be more specific? I never really heard that name before and I've lived in New Jersey all my life". Vince felt anxiety the moment the brunette girl mouthed a swear word while her friend's mouth dropped slightly.

"New... New Jersey?", he repeated.

"Er... Yeah...?", Vince answered. He felt nervous. He was still in New Jersey... wasn't he?

"Errr... This isn't Jersey. This is Alabama".

"Wh-what?!" Vince hadn't meant to raise his voice, which made the pair across from him flinch. But could he blamed? Not only had he been missing for seven months roughly, but he was now in another state! On the other side of the country! How could he not be shocked?

"Um... You alright?", Rebecca asked hesitantly. The look on this man's face seemed to show that he was not meant to be here. At all.

"I... I..." After a few more minutes, the man gave a nervous chuckle. "You will not believe what has just happened to me".

"Vice versa here more or less", Jay responded bluntly, and it was the truth.

Vince took a few steps towards the pair.

"This is... this is definitely not New Jersey? It's... Alabama?"

"Yeah?", the girl said.

"Okay, well... I'm sorry if this is inconvenient. But can you give me directions out of here, and to the nearest town-"

"OH FUCK!", Rebecca shrieked suddenly, being the first to spot the Slenderman. He was just a little behind the dark-haired man and no sooner had she shrieked did both men look to the the tall fiend.

They gave into their first instinct and began to run.

Vince was terrified as hell. For the love of God he had only escaped that damn thing and now it shows up again?! What the hell! Although he figured they wouldn't want him to, Vince followed the pair since they appeared to (hopefully) know the area well enough to get out of here. Whether or not they noticed he was running after him, they didn't complain and so he just dodged trees and jumped over logs as they did, trying not to slip in the muddy spots that were a bit worse than normal and making sure he didn't fall.

That was a mistake often made in horror movies.

The pair did know a way out thank God. It took some time but they were soon in a parking lot that was a decent enough distance away from the woods. They stopped by a car Vince assumed was owned by one of the pair and they reclaimed their lost breath. Vince was shaking a bit, but that was to be expected. Though whether it was from running or fear was uncertain.

"You okay?", Vince looked up at the guy. He looked genuinely concerned and Vince nodded before saying,

"Ye-yeah. Thanks".

"Has... has that thing been... After you as well", the girl asked. She seemed nervous about asking that question, and Vince almost chuckled because of it.

"Yeah, and my friends".

"He's taking them as well?", the guy asked. By the sounds of it, that seemed to be a recurring theme with him and the girl. At least, that's what Vince though. Vince wasn't too sure how to answer the question to people he had just met so he thought over his answer first.

"...Well, he has one of them. As far as I know", Vince answered. It wasn't a lie. The Slenderman had Claire, Habit didn't seem to like him and had Jeff. Stephanie could be anywhere, but in her condition it was not really a good thing. Well, actually it would be more Stephanie and her baby considering how it was now October.

Vince returned to reality and asked,

"So, can I have your names".

"...I'm Jay, and that's Rebecca", Jay answered, as he introduced himself and Rebecca. Vince held his hand out to shake as he said,

"I'm Vince, or Vinnie. Either way works".

In the state of Florida, two young adults were dealing with their own problems.

"Noah, will you please come out", Rachel asked through the closed and locked door. Ever since Noah declared that he and Rachel were not going to get the journal, he's been staying in his room and staying in bed. He wasn't exactly moody enough to lash out at Rachel (which wouldn't work too well since Rachel would just lashback if she felt it necessary) though he did with one or two people on Formspring. He rarely came out of his room except for food or the bathroom, but even then he rarely talked to Rachel.

In layman's term, he had pretty much gone emo.

"Look, this isn't healthy for you", Rachel tried again when Noah didn't respond. The dark blonde haired woman was about to add something else when she heard Noah say something.

"Leave me alone".

Rachel scowled in annoyance but she walked away. She had lost how many times she's tried today and yesterday, but she can always try again later.

Sitting at the kitchen table, Rachel rested her head on it as she sat on one of the chair s and closed her eyes. If there was anything she could have done to cheer Noah up, and protect him from the cult that was known to them as, 'The Collective', Rachel would do whatever it took.

No matter what.

So how was that?