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Mrs. Williams sat over her daughter's bed, her eyes extremely bloodshot from all the crying she'd done.

"Please," she whispered. "Please come back to us."

Apparently, someone above had heard her prayers, because in the next couple of seconds, Sally's eyes fluttered open. The little girl let out a groan, and Mrs. Williams gasped in happiness, her husband putting his hands on her shoulders.

"Sally…"

"J-Jeff?" Sally asked dizzily. "Jane?"

"Oh, baby!" Mrs. Williams threw her arms around Sally, and Sally blinked at her in confusion.

"Mommy? Daddy?"

"We were so worried about you, sweetheart." Her father said, joining his wife in the hug. "You were unconscious for almost ten days. We were so scared that we were going to lose you."

"B-but how did I get here?" Sally asked, confused. "What happened to the others? Slender Man and Jeff and…"

"My, what vivid dreams." Sally looked up at the doctor who entered the room, who was chuckling as he looked down at her. "Sally, you've been sick. It's not rare for people, especially children, to have strange dreams when…"

"It wasn't a dream!" Sally insisted, sitting up in her bed. "I was really there with them! They looked scary, but they were all really nice! We had all sorts of adventures, and they saved me a bunch of times, and then I got to save them, and…!"

"Sally!" Mrs. Williams started. "What's come over you?!"

"It's quite alright." The doctor said, looking at her and her husband. "Mr. and Mrs. Williams, do you mind if I have a word with Sally, alone?"

"I…I suppose so." Mr. Williams answered for both of them. He helped his wife up, steering her towards the door. She needed a moment, and he trusted the doctor. Once they were gone, the doctor just kept smiling at Sally, who looked at him desperately.

"It was real." She insisted. "I know it was. I was there."

"I believe you." Sally blinked at the doctor.

"You do?"

"Yes." The man answered. "This is a strange world we live in, after all. There are many strange things, many mysteries that have yet to be explained. For instance-the circumstances of how your mother and father found you in the middle of the woods, covered in blood."

Sally gasped.

"I knew it! I knew it couldn't be a dream!"

"Sally," the doctor started, "How are you feeling right now?"

"Okay, I guess." Sally said. "A little tired, though."

"But do you feel…strange, at all?" Sally started to ask what he meant, but then suddenly stopped.

Over the last few days, after she used her powers for the first time, she'd noticed that she had a...weird feeling. She couldn't explain it, but it was there. But now...

"Are my powers…gone? Completely gone?" The doctor either didn't hear her or pretended not to, as he said

"I think you're ready to go home now, Sally. Oh and-I wouldn't tell your parents what you went through. Wouldn't want to give them heart attacks, now." Sally looked up at him with big green eyes.

"Who…are you?" The doctor just smiled at her, lifting her off the bed.

"Off you go, now. Oh, and Sally? Perhaps it's best that you forget the last few days, and try to get back to being a normal little girl." Sally looked at him in confusion, but didn't say anything more. She pushed the door open and went outside to meet her parents.

The doctor smiled as he watched her leave.

It's so strange-it's been a long time since I've seen that being. Since these hands hurt wicked people, then saved innocent ones.

He sighed, looking up at the ceiling.

And to think, that little girl met him and his new family and looked to them as heroes instead of something to be feared. In their own way, they really are trying to do the right thing. That much hasn't changed. Perhaps in the future, the day will come where we won't have to get our hands dirty in trying to make the world a better place. But for now…

The doctor looked over at his cabinet, where a plague doctor's mask was peeking out. With a sad smile, he closed the door.

Much later, around midnight, a single prisoner lay awake in his cell. It had been a week since Johnny Williams had been arrested for trying to rape his own niece, and now here he was, stuck in solitary confinement. Not that it bothered him. He'd always liked his privacy. Besides, with how slippery the legal system was, he'd be out in no…

"Johnny Williams?"

Johnny froze at the sound of the voice.

Someone was in his cell with him.

But who? How? With a feeling of dread growing in his stomach, he slowly, slowly, turned his head to the side-and immediately had a heart attack.

In the darkness, he could see the outlines of several people-including a very tall figure that had…were those tentacles?! One of the figures stepped forward, holding a knife. Even in the darkness, Johnny could tell that he had a smile on his face.

Oh no. I'm going to die. I'm going to freaking DIE.

"Go to sleep."

Unheard by anyone, Johnny's screams bounced off the walls of his enclosure.

A/N: See? Didn't I tell you guys Sally's uncle would get what was coming to him? :) And yes, I snuck Dr. Locklear in there, like that one person wanted. Thanks for reading my story guys, all your support and kind words have meant a lot to me :)