Vermin destruction - Ch 1

Jeff and Ben were sitting on the couch watching TV when it started to rain. The water fell on the earth and the thunder echoed in the halls of the mansion – everyone lived in. Jack came into the room all wet. The rain had washed away the blood on his clothes but some last drops of blood – from the kidney he held in his hand – fell on the wooden floor. Raven (my OC) came in and shouted at him.
“Hey, Jack! What's wrong with you?! You smear the blood on the floor!! I cleaned it only minutes ago!”
The eyeless man kneed down and wiped over the floor with his free hand. He felt the smeary liquid on his fingers and took his mask off. His tongue glided over the wet hand and he moaned at the taste of fresh blood on his lips.

Raven was a bit disgusted. She hadn't spend much time with them yet and wasn't used to watch at Jack's habit to eat the kidneys he stole from his victims. She was part of their family since four months. She went some steps backward and turned to Masky and Hoodie.
“Is he always like that?” They just nodded and went back to their rooms.
Jeff laughed at her reaction to Jack but Ben was more understanding. He remembered the time he was new in the mansion and could understand Raven's behaviour. Besides that, she was the only girl in this big house and Ben felt bad for her because she had no other girl to talk to. He was her best friend in the mansion and she told him everything but it was different to talk with a boy about private things after all. Of course it was easy to talk about their boyfriends but it's still different. >Now that I'm thinking of that... where is Gold? Well. I'll have to ask her.<
Ben took Jeff's arm from his shoulder and stood up. He went to Raven who was cleaning the floor again. The rag got cut into pieces because of the raven beaks on her fingertips. He kneed down and took a second rag and started to wipe away the blood. Raven gave him a grateful smile and he smiled back. “Where is Gold?”
She sighed and brushed her white hair out of her face. “He's gone for a week. He said, he would like to spend some time in his game.” “Which one?” Raven stopped the work and thought. “Uhm... Mt. Silver. He told me it would be time to visit the Pokémon there.”
Ben always wondered, why Gold didn't bring his Pokémon and Red to the mansion. But Gold never gave an answer to that question. Raven didn't know about that too. >Maybe I should go with him when he's there the next time.< Ben shrugged his shoulders and kept on cleaning the ground. All their concentration was focused on the floor and they didn't noticed that someone else entered the room. “Hey, Slendy! Where have you been?” Slenderman groaned and walked to the kitchen. He sat on a chair next to the table. “I've already told you, Jeff. I wanted to find Jane.” Jeff got an angry expression on his face and growled at the name. Raven already knew that he and Jane never liked each other and she left the mansion because of him. Slenderman was still disappointed of Jeff and her because they never even TRIED to get along with each other. Ben told her the whole story of her arrival until her move. Raven was kind of glad that she didn't know Jane. Everyone described her as a difficult character. She loved to tease the people around her and she always provoked Jeff. >Thanks god, that I didn't meet her.<
“And what are you doing there?” Ben and Raven sat on the ground and showed the rags to Slenderman. “We clean up the mess Jack made with his kidney.” Jack hid behind Masky to escape Raven's angry stare. “I'm sorry! I didn't mean to. I will be more careful the next time.” “Nah. I know, Jack. How could you see that? You have no eyes after all.” “I promise, Ben. I'll be careful.” “Thanks, Jack.” Jeff stood up from the couch and went to Ben. From behind he lay his arms around him and snuggled into his cheek. “Are you going to wash the floor all day or will you come and give me some company?” Ben giggled and hugged him back. He turned his head and kissed Jeff on the lips who wrapped his arms around Ben's waist and pulled him closer to his body.
They lost themselves in the kiss and didn't notice that Smile was running to them. He jumped on Jeff's back and threw both of them to the floor. They laughed first but Smile was too excited to stand still. The dog tackled Raven and she couldn't hold the bucket with water any more. The bucket fell on the ground next to Ben and Jeff and all the water splashed into Ben's face. The boy's eyes widened when the cold water met his skin.
In only one second, every detail about his death came into his mind.

The panic and the shock. The pain in his chest. The dark water around him. The darkness swallowing him. The endless fear.
He screamed and struggled under Jeff's weight. The killer got up as quickly as he could but Ben had already gotten a panic. He shuddered and wanted to escape the water. Jeff took his hand and pulled him out of the puddle into a hug. Masky and Hoodie brought a towel for both but Jeff only focused on his terrified boyfriend. “Everything's fine, Ben. Calm down. You aren't drowning. Everything is okay.” After two minutes Ben finally calmed down and stopped to shiver. Raven worried about her friend and she felt guilty for the accident. “I-I'm so sorry, Ben. It was my fault.” “No, Raven, it wasn't your mistake. It's the water that terrifies him. Accidents happen.” Slenderman lay a hand on her shoulder to comfort her but she still felt bad for Ben. It was the first time she saw him like that. Jeff told her about his death but she never thought the trauma of the painful death would still haunt him. She died too but she got over it and can live with her new friends now but Ben never had the chance to get over his past.


After a hour the situation in the mansion became normal again. Masky and Hoodie watched TV and Jack listened to it. Jeff was looking into one of Raven's books about alchemy – she brought into the house when she moved in. Since she was a little girl she was interested in alchemy but her parents always punched her for reading such books. They had no reason but they always hurt her if she looked into one of these books. Jeff didn't understand anything what was written in the book but he stared at the pages and tried his best. After some minutes Raven explained some things to him but he was too proud to admit that he didn't understand alchemy. The white-haired girl giggled and sat next to him on a chair. Sometimes the killer looked over to Ben but he didn't want to seem over-protective so he turned back to the book and Raven's little alchemy lesson. When she read a phrase about homunculi her blue eye got a red shine for a moment but Jeff almost ignored it. >Maybe it was her cup.< He peeked to her red cup she held in her left hand. Slenderman read the newspaper (however he did it). Smile enjoyed the massage Ben gave him.
He was a bit absent-minded but the dog kept on smiling. It was the first time in years that he got a panic and it was bothering him all day until the dusk was falling. Everyone went to bed after they watched a movie together. Every person in the mansion had an own bed room but the couples shared a room. Jeff and Ben, Raven and Gold. Raven lived in Jane's room before she and Gold became a couple. They liked each other since the first moment they met. It was love at the first sight. Masky and Hoodie were like twins and they wanted to share a room too but the others slept alone. Smile had his place in front of the door to Ben's and Jeff's room.
The halls were silent besides the rain which kept on falling to the earth.



Ben woke up and stared into the darkness in horror. His eyes discovered every single corner of his bed room. The only noise he could hear was the rain pounding against the window and the quiet snore of Jeff next to him. Ben kept on looking through the dark. He shivered and he had broken out in a sweat. He got hot and cold at the same time. >Calm down... Just a nightmare...< He blinked away the tears in his eyes and turned around but strong arms wrapped around him made it a bit difficult. He looked in his boyfriend's face. His eyes were hidden by a sleeping mask. Ben slipped closer to him and hid his face in his warm chest. The heart beat calmed him down and he stopped to shiver. He wrapped his arms around him slowly. “I can't sleep if you're moving all the time.” Ben pulled some centimetres away and looked into the eyes which weren't under the mask any more. He blushed a bit.
”Sorry, Jeff. I didn't want to wake you up.” Jeff sighed and stroke Ben's head. “Why are you so nervous?” “I-I'm not nervous.” Jeff chuckled and pressed his lips on his boyfriend's forehead. “Yes, you are. I feel your heart beat. It's fastening. And I smell the sweat on you. You stink by the way.” Ben looked away but Jeff grabbed his chin and forced him to look at him. “What's wrong? Tell me.” Ben closed his eyes for a moment and leaned his head against Jeff's chest.
“I don't want to talk about it.”
A little feeling of disappointment came into the killer's mind. He watched the blonde searching for something in the dark. Ben's eyes observed the whole room and he started to shiver again. His nervousness grew and he became more shaky. Jeff pressed him against his body and stroke his back gently. “Calm down, Ben. Everything is fine. I'm here with you... Talk to me.” Ben sighed. >Jeff always understands me. He knows me better than another person.< Suddenly he felt a bit relieved. He nuzzled Jeff and closed his eyes. “I had a nightmare... I'm afraid”, he whispered into Jeff's shirt. He thought Jeff would laugh at him because he was afraid of a simple dream which wasn't real at all but Jeff stayed serious and his lips touched the top of his head. “Afraid of what?” “I-I...” Jeff touched his cheek gently. “Hush. You can tell me everything. You don't have to if you don't want to.”
“I... I drowned in my dream. I don't want to drown again... Everywhere I look there is water. It's everywhere... I'm afraid of that dark... and cold water.” Ben started to panic and his eyes widened. “I... I can feel it rushing down my lungs and... it hurts in my chest.” He wrapped his arms around himself and shivered even more. After some seconds he started to cry.
Jeff started to worry extremely and sat up. He stared at the hysterical boy. He stroke him and listened to his whispers.
“I don't... want to die again.”
Jeff pulled Ben into a hug. He pressed his crying boyfriend against his chest and held him tight. “Please calm down, Ben. Nothing will happen to you. I promise.” Ben didn't respond. He was still crying but he stopped to shudder. “...I'm afraid...” Jeff pressed him closer to his own body. “I know. But please trust me. I won't let something happen to you.”
They sat a long time on the bed in silence. Both had wrapped their arms around each other and after Ben calmed down completely they lay back down on the bed. “Go to sleep”, Jeff said. “If YOU are saying that, I'm definitely NOT going to sleep.” Jeff chuckled trying to act normal and wrapped an arm around Ben. “Sorry. Just a little joke.” Ben managed to laugh silently. “Yeah, sure.” Jeff put on his sleeping mask and they drifted back to sleep. Jeff held him close to his chest and tried to protect him from other bad dreams. This time it worked. But it didn't be for long... Ben woke up many times and didn't find rest in this dark and stormy night.


“What's wrong with you? You two look like you didn't sleep tonight.”
Hoodie sat on his chair and ate his breakfast when Ben and Jeff came into the living room. Jeff wore his black T-shirt and joggers. He had given his hoodie to Ben who was wearing it now. Dark rings were under his eyes and his hair was a mess. Everybody could see that he wasn't feeling well that morning. Sweat ran down his forehead and he couldn't hold his eyes open for long. When he sat on the couch next to Jack, he was almost asleep. It was like he was sleepwalking.
The eyeless lay a hand on his shoulder. There was no need to look at him. Jack could feel the depressing atmosphere around him. “You don't feel good today, right? Maybe you should go back to sleep?” Ben's eyes widened and he started to shiver.
“No”, he whispered with a weak voice. “I won't sleep... Not again.”
Jack was worried and turned his head to the place where – he thought – Jeff would be. Jeff sighed and took a toast and lay some cheese on it. He went to the couch and gave it to his boyfriend. “Here. You have to eat something.” Ben stared at the toast, took it and started to eat it slowly. Jack observed him (even without eyes). He listened to the noises everyone made and knew where everything was. He could also feel the auras from the others. He learned to see things without his eyes. No matter what it was. A person. An object. Or the emotions of the people around him.
Jeff whispered something only Jack could hear with his sensible ears.
“Let's leave him in peace for a while.”
Jack got up and followed Jeff to the table where Hoodie and Masky where sitting. They ate their breakfast in silence and didn't dare to say something about Ben's behaviour. Jeff looked around before his eyes met Hoodie's. He groaned. “What is it? If you want to ask me something about Ben, do it now.”
“Uhh... Wh-what happened to him?”, Hoodie asked. “He's not himself today.”
Masky dropped his sandwich and leaned over to Hoodie. “Maybe they had terrible sex tonight.”
Jeff took the knife which lay next to his plate and throw it at Masky. The blade almost cut him but fortunately it only hit the wall behind him. Masky stared at the sharp knife which could've killed him. Jeff took a sip of his coffee. And glared at the proxy in front of him. Even with a smile cut into his cheeks he looked totally pissed. Jack and Hoodie stayed silent and didn't know where to look at. After a few minutes Hoodie stuttered some words. “S-so... What ha-happened?” The still pissed killer groaned into his cup.
Jack stood up and pulled the knife out of the wooden wall. He stood next to Masky who was still in shock and stabbed it into the table. “Maybe we should ask him when Slenderman's back.” Jeff realized that the high-grown man was missing. He hadn't notice it before.
“Where is Slendy?” Hoodie bit in his toast and made his way to the bathroom. “Searching for your dear Jane, Jeffrey.” Jeff glared at him before he escape into the bath. Masky fled into his room.
Jeff's look met Ben again. He still sat on the couch. He seemed to be awake but the boy had fallen asleep. Jeff was worried. He didn't want him to have another nightmare again. But Ben was calm for a long time. Jeff stood up and sat down on the couch next to Ben. He turned on the TV. Sometimes he watched Ben as he slept. >Maybe he can sleep in peace now. I hope he will get better soon.<
Suddenly another missing person came into his mind. The white haired girl was nowhere to find. Usually she was sitting on the couch and read a book but today she wasn't there. >Strange.<  “Where's Raven?” Jack shrugged his shoulders. “I don't know. I can't hear her. It's unusual for her.” “I know. I have a strange feeling with that.” Jack sighed and went to the fridge. He took a kidney out of his shelf.

Everyone had an own shelf in the fridge because of the different senses of taste. Of course they ate breakfast, lunch and dinner together but they put their snacks and favourite foods in the shelf. Jack's was filled with kidneys, hearts and other organs.

“Me too. Maybe we should call her mobile phone.”
Jeff nodded and grabbed the phone. Hoodie came out of the bath and Jeff threw the phone at him. He caught it in the last second. “What was that for?” Jack chuckled and grinned under his mask. “Call Raven. We don't know where she is.” Hoodie growled. “Why don't you call her by yourself?”
Both turned their back to Hoodie. Jeff stood up, sat down on the couch next to the sleeping Ben and kissed him on the top of his head. “We have business to do”, both said.
“Sure.” Hoodie gave up and tipped Raven's number into the phone. Suddenly a ringing noise could be heard. Jack, Hoodie and Jeff looked around a bit perplex.
“Wha-... What the hell is that?”
Jack went to the couch and took a black mobile phone from the little cupboard next to it. It vibrated in his hand.
“It's Raven's phone. She never leaves it here when she's out.” The phone stopped ringing and Jack and Hoodie put the phones away.

>She will appear sooner or later. We have to wait for it.<


Ben and Jeff sat on the floor and played with Smile. They through a ball at each other and the dog tried to catch it. Sometimes he tackled one of them and they started to wrestle for some minutes. Jeff wrapped his arms around the dog and Smile nuzzled into his hoodie. The killer laughed and stroke the Smile's fur. “Good boy.” Ben giggled when he saw the two. >A boy playing with his dog. How cute.<
He stood up and went over to Jeff. He kneed down next to him and wrapped his arms around his shoulders. Then he kissed him on the cheek. Jeff looked at him – happy that Ben was feeling well again.
“I'm here too. Don't forget me”, the blonde said. The black-haired chuckled and took his boyfriend's face in his hands. “How could I?” Their lips met and Ben buried his hand in Jeff's hair. The world around them became unimportant. The taste of Jeff made Ben smile.

“Are you going to make out all day or will you help me here?”

The two pulled apart and looked at the pale white person in front of them. The boy held a white-haired girl in his arms. Unconscious. Ben stared at his friend hanging in Gold's arms. Her skin got a bit blue. It looked like she was frozen. Some last snowflakes melt on her clothes and some where in the feathers in her left eye.  
The trainer went to the couch and lay Raven on it. Ben and Jeff followed him.
“What happened to her? Where was she?”
Gold sighed and kneed down next to the couch. He gently stroke her hair. “She wanted to meet me at Mt. Silver. She did a terrible mistake... Raven isn't used to the temperatures up there. She nearly died before I found her. She didn't even reach me.” Ben touched her cheek. She felt like ice.
“She must get into a warm bed. She's freezing.” “You don't say.” Jeff glared at Gold. “Don't dare to speak to Ben in that tone.”
“Sure. Masky! Could you bring me a blanket and some comfortable clothes for Raven?”
Jack ran into the living room followed by Masky and Hoodie. They looked at her in horror. They never saw her in that kind of state since she lived with them.
“What happened?! Where was she?”
Gold became impatient and rushed into the kitchen to get a cup of warm tea. “Don't stand there like trees! Masky, please get some clothes for her. I'll bring the blanket.”
Masky turned to the corridor where all bed rooms where. He opened the door to Raven's and Gold's room and took joggers and a hoodie from the basket with fresh clothes. He came back and gave them to Gold.
“Thanks. And now get out. I need to change her clothes. And treat her wounds.” “Why should we go out? Why don't you bring her in your room?”, Hoodie asked. “Because there is no heater. Now, get out!”
Masky and Hoodie made their way to the corridor but stopped half way when they noticed that Ben, Jeff and Jack didn't move an inch.
“Hey! What about these three?!”
Gold growled and looked at the three guys around him.

“Okay, now for idiots: YOU. ARE. LEAVING. NOW! Ben can stay because he doesn't count here. Jack can stay because he can't see anything... But you, Jeff... You're a pervert. You get out too.”
Jeff wanted to protest but Ben stopped him. “He's right, Jeff. Sorry.” Jeff groaned. “What can I do against that? I'm a boy after all.”

Ben punched him on the arm and gave him a death glare. Then he pointed at Masky and Hoodie. He looked exactly like the damned statue he was in “Majora's Mask”. The proxies stepped some steps backward. >He's scary if he wants to.< “You three get out!” With that Jeff, Masky and Hoodie left the living room. Ben, Gold and Jack sighed relieved.
“Finally.”


“You can come back now!” Jack brought the wet clothes – Gold had taken off – to the laundry room when the three banned came back. Jeff was still not willing to accept the throw-out. Ben went to him and kissed his cheek. “Sorry, Jeff. But you have to admit it. Gay or not, you ARE a pervert.” Jeff laughed, lay an arm around his shoulder and pulled him closer. He rubbed his nose against Ben's cheek. “Okay, okay. I admit it.” They kissed each other and went to the table where the others sat. Gold always had an eye on Raven.
“Sooo, Gold. What happened exactly?”, Hoodie asked before he drank a sip of his juice.
The pale white  trainer sighed and rested his elbows on the table.

“If I'm honest... I don't know.”

The four guys were confused. Ben raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean with that?” Gold glanced at the sleeping Raven. She shuddered and buried herself in the blanket in her sleep. She mumbled some single words but the boys couldn't understand what she said.

“I found her lying in the snow with cuts all over her arms and one on her stomach only inches under her scar. Red's Pikachu smelled her and lead me to the place she fainted. I have no idea how long she lay there in the coldness. I could barely see her in the blizzard. It was difficult to carry her back home through the ice and the storm. Today it was worse than the other times I was there. Something strange is going on there. I'll have to go back soon to check the situation.” Again he glanced at his girlfriend. “But I don't want to leave Raven here alone. Especially now in her state.”

“Don't worry. We will take care of her and our guest.”

A high-grown, faceless man entered and walked through the room. He lay another girl with black hair and a white hoodie on the second couch. She was unconscious too and mumbled some senseless words. Jeff, Ben, Masky, Hoodie, Jack and Gold stared at the head of the creepypasta-family.
“Slenderman! When did you...” Their looks met the girl.

“Jane!”