Reconnected Roads [Slenderman X Reader]

Snippet for Chapter 27

"Stop Eagle Energy! Stop Eagle Energy!" The chants echoed throughout the street as the people hoisted their signs like pitchforks. By now, the small crowd had grown in size, filling up more and more of the pathway. Though disorganized, their voices were strong.

If she wasn't in the car, [Y/N] wondered if she would've been with them. She wondered if her coworkers were there, too. Maybe, if she looked really close, she could've spotted Eda.

[Y/N] pressed a protective arm against her former students who were now awake from all the commotion. As Kwon-Ha rubbed exhaustion away from his eyes and Ji-Na concealed a small yawn, [Y/N] couldn't help but worry for her students' safety. If the crowd decided to get more violent, or if there were any more shoot-outs, she was the one who was responsible for putting them in the crossfire.

Concerned, she looked towards Slender who was silent as he studied the crowd. She could already see he was planning something.

"They're blocking the way to Crimson Forest," stated Masky. "We're going to have to barrel through them if they won't move."

Hoodie shook his head, warning, "We might attract attention. There's too many."

"Shit," said Toby from the backseat. "What are we going to do?"

Before anyone could answer, Masky lurched forward from the backseat and pointed at the sky. "What the fuck is that?!"

[Y/N] looked up to see streaks of orange soar through the air and land right in front of the car. Their movements were so fast that she didn't fully detect what they were until a frustrated curse flew out of Hoodie's mouth.

"Everybody get out!" he roared, already throwing the driver door wide open. "They're fireworks!"

The poor startled siblings didn't have a chance to react as their teacher practically shoved them outside before following them. Right behind her was Slender, bent down and cursing the compact human car that was too small for a person of his stature. At the front, Offender leapt out of the car before gathering with the others. The last who got out were Masky and Toby as they scrambled to escape from the third row.

Once out, they ran to join the others. Right when they were two steps before the group, sparks flew, hit the tires, landed on the interior, crackled like a bunch of mini bombs, and before they could even process it, the entire vehicle was engulfed in a mountain of orange flames.

"Damn," said Hoodie, watching his car burn away. "I just polished that thing. Not to mention the ammo that just got wasted."

"Boss, are you okay?" asked Masky, bent slightly forward with hands on his knees as he caught his breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm fine," answered The Operator as he brushed the car's window glass fragments from his suit.

"Are you guys alright?" asked Birdy, stooping down to check on the twins. She brushed debris off of their shoulders in a panicked sort of manner before looking at everybody else. "What about you guys?" She scanned everyone else and minus minor scratches and bruises, everyone seemed to be alright.

That was until she saw the blood that had pooled onto Toby's left sleeve.

"Oh my god!" She exclaimed. "We need to get you to a hospital!"

Toby looked around to see who she was talking to before he pointed at himself in a "me?" sort of manner and shrugged. "Don't worry, I don't even feel it."

"You don't even—?!" She turned to look at Slender in shock only to see that he wasn't even looking in their direction.

"We can't go to the hospital right now. We'll be caught easily. Don't worry, he'll be fine."

"We need to at least try and stop the bleeding!" Like a worried mother, she hurried over to Toby and made him take off his jacket. Seeing that he didn't have a choice, Toby followed her order and revealed a bullet hole right below his shoulder.

"It's not that bad—"

"Oh my god, it's even worse!" [Y/N] tsked. "Give me your jacket, I'm going to tie it around your arm to slow it down hopefully."

Toby stood like an awkward little boy as the woman did so.

"Where did that even come from?" asked Birdy, as she finished wrapping Toby's arm up.

"From over there," said Slender who was turned away from the rest of the group.

[Y/N] turned to see what he was looking at.

In the distance was a horde of people throwing signs at... A.R.G.U.S. agents?

"What are they doing?" asked [Y/N].

"They seem to be fighting against the agents," he turned to look at Birdy for a few moments before addressing the group, "Which means we have more time to escape." Slender walked to the front, a plan already formulating in his head. "Masky, Hoodie, at the front. You'll lead and keep a look out for any remaining agents. Toby, at the back and warn us if those A.R.G.U.S. agents realize that we're vulnerable. Offender, cover [Y/N]'s and the children's right side," said Slender as he walked over to cover her left side.

"And you guys," whispered [Y/N] to her former students. "Are going to hold my hands. Stick close."

"What's the plan, boss?" asked Masky.

Slender looked to the left and right and cocked his gun. "Head towards Nether Avenue. Jane and Clockwork should be stationed there. Our goal is the same as before, which is to get to the roadblock before A.R.G.U.S. does. In the event that the agents ambush us or get to the roadblock before us, [Y/N] takes priority. We can't let them get to her at all costs."

[A/N]:

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Heyyyy (Does anyone read this anymore???? If ur still here, thanks for your patience)

Soooo, been a long time... Hope you guys have been doing well! I, on the other hand, just finished up my first year at college and have matured a lot since updating this story and I just want to say, reading this back, there's a bunch that I want to change. However, since I already got the plot sorted out, characterization written out, and world-building done, I am, in fact, too plain lazy to change things. That being said, maybe in the future I'll do a rewrite of this? Idk

Next chapter update will be this upcoming Friday/Saturday afternoon and I have to warn you guys, my writing quality has probably gone down a bit since it's been so long since I sat down and wrote. (Stem major tingz *cries*). If I don't update, feel free to hound me, scold me, shame me, beat me up, chew me down, and spit in my face in the discussion box. I'll probably cry due to cyberbullying and eventually comply to your demands update a day from then

In the meantime, does anyone wanna hear my college stories? There was this one time my train ran someone over and my roommate and I jumped these two girls. Also, I almost died alone in my dorm room 2 times because I choked on an apple