Ssundee in Slender (Undergoing Editing)

Chapter 10: Puzzle Solving and Nightmares

*Mia's POV*

I followed Ian back to the 'club house'. We'd gotten all the notes and Rin took a beating to get the last one for us, and by his own brother. Luckily Ian reacted and somehow got him to go away. Only Ian's been silent this whole walk. Not like he's mad or anything more like something's bothering him.

"Ian, your very quiet. You ok?" I asked.

"... Yeah, I'm fine." He replied.

"You hesitated."

"... Just something Ren said, it's not important though."

"It might be..."

"Maybe, but I don't think he's in his right mind so what he said could've been total nonsense."

"I guess... Can you tell me though? Just in case..."

"... He said something about Slender having special plans for me."

"Special plans?"

"I don't know, I mean I think he'll just kill me in a way I most fear. I mean what else could it be?"

"I guess... But, be careful..."

He nods and the house comes into view. We walk inside and into the 'living area'. I take off my hoodie and ball it up so Rin has something for his head. Ian gently lays him down and we walk a few feet away and Ian pulls out the notes and laid them down letter side up.

"Ok so we have A, O, U, W, H, R, S and 2 Es. My guess is we have to make a word with these letters." Ian said.

"Hmmm... Well let's get started." I reply.

Ian mutters something I don't quite catch.

"What Ian?" I ask.

"Oh, I said I wished the guys were here. This would be a lot easier with them..." He replied.

"Yeah..." Speaking of which, did my parents even know I was here? I hope not, this might be behind their understanding. I don't even understand. When we get out we'll figure out how to explain.

We start re-arranging the letters trying to make a word, but what would we do when we figure it out? Go there? I guess so... But what would be different? I guess we'd just have to find out.

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After about an hour of re-arranging and coming up with jiberish we finally made a word that makes sense: WAREHOUSE.

"That doesn't sound fun..." I mumble.

"No, not good at all. But I think it's where we have to go..." Ian replied.

We hear a shuffle from behind us and turn around to see Rin sitting up and stretching.

"Rin!" We cry.

He looks at us and smiles. He's got two black eyes from his really bruised nose but other than that he looked ok.

"Hey guys, did you figure it out?" He asked.

"Yes actually. Warehouse. Is there one around here?" Ian answers.

Rin's eyes widen and he shudders. "Th-that place is freaky..."

"Freaky? In what sense?"

"It's too weird to explain... But you won't like it."

An eerie silence swept over us for awhile till I gathered the courage to break it.

"Let's rest up a little while first, then we can go." I said.

"Ok, just a quick rest though." Ian mutters.