After about a minute of scolding Jeff and him trying to defend himself but completely failing and giving in, you and him walked into the kitchen to see what the noise was about.
What you saw, wasn't what you expected.
Miles was standing on the table in the middle of the kitchen...
...And he was no longer his grey self.
He was thickly striped black and white all over, even his eyes were black, replacing the white, but the blue in them was still present.
"What happened??" You asked curiously, inspecting Miles' new look.
"I decided to see what Miles would look like if he was like me, he's quite the looker wouldn't you say?" Jack cackled.
"He looks like a combination of you and a very screwed up German shepherd's puppy." Jeff said flatly, bending over to take a close look at Miles.
"Well, what do you think, (Y/n)?" Jack tilted his head at you with a smile.
"Hmm... He... sure looks different." You said after a moment.
Jack chuckled slightly.
Miles was looking at himself as best he could, with a slightly panicked expression on his face.
"Aw, c'mon Miles, it's not too bad actually, Jack has a point, you look pretty nice!" You comforted Miles.
Miles gave you a look for a moment, but then he rolled his eyes and gave a nod.
"How long is he going to be like this?" You asked Jack.
"As long as I want him to of course!" Jack laughed.
Miles gave a small growl, you were pretty sure that meant he didn't like that.
"But, I suppose I can let him be his old self again now." Jack smirked.
Jack clapped his large hands together, and Miles was surrounded in a puff of black smoke.
After about 2 minutes, the smoke faded away, and Miles was back to his usual grey look.
Miles panted in relief.
"So, what should we do now kiddo?"
"Hm?"
"We figured out what happened to Henry I believe." Jack looked at Jeff.
"Yes, we did." You nodded.
"Well, I'm afraid I have somewhere to be." Jeff said.
"Where?" You asked curiously.
"Let's just say I have to meet with an old friend of mine." Jeff replied.
"Okay."
"Feel free to go back home if you want, I know where to find you." Jeff grinned as he walked out of the kitchen.
"Bye brother, be careful okay?" You called to him.
"I will, bye sister." He called back.
"Wait, how is he going to get out? He boarded up the door and the window-" You heard the hatch to the attic creak open.
"Oh wait, there's the window in the attic that you two broke." You remembered.
Jack and Miles looked at eachother for a moment.
"By the way," Jeff suddenly peered in, and you all looked at him.
"You owe me a new window, clown." Jeff said to Jack, then went back behind the wall.
"Well then." Jack said blankly.
"I guess maybe we should go back to my place guys." You said to Jack and Miles.
They both looked at you and nodded, Miles jumped off the table afterwards.
You walked out of the room, with Jack and Miles following behind.
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Once you were outside the house, you looked back at it.
"Hard to believe this was once Henry's home." You thought.
You took out your phone which you had retrieved from Jeff's room before you left, and looked at the time.
-11:23 A.M. Tuesday-
"Hm, it's still pretty early."
You thought about getting Miles some more food, since you were almost out.
"Hey Jack, wanna go with me to get some food for Miles later?" You asked Jack.
Jack smiled.
"Of course!"
You smiled back.
"Well, let's get back home first, I need to get my money."
"I can just take us there if you'd like." Jack suggested.
"No thank you, Jack, I appreciate the thought but you've already done alot for me, I don't want you to do all the work." You gave a closed eyed smile.
Jack seemed a bit surprised, but he then gave a grin and nodded.
"If you say so Gumdrop."
You, Jack, and Miles decided to just take a peaceful walk home.
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After a few minutes, you were back on the street that led to your place, and you arrived there.
"Here we are." You said.
You used the usual spare key under the mat to unlock the door, and went in.
"Phew, doesn't seem like anyone was here while I was out." You sighed in relief as you re-locked the door and briefly looked around.
Miles jumped on the couch and lied down on it, while you walked up the stairs and to your room.
You got your wallet off the nightstand and put it in your back pocket. (The one opposite of the one your phone was in.)
"Alright, I think that should be all I need."
You looked over and saw a familiar container, still filled with candy.
You grinned and took out a (F/f favorite flavor x) ) one.
You left the room and went downstairs, then you noticed something.
Jack wasn't there.
"Where is he?" You thought.
You were slightly worried about Jack, but you knew he could look after himself, so you decided not to put too much thought into the matter.
"I'll be back Miles, okay?" You told him.
Miles barked and went back to sleep.
"Silly dog." You grinned.
You went outside and started your walk out of the neighborhood.
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Once you made it to the shopping square, you went inside the shop and got some food, after that, you walked off to take the medium sized bag back home.
A few stores down, you heard what sounded like voices talking in the nearby alleyway.
Your curiosity got the better of you, and you decided to go see what was going on.
You set the bag on the ground and sneaked over to the wall that led to the opening between them.
You listened very carefully, but you didn't peer in because you didn't want them to notice you.
"I'm telling you, I need to get to that girl while he isn't around." A slightly deep male's voice said.
"Why? She's just another human Jack is playin' around with, nothin' more. Besides, he isn't one to hold on to somethin', he'll get bored with her and move on just like the others." Another man's voice spoke, it had a slight accent that you couldn't name at the moment.
The first man sighed.
"Look, that girl is definitely not one of Jack's usual 'playmates'. I've seen the way he acts around her, he ain't joking like he usually does with his victims. Heck! She's a grown woman! I've known Jack for a long time, and he's never been close to any other adult like that! I've gotta find out what's up." The first male continued.
"Fine, Mr.Sherlock. But if Jack gets angry that you're messin' with his toys, don't say I didn't warn you, and don't even think about tellin' him it was my idea!" The second one said with irritation clear in his voice.
You suddenly heard footsteps.
You didn't even bother to grab the bag, you took off and ran as fast as you could, then hid behind the wall of another store close by.
"Where'd this dog food come from?"
You dared to peer out from behind the wall, and what you saw was odd to say the least.
It was a fairly tall man, with faintly pale but still quite lively peach colored skin.
He had a greenish dark brown jacket and blue jeans, his shirt underneath was also blue, along with a hood over his head with blonde hair sticking out. What stood out most in this man, was his mask.
It was painted white, and covered the area of his eyes but not the rest, it had a furrowed brow and a long troll-like nose that extended at least a few inches from his face, it was nearly impossible to see his real nose.
"Who is that??" You thought.
The man had knelt over to look at the bag of dog food you left.
"Hm, not such a bad brand." The man spoke to himself.
They looked to the side, which was unfortunately the side you were still peering out of.
The man shot up, and you felt your heart begin to race.
"Hey, you!" He darted towards you.
That was more than enough to scare the living daylights out of you, as soon as you heard that familiar voice in your head yelling to run,
You ran like mad.
You sprinted from the wall and ran as fast as your legs could go.
"Get back here!" The man yelled.
You dared to look back, only to see him running after you, and slowly gaining.
"Dang it this guy's fast!" You growled in your head.
After a few more minutes you were starting to lose energy and speed, and the man was getting closer to you.
"I can't keep this up for much longer..." You thought.
You looked at your surroundings and realized that the park was nearby, and for some reason, even though it was still surrounded by police tape, there was no police anywhere in sight.
"Well isn't that just peachy." You grumbled sarcastically.
"Oh well, maybe I can lose him there."
You ran towards the hill and tried your best to run up it without losing too much stamina, but the man was getting a much closer distance on you.
"Crap crap crap crap crap!" You thought repeatedly as you tried to find a place to hide.
You finally settled for a nearby tree and hid behind it just before the man reached the top of the hill.
"Ah great, where did she go?" The man spoke to himself.
You could hear his footsteps moving around in the grass.
"Who are you hiding from kiddo?" You heard a familiar voice whisper in your ear.
You put a hand over you mouth before you could yelp in surprise.
You looked to your right and saw him standing there with a concerned look.
You let out a shaky sigh as quietly as you could, and whispered to the confused clown.
"I don't know who the heck this guy is, but as far as I know he's trying to get to me. He's been chasing me all the way across town and I can barely stand up straight." You sighed, slumping into the tree slightly.
Jack seemed even more confused, that is until he looked to the park and his look became surprised.
"Oh! What a surprise!"
"What do you mean..?"
"Don't worry kiddo, he's my friend." Jack smirked.
"He is??"
Jack nodded.
"Move from the tree, it'll be fine, he's not going to hurt you." Jack winked and vanished.
You gulped and hesitantly moved from the tree.
You saw the man still looking around, at least until he turned and saw you.
"Ah-ha!" The man ran towards you.
He put a hand on your shoulder, probably because he was thinking you might try to run off again, and he for some reason bent his body over.
"Finally! You know, I may look like I'm bad, but I'm not gonna hurt you or anything." He panted slightly.
Even though it was hard to see with that mask on, you could tell he had blue eyes, they reminded you of your brother in a way.
"Then what do you want?"
The man sighed.
"Well, first of all, I think we got off on the wrong foot."
The man stretched out his other hand in a seemingly friendly manner.
"The name's Grossman, Will Grossman." He gave a smirk.
~Boo! ^*^ Ooh! Yet another surprise, and much more on the way.🌹 I don't really know much about Will, so I wouldn't mind a little help in figuring out what his character is like, but either way, I'm probably going to make Will as a different version than most people make him out to be. (My apologies if you don't like it x*x'') But anyways, I hope you guys are liking this story so far and are excited that Will is in! See you! ^*^~❄ (~Edit: I changed the dialogue a little because I decided that the third mystery person in the alley wasn't really necessary, so it's just the two of them now.~)