Chapter 17

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You and Tim had finished your breakfast, and he had to run out to have a meeting with The Operator. You were left alone at the cabin, sitting on the couch with your feet up reading books. It was a quiet afternoon, and summer was slowly transitioning into fall. The nights were becoming more chilly, and the days were becoming slightly shorter. There was a knock at the door, and you were snapped out of your world of books. You stood up and walked over to the window, peeking out to see who was there.
On the other side of the doorway stood Clockwork, a girl you had become somewhat acquainted with. You opened the door, and she immediately pulled you outside, examining the black patch of skin that wrapped around your wrist.

"Hey Clocky, Masky isn't here right now." You assumed she was here for Masky, they probably had some sort of assignment together.

"Oh I'm not here for Tim, I'm here for you." She looked at you, with a wide smile on her face. You were surprised to say the least, nobody had come to visit you before. She linked her arm with yours and led you down the stairs and toward the decoration of the mansion.

"What's all this about?"

"I heard along the grape vine that you were officially inducted by the big boss, so some of the girls in the mansion wanted to give you a proper welcome." That didn't sound so bad, it even sounded kind of fun. The two of you walked with linked arms all the way to the mansion. She led you inside and up into her room. Once she opened the door you were greeted by quite a few unfamiliar faces. They were an interesting bunch, there were about four of them not including you and Clocky.
Three of them you recognized, one of them was Nurse Ann, and the other two you didn't know by name but you recognized strictly by appearance.

There was the tall raven haired woman with a mask similar to Masky's; she wore a black hoodie and black jeans. There was a shorter girl who wore a magenta hoodie with a black skirt and candy cane style leggings that were black and white. Her dark hair was pulled into a tight ponytail held by a red ribbon. Then there was a girl who looked no older than eight years old. She wore a tattered pink dress, her brown hair was tangled, and she had beautiful green eyes.

"Everyone, this is (y/n)." They all looked up at you, not saying anything.

"(Y/n) This is Ann, Jane, Nina, and Sally." You waved at them, nervous in the presence of these intimidating women. The tension in the room quickly disappeared as Clockwork dug through her drawers and pulled out a case of makeup.

"Want a makeover?" You smiled and nodded, sitting down at her vanity. She spun you around so you were facing everyone, and the scowls on their faces quickly faded away as a lively conversation began, filling the room with the chatter of women who were soon to form a lasting bond.

"Tell us about yourself!" Nina's energetic voice filled the air, as she eagerly sat in a forest green beanbag next to your chair.

"Well you all know my name, I'm ___ years old and I was born on (b-day)." They seemed slightly unsatisfied with that tidbit of information.

"Tell us something juicy, like how you've been staying with Tim." Ann spoke up, sitting on Clocky's bed next to Jane. The other girls started to giggle, and you tried not to smile so as to not mess up the eye makeup Clocky was applying.

"Yeah, he had a full on panic attack while he was waiting for Ann to finish operating on you." You immediately felt a surge of guilt shoot through your whole body, you had no idea Tim had a panic attack over your injury.

"Well I've been staying with Tim for some time now, at first I was just there because the two of us had an agreement, but now it sort of evolved into something else..." That for sure piqued their interest. Clocky finished your eye makeup and turned the chair to face the mirror. You were in awe of her absolutely insane makeup skills. You had sharp winged eyeliner, so sharp you could stab somebody with it. She gave you a forest green eyeshadow with dashes of white on the inner corners of your eyes. She attached bold fake eyelashes making your eyes pop, you looked stunning.

"Give me a solid rating, scale of 1-10." She looked at you waiting in anticipation. You smiled, staring at your reflection in awe, and looked over to her.

"An eleven." She squealed, pulling out her foundation.

"Alright, let me get started on your skin." She turned you back around, and you chatted with the girls some more. You hadn't had some solid girl time like this in a really long while, and it felt nice to be able to just talk the night away with a group of similarly aged gal pals. Clockwork finished your makeup, and you sat on the floor with the rest of them.

"We should play truth or dare." Nina said with a devious grin. Everyone agreed with the idea, and since you were the new girl on the block you had to go first. Everyone sat in a circle, and Sally was the first one to ask.

"(Y/n), truth or dare?" You thought about it for a moment, and Sally waited patiently for your response.

"Truth." You decided to play it safe for the first round." A devious grin formed on Sally's innocent looking face.

"Do you have a crush on Masky?" You froze, your face turning red. Everyone giggled, they could read you like an open book.

"There may be some feelings there." Jane placed a hand on your shoulder.
"My condolences." Everyone laughed at Jane's sarcastic comment. Now it was your turn to think of a person and a question for said person. You decided to go with Jane, and shoot her an easy question.

"Jane, truth or dare?" She didn't hesitate.

"Truth." You were hoping she would say that, this made your time a whole lot easier on you.

"Jane, do you like anyone?" Everyone turned to her, and she stayed cool as a cucumber.

"Nope, not anybody here." That seemed easy enough. Everyone went around and around until it had come full circle and Nina came back to you. She pointed at you.

"Truth or dare (y/n)?" You smiled, deciding you were going to be a little more risky.

"Dare." However your confidence was short lived.

"I dare you to sneak into Jeff's room and steal his hoodie for me." Everyone in the room gasped, telling Nina that was a horrible idea. They all tried to tell you that you didn't have to do that, but you didn't want to be known as the lame new girl who wimped out of a dare.

"I'll do it, but why do you need me to do that?" Nina sighed longingly, and fell over backwards onto her beanbag dramatically.

"The operator told me I'm not allowed to go near Jeff's room anymore because I kept breaking in and sleeping in his bed." You quickly came to the obvious observation that this chick was big simping for whoever this Jeff guy was.

"(Y/n) are you sure? Jeff is like... seriously unstable." Clockwork put a hand on your shoulder, and you smiled at her.

"No I'm up for it, who knows... it could be fun." Everyone looked at each other, and silently prayed that Jeff wouldn't hurt you too bad.

You stood outside Jeff's room, and the other girls watched from around the nearby corner. You turned their head to look at you, and when they saw you they all smiled and each gave you a reassuring thumbs up. You took a deep breath and slowly opened the door to Jeff's room. The only light came from a blaring TV that sat on a stand adjacent to his bed. You closed the door as quietly as you could, stepping over piles of dirty clothes. You almost gagged, looking at the state of his room and breathing in the horrible stench lingering in the heavy air.
He was sound asleep, snoring as his TV played reruns of Impractical Jokers. You walked over to what looked to be his dresser. You pulled it open and all the drawers were empty. You looked around and quickly came to the conclusion that every article of clothing he owned was laying on his floor. You searched around, your eyes finally adjusting to the dim light in the room. You dug through piles of dirty clothes until you found what you were looking for. It was a white hoodie with all sorts of stains on it. They looked to be food, blood, and some other undefinable stains. Did Nina really want this disgusting thing that badly? The hoodie was half under his bed, and you bent down to grab it.

You went to stand up but bumped your head on his bed. You unintentionally let out a yelp, but covered your mouth immediately with your hands. You heard Jeff stir in his bed, he sat up and looked around, quickly spotting you on the other side of his bed. He ripped the black eyemask off his face and threw it aside. His dark hair was messy, and despite the smile carved into his face you could tell he was not happy to see you.

"Uhh excuse me who the fuck are you and what the hell are you doing in my room?" His eyes moved down and he saw you holding his hoodie. He looked taken aback, and lunged over the side of the bed to grab you. You shot up and ran around the bed, making a mad dash for the door.

"What the hell?! Get back here!" You ran out the door with the disgusting hoodie in hand, darting down the hall. Jeff chased after you, and you ran for the girls. The adrenaline coursed through your veins, and you couldn't help but start laughing. You waved the hoodie in the air, and they took off running once they saw Jeff chasing you down. Jeff was fast, and he was catching up to you. You tried not to look back, and ran as fast as you could toward Clocky's room.

"Hey! Get back here!" You were close to Clocky's wing of the mansion, and took a sharp right, Jeff close behind you. You were too full of adrenaline to realize you had just run full speed past Tim. Tim turned around and saw you, but he didn't recognize you. Jeff came barreling down the hallway and shoved him out of the way, and Tim hit the wall hard with a thud.

"You son of a bitch..." He recovered quickly and chased after Jeff. He saw him banging on the door of Clockwork's room.

"Where's that girl?! Tell her to give me back my shit!" Jeff was screaming, and the sound of laughter could be heard on the other side of the door. Jeff looked over and made eye contact with Tim, seemingly unaware that he had just shoved him against a wall a few seconds earlier.

"Tim thank god you're here, that stupid bitch stole my hoodie!" Tim walked over and banged on the door, not saying a word to Jeff.

"Whatever outsider fangirl snuck in here and stole Jeff's hoodie, give it back or you'll have to answer to me." The girlish giggling on the other side of the door stopped, and there was a faint sound of whispering.

"Jeff~ It's only me! No need to get so mad!" Nina's voice filled the air, and Jeff rolled his eyes.

"I would've known if it was you who was in my room, you little psycho." Jeff hissed. Tim was getting annoyed, and twisted the doorknob in an attempt to open it. The girls all piled against the door, not letting him in. Tim slammed his bodyweight against the door, if this stupid outsider kept him from getting home to his wife he was going to go ballistic. The girls shrieked as Tim attempted to muscle his way in. He eventually flung open the door, you dove under clockwork's bed, thinking Jeff had been the one to push the door open. Jeff elbowed his way in, checking in every nook and cranny. He got down and looked under the bed, locking eyes with you.

"There you are!" he grabbed your wrists, and yanked you out from under the bed. You thrashed around and screamed, trying to get free. Tim turned his back to walk out of the room, thinking his work here was done until he heard your familiar voice.

"Let go of me! It was a dare!" Tim whipped around and walked over to Jeff, looking down at you. You had your eyes squeezed shut, trying to weasel out of Jeff's grip. Tim immediately took notice of your crazy makeup.

"Hey man let her go!" Tim pushed Jeff off of you and helped you up. You couldn't tell how angry he was since he was wearing his Mask. He looked around at everyone in the room, and they stayed silent and motionless, except for Nina, who was hugging Jeff's hoodie like it was a new puppy she had just adopted. Everyone who lived here had a few unspoken rules, and one of them was "If you can't hold your own, don't mess with Masky". He held onto your arm, locking eyes with Jeff. He scowled and pointed at you.

"I don't know what the hell your little girlfriend thinks she's doing Tim but tell her to stay out of my shit!" He stared at you, and snatched his hoodie from Nina's hands.

"Yeah I know, I'll deal with her myself." Tim turned to look at you, the cold, soulless, holes in his mask showed no emotion. You felt a chill run up your spine.

"You better..." Jeff stormed out of the room, stomping down the hallway until his angry footsteps could no longer be heard. Tim walked out of the room, dragging you behind him. You waved goodbye at your newfound friends, and they smiled and waved at you. Hopefully this wouldn't be the end of these girls' nights. Despite the chaos you were glad you did this, it was nice to have an evening out. Tim didn't say anything to you until the two of you got home. The walk back through the eerie forest was long and quiet. Tim's reluctance to speak made you anxious, as anxious thoughts filled your head.

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