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The DARKNESS

RADIO BROADCAST, UNKNOWN KILLER HAS BRUTALLY MURDERED A FAMILY ON A VACATION. Evidence of the murder was a message written in blood saying...THE DARKNESS IS HERE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY EVIDENCE OR SIGHTINGS OF THIS KILLER,PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE STATION.

Rick hated life. While he looked out the bus window, he thought about everything that made him almost kill himself by stabbing his stomach with a knife while his parents were sleeping. While looking out the window,he felt a burning rage against his abusive father. Rick hated his father and wished that he would move away. His mother tried to divorce him but he threatened to kill her if she did divorce him. Rick kept staring out the window until they stopped at his friends house and his friend Eric got on and said hi. "Hi" Rick replies back while looking out the window. "Rick,just try to enjoy life. Your mother is going to get a divorce and your brother is coming home from college. Why do you still hate life?" Eric asked. Rick looked at him and sighed. "Even if my mom gets a divorce,wouldn't I still have to visit my abusive drunk father who didn't even bother to go to the hospital to see my birth and for three years he kept hitting me with a metal end of a belt. and left me when I broke my ankle after that bike accident?!" Rick yelled.

The bus stops and rick and Eric get up and walk towards the school while a group of kids were already waiting at the front entrance. When rick walks over to join them he hears a voice say "retard alert!,retard alert!" And he looks behind him and gets pushed to the ground. When rick gets up he is pushed to the ground again and is kicked in the side. "Really Danny,just leave rick alone!" Yells Eric as he pushes Danny away from rick. Danny laughs as he shoves Eric to the side and takes rick's wallet. Eric helps rick up while Danny tries to land a punch on rick but he punches Danny in the face while Eric takes rick's wallet back and gives it to him. While Danny grabs his face,rick and Eric run inside the school. While in school rick starts to hear a voice in his head saying "finish Danny, finish Danny, finish Danny" rick ignored the voice while the bell rang. When rick got home,the voice grew louder. He ran up to his room while he Heard his father yell at his mother. Four an hour,all rick heard were shouts and screams until he could hear slamming and punching until he heard a crack that sounded like bone breaking. Rick ran downstairs to find his mother unconscious and his dad with bloody knuckles. Rick yelled at his dad while he tried to reach for the phone. "Oh no you don't You little-" yelled his dad as he slapped rick in the face. Rick felt a boiling hatred against his father and almost lunged at him before rick pulled out his cellphone and called 9-1-1. after he hanged up he felt a searing pain in his jaw as he is then thrown onto the ground. "Why you little-!" His dad said as he started to repeatedly punches rick in the face and stomach. The cops arrived and arrested ricks dad while paramedics carried me and my mom away.

An hour later, rick woke up with stitches on his face. His vision was blurry and he watched as a doctor was stitching a cut on ricks face. After he cut the string he left the room and rick fell asleep. three hours later he woke up to a group of doctors who help me into a dark gray shirt,a black jacket,and dark blue pants. Rick gets up as he walks out of the room to find his mom with a broken arm and a scar on her cheek. Rick and his mom got into their car and drove off to the police station. Then his mom said "Your father tried to tell the cops that he didn't do it but then he attacked one and he is now going to be sentenced to jail." Rick almost said YES but he kept quiet as they drove off. Once they got to the police station, rick walked out and went to go talk to his father and the judge. After five minutes of silence the judge started talking and asked me to come up to speak what happened. "I got home from school and I heard my parents yelling so I tried to ignore it but I heard a bone snap and when I went downstairs I saw my mom unconscious and my dad with bloody knuckles. Ricks dad looked at him with a frown as the judge called him up. "I was under the influence of alcohol so it wasn't my fault." Said his dad in a business-like voice. Rick then felt like he got stabbed in the heart. "For three years he was drinking?!" Rick thought. The judge told his dad to go sit down. After 2 hours of hearing people talk,they finally left with ricks dad getting sentenced for two months because of child abuse.

Even if ricks dad was drinking,he still loved him and missed him. "So for three years,he hit me just because he was drunk?!" Yelled rick while his mom drove off with him. "I didn't know" said his mom and the rest of the ride home was silence. He then heard his mom's cellphone ring after they got out of the car and went inside their home. After three months of not having his dad around he felt a little lonely. "Rick your brother is finished college and is going to be coming home!" Yelled his mom while rick was in his bedroom. Rick ran downstairs and grabbed the phone but his brother hanged up. "I have a brother?" Rick asked. "Yes he went to college three years ago after you had that bike accident that made you forget everything you did that day." Said his mom as she took the phone and put it on the counter top. After three minutes of waiting, rick heard a car pull up and watched as his brother walked inside. "How you doing rick" he said. "What your name" rick asked.

"My name is Zach" he said. Rick then asked if he wanted to play video games and then he heard the voices say "kill him kill him kill him" rick ignored the voices as he popped in a game and they played for three hours. When rick shut the games off he saw a movement in the corner of his eye and when he turned around he saw a tall figure. Rick couldn't see its face but for the rest of the day he wondered what that thing was. It was 12:00 am and Rick was lying on his bed when he heard his cellphone ring and when he answered it he heard Eric say "Rick buddy, I'm having a party and you're invited." Rick said ok as he got dressed and he asked his mom if he could go and she said yes. After five minutes of walking,rick made it to Eric's house and he saw that some people were already there. Rick walked in and found Eric talking with some kids. Rick walked over and said hi. "Glad you made it" said Eric as he handed him a drink. Rick gulped down the drink as he heard a familiar voice walk in. Danny then points at rick saying "Hey look its the king of retards" then some people started to giggle as Danny walked towards him. "Get out of my house you weren't invited." Eric said. "Get out of my face or I will hit you until your head is in the other direction." Danny said as Eric backed up. Danny then grabbed ricks face as he punched him in the nose. Rick grabbed his face as he tackled Danny to the ground. Rick then heard the voices saying "kill him,kill him,kill him,kill him,kill him." Rick ran out of the house and ran home while he heard Eric yelling his name.

Rick opened the door to find his dad sitting on the couch. "Why are you here?" Rick said before slamming the door. "Its has been three months so the police let me free." Said his dad while he reached out for a hug. Rick ignored his dad and walked towards his bedroom He plopped himself on his bed as he fell asleep. Rick started tossing and turning and woke up with sweat dripping down his face. Rick got up and checked the time. It was 5:00 am. "Time to get ready for school" rick said sarcastically. Rick got dressed and made breakfast while he texted Eric. "Y did u freak out at the party?" Asked Eric. "I don't know" said rick as he walked onto the bus and sat down with Eric. When rick and Eric got off the bus they were then greeted by Danny but he had a friend with him as they ask rick and Eric for their money. "Go die in a hole" said Eric as he and rick walked towards the school. "You better watch your back, ill put you in a three month coma." Yelled Danny while rick and Eric run inside. For the entire day rick just heard the voices whisper him something but he couldn't make out what they were saying. Once rick got home he called Eric and asked if he wanted to go to GAME-STOP and pick out some games. While rick was waiting for Eric, he heard the voices get louder and he heard one voice say "YOU'RE NEXT!". He then heard Eric call for him. "I brought 50 bucks" did you bring any money?" Eric asked. "I only have a 20" said rick as they both walked in the store.

The voices grew louder and rick had a weird feeling in his stomach like he wanted to throw up. He then heard a ringing in his ears but it was cut off by Eric yelling his name. "Are you ok?" He asked. "Yeah, its just a headache ill be fine." Eric then starts looking at PS3 games while rick searched for PS4 games. Rick picked up a game While Eric was trying to choose. After 2 minutes of standing they finally walked out of the store and went home. Then the voices grew louder and the ringing was ear piercing. Rick then looked out his window and saw a tall man. Its arms were almost touching the ground and its was almost as tall as the lamp post it was standing under. Then rick looked at its face and there was no face. Nothing. But when rick looked for its eyes he felt like it was staring at him. He then heard a voice say "I am coming for you!!!" And then rick passed out. When rick woke up he heard Zach calling for him. "I got tickets to go see a new movie, wanna go with me?" He asked. "Sure ill get dressed. Rick searched his closet and found a black shirt,dark blue pants,gray shoes,and a black jacket with a hood.

Rick then followed his brother to his car and once he got in he heard a voice say "he is lying,he will kill you." Rick ignored the voices and he stared out the window while his brother drives after an hour rick sees something standing among the trees. It was the tall man. Rick looked around and searched for a minute before giving up and kept staring out the window. Rick then look out the front window and saw someone standing in the middle of the road. "WATCH OUT" rick yelled but it was too late. Zach tried to slow down but hit the man and they started spinning as the man disappeared. Zach then crashes into a tree and rick passes out. Rick then wakes up with blurry vision and he feels a pain in his head. Rick looks at Zach and finds him under the airbag and when rick pushed it away he saw his brother with a broken arm that was turning into a purple color. His ribs were fractured from the airbag,and his neck was at a awkward angle. Rick checked himself and found that his left leg had a bone sticking out and his arm was also broken. He checked his face and felt the open scars gush out blood. Rick tried to move but he was trapped inside the car. He looked out the window and saw the tall man standing there and rick watched as one of the tentacles reached out to the front of the car and slammed into the hood. Rick watched as a fire started spreading and then the tall man pushed the car away from the woods and into the road. Rick watched in shock as another car tried to slow down but crashed into the side denting it so it was stuck. Rick unhooked his seatbelt and unhooked Zach's as the man in the car tried to help. He then found a rock and told rick to duck as he threw it at the window and helped him out while some other pulled Zach out.

The last thing rick saw before blacking out was a tall man standing over the person telling me to stay calm. Rick then woke up in a hospital with a cast on his face and he felt his chest covered in tubes and bandages. Rick felt stitches on his leg and when he tried to stand up but he felt straps on his arms and legs. After five minutes of struggling he heard his mom and dad walk in with an injured Zach who had a cast on his arm and had surgery stitches on his chest. "Rick are you ok?" His mom asked. "He is fine,we did surgery on his leg and he is capable of walking but he also suffered a serious head injury so we might have to diagnose him to see if he isn't insane." Said a doctor. "Ok" his mom said in a sad tone. Rick then felt the bandages being removed from his face and when the last of it fell of, rick rubbed his face with his hand and he felt the scars and stitches on his cheeks and mouth. Rick then felt his head and he realized that there is a lot of stitches covering the open wound he obtained from the crash. Rick then felt the tubes and strapping being removed and when rick stood up he felt like he could take on anyone. He felt better than before. Rick then started smiling and soon he was grinning from ear to ear as the doctors tried to inject morpholine into him. Rick then fell asleep while his parents helped Him into the car and they drove off. When they got home rick ran to his bedroom and he slammed the door shut.

Rick then grabs his head as the voices grew louder. "Rick honey, are you ok?" His mom asks as rick opens the door and helps Zach inside. "Yeah I'm fine" rick said as he started twitching. On Friday Eric says he is having another party and says that he is invited."also I invited Danny" he whispered "what?!" Rick yelled. "He is a bully and has been beating us since 4th grade. Why would you invite him?!" Rick asked. "I had too, he would have beaten me and put me in a hospital in a three month coma if I did not invite him." Eric said while looking at the ground. "We will just ignore him" Eric whispered while Danny glared at them with a grin on his face. Rick then heard a voice say "this is your chance to kill Danny,don't fail us" rick ignored the voice and they got off the bus for another day at school. Rick then heard the voice say "kill him" rick then starting clawing at his head until a scar started bleeding. "Rick are you ok?" The teacher asked "y-yeah,I-I-Im ok" rick stuttered. When the bell rang for lunch, Rick sat alone. Rick stared at his food while he heard Eric calling him over. Eric then sat down next to rick and none of them said anything.

Rick then heard the voices screaming in pain but they were cut off by the sound of the bell. When rick got home he heard yelling so he ran downstairs to play video games with his brother. While playing,rick started twitching a little. His brother noticed and asked if he was ok. "I'm not sure" rick said. The next day rick walked over towards Eric's house and he saw Him outside "was up" Said Eric while showing rick the game they were playing. "Im trying the knife game" And rick watched while Eric poked the tip of the knife between his fingers and sang a song. After Eric was done he handed the knife to someone else while Eric and rick walked inside. While inside rick heard Danny talking with his friends Bob, Peter, and James. Danny saw rick and he walked over while his friends followed. "Hey kid. We got some unfinished business. " Said Danny in a raspy voice. "What do you want" rick said in a deep tone. "Lets finish something" Whispers Danny who is inches from ricks face. Then Eric tries to push them away from each other, but get smacked in the face. "Stay out of this!" Danny yells.

That is what sent rick at Danny. Rick tackles him to the ground while Bob tries to pull him away. Rick then elbows bob while he punches Danny in the face. Then Danny throws rick agains the wall while his friends punch him in the gut. Then rick feels one of Danny's friends get thrown against a wall while the others attacked Eric. Rick then smacks peter against the head with a metal trophy and his head opens up as blood and brain gush out. After peter goes still, bob rushes rick while Danny and James throw Eric against a wall. Bob then punches rick in the nose and Blood fills ricks mouth while he pile drives bob and slams his fist agains his face. Bob gushes blood as rick grabs the bloody trophy and slams it against his head. Rick then started chuckling while Danny and James chase him. Rick runs upstairs where he open a door that leads to the attic. Rick then gets pushed to the ground and is kicked in the back and chest. "YOU WILL REGRET WHAT YOU DID TO YM FRIENDS!!!!!" Yells Danny. Thats when rick snaps. His sanity snaps in half and he hears the voices. but before Danny could say anything else, rick grabs his ankle and twists it at an awkward angle. Then rick trips James and he slams on his chest with all of his might. James then starts gasping for air as his body goes still. Then rick starts laughing as Danny grabs him by the collar and slams him against A stack of boxes. Rick then Grabs Danny by the legs and trips him. Danny tries to get up but rick pounces on him and starts slamming his fists down on his face. Rick starts laughing at Danny being so helpless that he didn't notice him pulling a knife out and shoving it into ricks shoulder. Rick falls off of Danny and pulls the knife out before being thrown against a window.

Rick tries to get up but then he gets tackled by Danny and the glass breaks as they fall to the ground. Rick hits the ground so hard,the wind gets knocked out of him as Danny struggles to get up. Before Danny could get up he is shoved to the ground and watches with shock as rick starts punching him in the face. Then rick breaks his arm with a rock,but then rick starts hammering down on Danny's face until it was mush. But before rick got up he took the knife and shoved it into Danny's throat. Rick then stares at Danny's unmoving corpse and starts laughing. Then rick is howling with laughter as he then passes out from losing blood. Rick then wakes up in a hospital and feels stitches on his shoulder and feels a covering on his face. Rick tries to get up but he feels straps on his arms and legs. After a minute of waiting rick hears doctors and his parents and brother walking in. "How is he?" His mother asks. "He lost a lot of blood but he is fine. His face needed surgery,and his chest has a few broken ribs that were remove but he is doing ok" the doctor says while rick hears his brother asking his dad if rick would be able to come home soon. "Rick will be home in about 2 months. His body needs to heal" the nurse says while she asks ricks mom,dad,and brother to leave.

After 2 months of waiting, rick finally gets his mask removed and is able to go home. When the doctors remove the mask, one holds out a mirror and rick stares at his bruised and stitched up face. Rick then touches the scars and thats when the voices return and rick hears a ringing in his ears. Then his mom walks in and gasps at ricks face. Then his mom gave rick a dark gray shirt,a black jacket hoodie,and dark blue pants. After his mom brought him home rick runs up to his bedroom where he starts laughing and twitching. Rick then hears a deep voice say, "Danny is gone,now finish the rest". Rick knew what the voice meant and he tried to ignore it but then rick remembered the times his father beat him up and the time when his brother put him in the hospital with a broken arm. Rick then gets up and he sneaks down to the living room to find his dad in a computer room,his mom in the bedroom,and his brother downstairs. Rick then heads towards the kitchen where he grabs the longest and sharpest knife and runs towards the computer room. Rick sneaks up behind his dad and starts laughing hysterically. But before his dad could react he felt a sharp pain in his chest and saw a knife sticking out. Rick pulls the knife out of his dads torso and breaks his dad's neck. Then rick slices his dads throat, spraying blood everywhere. Rick hears his mother gasping and crying. "R-rick w-w-why would you do that?!" His mother said. Rick walked towards her and in a split second shoved the knife in her stomach, spilling her guts on the floor. Rick grinned at her weak mother as he pulled out the knife and shoved it into her throat.

Rick pulled out the knife as he ran towards the basement where Zach was watching tv but then he feels a hand on his mouth and feels a sharp pain in his stomach. Zach then looks at rick in shock as rick pulls out the knife and holds it up to his throat. "R-rick?" Zach stuttered. Rick then slices Zach's throat "I am the DARKNESS" said rick in a raspy voice. Then rick runs towards the kitchen and grabs a lighter and ignites the house. The flames ingulf the house like it was drenched in alcohol. Rick tried to escape but the door was blocked so rick accepted his death and ran towards the door to try and open it. But then rick felt his legs on fire and rick fell down on the ground. Rick tried to put out the fires but then rick gave up and waited until the fires were at his waist. Then rick feels a hand on his arm and when rick looks, he sees a large white bony hand that was connected to a long black arm. When rick looked at the body he saw a black suit with a red tie and white undershirt. Rick then looked at the face and saw that it was the faceless man that was under the light post. Rick looks in shock as eight black tentacles produce from its back and surround rick. All rick saw was blackness surround him. After an hour of blackness rick wakes up with no memory of the past.

Rick then picks up a knife on the floor and walks away from the burnt house. Rick then hears a voice say "your name is The DARKNESS. Kill everyone you see" rick listens to the voice as he sees a couple stare at the burnt house and swiftly stare at rick as he wanks over to them. Rick sees that it is Eric and his parents. "Rick is that you?" Eric asks. Rick laughs as he shoves the knife into Eric's heart and starts laughing. Then Eric's parents gasp as rick pulls out the knife and shoves it into Eric's dads throat and once he pulls it out Eric's mother runs away but then rick jumps on her back and repeatedly stabs her in the spine. Then rick slices her throat and once she goes still,rick gets up and runs into the woods to find his next victim. "THE DARKNESS IS HERE........" Whispered rick in a raspy voice before laughing hystericaly. 