It's 11pm on a Tuesday night, you had just gone out for drinks and dinner with your best friend. You're sitting at a communal table, another family has joined you both with their young children. You and your best friend have come there to simply have a good time and let loose. The family then starts to complain about how there is alcohol on the table in the presence of their young children, you and your best friend pay no attention to that. You both are having a great time until you start to laugh too hard and spit out your drink onto your best friend. You think it's not an issue, as you can clean it up, but your best friend starts to get agitated and leaves the table to find the restroom. You sit there cleaning up and waiting for her to come back, but 10 minutes have passed and you start to get worried. Getting up from your seat to go to look for her, and you find that your parents are in the restaurant as well. You stop and say "hello", and that you are looking for your friend but your parents speak up and say "we just saw her leave out the front door". Confused yet happy to have an answer as to where she went, you walk out the front door looking for her. You walk out into the parking lot, darkness consumes your eyes and your voice yelling for her consumes your ears. She did not appear. Walking further into the lot and seeing that her car is still in the parking lot, how is that so? Your parents said she left? Rounding the corner, still yelling for her, you spot her car door open. Your thoughts jump to the worst scenario. Has she been kidnapped? Did someone hurt her? Should you go back inside to ask for help? Unexpectedly, your best friend and her boyfriend jump out from the front of the car and scare you. Clutching your heart from that scare, you scream at them and ask them why they did this. They say it was just a joke and that they had an idea at the communal table to scare you into thinking she had left you there because of the drink incident. You fail to see the joke, and instead get angry at them for having you think there was someone out there, and that she invited him without letting you know. Asking them why they left the door open, they stare at you, confused, saying that they did not open the door. You all sit there trying to figure out who had done that when your dad walks out the front door and offers to take you home since it is late. You all agree and say your goodbyes, heading your separate ways. Making your way home with your dad, he mentions that your mother has found a ride home with her friend. Small talk about your days leads into a conversation about what had happened in the lot before he arrived. You mention how they tried to scare you and that your best friend's car door was opened but neither her or her boyfriend had opened it. Your dad brushes it off saying that she might have "forgotten to close it", and you agree seeing as that was the most logical thought. About 5 minutes into the 10 minute walk home, you start to feel uneasy about walking down a dimly lit alleyway but your dad reassures you there is nothing to be scared of. You stop at the last light before the next street and see a tall man down the sidewalk, just standing there. He had a paper white face with black rings around his eyes and lips, all while smiling at you both. Grabbing your dad's arm, you pull him into a stairwell and voice your concerns about him just standing. Your dad says that "he is fine" and that he and your mother both passed him on the way to the restaurant. All you're thinking about at that moment is that the tall man will walk up to both of you and try to grab you. Making your way down the alleyway with your dad glued to your side, you notice that the tall man starts to walk towards both of you. The tall man then appears right in front of you both and makes a run towards the trees, climbing up to the top. With your heart racing, you think "thank god he left us alone", and quietly say "bye" as a good riddance to the tall man being gone. As quietly as you thought you said it, the tall man had heard you and jumped down from the trees. Startling you both, he just stands there smiling at you and only you. Clinging to your dad, you try to maneuver your way behind him so the tall man is not staring at you directly but the tall man moves to the right to find your eyes. Your heart is beating so hard and fast that you cannot make out any words to your dad that you are absolutely terrified of this tall man. Your dad pulls you closer and starts to threaten the tall man, but he interrupts with his scratchy voice saying "I just want to hold her hand". With this, your dad snaps and tries to lunge at the tall man but at the same time, the tall man lunges towards him with a syringe in his hand. Your dad then falls to the ground, and you're just left there alone with this smiling tall man. He gently grabs your hand and pulls you closer to him, all while he pulls out another syringe and injects it into your neck.