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HEADS UP! before i get all sad and start crying again i just wanna say Chapter 10 of Red Creek Dark Realm is almost out! but in the meantime i just wanna say thank you to all those who have been supporting me to do this and have given me the inspiration to do so and make this writing possible. alot of my ideas come from real life experiences happiness anger sadness loneliness feeling like im another number...but all of it is expressed in my story and it helps me cope with my life and all the bad things happening in my life and i owe this great feat to my Grandfather who taught me to be strong when the going gets tough and to always do what you want and never be like anyone else and be you he told me stories of his life and my dads and i will never forget them. Red Creek is a big way of showing my appreciation of him and the things he has told me and the things he has done for me. though his passing hit me hard in a sudden blow i devoted my red creek series to him and wont stop until the very end. so i just wanna say for all those who made it this far in reading this little dumb story of mine i just wanna say that this has been an all out blast writing and escaping off into a world that i find comfort in! im really happy you all like it weather it just be 1-3 of you guys or it be over thousands in the future. so with that being said i fucking love all of you and keep dreaming even when we get old good ideas keep coming -Jack (redcreekstudios creator/writer/director) dedicated to Richard Henslin "you can never stop dreaming even when they tell you to. thats what makes you a great creator" 1953-2021

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Red Creek Dark Realm Chapter 9: in your head...

the scene was black no sights no sounds just black, the silence piercing into the soul a curse worse than death. In the center of the dark was Clark with his scars and his normal clothing and his bandaged hand as he was confused as to where he was exactly and he could see three men with instruments all shadows with white eyes and white smiles, a taller figure with a lantern and ace another shadow with white eyes and a woman tapped his shoulder and was another shadow her smile more drawn out than the last four but still has more definition than the rest and held out her hand and a whisper left her mouth "come he waits for you" the shadow said laughing as Clark hesitantly gave her his hand and started walking with her holding her hand as the other 4 shadows watched as they walked through a dark brown door that opened up to an office with wooden walls a brick fire place a big desk two lounge chairs all looked old but in the era of the 30's. Clark turned around to see the shadow again but it wasn't there and an old record player started and then there was a word spoken out of the silence "you know i remember when i was in a prison much like you" the voice was gritty and old sounding but was energetic. Clark looked over and tilted his head "but what i was imprisoned for i could never understand because i didnt know! haha much like you" the chair behind the desk was turned away from him and faced the window "who are you" Clark asked as the being laughed a bit "you want a drink? a snack or something?" the being asked setting a glass of scotch to the side and lit his cigar in his mouth and some smoke left the chair and Clark asked again "Who are you!" he asked with more frustration as he watched and the chair slowly turned around and there was the being a skeleton wearing a pinstripe suit and had a cigar in his hand "hey kid how are ya!" he said standing up and walked over to Clark and put out his hand "names James kid and well i aint a guy to pick a bone with HA" he said laughing as he snapped his fingers and he had his eight ball cane and looked at him "so you have that dumb mark huh? just like countless others" Clark was shocked as confused and looked at him "y-you..your" James turned around again "Dead? yeah i know kid i have been since 1946" he said and lit his cigar again and some smoke left the skulls eye holes and nose as he tilted his head "i wonder how you got into all this?" he asked as Clark looked to a gun with the same mark on his hand "that...that mark" Clark pointed to it as it sat above the fireplace, James looked up at it and tilted his head "oh yeah? the mark...it protects you from all of dark realms little shitbags you ran into a shadowling i can tell" he said sitting on the desk and watched Clark "how?" James took another breath of his cigar and looked at him "your arm shadowlings love the arms" he said as he looked at the gun and back to Clark "so im guessing all this is relativly new" he said watching Clark closly as Clark looked upset "The hell this is! i mean i get thrown everything my way all at once i want answers...now" Clark demanded as he felt the lounge chair hit his legs "take a seat kid ill explain" James said as Clark sat down "so where do you wanna begin?" James asked as he sat infront of him in another lounge chair "the begining...all of it spirits monsters all of it" James nodded "ill give you a crash course ya know spirits and monsters one o one" he sat back and crossed his legs "long before there was even humans there was heaven and hell the two sons of mother reality and she had father time and brother space who all work together to make everything we know as our universe..." Clark nodded and leaned on his hand "so like gods of gods?" James nodded "so satan king of hell and god right? but what they never tell you in that leather book is the wars and lies it spits out...one sided stories and all that other crap like youll find in any other religion" he said as he looked up a bit using the smoke to make images "you see long before humans existed earth was scientifically correct but even

before the dinosaurs there were the ancients!...great beings all holding a special part of running earth...mountain ocean lava storm and these are the ancients that crafted earth and died and their remains are what is our earths ecosystems" Clark nodded and atched him closely as the images dance "but there was a problem...hell wanted to control the earth as it had a form of power that controlled the universe as did heaven want it for their own reasons...and so the million year war started between heaven and hell thus death was born the third brother and the third realm of purgatory" the smoke made the image of the grimm reaper and James looked at Clark "so the wars ravaged the land the imfamous power being lost forever and so the beasts left behind and then the stories were made the mighty zeus of greece! the mysterious bigfoot of the apalachion's the wendigo of the north...the wise dragons of asia the giants of the united kingdom all beasts and monsters of myth were born out of the wars between heaven and hell..." James said and laughed a bit "but the hidden figure is that damn mark...legend has it that father time sister reality brother space made a hero to end the war and bring peace they were unstoppable and chosen as human" the smoke drifted away and back together and made the mark "and so every generation a hero is chosen by the mark and is to protect earth from the spirits and monsters who seek that universe ending power...i was one of them and after death well you are taken to a place that comforts you the most and will live out guiding the future generations..." he said as Clark looked at his hand "so im just picked no fucking reason im just here?" he said as James stood up "belive me its alot worse than it seems but you just have to accept it...denying it will kill you and everyone around you" James said as he took the gun off the wall and put it in a box and looked at him "i liked this talk...ill see you soon you have your town to save" Clark was confused and tilted his head "From what!" it went silent as it faded to black and Clark opened his eyes to owen banging on the bars and woke him up "Get up clark your out" he said opening the door and made their way to the front "i wish you luck Clark i do..." Clark looked at him with dried blood on his face "you to...you to..." he said walking off back to his home.

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Audio Log: Xeno Point therum 45

G:This is doctor Greigfield todays date is uh...october 13th 1943 my location is black forest germany the therum point is reacting to most of our subjects but this is one of thousands if not millions this energy is one of thousands never seen before i thought was only myth...however the xeno point is actually atoms collapsing on itself tearing matter apart...fascinating the test on the american soldiers will begin as soon as tomorrow but for now its safe to assume that all things that go in there would be melted and burned alive or is it that the illusion do drive us away? maybe...but for now its safe to assume we cant send something through it without tearing it apart... -loud crash- G: it seems one of my subjects have escaped ill deal with it end audio log -end-

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Red Creek: Dark realm Chapter 8: Crossroads...

Clark would catch a glimpse of the spirit across the road watching him and he closed the door hearing jessica babble on about something. Clark walked into the kitchen past her and she went silent "jeez clark whats up with you" she said smirking a bit as Clark made a cup of coffee "its been a long week and well...im frankly not in the mood for visitors" he said looking back to her "but in the meantime mind telling me why the hell you are here?" he said narrowing his eyes a bit. Jessica rolled her eyes "well to see my bud duh i mean after collage you sort of just disappeared" she said looking at him and he laughed a bit "yeah well life has unexpected things dont it?" he said sipping his coffee as jessica looked at a desk with a billboard with photos of Clark and his friends along with Jessica "well you missed out" she said laughing a bit "so how has the work force been treating you?" she said playing around with her glasses "well..a missing persons case around three days ago that and well just some drunks walking around town" Clark wasnt in the mood to be held accountable "made some friends here so disappearing has been working out for me" he said as he took another sip of his coffee and looked to her "so back to the real question?" Jessica tensed up at it and she looked down "well i got kicked out of my house..and you where the closest guy-" she said looking down in shame "god damn it seriously? no...im sorry but no" he said going back to the kitchen and started cleaning "please clark just till i get a job and can get a place of my own i swear!...come on" she pleaded him to let her stay and he looked outside and noticed it would be a shit move to leave her in the rain "fine...but when you get on your feet" he said and put on his deputies hat and coat "now watch the place for me? im guessing youll find your room" he said grabbing his keys, jessica was confused as she watched him "where you going?" he looked at her and smirked "to forget yesterday" he said walking out and heading to the bar once more and walked in through the doors as it was a silent night and he looked twords the bar "AH there he is he aint dead!" Victor yelled out and clapped his hands, Otis and Marcus were there and waved at him as he went to the bar "well deputy find what ya been lookin for?" Otis said sliding a shot glass to him and Clark nodded and took a shot of whiskey as he heard a banjo playing and singing but it was tuned out because he had flashes of that creature and the mountain man all making him freak out his eye twitching a bit as Marcus put a hand on his shoulder and Clark turned around Grabbing his head and forcing him to the bar and held him there "WOAH WOAH ITS ME MARCUS CHILL CHILL!" he said as Clark let go "i-...im sorry" he said as he felt his head spinning a bit and blinked and bumped into someone with their drink spilling it on them and turned around "ah sorry sir..." he said feeling light headed. a man in a flatcap and vest would look up watching him as the tall man looked at his shirt and back to Clark "HEY YOU SPILLED MY DRINK" he said as he grabbed clark by the collar. Clark struggled a bit as he looked at Victor and Ottis as they watched Clark smirked and kicked the man in the croach area making him drop clark and swept the mans leg and got on top of him "walk it off pal..." he said holding his fist up as the man threw him off him and spit on the floor "Nah you will" the man said as Clark got up taking his coat off and rolled up his sleeves "BAR FLOOR!" a man cheered it was a prize pool of those getting in bar fights and winning, clark ran at him as the man threw a punch at him and clark stepped to the left and jumped at him and drop kicked him into the wall and ran to him and punched him in the stomach and pulled him off the wall and pushed him onto the floor "no shame in quitting" clark said as he cracked his neck a bit. the man slowly got up and laughed as clark charged again at him put was tripped by him and tried getting up and was stepped on by him "GRAHHHH..." he cried out in pain as the man laughed. clark hit the boot

and tried to but was kicked off and slowly curled up "oh...shit" he said as the man dragged him and pinned him to a wall and started punching him again and agaun blood dripping onto the floor. Clark got those flashes and saw a skull set on fire and came back to his senses and he caught the mans punch before twisting the mans wrist and laughed "Fuck...you" Clark said before smiling and headbutting the man and let him go and he slid down the wall getting up wiping his face and ran at him and and tackled him out the doors and onto the asphalt and sat on the mans chest and started beating the mans face in "GRAHHHHHHHHHH" he had the visions once more and continued punching and was hit in the back of the head with the butt of a gun and was knocked out cold the man barely alive Clark winning the fight. his dreams were filled with spirits and monster and a man at the end of a hallway tall and lankey and looked back screaming and was awoken by the sound of battons on bars "Clark get up god damn it!" Owen yelled as he leaned on the bars "Mind telling me what you were doing?" he asked as clark got up and held his left arm "defending myself...off duty" he said as Owens looked at his boots and Back to clark "your god damn lucky the man didnt press charges nor did he kill ya" Owen said as Clark leaned on the bars "so? what does it mean?" Owen wasnt in the mood as he let out a sigh "seeing how your the only one on the Hank case the mayor wanted me to keep you" Clark nodded "so? you gonna let me out?" he said as Owen laughed "no you beat a man to near death you go missin for 3 days and start on this odd adventure i mean shit aint looking to good for you pal" Clark went back to sitting and nodded "so how long?" he asked as Owen looked at his watch "this afternoon" he said walking away as Clark looked at his hands, dried blood stained his bandages and his face as he felt like he could kill more "now you understand" the familiar voice was that of Mountain man and it watched him from inside the bars standing at his feet "now you know its real" he said as the silence was the only thing he got in return "i know...i hate it why me why couldnt it be anyone else?" he asked in pain of not knowing "That i dont know but we will both understand soon enough" the spirit spoke out and looked around "well that book you found...the answers you seek are in there follow it and maybe youll set yourself free" the spirit said before Clark looked up and the spirit was gone "good talk" he said to himself as he slowly drifted off back to sleep.

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Page 1-3 of jacksons studies: The shadowling

Page-1 Today in the town of red creek i studied a lot of the mysterious encounters, my studies lead me to believe im close to something, something dark that is but of course the town inst happy with me and my writing so i keep things at a close...however i did have an encounter not to long ago say a week ago maybe even yesterday a beast all black and slender taller than the average man say 6'6-8ft tall its skull almost bigger than its neck its body having shown signs of bones pressing up on the inside like its starving or as if it hasn't eaten, it shows sign of pain however screeching at every moment i poke it with a needle or a pin its childlike in a way, the creatures structure is all over the place its arms are long it reaches all the way down to its knees and hunches over Knuckle dragger? maybe but those are more brute like and have more distinct features of course and dont roam the mountains or woodland areas. studying the creature i have found new forms of strength apparently its capable of fading in and out of dark areas such as shadows at light strikes it uses it to its advantage like a fear tactic when hunting its prey. an encounter has led me to belive if i were to interact with it id die instantly but if i let it loose...maybe just maybe i could get more research on it that will wait till tomorrow ill keep this updated soon 5/12/1834 Page-2 Day two research on the creature, this being the first creature ive captured in my time here so i have officially named it shadow-ling as its not as strong as most creatures ive seen but it isn't as dumb as well its a smarter predator and finds creative ways to find food, seeing how it looks like it never eats i can only assume these things hunt in packs its the only way it could survive or it could eat the livestock of local farmers but i have yet to write its details so i will Head: Round with antlers on the top of it a wide mouth with teeth sharp and thin like pins no distinct face it has white eyes and white teeth outlining its mouth the antler are sharp and cut into maybe its a form of some kind? Torso arms hips: its neck is also cut along with most of its body thin skin along with seeing the spine from its back collar bone can also bee seen its arms are longer than its legs researching down to its knees normally its hands are big with long fingers also having marks on it as well. hourglass figure type hips malnutrition looks like the cause of this Legs feet: its legs however have meat on them being able to jump higher and run faster than most much like rabbis or a form of primate its feet are much like its hands big and bone like being able to crawl onto walls and other surfaces off the floor Unknown features: this creature is that of nightmare a black ish smoke leaves its body every now and again to make prey fear it or maybe its some form of submission but along with that it can shift its bones around making a healing process in which if it breaks a bone it can snap it back into place as if it were never broken. however its most grueling feature is that its jaw can open a foot wide and it turns more savage and beast like a more violent approach is given more rows of teeth and the smoke that comes off it is odd as well it screeches louder and just becomes a whole new problem to deal with

more studies will be conducted until then i should sleep and relax the creature...is fond of me i let it loose and it didn't run it crouched and just sat there looking at me...i dont understand why 5/16/1834 Page 3 final notes on the shadow-ling it is a dark creature one of nightmare and killing a predator that does indeed hunt in packs and marks territory as much as i would like to keep researching it i had to...dismiss it, the unknown source i was given was that of a blade with markings on it not known to anyone but the nearby tribes they told me its the work of devils and corrupt magic...much like the wendigos that inhabit the lands however i cant say i agree with it, but in time ill find another shadow-ling and test it once more. but to whoever finds this book...please dont let anyone read this it will bring a reckoning hide it or destroy it that is the question but whatever you do, do not continue studies unless necessary Thank you 5/23/1834

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Red Creek: Dark Realm Chapter 7: Enlightenment

the sun rose over the treeline as a beam of light broke through the clouds but was cut off slowly by the rain once more. Clark slowly got up out of his sleep and looked at his hand "today...its not real..is it?" he asked himself as he got up and slowly walked outside. some lightning struck over the mountains behind him and the thunder soon came after but in the flash of light he felt like he was being watched he put his deputies hat on and he narrowed his eyes as more lightning struck around him, he slowly put his hand down twords his gun un-holstering it for a while and saw a showdy like creature standing in the treeline looking exactly like a man but its arms were longer and it was slender and had antlers on its head, it had no facial detail only two big white eyes and teeth outlining its mouth but besides that it was a mess of a thing. Clark slowly stepped back and it disappeared before reappearing again at the next strike of lightning it was infront of Clarks face, Clark slowly took a step back as the creature was almost studying him watching his every move and grabbed Clarks shoulders "dont run" it said in whispers as Clark put a gun to its stomach it looked down and and back up and it opened its mouth and its jaw broke going at least another foot down before it grew more teeth and its fingers got longer and more bone like, Clark shot the creature in the stomach and it jumped back a bit and was on all four's it hunched as its spine and ribs cpuld be seen pressing against its skin making an outline, its head slowly looked twords Clark again and screeched jumping up at him, Clark put his hands up and his mark glowed black and red as he yelped a bit the burning sensation within his body and an unknown force sent the creature backwards and it did so to clark as well "GAH!?..." he was thrown into a wall by the power and slowly slid down it and unwrapped his hand seeing his mark glow a soft deep crimson and he looked up a bit seeing the creature as some of what looked like its skin melted off its jaw revealing more of its teeth on the inside. Clark looked twords an axe that was in a log on the ground and slowly got up grabbing it. the Axe glowed a crimson as well and he looked at it "whats happening...to me" he said as the creature went silent. CLark turned around and held the axe as more lightning went off over the mountains "COME ON THEN" he said as he slowly walked off to the side and ran for the treeline grabbing his hat and gun and ran into the woods. he hid behind a tree and steadied his breath as he closed his eyes and opened them again and peeked around the tree seeing nothing and looked forward again, thunder was heard and echoed off the mountains as lightning struck closer this time and it appeared in a flash. Clark put the handle of the axe up and it bit on the handle and tried scratching at him screeching again, he kicked it back and swung the axe at it but it dodged him and Clark put the axe over his head and swung down releasing it throwing it into the creatures chest sending it against a log screeching in pain "Clark slowly walked over and took the axe out of its chest and left it ther swinging the axe sideways into its jaw breaking into the back of its skull and into the log killing it "Fuck...you" he said as he took the axe back out with some sort of black blood spurting out and onto him ,clark set the body in a ditch and rolled the skull off the edge "im coming back for you later" he said as he slowly walked away and back into town. he sighed walking to his home and set the axe next to the door and walked to the bathroom down the hall and took a shower still having thoughts of the weird creature mountain man and all the other myths that might be real now. a whole new world had opened to Clark he just didnt know who to tell or what to do. He got out of the shower wrapping the towel around himself and looked in the mirror seeing himself and then he looked to his hand with the mark on it and wrapped it up again. After getting dressed he made himself dinner while listening to 30's swing and slow dance

music and hummed along with the music as he heard a knock at the door and looked twords the door and then the axe, he slowly made his way over and heard the knock again holding the handle of the axe again "Who is it" he asked as he waited and heard a giggle "Its Jessica! come on Clark open up its cold out here!" he said opening the door slowly and looked unamused as jessica was a slight bit shorter than him but had brown short hair a stripped shirt with jeans with holes in them along with a cargo jacket "CLARK...holy shit youve gotten tall" she said putting her hands on her hips as clark sighed "can i help you?" he said rubbing his face "Oh come on i cant see my favorite collage pal? besides what are ya still doing in this place ive tried calling you" she sounded disapointed but couldnt stay mad "uh well ive been busy...more or less" he said to himself "ohhhh can i come in im sure you wont mind righhhhhht?" she said slowly making her way inside, clark slowly closed the door and sighed as the rains started again the mountain man watching form accross the street

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Red Creek: Dark Realm Chapter six: Chaos reign

The sun rose over the hills of the mountains as the trees were shining with the water from last nights storm. and the base of a tree laid Clark still asleep the sunbeams could be seen through the mist as the fog slowly crept around the summit of the mountain and slowly overshadowed the sun as the sky now was a dark grey. Clark's eyes slowly opened as he grunted sitting up feeling his side and saw the scratch mark and looked up and out to the opening and there was the cabin once again in all its silence ominously sitting in the center, he could faintly hear whispers in his head and he felt as if he were going mad and he stood up holding his arm staring as he looked down seeing his deputies hat and he started to cry looking back up "fuck this damn town" he faintly said as he fell to his knees screaming at the sky letting out his sadness and looked forward breathing heavily as it lightly started to rain and he saw his hands again covered in dirt and blood and grabbed his hat and stood up again as he walked twords the cabin and opened the door and sat in the chair looking out the window "i just wanted...just wanted to do good" he continued to talk to himself as if someone was still there but nothing responded only the light tapping of rain on the glass and his breath he then heard the sound of a boy crying for help in the woods as he stood up grabbing his gun and ran outside "HELP!" he heard the boys scream once more and he ran after it and he got to it and he couldn't believe it, more creatures he saw the gremlin like creature laugh and kick the boy against a tree and Clark had the thought of leaving but he didn't he just listened watching in awe "Please i have nothing!" the boy said holding his hands up in front of his face "Ive done nothing wrong" as the gremlin laughed he pulled out a weird looking knife and flipped it in his hand "Why you outta have something for escaping dark realm so fast i mean no one finds gates that fast now a days" he said laughing "so...where is it" the boy looked up and put his hands together "wh-wheres what?" the being stabbed the tree above the boys head and snarled "...The stone..." he said as Clark stepped from the side of the tree and held up the gun pulling down the hammer "Stop!...Leave him alone" he said taking a deep breath as the boy looked over and blinked a bit as the gremlin slowly turned around and laughed "Human? out here? what you gonna do shoot me?" Clark's breathing got heavier as he nodded slowly "if i have to" the boy was in awe as he smiled a bit at the man, Clark tilted his head "oh look at you...you probably don't even know what i am do you" he said as it got closer to him and put its chest against the barrel of the gun "do you" he said as reality hit Clark like a truck and he had a look of despair before he kicked the gremlins ankle and he put the gun to his head forcing him below to the ground "i don't need to know what the hell you are...you are a plague in my head" he said as the gremlin looked up and smirked "there's always more THERE'S ALWAYS MORE!" he was cut off by the loud sound of a bang and the birds on branches flew away as the job was done he killed the thing and he looked to the boy and he blinked as he clapped and got up "WOW i knew humans were good i always thought i was crazy until" the creature was interrupted by Clark walking away and back twords the cabin as the creature followed him "Mr?" the being asked as it played around with the things in his bag "hey Mr!" it called out to Clark as he slowly turned around "your not real are you?" Clark asked slowly loosing sanity "n-none of this is real right? i mean spirits....monsters....visions all of it" he asked out crying "say is it a dream id like to find out!" he said holding the gun and pulled down the hammer "MR WAIT" it called out and was worried and scared "i...what happened to you Mr?" it asked as walked closer Clark felt a hand touch his shoulder and jumped a bit and looked back as it was Mountain Man who touched him "YOU!...you cursed me didn't you!" Clark asked as the spirit and the being behind

him slowly backed away. he suddenly woke up on the table in the cabin and looked at his hand as the mark glowed purple "...im going insane" he said quietly to himself as the sky was still grey and the trees had settled finally, the silence got to him as he blinked and heard the voice of mountain man behind him "you are not cursed" the spirit setting a hand on Clark shoulder. He slowly walked in front of him his eyes the only thing he could see under his cloaks hood all yellow holding his hatchet and lantern "tell me? what is it you seek in this world?" he asked as Clark took his hat off setting it on the table "are you real?" he said asking the spirit as it sat in front of him and put his hands on the table "sadly yes" he said as Clark looked at his hand and back to the spirit "What is this...a nightmare? cause i want out" Clark said as the spirit just stared at him and stayed silent "well? say something because you've been such a big help" he said getting frustrated standing up leaning on the table "TELL ME!" he yelled at the spirit as it looked up to him "if i did you wouldn't understand you have been having dreams of the dead? dreams of another world? beasts and spirits alike?" it said as Clark sat down in confusion on how it knew "yes...what does it mean to you" the spirit looked down and sighed "i am a forest spirit...cursed with the blood lust of the moon" it said "and the woman Mrs. Becker...she wanders the woods aswell as do other spirits cursed to be binded to this land" he said as Clark tilted his head and crossed his arms "so...becker you all of the stories? true?" Clark asked feeling like he was but a useless being in this time and moment "yes and your little wendigo problem as well it is real it roams near the summit of the mountain and those who go are to never return" the rain hit the glass harder and there was a strike of lightning "...t-this is to much" he said holding his face and tried to let go "you can free us though send us home and break our binds to this realm" the spirit said as it stood up "you will and someday you will understand" it said opening the door "and what if i cant? Clark asked looking up and saw the spirit one last time "you wont" it said walking out of the door and disappearing into the rain past the treeline. Clark closed the door and sat on the floor against the wall "so...the spirits exist and so do the monsters" he said hugging his knees a bit as he slowly descended into madness of thought as the storm raged on outside the mountains standing tall accompanied by a howl from the summit

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Red Creek: Dark Realm Chapter 5: beast with no name

Warning: this story contains, violance, weapons, death, suicide, gore, horror aspects, and other forms of death and horror, talk of spirits religion and the underworld and things manifested in between. if not prepared do not read i wouldnt want anyone to get triggered Clark stood outside the building and heard the church bells ring and as the students left the school and the clouds in the sky bundled up as it started to rain, the little droplets of water hitting the brim of his hat and his back and shoulders, his hand twitched as he looked to the sky and let out a deep breath as he heard a tire screech twords the center of town and he walked over. some guy had his truck parked awkwardly next to the bar in the lot and the sheriffs car was there and he sighed seeing Marcus's car along with Otis's and he walked inside, the room was silent but murmurs left some booths on the outside of the floor and he looked at them as they stood up and left first Mountain man the Becker story now there was some guy at the bar rambling to Otis Marcus and Victor as Owen leaned on the wall at the entrance next to Clark "so...find anything" he said taking a deep breath in of his cigarette and blew out the smoke and looked at the man in the seat "no sheriff i didn't find anything but more of those dumb stories" he said as Owen nodded "ok then i suppose you didnt see a wendigo monster running around?" he said smirking smugly as he put a hand in his pocket still holding onto the cigarette "what? no, what are you talking about" he said watching the man keep rambling as he looked to Clark and then his hand "YOU! you-...you bare the mark...the mark of death...the beast wants you it wants you" Clark was shocked a bit and kept his cool as Owen rolled his eyes "whoa now no need to freak out and what mark?" Clark asked almost utterly confused with all the talk about spirits monsters and a middle realm "y-you dont see it? OUR DEMISE IS NEAR! THE DEATH OF THIS TOWN" he yelled out before Clark noticed something about his eyes his left eye was turning black as was the right one "sir...im going to half to ask you to calm down" he said reaching for his taser as the man had silenced and Owen narrowed his eyes and Otis victor and Marcus watched "this is getting odd lets scram" he said as Marcus led Otis out and vic held his hand on the shotgun below the bar as Owen let out a breath "take him to the station will ya?" he said as he left Clark knelled down and looked at him "sir whats your name?" he asked as he pulled out handcuffs and stood up with him "..." he stayed silent and Clark looked to Victor "take care pal ill be back soon" he said taking the man into his car and taking him into the station and into a cell "he should be fine in there" Owen said sipping on a coffee and handed Clark one "i dont get it...first hank now this guy shows up?" he said as he sipped his coffee "well deputy your guess is better than mine" he said laughing a bit "ill watch him while you investigate" he said as the rain had calmed down to a light mist, Clark walked out of the building under the flagpole of the station and across the street to the parking lot and then the treeline seeing nothing "i know your watching me better just come out than do nothing" he said as he heard a heavy breathing and scratching noise "where are you" he said once more the skittering behind him then in front of him and a shadow like figure appeared from behind his car but more human like with fangs ragged clothing and long fingers and bright white soulless eyes and it made a screeching noise as it lurched at him as Clark stepped back a bit falling back and onto the steps of the station the beast hopping on top of him scratching his face "...kill die kill die kill eat...flesh" the being said before being kicked off and Clark slowly got up holding his gun at him and the being was shifty as its body twitched like an energetic child and the sound of thunder revealed it was some sort of goblin creature slender like and hungry "what the hell are you?" he asked before the creature smiled wide "YOUR DOOM!"

it said as the crack of thunder and lighting struck in the distance as it ran up to him as Clark hesitated to pull the trigger and ran into the woods through the trees the goblin running fast behind him crawling as if it were an animal "you cant run!" it said as it chased

after and it went silent as Clark hid behind a tree and held his breath his heart pounding as he heard it walking around "i can smell your fear...all those monsters and spirits wont laugh at me now will they" he said laughing and it crawled on the side of the tree quietly and down to Clark jumping in front of him holding his throat and pushed Clark down against the tree "NOW DIE YOU LITTLE-" he was cut off by the sound of a loud chunk and some blood left the creatures face as it fell backwards on the ground. Clark looked up catching his breath holding his side and held his gun up as he saw the vivid light of a lantern, and out of the shadows came mountain man "you...saved me?" he said still holding his gun up as the spirit pulled the Hatchet out of the creatures skull "yes...this shouldn't happen however" he said as he put his hand out, Clark was still skeptical but he did help him so he took his hand and got up and coughed "the fuck is that thing?" he said looking down at it "its a lurker" it said as he looked at him "its not of this realm" the spirit said as Clark leaned on the tree "a lurker...? what the fuck does that mean" Clark said sounding angry than before "Clark what if i told you every tale every myth every monster, ghost story where true" he said as some thunder sounded off in the distance "no...no way" he said as he held his side "oh but it is...i am one of those spirits the one they call mountain man is i" he said before holding up the lantern "i am but a humble wayfaring spirit but with some curse" he said looking back at the creature "the book you found...it has the answers to what you want i leave that knowledge with you knowing you'll find a way to do good with it just as i have and the people before and after me" he said as Clark was still confused "wait slow down pal i dont understand it doesn't make sense" he said as the spirit held his hand and took a deep breath "someone opened a gateway to our world letting that thing through use the book and destroy the gateway" he said as he let go "your mark isn't a curse its a sign of hope...use it" he said turning around walking away as Clark winced a bit in pain "WAIT! DONT GO!" he disappeared in the dark as clark slowly slid down the tree and onto the ground falling asleep in the storm.

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Red Creek: dark realm Chapter 4: i see demons

Warning: this story contains, violance, weapons, death, suicide, gore, horror aspects, and other forms of death and horror, talk of spirits religion and the underworld and things manifested in between. if not prepared do not read i wouldnt want anyone to get triggered the grass stood still but tall enough to where you couldn't see the ground, as the grass led to the cabin, beaten battered as if it stood in a million wars murders before it. Clark would have his eye twitch as he saw a shadow man rise from the ground and look twords Clark and crick its neck as if it where broken by something. more bodies of shadows rose up, some had pieces broken off parts of limbs and parts of their face were missing. Clark shivered a bit and saw his breath in the cold air as he kept his eye on the cabin but was distracted by the whispers of the disembodied people. some of them were kind others tormented by hate and loss "you have nice eyes" whispered one "kill kill kill" said another "you haven't lost your mind?" asked one as the voices got louder and he felt a hand touch his shoulder and he looked back holding his gun to Marcus's chest "GAH!-" his breath had left him and he sighed "damn it im-...im sorry" he continued to apologize and he looked back to the cabin as Marcus was scared but wasn't terrified "Deputy i think it is time to leave" he said as he looked at the sky as the sky burned orange "you know the legend of mountain man deputy im sure Otis told ya mountain mans out here we gotta go" he said sounding more afraid as the sky almost looked empty with a few clouds overhead as well, the whispers had stopped but one sounded like a girl and it caught Clark's attention "hi Clark...i miss you" it said as he looked in the window of the cabin and there was another shadow figure tall slender and its head tilted like all the others "it'll be to late before we get back, the cabin is our only shot. ill take first look" he said slowly making his way and he looked at Marcus "come on" he said as the sun had set on the right of the left of the mountain and the moon slowly had risen from the grave as Marcus followed. the silence was broken by a grunt and a kick and the door swung open and Clark held his gun up and his flashlight "what the hell..." he said taking a step inside and looked at the walls and table with a metal tea set and skeleton hand rested clutching a knife, "this place is pure evil..." Marcus said as he slowly closed the door and he rubbed his hands together "i dont suppose you have a lighter?" he said as Clark was crouched on the floor and ran his fingers against the floor "...dried blood? or...something else" he said as he looked to Marcus "oil lantern is on the table along with this furnace and appears to be a second one in the room down the hall" Clark said and shifted his sleeve on his arms and sighed "ill check it out" he said handing him a metal lighter "hurry up ok?" he said to Marcus nodded and got to it as Clark slowly made his way to the backrooms two doors both of which were bedrooms. in his dream the room was on the left so he opened it slowly with his gun drawn and held his flashlight up and and he looked around the room "this place...its...sad" he said feeling a sadness and force around his chest as he walked in further and saw a music box along with a toy box and cradle "a child? this...this is impossible" he said looking at the bookshelf and narrowing his eyes "this place...inst even on any maps of trails nor towns" he said as he heard shuffling behind him and a dismembered laugh as he held his gun up and looked around "hey Marcus?!" he called out as he heard a reply "yeah?" he called back as Clark looked at the ceiling and there was a hole and what looked like a hand sliding away from it above "is that fire started?!" he asked and Marcus slowly opened the door with his boot and Clark saw the light of the lantern and out of fear jumped and put his gun in its holster "...knock next time but good work" he said walking out of the room and into the

main entrance room and sat at the table "so deputy why is it you dragged me out here?" he said raising a brow and opened his bag pulling out a

bottle of whiskey and two glasses, Clark looked at the bottles and took his hat off and set it to the side "well if i told you id sound like Otis or just crazy" he said laughing at himself a bit

looking to Marcus as he poured their drinks "oh come on deputy ive heard crazier stories by that old hag and more importantly i wont tell anyone even if you were crazy" he said sliding his glass to Clark, he looked at it and took it drinking it and put it back on the table "well...i saw this place in a dream" he leaned back in his seat as Marcus chuckled a bit "well explain this dream to me" he said already finished his shot "well it was like i was here but their was a family and a father mother and their child but it was off their was a presence like...like something bad was going to happen" he said putting his hands together and pumped his foot a bit as he looked out the window "and what happened next its...its a blur" he said looking to Marcus as he finished another shot "sure...hey you said a family right? husband and his wife along with his kid?" he said raising an eyebrow "sounds like the Becker family" Marcus said as he hooked the lantern on a pole sticking out of the wall "legend has it the wife was forced into the marriage but didn't speak much and they had a child...they were only one when they died poor guy..." he said as Clark had a look of confusion "wait like mountain man?" he ask pointing his finger twords him and narrowed his eyes again "no no mountain man was long dead after this it was around say 1818? but it was after the mountain man story thats for sure" he said as he looked to Clark "but as i was saying the wife and the child were in danger they had this house built but the husband didn't know, so the wife takes the child with her" he continued saying and took another drink, the crackling of firewood and flames could be heard in the corner "the husband found them though and luckily enough he came alone, but the man enters and well with a gun and fires a shot hitting the wall to my your left but was killed by a swing of the axe by his wife" he said and looked down "as for the child?" Clark asked as Marcus looked up swirling his glass "the bullet...went through...the wall..." he said as he rose a brow and Clark felt a stir inside his stomach "horrible" he said pushing his glass away" Marcus nodded and looked to the fire "as for the wife? she disappeared into the woods never to be seen again" he said as some sparks flew from the furnace "wandering looking for her lost child...forever" it started to get really dark outside as the moon had peaked in the sky "im going to sleep now alright?" asked Marcus and he set out his sleeping bag and slept on the floor, the fire from the furnace would keep the house warm but the second one was still needed, so he went back into the kids room and looked at the cradle and had tears in his eyes as he filled the furnace and heard a voice "i was watching her" it said as Clark stood up and looked to the window and saw the mountain man standing tall as his coat covered his body with his satchel and wooden mask with antlers his lantern lighting up his side a bit "the woman had no choice" Clark felt his heart race and watched him "y-you can...talk" he asked the man and he chuckled a bit "so it seems but i never thought you'd hear me" he said as he set the lantern on the table "my curse is what you see my soul trapped in the hands of hell" Clark tilted his head "c-curse? hell? soul? what?" the man nodded "yes you'll see soon enough i grant you a night of peace" he said before Clark blinked and he was gone again and Clark finally lit the fire and looked at the bookshelf seeing a brown book and it had gold lining and he took it "property of Rose Becker" he flipped through pages and their were scriptures legends prophecies and other kinds of beast monsters demons angels souls and relics within them "what the hell...was she crazy or was she...doing something" he said before taking it out of the room and into the room Marcus was sleeping in ad sat down watching the fire. the dawn of a new day slowly casted over the cabin and Marcus awoke and sat up "deputy?" he said seeing Clark half asleep leaning on the table "Jesus deputy did you sleep at all?" he said as he got up and packed

his things "yeah im fine just couldn't sleep as hard as you can haha" he laughed a bit and yawned as he got up slowly, they left the cabin and he saw in the window the girl pressed against the window and he heard her whisper again "dont leave me..." it said as Clark looked back from the treeline "ill figure it out..." he said to himself as Marcus looked back "say something?" he said as Clark watched the shadow dissipate into nothing "n-no just lets go" he said as they walked away and made it back into town and he was dropped off in town and Clark would wave him off as he looked at his hand and the book "i need answers" he said to himself before walking in town and made his way to a school and looked at it as the sky flickered red again and he looked forward at himself in the reflection and was scared of himself as he waited for the bell of the church to ring

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"his wife died in his arms and his kids burried in the graveyard out back in the woods thus, mountain man was born"

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Red Creek chapter 3: As i said

Warning: this story contains, violence, weapons, death, suicide, gore, horror aspects, and other forms of death and horror, talk of spirits religion and the underworld and things manifested in between. if not prepared do not read i wouldn't want anyone to get triggered

The man at the bar looked twords clark and laughed "long time ago i had met the man they called mountain man, it was an unlikely greet but shit it was better than getting lost as for the night well things changed" Clark rose his brow and narrowed his eyes "the legend whats the connection?" he asked just wanting answers and the old man smirked "as i said this town is more than a town...its history living" he said laughing "but as for the legend it uh jeez give me a moment oh oh yes i remember now a man had moved into this town when it was just a hotel a bar and a couple businesses strung on the road" he sipped from his shot glass and he looked at the wall "no one knew his name just a random stranger his wagon had holes and looked old and burned but was carrying his wife and two kids" Clark tapped the counter "and the point is?" the old man looked at him quickly "its a story give me a moment" he said as he looked around "now where was i? oh yes the man had dirty hands and cloths everyone was bothered by him he was eerie and as winter closed in it had taken the lives of his wife and two kids and well he wasn't happy, in a fit of grief the man came to this very bar and killed three men bam just like that and sat on one of these seats and was arrested drinking as the bodies layed at his feet so he was banished seeing how it would be cruel to leave a prisoner in a cold hard prison cell and he was in the woods never to be seen again people soon went missing by night and were found in...weird ways and i believe you saw him" Clark got up "i aint got time for this shit..." he said taking his hat and looked outside "you know son thats what i said and then i saw him again...take care now deputy and pray he dont find you astray off the road" he said laughing as the band played "sure thing" the old man huffed as victor looked at him "you didnt need to do that Otis" he said cleaning a glass "it has its meaning any who ya have a good one two vic see ya tomorrow its poker night!" he said laughing. down the road clark wandered to the edge of town where the sidewalk ends and he took a deep breath as he looked out seeing a lamppost the mist highlighted by the light as it shifted almost dancing under the light in a current like motion as he blinked for a moment and there stood a shadowy figure holding a lantern and hatchet with the yellow eyes and cloak and his old boots "what in the..." the man slowly shifted his way to him as with every blink he drew closer and closer and the words in his head would repeat "mountain man....mountain man" and as he got closer it got louder "mountain man! mountain man!" his blood would race as did his heart beat fast, his hands shaking as his hairs stood on end as the man stood at Clark's feet, he smelled of death and wet trees as he could vividly see a wooden mask with the yellow lights as his eyes and the man whispered "i...am...good" he said and took Clark's hand and left a burn mark on it "i...will...see...you...soon" the being said as Clark was frozen in fear feeling the burn of on his hand, he looked down at his hand as he listend to the man whisper, he could barely hear the mans raspy voice and looked back up and he was gone "what the hell" his vision blurred and he passed out on the side of the road.

he opened his eyes and he was in a clearing in the woods and there was a cabin with a dead tree standing next to it and he would look around as confused as he was he moved closer to the cabin slowly opening the door to a skeleton laid halfway on a table and chair with a knife in his hand as there was an old shelf oven and seats. the place smelled of moss and smoke as there was a hum in the other room as he walked closer the humming got louder his heart began to pace and his hairs would stand on end as the cryptic humming got louder and he made a stop as he put his hand on the doorknob and he waited and made his way to the room and walked in, there was no one there and he looked at his foot as a drop of blood fell from the ceiling and onto his boot, he held his breath hearing his heartbeat as something grabbed him snapped his neck. he woke up in his bed in a sweat breathing heavily looking around himself making sure he wasn't dead. he looked at his hand and there was a burn mark looked like a skull in a way and he wrapped his hand in bandages as he looked in the mirror seeing a shadow man and its eyes were cut out with light along with its big smile and he turned around fast seeing nothing and he looked back to the mirror and it wasn't there "what in the hell..." he spoke to himself and washed his face getting ready for work and went by the bar and looked around "oi deputy mornin how ya doin?" clark kept silent as he walked to the bar "victor you know any hunters or anyone that spends time out in the woods alot?" he seemed distressed as he clenched his bandaged hand, vic put his hand on his chin and looked at him "no sorry...oh wait wait Otis is always talking about this one guy, ahh his name his name.. oh yeah Marcus he can help ya dep" victor glanced at his hand and rose a brow "what happened there?" Clark wrote down the name and looked up fixing his hat "nothing just tired and had an accident" he said looking up at a framed newsletter and it said three dead in bar bar burns down after bodies not recovered, he focused his sight and he saw three shadow men again and they were moving close to him and Clark looked behind him "hey vic when...when did you get that" he said looking at the framed piece again not seeing the figures "oh that? Otis gave it to me yesterday after your little legend talk haha why do ya ask" he said smiling leaning on the counter "you dont buy it do ya?" he said laughing as Clark looked at victor and shook his head "no i, i dont i gotta go" he said leaving the building and walked to Otis's and knocked on the door "Otis its deputy henslin may i ask you a question?" he said putting the paper away as the door slowly opened and he smiled "oh hey dep whaddya need?" he said kindly as Clark took his sunglasses off and shook his head "vic told me you know a Marcus? guy knows the woods right basically spends all his time out there like hank?" Otis smiled and nodded "yeah me and Marcus knew hank all to well sad to hear he aint alive...but as for Marcus hes probably getting ready to leave you might catch him hes just down the lot here over in uh...oh C17" Clark smiled and nodded "thank you thank you thank you Otis your first drink is on me i gotta go" he said running back to his car and got in and drove to where it was and there was an old muscle car and the garage open as the man had a trucker hat and a vest he was young surprisingly any relation to Otis or hank it was hard to tell, Clark got out of the cruiser and walked onto the driveway "Marcus?" the man loading the trunk would stand up "yeah what...i have all the permits and my rent is in was it Martha she always complains" Clark put his hands in his pockets "no Marcus im deputy Henslin and i need you for a little investigation" Marcus rose a brow and closed the trunk "what for dep?" he ask leaning on the back of the car "well i heard there was a cabin in the woods somewhere im looking for it...might be connected to the hank situation i got going on and i know you two where close" Marcus looked off to the side and scoffed a bit "the trapper cabin? no sir

i aint going there" Clark took his glasses off and looked at Marcus in the eye "so youve seen it?" Marcus nodded as he crossed his arms "yeah i have, it aint fun place is creepy has the smell of death coming off it" he said as Clark nodded "i just need you to show me it thats all i need" Marcus thought for a moment and nodded "get in ill take ya" he said opening the door of the car and Clark got in the passenger seat, he started the car and slowly started off the way as he looked out the window "so tell me Marcus how long do you spend out here" Marcus turned the radio down a bit and took his shades and adjusted them "i spend enough time to know the layout and help lost people if thats what your asking" he said smiling a bit "but that cabin you wanna see it...its ominous place looks like its seen something bad" he continued driving down the road as Clark looked out the window. After a while they made it to a gate and pulled in on the side "this is where we go on foot deputy" he said getting out and opening the trunk and grabbed a shotgun as Clark watched him "nice piece" Marcus looked at him "it was hanks he gave it to me after our first hunt...guy was great" he said sounding down "alright lets go to this creepy ass cabin" he said walking through the woods. the trees towering them as the green clashed with the brown and grey rocks some weird trenches here and there but it was sure a sight to see from clarks angle as he slowly followed. the sun had itself center in the sky by the time the trees ended into grass "deputy eyes up we got your cabin" he said pointing and Clark rose up next to Marcus and looked forward and in his eyes the sky flashed a blood red like a static tv fighting for a station, he stood wide eyed watching the cabin as it went silent and it was almost like it was just him in the center of the universe

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Reed Creek Myth: The legend of mountain man

Warning: this story contains, violence, weapons, death, suicide, gore, horror aspects, and other forms of death and horror, talk of spirits religion and the underworld and things manifested in between. if not prepared do not read i wouldn't want anyone to get triggered In the cold woods of the first settlement of red creek it was the dawn of new innovations left and right. before anyone had even thought, the town became a huge crossing point for pioneers and other types of people who were just trying to make business but of course settlement had some issues with people making poor decisions robbers, petty thieves, and the occasional murder were to happen from time to time but of course if caught it led to the hanging of those who broke the law. nearing the end of fall and the beginning of winter a man and his family arrived in the town seeking shelter and prosperity of course it was odd how they look like they had just been attacked, the wagon was filled with holes and it looked like it had been cut up as the cloth covering the wagon was barely hanging on by a thread as they stopped in a cutout where they could leave their wagons but the man would hop out and his hands were dirty his pants blackened by a weird substance as he looked over to a trough and cleaned his hands as he looked around, the man would soon make a name for himself as a hardworking man of course but as winter came, the crops couldn't save them, it had taken the lives of the mans wife and two children, and in a fit of rage the man had killed 3 men with only his hands in a bar fight. when the sheriff got there the man was drinking at the bar with the dead bodies at the stool as the pool of blood touched the leg of the bar stool and the man was then sent out into the woods banished from the town with nothing but his clothing and so he would survive at the summit of the mountain as a weary traveler looking for his lost sanity. as the winter had passed and the next winter came it seemed as if he would never find it wearing pelts and a leather cloak and hood wielding a hatchet a lantern and bow an arrow as his survival weapons, and so one day two boys got lost in the woods looking for their dog and the man had found the boys and told them the way home and not to stay out past sunset for thats when the woods would get scary and dangerous, as the boys left he watched them leave and disappeared. two nights later a man got lost hunting in the woods and the man had found him and crept behind him stalking and used noises to scare him and finally wedged his hatchet deep into the mans neck and pushed him onto his neck holding his head down the struggle of living soon left the mans body and he had finally killed him, the more people went into the woods at night the less came out and some say he still wanders those woods waiting to claim his next victim

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Red creek (Chapter 2) Blood moon. by Its0ctober

Warning: this story contains, violence, weapons, death, suicide, gore, horror aspects, and other forms of death and horror, talk of spirits religion and the underworld and things manifested in between. if not prepared do not read i wouldn't want anyone to get triggered Clark had waited on the hood of the police car next to the red truck as he saw the sheriff's truck pull up to him "Clark...for the love of god tell me it isn't some insane story about some random beast" he said as the wind blowed and clark took his glasses off "ok well whatever it was it passed the trapper line" Clark said as he looked back into the woods and to hanks truck "and whatever it is...well your going to have to see for yourself" Owen wasn't in the mood to be tricked their back and forth deputy sheriff relationship was a bit meh as Clark belived in true upholding of law and detective work Owen saw being a sheriff as a title and a name that is respected but still Clark worked harder then Owen so he didnt care much "just up the hill come on" Owen nodded as he walked with Clark up the hill to the bag with the flesh Owen cringed at the sight "jesus...what in the blazing hell" he touched the bag with his boot "and this isnt a joke?" Owen said looking to Clark in a bit of weirded nature "im sure of it i dont have a reason to..." while clark was talking owen was looking around "no one in town needs to know lets call it...suicide for now" clark looked at Owen with distraught as he gripped his fist "suicide!? listen Owen as your deputy and friend i tolerate most of your shit but this...this isnt gonna stand we need to inform the mayor" he said looking at the body bag "load it in the truck owen...ill meet you there ill call randy and hell pick up the truck" Clark said leaving owen to deal with the body and he drove back into town "red creek...home sweet home" he whispered to himself as he stared down the long road driving along, he felt like he was being watched and his engine turned off and he pulled off to the side of the road "what in the...piece of shit..." Clark got out of the vehicle and sighed, he got the feeling that he was being watched and he put his attention twords the treeline holding his hands on his hips and pinched felt the cold wind brace his face "jesus its cold" he said leaning on the car as he heard rustling in the bush and saw a person with a hood on their face blackened by the shadow and Clark was frightened a bit and pulled his gun, with heavy breathing Clark calmed down a bit "jeez fella you gave me a spook there...hey your a long ways from town need a lift?" the being tilted their head and just ran off "HEY!...WAIT!" Clark chased the being running through the woods and jumped over a fallen tree log and crawled under a redwood tree log "HEY...where-...where did you go" he said holstering his gun as he stared up and was covered in the shade of the trees and he felt like he was being watched again as a crow landed on a branch and cawed down twords Clark and he looked around more "shit lost huh?" he said putting his hand on his radio "hey Owen its Clark my car died and there is a-" his radio went static and he tapped it "damn it must've hit it or something" more crows would caw down to the Clark as he looked up in a bit of fear and it went silent as the birds watched him as a man in what looked like a old tarnished clothing and a pair of boots walked out from a tree "hey son ya lost?" the man said laughing a bit Clark jumped a bit at the sound of the man breaking the silence "hey there woah now no need to be spooked deputy" Clark let out a sigh and looked twords the man and calmed down "sorry you just gave me a scare that's all" the man nodded "well you look lost need some directions?" Clark nodded in agreement as he stood up straight "that would be great...say whats your name? and have you seen anyone with a black hood and well...yeah" the man put his finger to his chin and thought for a moment "no sir i haven't sorry but my name isn't much to worry about just take the river home...red creek right?" Clark slowly nodded "y-yeah

how'd you know?" the man smirked and put his hands on his hips "well it says it

on the badge you got there!" he said laughing "just down that way is the river...oh one more thing, things get scary after dark so make it quick" the man said before slowly walking away. Clark

had looked back to thank him but he was gone already as fast as he appeared and then the crows would dissipate flying away. Clark slowly wandered down the way he was told to then he finally made it to the river and found his way back into town but the whole way through the feeling of being watched haunted him as he walked into the bar, the sun would have been in the center of the sky by now signaling the afternoon but instead he knew it meant one thing, he was off duty for a while. Clark walked into the bar and had a seat "Heyyyy deputy how is it, what can i get ya boss?" victor gave Clark a warm welcome as Clark took his hat off running a hand through his hair "a shot glass and the bottle please" Clark said sounding tired, the sound of people laughing talking and singing along to whatever was on the jukebox was really getting to him as a lone man walked into the bar and found his way sitting only one seat away from Clark "jeez Clark you look like shit what happened ya trip and fall?" victor laughed a bit and Clark looked at him narrowing his eyes "oh well uh sorry here's your drink "the old man would look at Clark and his drink "last time i saw someone drink like you they were spooked by something" the old man said with a deep voice "and spooked by somethin they couldn't explain" he said as he looked forward, Clark scoffed a bit "mhm sure just a little chase in the woods outside town that's all" the old man put his hands on the bar "and let me guess you got lost?" Clark downed another drink and looked at the old man "yeah...no trails out there couldn't find my way back" he said sounding concerned "and did a man come out from no where and lead you home?" the old man spoke once more sort of scaring Clark "y-yes..." Clark replied timidly he was feeling a slight bit of uneasiness in his stomach "then you saw mountain man" the old man said as victor looked over "the wives tale? bah no way your full of shit" said victor as Clark looked at victor "let him speak" he said as he looked to the man "wives tale? mountain man?" asked Clark in urgency as the old man smiled "i remember the first time i heard of mountain man was when i moved into town say uh 59 or was it ah yeah 61 61 haha i was a little school boy when my uncle told me scared the daylights outta me" Clark was confused "listen just tell me about mountain man" the old man nodded as he looked to the wall of liquor and took a deep breath