The Life of Eli Black- Part 3 of 13

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Be sure to c heck out part 1 first: https://steemit.com/story/@purplerain96/the-story-of-eli-black-part-1-of-13
And 2 :https://steemit.com/story/@purplerain96/the-life-of-eli-black-part-2-of-13

It has been less than a week since a young girl had found the lifeless smile on the beach, by now it has been on every news channel imaginable. School had started again but Eli just didn't feel like going instead he spent most of his days in his dark house in front of the TV, finding pleasure in the horror of the “smiley face killer” as they called him. At night he would go out and add to his list of victims, always leaving a smiley face close to or on the bodies. It didn't take long for a curfew to be set in and by eight at night the town was a complete ghost town. He quickly got bored of waiting and decided to head to a town close by. Pretty soon his terror was widely spread, and it amused him.

“You humans” he said to a girl he had pinned to the corner wall of the room. “So...” He inhaled the scent of fresh blood that lay in a puddle on the floor next to a young man’s body. “Fragile.” His head tilted slightly as his eyes expanded her horrid face. A sliver tear ran down her cheek as she mouthed the word “please”
“I was never like this you know.” He whispered. Whipping away her tear. “I used to be a nice guy.” He let go of her and she immediately fell to the ground, shaking. “But then everyone had to put their stupid noses where it didn't belong!”
She jumped as his voice began to rise. “You know I was a nice guy right?” he paused “Right!?”
Her head began to movie up and down like a bobble head as she crawled even closer to the wall.
“I’m eighteen years old, I should be worried about girls and, I dno sports.”
He slowly bent down in front of to her. “What’s wrong with me?”
“No... nu….noth.” She breathed in. “Nothing” She whispered through quivered lips.
“Wrong answer.” He replied as blood began pouring out of the gash on her neck. “I’m insane!” he yelled as he got up. His eyes caught the stars flowing in through the window and without realizing it he began to him the melody to twinkle little star as he made a large blood stained smiley on their bedroom wall.

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He made himself comfortable on the couch while he waited for his eyes to become normal again and his tail to retract. It didn't take long for him to look normal again, and soon he was outside strolling under the moon light to the bus stop.

The bus was empty apart from him and the driver, the radio mumbled quietly. The ride was quick and before long he was back home. His house was dark and the only on light was the one in the living room. It was no surprise when he found River sitting on the couch again. It was clear that she had been there a while and that she had just woken up.
“Where have you been?” She asked him as he stopped in the doorway.
“How’d you get in here?”
“Your aunt gave me a spear key the last time she was here.”
“Course she did. Leave”
“Not until you tell me where you where.”
“But that will just ruin the surprise.”
“What did you do?” She got up and walked towards him, but he moved out of the way as she got close.
“Leave.” He said again.
“First tell me-”
“Leave!” He screamed
“When are you gonna stop pushing us away?” She asked as a tear ran down her cheek.
A flash of the victim’s face quickly ran through his mind before he answered. “When you stop trying to get close.” He replied with no emotion.
“We’re never gonna stop.” She whispered before pushing past him and heading out the door.
In anger he grabbed the closest thing to him which was his blood spattered shoe and threw it at the closing door. An uncontrollable scream filled his lugs as he fell to his knees and grabbing his head between his hands. He wished more than anything that she would just leave him alone, or that she would at least share in his hatred for humanity. They hurt her as much as they did him and he could never understand how the three of them could just forgive humanity. How they could pretend like absolutely nothing happened.

He was going to make humanity pay and no one could stop him…