Eyeless Joy

In the beginning of things, there was nothing abnormal about Joy. She lived in a stable family with two long married parents and a younger sister she loved to death. Joy was a highschooler, junior, who was very much top of her class. She wasn’t a brainiac per say, but was still smarter than some of her peers. Combining this with her caring, kind personality, Joy was (no pun intended) a joy for everyone around her. No one would ever expect her to do any bad. That was until the incident that changed her life and would go on to change other lives as well.

It was a hot summer morning, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, everything was perfect. Joy hadn’t had much sleep that night, she was too excited for the return of her sister from summer camp. Joy hadn’t seen her (Sarah) in a long time, and was ready to engage in many fun planned out activities; mostly girl related things like doing their makeup and swooning over hot celebrities. Since she was wide awake by now, Joy beat time and turned off her alarm; running down the stairs next to get a early start on the day. Just mere hours later, Sarah was home and reunited with the family. That night, Joy and Sarah stayed up till midnight having fun with each other and talking about stories that had happened to the two while they were apart.

Sarah had brought up a spooky tale she heard from other campers at her camp. The story of a mysterious man named Eyeless Jack, a unidentified killer who takes the kidneys of his victims. It was noted by her that it was unclear rather or not he was even a human; pointing out the black bleeding eyes he was typically portrayed with. Of course Joy just laughed this off, aware that this was just a story made up by some edgy kid with a creative imagination. Despite Sarah claiming that he was real, Joy still didn’t buy any of it. At around one in the morning, the two sisters went to sleep.

The sound of creaking planks awoke Joy. She blinked her eyes tiredly and pushed back her curly black hair from her face. Joy figured it was her parents, likely grabbing some water or whatever. She crept out of the bed and decided to check on Sarah, crawling over to her sleeping bag she was in that lay in the corner of her room. Joy noticed something however, a black substance smeared onto the sleeping bag. A figure had crept out of the closet while Joy was distracted, raising a sharp knife to her. By the time she looked up, the figure was towering over her. Joy got one good look of the killer before she passed out in fear.

When Joy had awoken, she was in a hospital bed; hooked up to some machines. Her mother sat in a chair, watching her. A look of grief and terror was displayed on her face. Joy asked her mother what was going on, to which she’d find out her sister was killed and Joy’s kidney had been surgically removed. Joy broke down, many questions crossing her mind as she let the tears flow from her face. From that day forward, Joy’s life changed. The investigation went on for sometime but eventually had been closed due to no evidence or clues present for any of the police’s speculations on the case.

Joy wasn’t the outgoing she was anymore, failing her classes and becoming very antisocial and hostile towards others. It didn’t help that no one believed her when she said the killer was Eyeless Jack. Joy remembered the image of his masked face, peering down at her. Despite this, no one knew anything about Jack besides what the internet told. Joy played the detective herself; resorting to learning off the internet. She found out most things from a man named Mitch, the man swearing that Eyeless Jack had killed his brother. Joy messaged him a few times and had discussed with him about the possibility of catching Jack. The odds were not looking good, but Joy was willing to take a chance.

At 19, she ran away from home and set off to make a trap that would finally bring Eyeless Jack to justice. Her plan didn’t go as planned however. Her initial plan was to draw Jack in with a dead animal kidney, which worked out accordingly. However Jack overpowered her in combat and gouged her eyes out. Cops had found her body before she died and turned her into a hospital where she reunited with her parents. All of these factors lead to Joy going insane. After countless negative experiences with hospital staff, she was eventually rolled into a asylum. Joy had to adapt to her sight being gone by using her other senses. Her time in the asylum was spent plotting her eventually return, and her eventually moment where she would find Jack again and take him out in a rematch. It came into play after a breakout happened at her asylum. Joy escaped alone with other mental patients, and began her path of destruction. In her mind, the true way of taking down Jack was by picturing herself in his shoes. Joy kidnapped a woman and made her a prisoner; forcing her to craft a look similar to Jack’s. Soon enough, Eyeless Joy was born and her killing spree on. It started with her prisoner, no longer having use for her, and then it went further. Her real first kill being the Thompson family.

Eyeless Joy has yet met Jack again, but soon enough she would. So long as she survived against the people fighting against her. That was a tale for another time however...