It was past midnight and Josiah just finished closing the store He was working on and stood still near the curb to enjoy a few minutes of smoking before heading home. After a few puffs, He decided to start walking home he put on the earphones on his right ear to keep him mesmerized, and he fell into deep thinking of how his life had been these past few months, he remembered how he was broke at that time and his bills were due as a graduate majoring in Civics he had nothing but student loans and a negative outlook for life that is until he found a job in as a clerk in a small store downtown for him it was the perfect job for the number of hours he worked and all the money he made. The hours were long and he kind of liked it as He felt that he had a purpose for a long time, He snapped at a bunch of dogs, they were barking at something in the dark part of the alley, and he remembered strange things happening in this part of the block but he just paid no heed as he'd been walking the same alleys for the last few months he then picked up his phone from his pocket and looked at the time it was almost 1 am he then continued as he was nearing the apartment building where he lived with a bunch of tenants as he was approaching the last alley. he heard footsteps coming from behind, he quickly turned and saw nothing, and yet the footsteps were nearing him he was spooked a bit and turned up the pace and headed for the door while keeping an eye behind him he was reaching in his pocket for his keys suddenly the lights flickered and at that moment he panicked and yelled for attention however no one seems to hear him as the footsteps closed in he was bracing himself when he felt arms around his chest he struggled but someone pulled him close and pressed a cloth against his mouth and nose. he was knocked out as if by magic and when he came to he was tied up in something like rope or net he tried calling for help he started struggling violently but no one answered him. the footsteps seemed closer and closer and he then saw a shadowy tall figure of what it looks like a man. it then stops and made a soft hissing sound and it leaned toward him in a leisurely fashion as the lights shone on its face it resembled an elderly nude white man with a fiendish grin and he saw that it was holding a bag made of cloth as he struggled to break loose the old man just stood there and muttered something that made Josiah stop and shudders, the old man then smiled and said

"What pretty eyes you have I want to have them and look at them as if they were mine.

The old man then proceeds to grab Josiah who struggled with all his might while screaming at the top of his lungs without prevailing as he was gagged he was then put inside the cloth bag and the old man slowly walk into the darkness of the alley with chuckling as if He was a child.

Josiah went missing for a few days and the police had no lead on what happened and his whereabouts. One day as the store owner opened his store she found a strange white doll with blood-red cheeks he then proceeded to report it to the police as something was off with it the doll was then analyzed and it appears to b made of bones specifically of those found in your fingers and the "makeup " was blood. baffled and horrified the authorities then decided to make further investigation into this matter. after a few days of idleness the store owner decided to manage the store It was once again midnight and the store owner closed the door just like Josiah did many nights ago he then smoked and started walking home as he was nearing the second alley he then heard footsteps followed by a chuckle. The next morning he was reported missing and just like Josiah he was never found .