A/N: As promised, one Silent Hill fic! Please excuse the simplistic style of it, it was written in 2011.
It's also the only other story I ever finished.
This is mostly unedited from the original, and I hope you enjoy!
Rated M for swearing and some mature themes. Reikai and Sakura Mitsurugi are my own characters, everything else is Konami's.
Spoilers for Silent Hill 1 & 2!
Chapter One
"Sakura! Get down here now or we're gonna be late!"
"I'm coming!"
The cherry-blossom pink-haired girl stumbled down the stairwell with her luggage, tripped up and fell flat on her face before her waiting sister. The black-haired girl rolled her eyes.
"It's about time, come on; we have a plane to catch." she muttered and helped her sister up. The girls hurried out to the waiting taxi and packed their things into the trunk. They'd been looking forward to this trip for a long time, spending winter in warm California instead of snowy Kyoto. The girls got into the cab and the driver sped them to the airport.
As soon as they arrived, Sakura started getting the bags out as her big sister ran in to make sure the plane wasn't gone yet. She sprinted up to the ticket clerk's desk and pushed the lady already standing there to the side.
"I'm sorry, but is this flight still boarding?" She asked, showing her ticket to the clerk.
"Yes it is, miss... Reikai." The clerk peered at the name on the ticket. Just then, the intercom sounded through the airport.
"FLIGHT NUMBER 2049, KYOTO TO CALIFORNIA, FINAL BOARDING CALL."
"Shit!" Reikai turned around, frantically searching the crowd for her sister, and was relieved when she spotted her in the line for the gate to board the plane. She joined her and had their tickets cleared, boarded the plane and sank into their seats.
"Finally..." they sighed. As the plane ascended, the girls drifted off to sleep, that is, until hours later, the captain's voice and a shaking plane woke them up.
"ATTENTION PASSENGERS, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. WE ARE HEADING INTO SOME TURBULENCE AHEAD, BUT DO NOT WORRY. REST ASSURED THE CRAFT WILL MAKE IT OUT SAFELY."
A loud explosion told the passengers a different story. Panic began to spread among the passengers once they noticed the source of the explosion; one of the engines on the left wing had blown up. The captain's voice came in again.
"ATTENTION PASSENGERS, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. THE PLANE HAS DEVELOPED A TECHNICAL ISSUE SO WE ARE NOW MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. PLEASE, FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS."
Reikai groaned. "Oh for fuck's sake..."
The airplane landed safely in Portland International and the passengers were advised to get off along with their luggage. After gathering the bags, Reikai decided to leave the airport.
"We're already in the States, so let's just rent a car and leave. Maine isn't that far from California, is it?"
"Actually, it's 3,242.7 miles away." Sakura said, switching her phone back off. Reikai sighed heavily.
"Goddammit, I did not come this far to drive three thousand goddamn miles! I don't even like driving!" Reikai kicked one of her bags in frustration.
"We could always just stay here in Portland." Sakura said cheerfully. "Either that or I could drive."
Reikai stared at Sakura with a look of utter disbelief. "The last time I let you drive, we nearly ran off the road."
"There was a puppy!"
"On the goddamn sidewalk!"
"Oh, get off it Rei. We can stay here in Portland and then book another flight to Cali! It's only a four-hour trip!"
Reikai stared at Sakura, eyelids lowered sarcastically. "How about no." Before Sakura could reply, Reikai picked up her bags and walked towards a waiting taxi.
"Where ya headed, ladies?" the driver asked as she piled her bags into the trunk.
"The nearest hotel or motel, and make it snappy." She replied drily, waiting for her sister to get into the car. The driver nodded.
In about thirty-five minutes, the girls arrived at a motel. Sakura got the bags out of the trunk as Reikai paid the driver and went to check in. After some time, they were escorted to their room. Sakura flopped down on the bed, exhausted.
"You know, I'd much rather be in L.A. than Maine…"
"Well, knock yourself out. Feel free to go book a plane ticket and hop on the next plane. I don't give a damn. But I'm not paying for any more plane tickets. Maine's where we ended up; Maine's where I'm staying." Reikai said, pulling the luggage inside the room. Sakura rolled over and groaned.
"Fiiiiiiine…"
Reikai smiled slightly. "Good."
The next day, Sakura was busy leafing through a travel guide as her sister slept beside her. An advertisement caught her eye and she started shaking her sister. "Rei, wake up."
"What…" she responded groggily.
"Look at this." Sakura put the book in front of her. Reikai stared at the ad blankly.
"Yeah, and?"
"It's a resort town! We can go stay there instead of this place! It's has good reviews, and it looks beautiful."
"Go ahead then. I'm fine here." Reikai closed her eyes.
Sakura rolled hers. "Spoken like a true lard-ass. Get up and let's go!" she said, pulling Reikai's hands. Reikai kicked her and rolled over. The pink-haired girl shook her head and sighed. "Fine then. I'm gonna go check it out myself. Where are the car keys?"
"Left pocket of the jeans I wore yesterday."
Sakura got the keys and left the building. She got into the car they had rented and drove off. 'I'll show her. I'll go to this town and have a great time, so great that she'll want to turn back time to come with me. It's going to be the best vacation ever!' she thought, smiling to herself. She took a quick glance at Google Maps to check she was going the right way. In a few minutes, she came to a sign at an uphill turn-off:
"SILENT HILL"
The car turned up the road. Sakura's eyes shone with excitement. She was almost there, to that quiet resort town called Silent Hill. But her expression soon started to fade as the road became unnaturally foggy.
'…Fog? Is it because it's winter? That must be it! Maybe it snows up there…'
Suddenly, a little girl ran out into the road. Sakura panicked and spun the steering wheel. The tires screeched as the vehicle ran off the road and into the side of the hill. The world went blank around her…
Reikai jumped out of her sleep. Something wasn't right. She couldn't sense Sakura at all. She picked up her phone and called her sister, but the call went unanswered. She began to worry.
"God, if there's any time you'll listen to me, let it be now. Please let Sakura be okay…"
Reikai jumped out of bed and ran out of the motel barefoot. She looked around for some transport, and saw a cyclist pedaling slowly past.
"Hey!" she called after him. He rode up to her, and before he could answer, she pushed him off his bike and got on it. "Sorry man, but it's an emergency! Don't worry, I'll be back!" she yelled, riding off as the cyclist swore at her.
'Now where the hell did she say she was going? Some resort town? But what the hell's it called? Quiet…City?' She shook her head. 'No… that's not right… what was it?'
Meanwhile, Sakura was slowly regaining consciousness. "What the heck happened?" she said groggily, lifting her head off the steering wheel. Blood was trickling from a wound on her forehead and dripping on her skirt. She reached for her phone and saw the missed call. "Reikai was calling? Oh, now she cares. Well, screw you." She hissed at the phone. She reached in the backseat and picked up her backpack, then got out of the car and started up the road into town. When she got there, she was surprised. The whole place seemed abandoned and the fog was still strangely thick. "Where is everybody?" she muttered, walking around. She spotted a figure standing near a car and called to it.
"Um, excuse me? Can you tell me if I'm in Silent Hill please?" she said, walking towards it. The 'person' turned around and started walking jerkily towards Sakura, who then realized that it wasn't a person at all. "What… what the hell?!" The thing walking towards her looked as if it was trapped in its own skin, as it had a layer of skin around its face and torso. There was a hole in the torso that sprayed a black liquid at Sakura, who jumped out of the way. A drop fell on her skirt and melted a hole right through it. Without a second thought, Sakura turned and ran away from the monster, which fell to the ground and started scurrying after her. She ran faster, looking for a place to hide, but stopped when she noticed someone else; the girl who ran in front of her car.
"Hey!"
The girl ran off down an alley way, with Sakura chasing after her. As she went deeper into the alley, Sakura heard a loud siren overhead and noticed the world distorting around her, from abandoned old buildings to metal walls and floors covered in rust and blood. She shook the fear off her back.
"Get yourself together, Sakura. You've seen worse." she whispered to herself.
She kept going deeper into this new world, until she came to what looked like some kind of old, rusty mineshaft ruins. She started to walk, calling out for the little girl. "Hey, come on out. I promise I won't hurt you…" she said. Suddenly, she saw a small, dark figure. She went up to it.
"Little girl?"
The monster turned around, scaring Sakura shitless. It was a small child monster, with a knife in its hand. It jumped at Sakura, attempting to stab her. She dodged it, but was attacked from behind by another. More of them crept out of the shadows, jumping at her as she tried desperately to shake them off. Soon she was covered by them, all stabbing her to death…
"Hey… hey… wake up."
Sakura jumped and opened her eyes. A woman was standing over her, wearing a police uniform. She looked around. She was sitting in a café, unharmed. "Where am I? Who are you?"
"Cybil Bennett, S.H.P.D. I found you unconscious just outside the town and brought you here. I took the liberty of wrapping up that wound on your head, too."
Sakura rubbed the bandages on her head. "Oh... thank you, officer."
"Just 'Cybil' is fine. We don't get many visitors to Silent Hill anymore, what brings you here, miss…?"
"Sakura, I'm Sakura. I'm on vacation with my big sister and I decided to come up here. I heard it was a resort town."
"It was a resort town. Now it's nothing but empty streets." Cybil said, looking outside. "Look, I'm gonna go get some backup. Stay here and don't go outside." She started towards the door, then stopped and took her handgun out of its holster. Sakura raised her arms. Cybil laughed. "I'm not going to shoot you, Sakura." She said, handing the gun to her. Sakura took it.
"I hope I won't have to use this…" she muttered, remembering her dream.
"I'll be right back." Cybil said, heading outside. Sakura sighed. She walked around the building and found a map and a flashlight. The flashlight didn't light up when she turned it on, so she smacked it until it worked and put the items in her backpack. She started towards the door, but was stopped by the sound of static. There was a pocket radio on the counter, and the closer Sakura got to it, the louder the static got. Suddenly, some giant pterodactyl-looking monster flew in through the front glass! Sakura pulled out the handgun and fired at the winged creature quickly until it fell. She ran over to it and crushed its head under her heel. The radio stopped emitting static. Sakura sank into a chair.
"What the hell is that thing?" she asked herself. She shrugged it off and stood up. "Well, it's dead now." She picked up the radio and dropped it in her pack, along with some handgun bullets the monster dropped, and went outside. The fog wasn't as thick anymore, so she could see a little better. She started running into town, steering clear of any Lying Monsters lurking around. She made her way back to the car, only to find there was no road behind it anymore. Sakura stared at the ravine below her. "What sort of fresh hell…" She shook her head and went over to the car. She noticed a little piece of paper stuck in the wiper blades of the car. It read:
"MIDWICH ELEMENTARY"
"… well, I guess I know where I'm off to next. Whoop-dee-doo, it's adventure time." Sakura started back up the road. "I'm starting to sound like Reikai."
Meanwhile, Reikai was pedaling her way to Silent Hill.
"I can't believe I was going the wrong way this whole time." She muttered, looking for any road signs. "Well, at least I can sense Sakura again, but she's too far away to reach. Where the hell is this 'Silent Hill' place?"
No sooner had she said that, did she see the sign and the road.
"Convenient."
She also saw a police car coming down the road. She signaled it to stop and went up to the window.
"Are you coming from Silent Hill?" Reikai asked. The policewoman nodded.
"Cybil Bennett, S.H.P.D. Why do you ask?"
"You wouldn't happen to have seen a girl up there? Looks like me but with green eyes and bright pink hair?"
"Ah, you must be the big sister Sakura was talking about." Reikai smiled and nodded.
"Reikai, nice to meet you. Where is she? Is she okay?"
"She's in town, in a café. She ought to be okay. Her car crashed and she was unconscious."
"I'm not surprised. Probably saw another puppy on the sidewalk."
Cybil looked at Reikai curiously. "She's not a good driver?"
"That is an understatement." Reikai got back on her bike. "Well, I better go find her before she gets hurt."
"Hold on." Cybil said. "Let me come with you. I'll just get another firearm from the station and be back..." The policewoman glanced at Reikai's bare feet on the bike pedal. "...and some spare shoes for you."
Reikai smiled, embarrassed. "Thanks, Cybil. Please hurry." she said as the police car drove off. She looked up at the fog-covered road ahead. "Please be okay."