Chapter One
"ok...3...2...1...you're on!" shouted the producer. "Well, Jeff, it sure is suspenseful" Jacob said," I'm here at the intersection of Bradley and Newton, and the law enforcement officers are trying to keep the situation as calm and peaceful as possible." Behind Jacob was a large building, a school, and there were several squad cars positioned around the perimeter of the large, red building. It was a cool night, and Jacob could see storm clouds approaching on the horizon.
"The hostage situation has been building since 3 o'clock this afternoon, and we believe that the situation may be resolved soon,"Jacob continued," a SWAT team just arrived 15 minutes ago, and they are now placing charges on several perimeter area." Behind him, SWAT teams could be seen moving towards several of the exterior walls. Suddenly, Jacob heard the steady thump, thump that he has been experiencing in his dreams. He slowly turned around, just in time to see a man, about 8 feet tall, burst through the front door of the building and skewer sever SWAT officers on his long sword. Blood and gore splattered all around Jacob and he screamed as he felt the warm liquid splatter onto his face. The man looked at him with his pyramid-shaped head and threw the huge, rusty shard of metal directly at Jacob. Just before he was skewered, he heard "Jacob? Jacob!" Suddenly, he turned back around to see the producer staring at him with a funny expression on his face. "um...Jacob, you're still on,"the producer said, obviously annoyed. " Oh, sorry...anyways, I will have more updates within the hour. This has been Jacob Kriss reporting."
"hey, Jacob,"the producer said as the camera was turned off,"what the hell was that?"
"I'm sorry, I just... I'm not sure what happened"he stuttered.
"Well, stop daydreaming, kid,"the producer replied.
Jacob sighed and got back into the news van. He stayed quiet the entire way back to the station. Once he was back, the boss wanted to speak with him. "Listen,"the fat man said"I don't know what has gotten into you lately, but it needs to stop."
"I..I just have an active imagination, I guess," Jacob replied.
The truth is, Jacob has been having a recurring dream about the tall, pyramid-headed monster destroying everything in sight since his 25th birthday last month. It has always been very vivid, almost real, and it's starting to scare him. But, if he told anyone about it, he knew that they would think he's nuts. So, he just uses the active imagination excuse. Most people don't really care, though. Jacob has always been sort of an outcast, and he usually stays out of other people's way. It's not that he's antisocial, he just has better things to do.
"Well, keep that imagination of yours out of your work," the boss said with a grunt, "besides, I have a new assignment for you."
" ok, what is it?" Jacob said eagerly.
"Well, it has been reported that a group of teenagers went to that old ghost town, Silent Hill, and never came back. Also, the police don't seem to be investigating, and I want to know what's going on."
"Wait... want me to drive 100 miles to a ghost town to look for missing kids?"
"well, you see, our ratings have not exactly been as high as they should be, and, to be honest, we need a good news story to stay in business."
"I suppose I don't have a choice, do I?"
"Nope"
Jacob left the station and thought about his next assignment as he drove to his apartment. "Silent Hill," he thought out loud, "even the name sends shivers down my spine." 20 minutes later, he arrived home. When he got out of the car, he saw a truly horrifying sight: on the ground in the next parking space was a blood-covered body. A man was bent over the body, eating it. The man had gray skin, and didn't appear to have any arms. His entire mid section and the top of his head were covered in blood-soaked bandages. Instead of arms, he appeared to had two bony tentacles with sharp, pointy ends sticking out of the right side of his body. Jacob slowly backed away in horror, all the time thinking, "it's just a dream... it has to be a dream!" The creature looked up at him, and then proceeded to get up and limp toward Jacob. Jacob quickly turned around and ran, but ended up tripping. He struggled to get back up, but the monster was on to of him. The bony tentacles struck out at him and left deep puncture wounds. Jacob yelped in pain and kicked the thing off of him. He held his injured side and limped towards the stairs leading to his apartment, all the while thinking "The pain is real... this can't be a dream!"
