I stand at the edge of this odd realm. Something of a gate. It looks normal. But I know this stops just short of the real world and unreality. I wonder if I could pass. But why would I need to? I want to. You chose the silent hill path. I don't want that path anymore. Stick to it. No.

My mind debated over my decision. It hurts my head a little, or maybe that's the helmet. Or both. That'd make sense too. What if I just turn to dust or disappear on the other side? It's worth the risk. No it isn't. Yes it is. You'd rather die than live? I'd rather die than live here much longer.

I lick my lips with one last thought. Just do it then.

But I'm too scared. Of all the things in Silent Hill to fear, it was leaving that bothered me. Or maybe it's the fact that I'M the scariest thing here. Freak.

I turn away from the fence. Will come back tomorrow. Probably have the same debacle. Put it off for next day.

Fear had been getting the best of me of late. I had an odd sense of reality around me. I know James killed himself. Ever senses then I've felt things I haven't before.

Like pain. A woman shot me yesterday. I started bleeding. It was odd. I've never felt something so unpleasant. Yet it felt familiar.

I also felt something when I sliced her clean in half for the shot. I don't know what it was. But something was telling me I shouldn't have done it. It gave me a stomach ache. I didn't like that either.

I drag my knife back to the hotel, encountering not a single nurse or patient or monster of any kind. Its odd. Ominous. I'm considering leaving my knife with every step. I stop.

The knife falls to my side with a clatter. It's loud. Then I turn back. To the gate. I walk back, quicker than normally without the knife. Then, I immediately climb over the short gate. I wait. Wait. And wait.

After a few minutes of none death, I edge deeper into reality. The real world… its dark here too. But there's no fog. I've never had to not squint to see twenty feet ahead. But its still too dark to see much anyway.

The ground becomes firmer. Like the pavement in the streets, only less jagged than in silent hill. Everything is broken in those streets. Everything…

I'm suddenly blinded by something. Oh my god. Why is it so bright? What's going on?

I am hit by something large, hard, and cold. My head smacks against the ground. I still don't know what's going on. But everything hurts. Everything. I can't move. I try to clear my throat of a mysterious liquid that has formed. It's warm. I cough hard. I know the taste. Its blood. And it's my blood. Now I hurt more from coughing.

I hear something. When did everything become so faint? "Oh god!!!" I hear a scream. "….hit…guy…." most of the words are incoherent. It sounds like a woman. That's all I can figure out. My body leaves contact with the ground.

All goes black.