I wrote this a long time ago, before I learned of all the theories of what Silent Hill 2 was really about. Silent Hill will always be my favorite game, and James and Maria are great characters, but I was always fascinated with Eddie. I hope you enjoy this!

Eddie Dombrowski, James Sunderland, Pyramid Head and the dialogue that consist of Eddie and James' first meeting does not belong to me. It is the property of Konami and the makers of the Video game Silent Hill™.

Eddie Dombrowski knows he can't stop running.

If he does, that strange figure with the big metal pyramid on his head will get him. And he already saw what it could do with that big bloody knife he dragged behind him. Eddie watched him slice one of those zombie monsters in half and decided if he was going to die, it wasn't going to be in a million pieces.

An apartment complex appeared through the fog, and Eddie ran inside. Collapsing against the heavy grey door and gasping for air, he felt for sure he had lost the monster. But the eerie sound of that gigantic knife could still be heard sliding closer and closer to the door. Eddie realized he had to run again. Run, and this time hide.

Flying up the first flight of stairs he sees, Eddie finds himself in a long hallway. He couldn't hear the monster coming, but something in his gut told him he needed to keep running. Frantic, he tries the door in front of him.

Jammed.

Lungs burning, chest heavy, Eddie bolts to the next door.

Locked. So is the next.

In a near panic, Eddie reaches for the last door. Much to his surprise, he stumbles through the door and collapses.

"Hey!"

Eddie whirls around. He had been in Silent Hill for three hours without seeing one single person. He had not expected anyone to be in the room.

"Oh God!!" he yells, crumpling up into a ball. "Please don't slice me!!"

"Chill out, man!" the voice replied with a chuckle. "I'm not one of those…those…whatever the hell they are. Those things."

Timidly, Eddie opens his eyes to see a tall, lean young man standing at the other end of the room. He had a large, thick board in his hand, but he looked anything but scared. In fact, he looked as though he was trying to keep from laughing.

"Thank God!" Eddie says, standing. "I thought I was the only one in this town."

"Sorry to disappoint you." The guy says, throwing the stick he was holding onto the floor. "I thought you were one of them bursting in here for a second."

Eddie noticed the board had a few nails in it. "Were you going to hit me with that?" he asked.

"Hell yeah!" The guy replied. "But I noticed instantly you were wearing clothes. Since those zombie freaks are naked I figured out pretty quick you weren't one of them. That and you're a little…uh, heftier than they are."

Hefty, Eddie thought. A smart was of calling me fat. "I've known you for five seconds and you're already making fun of me."

"I wasn't making fun of you. I was stating the obvious."

"You're calling me fat!" Eddie felt his fist clench. He didn't run away from home just to find other people who would treat him the same way.

"Whoa! Relax man!" The guy said. "Look, I didn't mean to piss you off. Let's start over, okay? I'm Raleigh, and it's cool to meet you!"