Silent Hill: Genesis of Evil
by L.E. Croft
Chapter 1: The Calling
Liz Baigent sat in her cubical at the London Times. She placed her glasses on top of her head as she typed away on her computer.
"Hey Liz, how about dinner tonight?" A man popped his head over the wall dividing his cubical from her's.
"Honestly, Howard, you're pathetic." Liz made a weak smile, not looking at him.
"So?" He smiled.
"No, you know I have a boyfriend already. Besides I have a deadline, I may be here all night." She retorted.
"Oh fine, be that way." Howard quipped, disappearing back down into his cubical.
Liz rolled her eyes as her phone started to ring. She reached across her desk picking up the receiver.
"Hello?" She answered.
There was silence on the other line.
"Hello? Anyone there?" She listened closely as the line became full of static.
She looked at the phone then hung up. She glanced at her watch.
"10:10, well mysterious caller you're right on time." She mushed.
For the past week she had been getting strange phone calls and always at the same time, ten minutes past ten. She figured it's probably a prank caller or one of the idiots she works with. She sighed as she continued to type on her computer.
Late that night she went home to her apartment, after a long miserable day at work. She walked over to the end table where her answering machine was. She pressed the button to listen to her messages as she went into the kitchen.
"You have 13 new messages." The machine said. "First message sent yesterday at 10:10 a.m."
Liz glanced at the machine as a static noise came out of it. She closed the freezer door walking back to the answering machine. She pressed the delete button to delete the message.
"Next message sent yesterday at 11:11 a.m." The machine said.
Liz listened closely, there was only static. She pressed the delete button.
"Next message sent today at 12:12 p.m." The machine said.
Liz raised one brow slightly as more static came out of the machine. She deleted the message, skipping to the next. More static. She skipped to the next. More static.
"What the hell?" She pressed the delete all button. "Bastards."
She walked back to the kitchen when the phone started to ring. She let out an aggravated groan as she looked at the clock on the wall. It was eleven minutes past eleven. She picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Miss Baigent?" A woman's voice asked.
Liz let out a sigh of relief. "Yes this is her."
"This is Maria Watson from Travel Magazine, I'm just calling to let you know that you got the job and you're to start working immediately. Your first assignment is to visit a small town in New England called Silent Hill. We want you to survey the place and see where it stands on our top vacation spots list." The woman said.
"Ok, well I'll need a airline ticket and hotel room." Liz quipped.
"I had some one drop by your apartment, they left your ticket by your door. Your flight leaves first thing in the morning." The woman replied.
"What? I can't leave tomorrow." Liz retorted.
"You want this job, don't you?" The woman asked.
"Well yes, but..." Liz said when the woman cut her off.
"Then you'll leave tomorrow." The woman said then hung up.
Liz looked at the phone then hung up.
"Weird." She mumbled, walking to the front door.
She opened the door looking down at the floor. There she seen two airline tickets.
"Huh, I don't remember seeing these here before." She mused looking around.
She shrugged going back inside, locking the door. She looked at the tickets spotting a note.
"Here are your flight tickets, bring a friend." She read. "Bring a friend? So I have to pay for my ticket back home? That's bullshit, and Silent Hill? Never heard of that place, I was told I was going to Florence if I got the job."
She sighed setting the tickets on the coffee table. She picked up the phone again dialing a number.
"Hello?" A man's voice answered.
"Hey Roger, want to go on a trip with me?" Liz smiled.
"A trip? What trip, and when?" The man asked.
"I got the job offer from Travel Magazine."
"Good for you, so you're going to Florence, Italy then?" Roger enquired.
"No, I'm going to some place called Silent Hill. I leave tomorrow, but they gave me two tickets and said that I could bring some one with me. So want to go?" Liz said.
"Sure, I'll pick you up in the morning. What time does the flight leave?" Roger asked.
"8 a.m." Liz replied.
"Ok, see you tomorrow then, love you." Roger said softly.
"Love you too." Liz smiled hanging up.