!DISCLAIMER: I do not own Clock Tower and/or Silent Hill, nor am I associated in any way with their IP holders!

Chapter 2: Praying in All the Wrong Places

"Ann! Oh, Ann!" cried out a squeaky, mocking voice.

Jennifer jumped. She was, unbeknownst to her, not alone. The voice came from... beneath her?

She crawled on her knees to where she thought she heard it. There was a tiny hole in one of the floorboards. Jennifer pushed her face up close to see inside of it.

A little green glass eye opened up, startling her.

"Hey there, pretty lady," the voice said. "There's only one way this will end. Or is there?" The little voice made Jennifer feel unnaturally cold.

It demanded, "Don't just sit there, get me out of here. And maybe, you can save your precious Ann."

There was no helping it. Jennifer found a crowbar in the shed on the first floor and returned to the study. Was it too blunt an instrument? Could she hurt whatever was down there? We'll see.

She bashed the area around the hole in the floor as gently as she could, and peeled the floorboard away. There was a little girl's doll inside a secret space. It had green eyes, wavy blond hair, and a dark green dress. One of her eyes was off-balance and her face was cracked slightly. Jennifer hesitantly picked her up and asked, "Now what?"

"Now I want you to go after Bobby," it said.

"What?"

"Bobby," it emphasized. "The boy that's been trying to stuff and mount you and your friends, for whatever is left of you all."

Jennifer's shoulders managed to slump even more. "But... I can't..." She started to shake again. The doll slipped out of her clammy hands. "Oh!"

"UGH! Don't... damage... THE GOODS, you little bitch!"

Jennifer suddenly stood up. "How do I know that you know where Ann is?"

"Because I told Ann to do the same."

"Huh?"

"She fought off Bobby and completed the circle. She's elsewhere now, but I wouldn't say she's safe. If you want to go where she is, you'll have to complete the circle too."

"So I have to attack Bobby...?"

"Exact-a-mundo"

Jennifer looked at the crowbar next to her, picked it up, and left the room.

"Good girl."

Next- Completing the circle

Author's Comment: There is a "bad doll" in Clock Tower. Just not the one in this chapter.