.I found a map on the door

"Blue Creek Apartments "

Again it had arrows and lines through the rooms in red ink and again it had something wrote on the back

The walls, they make fun of me …

Instead of blood there was coffee stains and the paper smelled like pizza .

I heard a woman let out a yelp " better you then me I thought" I thought

I looked at the map again making sure I knew where I was going to make sure I got out of here, the stairs here lead down to an exit and the exit was marked with an arrow hopefully meaning the door wasn't locked or broken

" thank god …maybe this time I will get out of this nightmare "

"this time? Have I done this before? …." this feeling of repeating myself

" hello?" a man shouted causing me to jump" please be a normal person!" I thought

"whose there?" I questioned , A man wearing a green jacket walked up the stairs he had a flashlight and a plank of wood splattered with blood in his hand " I'm James , but who are you? And what are you doing here? Its dangerous "

I shook my head " I know….I'm… Melisa ,and I just woke up here…why are you here?" James walked over to me he was eyeing me like he wasn't to sure about something

" I came here to find my wife ,…..have you…seen her?" he handed me a picture of a blond lady ," I'm sorry ,no I haven't but I did see a strange black haired girl but.." something moved in the corner near the stairs " STAY BACK!" James shouted

there were two of these… mannequin things only, they had feet for hands and they …moved?

Shuffling closer to us and growling

James waited till they were close and started beating them all the while those things were growling and flailing their legs around , but something worse was near I could hear heavy foot steps behind the door and the sound of metal being dragged across the floor

The small pocket radio I had started going berserk , and so did James's radio ….all that noise …..all this fucking noise make it stop

" screw this " I mumbled fleeing down the stairs .

No sooner then I got to the last step water started gushing out of nowhere! Thick and black it was like sludge

I ran faster and but my steps got slower as the sludgy water raised high above me knees " I'm not going to make, OH GOD I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" my thoughts screamed .

Trudging on and on the water is rising but I don't want to die…, I found the exit thank god , thank god .

I'm saved….

"are you ok!" I heard a muffled voice say to me, I felt someone nudge and then shake me but my head was spinning ,my senses were dull as if I just woke from a long nap .

In response I mumbled a yes as my blurry vision clear I could see it was James kneeling beside me" where am I?" I weakly said as I was in a daze ." where outside of the apartment , its not safe though , there's a monster close behind" he said looking back at the door .

A thought popped into my head " wait the stairs well filled with water how did you?" I clumsily sat up

I noticed James was tense he constantly kept looking back and forth at me and then the door" I got done killing those.. Mannequin things and then that red devil came in , I tried to kill it but I couldn't luckily the stairs started to drain so I fled from that thing"

"Red devil? Do mean that pyramid head thing?" I questioned

James didn't get a chance to reply instead he ran off .

As the loud screeching noise came from the other side of the door , I started hoping the stairs would fill with that sludge water again and drown that monstrous being so that I never have to hear that sound again, that sound that echoed fear through out my soul

I'm alone in a town hungry for the lonely, I feel like a lost innocent child…I have no choice I must keep going this nightmare must end sometime …..

Quickly I got up on my feet and started running , I wasn't sure where to go but I knew I had to run from that monster . Farther and father away , away from it all I will run till my heart bursts .

As I ran throw the cold fog , I seen strange shapes some were smaller and I suspected that they were the same as the feline creature in the room I kept running hoping,… praying they wouldn't come after me

The cold and exhaustion started to slow me down , my legs started to get tight ad unwilling to run even though I tried hard to force them to keep going I knew I couldn't keep up the fast pace for long .

I eyed my surroundings but it was unnecessary for the thick freezing fog prevented me from seeing much of my surroundings , I seen lots of buildings, shops and homes squeezed together but a large building stood out

" public records "

I felt a desire to go in and hopefully be safe in till I get my bearings and find a way out of this impossible nightmare . I heard something roar behind me whatever it was it sound like it was dragging itself on the pavement as fast as it could most likely to devour me.

I urged my legs to run they were unwilling to do so but I made it to the door and went inside slamming the door behind me .

My legs collapsed from under me and I fell on the floor gasping for breath I didn't even care what that things was following me I just wanted to recover that long and exhausting run through the cold ,

gradually I started to breath slower and started to relax as that thing didn't burst through the door nor make any attempts to look around and find me .

Closing my eyes I started thinking about them ,the people I loved and trusted I chuckled to myself " boy are they going to laugh at me when I wake up and tell them of this dream " A dream , a VERY bad dream that is what this is , one of those real feeling dreams and I when I wake up I'll forget this

I felt a chill slowly climb up my spine like a serpent up a tree , maybe this isn't a dream perhaps?… "no this IS a dream I know it is " ,I said trying to reassure myself even though deep down I truly doubted this was nightmare .

"hello ?"A mans gruff voice greeted me but in his greeting I sensed a bit of caution " who are you" I asked lazily opening my eyes " the names Travis "he replied

The name sounded familiar but I couldn't recall why " do I know you?" I asked , Travis looked away in thought " I don't think so, what's your name ?" I stood up causing my legs to feel even more sore " May "

I admit I was making names up as I go ,but I just couldn't remember ,besides most of the people I've met so far even if I did know my name I wouldn't tell it them it anyhow

" Have you….seen anything weird lately " he asked

" I don't know, does a large guy with trigonometry for a face count ?, if so yes I've seen some weird shit today " he took a step back surprised from my aggressive out burst

I noticed he had a butchers cleaver nested in his right hand …bloody and rusted but not as dull as it appeared to be , the edge looked like it retained its sharpness through out many uses

I broke out in a cold sweat as my legs went numb and I remembered , Travis …Travis Grady …The butcher of silent hill he killed many people in a hotel in a dream like state crazy and unconscious to what he was doing ,they locked him up in the same sanitarium as his mother and by that time he regain his reality they put him on trail and found him guilty for the murders in the hotel but that wasn't all he worked as a truck driver and there was a few dozen unsolved murders across the county all bearing his MO. Butchered, cut open sliced from the crotch to neck various body part cut away like an animal …

But this man it couldn't be him he got a-

" what's the matter May?" he asked ,curious as to why I went silent and aware my face paled while I was thinking

What should I do ,what should do WAHTSHOULDIFUCKENDO? My thoughts raged

I took a breath deep and calming I didn't want him to know I was afraid " its nothing "I nervously laughed

I watched his expression change his cold face raised an eye brow and his brown eyes looked at my questionably

"I'm going to the riverside motel ,it be safer to come with me " he said in a somewhat bossy tone

I shook my head" I'm staying here ,where its safe"

Safe? I chucked in my thoughts Safe doesn't exist here Safe in silent hill ,with monsters ! Serial killers that are-

"suit yourself ma'am " with that he walked out of the building ,I could relax some what

I looked around slowly carefully taking each step caution ,it was an old place had that old and molding paper sell ready to turn to dust at the slightest disturbance which was odd a second ago I would've sworn this place was only few years old when I came in but I guess I must imagined it .

There were several small desks and a few dozen metal filing cabinets with many draws placed neatly against the walls ,some had toppled over onto one another like dominos leaving old yellowed documents spilling .I walked deeper into the place there where more rooms dust and cobwebs now inhabited the abandoned rooms,

I felt the cold loneliest creep upon me I felt the anguish of being abandon even though those feelings chilled me I'd rather not have Travis …..the Butcher breathing down my neck with thoughts of cutting me up slowly piece by piece

I came to the last room and noticed it wasn't touched by dust nor cobwebs ,everything was clean fresh and new ,the windows deep burgundy curtains were pulled back gracefully . In the middle of the room was a large wooden desk, oak most likely .I felt relived this room unlike the others was warm and cheery and had an inviting feel , like a warm bed after a harsh day of work and just like a warm bed I wanted to stay for a while …

…I felt safe ,as safe as a child in a mothers embrace during a mighty storm

I took a seat at the desk the chair was soft and the sun beams that was hitting it gave the chair a slight warmth I just wanted to lay my head down on the desk and close my eyes . I used my arms as pillows and I set my head down closed my eyes and dreamt of the good old days …

My mother was baking an apple pie for dessert , I don't know how she did it with two children running about letting their curiosities drive them , I pestered her about having it now she pulled away from what she was doing for a moment and gave a cheerful smile "its not done yet sweetie" she said in her soft soothing voice .I would pout and walk outside and play , I was the tomboy my sister was the normal one, I liked to catch bugs and many other creepy things but most of all I loved shoving them in my little sisters face to hear her squeal in fear ,my mother would come over and in a gentle voice would say to me " now now don't be torment your sister, you know she hates those things" I remember the holidays of fun and family warmth ,and how the sun seemed to be always happy and the night calm and soothing

I remember …. The blood flying through the air the bones shattering and flesh ripping ,the blare of a trucks horn ,and walking alone in the cold graveyard crows cackling mocking my guilt mocking me they are… ALL MOCKING ME!

I woke up at that moment the room was cold and dusty and smelled of rotten wood ,was it my desire for warmth that transformed this room ?…..it doesn't matter I got up ,my neck and back sore from sleeping in an awkward position so I stretched to help relieve the stiff feeling .

even though I slept for what seems days I felt drained , drained of will and of strength, I wanted to stay in that warm place but I knew I had to carry on and walk the lonely streets of this town , on my way out I looked at the news papers on the ground ,I had this feeling that I should read them ,I bent down and picked a few of them up the first papers in the stack was all dirty and yellow with a muddy shoe print on it

MAN MURDERS WIFE AND COMMITS SUICIDE

In the sleepy town of silent hill A S Sunderland a resident of the town kill his wife M r y S

By smothering her with a pillow at the Al mil hospital ,then wheeled her dead body to his car and drove into Toluca lake

Dr. u f man admitted to knowing ames was mentally unstable after his wife was diagnosed with a terminal disease

" people get depressed when they find out that their loved one is going to die ,I didn't expect this would happen "

The rest of the newspaper was to faded to read so I tossed it on the ground and read the next one

DEADLY HOUSE FIRE

The family was fast asleep morn when a deadly fire broke out and ,sadly there was no survivors

Police suspect the fire was deliberately started but have no clue on why or who did it

I couldn't make out and more so I tossed it and read the last on in the stack

ANOTHER BODY FOUND

In the quite town of silent hill a body was discovered at the church , the ribs broken open and fanned out the killer placed the body on the large wooden cross hanging in the center of the church and left the distinctive serpent symbol painted in the victims blood

The rest was again unreadable except for the title of a small column on the right

MAN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY ATFER SHOOTING DOG

I was about to plop the newspaper on the floor when I heard a window break then a mournful meow ,those things…they found me ….I bolted out the door and stumbled down the stairs smashing my elbow into the second step ,instantly the pain hit me but I gritted my teeth and got up and ran ,I got pretty far away from that thing but my legs refused to obey ,they kept running and I found it hard to breath my throat was tight and dry ,my mind full of dread …My legs gave out ,my body fell flat on the street ,something soft and warm cushioned my fall ,I laid there despite hearing the howling of the beasts ,my hands as numb as they were ,felt warm fabric as they fumbled around ,my elbow started throbbing again …..or it always was and I failed to notice in till now ,the sounds were getting closer. ,my will was gone there's no hope anyway …perhaps ..death is the answer ..perhaps ….. I felt something warm and wet gush between my fingers ..It felt heavenly ,my other hand moved to the warmth and for a few moments they played with the warm goop and then it hit me, I slowly opened and eye and then my other one and to my horror the soft warm thing I landed reveled itself to be a woman's corpse and my hands were playing with the remains of her bashed and mashed up skull .

I leapt up and staggered back ,my head spinning …my stomach started to get a twisted feeling then my mouth felt hot and salty

I couldn't hold it ,I vomited up milky foam that burnt my throat and my mouth ,makes sense seeing how I haven't had a meal since god knows when . When I felt half way decent , I looked at the corpse ,there wasn't a reason for that'd happily staggered off but..

"SURVIVE,YOU MUST HAVE THE WILL" I spied written in yellow paint beside the woman's body ,then I thought to myself" Well she obviously didn't have it " and I felt a chuckle slip from my lips .

Continuing with my staggering walk through town ,I happened upon a small mart ,I was cautious when first entering the place but after hearing nothing from my radio ,I felt it safe, for now .I was freely picking through the shelves and refrigerators ,snatching up what food and drink that sounded good .

I plopped myself at the cashiers' seat and then gorged myself on a bag of chips and satisfied my thirst with an energy drink of some sort…grape flavored whatever it was .