Author's Note: Rest of the story Jim's POV is going to be always in 3rd person, rarely in first, just to clear that up. Chapter one had Jim in first person for the fact of emotional attachment to his mother and introductory to his feelings, and for story purposes. The rest of the story will be in the 3rd person.
Silent Hill: In The Wake Of Dreams
Chapter 3
Understanding
He went up the swirling staircase out through the top door and into the opposite building back to the second floor of the hospital. The sounds from the first floor were now gone, it was dead quiet here. He walked slowly with the flashlight looking at every corner and crevice to spot anything moving. He was trembling with fear and couldn't think straight at all. As he moved across the corner he noticed the door where he last talked to tom. He approached it and opened it slowly.
"Where is he?" Jim said in panic
He looked behind him, nothing.
"He said to meet him here." Jim stuttered.
Jim looked onto the floor and noticed there was a torn piece of paper with a picture of a little boy. The picture was ripped in half.
"What does this say." Jim read the note.
It read; "Dear Thomas, I have some unexpected news. Not good news. The doctors said that he didn't make it; he took his last breath yesterday. The picture I left you of him is here in this envelope. I hope you take good care of it. I know you always loved him. Keep this picture safe with you. I'm sorry for your loss, your mother…."
"Why is it ripped then, I don't understand." Jim said.
Jim took the ripped picture and taped it together with scotch tape he got from the shelf on the right. Then he put that in his pocket.
Jim looked to the left of the room and saw a large metal bar. He could use that as a melee weapon to fight against the mannequins he saw in the bathroom.
He got out of the room and headed the opposite way into the other direction of the second floor hospital. There were several class rooms that way. The air seemed so dead and cold like it was decaying. He looked to the left as the hallway shifted that way and the first door on that side said the janitor's room. Sounds were coming out of that room, though they were not that loud. He opened the door as a mannequin lashed on him.
"Damn!!!"
Jim took out the metal bar and shoved it through the chest of the mannequin. Then he squashed its head as its innards splattered all over the floor. He entered the door. Inside it was quiet dim, but with the flash light he could see well. There were 3 shelves in a triangular position standing ahead of him. On them were many different things. He looked at pictures of people. Happy people, at least they were happy. It was some kind of picture of a lake resort. A paradise, where people were free to be themselves, a getaway pursues. Not to long later he saw pictures of the Resort on fire….
"The resort on fire." he mumbled to himself
"What are these pictures concerning of, it says there was a hospital in this lake resort. I'm in a hospital setting right now."
Jim looked onto the next shelf to the right away from the center shelf and he found a gun and some immunization for the gun.
"I'm definitely going to need this gun. This damn pole isn't going to cut it for the bigger bastards." Jim said.
He then looked to the last shelf and found a newspaper article.
Dating To the 1800's
It read….
It was a beautiful town, Silent Hill, with much glamour and prestige. The resort was perfect for people who wanted to come and enjoy themselves. Then a deadly fire broke out and everyone burned. Everyone died a horrid death...but some say that they burned from someone else's fault and now silent hill wants revenge. Anyone who enters it, is a part of it, or is evil hearted will be forever damned in it.
"Is this shit serious." Jim said.
A minute later Thomas walked into the room.
"Sorry I left you hanging all alone Jim, I had to attend to something." Thomas said.
"To what the hell may that be!!!?" Jim said angrily
"Calm down." Tom said.
"I can stand this shit no more. I don't what the hell is going on here, but I need real concrete answers not bullshit. I just killed two weird looking things outside and I'm reading about this town Silent Hill. What is happening to me?" Jim said
"Calm yourself, those were monsters. They were people once but they turned into these things from their sins or from this girl Alyssa. It's complicated. They are slaves, damned souls, tortured….yada yada." Tom said
"How do you know all this?" Jim asked.
"I've been trapped in Silent Hill for a long time." Tom said.
"How do we get out." Jim said.
"I don't know yet" Tom replied.
"What about that picture you ripped of your brother" Jim said.
"That Picture." Tom said.
"I found this." Jim gave it to him.
"It was ripped….because…..I was mad……at him……for…..leaving……me….." Tom replied.
To be continued….
Next chapter is called Nightmare