Gagging and coughing, Sam opened her eyes.
"Ugh..." She moaned. She gasped.
She wasn't in Danny's house, but on a road covered in...ash? She stood up and brushed the dust off her skirt. The sky was grey.
"Where the heck am I?"
She looked around, buildings and a main street were all empty. "Where is Danny and everyone?" she said in a cracked voice.
A sign in front of a window was seen on the building in front of her, "Silent Hill Barber Shop."
"Great, so I'm in Silent Hill." She muttered, "Guess I'll look around and see if I can find them."
...
"Hey, Jazz, Sam, Danny! Can you hear me?"
Tucker on the outskirts of the town yelled as loud as he could. He had tried the Fenton Phones, and his cell to reach Danny or his sister, but there was no signal. He had passed by an old sign "Welcome to Silent Hill."
...
Jazz stood in the same spot of the welcome sign of the town. She had feared the worst, she had no idea where her brother was much less had a clue to how she got there.
"Maybe, if there are some people who live here they might be able to help."
Right as she said that, something moved. Having sharp vision she could see it was someone running up further the road.
"Hey, can you help me? I'm looking for my friends and brother!" She called.
The person did not stir at first or say anything, but instead it ran.
"Where are you going?" Jazz ran after. Running didn't bother her since she trained herself to fight ghosts and maintain stamina.
"At least I'm right, there is life here." She chirped.
She passed by a junkyard, and a fence in front of it. The road had curved and it turned to a left, and then she started to see buildings appear. She panted and slowed down. But as soon as she did, she saw the person again she was chasing after and started running again.
...
"This isn't so bad."
Sam took a breather from walking and exploring, and stood by a rail to look at a giant lake. It was Toluca Lake, in which she read a sign that contained it's name.
As eerie as it was there was not any people around, the place did have a pleasant and quiet atmosphere. She knew finding everyone was important, but due to fighting ghosts and school it was actually nice to relax for a little while. Her mind however, played the previous confrontation with Danny and Leonard. She was scared for her best friend and the last time she saw him, he was contorting in pain. Sam hoped Danny was alright without her for the time being.
"Miss? Can I help you?"
"WHAAA!" Sam yelped and startled, she distinctively put her hand over her heart, and turned around.
A woman, much older than her wore a grayish blue dress and red heels stood a few feet away from Sam. She had blonde hair and it was tied in a pony tail and icy blue eyes.
"Sheesh, you scared the darkness out of me." Sam retorted.
"I apologize. I was wondering if I could be some of assistance?" She asked gingerly.
"Now that you mention," Sam snapped her fingers lightly, "I'm looking for some friends. We..er, were sort of dragged here against our will and I have no idea where they are."
"Oh dear. Sounds like they were kidnapped. If I had a lead or saw them in town I would help. But I'm afraid I can't."
Sam moaned.
"But here's my number, call me if you need any help in the near future." She handed her a small piece of paper.
Sam took it and put it in her pocket.
"Oh uh, what's your name?" Sam asked.
She smiled, "Annella".
"Annella? Why does that sound familiar..?" Sam shook her head. "Don't mind me."
"Funny thing is miss, I'm not used to seeing one wear darker clothing, it's how I first noticed you." Annella giggled.
"Where I come from I get crapped on for it." Sam shrugged, "My names Samantha, but call me Sam for short."
"Oh my. I'm so sorry to hear that-"
"No, don't bother. I'm plenty used to it." Samn waved. But then she saw the concerned look on Annella's face.
"Annella..I'm sorry I didn't mean to brush you off like that." Sam said regretfully.
"I understand, Sam." Annella replied in a somber tone. She walked closer to the railing and gazed at the lake and rested her arms.
"I don't know that much about you, but from the hints, it sounds like you get judged by your appearance. Which is cruel and unfair. This town is no different. But, you are who you want to be." Annella winked at her.
Sam felt strange. But couldn't figure out why.
Annella suddenly frowned.
"Oh no. We better get to a safer place, Sam. When it gets dark, frightening things can happen." She warned.
Suddenly the sound of sirens started to blare...
...
"Those sounds..." Jazz trailed. An awful feeling began to creep its way down her back.
The light from the sky started to turn darker and grayer, to pitch black.
"No, no no no," Jazz panicked, she couldn't see a thing, she needed a light. But oddly enough was able to spot a store with some dimly lit lights inside, she hurried into it. The door creaked loudly when she opened and then slammed it shut. She saw right away it was a gun shop and immediately thought, she could find supplies and hopefully a flashlight. The sounds died down. She heard faint pattering outside, it was raining. Something in her mind told her to not go out there and she didn't even want to dare.
She turned and looked around.
"I'll stay here until it stops raining."
It was a rather big shop. Guns laid vertically on the shelves, but after thinking about it, they probably couldn't work now because of the years of dust collected from the inside of them.
She snapped her fingers,
"Flashlight. Gun. I'll need those."
She still had the Fenton Peeler, but she needed something to protect herself from non-ghosts just in case. She looked on a part of the side of the store, looking for those two precious items. It didn't take her long to come across an aisle stocked with flashlights.
"It's meh birthday, oh yeahhhh." She said happily. She didn't care if she looked silly, at least Danny wasn't around to get on her case about it.
"Now that I think about it, the others don't have a flashlight of their own. I should take two of them. Minus Danny, he can make his own light."
Now that she had one thing she needed she went to the defensive hand-guns.
"Since this place is deserted, I won't be asked if I have a license. Protecting myself is much more important."
There was a case of different shaped guns, ones she could see were sold to police officers for their job. She found one not too small or too big, but then came an issue. No bullets, she would have to find the ones that fit into the bullet chamber.
"Drat." She muttered.
She took the time to read the guns manual and there it could be read what bullets were required. Then she found them. She immediately put them in the slots.
"All set." She said proudly. She looked out the window, it was still dark and rainy.
Suddenly she heard a bang and a crash, her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
What was that?
She ducked and hid behind the check-out counter. She could faintly hear the clinking of..high heels? And groaning. She could see through the holes of the counter and she gasped;
The "Employees Only" door opened, it was a woman, and it explained the sound of the shoes she wore, her face was covered in wrappings; her clothing all white but stained with blood all over. She walked awkwardly and out of balance, the sound of her skin and bones made stretchy noises and popped. She wore a nurse's cap..her chest was almost exposed.
She doesn't look right at all...
She decided to take a risk...
"Um hello?" She stood up.
The nurse lady immediately tracked her voice, she groaned and growled. Then Jazz regretted giving away her hiding spot because...this woman was holding an axe in her left hand!
"Butter biscuits." She said fearfully.
"MURAHHHH!" The Nurse held up the axe and slammed it on the counter, Jazz ran to hide in the aisles.
"What do I do? Shoot her down? But I've never shot a real person...;" Jazz shook her head and yelled at herself, "No, I don't think she's a person, she tried to kill me!"
Before she could make the choice to fight back or not, the store started to light up. Jazz peeked and saw the nurse walk back to the door she came from. By the time she was gone, it wasn't dark anymore.
It was quiet.
She stood up and looked to see if anymore enemies were around, but nothing. She went to the door where her attacker had been. To her surprise, it was a bathroom for the former staff. But no one was in there, it was empty.
"Where in Pariah's name did she go to?" She whispered. "I've got to be more careful though, if there's more people like that around in this place, I cannot blow my cover next time."