Summer continued on that path for a while. She started noting weird noises after a bit. Weird bangs, metal scraping, sometimes they were really loud and close, others she was just hearing an echo from a faraway place. She decided then the town couldn't be completely deserted, who would be making those noises? She could see the school from here, and busses parked here as well. She smiled as she approached the doors, and walked up the steps. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer. She looked into the tall window, having to stand on her tippy toes. Nobody! she went tor each for the handle, but the door opened by itself before she got the chance to grab it. She pushed it even further and stepped in, looking around. This place was deserted too? well, this was only the lobby, but she didn't even see anyone outside of here. She moved in. "Hello?" She whispered quietly. Looking to her right, she only saw darkness. But to her left, there was a dim light. She rushed to it. A blonde girl was sleeping at , Summer pushed her shoulder. "Hey!" She had never been so happy to see another soul. Leigh just mumbled and shifted. "Hey, Leigh!" She yelled. then frowned. Wait, what? How did she know that name? Where had she heard it?
Leigh jumped up after she heard her name. "W-what!? I'm sorry! I-oh." She stared at Summer with a perplexed look for what seemed like forever. Then her eyes widened. "Hello." She said, standing up. She came around to stand in the hallway. "What brings you here?" She said, a small smile on her face. "I, I uh... I felt like I had to, for some reason. A-Anyways, uh, where are all the people?" Summer felt strange talking to this person, there was a weird aura, almost a tension but not quite. There was something about her... She looked down, trying to figure it out. "I'm not sure. probably in their houses. But there's usually someone in the school, like... a janitor." Leigh said, looking around. "Or somebody, here at reception."
"You mean, you don't work here?" Summer said. Well actually, that made more sense. Leigh did look young, about her age, actually. "Nevermind, uh, how old are you?" She asked Leigh. Leigh smiled up at her. "I'm..." She fiddled her hair. "I'm sixteen." Summer smiled. "So am I. Why were you sitting at reception?" Summer asked her, scratching her head under her hat. She re-adjusted it and look back at Leigh. "I was waiting for someone. Why are you asking so many question?" She asked, an almost sly smile. Summer frowned. "I-I don't know, Have I... Have I met you somewhere before?" Leigh just shook her head. "Don't think so." Summer looked down. "Ah. Well, I was trying to find someone, you see, my Motorcycle..." Leigh looked at her intently. "My motorcycle got buried in the sand, so I can't leave." Summer said. Frowning up at Leigh. "Can you-""Good." Leigh said, then shook her head. "I mean, good you have that." She pointed to the pocket light in Summer's breast pocket. "O-oh. Yeah. Well, anyways, can you help me?" She asked, looking around awkwardly. "Yeah. Sure." Leigh said, shrugging. "Why don't you turn it on?" She asked, "We'd probably both be able to see better with it. It's pretty dark." And just then, she wondered what time it was. How long had she slept? "Hey, Do you know the time?" Leigh asked. Summer just shook her head. "My watch says Nine O'Clock, But... It's said that since Nine." She said, tapping it. "Sorry." Leigh just stared at her. "That's... Weird." She said, then patted her back. "Let's go try to find your motorcycle. But I left my uh, house key upstairs., do you mind if we go get it?" She asked. "I don't mind." Summer said, clicking the "On" Button for her light. "Much better." Leigh said smiling. "Oh, uh, Leigh, what happened in front of the school? Why is there a big trench?" She asked after they'd started walking. "Trench? I don't know what you're talking a-What is that!?" She screamed and stepped back. Static started blaring. "I-i don't know, I- I uhm, There's other things like it, so uh..." Summer frowned though. This one was different. It was brownish, and it had two legs. It didn't look like it had arms. Wait... wait it did, they were in its chest... sort of. They were in slits in its chest. Whenever she got close to beat it down with her pipe, hands practically exploded out of its face, destroying the jaw. Summer screamed. Leigh fled, into the other hallway. "I'm gonna go get my bat!" She yelled. Summer managed to get it on the ground, after beating it a number of six times. She stepped on it, and took a deep breath. "Oh my god..." She wiped her forehead. She was sweating. Leigh returned, panting. "Is it gone?" She asked, then saw it was laying on the ground. "That's why you had that pipe." She said, catching her breath. "At least we know that they can die." Leigh smiled at Summer. Summer shook her head. "There's more, I just know it. I kept seeing the same monster outside." Summer said, frowning. She rubbed her throat. It was sore, she'd never screamed so much in her life. She never really did scream,b ut she also never really did see monsters. "That static is gone, too." She said, looking at the little radio. "Yeah, it does that when there are monsters around." She said, tapping on it. "I think it might come in handy." She said, a smile on her face. Leigh nodded. "Why is it so dark?" She asked, noticing there wasn't a single light on. Leigh shook her head. "I'm not sure." She said, putting her hands up and shrugging. "This whole place is... really weird." She said, frowning. "It's never been like this before." Summer looked around as they managed to get to the other side of the hall way. "Where is your key at, anyways?" She said, as they opened the door. This hallway was silent, which was a good thing. No static. They both smiled at each other, obviously in unison thought.
They started going upstairs, and the closer to the top they got, the louder the static became. Summer sighed, but Leigh was shaking. "I've never fought one of these things before." She whispered. Summer Shushed her, putting a finger up to her mouth. "It's fine, just don't say anything. It can probably hear you." She said, then rushed upstairs. Leigh followed behind, startled when she saw it. It was closer than they'd both thought. At first, Summer was the only one fighting it, but Leigh jumped in after a bit, she'd sort of gotten used to the monster. Of course, she hadn't really, but it just didn't seem so bad. Also, she wanted to help Summer out. She was the one to stomp on it after it had fallen. Summer smiled at her. "Alright, so, where's your locker room at?" She said, Leigh frowned. "The other side of the school. Sorry, we probably should have gone up the other stairs." She said. Summer was sort of agitated, but she shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Let's go ahead and go get that key." Summer said, and they rushed towards it. It was pretty silent the way there, just the white noise. it was getting louder and louder every step they took closer to the locker rooms. After they got in the locker rooms though, all was silent. "What is that noise?" Summer asked, agitation dissolving. Leigh frowned. "I don't even know." She answered, grabbing Summer's arm. "My locker is over here." She said, and drug her over to the locker. "O-oh, okay." She said, smiling. Closer to getting home. she sighed, smiling. Leigh failed her locker combination the first time, but managed to unlock it the second time. She reached for her key, and right when she touched her key, the bottom of the locker seemed to fall out. Leigh shrieked, and Summer jumped. "What just..." Leigh accidentally knocked her key off the peg and into the dark abyss. "No!" Leigh screamed, trying to catch it before it fell. Summer fell down, not upon her own will, though. "L-Leigh! Get down!" Leigh looked at her. "Wait, how do you know my name? A-and-" She jumped down. "W-what's going on?" Summer said, the walls seemed to be peeling. she scooted across the floor, over to a corner, holding Leigh's hand and dragging her along with her. "I don't know, i thought you told me?" She whispered, looking around, terrified. Leigh shook her head. "What's your name?" She asked. Summer looked at her, distraught. "Summer." She said, and they both embraced each other. The floor seemed to disappear to, and all that was left was metal. Summer opened her eyes, and this seemed almost completely different. What just happened? She started to cry, and when she looked at Leigh, Leigh was crying too. "Are you sure this is Silent Hill?" Summer asked Leigh. Leigh shook her head. "I don't know what's what anymore."