Like the bodies the cemetery was cold and dead. The only sounds were our footsteps and the wind.
"Do you think Natalie and Josh would come here? I mean Nat used to be terrified of even saying this place's name." I said.
"I don't know, but its where the footprints lead. Hopefully they're here." Alex said. I shivered as a small gust of wind blew past us. Alex took off his jacket and handed it to me.
"Thanks Alex." I said putting it on. It was a little big in the shoulders and arms but fit pretty well length wise, one of the bonuses when you're about the same height as your boyfriend.
We made our way towards the East garden and saw a man digging two graves. He didn't seem to notice us so we crept by. The path suddenly stopped and dropped down about 6 feet to the east garden.
"I'll go down first." I said sitting down and pushing off the ledge onto the ground. I heard a loud howl and turned to see a feral dog with no skin and eyes jump down in front of me. I fumbled around and pulled out the knife and mimicked Alex's stance from earlier.
The Feral, as I dubbed it, lunged at me. I jumped to the right and slashed at its back once. It whimpered and slowly turned to face me. I took this time to slash at its face. Once. Twice. Three times before it was stunned. I plunged the knife deep into its skull.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked running over to me.
"I'm fine. I think I did pretty well." I said spinning the knife in my hand before accidentally dropping it to the ground.
In the middle of the east garden was a ruined fountain. The front of it had a gold plate with half a tree on it.
"From the looks of this riddle we need to find the other half of this plate." Alex said taking the plate and handing it to me. Putting it in the jacket pocket I realized carrying it around would not be an enjoyable experience.
Alex had to help me get up onto the other side of the garden so we could continue to the west garden. Hopefully the other plate would be there. We squeezed through a small vertical hole in the wall and worked our way through the family crypts. Ducking and squeezing through a few more holes we made it closer to West garden.
Between the Fitch and Holloway mausoleums there was a Feral eating a bloody, freshly-dead body. Hoping to sneak past it was only a dream as it noticed us almost immediately. Alex killed it and kept it distracted while I grabbed the other plate. Now I lugging two heavy plates around. Great.
At the end of the West Garden was a gate with a slot for the two plates. We placed the plates in and the gates opened to the parking lot.
"Well they weren't there." Alex said.
"Thanks Katherine Obvious."
"What?" Alex asked not knowing what I was talking about.
"Katherine Obvious. You know someone who is being very obvious?" I said.
"Its Captain Obvious. You never knew that?"
"No. You never noticed I always said Katherine Obvious?"
"Touche."
There was no help at the Police Station sadly. So we kept going. We made our way down the street and saw someone hanging flyers on the notice board. We approached slowly and she fell off the ladder.
"Dammit." She grunted holding her knee. It was Elle Holloway.
"You always were a klutz." Alex said.
"You okay?" I asked holding out my hand and helping her up.
"Alex? Codi?" she asked. "Oh my God it is you guys!" she said hugging us.
"Hey Elle." Alex said.
"Its so good to see both of you."
"Your mom said I might find you here."
"It feels like its been forever." she said. "
yeah you alone out here
"I didn't think I'd ever see you again. You took off without saying goodbye, at least Codi said goodbye." Elle said to Alex.
"Yeah well I'm not here long. Have you seen Joshua or Natalie?" Alex asked sounding a tad defensive. He never did like this place.
"No I haven't sorry." she said returning to the flyers.
"Jesus. What the hell is going on here?" I asked noticing the high amount of flyers.
"I don't know. But everyday there are more and more flyers to put up. Everyday more people disappear." she said exasperated.
"I had no idea." Alex said
"And if you did? Would you have done anything?" she said turning on him.
"Yeah I would've come back for Josh and gotten him the hell out of here. The same with Natalie." Alex said. He was always very protective of both our siblings.
"God knows what trouble they're in now." I said.
"Trouble? Look around. This whole place is trouble!"
"I know. I get it." Alex said. "But I have to find my brother. He's my responsibility."
"And Natalie is mine." I said.
"After that I'm gone." Alex said.
"I suggest you do the same" I added.
"Alex. Codi. Wait. I got this from deputy wheeler. Take it" Elle said pulling out a walkie talkie.
"What for?" Alex asked.
"If I hear anything I'll let you know."
"Thanks Elle" I said.
"I hope you both find what you're looking for." Elle said giving us each a hug.
Alex and I made our way down the street at a light jog. It was foggy and at some point became too foggy to see past. We backtracked and looked around, where else could they be?
"Lets see about getting this revolver fixed. It could be a huge help if there are more monsters around."
"Which there are. Also when did you see Judge Holloway?" I said.
"When I first got here. I visited City Hall to see if she knew what was going on with everything being closed." Alex said. I nodded. "Maybe we can get it fixed at the junkyard. Dad used to say Curtis would fix things over there."
I know I'm deviating a bit and I'm only doing that to keep it interesting. Rereading the game is not as fun as you would think. So I'll stick about 98% to the story line but I will throw some other stuff in there, mainly to do with Codi. Hope y'all are enjoying it so far.
-CAPtainAmerica77