Chapter 4

CARD GA- no, wait...

MONSTER BEATING ON MOTORCYCLES!

The wind felt awfully cold on Frederica's face, even though she was trying to hide it behind Preda's back. Not only her face, but also the other parts of her body felt cold by the wind.

"Should have brought more clothing", the nurse thought to herself while making sure her hold on Preda kept.

"Could you slow down a bit? I'm freezing here!" she screamed. Frederica heard Preda snort even from under the noise of both the engine and the radio.

"Are you ABSOLUTELY sure you want that?"

Preda didn't even wait for Frederica's answer before she already slowed down. The nurse sighed in comfort, but when the motorcycle stopped fully, she was confused.

"Thanks... but you really wouldn't have had to stop."

"Don't thank me", Preda replied in a quiet tone. "Thank THOSE."

As Frederica peeked over the younger woman's shoulder, she saw the shadowy figures against the foggy air. They appeared to be human-like, but the way they walked and sounded like told a different story. The noise coming from the broken radio grew louder. Frederica felt a scream of fear gather in her throat and was barely able to speak.

"What... what are those?" she whispered with a dry voice.

Behind the mask of her helmet Preda grit her teeth.

"I don't know where they came from, but these are monsters. They lurk around the streets here in Silent Hill and get beaten by people like me", she explained. "You've seen them before, haven't you? Like those hands at the lake."

The memory of that thing back in Lakeside made the nurse shiver. She nod.

"Did you take that pipe as I told you?"

Frederica nod again and opened her mouth to ask some other questions, like what would she need that pipe for, why on earth was Preda in this monstrous town or could Preda give her her helmet just in case. None of those questions got answered, because Preda interrupted.

"I'm speeding up. Bash them."

Frederica gasped. The questions left unsaid minimized when a bigger question took place.

"WHAT?" she screamed in fear, but Preda was already back in action. The motorcycle sped up fast enough to leave Frederica's scream behind. It echoed a small moment in the emptiness before dying.

The closer those two got to the monsters, the more Frederica was terrified. She felt the weight of the steel pipe on her hand, but it didn't make her feel any more secure. All she would have wanted was to run away. She couldn't hurt anyone. Not even monsters. Even those things were alive and living, right? Unconscious of doing it, her grip on the cool steel grew tighter.

Those things... they looked hideous. There were about five of them. Two of them were the same things that Preda had encountered at the amusement park. The three others had no face. They were dressed in white hats and dresses, which were obviously two small for them, because they appeared to reveal a little too much of their chests. Oh, and they wore high heels. That suit seemed familiar to Frederica somehow.

"Ready, Freddy!"

"You know, I'm not a guyYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

One of the monsters, the one closest to the motorcycle, tried to hit Frederica with something similar to a golf bat. She was barely able to evade the attack by leaning to the other side. The move almost took the motorcycle off-balance. Preda seemed furious.

"Calm down and beat them up already!"

"Calm down?"

"Well yeah, I don't want my motorcycle wrecked!"

For Preda's luck, her comment made Frederica so frustrated that she managed to hit one of the monsters to the head. The steel pipe was now dripping blood. There was blood on the nurse's face now also.

"There! Happy?"

"Nice headshot you got there! Keep up the good work!"

"Really?"

Frederica swung the pipe again, now hitting another monster. A disgusting voice was heard as its neck probably broke from the hit and blood splattered on Frederica's long-sleeved black sweater. A small, nervous laughter escaped her lips.

"Now there. It's not that hard is it?" Preda chuckled. "Don't worry, we're almost there!"