Chapter 7: Family

Evan's hurt leg caused him to move slow. "Are you sure you're alright, Evan?" asked Jessie as he grunted when he put too much weight on the leg. He nodded his head. He was lying; he was in terrible pain. "Why don't you just sit down for a second," told Jessie, having Evan sit down on stool that lay next to a pile of debris. "Maybe you should just stay here, while I go after Kyle," proposed Jessie as she looked at the wound.

"I'll be fine Jessie. Sooner we find Sarah and Kyle, sooner I can get to a hospital," informed Evan as he stood from the stool. Jessie helped Evan out, knowing that truly he was in great pain every step he took. She threw his arm around her neck and supported the weight Evan's leg was supposed to support. "Thanks Jessie."

"You're my brother, got to look out for what's best for you, even if you are a pain in the ass about it. Come on let's find Sarah and Kyle," she said carrying her brother out of the room. The only exit out was a staircase. It took a minute or two for Jessie, but eventually, she was able to carry Evan up the stairs. "Your heavy!" joked Jessie as Evan laughed. Even in this bizarre nightmare, laughter was still in the air. The room above was a lounge room, probably where the firemen would stay, awaiting the call.

Jessie and Evan slowly progressed to a hallway that hadn't been collapsed or blocked by debris. Though like the hospital, it was dark and neither Jessie nor Evan could see the end of it. "Hey Evan, can you turn on your flashlight?" she asked as he flipped the switch of the flashlight that hung on his belt. Immediately it illuminated the hallway, shining bright down it. The same boy Jessie had seen in previous events stood for a moment at the end of the hallway, but within a blink of an eye he was gone. "Did you see that?"

"See what?" answered Evan, looking at Jessie.

"Never mind." Evan didn't get the chance to glimpse down the hallway in time because he was too busy turning the flashlight on. "Let's get moving."

Jessie pulled Evan along, walking slowly down the halls. Jessie and Evan came to the end of the hallway and soon found a split. There were two directions: left or right. "Which way?"

"I don't know."

"Right…" whispered the air in Jessie's ear.

"I think we should go right."

"Why? Kyle may have gone left," replied Evan as Jessie was about to start traveling right.

"Just go with me on this okay."

"Okay, what's up with you?"

"Nothing. Let's just find Kyle and Sarah and get out!" told Jessie to Evan.

"AH!"

"What was that?" questioned both siblings.

"Help! Jessie! Evan!"

"It's Kyle, oh my god, I hope he's okay!" spoke Jessie rushing down the hallway. Jessie had forgotten about Evan's hurt leg. He was being dragged along on Jessie's shoulders and was being forced to hop on one foot to keep up with Jessie without having to deal with too much pain. "Just hang in there Kyle…" Evan and Jessie came to the end of the hallway and turned left at the corner. "Oh my…"

Blood. The substance tainted the floor of the ground. Jessie's hand reacted by covering her mouth. She felt like she was about to gag. "Kyle?" questioned Evan staring at the blood. Kyle lifted his arm over Jessie's shoulder, and almost immediately, Jessie vomited to the side. Evan walked in a limp, going closer to the blood to examine it. Evan could not tell for sure if it was Kyle's or not, he hoped it wasn't, there was too much. The amount meant that Kyle must have taken serious injury if it was his blood. Problem was, Kyle was no where to be found. Evan then looked at the blood and saw streak marks that traveled into a door that was crept open. Evan looked at Jessie, saw she was still sickened by the site of the mass of blood and decided to go on in to check the room out without telling her. Evan pushed aside the door and walked in.

The room was filled with debris like the room downstairs. Evan walked in and looked around, following the trail of blood. He came midway to the room and saw the end of the trail of blood stop. Evan found not Kyle's body, but a young boy's. "What in the?" spoke Evan looking down at the body. A knife, switchblade, was pierced in the boy's neck. "Did Kyle do this?"

Jessie looked up and saw Evan was gone. She looked around and eventually found the room with the door left ajar. She rushed in and saw Evan kneeled over a young boy's body. Jessie gasped; causing Evan to turn around and see and when he turned back to the body it was gone, vanished into the air.

"Jessie, everything all right?" asked Evan standing up confronting his sister. She looked to have seen a ghost in the past.

"Don't worry about it."

"No! Tell me what's up Jessie!" demanded Evan; he hated that his sister was keeping him left out of the loop.

"I don't want to bring it up!"

"Jessie, I've never asked you about your past before, but was that dead boy a part of it?" questioned Evan, as Jessie stayed silent. She seemed to refuse to answer Evan's questions. "Jessie, please, just answer me."

"Yes. The boy's name was Darek," replied Jessie, "he was my brother."

"Your brother? I was never told you had a brother, all I knew is that you had gone to an orphanage and we adopted you when you were around nine," responded Evan.

"After my parents died, my brother and I were sent into the orphanage. Darek was older than me, he always looked out for me," explained Jessie.

"What happened to him?"

"He died. Murdered. Someone stabbed Darek in the throat with a switchblade, police never found out who did it. He was only twelve, I was eight."

"Jessie, I-I didnt know, it must've been tough with him."

"It still is, even now," told Jessie to Evan. He looked confused.

"Jessie, if your brother is dead, then how could he have been there, just a minute ago?"

"I…I don't know. That wasn't the only time he's appeared. I've seen him many times while in this town. I don't know why or how. He's just showed himself to me," spoke Jessie quietly. She seemed somewhat frightened. The subject was one she had never talked about, never to Evan in the past nine years she had lived with his family. "I think Darek's trying to save me from something."

"What?" wondered Evan.

"I dont know Evan, I know as much as you do, hopefully in time will find out…"

The siren sounded off again. It echoed through the atmosphere of the room and into the ears of Evan and Jessie's. They looked alarmed from the siren, but almost immediately, the power in their bodies was drained. Evan dropped to his knees and fell to the floor. Jessie was trying to withstand the desperation of energy that was needed. She soon fell to her knees, but not to the floor. She wanted to stay awake.

Before her body would fall asleep, the boy appeared again, Darek. He stood in front Jessie, looking her into her eyes. Evan was still awake, fighting through what the siren was causing. He managed to raise his eyelids enough to see Jessie look at Darek. Nothing was said, the two siblings just looked at each other. Darkness soon covered Evan's sight.


"Wake up!" yelled a gruff voice. It was Kyle's. Evan opened his eyes and rolled over to his back to stare Kyle in the face. "Shit, for minute there I thought you were dead."

"Not yet," replied Evan standing to his feet wearily. He was now accustomed to the pain in his leg. The pain was still great, but he could now endure, enabling him to walk without support. They were no longer in the room, or the fire station for that matter. They were in the same scenario Evan had woken up in when he had met Dr. Barnes. "Where's Jessie?"

"I don't know Evan, I just woke up just like you did," answered Kyle, "would you happen to know where we're at?"

"No. I'm just as lost as you are."

"Damn," cursed Kyle.

The two guys stood up and scanned the room. Nothing but an industrial-like environment, except with the addition of blood. The room they were in was small and empty. There were no doorways, no exits, no entries, just walls. "Where to?" asked Evan looking at Kyle, replying with a shrug. The two guys had no idea where they were. They stood still as if they were waiting for their way to be shown to them. It was.

Scraping could be heard on the wall that lay in front of them. Suddenly, a crack formed in the walls and tore open a hole. Evan looked at Kyle and Kyle gripped the ax he held and moved toward the opening. Evan pulled the knife out of his pocket and followed Kyle; he was expecting danger to be on the other side of the wall.

Evan squeezed himself through the crack and was dumbfounded. Another empty room. No door openings or entranceways. Just a plain and empty room with blood on the walls "What the hell is going on here Evan!"

"I…I…" paused Evan, "I don't know Kyle."

Another tear formed in the wall, creating an exit out of the room. Evan this time led and stepped through the crack as Kyle followed. This time they stepped into a caged room. The room was very small; two people made the room very crowded. "Wonder where will go next, huh?" spoke Evan staring at Kyle, both men were just as confused as the other was. They felt as if something or someone was toying with their minds.

Quickly, the entrance from the other room sealed and the room Evan and Kyle stood in began to feel like an elevator, as it descended. Anxiety was growing in the pit of the two men's stomachs as the departed to another unknown location. They watched the bloody exterior environment that appeared on the outside of the caged walls as they descended downward. Fear was overwhelming Evan and Kyle.

Finally, the room came to a stop. A tear as before formed in the wall. Both Evan and Kyle were afraid to enter through it. Then Evan took a step. All that remained inside of him was hoping that this room would lead him to finding where Sarah was, and hopefully Jessie was with her. Evan exited the elevator and into a large chamber. Kyle stepped out of the tear and it sealed up behind him, enclosing Evan and Kyle in the room.

Evan and Kyle walked to the center of the room, which was where a pit lay, and inside the pit was a large fan that slowly moved in a clockwise motion. A cage, allowing Evan and Kyle to walk over the fan that covered it. Evan took a look at the whole room. In front of him lay a man on a wall, pinned, and spread out. It was Raul's dead corpse. Evan and Kyle covered their mouths and they braced themselves from vomiting. Kyle looked behind him to the wall and saw Jake's body chained from the ceiling, his intestines spilling out to the floor.

"Oh my god?" mumbled Kyle staring at the hanging bodies.

"God didn't do this. He did," spoke Evan pointing out Darek who stood at an altar. Candles lay at each end of the table. What filled it was an unconscious body, Sarah's. "Sarah!" exclaimed both Evan and Kyle. Darek just stared at them. An invisible barrier blocked Evan and Kyle's legs from retrieving Sarah.

"Who the fucks that?" questioned Kyle looking at Evan. They were struggling from the force that held them, both desired to save Sarah, though no harm was coming to her, not yet at least.

"That there is Jessie's brother, her blood brother."

"Her only brother," added Darek staring directly at Evan.

"What?" replied Evan.

"Think you can replace me? Think because I'm dead, I'm no longer Jessie's brother and that you can step in and take my place!" spoke Darek, "think again!"

"Stop Darek! Don't hurt him! His family!" cried Jessie entering the room.

"Family? I'm your family Jessie! Me! Not him!" told Darek in pain. Jealously spoke in his words like fire.

"He's like a brother to me Darek, please don't hurt him!"

"Don't hurt him? That was never my intention," spoke Darek now looking at Evan, "I'm going to kill him!"

"No!" screamed Jessie as Darek ignored her. Darek glared at Evan and soon enough blood exerted out of all of his entry wounds. Blood began pouring out of his leg and his arm. Evan fell to the floor in agony. His blood was staining the floor. "Stop it Darek, please!"

"Why? Why should I let this person live after the things he's done, did you know he killed his own mother!" told Darek, looking away from Evan to stare Jessie eye to eye. For a moment, the blood flow stopped, giving Evan a chanced to regain his energy. Jessie ignored what Darek had said. She only stared at Evan who lay in pain.

"Darek, he made a mistake. And yes I knew because like the brotherly figure he is to me, he tells me things he'd never tell anyone."

"Did you know his friend Raul killed me?"

"No..."

"He was drunk with a couple buddies of his and they decided to try and give me a shave, who knew it would result in my death. Then Evan's other friend tries hitting on you, another drunken wasteful youth, why should I have a person who hangs around people like that be a brother toward you?" spoke Darek.

"Because he is my family Darek, it doesn't matter who his friends were. He's a part of my family and you'll just have to accept him!" commanded Jessie, standing up to her older brother.

"So…you really care for him, like a sister would to a brother…" spoke Darek in a much calmer and quieter tone.

"Yes. I do."

A flame from the ceiling fell, sizzling as it hit the ground. More began to pour down upon them. They were similar to tears, tears of somebody's pain. "If he truly is a brotherly figure, he'd give up everything for you…everything," replied Darek showing Jessie Evan, who now knelt over Sarah's body, which lay next to him. During Jessie's outburst, the force on Kyle managed to disappear, allowing him to retrieve Sarah's body and bring it down to him. She was alive, but unconscious.

"If he truly was your brother, he'd give up everything to make sure that you'd live happy, he'd stay by your side through the worst," informed Darek as he and Jessie looked upon Evan. Evan seemed to cancel out Jessie and Darek, too long had he been separated from Sarah. All his attention was toward her.

"But thing is little sis, Evan isn't your brother figure, I am. I've stayed with you even through death, do you not see how a brother should be?"

"Jessie! Come on, let's go!" hollered Evan, trying to get Jessie's attention. She looked to be in a trance. "Jessie, we have to hurry, this whole place is coming down on top of us!" yelled Evan. He stood up from the ground and ran to Jessie, the pain of wounds seemed to be ignored by Evan. "Come on Jessie, let's go," told Evan touching Jessie's shoulders, causing her to lose attention of Darek and look at Evan.

"I'm staying," she replied. More and more flames fell from the air. It was raining fire.

"Jessie, look around you, you can't stay here," explained Evan trying to convince her to come with him.

"I'm staying with my brother," told Jessie walking over to Darek's side.

"I'm not going to let my little sister stay in this place," said Evan trying to pull Jessie. She refused.

"Come on Evan!" called Kyle, holding Sarah in his arms.

"Jessie," pleaded Evan.

"Stay with me, with us Evan," said Jessie to him. Evan looked at Darek and Jessie, and she spoke again, "you said that you never would leave me. You promised."

Evan looked back at Kyle, staring at Sarah who lay unconscious in her brother's arms and then turned back to Jessie. "Alright, I'm here for you," embraced Evan, holding his sister in tears. Kyle watched confused. He didn't know what the hold up was. Any minute and the fire would be upon them. He also didn't know if the tear would close, it had reopened and seemed it would only stay open for only a short while.

"Evan! Hurry it up!" alarmed Kyle, he watched as the flames fell closer and closer.

"Kyle…just go, tell Sarah I love her. Just go…" told Evan to Kyle. Kyle looked at Evan in the eyes and saw the tears. He was staying and Kyle knew he had to race to the elevator before the flames worsened. Kyle ran as fast as he could to the elevator and squeezed himself and Sarah through the opening. The tear sealed and the elevator ascended upward.

"I kept my promise Jessie, I wasn't going to leave without you," spoke Evan holding Jessie, comforting her as the fire now drew closer and closer. The image of Darek faded and only Jessie and Evan stood holding each other, brother and sister, in one another's arms as the rain of fire came down…


Kyle walked forever in the fog and finally found a car. It was the police officer, Max's, and looked to have crashed into the railing. Kyle sat Sarah in the passenger seat of the vehicle and then walked over to the driver seat. He sat down and looked at the ignition and saw the key in. He twisted the key and the car turned on without trouble. Kyle put the car in reverse and then drove straight, finally exiting the nightmare of Silent Hill.


Her eyes opened and looked to her left, noticing her brother's face. "Kyle…was I…asleep?" questioned Sarah stretching her body.

"Yeah, afraid so."

"Where are we?"

"Don't worry Sarah, were coming home, were coming home," told Kyle.

"Where is everyone, where's Evan, what happened?"

Kyle told Jessie everything. He ended with saying what Evan told him tell her. Sarah looked as if her heart was just pulled out of her chest. "I'm sorry Sarah."

"It's okay, really, I'm glad he stayed with Jessie," spoke Sarah calmly, "it's just that…"

"Just what?" asked Kyle looking at Sarah confused. She showed him her hand and saw an engagement ring. "Oh Sarah… I didn't know…"

"That's not all," hesitated Sarah. She knew what she was about to say would shock her brother more than anything she had ever told him. "Kyle, I'm pregnant."