My Adventures in Silent Hill

Chapter 7

After waking up, James and I headed up the hotel. He said he needed to go into room 312. We entered and he started looking around.

"What are you looking for?" I ask.

"A tape." He reached into a drawer and pulled out a black tape. He walked over to the TV and turned it on, putting the tape in.

The video began with a woman standing next to a window. "Are you taping again? C'mon…"

She sat down in a chair by the window. "I don't know why, but I just love it here. It's so peaceful. You know what I heard? This whole area used to be a sacred place. I think I see why. It's too bad we have to leave….Please promise you'll take me again James."

Oh….so this woman must be Mary.

Mary began coughing. The video then started becoming gritty, like it was being taped over. Then, a shaky picture of Mary lying in a bed was shown. James appeared and leaned over her and appeared to be talking, but there was no audio. Then, he reached for the pillow behind her head. The video was scrambled….but it looked like James was smothering Mary.

Then, the video went to static.

I stood there, stunned while James just sat in the chair in front of the TV with his head down. "James….." I whispered.

"I…did it. I…killed Mary."

I looked down at him and walked until I was in front of him. "James….you only…did it because she was sick. You wanted to end her suffering."

"I did…..I'm…a killer."

"No!" I put my hands on his shoulders and shook him. "You're not a killer James! You were frustrated….you….!" my voice trailed off when he reached up and took my hands away from his shoulders and stood up.

"I'm sorry…..Mary…." he barely said and I watched as tears rolled down his face.

In a way to comfort him, I put my arms around his back and he returned the embrace, silently crying.

After a while, he pulled back and sighed. "We…..we should….go."

"Yeah. C'mon."

….

We made our way through a door to a room that has a wooden, carpeted staircase.

And the whole room was in flames.

Angela stood on the staircase, looking at a strange picture. "Angela!" I called out.

James walked up the staircase towards her and then she turned to him. "Mama! Mama, I was looking for you!"

She walked towards him and he backed away. "Now you're the only one left. Maybe then…..maybe I can rest."

He continued to back away.

"Mama, why are you running away?" Angela put her hands on his face, then his shoulders and lastly his face again. She then backed away. "You're not mama. It's you….I, I'm sorry."

"Angela, no…."

"Thank you for saving me….But I wished you hadn't. Even mama said it….I deserved what happened."

"Angela, you're wrong!" I shouted.

"No. Don't pity me. I'm not worth it….." her tone suddenly changed. "Or maybe you think you can save me? Will you love me? Take care of me? Heal all my pain?"

Both James and I were silent.

"That's what I thought." Angela said. "James. Give me back that knife." She reached out her hand.

"No, no….I won't."

"Saving it for yourself?" she began walking up the fiery staircase.

"Me? No….I'd never kill myself. It's hot as hell in here…."

"You see it too? For me, it's always like this." And she disappeared into the flames.

"Angela…" I whispered.

Even though we both felt guilt, there was nothing we could do and we left.

We walked into the middle of a strange room.

"James!"

We both looked up and saw Maria on a strange contraption upside down with pyramid heads on either side of her.

"Stop! Leave her alone! Leave us all alone!" I shouted.

Then, one of the Pyramid Heads rammed a spear right through Maria's back, which I think killed her instantly. "No…" I collapsed to my knees. "Damnit….."

The Pyramid Heads jumped down to the ground and we began to fight.

(Me: I suck at fight scenes, so I'm just skipping to where the monsters commit suicide)

The Pyramid Heads suddenly stopped and thrust their spears through their heads.

Both James and I blinked. "Uh….that was weird….why would they commit suicide?"

"Maybe…..because their mission was over."

After climbing a long set of stairs, we came to a room with no ceiling, but a metal floor. There was a bed sitting in the middle of the room and a woman stood by the window, looking out.

"Mary!"

The woman turned to us and it….was Maria. "When will you stop making that mistake? Mary's dead. You killed her."

"Maria….it's you. No, I don't need you anymore. I….have someone else."

I glanced over at James. Was he talking about me?

"What? You must be joking!" Maria walked towards him. "But I can be yours…..I'll be here for you forever. And I'll never yell at you or make you feel bad. That's what you wanted. I'm different that Mary…..how can you throw me away?"

"I understand now." James said quietly. "It's time to end this nightmare."

"No! I won't let you! You deserve to die James and so does that bitch!"

There was a light and now Maria was a form of Mary's corpse, connected to a metal frame. Her arms and legs were like tentacles.

"Oh shit…" I whispered.

A tentacle rushed towards me and wrapped around my neck tightly, lifting me up into the air.

"Let her go! She has nothing to do with this!" James shouted, aiming his gun towards the monster.

Suddenly, the tentacle flung me towards the window and I crashed right through it. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as I just hovered in the air for a moment. My eyes connected with James as his widened and then….I fell.

….

Blackness….and then James was sitting in a chair by the bed Mary was lying in. She coughed. "James….."

"Forgive me….." he said quietly.

"I told you I wanted to die, James. I wanted the pain to end." She said.

"That's not why I did it honey. I just couldn't watch you suffer. No! That's not true….you also said you didn't want to die. The truth is….I hated you. I wanted you out of the way. I wanted my life back….." his voice began to crack.

"James…if that were true, then why do you look so sad?" Mary asks.

"Mary….."

"James….please…..please do something for me." She reached to her side and grabbed a letter, handing it to James. "Go on with your life."

In my restless dreams,

I see that town

Silent Hill

You promised you take me

There someday again

But you never did

Well I'm alone there now…..

In our 'special place'

Waiting for you…..

Waiting for you to come see me

But you never do

And so I wait, wrapped in my cocoon of pain and loneliness

I know I've done a terrible thing to you

Something you'll never forgive me for

I wish I could change that, but I can't

I feel so pathetic and ugly laying her,

Waiting for you

Every day I stare up at the cracks

in the ceiling and all I can think

about is how unfair it all is...

The doctor came today.

He told me I could go

home for a short stay.

It's not that I'm getting better.

It's just that this may be

my last chance...

I think you know what I mean...

Even so, I'm glad to be coming

home. I've missed you terribly.

But I'm afraid James.

I'm afraid you don't really

want me to come home.

Whenever you come see me,

I can tell how hard it is on you...

I don't know if you

hate me or pity me...

Or maybe I just disgust you...

I'm sorry about that.

When I first learned that

I was going to die, I just

didn't want to accept it.

I was so angry all the time and I

struck out at everyone I loved most.

Especially you, James.

That's why I understand

if you do hate me.

But I want you to

know this, James.

I'll always love you.

Even though our life together had

to end like this, I still wouldn't

trade it for the world. We had

some wonderful years together.

Well this letter has gone on

too long so I'll say goodbye.

I told the nurse to give

this to you after I'm gone.

That means that as you read this,

I'm already dead.

I can't tell you to remember me,

but I can't bear for you to

forget me.

These last few years since I

became ill...I'm so sorry for

what I did to you, did to us...

You've given me so much and

I haven't bee able to return

a single thing.

That's why I want you to live

for yourself now.

Do what's best for you, James.

James...

You made me happy.