Dawn of Nightmares
Chapter 9 of my crossover story, enjoy.
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Now onto the story. Just a note, forgot to mention it when they undressed but, due to their current attire, both Chloe and Rachel's tattoos are now visible :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Until Dawn, Life is Strange or their characters.
Chapter 9
Recovering from the sudden attack on Rachel, Chloe darted forwards, still holding her lantern.
"Oh fuck, oh fuck, what the fuck!" She cried out.
She grabbed the hunting rifle she had spotted next to the door when they entered and darted outside the cabin, leaping down into the snow.
"Rachel!" She yelled before noting the footprints and drag marks in the snow. "Oh my god, oh my god..."
She took off running, following the trail.
"Rachel! Rachel..." She cried out, listening, praying she could hear her respond, even if it was only a scream.
Her heart was hammering, the blood pounded in her head, the wind rushed past her ears. All Chloe could think about was saving Rachel from whatever, or whoever, had grabbed her. As such, the cold barely affected her, not even when she stopped to contemplate her choices, for she saw two routes ahead.
One was shorter but more risky, jumping over some fallen metal tubing to cross the river, or following the path around. For Chloe, it was a no-brainer and she began to leap from metal tube to metal tube until she finally crossed the river and took off running again.
"Rachel! Rachel! RACHEL!" She cried out as she continued to run.
But her frantic searching was still getting no response. She stopped when she reached a ledge and looked around, it was dark, hard to see and the ground was some distance below. Gritting her teeth she set the lantern down and aimed the hunting rifle, trying to use the scope to see the path below.
She searched without any result and began to panic.
"Jesus, fuck...fuck..." She whispered but then stopped. "Rachel, NO!"
She spotted her, a little worse for wear, dirt had smeared onto the back of her thighs and panties, she was frantically crawling away from something. But then, whatever it was, as Chloe couldn't see it through the scope, grabbed her and began pulling her away.
"Argh, NO!" She screamed, before pleading loudly. "CHLOE HELP ME! HELP ME!"
She was yanked away out of sight, still screaming. Chloe leapt to her feet, picking up the lantern and shouldering the rifle again. She wasted no time and jumped down, sliding down the cliff.
"Holy SHIIIT! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! URGH!"
The whole way down she cried out, managing to grab a branch on the way down to slow her fall, it broke but allowed her to land on her feet. She quickly retrieved the rifle and lantern and kept running.
"Keep going, keep going." She told himself.
Her adrenaline pounded, making her move faster, ducking under low hanging tree branches and leaping over protruding tree roots. She silently cursed, she could no longer hear Rachel screaming, her only source of finding her was the unusual footprints and drag marks still fresh in the snow.
She stopped again briefly as she found himself at a chasm, there were two ways across, she could either shimmy across the edges, or use the rock platforms to jump across.
'Okay, c'mon...fuck it...Rachel' s life is at stake.' She told himself and threw caution to the wind.
It was a startling experience, but she managed to make the jumps, some of them only just, once on the other side she wasted no time and resumed pursuit, once more picking up the trail.
She shook her head as she pursued. 'There's no way this is a freaking bear, but, what else is so fast, or strong...this doesn't...I swear if is some person I am gonna really lose it.'
Growling and urging herself onwards she soon stopped again, she was standing at the top of a cliff, overlooking an old abandoned mine building. Looking at the path below, Chloe made up her mind at once and began to slide down the ledge, taking care to arrest her fall and slow her descent.
Soon she reached the bottom, landing on her feet. She picked up the rifle and lantern again and began to make her way towards the mine building, the trail stopped here, which worried her, she looked around.
"HELP ME!" Rachel suddenly screamed.
"Come on, shit! Shit! Shit, shit!" Chloe growled as she entered the mine building.
Following her screams she tried to find her.
"Oh no, Chloe!"
"Rachel!" She yelled back, trying to get her attention.
Her scream this time was more focused, telling her she had heard. "HELP ME!"
"Rachel!" She called out again, but this time, no reply. "Rachel!"
Instantly panic settled within her and she hurried through the building, descending a set of stairs when she found them.
Her heart leapt into her mouth when he heard Rachel shriek again.
"ARGH! NO! CHLOE HELP ME! HELP ME!" She was pleading and she wasn't scared, no, she was clearly terrified.
"Rachel, I'M COMING!" She called out, trying to reassure her, but she continued to scream. "Rachel, Rachel!"
Hearing her she cried out, pleading again. "HELP ME! Oh no Chloe!"
"Rachel!"
She reached the bottom of the steps and rounded a corner, slowly approaching the center for the room, her eyes widened in horror. An old elevator was stationed there and lying on it, covered in blood with several gashes to her face and chest, as well as her arms and legs, was Rachel.
It was clear she had been attacked, whatever attacked her only sought physical damage however for, although stained with blood and dirt, her underwear was still on and not disturbed in the slightest except by what would be expected from her struggling. But she wasn't moving, Chloe fell to her knees next to her.
"NO! OH GOD! Nooo... Rachel... Oh god!" She cried; she had been too late.
But then she suddenly gasped, her eyes widened. "Rachel! Rachel! Are you okay!?"
Rachel attempted to move, but clearly did not have the strength, even turning her head seemed a chore.
"Help..." She wheezed.
Chloe began to reach for her when suddenly, there was a loud, metallic snap and the elevator dropped into the depths of the mines.
"RACHEL!"
Chloe started in dismay as her body vanished from sight; she had come so close and now she was gone. Head bowed she nearly collapsed into tears, when she noticed a strange shape forming a shadow above her.
"Huh? What the fuck." She mumbled as she looked upwards.
She could see the shape now, it was clearly a person, a figure, looking down at her. A sudden rage gripped Chloe then and a red mist descended, this had to be the person responsible for what happened to Rachel. At that point, only one thing registered in Chloe's mind. Vengeance.
Reacting at once in blind anger, Chloe raised the rifle, taking aim at the figure above and firing. Chloe wasn't sure exactly what happened, either she missed or the figure avoided the shot, either way she shoulder the rifle and began to run up stairs.
'Son of a bitch, you're not getting away from me!' She thought furiously.
Running up the stairs she very nearly fell through a hold in the ground but leapt over it at the last second. She stopped only when she reached the elevator shaft and began to climb it. Seeing a ledge above her, she leapt up to it, only for it to break. She let out a yelp but quickly caught a lower ledge. Gritting her teeth she struggled upwards, climbing still, moving as quickly as possible.
'Shit, shit, c'mon!'
Urging herself onwards, although the adrenaline was slowly wearing out now, she began climbing up the right side of a wall, using various protruding bits of metal as hand and foot holds. Gritting her teeth she jumped over the gap and finally landed on the ledge the figure had been standing. Right away she saw it was the start of a tunnel. Towards the end of a tunnel was a male figure walking away.
Chloe pulled out the rifle. 'It's him, that's gotta be the guy...for Rachel...'
She pulled the trigger only for the gun to jam.
Chloe's anger gave way to dismay at that and she cursed angrily.
"What? Come on, come ON!" She growled throwing the now useless gun aside. "Piece of shit...This is why I prefer handguns"
Looking up he saw the man jumping down a hole and a gate beginning to close.
"Christ!" She yelled as he took off running. "Gotta make it!"
She dropped and slid along the ground, only just making it past the gate before it fully closed. Catching her breath Chloe struggled upright.
'Dammit, gotta keep after him, can't let what happened to Rachel...'
She shook her head, she had to focus on following and finding out who this guy was, then she'd get her revenge. Spotting an older style lantern Chloe quickly claimed it, turning it on with her lighter before picking it up and following the path the figure took. She leapt down the hole and made her way out of the mines and into the snow.
"Oh fuck." She muttered as the cold finally bit at her.
But then she saw it, a strange large building in the distance, she could just make out the man she saw earlier, walking up the path towards it.
"Jesus..." She whispered to herself. "The fuck is that place?"
She slowly, carefully began to follow the path herself.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.