NOTE: In the Silent Hill Universe, there are many different kinds of endings. There are good endings, bad endings, and all of those in between. The ending all depends on what you do and how you do it. The choices you make affect your outcome. What you do now changes what you did before and what you will do after. This fanfic ended with a normal ending. If this story were one of the Silent Hill games, these two chapters would be the bad ending.

March 4, 2003

Midwestern USA

Noon

With the last of his strength, Billy loaded the final crate onto the flatbed truck. He exhaled deeply and wiped the sweat off his face before giving the driver the thumbs up, signaling that he had finished loading. The truck honked in response as it pulled out onto the road ahead and drove away. Billy collapsed down onto a the ground below him, completely exhausted.

"All worn out, Fred?" His friend and co-worker, David, had asked as he sat next to him and lit a cigar. Billy chuckled.

"Yeah." He said back and exhaled. "Freddie Mercury"was his alias. Obviously, it wasn't his real name, but everyone used false names in this business so it really didn't matter. Besides, Queen was one of Billy's favorite bands back in the day. Billy chuckled at that. Oh, his school years. He'd totally forgotten about those times. It felt like it were ages ago, far away in some distant life. Those days back when he had so much freedom, where he could do whatever he wanted and not give a shit about the future. Getting the girls, hanging out with the guys, those really were the days and Billy missed them greatly. It really didn't even compare to his life now.

For nearly five years, Billy had been a drifter, moving here and there for wherever there was a job. It was a hard life, full of hard work and long hours, but what choice did he have? After he was filed "dead", there wasn't much left he could do. The only jobs he could get were private, unofficial work that paid very little and sometimes not at all. Billy had come close to beating the brains out of his "employer" or just simply stealing shit for cash, but he refused every temptation. After what had happened, he no longer wanted to be a criminal. He felt as though he needed to atone for the past. He often helped those he saw in need regardless of whether or not they would even reward him for it. It was just a natural obligation to him. Rebecca had risked a lot to get him "dead", and he wasn't going to have her risk go in vain.

"Rebecca..." Billy thought to himself. Saying that word was strange to him, as if it were some sort of old term from hundreds of years ago that no one ever said anymore. It was the forbidden word, the forbidden name. Not long after splitting ways with Rebecca, Billy had hoped he might just happen to run into her somewhere, but he never did. He really wanted to see her again not only so he could have a great friend back, but also so he could confirm that she was alive for he didn't know for sure and that bothered him greatly. The last time he'd seen her she was heading for that mansion. He should've gone with her, he should've, but she said her team was waiting for her and she looked and sounded much stronger than before, much more grown up than when he'd first met her. He was so appalled by her sudden maturity that he let her go. He figured she could handle herself now and that he should be getting on with his life now. He really didn't want to leave her, but he forced himself to, a decision that had let to great controversy in his head ever since.

"What's up with you?" David asked, grinning.

"Ah, it's nothing." He replied, trying to hide his obvious mental conflict, but David was no fool and refused to surrender.

"Hey, come on, bro, what do you have to hide from your best pal?" Billy sighed.

"Who's that?" He joked and they both laughed. "Well... it's about this girl." He said quickly, not sure of what to say or how to say it. He couldn't give away too much information for he didn't want anyone to know about what had happened back then.

"Oh, really?" He asked, grinning. "Aren't you a little Romeo?" He joked.

"Shut up!" He jokingly shouted which caused both of them to break out in laughter. After a brief period, David went back to his questions.

"So did this bitch dump you or something?"

"Oh, no." Billy quickly replied and then hesitated, thinking hard. "Well, sort of... I don't know."

"Hey, it's alright, man, you should here some of the stories I can tell you about those double x's." He stated, smiling. "Women are one crazy breed of human beings."

"Yeah, no kidding." He joked back, grinning.

"So about that girl..."

"Oh, right." Billy said and stopped. "Well, you see... we met on this train."

"Oh, how romantic." He mocked. Billy rolled his eyes and then continued.

"Anyway, we sort of stayed together for a while after, but she had to go and I let her."

"What, why?" Billy quickly thought of a reason.

"She was busy and just couldn't stick around."

"And... you didn't get her number or anything?"

"Uh... no?" David laughed.

"Wow, man, you sure are pathetic." He stated. "You know her name, right? Here's what you do: Get a phone book, look up her name, and there you go, mystery solved." He finished, laughing. Billy grinned. That idea wasn't new to him, but it was rather tempting nevertheless. Though if he were to just go and see her randomly out of the blue like that, he really wasn't sure how that would even go. What would she say? Would she talk to him? Would she even remember? Billy wasn't sure of the answer to any of those questions, but he knew that just doing shit work every day really wasn't his thing. Maybe she could help him, well, just seeing her again would help him more than enough. Regardless of how the outcome might turn out, Billy stood up.

"You're right." He said. "I'll go see her again." And with that, he walked off. "Rebecca Chambers" wasn't exactly the most unique name ever, so he'd have to figure out a way to get his hands on a computer and look her up that way in order to avoid getting the wrong girl. Although it's been so many years, her face was still printed into his mind clearly. If he saw a picture of her, he'd be able to identify her right away.

"Hang on, Rebecca, I'm coming."

Some time later

Billy walked over to the rows of computers and sat down in front of a random one. He sighed briefly as he looked around the area. Being back in a library sure was strange. Billy hadn't been to one of these places since his school days. The atmosphere was nice and he praised the peace and quiet. After that, Billy turned on the computer and logged on. He hadn't been on a computer in a long time so he asked someone nearby what he should do. The woman replied with "Try google." Billy had no idea what that meant, he didn't know what the hell a "google" even was. He thought about what it could mean and came to the conclusion that it must be some sort of a website before too long.

He typed in "www . google . com" and came to a website with a little white rectangle and the word "Search" to the right of it. "So I type something and then I click 'search' and it searches it?"

"Makes sense." He thought and decided to give it a try. He typed in "Rebecca Chambers" and got a bunch of different results of different women. One was an old woman, the other a wedding portrait, another one was of a ten year old girl. "That must be her." He joked, adding to the whole "little girl" joke he'd had with her. He grinned before getting back to business. "Guess I should narrow it down more." He said to himself and went back up to the rectangle adding "STARS" to the text and searched it. Instantly, he got her. It was an official portrait of Rebecca standing in front of the US flag with her uniform on. He recognized her cute, young face and short hair instantly. She looked exactly the way she did when he'd last saw her. Billy stared at the photo for minutes straight as his eyes became slightly watery. It was really nice to see her again. Though a sudden fear jumped up at him. What if she had died?

Billy quickly clicked on the result of her and came to another page. His heart racing with fear and anxiety as the web page slowly loaded. He started reading as soon as the text came up. It talked about her being in the Raccoon STARS and clearly said she was a surviving member of the incident in July '98. Billy sighed deeply with relief and satisfaction to know she'd made it. He smiled and felt very proud of her. He knew she'd be able to make it on her own and he damned himself for getting so worked up and worried about it.

"God, you're more of a girl than she is." He said to himself and laughed softly, trying not to attract attention to himself. He was in a public library and the last thing he he needed right now was to attract unwanted attention. Quickly, Billy looked up her contact information and wrote it down on a piece of paper nearby. As soon as he finished, he dropped the pen, shut off the computer and headed out as fast as he could. She lived quite a ways away, but he had cash and he could easily catch a taxi. He didn't care how much money he would have to spend to get to her, he was getting to her now, today.

Billy's heart became warm with excitement and joy at their upcoming meeting. He really couldn't believe he was going to see her again, it was just such a good feeling, almost too good to be true, but he knew it was true.

Getting a cab wasn't hard at all. He quickly gave the taxi driver the address and he took him onto the route.

That night

The taxi driver was nice enough to drive him all the way to the house itself. Billy paid him quickly before opening the door and stepping out into the cool night air. He looked over at the house. It was a small one floor house in your usual middle class neighborhood. He smiled at the sight for he grew up in a place just like this. He remembered all the times he'd played out in the streets and around the block as a kid. He looked back at the house and was glad to see Rebecca was doing well financially. Looks like being smart and going to college really paid off, huh? The dark sky was lit up with many bright stars, Billy was glad to see such a beautiful sight at such a beautiful moment.

And with that, Billy stood up straight, briefly fixed himself, and headed up the driveway and along the short pathway that led to the front door. He reached for the doorbell; his heart racing with excitement and nervousness.

"Ding dong." The doorbell rang. It wouldn't be long before someone came to the door. There was no going back now. Billy had made his decision and he was going to see it through. He didn't come all this way for nothing.

Just then, the door knob began to twist and the door was pulled open.

"Hello?" A young woman asked as she revealed herself to him. Billy could tell it was her right away. She looked as though she hadn't aged a second since they'd last met. She wore a light pink shirt with blue pants and plain white shoes. She looked very healthy and Billy was glad to see she was doing well. Billy hesitated, not quite sure of how to do this. He'd gone over it plenty of times before in his head, but that still didn't even matter for his high emotional response to seeing her again caused him to forget everything he'd rehearsed to himself. Suddenly, he felt like a high school kid trying to ask out a hot girl he liked.

"Umm hey... Rebecca." He said, abruptly. "Uh, what's... up?" Rebecca gave him a strange stare as if he was talking total nonsense. Billy sighed. "Look, umm, been fantasizing about me, doll face?" He asked, semi quoting his line to her when they'd first met. After a brief couple of seconds, her eyes lit up.

"B-billy?" She shoutingly whispered, unable to catch her breath.

"Rebecca, what's wrong?" To Billy's surprise, that wasn't him who'd said that. It was a voice coming from the inside, a masculine voice. Just then, a young man walked to Rebecca's side and looked at him. He was slightly taller than Rebecca, thin, wore glasses, and had short, dark hair.

"What? A man? Who, who the hell is this guy?" Billy questioned himself, confused.

"Is this a friend of yours, Rebecca?" He asked. Rebecca only managed to barely half nod to that. The man smiled. "Oh, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Edward Douglas, I'm Rebecca's husband."

"H-husband?"

Those words turned into arrows and had pierced Billy's heart. He stood there, motionlessly. His solid, cold gaze set on Rebecca. He looked at her as if to ask her if it was true and she nodded her head slowly yet surely in confirmation. He could see her eyes get watery, but he did not alter himself at all and, just as she stepped forward toward him, he spun around and headed off.

"Billy!" She shouted out to him, but he ignored her entirely and continued his sudden withdrawal. He couldn't believe this, he couldn't believe any of it. She met someone? She got married? It was nonsense, it was totally and utterly absurd, impossible, but it was true. He knew it was, he could tell when that man had answered the door and had greeted himself as so. He could tell when he looked back at Rebecca and saw her confirm it.

It was over, he was too late. Maybe, if he'd just come back sooner, maybe he could've gotten to her first, maybe he could've been the one in there, not him. If only he'd hadn't been such a coward, if only he'd just come out here and talked to her, if only... if only...

Suddenly, that sadness turned into jealousy, and through jealousy turned into anger.

He could hear her get close behind him and felt her hand touch is shoulder. Billy threw the hand off in rebellion.

"Billy, please!" She shouted. "Just let me explain!" Billy spun around and faced her, his eyes wide.

"Explain what, Rebecca!?" He questioned. "That you met someone else and married him!?"

"I thought you were dead."

"I am dead!" He shouted back in fury.

"Don't talk to my wife like that!" Rebecca's husband, Edward, shouted to him as he walked passed her and confronted him.

"Your wife?" Billy stared at the guy in disbelief at what he'd said. "Who the hell does this guy think he is? Who saved her life? Who threw himself away to protect her? Who took care of her and shielded her when no one else did? Who the fuck are you to call her 'your' wife?"

Billy was overcome with fury and rage. With no more self control left, he grabbed the man by his shirt collar and punched him in the face with his opposite hand as hard as he could. The man fell to the ground.

"No!" Rebecca shouted. "Billy, stop!" She tried to break it up, but Billy threw her aside as he faced the man again. The man tried to defend himself, but he had no chance for Billy was an Ex-Marine and countered everything the man threw at him and then continued to beat the living hell out of him. He couldn't control himself, it was as if something had just snapped inside of him, as if he'd lost his sense of reason.

"Edward!" Rebecca shouted. When Billy heard her scream his name, his anger only increased. He dropped the bloody, beaten body and faced her.

"You love him?" He questioned. "After all we did together, after all we went through, you love him!?"

"Billy, please understand!" She shouted. "Stop this!"

"How could you do this to me?!" He shoutingly questioned. "After all I did for you this is how you repay me!?"

"Billy, listen!" She yelled. "I didn't mean this to happen."

Those words only furthered his anger as he began to approach her.

"Billy, please!" She shouted. "Don't do this!" No thing nor no one could stop him now. Rebecca tried to get back, but Billy grabbed her and brought her in front of him. He looked at her, stared at her frightened state. She looked so scared and vulnerable, how pathetic. Billy gave her a cold, heartless stare. She was no longer Rebecca, she was a traitor. She'd betrayed him, she'd stabbed him in the back. There was only one thing he could do to a traitor like this, and he, of all people, knew very well...