Chapter 12: Terrible ideas

Stephen Dolan, Ralph White, Shisha No Hanta...It didn't matter what his name was because to most he was the Dead Hunter, one of the most terrifying mercenaries to have ever walked the earth, he has completed missions in North Korea, Cambodia Afghanistan. Nobody knew where he came from or how he got his power but everyone had their own theories. He was a myth in the mercenary community, someone who comes and goes as he pleases, leaving nothing but destruction behind him.

Stephen was walking through a train station, he had dyed his hair white and wore a purple shirt with grey trousers. He had managed to escape his cell when Doctor Sleep appeared but he didn't want to go back, he wanted to go into hiding. He bought his ticket and knew that people were looking for him. He walked through the metal detectors and smiled, he used his powers to slightly disrupt the machines and letting him in. As he went to buy a coffee, he saw a familiar face looking for him...Marcus. Stephen knew it would be wise to avoid him so he walked away but Marcus noticed.

"Stephen?" Marcus asked as he ran towards the white haired man.

"Forget me." Stephen said as he turned around, using his powers to twist Marcus' insides, he stared at the detective and was impressed for finding him but he then caused a coffee cart to collapse and spill coffee everywhere. He pushed Marcus back and disappeared into the crowd as Marcus went looking for him through panicking people.

He walked down the corridor, the station was fairly empty which he didn't like, he wanted to blend into a crowd but he would make do. As he walked down the corridor, he felt a strange presence, the whole room went cold and the lights flickered before shutting off.

Stephen turned around, curious about what was happening. He reached into his bag and held onto the pistol he had hidden in there. He walked towards a figure stood at the end of the corridor, staring at him.

"Who are you?" Stephen asked.

The walked towards him, very slowly but fast enough to still make Stephen suspicious. He pulled out the pistol and aimed at the figure as he started to run but the gun started to heat up and Stephen dropped it, it smashed like glass when it hit the ground.

"Who the fuck are you?" Stephen asked as he used his powers to create a barrier to stop the figure but that failed and Stephen was thrown down the corridor, flying down it he turned around and was caught by the figure. It was Doctor Sleep and as Stephen looked around, he wasn't in the train station anymore.

Doctor Sleep threw Stephen across the room and he hit the ground. He tried to get up but as he looked around, he realised where he was...He was back in the Overlook hotel, he tried to get up, looking around the lobby but as he did, an army of Damned soldiers burst in and surrounded him. Stephen looked around, he had thirty guns pointed at him, he was going to fight but before he could, he saw Edward Chow walk into the room wit Kathleen.

"Dead Hunter...Remember me?" Edward Chow said as he saw Stephen for the first time in a while.

"I thought Nastavnik was bringing him here?" Kathleen whispered to Chow.

"Change of plan." Edward Chow whispered back. He walked towards Stephen who was trying to work out what was going on.

"Chow? You look good despite the mask." Stephen said but Chow took him by the throat and raised him into the air.

"I have you now Dead Hunter." Edward Chow said. Underneath his helmet there was a hellish grin.

X

Carrie was in an old gym that had been abandoned, it shut down because the owners wanted to leave the neighbourhood. Carrie was hitting the punching bag as hard as she could but she ended up getting sucked into the darkness that was her mind. She was angry at herself and she was angry at everyone else, she was just angry.

"It's not your fault he got out, nothing could have been done." Dave said as he walked into the gym. Carrie turned around and looked at him, still angry about what had happened.

"What do we do? Alex wants to get Sue and Stephen is gone and Danny...Is…." Carrie explained, she went to finish but couldn't, she kept thinking of Danny and what could be happening to him.

"I've asked Marcus to get Stephen, me and Alex are going to the island...We think you should come with us." Dave explained but Carrie wasn't having any of it, she wanted blood.

"And forget about Danny?" Carrie asked. She wanted Stephens head on a spike but Danny was her friend, more than that...She couldn't forget about him.

"Odds are, he's in the Overlook hotel which is flooded with soldiers….We can't go there, it's suicide." Dave explained.

"I think I know where I can get an army." Carrie explained. She had an idea and knew it was terrible but it was her only choice despite how stupid it was.

X

Carrie had sent Dave and Alex to the island, they were going to make their own way there but Carrie wasn't sure how, she didn't want to know. Dave and Alex knew how to conduct stealth missions, it was their thing and Carrie knew she wasn't the most subtle person out there. She was flying to a small cinema that had been shut down and taken over by criminals. She knew where the army was and she knew this was a terrible idea but she was running out of ideas.

Carrie flew towards the roof, she had been noticed but that didn't stop her. She forced part of the roof to collapse and she flew through and landed in the cinema. She got up and looked around, there was at least fifteen soldiers running towards her, trying to load their guns. Carrie pushed them back, throwing them into the wall and forcing a large set of doors infront of her to open.

She walked into the room where Valerie was sat, sharpening her sword and looking at Carrie as she entered. As she walked in, some of the guards got their guns ready but they knew better than to get involved. Valerie jumped out of her seat and walked towards Carrie.

"Now what do you want?" Valerie asked as she put the sword to Carries throat. Carrie looked at the blade as the metal started to bend towards the ground.

"I have a proposal for you." Carrie said. She was screaming at herself, last time she pulled a stunt like this people died, good people...She really didn't want to but she needed help getting there.

"Which is?" Paul asked as he walked into the room with two hungry attack dogs. They were growling at anything that wasn't them, Paul looked at Carrie and smiled.

"I need an army at attack the Overlook hotel." Carrie said, admitting to herself that the idea was terrible.

"They've got new owners, more powerful owners." Paul explained, he was laughing as he said it.

"Carrie...We need to talk." Nastavnik said as he walked into the room. Carrie looked at him, shocked to see him there.

"What's...What the fuck is going on?" Carrie asked.

"I've been sent here to fetch Dead Hunter for Edward Chow but there are rumours that he has already been captured." Nastavnik explained as he walked towards Carrie, she was skeptical and wanted to break his neck.

"So why are you here? Why send you?" Carrie asked.

"Edward Chow never put all of his eggs into one basket, he used to send multiple people on the same mission...He didn't trust many people." Nastavnik explained.

"Sounds like an idiot." Carrie said.

"He thought I would run so he sent his lieutenant with me but...We've taken care of that." Nastavnik explained.

"We're going to launch an attack, we're going to burn them." Paul explained.

"With a group of criminals?" Carrie asked, chuckling at the idea.

"We have our secret weapon." Nastavnik said.

Nastavnik and Paul took Carrie into a small room where the man in the red suit was sat, he wasn't wearing a shirt which revealed his tattoo covered chest, his whole body was covered in scars but he just stared at the floor and remained silent. Paul explained that he killed thirteen men before they subdued him and then he just stayed like that, taking everything and not even reacting.

Carrie looked at him and as she stepped closer, he raised his head. Nastavnik and Paul were shocked as they looked at the man, his eyes suddenly turned blue as he looked at Carrie.

"Carrie White….Your father is waiting for you….He wants to see you….The end is coming." The man said, he sounded more like Danny as he said it.

"Danny?" Carrie asked as she looked at him, her eyes started to get a little teary as she thought at him but then there was a flash of light.

Carrie woke up to find herself in one of the Overlook hotel rooms, she looked around and felt like she was hungover, everything thing was spinning and her head felt like it had been hit by a bat. She fell off the bed and tried to snap herself out of it but as she did, she saw Danny stood across her.

"Danny?" Carrie asked as she got up, her heart stopped as her smiled as her.

"Hello Carrie." Danny said as he walked over to her. He was dressed in a grey suit and looked better than he ever had. His brown hair was short and he didn't have any patchy stubble for once, he seemed happy.

Danny walked towards her and took her into his arms. Carrie felt relaxed, it was like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders and all the pain had been taken away but that was the problem, Carrie couldn't remember her objective.

X

Nastavnik and Paul were looking at the man in the red suit, his eyes were glowing blue and energy poured from his body.

"What have I done?" Nastavnik said to himself. He knew what he had done, he was sent to someone he knew would be able to help him find Stephen but that was just a lie, he was a Trojan horse, he was a fool and he was angry at himself for falling for such a childish trap.

"You've taken us straight to our enemy." The man in the red suit screamed as blue energy poured out of him, it made its way around the building, creating portals which allowed the Damned to flood through.

"Come on boys." Paul said as he let his dogs off the leash to attack the man but they were vapourised by the energy. The man stood up, his wounds were healed by the blue energy that fell out of his body, he was no longer a man.

X

Stephen was stood in a field outside the hotel. He was only wearing trousers and his body was heavily bruised and cut, he stood there in silence as Edward Chow walked towards him with his sister next to him. Stephen looked at her, she tried to avoid looking at him but he was afraid, more afraid than he had ever been mainly because of her. Stephen had spent the last few hours being beaten and tortured, not for information but for the sake of it which made it worse, no hope of it stopping. He looked at the maze in front of him but tried to do anything.

"Start walking." Edward Chow said as he pushed Stephen forward. He walked towards the maze, clearly worried about what was inside but he tried not to show it. Edward Chow kept behind him, both men knew what was coming...the execution.

Well I hope you enjoyed so please review. So, what will happen to Stephen? What is happening to Carrie and has she made the wrong choice not going with Dave and Alex? What about Nastavnik? Should he have fallen for that? Is someone playing them like puppets or is it something far more insane. Until next time, have fun.