Warnings: Errors, OOCness, 2 P.O.V.s, and Probably-Not-So-Long-Ish chapter.
I was gonna update this yesterday but I had a horrible headache. I had another headache today but it recently just went away after taking, like, 3 pills (yesterday, they didn't work at all, really). This was going to be the chapter where Chris goes with the stranger to go find Josh but I decided to hold that off until the next chapter for sure. This chapter is just all about most of the gang meeting the stranger.
Now, enjoy the chapter, my friends! XD
[Hazel's P.O.V.]
I am still so damn confused about what's going on. Who the hell is knocking on the door? Maybe it was Matt? Couldn't be Josh cause he's locked up in the shed because of these bitches who can't take a fucking prank, and also left alone since Mike is fucking here; I'll kick his ass for that later, and it couldn't be Jess because apparently something has happened to her. Could be Matt...but he would probably say something while knocking so maybe it isn't him. Who the fuck is it that is knocking? The knocking on the door continued.
"Who the fuck can that be?" Mike whispered. That's exactly what I'm thinking.
"Josh?" Ashley suggested. I gave her a look. Does she seriously think that Mike let Josh go and that Josh isn't locked in the shed still, but knocking on the door? Like seriously? She noticed the look I was giving her and she rubbed the back of her head, looking away from me.
"Jess?" Chris suggested.
Mike looked at Chris. "It's not Jess."
"Sorry, man. But...who is it?" Chris wondered lowly.
"I don't know," Mike whispered. He was probably going to say something else but I spoke before him.
"Why don't you two manly men go find out?" I suggested in a whisper, crossing my arms. Mike nodded.
Chris touched Mike's shoulder. "I got your back."
"Good," Mike responded. I watched as Mike and Chris headed over to the door across the staircase from us.
[Chris's P.O.V.]
Mike pointed his gun at the door. I stood beside him. On the other side of the door stood someone that didn't look like any of our other friends from what I could tell.
"Okay," I said, looking at Mike. "I'm gonna open the door. You ready?"
"Uh huh," I barely heard him mumble as I looked away.
I asked again anyways, just to be sure. "You ready?" I saw he nodded from the corner of my eye. I hesitated to open the door. I jumped when Mike spoke up.
"Just do it already. Whoever it is has probably gone by now," he stated. What is he talking about? The guy is still there. I can see him through the blinds covering the door. He should've said that more sarcastically.
I didn't want to open the door to begin with. "Unless you want me to take the gun."
Mike protested. "No, no, no. I think that's less good. You do the door. I got the gun."
I put my hand on the door knob and my body against the door. I slowly started to open it but the guy pushed against the door and it swung open as I landed on my back on the damn floor. "Shit!" I started to get up as a man wearing thick clothing and carrying a flamethrower walked inside.
Mike backed away from him a tad. "Ah! Ho-Hold on there! Hold on there, mister." Mike had the gun pointed at the stranger. "Freeze-" The stranger snatched the gun from Mike's hand. "Ahh! What the-!" Mike started to back away from him more and so did I. "Alright, alright. Just...take it easy, grandpa." The stranger did look a bit old.
The stranger closed the door. He started talking. "Okay. Everybody just calm down." He moved towards us. "Now, just move over there." He gestured over to where the girls were. "Go on, move! Let me say what I came to say." Mike and I went right towards where the girls were with the stranger following us. He continued to talk. "I'm here to tell you what you're up against being back on this mountain. You should never have returned." He walked over to the fire and placed a bag down. "I don't know why you did after what happened last year."
"You mean with Hannah and Beth?" Ashley asked.
"Please...don't mention them, please..." Hazel mumbled. "Unless you want to see crazy Hazel again possibly..."
"Sorry," Ashley whispered in apology to her younger sister.
"How could you know without being involved-" I started to say.
"Or responsible?" Sam finished.
"You hold onto your horses. I don't take kindly to you kids coming up here to my mountain-" the stranger started telling us.
"Your mountain?" Mike questioned. "I'm sure the Washingtons would be very surprised to hear that."
The stranger chuckled. "Well, this mountain don't belong to me, it's true, but it don't belong to the Washingtons. This mountain belongs to the Wendigo."
"Wendigo?" Hazel wondered.
"Who?" I chuckled out. This guy is crazy.
"What the hell's a Wendigo?" Mike asked.
"Let's hear him out," Sam told us.
Hazel nodded in agreement. "Yeah. I want to hear more about these...Wendigo things."
"Not like we have a choice," Mike commented, sighing.
"Now, I'm only going to tell you this once. It doesn't matter to me if you believe it or not," the stranger said. "I got reasons I want to...get it off my chest."
"See? I told you! He's guilty as shit! Guilty of something!" Mike exclaimed. He has his arms crossed.
"Shh, shut up, Mike," Sam hushed him.
The stranger turned his back to us. "There is a curse that dwells in these mountains. Should any man or woman resort to cannibalism in these woods, the spirit of the Wendigo shall be unleashed."
"Oh crap," I heard Mike mumbled. He believes this?
"You're going to need to find somewhere safe," the stranger told us.
"The basement might be okay," Sam suggested.
"Okay. Get down there, now. All of you and wait," the stranger said.
"What? Why? For how long?" Sam asked.
"Until dawn," Emily answered.
"Guys... I ran off and left Josh when I heard screaming," Mike told all of us.
"No shit," Hazel commented, getting up from where she was and hitting him in the arm. "What the fuck were you thinking, Mike!? You should have stayed with him regardless of what you fucking heard!"
"Jeez, Hazel, I'm sorry, alright? It's weird seeing you pissed off like this," Mike said, looking at her.
"Yeah, well, a different kind of Hazel was created after what happened last year, Mike." Hazel turned away from him with her arms crossed and she rolled her eyes.
"Where did you leave him?" the stranger asked Mike.
"In the shed," Mike stated.
The stranger nodded. "Your friend will already be dead."
"What?!" Hazel yelled, her eyes widening in horror.
"No..." I stood up. "No... He can't be... We were just with him!"
Ashley rushed to Hazel's side. "Calm down, Hazel. Relax. Focus on something else."
"How the hell am I suppose to focus on something else?!" Hazel yelled. "My boyfriend might be dead because-" She pointed at Mike. "-This jackass abandoned him in a shed!" Hazel looked like she was close to hyperventilating and close to crying; Ashley & Sam made her sit on the couch, both of them trying to calm her down to prevent those things from occurring.
I shook my head. Josh couldn't be dead. "Man, Josh can't be dead. We were just with him." He's my best friend and he is going to be a father. His kid can't live without his father... I don't like it when that happens to someone.
"A lot can happen quickly on this mountain," the stranger stated.
"No." I refuse to let Josh die if he is still alive. "I'm gonna go get him."
"Y-You are?" Hazel asked me, staring at me with tear filled eyes.
"You can't go out there, Chris!" Ashley exclaimed. She was also looking at me. Hell, everyone was looking at me.
"I'm suppose to be his best friend and I let him down," I told her and everyone else.
"No. He let you down, Chris. He let us all down," Ashley said.
"I don't care. I'm going to get him," I said. "And I'm not letting his kid live without his father."
"What?" Mike asked, confused.
"Hazel's pregnant," Sam told him.
Mike's eyes, and Hazel's, widened. "Seriously?" Mike questioned.
"Y-Yeah, I-I am," Hazel said. "D-Did I tell you guys that while I was...all loony?" All of us, minus the stranger and Mike, nodded. "O-Okay then." She looked at Ashley and hesitated to speak. "Since...you think Josh let all of you guys down...do you think that I have also done so?"
Ashley looked at Hazel. "You're my little sister, Hazel. Yes, you kind of let me down by helping Josh with the prank but I could never hate you. Though, I am still quite pissed that you helped Josh with the prank."
Hazel sighed and frowned a little. "I'm sorry... We just needed something else to help us cope with what happened... Therapy wasn't helping him much and I know it wouldn't have helped me... Revenge was the best thing we could come up with... I'm really sorry and I am sure Josh is too...if he isn't crazy like I was earlier."
Sam hugged Hazel. "We all make mistakes... I, for one, forgive you for pranking us. I guess we did kind of deserve it." Hazel half-smiled.
"I know you are having a moment and all, but if you want to rescue your friend, you might want to start moving," the stranger said. I looked at him and he looked at me. "I'll go with you."
"I don't need your help," I stated.
"Going alone is suicide," the stranger replied, not taking no for an answer.
"Fine," I said, shrugging a bit.
"The rest of you get down to the basement. Be safe," the stranger instructed. "Don't go outside again until we're back." He moved closer to us and he looked me in the eye. "You don't seem to understand the magnitude of the situation."
"Well, I'm going to get Josh, aren't I?" I questioned.
"No, I'm going to get Josh. You're going to help me. Do you understand?" the stranger asked.
"...Uh... Yeah... I think so..." I answered.
"You need to follow me and do everything I tell you," the stranger said. I nodded and he started heading off. I followed him.
"...Bring Josh back alive please..." I heard Hazel say as I walked away. If only I could promise her that I would... If I come back without him...she'll be so upset and be so mad at me... I'd be mad at myself, actually.
I followed the stranger to a different door of the lodge and not the one he had entered from. It was the way I had took when I went to find Josh and Ashley earlier. The stranger handed me a shotgun. He pointed towards the end of it. "This is the end you point towards the thing you want to kill."
"I know how to use a shotgun, man," I told him.
"No, you don't," the stranger remarked.
"What?" I looked at the shotgun. "How do you know?"
"Trust me. I know," he replied. What the hell? Has he been watching us the whole time? He opened the door and I turned around as I heard footsteps approaching where we were.
It was Ashley. "Hey... Come back safe." She approached me and she kissed me. I blushed a little as she pulled away.
"We need to hurry, son," the stranger said.
I continued blushing. "I uh..." I nodded at Ashley. "I'll see you soon." I walked out of the lodge and Ashley closed the door behind me. I moved to stand beside the stranger. "So... So tell me. You're the expert on these 'things'. What's uh... What's a guy gotta know?"
"You just be careful. You follow my lead." The stranger started heading down the steps. That really didn't fucking help. I need info on these things! I'm...going to fucking die, aren't I...?
This has been another chapter of "My Mental Lover". I really hope you enjoyed it. I stayed up 2 hours later than I wanted to so I could post this chapter tonight. Yay... I am so damn tired. I expect a hug from you guys for this XD I did my very best with this and I apologize if I fucked up on anything at all.
So, now Chris is finally going to go and try to save Josh. If you've played the game or seen a playthrough, you already know what is going to happen, but you guys are probably more interested in what's gonna happen when Hazel finds out Josh isn't with Chris and is in the hands of the Wendigo. Some shit is gonna go down in the next chapter, biotches. Lol. XP
Leave a review if you enjoyed and I'll see ya next time. *tosses cookies all around*