*Sam's POV*
Mike and I were looking to see where the Wendigos come from. We continued down the dark cave of the mines then we stopped by the water and another path.
"We should go to the path on the left," I suggested.
Mike nodded as he and I went down the path and saw a watch on the ground. I picked it up and saw it was awfully familiar. I turned to Mike in shock as I showed him the watch.
"This is Beth's," I gasped. "This is her watch. Who dug her up?"
Mike shrugged before I put down Beth's watch before we went down to the water. It was fucking freezing!
"It's like there weren't any sharks or anything," Mike joked.
I saw two paths. One seemed to lead to another platform on the left and the other seemed go straight ahead. I went to the one on the left, shaking my head at Mike's words.
"Sharks?" I gasped. "Great. Thank you."
He laughed a little at my reaction to his sarcasm. He can be a bit of a jerk but I started to have some kind of connection to him, like a crush almost. It seemed to ease my worries but only temporally before I got up on the platform as well as Mike.
I saw a journal on the floor and decided to take a peek at it. This wasn't good at all. Not at all.
"This is Hannah's diary," I exclaims before beginning to read it.
My little sister is dead. The fall killed her... I watched the color drain from her face.
My leg is broken
I'm all alone, stuck here with Beth's body.
Someone will come soon.
Oh shit! No one came to save them from the mines and Beth was already dead? Fucking shit! Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!
I've never been so HUNGRY. It feels like my stomach is twisting around inside.
I took Beth's sweater. Much warmer now. She's still looking out for me.
I only began to hope that it would end on a more happier note. Mike continued to peek through my shoulder to read what I was reading. I turned to the next page and read it out loud.
I'm sorry Beth. I have no choice. I'm DYING.
It's the only way I can survive any more. If someone finds this I'm SORRY. I had to. I had no choice.
Forgive me Beth.
I'm sorry.
My hands feel unclean. My nails fell out PUSHED OUT. I am aching but no more COLD. NO PAIN.
I am getting stronger.
HUNGRY HUNGER...
This was starting to make sense. Hannah went cannibalistic! I stood up and turned to Mike, sure that what I had seen was true.
"That makes sense," I said. "Hannah dug up Beth. She must have been starving for days, weeks."
"Oh shit," Mike whispered. "I don't believe any of this."
I shook my head at him, convinced that it was true. Who else would dig up Beth?
Now that I was sure about this, I knew that there was one person who maybe needed to know about this.
"We need to find Josh right now," I said.
Mike nodded as we headed back into the water and went to find Josh.
*Mike's POV*
I followed Sam down into the water before it got deeper.
"It's getting deeper," I whispered.
It suddenly began to feel less shallow and Sam and I got up to the ground. I was freezing and already looking at Sam, I could tell she was freezing too.
I suddenly remembered that when I went with Chris to tie Josh and Imigie up in the shed and Sam only mentioned Josh.
"Imigie must be with Josh," I told Sam.
She gasped in shock. I knew she would want to find her friends again.
"We need to find them, now!" Sam insisted as she went to the door and opened it.
Out came some water and a head that looked bloodied, scarred and dead. Sam screamed and I gasped at the horrible sight.
This had to be the flamethrower guy! This was Imigie's uncle. How on earth was she gonna take this?
Sam and I slowly walked inside of what was behind the door. Unfortunately, the worst was bound to come for us. We saw a body hanging from a hook. This was definitely the flamethrower guy.
Sam gasped as she covered her stomach, probably trying to hold back her vomit. My stomach turned at the sight of the body.
"I'm gonna be sick," I said, preparing to throw up.
Surprisingly, I didn't throw up. I was still traumatized at seeing the Yangon body and the scarred face though.
"Someone's been here," Sam said, pointing to some broken glass.
I examined it closely then saw it must have been a goblet. Someone else came this way but who?
"This can't be Imigie," I told Sam, eyeing her. "She's with Josh."
She nodded then stood as up as I followed her further down in this place. I suddenly heard something.
Sam peered through the wood then signaled me to come and look.
"There's someone there," she said.
I looked through the wood then saw two people. One was a young man who looked like he was tripping. The other one was a young woman who looked like she was crying. Their features suddenly were more recognizable.
"It's Josh and Imigie!" I said.
"You can't tell me what to do anymore!" I heard Josh cry. "You can't tell me what do!"
Holy shit, poor Josh. Sam and I opened the gate then came beside the two.
"I trust you, I trust you, I trust you," Josh said more calmly but I was sure he wasn't talking to us nor Imigie.
"He's tripping," I said to Sam who was comforting Imigie.
Josh was in his own fucked up world and I knew I had to snap him out of it. I lifted a hand up then slapped him, hoping that would help. Josh looked at me in a daze then seemed to recognize me.
"M-Mike?" he stuttered. "D-don't hit me please?"
"You were deep in it man," I replied. "Full mental jacket."
Imigie seemed to stop crying then too turned to me and Sam.
"Thanks for finding us," she said more happily now. "I could have gone out of here with him earlier but he was in his tormented mind and I was afraid that would get us both killed."
"We didn't think we'd get you two back," Sam said, looking at her two close friends.
She then turned to Josh and I knew what she was gonna ask him.
"Josh, do you have any keys for the cable car?" she asked.
Josh fished through his pockets then picked up something and gave it to Sam.
"Hannah was down here for weeks," Sam began but I shook my head.
"I don't think this is the time," I interrupted her. "We gotta get out of here."
"Guys," Imigie said. "I told him about what happened with Hannah and Beth."
Sam and I looked at her in shock. How the hell did she know?
"You found Hannah's diary too?" I asked. "Weren't you with Josh?"
"Josh and I somehow got separated," she replied. "I found Beth's watch. Hannah became a Wendigo. And I found my uncle's dead body."
My heart sunk for her. After Chris told us what happened to him, I knew his niece would be devastated.
"Chris said the Wendigo killed your uncle in front of him," Sam told her sadly. "I'm so sorry for your loss."
The two girls began to hug but I felt extremely unsafe down here as well as impatient.
"We need to get out of here," I said.
The others agreed as we walked to a rock wall mountain. Sam and Imigie would easily climb up there but I had a feeling Imigie wouldn't want to leave Josh.
"Josh won't be able to make it up there," I said.
Imigie helped Sam up the rock wall. Damn, that girl was strong.
"I'm not leaving Josh," Imigie said in a serious tone.
Sam turned to her then nodded before she turned back to the rock wall she was about to climb.
"You guys should head back the way we came from," she said. "I'm gonna check the others to make sure we're alright."
Suddenly, I saw a dark blue mist make its way to me, Sam, Josh and to Imigie. What the hell is this?
"What's this mist?" I asked.
"It's my shield at use to protect all of you and the lodge," Imigie replied. "I'm a little different but I'll explain it when we get the hell out of here."
We all nodded as Sam climbed up the wall and we walked from the rock wall to the way I came from with Sam.
