Chapter 36: Silent Hill's Tourist Stops
Let's get back to our original cast while the newbies deal with Lakeview Hotel...god help them. Enjoy!
Silent Hill's Rosewater Park
"Alright team we just spent what seemed like an hour waiting for something to happen here, and saying that out loud makes me feel pretty sad. All in favor of moving on say aye." Alex dully said
"Aye!" Everyone exclaimed
"Like Aye!" Angela energetically said
"Okay so James you mentioned a hospital, and from what you have explained it seems to be our only option at this point, do you know the way?" Alex asked
"Of course." James assured
"James like, oh my god! You're like, so totally cool right now." Angela complimented happily
"Uh~ thanks...?" James said still getting use to Angela's sudden Valley girl accent
"Okay seriously Angela you've been talking like that ever since Laura gave you her wands. Is this...forced like Alessa's meows, or are you faking it like James?" Elle asked
"I don't fake it!" James argued
He was ignored.
"How come my speech wasn't changed when I transformed?" Heather asked herself
"And mine!" Laura quickly added
"I so~ can't control it, and for some reason I feel super chipper all of a sudden." Angela explained rather cheerfully
"It's gonna be lo~ng day." Alex muttered to himself
Half an hour ago (Right around the time Eric was on the Little Baroness)
Due to extreme boredom from Laura herself who was forbidden to use her overly powered spells, she decided to give up her powers even though she could have just as easily sucked the grownups into a black hole, and take care of everything herself. Yet she was still undecided as to who to give her wands too, in fact everyone was once she announced her intentions. After Douglas, Cynthia, Christopher, and Wheeler where given the quick explanation of how a little girl was given so much power, they all wanted it as well. However they wanted to be fair, but ultimately it was Laura who had the final say in all this.
"Okay I have a game we could play!" Laura suddenly announced
"Is it the 'give James the wand because he's super awesome game'?" James asked
"...No! It's actually quite simple really. I'm gonna write a number on a piece of paper, and it's your job to guess what it is. The one who get's it right, or who's number is closest to what I'm thinking wins." Laura explained.
"Really? Sounds like you haven't put much thought into it. In fact I'm pretty sure you just made it up on the spot." Cybil said
"Well what can we do here! You tell me." Laura exclaimed
"She has a point. Anything else, and we're just asking for trouble." Lisa said
"Besides nothing has happened in this park ever since we heard that loud boat whistle. If we're going to stay here we might as well have some fun." Heather said
"Exactly, so I'm gonna be needing a pen, and paper please." Laura said extending her hand.
Cybil simply shrugged to herself, and handed Laura what she wanted.
"This is pointless. It's not gonna change anything." Angela glumly remarked
"Or it could change everything! Geez, will it kill you to be the slightest bit happy." Maria defended
"I think it could kill me a little inside yes." Angela admitted
"Whatever! On your mark, get set, go!" Laura cried out
"Go? Go where?" Christopher asked
"I don't know, go stand on that grass while I think of something!" Laura ordered
Everyone simply stared silently, but reluctantly walked towards the nearby lawn, and began looking for a specially long blade of grass.
"Geez, don't get too excited everyone." Laura sarcastically grumbled
"I fail to see the fun in this." Henry said
"That's because it takes effort in your part to make it fun." Douglas said
"I think she just wants to control us for the time being." Harry whispered
"It's possible..." Cybil said
"Well at least no one is watching us do this." Eileen assure, in an attempt to lift everyone's spirit.
"Yeah, I've been caught doing way more naughtier stuff before anyways." Cynthia assured
"And now my imagination is forcing images into my head of what you just said...great." Henry dully said
"And hearing you say that is making me do the same thing." Douglas said
"It's contagious apparently." Travis said, now doing the same imagining
"It doesn't have to be if you can control yourself, and it will help if you don't talk about it too." Elle said
"Are we really doing this, just so we can become the next weirdo." Alex complained
"Well why are you following along?" James asked
"...She has a black hole in that wand of hers. I can take threats with a power tool drilling me, or a loaded gun to the head, but a black hole is where I draw the line." Alex said
"Hey do you think if she kept it growing long enough it could suck the world into it as well?" James asked
"I'd rather not give her any ideas, and you shouldn't either." Alex warned
"Okay I'm done!" Laura cried out, while hiding the number she wrote under her hat.
"So let the guessing game begin. Who's going first?" Alex said
"I think the one who least wants it should go first, so the rest have a better shot." Henry said, glancing at Alex while doing so
Alex understood the message, and took a step forward
"Any rules?" Alex simply asked
"You get one turn, and it's between 1, and 100." Laura explained
"So I got a 1 to infinity chance of getting it right? I'm feeling lucky then. I'll go first." Alex said
"So what's your number?" Laura said
"I'm leaning towards...12" Alex randomly guessed with little care
"...Well that's wrong." Laura said in a same, but mocking tone
"Well darn then." Alex simply said, shrugged, then retreated
"I'm going next! Is the number...42" Henry called out
"Why would it be that?" Laura asked
"Oh just a hunch..." Henry simply said
"Well it's wrong." Laura said
"Well that just makes me want to go to a corner, and feel bad." Henry dully said
"I guess I'll go next...is the number 7?" Douglas said
"No." Laura simply said
"But it's a lucky number! You always win with that number." Douglas complained
"Yeah, if we were gambling." Wheeler corrected
"So I guess my guess of 13 is wrong too then?" Lisa called out
"I'm afraid so." Laura said
"Darn." Lisa said
"It's obvious to me because I'm like a mother to her that the number is 8! Same as your age." Maria cheerfully said
"Sorry, that wasn't it." Laura awkwardly said
"...You don't get a Christmas." Maria pouted
"Can you at least tell us if we're close?" James asked
"Nope, but it will help if I had all your guesses written down...should have thought of that." Laura said
"I'm already doing it." Cybil said showing everyone her notepad.
Written on it were all the numbers called out so far.
"The number is 29!" Heather called out
"...That's the most random number I've heard all day, but it's still wrong." Laura said
"It is the number." Heather said as she was waved her palm from the right, and arced it to the left.
"...It is not." Laura said
"18 is 18 the number." Travis called out
"Nope." Laura said
"That was how many wheels my truck had...I'm getting my truck back after this right?" Travis suddenly asked Alessa
"I hope so." Alessa answered
"...Hope so? You don't know where it is?" Travis said trying his best to stay calm
"I'm sorry!" Alessa quickly apologized
"Negative 67!" James called out
"I said between 1, and 100!" Laura repeated
"21..." Little Walter uttered
"Nope." Laura said
"Aw~" Little Walter muttered in defeat
"23?" Elle said
"Yes!...Just kidding wrong!" Laura teased
"87?" Harry blurted out
"Nope." Laura said
"53?" Alessa spoke out
"No." Laura simply said
"I'm sorry." Alessa apologized
"This is pointless! Is the number 100?" Angela said
Laura pulled the note from under her hat, and showed everyone the answer, it was indeed 100.
"Wha-but, I-..." Angela blurted clearly too stunned for words
"I didn't even get a turn!" Cynthia cried out
"And here I was using the process of elimination..." Cybil said
"Well this is both unexpected, and interesting at the same time." Henry said
"Well I guess to the victor the spoils." Eileen said gracefully accepting defeat
"Wait! Someone hold my knives! I think I'd rather use them anyways, and I don't want them disappearing when I go." Angela said
"I'll do it..." James reluctantly volunteered
"I wanted to use spells more often...I guess it wasn't meant to be." Laura said quickly tossing the wands at Angela before she could bond with them even more so than she already did.
Angela was reluctant to catch at first for fear of what they'll do to her, but at the very last seconds she changed her mind, and caught them just as they were about to fall. The effect was immediate as Laura's witch outfit began to glow white, and peel away bit by bit, and Angela went into a forced trance. To Cynthia, Douglas, Christopher, and Wheeler it was astonishing to see, but to everyone else the flashing lights were an invitation for seizures, and the sheer brightness made it difficult to see, all except James who wore his stolen sunglasses which he recently stopped using all of a sudden. This gave him the chance to view the transformation in a way no one could normally, and he discovered a lot. Like for the most part the brightness is a type of censor bar to hide the fact that at the most part of the beginning of the transformation you're naked. James made a mental note to himself to let everyone know about this as he removed the sunglasses, and trying very hard to keep a poker face.
Angela was levitating, but wasn't spinning as the light enveloped, and circled around her, nor was she seeing the universe in a vision, there weren't even any symbols, or icons moving around her. Instead the transformation was more touch sensitive rather than visually. She felt a force that in her thoughts was not air, it was as if she was underwater feeling the liquid around her. Her senses felt much more heightened, and she was positive that if the light wasn't so blinding she could actually see this new phenomenon, she continued to feel it surrounding her, she could even feel it inside her. Her clothing now took this moment to take shape, the first to start was her shoes which turned to black 50's swing shoe heels, her socks were white, and knee high. Then the force thickened, and solidified around her waist, and spread outwards forming a white poodle skirt reaching just below her knees, the poodle on the skirt, and the belt around her waist were black including the frilly underside of the dress. Her top was a short sleeve v neck white shirt with a matching black poodle, buttons, and it even came with a black silk scarf around her neck. The wands themselves transformed into very lightly tinted black sunglasses with cat eye shaped lens. As her clothes were taking shape the strange, new feeling she felt around her began to grow warm, and for the first time she felt at ease around it. In fact she felt amazing, as if feeling the joys of all the earth all at once, and constant. She knew herself, nor anybody else could even bring her down because she was now above all of that. Soon the light began to slowly dim, but the happy aura around her stayed, and she now felt she had control of her body as her feet touched the ground. She meet her astounded teammates with a big, warm smile, visibly shocking everyone.
"Angela...? How are you feeling?" James was the first to ask
"Like, really super neato!" Angela cheerfully exclaimed
The were several over-dramatic gasps from the group as well as Henry acting as if he was about to faint into Eileen's arms.
"Super what now?" James asked
"Oh you know silly! I'm like a-okay! Totally peachy!" Angela answered again
"Who are you, and what have you done to Angela?" Maria seriously asked
Back to the present
"So we've established for now that you can't stop the way you talk, but what I'm more curious is what your...skill is." Harry said
"Hm~" Angela hummed as she went deep into thought, although from her cheerful expression it was hard to tell whether, or not she was thinking at all.
"We'll figure it out on the way, right now I can't see anything you can use to test whatever you have acquired." Alex said
"I so~ agree!" Angela announced
Everyone else nodded uncomfortably
"...Didn't we have a map of this place a while back?" Cybil asked
"Oh yeah! I think I have it with me somewhere..." Elle said
She grabbed her map from her inventory, and opened it.
"So the hospital is actually pretty close from here...is it really that much of a small town?" Travis asked
"I remembered it being much bigger than this, this may not take as long as last time." Alex said
"Well now that we have a map, let's follow it, and go to that hospital." Heather reluctantly said
The team began walking towards their destination, Lisa being the slowest of the group.
"Lisa you're lagging behind, I thought you of all people would enjoy putting all that abandomed medical junk to good use." Henry called out
"*Sigh* yeah, sure that's it...sorry." Lisa glumly replied
If Henry were a better person he would care about Lisa's sudden depression, but since he already had a girl so the rest he could care less for. So he simply shrugged, and continued walking his normal pace. Angela in the meantime began whistling a happy tune, which for the time being the team tolerated, and Elle was browsing through the rest of the map looking at it like a very interesting novel.
"Oh yeah Angela here take these knives back, I'm getting that weird that I don't like again." James said holding the knives nervously
"Thanks a bunch James!" Angela happily thanked
Angela extended a hand towards James, but just as James was about to walk towards her, one of the knives began to vibrate. He could feel the handle attempting to free itself from his grip, and then it increased it's vibration to that of a violent rumble. James unable to take the sudden throbbing his hand was going through holding it released it. Much to everyone's surprise once they heard James' sudden gasp they saw the knife fly towards Angela's direction handle first. She caught it with her right, and with ease, never losing her warm, friendly face, she didn't even act surprised when it happened.
"Whoa..." was the thing that could come out of James' mouth
"Do that again!" Laura practically ordered
"Alright." Angela said shrugging slightly as if it was no big deal
Using her left hand she called for the second blade the same way Maria would use her hand gesture to get James to come to her side, but instead of being seductive, Angela's gesture felt more playfully, and carefree. James loosened his grip on the handle, not wanting to feel that awkward rumbling feeling again, and the blade flew in a straight form in mid-air, and handle first towards Angela who smile broaden as she saw it coming towards her. Like the first one she caught it with ease, as if she has done it a million times before, and just to show off she gently tossed both blades, and had them hover, and rotate in mid-air just above her chest, her hands open, and ready to catch them once she decided it was time to stop. Her friends looked in mild amusement as the blades now began to perform barrel rolls while maintaining their constant, slow rotation, Angela happily humming to herself, and seeming to be in complete control. Finally she stopped humming, and the blades decided to stop breaking the laws of physics, and allow gravity to take control again. Angela planning it, caught both blades safely, and took a bow signaling the end of her performance, there a brief applause since they all had questions.
"How did you do that?" Douglas asked, scratching his head in confussion
"Like I wanted my knives, and I just did it." Angela answered poorly
"Yeah we know that part, but what did you do to get them to come to you like that! Not to mention have them dancing around all willy nilly like you did!" Heather exclaimed
"I just felt like doing it, so I totally did it. I can't explain it any better than that." Angela assured
"So you called them...with your mind, or something?" Lisa added
"Mind...? Yeah I guess you could say it like that. Magic brain waves~ aho~o~" Angela said following it with a ghostly wail, and wiggling her fingers
"So it's a form of telekinesis then." Eileen said
"Hm~maybe?" Angela answered shrugging, and tilting her head slightly
"Ugh~ it's like she's turn ten all of a sudden." Maria complained
"In the fifties..." Cynthia added
Before Angela could make a cheerful retort there was a sudden spark of static emanating from several radios carried by specific individuals, and coming out of a corner several feet away was a Lying Creature. As the team prepared themselves for a fight they noticed something odd...the Lying Creature wasn't walking walking towards them, but instead walking backwards away from the corner it was hiding on. They waited anxiously, and a much darker duplicate that Alex had identified as the type he has battle before confronted the Lying Creature. They twitched in angry fits at one another and continually bumped heads with each other once they were in reach of one another. It wasn't until they heard the static coming from the teams different radios did they stop fighting one another, and focus their attention at them.
"Okay that was odd...Angela see if you can smash them on the floor repeatedly." Douglas said
"Whoa, stuff like that is served for inhuman deaths, and...who am I kidding these things deserve nothing more. Do it Angela." Heather said
"Like, right away!" Angela assured
Angela focused her new found gift on them with the attention of levitating them off the ground, and pounding them neck first into the ground repeatedly as Douglas described. Unfortunately despite all her attempts, and constant mental begging nothing happened, and the two monsters were almost at spitting distance. Angela losing her patience with plan A decided to go with her own, and new plan B in which she levitated both her knives, and stabbed each of the directly in the chest. They both flinched from pain, but were far from dead so Angela using only her mind continued levitating her knives, and began stabbing them over, and over again leaving many holes. Death came quickly, but painfully to both monsters as they twitched one final time on the floor in a pool of blood.
"Angela what gives?" Heather said
"Wow I'm the center of attention all of a sudden. Lucky me!" Angela said to herself
"Weren't you gonna hammer them to the ground? I really wanted to see that." Harry said
"Sorry, I tried, but nothing came, so I got re~al bored, and like, just flung my knives at them." Angela explained
"Hm~...Angela try levitating Alessa." Henry said
"Well okay, I guess it wouldn't hurt...but I so~ never tried this on a living thing I could like understand so who knows right? Hehehe~ okay I'll get right on it." Angela went on
"I'm sorry! Was it something I did? I'm really sorry!" Alessa quickly growing scared apologized
"Relax Alessa you didn't do anything, and if something does happen we'll be there to make it all better." Travis awkwardly said, he didn't sound very convincing, but at least Alessa began to calm down.
"...Better stand clear...just in case." Alex suggested
"Alex! Nothing is gonna happen!" Elle heatedly said
"Right! Right...nothing bad will happen, Angela take it away." Alex said, but inside he was ready for anything
Angela adjusted the glasses on her slightly, and began to concentrate her happy thoughts of levitating Alessa in a flying position. Several seconds passed, and nothing happened.
"Well aren't you going to do it?" Cybil asked
"I so~ am doing it right now, but she won't like budge, or anything...what's with that?" Angela said while striking the usual confused pose of shrugging, and tilting her head to one side.
"Well I see a defenseless piece of paper just a few feet away from us. Why don't you be a good Samaritan, and crumple that paper, and toss over to that nearby trash can." Douglas suggested
Angela nodded, smiling, and with ease lifted the pointless paper, crumpled it into a ball, and levitated it towards the trash can Douglas mention. Doing a quick little loop-d-loop on the way she managed to place the ball into the trash successfully making Silent Hill .01 percent less horrifying, unfortunately nobody was able to feel the sudden change.
"Oh so a piece of paper is worth more to levitate than Alessa?" Henry suddenly said
"Huh?" Angela gasped giving Henry a dumbfounded, shocked expression.
"Henry maybe she just can't move living objects." Douglas explained
"Then that's an oddly specific power then." Henry said
"You're telling me, talk about mind sore." Angela said playfully rubbing the temples of her forehead
"Well I wanted to ask what those monsters were doing to each other before we arrive, but we've wasted too much time as it is, so I propose we move on." Alex suggested
Everyone nodded to each other, left Rosewater park, and found themselves back on the streets, hearing almost nothing except for ominous footsteps of hidden monsters that are too far away for radios to detect them.
"Feels like they're all doing their own thing. Kind of makes you wonder why they suddenly turn violent once they see us." Christopher said
"I bet they were born with hate, and fueled by rage caused by growing inner pain, birthed by sadness itself." Henry said
"Henry. It feels like you've recently been pushing yourself to make it clear you're a writer as well as a photographer, and frankly that's a bit-" Lisa began
She was interrupted by another sudden static noise, and the sound of multiple footsteps coming closer towards them. The fog being too thick to see clearly only showed distorted shadows moving closer, and away from them. Alex lead the team quietly towards the monster in a attempt to create a preemptive strike, but what they saw shocked them. They saw a Mannequin whipping it's upper legs at what Henry recognized as a Bottom who attempted to swipe it's bulging hands at the Mannequin while retreating at the same time. Just as the group though this couldn't get any weirder a faceless monstrosity with freakishly long, and sharp nails that Alex identified as something he called a Lurker came from behind lunged at the Bottom, and made three deep gashes on it's back. The group simply stood there as the Mannequin kicked the Lurker in it's head as it landed from it's lung attack, and Bottom took this distraction to slap Mannequin in the chest region if you could call it that, but once they heard the static of radios, and discovering the large group they stopped their fight, and focused on them. Snapping out of their daze the team took a fighting stance with Harry wielding his emergency hammer, James gripped the handle of his Great knife with both hands, and Angela hovering her knives, and spinning them rapidly. Maria, Heather, Henry formed the steep pipe brigade once again as the readied themselves for the upcoming fight while Cybil swung her Nightstick around, and Cynthia doing the same with her Riding crop. Eileen put herself in charge of watching the kids, Lisa assumed a lunging position with her Katana while Travis, and Alex armed themselves with their respective axes. Elle also went with her aluminum bat while Christopher continued to use the only weapon he was given, the golf club. Wheeler having no blunt weapon at the moment decided to bust heads with the butt of his shotgun, and Douglas reloaded his pistol with some ammo he was saving for a rainy day, and it will remain this way until more ammunition will be acquired. Needless to say the fight ended rather quickly, but will be described nonetheless. Harry, and Christopher assaulted the Mannequin with fast, and strong swings, in which Christopher dealt a lot of quick blows, and Harry smashed it to the ground, and gave one last pound once it was down to finish it off. Cynthia who was still not use to fighting was saved by Henry who pushed her out of the way from the Lurker's lunge attack only to leave it vulnerable to the Steel Pipe brigades onslaught of attacks, with Cynthia giving it the final stomp, killing it. Alex, and Travis had the Bottom pinned to ground by stabbing both it's hands with the opposite side of their axes which gave Lisa an opening to impale the Bottom's head with her Katana.
"Okay, that was weird..." Heather said
"What in the hell was all that about!" Wheeler demanded to know
"Yeah...penny for our thoughts?" James said
"I'm still new to this whole thing...maybe we should just go." Christopher said
"Agreed." Alex said
"Well according to this map we're just in front of a Jack's Inn, any significant importance there anyone?" Elle said
They all shook their heads.
"Alright then next location we'll go through will be Texxon gas station, then we make a left." Elle instructed
"Didn't we go through a gas station earlier in our adventure, we better not be walking in circles." Travis realized
"Nah, even in such a small town like this one, there's bound to be more than just one gas station." Cybil said
"Hm~ different gas station eh?..." James muttered to himself, and began contemplating
Suddenly a thought struck his head.
"Hey guys I'm gonna go scout ahead so if you'll excuse me I'll just..." James began, and ran ahead without anyone's permission
"James wait!" Maria called out
"Oh no, James will be like, in super major trouble! We better hurry on the double!" Angela rhymed for no reason at all
"Damn it... well let's go get that reckless idiot." Alex said
"It's already too late, we just lost him in the fog." Henry announced
"*Sigh* can we just-" Alex began
"Damn it!" They heard James shouting from ahead
"Follow that swear!" Maria ordered
The team ran together to find James, with Maria, and Angela leading them. They walked for a minute, or so until they reached the Texxon gas station where they saw James trapped in a corner by a Mannequin, a Groaner, a Numb Body, and Victims 7, and 8, all of them showing clear cuts, and fresh bruises from one another. James in a panic swung his blade all over the place, but his swings were too slow, and the monsters where closing in fast.
"Help!" James cried out
The team ran towards James aid, with Douglas firing his pistol in the air to draw their attention, but he didn't need to draw one particular dog monster. The Groaner sniffed the air once, saw Henry, and made a mad dash towards him with the attempt of doing unspeakable things to him. Henry shuddering for a second after what Walter said to him rushed into his thoughts suddenly, and unexpectedly, but he quickly snapped out of it. The Groaner leaped into the air at neck height, but Henry swiftly dodged it, and once it landed, he immediately aimed his swing at the back of it's neck for a fast kill. He missed as the Groaner turned around, and his swing hit the side of it's cheek instead causing pain, and stunning it for the moment. Cynthia took this moment to subdue the stunned Groaner with multiple whips of her Riding crop, tearing skin, and muscle in the process, and Henry switched to his Pickaxe of Despair, and impaled the Groaner from it's spine thereby killing it. While this was happening Heather was making quick work of the Numb Body with Lisa's help as they beat, and stabbed it multiple times while Angela shot her knives directly into the foreheads of Victims 7, and 8, and Alex made sure of it's death by stomping it. The mannequin was nearly sliced in half vertically by James' Great Knife, but it fell short by several inches, however; it was enough to finish it off.
"Alright fight's over, now James why did you nearly ditch us?" Harry asked
James looked glum, and pointed at the direction of a vehicle parked nearby.
"It's another broken car, is that it?" Lisa said
"Look at the hood." James urged
The team walked towards the car to get a closer look, and as they saw the hood they noticed black stains, and a hole on it's side.
"My detective's instinct tells me this car is definitely broken beyond repair." Douglas said
"No, that's not it, there was suppose to be a steel pipe stuck at the hood of the car, but it turns out that this was the same car that we saw the first time around." James explained
"That's impossible for many reasons. 1, the car stopped running the second we pulled that pipe out of it, for reasons unknown. 2, the car would have had to be pushed quite a distance to get it from there to here. And 3, there would be no point in doing so in the first place." Alex finished
"Silent Hill~." Heather reminded
"I know!" Alex grunted in annoyance
"Well anyways I was running towards the gas station, and the first thing I saw were those monsters going at it with each other! Biting, scratching, punching, and basically trying to kill each other, that is until they saw me, and began attacking me all at once. I ran towards the car as fast as I could, but the Steel Pipe I was hoping to find wasn't there, and as I ran to avoid being pummeled to death right there, and then, the fog made it impossible to see ahead of me. So instead of a street, I nearly crashed into a wall, and I cornered myself." James explained
"Fighting each other...again?" Cynthia asked
"Yeah, I don't think we should ignore this any more." James said
"He may be right, but I don't understand it." Alex said
"I think I do, but what do I know I'm just a detective." Douglas said
"Well then that settles it then, we'll ignore it, and just let them fight amongst themselves." Heather said
"W-wait a minute don't you guys want to hear what I have to say about this?" Douglas asked
"Well you're the one who said, and I quote 'what do I know I'm just a detective' unquote." Henry explained
"I didn't mean that literally." Douglas argued
"Just tell us, but tell us on the way, and while we're at it everybody turn off your radios, no need to distract them from they fights to death." Alex instructed
Nodding silently the team turned all their respective radios off, and made a left turn at Carrol Street.
"Okay so first off, we know these monsters attack intruders on sight right?" Douglas began
"Well majority of them use other senses, but yeah." Harry said
"Well have some of these monsters ever even seen each other to begin with?" Douglas continued
"Yeah they have, but they would usually detect us first before they noticed one another. This is the first time we're seeing all of the roam freely." Elle said
"So my theory on this, and bear with me guys. My theory is that they see each other as intruders, since most of those monsters have never met each other until now." Douglas finished
"So then why do they suddenly stop their own fight, and attack us at once?" Lisa asked
"Maybe because their orders are more important." Douglas proposed
"Orders? Please, they are nothing, but a bunch of monsters acting like territorial animals." Alex scoffed
"Eh~ well that's true, bu-" Douglas began, but was cut off by another scene in front of them
A pack consisting of a Groaner, a Double Head, a Feral, a Sniffer, and a female Sniffer were pouncing, and attacking a second pack consisting of 2 Gum Heads, 1 Rubber Head 'old type' wielding a broken golf club, 1 Rubber Head 'new type' also wielding a golf club, and a Romper jumping all over the place. These two packs instead of killing in a free for all frenzy, instead worked together with their respective packs, and attack the other respective pack. The group with their radios off were unheard, but at the rate the Romper was jumping around it was only a matter of time before it spots them, and both packs of monsters attack at once.
"Let's leave before those dogs sniff me." Henry whispered to his teammates
"Good idea, I see a dead end anyways, but I know where we could go around it." James whispered back
The team nodded, and quietly retreated, backwards as they couldn't stop watching such an intense fight. As they backed away they saw the Romper jump on top of a Double Head, and began mauling it while a Female Sniffer leaped towards the Romper, crunched a portion of it's shoulder, and began ripping it off in an attempt to save it's pack member. After that the fog shrouded the monsters, and only their loud screeches, and howls were heard as James directed them towards a detour.
"That was close, but to be honest with you guys, if I still had all my ammo for my shotgun I would have been all over them!" Wheeler assured
"You, and me both..." Alex agreed
"Okay, now we just have to take a left here." James said
"According to this, we should be passing 'Pete's Bowl-O-Rama'. Is your detour inside?" Elle asked
"Nah~ there's a small alley right next to it, should be on the map." James explained
"Oh, I see it." Elle said
"So that building is completely pointless then?" Travis asked as they bega to pass it
"Pretty much." James answered
"Great, saving time by not having to take side trips along the way." Harry said
"Thank goodness." Maria said sounding relieved
"You never did tell me why you hate bowling Maria." James said
"That's a story for later James, I'll tell you after we leave." Maria teased
"Aw~ I really wanted to play too!" Angela complained with a smile
"With your powers I wouldn't count on you playing fair." Cybil said
James lead the team behind the building, and towards the alley next to the Bowl-O-Rama.
Inside Pete's Bowl-O-Rama
Eddie stood at the center of the lanes aiming his revolver at both doors from time to time. He was feeling a mix of panic, anticipation, and excitement as he waited for James to enter the building like he did the first time.
"You're gonna die, they're all gonna die!" Eddie grunted to himself
"You sure they're gonna show up here tubby?" Curtis asked
He walked forward from his position to ask that question, and checking his circular saw for any scuffs, or damage using the better lighting Eddie was standing on.
"Shut up! And yeah I'm sure, he came here the last time!" Eddie heatedly said
Curtis sighed in disappointment, and with his quick, personal inspection of his weapon complete he retreated back to the shadows while Eddie began to mumble frantically to himself again.
Back outside
"Try not to get lost." James warned as they entered the alley
"It's just an alley, unless you're hiding something." Lisa said
"No, I'm not hiding anything, so I guess I'll take back my last warning." James said
The team came to another dead end.
"Is this the part where we push a certain brick, and a new path opens." Henry asked
"I can't believe you just took something from Harry Potter, and used it for your remark...you win zero everything." Heather complained
"You could have just said I was being ridiculous." Henry said
"Guys, I saw a door right over there, I'm pretty sure that was what James was talking about when he mentioned detour." Cybil said
"Oh...James open it." Henry ordered
He walked casually towards the door, and opened it.
"It's still unlocked? That's good, I didn't bring the keys this time." Maria admitted
They entered the building only to find themselves cramped in the small space in the dark. They turned they pocket-lights on, but it didn't help cope with everyone crowding inside the room.
"Just as I was getting use to the outside too. Claustrophobic rooms, and hallways, welcome back." Henry said
We'll only be here for a short time, just bear with it for now." James assured
James lead the team upstairs.
"Is that alcohol I see there!" Douglas said with excitement
"All those bottles are empty." Maria stated
"And like that you lost me." Douglas said
James checked the doors to his left, and both had broken locks so he went towards the door on the far right, and opened it.
"How the hell did I miss this?" Harry asked himself out loud for some reason
"Looks like we're on 'that' part of Silent Hill." Alex said
The group walked around the soft lit room with semi working neon ligts displaying the title 'Heaven's Night'
"I always wondered why this place was so close to hospital." James wondered
"Beats me, I just worked here, could be any number of reasons. For instance the slippery ladder at the entrance." Maria said
"It better not be slippery now." Elle said
"Meh, not all that much...maybe." Maria admitted
"I see drinks on that rack!" Douglas exclaimed
"There isn't anything on my chest-oh the shelf over there, yeah hehe, there they are." Cynthia said
Doulgas decided right there, and then to utilize his detective skills on shelves of alcohol behind the bar.
"If there isn't anything here-" Cybil began
"Found a First aid kit!" Laura called out
"Okay then...if that is all there is here then let's get out of here." Cybil finished
"Yeah okay, but there's plenty of seats let's take it easy for a second." Cynthia suggested
"As the responsible one of the group I'll have to deny that request, we already wasted enough time, and if you haven't noticed it's already sunset."Alex said
"How could that happen when time stops at 2:04?" Harry reminded
"You remembered that did you. Well I'll bet it's just the watches breaking at that moment, nothing more out of the ordinary than that." Alex explained
"Do we have to go so soon, I wanted to show James the 'private room'" Maria purred
"Yes, let's leave before one of us sets a bad example to these children here." Eileen agreed
"Oh come on, how will we make a ba-" Maria began
"Guys these bottles still have liquor in them!" Douglas announced as he held a bottle in each hand
"Okay, but that's just him." Maria said
"We're not carrying alcohol with us if they serve no purpose." Alex said
"Who said you guys are going to carry them?" Douglas said
"Please don't get drunk, and pass out here, haven't you seen the 'Hangover'?" Henry said
"Hangover: Silent Hill, a drunk detective, and his dumbass friends party too hard one night, and wake up in Silent Hill with no memory of the night before, rated R." Heather suddenly pitched
"I'm guessing James, and I will be part of his 'Dumbass friends'." Henry dully said
"That's why we're both writers." Heather said
Henry sighed to himself, wanting to say more, but could not find the words, so instead focus his attention, and his imagination on the stage where Eileen was sitting at waiting for time everyone leaves.
"Henry? Why are you staring at me like that all of a sudden?" Eileen asked as she saw Henry's eye wander to her, and the stage repetitively
"Huh! Nothing, nothing, just got lost in thought. Really important stuff going in my head right now, lot's of it." Henry quickly said
"If you say so..." Eileen said completely believing him
"Mind if I just test the pole on that stage real quick." Cynthia asked Henry from behind
Before Henry could answer Cynthia was already standing next to the pole with Henry as her main audience. Eileen was ready to call it off, while Henry was watching with the best poker face he could give her, but he definitely wanted to see something. Cynthia walked around at first looking only at the pole while giving Henry some very quick flirtatious glances, and then grabbed it with both hands. Just as everyone else saw what was going on Cynthia gave the pole an unexpected shake. It vibrated slightly, and pieces of the ceiling began to crumble slightly. She examined the ceiling, and the floor, nodded her head, kicked at the pole once, and felt for vibrations from her kick. After a moment she nodded to herself again, and then climbed down the stage.
"Just as I thought, too eroded, no maintenance at all, and hasn't been polished in a lifetime. A 2 out of 10." Cynthia ranked
"W-wait you were serious?" Henry said sounding slightly confused
"Of course, was there something else you wanted to see?" Cynthia said teasingly
She gave Henry a flirtatious wink, and walked away back towards the larger portion of the team party oblivious to Eileen's glare.
"Why can't I carry all these bottles?" Douglas happily asked himself
"I see bad idea written all over those bottles." Travis said
"I've never heard of such a brand, but don't think of them as alcohol, think of the as...health drinks!" Douglas said
"How are they similar exactly?" Harry challenged
"They both null pain." Douglas said
"Can't argue with that! You are planning on sharing aren't you?" Wheeler said
"Sharing is caring." Douglas said instead of simply saying yes
"Let's go people, we should have been gone five minutes ago." Alex ordered
"Like totally, this place is the pits, not the bee's knees" Angela said
"Bee's knees? Really? Who says that anymore?" Heather said
"Do bees even have knees?" James asked
"This isn't the time, or place to ask such convoluted questions, let us find a hole somewhere in that hospital you're taking us, and finish in my apartment." Henry said
"Thank you!" Alex said
Alex practically jogged towards the door, opened it, and left it open for everyone who willingly let themselves out. Once outside they were once again hearing the footsteps just out of they field of vision, but now the footsteps where joined with sudden screeches, and howls.
"You know looking at the 'border' that was blocking the road I realized we could have just climbed over it." Cybil said
"We'd still have to go through all those monsters we encountered." Elle said
The team looked back, and walked closer to the barrier where they saw pools of blood, and dead bodies of multiple monsters. It was uncertain which pack was dominant, but it seemed as if they both lost a lot of casualties. The team retreated, and continued on the right path towards the hospital, but along the way Travis notices a very large vehicle poorly parked on the side of the road.
"Is that my truck!" Travis said instantly noticing the similar color.
He ran towards it to get a closer look, but was disappointed when he saw that despite it's similarities, this truck was here much longer than he has.
"Wait a minute...Alessa was there another trucker here before me?" Travis asked
"I-I think so, I saw him pass through here, but that was the last I saw of him." Alessa explained
"So there really was someone in trouble here...we're probably to late now...I see bloodstains by the door, and some underneath the truck." Travis said
"Anyone you knew?" Lisa asked
"All truckers know each other, or at least that's how we act together. Maybe this guy left something inside...?" Travis said
"It's worth checking out." Christopher said
Travis opened the truck's door, surprised at first that it even opened at all, and rummaged inside, but found nothing except personal junk that he did not need weighing him down. He did notice the keys were still in the ignition, and attempted to start the truck, but after several attempts it was obvious the batteries were dead. As he began his retreat out of the truck, his knee slipped away from the front seat he was crouching on, and in an attempt to not fall, and make an idiot out of himself he blindly grabbed whatever her could grip. Unfortunately this lead him to accidentally sound the truck's horn causing a near deafening blast, giving every monster their location, and gave his teammates near heart attacks from the shock, and ringing in their ears. As everyone was about to shout at Travis for his disregard for safety, the team heard a more unnerving sound outside the fog's thick surroundings. The noise was soft at first, but was clear that the multiple footsteps had now began acting up, and more followed. Then to everyone's horror the footsteps grew louder, and closer, and increasing in number.
"We need to get to the hospital!" James shouted in a panic
Now running while carrying the slower children, the group attempted to outrun the numerous monsters stampeding behind them. It didn't take long for them to see the hospital, but now they heard a loud stampede coming from in front of them. Alex was the first to make it, but held one door open while Elle held the second door open to let everyone through as quickly as possible. As the last of their group enter the building Alex, and Elle saw an entourage of multiple monsters, some they have never seen before appear from out of the fog, but they were not curious enough to get a closer look as they shut the doors behind them. Unfortunately things were still not quiet for long. As everyone began turning on their radios again they immediately began emitting static. The team armed themselves, and saw 2 Nurses carrying steel pipes approaching them rather quickly. The team readied themselves, but seeing as they had little space they had accommodate, so Alex, Travis, and Harry attacked the Nurse coming from the left hand side while Heather, Henry, and Maria concentrated on the Nurse on the right hand side. Through carefully places swings they've dealt with the Nurses with no difficulties.
"I don't remember them ever having hair?" James said
"Or Steel Pipes..." Alex added
"Really? It seemed pretty normal to me." Heather said
"So you've been here before?" Harry asked
"Haven't you?" Heather said
"No, this is a different hospital." Harry answered
"Well I've been here once...let's leave." James said
"I second that." Lisa said
"We can't, those monster are probably out there waiting for us." Alex said
"Besides you're the one who wanted to take us here in the first place." Elle said
"Only to grab a key..." James admitted
"Well show us where the key is, and then we'll talk." Cybil said
"*Sigh* Fine, let's get the map first..." James agreed
Pete's Bowl-O-Rama
"So how's the slaughtering going? Did you kill anyone yet?" Walter sarcastically asked as he appeared from a wall in the shadows.
"They haven't arrived yet!" Eddie shouted in frustration
"This is a complete waste of my valuable time." Curtis grunted
"Well have you thought that maybe they decided to skip this, hm~?" Walter asked
"Why would they! Do they think their better than me!" Eddie angrily exclaimed
"I know I'm better than you..." Walter muttered under his breath
"They don't even know you're here...damn this is pointless!" Curtis said
A loud horn was suddenly heard from outside
"Sounds like I'm right as always, if you want your revenge you better hurry before we lose them." Walter said
Eddie roaring in anger rushed out the building with Curtis, and Walter following behind. Once outside they saw several monsters running towards the sound of the noise as well.
"Now this is interesting...haven't seen anything like it." Walter said with curiosity
Curtis mumbles something under his breath that sounded a lot like "who care", and "big deal". Then he noticed some of the monsters had stopped, and began staring at them.
"What are you looking at? Git!" Curtis comanded
The Romper, semi-large Carrion, and Closer advanced towards the unknown living things ahead of them, completely forgetting about the loud horn.
"You need to be more convincing Curtis, like this." Walter said
He walked towards the Closer
"Get out of our way, or I'll yank your skin inside out through your anus!" Walter threatened
The Closer retaliated with a quick jab at Walter's chest, stabbing him with the hidden blade under it's skin. Walter was pushed back from the force, and began bleeding, but the wound closed almost instantly.
"First that freakish doll, and now this! You damn things are all just asking to die!" Walter shouted in frustration
"So we'll have to deal with these things too? Oh, well I was bored anyways..." Curtis grunted as he activated his Circular Saw
Walter drew a Chainsaw he kept under his coat, and revved it to life while Eddie was aiming his revolver at the monsters, but his stance was shaky, and he was already starting to panic.
End Chapter
Sorry for the delay, but I had a sudden case of writer's block, and Skyrim wasn't helping. Anyways thanks for the help, and for your patience!