Chapter 53: One Giant Reunion

Sorry for the late entries, basically there's been a change of schedule lately which made it difficult to stay up late at night, which is when I write the most. It'll return to normal eventually, but for now the long awaited reunion. Oh yeah, Shattered Memories levels will come, as well as a requested fight involving their monsters, and Walter's Victims I haven't forgotten. Enjoy!

At the Devil's Pit Vista

"Hey check it out, that sky tram over there, it's moving" Douglas said pointing at a sky tram sliding across it's rail, over a waterfall.

"I see no other way it's gonna go, whatever is inside is gonna be here in just a moment" Travis said.

"I still wanted a little more time with my powers, everything feels so chilly now" Cybil complained.

"We agreed to share the thing as much as possible, and we'll never go through the rounds unless we split the thing more often" Travis reasoned.

"So I'm guessing it feels pretty good to be a superhero for a day eh~ Travis?" Heather asked.

"Like a dream" Travis said admiring his new getup.

"Strange, I haven't seen them sky trams run for a while" JP said in a separate conversation.

"That can't be mere coincidence, I wanna wait a little longer" Christopher said.

"Can you make out who's inside?" Elle asked.

"...No it's too far out, and the sun's too bright, probably the first, and only time I'll complain about the sun's brightness in Silent Hill" Christopher said.

"Well it could be your wife" Eileen assured.

" We still have about ten minutes before I decide nothing is gonna happen, and we need to leave" Alex said.

"...Fine ten minutes..." Christopher reluctantly said.

At the sky tram after completing it's route.

Their ride placed them on a very old, and possibly unstable wooden building which looked more like a oversized shed than a tourist attraction. Devil's Pit in big, bold, black letters greeted them like a bad omen as they piled out of the sketchy tram. A door to their left, and a double door to their right were their options.

"Let's check both" Murphy suggested

Murphy went left with a small following while Eric took right with his own small following, both declared their result almost simultaneously.

"Locked" Murphy said almost forcing the knob to turn, but to no avail.

Meanwhile

"D-did you guys hear that! It sounded like that door was about to open!" Laura exclaimed.

Everyone stopped what they were doing besides JP who simply returned to gazing out at the pit, and moved towards the door.

"You heard something behind it?" Harry asked.

"Just the knob moving on the other side" Laura pointed out.

Alex closed in on the door, and attempted to open it, knowing it was locked, but tried again nonetheless.

On the other side

"Not locked" Eric said on his double door investigation.

Suddenly they heard a noise coming from the locked door Murphy recently attempted to open.

"That noise...someone's on the other side" Murphy said recognizing the noise as the door knob being turned.

"Or something..." George said.

"I'm pretty sure monsters can't work a door, mindless beasts" Captain Lake said.

"They haven't got that door to work" George pointed out.

"Because it's locked" Jessie reminded.

As they went through the opened door the sky tram suddenly sprang to electrical life, and began to exit the building. It continued outward until it eventually stopped at the center of the huge pit.

Elsewhere

"Guys over here! That sky tram is back" Cynthia exclaimed.

Leaving the door everyone moved back towards the edge of the wooden railing to see a red sky tram which previously contained unknown passengers. It moved through it's single stretched line until it suddenly stopped near the center of the pit.

"Hm...guess they do need some adjustments" JP Noticed.

"Doesn't seem like anyone's inside, still I wish I could get a better look" Christopher said.

"You could use those public binoculars over there, of course you still need to pay a fee" JP said.

"Yeah we noticed those, but none of us apparently thought to bring any money... or money in change to be specific" Henry dully said.

Back to Murphy's team

After descending down the stairs the team came upon a door to their right.

"This door is locked too" Tina said.

"Wait..." George suddenly said.

The team waited...nothing happened.

"Sorry I thought it was gonna respond like the first one" George said.

Ahead of them they saw a second door on one side, and a third door boarded up with separate pieces of plank boards.

"It's almost as if something decided for us ahead of time" Captain Lake commented.

"I'd rather not think of it like that" Eric said.

"Guys check out the name tag next to it...it's scratch out,but I can totally read JP on it" Ryan noticed.

"Someone in this Earth has a first name called JP?" Captain Lake said.

"It's actually more common than you think" George said.

"I'm sure it's just initialized for something much longer" Murphy said.

"Are we gonna play twenty questions, or are we gonna go inside already?" Eric impatiently asked.

"I kind of have to agree on him with this one guys" Rose said.

"Right, right let's go inside then" Murphy quickly said.

The room was dull to say the least, and furnished into a one room bedroom possibly owned by the guy on the tag next to the door, it was a kitchen, and living room in one, meant for one. Opening the refrigerator revealed several cold drinks, but none of them were thirsty enough to drink the possibly expired beverages. The small T.V was on, but only showed everyone's least favorite show twenty four seven static nonstop. George walked towards the T.V- most likely doing something stupid- while the rest looked around the room, but finding nothing of interest

"This stupid T.V is broken, it won't turn off" George complained.

"Stop messing with things too complicated for yo-" Murphy warned.

His warning came too late however, and after several more twists, and turns on the knob, the Television could not take it anymore, and self-destructed. Spreading glass shards mostly hitting George, and Murphy, but receiving no major injury, or even noticeable cuts, and scratches. While Everyone else was recovering Murphy was suddenly hearing yet another voice spoke to him in his head.

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow" The voice in Murphy's head advised

"Sound advice" Murphy muttered

"What?" Rose asked.

"What?" Murphy quickly responded.

"Well if you weren't paying attention we were saying that we just established that there is nothing of interest here, and suggest we move on" Captain Lake said.

"Right, of course" Murphy said.

Leaving the small room they entered an even smaller room which they identified as a bathroom. The floor was wet with a pool of blood, as well as blood stains on the bathtub itself.

"Ew~ was someone actually living here?" Jessie said.

"Could be part of the job" Eric figured.

"What a sucky job" George commented.

"Well it has it's benefits, like this med kit for example" Rose stated as she grabbed a med kit from a nearby medical cabinet.

After their trip to the bathroom they went through a second door which took them to a workstation of some kind filled with large mechanical tools, cabinets full of bolts, and screws in random order, and an assortment of miscellaneous junk. To everyone it felt like yet another unimportant room, but something out of the corner of Murphy's eye caught his attention.

"Hey, a lighter...and it works too" Murphy said as she switched it on, and off repeatedly, getting the feel of it.

"Do you think it will help?" Moon asked.

"A little extra light always helps" Murphy said.

"Guys do you think this radio still works?" George asked.

"If it does, you'll just break it, get away from it" Murphy said.

"Why don't you turn it on then?" George dared.

"I really don't see what that would do, but I suppose a little music could calm our nerves" Murphy said.

"I don't think radios actually work here" Rose warned.

Murphy payed no heed to Rose's warning, and turned the radio on, almost instantly getting a clear response from a radio host.

"Hey people welcome back to WLMN FM. It's your boy DJ Ricks here laying down the licks, and treating the tricks. It's another beautiful in our little corner of paradise. The skies are blue, the sun is shining, and if you got a special tune you wanna hear, all you gotta do is get on those phones, and let me know what it is. I'm taking your request, and dedications all day long." DJ Ricks announced with a fast paced, energetic voice spoke.

Almost instantly a song began to play after he was done introducing himself, no one in the room knew the song was called 'Heaven Won't Hold it Against You'.

"Hm~ you were saying?" Murphy said.

"Well I...okay you got me, but I'm to relieve to hear something normal here after so long" Rose said.

"You know, I'm looking at this makeshift barricade, and it looks like it won't take much to break them off" Murphy noticed.

"Well I could test that if you like" Captain Lake said as he picked up a Crowbar from the floor.

"This could come in handy too" Harry said grabbing a small axe.

Both together they hacked at the wooden planks, the music just loud enough to still be heard through the hacking. Eventually they cleared the door, but not surprise to know it took then back outside where they first come from descending down a small staircase. However they did remember a second door that was boarded up. After a brief team effort they cleared the planks away, the same song still heard from the previous room.

"Wait maybe we shouldn't go in that room, call me paranoid, but I think the danger size next to the room still stand for something" Rose said.

"Hm~ danger- high voltage, keep out...all the more reason to go in" Murphy said.

"I think it will be dangerous if we all go in together so since your so eager to inside we'll let you take care of it" Eric insisted.

"Oh, fair enough, wait here" Murphy said going inside without any regard towards his safety.

"Can you tell us what's inside?" Tina asked.

"Not much so far...ah here we, here we go...a key rack, with only one key" Murphy discovered.

He grabbed the key, and left the room rather hastily as several breaker boxes began to spark too closely for comfort.

"I got the key, I bet even George can guess which door this key unlocks" Murphy said.

"The door to my heart?" George joked.

"You're not funny" Murphy insisted.

Wordlessly going upstairs they headed towards the locked door they have yet to go through.

"You guys think whatever was trying to open the door is still there now?" Moon asked.

"You would be afraid of going somewhere you're told to go" Alessa said.

"Whatever made that I'm sure all of us together are more than enough to deal with it" Captain Lake assured.

"Then you have me of course" Alessa said.

"Maybe for the sake of making friends you shouldn't be involving your powers, I'm just saying" Rose said.

"Why are we stalling let's just go inside already" George impatiently said.

"Alright then tough guy you go first" Murphy dared.

"I would, but you know...you're the leader after all, I don't want to step over your position" George awkwardly said.

"Thought so" Murphy said triumphantly.

He opened the door slowly, and cautiously at first, but after peaking through the narrow slit, and seeing nothing, but hearing hushed whispered of what seemed like numerous amount of people. In his mind they appeared to speak rather normally, and letting his guard down he swung the door open wide, and walked casually through it. His motioned the rest to follow seeing nothing, but a work desk with a wooden chair that could be used a weapon with the right hands, and a second lighter.

"Dibs" Eric said swiping the lighter as casually as someone would grab a apple from a fruit bowl.

They glanced at the information board containing several pamphlets of no importance, and a rotating cylinder kiosk also containing useless tourist pamphlets. Murphy seeing nothing that could get him out of here sooner rather than later chose to ignore these things while the rest browsed through them at alarming speeds, but soon coming to the same realization as Murphy. Leaving the team behind he got closer to a large billboard of the entirety of Devil's Pit, but before he could get a closer look, his attention was soon stolen by a very large crowd of people to his left hand side, most of them aiming an assortment of guns at him. He stared blankly at them, and they did the same, finally it was Murphy who said the first words, and established first contact.

"You have got to be kidding me" Murphy groaned quite loudly as he quickly raised his arms above his head.

"False alarm it's human" Alex said almost sounding disappointed.

"Put your arms down we aren't gonna shoot" Cybil assured.

Hearing the voices of more people, Murphy's team dropped what they were doing, and rushed towards his aid, only to be astounded at the large twice as big as theirs, and carrying some seriously big guns. Seeing even more people following the first man they say left them even more confused, and it didn't take long for one particular man in the back to recognize some of them.

"Rose? Rose! Sharon! Over here!" Christopher shouted.

His team moved out of the way for Christopher to move forward to get a closer look.

"Oh my god...Christopher! Honey it's you! Sharon look we finally found an escape!" Rose excitedly shouted, soon after running towards him with Sharon equally as happy following, with Christopher doing the same.

They embraced each other midway, squeezing each one another tightly that it almost hurt, but they were tear-shedding, happy family again. Everyone else looked on, happy for the small family, except for Alessa who scowled at them, obviously her own personal plan for Rose had now gotten much more complicated. Yet there was also something else that she could not help, but scowl at, and it was staring her in the face with a nervous look. She glared back at Alessa, who quickly retreated behind Laura, who now noticed Alessa staring at them, mostly at Alessa...wait...

"Hey~" Laura called out waving her arm back, and forth.

Alessa did nothing, but her posse wave backed.

"I'm waving at you~" Laura continued.

"That girl sniveling behind you...bring her to me peon" Alessa ordered, her command sounding more like a selfish girl who wants a doll all by herself.

"...no" Laura blankly said.

"Why is it that nobody has given me the respect I deserve, even now?" Alessa had to ask herself.

While the kids joined together, Sharon joining them shortly after the adults finally conjoined into one large circle together, eying all the new faces with mixed feelings.

"So, you're traveling in a group too" Angela spoke up.

"...Yes" Jessie said, already feeling weird vibes from Angela.

"Christopher, you're here...so does that mean that you got my message?" Rose asked

"I think so, we crossed paths with a strange mailman, with this even stranger look in his eyes...as if he knew way more than he let's on. He told me about your message, then everything went dark, we passed out, and next thing we know here we are, but that's not important right now. Are you, and Sharon alright? You're not too hurt are you?" Christopher asked.

"We're both fine, I'll admit it was a crazy walk, boat ride, and tram ride getting us all the way, and that's just the start of my adventures, I really want to go into detail...wait that woman over there, is that-" Rose began.

"Who Cybil?" Christopher asked noticing his wife's staring directly at the officer.

"I'm happy to see we get to meet you in person-" Cybil began, but she was interrupted by a sudden bear hug from Rose.

"You're alive! I can't believe it, this day just get's better, and better! Oh I missed you more than I realized!" Rose cried out.

"Did you two already meet? And you didn't tell me?" Christopher accused.

"W-what no! I have never seen her before until now, I swear!" Cybil quickly defended.

"Huh?" Rose was heard saying, still clinging to Cybil, but loosening up a bit.

"I said you've got the wrong person maybe, we've never met until now" Cyibil explained.

"But you're name is Cybil Bennett right?" Rose asked.

"W-what? Y-yeah that is my name, but that can't be right" Cybil said now starting to sound scared. The rest of the team began to listen in.

"So it really is you" Rose said.

"But I've never met you personally, and as far as I can tell I'm the only one in this world called Cybil Bennett" Cybil explained.

"But you look exactly like you did when I first met you...except for maybe a different uniform, but your face, and voice are all the same" Rose said.

"Oh god...I thought I-b-but we...Maria what's going on?" James said very confused.

"I have no clue either, Cybil are you sure you don't have a twin sister?" Maria asked.

"No I don't, and even if I did why would we both share the same name? Even twins have different first names" Cybil explained.

"Wait, so are you, or are you not Cybil?" Rose asked.

"No-I mean yes-could you just get off for a second, and let me think" Cybil said.

Rose did so, but she wasn't exactly off Cybil's personal space yet.

"Maybe you should start at the beginning-all of you! How did you all get here?" Alex asked.

"Only if you tell us your side of the story" Eric demanded.

"We're not here to make enemies we just want to make sense of all this" Elle assured.

"Everyone will have their say, of course it's easier said than done" Henry said

"Can't we all just blurt out what we want to say at once?" George recommended.

"...Is he your...you know..." Henry asked.

"Yes" Murphy answered.

"Ah I see, we have someone like that as well, but lately he's been very tolerable, even helpful" Henry responded.

"I envy you, I don't believe ours is gonna change any time soon" Murphy said.

"So I'm looking at all of you, and I see a bunch of heat" Jessie said.

"I'm looking at all of you, and I see...well a lot of junk actually" Heather said.

"We had to make due! Not all of us have it easy with so many guns" Jessie accused.

"Is that a fact? I can't wait to hear you shout when we find something for you to fight" Heather said.

"We did! Some crazy monster lady that grabs people by the backs, and stabs you with spiked blobs for hands" Jessie retorted.

"...That's new..." Heather realized.

"So hey what's up! I'm Ryan" Ryan said.

"I'm James, a-" James began

"And I'm his fiancee Angela" Angela quickly interupted.

"Oh here we go again, don't manipulate the new guys" Maria said, though from the sounds of it she sounded as if she was ready to choke a bitch.

"Hm~ have you met my lover Henry he's the one pretending to care about whatever it is your friend is talking about" Cynthia quickly intervened.

"(Where is that stun gun again?)" Eileen thought to hereself.

"Haha~ you guys seem pretty fun hope we all make it out of this" Ryan said.

"You're alright too" James approved.

"Well if James likes you, then so do I, my name is Maria by the way." Maria said.

"You can Call me Cynthia, It's nice to know that not everyone here is completely crazy.

"I'm George!" George quickly shouted as he dashed next to Ryan.

"Oh...hello" Maria halfheartedly greeted.

"Hi" Cynthia dully said.

"I'm gonna go over there, introduce myself to your other friends Ryan" James said.

"Yeah~ I'll come with you" Maria quickly said.

"I better go too in case you do something slutty in front of the kids" Angela said.

"Bite me" Maria muttered.

"Wait don't leave me with him!" Cynthia said following the girls, and James.

"It must have been quite a hassle having to lead so many through this town" Captain Lake said.

"I'm surprised you asked me that question" Alex said.

"Well to me you just seem like the one in charge, or a least have the last say in things." Captain Lake said.

"Well it doesn't work like that exactly, you see we switch leadership roles when the current leader has no clue as to where to go. Usually there's always someone who does, and when that happens we switch leaders to whoever knows their way around a certain part of the town. It's worked well so far" Alex explained.

"Ah we applied the same technique, and I don't think we even noticed" Captain Lake said.

"Really? Because looking at the way you were dressed I figured you were the permanent leader" Alex said.

"No, no I'm just a captain of a steamboat that use to sail the lake around here, I don't know my way around any part of land. It's changed so much since the last time I remembered it" Captain Lake said.

"A steamboat use to sail here? There were a few boats that sailed, but I've never seen a Steamboat" Alex said.

"It's a long story" Captain Lake said.

"We're here aren't we?" Alex said.

"You won't believe me" Captain Lake said.

"Try me" Alex dared.

"So your name is Tina...hm~" Eileen said.

"I-is there something wrong with that?" Tina said.

"Well you see that puts us in an awkward position" James suddenly said.

"H-how is that exactly?" Tina asked.

"Well we have this cat with us, right here sleeping in my coat, and her name is Tina too, so...yeah..." James said.

"I still don't see the problem" Tina said.

"Well it's gonna be really confusing when we have to call on Tina to help us out when your name is Tina too" James said.

"Oh James, I don't think it's really a big deal" Eileen said.

"Well how about this, we call our cat Tina, and you could be Tina 2" James said.

"...I don't know how, but it upsets me for some reason. Perhaps a compromise could be made?" Tina 2 said.

"Well I don't know if Tina would respond to anything else" James said.

"She's a smart cat, I'm sure if you change her name a bit, she'll understand" Eileen said.

"You may be right...but what do we call you now?" James wondered.

"How about...Cattina? You now with the word cat, and tina together...I'm sorry that was bad" Tina said.

"No, no I liked it, it's clever...sort of" Eileen said.

"How about if we change the c to a k? Would that make it any easier?" James said.

"Kattina? Yeah sure! I mean it's your pet I presume" Tina said

"It feels a little rushed, but hopefully it will grow on us" James said.

"You're lying! You're a liar!" Alessa shouted

"I'm sorry I'm not lying!" Alessa pleaded.

"Yeah why would she lie about her own name? I think you're lying! Isn't that right Walter?" Laura accused.

"...Maybe" Little Walter responded

"Not helping!" Laura said

"But she told us herself a long time ago that she her name was Alessa" Sharon defended.

"Maybe you share the first name, but not the last" Emilie said.

"Hey yeah! Why don't you tell us your last names?" Hanna said.

"Gillespie" Both Alessa said simultaneously.

"Oh..." Hanna muttered.

"You took my name, my clothes, my hair, and my face! You're an imposter!" Alessa said.

"Who said you could decide something like that? Laura said.

"I'm sorry, but I was called Alessa my whole life!" Alessa said.

"Yeah! If Alessa said she was called that her whole life, then as her best friend I believe her" Laura declared.

Alessa was taken aback by the sudden declaration, both actually with opposite feelings of bliss, and envy.

"T-that is exactly why she can't be me!" Alessa said.

At that point Laura began giggling, and judging by the way Alessa was glaring at her, it didn't help prolong her life.

"W-what's so funny!" Alessa shouted on the verge of summoning her defense mechanism.

"*teehee* it's just that you sound so desperate for friends right now, I can tell" Laura teased.

"You know with all of us here now, I think we have the numbers for that..." George said.

"For what?" Wheeler asked.

"Well we can't do it here, not enough space, but when we march through the streets we should totally riot! Like with picket signs, and everyone, and shot protest the hell out of this place" George said.

"Well that sounds like it'll accomplish nothing" Douglas said.

"No, no it will, we'll show any nearby monsters that we're mad as hell with the conditions, and they better improve them, or else we strike" George said.

"I shall discuss this idea with Alex...hey Alex!" Douglas called out.

"No" Alex simply said.

"You heard him, no go" Douglas said.

"Sorry about that, you were saying?" Alex said.

"Well after we rescued Hanna, we were ready to drive back home, but along the way this huge gap in the road blocked us. We tried street after street, but seemed like every road was blocked in some way, or another...after a while of walking through the streets we went to a park where we first met Rose, her daughter, and Harry" Eric said.

"Wait, wait, his name is Harry too?" Alex said.

"Well he told us his name was Harry Mason, so I assume that's his name" Eric said.

"And his last name is Mason too?" Alex said now dumbfounded.

"Oh, no don't tell me..." Eric sighed.

"Was what he said true?" Harry asked.

"I was about to ask you the same question" Harry said.

"Do you feel anything?" Harry asked.

"Surprisingly no, you?" Harry asked.

"No...maybe we both lost our minds at this place-" Harry said.

"And then we became so unnaturally sane afterward" Harry added.

"I was gonna say the same thing!" Harry said.

"Why am I not surprised?" Harry wondered.

"Well we can't call each other Harry like this, it'll confuse people, they might need only one of us" Harry said.

"And in a fight, it could be even more problematic" Harry said.

"Hm~ How about if you guys call me by my last name instead? Just try calling me Mason" The odd clothed wearing Harry said.

"Works for me, but I still want to get to the bottom of this" Harry said.

"Agreed, but arguing about it now won't get us anywhere" Mason said.

"So we'll remain ignorant of this fact for the meantime?" Harry asked.

"Agreed" Mason agreed.

"(I feel like I should say something about his...clothes, but I don't want to hurt his-my feelings...wait...)" Harry thought.

"(If he's me, or I'm him...then does that mean that there's another Cheryl too? Is he...I'm almost to afraid to ask)" Mason thought.

"How come I've never seen you people around town before?" Moon asked.

"Well I could ask you the same question" Lisa said.

"Well I was exploring my old orphanage, maybe you've seen it before?" Moon said.

"I think I have, was it in the middle of the forest next to a factory, and mine? Also did it burn to the ground?" Henry asked.

"None of those descriptions match my orphanage" Moon said.

"I see, well I've never visit such places, and if you haven't noticed, I'm a nurse who worked-use to work at Alchemilla, you've seen it right?" Lisa said.

"Unfortunately no, when I was left at the orphanage I didn't see much of the town, even now I don't know where anything is here. Except for maybe an old hotel by the lake" Moon said.

"I see, well we're not exactly going to take a tour around town, the first sign of an exit we see, and we'll take it" Lisa assured.

"Oh that's good, but how long will that take?" Moon asked.

"Who knows, we've been here for quite a while, but we're still alive, still going, seeing some new things. I think so long as we're not stuck in some place for a long time, then eventually this place will run out of things to throw at us" Heather said.

"I wish we could find a detour so we can get through all that quicker" Moon said.

"Why are you all so heavily armed?" Murphy asked.

"In this place? Why the hell not?" Wheeler answered.

"Well I see your point, but it's not like guns grow on trees you know, where did you get the extra firepower?" Murphy explained.

"Some of us here came prepared unlike some people who shall remain nameless" Wheeler said

"Hey some of us had no clue as to what they were getting themselves into, and maybe a special someone who shall remain nameless had no choice in the matter" Murphy said.

"Relax I'm just messing with you, tell you what? How about I talk to someone around here who could give you a spare gun so you could feel safer. Are you a good shot?" Wheeler asked.

"I know how a gun works, but it's been years" Murphy said.

"Good enough here buddy, just let me know when you want a little extra firepower" Wheeler assured.

"Thanks, but I got a colt with me now, so I think I'm good for now" Murphy assured.

"So...what's the strange costume?" Mason asked.

"(This guys is asking about my clothes when he looks like that? Who the hell dressed him?)" Travis thought.

"Are you a Nascar driver, or a fan of it?" Mason asked.

"Uh no, no it's kind of difficult to explain now, but I wasn't always dressed like this. Sooner, or later you'll understand, but not right now, don't need to make a scene" Travis said.

Flashback

Travis was given hold of the wands power, his transformation similar to previous, but a wide distortion of space made it different. The area around a glowing white sphere containing Travis began to ripple as if made of liquid, dimensions began to shift from long to short. For example on occasions several yards of space in three dimensions would compress so that if you were to walk across, it would take, but a single step to move those several yards. The opposite was true as well, an inch without even appearing it, would actually be stretched appearing as if you were walking in place, but instead you were continuously walking that single inch eventually passing it. These ripples continued through the remainder of the transformation until at last it all ceased, and the sphere began to dim, dimensions returned to normal, and space appeared quite unaffected. When the sphere at last vanished, and Travis came to, he found himself wearing a full body racing gear, with the exterior, and interior made of a more durable fabric than the usual equipment. The gear was colored with a gray tint seemingly blending with the fog should it appear suddenly. Several variations of the 'Halo of the Sun" Were stitched into the fabric, all on bright red. The variations came in intricacy of the circle, some were simple with merely three small circles inside one, while others contained several insignias inside, and others even more still. Stitched on the shoulders, back, legs, chest, and stomach they acted as if they were the brand of different sponsors if it were normal...the circles only gave the gear a dark embodiment that only a cultist could appreciate. Gripped in his right hand was a Tire Iron in the shape of a X-cross, each of the end of the bars close to the center, the metal could be seen rotating slowly. The center piece was actually a round cage containing a gyro ball floating inside, spinning rapidly, the metal itself was made of a dark component unknown at the time, and at present time. It felt heavier than normal tire irons, but that could only mean it does a little more damage as well. Travis is unsure of what else to make of it, it's obvious the tire iron is the wand itself, but looking at their current location, risking a test attack utilizing his new powers could mean a steep drop into the pit. So he waits anxiously for the time to unleash his potential. As for any side effect, Travis reported that he currently feels none, whether the effect will happen when he uses his power has not been tested as of yet.

End of Flashback

"It's really confusing, but you'll get your turn" Travis said.

"Okay fine, I don't understand the turn part, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the time" Mason said.

"When is it ever?" Travis said.

"Guys shouldn't we do something?" Tina asked looking over the fighting kids.

In some sort of frantic argument, possibly instigated by Laura, both Alessa, and Laura were grappling with each other in an attempt to push each other to the floor.

"Not my kid" Rose said.

"That's pretty messed up" Elle said.

"I'm just kidding, hey you two, maybe you ought to stop, please?" Rose said.

The two continued to fight.

"What was that? You couldn't have at least tried" Elle said.

"Well I don't see you doing anything, besides she might have been asking for it, we'll pull them apart if it gets too rough." Rose assured.

At that point Laura had successfully brought Alessa down, but in the process fell down with her, this in turn caused them to roll around continuously in an attempt to get on top of the other.

"See look their having fun" Rose assured.

"Is that your idea of fun?" Elle wondered.

"I don't see anything coming out of the pit, maybe Alessa isn't so blood thirst after all" Rose said.

"What was that last part? Blood thirsty?" Elle asked

"Well isn't yours?" Rose asked.

"Ours...something about saying 'ours' just doesn't feel right you know" Harry said joining the conversation.

"Ha got ya! I win!" Laura called out staying on top of Alessa, and practically sitting on her.

"Get off of me!" Alessa ordered.

"Admit I won!" Laura declared.

"Never!" Alessa argued.

"Maybe you should stop, I think you played enough" Alessa urged.

"I agree" Hanna said.

"Wait, wait, I wanna hear her say uncle!" Laura complained.

"I won't do such a stupid thing, you're stupid for saying that!" Alessa argued.

"Okay even I know when to get off on top of someone" Maria said.

"A slut joke at a time like this?" Angela mocked under her breath.

"Bitch" Maria muttered under hers.

Eventually Laura released Alessa who was still mad at her for not getting off sooner.

"Well that was fun, even if I couldn't get you to say uncle" Laura said.

"That wasn't fun at all you humiliated me! You should be lucky you're still breathing" Alessa argued.

"You took it seriously? Don't you know how to have fun?" Laura asked.

"I don't play like that! Who does?" Alessa exclaimed.

"Well I saw my foster parents do it once, and th-" Laura began

"Okay now Laura how about you introduce yourself to everyone else here!" Maria quickly shouted.

"Fine~ we'll talk more later 'kay?" Laura said running off to towards Maria.

"What's wrong with her?" Alessa complained.

"She's just full of energy, and ideas all the time, you get use to it, plus she's nice enough" Alessa said.

"...I'm not through with you! Why don't you act more like me if your name's Alessa!" Alessa complained.

"I-I'm sorry" Alessa apologized

"No, no! You gotta stand up for yourself, stand up straight, and summon razor sharp wires all around you!" Alessa encouraged.

"Wires?" Alessa said looking puzzled.

"You know, those scary things you use to hurt people" Sharon described.

Alessa still looked dumbfounded.

"...You don't know what we're talking about do you?" Emilie asked.

Alessa nodded her head.

"I've never had something like that happen, I'm sorry" Alessa apologized.

"She's telling the truth, she would have been more...helpful if it was true" Little Walker sort of defended.

"...I do my best..." Alessa said disappointed in herself.

"We all, we can work together on this" Emilie assured.

"I wish I brought change so I can use this" James said looking at the binoculars.

"I have some dollars in change you can use, I suppose I don't mind you using it once" Murphy said handing out a handful of pocket change.

"Really? You're giving me money even though we just met?" James said.

"Yeah sure, I'm not using it, and I sure as hell don't need it to survive here" Murphy said.

James grabbed a coin, put it inside the slot activating it, and peeked through the lens.

"Wow~ It's actually not that horrifying here" James commented.

"Yeah it's a good view, until you look down" Murphy said.

"Isn't that, the tram you guys went on to get here?" James asked as he zoomed at the thing.

"Yeah it was...funny why it doesn't move anymore, but then again it's probably just broken" Murphy said.

"Well I guess that's normal for machines to do, so there's nothing to-Ah! Bleeding hand!" James was saying until a certain even happened which caused him to fright.

Okay so everyone got acquainted with everyone is that fair to say?" Eric suddenly called out.

"I haven't talked to them, maybe we get to know each other better" George said moving close to Elle, and Lisa.

"We just needed your name thanks" Lisa quickly said.

"Taken" Elle simply said.

"Well that settles that then, we can get to know each other more along the way, but I think we overstayed our welcome long enough here" Alex said.

"You're telling me, now I just want so time for myself, it's way past closing time anyways" JP said.

"You're still here?" Murphy asked.

"Got anywhere else I should be?" JP asked.

"Fine we'll get out of your way, but can you tell us how though?" Murphy asked.

"If you're heading through the caverns, which the elevator behind me will take you, there will be a train there that takes you to Hillside. Boy I tell ya, all the kids...they just loved that little train" JP said.

"You hear that? We're going on a fun train ride" Rose declared to the kids.

"Yeah I'm sure the years of neglect, and the town itself has done nothing to that little train we'll all be taking" George said.

"You could be more optimistic" Heather said.

"I don't believe we've met either" George suddenly said.

"...I have a stun gun" Heather revealed.

"Just for the record everyone, I'm Ryan!" Ryan called out.

"It's nice to meet you Ryan" Heather greeted.

"Moving on, wouldn't it be easier if you just showed us? You are the tour guide to this place after all" Murphy said.

"...Sorry, someplace I gotta be" JP stated not moving an inch.

"You don't look like you're in a hurry" Alex said.

"...Don't worry I'll make it there soon enough, you guys just worry about yourselves. Oh, and be careful, this place is made of wood...try not to chop any parts, or drill any more holes than it needs" JP warned as he tossed a coin into the pit.

"Thanks for the tip" Murphy said.

"I picked up a map on a kiosk, we could use that to help guide us" Elle said.

"Hm~ I was wondering where one might be found, what's the trip like?" Murphy asked.

"Not a lot of room for error, it's pretty straight forward, I almost don't feel like we'll even need it at this point" Elle said.

"You guys are coming along too?" Murphy asked.

"I'll go wherever my wife goes, but now that I found her, I'm ready to go so I'd rather take the fastest route out of here" Christopher said.

"Speaking of that, I expect my pay by the end of this trip" Douglas announced.

"How exactly did you help me find her again?" Christopher asked.

"...We can discuss details later, you know I charge extra when I actually solve a mystery you know" Douglas added.

"You never were good at hiring, I'm glad you haven't changed" Rose said sounding very relieved.

"Hey I got the job done, not in one way, but another" Douglas said.

"Do you always mess up your jobs like this?" Heather asked.

"Special cases, that's all" Douglas said.

"Fine whatever, I'm so happy we found my wife, and daughter I don't even care, but can we please just go" Christopher said.

"We saw an elevator we could use, but judging on all the people here, I take it we can fit about half of us in there, so two trips ought to be enough" Harry said.

"Into the unknown we go" Ryan called out.

"What we'll find nobody knows" Angela added.

So Harry, Mason, Alessa, Alessa, Lisa, Cybil, James, Maria, Laura, Angela, Heather, Douglas, Henry, Eileen, Travis, Elle, Alex, Wheeler, Tina, Eric, George, Jessie, Ryan, Emilie, Captain Lake, Hanna, Christopher, Rose, Sharon, Murphy, and their newly named cat Kattina headed towards the elevator. As Harry had predicted the elevator though wide, was still insufficient in carrying them all at once. Travis looked at the elevator, then towards his Tire Iron, and spoke out.

"Can I try something?" Travis suddenly asked

"It's not gonna backfire is it?" Alex asked.

"No, and I don't think we need it now, but I feel like there is something I could do with this power that could really make things more comfortable for us in the future...may I" Travis asked.

"Go ahead, everyone stand back!" Alex called out.

"Why, what's going on?" George asked.

"Something magical!" James declared.

"Wicked!" Ryan exclaimed.

Travis went inside the elevator alone, he looked at his Tire Iron, and focused on it as he placed it on the floor. Soon afterward he saw the space inside the elevator begin to stretch, and extend. The square space doubled in size, yet the outside remained unchanged. Travis not done with his test began to walk around the elevator to confirm it was legit, and sure enough the extra dimensional space he created was true, and safe.

"Okay come back in everyone" Travis assured,

Everyone did so shocked at how much bigger it looked, despite repeatedly going inside, and outside they couldn't grasp as to how the elevator was bigger on the inside then on the outside.

"T-this is unreal, then again I saw a sideways waterfall just recently so I must believe this is my new reality" Moon said.

"Don't get use to it, though I won't have this power forever, but still, now that I know it works we could make great use of this during those elevator rides" Travis said.

"Great idea! This saves us a lot of trouble" Elle said.

"I still don't see the point of the outfit though" Douglas said.

"Well if you could control dimensions like this I'm sure racing could be much easier, and more difficult for your opponent. The possibilities are endless" Travis said.

"True, the racetrack could be manipulated in your favor to avoid crashes, and take shortcuts" Harry said.

"Why are you saying all this like this is normal!" George asked out loud.

"Why are you reacting so strongly about this? If it doesn't hurt, who cares?" Henry said.

"I suppose thinking that way could make you appear very courageous, but also very strange" Captain Lake said.

"Well activate the elevator, let's see if it'll work all freaked out like this" George said.

"I'm pushing the button" Alex said.

As he did so the elevator responded, obeying to it's human masters, the machine descended to it's only other floor down. As they all left Travis was the last to leave, after picking up his Tire Iron the walls around him began to pull themselves in, returning to their previous placed space.

End of Chapter

So much more they must discuss with each other, so much they must show to each other, and so much they have yet to explore together. It almost feels like they just started their adventure, but no worries because we'll be covering every square inch of this town. Thanks you for your patience, reviews, and support!