Chapter 2
Jerry pulled his car into the diner parking lot. As he did he could see the town come to life.
The shops he could see were putting out signs for the celebrations. Jerry made his way into
the diner and looked around. He, like his car, seemed out of place amongst these people.
He was wearing a casual suit, while most of the diners occupants were dressed in fishing
clothes or truck-drivers uniforms. Jerry guessed that the town must have a large fishing
base, which was strange because he didn't see and large bodies of water while overlooking
the town. He walked to a table and sat down. The menu was in front of him so he browsed
through it. He finally decided on the soup, along with a cup of coffee to replace the one now
lying on the side of the road about ten miles back, when he heard the waitress speak.
"So whadya having?" He looked up. For a second he saw an image of his wife go through
his head. And it was true, this woman was beautiful.
"Uh, the coffee and some soup."
"Coffe and soup. Not a bacon and eggs kinda guy?"
Her voice was warm, and she smiled at him just like Marcy used to.
"No, I'm a vegetarian."
"Oh, a vegetarian. Are you from the city?"
"Yeah, I'm on my way to meet an investor for my buisness."
"What line of work you in then?"
She seemed interested in what he was saying. It was a welcome change from the snooty,
arrogant waitresses they had in the city.
"I manage an animal care centre."
"Oh, animals. Well, I'll see to your food then, Mr....."
"Jerry. Jerry Roman."
"Hello Mr Jerry Roman. My name is Samantha Wilson."
She walked to the counter to get his meal. Jerry felt welcome here. She returned with his
meal and sat down next to him to talk as he ate. They talked about their lives, and
their loves. Jerry told of how he lost Marcy and she told him how she lost her
only child to a similar fate. When he had finished she got a call from the counter
and had to go. He left his money and went outside. He looked up and saw it was getting
dark. Very dark. He looked at his watch. He had been talking for a few hours with her.
He and Marcy used to talk for less. He decided it was no good driving any further and
looked around for a hotel. As he pulled out of the carpark the fog began to settle in.
The Silent Hill Hotel. 10 points for conveniance but 1 for originality.
He payed with cash for the best room in the hotel. It was half past nine according
to his Swiss Rolex. His mind went back to todays events, and he felt very lonely.
He put on his jacket and set out for the Diner.
He got there just on closing time. The last trucks were pulling out of the carpark
and the waitresses were going home. Jerry looked around for Samantha. He felt
stupid standing in the cold in an expensive suit peering around a diner, but felt
better when he saw Samantha walk out to meet him.
"Jerry. Long time, no see." She joked.
"Yeah, I was kinda lonely and since you are the only person I know in this town..."
He felt as if he was a teenager again, talking to his high-school girl.
"Say, I am in charge of closing up tonight. Could you help me?"
"Uh, sure."
The two of them cleaned up the resturant, and she got him to put away some boxes she
couldn't lift.
"All done. Say, where are you......"
She stopped when she heard the noise. It sounded like breaking glass, from around the
back of the diner. Jerry heard it too, and they went to investigate.
The back of the diner was a small, concrete area used by the trucks dropping off big
packages. It had two large dumpsters and was seperated from the other buildings by a
high chain-link fence. They looked out the window and heard another noise, coming from
dumpsters.
"Could be some homeless guy in the trash. I better check though."
Samantha reached out and unlocked the back door. It swung open slowly to reveal
the loading bay. It was bathed in a dull light from above the roller door.
"Hello? Anybody out there?"
There was a rustling from the dumpsters. Samantha leaned outside to see better.
A head popped out of the dumpster. It looked cartoon like in expression.
The head was tilted sideways. It slightly resembled a bird. It had a beak
and two large black eyes. It clawed its way of the dumpster and fell onto the
concrete. Jerry could see it fully now. It looked exactly like one of those
flying dinosaurs, with large, membrabe wings and clawed talons for feet.
It was about a metre high. Samantha gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
Jerry leant back and got a broom that was lying up against the wall.
The creature sniffed the air. It looked at the garbage then at Samantha.
It cocked its head in a puzzled look. Then its wings were spread out fully
and it flew at them. Jerry pulled Samantha inside and shut the door. It banged
hard against the wooden door. Jerry locked it and saw to Samantha. She was staring
at the door. "Samantha! Snap out of it!"
She looked up at him and said "The window."
Jerry heard a window smash, and looked at the cleaning room. The creature had
smashed the window and was now breaking out the last bits of glass so it could fit
through. Jerry closed that door and pulled Samantha back into the diner. He closed
the door that seperated the main diner from the behind the scenes stuff.
Samantha went to the front door and locked it. They could hear the creature in the
back room. It had gotten through the window. Samantha was the first to speak.
"What the hell was that thing?"
"I don't know, some sort of sea-bird?" Jerry thought that could be it, because
he didn't get much sea-birds in the animal centre.
"Doesn't look like any bird I have ever seen before."
Then came the sound.
Jerry jumped in suprise when he heard it. It was like some sort of dinosaur roar.
Samantha looked around nervously as if the creature was in the room.
They weren't paying attention and didn't see the back door open, and the bird creature
fly in. It flew at Samantha and would have got her if she hadn't of craned her neck to
see out a far window. It flew past her and crashed into the jukebox. Jerry grabbed
the broom and hit the creature with it. Samantha opened the front door after fiddling
with the lock and Jerry forced the creature outside. They both closed it just as the
creature smashed into the glass. It stumbled back, dazed. It opened its mouth as if
to cry out in pain when a much larger bird swoopt down and swallowed it in one bite.
That creature was taller than the roof of the diner, and the only time they saw its
head was because it had to bend down to swallow the other bird. Jerry gripped the broom
tightly. The bird looked around and crowed into the sky, before flying off into
the night. Jerry and Samantha stared at the parking lot for ten more minutes before
moving.
"So what do we do?" asked Samantha.
"Maybe it was just a large bird. Like a mutant pelican." Jerry knew that wasn't true.
"We should go see the sherrif about this. We'll take your car."
A few minutes later they were heading towards the Silent Hill Police Station.
The fog was getting worse, and the cars high-beams were not enough. Eventually they
had to stop due to lack of vision.
"So what now?" Samantha was starting to worry, probably about that large bird coming
back to get them.
"We will have to walk. Is it far from here?"
"No, it's only three blocks over. Make sure you lock your car up."
Samantha and Jerry walked across the road to the cover of the trees that lined the road.
It was safety against any of the flying creatures. The two walked further down the road
until Samantha stopped. She looked up at the road sign.
"What? That.... that can't be right?"
"What is it."
"This is Wilson Street. But, we were on Third and...."
"What's the matter?"
"Um, nothing. It's over here."
They walked on for two more streets before Samantha swore loudly.
"GOD-DAMN IT!! What the hell is going on here! This is Thompson Street.
But Thompson street is on the other side of town. We are still in New Silent Hill.
We should be on...."
She stopped. Jerry walked a few steps ahead of her before following her gaze to the
three small objects moving towards them.
They were small, about waist high to Jerry. They were naked, and their skins were a
greyish-brown colour. They had no hair and crude facial features. Their eyes were
small holes etched in their forehead. Their mouths were open and one of them was
drooling. Samantha walked backwards and tripped over a trashcan. Jerry went to her
aid and the three creatures were on him.
One flung itself on his back, and wrapped its hands around his neck. Another began
ripping at his shirt, trying to pull him down. They weren't very strong but they
were disgusting to touch. Their skin seemed slimy, almost like a thick jelly.
The last one grabbed at Samanthas hair. She stood up and threw it off.
"Jerry! Run!"
The creatures saw she was leaving and chased her. Jerry got his breath back and
followed. Samantha was much faster than them, and would have got away if a dog hadn't
of ran out in front of her. She tripped over it and banged her head, knocking her out.
The creatures advanced on her. One took care of the dog by grabbing it around the neck
and ripping. The dog winced in pain and in fell to the ground. The creature had slit
its throat. The others were trying to tear her clothes off. Jerry ran at them and kicked
out. his foot connected with one and his foot sunk into its head. He put his foot down
and its head collapsed, sending Jerry flying. He fell back and cracked his head on the
ground. He saw stars for a while, then felt blood. He opened his eyes. The creature
was sitting on Samanthas chest. It had a small knife in its hands. Jerry grabbed the
creature. The other creature, who was removing her shoes, growled at him. Jerry picked
up the one with the knife and threw it at the other. Samantha came to.
"Samantha! Go get help!"
She didn't need to be told twice. She stood up, and shook her head to stop the
dizzy feeling in her head. Then she ran, ran into the fog which had gotten
quite thick. The creatures saw this and ran at Jerry. He stumbled back and ran.
He turned a corner and saw five more creatures advancing on him. Jerry ran down an
allyway as a last resort. The creatures followed him. He ran and ran, along the
endless allyway. He passed a door and turned back to open it when it fell off its
hinges and a body fell out. It was covered from head to toe in savage cuts.
Jerry held back a scream and continued down the ally. He rounded another corner and saw
a scene of horror.
He had come across an open area. It was surrounded by fences which, on closer inspection,
was made out entirely out of barbed wire. Numerous corpses hung on the fences. There were
a few hospital beds lying on their sides. The ground was covered in blood. Jerry began
to scream. In the middle was an alter. And lying on the alter, naked and bleeding
heavily, was his dead wife Marcy. She sat up and grinned. As she did, blood oozed out
of her mouth and across her body.
"Hello Jerry. Welcome to His place. He is coming now Jerry, and you can't stop Him.
YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM! YOU COULDN'T SAVE ME!"
Jerry knew this thing wasn't his wife. He bent down and picked up a wheelchair.
Jerry smashed it against the ground until a bar broke off. He picked it up and walked
towards her.
"What is that for, Jerry boy? You can't save them! They are all fuc..."
She stopped.
Jerry had swung down the bar and buried it in her head.
The thing before him shook violently before colllapsing against him.
The creatures advanced on him.
Jerry sat down and closed his eyes.
He felt at peace.
The rain trickled down his face, mixed with the blood of the body of his wife.
His mind went blank.
Jerry pulled his car into the diner parking lot. As he did he could see the town come to life.
The shops he could see were putting out signs for the celebrations. Jerry made his way into
the diner and looked around. He, like his car, seemed out of place amongst these people.
He was wearing a casual suit, while most of the diners occupants were dressed in fishing
clothes or truck-drivers uniforms. Jerry guessed that the town must have a large fishing
base, which was strange because he didn't see and large bodies of water while overlooking
the town. He walked to a table and sat down. The menu was in front of him so he browsed
through it. He finally decided on the soup, along with a cup of coffee to replace the one now
lying on the side of the road about ten miles back, when he heard the waitress speak.
"So whadya having?" He looked up. For a second he saw an image of his wife go through
his head. And it was true, this woman was beautiful.
"Uh, the coffee and some soup."
"Coffe and soup. Not a bacon and eggs kinda guy?"
Her voice was warm, and she smiled at him just like Marcy used to.
"No, I'm a vegetarian."
"Oh, a vegetarian. Are you from the city?"
"Yeah, I'm on my way to meet an investor for my buisness."
"What line of work you in then?"
She seemed interested in what he was saying. It was a welcome change from the snooty,
arrogant waitresses they had in the city.
"I manage an animal care centre."
"Oh, animals. Well, I'll see to your food then, Mr....."
"Jerry. Jerry Roman."
"Hello Mr Jerry Roman. My name is Samantha Wilson."
She walked to the counter to get his meal. Jerry felt welcome here. She returned with his
meal and sat down next to him to talk as he ate. They talked about their lives, and
their loves. Jerry told of how he lost Marcy and she told him how she lost her
only child to a similar fate. When he had finished she got a call from the counter
and had to go. He left his money and went outside. He looked up and saw it was getting
dark. Very dark. He looked at his watch. He had been talking for a few hours with her.
He and Marcy used to talk for less. He decided it was no good driving any further and
looked around for a hotel. As he pulled out of the carpark the fog began to settle in.
The Silent Hill Hotel. 10 points for conveniance but 1 for originality.
He payed with cash for the best room in the hotel. It was half past nine according
to his Swiss Rolex. His mind went back to todays events, and he felt very lonely.
He put on his jacket and set out for the Diner.
He got there just on closing time. The last trucks were pulling out of the carpark
and the waitresses were going home. Jerry looked around for Samantha. He felt
stupid standing in the cold in an expensive suit peering around a diner, but felt
better when he saw Samantha walk out to meet him.
"Jerry. Long time, no see." She joked.
"Yeah, I was kinda lonely and since you are the only person I know in this town..."
He felt as if he was a teenager again, talking to his high-school girl.
"Say, I am in charge of closing up tonight. Could you help me?"
"Uh, sure."
The two of them cleaned up the resturant, and she got him to put away some boxes she
couldn't lift.
"All done. Say, where are you......"
She stopped when she heard the noise. It sounded like breaking glass, from around the
back of the diner. Jerry heard it too, and they went to investigate.
The back of the diner was a small, concrete area used by the trucks dropping off big
packages. It had two large dumpsters and was seperated from the other buildings by a
high chain-link fence. They looked out the window and heard another noise, coming from
dumpsters.
"Could be some homeless guy in the trash. I better check though."
Samantha reached out and unlocked the back door. It swung open slowly to reveal
the loading bay. It was bathed in a dull light from above the roller door.
"Hello? Anybody out there?"
There was a rustling from the dumpsters. Samantha leaned outside to see better.
A head popped out of the dumpster. It looked cartoon like in expression.
The head was tilted sideways. It slightly resembled a bird. It had a beak
and two large black eyes. It clawed its way of the dumpster and fell onto the
concrete. Jerry could see it fully now. It looked exactly like one of those
flying dinosaurs, with large, membrabe wings and clawed talons for feet.
It was about a metre high. Samantha gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
Jerry leant back and got a broom that was lying up against the wall.
The creature sniffed the air. It looked at the garbage then at Samantha.
It cocked its head in a puzzled look. Then its wings were spread out fully
and it flew at them. Jerry pulled Samantha inside and shut the door. It banged
hard against the wooden door. Jerry locked it and saw to Samantha. She was staring
at the door. "Samantha! Snap out of it!"
She looked up at him and said "The window."
Jerry heard a window smash, and looked at the cleaning room. The creature had
smashed the window and was now breaking out the last bits of glass so it could fit
through. Jerry closed that door and pulled Samantha back into the diner. He closed
the door that seperated the main diner from the behind the scenes stuff.
Samantha went to the front door and locked it. They could hear the creature in the
back room. It had gotten through the window. Samantha was the first to speak.
"What the hell was that thing?"
"I don't know, some sort of sea-bird?" Jerry thought that could be it, because
he didn't get much sea-birds in the animal centre.
"Doesn't look like any bird I have ever seen before."
Then came the sound.
Jerry jumped in suprise when he heard it. It was like some sort of dinosaur roar.
Samantha looked around nervously as if the creature was in the room.
They weren't paying attention and didn't see the back door open, and the bird creature
fly in. It flew at Samantha and would have got her if she hadn't of craned her neck to
see out a far window. It flew past her and crashed into the jukebox. Jerry grabbed
the broom and hit the creature with it. Samantha opened the front door after fiddling
with the lock and Jerry forced the creature outside. They both closed it just as the
creature smashed into the glass. It stumbled back, dazed. It opened its mouth as if
to cry out in pain when a much larger bird swoopt down and swallowed it in one bite.
That creature was taller than the roof of the diner, and the only time they saw its
head was because it had to bend down to swallow the other bird. Jerry gripped the broom
tightly. The bird looked around and crowed into the sky, before flying off into
the night. Jerry and Samantha stared at the parking lot for ten more minutes before
moving.
"So what do we do?" asked Samantha.
"Maybe it was just a large bird. Like a mutant pelican." Jerry knew that wasn't true.
"We should go see the sherrif about this. We'll take your car."
A few minutes later they were heading towards the Silent Hill Police Station.
The fog was getting worse, and the cars high-beams were not enough. Eventually they
had to stop due to lack of vision.
"So what now?" Samantha was starting to worry, probably about that large bird coming
back to get them.
"We will have to walk. Is it far from here?"
"No, it's only three blocks over. Make sure you lock your car up."
Samantha and Jerry walked across the road to the cover of the trees that lined the road.
It was safety against any of the flying creatures. The two walked further down the road
until Samantha stopped. She looked up at the road sign.
"What? That.... that can't be right?"
"What is it."
"This is Wilson Street. But, we were on Third and...."
"What's the matter?"
"Um, nothing. It's over here."
They walked on for two more streets before Samantha swore loudly.
"GOD-DAMN IT!! What the hell is going on here! This is Thompson Street.
But Thompson street is on the other side of town. We are still in New Silent Hill.
We should be on...."
She stopped. Jerry walked a few steps ahead of her before following her gaze to the
three small objects moving towards them.
They were small, about waist high to Jerry. They were naked, and their skins were a
greyish-brown colour. They had no hair and crude facial features. Their eyes were
small holes etched in their forehead. Their mouths were open and one of them was
drooling. Samantha walked backwards and tripped over a trashcan. Jerry went to her
aid and the three creatures were on him.
One flung itself on his back, and wrapped its hands around his neck. Another began
ripping at his shirt, trying to pull him down. They weren't very strong but they
were disgusting to touch. Their skin seemed slimy, almost like a thick jelly.
The last one grabbed at Samanthas hair. She stood up and threw it off.
"Jerry! Run!"
The creatures saw she was leaving and chased her. Jerry got his breath back and
followed. Samantha was much faster than them, and would have got away if a dog hadn't
of ran out in front of her. She tripped over it and banged her head, knocking her out.
The creatures advanced on her. One took care of the dog by grabbing it around the neck
and ripping. The dog winced in pain and in fell to the ground. The creature had slit
its throat. The others were trying to tear her clothes off. Jerry ran at them and kicked
out. his foot connected with one and his foot sunk into its head. He put his foot down
and its head collapsed, sending Jerry flying. He fell back and cracked his head on the
ground. He saw stars for a while, then felt blood. He opened his eyes. The creature
was sitting on Samanthas chest. It had a small knife in its hands. Jerry grabbed the
creature. The other creature, who was removing her shoes, growled at him. Jerry picked
up the one with the knife and threw it at the other. Samantha came to.
"Samantha! Go get help!"
She didn't need to be told twice. She stood up, and shook her head to stop the
dizzy feeling in her head. Then she ran, ran into the fog which had gotten
quite thick. The creatures saw this and ran at Jerry. He stumbled back and ran.
He turned a corner and saw five more creatures advancing on him. Jerry ran down an
allyway as a last resort. The creatures followed him. He ran and ran, along the
endless allyway. He passed a door and turned back to open it when it fell off its
hinges and a body fell out. It was covered from head to toe in savage cuts.
Jerry held back a scream and continued down the ally. He rounded another corner and saw
a scene of horror.
He had come across an open area. It was surrounded by fences which, on closer inspection,
was made out entirely out of barbed wire. Numerous corpses hung on the fences. There were
a few hospital beds lying on their sides. The ground was covered in blood. Jerry began
to scream. In the middle was an alter. And lying on the alter, naked and bleeding
heavily, was his dead wife Marcy. She sat up and grinned. As she did, blood oozed out
of her mouth and across her body.
"Hello Jerry. Welcome to His place. He is coming now Jerry, and you can't stop Him.
YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM! YOU COULDN'T SAVE ME!"
Jerry knew this thing wasn't his wife. He bent down and picked up a wheelchair.
Jerry smashed it against the ground until a bar broke off. He picked it up and walked
towards her.
"What is that for, Jerry boy? You can't save them! They are all fuc..."
She stopped.
Jerry had swung down the bar and buried it in her head.
The thing before him shook violently before colllapsing against him.
The creatures advanced on him.
Jerry sat down and closed his eyes.
He felt at peace.
The rain trickled down his face, mixed with the blood of the body of his wife.
His mind went blank.