"What happened?" She mumbled to herself.
As she attempted to climb to her feet, she realized how cold she was. Her tight blue-jeans, fitted V-neck sweater and sneakers certainly weren't warm enough to be lying in the snow in. She had only put that on in the morning because she assumed she wouldn't be outside very much. It was then she noticed her house was boarded up. Every door and window was covered with sturdy sheets of plywood, nailed tightly down.
"What the Hell?"
Jody looked around the farmyard. The tiny pasture where her horses, Blue and Maverick usually stood was now vacant, and the nearby chicken coop, which was normally always extremely noisy with the squawks of about twenty-five chickens and roosters, was dead silent.
"Where am I?" Jody said aloud. "Home? At least, this place looks a lot like home."
After an unsuccessful attempt to pry the plywood off the door, Jody began to walk down the laneway, towards the road, when she heard a voice from behind her.
"Hey! Wait!" the voice called.
Jody spun around too see a girl, about the same age as herself, approaching her. She was tall and muscular with long dyed blonde hair, and a round face that looked weathered and worn. She wore a red backwards beret just above her ears and an oversized cross around her neck.
"Do you know where everyone is?" The girl said in a desperate tone.
"No, do you?" Jody said as the girl stopped, and stood about three feet away.
"Damn it. The town wasn't like this when I got here, do you at least know what's going on? What are all those monsters?"
"Monsters?"
"Yeah. They kinda look like people but that have no faces. A bunch of them tried to attack me so I ran over here, hoping I could find a place to hide, than I saw you."
Although Jody didn't completely believe the girl about the monsters, she also didn't completely believe what she was seeing with her own two eyes, so she didn't argue.
"I'm guessing you're not from Silent Hill?"
"Nope, Portland. I ran away from home with my boyfriend, and we were hiding out in a motel here. He went out to get us some grub around one and I fell asleep. When I woke up, the town was empty and all these weird creatures were running around. None of the phones worked, and all the roads outta town were blocked." the girl paused, the held out her hand "I'm Linnie. Linnie Jordan."
"I'm Jody Gillespie" replied Jody as she shook her hand. "Do you know where your boyfriend is now?"
"No, he said he was going to some diner in the older part of Silent Hill to get hamburgers."
"The one on Bachman road?"
"How am I supposed to know? I don't live in this freak show you call a town."
"Well, the diner on Bachman road is the only diner in the central part of the town" Jody sighed "We'll look for him there."
"That's a hella long walk. And what makes you so sure he's still gunna be at the diner? He probably disappeared just like everyone else."
"Have you got a better idea?" Jody said impatiently.
Linnie sighed. "No, I guess not."
"That's what I thought."
The two girls set off down the long road into town, not saying much of anything. About a half an hour into their journey, Jody heard a strange noise from behind her. It sounded like footsteps, but they didn't sound human. The rhythm wasn't quite right. Jody spun around to see the most grotesque sight she had ever seen. It looked like a mutilated human body stuck inside boxed frame made of steel. It's limbs were nailed at the elbows and knees to the frame, and he crawled around on all fours. When it spotted the girls, it stood up on its hind legs and prepared to pounce.
"Shit!" Jody grabbed Linnie's shoulder. "Run!"
Linnie looked around and all the color drained from her face. The pair took off running, faster then they ever thought their legs could ever carry them, down the street. The ankle deep snow didn't even slow them down. As she ran, Jody could hear the creature's steps behind her. It was so close to her, she could almost feel its horrible breath down her back. All of a sudden, she noticed an alley between an old night club and a storage building. It was only about two feet wide, and she knew there was no way the gigantic monster would ever fit in the small opening, so she made a sudden hairpin turn towards it. She dove into the alley, and looked back out, noticing the monster still prowling around blindly in snow, trying to figure out where the girls had gone. Linnie was nowhere to be scene, and as worried as Jody was, she knew now was not the right time to looking for her. She made her way down the alley, where she noticed an ajar door that lead into the storage building. She took a deep breath and slipped inside.