Silent Hill: Fear of Blood

Part Four

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The hand gun fell from her hand and her legs felt weak. She could not breathe. First, the buzzing, then, the blood and now, the lights were off. All of Halley's worst fears have come true in just a few minutes. She closed her eyes as tears ran down her face.

Crying…She thought, it won't do me good…Her legs failed after that she fell. Erin…Maria…Andy…Gabriel…

"Halley? Are you there?"

The radio stopped buzzing and the lights suddenly went on. Halley opened her eyes just in time to see a pair of green concerned eyes staring back at her. It was Gabriel.

"I knew I shouldn't have let you go alone. I'm really sorry. Here, let me help you." He took hold of her shaking hand and pulled her back on her feet. Realizing that she was shaking with either fear or cold, he asked her, "What's wrong?"

Halley thought that she was about to have a nervous breakdown. The blood, the buzzing and the dark were way too much for her to handle. She totally threw herself at Gabriel and started crying.

"Oh my god! Gabriel, you have no idea what just happened! First, the radio started buzzing! I got up and loaded my gun. I asked who was there but no one answered. Then, I started to sweat, because of fear and all. I took that napkin on the counter and dried my forehead with it without realizing that it was bloody! The blood trickled down my face and then the lights went out! I was so scared! Terrified even! My three worst fears were coming all at once! And-" Gabriel covered her mouth before she could continue.

"Wait, did you just say…'bloody napkin'?" He asked.

Halley nodded, "Yes. It's right over the-eere…" She cut her sentence short as she saw that there was no bloody napkin and no blood. "H-how could this be? There was blood there just a minute ago!" She turned back to Gabriel, "I swear Gabriel! I swear I'm not lying! I saw blood!"

Gabriel nodded, "It could be true. This town is full of shit." He walked over to the hand gun, picked it up and gave it to Halley. "Do not lose this." Halley nodded. "Get some rest. I'll stand guard."

She nodded and sat down on a chair. She buried her head in her arms and tried to go to sleep. It was easier said than done. After what she experienced a few minutes ago, sleep or rest seemed like a miracle. I wonder what Erin is doing. Oh, I hope she's all right and not killing any civilians…She sighed, and Maria…Sis, I hope you didn't totally freak out by those monsters and I sure do hope you didn't break a nail…

It took almost forever until sleep finally overcame her. Gabriel, on the other hand, stayed up all night watching the place in case someone or something decides to break in. He sighed and shook his head and then turned around to look at the sleeping Halley. He smiled at her sleeping form, "Her back will be killing her tomorrow…" Then he shrugged and walked outside.

The night was very quiet. One would think that it wasn't packed with monsters if he or she came that night, oh how wrong could they get!

Gabriel sat on the steps and watched. It was boring. There was nothing to do and it was too dark to see anything. He reached into his pocket looking for a lighter or a flashlight. He found a lighter and pulled it out. Gabriel tried to light it, but he fails the first time. He tried again and failed. Finally, he tried again and it was a success. He grinned; therefore his grin did not stay for long. A huge swollen monster-like being was staring (if he had eyes that is) at him. Too stunned to say a word, Gabriel slowly got up keeping wide open eyes on the monster in front of him. He reached his hand for the door knob behind him and twisted it.

Click

Huh? Gabriel twisted it again.

Click…click…click…clickclickclickclickclickCLICK!

Panic struck him as the body got closer and closer. The lighter fell from his hand and he started to bang his fists on the door screaming.

"HALLEY!! HALLEY!! WAKE UP!! OPEN THE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!"

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She quickly sat up as she heard Gabriel shouting her name. Hastily, Halley took the handgun and the radio and ran over to the door. She twisted the door knob, but it won't open!

"The door won't open Gabriel!" She shouted.

"Maybe it's locked!" Gabriel shouted back his voice quivering with fear.

She looked at the keyhole and found no key or keyhole!

"There's no keyhole!"

"What do you mean there's no keyhole!? HALLEY! There is a Keyho-Oh my god…"

Halley heard a scream and then…silence.

Click…

The door of the tavern was open. Swallowing hard, Halley stuck her head outside. It was empty. "Gabriel?" She asked. There was no answer. Halley opened the door and went outside. "Gabriel!" She yelled. Still, there was no answer. As panic stuck her, she ran down to the middle of the street and screamed, "GABRIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She fell to her knees crying. "I don't want to stay here anymore…wither I die or not, I'm leaving." Halley got up and walked to the tavern.

The door was still open and the lights were on, exactly like she had left them. There was one wrong thing though, her radio started to buzz. Her eyes widened and her hands gripped the handgun. But what saw inside was not a foe, it was a friend! There was a swollen body lying on the floor and next to it, was…

"Gabriel?"

His head shot up as he heard her voice and quickly got up. He still seemed shaken by what had happened earlier. Therefore, he smiled when he saw her. Halley smiled back.

"What happened?" She asked.

"This thing took me back to the alley right behind the tavern. I saw a shot gun over there and I shot it." He answered and just as he did, Halley threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"Don't you ever scare me like that, you hear?" She said crying. Gabriel nodded and hugged her back. She withdrew quickly and said, "Where's the apartment again?"

"I think it's on 'Old Man's Street'." Gabriel said seriously.

Halley nodded and took 'Old Man's Key' from the table she was sitting on. Then she walked over to the door and was just about to leave when Gabriel stopped her.

"Wait a second, where you going?" He asked.

"To the apartment building, where else? Maybe I'll fine Maria there." She looked down.

Gabriel felt guilty about asking her that question, "Sorry." He reached behind him and pulled a shotgun. "Here." He said and gave it to her. "It's a lot better than a handgun, though a bit slower. It might help you kill the bigger monsters."

Halley thanked Gabriel and left the tavern now armed with a handgun and a shotgun.

I hope I see Maria…

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