Personal Nightmares
Author's notes: Warning! This story contains very disturbing stuff, especially for females. Proceed with caution…
Angel70: Thanks for the review! Silent Hill was released for the PS1 in 1999, Silent Hill 2 was released for the PS2 in 2001. The X-Box and the PC also have SH2. And finally, Silent Hill 3 was just released recently for PS2. Go get them!!!
Wolf Runner: Since you are disturbed, that means I'm doing a good job. After all, if you aren't scared/disturbed/frightened, or whatever, that means my story sucks.
Gloob2K: No I didn't. You did. *Points finger at joo* You are the reader, and because you are able to visualize what happened, that means you killed her. ^_^
Razzbairee: You asked for it…you probably noticed the notes above.
LC WOLF: I'm sorry. Are you her BF? If so, just come to Silent Hill to pick her up…
Steel Angel: Thanks. Sorry, no special treatments. It wouldn't be fair to others. ^_^
TigerEyes2: I'm glad you caught some of the references. Expect more of them.
Chapter 4: Selfish Mother
Just at the outskirts of the Town of Silent Hill, a woman was driving in a blue Range Rover. She had short, brown hair, and had dark skin. She was wearing a white blouse and a blue skirt. Just like many tourists before, and many more after her, she journeyed to this town for vacation. "Ah…Silent Hill. I'm almost there. The last time I've been here, I was with my husband. We had a great time, but he couldn't come this time. Too much work. I would have invited Tina, but I couldn't contact her at all. I guess she's away on vacation too."
Shortly afterwards, she noticed strange things along the way. "How come there's fog? The fog wasn't here last time. And light snow? It's supposed to be summer! The weather's screwy today…what's that?" Lisa thought. Ahead of her, there was a barrier erected, blocking her way. She stopped her vehicle, and got out.
"It's some sort of barrier. It's made out of wood, steel fences, barrels, and there are even yellow police lines all over it. What's going on here?" As she studied the structure, she noticed a small opening. "I guess someone could fit over there. Silent Hill is just on the other side. I don't want to leave my car behind, but I guess I have to go on foot. Maybe someone could tell me what's going on."
Lisa then squeezed her way through the barrier, and made it to the other side. She walked all over the place, and made it to the residential district. There, she tried knocking on several houses, but there were no responses.
"Maybe there's some sort of contagion, and everyone's on quarantine. Oh my God…let's hope not. Just stepping into this town might infect me or…" suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted by a strange sensation. "…hmm? What's this? It…hurts!" She then clutched her stomach, and fell down on her knees. "What's wrong with me?" After a few minutes, the pain subsided, and she was able to stand up. "Oh no…something's definitely wrong. I'd better…huh?"
Her attention was focused on something on the ground. "Bloodstains…and they lead into an alley over there…"
She followed the trail of blood. As she opened the small gate blocking her way, everything was cast into darkness. "What? But it's not supposed to be night time yet!" She then looked at her glow in the dark watch, but was surprised at what she saw. "Yeah, it's only 8:00 A.M…but now, my watch stopped working! It's dead…just like this town…"
She then took out her lighter, and used it to light up her surroundings. "…Interesting. The fog dissipated, and now it's raining. I have a bad feeling about this…" She continued on with following the trail of blood, until she came to a dead end, and the source of it.
"What the…? There's a dead body inside a clear plastic bag...probably just a child…no…a baby!" she gasped, looking at the lifeless body. "What monster could have done this?"
You did…
"Hmm? Who's there?" she said, as she turned around. Suddenly, two assailants came out of the darkness. They looked like children at first to Lisa, but as they got closer, it was apparent that they were not. Their skin is pale white, and their height is so small that they barely reach the woman's knees. One of them was carrying a knife, the other was not.
"Oooahhhhh…" the monsters both moaned in unison.
"Get away from me!" Lisa yelled, as she waved her lighter around. The unarmed child-monster grabbed her left leg, and a struggle ensued. She tried to shake the attacker loose, but the monster held on, and she felt the inhuman strength from the child-like monster. The other then came in close, and stabbed her several times on her right knee. Blood was drawn.
"AAHHH!!!" Lisa yelled, as she dropped her lighter, plunging the area into darkness…
*****
"Ohhhh…" the dark-skinned woman moaned. She opened her eyes, and saw that she was not in the alley anymore. As she looked around, she noticed that the place was somewhat familiar to her. "Alchemilla Hospital. I've been to this place once just to look around. Someone must have brought me here, so that means there are people here!" she said with a look of excitement on her eyes. "But…did that really happen? That incident in the alley…"
She then looked at her right knee, and saw some bandage stained with blood on it. "This isn't a dream! What's going on here?" she thought, as memories of her assault went back to her mind.
Suddenly, the whole place went dark. "Oh great. Not this again…"
The hospital's speakers then let out a buzzing noise, as someone prepared to speak. "Attention everyone! We have a power failure. Power should be restored shortly. The elevators are still working, and if anyone needs emergency supplies, like torches, please head to the storeroom at basement 1," a masculine voice said.
Lisa then searched her pockets for anything useful, and lo and behold, her lighter was still in her pocket. "But…I dropped this when I was attacked earlier. Oh, probably the person who rescued me put this back. It doesn't matter now." She then used her lighter to light the room, and she was baffled at what was written on the wall.
Go away!
Baby Killer!
Drop Dead…
"…that was definitely not there when I woke up. Baby killer? What does that mean?"
She then stepped out of her room, and was horrified at the scene before her. There were three female nurses lying on the ground nearby, all soaked in blood. Their faces where all messed up, and they could not be identified. "Oh my God! Who did this?" Lisa said, as she examined the dead nurses. "One of them is peppered with bullets, while the rest are hit with some type of blunt weapon…" The woman then had the urge to vomit, but held it.
"There might be a killer on the loose. I'd better watch it. I think I should go to the storeroom to get some supplies. I might need them."
Leaving the scene of the crime, she went to the elevators. As she hopped in one of them, she pressed the B1 button. The elevator went to the correct floor, and she went out, ready for anything.
"I think all the people are in hiding. What else could explain the lack of people in this building?" she said, as she looked for the storeroom. In a few minutes, she found the correct room, and entered it. Inside the room, there were many things scattered around. "Flashlights, hammers, nails, etc. I definitely need a torch."
As she was about to grab the item, intense pain suddenly overtook her. "Not this again! What's wrong with my stomach?" She then collapsed on the floor, clutching her stomach with her left hand, while still holding on to her lighter with the right.
After a few minutes, the pain subsided, but not completely. "It…hurts. What's wrong with me?"
Lisa then heard the door open and shut behind her. She turned around, but the light from a flashlight blinded her eyes. "Oi! What do we have here?" a familiar voice said. The woman took a quick look at Lisa and said, "You look bloody familiar. Didn't we meet at that crummy island several months ago? Sorry, forgot your name…"
The light then was moved away from Lisa's eyes, and she could now see the figure much more clearly. The woman was wearing a nurse's uniform and had white hair. "Yes. Yes we did. It's Lisa. And, sorry, what was your name again?"
"It doesn't matter," the white-haired woman replied. "It's much better if you don't know."
"Huh? How come?" Lisa answered back, but the woman ignored her, and started to look around for supplies. During that time, Lisa noticed the blood on the woman's uniform. She was also aware that the woman was carrying a rusted steel pipe, and it was also covered in blood. "Oh my God…" Lisa muttered.
"Hmm?" the woman turned around. "What the FUCK are you looking at?"
"…did you…kill those nurses?" Lisa whimpered.
"Nurses? Oh, you mean those monsters…"
"Monsters?"
"Yeah, I did. Oi! Don't look at me like that. It was self-defense. They attacked first. Besides, they were looking at me in a funny way…" the woman chuckled.
Lisa didn't find this funny at all. "But…but, you can't just kill someone, 'cause of the way they looked at you!"
"Oh yeah? Why the fuck not? You got something against that?" the woman replied in a defensive, but icy tone.
"N…no." Lisa whimpered, as she broke eye contact.
"Listen. Things are bloody fucked up around here. Your best bet is to high tail it out of here. And no, you can't come with me. I've got things to do, luv." The white-haired woman then opened the door, but before shutting it close, she said, "Well, cheers, Lisa."
"…she's lost her mind. I was scared that she'd kill me here. Maybe I should try and stop her. I can't let her kill more people," Lisa thought. She then stepped out of the room, but suddenly, the hallway was changed. As Lisa looked around, she noticed the walls were splattered with blood. "No…not splattered. It looks like the blood is still moving…" The walls in the hallway also felt organic, so human to her. "It's as if I was looking at inside the human body…I'm really starting to lose it…"
She then ran and ran, trying every door, and moving on to another when the door would not open. Finally, she reached an open door, and entered the room. "Hmm…a maternity ward. Well, at least the walls aren't bleeding around here. I'll stay here for a while."
As she moved around, the sight of the cribs disturbed her unconsciously. "I should be feeling happy at the sight of these things, but why am I feeling so awful?"
Because you kill babies…
Suddenly, two of the cribs shook, and out came the child monsters. Both of them were armed with knives this time. "Oh my…" Lisa said, as she prepared herself. The first one tried to reach for her legs again, but this time, she gave the monster a powerful kick, which knocked the wind out of it. She grabbed the knife, and shoved it deep into its heart. Blood flowed out freely, and the child-monster shook for a few seconds, and stopped moving. The other then tried to take a stab at her, but she stepped out of the way, and the monster lost its balance. Lisa then grabbed the foot of a crib, and used it to crush the monster repeatedly.
"What are these things, anyway?" she thought, as she watched the child-monster bleed. "I should forget about that woman. I should just leave this place."
Lisa then went to the elevator, and was relieved to see that the hallways weren't bleeding or moving or anything. As she stepped into the elevator, she pressed the 1 button, but nothing was happening. The elevator refused to move.
"Oh no. Maybe the emergency power went out, too?"
"Oh no. It's still working properly. Otherwise, you won't hear this," the masculine voice from the elevator's speakers said.
"Who are you? Ahhh…" Intense pain overtook Lisa again, and again she collapsed on the ground, clutching her stomach.
"Ah. Pregnant again, I see. 3rd child, right?" the voice said.
"What? What do you mean? How could I be pregnant?" Lisa demanded.
"This town works in mysterious ways. It wants you pregnant, you'll get pregnant."
"This doesn't make sense!"
"It doesn't have to. It's your punishment for prematurely ending the lives of two souls."
"I didn't kill them! I just had abortions!" Lisa countered.
"Oh. But you see, you still consciously ended their lives. You can't really blame the doctors; therefore, blame is placed on the one who gave the order, meaning you. And you can't blame your husband, because he didn't even know anything about this. The first time you got pregnant, you had an abortion a few months later, and told your husband that you had a miscarriage. The second time, you did the same thing, only that you told him that you weren't pregnant at all. What a gullible husband you have."
"How do you know all these?"
"We know everything. Now, I can see that you are in extreme pain. Do you want that child out of your body?"
"Yes. I do. Get it out of me!" Lisa yelled.
"OK. Just grab the bottle right next to you, and drink from it."
Lisa then noticed a bottled filled with a red liquid to her right. Without thinking, she immediately grabbed the bottle and drank its contents. Suddenly, the pain subsided.
"Feeling much better now?"
"Yeah, I…urrrgghh!" Lisa yelled. She then felt more pain, as she started to choke. She then vomited on the ground, as food and bile started filling up the ground. Suddenly, she started coughing out blood.
"What…blurghh…did you…urrghh…do to me?" Lisa said in between hurls.
"Just think of it as an abortion, Silent Hill style. But don't feel so bad, because you'll also die along with your child…HAHAHAHAHA!" the voice said accompanied by a maniacal laughter.
Lisa then felt something huge coming out of her throat, and she felt the greatest pain ever. She felt as if her throat was being literarily torn apart. As she coughed, something big came out of her mouth, and landed on the ground. She noticed that it was a bloodied fetus. "My…child…" Lisa whispered, as she collapsed and expired from sheer pain and exhaustion.
And thus, Silent Hill has claimed another wretched soul.
End of Chapter 4
Author's notes: Well, you can pretty much guess who the next girl is.
