Nathan Avenue was a long, thin road with advertisement signs put up for
passers by to read. But most of the signs seemed to be dated back at least
ten-years, some of them seemed even older.
Robyn couldn't help but keep asking herself why this had happened to her, and what she might have done to deserve such a thing. Every now and then, another monster would appear from within the fog, and lumber around, but Robyn would just avoid them by jogging ahead. Luckily though, her radio would crackle with static whenever a monster was near, so that she could be aware and ready with her rusted pipe.
By now, she'd already passed the museum, just like James had told her to, and could see the huge frame of a half-built skyscraper looming at her out of the darkness with several figures walking around on the steel framework. Some of the floors were already built, and ready with windows and walls just like it should have. Robyn couldn't help but ask herself... Could James be in there?
It didn't take long before Robyn reached the wire fencing parameter of the site, and peered around at the already built, and furnished first floor. The main doors had a symbol on the front like an L and an H intertwined together, and above them was a sign reading 'Lake Homes Incorporated: Bringing you closer to the beauty of America's Lakes'
Robyn had heard about this place. As a matter of fact, she and her friends from college had once gone on strike outside one of the LH buildings in New Port, complaining about the demolition of wildlife and animals homes. But now Robyn didn't think about animals at all, other than the animal-like creatures, which watched her as she climbed over the fence, and hopped to the other side.
Robyn was just about to approach the entrance when someone grabbed her arm with a very weak urgency. She spun around to face a little girl, dirtied and angry-looking.
"What are you doing here?" the little girl asked, sounding like a spoilt brat, "I didn't think anyone else was going to come here"
"Who are you?" Robyn asked, kneeling down so that she was on the same eye- level as the little girl.
"My name's Laura" the girl explained, "I've been here for weeks now, just wandering around trying to find a way out... I've been looking for a lady called Mary, but her husband told me she's not coming back"
"Mary?" Robyn yelped suddenly, "You talked to her husband, what was he called?"
"James" Laura replied simply, toying with her hair absentmindedly
"James?" Robyn almost screamed, "I'm here to find James! You talked to him?"
"Yeah" Laura replied, "But I haven't talked to James for quite a while... I think he went away to an Island in the middle of the lake or something. But you can only get there if you open the boating ramp from inside there" She pointed into the skyscraper.
"Laura?" Robyn started, "I don't know my way around this place very well, will you come with me?" Laura looked around a little, with a nervous look on her face, her eyes darted back to Robyn's face.
"Okay" She said, sounding unsure, "But we'll have to be careful... Just in case the 'other' world comes to get me again". Robyn rubbed Laura's shoulders thoughtfully,
"I won't let anyone, or anything come and get you, okay Laura?"
The little blonde girl looked up through teary eyes, nodded, and took Robyn's hand as they both prepared to enter the building site.
The sky turned Dark...
A bad omen...
And somewhere... Someone awoke from a deep sleep.
Robyn couldn't help but keep asking herself why this had happened to her, and what she might have done to deserve such a thing. Every now and then, another monster would appear from within the fog, and lumber around, but Robyn would just avoid them by jogging ahead. Luckily though, her radio would crackle with static whenever a monster was near, so that she could be aware and ready with her rusted pipe.
By now, she'd already passed the museum, just like James had told her to, and could see the huge frame of a half-built skyscraper looming at her out of the darkness with several figures walking around on the steel framework. Some of the floors were already built, and ready with windows and walls just like it should have. Robyn couldn't help but ask herself... Could James be in there?
It didn't take long before Robyn reached the wire fencing parameter of the site, and peered around at the already built, and furnished first floor. The main doors had a symbol on the front like an L and an H intertwined together, and above them was a sign reading 'Lake Homes Incorporated: Bringing you closer to the beauty of America's Lakes'
Robyn had heard about this place. As a matter of fact, she and her friends from college had once gone on strike outside one of the LH buildings in New Port, complaining about the demolition of wildlife and animals homes. But now Robyn didn't think about animals at all, other than the animal-like creatures, which watched her as she climbed over the fence, and hopped to the other side.
Robyn was just about to approach the entrance when someone grabbed her arm with a very weak urgency. She spun around to face a little girl, dirtied and angry-looking.
"What are you doing here?" the little girl asked, sounding like a spoilt brat, "I didn't think anyone else was going to come here"
"Who are you?" Robyn asked, kneeling down so that she was on the same eye- level as the little girl.
"My name's Laura" the girl explained, "I've been here for weeks now, just wandering around trying to find a way out... I've been looking for a lady called Mary, but her husband told me she's not coming back"
"Mary?" Robyn yelped suddenly, "You talked to her husband, what was he called?"
"James" Laura replied simply, toying with her hair absentmindedly
"James?" Robyn almost screamed, "I'm here to find James! You talked to him?"
"Yeah" Laura replied, "But I haven't talked to James for quite a while... I think he went away to an Island in the middle of the lake or something. But you can only get there if you open the boating ramp from inside there" She pointed into the skyscraper.
"Laura?" Robyn started, "I don't know my way around this place very well, will you come with me?" Laura looked around a little, with a nervous look on her face, her eyes darted back to Robyn's face.
"Okay" She said, sounding unsure, "But we'll have to be careful... Just in case the 'other' world comes to get me again". Robyn rubbed Laura's shoulders thoughtfully,
"I won't let anyone, or anything come and get you, okay Laura?"
The little blonde girl looked up through teary eyes, nodded, and took Robyn's hand as they both prepared to enter the building site.
The sky turned Dark...
A bad omen...
And somewhere... Someone awoke from a deep sleep.