Robyn was still paralysed, covered in a mixture of blood, and dirty lake
water. She was knelt in front of Karl Mörder, and he was about to explain
the connection... and why Robyn was reborn.
"First of all... I'm sorry about your friend, Robyn, but we had to put her out of her misery. She was a sinner, a compulsive liar, who would say anything for sympathy" Karl started, leaning on his cane slightly.
"She was raped today!" Robyn yelled weakly
"No she wasn't" Karl replied definitively, "She was run out of her old home because she used to say things like 'I've got cancer', just for attention. She came here, to Silent Hill, for a new start. When she saw you, she couldn't help but lie about something"
"Why was she at the building site!?" Robyn screamed, "Was she just lying there waiting for someone to come along!?"
"As a matter of fact, yes... she was" Karl replied, "That's how much of a pathetic liar she was. She had to be executed..."
"And Laura?" Robyn asked, "What about Laura?"
"Laura is still alive" Karl said, "It is true we used her as bait to bring you here. If it weren't for you, she'd have been dead long ago"
"Are you going to kill her?"
"We'll get to that" Karl spat angrily, "Now, I suppose you want to know how you were reborn in the same form, with a different mind, are you not?"
"Yes I am" Robyn said calmly, hoping that if she were a good girl, they'd let Laura go when the time came.
"When we killed you in a ritual all those years ago, which I suppose your alter-ego has told you about by now, we accidentally used the wrong ritual. We used the ritual of the rebirth, with a minor difference" Karl explained, standing up and pacing the blood-covered floor.
"Difference?" Robyn asked, "What kind of difference?"
"It's called the 'split'. It is an alteration of the ritual, which means that the reborn subject has a brother, or sister, born years before they are. This brother or sister, in turn, is connected to the clan, which is connected to Silent Hill. But to go into the details about James' wife would take too long, and its too complicated to explain" Karl said wholesomely, "In any case, if we want to resurrect your alter-ego, we need James... and we need the family ties between you"
"Out in the hall, earlier. There was a painting of James, it said that he was a member of the clan" Robyn said, climbing uneasily to her feet.
"In a sense, he is" Karl explained, "Once he came here, driven by the forces of the rebirth, he became on of us. Of course, we've had to keep him locked up in the dungeon, but he is, still, part of us... Just as you are"
"My alter-ego" Robyn started, "She told me she was heir to the clan's throne... And she also told me she wanted to kill you and your daughter"
"Perhaps she does" Karl said, as if not taking into account what Robyn had just said, "Either way, Teufel and I need her. She is the missing key to resurrecting the god of Silent Hill"
"Resurrecting a god? Are you crazy?" Robyn asked, "How the hell do you intend to resurrect a god?"
"Using a certain ritual, we can impregnate any woman we want with the child of god, and then, once the child has matured, it will undergo another ritual, which will finally transform it into god" Karl explained
"And you actually have a woman willing to do this?" Robyn asked, "Or are you just going to impregnate anyone?"
"No" Karl laughed slightly, "One of our esteemed members, Dahlia Gillespie, has already agreed to be the bearer. As a matter of fact, she's already picked out the name... Alessa"
"I don't care about names!" Robyn screamed, "All I want to know is, what will it take to have James and Laura released?"
"We just want you to surrender your soul to us... Once you are prepared for the ritual, we'll release James and Laura" Karl explained
"But don't you need James for the ritual?" Robyn asked, "How else will it work?"
"Once you and James have seen each other in the presence of Silent Hill, and our clan, the family tie between you will ignite, and you will be ripe for the resurrection of the person you were all those years ago," Karl said, sitting back in the electric chair, and leaning on his cane.
"What about my parents?" Robyn asked, "Do they know about this?"
"Of course they do" Karl cackled, "They're members of the clan, too... They've been tremendously patient to have waited all this time"
Robyn wasn't fighting anymore... She gave in, and nodded.
"First of all... I'm sorry about your friend, Robyn, but we had to put her out of her misery. She was a sinner, a compulsive liar, who would say anything for sympathy" Karl started, leaning on his cane slightly.
"She was raped today!" Robyn yelled weakly
"No she wasn't" Karl replied definitively, "She was run out of her old home because she used to say things like 'I've got cancer', just for attention. She came here, to Silent Hill, for a new start. When she saw you, she couldn't help but lie about something"
"Why was she at the building site!?" Robyn screamed, "Was she just lying there waiting for someone to come along!?"
"As a matter of fact, yes... she was" Karl replied, "That's how much of a pathetic liar she was. She had to be executed..."
"And Laura?" Robyn asked, "What about Laura?"
"Laura is still alive" Karl said, "It is true we used her as bait to bring you here. If it weren't for you, she'd have been dead long ago"
"Are you going to kill her?"
"We'll get to that" Karl spat angrily, "Now, I suppose you want to know how you were reborn in the same form, with a different mind, are you not?"
"Yes I am" Robyn said calmly, hoping that if she were a good girl, they'd let Laura go when the time came.
"When we killed you in a ritual all those years ago, which I suppose your alter-ego has told you about by now, we accidentally used the wrong ritual. We used the ritual of the rebirth, with a minor difference" Karl explained, standing up and pacing the blood-covered floor.
"Difference?" Robyn asked, "What kind of difference?"
"It's called the 'split'. It is an alteration of the ritual, which means that the reborn subject has a brother, or sister, born years before they are. This brother or sister, in turn, is connected to the clan, which is connected to Silent Hill. But to go into the details about James' wife would take too long, and its too complicated to explain" Karl said wholesomely, "In any case, if we want to resurrect your alter-ego, we need James... and we need the family ties between you"
"Out in the hall, earlier. There was a painting of James, it said that he was a member of the clan" Robyn said, climbing uneasily to her feet.
"In a sense, he is" Karl explained, "Once he came here, driven by the forces of the rebirth, he became on of us. Of course, we've had to keep him locked up in the dungeon, but he is, still, part of us... Just as you are"
"My alter-ego" Robyn started, "She told me she was heir to the clan's throne... And she also told me she wanted to kill you and your daughter"
"Perhaps she does" Karl said, as if not taking into account what Robyn had just said, "Either way, Teufel and I need her. She is the missing key to resurrecting the god of Silent Hill"
"Resurrecting a god? Are you crazy?" Robyn asked, "How the hell do you intend to resurrect a god?"
"Using a certain ritual, we can impregnate any woman we want with the child of god, and then, once the child has matured, it will undergo another ritual, which will finally transform it into god" Karl explained
"And you actually have a woman willing to do this?" Robyn asked, "Or are you just going to impregnate anyone?"
"No" Karl laughed slightly, "One of our esteemed members, Dahlia Gillespie, has already agreed to be the bearer. As a matter of fact, she's already picked out the name... Alessa"
"I don't care about names!" Robyn screamed, "All I want to know is, what will it take to have James and Laura released?"
"We just want you to surrender your soul to us... Once you are prepared for the ritual, we'll release James and Laura" Karl explained
"But don't you need James for the ritual?" Robyn asked, "How else will it work?"
"Once you and James have seen each other in the presence of Silent Hill, and our clan, the family tie between you will ignite, and you will be ripe for the resurrection of the person you were all those years ago," Karl said, sitting back in the electric chair, and leaning on his cane.
"What about my parents?" Robyn asked, "Do they know about this?"
"Of course they do" Karl cackled, "They're members of the clan, too... They've been tremendously patient to have waited all this time"
Robyn wasn't fighting anymore... She gave in, and nodded.