Its still the same as before so don't worry about anything. Oh wait cept for the new character Liliah, she's mine heh.

Chapter 4: This palace can't be for real... right?

Kevin steps into his room with a rather tired look upon his face. An unknown silver colored object is seen by it's reflection of light on the bed. Catching his eye as he walks in, Kevin walks over to his bed. Astonished by what he sees Kevin steps as he looks at the bloody knife from his nightmare sitting atop his bed. Suddenly, a loud shrill as if someone is scrapping nails across a chalkboard is heard from behind. Kevin turns to only see a dark cloaked figure standing by the door facing him. Kevin reaches for his gun and points it toward the figure. "Who the hell are you. Answer me now!", his hands begin to shake as his heart races.

"Haha," the figure steps forward reaching for the hood covering his face," but you already know me...Kevin." Removing the hood revealing it to be Jonathan, he cracks a smile at his younger brother. "It is I little brother. I hate to do this," raising up his arm and pointing his hand toward Kevin, revealing crimson a tattoo of a symbol," but I truly must. Consider this a going away present Kev."

"What do you mean Jonathan?," Kevin puts down the gun," What going away present and why are you sorry." The room begins to shake violently while Kevin drops to his knees gripping his head. Cracks ripple through the walls like cuts on skin, bleeding, blood pours down them running onto the floor. The floor morphs into a rustic fence with grotesque corpses stapled together directly underneath. The stench of death fills the room as Jonathan retracts his arm and leaves through the door.

Kevin rises off the floor, still gripping his head form the mysterious headache. Looking around the room he room he realizes he's back in that cruel hell of his nightmare, but all be cause of Jonathan. "Why... why would you do this Jonathan?", reaching down to pick up the gun he turns to the only thing that looks normal, the bed, picking up the knife and the extra pistol clip next to it. Walking to the rusty iron clad prison door, now his front door, he pushes it open.

Stepping outside he immediately pukes from the retched smell of before; watching it run through the newly made floor. Scanning the hallway for any means of escape, all he sees is more of the same as the previous room but this time with shadows bumbling about the way. Staring at one of the shadows as it nears, coming out of the dark giving a dreadful cry of pain it scraps its feet along the ground enhancing Kevin's fear. The slowly moving demon finally reaches some light giving Kevin a full view of its rotting body. Gasping as he analyzes what looks to him as being a human sized puppet covered in skin grafts, bandages, and a cleaver attached to what was determined to be bone for an arm.

Raising it's head the 'bandage' sees Kevin through its mangled one eye and lacerated face with blood running down it. Kevin points his gun at it, hoping to scare it off, but all it does is come closer and closer. "What the..." taking steps backward," what the hell are you?" Pulling the trigger rapidly, three bullets fly from the barrel at the bandage monster. The creature drops to the ground giving out a piercing howl as it's head smashes against the floor.

"Is it dead?" Kevin walks nearer and nearer to the creature. Now right over it, his green eyes examine the monster once more. "It must be." giving it one final kick with his foot just to make sure, he turns from it. Suddenly the sound of skin and claws scrapping against metal with cries of pain are head from behind. Turning to only focus on the monster moving about with seizures, Kevin runs back over to it point his gun directly at its head. Firing one shot directly into its mutilated face the creature stops once and for all.

"Whooo," giving a sigh of relief as he whips the sweat from his face, calming him down," I'm glad that's over with. Hope there aren't any more of those." Now at the end of the hall, Kevin tires to open up the door," Locked? That's odd. Well, there has to be a key here some where, guess there is no harm is looking." Turning around to hear the faint sound of humming he walks down the hall to where the sound appears to be originating. "Is this it? Room 209 huh.," clutching the knob he turns it pushing it open," Yay, it's unlocked." Kevin steps in.

Scanning the dark room for the origin of the sound, seeing only dark. The overhead light slowly flickers on giving the room light enough to see around. Kevin amazed to find a woman hiding behind broken down dresser. The girl still holding her eyes shut tight scared, as she still doesn't realize Kevin to be a normal human. "Who," Kevin walks closer to the girl," are you? Are you ok?" Opening one eye looking at Kevin she slowly begins to open the other. Stepping out from behind the dresser, revealing a girl in a white shirt and brown skirt with tan skin with brown hair and green blue eyes, she runs grabbing Kevin giving a huge hug.

"My," holding him tighter," name is Liliah. Thank you for finding me; please get me out of here, I'm so scared."

"My name is Kevin Kirkland and I have no clue how to get out of here, but I'm going to find a way too." slowly pushing the girl away from himself. "How old are you, Liliah?" he poses another question.

"I'm 16 but that's all I can really remember. I do know that I've lived here in Silent Hill all my life. How old are you Kevin?" she looks him over expecting his answer to be around the same age as she.

"I'm 19." giving the answer she was looking for. "Your only two years younger than my younger brother Ray."

The sound of static is head in the background of the room. "What's that noise?", Kevin looks around the room hoping to find its source.

"It's my radio, though it only plays static." pulling it out from behind the dresser," You can have it if you want." Kevin takes the radio and shakes it.

"Well, it may come in handy, who knows." placing it into his jacket pocket. "How about we try to find a way out of here, before anymore monsters get to us, ok?" walking to the door, turning around to face Liliah, he leans against it.

"Sure, lets go." Liliah hustles over to her new friend. Closing the door behind them, they walk back into the hallway.

Trying the other doors to see if their unlocked, the two come across Room 207. With a swift swing of the handle the door slams open giving off a loud crashing sound. Looking to the room only light to be seen is coming from a small pocket light across the room. Kevin picks up the light, examines it, and then fixates it to his jacket. Scanning the room with his newfound tool, Liliah points out a piece of paper on t he ground. "Hey check that out Kevin. I wonder what it could be.", they walk over to it picking it up.

"It's a map," Kevin gives a sigh of relief glad it not to be another death note," of the hotel. This will come in handy, plus it has a key attached to it.", examining the key, he realizes it says "Corridor Key" on it. A huge smile comes across his face as Liliah looks in confusion. "Why are you so happy?" asks the girl. "Because this is the key I've been looking to unlock the door at the end of the hall.", replies the cheerful man as he folds up the map and puts it in his pocket. "Come on lets get out of here." Walking out Liliah gives the room another look over.

Rushing to door, Kevin removes the key from the map and unlocks to door. Entering the newly made hallway, seeing two more of the bandage creatures stumbling around. Firing three shots at each, expending his clip, he walks over to each, Liliah close behind clutching his jacket tightly. Stomping on each's heads, a cracking noise is made from the caving in of their skulls. Reloading his final clip into the pistol Kevin looks about the room a stairwell to his left and straight ahead a small hallway with a door at the end. Choosing the later they continue straight. Reaching the door, realizing it is already cracked, Liliah looks through into the doorway to scanning for any monsters.

"It's clear." Liliah says to her gun ready friend. Walking through the door, placing them into yet another hallway. Seeing no other creatures they run to the double doors at the end of the hallway. Pulling them open they with all their might, the doors slowly open giving a metallic squeaking noise cause of its hinges. Walking in the two only see a vast empty room with a grand piano in the back corner. Closing the doors behind, Liliah and Kevin step towards the piano, noticing a note atop it.

Kevin grabs the note and beings to read it. Dear Kevin;

Please help me little brother! Get me out of this demon place, but you must be weary, you have a gift and THEY want it. THEY already have me, and now THEY'RE after you. Soon it will be Ray's turn as well. Please stop THEM soon!

With Love
Jonathan

Kevin's grow big with fear and curiosity as to what or who 'THEY' could be. Unexpectedly a corpse falls from the ceiling atop the piano, scarring Liliah and Kevin to the point of both jumping back. As Kevin grips his heart tightly the dead man slides off the piano revealing several pistol clips. "If that happens," now calming down," again I think I may die of a heart attack."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Liliah replies.

Giving a loud crashing sound, the double doors swing open as a giant lumbering monster stampedes into the room, the sound of sirens begins to sound. Liliah gasps at the horrid creature before her. The giant lumbering demon standing before them tumbles at Liliah, swinging it's large left arm grasping a huge meat cleaver at the girl. Kevin runs toward Liliah trying to protect but fails to reach her in time. Liliah, trying to dodge the attack it hit and knocked spiraling into the wall. Falling to the ground she looks up as everything goes blurry just before going unconscious.

Kevin runs to the girl checking to see if she is ok; once realizing she's only knocked out he stands and faces the monster. Looking it over for any target points as he aims his gun at it; only seeing the giant hole covered with sharp teeth where a face would be. The monster now aiming for Kevin swings is huge blade at him. Rolling, still not good enough to dodge the attack, Kevin is cut along his left arm.

Firing all the bullets in his clip he runs toward the piano to grab more. Seeing were he's headed the monster swings the weapon once more crushing the piano and sending the clips flying across the room. Now seriously mad at the creature for what he has done and for hurting Liliah, Kevin removes his knife and throws it at the gaping hole in it's head. The monster lets out a huge wail in pain causing it to fall to its knees. Kevin grabs another clip and reloads his gun.

Walking over to the demon on its knees he points his pistol at its head, "This is for hurting Liliah!" Just before pulling the trigger the monster spits a stream of blood, hitting Kevin in the face, blinding him. The monster knocks him to the ground as it stands to its feet. Managing to clear the blood off his face just in time to see his own demise, Kevin places his arms in front of his face. A sharp burning pain rings in right hand, swinging his arms open to see the creature in pain once more. Looking at his hand he sees a flaming red circle with a triangular symbol in it. "What is this?" thinking to himself as he looks at the mark and the creature standing in pain. "This," an expression of shock covers his face," it's the same as the one on Jonathan's hand. If he used it to get me here then I can use it to get Liliah and me out of here."

As the monster continues to shake violently, Kevin swings his arm in front of the monster. The creature bursts into flames and collapses to the ground. Screaming in agony, Kevin grabs his gun and finishes off the monster in front of him. Kevin falls to the ground as his head beings to pound like someone placed it in a vice. Gripping his head and wound the sirens grow louder as the room beings to go back to its more normal state.

Standing up, head still throbbing, Kevin looks around to find Liliah, but no where to be seen. Running out the room gripping the ever so bleeding arm, he heads to the lobby to ask the clerk if he saw a girl matching Liliah's description. The clerk shaking his head no while looking at Kevin's wound. "Are you ok say sir?" the clerk asks.

"Yeah," Kevin sputters out looking down at his watch reading 7:30,"I am." Rushing out the front doors to his car he hops in and drives off to Ray's house.

Well, thats it for this Ch, hope you like it. Give me some C&C on what you think about the story so far. It would be great to hear from some people.