Chapter 8: Alchemilla Hospitable
Jason got up and went through the double doors, coming into a short hallway, he tried the next double doors, but the locks were broken. He then tried the Examination Room Door, the room was empty and he found nothing, so he continued on into the Medicane Room, he then looked around and found a Map and a Health Drink. He went into the next hall where his radio crackled; he looked down the hall at a pair of Zombie Nurses. He pulled out his gun and started to fire, hitting the first one several times in the head and chest, knocking it to the ground. He then fired off at the next one, shooting it in the chest and stomach. He went down the hall in their direction, coming to a soda and snack machines, to his right was an elevator and to the right behind him was a doorway that the map said led to the Basement. He tried the elevator, but it didn't work due to no power, he then went over to the Basement Door, and found it was lock. "Damn. No luck at all here." He said. He tried the next door and found it unlocked. He went in and found a trashed office. He checked the map and found it was the Director's Office. He went over to the desk and shifted through the stuff on it, finding a box of shotgun ammo. He went to check the drawers when noticed some red dried liquid, he didn't think it was blood. "Wonder what it is." He asked out loud, though there was no one around the answer his question. He went back to looking through the drawers until he found the Basement Key. He went back to the Basement Door and unlocked it; he went down the stairs and came into the basement where he encountered three zombie nurses and two zombie doctors. He reloaded quickly from his earlier battle, and fired off, hitting several of them all at once, two more blasts from his Shotgun and four of them were on the floor, with one left. He switched to his handgun and used it to finish off the last nurse. He checked his map. He found the Morgue, Storage, and Generator Rooms were unlocked. He went into the Generator Room and found a fuse was missing from the Generator. He went into the Storage Room and looked around for any spare parts; he came to where they were kept on one of the back shelves, and found a note.
Morgue
14-10+9-7=?
"Maybe this is where the stupid Fuse will be." He said as he went to turn, he noticed a shelf had been moved on his right, and an area was open in the wall. He checked his map, but didn't find it. He would check it after he got the Elevator working. He went into the Morgue and began to count. There were fourteen dead bodies in the Morgue, he subtracted ten from that which made four, then added nine which was thirteen, then subtracted seven. "6!" He said aloud. He went over to the table marked six, he searched around and on the body until he found it by the foot of the body. He looked around the room before the feeling of how creepy the room was. He quickly left the room as he was afraid again, afraid the dead would rise like those weird nurses. He went into the Generator Room and replaced the Fuse, then turned on the Generator. The light in the room came on and he heard the Generator hum at full power. He decided to check out that secret room. He went back to the Storage Room and went in. It was deserted except for an opened grate that had stairs leading down. He came out in a dark hall, his radio crackling. He didn't see anything though as he walked down it, coming to a broken door. He turned and saw what was causing the noise, a harmless looking baby ghost. "Weird." He said. He watched it for a few minutes till it disappeared, fascinated by it. When it was gone he walked back up the hall until he came to a patch of wall that was different, and found a door. He pushed it open and came to another hall. He opened the first door and found it was deserted except for a bed. On it was a Health Drink and the Operating Prep Room Key. He put them in his pack and left the room, trying the one across he found the lock broke, the next two were like that as well, but the last two were unlocked. He tried the one on his right first, coming into an empty room. He went back into the hall and entered the next one. Inside was a room with a stand in one corner, a few paintings, a blood covered bed with a stand next to it and a picture of a girl that read "Alessa". "Who could have lived here?" He wondered. "I wonder if it was this girl." He said looking to the picture. "Alessa, the girl Angel spoke of. Must be her." He checked the drawers of the stand next to the bed, finding drawings and letters, one of which was from Angel, he knew he shouldn't have read it, but did anyways curious on how Angel knew her.
Dear Alessa, Its me Angel, they've got me locked up in Brookhaven, claiming I'm insane. I know I'm not, and Aunt Dahlia knows I'm not as well. Why is she so afraid of me? I don't think I pose a threat to anyone. I just wish she would tell
me what is going on, and why I can't come see you. It's hard being away from our friends and from family back at the Church. I hope you get better. How are your burns healing? They keep telling me you're dead. Why though?
Times almost up with my chance to have a pen and paper, so I'll say my goodbye. I hope you get better, cousin. I hope they let me out and we can
both return to the Church with Aunt Dahlia. Take care.
-Signed
-Angel Gillespie
"Damn!" Jason said in shock. "They're related!" It took him a bit to take it in, not only was Angel related to the ones who started it all, Angel was also one of them, or at least was. He couldn't be sure; he intended to find out when the time came. He left the room after pocketing the picture and letter and headed back into the Basement area. He took the stairs up to the first floor, and decided to explore what was left of the First Floor. He tried the Kitchen door, but it was locked, as was the Doctor's Office. He was able to get into the Office, but it too was thrashed. The Storage Room lock was jammed up. He went to the Elevator and got in, hitting the second floor button. He came out on the second floor, into a room that looked like the wallpaper had been peeling for centuries. He tried the double doors and found they were unlocked, he stepped through and into a dark corridor lined with doors on one side, and widows on the other. His radio crackled and he shined his flashlight ahead, but saw nothing, but something was there and it took him a minute to notice the darkness was moving. The monster turned and he saw it was a goat's skull with a cloak and Scythe. "Jesus! What is that? "He asked aloud and opened fire, aiming for the skull. It charged at him as he fired, his handgun clicked empty and he reloaded but was slashed at, forcing him to fall back. He fired at it as it hovered over him. It took two clips before it shattered and the Scythe fell into the ground. He stood, reloaded his gun and holstered it. He picked up the Scythe and swung it a few times, getting a feel for it. "Groovy." He said with a smirk. He tried the doors as he went down the hall, finding the locks busted. He came to the Operation Prep Room and used the key. He went inside and found that a platform was on the outer area of the room, but the center was a pitfall, which he found by all reason impossible to exist. He noticed a Zombie Nurse approaching and decided to give his new weapon a try. When she lunge at him he sliced her in half with the Scythe, getting a thrill from it, the first sign of a madness growing inside his mind as his brain tried to cope with this nightmare. He entered the Operation Room, finding it set up but no body, just a stretcher. On it was the White Chrism, Linen Room Key, and the Crest of the Eagle. He put them away, wondering what the Crest was for. He left the room and went back into the hallway, he tried the Nurses Center. There was nothing in there except for a few desks. He went through the second door and into the hall, his radio crackled and he found on both sides of him were three zombie nurses. He held his Shotgun to his right and fired off two rounds, killing the first nurse, then turned to his left and killed the other two with three shots. He checked his map to see where he was and where he wanted to check out next. He decided to check door by door and headed to Room 204, he tried it and found it was locked, so he tried each one finding only Room 201 and the Men's bathroom was unlocked. He entered and found a Zombie Doctor. He fired off at it, then quickly reloaded and fired off two more shots finishing him off. He looked around the room and found a Health Drink, two boxes of Shotgun ammo, the Wolf Crest, and the 3rd Floor Storage Room Key. He headed into the hall and found went to the stairwell and went to go upstairs when he found that the ceiling had collapsed. "Damn!" He said kicking the rubble. He went back into the hall and decided to look into the Men's Bathroom. Inside he found a ladder. "Weird." He said. He decided to take a quick rest before going up to the 3rd floor. He got something to eat and took a bathroom break, and checked to see if he had any wounds that needed to be taken care of. When he was ready he climbed the ladder coming up into the 3rd floor Men's Bathroom. He exited into the hall and found another of the goat skull monsters, and fired off six shots before having to reload; as he did it came at him, and cut into his left arm about an inch. He yelled in pain, but kept firing. Once it was down he fell to his knees and laughed crazily. Once he stopped laughing he fixed his arm up best he could, he strapped his Shotgun to his backpack and pulled out his handgun, his left arm to weak to hold the kickback of the shotgun until he could shorten it. "Should have brought the damn Chainsaw that I had seen at the Bridge Control Room." He said as he continued on. He tried the Rooms, finding that only Rooms 302 and 304 were unlocked. He had entered Room 302 first and found it empty except for a bed, a Televisions and VCR. He checked the VCR and found a tape in it; he hit rewind and sat on the bed to see what it was. When it came on it was messed up, he couldn't make out to much, but noticed a nurse on there, but it was too hard to make out what she was saying. When it was over he got up and left the room, going into Room 204. He found the beds over turned and the stands messed up. He looked around and found the Bear Crest. He left the room and headed into the Linen Room which was empty so he went to the door and read the note next to it.
To open the door you must collect the crest and place them above their
names on the doorway to the hall.
Jason did as the note told him to do, placing the three Crests in their proper place. He heard a click as the door unlocked. He went through into another hall, his feet had to stick to the walls as the center of the floor was missing and a long dark pit was in its place. His radio crackled and he looked around the corner, seeing two Zombie Nurses on each side. He aimed and fired off the gun before they could get close, killing the closest with three shots, the other with five. He went across one of the "bridges" to the other side and to the Storage Room. He stopped and pulled out a Health Drink, and drank it in a few gulps, then pulled out something to eat for a quick snack. He knew the hallway wasn't the safest place to eat, but neither was anywhere else. He stood and reloaded his gun and made sure his Shotgun was loaded. He put the Shotgun away and entered the Storage Room. Inside he found a table and a Doctor's Saw for amputation, as well as shelves lined with stuff he didn't need. He went to the table, setting down the Shotgun. He picked up the saw and began to cut at the metal barrel, trying to shorten it, he found it odd the saw was cutting it easily and figured it was just from the way this town took things and changed it. When he was done he was able to wield it with only his right hand. He grabbed it and went into the Store Room and found that it was a lot bigger then it should have been. "The hell?" He heard a noise from ahead in the darkness, then candles in the room slowly lit up, in the pattern of the Mark of the cult that inhabited the city. He looked around as more lit up, illuminating the room. He looked ahead and found a large monster that resembled a Cyborg samurai. The Cyborg Samurai wore reflective grey armor with wires attached to his head that went down to his back, his right boot had a dragon's head where the foot should have been, and a 14" Katana. His belt had a red cloth connected to it that went down the front and also thin metal that wrapped around his upper legs and had fur coming out from under him. His mask resembled that of a dragon, and his gauntlets had a blade that came out of them at an angle. He had bits of colored on areas like his masked, gauntlets, chest, and legs. Jason didn't know what to make of it; his radio was going crazy so he figured it was a monster. He aimed his shotgun and started to fire. The Shotgun blasts deflected off the metal protected parts. He dropped his shotgun and pulled out the Scythe figuring it would do better. The Cyborg Samurai drew his sword and got into an attack position, a few seconds later it charged at Jason, who brought his Scythe up to defend himself. The Katana broke off half of the stick that connected to the Scythe blade and forced Jason onto his back. Jason turned his Scythe upward and it went through the Samurai's gut, but he did not register it. The Samurai backed up, raising his blade into the air, Jason swiped at his foot and the blade of his Scythe shattered on contact, sending shards flying into Jason's arms and onto the floor. Jason let out a scream of pain and tried to get them out while running off to the other side of the room, it hurt to move his arms, but he had to get the pieces of metal out. He finally got all the pieces out and looked in time to see the Samurai charging at him, he ducked in time and pulled out his handgun, firing at the fur covered area. The Samurai let out a scream of pain, and turned to him, Jason kept firing away, screaming in a mix of fear and insanity. He scurried away when his clip was empty, The Samurai chasing him with his Katana raised in the air. Jason reloaded while on the move, turned onto his back and fired in the same spot again. This went on for five more minutes, the Samurai hitting him a few times with the sword, but not deep enough to kill. The Samurai stopped chasing him, faced the symbol and knelt. He dropped his Katana and pulled out a knife, and then stabbed himself in the stomach, then started to cut himself more until he fell over dead.
Jason got up and went through the double doors, coming into a short hallway, he tried the next double doors, but the locks were broken. He then tried the Examination Room Door, the room was empty and he found nothing, so he continued on into the Medicane Room, he then looked around and found a Map and a Health Drink. He went into the next hall where his radio crackled; he looked down the hall at a pair of Zombie Nurses. He pulled out his gun and started to fire, hitting the first one several times in the head and chest, knocking it to the ground. He then fired off at the next one, shooting it in the chest and stomach. He went down the hall in their direction, coming to a soda and snack machines, to his right was an elevator and to the right behind him was a doorway that the map said led to the Basement. He tried the elevator, but it didn't work due to no power, he then went over to the Basement Door, and found it was lock. "Damn. No luck at all here." He said. He tried the next door and found it unlocked. He went in and found a trashed office. He checked the map and found it was the Director's Office. He went over to the desk and shifted through the stuff on it, finding a box of shotgun ammo. He went to check the drawers when noticed some red dried liquid, he didn't think it was blood. "Wonder what it is." He asked out loud, though there was no one around the answer his question. He went back to looking through the drawers until he found the Basement Key. He went back to the Basement Door and unlocked it; he went down the stairs and came into the basement where he encountered three zombie nurses and two zombie doctors. He reloaded quickly from his earlier battle, and fired off, hitting several of them all at once, two more blasts from his Shotgun and four of them were on the floor, with one left. He switched to his handgun and used it to finish off the last nurse. He checked his map. He found the Morgue, Storage, and Generator Rooms were unlocked. He went into the Generator Room and found a fuse was missing from the Generator. He went into the Storage Room and looked around for any spare parts; he came to where they were kept on one of the back shelves, and found a note.
Morgue
14-10+9-7=?
"Maybe this is where the stupid Fuse will be." He said as he went to turn, he noticed a shelf had been moved on his right, and an area was open in the wall. He checked his map, but didn't find it. He would check it after he got the Elevator working. He went into the Morgue and began to count. There were fourteen dead bodies in the Morgue, he subtracted ten from that which made four, then added nine which was thirteen, then subtracted seven. "6!" He said aloud. He went over to the table marked six, he searched around and on the body until he found it by the foot of the body. He looked around the room before the feeling of how creepy the room was. He quickly left the room as he was afraid again, afraid the dead would rise like those weird nurses. He went into the Generator Room and replaced the Fuse, then turned on the Generator. The light in the room came on and he heard the Generator hum at full power. He decided to check out that secret room. He went back to the Storage Room and went in. It was deserted except for an opened grate that had stairs leading down. He came out in a dark hall, his radio crackling. He didn't see anything though as he walked down it, coming to a broken door. He turned and saw what was causing the noise, a harmless looking baby ghost. "Weird." He said. He watched it for a few minutes till it disappeared, fascinated by it. When it was gone he walked back up the hall until he came to a patch of wall that was different, and found a door. He pushed it open and came to another hall. He opened the first door and found it was deserted except for a bed. On it was a Health Drink and the Operating Prep Room Key. He put them in his pack and left the room, trying the one across he found the lock broke, the next two were like that as well, but the last two were unlocked. He tried the one on his right first, coming into an empty room. He went back into the hall and entered the next one. Inside was a room with a stand in one corner, a few paintings, a blood covered bed with a stand next to it and a picture of a girl that read "Alessa". "Who could have lived here?" He wondered. "I wonder if it was this girl." He said looking to the picture. "Alessa, the girl Angel spoke of. Must be her." He checked the drawers of the stand next to the bed, finding drawings and letters, one of which was from Angel, he knew he shouldn't have read it, but did anyways curious on how Angel knew her.
Dear Alessa, Its me Angel, they've got me locked up in Brookhaven, claiming I'm insane. I know I'm not, and Aunt Dahlia knows I'm not as well. Why is she so afraid of me? I don't think I pose a threat to anyone. I just wish she would tell
me what is going on, and why I can't come see you. It's hard being away from our friends and from family back at the Church. I hope you get better. How are your burns healing? They keep telling me you're dead. Why though?
Times almost up with my chance to have a pen and paper, so I'll say my goodbye. I hope you get better, cousin. I hope they let me out and we can
both return to the Church with Aunt Dahlia. Take care.
-Signed
-Angel Gillespie
"Damn!" Jason said in shock. "They're related!" It took him a bit to take it in, not only was Angel related to the ones who started it all, Angel was also one of them, or at least was. He couldn't be sure; he intended to find out when the time came. He left the room after pocketing the picture and letter and headed back into the Basement area. He took the stairs up to the first floor, and decided to explore what was left of the First Floor. He tried the Kitchen door, but it was locked, as was the Doctor's Office. He was able to get into the Office, but it too was thrashed. The Storage Room lock was jammed up. He went to the Elevator and got in, hitting the second floor button. He came out on the second floor, into a room that looked like the wallpaper had been peeling for centuries. He tried the double doors and found they were unlocked, he stepped through and into a dark corridor lined with doors on one side, and widows on the other. His radio crackled and he shined his flashlight ahead, but saw nothing, but something was there and it took him a minute to notice the darkness was moving. The monster turned and he saw it was a goat's skull with a cloak and Scythe. "Jesus! What is that? "He asked aloud and opened fire, aiming for the skull. It charged at him as he fired, his handgun clicked empty and he reloaded but was slashed at, forcing him to fall back. He fired at it as it hovered over him. It took two clips before it shattered and the Scythe fell into the ground. He stood, reloaded his gun and holstered it. He picked up the Scythe and swung it a few times, getting a feel for it. "Groovy." He said with a smirk. He tried the doors as he went down the hall, finding the locks busted. He came to the Operation Prep Room and used the key. He went inside and found that a platform was on the outer area of the room, but the center was a pitfall, which he found by all reason impossible to exist. He noticed a Zombie Nurse approaching and decided to give his new weapon a try. When she lunge at him he sliced her in half with the Scythe, getting a thrill from it, the first sign of a madness growing inside his mind as his brain tried to cope with this nightmare. He entered the Operation Room, finding it set up but no body, just a stretcher. On it was the White Chrism, Linen Room Key, and the Crest of the Eagle. He put them away, wondering what the Crest was for. He left the room and went back into the hallway, he tried the Nurses Center. There was nothing in there except for a few desks. He went through the second door and into the hall, his radio crackled and he found on both sides of him were three zombie nurses. He held his Shotgun to his right and fired off two rounds, killing the first nurse, then turned to his left and killed the other two with three shots. He checked his map to see where he was and where he wanted to check out next. He decided to check door by door and headed to Room 204, he tried it and found it was locked, so he tried each one finding only Room 201 and the Men's bathroom was unlocked. He entered and found a Zombie Doctor. He fired off at it, then quickly reloaded and fired off two more shots finishing him off. He looked around the room and found a Health Drink, two boxes of Shotgun ammo, the Wolf Crest, and the 3rd Floor Storage Room Key. He headed into the hall and found went to the stairwell and went to go upstairs when he found that the ceiling had collapsed. "Damn!" He said kicking the rubble. He went back into the hall and decided to look into the Men's Bathroom. Inside he found a ladder. "Weird." He said. He decided to take a quick rest before going up to the 3rd floor. He got something to eat and took a bathroom break, and checked to see if he had any wounds that needed to be taken care of. When he was ready he climbed the ladder coming up into the 3rd floor Men's Bathroom. He exited into the hall and found another of the goat skull monsters, and fired off six shots before having to reload; as he did it came at him, and cut into his left arm about an inch. He yelled in pain, but kept firing. Once it was down he fell to his knees and laughed crazily. Once he stopped laughing he fixed his arm up best he could, he strapped his Shotgun to his backpack and pulled out his handgun, his left arm to weak to hold the kickback of the shotgun until he could shorten it. "Should have brought the damn Chainsaw that I had seen at the Bridge Control Room." He said as he continued on. He tried the Rooms, finding that only Rooms 302 and 304 were unlocked. He had entered Room 302 first and found it empty except for a bed, a Televisions and VCR. He checked the VCR and found a tape in it; he hit rewind and sat on the bed to see what it was. When it came on it was messed up, he couldn't make out to much, but noticed a nurse on there, but it was too hard to make out what she was saying. When it was over he got up and left the room, going into Room 204. He found the beds over turned and the stands messed up. He looked around and found the Bear Crest. He left the room and headed into the Linen Room which was empty so he went to the door and read the note next to it.
To open the door you must collect the crest and place them above their
names on the doorway to the hall.
Jason did as the note told him to do, placing the three Crests in their proper place. He heard a click as the door unlocked. He went through into another hall, his feet had to stick to the walls as the center of the floor was missing and a long dark pit was in its place. His radio crackled and he looked around the corner, seeing two Zombie Nurses on each side. He aimed and fired off the gun before they could get close, killing the closest with three shots, the other with five. He went across one of the "bridges" to the other side and to the Storage Room. He stopped and pulled out a Health Drink, and drank it in a few gulps, then pulled out something to eat for a quick snack. He knew the hallway wasn't the safest place to eat, but neither was anywhere else. He stood and reloaded his gun and made sure his Shotgun was loaded. He put the Shotgun away and entered the Storage Room. Inside he found a table and a Doctor's Saw for amputation, as well as shelves lined with stuff he didn't need. He went to the table, setting down the Shotgun. He picked up the saw and began to cut at the metal barrel, trying to shorten it, he found it odd the saw was cutting it easily and figured it was just from the way this town took things and changed it. When he was done he was able to wield it with only his right hand. He grabbed it and went into the Store Room and found that it was a lot bigger then it should have been. "The hell?" He heard a noise from ahead in the darkness, then candles in the room slowly lit up, in the pattern of the Mark of the cult that inhabited the city. He looked around as more lit up, illuminating the room. He looked ahead and found a large monster that resembled a Cyborg samurai. The Cyborg Samurai wore reflective grey armor with wires attached to his head that went down to his back, his right boot had a dragon's head where the foot should have been, and a 14" Katana. His belt had a red cloth connected to it that went down the front and also thin metal that wrapped around his upper legs and had fur coming out from under him. His mask resembled that of a dragon, and his gauntlets had a blade that came out of them at an angle. He had bits of colored on areas like his masked, gauntlets, chest, and legs. Jason didn't know what to make of it; his radio was going crazy so he figured it was a monster. He aimed his shotgun and started to fire. The Shotgun blasts deflected off the metal protected parts. He dropped his shotgun and pulled out the Scythe figuring it would do better. The Cyborg Samurai drew his sword and got into an attack position, a few seconds later it charged at Jason, who brought his Scythe up to defend himself. The Katana broke off half of the stick that connected to the Scythe blade and forced Jason onto his back. Jason turned his Scythe upward and it went through the Samurai's gut, but he did not register it. The Samurai backed up, raising his blade into the air, Jason swiped at his foot and the blade of his Scythe shattered on contact, sending shards flying into Jason's arms and onto the floor. Jason let out a scream of pain and tried to get them out while running off to the other side of the room, it hurt to move his arms, but he had to get the pieces of metal out. He finally got all the pieces out and looked in time to see the Samurai charging at him, he ducked in time and pulled out his handgun, firing at the fur covered area. The Samurai let out a scream of pain, and turned to him, Jason kept firing away, screaming in a mix of fear and insanity. He scurried away when his clip was empty, The Samurai chasing him with his Katana raised in the air. Jason reloaded while on the move, turned onto his back and fired in the same spot again. This went on for five more minutes, the Samurai hitting him a few times with the sword, but not deep enough to kill. The Samurai stopped chasing him, faced the symbol and knelt. He dropped his Katana and pulled out a knife, and then stabbed himself in the stomach, then started to cut himself more until he fell over dead.