Disclaimer: Hope you already know that I don't own Silent Hill, cuz it belongs to Konami. But I do own most of the characters in this fic - like Gaia.

A/N: Feels like I finally got my fat ass moving... so here's a remake on chapter 2 as well! I think I'll have to thank you, Swordmaster Silvace, for giving me critics. Actually, I have to agree with all your critics and they just made me good. Umm... so I hope everybody enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 2: Like a knight

He walked down the street with the pistol in his hand and were taking soundless steps. The fog was so thick he could barely see 10 meters ahead. The night was still young and he had lots of ammunition; it was time to kill some of those creatures and try to obliterate them. He grinned to himself, it was surely going to be rather amusing. The town had to get back to normal, or else... He frowned when a little voice began to speak in his head; Those monsters aren't the only freaks walking around in this town. You know that. You know that very well. He laughed bitterly and breathed deeply. Yes, it was true. He stopped; his sharp sense of smell felt the smell of a nearby monster, but also the smell of a human. It was a woman. Maybe... Nah, maybe not, he thought and shaked on his head. He steeled himself and continued to walk.

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Gaia was dazed and bewildered. She felt like she was in some kind of torpor. She was floating around in an ocean of blood. Or... was it blood? Could it possibly be blood? But she didn't have the energy to care about that. Slowly, all the memories came back to her and she started to panic. Were they dead? Were her parents dead? She just wanted to scream to express the sorrow and anger and confusion she felt. But she couldn't. She couldn't even move. Am I dead too? was the question that flied through her head. After all, she didn't really feel alive. She felt like a lifeless doll that some kid had threwn away. But it... couldn't be possible! No, she couldn't be dead! No, no, no, no... The word echoed through her head and Gaia expressionlessly stared in front of her. So this was how it felt to be dead? Guess it doesn't matter if I'm dead or not, she thought. My family's dead... everyone died in this town, including myself! Why did her life had to end like this? The tears started to burn in the corners of her eyes.

Suddenly, she sat up. She found herself on an empty street in Silent Hill. Everything seemed relatively normal and the sky were still painted in an ominously, dark colour. She were surrounded by a thick fog and the moon was concealed by the clouds. Her heart was pounding so hard she thought her chest was going to explode any moment. But it never did. Gaia just sat there and let her breathing go back to the normal. Then she let out a quiet little sob. Oh, dad! Oh, mom! The tears started to flow down her cheeks. She felt like her sorrow was eating her up from the inside while thoughts flew through her head. Why? Why my parents? She just sat there and cried, let the feelings inside her flow out together with the tears. Who killed them? Who the FUCK killed them?! She started to violently shake and cry. Her crying filled the night. Gaia gave up an ear-splitting scream as she felt the taste of the salty tears. She didn't notice that something was approaching her.

Gaia didn't turn around before it was too late. She heard a loud snarl and suddenly, something threw itself at her. She yelled of horror as it struck her. She panickly tried to fight against the dog. No, it could't possibly be a dog. But it sure was a creature that reminded her a little about a dog. The mouth split vertically and revealed unusual long and sharp teeth. The creature's flesh hung in scraps from the body and one of the eyes was missing, while the other eye hung on a thin string fron the eye-socket. Her pulse increased and she gasped for air.

Fear. The feeling that filled her up was fear. Such things shouldn't exist! But here it was, trying to get a bite of her.

"No!" she screamed and tried to fight against the creature.

She tried to kick it and hit it or just push it away from her. But it was useless. Gaia shaked of fear and thought that she was going to die. Just like her parents and Joyce. The sweat broke out on her forehead. Slowly she closed her eyes and braced herself for being eaten up by the creature. Death seemed to be the only solution. She could feel the warm breath against her throat. The smell of blood and rot filled her nose. When she thought that the creature was going take the first bite, she heard an explosion and the creature flew away from her. It landed a meter from her. Gaia gasped for air while it began to darken before her eyes. What was that explosion?

She didn't really know what happened next, it was blurred and she struggled to keep her consciousness. But she saw how a... man with a pistol shot the dog and blood surrounded the creature. Gaia fell to the ground and quickly beathed. That man was her saviour. Like a knight in a shiny armour and a big sword who had come to save her from the mighty dragon. But instead of a sword, there were a pistol and instead of a dragon, there were some kind of monster dog. The dog's body was lifelessly lying on the ground, every signs of life had flowed out of it's body. Gaia closed her eyes. The fear inside her gave her a horrible headache. This couldn't happen, it was impossible. I mean, monster dogs!? she thought and weakly laughed at herself. When I open my eyes, I'm on my way to mom and dad and nothing of this have ever happened! Slowly, she opened her eyes and the disappointment struck her like a kick in her stomach. She saw the dead creature and the man that killed it. He was approaching her and the blurred contour's of him was the last thing she saw before she fainted of exhaustion.

The monster was dead and he was done there. The young woman fainted and he didn't know if he should take her somewhere safe or just leave her to die. She was undeniably beautiful. She had long, curly, black hair and had a slender body and white porcelain skin. And he also thought that she had a dimple in the left cheek. Actually, she looked a little like a photographer's model. He slapped himself for being lost in this young woman's beauty. Whatever, he thought and lifted her upp and began to walk, while carrying her.

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"Mom..." Gaia mumbled and opened her eyes.

Tears almost started to flow down her cheeks again. No! I'm not gonna cry! she angrily thought and rubbed her eyes. She gave up a quiet, little sob and steeled herself. Then, she noticed she didn't recognize the room she was in. Slowly, she sat up. Hey! Where am I? she thought and looked around in the room. She sat on a hard bed with a thin quilt over her. The room seemed to be a bedroom, but the room sure was really dreary; the wallpapers was grey and likewise the wall-to-wall carpet. In one of the corners, there was a wardrobe made of some kind of tree. Maybe oak. Anyway, it was rotten. It smelled like decomposition in the room and the smell almost caused Gaia to throw up. She got up and standed on the floor with unsteady legs.

She leaned herself against one of the walls before she walked against a door, wich looked very fragile. She almost started to feel scared. How did she get here? Gaia opened the door and walked out of the dreary room and found herself in a kitchen. The kitchen was as dreary as the bedroom. The pantrys was rotten and covered with thick layers of dust while the fridge and the freezer was dented. The colours that filled the room was gray and the room was so depressing, Gaia almost wanted to cry. In the middle of the room, was a round kitchen table made of tree and chairs of tree was places around it. On one of the chairs, sat the man who had saved her; it was her knight. He read a book named Desperation, one of Stephen King's works.

Gaia hawked loudly and the guy looked up at her. She got struck by his appearance; he was tall and muscular and broad-shouldered. His hair had a very dark brown colour and it was i little tousled, it seemed like he didn't care too much about his hair. Then there were the eyes; they were so dark they seemed to be black and was framed by unusually long and black eyelashes. His cheek bones were well marked and Gaia couldn't deny that he was really good-looking.

"You're awake." he said with an insignificant voice and inspected her.

"What? Were you hoping that I wouldn't wake up at all?" Gaia snapped and quickly walked to the table.

Actually, she didn't plan that it would have been such a poisonous remark as it was, but there was nothing she could do about it after she'd said it.

"And where the hell am I?"

"Oh, is that the way to thank me for saving your sorry ass back there?" he sharply replied.

Gaia blushed of shame, yeah, she should thank him. He was talking with a soft, but dark voice and he stood up as his eyes narrowed.

"Thanks." she muttered with a low voice. "Uh, so where am I?"

"Dunno. Just a house somewhere in Silent Hill" the man answered.

He stepped against Gaia and stopped in front of her. His face was so near she could feel his warm breathe against her forehead; he was so tall. Slowly, he looked down at her and she frightened looked at him. She just couldn't help it, but he scared her a little. He seemed so... abnormal in some kinda way.

"Hey, I said 'thanks' to you." she mumbled and looked down at the rotting floor.

"Yeah, I know. Just wanted to see your eyes." he said. "They're different."

Oh, her eyes. Gaia knew that they were different; they were grey and the pupils were golden. Everybody thought she wore contact lenses, but they were real. She looked up and met the man's eyes. They were also different. Now, when he was so near, she could see that there was a touch of red in his eyes.

"Are they real?" he asked.

"Yes." was the short reply he got from her.

He reached out his hand in greeting.

"The name's Terence."

"Gaia Anderson."

Gaia reached out her hand and they greeted each other courteously. Then she looked around for a moment and sighed.

"I... I don't know you! What if you're some psycho serial killer or something?!" she blurted out.

Terence took some time in answering.

"Guess you'll just have to trust me, then."

"Pray tell, what was that... creature you... killed before?" Gaia asked and got a bad feeling of the look in Terence's eyes.

"Just a freak. Nothing to worry 'bout."

Gaia stared at him. How could he act so calmly? That creature before weren't normal, it were more like some monster! No, monster didn't exist. She was convinced about that. Monsters doesn't exist! She shivered with fear when the picture of the dog popped into her head.

"Umm... what should we do next, then?" asked Gaia.

"I am going to look for other humans." he sharply answered with an emphasis on the word I.

"Then what about me?" she violently exclaimed.

"You're going to stay here 'til I come back."

With those words, he turned around and started to walk against the front door.

"Great! My parents has gotten killed and you're telling me to sit here and wait like a obedient, little girl 'til you come back!" Gaia frustrated shouted. "You can't just leave me here!"

"Yes I can. You're staying here 'til I come back! And I'm sorry 'bout your parents."

No, you're not! Gaia angrily thought and stared at him. His hard voice gave her a feeling of that she maybe should stay where she were. So she just nodded and sat down on one of the chairs. Terence turned around and she heard when the front door opened and closed. So what am I supposed to do now? was the frustrating thought that flied through her head. The house was going to kill her with the drearyness before Terence comes back. She almost started to cry again when she thought abour her parents and Joyce. But she steeled herself. I could always explore the house. Yeah, I'll do that. It's always something to do. So Gaia stood up and began to explore the bedroom where she woke up. She had a look in the wardrobe and saw that a rusty steel pipe was lying on some clothes that had fallen of their coat hangers. She felt a some kinda attraction to it and picked it up. Maybe she could defend herself with it? But it was so heavy! Better take it with her and she stepped out of the room, not wanting to be there any longer. She began to wonder if she should explore the rest of the house or not. Well, she didn't think that there would be anything useful left. So Gaia walked to the front door and stepped out of the house. After all, she didn't know Terence and she didn't give a shit about what he told her to do! The fog quickly swallowed her up.

A/N: Hope you liked it! I'll do a remake on the other chapters as well, but that will take a little time. Don't forget to write a little review. I'll be so happy if you feel like it!