Disclaimer: I do not own Silent Hill. It belongs to Konami. But I do own most of the characters.

A/N: Okay, another re-make! Yay! As said before, I hope it's better than the previous version of this chapter.

Chapter 3: Pursued

The lamppost suddenly gave up a hiss and died out. Now, Gaia were a mere shadow, walking in the darkness. The lampposts on the street had all died out, one after another. She had to admit that it was kinda creepy. She turned on her flashlight she had in the breast pocket and the light it spread was the only light source in sight. The town gave her goose pimples and she took soundless steps, not wanting one of those creatures to attack her. She shuddered and raised the steel pipe. It sure was heavy and she had to struggle to keep it in that position. The thought what am I supposed to do? flew through her head. Gaia didn't know were to go and it made her deeply depressed. She wanted to get out of the town; away from her childhood home and away from what it had become. Although, she would always have a wound internal that reminded her about this place.

She stopped and heard something; it almost sounded like someone else behind her also stopped walking. For a moment, she was completely still and qiuet, but the only thing she heard was the ear-splitting silence. Probably, it wasn't really anything. So she lowered the heavy steel pipe pulled out the map of Silent Hill of her jeans pocket and stared at it. She wanted to get out of the town as quickly as possible. But I don't even know where I am, she angrily thought. Hell! Probably, Gaia would have to go to the next crossing to see wich street she was on. She continued to walk and heard how someone behind her started to walk. A discomforting feeling bloomed up in her stomach and she could feel how somebody's gaze burned into her neck. Quickly, she turned around and looked at the darkness. There was no one there. Not even the flashlight could find someone lurking in the shadows. Gaia didn't like this. It was way too creepy.

"Hey! Is somebody there" she shouted and cupped her hands around her mouth. "Please, announce yourself"

No answer.

Guess there's no one there, Gaia thought and shrugged her shoulders.

Then she turned around and began to walk again, but the irritating feeling of someone pursuing her was still there. She just couldn't shake it of and she frowned. If there was someone pursuing her, it was an idiot. If he just followed after her without announcing himself, then he was probably some old, mentally unstable guy. She pursed her lips and walked faster. The steps behind her also became faster. Her pulse increased. She got a nauseating feeling about this. Why would someone want to pursue her?

"If you don't..."

She abruptly stopped and shut up. In front of her stood a creature that looked like the dog monster that Terence had saved her from earlier. Blood dripped from the creatures body and formed a small pool of blood on the ground. It growled at her and revealed long, razor sharp teeth. Gaia's legs shaked and she wasn't able to stand up. She fell down on the hard ground and moaned. The creature threw itself at her and she quickly tried to parry with the steel pipe. After that, the creature started to go in circles around her and she tried to stand up. But it felt like her knees was on fire and the blood started to flow from them. Gaia screamed when the dog creature jumped against her again. She struggled to parry with the steel pipe. But it felt so heavy. A drop of saliva dripped from the creature's mouth, down on Gaia's cheek. It felt so disgusting and she got a nauseating feeling.

Gaia heard a loud howl, but it wasn't the dog creature that howled. It stiffened when it heard the sound and jumped off her. It were completely still for a moment, before it ran away. It left Gaia panting on the asphalt. Her grip around the steel pipe hardened before it left hold of it. She felt overwrought and emotions overpowered her. Thought flew through her head. What are those things? Such things shouldn't exist! Why did it run away? I'm so weak... She took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Gaia closed her eyes and felt how someone watched her. She thought she even heard an amused laugh. But when she looked back, no one were there. Maybe it just were some kind of figment of her own imagination?

No, that couldn't be true. Gaia slowly stood up. Her knees burned and she struggled to keep her balance. She gazed at the steel pipe. Would it be wise to keep it? If she left it there, she wouldn't have something to defend herself with. But after all, it didn't do any good if she couldn't even use it because of it's weight. With a sigh, she left it there on the pavement. I wanna get out of this town as fast as I can, she thought and hurried down the street.

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Terence opened the door and stepped into the house. Why did it feel so empty? Gaia shouldn't have left the short time he had been out. He hadn't found anyone else. The only one he had met for weeks was Gaia. He was used to be alone in this God-forsaken town. He had almost forgot how to have a conversation. Slowly, he walked into the kitchen. He saw that his book, Desperation, was where he'd left it. But Gaia wasn't where he'd left her. Maybe she went back to the bedroom to sleep? He got a feeling of that Gaia wasn't in the house, but he made his way to the bedroom. No sign of Gaia.

Terence cursed the woman. It was a so typical 'woman thing' to not do as a man tells her to do. He noticed that the wardrobe's doors were open. Slowly, he walked to it. The steel pipe he had placed there was gone. He had found it in the town's sewers and thought it might be useful as an extra weapon. In case he lost his pistol or something like that. Terence hadn't felt like carrying it with him all the time. Not that he thought it was heavy, just because it would be in his way. So he had chosen to place it in the wardrobe. Not because of any special reason. Maybe just because he knew he wouldn't forget when he'd placed it; he was a little forgetful sometimes. This house had became some kind of home to him, so he didnät go anywhere far from it. He cursed Gaia again. Was that the thank for saving her! She was so ungrateful. How could she?

"Damn bitch" Terence angrily hissed.

But he didn't care to go look for her. He could always find another steel pipe. Or maybe even something better than that. So he sighed and walked out of the room. Terence walked to the fridge. He opened it and grabbed a little plastic bag. The contents of the bag was a red liquid. The text on the bag read: 'Medical Blood'. He had got it from the Alchemilla Hospital. He took a glass from the dishwasher and poured the red liquid into it. Terence started to drink and the cold blood satisfied him a little bit.

Suddenly, a thought struck him. He quickly put down the glass on the sink. The thought came from nowhere and made his stomach turn. The prophecy. Oh, he was so stupid! How could he forget about it? What if Gaia was the one that was foretold to come to this town? What if she was the one whose destiny was to fulfil the ancient prophecy? She seemed to have the right age. Everything seemed to fit. Terence tried to calm down a bit, it wasn't sure that she was the one. But if she was... He didn't even want to think of what could happen if...

He rushed out of the house, determined to find Gaia.