Chapter 5: Optimism
Before I begin this chapter I've decided to respond to some of the comments I have received (as seems to be common with other authors).
First of all thanks to all who took time to read and review the story, some earlier comments such as lack of story or originality will hopefully now understand the earlier chapters mirrored the first Silent Hill game so closely so people unfamiliar with the game got a feel for the surroundings and characters. (As for the introduction of Shego, I just had to include her, she's a favourite of mine)
Saint Raven: The chapters will be longer from now on, however I hate to read extremely long chapters so they won't be too long.
DragonMaster4381: Ron will have a big role to play in the story, there is no place for a clumsy sidekick in Silent Hill, and you better believe Ron will be up for any fight. I'm still toying with the idea of weaponry for the Kim Possible characters, it may or may not happen since both are extremely dangerous with martial arts. As for the fate of Kim and Ron, you'll have to read on!
Also thanks to shepyt, Godhand's Number and recon228 for the positive feedback.
Just noticed, I didn't put a disclaimer in any of the previous chapters…oops. I do not own Kim Possible or any of it's characters, neither do I own any of the characters or plots and creatures of any of the Silent Hill series.
Through the thick, sudden darkness a beam of light lit up a space just fifteen feet ahead of Harry who slowly and cautiously edged down the back alley. The snow still fell and it was still deathly cold, the sound of a pair of flapping wings breezed past the distraught father. Harry turned quickly but the light revealed nothing, a barking noise caused him to turn quickly in the other direction, nothing. Harry was now briskly walking as more creature noises could be heard, getting louder, getting closer and closer. Harry began to sprint as he turned a corner out of the alley and down a street as quickly as his legs could move.
A figure suddenly darted out in front of Harry without warning, somehow he managed to dodge the dog that had tried to strike at him. As he slowed to avert the dog, he was struck from behind with something sharp, Harry stumbled but didn't go down. Neither did he look around, he had to get indoors now as practically every creature in the area was now hunting him down. Sprinting at full pace, keys and some money flew out of his pockets as Harry thundered down the street at a speed he didn't think possible. He had lost all sense of direction and just kept running down the street, praying the school would be at the end.
A sign caught the fleeing man's eye, 'Midwich Elementary School'. Harry bounded up the steps and burst through the front door, not even noticing the smashed window. Another dog greeted Harry as he skidded to a stop, the dog took up a defensive stance and began to show it's teeth. Harry fumbled for the gun he had holstered in his belt, but the dog was too fast and launched into a vicious attack on his lower left leg. Harry screamed in pain as a row of sharp teeth sunk into his skin, the pain suddenly subsided however and Harry opened his eyes to see the dog smash off the far wall.
The blond stood ready to strike again with a look of intensity in his eye at the animal, the canine drunkenly got to it's feet. Before it could even think of attacking Ron had halved the space between them and was delivering another thunderous kick to the beasts jaw, this time with even more power. The dog glided through the air, smashing through the door and bending the thin metal framing before a sickening crack was heard as the creature hit the concrete floor. Harry opened his mouth to thank Ron, but Ron grabbed Harry by the arm and dragged him through the wooden doors and into the hallway.
Now satisfied the threat was over, Ron turned to Harry, the earlier intensity in his eyes had faded back to his usual comforting and warming look. Harry took a look down the corridor to see two bodies ten feet away, one had it's head lying in an unnatural position and the other had a long metal pipe slammed into it's face.
"What happened here?" Harry asked astounded at the sight he'd just seen.
"Ran into a little trouble with the locals. Are you okay?" Ron quickly replied and changed the subject. Harry looked down and winced at the blood staining his jeans as it seeped out of the bite wound.
"I'll be okay. I'm just glad you're okay, Ron, it's absolutely crazy out there." Harry's face suddenly conveyed a worried look to Ron. "Is Cheryl here with you?" he asked with hope and desperation.
"No, sorry." Ron put a comforting hand on Harry's shoulder.
"How about your friend, Kim?" Ron looked down at his feet as a sad expression took over, it almost looked as if Ron was about to cry.
"She's….she wasn't here when I woke up. She could be anywhere…alone" his voice began to crack with the huge amount of worry he felt. "But I'm sure we'll find her and we'll all get out of here" Ron said as a weak smile crossed his face, more for himself than Harry. "Let's see if we can't get that wound bandaged up!" Ron got up and walked back to the door where the two bodies lay.
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"Shego?" Kim said, mouth gaping. The woman was strung up like an animal, a few cuts were bleeding on her face and one which had torn the arm of her familiar green and black jumpsuit. However, whatever had happened to Kim's archenemy while she'd been here hadn't curbed her temper or attitude.
"Just get me down from here!" Shego hissed at Kim, her pride hurt from being rescued by the teen hero. Kim looked around for something to break the metal chains which held Shego off the floor, the room was in just as bad a state as the rest of the building. Kim set down the Kimmunicator on a nearby hospital bed, and had it shine in Shego's direction. Scanning the room, Kim saw the knives and other horrific looking torture instruments that the doctor was about to use, several hospital beds were soaked in blood. Kim shuddered. In the corner Kim spotted a large pole leaning against the rotting wall and walked over to it, she saw a large pickaxe like weapon.
Shego couldn't feel her arms anymore, they had been strung above her head for so long. So when a pickaxe snapped the chain, the sudden movement of her arms downwards was excruciatingly painful. Kim hacked off the chains bounding Shego's legs and the woman crumpled to the floor in front of the redhead. Kim dropped the pickaxe and knelt down to help up her foe despite having nearly been killed by her on several occasions.
"BACK OFF!" Shego screamed and in stubbornness pulled herself off the cold, jagged and rusty metal flooring. Finally stumbling to her feet she picked out a bed with no blood stains and sat on it, letting out a deep sigh.
"God, Shego, what happened to you?" Kim asked.
"I don't know. I was visiting someone here when suddenly some staff got the jump on me." Shego replied in an unusually honest way. She was tired, very tired. But then some of the old Shego broke through for a second "Not that it's any business of yours, Kimmie" she smirked.
"Listen, I'm going out to see if there's any way out of this place. Maybe we can ring the police or something, the staff here seem to have gone insane." Shego suddenly let out a cold laugh, as if she'd given up all hope of rescue. That alone she a shiver down Kim's spine.
"The police?" Shego laughed "Come on Possible, how fucking naïve are you! Don't you see what's happening here? There's no escape, it's impossible. We aren't where you think we are." Shego's voice raised into a shout as she scalded Kim.
"What are you talking about?"
"There's no escape, Kim." Shego merely repeated herself, frustrating Kim with her seemingly useless babble. 'Maybe something happened before I got here, maybe Shego's lost her mind.' Kim thought before turning her back and heading for the door.
"I'm finding a way out of here, I'll be back soon." Shego either didn't hear or didn't reply as Kim closed the door, taking the Kimmunicator with her and leaving Shego in the darkness.
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Harry limped along slightly, Ron had done an excellent job in bandaging and treating his bite wound as well as giving him some painkillers. Ron opened another heavy wooden set of doors at the end of the main corridor, taking them into the east wing of the building. It was rather similar to the main hall, pictures lined one of the walls and as Ron shone the light to the other wall a line of children's lockers stretched as far as the light went. The wooden flooring was now replaced with non-slip tiling, Ron began to head for the stairs.
"Where are we going?" enquired Harry as they began to descend to the basement. Ron slowly walked alongside him, making sure that Harry didn't have any trouble getting down the stairs with his leg.
"I'm sure there's a generator down here." Ron said "Judging by where we are, they must have some bad winters. I'm hoping there's a backup power source, at the very least we'd get some lights in the building back on. I don't feel like walking into anymore rooms where there are more of those things waiting in the shadows." Harry didn't reply but simply nodded his head, still very impressed by how calm Ron was, he was really handling the situation well. The two finally reached the maintenance room, and opened the door. Ron shone the light at a large generator, shaped like two large oil drums on their side.
Ron eyed the red light, it was a switch. "Here goes nothing." he said as he pressed the button, the light turned green as the light bulb hanging over them flickered on. "Booyah!" Ron celebrated and raised a fist in the air with joy, Harry let out a small laugh at the teens reaction. All of the optimism coursing through them both was momentarily shattered when a loud and ominous rumbling noise came from above them.
"What the hell was that?" Ron asked
"How about we have a look around first, Cheryl and Kim could still be elsewhere in the building" Ron nodded and they began the ascent back up the stairs, and for the first time they felt a little a little bit of confidence creeping into their thoughts.