A/N: Thanks for the reviews Paul C. I admit I did rush the first chapter a bit, but there's a reason for that, which you'll find out about later. And the diner is from the first Silent Hill, you'll see a lot of references to the first game in this story. Also great story you got going, hope you add more soon. :)

Chapter 3: Kaufman and Marshall

Liz slowly opened her eyes, her head pounded in pain. What happened? Where am I? Was it all just a bad dream? She thought as she sat up on the couch. She looked around her seeing she was in a police station.

"Hello?" She said standing up.

"Oh good you're awake." A woman said coming in with a cup of coffee.

"What happened? Where am I?" Liz asked as the officer gave her the cup.

The woman hesitated a moment then took a seat next to her. "My name is Officer Linda Marshall, my partner and I saved you from three of those things." The woman said.

Liz felt her heart sink into the pit of her stomach. "It was real...what happened here?"

"We don't really know. But this isn't the first time it's happened." Linda said softly.

"What?" Liz looked confused.

"Several years ago some thing exactly like this happened, no one is really sure why or how, but they believe it had to do with aliens or some supernatural outbreak." Linda mused as a man came into the room. "Most of the people that lived here left way back then. Just a few cops and doctors were left here to make sure that this incident didn't leave Silent Hill."

"I looked around and couldn't find him." The man said locking the door.

"This is my partner, Officer John Kaufman." Linda said.

"I'm afraid he's probably dead." Kaufman quipped reloading his gun.

"What? Who?" Liz stood up. "Roger!"

Kaufman looked at her. "So you must be Liz Baigent? Yeah a guy named Roger Connolly showed up here saying he was in a car crash, that's usually how it starts."

Liz felt herself fall apart as she dropped back down on the couch. "Roger..."

"I told him he would be better off getting as far away from Silent Hill as he could, he refused, said his girlfriend was here for her job." Kaufman said. "I was going to have Linda give you two a lift back to the next town, but he was determined that he stayed. I said good luck, gave him a gun and he left."

"What! You let him leave with those... those things out there!" Liz snapped.

"What else were we going to do? At least he's armed, he probably went back for you." Linda said.

"I tried calling him, but when he answered there was only static then some horrible voice said 'Vos mos intereo', whatever that means." Liz said softly. "What is going on here? What are those things? Where did they come from?"

"It's Latin." Kaufman quipped. "It means 'you will die'. A fitting expression actually, since you nearly did."

"Why did you come here, Ms. Baigent?" Linda looked at her.

"For my new job. I'm a travel journalist, I travel to places then write about them for either magazines or newspapers. I had just been hired by this travel magazine yesterday, they said they wanted me to survey Silent Hill." Liz replied. "Please just explain to me what's happening!"

"Look, a few years ago some crazy old hag named Dahlia Gillespie, went around talking about some prophecy that was going to happen. Then these things started showing up. We didn't know where they came from or what the fuck they were, they just overthrew Silent Hill destroying the main roads that led out of the town so those still here couldn't escape. Some claim it was an alien invasion others say that Silent Hill was a vortex to Hell where the unholy creatures of the Devil were coming out of. No one lives here anymore, Ms. Baigent, just those of us that are stuck here because we can't escape it. Some thing brought us all here at one time, anyone that's ever been here was drawn here by some other force." Kaufman retorted.

"A prophecy? Like what the end of the world!" Liz quipped.

"I don't know, I didn't live here when these things came the first time, but my brother did. He died here, Ms. Baigent, and it's highly likely we won't make it out of here alive either." Kaufman scoffed.

"And what about Roger? He's out there alone, we can't just leave him!" Liz snapped.

"Look if you want to go out there and look for him, go ahead, but I'm staying here." Kaufman shot back.

"Fine, can I at least have something to defend myself with!" Liz scorned.

Kaufman gave her his gun along with some ammo. "Good luck, you're going to need it."

Liz eyed the man for a moment then glanced back at Linda. "Thank you for helping me, but I can't leave him here."

Linda sighed looking at her partner. "You're an asshole you know that."

Kaufman rolled his eyes as Linda grabbed her gun and ammo, going after Liz.