Author Not: I feel like a pile of shit. So to cheer meself up, I thought I'd write another chapter of Silent Thrills 2: Not So Restful Dream. Did I mention I feel so damn ill? I also intend to fix up the first chapter. That's what I get for staying up too late and getting up too early. Oh yeah, can't think what to do with Silent Thrills again.
James starts heading towards Katz Street with his plank of wood with a nail equipped. Sure he could have done the logical thing and had the chainsaw equipped, but our James loves a challenge. Even a challenge that could more then likely kill him. So James skips towards Katz Street while humming the theme to Monty Python, since he does not know the Mission Impossible theme. So James skips happily, every so often beating the strange creatures that he has named Monster Trapped in Coat. He has named them this despite the fact a tag on all of them say they are Patient Demons.
In mid skip, he suddenly stops, turns and begins skipping down Neely Street. As he is skipping he comes across another Monster Trapped in Coat. Now James, believe it or not, is a rather patient fellow. Sure there was that one time when Mary coughed in his face. He lost it that day. He had to resist the urge to start up a 'pillow fight'. Anyhow James is a rather patient fellow and right now he is getting quite annoyed with the amount of Monster Trapped in Coats. His only thought is that they are, for sure, breeding machines. He quickly beats the monstrosity down and continues his adventure.
"Right. Side mission. Find the den of the Monster Trapped in Coats and burn baby, burn." James says to himself, followed by him laughing inanely. You see, James has figured that if the King and Queen Monster Trapped in Coat are dead, then the rest will lose the will to live. Meaning they kill themselves. He seems to have forgotten they're monsters, not ants or wasps. Again in mid skip, he suddenly stops, turns and this time heads along Saul Street.
He has now grown tired of skipping. Walking along the street, he soon comes across a trailer. He walks over to the trailer, examines it and then knocks on the door. Not only is our James a rather patient fellow, but he is overly polite. No one answers the door. So James thinking that the person is busy knocks again. The door suddenly bangs opens. It opens a bit too fast and knocks James onto his butt. A fat guy wearing blue shorts, blue and white striped shirt and a cap on his head stumbles out. He has a nervous look in his eyes.
James stands up and brushes the dust off. He looks to the fat guy, then to the trailer, then back to the fat guy. Putting on his most charming smile he speaks to the fat guy. "Good morning sir. Sorry to bother you, but would you mind if I used your toilet. I've been travelling for hours and got lost." James asks. He hasn't been travelling for hours. In fact roughly twenty minutes at the most. Yes, that includes the car journey to the rest area, the walk through the forest and beating the Monster Trapped in Coats. The fat guy rubs his head. "Uh, do what you like. There's a dead guy in there. I swear he was like that when I got here." The fat guy says trying to defend himself, but still looking nervous. The fat guy turns and runs faster then Roadrunner on speed. James just shrugs.
Deciding that he is not going to find Mary, the King and Queen Monster Trapped in Coat and a clean toilet in the trailer, James heads in the same direction as the fat guy. He begins walking back up Neely Street when he comes across a door that is actually unlocked. Deciding this must be where the King and Queen Monster Trapped in Coat must live, James enters the small building.
To his disappointment, he does not find the King or Queen. Just when he decides to leave he notices a message written on the window. The message says 'There was a hole here. It's gone now'. James frowns and ponders what the message could mean. He looks at the message for a good five minutes before a smile slowly appears on his face. If this were a cartoon, a little light bulb would have switched on above James' head.
"They thought they could fool me." James says to the message. "Nope, they were wrong. Evidently they read my mind, knew of my plan and fled." James laughs and shakes his head, clearly amused by the imaginary King and Queen running away. "They certainly underestimated me. Fools they are." James smiles proudly and turns and finds a map. "Clearly dumb as well. They seem to have left a map of where their new location is. The Woodside Apartments. There I shall kill them and look for an umbilical cord. My Dad seems to think they are useful."
Flashback. Some Years Ago. South Ashfield Heights
"Son, there are three things in life that will always remain a mystery." Frank Sunderland says as he brings down a red box from one of the shelves. "Number one is women. I just don't get them. I tell you, you're lucky you've got Mary. She is rare type. She is simple." Frank rambles as he places the box on the table in front of James. "Number two, this one doesn't actually apply to you, but I'll tell you anyway. Number two is how the hell does Braintree manage to come up with a complaint every damn day." Frank sits in a nearby chair and sighs.
"Finally number three. Number three is in that red box." Franks says pointing to the box in the middle of the table. James goes to open the box but Frank stops him. "Don't open it. Smells bad." Franks tells him. Now if James was not curious before, he defiantly is now. James looked at the box as if he could see what was in it without opening it. "What's in the box?" James asks while still looking at it.
"Huh?" Frank looks around confused and then remembers he was talking about the box. "Oh...uh....it's an umbilical cord." He finally answers. It is now James' turn to look confused. Why would someone keep an umbilical cord? That was the next question James wanted to ask. So he did. "Why are you keeping an umbilical cord?" He is hoping for a sensible answer. Naturally he does not get one. "Never know when an umbilical cord might come in useful. I got it from room 302. Th..."
Frank is interrupted by a loud knock at the door. "Oh CRAP!" Frank says a little too loudly. "11 Am. That'll be Braintree with his daily complaint. James, you sort out his complaint. Tell him I'm dead." Frank then disappears into another room. James then goes and finds out what Richard Braintree's complaint of the day is.
Present. Silent Hill. Corpse on Martin Street
After copying everything from the map in Neely's Bar on his own map, James decided to visit the location where the strange squiggle on the map is. After beating down some more Monster Trapped in Coats, James finally reached the location. There he only finds a rotting corpse resting against a fence. Finding nothing interesting, not even a beef jerky, James turns to leave. "Psst." James hears a noise coming from the general direction of the corpse. He turns to look at the corpse but finds nothing there. He then starts to leave again. "Psst. Key." This time he knew he heard something. He turns around and again finds nothing. Again he starts to leave. This time he feels something hit him in the back. He turns around and sees an arm on the ground. The corpse, missing an arm, is now stood up and looking rather angry. "Key." The corpse moans and then throws a key towards James.
James catches the key and the corpse vanishes. He examines the key and finds a tag saying 'Woodside Gate'. Being the bright spark that he is, James figures that this is the key for gate at Woodside Apartments. So our unlikely hero decides now would be the best time to visit the apartments. Of course if James had been a slightly bit smarter he would have known there was another route. If he had chosen to go to the end of Neely Street he would have found the road was not blocked and that he could follow Nathan Avenue to Rose Water Park. Still our Jimbo likes a challenge, so going through the apartments would be a challenge.
So James is back in a skipping mood and is now skipping along Katz Street towards Woodside Apartments. Every so often, just for fun, he would beat up a Monster Trapper in Coat. He may as well; he is not exactly in a rush to find Mary. Nor to kill the King and Queen Monster Trapped in Coat. Although he is in desperate need to use a toilet. He could go be behind a nearby bush, but he is too paranoid.
So James continues to head towards the apartments. Soon he finds himself there. After beating up some more Monster Trapped in Coats, James stands in front of the gate to the apartments. He takes out his newly acquired key and uses it to unlock the gate. What else would he use the key for? He enters through the gate and then quickly goes through the closest double doors. He finds himself in a stairwell. To his right are some mail boxes. He quickly checks them and finds nothing interesting. Next to the mail boxes is a red square. James then begins to prod it.
Quickie: Hullo. I had intended for this chapter to be longer, but didn't happen. BOO. Anyhoo, hope you enjoyed. How about that James bothered to save, unlike Harry. I assume James and Frank are related. If they aren't, tough shit.