AN: So after a long stint of writers block and life getting in the way, I finally updated. I'm actually working on updating a lot of my stories write now. I'm finally back in my writing mind frame, which is good!
All the characters are mine, except those that appear in the game Silent Hill. I don't own that franchise, though I sure wish I did.
Read and Review.
They left the café after equipping a few knives. They were short range, but it was better then nothing. They pulled out the map and studied it, trying to figure out the best route to get to the alley way that the little girl had disappeared into.
"Come on; let's just get this over with." Darcy muttered, walking forward.
Lauren and Lea kept to the back of the group, even though they were armed with weapons, they didn't really think that a couple of small kitchen knives would be all that effective against whatever monsters they would come across.
"What do you think the chances are that this is really just a horrible dream?" Lea asked Lauren.
Lauren shrugged. "I don't know, but judging from the way that Josh is skipping down the street, completely giddy, I'd say it's pretty slim to none."
Both girls jumped when three gun shots sounded, followed by the sound of something in pain. They ran forward and found the three guys standing around the dying form of the same monster that had attacked them in the diner.
"Wonderful." Darcy muttered. "There's probably about ten of these things on the way to the alley and I've got one clip."
Lauren rolled her eyes. "Well since everything else is the same all we have to do is find boxes of ammo randomly lying around the town."
"Unless we're in the 'hard' setting." Josh pointed out.
Lauren turned and glared at him. "Just once can't you see the silver lining?"
Josh's face broke out into a large grin. "Nope."
"And why not?" Lea demanded.
"Because I'm cynical."
Lauren and Lea looked at each other and shrugged, "Well at least he can admit it." Lea said.
Lauren nodded and looked around. Through the mist she could barely make out the slowly turning sign of a gas station. "Hey guys, let's go check out that building, maybe we can find some supplies."
Darcy and Rob turned, their eyes lighting up. "Smokes!" They both cried out running for the gas station.
"That wasn't quite what I had in mind for supplies." Lauren muttered as she followed.
They stepped cautiously into the building, Darcy peeking around corners before sliding around them, gun in front of him ready to shoot anything that moved. Lauren and Josh glanced at each other and Lauren had to stifle a giggle when Josh mouthed the words "Magnum P.I." at her.
Deciding that it was safe enough, Darcy instructed them all to split up and grab what they thought they would need. Lea immediately went for a couple of first aid kits. She started to fill her back pack with them when Lauren put a hand on her arm to stop her. Lea glanced up at her friend, a questioning expression on her face.
"Dude, just dump them in there. Half these things are made of metal, it'll way a ton." Lauren pointed out.
"Since when did you start to think sensibly?" Lea teased.
Lauren stuck her tongue out at her and stood up, grabbing several bottles of water from the shelf. She stuffed them in her bag, along with several boxes of granola bars and cans of energy drinks. She glanced over at the boys who were each grabbing several cartons of cigarettes and rolled her eyes.
"You three do know that you'll be fine with just a couple of packs right?" She called over to them. "And even if you do run out there are other places that you can get smokes from."
The three of them ignored her, making her roll her eyes. She glanced around the dingy store to see if there was anything else that they needed when she spotted a note pad on the table. She wandered over and scooped it up before walking to one of the dirty windows. Using her sleeve she wiped at the dirt until enough light poured in for her to read.
It was just a short note about the events that they had experienced, written by the man who had crashed his Jeep and then run off. She found it odd that there was no mention of her and her friends, but shrugged it off, especially considering the guy had run off mere minutes after crashing his Jeep down a hill.
She sighed and tossed the note pad onto an empty shelf and stared out the window. She groaned when another of the flying monsters flew by the window. She turned away to mention it to the others when she spotted a child's drawing posted beside the door. She quickly reached over and ripped it off, bringing it into the light.
Her eyes scanned the picture before flying back to the small hole she had made to allow light in. "Holy shit."
The other four glanced at her before coming to her side. They all stared around her to the picture in her hands. "Air Screamer?" Josh asked.
"It's that stupid monster that was in the diner and outside." Darcy announced. "Who the hell is Alessa, I thought the kid's name was Cheryl?"
Rob rolled his eyes. "Alessa is the other little girl from the town."
Lauren resisted the urge to smack both of them and put the drawing down beside the note pad. "Come on, let's get to that alley and get this over with."
They stepped outside and ignored the Air Screamer that was perched on the garbage bins. They continued down the street, pausing only when Lea broke off from the group to retrieve several boxes of ammo that were lying on a bench.
They finally reached the alley way and walked cautiously behind Darcy. They all knew that there would be at least two dogs up ahead; guarding the entrance to the backyard they had to cross through.
Josh stood, ready to attack if any of the dogs got past Darcy's gun. When the two dogs collapsed onto the ground and didn't move, he began pouting. "That's it; I get dibs on killing something next time!" He called.
Lauren shook her head and shoved him through the gate. They all laughed when Darcy purposely stepped around the disembowel dog that was still lying in the grass. They followed the path that they had wandered down before. They found several boxes of ammo as well as a few health drinks and added them to their inventory. Josh started to pout when they discovered that the gurney with the dead body was gone, making Lauren roll her eyes and drag him along.
They came to the end of the alley where two buildings appeared to have shifted together. Lauren spotted a long piece of metal lying beside several pieces of paper that had been torn out of a book. She picked up a steel pipe and handed it to Lea, ignoring the papers that Rob was looking at. "Here, your favorite weapon."
"Sweet." Lea said with a grin
"Hmmm…she's at the school." Rob said suddenly, making Lea and Lauren glance over his shoulder and saw the girls note directing them to the school, Lauren quickly pulled out the town map and circled the name of the school.
"Well thank you captain obvious, quick, someone get this man a hero cookie!" Lea said sarcastically.
Lauren hid her grin behind her hand and cleared her throat. "Come on, we've got to check out those roads out of here."
They left the alley and wandered around, checking roads that they hoped would lead them out of the city. They found each of the roads had collapsed upon itself and the overpass had collapsed in.
At one of the collapsed roads they found another note from the girl. "Dog house, Levin St." Josh read out loud.
"Yeah there's a house key there." Lauren said.
"Isn't there a locked door there?" Rob asked.
"Yeah let's find the keys first" Lauren suggested.
Lea handed her the map and she marked where the keys were located in the game. "We have to go back to some of the collapsed roads?"
"I didn't think of it until Rob said something about it." Lauren told her
The guys followed Lauren and Lea until they came across a collapsed road. Lauren and Lea separated and went in opposite directions, disappearing into the fog, while the three boys stood in the middle, watching them.
"Found it!" Lea called
Lauren appeared from the left and followed the guys to Lea's voice. "Ok, let's go." Lauren said.
"Well I haven't gotten it yet." Lea admitted.
"Why not?" Darcy asked.
"You see that tree that's sitting across that gap?" Darcy nodded. "Yeah I'm not crossing that, I'd probably fall off."
Darcy rolled his eyes and stomped across the tree. "Was that so hard?" He called over
"I hope he falls on his way back" Lea muttered.
Darcy began hopping along the tree after he grabbed the key. Lea glared at him and turned away from the scene he was making. She heard footsteps running and Lauren giggle softly.
"He's slipped; he's sitting, well straddling the tree." Lauren told her.
"Good! I hope you're balls are impacted!" Lea yelled over her shoulder at him.
When they finally got Darcy off the tree, they walked down a block to yet another collapsed road. Lauren walked up to the police car that was sitting just in front of the gap. She pulled out the next key, two boxes of ammo and a tire iron.
"What's that for?" Mak asked as Lauren made her way to the driver's side door.
Gripping the tire iron, Lauren swung it at the window as hard as she could. "That's not going to work, its bullet proof dumb ass." Darcy said, giving her a bored look.
Lauren looked over her shoulder and shot him a glare, before continuing what she was doing. It took several long minutes, and she was starting to get more pissed off by the minute when the glass finally cracked. One good hit and the glass shattered completely, allowing Lauren to reach in and unlock the door.
"I'm sorry, what was that about it not working?" Lea asked Darcy sweetly.
"Yeah, but what is she doing?" Josh asked.
They all turned back to the car when a clatter was heard. They watched as Lauren threw several boxes of bullets and a handgun out of the car door. Josh squealed with delight and ran forward, snatching up the 9mm. They could see Lauren struggling with something before she finally backed out of the car, shot gun in one hand, a pair of handcuffs dangling from her fingers of the other hand.
"What, you planning on handcuffing a monster or something?" Darcy asked, glaring at the hand cuffs.
"No, Carlos." Lauren announced with a grin.
Darcy rolled his eyes and looked from the 9mm to the shot gun that Lauren was loading. He walked over to her, smiling sweetly. "Trade ya!" He said.
"Yeah, fuck off." Lauren said, sliding her back pack off her shoulders.
She carefully tightened the straps of the skateboard pack so that it would hold the shotgun but still be able to be pulled out in a hurry. "I hope you shoot your ass off!" He screamed at her.
Lauren rolled her eyes and continued walking with Josh and Lea. "Oh yeah, that'll convince her to give you the shot gun." Rob told Darcy sarcastically.
They made their way down to yet another alley way where the final key was located. Josh and Rob pushed the gate aside and revealed a basketball court. The five of them stepped inside and immediately they all gagged at the smell coming from it.
Beneath the basketball net lay a severed dog head, which looked like it had been lying there for quite sometime. Lauren crouched down and picked the final key up out of the puddle of coagulated blood, trying hard to keep from puking. She saw Josh crouch down out of the corner of her eye, and turned to face him.
"Josh, what are you doing?"
Josh grinned brightly at her and picked up the dog's head, tossing it from hand to hand. "Okay guys, two on two, one sub, losers have to walk in front… ready?" Everyone stood staring at him, Lauren's mouth hanging open "No? Guys? Fine…the fun police called, they need you back on Monday."
Lauren rolled her eyes and smacked him across the back of the head. "If you're quite done being disgusting, I'm going to find that damn house."
Darcy and Rob immediately followed her, leaving Lea to haul Josh to his feet before they too followed.