Lauren sighed in frustration when they started to turn down Levin Street, looking out for the dog house that the little girls note directed them to. They could hear a soft growl as they made their way through the fog, making Lauren pull the shot gun from her bag. Josh stared from his hand gun to the shot gun, slowly reaching out for the gun in Lauren's hand.
"Touch it and die." Lauren told him.
"But I want one!" Josh whined.
"You have a gun."
"But yours is better!"
Lauren smiled at him sweetly. "Then I guess you should have gotten it."
Josh glared at her. "If I had thought to then I would have."
Lea walked by and pushed the gun down as Lauren aimed it at him. "You can smack him around, but you can't shoot him." She said.
Lauren looked at her gun thoughtfully. "Can I hit him with the gun?"
Lea grinned, "Yeah, that'll do."
Josh glared at them and kept walking. "I hate you guys."
They finally made out the figure of a dog pacing back and forth ahead of them in the fog. Darcy took his time aiming his gun from their far distance. He let out a curse when Josh shoved him to the side and ran up to the dog, screaming. Darcy glanced over his shoulder at Lauren, who was pinching the bridge of her nose shaking her head.
"I'm kind of surprised that thing didn't kill him." Rob said as more shots were fired signalling that Josh had found another dog.
Josh came strutting back through the fog, a satisfied grin on his face. "I found the dog house that the key is taped in."
"Did you get the key?" Darcy asked.
Josh shook his head. "There was so much blood and guts and gore. It was too pretty to mess up."
Lauren could have sworn she heard Darcy growl as he stormed away from the group in the direction that Josh had come from. When they finally found him he was holding the key up to them and wiping his hand on a patch of clean grass.
"You ruined it!" Josh yelled as he swiped the key from Darcy.
Darcy shot Josh a glare and climbed to his feet, shoving past Lauren and Lea. "You will remember to wash your hands before you eat anything right?" Lea called after him.
Lauren snorted into her hand as she moved to follow Darcy. She could see Josh sneaking up on her out of the corner of her eye and moved the shotgun out of his reach. "Fuck off."
"Come on Lauren." Josh said, his lip sliding into a pout. "Please, for me? I do so much for you. I came to the bar when I was sick because you asked me to. I give you smokes. I bought you a PS2!"
"Which I gave you money for." Lauren pointed out reasonably. "You are not getting my gun."
Lauren moved around him, towards the door when something caught her eye. She moved closer to the body laying the grass. It was the second dog that Josh had shot. Her eyes widened as she counted the number of bullet holes and she could only assume that he had emptied a full clip into the animal. She shook her head and started to turn away when she noticed that the dog's stomach was split open.
"Joshua Leigh Gilmour!" She shouted. "I told you no dissecting anything!"
Josh came through the fog grinning. "You said I could have the knife if I promised not to dissect anything with it. You didn't make me promise that if I found a knife I couldn't dissect anything."
Lauren growled at him and grabbed him by his hoodie, dragging him to the house. "I seriously think that you have issue's kid."
"You know I have issues." Josh said; his tone proud.
Lauren shoved him up the stairs and through the front door. She moved through the house, bypassing the notepad that Rob was staring at curiously. She pulled the keys out of her pocket and began to unlock the backdoor. She was having a hard time unlocking the locks and keeping the shot gun out of Josh's reach.
She finally opened the door just as Josh leaned against her, making the two of them fall out the door and onto the small patio. "This whole falling over on me thing has to stop." Lauren said.
"Hey are you calling me fat?" Josh demanded.
"Get off me before I shoot you."
Darkness descended on them and Lauren had to shield her eyes when Darcy produced a flashlight and turned it on. There were more bloodstains on the grass of the backyard and what appeared to be small chunks of flesh lying in the middle of them. Lauren pulled the map out and moved closer to Darcy so she could memorize their route.
"What are you doing?" Josh asked, moving closer.
"Figuring out how to get to the school so we don't have to rely on the flashlight." Josh gave her a confused look, "You know, so that we don't get attacked by monsters."
"But, where's the fun in that?" Josh asked.
Lauren sighed and looked back at the map. She managed to figure out most of the way to the school when she realized it was getting harder and harder to see the paper. She looked up to see the other four moving towards the back gate. With a muttered curse she refolded the map and quickly followed them.
"Thanks for waiting for me, jerks." Lauren muttered.
"I want to get this over with as soon as possible." Darcy snapped at her. "Unless you want to see if we can get attacked standing around in that backyard."
They turned on the flashlight and shone it down the alley to figure out if there were any obstacles in the way before clicking it back off and continuing down. They all jumped when Josh walked into a steel garbage can and the sound echoed throughout the quiet.
"Stupid piece of shit!" Josh yelled, kicking at the can. They all winced when his foot connected. "Ow!"
Lea shook her head as Darcy turned the flash light back on. Josh was limping around glaring at the garbage can. "Oh stop pouting." Lea muttered, grabbing his arm.
Darcy once again switched off the light and they continued down the alley. When they reached the corner Darcy once again flipped the light on. This time the light revealed two dogs, ready to pounce on them. All five of them screamed while Josh, Darcy and Lauren opened fire on the two dogs.
Darcy turned and looked at Lauren. "Can we leave the fucking light on now?"
Lauren glared at him, but didn't say anything. She followed the group, randomly shooting creatures that attacked them with surprising accuracy. Josh moved up to walk next to Darcy and tapped him on the shoulder.
"You do know she's picturing you on all of those things right?" Josh told him.
Darcy shoved him away as they continued towards the large building coming out of the dark.
Disclaimer: 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