Just to be clear from this point on in the story I will be using fewer elements from Until Dawn simply to remind people that this is not Until Dawn with LiS characters, but rather an alternate universe. This means I will not have to repeatedly look up 'Let's Plays' so I can get the script, locations, and choices. I will do my best to make this story as original as I could while still keeping the properties of the story from earlier chapters. Also, I will try to describe certain things in more detail to get you guys immersed into the setting as if I was an actual author.

Choices

Agree with Victoria: 3

Disagree with Victoria: 1

"You know what? Let's go, right now." I said as I picked up the ax, not noticing the surprised look on her face.

"Wait, what?" I turned to look at her, letting the weapon dangle from my right hand.

"You heard me, we're going to that fire tower like you said we should. Now can we leave, or do you wanna browse the wide selection of snow?" I joked while looking at her, noticing the look of disappointment, like she expected me to disagree. But she's Victoria, and she has high expectations all the time. Just like her parents, who expected her to bring a rich kid home but instead brought a quarterback. I still remember the frightened face of her mother and the confused look of her father. It made me smile, remembering the good times.

I trekked up the hill, snow crunching beneath me, with a blunt weapon resting on my shoulder. I'm either a lumberjack or I'm about to participate in the Purge. All I need is a mask and I can totally stab Ethan Hawke from around a corner. I knew we were fucking up by coming this way, I could feel it. I came across a steel beam that was supposedly part of a second cable car station, but construction was halted because of what happened. It was the only way around since a massive oak tree had fallen and blocked the path. I peeked over my shoulder to see my girlfriend's distraught face as she looked down. "Hey, don't do that. That's how people fall." I said as I stepped on the beam.

"Wait!" I felt an arm grasp me firmly and pull me away. "I'll go first."

"Oh, because you weigh less? If I can make it across, so can you." I placed my foot on the slippery metal, but I looked up to see Victoria already halfway across. "Classic," I muttered as I began to follow her, keeping my balance while grazing my hand along the cliff, looking for something to grab on to. It really does not help that a giant ax was weighing down my right half. I froze as the air was filled with a shriek, unlike anything I had ever heard. I thought my ears were about to bleed, but that wasn't my concern as I saw Tori slip due to the shriek. Another scream pounded in my ears as she was holding onto the frozen steel with one hand. I panicked and dashed for her hand, putting the ax in my left hand and reached out for her. "Victoria!"

"Hayden, help me! Please!" She cried as her hand began to slip, tears rolling down her face. I reached out just as she let go, and I closed my eyes as I felt something in my hands. I gripped it hard, and I opened my eyes to see her wrist, firmly grasping my own. She was a hair away from death. I pulled her up with as much strength I could put in my arm, and she was with me now. "Oh my Jesus, thank you!" She managed to get out.

"No need to thank me, babe," I replied, not altering my grip on her. We crawled the rest of the way, like going through an air duct. As soon as I got to the end, I simply collapsed in relief. "Holy shit," I whispered as I let out a soft laugh at the realization that neither of us is gonna do this ever again. "Come on, let's go," I said to her as I held her close, slowly walking forward.

There is was again. The shriek. So faint, yet so deafening. Like a blade against a chalkboard, or sandpaper being scraped against your eardrums. I turned three-sixty degrees, looking for what made that sound. I knew it was very far away, but it couldn't hurt just to look. "Did you hear that?" I asked her when she came into view.

"Yeah, but it's so far away."

"That means it's not after us if it is anything. We're fine." I reassured her, showing the large blade on the weapon. I noticed fairly few marks on the blade, meaning it's sharper than an ax with marks all over. I gave her a smirk as I held the weapon by the head like a snake. She simply rolled her eyes and went along. In the corner of my eye, I could see a wooden bridge going across a small stream. "Hey, look," I said, pointing at the bridge.

"Let's go."

"Victoria, not this again. Horror movies are meant to be fictional, but they can't be when white, blonde women rush into a building to 'check it out'. That's how you die!"

"Okay, so what do you think? Go to that cliff and see if anything's down there?"

"Look, I'm black and that means I can tell exactly when we are fucking up. I felt it right before we started our little tight-rope session, and I felt damned when you slipped."

"Well, wizard, are we fucking up by going that way?" She pointed at the cliff.

"If we're fucking up by going to the fire tower, then we're fucking up regardless."

"Hey, it's your choice, bucko."

Go to the Bridge First

OR

Go to the Cliff First

I apologize for any grammar mistakes, but if you're gonna blame anyone, blame Grammarly. All rights go to their respective owners.