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Chapter 31: Wish House Orphanage

I just stood there, completely stunned and frightened for my friends' lives. The person who was currently pointing the gun at my head was none other than the man in the coat; the same man who was responsible for Elise, Maria and Cybil's deaths, along with Sonic's attack in the apartments.

And now he's coming after us... F*ck!

Unable to hold his terror in any longer, Sid let out a loud scream which thankfully snapped most of us back to reality. I immediately whacked the man hard with my hunting rifle and shoved him out of the way, sprinting as fast as my legs could carry me.

"IT'S HIM!" Elise screamed, grabbing the possums whilst she and the others caught up with me. "GO, GO, MOVE!"

"RUN!" Buck yelled, stabbing the man with his knife whilst Flynn eventually managed to scoop him up as he ran. "No time to attack, buddy!" The elephant seal shouted, trying hard not to look back at our assailant.

Just get through the damn exit before he starts shooting!

The man cackled evily as a sudden click echoed, indicating that he was so close to pulling the trigger on us. Thinking fast, I kicked down the door with all the strength I had and one by one, we all entered and found ourselves in the next spiral staircase, with Sonic managing to slam it shut afterwards.

Panting hard, I began pacing around as the realisation began to sink in. Manny was shaking his head in disbelief whilst Eddie threw himself onto his older brother in sheer fright.

"Was that ... who I thought it was?!" Crash stammered, trembling as he tightened his grip on Eddie.

Hearing this, Sonic placed his hands on his hips and sighed. "I don't know why he wants to kill us, but we gotta beat him."

Because he probably knows that I'm looking for my mother!

Just then, a thought suddenly came into my mind that the man in the coat could actually be Walter. I remembered reading that small note once I came home from school. Maybe ... my friends have seen him before on their own adventures, as Manny told me back in Silent Hill that he and his family travelled to a set of different worlds before I showed up.

I have to find out.

"We should probably get going." Shira murmured. "Hopefully, there might be a good chance that we'll be safe in the next world, if we're careful."

After a short moment of silence, everyone agreed before they began making their way down to the exit. I was a bit far behind as I couldn't help but think about our attacker and his plans. I knew he wanted to kill me and Sonic obviously, but if he knew that I was looking for my mother, then ... What does he have planned?

Soon enough, we entered the door and found ourselves in a dark forest which happened to have a certain building I heard about before. The atmosphere was heavily foggy and I could barely see a thing, this somehow made a deep realisation hit me like a hard smack in the face. And it also happened with everyone else, confirming my suspicions.

"We ... We can't be!" Sonic yelled, looking at Elise in horror. "We can't be back!"

"You've been here before?!" Manny asked, with complete and utter shock lacing his tone.

"It's a long story." My deceased friend said, trying her best to calm the mammoth down. "Let's just keep going, and we'll explain later, okay?"

"Guys, Elise is right." I butted in, gesturing for my friends to follow me. "I think there's a building in the centre of this area so it's better that we chat there."

Hopefully, the man won't enter the central area we're headed for.

M-E

I did not want to be back at all.

The first time I was here, I suddenly found myself going through a mysterious hole I discovered whilst exploring the forest. Truth be told, I wasn't expecting to find myself in Silent Hill with Sonic, let alone twice.

I guess life can sometimes throw surprises at you.

One by one, we followed Megan through the door and we were greeted with not very pleasant sightings; a small pack of sniffer dogs eyeing us and worst of all, the man in the coat who was staring at us, waiting to make his move.

"Ah, boy," The young girl muttered, freezing on the spot as soon as she saw him. After a small moment of composing herself, Megan turned round to face us, obviously overwhelmed with nervousness as she was panting lightly. "Okay, we need a plan of attack. Anyone got ideas?"

"Maybe two of us can distract him whilst we sneak past with him noticing o—" Sid began, nervously.

"Or we can charge in, guns blazing." Crash interrupted, still clinging to Eddie.

Well, alright then...

Suddenly, something inside me prompted me to look up and scream as I quickly grabbed Megan and pulled her to my right. The man had instantly began sprinting towards us with the intent of assulting every single one of us, until we were long gone.

"GET HIM!" Both the possums yelled as they charged towards him, but soon they came back running and screaming as our assaliant raised his bloodied knife to stab them.

There's has to be something we can do to get rid of him!

I aimed my revolver at the man and immediately began firing bullets non-stop whilst Megan did exactly the same with her hunting rifle. Sonic curled himself up into a ball and tried to perform a spin attack, but it was unfortunatley countered as the man did a move which sent my dear friend flying until he hit the damp grass with a low groan.

"Argh...!"

Having saw what our assailant had done, Megan gave a cry of rage and lunged towards him, only to be sent flying too.

"NO!"

The man cackled again and turned round, advancing slowly towards the two. Sonic fortunatley managed to pull Megan up to her feet as they both prepared themselves to fight back with all the strength they had.

"You think you can bring us down, dude? Come on then!" The blue hedgehog taunted, keeping the young girl close behind him in a protective manner, whilst she aimed her hunting rifle at our assailant.

I quickly began thinking of a plan to stop him from doing the worst and I sprinted as fast as I could towards the three, stepping between him and my two dear friends. "Just STOP!"

Everything seemed to come to a halt; Manny and the Herd had frozen right where they stood and stared at the commotion with gaping mouths whilst I spread my arms out. If the man had to strike me down again, then so be it.

"Why are you doing this?!" I cried, giving my friends the signal to run into the next room when they had the chance. "You must have an explaination as to why you're commitng such terrible crimes!"

I have to protect my friends, I have to!

Panting slightly with a hint of fear surging through me, I steeled myself together and continued on. "Whatever your goal is, I know for certain that you're not going to achieve it by murdering these innocent beings!"

Strangely, the man actually looked like he was considering this. I braced myself for what his reaction would be, but then I was suddenly sent falling to the ground as his fist connected with my jaw with a powerful blow.

I groaned in pain as I struggled to pull myself up. Megan and Sonic were already attacking our assailant further for what he did to me, but both Peaches and I eventually managed to pull them through the door, slamming it shut in the process. Manny and the Herd were struggling to catch their breath whilst my two friends were giving me worried looks due to what just occured.

"I swear he's similar to that big red dude from the deadly six," Megan said to Sonic as she composed herself. "Since he cackles almost 24/7."

"Come to think of it," Sonic repiled. "I agree with you on that one."

After a small moment of silence, we all decided to take in our surroundings again. The foggy ambiance sent shivering chills running down my spine, but the huge building which stood in the centre did the exact opposite.

Wish House Orphanage.

Hopefully, things will take a positive turn soon...