Author's Note:

Hi everyone, how are you all doing? :) I'd just like to say a big Thank You for the support so far. I can't believe there are 100 reviews now, I'm really flattered! :) Anyways, we haven't got long until Sunlight is officially complete. I'm a little sad to be ending this as I enjoyed writing Megan, Sonic and the Herd's journey... :( But, I may be considering a sequel so feel free to give me any ideas, if you'd like to! :)

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Chapter 47: Alone in the Abyss

(Meanwhile, underneath South Ashfield Heights...)

E-M

I hated being helpless. I tried so hard to defend everyone against the man in the coat, but ... we all got captured and ... I felt like I was responsible for this happening. I was beginning to believe that it was my fault that Ellie, Shira and the others were taken. I shouldn't have gotten injured back in the water prison! If I didn't, then we'd still be with Sonic and Manny's group, travelling through different worlds and finding out where my parents were...!

I never asked for this to happen...

Once my eyes fluttered open, I groaned in agony as I struggled to pull myself to my feet. The man's attack must have done a number on me as I felt intense pain throbbing in my face, nose, upper jaw and neck. The location I was in definitely sent my spirits tumbling down. It was pitch black, even more darker than the lobby of Brookhaven Hospital back in Silent Hill! Due to the dim flickering lights, I could faintly tell that I was trapped in a strong metal cage. A simple white door stood a few feet away, serving as the exit to my prison. That was most likely locked up too, damn it.

How the hell will I be able to get out...?! There's got to be an escape route somewhere...!

Taking in my surroundings, I saw a cracked mirror nearby and ran up to it to see what my injuries were like. I had to make sure that I wasn't heavily wounded, otherwise I'd be screwed and probably end up dying. Once I realised the state I was in, horror surged through me and I struggled to hold back any incoming vomit. My face was literally covered in cuts, scabs and bruises, the latter almost becoming a dark red-purple colour. They were also inflicted on my neck, due to how hard the man's grip was.

I faintly remembered attempting to escape and save my friends earlier, but our godawful stalker kept attacking me and blocking my way. I remembered screaming in pain and desperation as I fought tooth and nail to get out. He just ... dragged me back to my cell and began delivering painful and severe blows as I continued twisting, turning and thrashing in my desperate attempt to escape. He then did something extremely brutal, which I'm not going to describe. What I will say though, is that the whole torture experience was terrifying...

Enough about my injuries. I gotta get out of this place. Now.

Running over to my cage's door, I reached through the metal bars and frantically attempted to undo the chains surrounding the lock. "Ugh! Come on!" But, it just wouldn't become lose enough for me to open the metal door... "Argh!"

Panting, I paced to and fro, desperately checking to see if there were any other escape routes. Unfortunately there weren't, which lead to me tugging on the chains again. There's got to be a way out, there has to be! I wasn't going to sit around and wait or some knight in shining armour to save me! Tearing off my purple jacket and tying it around my waist, I decided to try again. "Damn it!" I growled in annoyance, eventually kicking the door in frustration. "You can't stay locked up forever, for god's sake!"

What would Team Sonic and the Herd do?

I knew exactly what they would do, if they were in my shoes. They wouldn't give up and stop trying! Like Sonic said, nothing starts until you take action! That was what I was going to do. I was going to take action, escape from this cell and fight to the best of my ability to save my parents and reunite with my friends!

After what seemed like an hour of trying, I managed to undo the chains! Grinning with relief with surging through me, I searched for a key I could use to unlock the door and to my surprise and brief confusion, it was only a few feet away from my cell door. Wait... Did someone manage to get in here and leave that there for me? If so, who was it?! Shaking my thoughts away and crouching down, I lifted my arm through the bottom of the cell door in a desperate attempt to grasp the key, grunting as I did so. "Don't you dare move!"

Eventually managing to take hold of it, I pulled myself up to my feet and unlocked my cell door. Freeeedom! Finally! Being out of the cage was a lot better, I'll admit. Cautiously looking around, I noticed that my backpack and firearms were gone. Arggggghhhh! But my annoyance quickly turned to slight relief when I spotted a switchblade knife laying on top of a small brown table, sitting fairly close to my exit.

"This will have to do." I sighed as I took it. "Hopefully, I'll find more weapons soon."

After opening the white door, I couldn't help but let my family and friends drift into my thoughts. I was hoping that Sonic and Manny's group were okay, but I had no idea where they were or what they were doing right now. I was also hoping that Ellie, Peaches and their group were alright. I didn't know if they were still trapped or if they already escaped. Either way, I hoped that they were going to be fine...

I'll be with my loved ones soon... Just a little longer and we'll be together again...

"Here we go..." I whispered as I found myself entering an incredibly dark hallway with two paths going left and right. Three massive TV screens hovered a few feet above me, erupting static and briefly flashing images of a severely injured man, woman and teenage girl who looked very similar to my parents and myself.

In fact, it was us...

"Oh ... What have I gotten myself into?" I gasped quietly, shaking with worry surging through me. The man most likely decided that he was going to use those pictures to taunt Sonic, Elise, Manny, Diego and the others if they managed to get in here.

"They better be okay, I know they are..." I told myself, gripping my knife tightly as I took in my surroundings. Suddenly, I jumped out of my skin when a blood-curling scream echoed from the left side of the hallway. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

It sounded very far, but familiar too! "Mum?! ... MUM!" I cried out, breaking into a sprint.

"OH GOD, HELP ME! PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP!" My mother continued to scream. "HELP ME!"

Breathing heavily with panic surging through me, I ran as fast as I could. I was so close now, and I wasn't going to let anything stop me! Even though I had a horrible feeling that ... one of us wasn't going to make it, I kept sprinting. As I bolted towards the location my parents presumably were, my radio suddenly came to life with static which momentarily caught me off guard. A set of large footsteps and the sounds of a gigantic knife scraping the floor also greeted my ears, influencing me to stop briefly to make sure that everything was fine.

I swear to god, if it's that Pyramid Head thing that helped kill Maria back in Brookhaven Hospital, I'm going to go insane.

I knew it was a bad move to stop, but I just had to make sure. The sounds and footsteps sounded far away, so ... maybe it was? Nooooope! Maria's terrified face flashed in my head as I found myself turning round...

He was right f*cking there! In front of me with his knife raised to attack me! How the hell did he get out of the goddamn hospital and end up here?! As soon as I saw Maria's second murderer, I let out a loud frightened shriek and delivered a hard kick to his stomach in an attempt to stun him. Whilst Pyramid Head was in the middle of recovering, I turned back in the direction my mother's voice came from and sprinted off again, gasping for breath and panicking. There wasn't any point in staying and fighting him, as it would be a losing battle.

So, I did the one thing I knew deep down that Team Sonic and the Herd would tell me to do...

Escape, save your family and reunite with your friends.