Until Dawn: A New Path
Chapter 23 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Chapter 23
Looking at the wall before her, Sam carefully chose her starting point and began to climb up the wall. She paused, and then, preparing herself, she set her feet on some rocks and pushed upwards, leaping to a higher ledge. She grabbed the wooden board, but it broke. She gave a short cry, but quickly recovered and held on.
"Urgh, come on." she muttered.
She forced herself upwards again, bracing her feet and making another leap, grabbing a broken structure before making another leap to a higher ledge.
"Come on, come on." she muttered, encouraging herself. "You can do it."
She climbed up the rocks until she finally reached the top of the wall. She grinned as she pulled herself to her feet.
"Hah, I beat you." she said breathlessly. "I fuckin' beat you."
Composing herself, she began to look around, using the light from her head torch to guide her, keeping her hands free. She soon reached a gap in the path and opted to take the stairs to the right. She had only just gotten off the stairs when suddenly, there was a loud rumbling and then a smashing noise.
"Ahh!" she cried out, then saw that the stairs she had just used were destroyed. "Jesus!"
Shaking her head, she continued onwards, desperate to find Mike, already afraid it was too late.
She stopped, however, when she heard a loud, strange noise.
"What was that?" she mumbled warily.
Her search to the top of the stairs didn't glean anything but a strange symbol on the wall, and a skull. Shaking her head, a little creeped out, she turned to follow a different route, along some raised walkways.
Suddenly, the cavern started to shake and she had to grab the railing to steady herself.
"Oh, fuck!" she cried out. "Fuck!"
Rocks fell, both behind and in front of her, forcing her to jump the gap before hurrying off the walkway.
'This is getting really fucked up. Not good, not good at all…' she noted with concern.
Just then, she heard that noise again and shook her head, grabbing a nearby pipe for protection. Reaching another ledge, she carefully dropped down. At that moment, the metal door opposite her burst open and Mike came charging in, trying to slam the door behind him.
"Goddammit!" he cried.
"Mike!"
"Stay back there!" he shouted, as a Wendigo leapt onto him, pinning him down.
The Wendigo appeared to be burning and now looked set, despite being wreathed in fire, to make Mike its next meal.
"Holy shit!" Sam yelled, before charging forwards. "Hey! FATTY ,OVER HERE!"
The creature shrieked and lifted its head towards her. For a brief second, Sam could have sworn that it actually looked offended by her words, before she struck it with the pipe, then again for good measure.
The flames faded and it finally went still. But that wasn't the end, for at that moment, a strange form burst out and flew away.
Mike quickly recovered, closing the door, panting. Sam gasped for breath, too. Unfortunately, her pipe was now damaged and could no longer be used.
"Whoa... You alright?" Mike gasped.
Fighting for air, Sam laughed shortly. "Uh, define 'alright'."
Mike nodded understandingly. "Alive, for a start?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Sam replied. "Alive's good."
Mike shook his head. "The hell are you doing here, anyway?"
Sam bit her lip sheepishly, considering the encounter. "I was gonna warn you about the Wendigos."
"I think I got it." Mike replied with a short laugh.
Sam agreed and Mike continued. "Let's go. Let's find a way down to where this fucker lives."
Sam and Mike both left the area, deciding to search for Josh together.
Josh was kneeling on the ground in the mines, where the thing that took him had dropped him. He was clutching his head, whimpering and breathing heavily. Dr. Hill leaned on his desk nearby. No other elements of the doctor's office were present. The doctor himself stood up from his desk and walked over to the trembling young man. He crouched down, rubbing his hands together.
"I wonder how much these 'sessions' are of any help to you now." Dr. Hill stated. "You just won't listen to me and things seem pretty...fucked up."
He stood up and turned his back on Josh. He shook his head and spoke darkly. "So I'm going to leave you now, Josh. It's time you learned that there is more to be afraid of than can be dreamt up by the unhinged imagination of a self-indulgent, spoiled, little brat!"
He turned back to him and noted, "You had so many people who cared about you, who were willing to help! But at every turn, you chose to push them away and now...you're all alone."
Josh whimpered softly and continued to breath heavily at that. Dr. Hill began to walk away, just as a shriek filled the cavern.
"Though, by the sounds of things, you won't be alone for long. No, you won't be alone for long." he remarked. "Deep breaths, Josh. Deep breaths..."
With that, he left, and the desk also faded, leaving Josh alone, facing his worst fear: isolation.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.