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"Speaking aloud"

'Speaking telepathically'

Subconscious thoughts, deep in the mind and cannot be heard by others at all.

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Chapter 31: Reminiscing

My eyes widen at Valtiel's words. What…Alessa's incarnate? "Why is she here? What does her incarnate want?"

'It is not what the incarnate wants, it is what the incarnate's caregiver wants.'

"Why would a caregiver bring someone here for their own curiosity…they probably have no idea how the world is here."

'From what I know, the incarnate sleepwalks, and speaks about this world, so the caregiver wants to see if bringing the girl here would halt her sleepwalking.'

"Oh, that is interesting…will it?"

'No. The reason she is having nightmares and sleep walking is because of the evil side of Alessa, this was her plan all along. To try and take control of the good side of Alessa in the real world and try to have her kill herself. If that failed, which it indeed did, she would then lure the incarnate here so she can destroy it. The main goal and result of destroying Alessa's good side will grant immortality to the evil side of Alessa.'

"What!? We can't let that happen! What will happen to my sister if the good side of her gets killed?"

'I cannot tell the future, I am not entirely sure.'

"Well, I'm sure it won't be good…we need to do something to stop her evil side from killing her! Come on." I go to leave the room, but Valtiel stops me.

'Hecate. There is nothing we can do in this situation.'

"Yes there is! There must be something we can do! Don't you normally protect random strangers who come into Silent Hill? Why not step in now?!"

Valtiel remains silent for a few moments, he then sighs quietly, 'I believe there is something we can try, but if we intervene with the demon's plan, it will not be happy.'

"I'm sure this isn't the first time you have intervened with its plans."

Valtiel remains silent for a moment, giving me my answer.

"Exactly, now let's go, if you aren't coming with me then I am going alone."

Valtiel groans in submission, as he knows there isn't a way out of this situation.

We both leave the room as we head out of the building and into the streets.

"Why did the demon request pyramid to kill off Alessa's good side's adoptive mother and an innocent police officer? If the adoptive mother dies, her good side won't have a caretaker. You must do something to intervene! Please Valtiel, we need to do this first before we go and keep Alessa's good side safe. Dahlia is keeping her safe right now, right?"

'Yes, she is. But the demon isn't the only one looking to kill the incarnate, the Order has gotten word of her return and plan to sacrifice her, believing she is the original Alessa.'

"Why don't we just tell those people that they are completely different?" I ask, halting our progress through the streets.

Valtiel faces me, 'You really believe it would be a good idea to show your face around the Order?'

"Then why don't you do it then!"

Valtiel remains silent, 'Pyramid has cornered the caretaker and officer in a ventilation room, the fog world just shifted recently. They are here with us.'

My eyes widen, I look around the streets frantically. "Where are they! We need to stop him!" I look at Valtiel and grab his wrists as he tenses up from the sudden physical contact, "DO SOMETHING! PLEASE!"

Valtiel stands there in my grasp, seeming extremely uncomfortable as I release my hold on him, "PLEASE!"

He nods, 'I will get punished for this, you are aware.'

"Tell the demon I forced you to then!"

He seems to smirk at my words, knowing I could never force him to do anything.

'Alright, I will shift the realms prematurely, so they will be safe.'

"Thank you." I sigh in relief and look around at the empty streets, surprised my yelling didn't alarm any creatures nearby.

'It is done. They are safe, for now.'

I nod, "Alright, let's go see Alessa's good side."

We walk through the streets, Valtiel leading me to her location.

We soon arrive at a hotel and enter it.

'I will go now, I will be around if anything goes wrong.' Valtiel says to me, as he walks away.

"Thanks, I feel so safe in a building I've never been in and have no idea where I'm going, I appreciate it Valtiel…" I say to him, pure sarcasm in my voice as I roll my eyes and walk over to the front desk of the hotel and check out the key wrack.

So many keys are missing, the desk is barely even able to be called a desk anymore. More like a destroyed pile of rubble. The entire room looks in horrible condition, as if the building could collapse anytime.

How am I supposed to know which room they are in?

I sigh, heading up the stairs to the hotel and walk around the first floor of the hotel.

Many of the rooms are locked, somehow. The knobs don't even move at all, and some do move but feel like there is something on the other side of the door holding it closed. I don't even want to know what could be inside some of these rooms.

Tucking some hair behind my ear, I realize I look like a mop again, as Red would say.

"I'm so nasty…" I say as I continue walking down the halls, listening for any noises as I go up the next flight of stairs talking to myself. "Hey little girl, I'm here to keep you safe, don't mind how nasty I look, I promise I'm not a monster. I know my hair is all over the place and looks like a horribly crafted dove's nest, but I promise I'm a nice person, don't mind the blood on my clothes either." I continue talking to myself as I walk through the halls, humoring myself and also shaming myself at the same time.

"The blood is from a dog…oh wait, that would scare her. The blood is from a random person who used to live here, I found the clothes somewhere and put them on since I've been here for almost a year, or a year and a half…or two. I don't remember what time it is or what date it is. But I promise I haven't lost my mind!"

I sigh at the end of my sentence as I continue walking around.

I really do miss my family…my mom, my dad, even though he never gave a rat's ass about me or my brother and younger sister. I miss Drew…I remember my 16th birthday, he let me drive around in his truck for the first time. I didn't even have my license or a permit. He just let me drive in the country roads. We had so much fun together…

I hold back tears, as I continue walking around.

"Hecate…?" I hear a voice say from behind me, I turn around and see a room door open and a young woman around my age looking at me through the partially open door.

"Huh? How do you know my name?" I watch the girl.

"Hecate, it's me, remember? Its Kathrine" She opens the door more and steps out cautiously, "You probably don't remember me, " She continues, "or recognize me…Remember me from high school and middle school? We came here together, along with Lizzie and Trey…"

My memory returns in an instant as tears rise in my eyes. "Oh my god…I thought you died…" I run to her and hug her as she hugs me back.

"I heard someone talking out here," she begins, "and I recognized your voice, I couldn't believe it."

I begin to cry on her shoulder, "W-what happened to everyone else..? How have you survived this long…"

"I know Trey passed away…I watched some creature rip him apart…I don't know what happened to Liz. Once Trey got attacked, she ran off screaming…"

Kathrine looks at me and stops hugging me as her hand slams into the side of my face as she slaps me very hard, knocking me down on the ground.

"And YOU RAN OFF TOO!" She screams at me, "You left me to die! You bitch!"

Tears fall from my eyes more as I place both of my hands on my cheek as I sit on the floor, holding my beating red, stinging cheek.

"I-I'm sorry…I got scared…" I begin wondering how she is here with me, the realms must have shifted recently.

"Well, I was scared too Kate…we were here for three days together and you decided to just flee like that…" She says to me, Kate is a nickname she gave me from our childhood. I slowly stand up as I remove my hands from my cheek.

"Damn...I'm sorry I hit you that hard." She says to me, realizing what she caused.

"I deserve it…" I say to her.

"So, how have you survived this long? Running like you always do?" She asks me, her arms crossed.

"Yes, actually…although I found out very fast that most of these creatures here run way faster than any human could."

"I did too…" She says, lifting her shirt and revealing a huge scar running across her chest and down to her hip on her right side.

My eyes widen, "holy shit…how did you get that to heal?"

She smiles a little, "The thing barely missed my organs, and I met a group of people here, they helped fix me up and gave me stitches."

"A group of people? From where? There are more people here?"

"They apparently are stuck here, like both of us. But they have been here a lot longer, numerous years. They are kind of strange though…they are extremely religious and won't ever stop talking about the gods they believe in."

The Order…of course. Why didn't I make the connection sooner…?

"If you see them again, hide, please, they are horrible people." I say to her as her face fills with disbelief as she begins laughing.

"Horrible people? They saved my life, how can they be horrible people?"

I sigh and walk into the room she came out of as she follows me and shuts the door, I look around. She must have been camping in here the entire time we have been here. I sit on the bed in the room as I begin.

"A long time ago, they burned a little girl alive while everyone in the city watched and cheered, the girl was only seven. They did this because she was raped by an employee at the school she went to, and because she was different from all the other kids because she had telekinesis. They believed she was a witch because of that, so they burned her alive. They believed that she died, but she didn't. She suffered so bad in a hospital, her heart was full of hatred for the people who did that to her. This caught the attention of a malicious demon, which came to her and promised her that everyone would pay for what they did to her. And they did, this city is the result of that. Which reminds me, the entire reason I'm here is because the moment this world was created, the demon became all of Alessa's anger and evil, while an infant was created, holding all of Alessa's happiness, love, and purity. The infant left Silent Hill and got adopted and raised, the adoptive mother is here and so is the child, but the demon wants to kill her so the demon can never be destroyed. Only the other half of Alessa can kill the demon." I finish, Kathrine staring at me in shock.

"I'm surprised you believe me, Kat."

"This place has made me able to believe anything…so, since the original…Alyssa…got split in two, what happened to the original? Did she die?"

"It's Alessa, not Alyssa. And no, she is alive, and still suffering. But creatures take care of her to keep her alive…and also, I learned while I was here, that the only reason I am still alive is because my life is a lie…I am related to the real Alessa. I am her sister…I was taken away from Silent hill as an infant, once our mother figured out Alessa's abilities and what the Order was doing to Alessa, she took me out of Silent Hill to be raised in safety…"

Kat's eyes widen, "What? No way…now that is something I don't believe. I have known you my entire life, I have never seen any adoption papers ever."

"That is because my parents kept it a secret to protect me."

She looks down at her feet, "Holy shit…what the fuck man…"

"I know…it took me a while to take in that information…but the real Alessa told me."

Her eyes widen, "You spoke to her?"

"Yes, quite a few times actually…" I rise to my feet. "I need to get to the incarnate of Alessa, to make sure she is safe."

Kat looks at me, "So, since you are related, things here won't hurt you?" She asks.

"Not anymore, they used to, but Alessa has ordered them not to, as she learned who I am."

"That is so badass!" She says, smiling, "So, you like, own this place too or something? Do you have telekinetic powers too?"

"Uhh…no, I don't think so…and I have no power here…sadly…but I will try my best to protect you."

"It's what I deserve after you left me to die, you better not do it again, or I will…." She cuts off, thinking about what she can do to get revenge if I do. Knowing she can't do much to hurt me without something killing her.

"Don't worry about it. I won't do it again, I promise." I reassure her. "You better gather your stuff, we won't be coming back here."

"Okay" She responds, as she gathers her belongings in a bag she brought with her.

Once she finishes, I open the door to the hotel room, "Let's go find this child."