Until Dawn: Reclaiming Life
Chapter 3 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Chapter 3
Walking through the hospital corridor, Sam sighed. She had her own injuries seen to, along with the others. She had spoken to the police too, along with Chris and Mike, that had been a waking nightmare all in itself, at least until they actually did as she said and checked the mines.
'They finally found the others...and, the remains of some of the Wendigos.' She thought. 'They're not sure quite what to believe; only that there had to have been some truth in what we said...But for it to come, at that cost.'
She bowed her head sadly as she stopped; leaning against the wall. They had lost so much, their friends were gone. Emily, Matt, Josh and Jess, all dead. Their deaths horrific, the bodies almost too hard to look at, they had to force themselves.
She shuddered at the memories. 'Jess, it was, so hard to look at her...face, what that thing did to her. Em too; God...how horrible, what, what the fuck happened to her legs?'
She swallowed down the wave of nausea and straightened up. She had to stay strong, it was hard. Especially after everything. The others were only just holding on and Ashley was only barely doing so after what had happened to her.
More unpleasant memories for Sam surfaced then. 'We almost lost Ash too; she was being torn apart. If that Wendigo hadn't turned to fight the other, I don't think Chris would have been able to save her.'
However again, it had come at a cost; in this case, Ashley was withdrawing in on herself more and more. She was convinced that everybody was disgusted by the sight of her face and not even Chris seemed able to get through to her.
Sam couldn't deny, it scared her; however she knew Ashley wasn't the only one. She paused as she approached Ashley's hospital room, she knew Chris was inside; Mike sat waiting outside; he was slumped in his seat, his head bowed and clearly despondent.
'Oh Mike; what am I…?' She wondered.
She walked over to him, sitting down.
"Mike?" She queried, worried when he didn't respond to her sitting down.
He started and then seemed to shake himself. "Sam, Sam, I...Hey."
Understanding right away what was troubling him; Sam gently squeezed his shoulder.
"Hey, Mike, I'm here, okay." She said softly. "I know, it was...hard, horrible."
Mike let out a shuddering gasp. "I had to do it Sam, even if it meant seeing her...like that, again. I had to identify her, I couldn't put her parents through that."
Sam nodded. "I get it Mike; I do. We all do; those of us left...We have to keep moving on, it's the best thing we can do for them."
Mike nodded slowly. He was still deeply saddened by the loss of Jess. However, the small smile on his face was enough for Sam to know he was grateful for her efforts to try and console him.
"Thanks Sam; I...You're right." He replied.
All the same, she was still worried; something still wasn't quite right; Mike certainly still had a long way to do; they all did.
Biting her lip, keeping her head bowed, Ashley struggled to keep her face hidden as the light breeze tugged at her hair. She had finally left the hospital, deemed sufficiently recovered.
'If you can call permanently disfigured as recovered.' She thought despondently.
The others had already been discharged and had to head home. She was waiting for her parents to arrive and pick her up. They had been to see her while she was in hospital; but she still hated the thought of them seeing her like this.
Of anyone seeing her now; she now had to face the world again, with her disfiguring scars. An open symbol for anyone seeing her to end up disgusted by her appearance, and rightfully so.
'As if things weren't hard enough...So much...loss, they're all dead, we have to keep going; but I nearly, joined them and, and...'
"Ashley."
She started at the sound of her mother's voice. She lifted her head just enough to see, but still hid her scars as best she could.
"Mom?"
Seeing her like this, her mother couldn't help but worry. Nevertheless she replied. "Are you ready to go?"
She nodded and followed her mother to the car. Now she had no choice, she had to face the world, scars and all.
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