A/N: I just churned this out, I was so happy how the last chapter came out as. I'm also kinda started the next chapter too XD.
This chapter also hasn't been edited by anyone, so if there are any mistakes or issues you see, please let me know! : )
"Claudia…"
Heather's hands clenched and Douglas stepped forward, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"How are you alive? I know that you died, that day. Why are you back?" Heather snarled, preparing to draw her weapon.
Claudia lust laughed. "Oh, the hate is growing! Oh, for our paradise to finally be recognized! He said that our resurrection was a gift, and to destroy you all. But if you bring upon us paradise, then I need not worry." Claudia spun, weaving around a carousel horse as she laughed.
"Who brought you back? And who else was brought back? Hey, listen to me!" Heather yelled at Claudia, and everyone else drew their weapons as Heather's radio went off.
"We've got possible hostiles approaching from all sides. We all ready?" Chris took some control, directing everyone to prepare as Claudia answered.
"Haha, it was him, the man of many viruses, he who has become immortal, the wolf of a thousand betrayals. You have met him before, you who are the Fields of Red." Claudia's laugh was cut off as almost everyone started firing into the crowd of monsters surrounding them.
"But who else has been brought back!" Heather yelled, taking aim at several Numb-bodies.
"Me, the mother of our lady, the executioner, and the deceiver. We are coming for you, and I will have my paradise." Claudia seemed to sober up, before spinning off, leaving the group with a ton of monsters to deal with.
"What the hell was that!?" Barry yelled, as he took aim at a Closer.
"I have no fucking clue, but we need to get out of here now before we get more swarmed!" Heather shouted, and Chris nodded.
"Okay people, let's get going! We need to get somewhere else, somewhere safer. Heather, you've been here before, so we'll follow your lead." Heather nodded at Chris, and barged through the wall of Numb-bodies, who appeared to be doing their best to avoid Heather.
"Follow me!" the group bolted after Heather, following her as she ran around the monsters and dodged the holes in the ground that appeared as everything started going black.
"What the hell is going on?!" Jill yelled, sprinting up closer to Heather.
"We're transitioning to another version of Silent Hill. Listen for a horn, that will let us know when we're fully inside the next stage of Silent Hill's hell. Now quick, the gift shop is over here, we should be safeish in there." Heather powered ahead, panicking. Claudia was back, and she was pretty sure she had an idea who the other people brought back were.
The group burst into the gift shop, which was decently large and most importantly, empty.
"Huh…huh…huh… Is everyone…okay?" Heather asked, panting and leaning against a display.
"Haa… I think some of us have cuts and scrapes, but nothing super bad." Cybil replied.
"I can help with that," both Lisa and Rebecca said, before chuckling.
"I don't care who does it, but can someone patch me up?" Chris asked, and hand pressed to a bloody spot on his shirt. "One of those tall things got a lucky hit on me."
As Rebecca and Lisa started patching people up, Heather started talking.
"So, did you guys all hear what Claudia said?"
After a resounding 'no', Heather sighed and tried to repeat what Claudia had spouted at her.
"Er, okay so she said that the person that brought her back was uh, 'the man of many viruses'? And she said he was immortal. And that you know him, Chris and Claire, because your last name is 'Redfield' and all. Then she said that there were other people who'd been brought back. I have an idea about them though. A mother, Claudia, the executioner, and the deceiver. I think the mother is Dahlia, the executioner is that thing that attacked me, Claudia is, well, Claudia, but I have no clue about this 'deceiver' thing. I'm sure we'll find out though."
"Man of many viruses? Do you think…?" Jill looked at Chris and he tensed.
"It could be him…Ow! What the hell?" Chris turned to Lisa, rubbing his arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry. If I'd known that you wanted the possibility of tetanus or rabies or some other horrible disease, then I wouldn't have given you that. Next time I'll make sure to ask." Lisa tied off the gauze around Chris' shoulder, slapped a piece of clear tape on it, and stood, walking to Heather.
"Are you okay? No injuries at all?"
Heather shook her head. "No. It looks like the monsters were avoiding me. I think they recognize Alessa in me, so they are trying to keep their distance. That being said, I don't think the Executioner will keep away. Alessa never dreamed him up."
"What do you mean by that?" Jill asked, slapping a Band-Aid on her arm.
"Well, when Dad was here, the monsters that appeared were dreamed up by Alessa while she was in the hospital. She had a fear of dogs after a neighbor's almost bit her, so that's why there is a mutated dog-like monster. She loved Alice in Wonderland, so some other monsters were influenced by that. When I returned, the monsters were inspired by both her and me. I think the monsters are staying away from me, perhaps because they understand that I'm Alessa." Heather sat down, her back resting against a display. "So, who did you think was the person Claudia was talking about, the guy who revived her?"
"Wesker." Claire said, making a face.
"And he is…?" Douglas asked.
"Albert Wesker… He was our boss, when we were just S.T.A.R.S, before the Umbrella issue. He was working for S.T.A.R.S and Umbrella though, and betrayed us both for profit. We thought he was dead, but then Claire and I ran into him. He'd injected himself with the T-Virus, what started that horrible situation in Raccoon City, and managed to survive, adapting to the virus and retaining his human form. He's had it out for us, since we ruined his plans." Chris looked concerned.
"Do you think we'll have to worry about him?" Cybil asked.
"I don't think so… He likes people to know that he's around, so if he hasn't shown himself yet then I wouldn't count on it." Jill said.
"That's good then. We have the Executioner and all those monsters outside to deal with, I don't want to fight your old boss." Lisa said, her and Rebecca finally done patching everyone up.
"Wait, before anything, who is Claudia?" Jill asked.
"She…" Heather sniffled, suddenly upset. "In my story, my father was killed. She was the one who ordered it. She believed that I had to power to birth a 'god', and that only through pain, suffering, and hatred would it be born. She came into my home and set a monster upon my father, killing him. She then taunted me, drawing me to this town. Apparently, Alessa was close friends with her, but…" Heather shook her head. "Alessa never wanted this to happen, the paradise Claudia speaks of or some 'god', so I doubt Alessa matters anymore to her. Unfortunately, the part about being able to birth a 'god' is true. That's why I need the Aglaophotis. It helps me, uh, expel the…thing growing in me."
Everyone stared at her, vaguely revolted by the information.
"So, you mean you're basically pregnant with some kind of daemon thing?!" Claire said, a disgusted look on her face.
"…Yeah. And, luck me, Lisa said its back. And being in Silent Hill is making it grow faster." Heather said, before putting her head in her hands. "I think I'm allowed to say 'fuck my life' now."
"Oh Jeeze, what the hell? How does that even happen?" Rebecca and Claire both moved over to Heather, and they started to talk, trying to distract her. 'I just hope this doesn't complicate things any more. I really don't want to have to throw that up and have Claudia eat it again…' she though, before standing after noticing Chris was motioning everyone over.
"Okay, now how do we get out of here? We need to get to that facility." Chris and Cybil stood around the map, and Heather shook her head. Chris was so concerned with the stupid facility, even with all the other stuff that happened. He must realize that Umbrella probably had nothing to do with what was going on in Silent Hill.
"Well, if I remember correctly, we could try to keep going north until we reach a way out? That probably won't work though… Silent Hill hates it when you try and get away." Heather yanked on the other door for the gift shop and it opened. "Also, there should be an entrance/exit just out here. Maybe it'll be open?"
Everyone stared at her, and she shrugged. "What? I ended up spending a lot of time in here last time, so I know the exits. Shall we?"
They all cautiously left the shop, propping the door open just in case, and walked towards the gate. Hope built as they got closer and saw it wasn't blocked off, but it died when they discovered a series of locks keeping it closed.
"Shit. I guess we should have expected a puzzle. Silent Hill loves a puzzle." Heather said, looking despondent.
"Uh, a question Cheryl. Why the heck do you keep talking like Silent Hill is a person? It's just a town. It can't be doing this on purpose…can it?" Claire asked, while Barry and Lisa pulled a piece of paper off the gate and looked it over.
"No, Silent Hill is as much a player in this bazaar play as you or I. The town lured people in long before the cult settled here; they just made it more powerful."
"Here, this was on the gate. This riddle…it's probably giving us hints to where the keys are. I'll read it out." Barry held up the paper, and started reading. " '1.) I killed you once tried to twice now let's see if I can do it thrice. 2.) We lost our shoes you brought them back now we need our heads or it will be yours we'll hack. 3.) A lonely death in a lonely house the lonely key contained in a giant mouse. 4.) Flip n fly twist n turn be careful or the tea you'll burn. 5.) Round and round the horses roam come and bring our lost one home and perhaps we'll lead you home.' "
The group stood in silence, trying to think of what it meant.
"I have no clue what any of that means." Cybil said, finally.
"I have an idea, actually. That first one, that's the roller coaster. I had a dream about this place before I got her, and I was hit by the roller coaster. When I came here later, I made sure to shut it off before walking on the track, so maybe that's what it means?" Heather offered.
"That makes sense. It looks like it applies to you more so than us, seeing as you were here before. Do you recognize any of this, Cybil? Douglas?" Rebecca asked as Barry handed Heather the paper.
"I…don't really remember much about this place, actually. I wasn't in my right mind when I was in here, so I'm not your best bet." Cybil said, wincing. "I agree that the marry-go-round is not the best thing though, Cheryl."
"And I didn't get a chance to do much here either. I got near the tea-cup ride before running into Claudia. She broke my leg, and I couldn't do much but get on a bench and wait for Cheryl. So I'm not much help either." Douglas shrugged, apologetic.
"Hm, okay, well then we'll follow your lead, Cheryl. Just be careful, we can't afford for you to get hurt again." The group started moving again, the roller coaster not too far off. As they climbed the stairs to the entrance of the ride, a Pendulum appeared, but was put down before it could do much damage.
"There should be more monsters, being so dark, but I think they're too weary of me to attack. So if we split up, we should be careful, because they'll probably attack the group I'm not with." Heather said, pushing the gate open. "Here we are."
The ride was obviously in disrepair, but it was still working, as a series of cars zoomed by.
"…First step is turning it off, I'm assuming?" Lisa said, moving to the operating booth door.
"Yeah, that's probably for the best." Jill said, going with Lisa.
"What's that in the car there?" Claire asked, squinting. "It looks kinda like a…head, but I can't tell. How do we get that over here?"
"We might have to run the machine to get it to this side." Barry said, before poking his head into the booth with Lisa and Jill. "What's it like in here?"
"There's lots of switches, and another note. 'Lever one stops it all, lever two starts it all, lever three affects whether or not the cars go forwards or backwards, lever four moves a specific car four spaces either way, and lever five isn't labeled'. Should we test them out?" Lisa asked, holding the paper.
"May as well. Pull lever four-" Chris said. "-For car…three. Let's try and get it over on this side."
As Jill and Lisa fiddled with the levers, car three zoomed backwards, and when Heather saw it coming over the crest of the hill, reaching where they were, she yelled for them to stop with the lever.
"Why?" Jill said, although she did put the lever back in the right position.
"Because otherwise it'll zoom right past us and we'll have to start again." The row of cars hit the stop barrier which had been put up, and Heather moved in to look at the head in the front seat. She picked it up while everyone else looked in the other cars.
'My mother-in-law was an ogre and tried to eat me and my children. We escaped and lived in the forest until my king found me again. Who am I?'
The note on the bottom confused Heather, but she figured having nine people with her this time would mean someone would have an idea for the answer.
"Was this the only thing in there?" She asked, holding up the head.
"Yeah, looks like it. What should we do now?" Douglas asked.
"Well, I'm assuming that there are at least two more cars on this track, so do we wanna try moving them over here?" Cybil poked her head in, and told Lisa and Jill to try using lever four to move car one.
"I don't think that's going to work. It won't shift to that number. Here, let me try the others." Jill then attempted to use the lever to control the other three cars (as four were numbered on the panel) but was only able to move car four.
"Okay, let us know when car 4 reaches that hill, okay?" Lisa said, leaning out of the shack.
Douglas nodded, and they waited for it to show up. After several minutes, Cybil also went into the booth.
"Here, try reversing lever three. The cars haven't shown up yet, so they could be stuck."
After reversing the direction of the car and placing the fourth lever back to make it move again, car four shot out of the darkness, and almost went over the top of the hill when Jill shut it off. It rolled down to the bottom, hitting a barrier, and half the group moved onto the stable part of the tracks to search the cars.
Nothing but another head was found, this one with a different riddle on the bottom.
'I married the prince, and then killed my evil step-mother by making her dance to death in red-hot iron shoes. Who am I?'
"Uhg, these notes sure are creepy…" Claire was put in charge of holding the heads, despite her complaints, and Jill and Lisa fiddled with the levers some more. The managed to stop car two by using lever two, which they searched and were awarded with another head.
'My evil step-mother and sisters were punished for trying to take my place. Not only did the sisters suffer from foot mutilation, but the birds took special care to tear out all three pairs of eyeballs. Who am I?'
"...Okay, that is just too creepy." Claire took the other head with some obvious distaste, now holding all three as everyone else tried to figure out the right combination to stop the final runaway car.
Finally, after a good fifteen minutes or fighting with the controls, the car came to a stop. Everyone walked over to it, cautious, and as Heather lent to pick up the first key, something spit a glob of acid at Jill.
She was lucky enough to dodge most of it, but a small amount hit her arm, and as Barry took it out, Lisa and Rebecca got to work.
"Shit! What the fuck is that thing?" Jill swore as Rebecca treated what was turning into a chemical burn.
"I have no idea. I've never seen that before." Heather said, examining the corpse. It looked like it was covered in a rubbery film, with a gaping hole in its chest and no arms. "Are you ok, Jill?"
"Yeah, I should be fine. Not going to be doing much with this arm though. Isn't there a way to cover this up?" She asked, but Rebecca shook her head.
"We can't cover any kind of burn. It'll make it worse."
"Right can someone else take these creepy head now?!" Claire finally yelled, shaking one of them in Chris's face. "Because I'm not holding them anymore! I think this one just started crying blood…" she shoved the three into Cybil's arms and started wiping her hands on her pants. "Yuck."
"Crying blood? Oh, no it's just the paint on the face. The certainly look creepy though…" Cybil adjusted her grip, as everyone started following Heather.
"Ok, so the next clue, I think, has to do with some kind of fairy tale display. Follow me, I'm pretty sure it's over here." The group jogged with Heather, not wanting any more nasty surprises after what happened to Jill.
They reached the display area, but once Heather stepped out onto the path, the gate slammed shut, separating the group from her.
"I can't get it open!" Claire yanked on the thin metal, but it didn't have any give. "God, now I hate amusement parks. Thanks a lot, Silent Hill!"
Just as Claire said that, a mechanical noise sounded.
"What was that?" Rebecca asked, but Heather shrugged.
"I don't know, but I think we should do this puzzle fast. The clue said that if we didn't give back the heads, that they'd take ours. Quick-" Heather went and stood by the Snow White statue. "Which one sounds like Snow White? Read the riddle out."
"Uh," Cybil passed a head to Douglas and Chris and everyone looked at the riddles.
"Oh! The red hot shoes, that's Snow White!" Jill tossed the Snow White head to Heather, and she screwed it back into place.
"Ok, good. Next is Sleeping Beauty. Come on guys, hit me!" The mechanical noise grew louder, and everyone tensed at the sound of an axe hitting the ground.
"It can't be this one," Lisa said, taking the head with blond hair. "The riddle mentions two step-sisters, and Sleeping Beauty didn't even have those!"
Cybil tossed Heather the other head, and right as she had it screwed on, the source of the noise revealed itself.
It was a mechanical woodsman, obviously meant to go along with a red riding hood, but the axe it was carrying was real and deadly. Heather jumped back as it swung at her, and grabbed the last head.
"So I hope to god that this head goes here!" She yelled, placing the head on the stand, but running away to draw the axe man's attention. Once it had moved away from the statue enough, Heather darted back in, and screwed the head on.
"Watch out!" Heather spun and fell, kicking her legs out and causing the mechanical menace to topple backwards instead of slicing her head open with the axe. She lay there, panting, as the gate opened and everyone ran in.
"Are you okay?" Lisa asked, helping her up.
"Oh, yeah, startled. I just wasn't expecting that to be behind me." Heather brushed herself off, before taking the axe. "Here, you have no weapon, and this axe should work. Now where is that key?"
The group poked around, until Chris noticed a treasure chest hidden in the bushes.
"Over here! This looks open…" The nine gathered around as he opened it, pulling out the key, a hunk of metal cheese, and a wallet.
Ok, I get the key, but the cheese and wallet?" Heather too the wallet and opened it before paling.
"Douglas, I think this is for you." She passed the wallet over to him, and he turned a shade of grey.
"Who…God, how would this have even got here? Jesus…." Douglas ran a hand over his face, and shoved the wallet in his pocket.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with the wallet?" Barry asked, curious.
"It-it's my sons….or it was his. He died, years ago." Douglas replied.
"What happened to him?" Rebecca asked, taking the fake cheese.
"The stupid kid tried to rob a bank. Got himself all shot up." Douglas then fell silent, the group now slightly uncomfortable.
Finally, Heather spoke up. "Come on, guys, let's keep going. I want to get out of here, fast."
They then moved along the path, only to encounter two dog shaped enemies.
"Shit! Watch out, these guys are fast!" Heather drew her sword, and ran at one of them, while everyone else shot at the other. She stabbed the end into its head, and it collapsed, bleeding on the fake grass.
"I'm getting sick of this place, come on, let's get going." Chris stomped ahead of Heather, who took the time to make a face at his back.
"Do you even know where we're supposed to go next?" Cybil asked, and Chris turned and motioned at the group.
"Well I would if we'd keep moving. Come on!"
Heather just rolled her eyes and started walking. "It sounds like the haunted house is next. We just have to be careful. There's a fake ceiling that drops, with spikes, and hopefully the red mist is gone."
Everybody started moving, and reached the haunted house in no time.
"What's the riddle for here, then?" Chris asked.
"Uh, something about a giant mouse? I'm assuming that's why we got this." Rebecca pulled out the metal cheese.
"…I don't really know what to expect anymore. This place is just way too weird." Claire shook her head. "I thought Raccoon, and everything Umbrella did and was, was crazy, but this is almost too much."
"Yeah, this place can defiantly get to you. But we need to continue if we want to get out of here. Do you want to stay outside?" Heather asked.
"…No, it's okay." Claire strode forward, yanking the door open.
They all went in, and noticed a large mouse trap on the floor.
"Do we put the cheese there?" Rebecca asked, before going ahead and putting it there anyways.
It clicked, and then the group turned, a loud squeaking noise catching their attention.
And looked up at a giant mouse.
"…I think we should run now." The group then split, as the mouse attacked
"Well, that one sure was, uh, interesting." The group walked out of the Haunted house, Claire and Barry splattered with…something, but triumphant.
"And surprisingly easy. I don't see why it had to explode though." The group stopped, giving Claire and Barry a chance to try and clean off. "What's up with the thermometer?"
"Obviously it's for the next puzzle. Let's go to the tea-cup ride, I have a feeling that's where we're supposed to go next." Heather once again took the lead, and reached the ride safely, no monster jumping out at them.
"So this is the next puzzle? The riddle says something about making tea, so maybe we have to do something with that?" Jill pointed to a giant tea pot, which was balanced over the ride.
"God, I hope not…" Chris took a step towards the ride and triggered something. The ride started to spin, and as everyone tried to step away, the board-walk seemed to split, and dumped Chris, Heather, Lisa, and Rebecca on to the ride.
"Are you guys okay!?" Jill yelled as the ride spun them away.
"We're fine! Just figure out what's up with this riddle before I get sick." Rebecca said, before groaning, covering her mouth, and rolling face down.
The others not on the ride ran over to the giant tea pot, and found a description of the puzzle, which told them that they needed to man several valves to make sure the tea didn't 'get to hot'. They found out why after a small splash of hot water flew out, slightly scalding those on the ride.
"You guys have to be more careful!" Jill shouted. "Otherwise we'll all be laid up after you boil us!"
Eventually they managed to figure out the puzzle, and this time when the tea pot tipped, all that fell out was the key and a horse skull.
The four slightly cooked people climbed out of the ride, and Chris handed Cybil the skull.
"Now where do we go? Cybil asked, holding onto a horse's skull.
"The marry-go-round." Jill said, holding the riddle paper. "I'm assuming when we get there, we have to put this on a horse."
They made their way to the marry-go-round, but once again, as Heather stepped onto the ride, the gate shut, keeping anyone else from following again.
"Great, now what? Cybil asked, stuck on the ride with Heather.
"I guess we just go and find where this head goes. You guys will be okay?" Heather asked, before tossing her backpack to Claire.
"Yeah, we'll be fine." Lisa waved, and Heather and Cybil started looking for the horse with the missing head. It was tucked away in the back of the ride, and after putting the skull on it, the ride started to move.
"What the hell!?" Chris and Douglas watched as the ride picked up speed, but thankfully it didn't go anywhere. They were having a hard time seeing Heather or Cybil, it was spinning so fast.
"You can't take the key. You have to stay, to birth our god." Claudia was sitting on one of the horses, looking down at Heather with dead eyes.
"Claudia, I will never do such a thing! Your paradise is false, and I won't let you try this again." Heather tried to stand, the ride moving at such a speed that both her and Cybil were pressed into the floor, but was unable to. Trying to draw a weapon, both her sword and gun, proved to be fruitless, and Heather found herself trapped. "Claudia…"
"Do not worry, Heather. Once we take you to our church and place you in the deep sleep of our lady, it will not matter who you are now. Come! Kill this interloper and take our lady home!"
With a groan, three Missionaries moved into view, heading for Cybil.
"Oh god, Cheryl, help!" Cybil started the struggle, also unable to draw her weapon, but she was more successful on trying to move away. She rolled over, and started crawling for Heather.
"Oh, but where are you trying to go?" Claudia asked, pointing at Cybil. "This one, kill her. Come, my Missionaries!"
The Missionaries picked up speed, and one of the shot forward, stabbing its blades into Cybil's legs and pinning her to the deck.
"Oh god oh God holy fuck Cheryl you have to help me please!" Cybil started to swear and sob, still trying to drag herself away from the monsters.
"Claudia! Stop! Stop this now!" Heather yelled, flashes of anger and panic moving through her.
Claudia ignored her though, cackling as the second Missionary moved to stab Cybil, this time in the torso.
"NO!" Heather shouted, and everything stopped.
A/N: I hoped you guys liked this chapter too. : )
I did write the fairy tale riddles from memory (Referencing the Grimms Fairy Tales) so I may have messed up on the Sleeping Beauty XC
And I may have not done such a good job writing Claudia, so I apologize XC
Thanks for reading! Aaaaaand I totally have started the next chapter XD