Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Until Dawn or the game or story. All rights go to Supermassive Games. IF I owned this game...I don't what I'd do, but it'd be great. All I own is the plot, the storyline, and any OC who may show up within the story, so please enjoy and as always please leave positive reviews only! I don't have a PS4, but I watched YouTubers like DashieGames RunJDRun, PewdiePie, and GhostRobo, and I fell in love with this game. The story was immersive, the characters were amazing and had feeling (except Emily, she was a total bitch). Also, the only two characters that are not added in this story are Emily and Matt. I can't stand Emily's character because she was a total ass, and Matt I thought was a total whimp for not standing up agaist Emily when she was pushing him around. So, please, let me know if I should continue!
Bold underlined- Chapter titles/Character perspective
italics - Thinking/in thought
italics underlined - memories/Dreams/flashbacks
Survivors -
Josh
Sam
Chris
Mike
Ashley
Jessica
Previously on Until Dawn: Beyond Isolation - "It's okay to be scared." she replied softly. "I still have nightmares about the whole thing." She admitted with a cold shiver of fear. Chris looked at her and placed a comforting hand gently on her shoulder. "Ash, I know your still traumatized over what happened okay? we all are. That's still no reason to keep blaming Josh on what happened." "Chris, he put us through hell!" Ashley cried out with her green eyes growing wide with terror. "All those horrible tricks he played on us, and the whole pretending to be a psycho just to scare us-"
"It wasn't him." Chris said gently cutting her off before she became hysterical. "He was off his medication, and the timing was pretty bad enough with us all being back up there on the anniversery of Hannah and Beth's-"
"So he's been taking antidepressents since he was a kid?" Ashley asked running her fingers along the length of her silky red hair. Chris nodded and continued to explain, "There was an insident at school one time where another kid was making fun of Hannah becasue of her glasses, and kept teasing her and teasing her, so Josh had finally had enough and took out a switchblade he had gotten from his father and-
Ashley gasped and put her hand up to her mouth. "Oh my god! He stabbed another kid?" "No." Chris said reassuringly. "He didn't stab the kid, he just threatened him, but then later we found out that the kid had made a cut on himself and put fake blood on it to make it look like Josh had sliced him with the blade. The incident made his parents go mad with rage, and so that's where the psychologist came into to play and that's why he's been taking medication ever since then."
"We're late for our time to see Josh, but hopefully they'll still let us see him though. Visiting hours aren't over until 5 I think." Sam nodded and just sat back in her seat as they drove down the street as Ashley took out the directions to the psych ward she had written out on a map.
"Any word from Mike or Jess?" Sam asked as she looked back behind her at Ashley. Ashley looked up from the map and shook her head. "No word at all from them." "Guess their not coming to see Josh then." Sam said softly with a hint of sorrow. "I still can't believe his parents checked him into the hospital, even after everything that happened."
Neither Chris or Ashley replied as they kept on driving down the road while Ashley guided them with her map toward the hospital. I hope you're okay Josh. Sam thought. Lying back in the seat as the car rumbled underneath her, she closed her eyes, as her only thoughts and feelings of concern and worry turned toward Josh.
NOW...
Chapter 3 - Solitary Confinement
"Joshua...Joshua...Time to wake up now..." Josh's body shivered slightly as he opened his eyes with a soft moan. "What the hell?" he murmured weakly as his vision began to blur. "Where am I?" Looking around, he could just bearly make out the blurred lines of a human standing over him wearing a long white coat. Great. Not Dr. Hill again. He thought while trying to get his eyesight back into focus.
"It's time for you're treatment Joshua. Time for you're atonement." "Atonement?" Josh murmured weakly. "For what?" "Oh Josh." A hand rested on Josh's shoulder causing him to flinch. "You had so many people who cared about you. Who wanted to help, and instead all you've done is push them all away at every chance you got."
Josh let out a soft groan as he tried to move, but every muscle and bone in his body was screaming out in intenese agony from the effects of the pills. "What the hell did you give me?" He managed to ask weakly as doctor Hill's blurry face came up close to his. "Oh Joshua. You should've listened to me much sooner." He said in a very manipulative figure.
"Because of your choices, people have died last year. Do you remember? huh? Your little game that you played against your so called friends last year after the death of your poor innocent sisters?" Josh shook his head weakly despite the pain that was ravaging through his body. "No. No." He moaned as he felt tears engulfing his already blurred vision.
"I don't know which is worse." Doctor Hill continued on ignoring Josh's pleas and sobs. "Actively triggering events that lead to someone's death, or passively allowing a tragedy to occur?" "Please stop." Josh pleaded as his voice broke into quiet sobs. "Please just stop." "Oh Joshua, You just had to do didn't you?" Doctor Hill spoke as he broght his face close enough so that Josh could feel his hot musky breath against his skin.
"You just had to play god with the lives of those around you, and yet, you couldn't even lift a god-damned finger to help someone else in need." Josh moaned in both sorrow and pain as he tried to move again, but the analyst's hand slammed down on his left shoulder causing the twenty-year-old to scream out in agony. "Remember what it was like for you Josh? How you left your poor sisters to die?" "No." Josh moaned shutting his eyes against the emotional pain. The thought of Hannah and Beth was too much for his already frantic mind to take. "Please stop. Don't mention them please."
"You did nothing to help them!" The analyst yelled out causing Josh to wince. "Paralyzed by your own self-centered fear, while the real threat was closing in." "Stop." Josh moaned shaking his head. "Just stop!" "No it's all about you, Josh!" Doctor Hill yelled out. "It's always all about you, and now your friends, much like your sisters have deserted you." "I said stop!" Josh yelled out violently as Docotr Hill slammed his hand down on Josh's shoulder causing him to scream out in pain.
"Your all alone Josh." Josh gasped and tried to catch his breath as the pain from his shoulder spread quickly throughout his body. "Can you feel how cold your loneliness has become?" Doctor Hill asked as Josh could once again feel his breath against his skin. "I didn't hurt anyone!" Josh moaned in agony as he tried to breathe through his physical and emotional pain. "They're the ones that hurt me."
"But they didn't hurt you Joshua. Not intentionally." Doctor Hill said adding a sense of calm to his voice now. "Your friends made a stupid mistake, and a terrible tragedy befell your sisters. They did not intend for that to happen, it just did, and they were sorry. At least until you subjected them to your night of horrific torture."
Despite the pain ravaging through his body, Josh was at least able to lift his hands up to his head as he felt the tears in his eyes about to pool out. "It's not to late for your atonement Joshua. You can still make things right with your friends. If they still are your friends that is, and if they can help save you from this terrible isolation."
Josh's body shook and his stomach knotted up painfully as he began to quietly sob and cry. "What have I done?" He sobbed, placing his hands over his eyes as the tears continued to pool out on his face. "It's all my fault. It's all my fault."
"Perhaps some time in solitary confinement will help better to analyze the root of you're anxiety." Doctor Hill said as he gently grabbed Josh by his arm and helped him to his feet. Josh's body flinched and swayed as he stood on his wobly legs. "Don't worry Joshua." Doctor Hill said as he began to lead him down the hallway of the hospital. "I promise you things will get better. for you. Much better."
TOO BE CONTINUED...Poor Josh! Will Sam and the others be able to help him?
Tune in more to find out...Chapter 4 will be coming soon. Hope you enjoyed and as always please reveiw!
