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 - "Cant you do anything right?!" Josh scrambled around to get away from his father, and all the while tried to wake himself up. "Wake up!" He kept screaming at himself over and over. "Wake up! Wake up!"
"Code Blue! Code Blue! Patient down in the Solitary room!" Chris looked at the rest of the group. "Isn't Code Blue bad?" Ashley asked over the noise turning to Chris who nodded in agreement. "It can be." He replied back still wincing from the loud noise. "I just hope it's not Josh." Sam nodded in agreement and called out over the noise, "Well then if it is or isn't, we have to be sure now Come on, We have to move!"
"I am Dr. Alan Hill." He introduced. "The Psychologist who's been put in charge of helping those who cannot help themselves."
"Here goes nothing." He said taking in a deep breath. Grabbing the key card from Chris, he slid it down the lock and the door opened with a sound that sounded like a doorbell. He opened the door and stepped inside the large white room to find Josh huddled in a corner hugging his knees to his chest and rocking back and forth and muttering like a small innocent child. "No...No...daddy please...no more...no more..."
"Josh honey?" Josh's head perked up in alarm and he stopped rocking as everyone turned to see a middle aged man and woman now standing in the doorway beside Dr. Hill. "Mommy? daddy?" Josh whimpered in a small child like voice as he looked at them and they both nodded. "Congratulations Josh." Said Dr. Hill from behind his parents. "Looks like you're going to be released today."
NOW...
Chapter 9 - A Little Unsteady
"Let me get this straight." Sam said suddenly in anger much to everyone's shock and amazement. "You were the ones that brought him here in the first place and now you want to have him released back? Doesn't exactly sound like good parents to me." "Who are you again?" The Woman asked as she tossed her long dark brown hair over her shoulder and reached a hand out toward Josh. "It's alright sweetie. We're taking you home now." Josh looked up and saw his mother's face and went to reach out a hand toward her but Chris stopped him. "Josh, listen to me man. Something's not right about this. You have to snap out of this buddy." Josh shook his head and looked over at his parents again with tears glistening in his hazel eyes.
"Don't worry Josh, we'll make sure we get you as far away from here as possible." His mother said comfortingly as Chris stepped in front of him. "Stand aside boy." Josh heard his father's voice now and a shiver of fear ran down his spine as he started shaking and rocking back and forth again. Hands flew to the sides of his head, his eyes fixated in an unmoving trance as he began repeating the same words over and over like a small innocent child, "No...No...daddy please...no more...no more..."
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Chris's gaze fixated on Josh's father from behind his glasses. He knew his best friend wasn't well, but he also knew that Josh being back in his parent's place wasn't a good fit for him either. "I said stand aside boy." Josh's father repeated firmly. "Don't make me tell you again." He threatened, but Chris just stood his ground unmoving as he clenched his fists by his sides. He was sick and tired of seeing his best friend in pain, and filled with so much hurt and turmoil. He had already been through enough pain after the death of his sisters he didn't need to put through anymore.
"Just let us take our son," Josh's mother replied softly as she stood beside her husband. "Please, he's our only child we have left." "So now you want to take him back home?" Chris asked trying to keep the hint of anger from his voice. "After everything you done to him?" "What are you talking about?" Josh's mother asked looking taken aback by Chris's words. "Your the ones who put him in here after what had happened last year with the death of your daughters, so why would you pretended to suddenly care now?" Everyone looked shocked as they all turned to look at Chris with wide eyes. "Chris, what are you doing?" Sam whispered in his ear. "Your going to make things worse for Josh." "I'm not going to let them take him Sam." Chris replied shaking his head. "Josh has been alone for too long now, and I'm sick and tired of watching him suffer."
Mama, come here
Approach, appear
Daddy, I'm alone
Cause this house don't feel like home
If you love me, don't let go, woah
If you love me, don't let go
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Sam's filled with tears as she looked over at Josh who was still shaking and rocking back and forth. His hands were still on the sides of his head, pressing harder and harder as if he was trying to crush his skull in. "Why are you doing this?" He whispered. "Leave me alone. Why are you doing this?" Sam gave her friend a look of concern as she could see the hurt in his eyes. "Don't worry Josh." She said softly as she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "We're not going to let you go through this alone anymore."
At that point, Josh stopped shaking and rocking as he looked up at her. His brown eyes shone with emotion. "I didn't want them to die." He replied as tears glistened in his eyes now and began to fall down his cheeks. "I swear, I didn't mean for them to die." Sam nodded and embraced him in a loving hug much to the disapproval of his parents. "I know Josh." Sam whispered. "I know you didn't want them to die, we all didn't, but it's going to be okay. You know why?" Josh shook his head as Sam lifted his head slowly so that they could look at each other. "Because you're not alone, and you will never be alone again."
Hold
Hold on to me
Hold cause I'm a little unsteady
Hold
Hold on to me
Hold cause I'm a little unsteady
Mother, I know
That you're tired of being alone
Dad, I know you're trying
To fight when you feel like flying
But if you love me, don't let go, woah
If you love me, don't let go
Josh looked up at his parents now as they both just gave him looks full of disgust and hatred. "Fine then, if you don't want to come home Josh, then you might as well just stay here then." His father replied coldly. "Guess we were wrong about you being a monster Joshua." His mother confirmed as Josh felt a lump beginning to grow in his throat. He could feel himself sinking and his emotions beginning to take over him as Sam held onto him. "How could you say that about your own son?!" She snapped angrily. "He's not the monster around here. The only monsters around here are you two assholes!" Bob and Melinda Washington looked taken aback by Sam's sudden outburst then turned away from her as they escorted themselves out of the room without even bothering to glance back at their fragile son.
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Once they had finally left the room, everyone all turned toward Sam now who's eyes were full of a mixture between anger and concern as she shook her head and focused on Josh again as she tried to console him. "Shh, it's okay Josh." She whispered lovingly. "It's okay, they're gone now, and they're not ever going to hurt you again." Chris went over and placed a hand on Josh's shoulder as Josh turned to look at him. "Don't worry bro." he said softly. "From now on things are going to be different."
Josh looked at him as he whipped the tears from his cheeks as they continued to fill up in his eyes. "I know we haven't been the best of friends lately." Josh replied softly as he took a moment to glance at Mike, Jessica and Ashley. " I know I've been kinda messed up and everything, but I'm getting better though right?" Sam began to rub small comforting circles on his back as Chris patted his best friend lightly on the shoulder and replied, "Yeah buddy, you sure are getting better, and this time you're not going to go through this anymore."
Hold
Hold on
Hold on to me
Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
TOO BE CONTINUED...Wow, so does this possibly mean that Josh is finally going to be okay? Will his parents still somehow get ahold of him? Could the Wendigos still be lurking ahead? Stay tuned for more to find out...Chapter 10 which will probably be the last chapter for this story will be up as soon as I can get it. Hope you enjoyed and as always please review!
Also, just to let you know, the lyrics in this chapter is a song called Unsteady by the group X Ambassadors which fits completely for Josh.