Chapter Nine: Darkest Night

Now back on the street Josh let himself sigh. The dread of Amel's death loomed over him but something just didn't seem right at that scene to him. Could Amel really be dead, she had stopped moving and he saw her blood. Something just told Josh that something was weird about that moment, but he had to move on and get Sophia out of the nightmare. Josh would never forgive himself if he hadn't helped the last memory of Amel.

Josh moved across to the other side of the town keeping his light on due to the overwhelming night that had settled in. Somehow it was so dark, yet that was probably expected in this lightless city of creatures.

Josh made it to the street on the other side of town, which was called Kats street, and looked around. On a porch was that one woman, Kathy. Also finding it odd to Josh, she was the only one that wasn't in the hospital.

Josh walked over and asked, "Hey, you doing all right?"

Kathy looked up at him and sighed at first before responding, "Yeah, could be better though."

Walking over Josh sat next to her. "Where've you been?" He asked her.

"No where," Kathy looked away from him, "I just went back home."

"But you live somewhere else don't you? Then why would you return to this place?" Josh asked Kathy.

"I never left," Kathy said looking up at Josh and then into the darkness, "I went back to my old home here, where Mommy and Daddy raised me. When I got there I had asked the spirits of my parents a simple question."

"What question?" Josh asked.

"Should I end it or prolong it," Kathy said, but the its weren't as clear as they should've been.

"What do you mean by that sentence Kathy?" Josh asked.

"Nothing," Kathy stood and set two things on the steps of the house. "I'm going to find out what I should do. But there are people here watching you and I, people that have to listen to what the town wants. You may take these two things and endure the journey longer, or if you like leave. It's not my decision." Kathy then walked into the darkness not to be seen, since she had no flashlight.

Josh looked at the two items and picked them up not giving regard for what Kathy had said. One was a map with a certain part of Rosewater Park circled, and the other was a wrench used for removing bolts.

Josh stood himself and ran down the road to Rosewater Park. Inside the park the circle led him to a statue of a praying woman. Josh dropped to his knees at the back seeing a patch of dirt that looked like it had been dug up. He started digging and found a metal case that was bolted shut. Josh pulled up the wrench and removed the bolt, opening the box. Inside the box was a key that had "Historical" written on a tag attached to it. Josh pulled out his map of Silent Hill and found a place called the Historical society, probably the key for that place.

Josh ran down Nathan Avenue and reached the historical society. Pulling out the key and putting it in the lock, Josh twisted the key and let the door open. Inside it was pretty much empty.

There was broken glass everywhere and it looked like a three-room museum. Josh walked on into it. Three portraits in this room seemed to be missing, but there was one left. Looking at it there was a Pyramid Head and many Hanging Demons about. The label called it the "Judgment Day".

Ignoring this Josh moved on down into the next room which had a huge hole in the wall. The hole had stairs and they seemed to go down quite a bit. Josh stepped on the first step and let out a sigh. There was some evil intent that he could sense. Though he wanted to turn back, something told him this would help find Sophia. Josh started running down the stairs. The blaring of the siren could be heard, but what Josh didn't expect was this was going to be a long journey through the nightmare world.