A/N: I don't own anything from red vs blue or Silent Hill.

Silent Gulch Chapter 21

"Even with a map you still don't know where you're going," Tucker complained.

"We're going the right way, it's just far away," Church said. "So what can you tell us about what to expect? Like what kind of monsters we need to know about? I didn't know there was a rabbit farm Caboose could actually own a rabbit from." Church was leading the way with the girl following at his heel.

"Well, from what I can tell the demons haven't made any new monsters besides the ones like the snake and the rabbit. Guess they don't have any new ideas," Alessa said. "Needlers are something I think Alex fought. James was the first to meet the boogeyman."

Church nodded. "I also wanted to ask you about something else. I know what Alex found and didn't like, what about the others?"

"What exactly did Alex find?" Simmons asked. "I don't think the deal with the god was it."

"It sort of was, but you don't want to know what else he found, he didn't like it and neither would you," Church said, turning his attention back to the little girl.

"Want to get a hint as to what's going to crush your soul?" Alessa asked in a happy voice, causing Church to look at her confused. She didn't even seem to know that she'd said the words. "Well, Alex and my father were brought here because of dreams. James came looking for his wife, and revenge brought Heather here. Usually what brings you here has something to do with what you find and don't like."

"What did your father find that he didn't like?" Church asked.

"He found people that wanted to take me from him. He found out something else too," Alessa answered. "I don't really remember it. It happened when I was really little."

"What about James? What did he find?" Church asked, looking back at the little girl. Something in her eyes told her that he didn't want to know the answer. "All right, we'll let that one go. How about his Heather person?"

"I don't know anything really about her. She seems like someone I know, but I never saw her or anything," Alessa answered. "I know that she didn't like the ending of her story though. She lost her daddy."

Church was silent as he watched her for a moment before looking back to the map. "I think we're going the wrong way. Tex, can you come check the map?" Church asked, leading Tex over away from the others.

"All right, I've got a plan," Church said so that only she could hear him.

"I thought you wanted me to check which way we were going?" Tex asked, confused by the sudden change.

"No, I've got a plan to get everyone out. You just can't let everyone know," Church told her.

"What's with the sudden change in plans?" Tex asked.

"I have a reason, a purpose for being around here, to kill Danena. I'm going to find something I don't like. There's no reason to drag everyone with me. Not to mention that what you usually find is not something that you share with the world, at least that's the feel I get from what Alex found. Just do as I tell you." When Tex nodded and he was sure that she wasn't going to fight his choice he continued. "See here, there's a fork in the path. You're going to tell them I'm scouting ahead. We'll have to split up, but I don't want Alessa to freak out, so don't let her know. I'm going to take the right path and you and the others will follow along shortly going on the left path." He pointed to a part of the map. "This is an entrance to an old subway station. That's how we're getting out. The problem is the power needs to be turned on. That's what I'll be doing. You go to that subway and hold up there till I can get the power on. Then everyone's getting out of here."

Tex looked at him, unsure. "Are you sure about this? What if you can't get back to the train in time?"

"We'll worry about that later. I can handle myself, so don't worry about me. Just be sure to take the left path," Church said before he walked off.

"Where is he going?" Tucker asked.

"He's checking ahead for monsters. Thought it would be safer if we had a scout ahead," Tex told him. "We're going to follow after him as soon as we're sure he would have the path clear."

Tex watched as Church disappeared into the darkness. She had a bad feeling that this was not going to end out well. Nothing about this place had made her think that a plan would go as it was supposed to, and she had the odd feeling that she wasn't going to see him again.

"Maybe we should start thinking of a way home," Simmons suggested. "I mean, it seems Church is too occupied with his Danena person to be able to do any reasonable thinking."

"Do you know a way out of here, princess?" Sarge asked, turning to Alessa, who glared at him.

"If I did, then why would I still be here? Besides, I don't really know where you came from. Daddy said something about a canyon," Alessa said.

"Yeah, we were stationed in a canyon called Blood Gulch, almost as bad as this place but full of idiots rather than monsters," Tucker told her.

"The dumbest base placement ever," Grif stated. "No one cares about a box canyon."

"Wait; are we even on the same planet as Blood Gulch?" Tucker asked.

"Is Blood Gulch on Earth?" Alessa asked.

"Hell, no; we'd never be lucky enough to get stationed on Earth," Grif answered.

"Well, Silent Hill is on Earth; at least that's where it started," Alessa said.

"Great, so we have to find a way to pass through an unimaginable number of miles through space to get back to our box canyon or stay in a town full of monsters," Grif said sarcastically. "Both are such great options."

"Maybe we can leave here, but not leave Earth," Simmons suggested.

"How are we going to do that?" Donut asked.

"We should find the door that says Earth and go through it," Caboose suggested.

"Caboose, what did we say about saying your ideas out loud?" Tucker scolded.

"Maybe we should throw a rave and charge for admission," Sister suggested.

"How would that help?" Grif asked.

"We could use the money to buy plane tickets out of here," Sister said. "It mean, what other way would we want to travel?"

"There's no airport. Where would we get the tickets, or the planes?" Simmons asked, still unable to understand how the woman came up with such ideas.

"We'd get the tickets on the internet, duh," Sister said, as though it were painfully obvious.

"There still aren't any planes here for us to use," Simmons pointed out. "Therefore, tickets would do us no good."

"Fine, then we'll get bus tickets," Sister said, revising her plan.

"I don't think I even want to know what they use as currency. They probably use like severed limbs or something worse," Tucker said.

"Could you idiots stop fighting? Church should have cleared the way for us." Tex started off down the way Church had gone.

"Damn, wish Church had given us the light," Simmons complained as the group slowly made its way down the hallway.

"Yeah, because it's better for the scout to not have a light then the following party," Tucker said.

"Just keep your hand on the left wall," Tex instructed, fighting the urge to slap the soldiers. Maybe she could kill them in the dark and no one would have to know. Just grab Alessa and run to the station. Church wouldn't care if she let the other soldiers die.

"Why the left wall and not the right?" Sister asked, still trying to figure out if it was her left hand on the wall or her right.

"Because there's a fork in the road and we have to take the left path to get where we want to go," Tex explained.

"Why is everything here so dark? Don't monsters need light to see?" Grif asked.

"When have monsters ever needed light to see?" Simmons asked, aware that this was about to become another pointless argument between them.

"Well, that rabbit had normal eyes. How could it see in dark like this?" Grif had a bit of victory in his tone.

"Aren't most monsters led by the smell of fresh blood?" Donut asked. "At least that's what my moms always told me."

"Well, then we're all safe. The blue guy was the only one of us with any flesh blood on him," Sarge pointed out.

"Stop that," Tex snapped at the Red team, feeling Alessa clutch tighter to the bit of her shirt that she was clinging to. "Church has a radio, a flashlight, and a knife. He'll kill anything he finds," she said, mostly to assure the young girl. She knew Alessa would be upset when she found out Church wouldn't be at their destination, but until then she wanted to keep her calm.

"I think he's thinking of sharks, they're drawn by blood, but they only live in the water." Simmons was not mean enough to let Alessa go on thinking that Church was really in danger. The girl wasn't really on one team or the other so there was no reason to torment a kid for no reason.

"The monsters can be attracted by light, though most of them seem to just know where to go," Alessa said.

"Well, now I'm glad we don't have the flashlight. Good luck to Church and his monster magnet," Grif said.

"I said stop that," Tex shot at the soldiers, wondering if she would be able to kill all of them without wasting too much ammunition.

~Church~

"Stop that!" Church demanded, avoiding another swing by the nurse.

He stabbed forward into the creature's chest. "Damn, don't you things have organs in normal places?" he asked, pulling the knife free and taking a step back.

A second nurse swung its scalpel, nicking Church's arm. "That's it, I'm done with this," he said, slicing forward and hitting one of the nurses, knocking it back. He took off running past them at full speed. He looked over to see them struggling to follow.

"Ha, later bitches," Church taunted, not watching where he was going. He came to a sudden halt as he slammed into something hard. He looked up to see Pyramid Head standing above him.

"Well, hell," he muttered as Pyramid Head raised its blade to strike.

Church took a fighting stance not about to go down without a fight. "All right, bring it on."

~End chapter 21~

A/N: Boom, chapter 21, only 5 more to go so enjoy it while it lasts.