Part 19

"Resolution"

As we walked through the darkness, the light of the street lamp greeted us back to the world of reality. I smiled, almost too excited to find that we had been successful in escaping that nightmare of a world. Lo- I mean, Sorren had finally gain enough strength to walk on his own, though he looked wide eyed around him. I couldn't blame him though, it was 17 long years that he resided in the otherworld, and to sudden be apart of the world he was originally brought into would be shocking. As we continued to walk through the deserted amusement park, a little thought sunk into my head.

"Hey Sorren...could you wait back here for a moment?" I asked, smiling up at him.

"What do you plan to do?" Sorren asked, looking at me curiously.

"I wanna pull a prank on Douglas...and he's just beyond that face and on the bench..." I began to explain to him, "So just listen in and come in when he realizes I just pranked him, okay?"

"Oh, alright." Sorren nodded, walking toward the fence and opening it for me, "I'll be waiting for the right time then."

I smiled at him as I walked through the open gate. I looked over to where Douglas sat, his head down and hurt leg on the bench. Pulling out my pocket knife, I walked over to him. A smile almost materialized on my face before I forced a blank expression. Douglas looked up at me, his eyes growing dull. He smiled and heaved, presumably from the pain he was in.

"So...is it over now?" Douglas asked, anxiety filling most of his tone.

"No...not yet..." I replied coldy, "You're still alive..."

I held the pocket knife out infront of me, walking towards him slowly. A look of horror filled his face before I finally lost my composure and shouted, "Boo!" and laughed. The look on his face almost went immediately to a slightly displeased look before I heard Sorren walking towards us.

"So...what are you two going to do now?" Douglas asked us, a small smile now upon his face.

"I don't know...I guess getting out of here would be the first thing we'd do..." I shrugged, "But I would want to get dad a decent burial..."

"...I don't know either...I have no home or family to go to." Sorren replied, looking down sadly.

"...you two could always stay at my place..." Douglas finally replied, us looking to him, "It's a big house...and I wouldn't mind it..."

"Thank you Douglas." Sorren smiled, though he still looked alittle awed by his surroundings.

"So...are you still going by the name Heather?" Douglas looked to me, as if he needed to.

"Nope...I'm not hiding anymore." I replied, smiling.

"Oh, then what is your name then?" He asked me.

"By the name my father gave me." I replied, looking to Sorren and holding his hand (which made him look to me and smile), "Cheryl."

Douglas looked at us before realizing the signifigance behind my gesture. Sorren held my lightly, his fascination still having a strong hold on his attention. However, Douglas interrupted the silence and caught both of our attentions.

"Are you going to let your natural hair color grow back in now Cheryl?" He asked, a rather silly question really.

"No...besides, blondes have more fun." I smiled, Sorren holding back chuckling.

"...How are we going to get Douglas out of the Amusement Park?" Sorren asked, finally realizing that Douglas couldn't just get up and walk away.

"I don't think ambulances are around..." Douglas replied before Sorren let go of my hand want kneeled before his leg.

He put his hands upon the leg, grimacing as Douglas grunted in pain. I watched silently, wondering what was going on. Douglas just kept on staring at his leg, his perplexed look making me wondering what was happening. Sorren finally got up and walked back besides me. Douglas looked to Sorren, and then to his leg, then back to Sorren. Without a slightest sign of pain, the once broken leg now rested besides Douglas' other leg.

"How did you do that?" Douglas asked the man besides me, who just shrugged.

"I told you that I had powers just like my sister's...but we really should get out of here just incase the magic reverses..." Sorren said softly before we all walked toward another gate.

After a couple of minutes, we were finally at the entrance of the amusement park. It looked so strange without all the dead Robbie Rabbit costumes everywhere...but I didn't get much chance to reflect on it since we got out as fast as we could. The walk down Nathan Avenue took forever...and after awhile, Sorren had to help Douglas walk since his magic did indeed begin to fade. The town had almost no fog...but the lack of people still was creepy.

After almost what seemed to be an eternity, we arrived to the motel, and most importantly, Douglas' car. Douglas laid back in the back seat, his leg now fully broken again. Sorren sat in the passenger seat, since he didn't know how to drive. Thankfully, Driver's Ed and my Junior License qualified me to drive us back home. Douglas gave me directions as we drove away from Silent Hill. As we got further from the town, the more other cars began to almost appear. Child-like, Sorren watched them intently and excitedly told us the color of the other car nearest us. I just smiled and sighed, it was almost unreal that he would be so amused by cars like this.

After 2 hours of driving, we finally ran out of gas. I had gotten the car onto the side of the road with the hazard lights on, but the trick was trying to get someone to help us. Loki didn't get out the car due to his outfit, and Douglas had the window down so he could hang his arm out. I stood outside the automobile and tried to get help. A woman finally pulled over near us, getting out of her biege car to see what was the matter.

"Could you help us? Our car ran out of gas..." I told the woman, who looked no older than 32.

"Sure...who is with you? I could try to fit you all in." The woman replied as I signalled for Sorren to get out.

"...My boyfriend and his dad..." I lied, though, I really couldn't tell how much of it was a lie, "and his dad broke his leg...he fell and we tried to -"

"It's alright...I'll take you all to the closest hospital." The woman replied, looking at Sorren (and mainly at his attire, which was expected).

The woman went back to her car and talked to someone before the man came out and help Sorren get Douglas out the car. Douglas made a smart-ass remark, but the two just got him into the other car before me and the woman joined them. Douglas and the woman's male companion sat in the back while me and Sorren shared the passenger seat. She said it would be okay for me to sit on Sorren's lap, but by the way Sorren blushed and lack of response, I just shared it without sitting on him.

The car ride to the nearest was a little awkward but Douglas and Sorren went with my story, so it didn't get stereotypically awkward. They even came up with a reason why Sorren was wearing his suit (you know, a camping trip in the nearby lake/camp ground didn't sound all that bad of a lie). When the hospital came in sight, we got hospital workers to get Douglas into the ER as me and Sorren thanked the couple as they drove off.

"That was interesting to say the least." He told me as we sat in the waiting room, which was almost empty save us and a few others around.

"Well...there will be alot of other interesting things to experience Sorren..." I replied, kissing his cheek, "but welcome back."

A small smile formed on his lips before we kissed. Thinking back when I first encountered him, I was wrong to say he was like 'Edward Cullen'. There was so much to him that 'Edward' could never have. When our lips seperated, the TV nearby started to play Rocky, a movie I remembered watching with my dad one day. Sorren looked at it and asked me what it was all about. I smiled, this probably would be a common place question...and I didn't mind.