Hey guys, Zombie is back. HOWEVER, I shall make it known that this is the third time I've restarted this particular chapter mainly because I've lost it twice before now. I've also been very sick recently, and I am extremely disappointed in myself that it's taken this long to at least make an attempt to update this story.

Alena wasn't sure if the two large men beside her were meant to intimidate her or to make sure she didn't run off again. Either way, it was pretty obvious that she was going to have to stay put for a while. Strangely enough, with the fear coursing through her veins, came slyness. How exactly could she trick her way into getting out of this situation? Of course; there was no possible way of fighting her way out. Even if she could, how was she supposed to see that the others could run too?

Across the room, sat five companions with their hands and feet tied. Again, the cultists wised up a bit and decided that with the five roaming about, they had no control over anything that was going on.

Eddy was unsure if Ed was out or not, but he was laying low. "Hey Monobrow, you still with us?" he whispered. Even doing that hurt his ribs. Whatever happened, he got hit in the rib cage somehow.

"Saving my strength." he simply replied.

Edd's cranium was throbbing with horrid pain. If he didn't have a concussion before, he certainly had one now. Aside from that, Rolf was no where to be seen. How did he weasel a way out of the maniacs' clutch? Didn't they have a good hold on him as well?

Beside him, Ed was seething. Furious as hell didn't come close to describing what he felt for Christabella and her fellow nutcases. Part of him was ready to kick some serious ass when he saw the men tie Alena's hands to some religious iconic symbol. It wasn't quite like Jesus on the cross, but her arms were extended to her sides like it. This was for the blood sacrifice.

Mellie herself was devising a plan, but even she couldn't think of anything. "Sarah, what happened to Rolf?" she whispered.

"I haven't the slightest idea... Did he get out?" Sarah shimmied to a more bearable sitting position.

"I hope... If he did, I also hope he'd try to help us out." Mellie huffed quietly.

"Rolf wouldn't abandon us. He may be a little odd, but he's a pretty dependable guy." she replied. Sarah gulped, "What are they going to do to her?"

Mellie sighed, "I don't know..."

Alena's heart was beating rapidly against her rib cage like a drum. Her stomach turned, and she felt like throwing up, in spite of not eating in almost thirty six hours.

Christabella turned to face the others, "Ladies and Gentlemen," she began, as if Alena was some form of roadside attraction. "The day we have all waited for... is finally here." Whispers danced across the church hall like ones of young school children.

The priestess turned again, this time to face Alena. "It is time." she said, maniacal passion burned behind her eyes. It was an expression that turned her blood cold as Alena watched her take the ritual knife. "Let us open the gate to paradise." Her voice had grown.

Slice.

A burning sensation filled Alena's wrist. She winced as she watched Christabella cut her other wrist.

Her head began to feel dazed, and Alena couldn't hold a straight focus. It was as if they were draining the very life out of her.

Christabella took a drastic step back, seeing something she'd never thought she'd live to witness.

Drops of black blood trickled from her wrists to the floor, but they didn't stay. The little droplets rolled to a stop just in front of Alena's position, but as more feel, they formed into a puddle as dark as the abyss.

Gasps and other sounds of shock filled the church hall as something manifested from the puddle.

Alena felt her consciousness coming back ever so slightly, but she still felt that she was hallucinating.

First, a head peaked out from the puddle, but then it rose up to a full child-sized body. Dark liquid dripped from her equally dark and unruly hair. Her navy blue dress was tattered at the ends, and it was unknown if her stockings were originally black, or if the black blood made it that way.

Alessa...

The hall was dead silent. It wasn't until the child showed her true wrath, when the screams started.

Strands of barbed wire came from the puddle, as if it led to another sinister world. It grabbed, ripped, and violated every living body in its way like a tornado.

Oddly enough, Alena wasn't touched by it. Nor was Ed, or Eddy. In fact, she and her companions were being left alone entirely; even Rowena, who was dodging her way to her daughter.

Ed saw his chance, and wormed a way out of the ropes on his hands. He ravenously grabbed at the binding on his feet and tore them loose. He ducked from a body being thrown across the hall before bending down to help untie Eddy's hands and feet.

"Look, help the others, I need to get-" Ed was interrupted by the deafening cacophony of breaking glass and bricks falling.

The five turned their attention to the massive brute that had fought his way through the church door.

"Oh fuck!" Mellie gasped and forced a way out of the bindings herself, knowing that this could be really bad.

Rolf ducked his way under the falling bricks and out of Pyramid Head's sight as he entered the church. "Ed boys!"

Sarah couldn't help but smile at the foreigner, "Holy shit, you're alive!"

"Of course I am!"

"Rolf," Ed caught his attention, "I need you to help them, I'm going to get Alena." he said.

Rowena was already working on the ties on Alena's hands when Ed reached them. "Is she alright?" he asked.

"I'm fine..." Alena managed to mumbled, still slightly incoherent from the part of her soul being extracted.

"Nonsense, child, you can barely see straight." her mother countered and untied her other wrist. Before she let her arm fall, Rowena caught a glimpse of her wrist. "Ed, look, it's like she was never cut." she gaped.

Ed stopped for a moment to examine her, and Rowena was right. Time suddenly came back to him and he realized that it was time to leave. It was now or never.

Eddy called from the front of the church, "Come on! Pyramid Head won't be distracted for long!"

Ed pulled Alena into his arms and carried her bridal style down the path, trying his very best to avoid all that was potentially harmful.

Cries of pain and suffering turned Edd's blood cold as he lead Mellie and Sarah out of the church, but he didn't feel remorse. If anything, that was what scared him the most. Did that make him a sadist? Or was he feeling vengeful of the way his friends were hurt by these heartless bastards? He wasn't quite sure at that moment; but he knew that he was ready to do whatever it took to get them out.

A sudden shift is what caught their attention. The fog disappeared in an instant, and the world tore away into a reddish tinted realm of blood, rust, and God knows what else.

Alessa danced under the blood of her victims happily, like it was only rain. It wasn't until she reached a cowering Christabella, that her smile grew. A demonic child-like voice escaped her lips; "Don't you remember how I used to cower?"

Christabella was dead pale, and silent. Her shock prevented a single noise that she wanted to make.

"Come on, Auntie, don't you remember the janitor?" Alessa's voice became increasingly mocking and sinister.

Alena turned her head to face the piece of her soul that previously left.

The child shifted her attention to face the young blonde woman. For a second, she smiled and covered her eyes.

Alena took that as needing to look away; she was right.

She didn't want to imagine what was happening as Christabella's pained cries became louder than anything.

Once the group was outside, they were nearly clueless.

"What now?" Mellie asked.

"Go to the docks." Alena said. She looked to Ed, "You can put me down now."

At first, he was hesitant, but he finally allowed her to stand on her own.

As Alena's feet touched the concrete, she felt better. Now, she had control of herself.

"Why the docks?" Edd asked.

"We only have so much time... Don't you see?" she pointed to the skies. They did take note of the ever shifting dimensions, but it wasn't quite clicking just yet. She sighed, "Alessa is causing the changes. If we're lucky, we can take a boat to Shepard's Glen just in time for the last shift. Then we'll be back in the normal world!" she explain, becoming slightly exasperated.

Edd finally understood, "That's it! Eddy, do you still have the map?"

"I don't need it, I remember where it is. It's near the hospital, isn't it?" he inquired.

Rowena confirmed his statement, "But we must hurry!"

With that said, the group ran (Alena attempted; her leg still a little sore from the hospital mishap) towards the docks.

"I just realized, Eddy, what are we going to do if there aren't any functioning boats?" Mellie asked.

"Then we'll fucking swim; I'll be damned before we're stuck here forever." he retorted and noted the hospital. "There's Brookhaven; we're close!"

Sarah was more than thankful of that; but didn't want to really remember her situation there. Like the others, she prayed that there would be a decent mode of transportation.

As they entered Rosewater Park, they had a revelation.

"Alena, do you remember the way to the docks?" Edd asked.

She bit her lip, "Damn, I don't... I just ended up there. I guess we'll just have to rely on the map." she answered.

Eddy sighed, he wasn't in the mood for searching for water, but at that point, he learned to not give a shit.

After bumbling about as fast as they possibly could, they eventually located the docks. There was a boat, but it would only hold seven people.

Ed looked to Rowena, "Get in," he said.

She shook her head, "No. Em-" she stopped herself, "Alena needs you."

"Wha... Mother..." Alena said quietly.

The older woman gave a teary smile and placed her hand on her cheek, "You all are young. Such wonderful lives ahead of you. I've had my chance... As your mother, the best thing I can do for you, is let you go..."

Before Alena could argue, they heard the disturbingly familiar scraping sound.

"Damn it, can't he give us a fucking break?!" Eddy complained as he took his seat in the boat.

Alena solemnly took her mother's hand and nodded, "I understand." She said quietly.

Rowena fiddled with a silver chain around her neck, "I want you to have this." she said, "Quick, we don't have much time."

Alena took the locket and opened it. A young blonde woman with a baby bundle was in the tiny picture inside. She smiled slightly and quickly fastened it around her pale neck.

Rowena smiled as well and kissed her forehead.

Ed and Alena sat in the last two spots on the boat.

She didn't understand, but Alena could feel the next change in dimensions. Was it her previous connection with Alessa that helped her feel this?

"Goodbye... Emily."

With that, Rolf pushed them from the dock and into Toluca Lake.

Alena quickly grabbed an oar and helped them paddle out further into the lake. She noticed the figure of her mother becoming smaller and smaller, until finally disappearing into the thick fog.

They rowed for what felt like was forever, until Sarah finally spoke.

"Are we back now?" she asked.

"Almost," Alena began, but the skies were still an orange red shade. She was absolutely terrified of the idea of being trapped into a new dimension of Silent Hill.

"W-Wait..." Edd said quietly, "Do you see that?"

Everyone turned to see just what he was talking about. For a moment, they all thought he was crazy, not knowing what exactly he was speaking of.

Eddy strained to see, but the fog was already beginning to lift. It was a lighthouse.

"Oh my god, that... That's the lighthouse my adoptive parents found me at!" Alena exclaimed.

"And the fog is lifting; I think we're coming back." Edd responded.

Even Sarah and Rolf started to paddle with their hands in efforts to move the boat faster. It was so odd; it felt like it had been years since Sarah had seen her mother and father, or hell, anyone that wasn't in Silent Hill.

All of them were nervous and nearly shaken with unsureness, but they couldn't stay on the water forever.

The orange red sky was growing a pink shade, like a normal sky.

Alena took Ed's hand, excited and even a little scared. Ed looked down at her, feeling an odd sensation within him. He couldn't explain it, but he wanted to stay by this girl. He gently rubbed his thumb against the back of her hand in an attempt to calm her down.

Rolf tied them to the dock once they finally reached it. Being the first to hop out, he helped the others out of the boat and onto the old, but sturdy wood.

"This is Shepard's Glen." Edd said quietly.

The town was empty, due to also being affected by the fires that mainly attacked Silent Hill, but it was real. No monsters, no Pyramid Head, no insane cultists...

"We're back." Alena's voice was faint.

Goodbye Emily...

Holy fucking shit, I am really proud of finishing the bulk of this chapter in one day. By the way, I have a Facebook page! Like it and comment if you have any ideas or would like to see something in my next story!

Now there will be an epilogue, but surprise surprise, there won't be a sex scene!

Hope you guys enjoyed, read and review. Again, no flaming my sorry ass. I personally don't like this chapter because I suck ass at writing action packed scenes. It just doesn't come to me well, mainly due to my fear of ripping off of someone else.