Chapter I

"Eleanor, wake up."

I heard a distant voice, calling out to me from the darkness. I knew that voice. My eyes fluttered open and I found myself face down in the sand. Well at least my helmet was on. I steadily got to my feet, making sure not to rush just incase I had broken something. I took my helmet off and let the breeze run through my raven black hair. It felt really nice and soothing but I didn't have time to relax, I had a job to do.

"My, my, aren't we in hurry?"

My eyes widened and I swiveled around, left to right.

"Alessa? Where are you?" I asked. If she was hiding in plain sight she was really doing a good job of it. I couldn't even detect her scent, and masking your scent completely is a note worthy feat.

"I am not at your current location Eleanor. I had to get you here some how, so I led your bathysphere into the Toluca Lake. You are currently washed ashore on the lake's Water Prison. Now I bet your are wondering how I'm communicating with you, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am."

"I have a telepathic link with all of my disciples. Its sort of like a special bond."

My father and I had a very similar bond, I was able to communicate with him from within his mind. But wait…"Disciples?"

"Yes. They are…my 'hired guns' so to speak. As a matter of fact one of them is in your current location, you will be teaming up with him to dispose of a certain…annoyance. After the job is done, you will then head back into the city."

"Silent Hill?" I asked. Even though I already knew the answer.

"Yes Eleanor, The City Of Silent Hill."

I nodded my head and checked my ADAM Harvester to see if it was still functioning. I then raised my right hand and activated my Incinerate Plasmid, flames flickered and danced in my hand. I then switched to my Telekinesis Plasmid, the air around my hand was distorted by an unknown force. I then switched to my Teleportation Plasmid, a purple haze enshrouded my right hand. I nodded, I was good to go.

"Head into the prison's entrance, it is there you will meet your partner for this mission."

"Ok." I equipped my helmet that now shown a bright red and made my way towards the entrance. As I did I took the time to examine my surroundings fully. My vision was almost completely obscured by the ever present fog of the area. Even with my enhanced sight I couldn't fully penetrate the fog.

"This is because the fog you see is not a natural occurrence Eleanor. This is another dimension only known as the Fog World."

"Another…dimension?" I once thought of such things as untrue, as there was no evidence backing it up. Apparently I was wrong.

"There are three dimensions you will encounter in Silent Hill. The Real World, the Fog World, and the Otherworld. In the Real World there is little to nothing to be afraid of except for animals like bears and people that might try to kill you. The Fog World is the dimension that you will spend most of your time in and it is inhabited by monsters that will try to kill you. The closest thing I could compare them to are the Splicers that you encountered during your stay in Rapture…except they are far more monstrous. The Otherworld is the most dangerous dimension out there, it is always hostile. Shifts from the Fog World to the Otherworld seem to happen randomly but in fact someone is always controlling the shift. There are a select few who can control these shifts, myself being one of them. My disciples' jobs are to eliminate the competition. Ah, there is your partner now.

I looked forward at the entrance to see what only could be described as a monster. It had no face and its head was twitching rapidly. I could vaguely make out a series of crude stitches where all its facial features use to be, including its ears. Its body was muscular but not overly so and it appeared to have tattoos of a symbol…the seal of Metatron on both of its shoulders. It was garbed in some kind of ceremonial robes and it wore gloves. The creature looked at me and cocked its head to the side, out of curiosity I did the same.

"Eleanor meet Valtiel."