Hi guys,
Welcome back to another chapter of Trapped Until Dawn. I'm getting really excited for the rest of this story, I've got some really good ideas, mostly involving Ryan. I CAN WAIT! Sorry, I'm getting a bit too hyped.
Anyway, let's get on with the chapter, shall we?
Ryan's pov, Clifftop, 2:03 (I find the timing in this game to be really ridiculous)
So, here I am. Trapped between a rock and a hard place, the rock being a herd of angry deer and the hard place being a 100 ft drop onto a load of rocks. Axe in hand, ready to mow down anything in my way to not have anyone else die tonight.
"Matt...! What are we gonna do!? What are we gonna do!?" Emily said clearly scared.
"Stay calm... Relax... They're just deer... They just want to check us out is all..." Matt said trying to calm her down.
"No no no Matt they're going to hurt us-" Emily said not convinced.
"Will you calm down, I got this." I said.
I started to walk towards the deer hoping it would do something and I was right, they parted to let me through. As I walked, there was this one stubborn deer that didn't seem to want to move.
Why won't this deer move like the rest of the herd, maybe I should do this the hard way but maybe I should leave it be as to not infuriate them.
I continued to walk trying to make the deer move and it worked, it moved out of the way so I could get past.
"Just stay calm and keep moving" I said mostly to Emily who was hugging herself as we managed to get past the deer and get over some rocks to safety. (butterfly effect/butterfly effect update x2)
We walked along a new path, a random crow flew past us and we just continued up the hill.
"If we do manage to get someone on the radio-" Emily said.
"We will" Matt said.
"Then we tell them we need help. What do we do while we wait?" Emily continued.
"We go back to the lodge and get everyone else" Matt replyed.
"Yeah, I think that might be a good idea. Strength in numbers" I agreed.
"Oh god. Not the lodge. We should stay here. In case whoever it is need to get back in touch with us." Emily said.
"Let's get that radio working first" Matt said as we continued.
As we got closer to the looming tower, a light suddenly flashed on and blinded us.
"Ahh! That's freaking bright" Emily said covering her eyes.
"No kidding" Matt said.
"I can't see - what is that?" Emily said.
"It's just a security light. Motion senser maybe." Matt answered.
I noticed, by the bench that was to our left, there was yet another totem on the ground. I went over to it, pick it up to see it was yellow and the vision started.
I saw Chris holding a gun and another person on the other side of him but I couldm't see who it was. Chris put the gun that he was holding down on the table between him and the other person.
I think that totem was more for Will then me. I wonder how he's doing. I thought as I came out of the vision and followed Matt and Emily up the stairs to the top of the tower.
We got to the top of the stair and Emily started to climb the ladder leading to the main part of the fire tower. As she did that, the light that had turned on as we get to the tower turned off. Maybe Matt was right.
Emily got to the top of the ladder and Matt started to climb up after her, and then I staryed to climb up after him, leaving the axe down at the base of the tower. That might have not been the best decision but I feel like we're going to be safe in the tower.
"Ugh, why is it so windy all of a sudden?" Emily shouted as got to the first level.
"We're almost inside" Matt shouted back as he climbed the second ladder.
I climbed to the second level and started to climb the third that lead to the top as Emily climbed into the tower. Matt got through the trapdoor to the top and then I got there and closed and locked the door behind me.
"You alright?" Matt asked us both.
"Yeah..." Emily said.
"I'm fine" I said as I started to look around the room and went over to a locker, opened it to find a missing persons poster with a girl on it.
"Sorry Hannah... You're still missing" Emily said looking at the poster.
"After tonight there disappearence is starting to make more sense" Matt said.
So this is what Hannah looks like I thought as I closed the locker and continued to look around.
Emily went over to the radio and tried to turn it on.
"Ah come ON" she said playing around with the radio. "Great. No power. Gotta be a switch or something round here."
I went over to the door on the other side of the radio and opened it, it slammed open from the strong, freezing wind. I walked out onto the balcony and went right round the side to see a box that read 'EMERGENCY FLARE' then I remembered...
...I saw a flare gun in someone's hand being rotated. The vision pulled out to show that the flare gun was in my hand and that I was passing it to Matt. The scene faded but it started again and it was the same but instead of me giving the flare gun to Matt, I kept it for myself. I guess that mean I can do either/or I thought as it faded again.
I took the flare gun out and rotated it.
Well, should I give this flare gun to Matt or Emily, but I could keep it for myself.
I decided to put the gun in my pocket (butterfly Effect). Sorry Mattiboy, but I might need this. I thought as I walked back around towards the door to find a power box on the other side of the door, the opposite side to the way I went around, I opened it and flipped the switch inside.
"Fuck yeah. Here we go." Emily said happily.
"Nice work Ryan" Matt said greatfully.
"Score one for Matt, Emily and Ryan." Emily said as I went back in and noticed a printer beside the door. I clicked the button and a piece of paper came out, I turned it over and it was another missing persons poster.
"Sorry you're still missing too, Beth" Emily said looking over my shoulder.
So this is Beth I thought, putting the poster down and heading towards the radio.
Emily was already there, fiddling with the device. She turned the nob and I could hear a faint voice on the other end of the line. She turned the nob a bit more and we could hear it clearly.
"-ranger service from blackwood County. Over." The voice said as Emily pressed the button on the mic and started speaking.
"Hello?! Is anyone there? Hello! Please say something if you're out there, Please we need help! Over! Over! Shit." Emily shouted into the mic.
"Hello?" The voice said.
"Oh my god! Thank god! We need help, Please!" Emily shouted.
"Hello is someone trying to contact us? This is the park ranger service for Blackwood County. I'm not getting your signal very well. Please speak slowly and clearly, over." the voice, who was aparently a ranger, said.
Please! Please please please help! Oh my god we're stuck on Blackwood Mountain and there's a maniac-" Emily started.
"If you can hear this, please repeat your message as I am unable to understand what you are saying, over" The ranger interupted.
"We need help please!" Emily shouted.
"Hello? Can you please identify yourself? Over" The ranger said not hearing her.
"Oh my god, okay, this is... My name is Emily. Hello?!" She complied turning the nob to try and get a signal.
"You're not coming through clearly, please repeat, over." The ranger said again.
"We're on... Blackwood Mountain... by the ski lodge... There's a killer and he's after us and he's already killed one of our friends. Oh god please help, you got to help us!" Emily said, bring back memories from earlier that night.
Suddenly, the motion senser light went off out of nowhere.
"Something tripped the motion senser. Probably a fucking deer." Matt said going to check out the windows.
"I read you, ma'am. Please don't leave your position. We will send out helicopters to come get you as soon as the storm has subsided, over." The ranger said, all of us relived.
"What? When? How long?" Emily asked.
"Dawn, at the earliest. not until dawn, over" the ranger answered as, all of a sudden, we heard a loud noise coming from the trapdoor. Someone, or something, was banging on the door, trying to get in which scared the shit out of me.
"Jesus!" Matt said.
"Oh my god, he's here, he's coming for me!" Emily said as the banging continued and stopped as fast as it had started.
Well, that was scary as fuck, should I check the trapdoor or should I leave it be.
"I'm going to check the door" I said as I slowly moved towards the door. (Bufferfly Effect)
"Are you crazy? That maniac is just waiting for someone to open that door to slice us in half" Emily shouted at me, what she said reminding me of Josh.
"We have to check to see if he's gone so we can leave when the rangers come to pick us up." I said as I kneeled down by the trapdoor and was about to open it but , suddenly, was interrupted by the tower creaking and leaning to one side.
"OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING" Emily screamed.
"The tower!" Matt shouted as the tower in question jarred and dropped a bit as it started to fall.
(Emily) "Oh god" (Matt) "Shit... Don't move..." Matt and Emily said as sparked flew from the wires that flew out of their sockets and the table and items that were top of them slid towards the windows with the door by them.
I started to walk towards the wall so I could cling onto it for dear life as flames came out from where the sparks came from.
"What the fuck!" Matt shouted as the tower tilted all the way to the side, I was too slow to grab the walls as I fell through the whole fire tower towards the door. (butterfly effect update)
As I fell, I thought I could grab the door frame before I fell all the way through but I missed it and fell through the door (QTE [quick time event] missed, Butterfly effect update), miraculously managing not to hit anything on the way out, and flew past the safety bar before even thinking to try and grab it.
I could hear Emily and Matt shouts of terror as I fell towards the ground and that was all I could hear as I hit the ground with a thud, letting the ice cold darkness overtake me as I passed out, only hearing the fire tower fall into the big hole that I would later find out led into the mines, the most dangerous place in the game.
Butterfly Effects:
Will chose not the shoot the squirrel; Nature remained in balance.
Will pushed Chris out of the way to push the lever; Chris blamed will for Josh's death.
Ryan kept the axe; Ryan was put in danger; But he made it out safely.
Ryan walked calmly through the herd; Ryan, Matt and Emily escaped the threat unscathed.
Ryan kept the flare gun.
Ryan decided to check the trapdoor; He fell through the door; He failed to grab the door frame.
And there we go, another chapter of Trapped Until Dawn. I'm really enjoying this and I'm not going to stop any time soon.
By the way, thank you to Solar1808 for their review, I think it would be cool to add in scenes that aren't actually in the game involving the main eight characters and I might do something like that in the future but not right now.
Bye guys