Hey guys,
Welcome back to another chapter of Trapped Until Dawn. I hope everyone had a good Christmas, I definitely had a good one. I got a new laptop so I should be able to make chapters easier now hopefully (But maybe no quicker).
You know what; I'm just going to thank Starelight times infinite because he keeps reviewing on every chapter.
Now things are really getting interesting. What will happen next? Well, let's find out, shall we?
Will's pov, Old hotel, 04:47
"Oh my god! Guys! Thank god!" Emily said as we entered the old hotel, specifically the room that Josh hid in while Chris and Ash were being threatened by saw blades descending from the ceiling, I could see the chairs that they were tied to and the saw blades in the opposite room.
"What took you so long?" Sam asked as Mike closed the gate behind us.
"It's not so good up there right now-" Chris said as he sat down on a table to rest what looked like a sprained ankle.
"Understatement of the night." Mike muttered under his breath.
"Chris... Where's the flame thrower guy?" Sam asked.
"He didn't come in with Chris." Ryan said.
"Ah... Yeah... He uh..." Chris stuttered, trying to come up with the right words to say.
"He didn't make it...?!" "Oh NO!" "What happened?" Ashley, Emily and Sam said all in turn.
"The thing it... It tore him apart-! Right in front of me!" Chris answered.
"Oh god." Sam exclaimed.
"who would of thought that the only guy that could help us and had survived up on the mountain for so long would die just like that." Ryan said, which I knew wasn't true. I knew that the most important character and the most likely person to help the main characters in any horror movie was going to get killed instantly.
"Alright. These all the doors?" Mike asked, moving other towards the door to the torture room and looking around the whole room itself.
"Yeah." Sam answered confidently.
"Are you sure?" Mike asked to make sure.
"Positive, we went through this whole place." I answered.
"What are you looking for?" Sam asked.
"Another way out." Mike said.
"Mike... I really don't think that's a good idea. We should stay put, right here, until dawn. At least we're safe down here-"
"Oh? Yeah? All wrapped up like a little present with a bow on top for that thing to tear us apart on Christmas morning."
"People will come for us. In the morning."
"You don't sound so sure."
"That's what'll happen. Right Em?"
"Yeah... I mean... Right?" Emily answered, not sounding too sure herself.
"Well, we did manage to radio for help back at the fire tower, so surely they'll come." Ryan added.
"Yeah. See?" Sam said.
"Well you can wait. I'm leaving." Mike said back.
"Mike... There's no key for the cable car –"Emily said.
"Josh. He's gotta have it." Mike realised.
"Josh?" Sam questioned.
"One of his dirty little tricks." Mike explained
"Great. Great!" Sam said.
"If that fucking thing got a hold of Josh... Then... We're shit outta luck."
"I don't know, Mike... It's possible." Emily said.
"Wait... You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting, are you?" Ryan said.
"What's possible?" Sam asked.
"It may have taken him down to the mines..." Em said.
"What?" Mike asked.
"I saw some horrible things down there... I think it's where that thing lives... and... Huh." Emily said, picking up a book that was on the table.
"Em? What?" Sam asked.
"Fuck it. I'm gonna get that key. Right from that thing's goddamned bedroom, and then I'm gonna get us all the hell out of here." Mike proclaimed.
"No." Ryan said from where he stood beside me.
"What?"
"No. I'm not letting you go down there just so you can be the hero and get yourself killed. Going down there is complete and utter suicide."
"What else are we suppose to do? I don't think someone's just going to fly us away in a helicopter to whisk us away to safety!"
"Emily, Matt and I radioed someone in the fire tower. They know we're here! They'll come for us!"
"And we're all be sitting ducks while we wait for the Wendigo to come for it's pray like it did with the stranger. I don't want to take that chance. I'm going whether you like it or not and that's final!" Mike said, getting in Ryan's face and finishing the argument. Ryan didn't say another word as he came back over to stand by me.
"Em... What is all that?" Sam asked as she and Emily looked at the contents that was on the table.
"It's that old guy's bag." Em replied.
"Is that a map?" Mike asked, moving over behind them.
"That guy was prepared for anything." Sam said.
"Not quite." Mike said.
"What is this place?" Emily asked.
"Oh my god." Mike said.
"Wait wait wait, what is that?" Sam asked.
"I was down there. It was horrible." Mike said.
"You were?"
"I found these plans – They knew the mine was a death trap, but they the miners keep working anyway. And... I'm not sure what it means but I found this chair, with dried blood all over it... like... somebody'd been tortured."
"Michael, I'd like to focus on how we're going to get the fuck out of here please." Emily said.
"I'm just saying it's weird how much crazy shit has gone on up here..." Mike said
"What's weird is that there's a tunnel leading from the lodge to the sanatorium, see?" Emily said, pointing to a section on the map.
"That's how I got back here."
"I saw this. When I was down in there. It's where it lives."
"Em... Em, what is that...?" Ashley said, finally speaking up, noticing a gash on her shoulder.
"...Huh?" Emily said confused for a moment.
"What is that?" Ashley asked again.
"Ash..."
(Ashley) " Em, oh my god oh my god oh my god! Oh no, oh no, oh no!" (Emily) "It's nothing. I just – It bit me, and –" Ashley shouted worriedly and Em explained at the same time.
"It bit you? What bit you?" Ash question.
"The ah... The wendigo." Emily said.
"The what?" Mike said.
"It's nothing, really. It's not a big deal –" Em said.
"You OK." Sam asked sympathetically.
"Shit." Mike said.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. Really. It's not that bad." Em said.
"Em... If that thing bit you..." Mike said.
"I know what you're thinking. And I'm fine."
"Are you?"
"Yes."
Emily, at least let us check it out." Sam said.
"Come on guys, stop ganging up in her." Ryan said.
"Emily... If the wendigo bit you... You could turn into one of those things." Mike said, completely ignoring Ryan.
"Oh that's ridiculous." Sam said.
"Yeah, This isn't zombie rules we're dealing with here." I added.
"He said it was from EATING each other – remember, he said that!" Ashley stated.
"Wait is that how it worked?" Sam asked.
"Yes! It happens if it bit you, you're gonna turn into one and then you're gonna turn on us. Oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD!" Ashley said, moving around the room frantically.
"No, wait. He said, and I quote, 'if someone should resort to cannibalism on the mountain, the curse of the wendigo will be unleashed.' It's when a person eats human flesh, not when the wendigo bites you." I said.
"We don't know that!" Ashley said.
"You can't be down here with us." Mike said bluntly.
"WHAT?!" "MIKE!" "Seriously dude." Emily, Sam and I said one after the other.
"You gotta go." Mike said sternly.
"Are you kidding me?!" Emily shouted.
"You're putting us ALL in danger!"
"Like hell I am!"
"Emily... You can't stay here."
"Mike... Just cool your head, okay? We don't know whether it works like that. Maybe it's just a bite." Sam said.
"Yeah, exactly what I said." I said.
"I've seen what those fuckers can do. I don't want to see it again." Chris said.
"What is this? Guys. What are you doing?" Emily said.
"Door's right here. I'm letting you do this voluntarily." Mike said, pointing towards the door.
"Mike, you can't do this. Emily is your friend, ex-girlfriend at that." Ryan said.
"Oh no you're just making yourself feel better about sending me to my death since you know there's a wendigo out there ready to rip me to pieces like it did with-" Emily said, walking towards Mike.
"OKAY OH MY GOD! WILL YOU JUST GO?! GO! GET OUT OF HERE!" Ashley shouted out of nowhere.
Suddenly, Mike moved over to the side and grabbed the revolver that was on the table and pointed it at Emily.
"Whoa!" "...Okay..." Sam and Emily said as Mike pointed the gun at Emily and Sam tried to stop him.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa – Mike... calm down..." Sam said as Mike shook her off his arm.
"You're going to shoot me? Mike...? Me?" Emily said, backing up until she was on the table with the board of Josh's prank plan.
"This is the safe room, Em." Mike said.
"Mike, please?" Emily whimpered.
(Mike) "It's not safe as long as you're in it. Not for us." (Emily) "No." Mike said while Emily pleaded for him to put the gun down.
"Don – don't do this!"
"I'm really sorry." Mike apologized.
Is no one going to stop him. I want everyone to survive tonight, but how can I do that when Mike is pointing a gun in Emily's face. I could step in the way to try and stop him but that might result in me getting hurt, or even killed. Or I could try and persuade him to not shoot but that might not work. I better be quick and decide.
I needed to stop Mike before he killed Emily. So I probably made the most stupidest decision of my life. I rush towards Mike and Em and stood between them (Butterfly effect).
"Will, move out of my way!" Mike said sternly.
"No, I'm not going to let you do something you'll regret." I said, standing firm.
"She could kill us all!" He said, Emily looking really hurt.
"But what if she doesn't. What if you kill her and you find out that she doesn't turn? You would've killed her for no reason, and even if you do kill her, whether or not she was going to turn you, you would still be considered a murderer."
"And what if she does turn? You'll all be trapped in here with her. We can't take that chance!"
"Remember what happened with Josh. When you wanted to tie him up, and I said no, and you tied him up anyway. If you hadn't of tied him, we might not be in this mess. We could've had the cable car key and left!"
"...You should've had my back, Chris had." Mike paused, recalling the event.
"Hey, I don't want to be involved in this." Chris said.
"And look where that got us! Why should I've backed you up? Yeah, Josh may have done some bad things tonight but I don't think he deserved to be tied up. And now he has been taken by a wendigo, ALL, BECAUSE, OF YOU!" I shouted, pointing at him accusingly.
He seemed to hesitate, lowering the gun slightly, before I saw a weird glint in his eyes that Ryan noticed immediately.
"NO!" Ryan shouted, suddenly moving into action. He rushed towards Mike, grabbing his hands and pushing them upwards as Mike pulled the trigger, sending a loud bang echoing throughout the hotel and sending a bullet smacking into the wall above Em with a ting (Butterfly effect update x4). Ryan quickly disarmed Mike of the revolver and put it on the table behind him.
"WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT ARE YOU THINK?!" Ryan raged. I had just processed what had just happened. He ACTUALLY shoot the gun. He could've KILLED ME.
"I-I... uh..." Mike studdered, realising what he had just considered doing to me.
"You... You c-could've k-killed m-me." I studdered, scared that I could've just died, but the hands of another.
"It's not Emily who's the danger, it's YOU! GET OUT!" Ryan said, pointing towards the exit.
Ryan didn't have to tell him twice. He immediately left, pretty much running out of the hotel towards the tunnel.
Everyone in the room either looked angry, shocked or scared, or a mix of all three. Sam had gone over to sit by Chris. Emily had stayed on the table where she cowered, now laying on her back. Ryan was standing by the table with the revolver, crossing his arms in anger. Ashley had picked up the stranger's book and had sat down at the table with the gun to read it and I was just standing in the middle of the room, still kind of trying to process what had just happened.
Emily and Sam were having a conversation but I wasn't listening, I couldn't stop thinking about what happened.
"Jesus Christ, I could've just been killed." I whispered to myself.
"You alright?" Ryan asked, moving over to me.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. All things considered" I replied laughing nervously.
"I can't believe Mike right now. I can't believe he would even THINK of doing that. I didn't think he would get so angry as to murder someone." Ryan said.
"Well, 'anger makes you stupid', or in this case, 'anger makes you make bad life choices'." I said.
I noticed the gun on the table by Ashley. I walked over to it, picked it up and examined it. I checked the ammo to find that it only had two bullets left.
Hmm, only two bullets. Would've been three if Mike hadn't tried to shoot me. But that still might come in handy. But maybe I wound need it. Should I take the gun or leave it behind.
I decide to take it with me as I put it in my jacket pocket. I looked at Ryan, gave him a quick nod and he nodded back, signifying that he knew what I was doing (Butterfly effect).
Well, what are we supposed to do now? I guess we either wait for Mike to get back or wait for dawn to break. I thought as I paced around the room.
"This says that because the Wendigos are... mutated... from humans... when they hunt us they know how to perfectly mimic their pray..." Ashley said, looking away from the stranger's book.
Hmm, that's interesting information. I should definitely remember that. I thought to myself as Ashley went back to reading.
(Ashley) "Oh... Oh no no no no no." (Sam) "What is it? What does it say?" Ashley and Sam said as Sam walked over to her.
"It says that... well... the bites... If it bites you... it's not infectious... it doesn't do anything." Ash answered.
(Sam) "Let me see that." (Emily) "I'm sorry what did you say?" Sam and Emily said.
"Em, it says you'll be okay." Ash said.
"It says what?" Emily said.
"You're going to be fine" Sam said.
"Fine?! Mike almost shot me? Is that fine?!" Emily said.
"He didn't shoot you-" Sam said.
"Yeah, but he nearly shot Will! He almost murdered him!."
"I share that sentiment!" Ryan said.
"And this bitch let him do it!" Emily said.
"Hey! That's not fair, she was scared-" Sam said
"Will and I are the ones who are scared."
(Ashley) "I'm sorry... I'm sorry Emily... I' sorry Will... I didn't know what was going to happen... None of us knew!" (Emily) "There's- There's no excuse! There's no excuse for this!" Ashley tried to explain but Emily was having none of it as she turned around.
"Please, Emily, please just try to understand –" Ash continued.
"Understand the palm of my hand, bitch!" Emily shouted as she turned around and slapped her hard in the face, sending her to the floor.
"EMILY! Now that was uncalled for!" I shouted as I rush over to her and helped her up.
"She almost got you killed, and yet you're being sympathetic towards her?!" Emily said as Ash whimpered out an apology.
"No, she didn't. It was my own fault. I was the one to step in between you two, I was the one who provoked him. I shouldn't have provoked him at all, especially when he had a loaded gun in his hands."
"Whatever, This bitch doesn't need any sympathy from me."
"Shit. Shit-shit-shit... We've got to get to Mike, like now!" Sam said as she started to head towards the tunnel.
"What? Why?" Ryan said.
"We need to go, otherwise he might die." Sam said.
"Who cares, let him." Ryan said.
"Ryan! How could you say that?"
"Didn't you see what he just did? He almost killed Emily and Will. He deserves to die!"
"We can't just leave him behind."
"You guys can go, I'm waiting right here for rescue to get here."
"Ryan, look, I know your mad right now, I am too. But this isn't just about Mike now. It about Josh too. Josh is trapped down in those mines with a Wendigo, ready to rip him apart at any moment. We could save him but we need all the help we can get. So please come with us, not for us, not for Mike, but for Josh." I persuaded.
"...Fine. I'll come, but only for you and Josh." Ryan said as we exited our hideout and made our way towards the tunnel to the sanatorium.
"I hope you're right about this." Ryan said as we moved past the torture chamber.
"I am. We can save everyone, including Josh and Mike. I am determined to do that." I said as we followed Sam into tunnel.
Butterfly Effects:
Will chose not to shoot the squirrel; Nature remained in balance.
Will pushed Chris out of the way to pull the lever; Chris blamed Will for Josh's death; But he trusted Will anyway; Josh felt betrayed and taunted Will.
Ryan kept the axe; Ryan was put in danger; But 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 open door; He failed to grab the doorframe; He ended up outside. And managed to make it back to the lodge; Where he saved Will's life.
Will tried to save Chris from the psycho; Chris trusted Will and put the gun down.
Ryan chose to go into the mines; He tried to be careful and succeeded; He made it out of the mines unscathed; He was able to save Will's life back at the lodge.
Will defended Josh; Josh appreciated Will's concern; Mike criticized Will's choice; Mike and Will got into an argument and Mike tried to shoot him; But Ryan saved his life.
Will chose to step between Mike and Emily; Mike got angry and shot Will but Ryan saved him.
Will chose to take the revolver.
Finally finished the chapter, I could've finished it a week ago but I kept getting side-tracked by other things. Well, it's finished now so it doesn't matter.
Bye guys.