Hey guys,
Welcome back to another chapter of Trapped Until Dawn. This is the second part of the last chapter that I uploaded. Like I said, if I had kept this with the other part then it would've been way to long. Well, it's up now and I've been looking forward to uploading this part so let's see what happens.
Ryan's pov, Mines, 5:58
As the mines seemed to go farther and farther down, I started to think about the wendigo and how we could beat it if we ended up getting cornered by it. Then I remembered what happened earlier after Will had decided to stay behind with Ashley.
Flashback, Mines, 05:33
I rounded the corner away from the ladder that went up to the tunnel to the sanatorium, quickly catching up with Sam, Emily and Chris.
"How are you, Chris?" I asked as we walked.
"I'm hanging in there. Just hobbling along." Chris answered.
"Good. So, what did the flamethrower guy tell you about the wendigo before he... you know?" I asked.
"Well, the important things he told me were that they can only see movement so it's best to stay still, that it's best not to kill it unless absolutely necessary and, if you have to, it is weakened and can be killed by fire and can be pushed back by shots from a shotgun." He explained quite slowly.
"Okay, good to know. Thanks." I said.
"Any time." Chris said as I saw Will and Ash jump down from a ledge up ahead; they had somehow got ahead of us.
After I remembered that, I had to tell Will that so he knew what he knew what he should do if he encountered it alone.
"Well, I'm glad to know that." Will said after I told him.
"Let's hope that we won't need that information." I said as we continued.
"It's hard to believe that... 'thing' used to be a person." Sam said.
"Yeah. Maybe a miner." Mike said.
"Maybe someone who worked in the sanatorium...?"
"There was some much weird shit happening up there that wouldn't even begin to surprise me."
"What kind of weird shit?"
"Someone was... capturing the wendigos... Had'em all tied up in these restraints and... I saw some real fucked up shit."
"Wow." "Whoa." Sam and Will said.
"I must have let them all out when I blew the place up..." Mike said.
"So that was what was shaking the whole mine." I said.
"Smooth move." Sam said as she walked off.
I noticed that we had ended up in a cavern that had a pool of water in it. I could still picture in my head the totem I saw a little while ago of one of my deaths and I wanted to avoid it as best I could.
"Hey, Ryan. There's another totem over there." Will said, pointing toward a ledge that led down into the pool, seeing a totem to the right of it. I went over to it, picked it and looked into it.
I could feel a rush of warmth along my skin as I look at the scene in front of me. I could see the lodge but it was on fire. I looked at it in shock, why would the lodge be on fire?
Well, that goes with the Emily totem we found at the beginning of the night. I thought to myself.
Everything felt really hot as the scene came into view, just then, Emily rolled into view looking all burnt and a high pitch scream reached my ears, fire spreading around the vision as I snapped back to reality.
As the mine came back into view, I looked around to see Will standing over me, looking like he was thinking over the totem too, and I saw Sam and Mie over to the left, with Sam climbing out of a small hole which, I saw as Will and I moved over to them, had bones in it.
"Oh god... guys... this is Beth's! This is her watch!" Sam said, the watch in her hand with the words 'Beth W' on the back.
(Mike) "What? Let me see..." (Will) "Wait, that's Beth's?!" Mike and will said.
"Look – there was a cross here." Sam said.
"So this is where she was buried." Mike said."
"But... who dug her up?" Sam asked as Mike looked around the cavern.
"Let's keep moving." Mike said as we moved back over to the water.
"Fine. I'm going in" Sam said as she and Mike sat down on the ledge by the water. Mike was the first to drop in.
"Come on, you tree. It's okay."
"You sure...?"
"I'm not dead yet."
"Famous last words."
"Let's just be careful. Who know what could be around the corner." I said as Sam dropped in.
(Sam) "Brrrrrr. It's freezing. I can't feel my fingers." (Mike) "Holy shit." Sam and Mike said as Will dropped in as well.
"Whoa, Jesus Christ. It is cold." He said as I got in."
"Ah, God." I said. As we waded through the freezing water, I saw a water wheel that wasn't spinning. Then, I remember something.
When the vision came into view, I could see what looked like a pool of water in a cave with a water wheel. I looked over to the left and saw a person get out of the water onto a ledge by the water wheel but it was too dark to see who it was, but to me it seem really important to pay attention to this totem but I don't know why. I contemplated this thought as the vision ended and I lay unconscious.
Now I knew who that person was, it was one of us, and now I could find out why this felt so important.
"Hey guys, I think there's something over there." I said, pointing towards the ledge that I could see on the left side of the water wheel, seeing that the others were going to the right.
"Okay, let's go." Will said, as we sliced through the water towards the ledge. He seemed to realise what I was referring to.
We managed to get to the ledge and pull ourselves with only minor frostbite. But we made it, and I noticed that it was a dead-end area. But I noticed that there was a booklet of some sort on the floor. Sam went over to read it.
"Oh shit. This looks like Hannah's writing." Mike said as we read the page.
'Day 1. My little sister is dead. The fall killed her. I watched the colour drain from her face. My leg is broken. I'm all alone, stuck here with Beth. Someone will come.' She turned the page.
'Day 5. I've never been so hungry. I feel like my stomach is twisting around inside. I took Beth's sweater. Much warmer now. She's still looking out for me.' She turned the page.
'Day 30.' Before I could read farther, Sam read out loud. "I'm sorry, Beth... I have no choice." 'I'm dying.' "It's the only way I can survive anymore. If someone finds this, I'm sorry. I had to... I had no choice." 'Forgive me, Beth. I'm sorry.' Sam said and I read the parts she missed.
"What does that mean... Jesus..." Mike said as she turned the page.
'Day 33. My hands feel unclean. My nails fell out. Pushed out. I am aching but no more cold. No pain. I am getting stronger.' She turned the page.
The only thing on the last page was incoherent scribbles. The only thing that I could read was the word 'hunger' or 'hungry' (Butterfly effect).
"Oh god. It makes sense. I think... Hannah dug up Beth... It was Hannah!" Sam said.
(Mike) "No that's - that's ridiculous -" (Sam) "Michael... Michael, it has to be. It's the only thing that makes sense- Beth died in the fall-" Mike and Sam said.
"Wait, you're not saying what I think you're saying, are you?" I asked.
"So what... what does that mean..." Mike said.
"So Hannah must have buried her." Sam continued.
"Goddammit. God-dammit"
"Hannah was down here... for..."
"I don't believe any of this-"
"She would have been starving... She would have been desperate-"
"So she dug Beth back up and..." Will said.
"And now she's the wendigo that's been after use this whole time." I finished.
"Fuck!" Mike shouted.
"We need to find Josh. Right now." Sam said as we rushed back to edge of the water.
We got back into the water quickly and trudged through it again to the ledge the others were heading towards before I told them to go they other way. We got up on it swiftly to find a metal door that read 'danger' on top. Sam went over and pulled the handle.
"Whoa." "Ahhh." Mike and I shouted, but we all screamed, as the door opened. It gushed out water that swept us of our feet, but that wasn't the only thing that came out. A severed head came flying out with it and it had the slight resemblance to the flamethrower guy.
"Jesus... she... jee..." Mike said as we got up and headed into the next room. Before that though, I could've sworn I heard a sound from behind me while the others went in. I looked back towards the water to see it was rippling a little, something had to have been there. I quickly run into the next room.
"You see that...?" I heard Sam ask as I entered. They were looking up and a body that was hanging from the ceiling by a meat hook. It was the strangers, as suggested by it having no head and wearing his clothes. There were also other empty hooks and a couple of cages too.
"Yeah." Mike replied.
"...Bodies..." Sam said.
"Yeah. Yeah, a lot of them." Mike said, even though there was only one body. Come on, game developers. The choices are suppose to chance the outcome. Don't get lazy now. I thought.
Then they started to scream and shouted in revulsion, Sam even shouting "Nooooo!" I guess you would see everyone's dead bodies in this room if they died.
"Wait wait wait! Hold on. I think I saw something." Mike said, looking through the wooden plank wall to our right. I looked through it and saw Josh, who was standing in the middle of the cavern talking to himself.
(Josh) "No... no no... no no no... I don't... I don't take orders from you..." (Sam) "Josh!" (Will) "Oh thank god!" We enter the next room through a wooden door. (Josh) "I don't take orders from you, you can't tell me what to do..." (Mike) "Hey... Hey Josh!" We moved closer.
(Josh) You can tell me what to do anymore!" (Mike) "Josh? Buddy?" (Josh) "You can't tell me what to do! Okay... okay... I trust you... I trust you... I trust you..." Josh said, with Mike trying to get his attention.
He walked around the area aimlessly, not seeming to have much of a goal, until he started talking again.
"No! No no no. You're not real! No no..." Josh said.
"What's he talking about?" Will asked.
"I don't know." I answered as Josh started to walk aimlessly again.
"No! Get away!" Josh said, looking towards us.
"Josh?" Mike said again.
"Get away from me... Get away!" He shouted towards us, but I wouldn't think it was at us.
"Josh! It's us." Sam said
"I didn't! I didn't want you to die- I swear!"
"He has officially lost it." Will said as he moved around again.
"Well, he is off his meds." Mike said.
"Yep, he's defiantly hallucinating." I said as Josh started to shout again.
"I think he feels guilty for the death of his sisters." Sam said as Josh punched the air for some reason that we won't understand.
"But now we know to she didn't die from the fall." Will said as Josh whimpered.
(Ryan) "But now she has a fate worse than death. She was alive down here for a month without being found. She could've so easily been found and she wasn't. That would just make him feel even worse." (Josh) "No no n- n- n- no... I don't... I don't take orders from you" I said while Josh hallucinated.
(Will) "I guess that makes sense. But I still think he should know" (Josh) "No... NO! NO! Why are you doing this?! Leave me alone! Why are you doing this?!" Will said as Josh continued to shout.
(Will) "Shouldn't we snap him out of it." "You're dead... You're dead!" Now Josh had started to gasp and scream loudly. At this rate, if he didn't quieten down soon, a wendigo might hear and come by for a bite to eat. We moved closer to him.
"Josh!" Mike shouted, slapping him in the face.
"M... Mike?" Josh said, seeming to be back in reality.
"Josh... Hey man –" Mike said, trying to calm him down.
"Don't h-hit me, p-please-"
"You were deep in it, man. Full mental jacket."
"We didn't think we'd get you back." Sam said.
"Josh... Hannah was down here for... weeks... a month?! She dug Beth up!" Sam explained (Butterfly effect update).
"Sam! What did I just say!" I shouted.
"Ryan, he needed to now..." She said.
"Let's just get the fuck out of here." Mike interrupted.
"Okay... Josh, do you have the key for the cable car?" Sam asked Josh.
"Uh... Y-Yeah... Here." Josh said, going into his psycho costume pocket and pulling out the cable car key which he handed to Sam.
"Oh good... See that over there? That means there's a direct way out. C'mon." Sam said as she led us to a wall that had a hole on the ceiling that could be climbed up.
"There's no way Josh is gonna make it up there." Mike said.
"Especially in the state he's in." Will said.
"Okay, if you help me up I can go back to tell the others we're okay." Sam said.
"Yeah... Yeah, good." Mike said.
"Well, if I could hardly get up the rock wall back there then there's not way I'm going to make it up this without falling." I said, thinking back to earlier. This wall had got to be at least 100 times bigger.
"Yeah, that's reasonable. Will, you coming?" Sam asked Will.
"Err... I think I'd rather stay with those three, especially with Josh." He answered.
"Alright then. You three bring Josh back the way we came and we'll all meet at the lodge." Sam said as she prepared for the steep ascent.
"Be careful." "Be safe." Mike and I said at the same time.
"You too." She said as she used Mike's hands as a push up to the rock wall and started climbing.
"Alright, let's go you fucked up son of a bitch." Mike said to Josh as we started to walk back toward the door we come from.
"You didn't... You didn't have to hit me so much, man." Josh said to Mike as we walked.
"Ah, yeah... I'm sorry about before, man. I thought you killed Jess... I was wrong. I was too harsh on you." Mike apologized.
"About time." I heard Will whisper under his breath.
"What was that?" Mike asked.
"Nothing..." Will replied.
As we walked, I noticed that there was a dead end pathway off to the left and I could see a totem on the ground there. So I got Will's attention and went over to it, picked it up and looked into it.
I saw the back of Sam's head and the shape of the wendigo, now found out to be Hannah, stalking forwards in front of her with her not moving at all, which made sense. But that wasn't the thing that shocked me. I looked behind her to see couches, with also another person behind said couches. They were on the lodge.
As the vision faded, I couldn't help but to look at Will in shock again.
"Wow... This game is full of surprises." Will commented, making it known that he had seen it too. I also saw, in the background, Mike and Josh pass through the door we came through.
"We have no time to waste. We need to get back to the lodge as soon as possible, before something bad can happen." I saw as we hastily made our way through the door back into the death room.
"Oh! Oh!" Josh hollered as we entered. He was looking up at the empty meat hooks and the dead body of the stranger.
"Josh! Josh. It's alright, everything's fine." Will said to Josh as he rushed over to him, trying to comfort him.
"I didn'-... I didn't want you to die!" He shouted as we walked through the room.
"It's alright. We're here." Will said.
"I know... I know I know I know..." Josh said, I think more so to himself then to Will, as we made our way through the metal door back into the pool cavern. Mike was already getting into the pool, the previous death totem still on my mind.
If anything's going to happen in here, it has to be now. I thought as Will made his way into the pool, encouraging Josh, who was a bit hesitate, to get in to by saying 'everything's fine' when I knew it probably wouldn't be in a minute. But it worked because Josh got in and I followed.
"We're gonna be alright. We're going to make it!" Will said, I guess to Josh to reassure him, as we wadded toward to middle of the pool.
"Oh fu-" Mike shouted as he looked around strangely and then was suddenly pulled under the water. We all stared in shock until Will yelled and was pulled under too.
Oh Will, you had to jinx it, didn't you? Fuck, here we go. I thought as I looked over to Josh who was to my diagonal right a little ways away from me, and he looked scared out of his mind.
"Okay Josh, keep very still and qu- AHHHH!" I whispered to Josh but then shouted as Josh moved slightly and Hannah the wendigo popped out of the water out of nowhere.
"No you're not real! No, you're not..." Josh shouted, believing it to be just another hallucination, but I knew better.
"Hannah!" He shouted as she grabbed him by the front of his boiler suit, noticing the tattoo on her right shoulder. To that, she raised him high in the air with him trying to struggle to get out of her grip (Butterfly effect update).
What do I do? If I try and stop her, I might be killed... Wait a minute... I thought as I remember something from earlier that night.
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'. I took the flare gun out and rotated it. I decided to put the gun in my pocket.
I still have the flare gun in my jacket! It's pretty much a ball of fire. I thought as I immediately reached into my jacket, grabbed the flare gun and pointing it and Hannah the wendigo as she screeched in Josh's face. I didn't have time to aim so I just took the shot, hopping it would hit it's mark.
And I hit her. The shot sent her flying across the water into a small rock wall just next to the water wheel (Butterfly effect update). I also noticed that some parts of her 'armour' was being burnt off by the flare's flame. Luckily, she had dropped Josh in the exact place she had picked him up and, luckily, hadn't flown off with her.
"Josh, RUN!" I shouted to Josh, who recovered quite quickly considering he was in water. As soon as I saw him wadding towards me as fast as he could I turned tail and wadded too, but not before seeing that Hannah the wendigo had also regain her composure quickly, considering her injuries, and was wadding towards us a lot faster than I could see Josh doing.
As I wadded, I looked up to the bank opposite to see Will had managed to escape and gotten himself up on the bank; and he was currently holding a revolver. I remembered him picking it up after Mike had used it back at the hotel and I also remembered what had happened with the wendigo that had attacked Mike. Hannah the wendigo was catching up to Josh fast and if I didn't do something fast, she would snag Josh back up and most likely kill both of us. So I did the first I could think of.
"WILL! SHOOT HER!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. It defiantly got his attention, and also Mike's apparently as he had apparently escaped to had was currently hiding behind a rock wall off to the side, now popping his head out to see what was going on.
"What!?" He shouted back, confused.
"She's weakened! SHOOT HER!" I shouted back, hoping he got it and shot her. I looked back behind me to see that Hannah was nearly in arms reach off Josh now, and we were so close to the bank. Will had to shoot her soon or we're fucked. But suddenly I heard a gunshot...
Will's pov, Mines, 6:19
Mike was suddenly pulled under the water. I couldn't help but stare in shock, I didn't expect that at all, and before I knew it, I was under too.
I couldn't see a thing and I was flailing around for my life. I felt like I kicked something and it didn't feel like a rock; It could have only be Hannah the wendigo. I scrambled for my life and had somehow managed to reach the surface by the bank we were heading towards; I don't now how but I managed to escape the wendigo's grasp. I quickly pulled myself up onto it.
I had stood up and was dusting myself off, wondering whether the others had made it, when I saw a bright, red light lit up the cavern walls. I turned around to see that the light had came from Ryan, or more specifically the flare gun he was holding. He had shot the wendigo with it and it had sent her flying. I could also see Josh flailing about in the water, not on his feet as if he had been dropped, and, a little ways off, Mike who was hiding scared behind a rock wall.
"Josh, RUN!" I heard Ryan shout to Josh as he made his way towards me, Josh not too far behind him. I looked over at Mike.
"Mike, what are you doing? Get out of there." I whisper shouted at him. He didn't even take any notice of me or what I was saying and just hide like a coward. I ignored him at the moment and looked back at Ryan and Josh. The wendigo was gaining on them fast.
What do I do? If I don't do something now, they're done for... Hold on. I thought as I remembered something from earlier.
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. 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.
I quickly grabbed the gun from out of my pocket. But what am I suppose to do with this? It can only be harmed by fire and pushed back by a shotgun, this is a revolver. I thought as the wendigo drew ever nearer.
"WILL! SHOOT HER!" Ryan shouted to me, catching me off guard. I saw Mike finally move and pop his head out from his hiding spot to see what was going on, but the wendigo was preoccupied with Ryan and Josh at the moment.
"What?!" I shouted back, kinda confused as to how that would work. It wouldn't affect her.
"She's weakened! SHOOT HER!" He replied quickly. I looked back at her and he was right. There was now patches of her skin that had been burned of from the flare, but I also notice that she was now nearly within arms reach of Josh, and that they were close to the bank too, so I swiftly took aim and fired...
...I am so glad I did that shooting practice at the beginning of the night, because I managed to shot the wendigo in one of it's weak points; and she actually felt it. She recoiled back and screeched in pain, giving Ryan and Josh enough distance to get away.
Ryan managed to get to the bank first and had pulled himself up onto it, with a little help from me, one down, two to go. I also notice that Mike was slowly making his way to the bank too from his hiding spot, making sure not to be seen.
"Come on Josh. Just a little farther!" I said to him, reaching out my hand to grab his now out-stretched arm. I could almost touch is fingers...
...But I couldn't grasp him. He was suddenly jerked back yelling. "JOSH!" Ryan shouted as the wendigo grabbed him and pulled him away. He had been so close.
"Will!" Ryan shouted, looking towards me but more so the revolver in my hand.
"Don't worry, I've got one more bullet; I've got this!" I shouted back as I took aim at the wendigo, who had lifted Josh in the air, again and fired...
...And my luck hadn't run out yet. The bullet hit its mark, making her recoil again and she lose her grip in Josh, who dropped into the water with a splash (Butterfly effect update). At that, Mike, finally deciding it was time for him to get involved, rushed over to Josh and yanked him away from the wendigo and made it back to the bank before she could recover.
"Josh, get up there! Go!" He shouted as he quickly lifted Josh up so he could climb up, then did the same himself. Ryan and I helped the up as the wendigo started towards us again, but we were too quick for her as we got them up.
"GO GO GO!" I shouted as we all quickly ran out of the cavern to safety (Butterfly effect update x3), I looked behind me quickly to see that she actually wasn't following us, she was still in the pool going in the opposite direction to us, guess she had just given up.
We managed to keep running until we got back up to the room with the metal door that was blocked by Mike shotgun.
"Huff... Huff... Pew... We made it..." Mike said as we stopped to take a breather.
"Huff... We made it out alive..." Ryan said.
"Yeah! Teamwork!" I shouted, putting my hand up to Ryan so he could high five me, which he did.
"W-Wait, wait... So, you're s-saying y-you guys s-saw that?" Josh questioned.
"Yes, Josh. That wasn't a part of your hallucinations." Mike said.
"S-So, t-that was...?" Josh said.
"Real? Yep..." Ryan interrupted.
"So we a-almost could've been..." Josh asked
"Killed? Yep..." I interrupted.
"Wait. That really was..." Josh questioned
"Hannah? Yeah..." Mike interrupted, a little hesitant to finish.
"...Oh my god... So what Sam said... was true?" Josh asked as he collapsed onto his knees.
"Josh, I'm so sorry." I said going over and kneeling down to comfort him.
"Oh Hannah... I-If we had j-just looked harder... M-Maybe we w-would have found you b-before... B-Before t-this h-happened." Josh whimpered, starting to cry. There was only the sound of Josh's crying for a little while before Mike spoke up.
"We need to get back to the lodge." He said.
"How? There's no other way out." Ryan said as I continued to comfort Josh.
"Except there." Mike said, pointing towards the metal door he had blocked earlier.
"But what about the wendigos from the sanatorium?" I asked.
"We're just going to have to risk it." Mike said as he walked over to the door, grasped the shotgun in his hand and pulled it out, opening the door and looked out to see if the coast was clear. "Okay, it's clear. Let's go."
"Okay. Josh.=, I know you're not in the best of states right now but we need to get back to the lodge to find the others, alright? I need you to be strong of me, can you do that?" I said to Josh softly, he looked at me with tear-filled eyes.
"Y-Yeah, I-I can try." He said, nodding his head.
"Good. Let's get going." I said, looking up at Ryan as I got up and offered my hand to Josh, which he accepted, and pulled him up. Then we made our way out into the night, not knowing what to expect.
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; He tried to use it on the wendigo and succeeded; He managed to save Josh.
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; He tried to use it against the wendigo and succeeded; He managed to save Josh.
Will chose to stay behind; He managed to persuade Ashley not to open the trapped door; They made it through alive.
Ryan and Will found Hannah's journal in the mine; Josh heard the truth about the monster; Josh recognised Hannah... and Hannah recognised Josh; But he was saved by Ryan and Will.
And that's chapter 18. I told you I'd get it out by tomorrow and I did. Now you see why I was so excited for this chapter, I had planned this choice since chapter 5 if I remember rightly. I'm glad it's out now.
Now there should only be two chapters left, a normal chapter and a epilogue. Hopefully the second to last chapter should be up within a week, but don't quote me on that.
Bye guys.