Hey guys,
Welcome back to another chapter of Trapped Until Dawn. So, this should be the second to last chapter. How will this all end? Lets find out, shall we?
Ryan's pov, Washington lodge grounds, 06:28
We were walking along a path that seemed to go in the direction to the lodge, but I stopped when another totem hit me.
I felt the familiar hotness that I felt in previous visions as fire exploded all over the scene and a charred body hit the ground, and it had the features of Mike.
The vision ended and we continued walking down the path.
06:40
We continued to walk and I could see the lodge's roof in the distance but I was stopped again by yet another vision.
I saw a wendigo come through a door, scuttle along the ground quite fast and peer round the corner, but I could see chair that looked like the ones in the cinema on the bottom floor of the lodge. There was no doubt in my mind that the wendigos were going to get into the lodge.
The vision ended and I moved a little quicker to catch up with the other, we needed to get back as soon as possible. I'm just glad it's just up ahead.
"Come on Josh. Just hang in there. We're almost there buddy." Will said softly as we walked in the snow.
Suddenly, there was a loud screech that sounded a little too close for my liking.
"I have a bad feeling. Let's move." I said as I sped walked away towards the lodge with the others not too far behind me.
I heard another screech in the distance but I could see the back door to the lodge just up ahead but I could also hear the sound of crunching snow coming from another direction.
"Wait...! Something coming. Hide!" I said as we ducked behind some trees.
I peeked out from behind the tree to thankfully see Sam run up the stairs, to the door and started banging on it.
"It's just Sam." I said to the others, who were hiding behind their own respective trees behind me, as we moved other towards her.
"HEY! HEY! COME ON OPEN UP! GUYS COME ON ARE YOU IN THERE? LET ME IN!" Sam shouted as we got closer.
"Sam-" "Ah! Shit, Mike." Mike said and Sam gasped as we got up the stairs.
"Oh gosh you guys look terrible-" Sam said.
"Yeah, you could say that..." I said.
"Gonna look worse if we stay out here... Come on." Mike said as Sam picked up a rock and smashed the glass.
"Okay... Guys, what happened?" Sam asked as we entered and closed the door.
"She rushed us. Tried to grab Josh, but we saved him thankfully." Will said, rubbing Josh's back.
"Thanks to Ryan and Will's quick thinking." Mike said.
"Oh my gosh, Josh, you ok?" Sam asked.
"Y-Yeah... yeah, I'm fine. I-I just can't believe that was real..." Josh said, still seeming to be shocked by what happened. Sam moved over to the light switch on the wall and flipped it on.
"Not good." Mike said, flipping it back off.
"Wait... the lights have been working the whole time?" I asked.
"Yeah..." Josh said hesitantly.
"And why didn't we-... Never mind, it's water under the bridge." I said.
"What do you think we should do?" Sam asked.
"We should check the basement... Might be someone left down there..." Mike said as we started heading down there.
"I feel like we should get down there quick." I said, that totem I just saw still playing on my mind.
We went down the stairs and made our way into the cinema. "How do you rate our chances of survival?" Sam asked.
"I'm trying not to think about it." Mike answered.
"Let's just get down to the hotel." Will said as we made our way to the basement door, all of us in a line of sorts, Sam in front, then me, then Mike, Then Will and Josh, who seemed to have been glued at the hip since we found him.
The door to the basement was already open and, suddenly, I saw Chris, Ashley and Emily running for their lives down the corridor.
(Ashley) "GO! RUN!" (Chris) "GO GO GO!" (Emily) "GO GO WE GOTTA GO!" (Mike) "RUN!" (Will) "COME ON JOSH WE GOTTA MOVE!" Half the group said pretty much all at once, with Emily pushing Ashley on the way through the door, slowing her down, and Will pulled Josh back the way they came from. The only people who were left in the room was me and Sam.
"SAM! LOCK THE DOOR!" I shouted at her, the totem still on my mind, and running after the rest of the group, hear Sam shout and a door close behind me.
I quickly ran up the stairs, seeing Mike go up to the right and Ashley, Josh and Will go up the left, and followed Ash, Josh and Will up. I got up and made my way passed Ashley, passed Will and Josh, who were directly in front of her, but stopped right in front of them when I noticed why everyone was standing stock still.
Hannah the wendigo had managed to get out of the mines and was now hanging from the big ceiling decoration in the middle of the room, searching the area for her prey. Her skin had also somehow healed after our last encounter. Sam had come rushing up the stairs and had rushed towards the middle of the room before noticing Hannah on the roof and stayed still too before she could spot her.
"Don't... move... don't fucking move a muscle..." Mike said as I held my breath, hoping to god I wouldn't flinch or anything. Luckily for us, none of us moved at all (Don't move QTE successful), and suddenly the wendigos from the basement came up and she defiantly noticed them.
Hannah jumped over to the second floor and then down to the first floor to confront the other wendigos. They attacked each other, the other one is lifted up by Hannah and slammed onto the stairs, shattering them, then threw it into the fire place, braking a gas pipe that released a torrent of gas into the room. I saw everyone, except for Will, Josh, Sam and Mike, slowly move backwards towards back door.
As the wendigo got back up and climbed the wall, Mike examined the pipe, then looked at a light bulb behind the couches, then at the light switch that Sam had switched on just a minute ago.
I got what he was thinking, he wanted to brake the light bulb and then flip the switch so the spark would set the lodge alight, with the wendigos in it. It also aligned with the lodge on fire totem and the totem where Emily and Mike died due to fire.
Sam and I nodded in agreement as Mike moved towards the light bulb as the wendigos continued to fight.
"I need to help Sam and Mike." I whispered as Hannah knock the wendigo out and pulled it's head off.
"What, no, I won't let you. You need to come out with us." Will whispered.
"I have to. If I don't, some people might not get out before this place blows."
"...Fine. Just be careful, okay?" Will said as Sam stepped on a creaky floorboard which got Hannah's attention.
"I will. Just don't make any sudden movements and creep backwards slowly. Just Keep Josh safe." I said as Sam didn't move. While Hannah was distracted trying to find Sam, I managed to move slowly away from Will, over to the now broken stairs and moved a little farther forward near to the chair.
Mike had moved over to the light bulb, grasped it in his hand and squeezed hard, shattering it. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Chris had managed to move backwards enough to get to the back door and had ran through it. But the noise of the light bulb shattering had caught Hannah's attention and she was now on the chair I was near getting close to Mike.
"Hey!" Sam shouted to get her away from Mike, which worked. I also notice that Emily had done the same thing as Chris, backing up and running out the door.
As Sam tried not to move with the wendigo being really close, I noticed that Will and Josh were having a conversation.
What are they doing? I wondered as the wendigo moved away from Sam and I decided what to do next...
Will's pov, Washington lodge, 06:52
"I will. Just don't make any sudden movements and creep backwards slowly. Just Keep Josh safe." Ryan said as he moved away to go help Sam and Mike. I started to inch backwards like Ryan had said to do and what Chris, Emily and Ashley behind me were doing, but I wasn't paying attention to them.
I had only moved a foot when I notice that Josh wasn't next to me. He was still standing in place where I had started moving from. I, as quick as possible but still very slowly, made my way back over to him to see what was going on.
"Josh, come on. We gotta move." I whispered to him.
"I... I... I c-can't... I can't m-move..." Josh whispered back, scared out of his mind.
"Josh, please... We need to go." I said, slowly putting my hand on his shoulder which he shrugged off. This, unfortunately, got the attention of the wendigo but Ryan noticed this and quickly got her attention.
"Josh, I know you're scared right now, but you need to stop making sudden movements. I need you to trust me... Do you trust me?" I whispered, holding out my hand for him to take.
He seemed to have a look of recognition in his eye before he said, "A-After what happened a-at the shed... with you d-defending me... O-Of course I trust you..." with a small smile as he took my hand (Butterfly effect update). I still remember what happened.
"You still want to tie him up?" I asked concerned. "Obviously! What, you think we shouldn't?" Mike asked seeming surprised. "No, we shouldn't. I can see where you two are going here but don't you believe in second chances? I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, and it genuinely seemed like he didn't intend to hurt anyone too badly. I think we should let him back in the lodge." I said reassuringly, putting my hand on Josh's shoulder. "What?!" Mike shouted. "Oh thank you Will. I really appreciate it. At least someone can see sense." Josh said, a little antagonistically towards Mike and Chris, and smiled.
"Thank you. Okay, start moving backwards slowly. Don't make any sudden movement, it can only see movement." I said, still holding his hand.
"A-Alright." He said as we sneaked backwards towards the door.
I tried to lock everything as best as I could. The only thing I paid attention to was Josh, the wendigos and the way we were walking, and, by the looks of it, Josh was moving as slowly as I was, the wendigos were distracted by Hannah the wendigo and Hannah was distracted by ever Sam or Ryan, and we were getting really close to the exit. Just a couple of small steps.
"Okay Josh, quickly. Go out the door." I said as we stood next the door.
"B-But what about you?" he asked concerned.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be out in a minute, I promise. Now go." I answered quietly.
"...A-Alright..." He said as he quickly rushed out of the lodge. Good, Josh is safe. I thought as I surveyed the living room.
I could see everything now that the stairs had been destroyed. The only people that were still in the lodge was me, Ryan, Sam and Mike. I saw that Sam was hiding behind a pillar on the left, Ryan was still standing stock still in the middle of the room and Mike was slowly moving towards the door like the rest of us had. Hannah was currently distracted by Sam but she slowly moved away from her and was looking more so towards me.
I looked over towards Ryan. He looked back at me and gestured towards the door with his head, telling me to get out. I gave him a nod back and he quickly moved over to the pillar on the opposite side of Sam, which got Hannah's attention, giving me the opportunity to rush out the door into the cold but safe snow.
I rushed out towards the rest of the group, which consisted of Chris, Emily, Ashley and Josh, who were waiting patiently to see if anyone else would come out. They all had a look of relief on there faces, especially Josh, as I come running towards them.
"Everyone alright?" I asked them.
"Yeah, we're alright man. A bit shaken but alright." Chris answered.
"Speak for yourself. We could've almost died in there. Safe my ass!" Emily said. Still bitchy until the end, uh Emily? I thought.
"Emily, calm down. We're safe now." Ashley said.
"Oh I'm not speaking to you, bitch." Emily said. I remembered that Emily had pushed Ash out of the way back in the lodge when they ran out the basement. I guess she's still bitter.
"Emily, I said I was sorry!" Ash said.
"Talk to the hand." Emily said, sticking her hand in Ash's face.
"Guys, come on. Stop fighting! This isn't the time for this! This is just nonsense!" Josh interrupted suddenly, almost seeming like he was back to normal, harking back to the beginning of the night when he stopped Emily and Jess's fight.
"Says the guy who decided to terrorize his friends!" Emily rebutted.
"Hey! There was no need to bring that back again!" Chris stepped in, Josh looking dejected again.
"Guys! This is pointless! Emily, there is not need to fight about this and there was absolutely no need to bring back up what happened earlier! Ashley, Just leave Emily be for now. Josh, I know your only trying to help, but maybe you should stay out of it for now. And try to forget about what happened earlier tonight. Anyway, We've got bigger things to worry about!" I shout, finally losing my temper with their constant squabbling.
I hadn't been paying attention to the lodge or if anyone else had come out of it since I got out. And, just to prove my point too, there was a sudden explosion behind me and I could hear screams and shouts.
Ryan's pov, Washington lodge, 06:52
... I saw that Will had slowly put his hand on Josh's shoulder which his shrugged off. Hannah had noticed the movement and was closing in on them fast. So I did the first thing I could think of.
"Hey, Hannah!" I shouted, hoping it would get her attention. It did and she scuttled her way towards me. As she come towards me, I notice Ash had rushed out the door now.
I tried to stay as still as possible as she stood in front of me, searching for me. She even screeched in my face to try and make me flinch but I stood my ground, steadying my breath. She finally gave up and moved away to look for any other movers (Don't move QTE successful).
To make sure she didn't get anywhere near Mike, Will and Josh, Sam quickly moved over to hide behind a pillar and it got Hannah's attention again so she moved over to try and find her. I saw that Will and Josh had managed to get to the back door.
She stayed as still as possible like I had, she managed to do this long enough for Will to tell Josh to go out first and for him to get out. Hannah had given up again and had moved away. I looked over to Will, who was still in the lodge, and gave him the gesture to get out and he gave me a nod back.
The wendigo moving away gave me the chance to hide behind the pillar opposite Sam and I took it. I also heard the crunch of snow, guessing that Will had taken the chance to get out. I made sure that I stayed still like last time as she searched for me. She used the tactic of shrieking again but it didn't work. She gave up yet again and moved away to fine someone else (Don't move QTE successful).
Sam quickly hide again, this time behind a brick wall that was jutting out in the walkway, and Hannah come over again. I also saw Mike getting near to the exit but I was to scared to look round the pillar any longer just in case Hannah saw me, so I don't know whether he got out then or not.
It was always nerve-wreaking seeing someone try and stay as still as possible around a wendigo. The slightest movement and you're dead. The wendigo was right next to her ear, breathing down her neck, and it screeched too, I wouldn't be surprised if she was deaf in that ear after this, but she still managed to not move and the wendigo moved away.
I looked around slowly and saw that the only people left in the lodge were me and Sam. I needed to get Sam up before we flipped the switch. So I tried my best to gestured Sam that I was going to hide again and, while I distract Hannah, she should get out as fast as possible. She seemed to get it because she gave me a very hesitate nod.
Swiftly, I glided over to the cupboards on the left and crouched down beside them. I stuck out a bit, so I could see what was happening past them, but I could still keep still none the less. The wendigo rushed over and jumped on top of the cupboards, knocking the items onto the floor with a clatter, but I made sure not to flinch.
This last one seemed like it took forever, and it didn't help that my legs were starting to ache, I could have started to wobble at any moment. But luckily Sam managed to get out fairly quickly and just after that Hannah had lost interest, walking back over to the middle of the room when she noticed the other wendigos.
I had a completely free path to the switch, no person, apart from me, was in the lodge, the wendigos were distracted, now was my chance. I hurriedly got up from my crouching position and gunned it towards the door.
Immediately, one of the older looking wendigos was in my tail, bouncing on walls to gain momentum, and Hannah was on the right closing in. Somehow, I managed to stay ahead but they lunged at me as I went to reach for the switch. Everything seemed to got in slow motion, as they lunged Hannah glided over the top of the other on and grabbed it, swerving it of course and giving me the gap needed for me to flip the switch as I ran out.
As I did that, the lodge exploded into flames; leaving the wendigos to burn inside and sending me flying across the snow with a shout. I ended up landing right next to Will unharmed. I quickly got up and surveyed the area
I looked around and saw that everyone was accounted for; Will, Josh, Mike, Sam, Chris, Ash and Emily were all here, all recovering from the blast. I looked back at the lodge to see that the whole structure was up in flame, every last bit of it; and there was not a wendigo in sight. Suddenly, overhead, I heard a loud noise, I looked up to see a helicopter was fly around the flaming lodge.
"Oh my God, Ryan! Your okay!" Will said, hugging me.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said as I gave him a hug back and he let go.
"We did it! We survived!" He said, raising his hand for a high five, which I gladly accepted.
"There's a chopper overhead! We're gonna get off this hellhole." Mike stated.
"But, what about-" Will said.
"HEY, GUYS!" Someone suddenly shouted from the trees. I looked over to actually see Matt walking out towards us, and he was helping someone hobble towards us. On closer inspection, I saw that it was Jessica, but she wasn't in the best of conditions, she had bloody cut and bruises all over her body and looked very weak.
"MATT! YOUR OKAY!" I shouted surprised to see him, and with Jess of all people.
"Oh my god! Jess! Jessica!" Mike shouted, quickly running over to check on her.
"M-Mike?" I heard her say weakly.
"Oh I'm so glad you're okay." Mike openly cried, lightly hugging her.
"Emily!" Matt said running over to Emily, first making sure that Jess was okay with Mike, and hugged her. But she didn't return it.
"You..." Emily said.
"Emily, don't! Remember what we just talked about!" Will said sternly, which kind of surprised me. What had they talked about?
"...Fine! We have a lot to talk about, mister!" Emily said.
"Uh, OK?" Matt said, a little bit confused.
"Best not to pry into it yet if I were you." I said to him.
"Yes! We saved everyone!" Will stated, raising his hand for another high five, which I accepted again.
"Somehow." I said back as Mike slowly brought Jess over to the group and the helicopter landed.
"Is everyone alright? Is anyone hurt?" The co-pilot of the helicopter said to us as he got out of the helicopter.
"We've got a person who needs immediate medical attention." Mike said.
"Alright, everyone get in the helicopter. Lets get you home." The co-pilot said.
"Gladly." I said as we all got on the helicopter.
"I can't believe we did it. But shouldn't we have exited the game yet." Will said as we took our seats.
"I guess there's something else we need to do first." I said.
"Well at least we saved everyone. Everyone in the group is here and accounted for."
"Yeah, we saved everyone. Now let's get everyone home safe." I said as the helicopter lifted off and started to take us of Blackwood mountain (Butterfly effect).
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; Josh trusted Will when it counted.
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.
Sam survived until dawn, Mike survived until dawn, Chris survived until dawn, Emily survived until dawn, Ashley survived until dawn, Matt somehow survived until dawn, Jessica somehow survived until dawn, Josh escaped the mines and survived until dawn, Will survived until dawn, Ryan survived until dawn.
There you have it. They finally escaped the mountain and saved everyone too. Almost done now, only one more chapter to go; the epilogue. I
By the way, thanks again to triton for your reviews, I'm so flattered that you think of my story so highly. It would be cool to actually see Ryan and Will in the game itself, but we can only dream.
Bye guys.