"What? Where am I?"

Sam woke up from her faint. She was sitting on a chair. In front of her, there was a table with a gun and another chair. Ashley was sitting on that chair, still knocked out from the punch the psycho gave her earlier. Sam started shaking her.

"Ash, wake up", she said

Ashley started moving before she woke up completely.

"Sam, what happened?"

And tried to move but she was unable to move, unlike Sam. She looked at her hands and froze in fear.

"Why am I tied up?"

"What? Ash, let me he-"

Suddenly a voice sounded from the ceiling.

"Hello again, Samantha"

Sam lifted her head to the ceiling and began to say something but immediately paused and horrified saw two saws above Ashley's head and hers.

"We're going to play another game now, which is simular to the one we played earlier"

"What are you-", Sam began to say

"You didn't let me finish", she heard the psycho say "So now, you're gonna take the gun in front of you and shoot yourself or Ashley, otherwise..."

The saws started moving.

"...you're both gonna die"

Sam took the gun in front of her and pointed it at herself. Ashley shouted:

"No, Sam. Don't do it. Shoot me. It has to be me this time"

Sam still had the gun pointed at herself but her hand slowly lowered.

"If I can do one last thing in my life, let me do this. Let me save you, Sam. Please"

Sam lowered the gun completely. She stayed silent for a while. But she heard the saws lowering, coming to their heads. She lifted the gun up again and pointed it at herself.

"No, Ash. I cannot let you die. I want to keep you safe till the end. And it seems like this is the end for me"

"Sam, no. Please do-"

"I know, it's a pretty bad time to tell you this but since I'll die now, you need to know"

"Sam, what are you-"

"I love you, Ashley. I've always did. But I couldn't tell you because I was afraid that you might not feel the same way. That's why I can't let you die. Even if you beg me to do so, I can't kill you"

The saws were coming closer to their heads. Sam pulled the gun closer to her head.

"Farewell, Ashley. I can't protect you anymore. Please, be safe. Be strong"

She closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. After the gun shot was heard, the saws stopped moving. Ashley was crying.

"Sam, nooooooooooooooooooooo. Noooooooooooooooo"

"Huh?"

Ashley surprised saw Sam opening her eyes again and staring at the gun with a confused look on her face.

"Sam, you...you're alive!"

"The gun is empty", said Sam looking very confused

Suddenly, the door opened. They both turned their heads and saw the psycho approaching them.

"NO, STAY BACK!", Sam screamed and fired the gun at him three times, completely forgetting it was empty.

The psycho just laughed and said:

"Oh, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam. You'll never learn. You really really will never learn"

And he took the mask off. Sam and Ashley shocked saw Josh's face. They were lost for words. Suddenly footsteps and two male voices broke the silence.

"Sam! Ash!"

Sam turned her head and saw Mike and Chris running to them.

"What's going on in here?", asked Mike

"Josh! It was you?", said Chris, not wanting to believe what his eyes have just seen.

And he ran to untie Ashley. Ashley said to Chris:

"Yes, Josh is the psycho. But, what did he do to you?"

"He chased me around the basement. It really was a miracle that I escaped from him and found my clothes again"

"Your clothes?"

"He fucking took my clothes, while I was taking a bath"

At this whole time, Josh was just wandering around them, laughing his head off.

"Hahaha, everyone of you, you got my name. After all you've been through. Ah, that was so much fun. You guys felt what my sisters felt exactly a year ago. But guess what? They didn't get to laugh at it, nope, no no no, they're gone"

"Josh, what's the meaning of all this?", asked Sam angrily

"I was just making a movie with all of you inside and I was about to show it to everyone in the world, so they can laugh too, until..."

And he pointed his finger at Ashley.

"...until this bitch broke my camera and ruined everything"

"You're despicable...", were the only words Sam could say as she was about to break down.

"Oh, come on, guys. Why the long faces? It's just harmless fun. It's not like anyone actually died"

"Harmless fun? It's not like anyone actually died?", shouted Mike extremely angry "I dare you to say these things again, you asshole. JESSICA IS FUCKING DEAD!"

The whole group, including Josh, looked at Mike shocked.

"What?", asked Josh in a huge shock

"What I just said", answered Mike "Jessica is dead..."

And aggresively walked to Josh.

"...AND YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING PAY, YOU DICK!"

And hit Josh with the back of a gun, Sam now noticed he was holding, rendering him unconcious.

"Chris, follow me", said Mike "We're going to take this lunatic somewhere where he can't hurt us. Sam, Ash, you two stay here. Where are Matt and Emily? I haven't seen them here anywhere"

"They're not with us", said Ashley "We met them after we had an encounter with Josh, informed them about it and they left to find help"

"I see", Mike replied "Then, try to find a way to contact them, so we can stick together"

"What if they left the mountain to save themselves?", asked Ashley

"I don't think Emily would do something like that", answered Mike "And Matt always does as she says, so..."

"Mike, I think he's waking up from his faint", said Chris

Mike grabbed Josh's hands and tied them up behind his back.

"Come on, Chris", said Mike "Before he wakes up completely"

They all went at the lodge's door and Sam and Ashley watched Mike and Chris leave with Josh's unconcious body. Sam went to sit on a couch, feeling shocked and betrayed after everything Josh has said and done.

"I can't believe this", she said quietly but loud enough for Ashley to hear her "How could he do this to us?"

Ashley walked to her, sat next to her and said:

"I know how you feel, Sam. It was awful for me too"

They both stayed quiet for a while. But Ashley broke their silence:

"I'm so relieved, the gun was empty. I wouldn't stand losing you, Sam"

Sam didn't answer.

"But about what you said..."

Sam recalled her confession to Ashley down there and blushed heavily. Could this mean that Ashley doesn't return her affections? Or worse, did she come to hate her?

"I want you to know that-", Ashley began to say

But suddenly there were a few very loud knocks on the door.

"Did Mike and Chris come back?", asked Ashley

"If it were them, why would they knock the door this hard?", Sam replied

She stood up, went to the door and opened it. A familiar girl fell on the floor.

"Emily? What ha-"

"CLOSE THE DOOR NOW!"

Sam closed the door and took Emily to the sofa, where she sat and tried to comfort her with Ashley.

"Em, what happened?", asked Ashley "You're out of breath"

"There's a monster out there", said Emily "I saw it with my own eyes"

"A monster?", asked Sam

"Exactly", answered Emily "And it has a home down in the mines and it collects things like a person would and I...I"

"You what?"

"I found Beth's head along with all these things"

"WHAT?", both Sam and Ashley screamed and grabbed their mouths

"And Hannah's glasses", continued Emily "But there was no sign of her corpse"

"Where's Matt?", asked Ashley

Hearing Matt's name made Emily sad

"We separated down in the mines. He tried to save me. I'm so concerned now. He might be dead now and at the last time I talked to him, I was a total bitch"

"Did you get help?", asked Sam

"Yes, we found a radio station, contacted some people and they'll be there at dawn. What about the psycho?"

"That psycho was Josh", said Sam "He wanted to mess with our heads"

"What? Why would he?"

"I dunno. Mike and Chris left to put him somewhere where he won't see any of us"

"And what about Jess?", asked Emily

"Mike said that she's dead"

"WHAT?", said Emily and grabbed her mouth "Are you serious?"

"Well, there was some blood on him too", said Ashley

"Oh god, no", said Emily

Suddenly there was knocking on the door. The girls opened the door and saw Chris.

"What about Mike?", asked Sam

"He said that he'll stay with Josh till the morning"

As he was about to close the door behind him, somebody ran to them and stood by the door. It was Mike.

"Didn't you say that you'll stay with Josh till the morning?"

"He'll be fine on his own. We tied him up on a chair, anyway"

They got in the lodge and closed the door.

"I heard screaming in the mines and I thought that...Emily!"

He ran to her and hugged her.

"Thank god, you're safe. But what about Matt?"

"They separated in the mines", said Ashley "And there's some kind of-"

There was another knocking on the door.

"Who could it be this time?"

"Maybe Josh", said Sam "Or Matt. Or Jess"

"It can't be Jess", said Mike in a sad tone

"Oh sorry, Mike", said Sam

"Let's check it out", said Chris and took Mike's gun from the table

They opened the door and there was an old man standing in front of them. Chris was ready to shoot but the old man took the gun from his hand and said:

"Aren't you a bit too young to play with these kind of toys?"

And he got in.

"There's a monster out there", he told the group

As he took a look throught the members, he noticed Emily and said:

"And I bet you, missy, have seen it by now, right?"

"Yes", said Emily

"That monster is called wendigo. And it's very very dangerous for an old man like me to fight it alone. So I need two of you to help me"

He paused and pointed at Chris and Sam.

"You two. You are the ones that will help me"

"Why us?", asked Sam

"You both seem to be brave enough to fight these things. Here, I'll hand you weapons"

And pulled out two shotguns. He gave one to Chris. As he was going to give Sam the other one, she remembered the gun she picked up earlier when she was searching for Chris with Ashley and said:

"I have a gun. I can just put the bullets in and-"

"A gun?", asked the stranger and started laughing hysterically "No, no, no missy. This is way too weak to stun those monsters"

And gave her the other shotgun.

"Enough time wasted. We need to go"

And he went to the door, with Chris and Sam following him behind. He exited the lodge along with Chris. As Sam was about to exit the lodge, she heard a voice behind her:

"Hey!"

She turned her head and saw Ashley coming to her.

"Come back safe"

And then Ashley gently grabbed Sam's face and kissed her lips. Sam was both surprised and happy. She was about to say something to Ashley but she heard the stranger's voice saying:

"Are you gonna come with us or not, missy?"

"Sorry, sorry, I'm coming"

And left the lodge to follow the stranger and Chris, while Ashley was looking at her from afar with a huge smile on her face as she was closing the door.