Sam and Chris were walking out in the snow, behind the stranger, with their shotguns on their backs and talking.
"So, what did Ash do to you and you didn't come after us earlier?", asked Chris
"Shut up!", replied Sam, who somehow could still feel Ashley's lips on hers.
"Oh, come on now, Sam", said Chris "You know, you can trust me"
"I'm not telling you, Chris", she said
"Don't tell me", said Chris in a playful tone "She k-"
"Enough gossiping, you two", said the stranger
Chris and Sam jumped. They totally forgot what they went out for.
"This is the spot, where we're gonna fight them. Now get ready"
Chris and Sam pulled out the shotguns and lifted them up. They looked around them but there was no sign of a monster.
"Where's that monster?", asked Sam "I don't see any-"
"Look out! They're coming!", screamed the stranger
And both Chris and Sam turned around and saw them. It was a monster that looked like a bald and extremely skinny person. They were both terrified by the looks of it.
"Holy shit. What the fuck?", screamed Chris, as he was randomly shooting around the area.
The stranger and Sam were also firing their weapons.
"They're too many", said the stranger "Quickly, we need to...AAARGGHHH"
Sam and Chris, terrified saw one of the wendigos decapitating the stranger, killing him.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!", said Chris in panic
"Chris, we gotta get back to the lodge", screamed Sam, in more panic than Chris "Now. Or else, we're next"
And took his hand and ran back to the lodge, with both of them shooting behind and in front of them. When they finally reached the lodge, they saw Ashley coming to the door.
"ASH, OPEN THE DOOR, PLEASE", screamed Sam
Ashley opened the door, letting both Chris and Sam in.
"Chris, Sam, what happened? You-"
"CLOSE THE DOOR NOW!", screamed Chris
"Okay but wh-"
"JUST DO IT!", screamed both Chris and Sam
Ashley closed the door and locked it.
"Where's the old dude?", asked Ashley
Chris and Sam opened their mouths to explain what happened. But suddenly, Ashley screamed and backed away from the door quickly. Chris and Sam looked at the door and saw the wendigo coming from afar.
"Come on", said Chris "Let's go to the basement. We'll tell all of you there"
And rushed to the stairs. Sam took Ashley's hand and both rushed, behind Chris, to the stairs to the basement. In the basement, they found Mike and Emily, sitting on a corner.
"Guys, what happened?", asked Mike
"T...T...T...The old man is dead", said Sam "The monsters killed him"
"What? No way", said Emily "Now, we're on our own"
"And these monsters are terrifying", said Chris "And very very deadly"
They all remained silent for a while. Mike, Emily and Ashley were unable to speak after hearing these very bad news. But Emily went to the TVs, that showed the lodge and the field outside of it and said:
"And the people Matt and I contacted are gonna come here at the break of dawn. Dammit!"
Suddenly, Ashley went closer to Emily and looked at the mark she had on her right shoulder.
"Em, what's that?", she asked
"The wendigo bit me while I was-"
"IT DID WHAT?!"
And panicked backed away from Emily.
"The bites should be infectious, right?", asked Mike
"I don't remember the old dude saying anything about it", said Chris
"But if they are...", Mike began to say but quickly changed the subject "Em, you need to leave the lodge"
"What? Why?", asked Emily
"Because that thing bit you and you're gonna turn into one of these things and then you're gonna kill us, oh my god, oh my god, OH MY GOD", said Ashley very panicked
"Emily, please, leave the lodge", said Chris
"No, I won't", said Emily angrily "You guys are trying to sent me to my death out there with the wendigos"
"WILL YOU JUST LEAVE? GO, GET OUT OF HERE", screamed Ashley
"Guys, calm down", said Sam "We don't know, if the bite is really infectious"
Everybody calmed down a little. Mike, on the other hand, took a gun from the table and pointed it at Emily.
"MIke, what are you doing? Put the gun down", said Sam and went between him and Emily but Mike pushed her out of the way.
"You're gonna shoot me?", asked Emily, not wanting to believe what Mike was doing "Mike, me?"
Mike seemed sure of what he was doing.
"This is the safe room, Em"
"Please...", said Emily, now afraid and trying to defend herself.
"It is not safe as long as you're in it. Not for us"
Emily now realised how sure Mike was of what he was doing and put her arms in front of her.
"Don't, don't do this"
"I'm really sorry"
And placed his fingers in the trigger, ready to pull it. Sam, Chris and Ashley were all in a corner, terrified of the scene in front of them. Did Mike lose his mind? But Mike soon dropped the gun on the floor.
"Fuck, I can't do this"
"You did the right thing", said Sam
"I hope you did", said Ashley
"I'll go to the Sanitorium and try to defeat those monsters. If you see her acting strange, you know what to do"
And left the basement. Sam sat next to Emily and tried to comfort her. Emily laid on the table and said:
"I thought that...he was going to help us"
"Who? The flamethrower dude?", asked Sam
Emily noded
"Now we have to do this by ourselves. We're doomed"
"I don't think so. I think that means that we gotta be strong", said Sam
Ashley went close to Sam and picked the book next to her. She then went to the table on the left corner of the basement and opened it to read it. She seemed to show huge interest on that book.
"Guys", said Ashley "This book is talking about the wendigos"
"Oh, good", said Chris "What does it say?"
Ashley read the pages carefully and said:
"This page says that they can mimic their prey. That's weird"
"And creepy", said Sam
Ashley turned to the next page, looked at it carefully and said:
"Oooh. Oh, no, no, no, no, no"
"What? What is it? What does it say?", asked Sam, stood up and went to Ashley.
Ashley showed the pages to Sam.
"It says that...well, the bites...if it bites you, it's not infectious. It doesn't do anything"
"Let me see that", said Sam
Ashley gave her the book.
"I'm sorry, what did you say?", asked Emily
"Em, it says you'll be okay"
"It says what?"
"You're gonna be fine", said Sam happily
But Emily wasn't happy at all.
"Fine? Mike almost shot me, is that fine?"
"He didn't shoot you"
"And this bitch almost let him", said Emily and aggresively walked to Ashley.
"Hey, leave her alone, she was scared", said Sam
"And how do you think I felt when Mike pointed the gun at my face?"
"I'm sorry, Emily", said Ashley "I didn't know what was going to happen. None of us knew"
"There's no excuse. There's no excuse for this", said Emily and turned away from Ashley
Ashley walked to her and said:
"Emily, please, just try to understand-"
"Understand the palm of my hand, bitch!"
As she said those words, Emily turned to Ashley and slapped her hard, throwing her on the floor. Ashley was apologizing as she got back up. Sam got mad at Emily.
"Em, chill out okay? She just wanted you to leave, she wasn't the one who pointed the gun at you. And don't you dare slap her again, understood?"
Emily didn't answer but seemed to calm down. Sam returned to the book and as she was reading the page about the bite and the infections more carefully, she said:
"Shit. Shit-shit-shit"
"What?", asked Chris
"We've got to get to Mike. Like now"
She put the book in her backpack, took Ashley by the hand and rushed out of the basement, with Chris and Emily following them from behind. The four teens left the lodge and found a tunnel that had a few signs (one of them said "To Sanitorium"), which they entered, to find Mike.