Sam and Ashley, followed by Chris and Emily, were walking through the tunnel, looking for a door or something that will take them where they wanted to get, to the Sanitorium. After a while, Chris stopped walking and asked the group:
"Guys, can you go on without me? I need to rest"
"No, Chris, we're not leaving you alone", said Ashley "Not after all the things that happened before. Mike can wait"
And they continued to walk. Finally, they found a big door that had the word "Sanitorium" on it. Sam went to push the door but she couldn't move it.
"Crap", she said "Mike must have locked it, or something"
"Hey, Sam", said Ashley "I think we can go through here"
Sam turned her head and saw Chris, Emily and Ashley standing around a tunnel, that seemed to lead below them.
"Okay, but will this lead us to the Sanitorium?"
"Of course it will. Where else could it go?"
Sam went to the group and grabbed the thing that was closing the tunnel, to lift it.
"Can you guys help me?"
Chris, Emily and Ashley grabbed it too and lifted it together. Once the moved it out of the way, the group started climbing down the stairs. Chris went first, then Emily, then Sam and finally Ashley.
"Hey, I think we should close this", said Ashley "Just in case the wendigo or somebody is following us. I'm going to close it. You guys go ahead"
"I'll stay with you", said Sam
"No, Sam, you can go"
"Look, Ash, like you said before, we're not leaving anyone behind, after everything that happened"
Sam turned to Chris and Emily.
"You guys go ahead. We'll catch up to you"
"Are you sure?", asked Emily "I don't think we should split up. We need to stick together"
"We'll be fine, Em. Don't worry"
Chris and Emily left forward. Sam was waiting for Ashley to close the door.
"Okay, I'm done", said Ashley, climbed down the stairs and walked to Sam
And they started walking together through the mines. They weren't speaking to each other. But Sam wanted to ask Ashley something. Why did she kiss her earlier? Did she felt the same way? Or she wanted to encourage her to fight the wendigos? That last thought sounded stupid to Sam, because that would be both impossible and a ridiculous way to encourage her. She collected the courage she had and decided to ask her:
"Ash?"
"Yes?"
"I want to ask you something"
"What is it?"
"About before..."
"What?"
"Why did you kiss me?"
Ashley looked at Sam and smiled.
"Isn't it obvious?"
"What is?"
"You said that you love me down in the basement, before you shot yourself with that empty gun, remember?"
"Yeah"
"Well, I showed you my answer when I kissed you"
"You mean that..."
"Yes, Sam, I love you too. I've always did, ever since we got to know each other better. But I was afraid that you were straight and you only saw me as a friend. You didn't know how happy I felt when you told me that you loved me. I might didn't show it, because I was panicked by the situation we were in"
Sam started smiling. So Ashley loved her too. She was happy.
"Ash, so are we now..."
"Lovers? Yes, if you want to"
"Who said I don't want to?"
Ashley stopped walking, looked at Sam and smiled.
"Sam, I love you"
Sam went closer to her and kissed her.
"I love you too, Ash"
Ashley kissed her back. For a while, the two girls stayed there, kissing passionately. But suddenly, they heard a familiar voice coming from the area next to them. Sam and Ashley stopped kissing and turned their heads to the voice.
"Was that...?", said Sam confused
"It sounded a lot like Jess", said Ashley
"But didn't Mike say that she's dead?"
"But that voice sounds exactly the same as Jess' voice"
"Who's there?", asked Sam
"Jessica?", asked Ashley
The voice kept saying something that neither Sam nor Ashley could make out.
"I think we should check it out", said Ashley
"I agree", said Sam
And both girls jumped down to the area where the voice was coming from. They followed the voice for a while, until the voice couldn't be heard anymore. There was a hatch where they stopped and it seemed like somebody was hitting it from inside.
"Should we open it?", asked Sam
"I don't think it's a good idea", Ashley replied
"Not even unlock it?"
"No, do you see how hard the hatch is being hit? A person can't hit anything that hard"
"Okay then", said Sam "There's a sort of passage way right there. Let's go"
And they walked away from the hatch, went through the passage way and dropped down.
"Sam! Ash!"
They both turned their heads and saw Chris and Emily running to them.
"Thank god, you're both safe", said Chris
"Glad to see you guys are also safe", said Sam
The group moved forward and saw a huge rock, that had a sign that said "To Sanitorium"
"The ladder is broken", said Ashley "We're never gonna make it"
"No, I think I can", said Sam "It's like a rock wall"
And moved forward and started climbing the rock.
"You guys get back to the lodge", said Sam "I'll find you with Mike there"
"Sam, we mustn't separate again", said Emily, kinda concerned "It's dangerous"
"Don't worry, Em. I'll be okay"
Chris and Emily went back. Ashley didn't move. She shouted at Sam:
"Please, Sam. Be safe"
"I will, Ash. I promise"
And Ashley left to find Chris and Emily. Sam kept climbing the rock, until she reached the top of it. She walked on the snow for a bit and then she saw a building.
"That has to be the Sanitorium", she said and walked forward to the building
She entered the building and saw a guy cornered by a wendigo. Sam recognized the guy right away. It was Mike. Sam quickly grabbed a shovel and ran to him.
"Hey, ugly!", shouted at the wendigo
The wendigo turned to her and Sam hit it with the shovel in the head, causing it to fall down. Mike stood up and said:
"Thank you for saving me, Sam"
"Mike, I have to tell you a few things about the wendigos"
Suddenly, two wendigos appeared.
"Tell me outside"
Sam and Mike ran out of the Sanitorium. Mike set the building on fire, before they fully exited it.
"So, what about the wendigos?"
"Their bites aren't infectious. You become one when you commit cannibalism"
"Really?", asked Mike "Emily must hate me now"
"Come on, we need to find Josh and get back to the lodge", said Sam
They went to the place where Mike tied Josh up. But Josh wasn't there.
"Where did he go?", asked Mike
"Did the wendigo drag him down to the mines?", asked Sam
"Possibly", answered Mike
They walked down to the mines, searching for Josh. As they were searching, Sam found a book. She picked it up and opened it. After she read it, she said:
"Mike, I think you need to see this"
"What is it?"
Mike went to Sam and she gave him the book.
"Read it"
After a while, Mike shocked said:
"No way, this...this can't be true"
"Mike, it's the only thing that makes sense", said Sam "Hannah and Beth fell down there a year ago, Beth died right away from the fall, Hannah only broke her leg, burried her sister and after 30 days, she dug her up and ate her. Then, because of that, she turned into a wendigo"
Mike didn't answer. He did not want to believe what he read.
They walked forward and opened a door. Water came out of it and a head was floating on the water. Sam and Mike walked in the room, where they saw a headless body (whose head was probably the one that was floating on the water) hung up in a hook.
"Oh my god", said Sam, grabbing her mouth in disgust "I think I'll vomit"
As they walked further in the room, they heard Josh's voice screaming.
"I thought I heard Josh", said Sam
"I heard him too", said Mike
And they both rushed in the room and saw Josh screaming and moving his hands, like he was trying to push something away from him.
"Josh!", shouted Mike and slapped him
Josh immediately stopped screaming and looked at Mike and Sam.
"Mike? Sam? What are you guys doing here?"
"We need to get you out of here. There's a monster called wendigo and it probably dragged you here and..."
And Sam explained to Josh what happened to his sisters a year ago.
"What? This isn't true, is it?"
"It is", said Mike "I wish it wasn't but it is"
And turned to Sam.
"Sam, you better go find the others. I'll help Josh get out of here"
"Okay. Be safe, guys"
And she left. She was walking on the snow to the lodge. Suddenly she felt somebody behind her.
"Oh, shit", she screamed
And started running to the lodge. When she arrived there, there was no one at the door. She started hitting it hard.
"GUYS, PLEASE, LET ME IN!"
But there was no responce. Sam quickly took a rock from the ground and shattered the glass from the door, opened it from the inside, rushed in the lodge and locked the door. She stood there for a long time. Suddenly, she saw Mike coming from afar, alone. Sam opened the door and let him in.
"What about Josh?", asked Sam
"The wendigo took him and dragged him away"
"Oh god no", said Sam and grabbed her mouth
"I think I heard him scream Hannah's name", said Mike
"You think it was her who took him away?", asked Sam
"I don't know", answered Mike
And they walked to the basement, to find Chris, Emily and Ashley.
"How many chances of survival do you think we have?", asked Sam
"I'd rather not think about it", Mike replied
Suddenly, they heard running footsteps coming to them. Chris, Emily and Ashley were running upstairs.
"RUN!", screamed Chris "THEY'RE BEHIND US. WE NEED TO GO!"
As they were running, Emily pushed Ashley back and went forward. Sam immediately ran to Ashley, took her by the hand and runned upstairs with her. Mike closed the door and started running behind them. All five members of the group were now in the living room of the lodge. Three wendigos were fighting before their eyes. Mike said to Sam:
"Don't move. Don't fucking move a muscle"
And he quietly walked to a light bulb, right when one of the wendigos has killed and decapitated another. In that moment, Chris opened the lodge's door and rushed out of the lodge. Mike managed to break the bulb. The wendigo that killed the other wendigo earlier was now walking agressively to Mike. Sam stayed still for a minute and then shouted to the wendigo:
"HEY!"
The wendigo replied to her with a scream, turned to her and walked to her agressively. Emily looked around her for a while and rushed out of the lodge. Sam stayed perfectly still, until the wendigo lost its interest and walked away screaming. Sam took the opportunity and got into cover behind the pillar next to her. The wendigo turned its head to Sam and screamed again. At that moment, Ashley looked worried at the wendigo approaching Sam and rushed out of the lodge too. Sam stayed still smiling, while the wendigo was next to her, screaming, but couldn't find her. Suddenly another wendigo appeared from the ceiling, capturing the wendigo's interest. Sam breathed heavily and got into cover behind a wall next to her. The wendigo was approaching her again. Mike slowly walked to the door and stood there, waiting for Sam. Sam was now extremely nervous. The wendigo's head was only inches away from hers. She closed her eyes and stayed still, breathing quietly but heavily. After the wendigo screamed in her ear, it ran away from her. Sam took the chance and ran to the switch. The other wendigo started chasing her and it was going to catch her but the wendigo that Sam tried to hide from, pushed it back and Sam flicked the switch. Suddenly, the lodge was set on fire and the wendigos were burned, along with everything else inside the lodge. The explosion threw Sam away, causing her to fall next to Ashley. The group was staring at the lodge burning until they heard a helicopter from above:
"We have visual, the main structure is completely destroyed, over"
A spark with a monster's face shaped on it came out of the burning lodge and left a scream.
"Hold on, I'm seeing something"
The helicopter lowered down. Sam, Ashley, Chris, Emily and Mike stood up and waved their hands at the helicopter.
"It looks like there are survivors. Let's pick them up"
The helicopter's door opened and somebody threw a ladder to the group. Sam, Ashley, Chris, Emily and Mike climbed up the ladder and got in the helicopter, right when the sun rised and the next day's morning finally came.
This isn't the last chapter. I'll post 2 more: one with the police asking the 7 (yeah, Matt and Jess survived too) teenagers questions (like in the games credits) and an epilogue. So, keep an eye open until I post them :).