The Towns - Miniseries

[Nickpick]

I'm not sure, probably until i figure out how i want to end it.

[Frostbite200]

May 19, 2010 11:23:01 GMT -6 Nickpick said:

I'm not sure, probably until i figure out how i want to end it.

Haha, OK, interesting.
You don't have a huge master plan, I'm wondering how you'll do it.
My guesses are;

1) Everyone dies and the endings depressing.

2) It was all in someones head.

3) You go Lost on us and use time travel

4) Only one person lives and they escape to tell the rest of the world.

5) Coma? - see 2.

6) It ends Bitter-Sweatly

[Nickpick]

Lol! i love it because your not even close. Kinda but not that close. I'll write the new episode now.


The Towns


Ethan steps outside the diner, Alex and the guys step out with George, who laughing.

"I'll tell you boys what...how about you guys stay the night, tomorrow i'm sure Ford will have your bus up and running. I can't risk you guys getting hurt in the middle of the night with no help."

Alex didn't like the idea, he looked down then back at George

"Please, put an old man's stress and worry to ease. Stay the night"

Ethan looked at Alex then back at George

"What about the hurt students?"

"We have the best doctor's in the whole state"

He smiled, Ethan looked at Alex, Alex didn't feel right about staying here.

"Fine, We'll stay but we need to get everyone else"

"No, I can't have that...we'll have some men find them and bring them here. Trust me, we'll bring them here in tip top condition"

Alex stared at George, he got a strange vibe from him. George reaches out, Alex shakes his hand.

"Our hotel is down the road, take a left and the big orange neon sign will read Red Daisy Hotel"

Ethan looked at his digital watch, it flickered back and forth. He took his cellphone out and saw the signal was gone and saw the battery quickly die. Alex nods as he begins to walk off, Ethan looked over at George.

"Do you guys have a cell phone tower near by?"

"I'm sorry, it's not for another couple miles, we use the old fashion phones here. The Red Daisy will have a phone"

"Oh okay, thanks"

Ethan catches up with the group.



-Meanwhile-


Sarah hides behind the tree, scared for her life. Holding the camera tightly in her hands with tears that have stalled for the moment. She closes her eyes and prays a little prayer.

"Brad, check down the hill"

Sarah hears the footsteps jumping over the rails and on the dirt. She stands up against the tree and holds the camera tightly. The man lowers his weapon as he walks toward the tree.

"Brad! Anything?!"

Ford yelled from the railing, the fog was thick and hard to see through. Brad walked up to the tree when Sarah jumped out and smashed the camera into Brad's face, dropping him to the ground. She takes his gun and runs off.



-Meanwhile-


The group walk up to The Red Daisy Hotel. The rest of the group walks toward it but Alex stops, Ethan turns around and walks up to Alex.

"What is it?"

"Days after my brother left our home, i went to his room in hopes of finding some..."

Alex looked over at Ethan

"Magazines"

Ethan held the laugh back, Alex looks over at the Red Daisy Hotel.

"I found a letter to a girl named Claire, It was an odd letter but i remember Red Daisy. I think this girl lives here and if so maybe she can help me find my brother"

"Or maybe she's a mindless zombie like the rest of this locals. Why are they so out of it?"

"I'm not sure, it's getting dark so let's get some rest and hope the morning things will look up for us"

Alex pats Ethan's shoulder as they start walking to the hotel. A hooded girl with a red hood stares at Ethan and Alex as they walk toward the hotel. She takes a camera out and snaps a photo, the snapping sound grabs Ethan's attention. He turns around and sees the girl run off. Ethan stares at her, figuring out what to make of it.

"You coming?"



-Moments Later-



Jonathan steps outside his room, shirtless, wearing only his jeans, He walks to the vending machine and scans the limited amount of food.

"Chips or Chocolate..nice selection"

"Dibs on the chocolate"

Jonathan looks over, leaning against the wall was Ethan. Jonathan chuckles.

"What? need a metal picture so when you jerk it later?"

He does the hand motion, Ethan smiles...looking nowhere but Jonathan's face.

"Your not my type...trust me on that"

"Your right, I'm not Alex"

Ethan let the smile die, Ethan had no feelings for Alex.

"I don't like Alex either"

"Really? because i thought anything with..."

Suddenly there's a crash of glass, Ethan and Jonathan looked over then back at each other.

"Truce?"

Ethan asks

"For the moment, yeah"

Ethan and Jonathan walked over, staring down the steps from the second floor. The first floor was dark and barely any light could be seen.

"You first"

"Hell no, You first"

Ethan snaps back, Jonathan nudges Ethan.

"Don't act like a girl, go first"

Ethan sighs and starts walking step by step, slowly as Jonathan followed behind him. Ethan reaches the last step, he slowly peeks around the corner when the barrel of a gun is aimed right on him. Ethan stares down the barrel, scared.

"Ethan?"

Ethan looks past the gun and sees Sarah standing there, face dirty and bloody. Ethan wants to smile, she puts the gun down and the relief rushes through him. They quickly hug, Jonathan looks over and sees Sarah, he smiles playing it cool.

"Ethan, I'm so glad...i thought they got to you too"

"What? What happened? What's going on?"

"Those guys...they came to the bus and killed everyone. I thought they got you. I climbed up a hill and saw this place so i ran in. I'm just so glad your okay"

She hugs him again, Ethan took a moment to process the information when Jonathan glances outside suddenly stricken with fear.

"Um...guys!"

Ethan and Sarah release each other and look at the front doors. Standing in a crowd were the locals, carrying lit torches, axes and pitch forks and guns and knives.

"Do we run?"

"Yes, We shall"

They three run up the stairs while the group of locals are heard behind them.

-The Towns-

[Nickpick]

I'm going to take another writing style, just to test it out but this most likely is a one episode idea.

The Towns

Maybe was the fire that lit the town or the fear rising in me that made the previous hours of my stay in The Towns make sense. They were crazy, they're images but a haze, all i saw besides the orange fire and dark sky were the glistening in their cold, empty eyes.

Ethan grabs Sarah's arm, Jonathan starts running up the stairs, Jonathan came to a stop when he saw Alex stop before him.

"Hurry!"

Jonathan runs past him, Ethan and Sarah catch up to the second floor, Alex rips the gun from Sarah's grip, he aims it down the hall. Ethan stops and looks over at Alex.

"COME ON!"

"Go on without me!"

Ethan was someone i had a hard time reading, i couldn't just let him stay here and die. I mean he didn't have enough ammo and it was no time to play hero

Ethan released Sarah from his grip, he walked over at Alex, who kept his steady arm on the gun. Ethan grabbed the gun and lowered it, with his right fist, he punches Alex.

"Play hero another time! but i'm not going to let you stand here and die"

"Ethan..."

"We're going to find your brother remember? let's find him!"

Alex seemed pulled away, another thought haunted his memory. I needed to hurry, there wasn't enough time before they reached us.

Alex looked up at Ethan, Ethan breathing heavy. Alex nods and they run off.

The locals were silent, a few screams from a distorted voice and the whispering fire that came from their torch. We turned the corner where Jonathan looked down the railing into an alley way, He looked over at us and waved us in. We ran up to him

Jonathan held on to the railings and jumped on the other side, he looked down and saw a pile of garbage bags piled up. He jumps off and pushes him back at the same time, he falls down onto the bags and into the alley.

Alex went then Sarah. They were just steps away from us and i had a problem with heights. I got on the other side of the rails, took a deep breath and jumped, i hit the bags pretty hard. Alex pulled me up and we started running, leaving the rest of our friends back at the apartment.

They ran down the alley, the glow from the fire grew behind them, so did the yelling. The locals became a mob, filled with rage and hate. Alex saw the old warehouse down the road.

"THE WAREHOUSE!"

Alex yelled, He stopped and aimed the gun down the alley and shot once.

Jonathan ran to iron door, he opened it and rushed us in. Alex ran over and inside, his face was angry and upset. Sarah was scared out of her mind along with Jonathan but i didn't feel scared, i mean i was frightened but it was because i didn't know what was going on but i didn't feel scared like i was going to die, all i felt was a need to do what was necessary to survive, i wondered if Alex felt this too.

"What the hell is going on?"

Jonathan said, his voice amongst themselves.

"Jonathan help me push these barrels against the doors, Sarah and Ethan..."

"We got it!"

Ethan and Sarah ran to the other door and started pushing the heavy barrels filled with oil in front of the doors. Suddenly banging around the warehouse broke louder and louder.

"DAMN IT!"

I saw a metal door on the ground, it most likely lead to the sewers but it would be safe.

"Follow me!"

I yelled, my voice barely a whisper against the loud banging. I ran up and opened it, everyone jumped inside, I jumped down and closed the door, grabbed the empty rifle from Alex and jammed in between the wheel that opened the door.

"Where are we?"

The room was dark and small, it was no sewer but an empty storage room. The door started shaking, they couldn't open it and it went on like that for about 30 minutes until it stopped.

"They stopped"

Sarah whispered, Alex stared at the metal door.

"We sleep, we take turns watching the door. You guys go ahead and take a nap...i'll take the first shift"

I felt a tap on my shoulder, i looked over at Jonathan was staring at me.

"Mind, if i borrow that shirt"

I refered to my black and white flannel shirt, underneath was my plain black shirt. I nod and take it off.

"Here"

He quickly puts it on and buttoned it up. I knew one day if we were to survive...okay, i'm not finishing this sentence

Jonathan, Sarah and Ethan lie down, Alex didn't take his eyes off the door, they had no protection, the gun was empty and the room was empty. They would wait....


-5 Hours Later-


It had been my turn to take watch, it was hard to keep time so we switched whenever we felt it was time. I looked over at Alex, who woke up. He stood up and took a seat next to me.

"Anything?"

"No, it's been quiet"

Alex nods, he stands up and grabs the rifle, i quickly grabbed his arm

"They've stopped, i think we should go up and check"

"What if they're waiting, then we're dead"

"I'll go first then"

He took the rifle and started spinning the door, i woke Jonathan and Sarah up just in time. He opens the door and looks outside, i stayed ready to pull Alex down in case of anything. It was quiet still, Alex looked down.

"It's quiet, come on"

He got out, i quickly climbed the ladder and out the door. I saw the empty warehouse with the sunlight filling the room. It had to be the afternoon

"Okay, this is weird"

Jonathan said, Alex ran up to the window and peeked outside, he looked over at me. His eyes told me to come, i walked over and looked outside. People walked up and down the streets living their own lives. Cars drove to work, some to school. Kids rode their bikes around the block. Life was normal, something they didn't see when we arrived.

"What...the...."

-The Towns-

[Nickpick]

The Towns


Ethan, Christian and Oliver walk up to a large iron fence that pass them in height. Pass the fence was a dark forest that faded into the darkness, the further it went. Oliver looked over at Ethan.

"We have to grow through that don't we?"

Ethan looked over at Oliver

"Yep"

"Let's end this already"

Oliver grabs onto the fence and starts climbing, Christian and Ethan start climbing the fence.



-15 Hours Earlier-


They all stared out the window, they were blown away. The same people trying to kill them hours earlier were now going to work? Alex looked over at Ethan.

"Great....we're in Silent Hill"

Jonathan says, walking off. Alex looks away but Ethan continues to stare outside.

"We need to leave, if we have to walk...we have to walk. As long as this town is behind us"

"With or without knives?"

Ethan said as he walked toward the exit, Sarah ran up to him

"Is that such a good idea? they tried to kill us...what makes you think they won't hunt for us in the day time?"

Ethan pushes the barrels out of the way and pushed the door open, he looks over at everyone.

"Only one way to find out"

Ethan steps outside and starts walking towards the town, Alex, Jonathan and Sarah follow. They enter the town, people seem oblivious to them, some look at them then look away.

"YOU FOUR! DON'T MOVE!"

The loud voice came from behind them, they stop...

"TURN AROUND SLOWLY!"

They turn around, they see a cop car with a police officer aiming his gun at them.

"Come towards me, very slowly"

He said, they walk to his car and placed their hands on the hood, the officer cuffed them.

"You three are major suspects in the death's of four unknown football players. You have the right to remain silent..."

"They're dead?"

Jonathan said, almost as if speaking to himself. He starts struggling

"YOU BASTARDS! YOU KILLED THEM, YOU KILLED MY BEST FRIENDS..."

the locals watch, the officer places Jonathan in the car.

"Sarah, Alex...Go run! i'll distract him...run NOW!"

Sarah and Alex run off, Ethan runs and tackles the officer with his hands behinds his back. The officer manages to take his taser out and zaps Ethan in the ribs, Ethan falls back onto the ground, instantly weak.

"Your going to jail!"

the cop kicks Ethan in the face, knocking him out, several hours later. Ethan opens his eyes and stretches his arms.

"You know...your the only guy that would stretch after being knocked out for several hours"

Ethan looked over at Jonathan, Ethan sat up from his seat and looked around.

"Jail?"

"Yep"

"Damn it"

"Yep"

Ethan stands up and walks up to the bars before stopping and turning around.

"Did you say several hours? Is it dark out?"

"No but it will be soon"

Jonathan said with a dead tone, he laid back and stared at the ceiling.

"We need to get out of here"

"How genius?"

Ethan had no ideas, it was his fault they were here, so he shut up and walked back to his seat. another hour passed, not one had spoken...it was quiet.

"What happened to you, Jonathan?"

Jonathan looked over at Ethan

"What do you mean?"

"We were best friends, we grew up together...our parents grew up together...Why do you hate me so much now?"

Jonathan sighs, staring back at the ceiling

"If you plan on having some heart to heart moment then you can forget about it"

"I don't want no heart to heart moment, i want a damn answer to my question. Why was it when i told you i was gay that changed everything? I mean you protected me through elementary and 2 years of high school then when i came out...the next day i was some stranger to you..."

"You wanna know the reason? fine i'll tell you"

Jonathan sat up, putting his feet on the ground, staring Ethan in the eyes.

"The moment you told me you were gay, was the moment you grew up...it was the moment you became an adult while i still played football, dumped girls every other week and failed my grades...you were no longer the kid that needed protection, no longer the kid i saw as my friend...that's why i hate you so much"

"You hate me because i grew up? what the hell does that even mean? you had the life i wanted, i wanted failing grades, i wanted girls to want me, i wanted to be the jock with the future. But i wasn't...i was the one who watched from the sidelines as you won and lose games, i was the phone call at 1 in the morning when you called me crying that some chick broke your heart and i was the math paper you cheated off to trick the coach into letting you play another game...so how did me being gay make you hate me?....oh right, i grew up"

"You don't remember do you? your totally clueless....figures"

Jonathan laid back down

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing..."

Jonathan mumbled, suddenly the building starts to shake, all the lights go out...one after another until they're in complete darkness.

"And it starts..."

-The Towns-

[Nickpick]

The Towns

"And it starts"

Nothing could be seen, the building shook back and forth, throwing Ethan and Jonathan around.

"WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

Jonathan yelled, both not seeing each other in the blackness. Ethan held onto the bars while Jonathan flew against the wall, hard. Suddenly it stopped. The lights would flicker but the darkness kept his position. a door closes causing Jonathan to slowly step back

"I'd back up if i were you"

Ethan is suddenly grabbed by the neck, Jonathan runs over and pulls Ethan away, both dropped to the floor, Ethan catching his breath. Jonathan looks over at the cell doors and nobody is there.

"What the hell is going on?"

Suddenly the cell doors open, the metal scrapping against the floor sent chills through Jonathan and Ethan.

"It may be our only chance"

"Yeah, your right...let's go"

Ethan and Jonathan stand up and take the exit.


* * * *


Alex and Sarah smack against the iron fence, both breathing hard. Alex looks over at Sarah.

"I could of been in baseball"

Sarah chuckles, Alex smiles

"Ready?"

Alex nods, Alex stands up but Sarah grabs his arm and pulls him back down in a crouching position. Sarah kisses him, he is off guard.

"Nothing personal...just wanted to do it"

"Oh..."

Alex stood up and started climbing the fence, Sarah grips the fence when a spotlight hits the pair, they look over and a crowd of darkness rush at them.

"Hurry!"

Alex says before jumping off the fence to the other side. Sarah starts climbing when her foot slips.

"Hurry Sarah! They're coming!"

Sarah kicks her foot in and starts climbing, Alex looks over at the locals, they no longer looked human, they looked as if they were covered in darkness, like they were moving shadows. Sarah threw her leg over the top of the fence when she jumps down, Sarah and Alex grab each others hand and start running when Alex is thrown far back, smashing into a trash can, Alex is instantly weakened. He slowly blacks out as Sarah is surrounded in darkness, He reaches out towards her, he closes his eyes and arm drops, blacking out. Sarah's scream is loud but it quickly cuts off.

"Sar...rah"

Alex lasts words before fully falling unconscious.


* * * *

Ethan and Jonathan run into the main lobby of the building, Jonathan runs to the large front doors, he pulls them but they're locked from an unknown source.

"Stay here, I'll check the back exit"

Ethan nods, Jonathan runs off into the darkness. Ethan looks around, walking up to the front desk, grabbing a flashlight and turning it on. He turns around to the sound of feet running behind him. He aims the flashlight around.

"Jonathan?"

He hears them again, he aims the flashlight down the hall and sees nothing

"This isn't funny!"

"Here!"

The voice was silent, almost a whisper. Ethan quickly turned around and aimed the flashlight at a little girl, she wore a red hood sweater, her face seemed pale, eyes were a strange golden tint. Hair was black but was mainly hidden. She offered a key, Ethan slowly reached towards it and grabbed it.

"I saw you...outside the hotel"

"Yes...These people aren't good people...they want you dead but you refuse to go to hell...but there is escape..have faith and I'll return"

Suddenly the flashlight goes out then flickers back on and she's gone.

"Jonathan?"

Ethan turns around and Jonathan is nowhere in sight...

"JONATHAN!"

The Towns

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I like this! I'm assuming it's too late to join, but oh well.

[Nickpick]

Well i'm going to post two long episodes to finish this story up but i'd be more than happy to add you to the story. Just give me a name and your in.

[Nickpick]

The Towns
Part 1 - Life

I ran to the back of the police station, the lights flickering reminded me of cliches scenes in horror films. I just hoped nothing popped out. I searched through the darkness, the outside light from the back door barely lit the room then i heard it, the sound of a slight splash. I removed my foot and pointed the flash light at my left foot and the floor, blood sprayed on the floor and a small pile felt as if a fight happened right next to me and i didn't hear a thing. Was this Jonathan's?

"JONATHAN!"

I heard nothing, i could only imagine what was happening...was Jonathan being dragged by some local covered in darkness or was he dead? The blood was the only question that revealed itself before me.

"Don't move!"

The voice sounded familiar but it instantly put fear in me. I turned slowly, feeling the warm from the gun that was half an inch from my face. My hands up, trembling in the air.

"Please don't shoot!"

"Ethan?"

The flash light hits the two now in front of me. I see Christian and Oliver, Christian with the shotgun and Oliver next to him in a attack stance. Christian puts the gun down and i couldn't believe it, i stared at them as if they were ghosts, i bet i was pale too.

"Christian? Oliver? I thought you guys were dead"

"Oh how nice"

I smiled, the first time probably since the bus.

"But how did you guys escape?"

Suddenly like a scene where the killer pops out, a ear piercing noise rings out through the building, probably the whole town. I held my ears, soon feeling blood make it's way through my palm. I manage to open my eyes, i quickly feel the sting from the noise hurt my eyes. I see her before me, the girl in the red hood. She's hazy like a snowy television screen when nothing wants to work. She points outside, i manage to look and sees what looks like a mansion. It's far on top of a hill where i had no idea of how to reach the place.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?"

I managed to look at Christian and see both of them are closing their eyes, not seeing this girl when i look back at her...she's gone, the noise dies out. I drop my hands and try to catch my breathe. I could see the blood on my hands, i could feel my lungs beating as if they were my heart. I looked over at Oliver and Christian who both opened their eyes.

"What the hell is going on?"

Christian asked, i shrugged

"Crazy ass people, weird events that randomly happen...i feel like i'm on LOST"

I walked outside with my flash light, checking out the area while Christian and Oliver came to my side. Christian aimed the gun where i aimed the flash light. Oliver looked at me, stopping me in my tracks, i looked at him. his brown eyes stared at me, nervously like how a boy would look when asking someone he liked out. I noticed the nervous hands, he popped a look at me.

"Have you seen or heard from Sarah?"

I smiled and smacked his upper arm, feeling the muscle in his arm which made me speechless...stop that! what the hell i'm trying to survive this place.

"She's with Alex, we split up before me and Jonathan got arrested by some cops"

"Jonathan's still alive?"

Christian asked, i nod

"That's odd...i thought he'd be the first voted off the island"

I stared up at the mansion that seemed miles away, we all stopped and looked at it. Oliver let the nice relief faded away as a cold chill took us over. Suddenly all the lights in the town turned off in that split second, we were surrounded by darkness.

"Run?"

Oliver asked in a quick and sharp voice.

"Like hell!"

We all ran forward, we kept it quiet as we did, We walked up to a large iron fence that passed us in height, but pass the fence was a dark forest that faded into the darkness as it went further and reached the mansion, Oliver looked over at me, swallowing a pint of spit.

"We have to go through that don't we?"

I stared at it, why I've taken the sudden role as leader sorta bothered me. I looked over at Oliver and nod.

"Yep"

"Fine, let's end this already"

Oliver grabs onto the fence and starts climbing, Christian and I started climbing the fence when an orange light was glowing from behind us, i turned as saw the locals, their images distorted with torches that lit the world like a black and white movie.

"Guys...CLIMB!!"

I yelled, no longer caring about keeping quiet. The locals started rushing at us , we all started to hurry but climbing a fence in a hurry wasn't easy. Oliver reached the top and climbed to the other side, He helped Christian over and now it was on me, i saw Christian and Oliver both offering me their hands while looking at the locals as i know they approached closer and closer. My foot would slip which what seemed like forever to find its place in the fence. I gripped tightly, i threw myself up and grabbed both of their arms and they pulled me up with all the strength they had. We all fell to the floor, i stood in time to look over at the locals who stood at the fence, their faces inches from mine behind the iron fence. I stared at their images where they're face use to be. which looked like a blur that moved in front of their faces except their eyes were yellow and darkness covered most of them.

"Let's go"

Christian tugged me, we started walking into the forest when it hit us, the sentence seemed like a cold bucket of water thrown straight at your back in the middle of winter.

"Send the dogs"

We turned around and 4 dogs went through the fence like it was butter, they dog looked worse than the locals, it left us speechless

"Run!"

the voice was of the girl in the red hood but she was no where in sight but we all started running like we all heard it. We booked into the forest as we heard the dogs behind us.



Meanwhile



Alex jerks his head up, the light that hung from the ceiling was dead on him. His arms are open and chained against the stone wall. He was half naked with only boxers keeping him from being fully naked. He looks around, still feeling out of it as that slowly faded away.

"Hello?"

"Oh good, your awake"

Alex looks up and on the other side of the iron cell wall was Mayor George. He wasn't disfigured, he looked normal.

"Where am i? what the hell is going on?"

The mayor snapped his fingers, the cell door slides open, 4 women hurry in, all wearing what looked like clothing from the 18 century maybe older. They carried buckets of water, soap and sponges.

"Enough questions boy...we can't have you late for dinner"

One woman pulls Alex's boxers off and all start to clean him.

"LET ME GO! LET ME OUT DAMN IT!"

The mayor just smiles as he walks off.

"LET ME OUT!"

Alex continues to scream the words as he's cleaned.

-The Towns-

[Nickpick]

The Towns
Part 2 - Death



Alex is chained by his wrists as he walks up the stone stairs with the women behind him, constantly pushing him up. He wore a maroon tuxedo, probably dating back to the early 1800's. The smell of dust would from time to time rush into his nose, Alex would hold back from sneezing. Alex reaches the door on top of the stair case. He's fingers touch the wood door.

"Wood?"

Alex presses the door open, gently that the door makes a slient whisper. Alex sees into the room, bright florescent lights blind him but the soft piano music filled his ears. He opened his eyes and saw the large table filled with food from a nice cooked turkey, to ham and freshly cut fruit. The smells made your mouth water. Alex looked around the room and saw the old paintings, the old burgundy colored walls and more books than any library.

"I'm so glad your here to join us"

Alex looked over at the voice of the woman. Sitting at the edge with long brown hair and a navy blue dress that hid her body. Her hands laid respectfully on her lap.

"ALEX"

Jonathan sat chained down to the chair wearing a tuxedo. Sarah sat next to him, wearing a white dress that looked more vanilla. Both chained to where they sit. The women behind Alex push him causing him to walk toward the table.

"Please have a seat"

Alex pulls a chair and takes a seat where the women chain him down.

"Where's Ethan?"

Alex quickly asks, Jonathan shakes his head with bandage wrapped around the gash on his head.

"I don't know"

"Enough, we'll talk business in a moment...please eat"

"Who are you?"

Alex asks, she smiles

"My name is Alisha Frost and this is my town"

"What do you want with us?"

"It's not what i want with you and your friends...it what i have to do"

"And that is?"

"How about we eat first..."

"TELL ME NOW!"

Alex yells pounding his fists against table, Alisha looked at him, slient for a moment while she collected her words.

"The truth is...your dead"

Alex, Jonathan and Sarah were all caught off, the sentence was like eletricity traveling through the skin.

"What?"



-Meanwhile-


Darkness surrounded me as i ran through it. The tree gave off the littlest light which still made it hard to see. I couldn't hear Christian nor Oliver but i needed to hope they were okay. All i could hear was the vicious barks and growls from the dogs behind me. I lost sight of the mansion so i could be running in the wrong direction. Suddenly a gun shot went off, Yes! Christian still had the shotgun which meant he was still around here. I jumped over a fallen tree which gave me a couple more seconds ahead of these hell hounds. I saw the light from the mansion ahead of me, i started to feel safe...

"ETHAN!"

I stopped and turned around, out of the four, three were chasing me. They continued to run, i didn't. They all jumped at me, i threw my arms in front of my face and closed my eyes. Waiting and accepting my eventual death. Nothing happened, I opened my eyes and standing in front of me was the red hooded girl.

"You?"

"Your friends are safe, we must hurry..."

She started to walk off, i followed

"Where?"

"I must warn you Ethan! the road ahead is not a pretty one. I can't promise you safety but i can promise answers"

"Just direct me to my friends, i need to help them"

Alex, Christian, Oliver, Sarah and yes...even Jonathan. I needed to know they were okay. I couldn't risk letting them by hunted down by this town. I nod at the red hooded girl and she nods back.

"By the way, My name is Dee"

Dee...That was pretty, A short walk through the dark forest and in minutes we stood at the front doors of the large mansion. The windows drew out light from within. It was dark and ominous. Anything with those two words and you knew it was bad. She opened the door and we quickly walked in where Christian and Oliver waited for me...at a dinner table? Alex! Jonathan! Sarah! they were all there...chained to the chairs with a table full of foods from A to Z. I watched to rip those chains and free them but Dee placed her hand on my chest and stopped me.

"Good, Ethan...Your here"

I looked at the strange woman then at Alex who hung his head.

"What's going on? Who are you?"

"Alisha Frost and if you will just take a seat..i'll be more than happy to catch you up on the events that have taken place these last few days"

"I rather stand..."

"Ethan, please sit"

Alex asked, not looking at me. I sigh sliently, pull the chair across from everyone and take a seat.

"Now what's going on?"

"Alex, will you tell him what i've said...i've grown rather thristy"

She picked her wine glass up and started to drink it, Alex looked at me with eyes that told a story i wasn't sure i wanted to hear. She took a second then said it.

"We're dead"

"No.."

The revelation took me by surprise, it was impossible. I felt alive...how was i dead?"

"That's impossible"

"We all died in the crash..."

"Correct"

The woman quickly says, putting her glass down.

"This town...well one has many names for it but the one you may know it as is...purgatory"

"Wait...stop! just STOP!"

I didn't know what else to say, being told i was dead and i was in purgatory...no! this was impossible. This woman was tricking me and my friends. I needed to get us out of here, purgatory or not. We're escaping

"If were dead then why are you trying to kill us?"

Suck on that b**ch

"Because you clingy bastards refuse to pass on to the afterlife, it's our job to give you that...push"

She said with a smile, a smile i wanted to punch.

"So why not kill us now?"

Alex asked, i felt his sadness...he searched for his brother but to accept he was dead and in the afterlife seemed hard for him. I guess he didn't want to accept it. I know i wouldn't want to. I looked down, slightly accepting the fact i might...be dead.

"Enough Alisha...I'll take it from here"

I looked over at Dee, She walked up to Alisha, Alisha nods, stands up and walks off. Dee takes a seat and stares at me...

"What's going on?"

"My name is Dee, It short for..Death and i've never met a group of people who wanted to live so badly. Even though your dead"

"Why bother helping me? why not kill me when you first saw me?"

I felt betrayed, this girl helped me escape and get away so many times. I kinda considered her a friend and now she's the one trying to kill us

"Because the death you've come to fear in reality isn't some man in a black robe with a scythe. I'm a little girl who takes those to the next life when it's there time. And yes, your in purgatory but it's not my job to push you into the afterlife. You have to be ready and if your not then your not, many of the locals here are normal, dead people who aren't ready and i've accepted that. I was just trying to get you guys to go to the next life because the faster you were there, the faster you wouldn't feel the pain of knowing the truth. I'd had the conversation more than a billion times and each time it gets harder. I'm growing tired of it..."

And i saw something i would never expect...i saw death cry...

"So let us live...let us continue with our lives"

"I can't..even if i wanted to, i couldn't...."

She looked up at us, the face of an idea grew

"Well not all of you.."

"What do you mean?"

"Only two can continue the lives they had..the rest must stay or continue to their afterlife"

I would be lying if i said i didn't want to go to continue my life, i looked at Alex. I somehow felt like i knew his answer before he said it.

"I'll stay"

We all knew and we all didn't argue with him. I wanted to stop him, i wanted him to continue his life but i kept quiet. Dee just stared at me, waiting for my answer.

"There's a catch isn't there?"

Dee nods, looking down since she first started crying.

"I've grown tired of this job...the two who want to live will live but someone who stays will have to continue my job of reaping"

I nodded, there's always a catch.

"I want to live but..."

Christian looked at Oliver, i followed his eyes and Oliver and Sarah stared at each other, they've managed to hold hands while chained up. Sarah knew he liked...no loved her. It was like nor matter life or death, they would be together.

"I think we all know who we're going to keep alive"

I smiled, Oliver and Sarah looked over at me, The chains quickly fell off everyone's arms. Oliver and Sarah quickly hug each other and shared a kiss.

"You've all accepted this right?"

Alex nods, Christian nods, Jonathan nods and I nod. Dee looks over at them.

"When the sun rises, you fade from this world and wake up alive...when the sun rises, it shall be a new day"



-Sun Rise-



Oliver and Sarah finish up hugging the guys, I saw Jonathan shakes Oliver's hand.

"Tell my parents i love them"

Oliver nods, Jonathan nods with him, holding back the tears as i stared his eyes.

"Thanks Sarah...for being my friend when no one wanted to be"

I told her, letting the tears flow down my face. She quickly hugs me, crying with me.

"Goodbye Ethan"

"Goodbye Sarah"

Sarah released me and met up with Oliver, both held hands as they walked off into the distances, fading away. I wiped my face. We all turned around where Dee waited.

"Your bravery is inspiring..."

I knew no one was going to decide to be the grim reaper...so i would do it.

"Dee...i'm ready"

Alex said, Dee looked over at him

"I'm ready to go"

I stared at Alex, i wanted to say something...but didn't

"Okay"

Alex looked over at us and threw his hand up and waved

"Later guys...hope to see you soon"

Dee touched Alex's chest and started to fade away.

"Thanks Alex..."

He winked at me before fading away, I stared over at Oliver and Jonathan.

"If you guys are going next say it now because this is killing me"

I wiped the tears...

"I'm ready too Dee..."

"You too Jonathan?"

"No, I'm gonna take your job"

I looked at Jonathan, Jonathan smiled

"Your kidding right? You wanna be the reaper?"

"I've done alot of bad things in my life....God won't be waiting with his arms wide open. Maybe if i do this...he'll see me as good...i don't know, i just don't want to go to hell."

"You sure Jonathan?"

"Positive"

Dee look at me, i honestly didn't know what i was going to do.

"I'm not sure kid...i think i'm gonna stay here...think it over"

"Okay...I'll see you around"

And before i knew it, everyone was gone. I stood there, alone. I didn't know where Dee went, maybe she was waiting for me in the town. Jonathan i might see again but the others, i doubt it. I truly hoped Dee would be waiting for me...i really hoped that.

-The Towns-