Silent Hill: The Sacrifice

Sara sighed after she put the pump back. She walked to the store to pay for the gas, maybe fetch a soda, when a girl was hurrying out the door, breathless. Sara's brow furrowed and paused, watching the strange girl straddle her bike.

Sara rolled her eyes and walked into the building. She walked up to the counter and pursed her lips when there was no one there. Putting her hands on her hips, she called out, "Hey, get someone by the register! I gotta get going!"

No one came out. Sara's eyes shrank with irritation. She took her anger out on the cooler, throwing the door open for a soda when it slammed into the boy who walked inside. Sara didn't mutter an apology; only closed the door and took a drank. "I need service!" Sara said stubbornly.

The boy eyed the black telephone on the desk, then looked around the shop. Then his eyes landed on Sara, cocking his brow. "It'll be another moment, I'm sure."

"I don't have another moment," Sara snapped, refusing to look at the idiot disturbing her. She took another swig from her coke.

Naomi~

Naomi cranked the bike and fast as she could. It roared to life, but she just couldn't drive. Since she'd been here she'd seen three-eyed goats, starved and decaying two-headed dogs, and a dissappearing old geezer. Naomi flicked the bike off and took a few deep breaths. I need a drink. She thought as she swung her leg off the bike. She walked into the small, eerie gas station and grabbed a bottle of water. Something wet and clamy grabbed her wrist. She screamed and fell backwards, shaking.

Tessa-

Naomi turned around to see a small girl with black hair grab her waist. Her hold was cold and clammy.

"Dammit! You scared the crap out of me!" Naomi yelled.

The girl stared at her. Something was desturbing about her." Hey, why are you here?" Tessa asked.

Naomi sighed." Why?"

Tessa giggled." Oh, you haven't seen the man with no face yet, have you?"

Naomi stared at her." What?"

Tessa chuckled some more." You better leave before you see him. Otherwise you'll become a sacrafice too."

Naomi was speechless. This small girl freaked her out." HELLO! I NEED SERVICE!" Sara yelled.

"There's no one there." Tessa said.

Sara looked at ther girl." What? Why?"

"They are all dead. Sacraficed to the god. At least that's what I was told." Tessa said.

Sara exited the convinence store. Tommy bent down to talk to her.

"What do you mean, they are all dead?" He asked.

"The man with no face sent his servents to kill them." Tessa added.

Tommy lied his hand on Tessa's shoulders.

"Oh only because they did not have the blood for the ritual." Tessa finished.

Sara stomped outside, running to her sports car. Hopping in the driver's seat, she inserted the key and turned it. The engine whined, trying desperately to start. Sara shrieked with frustration, banging the steering wheel with her hands.

"I'm not in the mood for this, Viola," she said, using the car's pet name. She turned the key again. It didn't turn on.

"This gas is crap!" Sara shouted, jumping out of the car. The small group migrated over to her car, listening to her rant. "I'm stranded in the middle of a strange town, at a gas station, with insane idiots who don't know how to freakin' make sense!"

She shrieked again, turning to the girl titled Tressa. "I want an explanation! And I want it now!"

"Can you relax?" the boy said, his brow furrowed.

"She's freaking talking about a man with no face!" Sara replied, throwing a finger towards the girl. "She's insane, boy--"

"Tommy--"

"Like I give a care," she said stubbornly, folding her arms and glaring at them like it's their fault...and of course it was. It was never Sara's fault.

Tommy-

Tommy rolled his eyes and walked away from the three crazy screaming girls across the street to the hotel parking lot. He pulled his keys from his leather jacket. He hit unlock twice and muttered something unitelligable under his breathe. He flung his car door open and reached behind the seat and pulled out his gun. He loaded it then turned around to find himself face to face with a faceless man. He jumped and then the man was gone. He slammed his door shut forgetting to lock the truck then walked back across to the girls.

"Now I'm going to be late to the party," Sara grumbled, shoving her keys in her pocket.

"The party will be your last worry," Tessa said with a creepy smile.

Sara looked at her with disgust, whipping out her cell. She dialed a number and waited, Tommy arriving with a pale face.

It wasn't ringing.

She looked at the phone. It turned off before her eyes. "I charged it all last night!" she shrieked. "It can't die on me!"

"You'll have more to worry about," Tessa said again, her eyes flicking to Tommy and back.

Sara glared at her, but her glare turned into confusion when she saw a man in the distance...with no face. Her brow furrowed, then shook her head. She looked again.

He wasn't there.

"You're insanity is contagious!" Sara exclaimed, coming to the ludicrous conclusion. She stepped back. "Stay away from me!"

Tessa smirked.

" You know fear turns to anger, anger leads to denial, denial leads to stupidity and stupidity leads to death." Tessa chanted.

Sara screamed." Stop it!"

Naomi bent down and hushed her." Who are you?"

" I'm Tessa." She answered.

Tommy walked over to her." Why won't anything work?"

" Cause its not your time to leave yet. He still needs you." Tessa statted.

"Who!" Sara yelled in an annoyed voice.

"The man with no face of course." Tessa giggled.

The little girl turned to look down the street. Everyone else looked where she did.

"We better get inside." Tessa told them.

"Why? You ask." Tessa blurted out.
"Before the servants come out."

Tessa began to walk down the street." Where are you going?" Tommy asked.

" To the Bank." Tessa said.


"Better follow me. If you wish to stay alive." She finished.

Tessa skipped down the street heading towards the Bank.

Tommy-

Tommy didnt like taking orders from a little girl but he followed her to the bank anyways. He shoved his gun in the back of his jeans between the belt and the jean fabric. The girl, Tessa skipped down the street and pushed both doors to the bank open effortlessly. The other two girls were close behind him. Tommy took a seat by a window where the curtain was pulled down. Every few seconds he would glance out the window and down the road, gripping his gun.

"Tha bank?" Sara repeated. She could check her account, withdraw some cash to help her survive the next however long she'd be there.

She followed Tessa into the bank and walked up to the empty counter.

"No use," Tessa said to her.

That was all that had to be said.

Sara walked over to Tessa. "This little game of yours is getting far out of hand! Go tell your boss or whatever to knock it off so I can get out of here!"

Tessa smirked. Tommy's brow furrowed.

"Would you control yourself?" he snapped. "We're in a life-death situation here! And I'm more than positive you'd care to live a bit longer."

Tessa smirked. Sara fumed, but made no comment.

Naomi~

'How did daddy die?' Naomi had asked her mom many years ago.

'How do you think he died you little idiot?' Her mom laughed, "The man with no face and his minions took him for having to much money!"

'No! There's no such thing!' Naomi covered her ears and began to weep.

'Oh yes! There is! And, he's comin' to get you next!' Her mom laughed maniaclly.

Naomi shook unvolunatary as she gripped the gun on her belt. "This isn't a game..." The older people looked at her and Tessa smiled.

"I-I've seen them. These...these 'servants'. Muntant, dead looking dogs. Three eyed, dying sheep. A disappearing old geezer. And, I saw a man with no face." She admitted and took a deep gulp of her stolen water. Tessa smiled widely, as the other looked at her as if she was just as crazed as Tessa.

Tessa-

The bank. It had a huge walk in volt. Renforced with 10" of steel. Nothing could get in when it locked. The runaway, the prep, and the music producer followed the insane girl. She knew this place best. Tessa was the last resident or at least the last human living here. The girl entered the volt.

"I'm not going in there." Sara shouted.

The other two did not comment. Tessa turned around." You don't have to come in, but this is the most safest place in this town. Nothing can get in when its locked."

Naomi knew what Tessa meant, but Tommy was confused." What do you mean?"

"Oh, the servents of the man with no face... of course." Tessa giggled.

" When the night draws near they come out to play." Tessa chanted.

Sara began to freak out." Ok freak! I want out now!"

The prep ran out of the bank." Wait!" Tommy yelled.

It was too late she was already gone." Shit, stupid prep..." Naomi moaned.

Tessa laughed." We better find her before the sun sets. When ALL the monsters come out."

Tommy turned back to face the girl, who was now only inches away from him." What do you mean all?"

"I mean that some of the monsters don't mind the light of the day." Tessa chuckled.

"crap...." Naomi whispered.

She knew what that meant.

Naomi~

"Crap..." Naomi stated. She grimaced as more memories came back. "I'll be right back." Naomi grasped the gun and ran out of the bank. She caught up to the prep and grabbed her by the arm.

"We've got to get back!" She screamed.

"No! No! No!" The prep screamed. A man with no face stood on the other side of the street. His head turned towards them. If he had a face Naomi was sure he would be wide eyed and grinning, like her mom. Naomi took a deep breath and put the gun to the preps head.

"C'mon. Or I will kill you and not those things." Naomi threatened as she grabbed the girls waist and backed up slowly, gun still at her head. The prep backed away slowly, obvious of the danger. Not from the monsters though. From Naomi. They walked back into the bank and into the vault. Naomi pushed the prep and pulled the vault door closed. She stuck the gun back on her belt and locked the door.

Sara was pushed into the wall as Naomi closed the vault door. She glared at her. "What's the big idea? This is all just a joke, you know! The kid's just trying to scare us!"

"This isn't a joke!" Naomi snapped, still holding her gun. "I saw the man more than once--the one with no face."

"Hallucinating," Sara muttered.

"For god's sake, shut-up!" Naomi snapped.

"I can't friggin' play games all night!" Sara shouted.

"Stop it!" Tommy shouted and the two girls fell silent, though glaring at each other with piercing eyes. "We can't argue when we're all in the middle of the same danger."

Sara crossed her arms and refused to look at Naomi anymore, turning her nose up in the air. Naomi rolled her eyes and looked at the smirking little girl called Tessa.

Naomi~

Anyone who had watched their own town be given as a sacrifice would act the same as Tessa did. Naomi thought then spoke, "Tessa. How long has this been going on?"

"Hmm. How long has it been going on. I have not a clue." She shrugged and smiled again. Naomi leaned against a side was and sighed.

"Well, it's almost dark. They are gathering to 'play'," she put air quotes around the word, "None of us can go out or its bye bye. Our bikes are across the street, next to the missing-faced man."

"Yes. So we all must stay here for the night." Tessa laughed. Naomi nodded, no longer freaked by this small girl.

"Tessa. How old are you?" She asked finally.

"Does it matter my age?" Tessa responded in her whispery voice.

"No, I guess not..." Naomi trailed off.

"Thirteen, if it's any of your concern," she said after a moment's pause.

There was a screeching howl from outside the vault, and possibly further outside. It made the hairs on Sara's neck stand on end. Her brow furrowed and her eyes snapped to Tessa, speechless.