Silent Hill: Origins

Chapter 3: Cedar Grove Sanitarium

The twelve-foot-tall metal gate swung slowly on its loose hinges, no lock or anything to keep it shut. The fog was also getting so bad Travis was barely able to see the crooked wooden fences on either side of the pathway leading up to the sanitarium. And when he made it to what he assumed was an open courtyard, he was basically walking through a white void. He couldn't see anything except the pavement under his feet, and the occasional planted tree. Walking in a straight line, he eventually found a wall and picked a direction to follow it.

Finding an unmarked and unlocked door, he figured it was good enough and went inside, hoping that Lisa chick would be here like she said she would. She didn't seem like the type of person that would be his first pick to get the right answer from, but with how empty the town was he didn't have any other options.

Power didn't seem to work here either, which was to be expected at this point, and Travis wondered how long his flashlight would last. As he was clicking it on though, he remembered that this whole experience do far had been just a dream, so his flashlight shouldn't be too rundown yet. Part of him felt like he was just trying to convince himself of that, but he didn't have either the map or the hammer he took during that time, so, it had to be a dream.

Then he saw the lobby. It wasn't as bad as the nightmare world from before, with the walls made of flesh and blood, with rusted chains hanging over his head and creatures screaming bloody murder, but it still looked... dead. The paint was chipped and peeling, the floor had broken or missing tiles, and most of the doors seemed almost rusted shut, like the lock, bolt and hinges had all fused. Furniture rotted to the floor, wooden shelves sagging from what looked like ancient water damage. And the place didn't smell great either; it was a smell he could only compare to a septic tank over due to be emptied by several decades.

Lisa... Someone wanted to meet with her here? Of all places?

"Hello!?" Travis shouted, hoping someone was around to hear him. Picking a random direction, he found a door that seemed operable-- the East Solarium. It was... empty, save for a creepy wheelchair sitting in the middle of the room all on its own. Sitting in it was a doll, and a toy gun placed in front of it. "... Right..."

Turning to leave, he found a map of the place pinned to the wall. It was folded up weird and seemed to have as much water damage as the rest of the place, so it was frail, but it was dry enough that if he was careful with it he could figure out where he was going. Not, that he had a destination, but according to the map it was a pretty big place so at least he wouldn't get lost if he just wandered around.