Until Dawn

Chapter 7: Psychosis

FIVE HOURS UNTIL DAWN

BETH - CLIFFTOP 02:03

"Oh shit..." I whispered, my grip on axe tightening. The two of us stood at the edge, panicking as we were surrounded by a herd of deer, "Fuck, can this day get any worse..?".

God, what I wouldn't give to just wake up today and have this be a terrible nightmare...

Glancing back at Ashley, I slowly walked forward, trying to keep calm just to be safe. Ashley followed me slowly, gasping as we began to walk through the deer. "K-Keep calm, we're going to be okay, trust me." I stated, continuing through the herd.

Just as we got near the front, one of the deers stood in front of me, making me tense up. Please, please don't attack us... Holding my breath, the deer sniffed me, looking me right in the eyes. Please... After an agonizing minute that felt like ages, the deers parted. "Holy shit..." I gasped, Ashley and I moving forward, finally getting forward.

Looking back to make sure we were clear, the two of us kept going, heading down a path to get to the fire tower. "That was way too freaking too close for comfort." Ashley said. "Yeah... no kidding, to think I loved seeing deer up here all the time." I breathed out, continuing to walk down the path, feeling relieved as I saw the tower, "Finally.".

The two of us approached the tower, gasping as the lights turned on. "Oh my god, that's so bright!" Ashley exclaimed, both of us shielding our eyes. "Crap,they're motion sensors." I winced. I hardly went out this far on the mountain, so this sucked, why the hell were the lights so fucking bright?

Shielding my face still, I started walking up the stairs. "Jesus, I wish I had time to grab my jacket..." I muttered, rubbing my arms. His flannel felt so warm, I hoped they were looking over us... I hoped I could do them all right by getting help and getting this bastard caught.

The two of us made our way up the tower, eventually entering. "We made it, thank god." Ashley hurried over to the radio, turning the dials only for nothing to happen, "W-What... why isn't it working?".

"The power might be out. Come on, let's look around." I said, starting to look around the fire tower. There was probably a power box outside, but there had to be something useful here. I mean, it was a freaking fire tower!

Checking the lockers, I opened them up, frowning as I found a missing poster for Hannah taped up to the locker door. "Did those ever get out?" Ashley asked.

"I didn't even know they made these." I frowned, picking up Hannah's poster to look at it.

Hannah Washington was last seen in the location of the Blackwood Pines Ski Lodge, Alberta between 1:30AM and 2:30AM on February 2nd, 2014. She may have been in some distress.

I scoffed, putting the poster back in the locker. No shit she was in distress.

Seeing there was nothing else I needed in the lockers, I walked away from them, heading outside while Ashley stayed by the radio. Fuck me, it was freezing. Rubbing my arms, I walked around the outside of the tower, noticing a box on the wall. "A flare... could use this." I said, taking the flare from the box and pocketed it, who knew when I would need this.

Walking around, I finally found the power box and pulled the switch, sighing as the lights came on. "Perfect." I said, heading back inside.

"You got the power on!" Ashley sighed out, starting to mess with the radio to get a signal. I was about to join her side when I noticed something, the printer. Stopping a moment, I pressed the button, watching a paper come out. I picked up the freshly printed paper, frowning.