Silent Nightmare

After Crash

Listen to the music on whatever volume, it's a score from the RE film. I felt it was alright for this scene. :)

Enjoy...

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The cool misty air begins to seep into the destroyed bus. Covering everything in its path. The low cool breeze swiftly moves the mist along. Chris slowly begins to wake, opening his eyes ever so slightly. Struggling at first, he flutters his eyes open to get a grip on his vision. "Ugh, my head." He groan's as he rub's the side of his head, he looks down at his hand to see dark liquid on it. "Blood." Chris quietly whispers to himself as he wipes away the blood on his pants and looks around. He sees Rain with her back to the broken window unconscious. Rebecca seat belted to her seat hanging upside down, little droplets of blood dripping down from her dangling hands into a puddle. Cybil laying on her stomach in the middle of the aisle. He looks behind him to see Alex also hanging upside down from the driver's seat. Chris then hears a rumbling coming from the back of the bus. He searches around him and finds a pistol near him; he gets up and slowly makes his way to the back. Chris walks over the shattered glass at his feet, breaking them into smaller pieces. As Chris nears the bathroom at the back, his breath begins to slow as he slightly holds it in, unsure as to what's making the grunting sounds. Chris' heart begins beating faster and faster as he inches closer to the bathroom door, as he stands in front of the door, he places a hand on the doorknob before taking in a deep breath. 

Just as Chris is about to pull open the door, the grunting and moaning begins to get louder, making him even more nervous. 

Flashes of the events back at the Spencer Mansion, Antarctica, Africa and Europe facilities invade his thoughts, he notices his hand on the knob begin to ever slightly shake. He stops his shaking before swinging the door open, darkness fills the bathroom space. As Chris takes a step back as he lets out a sigh of relief, "I must be losing it." Chris says to himself as he turns his back to the darkness, lowering his weapon to his side. 

Behind Chris within the bathroom a dark lanky figure, on all fours, appears in the darkness, letting out a heavy groan. Chris' eyes widen in fear as he hears the groan, he slowly turns around in time to see a bloodied arm reaching out of the darkness.

"Harry!!" Chris shouts as he sees Harry pulling himself out from the bathroom, Chris immediately places the gun back into his holster and rushes to Harry's aid, "How the hell did you end up in the bathroom?" Chris curiously asks as he peers into the trashed bathroom. 

Harry spits out some blood at his feet before looking up at Chris, "Just before the bus swerved off the road, I ran into the bathroom hoping to keep from getting flung everywhere. But...not so much luck." Harry says as he feels scratches and cuts all over his body from the shattered mirror that was in the bathroom. He slightly chuckles at his own story before grabbing at his stomach with pain, he hunches over and spits up some blood. 

As Harry is hunched over in pain, flashes of his experience in Silent Hill begin seeping into his thoughts, making him begin to hyperventilate as well. An image of his daughter, Heather Mason, pops into his head for a moment before it burns away to ash. Anger, sorrow, and fear begin to consume Harry, making it harder for him to breathe. 

"Harry! It's going to be alright, just breathe!" Chris shouts as he crouches down in front of Harry but giving him enough space. Harry stops shaking and opens his eyes, a lone tear slides down his cheek. Chris stands and puts his hand out for Harry to take, which he does. Harry slowly stands to his feet and wraps an arm around Chris' shoulders, they both make their way to the front of the bus. 

"Is everyone alive?" Harry anxiously asks as he sees everyone out cold in the same positions as before. 

"I hope so." Chris simply says as they continue to the front, as they get closer, they hear something rustling outside the bus. Chris swiftly pulls out his handgun and aims it at the entrance just as Jill pops in. Jill gasps when she sees him aiming his weapon at her and drops to the ground, "It's just me! Don't shoot!!"