Until Dawn

6.1 - Karma

THREE HOURS UNTIL DAWN
Location: Old Hotel
Time: 0449

Y/N

"Fuck...I can't do this." Mike says as he stops aiming at us and walks back. "Oh my God." Emily sighs out as I, also, let out a relieved sigh and relax. "You did the right thing." Sam tells him. "I hope you did." Ashley tells him.

"No, Ashley. He did do the right thing." I tell her as I caught my breath. "Maybe...for now." Mike tells us as he paces around in a circle. "Shit...fuck fuck." He lets out as he eyes both Sam and Ashley.

"Keep an eye on her...if you see anything weird...you guys know what to do." Mike tells them. "Yeah." Ashley answers. "No one leave. Okay? It's not safe out there." He tells them. He then looks at me. "Y/N, come with me." I nodded as I grabbed the shotgun from before and slung it around my shoulder.

"We'll be back soon." I tell them as I follow Mike.

TWO HOURS UNTIL DAWN
Location: Sanatorium
Time: 0503

'Five shots left...' I noted as I pumped it and slung it around my arm once more. "Oof...ok ok ok ok..." I heard Mike mutter as we walked through a door. I closed it behind me and locked it. "Lead the way, Mike. You have the light, I have the shots." I tell him as he nods.

We continued to walk as we stop in front of a set of stairs. Regardless, we continued. After a few minutes, we walked into an open space or area. "Ho-lee...shit." Mike mutters. "Huh, what happened to the wolves?" He queried as my eyes widen.

"Wolves?" I ask him as he nods. "There were wolves down here. I friended one too." He tells me as we start to walk around the area. We walked into a fenced door and opened it with ease.

We walked through it as we walked into a blown-in room. Mike spots something and kneels to get it. 'A totem.' I noted as I looked through the blown hole. My eyes then caught something. "Hey, Mike. Come here." I wave him over as I pointed at what I saw.

"Holy hell." He let out as I nodded. "It's a makeshift graveyard." I told him as we started to walk out of the room, not finding anything of need. We walked back into the open area and walked up to another set of stairs.

We continued to walk as I saw a hole in the floor. We peered down it. "Let's just go." Mike says as he goes first and lands in the room. I followed after him and land.

I stood up and saw that Mike stopped in front of a table. I walked up to him as I saw what he saw. He picked up a torch. "Now I just need a pitchfork and a mob." Mike comments as he places it back on the table and grabs and old-looking pistol. "Good enough." He mutters as he takes it.

I grab the torch as I took out a lighter and lit it. I looked back at Mike to see he was ready to go. I opened the door as we enter the open area again.

We walk to a door that we haven't went through yet. 'It's locked...' I noted as Mike stepped up. "Step back." He tells me as he aims the pistol at the lock. I step back as he shoots it. He kicks the door and we go through it.

As we took a few steps in, a wolf appeared. Mike and I both stop as it appears in front of us. "Mike..." I started as it slowly made its way towards us. "Hey, big guy!" Mike exclaims as he walks towards the wolf and pet it. He kneels in front of the wolf.

"Happy to see me again, huh?" He asks the wolf. The wolf then sees me and growls at me. "Woah woah woah, Wolfie. He's a friend." Mike tells the wolf as he continues to pet the wolf. I slowly walked towards it as I held my palm out. The wolf sniffs it...and doesn't bite me.

"Alright pal," Mike starts as he stands up. "You're comin' with us. Alright." He tells the wolf as we head outside and into a fenced hallway. I watched as the wolf trots ahead of us. We walk into a new building.

Immediately, Mike's wolf barks. "Jesus Chri -- " He stops as we look at the fenced walls and doors. "Okiedokie boy, calm down." Mike tells his wolf. I watched as the wolf runs off. "Wish I could move like you, wolfie...think we're stuck on this side." Mike comments as we walk up to a lever.

"Here goes nothin'." Mike says as he pulls the lever. The door behind us closes as the door in front of us slightly opens. "Awesome." Mike mutters. "I'll go first." I tell him as he nods. I easily squeeze my way through the door and notice the wolf coming back to us.

I heard grunts as Mike struggled. I pushed the cage door and let Mike go through. "You see that? We do got moves." Mike tells his wolf as I turn to them. The wolf then runs off again.

We followed the wolf downstairs. We walk into a hallway and turn left into a cell. Mike picked up a paper as I looked over his shoulder. "A Doctor's Report.' I noted as I looked away from the paper. Mike walks out of the cell as I followed.

I then heard Mike's wolf quietly bark. I looked towards the noise and saw that his wolf was looking at another wolf, but a dead one. "Huh...Jesus Christ, what the fuck have we gotten ourselves into..." Mike mutter as we walk away from the dead wolf. "Huh...these doors were built like tanks. How crazy were these inmates?" Mike queries as I scoff. "I'm starting to think that this place is more of an asylum than a sanatorium." I shared my thoughts as we continue to traverse inside the building.

. . .

'An old film reel...' I noted as we walk into a new room. I turned it on as the reel slowly came back to life. The film showed a person on a strapped chair as a nurse appears. The nurse walked to the person and did something. 'Perhaps, injected something...?' I queried as I continued to watch.

The nurse walks away as the person on the chair starts to cock his head from right to left and left to right. The person stops as they got out of their restraints and started to hyperventilate. Suddenly, they start to crawl onto the walls and crawl out of the frame.

The nurse appears and sees the person gone. The nurse then runs away as I saw a glimpse of the person's hands and feet crawl to the nurse. "What the fuck is going on around here?" Mike questions as I turn the reel off. "We share the same question, Mike, but I do know one thing..." I paused as he looks at me. "And what would that be?" He asks me as I look him in the eyes.

"The Wendigos...they probably originated here...or were old test subjects that turned."