Book 2: The Village (Ethan Winters x Reader)

Chapter 3: What Is That!?

Ethan and I made it down the hill. We were next to a small farmhouse. When we walked to go inside we spotted the corpse of a burnt horse.
"Eugh" I shrugged in disgust but continued walking.
It was completely abandoned. We walked around and saw blood splattered in the wall.
"Maybe-maybe they're out?" Ethan stuttered.
"Yeah I'm sure that's what it is"
I softly rolled my eyes and grabbed Ethan's hand walking out.
We followed the blood trail.
At the end there was chopped off goat heads.
"Ugh ew"
"What happened?"
"Ethan....how would I know"
"I...I don't know?"
"Then why are you asking ya goof"
He shrugged and walked forward.
We continued walking through the village and like I said there was no one here.
"I wonder where everyone is?" I questioned.
"Maybe there's a gathering somewhere?"
"This early?"
"....yeah good point"
I laughed at Ethan.
We walked up to a gate that was chained. It had a sign that said 'locked due to missing home owner'.
"Hmm" I kept in mind where this place was and continued walking. We explored the houses around us and looted what we could. The next house we walked into had a knife.
"Oh yes FINALLY!" I shouted a bit too loud running over and grabbing it.
There was some boxes so I broke them instantly feeling safer that I had a knife. We continued walking through the house and got to a curtain. I stood by the kitchen sink while Ethan pushed it to the side. When he opens it a man shoots at him but luckily missed.
"Ahhh! No, no! Friendly, friendly!" Ethan shouted throwing his hands in the air.
"Who are you? Who sent you two!?" The old man questioned as he stepped out and noticed me.
"Nobody! There was an accident down the road, and-"
Then there was a loud howling from outside. The man put his hand over Ethan's mouth to shut him up.
When the howling stopped he moved his hand.
"What's going on?" I questioned.
"Oh no. They're coming!"
"Who is?" Ethan started but I saw something outside the window.
"What the hell is that!?"
"Do you two have a gun?" The man asked.
"What?" We questioned at the same time. The howling started to get louder.
'What is happening!!!'
"Please tell me you guys have guns!?"
"No? Why would we?" Ethan asked.
'I fucking new we weren't prepared'
The man walks into the area we first found him and pulled out two handguns. He gave one to Ethan then one to me as well as ammo.
"It's all I can spare! Take it! Take it!" He was panicking.
He shot out the window with his shotgun and I heard a groan come from outside.
He starts to reload his gun while I shout out questions.
"Tell us what's out there? Hey are you listening? Hey!"
But a hand breaks through the ceiling and pulls him up words breaking his back in the process.
"What the-" I start but a hand comes out the floor near me and grabbed my foot.
"Ahh" I yelled as I start to be pulled down but Ethan grabbed my hand.
"(Y/n)!"
But he lets go as his foot is grabbed too and we both get pulled down.
"Ugh shit" I say as I start to stand up. I couldn't see but it smelt.
When Ethan stood up he turned on his light and I soon realised why it smelt.
"A dead body? Wait there's more...Jesus Christ...what the hell is wrong with this place?" Ethan questions.
"Oh I don't know maybe it's the fact that there are hands just grabbing people and killing them!?" I whisper shouted as I stepped over the dead bodies and couched to crawl out the hole that lead to outside.
This place isn't as beautiful as I thought anymore.
We walked two steps when a werewolf with sharp teeth and rugged grey hair comes towards us. He directed towards me as he got closer but Ethan step in front of me.
It bites Ethan's arm.
"Get off! Shit!" He yells out as the beast moves it's sharp teeth off his arm. But to no avail the beast attacks again this time bitting off two of Ethan's fingers.
As the beast did this it pushed us through a wall. We were both landed on the floor. Ethan was gripping his hand in pain while I shot the werewolf.
"What the hell?" I questioned.
Then I turned my head towards Ethan and quickly crawled to him.
"Are you ok?" I questioned.
He just laid back and groaned in pain.
"Shit" I whispered. I looked around for something to wrap around his hand when my eyes landed on the now dead werewolf. He was wearing clothes...and was dead....fuck it.
I walked over to rip it's shirt but saw something else too. When it died it dropped some scrap parts.
"Huh?" I picked it up and ripped the rest of its shirt.
"Here, here" I grabbed Ethan's hand and wrapped it.
"Thanks" he whispered out.
"Why's it always my hands"
"This time you did it to yourself...but thank you for protecting me"
I kissed his cheek and stood up helping him up too.
We walked into a house and found bolt cutters.
"Here we gooo" I say as I pick them up. We looked around and looted what we could.
"Hey let's go back to that chained up area...hopefully we'll be able to get further into this village and find Rose"
Ethan nodded his head and walked in that direction.
"I hope Rose is ok....I can't believe Chris would just do that to us!"
"I know Ethan...I know" I looked down. I don't want my baby to be in harms way but it seems like we can never catch a break.
Ethan sighed, "I wish Chris would have just told us the plan...maybe..."
his voice started to crack.
"Maybe Rose would be ok right now and we would be too"
"Oh Ethan" I pulled him into me. He sniffed a little as I ran my hand down his back.
"We will get Rose ok? And when we see Chris again...I will make him tell us what's going on"
He nodded again and stood straight. He turned and continued to walk the path towards the chained up area.
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We now stood in a beat up looking house. I looked around and heard a howl.
"Shit" I whispered.
Ethan ran over the a shelf that was by the door and pushed it to barricade us inside.
There were werewolves all over the place.
"Surrounded. Dammit!"
"Ethan you stay down here I'll handle upstairs"
"Wait"
"Trust me"
He thought for a second and I ran upstairs. The beast were hitting the boarded up windows trying to get it. One broke the roof.
"Are you ok!?" Ethan shouted up.
"Yeah! Just a broken roof!"
Then one jumped in. I started shooting it. It was able to doge a few of my bullets but in the end I won.
As soon as it dropped dead the others left.
"....maybe they fear me" I smirked.
I walked to the dead beast and saw that it dropped chemfluid.
"Interesting"
I picked it up when Ethan came up behind me.
"What's interesting?"
"Well these things seem to drop items when you kill them....almost like a video game..." I said peering down at it.
"Did the other one do the same thing?"
"Yeah, but that one dropped scrap parts, this one dropped this"
I held up the chemfluid so Ethan could see it.
"That is interesting" he said as he stared down at the beast.
The radio down stairs started to make a noise.
"Hello? If there are any survivors out there, come to my-to Luiza's house near the fields."
"Survivors?" We questioned.
We looked at each other then headed out walking to another house. This one had an old shot gun in it. I let Ethan grab it as I barricaded the door.
Ethan cocked the gun and looked at the window.
"Let's fucking do this I guess" I nodded and pulled out the hand gun.
"Come upstairs."
When we get up there we look out and see a sea of these creatures.
"There's no end to them!" Ethan shouted.
Some of them had weapons too.
"Son of a bitch....Ethan they have weapons"
"What!?"
I spotted and ladder and motioned to Ethan to follow me. We climbed up to the roof. Some of them had flaming arrows and were shooting at us.
We jumped off the roof and frantically ran around dodging attacks and shooting as many as we could.
This giant, hairy werewolf came at us with a massive hammer.
"WHAT IS THAT!" I screamed as I ran again trying to get away.
Eventually we were surrounded. They started coming in on horses with spears in there hands getting ready to attack us again.
The giant one jumped down to us and growled in our face but stopped when he heard a noise. They all started to run away.
"What the fuck just happened?"
"I don't-" Ethan turned his head noticing something. He stopped putting first aid on him and shouted,
"Wait, w-wait..."
"Who are you talk-" and I turned my head to see an old woman with a staff walking out a gate.
Before we walked through the gate we grabbed a few more items then left.
"In life and in death, we give glory..."
"Uh, hello? You shouldn't be out here. It's not safe. What the hell? Hey, can you hear me?"
"It's you? The child's father...and you must be the child's mother"
This caught my attentions.
"Child? Hey, wait-do you mean Rose? Is she here?" I questioned frantically.
"Rose, Rose, yes! She is in great danger. Since Mother Miranda brought her to the village, we have fallen into darkness!"
"Danger!? What are you talking about? The monsters?"
A bell starts to chime in the distance.
"The castle bell heralds danger! They're coming!" And she starts to laugh almost like how Jack did...
"No, wait! Where's Rose? Who's "Mother Miranda"?" Ethan shouted this as I was in thought.
'Why would this Mother Miranda need my child?'
"The bell tolls for us all! They're coming again!" And again she laughs. She walk towards the gate and then out of sight.
"Rose is here..." I state, "But-but how?"
"I don't know but I don't think those things are the only things we will have to worry about"
"I wish I could say you were wrong"
I raised my gun again, "let's just get Rose and get the hell out"
Ethan nodded and raised his gun to.
"Let's do this" he whispered.
'Rose my love...we're coming for you'