Until Dawn: The Light of Day

Epilogue of my Until Dawn story, enjoy :)

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Epilogue

Following the lodge incident, the police did their best to interview the survivors, knowing that, while traumatic, the incident was still fresh in their minds. This was their best chance to find out what happened. They were not prepared for some of the responses they got. Various points of the interviews stood out to them when reviewed later. In Christopher Hartley's interview, they discussed the Old Man who had been on the mountain.

"The Old Man... I, er... I don't know how to describe him I mean-" Chris had stammered.

The Interviewer asked carefully. "You said you thought he was stalking you at first- did anyone else in your group think that?"

Chris shrugged. "Well yeah-"

"Is it possible they could have killed him?"

Chris was plainly horrified by that fact. "What? No, no you don't understand. Don't you underst-"

"If he attacked you-" The Interviewer tried to reason.

Chris however was adamant, and despondent, when he replied. "He saved my life. And I watched him die."

They had tried to get to the bottom of things, but most of what they heard was just confusing.

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The following interview with Ashley Brown had an altercation she had with Josh Washington who had apparently attacked his friends in some sort of disguise stand out more than any other part of it.

Ashley had been frantic as she explained. "I- I stabbed him and I tried to get away but I didn't know, I swear I didn't know!"

"Didn't know...?" The Interviewer queried. "Who did you stab?"

"Oh I-I stabbed the maniac, I didn't know it was Josh, but then he was the Psycho and how was I supposed to know Josh had all the saws and the gun and oh my god." Ashley had stammered clearly losing it.

It was clear she had suffered something truly traumatic; they all had.

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Brian Baker, another person to be interviewed, tried to be as helpful as he could.

"Chris and I were tied together, and this pool was below us." He explained shakily. "Josh claimed it was electrified. We didn't find out for sure though."

The Interviewer then asked. "You weren't aware Joshua Washington, was part of this?"

"Not until he revealed it." Brian explained. "All part of some crazy revenge plot he'd cooked up. He'd lost his fucking mind."

This left the officers with more questions then answers. what had made Josh snap the way he had Why the elaborate revenge?

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Emily Davis on the other hand had been very concerned about the deceased Matthew Taylor.

She had asked right away. "About Matt. Have uh... Have you found him?"

The Interviewer shook his head. "No... Not yet."

Emily however burst into tears at once. "Oh god. He's dead. Isn't he?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Oh no nonono... He's just..." She burst out. "Oh my god I was such a bitch and I- I, you know, I maybe could have helped him, maybe I could have saved him?"

It was clear the death deeply affected her, despite other issues she may have had with the young man.

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Jessica Riley presented an interesting case, being in the worst physical shape of the lot of them. She had difficulty focusing, she was so traumatized.

"How did you end up in the mines?"

She shook her head. "Fell, after the floor...it...I was..."

The Interviewer asked gently. "What did you see?"

But Jessica shook her head. "I don't know... I-I don't know."

There was a pause before Jessica spoke again, suddenly remembering.

"...Mike..."

The Interviewer reacted at once. "What do you remember?"

"He came for me...! He did...!"

"Came for you?" The Interviewer queried.

Jessica nodded. "When I was first grabbed and taken. Where is he...? Did he make it...?"

The Interviewer quickly reassured her that this was indeed the case. Her relationship with Mike was damaged yes, but she was glad he was still alive.

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Jamie Townley's interview by his concern for the two people he had been picked up with.

"What happened to, to Jess and, Kyle. Are they okay, I mean…?" He stammered.

The interviewer replied calmly. "They'll be fine, but I need to hear from you, what happened?"
The young man shook his head, eyes wide, haunted. "Too much...how do you even…?"

It was clear they were in for a detailed and horrific account.

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Not much stood out from Michael Monroe's interview, just his opinions and guilt regarding Josh Washington and the young man's role in what happened.

He had simply said it. "He was out of his fucking mind. He wanted to hurt us. Yeah, he... and... I thought he was the one who attacked Jess. Thought he'd killed her."

But the police agreed that this fit with the rest of the story they were getting and did not see any reason to question things further.

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Kyle Sherman's interview was kept short, largely due to his injuries, namely blood loss from his leg, and his unwillingness to accept medical help until he knew Samantha Giddings' condition.

"Did I have any clue? No, I don't think anyone did. But to do what he did, to terrorize us, to make us believe we were going to die... I think he got some sort of sick pleasure from it. If he had hurt Sam..."

The Interviewer tried to calm him down. "I assure you that Samantha is going to be okay."

"After tonight," he replied grimly. "I don't think any of us will be okay."

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Samantha Giddings interview was the most informative however, at least in regards to Josh Washington.

"I thought we were close... Not like me and Kyle, but still…" She had said. "After his sisters disappeared, he'd come and talk to me, and, and to Kyle... He said we were the only ones who understood him. I thought... I thought we all had a connection."

The Interviewer expressed as much sympathy as he could. "If you need someone to talk to-"

But Sam insisted. "I'm fine."

"Sometimes after a traumatic experience-"

"I said I'm fine." Sam snapped.

As the interview progress, Sam had become quite insistent on the matter of the Wendigos.

In the end she just burst out. "You need to listen to me. I don't care if you believe me or not. Doesn't matter because you will. You need to go down to the mines."

"What's in the mines, Sam?" The Interviewer asked warily.

Sam gave a blank smile. "I've seen what's down there... and I'd give anything to unsee it."

But her words were enough and before long, the police had found the bodies and many clues, to their horror, it was clear this group of traumatized teens were all telling the truth.

So it was the group was left to recover in the nearby hospital. Jess most of all needed this, due to her many injuries as well as the nature of said injuries. Right now however, she sat upright in her hospital bed, wary, frightened of being seen like this. She knew everybody was already treated, or being treated and would be alright. But as Mike stood there, awkward, she guessed why he was here.

Sure enough he then spoke. "Jess, I... I'm sorry, but we need to talk."

Jess shuddered again. "I... Mike..."

"I'm sorry." he said softly. "What happened on the mountain really made me think about my life and I began to realize... What we had, Jess...it... Even if we wanted it to be, it wasn't real."

Jess shook her head. "But we were...we were so... Why?"

"I thought that I loved you, even when I began to doubt our relationship. I still thought that I felt something, that it would work." Mike explained.

"But now it won't." Jess finished for him, a sob escaping her.

Mike lowered his head, feeling horrible. "I was just fooling myself the whole time."

Jess was clearly in a fragile and vulnerable state, yet here he was, trying to break up with her.

"I wish that it didn't have to be this way, Jess. But think about it: we've all gone through too much together to lie to each other now. I know how much you care about me, but relationships need to be a two-way love, not one-sided affection. We could keep pretending, but eventually in the end, it would just make us both miserable, living a lie. Therefore, this breakup needs to happen for both of our sakes. It's for the best, for both of us, to do it now instead of later."

Jess was crying now, but trying to hold it back. The whole incident on the mountain had weakened her control on her emotions, but she was still clinging stubbornly to what little pride she had left.

"I just... Mike..." she choked out. "I understand, just...promise me one thing...This won't stop us still being friends, we'll all still be together as a group."
"Of course it won't. We all need each other, especially now." He replied.

Jess nodded, relieved and when Mike left, she finally let her tears out, accepting the offer of comfort Jamie gave when he entered shortly afterwards.

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Brian meanwhile sat with Emily in her hospital room.

"Em?" Brian began gently.

She shuddered, a sob escaping her. "I-I still can't believe he's gone."

He hugged her. "I know."

"Josh, he did all this over some dumb prank." She choked out.

"We didn't know it would lead to all this, this, madness." He told her.

She began to cry and he just held her, doing what he could to get rid of her tears.

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Sam had pulled up a chair next to the nurse, and next to Kyle. She watched silently as the nurse tended to him. Watched as she re-stitched his wounds and wrapped up his ribs. The nurse then left. Each of them said their goodbyes to her. Neither of them knew what to say to each other. Could simple words convey the intensity of which they felt? They gazed into each other's eyes, searching for the right thing to say.

It was Kyle who looked down first. Sam couldn't take it anymore. She pushed her chair to his side and laid her head on his shoulder. He responded by gently wrapping an arm around her and pulling her close. She reacted by wrapping an arm around him and squeezing.

"Watch the ribs!" he hissed. "You literally just watched the nurse wrap them!"

Sam quietly apologized, and resumed holding him. She wanted to smile, she wanted to tell him it'll be alright, but the words died on her tongue. Because somehow she knew, that he already knew that. They both did.

End of chapter and the story, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.