Monsters in the Mines: Josh Washington (Until Dawn)

Resolution: Mines

"What does it mean... Jesus."

I turn the page, "Oh god... It makes sense... I think... Hannah dug up Beth. It was Hannah!"

"Not that's ridiculous. I was fucking with you."

"Michael... Michael, it has to be. It's the only thing that makes sense- Beth died in the fall."

"So what... what does that mean..."

"So Hannah must have buried her. Hannah was down here... for..."

Mike shakes his head, "I don't believe any of this!"

"She would have been starving... she would have been desperate..."

"Fuck!"

"We need to find Josh. Right now."

Mike nods and the two of us get back into the water. "It's getting deeper." Mike comments from ahead of me.

"Yeah, uhm..."

"Okay. hey, it's sloping up again. We're gonna make it."

"Don't jinx us. Also you say that like I can't swim."

The two of us get out of the water again, "Come on, we made it." He smiles. We unlock a door which suddenly opens. "Whoa!!" Water gushes from the door, tripping both of us, "Oh Whoa... whoa..."

"You see that...?"

"Yeah..."

"...bodies..."

"Yeah. yeah, a lot of them. Oh.. oh my, God." Mike shakes his head as we look at the body of the stranger, "I'm gonna be sick." Mike turns his head, "Wait wait wait! Hold on. I think I saw something..."

Mike and I peer between wood boards and see Josh. He looks like he's in the middle of a break, "No... no no... no no no... I don't ... I don't take orders from you..."

"Josh!" I smile.

Mike and I find a way to get to Josh, but he is still in a delusional state, "I don't take orders from you, you can't tell me what to do..."

"Hey... hey, Josh!" Mike calls out.

"You can't tell me what to do anymore!"

"Josh? Buddy?" Mike and I slowly approach Josh.

"You can't tell me what to do!! Okay... okay... I trust you... I trust you... I trust you..."

I shake my head, "What's the matter with him?"

"He's tripping or something." Mike shakes his head.

I walk up to Josh and place my hands on his cheeks and shake him slightly, "Josh..."

Josh shakes his head, "E... Elena?"

"Josh... Hey..." I smile softly up to him.

Josh looks over to Mike, "Don't h... hit me, please..."

"You were deep in it man, Full Metal Jacket." Mike shakes his head.

"We didn't think we'd get you back..." I move my hands to Josh's shoulders, "Josh... Hannah was down here for... weeks... a month?! She dug Beth up!"

"Elena..."

"Mike..." I turn to Mike.

"Let's just get the fuck out of here."

"Okay... Josh, do you have the key for the cable car?"

Josh nods and takes the key card out, "Uh... Y-yeah... Here." he hands the card to me.

"Good... " I look up, "See that over there? That means there's a direct way out. C'mon."

Mike looks to and Josh, "There's no way Josh is gonna make it up there."

"Okay. If you can help me up, I can go back to tell the others we're okay."

"Yeah... yeah, good."

"You bring Josh back the way we came and we'll a;ll meet at the lodge."

"Be careful."

"You too." I nod and look over to Josh, stepping over to him and kissing him softly, "Come back to me. In one piece... everything else we can figure out together..."

Josh nods as I head back to Mike, who is ready to give me a boost, "Alright let's go."

I nod, "I think I remember this from Cheer." I put a foot into Mike's hand and he lifts me up. I grab a length and start to climb. I decide it's best to take things slow right now. When I get to the top, I make my way back through intersecting paths meeting together to a lake. I drop down into the lake and shriek due to the cold. While wading to the other end of the lake, I stop when I hear something loud. I don't stop for long and climb out the other side and shake myself off. I continue walking to a high ledge, where I slip and slide down and land hard on the ground on my stomach. I lay there for a moment and take a deep breath, "come on, Elena, get up..." I mumble to myself as I get up. When I walk past the shed, where I hear a loud Wendigo howl, before breaking into a spring. I duck under a tree log while running. "SHIT!" I stop and scope out my area, but then continue running. I jump down a ledge and run. I jump over a broken jar and before long arrive at the lodge and desperately try to open the door. "HEY! HEY!!!!! COME ON OPEN UP!!!! GUYS COME ON ARE YOU IN THERE?? LET ME IN!!!"

"Elena?" I hear Mike behind me.

I turn and see Mike, "Shit, Mike! Oh gosh you look terrible..."

"Gonna look worse if we stay out here... come on!"

I grab a rock off the ground and smash the door. Reaching through the hole and unlocking the door from the other side. Mike and I run inside. "Okay... Mike... what happened to Josh?"

"It got him."

"Ohhh, God..." I shake my head, "What do you think we should do?"

"We should check the basement... might be someone left down there..."