Episode 3

Samuel Benson:

'For so long it's been just me and my brother. If i didn't have him i'd have been dead a long time ago. He's my pillar, my strength. I wonder how he does it sometimes, I'd like to think it's because he has me. I doubt it. For so long it's been just me and my brother. We're a team. That's how it should be. . .'


There was nothing on the horizon. Nothing at all but a vast white sea of snow which seemed to fade into the sky and become one with it.

"Y'know sometimes i think that makes it worse. When we can't see them, because believe me, they're out there." He turned to his brother. "I'm telling you sammy," He smirked, "There's adventure this way."

He bounded down the hill before Samuel could shout after him.

"That's what I'm afraid of," he mumbled.

It was hard to run across the snow and he fell a few times but eventually he caught up with his brother, who was crouching behind a tree.

"Get down," he whispered. "Look."

Samuel followed the line of his brother's finger. He almost missed it at first, had it not been for the unnatural colours contained in its skin he would have. Through the trees, standing disfigured, hideous, and completely unaware of them:

"Another stiff."

He thought at first that it may have been frozen still, until he saw its breath in the air and he was suddenly overcome with a sense of fear. Why was it so still? It seemed as if it was playing a game with them, as if it knew they were there, as if it knew their intentions, and it was waiting for them to make a mistake.
Waiting for its moment to attack.

"David, don't-" But his brother was already gone, to him it was all just one big adventure, a video game with the best graphics ever. He had no choice but to follow.

He gave chase, but tripped, and fell into the snow. The creature snapped its head round and it's eyes met his. Before Samuel could even think the beast was charging towards him, snarling and snapping its jaws. Closer and closer, he tried to wriggle free but his leg was caught on something. Closer and closer, any second now it would reach him and -

"David!" He closed his eyes and braced himself, preparing for the first bite, when suddenly he heard a grunt, followed by a THWACK, and then a squeal.

Slowly he opened his eyes. He saw a dark shape looming over him: His brother! His brother, with a large stick in his hand. David quickly made his way over to the monster which was almost on its feet.

"Get the fuck back down!" He screamed, true anger in his voice, his hatred coming through to the surface as he swung the stick. Samuel flinched as stick met skull with a truly sickening sound.

David stood there. Breathing heavily. For a moment it looked like he would never move, when he turned and helped his brother to his feet.

"You didn't think I'd let him eat you did you?" He beamed down at him. Samuel couldn't help but worry about his brother's reckless nature, but at the same time, it was the same reckless nature which had saved his life.

"We don't need anyone else." Laughed David, "We look out for each other. That's how it should be."