Part 57

Guide to Part 57 of The Evil Within. Navigate St. Jude's High School, escape Laura, and cross the ravine. Includes story details and survival tips.

Upon wandering down a random street, Dana sees her "missing persons" posters of Kate hung up nearby, again wondering what is going on. This causes Paul to wonder if he is having a breakdown or is IN Kate's nightmare before the pair meet two more unknown survivors.

The female survivor introduces herself as Ruth Shaw, a flight attendant, whose hometown of Silver River we have randomly discovered. The male survivor is introduced as Jack, a peace-core worker who was also suddenly transported into this nightmare. They all decide to get out of the street before more afflicted show up.

While comparing notes, Dana once again gets pulled into another reality by looking at a shiny hub on a nearby broken car, pulling her to the past where she sees some of Ruth's past. Ruth's hard-working dad has bought young Ruth a cheap knock-off doll, which causes young Ruth to call him cheap and the reason her mother left him. Her dad sucks it up and tells her to wait and stay longer with the teacher so he can work extra shifts. Dana is pulled once again and sees her tired dad crushed between large gears at the factory he works at.

Back in "reality", Ruth confirms she was placed in State Care and vowed never to come back to Silver River, which is part of the reason she became a flight attendant. Meanwhile, Jack points out a tower lit up in the distance (possibly a lighthouse?) that the group decides to head towards.

As the reach the facility with the light, Ruth identifies it as St. Jude's High School. The school has seen better days however, as blood streaks dart about the facility and the building looks like it has been ransacked. The group makes their way down the hallway while Paul discusses the traps they overcame earlier. Upon discovering the gymnasium and all of the bodies hanging inside, a female-shaped monstrosity (Laura) comes out, making the group retreat back the way they came, barring the doors behind them.

However, the sprinkler system in the hallway starts spitting out acid, making the way the group came impassable and forcing them upstairs. Laura finally breaks through the barred doors and gives chases. The upstairs hallway is clear until a gate slams down and heats up, coming at the group from the front with Laura coming from behind. A locked door is the only escape and Paul manages to kick it in at the last second to avoid both deadly hazards. Fire seems to work.

The group finds an exit, but they must first cross a giant steel structure over a ravine to continue. Jack gets on Paul for his outlook on the fact that they're not safe quite yet while Ruth divulges she is afraid of heights (despite being a flight attendant... weird). The group starts to cross but Laura comes out of nowhere and stabs Ruth from underneath the steel bridge, knocking her pierced body off of the structure. The structure itself starts to break apart, making the rest of the group scramble for solid ground...