As it turns out, I was right, there was something wrong with miss Emily.
This morning, I came early to work, I had a couple things I wanted to take care of before the patients start rolling in for check ups. I went over to Emily's office to pick up the file i gave her yesterday and as soon as I entered the room she tried to inject me with God knows what.
"oh it's you! what are you doing here so early?"
"trying not to get poisoned by a colleague"
"How did you know it was poison?"
I turned back at her from where I stood in front of her desk.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I said did you tuck the boys in, you know they get irritable when you don't tuck them in. why do you ask?"
I let out an awkward chuckle. Maybe I... heard wrong?
She only got weirder after that. like she was afraid I caught her doing something suspicious. I brushed it aside, hoping it was only a dumb thought and I misheard it.
Big mistake.
Hours had passed, I was convinced she was now keeping tabs on me. Now I'm suddenly suspicious. what could she have been doing that she needed to have a syringe of possible poison handy should anyone enter the room? i wanted to find out, but the muffled screams from my vents have gotten the best of me. driving me crazy.
What's worse is that the voice sounds so familiar it's unsettling, singing, chanting calling out to me. I've told the other's about it they think I'm crazy. but I swear on whatever that keeps me alive, SOMEONE is screaming down there and they're in a lot of pain.
it was at this point I abandoned my mini mantra of "curiosity killed the cat"
I am no cat.
I will actually go crazy if I don't find out who is screaming like their soul is being ripped from their body. I left my desk, it was late now, my shift was almost over but I couldn't care less i walked slowly towards where i know the vents on this floor open up to- the janitor's closet- he is out on lunch break. so that wont be hard.
I followed the vents, the screams got louder, then suddenly gagged, as i went down the narrow stairway in the floor the screams turned is to silent sobs. Then another voice.
"There we go, see? isn't life much easier when you shut up and roll with the punches?"
The sobs became frantic, there was a little click, then-
Screams,
more and more and more. coughing, banging...
"Stay still you little rat!"
I rounded the curve separating the passage way leading to the stairs i had just descended from the room the voice i recognized to be a man's was in. i grabbed a steel pipe i found laying on the floor among others. It was... old, and very rusty. my eyes had just adjusted to the sudden lighting in the area, there strapped to a table with pipes running in and out of him, messy strangle liquids spilled all over the floor, was-
"Nico?" I whispered.
Nico was barely conscious, his veins were so visible on his skin it was unsettling. He was in tears, clearly in pain. The place smelled strongly of blood and some other strong scent, it was irritating, he turned his head to face me, it was then i saw how bruise his face was.
" Save me, Please, " he whispered.
"Save me... miss...su... Please Help.." his breathing became rushed and ragged. suddenly there was a clang, and I realized the pipe fell from my hand.
"Who is there!?" I froze upon hearing Nico's whimpers.
I can't move.
"Who are you talking to boy?"
I quickly hid behind the wall, my breathing...
I cant breathe.
Or rather, I'm breathing too fast.
I can feel him getting closer. i cant think, I'm just panicking, listening to Nico's sobs knowing i can't do anything.
And then I'm running, i trip on another pipe back up the stairs but I'm not stopping, i can hear him scream after me and i feel slight guilt for not taking Nico with me, but I'm sure once i get the police i can get him an ambulance or something.
It's still a bit dark out when i get back up the stairs. I got up back to where i started at the door of the janitor's closet, but i bumped into Emily on my way and knocked over some vial she was holding. it splashed on my hand, i fell to the floor, so did she but i got up the second I heard the man run up the stairs.
"Catch her dammit! "
Emily got up only to be shoved aside.
"Go watch the boy don't be so useless whore"
I could smell the rage from her, but i didn't wait to find out what it would drive her to do. i ran straight for the door, by now a bunch of guards I've never seen before were chasing after me. it was becoming harder and harder to dodge them. i had to take the long way out to the emergency door to dodge the majority of them.
An then i was out, into the woods just outside the building.
I never thought i would end up like this...
The drones buzzed through the air loudly.
...If you'd told me it would happen a week ago i would have referred you to the best doctors at the asylum...
The twigs and leaves crunched under my feet as I ran. They're cold.
I'd always felt something was wrong, like there was something more to it...
My panting grew louder, more frequent, more desperate. A will to survive.
But i was never one to act on my impulses...
A hit to my legs caused a fall, just as i sighted the beach.
"Dammit!"
Maybe if i was... It would have saved me all those countless times...
*Beep* " We got her "
"Bring her to my office"
*Beep*
Maybe it would have saved me... even now
And that's when all my hope of escaping... Was lost.