Author's Note:
Here it is everyone, the final follow up to "Cherry Lane" and "The Factory". Following fanfic is Rated M for horror level of violence, minor reference to gore, death, minor use of coarse language and adult themes. Read at your own discretion.
Chapter 1: Witnesses
Dan and Sheriff Reid drove over to the police station, they made their way over to the debriefing room where the other officers and witnesses waited for them. "Dan, these are Officers Chambers…" Reid began. A petite blonde short haired woman stepped forward. "Hi." She said. "…Officer O'Neil…" Reid continued. "Salutations." A thin dark skin man said. "…Officer Reyes…" Reid continued. A hardened, middle aged woman stepped forward. "Hello." She said. "And these are the two witnesses-" Reid said. "Mark and Jack, we know each other." Dan interrupted.
"So you had a run in with Caulfield too?" Mark asked. "Yeah, he strapped me down to a table and tried to sacrifice me." Dan said. "Same thing happened to me, did it happen under a full moon?" Jack asked. "No, he used a strange dagger however." Dan answered. "Odd, he didn't use a dagger with you Jack. Maybe Caulfield is gonna sacrifice someone with the dagger under the next full moon." Mark speculated. "Likely theory, although the next full moon is tomorrow night so we should speed this along." Sheriff Reid said. "So we know by now that Caulfield is still alive and has a victim with him, question is where could they go?" Reid asked.
"We can cross off the Repco Factory, the place is smoking rubble by now." Dan said. "His home in Cherry Lane is far too risky, but we should call the current house owner just in case." Officer O'Neil suggested. "Right, Chambers get on that!" Reid ordered. "I'm on it!" Chambers replied. "How about the old Rey Motel?" Reyes suggested. "Not secluded enough, he'll be caught within seconds if he tried anything." Reid said. "What about this blip here?" Jack asked, pointing at the small map. "Meadow View Hospital, the place was abandoned since the 70s. Nothing there now but old hospital equipment." Reid said, confused by the killer's actions. "It is secluded enough, no living soul has ventured in there." Reyes said. "It would be spacious as well, meaning he could sneak past us if we let him." Mark said. "Or kill us all quicker." Dan said rather cynically. "There's a chance that the killer and Phil might be there, I say it's worth a look." Jack said. "Not to mention that if anything they say is correct, this would be the perfect place for Caulfield to commit his sacrifice. No witnesses and plenty of places to do it." Reyes said. "Alright, get yourselves ready because we leave in five!" Reid stated.
Phil awoke in a dark and dirty hospital room wearing an even dirtier hospital robe, he tried to move but the burns had not yet cooled down, he could feel the burns, the cuts, the bruises. He felt as though he could not move at all, it was his worst fear, he was paralysed and within the grip of a psychotic madman. "Glad to see you're awake. Like the new room?" Caulfield asked. "What is this?" Phil asked. "An old place I discovered, great place for my ritual. No witnesses around, no one to hear you scream." Caulfield threatened. "Why not kill me now?" Phil grimly asked. "I have no intention of killing you yet." Caulfield said, exiting the room. "One more thing, I've booby trapped this place so escaping is not a wise choice." Caulfield said, closing Phil's door. Phil looked around and tried to find a good route out of there, the windows were trapped, he looked outside his room and saw multiple trip wires and hanging chimes. Phil hobbled around in the hall, ducking under chimes and forcing himself to step over trip wires. He saw the old surveillance cameras move, he hid behind a wall.
"He has cameras as well, this is tough." Phil said to himself. He said it in a whisper, paranoid about who may be listening. He saw the camera move and hobbled quickly to the next hall way, he saw more tripwires and other traps. He hid in the nearest room, he couldn't stand the pain and needed some kind of drug to treat his wounds. Phil found the drug that Caulfield used and armed himself with a full syringe of the drug, he managed to find some burn cream as well. It was in short supply, but a little bit was better than nothing to Phil. He bit down on his robe and rubbed the cream on his leg, he muffled his screams the best he could even letting a lone tear escape. He applied the last of the cream on his other leg and tried to stand on his legs, it was slightly easier but it still hurt Phil immensely to walk.
He had to quell his pain for a little while longer as he sensed Caulfield was close by, he peaked out the door and tried to see if he was there. Caulfield crept by for his little patrol, Phil waited until he was gone and ran as fast as he could. He avoided the traps the best he could, although his small pained groans were sure to catch Caulfield's attention. Phil made it down to a stairwell only to accidently step on a bear trap, Phil screamed out loudly in pain. Caulfield approached him, Phil tried his hardest to get the bear trap off of him. Caulfield got closer, Phil lost his grip and the trap closed on his ankle again. Caulfield got his hands on Phil, but Phil managed to get his foot loose, it didn't matter as Caulfield started dragging Phil back. "NO! NO! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" Phil screamed out into the empty hospital, no one heard him as he was dragged back to his room.
"Why do you defy me?" Caulfield asked, annoyed by Phil's actions. Phil said nothing, his ankle was still bleeding. "ANSWER ME!" Caulfield demanded to know. Phil still wouldn't answer, he was in too much pain to talk. "I should kill you now, you're more trouble than you're worth!" Caulfield threatened. He took his knife out and stuck it against Phil's throat, the edge sticking into Phil's neck. Just then he heard the front door being forced open.