Dr. Mullins, sitting in the back of the ambulance, sighed. It was bad enough they were being dragged into a patient transfer but now it was storming too. Just his luck. Across from him, Dr. Kent eyed him disapprovingly. He didn't care what she thought about this patient, he didn't want anything to do with him. Not after what happened ten years ago….
He shook his head. No, he couldn't dwell on those thoughts he had to keep with the here and now. His daughter was long gone and so was his supposed granddaughter. Dr. Mullins sighed again, there he went once more on that subject.
"Something wrong, Mullins?" Dr. Kent asked.
"The weather is dreadful." Dr. Mullins groaned, "I'm not looking forward to loading the patient in here while it's raining. Why can't this wait until tomorrow?"
"Because this is an urgent transfer." Dr. Kent fixed her hawk like gaze upon him, "I know how you feel about this patient but it is our duty to keep him locked away until he succumbs to the coma he's been in for god knows how long."
"Four years Kent. Myers has been under for four years." He sent a glare her way as the ambulance stopped. Without another word both doctors exited the van and went into the Penitentiary. -
Most kids looked forward to Halloween, but Jamie Lloyd wasn't most kids. For her, Halloween just meant more teasing and less sleep. This year wasn't any different. School had just gotten out for the day and already three kids were surrounding her, taunting her.
"Hey Jamie! Where's your costume?" The first boy sneered.
"Where's your mask or are you wearing it?" The second boy laughed.
"I don't need to wear a stupid costume." Jamie rolled her eyes and kept walking to her backpack.
"That's because everyday is Halloween at Jamie's house. Right, Jamie? Because your uncle is the bogeyman!" With that all three of them began chanting the word bogeyman.
"HEY!" A sudden shout in the hallway made all three kids go pale and run off. Jamie turned with a relieved smile as Jinx skidded to a stop next to her, "Yeah! Run! You know what'll happen if I catch you!"
"Thanks, Jinx." Jamie picked up her bag and slipped on her jacket, "You know, you don't have to keep doing that."
"Yeah well I want to." Jinx nodded, her fluffy brown hair bouncing despite it only going down to her neck. The curls seemingly defying gravity, "Those people just don't have an ounce of decency."
"You talk kinda funny you know that?" The two girls began walking out.
"Yeah I know. But that's mostly because of Seth." Jinx shrugged, "Say, you think you're foster parents will mind if I stop by tonight? Seth's out of town and I'll be by myself all night."
"Rachel's watching me tonight. I don't think she'll mind." Jamie looked up at the sky as they exited the building, "Although...I was thinking...what if we went trick or treating together?" Jinx grinned and laughed, giving a thumbs up.
"I don't normally do that but why not? This year will really be special won't it?" With a wave she ran off, leaving Jamie to wait for Rachel by a tree.
That was the thing that was really weird about Jinx. Like Jamie, she never went trick or treating. Instead she said she just hung out at home watching horror movies. Jinx lived mostly by herself, her legal guardian was almost never home. No one really knew where that child had come from but she quickly had made a reputation for being a little off the walls. But from the very first day they'd met Jamie had felt some sort of connection with her.
She glanced to the side and saw Lindsey's car pull up with Rachel in the passenger seat and Helen in the back. Lindsey was a friend of Rachel's and Helen was her twelve-year-old cousin. An idea came to her as she crawled inside the car and sat next to Helen.
"Hey Helen, Jinx invited me to go trick or treating with her…."
As Jinx ran home from school she couldn't help but grin. Tonight really would be special! Tonight she wouldn't be alone. Tonight...everything was going to be so interesting. Hopefully that cold bitch Helen would show up and then things would really be kicked off! She reached inside her bag, her hand grasping a small mask.
Yes, tonight was going to be awesome!