A.N: Hey everyone, I know it's been a while, but I've finally decided to post this chapter up of my first story! I hope you enjoy it! Also, my OC Holly The Tigress will be in this story
CHAPTER 1:
(Holly's POV)
"Alright ladies, lights out." I heard the guard call out from the end of the corridor. I've been trapped in this loony bin, or as they call it an "Insane Asylum" for almost three years now. Yes, I do have a slight mental health issue, Bi-Polar Disease, but it's nothing big compared to the others illnesses in this mental house. But still, ever since the incident with my mother... I've lost my mind.
The room I stay in isn't much, well, everything in a mental hospital isn't really much, it's all bare and white. That's why I hate it here to the bottom of my guts. The only thing that wasn't white was the one glass wall that's there so the nurses and doctors can see in our rooms. I could of escaped this place the first day I got here, I have powers and if I can think hard enough, I can use them. But they give us weakening drugs to calm us down, we're so weak we can hardly think, so I never actually got a chance to use my powers, plus, it would cause a load of chaos. The security guard roughly knocked on the reinforced glass wall to my room.
"I said lights out, Holly, or do I have to bring the nurses here again to put you sleep." He sternly said to me. I shook my head.
"No need, sir.. I was just going to bed.." I mumbled, staring into his eyes, it always startles him. He nodded and walked back down the corridor, his footsteps echoing down the hall. Poor bastard, I know he hates it in this damn place, just as much as I do.
I lay on the cold stiff bed and tried my best to relax, closing my eyes. I felt horrible and weak all over. My orange and black-striped fur felt rough and damp from all the sweating, my long, wavy, brown hair was all knotty in rags, losing it's colour and shine, and the purple bags under my eyes made it look like I haven't slept through the whole three years I've been here. I absolutely hated what they made us wear, a plain white T-shirt and plain white pants that were way too tight. They even make us walk around this place in our bare feet. I soon felt my eyes get heavy, and they slowly closed, letting everything go black as I drifted off to sleep.
I woke up the next morning to the nurses, knocking on our windows to wake us up. But they weren't waking us all up, they were only waking me up.
"Holly you have a visitor." One of the nurses said, unlocking my door. There's only one person I can rely on to visit me like this, and that is Flaky.
We've been best friends for as long as I can remember, hell we even lived together until I was taken away and locked in this asylum. Flaky wasn't there at the time, but she soon found out I was gone. I still don't really know how I ended up here, I've asked the nurses if they know anything, but they just blank me completely. Come to think of it, Flaky is my only ticket to freedom from this hell hole. The nurses stood beside me as they lead me to the visiting room. There she was, the sweet, shy, timid and cute girl I call my best friend, wearing her favourite yellow converse, a short pink and black pleated skirt and an orange vest top, also wearing her scarlet red, flake-infested quills in a high ponytail. I always say she's pretty and beautiful, but she always denies it. She looked rather nervous, but then again, she's never been to a mental hospital before so I don't really blame her, other than that, there was nothing to be nervous about.
"Alright Holly, you and your friend have got 10 minutes visiting time." The nurse said closing the door behind her before walking out of the visiting room, leaving me and Flaky alone.
"Flaky! You don't know how happy I am to see you!" I said giving the nervous porcupine a tight squeeze. She gave a nervous chuckle and hugged back. I released her and we both sat on the chairs on opposite sides of the cold, steel table.
"I'm so happy to see you too, Holly, you don't know how long I've been searching for you!" She exclaimed. My ears perked up, did she say she was searching for me?
"I never knew..." I mumbled softly. She sighed,
"It's alright, as long as I've found you." I smiled at her words, it's so nice to feel like you're actually loved. I bet she probably thinks I'm still crazy.
"You don't think I'm crazy, do you Flaky?" I asked in a whisper, squeezing her warm hands. She immediately shook her head,
"Absolutely not. I've known you too long to think that you're crazy. Longer that the people here anyway." She stated, rummaging through her shoulder bag. I sighed in relief, at least someone thinks I'm not crazy. Even though I am...
Flaky was still looking through her bag for something, I was beginning to get curious at what she was looking for.
"What are you looking for, Flakes?" I asked, slightly peeking over the table into her bag.
"On my way in I saw a bunch of keys on the desk, they were all the same key so I guessed that they were used for all the locks in this place, so I stole one while the guards weren't looking." She explained as she finally found the key she was talking about. This was it. I was finally going to try and escape from this hell, all thanks to Flaky! I was kind of surprised to hear that she stole the key, I wouldn't expect her to do anything like that, she's always been a little shy and timid.
Once Flaky managed to escape my hugs and thank you's, we slowly and quietly crept to the door. I gently opened the door and peaked my head around to look to see if anyone was there, luckily but strangely, the guards and nurses were gone. I was a little suspicious but this was my only chance to escape. I turned to face Flaky and flashed a grin, giving her a thumbs up.
"All clear, let's go, but be very quiet and stay close." I whispered, she nodded in agreement. With that, we both quietly made our way out of the visiting corridor, we both stopped at the corner and looked to see if there were any guards or nurses, three guards at the end door, they seemed too interested in their little conversation to notice me and Flaky. I hesitated for a moment, then looked at Flaky.
"Alright here's what we're gonna do, you see that metal pole over there?" I began, pointing at the metal pole lay on the ground near a broken pipe, Flaky nodded as I finished, "I'll deal with the guards while you wait here, I don't want you to get hurt." I whispered, checking to see if the guards noticed us, I was relieved to see that they didn't. I crawled over to the pipe and carefully picked it up, hoping that I'm not too weak to fight. I whistled at the guards to get their attention, they bolted their heads towards be and pulled out their guns,
"What are you doing out here?" One of the guards questioned as they all cocked their guns.
"I think you know very well what I'm doing out here." I said, walking towards the guards, dragging the pipe across the ground behind me. As I got closer to the guards, they immediately started shooting at me, I dodged every bullet as I ran and picked up the metal pole before smacking it across the first guards face, he crashed into the wall and hit the ground with a thud. I kneed the other guard in the gut before grabbing the back of his head and smashed it against the wall until I saw blood. I stole one of the dead guards guns and aimed it at the last guard.
"Drop your gun." I demanded, cornering the trembling guard and aiming the gun at his head. His shaking hands dropped the gun. Even though he was now harmless, I couldn't let him go and tell the other guards. I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger, all I could here was his body sliding down the wall and the gunshot echo through the halls.
"Forgive me."
I signalled to Flaky and she quickly ran towards me.
"You might want to take this with you." I said with a slight smile, handing her the bloody metal pole, she shrugged and took it with a nervous laugh. I chuckled and unlocked the door before we both sprinted down the empty corridors. I stopped as we came across my room.
"Wait I need to get something." I said rushing into my room. Flaky stood outside to keep an eye out for any nurses or guards. I pulled out something from under my pillow and smiled before rushing out the room, grabbing Flaky's arm pulling her along with me.
"What did you get?" She asked catching up with me as we ran.
"My Yin and Yang pendant, I'd be lost without it." I chuckled, placing the pendant in my pocket. We were close to the main entrance, but Flaky spotted a fire exit. I practically suffocated her with my hug,
"I could kiss you right now, Flaky!" I laughed, she laughed too until she could hardly breathe because of my hug.
"Ok.. We can.. Go.." She managed to say as she was choking I quickly released her,
"Sorry, Flaky! Let's get going!" I said grabbing her hand as we rushed to the fire exit. The only thing I forgot about was if you open a fire exit door, the fire alarms automatically go off, and the doors to the all of the rooms are unlocked. I was I little worried about the alarms, but glad that everyone who was staying there could manage to escape.
We made our way to the car park. Thank god Flaky drove here, we ran to her car as we heard police sirens in the distance. Flaky got out her car keys and unlocked the doors. I sat in the passengers side whiles Flaky sat on the drivers side. She started the engine and reversed out of the car park before speeding of down the empty road.
I relaxed in my seat and closed my eyes. I can't believe I actually escaped, with help from Flaky of course.
"We made it.. We actually made it!" I laughed hysterically, Flaky laughed too slightly,
"I knew we could do it, now let's get the hell out of here." She said, I had to agree with her, after three years of hell, I'm finally free, all thanks to Flaky.
"Get some sleep, Holly, we'll be on the road for a while. You look like you could use some shut eye." She said, eyeing the deep bags under my eyes. I inhaled and exhaled as I tightly shut my eyes to try and rest. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep.
A.N: I hope you liked it guys! Review and tell me what you think! :)
HTT.