I woke up hearing my phone go off. I looked at my alarm clock and saw it was 12:30 in the morning. I looked at my phone and saw it was one of the nurses calling me. I immediately answered.
"Nurse Cassie, I need you down right away, it's urgent. It's Ms. Jean."
I told the nurse on the other line, whose name was Melissa; I'd be there as soon as possible. I got up taking my pajamas off and throwing on some scrubs. I slipped on my Nursing Clogs and grabbed my car keys and my hair band to throw my hair up. I locked my door behind me and rushed to my car. I turned it on and made my way over to the Asylum.
I clocked in quickly and found Melissa.
"Melissa, what's going on?"
"It's Ms. Jean. We went in and tried to give her some more of her medications because she didn't take them before bed, and she started freaking out saying something about a scarecrow."
"Did you call Doctor Crane?"
"I've been trying; I've left him messages to get here as soon as possible because I'm not sure what to do. That's why I called you."
"Well, sedate her for one until the Doctor can get here to see her. Two… That's all we really can do until Doctor Crane gets here in the next few hours or sooner, to see her. We can't do much else."
I probably sounded like a bitch, but most of the night shift nurses didn't really know what they were doing. They either called me or someone else to figure out what to do because they said they didn't know what to do. Doctor Crane told Melissa if she called me in the middle of the night/early hours of the morning again for a question or to get there right away, she'd suffer dire consequences. I didn't wish that for Melissa, she was still new. She just graduated from Nursing School herself.
"I'm sorry I called you here and woke you up Cassie. I just didn't know what to do; I didn't want to sedate her."
I nodded slowly taking in what Melissa said. I went over to the Medication Cart and I grabbed a needle, gloves, and something to sedate her with. I didn't want to sedate her, but I knew I had to. I quietly knocked on her door and opened it making my way inside.
Ms. Jean cowered in the corner in a straight jack muttering "Scarecrow" over and over again. I knew it wasn't my place, but before I sedated her, I wanted to ask her about this Scarecrow.
"Ms. Jean, its Nurse Cassie. Are you feeling okay?"
"Scarecrow… Scare… Crow… Scarecrow…"
"What about this scarecrow Ms. Jean? Can you tell me about it?"
"He's here with us… He's everywhere… Soon... He's going to get you too..."
I knew this wasn't going to go anywhere, I grabbed my needle and the bottle the sedation medication was in, I quickly drew out the right dosage and told Ms. Jean I had something to make her feel better. I felt bad as she looked at me with lost confused eyes. I slowly walked her over to her bed and injected the needle into her arm. Part of me felt terrible for doing this, but I knew in order for her to get rest, she needed it. Scarecrow wasn't real; he was in her imagination, someone she made up. I walked out of her room and quietly shut the door behind me.
"It's done." I began sighing.
"She's fully sedated so she shouldn't be waking up for a while."
Melissa smiled and told me thank you. I decided I would write notes about Ms. Jean and what was going on and what happened. I dropped them off at Dr. Crane's office on the way out. I figured maybe he could figure out what was going on. I left Arkham Asylum and made my way home.