Alice walked forward to where the three girls just stood. Jasper was with her, but the rest of the Cullens lagged behind.
"Alice, what are you doing?" Rosalie asked stepping forward, and Alice spun around.
"Going to the Asylum." She stated a bit harshly. That is where her past ended and that is where it remained.
"Alice, maybe we should…"
"Go if you wish, but I am going to the Asylum." She stated and began to walk. The Cullens left Jasper and Alice alone; Edward must have read her thoughts and knew she rather do this alone. Dark had fallen as they approached the giant prison building. The stone gates stained with the rust that dripped from the barbwire were crumbling slightly, and one of the gates had fallen and shattered. Alice stopped as her mind fluttered; she remembered nothing, and yet she held a fear. Jasper wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
"No matter what's in there I will always be next to you." He whispered in her ear, and she let herself relax onto his chest as he calmed her. The breeze picked up, and Alice's hand slid down his arm and took his hand in hers. He squeezed it softly as they began to walk up the crumbling path through the decaying yard. The outside smelled of decay, and wasted; rats scurried along the windows of the building and along the sides. Near by an owl hooted as the wind shook a hanging shutter of wood. Finally they reached the giant oak doors.
"Once you enter you never leave, souls in there are souls in need." Whispered on the wind in more then one voice none of which was the original girl; Alice's breath caught in her throat. She placed her pale hand flat against the door, and with little pressure it pushed aside with a hissing creak. Their footsteps echoed harshly on the vacant landscape. The room in which they entered stunk more then the outside, and was littered with old overturned furniture.
A check in desk was the only thing still standing, and it was cluttered with items like the worker merely stood and left it. File cabinets surrounded in, and Alice eyed them. It was all so familiar like awaking after a horrifying dream and not remembering the details. She walked slowly behind the desk clutching Jasper's hand tight. Rats scurried away as she approached; she pulled the chair out slightly and a cloud of dust surfaced in the air leaving an imprint of her hand on the leather. She looked over the files on the desk and found pictures and names of other inmates, but none of them were her. She sighed as a picture less memory played in her head.
"Alice!" A girls voice shrilly screamed, and it brought hope, and fear to Alice. She heard a muttering of noise that she couldn't make out before another. "Alice!" Her eyes sprung open because her mind couldn't take the feelings it send over her. Jasper was holding her close whispering softly in her ear as a calming wave was sent threw her. It was the first time she realized she was shaking. As the shaking slowed Alice reached forward and grabbed the file cabinet labeled B. The drawer creaked open and dust filled the air; cob webs nestled on the folders. Her pale fingers nervously ran over the folders until she reach the one she was after. Brandon, Mary.
She traced the edge of the folder and flipped it open as more dust filled the air. She set it down slowly as she read.
Name: Mary Alice Brandon
Age: Nineteen
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Diagnostic: Thinks she can see events before they happen. Otherwise known as 'Future Seeing' or Psychic.
Cell Number: 666
Medical Expert: Dr. Laurence Anderson
How Ironic is all Alice could think as her eyes scanned the cell number. She flipped the paper over gently trying not to rip the worn parchment. Behind it a flyer laid, and one it was neatly printed…
Important Notice
Be on the look out for strange behavior by Rosa Oliva Xavier, Beth Ann Austin, and Qadr Cathy Luther. They are said to be associated with the recently detained Mary Alice Brandon who thinks she can see the future. These girls are rumored to not only believe the girl, but 'posses' powers' of their own. If you notice anything out of the ordinary please contact your authorities.
Alice looked over the names like she was holding the key to her very mind. Jasper read over her shoulder and traced the paper lightly with his finger. Alice gently placed her hand on his and brought it to her as she gazed into his golden eyes.
"Do you remember them?" He asked softly. She turned her eyed back to the paper, and sighed sadly.
"No, but that means nothing." She whispered slowly. "I will find out, and when I do you and I can head back home." She kissed his lips; the first thing she remembered mattering in her life. Alice pulled away slowly savoring the flavor of his lips. Her gaze then drifted to a worn door at the end of a hall way to the right. She walked over to it, and stopped as those haunted voice began to scream.
"The door is death, the door is greed. Turn back now or never leave!" The shrilly voices sent a shiver down Alice's spine as she pushed is open with a heart shattering creak. Water leaked from the ceiling of the narrow hall that was revealed. The sound of drops shattering to the ground added to the thudding in Alice's chest.
"Alice." The girl's voice came back in a soft tone. "This is all my fault." The voice then faded as a new one took its place. This one however even Jasper could hear.
"Rain, Rain go away, Radley's bored, and wants to play." It was a hysterically cruel laughing noise that repeated over, and over getting louder as they got closer.
"Rain, Rain go away, Radley's bored, and wants to play."
"Rain, Rain go away, Radley's bored, and wants to play."
"Rain, Rain go away, Radley's bored, and wants to play."
"Rain, Rain go away, Radley's" The voice stopped as Alice and Jasper stopped outside of cell number 253.
"Hello?" Alice asked softly peering threw the little bared window of the door. A figure was crouched in the corner rocking slowly back and forth.
"Wh-who's the-there?!" It cried twitching slightly as it tried to sink further back into the shadows. Jasper pushed the door open with a bit of effort keeping Alice a bit behind him. The cell was moist and water dripped down the tiny window on the wall and puddle on the ground. "Y-You can't be in h-h-ere! N-o-o, N-o-o the-they will n-not be h-happy, n-ot on-one b-b-bit." It shook its head furiously grasping its knees.
"Relax, we just want to talk." Jasper told it, but it shook his head.
"No-o. Radley d-does n-not t-talk un-unless….." It stared at them with piercing gold eyes. "Wh-Who a-ar-are y-y-ou?" It shouted now clearly alarmed rocking back and forth.
"My name is Alice, and this is my husband Jasper, and we were wondering…."
"I k-know y-y-ou!" It cried staggering to his feet, but still keeping to the shadows of the cell.
"You do?" Alice questioned as hope raised in her chest. The figure shook his head violently again.
"Y-Yea, y-y-you're th-that girl!" Alice nodded slightly and waited a moment for it to go on, but it just stopped, and stared.
"Yes, I'm Alice." She said slowly, and it titled its head to the side.
"H-h-hi I-I'm Radley." It stepped into the light a bit and then slunk back. He was an adult that looked to be around twenty-five. He was deathly pale with golden eyes, clearly a vampire, and torn tattered hospital robes.
"You said you knew me?" She questioned, and he nodded vigorously again.
"Yes." He said, and Alice waited. He said nothing else.
"What did you know?" Alice let the question draw out as he looked at her. He was slouched against the wall rocking on his toes.
"You're Alice." Alice sighed she was getting any where with him. So she turned around and was ready to leave when he began singing in the same voice as earlier. "Fear the day that Alice comes, She sees the future, but only some." He sang, and Alice spun back around.
"Excuse me?" She asked as her and Jasper exchanged a look. Radley hummed a bit and continued to rock.
"She has three friends that share her woes, one of them with many foes." Alice and Jasper said nothing waiting for him to continue. "That one will try as hard as she might, to free poor Alice on that night. But with a shriek and a painful cry, on that night the one will die; so now poor Alice returns again, to find the name of her long lost friend." Alice's eye widened and her mouth went slack. Radley sunk back down into his corner, and rocked back and forth. "Rain, Rain go away, Radley's bored, and wants to play." He sung again. Alice and Jasper slowly backed out of the cell closing the door softly behind them.
"Thank You." Alice whispered, but he only sang. Jasper pulled Alice back to him as her body began to tremble.
"What do you want to look for next?" Alice shook her head against Jasper's chest.
"I don't-I don't…."
"The answers are buried, Alice. You must uncover them." The girl's voice whispered gently in her mind. Alice's eyes sprang up to meet Jaspers.
"We need to go to the grave yard."
We'll what do you think? I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and hope it left you wanting more. Until next time….Italianamerican