Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ Sɪx﹕ Mᴀᴅɴᴇss Part 1/2

"Come child, come. There's no escaping this…. mAdNesS." Diluted voices rang throughout the dainty halls, following you wherever you went. There was just no escaping them. They crept into your mind and filled your memories with bloodied desires, creating new filthy and mangled ones. How could someone live like this? Listening to those horrid voices speak nothing but murder in their minds. How did they ever make it out? Out of their dark place where the voices lurked and strangled them with insanity?

As you rounded yet another corner, a menacing laugh broke out, seeming to get louder as you ran further down the musty corridor.

"There's no escaping MADNESS child!" The voice called out to your running figure. Trying your best to ignore the demented voices, you kept running as fast as your legs could carry you. As you glanced back, you weren't aware of the sudden wall in front of you, and you ran straight into it.

You fell right onto your back and the darkness started to envelope your figure. And, just before your eyes closed, a dark object loomed over your body and stared at your with red eyes. Then, your eyes closed….

Awakening from the sudden nightmare, you gasped, taking in a breath of fresh air is if you never were able to have the substance again. Your [e/c] irises scanned the room you were in. One of the old patients' rooms. The malodorous yellow peeling walls enveloped the room and markings of dried blood covered the floor. The bed springs were rusty and the mattress was rotted. It was then that you noticed at the foot of the bed were ankle shackles. The headboard also had ones for wrists. "How awful.." You mumbled to yourself.

Then, your mind wandered off to Mikey. Where was he? You looked around the room for the mutant but saw no sight of him. As you got out of bed, you noticed some strange markings on your legs. As you leaned down to get a closer look, the markings soon became claw marks. Your heart rate accelerated as your eyes widened with fear. 'Where did those come from?!' Your mind screamed as you scrambled off the bed, desperately wanting to find your friend.

"Mikey!?" You called out as you scanned the darkened abyss of hallways.

Your legs led you down the halls of what seem like eternity before you came across a room you've never seen before. This room was just pure…..madness. There were all sorts of symbols and sayings on the walls.

"No eScaPING."

"We're ALL mAD."

"HeLp…hElP..hELP."

As you step into the room, a cold blast of air envelopes your body, so cold that it could chill your bones. You hug yourself from the sudden blast of air and continue to step into the gruesome area and goose-bumps rise from the skin. "Mikey?" You looked around the room once more before spotting a shivering dark figure in the corner.

"So cold…" The figure whimpered as they continued to shiver. Wait, that voice…

"Mikey? Is that you?" You slowly stepped towards the shaking mutant.

Ah, that voice… The mutant stopped shivering, his carapace still facing you. A malicious grin spread across his face as you stepped closer towards him. Just as you took another step towards the turtle, he spun around viciously and lunged at you.

That once sweet, charming mutant, was now a malicious and malevolent being, ready for the kill.

And that kill was going to be you.