Hunting

Chapter 26

The asylum part 1

In the dark alley of an asylum,a boy was running,trying to escape from something. He didn't want to get caught,since he knew what would had happened to him. For the first time in his life,i was hoping to get captured by the guards,even if he knew that the guard didn't had power over his enemy. Moreover,all of them were asleep. He ran until he found himself in front of a big windows. The enemy was getting closer to him,ready to unleash his fury. The boy took is decision. He knew that there was just a way to get out. With all the power that he still had in his body,he jumped.

That night,one of the guards noticed that something happened. There one of the windows was broken. He got closer to the broken window. Then,he looked downstairs. He screamed. Enlightened by the light of the stars,there was a boy on the ground. The guards ran toward one of the phones and called an ambulance;the fall wasn't fatal,it was not high enough. The guard was really doubting is life decisions;he should had knew better. Those things do happened in asylums. But why it happened this time?

Dwayne's pov

Among all the person that they could had choose,they decided too chose them. That night,during February,i would had to start my investigation at the local asylum. The previous night,a poor fool jumped out from a window. At least,this is what the guards had told. Knowing the shady stories behind the asylum,i definitely wasn't trusting them. With me,there were two cops;McArthur and Sanders. Both of them were young women. And both of them didn't know how to do their job. I was hoping that the case would had been easy. But,knowing my luck,i was sure that it would had not been easy.

The inmate was a boy called Leonard. Afrocanadian,tall and skinny,with black eyes and black hairs. There was no doubt that he died on on the fall;he was too physically frail to survive something like that. According to the files that a cop gave me,the boy believed himself to be a wizard. He was hospitalized in the asylum from two years. He was never aggressive,and he always showed respect to inmates and guards.

I got inside the asylum;the whole place smelled like crap and naphthalene. The place would had been shutted long ago if it wasn't the only asylum in miles. First thing first,i decided to took a look at the place were Leonard fell. Then,i decided to get into his cell. After a research,i managed to found a diary. I decided to took a look at it. The last pages talked about a strange monster walking in the halleys.

"This diary proved to be intresting. Look at this"i gave the diary to Sanders and McArthur. The quickly read the last pages of the diary.

"You know,maybe this monster that he wrote about it's the reason why i jumped from that windows"McArthur said.

"The other inmates probably knew something. If this "monster" was real,then they probably noticed it"Sanders said.

"We will begin with the friends of this guy. Then,we will ask the other inmates. However,before that,we will watch the cameras. Maybe we will discover something"i said. We walked toward the cameras room. Unfortunately,the registration of the previous hours disappeared. I was right,i learned soemthing. Somebody had the power to go into that room and eliminate the proof.
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Tammy was Leonard's best friend. She was short,chubby,with blonde eyes and black hairs. Like Leonard,she was quite a peaceful inmates,both toward the guards ad the inamates. She told us what she knew about what happened.

"It's been three days since Leonard started to complain that there was a monster in the asylum. He said that he was seeing this monster walking in the hallways and disappearing in the most improbable place. With my ocarina,i would had been able to ban it."

"This is very intresting"i said"Leonard frek out about a monster for three days. And yet,despite this,he manaed to escape from his cell. I wonder how something like that is possible."

"Because the guards were all sleeping like babies"an inmate behind me said"ask the director.

"Asleep on the job"i said"maybe this place isn't safe as people thougth. This can explain why the video tape disappeared and why nobody notice Leonard escaping from his cell. But i wonder why you weren't asleep like the guards and the inmates."

"Precaution. Believe me,in a place like this ther necessary."

"Alright,let's try"i said. I got up and i headed toward the director office. MacArthur and Sanders were watching me like i was the crazy one.
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Calmly,i got inside the warden's office;the warden was a man in his sixties,with with hairs,a white beard and blue eyes. He was worried. His agitation was showed by his fingers;he kept tapping them on the desk. Without saying a word,i took a chair and i sat in front of him. I put a nice smile on my face. The warden seemed to relax;exactly what i wanted.

The warden started to spoke. "I hope that the investigation is proceding well. Judging by the smile on your face,you discovered something."

"Kind off"i said"a little birdie told me that the guards were all asleep." The warden assumed an expression of fear. "Can you please tell me why?"

"I don't know what you're taling about"the warden angrily said.

"Listen,we known that the guards were asleep"McArthur said,trying to sound intimidating.

"Tell us or you will root in jail"Sanders said.

"You can capture more mosquitos with honey than with vinegar"i said;gladly,they both managed to get the message. "Listen,this palce have a bad reputation. A scandal like that will destroy this place. Tell me everything that you know,and i will pretend that all of this didn't happened." McArthur and Sanders were pissed off,but they understood.

The warden decided to told us what happened. "We all fell asleep. The first guard to woke up discovered that Leonard was dead. I decided to eliminate the proof,so the asylum could had lasted."

"Thank you"i said"we will continue the investigations."
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The inmate was smoothly playing with a deck of cards. He was moving them with agility and quickness with his left hand. The right hand was missing from his body When we sat down in front of him he quit it. A huge smile grew on his face. "I see that your here for the routine questions"the inmate said while putting the cards in one of his pockets"go ahead,do your job."

"The warden told me the truth. It seems that you were right. Now,i would like to know more"i said.

For an instant,the inmate stood in silence. Then,he began to talk. "First of all,you must know my name;it's not something very polite to don't introduce ourself." I nodded. "My name is George. I used to work as a firework salesman before...well,that's not important. It's not the reason why i lost my right hand and my right eyes. Now,your turn."

"Dwayne,police detective."

"McArthur,cadet."

"Sanders,cadet."

"Guessed that"George said"as you may know,three days ago,the poor boy started to saw a monster. What he don't know is that this monster is lurking in this place since a lot of time." It wasn in that instant that George started to laugh;it was a soft laugh,typical of a very polite person. If it wasn't in an asylum,i would had never guessed that he was crazy. "Sorry,i just realized that everything that i was going to say was crazy. Anyway,the monster will murder again. You and the cops will search for proofs,but you will not find one. It will be then that you will listen to me. Just then. Thanks for the talk,it's been a lot."

"Thank you too"i said.

"That guy dosen't sound crazy"Sanders said.

"I wonder why it's here"McArthur said.

"I will take a look at his file."

I got to the Warden once again;this time,i asked him to gave me information about George. According to the files,George tortured and murdered a guy. According to George,it was an act of revenge. Whatever happened,he wasn't the reason behind the loss of his right eyes and right hand. Then,after that,me and the cadets returned to the police department. The scientifict work was not our job.

The asylum part 1 end