Later in the night, Cameron sneaked up to the psychiatric ward and
made up an excuse that he left his paper work for a patient in there. The
girl at the front desk let him in, and he looked around. He saw that no
one was around, and he seized the opportunity to talk to Gabriel and Anna.
He went over to Anna's room and typed in the code for that room, and the
door opened. Anna stood up and saw Cameron, so she grinned. He gestured
for her to follow him, and so she did.
Cameron took her to Gabriel's room, and he punched in the code for Gabriel's room. The door opened, and he gestured Anna to enter first. "Ladies first," he told her. She just stared at him, and Cameron realized Anna obviously hadn't heard that expression yet. So, he ignore it and entered the room himself. The door shut behind Cameron, and he check to make sure that no one was around.
Anna ran over to Gabriel and hugged him tightly. "Gabriel," she muttered as she savored his hug. "I thought I'd never see you again."
Gabriel held her tight and told her, "I thought you were dead," he told her.
"I was." Anna informed him. "I just remember waking up this morning and unable to believe how I could be alive again."
Cameron, who'd been silent for a moment, grinned. "You've both been reincarnated to fight the most dreaded enemy of your past."
Anna's eyebrows furrowed. "Dracula?"
Cameron nodded and looked up at Gabriel's face. Anna turned to see that Gabriel's face had grown pale. "He is really back, then," she said, and Gabriel nodded.
"Yes, he gave me a visit early yesterday. But, he is not a vampire. So, what danger could he cause?" Gabriel asked, mostly to Cameron; he'd forgotten Dr. Dragulia mentioned using him to gain control.
Cameron leaned up against the plexiglass wall with his arms crossed. "Dr. Dragulia," he started and paused for Gabriel to fill Anna in.
"That is Dracula's new identity." Gabriel told her.
"He is a doctor here?" Anna asked terrified.
"Yes, the head of this psychiatric ward, or the place where loons are kept. You two are the only sane patients here, but no one else knows that but me. I'm the only other one, besides Dr. Dragulia, that has lived amongst you in the past." Cameron shook his head. "But, I digress. Dr. Dragulia has a plan to keep Gabriel here and suffer like he had to suffer in his previous life. When he returns tomorrow, he will find Anna here and take great delight from torturing her this was as well."
"But, that still makes no sense as to why we've been brought back." Gabriel replied.
Cameron nodded. "Yes, well I am still working on why you are here. Perhaps it has nothing to due with Dr. Dragulia afterall."
"I'm sure it has everything to do with Dr. Dragulia, Carl." Gabriel replied.
Cameron shushed Gabriel. "I told you don't call me that. You never know who is listening."
Gabriel glanced out the plexiglass window. "No one is listening. There is no one around."
Cameron nervously shifted. "Anyway, I've got to get the two of you out of here. I think we should try tonight while no one else is here."
"Okay, how about right now?" Anna suggested.
Cameron shook his head. "No, I have to disable the cameras first. I all ready am in trouble by letting you out of your room and bringing you in here, Anna." He put his hand to his chin. "I'll just disable the cameras then get you two out of this room. I can then sneak you out of a nearby fire escape."
"A what?" Gabriel asked.
Cameron shook his head. "Sorry, I forgot. It is metal stairs attached to buildings so that you can climb down if a fire breaks out." Gabriel and Anna just stared, but Cameron couldn't explain it much simpler.
Cameron turned and said, "I'd best be working on those cameras."
Gabriel stopped him by saying, "No, first come over here."
Cameron turned and walked over to where Anna and Gabriel were. Gabriel pulled Cameron into a hug with Anna and him. It was not exactly a hug because Gabriel and Anna just put on arm on Cameron's back and leaned their heads against his head. Cameron felt his soul reunite with his old friends, and he felt a comfort that had been missing his whole life. He finally felt like he was home, and that made his need to turn the cameras off even stronger. He had to get his friends out of the white prisons where they were kept. Cameron knew he had to get them out of there before Dr. Dragulia allowed Michelle to prescribed Gabriel, or Anna, medications to "help" the delusions stop.
Cameron pulled out of his friends' embrace and walked over to the door with a confident look. Gabriel knew that Cameron wouldn't fail because there was still all Carl's knowledge and creativity left in his soul. He nodded to his friend and watched him exit the room. Cameron looked back and ran into something while he was distracted. He turned and noticed it wasn't a something that he ran into, but a someone. He had run into Michelle, and she was staring at him with a look in her eyes that Cameron had never seen before.
Cameron took her to Gabriel's room, and he punched in the code for Gabriel's room. The door opened, and he gestured Anna to enter first. "Ladies first," he told her. She just stared at him, and Cameron realized Anna obviously hadn't heard that expression yet. So, he ignore it and entered the room himself. The door shut behind Cameron, and he check to make sure that no one was around.
Anna ran over to Gabriel and hugged him tightly. "Gabriel," she muttered as she savored his hug. "I thought I'd never see you again."
Gabriel held her tight and told her, "I thought you were dead," he told her.
"I was." Anna informed him. "I just remember waking up this morning and unable to believe how I could be alive again."
Cameron, who'd been silent for a moment, grinned. "You've both been reincarnated to fight the most dreaded enemy of your past."
Anna's eyebrows furrowed. "Dracula?"
Cameron nodded and looked up at Gabriel's face. Anna turned to see that Gabriel's face had grown pale. "He is really back, then," she said, and Gabriel nodded.
"Yes, he gave me a visit early yesterday. But, he is not a vampire. So, what danger could he cause?" Gabriel asked, mostly to Cameron; he'd forgotten Dr. Dragulia mentioned using him to gain control.
Cameron leaned up against the plexiglass wall with his arms crossed. "Dr. Dragulia," he started and paused for Gabriel to fill Anna in.
"That is Dracula's new identity." Gabriel told her.
"He is a doctor here?" Anna asked terrified.
"Yes, the head of this psychiatric ward, or the place where loons are kept. You two are the only sane patients here, but no one else knows that but me. I'm the only other one, besides Dr. Dragulia, that has lived amongst you in the past." Cameron shook his head. "But, I digress. Dr. Dragulia has a plan to keep Gabriel here and suffer like he had to suffer in his previous life. When he returns tomorrow, he will find Anna here and take great delight from torturing her this was as well."
"But, that still makes no sense as to why we've been brought back." Gabriel replied.
Cameron nodded. "Yes, well I am still working on why you are here. Perhaps it has nothing to due with Dr. Dragulia afterall."
"I'm sure it has everything to do with Dr. Dragulia, Carl." Gabriel replied.
Cameron shushed Gabriel. "I told you don't call me that. You never know who is listening."
Gabriel glanced out the plexiglass window. "No one is listening. There is no one around."
Cameron nervously shifted. "Anyway, I've got to get the two of you out of here. I think we should try tonight while no one else is here."
"Okay, how about right now?" Anna suggested.
Cameron shook his head. "No, I have to disable the cameras first. I all ready am in trouble by letting you out of your room and bringing you in here, Anna." He put his hand to his chin. "I'll just disable the cameras then get you two out of this room. I can then sneak you out of a nearby fire escape."
"A what?" Gabriel asked.
Cameron shook his head. "Sorry, I forgot. It is metal stairs attached to buildings so that you can climb down if a fire breaks out." Gabriel and Anna just stared, but Cameron couldn't explain it much simpler.
Cameron turned and said, "I'd best be working on those cameras."
Gabriel stopped him by saying, "No, first come over here."
Cameron turned and walked over to where Anna and Gabriel were. Gabriel pulled Cameron into a hug with Anna and him. It was not exactly a hug because Gabriel and Anna just put on arm on Cameron's back and leaned their heads against his head. Cameron felt his soul reunite with his old friends, and he felt a comfort that had been missing his whole life. He finally felt like he was home, and that made his need to turn the cameras off even stronger. He had to get his friends out of the white prisons where they were kept. Cameron knew he had to get them out of there before Dr. Dragulia allowed Michelle to prescribed Gabriel, or Anna, medications to "help" the delusions stop.
Cameron pulled out of his friends' embrace and walked over to the door with a confident look. Gabriel knew that Cameron wouldn't fail because there was still all Carl's knowledge and creativity left in his soul. He nodded to his friend and watched him exit the room. Cameron looked back and ran into something while he was distracted. He turned and noticed it wasn't a something that he ran into, but a someone. He had run into Michelle, and she was staring at him with a look in her eyes that Cameron had never seen before.