Jeffrey wakes up. His stomach is tied in a knot. The eerie feeling is getting stronger. He is feeling very uncomfortable. He's been in a lot of scary places in his life, but this 'Castle' takes top rating. He gets up and starts to get dressed. Doesn't matter what Kate thinks: they're leaving. There has to be something wrong with a place that makes him feel this uncomfortable.
He rushes over to Kate's room and knocks on the door. No answer.
"C'mon, Kate. Wake up." Jeffrey is getting very nervous. He opens the door and finds the room empty. Where is Kate? Did he get the wrong room? He tries the door next to it. It opens to a brick wall. What is this? A haunted house? Just a nightmare? His heart is pounding in his troath. He starts knocking on doors randomly and shouting out Kate's name. Some doors are opened by people in their night shirts. Others stay closed. Jeffrey jerks those open. They open to empty rooms, rooms with iron sheeted walls, a room with scorch marks on the door, and more brick walls.
Panic is starting to get the better of him. Jeffrey finds a door that doesn't open. It is locked and something tells him Kate's behind it. He throws his body against the door. It doesn't give. He shouts for help. A few of the hotel guests he has woken up come over to help. With their joint efforts they break down the door.
Kate is lying on the floor in the middle of the small room. Jeffrey rushes over to her and shakes her shoulder.
"C'mon, Kate. Wake up."
"What's that smell?" one of the men by the door asks.
"Gas." Jeffrey jumps up. He pulls Kate up and throws her arm around his shoulder. She growns. Oh, lucky, she's alive. Where's the omni? "Kate! Where's the omni?"
"Room," she manages. Jeffrey looks around the room.
"There's nothing in here!" His panic is reaching dangerous levels. Haunted house, Kate nearly killed, omni missing, his bruised shoulder telling him this is not a nightmate but really happening.
"Room," Kate repeats and manages a little gesture with her hand out of the room. The room she was staying in. With Kate leaning heavy on his shoulder Jeffrey tries to go overthere as quick as possible. Kate, the narrow hall way and the crowd that has gathered in it hampering him. Back in Kate's original room he props Kate against the wall and looks around the room. Nothing.
"Where is it?" he shouts.
"Pill ..." Kate slides down the wall and falls on the floor.
Jeffrey pulls the pillow from the bed. There it is. He grabs it, rushes over to Kate and grabs her by the arm. They're not staying here another second. He triggers the omni.
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They appear in an open space in the woods, but Jeffrey's too worried about Kate to notice. He drops the omni and kneels beside her. What should he do? Think, think. He hits the heels of his hands against his forehead. Stop panicing for one. Panic is of no use in a situation like this. Calm, he knows how to do this, he has done it before. Why hasn't he practiced? STOP PANICING! he shouts to himself, you're loosing valuable time here. First check for breathing. Jeffrey tilts Kate's head back to free the airway, then places a hand on her chest and holds his cheek just above her mouth. He can't detect any breathing, no movement of her chest. Why did he omni out? One of the bystanders could have gone for help. FOCUS! Next, check for a pulse. He moves his fingers carefully down her neck until he finds a little groove. There, there it is, a pulse. Now, mouth-to-mouth breathing. Just as Jeffrey is getting ready to deliver his first burst of air he hears Kate cough. He checks again for breathing. YES. She is breathing. It is faint, but she is breathing. He roles Kate on her left side in the recovery position.
Jeffrey drops down beside her and checks his own pulse and breathing. Both rapid. His heart is pounding in his troath. What kind of hotel is that where they put guests in a gaschamber? He has never heard of such a thing. No wait, he has. There was a kid in his school with an unhealthy interest in serial killers. He told him about it. America's first serial killer, he said, had a hotel in Chicago where he would toture his guests or asphyxiate them in specially designed gaschambers. That's where Kate and he were staying. No wonder he had an eerie feeling. And the omni had given a green light!
Jeffrey feels his heart rate slow down. He checks Kate's breathing. Still there, getting stronger. He closes his eyes and falls a sleep.
