So it's come to this... You damn near lost your fucking mind, attempted to murder that fat prick Beckman, now you've probably lost Tiffany. She's NEVER going to come back after the shit you've pulled. Doesn't surprise me. You fucked up for the last time...
Justin started to come to after being sedated by Reznik. He could barely remember what happened, but he had the feeling that he blacked out and caused some sort of mayhem in the hospital.
As he was opening his eyes, he realized that he was in a moving vehicle restrained by handcuffs.
Oh no... I WAS ARRESTED?! he thought to himself, going into a panic.
He began to gather his surroundings, seeing where he was being taken to. The setting he was looking at out from the window were very unfamiliar. The landscapes, buildings, and even the town were all foreign to him. Justin, I don't think we're in CC anymore...
This gave JD the absolute feeling of fear. The feeling of uncertainty, unfamiliarity, and worst of all: feeling lost. Where are they taking me?
The vehicle continued to drive among the mysterious town he was in, which mostly consisted of abandoned houses, trees, and even a gothic church, which was pretty unique compared to the other ghost town accessories.
But the most eye-catching thing he saw was the place he was going to. The convoy drove up to the mountains, revealing a large building with a sign that said 'Welcome to Blackwing Asylum. Your wings are fractured, not destroyed'.
Somehow, that slogan had a bit of symbolism to it. Like he never lost his wings, he just needed them fixed in order to fly again, wings being a metaphor for feeling good and flying being the ability to have things taken care of.
The town of Blackwing was very mysterious, but it was pretty clear that he wasn't getting arrested. Rather, he was being sent to a mental institution.
Eventually, the vehicle came to a stop. The two officers got him out and escorted him into the entrance of the large building. There, he was greeted by a nurse to do an assessment with him, which typically took 45 minutes, if he was lucky.
It was pretty obvious that he was being sent to Blackwing Mental Hospital on either Tiffany or Beckman's behalf. The purpose of it was currently unknown, but he knew it may have been for the better.
Being in a place like that was very unnerving, especially considering it was in a town located over three hours away from Commotion City. Regardless, this was very unsettling. I wonder what the other patients are gonna be like?
"Like, really?" the gothic looking girl said, throwing down a card.
"HA HA! I beat you again, Lily-chan!" the girl with bleached hair replied, obviously teasing her for beating her in some kind of game.
The cyber chick smirked, impressed with the chubby girl's skills at their card game.
"Well played, Suki." she said in a rather odd, robotic tone.
"Aw, thanks, Zoey-senpai!" she said, blushing at the subtle compliment.
The goth got up, needing to take care of her personal business.
"Like, I need to take a piss. Are the rooms open yet?" she asked the cyber chick.
"I believe so." she replied.
"Good."
The goth then got up and headed to the room with the labels on the outside reading 'Lillian Aurawell' and 'Sarah Stevens'.
"God, sometimes I hate sharing a room with this girl. She's pretty fucking annoying." the goth said to herself. Regardless, she went into the bathroom and took care of her business.
She went back out into the hallway, heading back into the day room, which was where her and the other patients typically hung out during the day time.
However, while she was walking back, she saw a doctor walking with a vaguely familiar person's head looking down. Even though all she could see was the black hair, somehow she knew this person just by the physical gesture.
W-Was that? Nah, it couldn't be. He doesn't have black hair and wear that shit. He's too lame for that.
The goth girl went back into the day room to carry on with her and her friend's daily activities.
"Say, Zoe? Did you see that guy in the hallway?" she asked her cyber chick friend.
"No? Whoever are you referring to?"
She shook her head, thinking it wasn't important. "Nobody. Forget I said that."
"Lily-chan?" the weeb said. "Are you hallucinating now?"
"Nah, Suki. I'm just tired, that's all. And being woken up at the ass-crack of dawn isn't helping."
The three girls carried on with their game, acting like nothing weird just happened.
A few minutes later, a sad looking man with black hair, blue pants and a black t-shirt sat down on a chair away from the table that they were playing at.
The goth looked at the man, thinking he looked depressed.
"Like, you good?" she said, asking the stranger if he was okay.
"What is this? A newcomer?" the cyber chick said.
"He looks kinda familiar... Wait a minute..."
The weeb then ran over to him, thinking he looked a tad familiar.
"Konichiwa! I'm Suki! Do you like anime? Or manga? Or cosplay? Or-"
However, that introduction was unnecessary, as the moment he looked up, she automatically knew who it was.
"SENPAI?!" she shouted, extremely surprised to see him there.
"SUKI?!" Justin yelled, realizing that his weeb friend he met on Inna De Poona was here in the mental hospital with him.
But looking behind her, he saw two more familiar faces siting at a table, both of which he did not expect to see in a place like this.
"LILLIAN? ZOEY?!" he yelled, even more surprised to see them in here than the weeb.
"Oh my..." the cyber chick said, completely in disbelief that JD was here.
It felt a tad embarrassing for them to see him like this. But still, it was very surprising to see three familiar faces in a rather foreign environment like this. Venus must actually be looking out for me. The chances of this happening are little to none...
He then sat with them, giving them a chance to admire, or make fun of, his new appearance.
"So, like... Are you trying to make me look lame?" Lillian said, not really a fan of him having this gothic/emo style.
"Lillian, I have no time for your sarcastic bullshit." he replied, seeming much more on edge than she was used to.
"Still, the style looks pretty shitty on you. I like, preferred your brown hair, or whatever."
He shook his head, not taking too kindly to her sarcastic tone. He then faced Zoey, wanting to know why she was here more than anything.
"Where the fuck have you been, Zoey?" he said, still not happy that she basically ghosted him for almost a year at this point.
"I... It's a long story." the cyber chick said, being pretty ominous.
"I bet. You couldn't even make it to my Thanksgiving dinner last year at Love Lei hotel."
"I MISSED YOU, SENPAI!" Sarah butted in, being an attention whore. She then clinged onto him, happy to reunite with her friend after so long.
"I-I missed you too, Suki. I know why you're here." he said, knowing of the situation between her and her former boss.
"MMHMM! Mrs. Belrose sent me here in March so I can behave. When I get out of here, I can watch anime again! It'll be so sugoi! I can't wait to go back to work and see my friends again. Me, Nora-chan, Lailani-chan, and Brooke-san are gonna be super duper happy! We might finally get to go to Japan."
He frowned, not realizing that the weeb wasn't aware of Brooke's sudden change.
"Suki... I don't wanna disappoint you."
She looked at him, not aware of what he was about to say.
"What do ya mean, Senpai? Am I not gonna go back to work with Brooke-san? Am I never gonna go to Japan?"
As much as he didn't want to break Sarah's innocent heart, he knew that he shouldn't sugarcoat the situation.
"Brooke fired Nora and there's no telling if Lailani's still there or not. She doesn't want you back because she has money now. Brooke... Brooke's not the same anymore."
"W-What do ya mean Mrs. Belrose fired Nora? Me and her were BFFs! Well, besides me and Zoey-senpai, ehehehehe!"
Justin frowned, not wanting to crush her hopes and dreams.
"But still. why would she do that?" the weeb said, now sounding a bit upset with her former employer.
"Let's do this later, okay? I need to know why Lillian and Zoey are here." Justin said, getting back to the subject of the goth and cyber chick being in a place like this.
The two looked at each other, debating whether or not they wanted to tell him about their crazy ghost adventure from June or not.
"JD, we went through some bullshit, alright? You have no idea." Lillian said, referring to a past event he wasn't aware of.
"What do you mean by bullshit?"
Zoey decided to give a better explanation as to what happened.
"Me and Lillian were homeless in Daten City for quite a while. Unfortunately, a massive turn of events happened which involved an entity weaponizing our deepest fears. We received aid from two, let's say, special girls who hunted for said entities."
He was trying to process what she meant, as her enhanced vocabulary was pretty difficult to follow at times.
"So, a ghost was making you remember scary shit?"
The goth looked at him. "Scary shit? No, more like traumatizing shit. He used my friend dying as a weapon like a fucking pussy."
I can sort of relate. Good thing I wasn't in that situation.
"Anyways, we got it all hashed out and the special girls went back home where they belong. Unfortunately, the aftermath of the occurrence resulted in both of us in desperate need of psychiatric assistance. Lillian called Blackwing Mental Hospital and we've been here for the last several months receiving treatment, hers being for suicidal tendencies and mine being trauma from seeing a rather sick individual's sexual fantasies while stuck in the astral realms."
He remembered this instance. They spoke to each other in a gift shop on Inna De Poona, in which Zoey informed him of a sudden betrayal and theft from one of his closest partners, which ended up being Aiko, who was suffering a major mental decline at this time period.
She had stolen six hundred dollars, fled back to the city, and even attempted suicide due to an unplanned pregnancy with a man she didn't know, which was Connor. Still can't believe that was a year ago. It's a wonder that Ms. Yumi's made a full recovery since then. Shit, but I never did. Fucking bullshit, man.
"So, what are the astral realms? And who's sexual fantasies could possibly traumatize you so bad to where you have PTSD from it? It couldn't have been that bad. I mean, look who you're talking to." he said, knowing he had a large track record of sexual history.
The cyber chick gulped, now remembering the disturbing imagery of a specific individual's sexual thoughts that she had seen in the astral mirrors, which were objects that typically projected people's thoughts.
"The astral realms are similar to Hell for telekinetic beings. They're plagued with many evil spirits, portals to dimensions, and cursed mirrors. I saw many terrible things. But thanks to the astral mirrors, I was able to get into contact with Beli Lapran so she could inform you of the betrayal that was coming next, as I didn't have the ability to do it myself."
"Ah," he replied. "Yeah, the person who betrayed me was Audrey only because she was doing drugs after Nathan Belrose died. It was her way of coping, I guess."
"Mr. Belrose is dead?!" the weeb asked, not aware of him passing.
"Yeah, Suki. Brooke didn't tell you? That's why she got rid of you. She inherited his fortune and sold everyone out in favor of her sugarbaby business. She even abandoned her kids and her niece."
"Like, what a bitch!" the goth said, thinking that even she wouldn't stoop that low if she were in Brooke's shoes.
"That is what money does to a person. It spawns greed and narcissism, molds them into someone that relies on material in order to dwell amongst others. No doubt she had even more plastic surgery done since then to keep herself looking youthful, despite the contradictions."
He nodded, knowing that this was probably true.
"So, who were you seeing thoughts of, Zoe? It couldn't have been so bad, right?" he asked, bringing up that same question.
The cyber chick frowned, feeling a bit on edge answering this question. However, she also knew that JD had been through a lot in the past few years, so it probably wouldn't phase him as much.
"The man I saw the thoughts of the most was an absolutely repulsive individual named Kenny Bagworth."
...!
The moment he heard that name come out of the cyber chick's mouth, he immediately fell to the ground, going into cardiac arrest, something he had NEVER experienced before.
"Nani?!" Sarah said, wondering what was happening.
"Like, someone do CPR or whatever. I fucking can't!" Lillian said, not sure what to do.
"SOMEONE CALL A NURSE! HE'S DYING!" Zoey shouted, now highly concerned about what was happening.
Everything then faded to black. Nothing but the sound of paramedics, defoliators, and mental patients gathered around. Something wasn't right...