Andy Barclay took a deep breath and looked down at the little girl standing next to him. It had been a few months since he first visited Nica at Lochmoor, and since then, they developed a bond. At first, they believed the bond was over their mutual hatred of Chucky, but Andy suspected it was something else. Today, however, Andy decided to bring her niece, Alice, with him.
"Ready to go?" Barclay asked.
"I'm waiting on you." Alice replied, smiling. Andy smirked, and the two proceeded into the visiting room. Moments later, Doctor Foley arrived, wheeling Nica in and left.
"Alice?" Nica asked, surprised to see her niece. The girl smiled and nodded
"It's been too long." Alice told her aunt. "Everyone is dead…"
"Alice, what happened after I was sent here?" Nica asked. "What did Chucky do?"
"Chucky was already at Grandma's house before I got home from school." Alice recounted the incident from a couple years ago. "He told me that Grandma was in the cellar, and he wanted to play a game called 'Hide the Soul'. I closed my eyes and he began saying these weird words. After a few minutes, he stopped, and when Grandma came up from the cellar, with a plastic bag over her head, Chucky grabbed a knife and stabbed her."
"Oh God…" Nica gasped, putting her hands over her mouth.
"Aunty Nica, I'm sorry." Alice walked over to Nica and giving her a hug. "I thought you killed Mommy and Daddy. I'm so sorry I didn't believe you."
"Alice, it's okay." Nica returned the hug. "You couldn't have known." Smiling, Alice and Nica broke off the hug, and Pierce turned to Andy.
"Thank you, Andy." Nica said, but then her expression became serious. "What was that? Hide the soul? Whatever he was saying?"
"That's what Chucky says as a game, but he was going to transfer his soul into your niece." Andy explained. "He's tried that on me and Tyler before, but it didn't work on Alice because his soul can only be transferred into my body."
"What happened after your grandmother died?" Nica asked.
"I ran away, and was eventually found by the police." Alice answered. "They didn't believe me, and even compared me to Andy. Eventually, I was put in foster care, and Andy's friend, Tyler, adopted me."
"It was a good thing too, because he told me that someone else was there who was about to take her." Andy added.
"Who?" Nica frowned.
"Some blonde woman who called herself Tiffany Valentine." Alice shrugged, but Nica noticed Andy having a grim expression on his face.
"Who is she?" Nica asked. Andy sighed.
"Tiffany Valentine was Charles Lee Ray's lover." Andy explained. "A few months after the incident at Kent, the Niagara Falls murders happened, and it was reported that at the Hackensack cemetery, a scarred Good Guy doll was laying in Lee Ray's grave, and next to it was a blonde haired doll, burnt to a crisp."
"Father Frank said he saw the doll on the news." Alice remembered. "And when I saw Chucky kill Grandma, his face looked like it was sewn together."
"After piecing it all together, I found out that Tiffany took the remains of Chucky from the evidence locker and put him together. Somewhere down that road, she became a doll too." Andy continued. "And if my guess is correct, when the two dolls went on a killing spree in Los Angeles, Tiffany succeeded in transferring her soul into the actress Jennifer Tilly's body."
"So what do I do if they ever come here?" Nica asked, fearful.
"I doubt Chucky will show up. Even he can't get past all the security cameras and guards." Andy reassured her. "As for Valentine, I'd suggest acting like you don't know her, and just make sure you're not alone."
"Thanks Andy." Nica leaned over and kissed Barclay. Andy, surprised, allowed the kiss to linger, but the two eventually stopped, remembering Alice was still with them. "That's for all you've done for Alice and I."
"I can't just stand by and let that doll fuck with somebody else." Andy reasoned. Just then, Doctor Foley opened the door and stepped in.
"Times up, you three." Foley warned. Andy and Alice sighed inward, before standing up.
"We'll see you again, Aunty Nica, we promise." Alice told her aunt, and she and Barclay left the asylum, while Foley began wheeling her out. Nica frowned, however, when they passed her cell.
"Hey Doc, did you forget where my room is?" Nica joked nervously.
"I overheard your conversation with Mister Barclay." Foley revealed, wheeling her into his private office at Lochmoor. It wasn't nearly as good as the he had at Harrogate, but it was the best the other doctors could provide. "I have to say, I'm disappointed. I thought we were making some progress."
"We never were." Nica laughed. "I saw what I saw that night. I didn't kill my family." Foley sighed, pulling out a syringe and filling it with a clear liquid.
"You know, I don't like that I have to do this." Foley said, feigning sadness and grabbing Pierce's arm. "But it's the only way I can help you." The doctor injected Nica with the syringe, and began his hypnosis therapy.
A few months later, Andy showed up to the asylum for the usual visit. After going through the routine procedure, he sat down and waited for Nica to arrive. After five minutes, Foley finally wheeled her in, but sat in a corner.
"If it's all the same to you, I'd like to speak to her in private." Andy requested.
"I can't allow that anymore." Foley shook his head. "I now have to be with my patients when they have visitors."
"Fine." Andy gritted his teeth, and turned his attention back to Nica. "So, how've you been?" Nica blinked, staring at him with a confused look.
"Who are you?" Nica looked at him, showing no signs of recognition.
"Nica, it's me." Andy told her, attempting to reach out, but Nica quickly pulled her hand away. "Don't you remember?"
"I've never seen you in my life." Nica replied briskly.
"Okay, remember when we discussed Chucky?" Andy tried again. "He killed your family in 2013-"
"No. I killed my family." Nica interrupted. "I used the Chucky doll as an excuse for what I did. But I can't deny I killed them."
"Nica, please-" Andy tried, but Nica didn't listen, instead signalling Foley that the visit was over. As Foley got up and Andy quickly scribbled down something on a piece of paper.
"Listen, if he ever shows up here, let me know, alright?" Andy requested, as the guards went to lead him out.
"Mister Barclay, I believe you know the way out?" Foley suggested smugly. Andy glared at the man, figuring that he must have done something, but decided to leave for the time being. Foley smiled to himself, finally ridding himself of Andy Barclay and having Nica to himself. Even more so, he forced her to believe that Chucky never killed her family; she did. As she was being wheeled back to her cell, Nica looked down at the paper in her hand. On it was a number, presumably Barclay's. Nica chuckled silently, and once Foley left, she stuck the paper under her pillow, making the decision to keep the number for now. Who knows, she might need it someday.
Andy stormed back to his truck, where Alice was waiting.
"How'd it go?" Alice asked, but then saw his expression. "You look pissed."
"I thought I told you to watch your mouth." Andy grumbled.
"Yeah, I'm living with two middle aged men who like to curse as much as that damned doll. Like that'll happen." Alice snorted. "So, you gonna tell me what happened with my Aunty Nica?"
"She barely recognized me." Andy told the girl. "What's more, she believes she killed your parents, not Chucky."
"That's impossible!" Alice shouted. "Tell me your bullshitting me!"
"I'm not." Andy insisted. "She claimed she never knew me, and that she's the one who made you an orphan."
"Is there anything you can do?" Alice asked angrily.
"I did leave her my number, in case he ever comes back." Andy replied. "Come on, I need to get you back to Tyler's." With that, Andy drove off away from Lochmoor, and back to the city.
