Chapter 2: Administration block (part2)

Kirigiri was the first to wake up. She looked around, being careful to not cut herself with the glass debris all around her. She felt that some of her ribs must be fractured. But nothing too severe. What happened? She remembered the Asylum. That deformed giant man and-

She looked around to find her lover lying on the ground not far from her. She quickly crawled to him, and checked for a pulse, worry present on her face. She relaxed when she felt the beating of his heart. She woke him up.

"Makoto. Are you alright?" she asked as his eyes slowly opened, he sat down and looked around.

"Y-yeah… Oh… So it wasn't a dream. We…" he said, his voice low.

"Yes. We're trapped in the asylum. That… man, if we call that a man, threw us down here."

"There was someone else." Naegisaid, standing up before bending forward in pain, the cracked ribs, she raised an eyebrow while standing up in her turn. "Some sort of religious man… but he looked more like a patient to me. He called us his Apostles..." he explained, he looked around. "Anyway we must get out of here."

"You're right. But the man upstairs said that the main door is locked. I'll go look for the Security Control Room. You look for clues about what happened here. Even with the footage, there's a chance that people won't believe us." she said.

"Wait, what if there's some of those… Variants around here?" he asked his fiancée, worried.

"If there was any of them, I think we'll be dead. They would have killed us while we were unconscious." The detective replied.

Naegi didn't seemed convinced but knew when to give up when Kirigiri had a plan. And if there's no major holes in it, she's stubborn like a Togami. Naegi sighed and told her to meet up there as soon as they find something. The male detective turned around only to find a headless corpse with all it's guts out. He wasn't even that surprised, but still clinched at the sight. He took his camcorder and started recording what he was seeing. He looked up and on the wall of the balcony, written in blood was posted: 'PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL'. He decided to ignore it, certainly the crazy priest wrote this. He walked to the desk and noticed a confidential document which he took and browsed it, not finding anything important about their situation he put it back down and told his lover about its content, it was just a warrant of seizure of the building by Murkoff. He kept looking around, he first headed to the main door which was locked as expected. There were headless and gutless bodies all around the lobby, blood on the wall and on the balcony walls. Whatever happened here was a massacre.

There was two corridors next to the main door. Naegi traveled there, even if it was dark, his night vision helped him to get through it. Only to find toilets. He didn't know why on earth he did it, but he opened one of the toilet stall doors and found an arm sticking out of the bloody toilet bowl, next to it, buried in the same bowl a head, face up staring with empty eyes at the ceiling.

Fighting the urge to puke, he immediately closed it and told himself to never open of those toilets in this building ever again.

On Kirigiri"s side, she walked toward the elevator, next to it there were stairs leading upstairs and downstairs to the basement. She looked left, there was a lighted corridor separated by a gridded door blocked by debris. But something caught her attention, in the corridor was a patient, on a wheelchair and twitching a bit. In front of her, the elevator cage was closed and no matter how much she push the button, it doesn't come. In front of it a reversed wheelchair and a puddle of blood next to it, the blood was falling down the stairs to the basement. She looked right to see another lighted corridor but the gridded door was open, making it accessible, there was a panel next to the door with 'Security Control Room →' written on it. That's where they must go.

As she set foot on the corridor, a loud bang coming from the other end was heard, a man in a patient suit dashed out a door and was forcing another door open. He looked around and when he saw the female detective he used more force and finally managed to open the door and dashed inside. Another bang, he slammed the door.

She stood still for some seconds and started to walk down the hallway carefully, there was toilets on her left, she opened the door, and all stall doors were closed. For the same reason as Naegi, she opened the middle door and what she found was a corpse of a guard sitting on the bowl. On the wall behind, written with blood: 'WITNESS'. She remembered his partner told her about a patient in a priest outfit who called them his Apostles. Not a job they asked for. She noticed that there were words scrawled in blood everywhere. She's getting an ugly feeling in her gut that the "Priest" is writing them, and for their benefit.

In front of the toilet was a room with entrails and body parts neatly arranged on shelves. She entered the room and walked around the shelves, a hand over her nose to block as much as she could the horrible stench of blood and rot while swiping her hand to make the flies leave her alone, and saw another dead man, she approached the corpse and started searching for something valuable for the case. No matter what, she wanted to find out the mystery of this asylum at least a minimum before leaving. She found nothing, just a battery that will be useful for the camcorder.

The door closed behind her, she quickly spun around, ready to fight whatever entered the room but nothing. She approached the door, fist ready and opened it. No one, she looked at both ends of the corridors and there was no one…

She exited the room and kept walking toward the Security Room, but when she got in front of the large metal door, she noticed that it needed a keycard to open the door. She looked on her right and saw the room from which the man came out before open. It was dark inside but there was some lights for her to orientate herself. She found a confidential document on the desk, as she approached it, she saw that behind it was again a corpse in a puddle of blood.

There were bodies in every room of this Asylum, it didn't surprise her anymore.

She took the file and read it. PROJECT WALRIDER again… it seems that the project itself is a very dangerous initiative and completely illegal, especially after four failures that resulted in deaths.

"Violence among patients is increasing as the Morphogenic Engine Therapy gets closer to producing working models…" she read out loud.

What is going on in this place? She left the room, a voice called her out from the other room in front of her.

"W-We didn't choose this! Why should we have to pay for it? Why do we have to die?... Walker will kill us all! Just for being sick! We're still people! We didn't choose this…" the voice said in a sad but mad tone.

Kirigiri stared at the door for a while before heading back to the lobby.

"Kyoko! Did you unlocked the door?" the ahoge man asked.

"No. We need a keycard to enter the Security Control Room." she answered, "what about you?"

"Except to never go to the toilets here, nothing." he sighed, a disgusted look on his face, "Do you know where that keycard could be?" he asked.

"My guess is that it should be on one of the dead guards. It wasn't on any of the corpses I came by. What about you?"

"Nothing. So I guess we should look in the left hallway. I think we can enter it via the computer room over there." pointed the detective with the camcorder.

"Lead the way."

Both walked inside the dark computer room. As always, Makoto was leading with the night vision of the camcorder. He suddenly stopped when it ran out of batteries. He changed it and when he could see again.

"Ah!" he shouted, making his fiancée jump behind him, something appeared on the screen and it took two seconds for the man to recognize what the weird form was, "God dammit! That plant scared the shit outta me!" he sighed.

To this, Kyoko slapped the back of his head as they kept walking. They got in a storage room where they found a file about a patient named Chris Walker, a veteran of Afghanistan and his injuries matched the one of the man who threw them through the window. The ripped skin on his face was self-inflicted. Now that they know what to name the man, they resumed their search for the keycard.

As they entered the hallway, they saw the weird patient on the wheelchair at the other end. He was twitching a bit. They slowly walked past the weird man, their back glued against the wall and not taking their eyes off the man. Now that they were close, they could see his features with more details. He was topless and only wearing some green pants, barefoot. The skin on his bones, no muscles and facing down on the ground, breathing slowly.

Once a good 3 meters away from him, they detached themselves from the wall and opened the agape door in front of them, only to jump back against the wall when they saw what was inside the room. There was another patient, way more healthy sitting on a table and looking up at the wall.

"Are those… Variants?" asked shakily the ahoge boy.

"I… I think." she answered. After some seconds of no reactions from the person in the room, they entered to see what was catching the man's attention. It was a TV on a dead channel. They also noticed that the man wasn't alone.

On the chair next to the table was another patient… but his physical condition was near nightmarish. His face was full of scab on one side of the face, along with burn marks, scars all over his legs and he was missing his hands, replaced by more scabs. And on the sofa behind, was another one, he didn't have any scabs, but scars on his limbs. He was sitting on a fetal position. He looked up at the couple, his iris were completely empty of life and his mouth wide open… If there was a mouth left. They could see teeth but where should be a gab was a layer of skin sewed on the lips. The duo looked at the man with pity. He put his head on his knees again and started sobbing.

The couple walked around the room, not disturbing the three broken men and got out through the other exit, they got to the next room where they finally found the keycard on the corpse with the turned head backward. Once the key in hand they immediately ran toward the Security Control Room. But when they were about to walk by the man on the wheelchair….

He jumped out of his seat, right on top of Kirigiri who fell on her back with the man on top, he grabbed with both hands her neck and as he yelled:

"Get them out! Please!" he pleaded as he tighten his grip, "The Doctor is dead! Rip them clean! YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!" he screeched and spat at her face.

Now up close, the lavender haired woman could see his face, his eyes were tapped by a layer of skin. And as the rest of the body, all the skin on his skull, no cheeks meats nor lips.

"Hey! Let her go!" shouted a firm voice next to them.

The man looked up, and his face kissed Naegi's fist. He flew backward and slammed against the wall. As the brunette helped his partner to stand up, the strange man crawled and kicked himself away from the couple. After five kicks he balled himself up in fetal position and cried. Naegi sent a glare to the man who almost killed his fiancée, he turned his gaze on her, his face turned into one of concern as she rubbed her neck and gasped for air.

"Are you alright?" he asked concerned.

"Yes…" she whispered. She looked at him with the same seriousness as someone who didn't got attacked. "Let's just go." she ordered. And in silence they walked all the way to the Security Control Room.

Kirigiri used the keycard and both entered the room, there was another corpse and two lockers. On one of the walls was written in blood: 'They Lie'. Who are 'they'? They didn't know and didn't care. She got to the computer to unlock the main door and get out of this hell hole. As her gloved hands ran through the keyboard to activate the procedure, Naegi was looking at the screens displaying some camera feeds from the asylum. The screen suddenly switched into what seems to be the basement and a power lever. His eyes widen when the form of a certain priest approached the lever and extended his hand to grab it.

"No! Don't do it!" he pleaded even though he knew that he couldn't hear him. Kirigiri looked at what Naegi was screaming at and her eyes imitated his lover.

The man looked at the camera and pulled down the lever, cutting all power of the building.

Both detectives let out annoyed groans and Naegi slapped his forehead. The light bulb of the hallway and the Security room turned on again, for reason no one could understand. Naegi asked about what to do now. Kyoko was about to answer but she quickly stood up, ran toward one of the lockers, opened it, grabbed Naegi's collar and shoved him inside the locker and immediately joined him before closing it behind her.

Naegi's face turned bright red about how tight they were in such small place. He was about to comment but a gloved finger shushed him. His partner's eyes pointed at the grid of the locker so they could see through it. Both had chills running down their spine as they heard the sound of chains coming out from behind the door before the latter got knocked very violently. After three more knocks, the metal door crashed to the ground as the giant form of Chris Walker entered the room.

Right after bashing down the door, the giant looked to his right to see the computers turned off, he looked at the locker, what looked like a grin appeared on his face as he approached it, grabbed the handle and swung it open with one pull, his free hand ready to grab the couple… but they were not there. He looked at the inside of the locker, confused then closed it. He seethed.

"You were here, weren't you? Little pigs… I'll find all of you whores…" he said as he left the room, went left and entered another one. As he bashed the next door, screams of terror and pleading were heard. It was the signal for them to run away. The couple got out of the locker and sprinted down the hallway.

"Where do we go?" asked Naegi.

"To the basement." answered Kirigiri as both walked down the bloody stairs.

When they arrived in the basement, the first thing they noticed was that it was flooded. But thankfully, the water only reached their ankles. Naegi tried to open the gridded door but it was locked. Kyoko point out the hole on the wall next to them and they got through it. In the next room they found a file about an experiment based on hypnosis. They jumped over a desk that was blocking the road and plunged into darkness again. Naegi grabbed his fiancée's hand and they walked down the corridor when a voice called out to them.

"Who… Who's there?... I'll hurt you. I...I'm not afraid of dying. I'm not afraid of anything. Not anymore… But Father Martin gave me a duty… I… I won't fail." and the voice stopped.

Naegi told his lover that they should be very careful, and also to stay close. They really should have brought another camcorder. They kept walking down the hallway and found what looked like a panel to reboot the generator emitting a red light. In order for the power to be restored, the generator in the basement will have to be restarted; the generator can be fixed by operating the two pumps, as well as the main breaker, which is turned on with a lever found further in the basement. They headed toward a closed door on the left. Naegi described the room they were in a mess like any other room in this damned building, there was also some headless corpses hanging from the ceiling once more. He opened a door leading to one of the pumps. A faint green light illuminating the button at the other end of the room.

Naegi tried to press it, but it was stuck. He pushed with his finger a bit more forcefully, but it didn't move a bit. Kirigiri chuckled as he moved him aside, and with a good punch, the button was pressed with a loud cracking noise as the engines started to do their work. She looked at him in a smug way, he chuckled at the sight and took her hand to lead her to the next pump. He was about to open the room next door for the second pump when a bang was heard from the door on the wall behind them. The ahoge boy rushed inside the room with his fiancée before closing the door behind them. Kyoko went to press the button and the noise caused by the engines seemed to have attracted the man outside as their door started to bang. The couple quickly rushed to hide behind a large furniture in the room. Naegi looked over with his night vision and saw the door getting bash down as a patient armed with a big truncheon of wood entered the room.

"Where are you…?" he asked… but no answers from the hidden couple. "Gone?..." he turned around.

Kyoko couldn't predict what happened next. Naegi suddenly shot up and kicked the man's spine. He fell on the floor and he didn't waste a moment to jump on his back and started punching his head to knock him out.

"N-No more! I'm not afraid!" yelled the man between blows. "I-I have a duty!" he grabbed his weapon and bashed it on his assailant side of the head.

Makoto fell on his back, his head bleeding from the wound, he pressed a hand against it as his lover ran to him, lifted him and run. Leaving behind an angry crazy and armed patient who was slowly standing up before starting to chase them.

"Why did you do this? Are you crazy?!" exclaimed Kyoko while running down the hallway toward the room with the lever. A mix of concern and anger in her voice.

"I needed to see how resistant they are, also if he was out, we could go through this mess without to much to worry. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done this." he apologized in her arms, a trail of blood running down on the side of his face.

They reached the far end room and immediately closed it behind them. She put the brunette down. The lever was there and Naegi quickly pushed it up. Now they needed to go back to the main room in the basement. He was about to open the door but heard footsteps coming closer. He ran toward a furniture, his partner behind him and they hid behind it. Once again a wooden door of the basement got bashed down by the armed inmate. He looked at the lever and started whining about failing his duty and he will kill the couple. He saw some lockers and walked toward them.

The moment he turned his back, the couple walked their way out of the room and sprinted to the panel. They pressed the reboot button and the light came back in the basement, and certainly the building. They didn't waste a second to head back to the Security Room. Once back to the lobby, the male detective let out a heavy sigh while crouching.

"Jesus… This… Was something…" he said.

"…" Kyoko glared at him.

"I'm sorry… again" he said once he saw her glare, looking at the floor, "I should have been more cautious with the patient downstairs… Because of my stubbornness I got hurt and worried you a lot."

"Hey now… It was a teachable mistake. It's bad that you got hurt…" she said, placing a hand to his cheek, "We now know that they can't be fought. Let's just get out of here and never come back. Ok?" she asked.

"Yes." he answered and they exchanged a quick kiss on their lips as they walked down the newly illuminated hallway.

Kyoko went back to the computer and started the program again.

"Finally, we'll be out soon Kyo-"

Everything that followed happened in a flash. Kyoko saw everything on the corner of her eyes. Naegi's head suddenly reared backward before getting smashed against the screen in front of him, blood spattered on her face. He fell unconscious to the ground. As she was about to turn and punch whoever did this, an arm wrapped itself around her neck, immobilizing her. As she started to struggle in vain, a hand holding a syringe appeared in her vision field, there was a green liquid in it. Probably sedative. The hand planted the syringe on her neck and injected its content in her vein. The first effects were direct. All strength of her body disappeared. She tried to stay up but her legs were weak unlike never before. Her hands on her desk for support.

"I'm sorry my child… I wish I had another one so I wouldn't have to hurt your partner… I didn't want to do this…" an old voice said behind her, she tried to turn her head to see who was speaking, "But you can't leave, no yet." he said as he put a hand on hers. She immediately jerked her hand away, but by doing that she lost her support and almost fell to the ground but the man caught her by her shoulders, turning her.

It was the priest, Father Martin, he looked old and had the same deranged look on his eyes like the other patient. He certainly wasn't an official priest. That was for sure.

"There is so much yet for you to witness." he said as he grabbed her head and turned her toward the screen, he pointed at a security footage, "Will you see it? Can you?" he asked.

On the screen was what looked like the entrance of an underground laboratory as four soldier entered the place, weapon in hand ready to fire.

"Or Lord, the Walrider tearing His truth into the unbelievers." as he said that, suddenly one soldier flew backward and landed against the wall before getting dragged away, leaving behind a trail of blood. While the other soldier approached with caution after this strange scene, another one suddenly got lifted upside down like a doll and was shaking in all direction, as if a baby was grabbing a toy by its leg and flailed his arm. The attacked soldier started to shoot everywhere, hitting the head of one of his comrade, "The only way out of this place is the truth. Accept the gospel…" The last soldier tried to run away only to get smashed against a wall and being dragged away in the same manner of the first soldier, leaving behind a larger trail of blood. The footage stopped there.

Kyoko tried to turn her head but she was starting to feel dizzy as her eyes were flickering trying to stay awake.

"...and all doors will open before you." concluded Father Martin.

Her last vision was Martin lifting her up.

The nightmare continues…

To be continued...

In the next chapter of Survival at Mount Massive Asylum…

"We were so close… And now we are so far…"

"Are they… naked?"

"It's been a while since I saw a woman… she's pretty…"

"Maybe we can have our fun before bashing her brain?"

"'Follow the blood'? That Father bastard is he really trying to help us?"

"What? You like to watch? It's sick! You're sick!"

"Down the drain. With the blood, he said. The only way out is down. Down the drain. Down the drain."

First chapter is over.
Father Martin bring them far away from the exit. They were so close.
And now, multiple deadly challenges awaits them.

How will they survive this experience?