Chapter Seven, (Psychiatric Ward Warnings)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin and Ally. Or anything you might realize! A/N Hey all my faithful readers! I'm SO SORRY I didn't update when I said I would! But I hope this makes up for it! IMPORTANT QUESTION: Should I post another story I have in mind? It'll probably be a one or two shot! Leave your answer in the review below! Best Regards, I.O.M.H.I.L

Ally's P.O.V

At first, I thought I heard wrong. How could my family do this to me!?I was dumfounded at first and I was so shocked I didn't even realize a nurse setting me in a wheelchair and pushing me to the elevator;to take me to a separate part of the hospital. I finally shook out out my trance as I was brought into a community room filled with people-people I didn't belong with. Some looked like they were crack addicts and others looked like they were gonna explode any minute. Some were unstable looking and others were just staring at the wall with blank expressions;probably wishing they weren't here. I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of that while I'm here. After the nurse checks me in at the front desk, I am wheeled to my own private room. Unfortunately, the walls are gray and beige,without a single window, and a very small bathroom. At least I'm all by myself though; that's the only good thing about this. At least I know I won't have to share my room with a crazy serial killer! By now it's very late in the evening, so I have a light "dinner" and go to sleep. I toss and turn and try to get some sleep, but because of my new surroundings I can't go to sleep. Suddenly I get up and start pacing around the room-(I sometimes do that when I need to think!) Out of nowhere I find myself on the ground because apparently I tripped on thin air!Then I hear a laugh. I shake it off, thinking it might be the sick voice of one of the the other demented patients, but I know that voice! I swear I thought what I heard was Dez's voice. It sounded just like him, and I know it because it's very unique. Another thing is he would always laugh when I fell for no apparent reason! He always said I was an accident waiting to happen! But that is so not true! Ok maybe a little true :(But I am unnerved by this because Dez is gone. He's dead. Dead people can't speak. You can't hear dead people! Ok, maybe I am going crazy! Maybe I belong here after all. I'll probably never leave this place! I'm never gonna get out of here! I begin pacing again and I look/feel like a wild animal in a cage. I just want to get out of here! Why couldn't they at least take me to a different hospital? They just had to leave me in the same hospital, where my last friend died in, and where his body is probably laying in the hospital's morgue right now. OH MY GOD! That thought just creeps me out! How can I possibly sleep when the corpse of my friend is laying in the same building that I have to sleep in? I continue to pace back and forth, until the wee hours of the morning and I finally collapse of exhaustion in a heap in the middle of the floor. *time skip* I'm laying in my bed, and surprise surprise, my feet are now strapped to my bed. But I am starving, so I summon the nurse and convince her that I'm well enough to eat by myself. She looks at me reluctantly and hesitantly leaves me to eat. After I finish breakfast, I want to go for a walk. I am sick and tired of being confined in my room, so I ask permission to walk around the premises. Unfortunately, I, like everyone else is not trusted;so I am only permitted to use the community room. I decide it's better than nothing as I make my way over to the little couch with the crappy tv. As I sit down, a nice, timid-looking, elderly lady sits down next to me-a little too close for comfort. She motions for me to lean closer to her, and as I'm wondering what she could possibly tell me; I'm not prepared for what she says whispers to me in a hasty manner that I shouldn't trust anyone in here. Not even the nurses, but I figured that much. I just didn't have a good reason why. Until Now. Turns out, the nurses watch us 24/7. I look over my shoulder to see some of the nurses eyeing us suspiciously, and what the old lady told me was confirmed. Apparently they even watch us while we're in our "private" rooms; so that's how they knew to restrain my feet! But they do it, cause all the info the get; they get paid more. Also they screw with our charts so it looks WAY worse than it actually is, that way they'll get more money to "treat" our illnesses. She tells me I need to get out of here, because If I don't;then I never will. The old lady just warns me to be careful and be cautious about my surroundings, and then she leaves to go play bingo. I sit there trying to process all the information she gave me, but I feel more confused the more I think about it. All I know is, there's no way I'm staying here.

Nurse's P.O.V

"I think that old bird over there is up to something", one of the nurses say. "Well we can't have a little snitch, now can we?",one of the other replies. We push a wheelchair over there and we tell the old woman that it's time for her medication. Unfortunately, I think she knows what we're up to, so she fights back. "I won't go! I already took my medication! Leave me alone you horrible scum!" she yells at us. I call the other nurses for backup, and together we restrain her in the wheelchair. I push her through the black double doors, and I come back out with an empty wheelchair. She won't be snitching anymore.

Ally's P.O.V
I haven't seen that helpful old woman for a few days now. I wonder what happened to her. I just hope she's alright. I'm trying to figure a way out of here, when a normal looking gentleman sits down next to me. We exchange familiarities, and I find out his name is Ernie; then we start a conversation. As we're talking, Ernie warns me that I should just keep my mouth shut and forget whatever I hear and act as I know nothing. I am puzzled, and as I'm trying to ask why he suddenly gets up and leaves saying we'll talk later. I am even more confused than before because two people have warned me in the few days that I've been here and they never stay around long enough for me to get any information. *Time Skip!* About 5 hours later, I decide to go searching for Ernie. I find him surrounded by the ward's other occupants at the arts crafts station. I spot him making macaroni art and as I pull him away, I hear him say, "Thank god, I was so sick of that station!". I ask him why he warned me earlier and what is was about but he said It's nothing to worry about. I ask him about that kind old lady,and If he knows where she went and he just shakes his head sadly.I ask what's bothering him, and he just tells me that when the nurses' secret is revealed; they must "take care of" the situation. Apparently they took the old lady in the back room and killed her. Even worse, that means my life is in danger, and that's also the only way "out" of here. In that moment, I decide I MUST get out of that ward asap and that once I'm free I'll see about helping these poor people.

*Time Skip!*

I call Samantha and tell her I need to see her and that it's very urgent. She says she'll visit me within the week;so in the meantime I watch and study the nurses' breaks, and shift changes. I've gathered a lot of useful information, and when Sam finally arrives I relay the info to her. She is shocked and she supports getting me out of here 100%!Since I am under 24/7 surveillance, I must somehow disable the cameras, and figure out how to get off the 2nd floor without hurting myself; another 2 weeks goes by I finally know how to deal with the cameras and I even have an escape plan. Every night I'm gonna ruin my sheets, and when the nurses come to change my bed, I will say I'll handle it and I'll collect my sheets. I'm gonna tie my bedsheets into a rope ladder, and I'll hide it until the right time. It's not the best plan, but hey, it's all I've got. Let's just hope this works.