I regained consciousness once again and my parents and a doctor were in the room talking.
"As soon as she wakes up, she'll be transferred." the doctor said.
Mama was crying again and Papa merely listened to him.
"I'm not going anywhere… But home…" I said, glaring at the doctor.
"It's standard procedure, Miss Albarn." he said, "You'll be fine."
"I will not go." I pressed.
"You have no choice."
"No."
"I'm sorry, Miss Albarn, but there's nothing that can be done." he said to me before addressing my parents, "I'll go get the officer."
The doctor left and I looked pleadingly at my parents.
"You can't seriously let them do this."
"We have no say in the matter either, Maka." my father said, not looking at me, "Do you think we'd let our only daughter go to a place meant for crazy people?"
He turned his head to me; he had started crying.
"We're so sorry, Maka." Mama cried, "We promise to make everything better when you come back home."
My chest tightened. They were actually sorry. They were actually not fighting. They were concerned for me. Had my attempt at escaping the nightmare succeeded?
I wouldn't know for a while because the police officer had just stepped in the room.
Riding in that police car was the one thing I never imagined me doing in my life, especially so soon. It smelled like leather and the radio kept going off with a lady spouting off letters and number, the code of the force.
Once we came to a stop, the officer escorted me into the building; my parents-who had followed in their car-walking right behind us.
We went through a couple doors before coming to a counter.
"Maka Albarn is here now." the officer reported to the nurse at the desk.
As they were getting things settled, I looked around. It looked more like a daycare with all the toys and the television. Kids-little and big kids-and teenagers were all playing, chatting, and just hanging out. There were a few sitting away from others, not socializing at all. One blue-haired kid was yelling about something before being told by a nurse to quiet down.
'Some of these kids don't seem like they belong here…' I thought sadly.
The blue-haired kid looked over at me and smirked, walking over.
"Hey, you're one of the newbies today, aren't you?" he said in a high, scruffy voice. Obviously, he was around my age since it was apparent he hadn't hit puberty yet.
"Yea, I guess." I replied, uneasy.
"Great, so when do we fight?" he grinned.
My jaw dropped. "You've got to be kidding me." I said.
The black lady came over and pushed him away.
"He better be if he wants to stay out of isolation!" she scowled. She turned to me and smiled, "Hey, I'm Naigus! You and your parents can follow me!"
After leading us to a private room, she asked me the same questions as the lady from before and I simply gave the same answers.
She added in some new questions like if I was sexually active, pregnant, anything that made me just wanna slap my forehead. I had no friends or boyfriends, so the answers were obvious. I knew she didn't know though, but really. Asking me in front of my parents? Really?
After having to take a picture of me, she sent me out to go to the doctor's office to get blood taken.
I met with the craziest sight ever. A silver-haired man. With a screw in his head.
"Ah, hello, Maka." he said as if he'd known me for years, "Sit on here and hold out your arm." I sat on the bed and did as he said before he stuck my arm with a needle, retrieving some of my blood from it.
He sent me back to the place where all the kids were after that and I found my parents and Naigus.
"Alright, Maka." she said, smiling at me, "Now, say bye to your parents and we can show you your room!"
'She says it like everything is fine…' I noted mentally.
I hugged Mama and Papa goodbye and they left after I told them anything I might need while I was here. After that, Naigus showed me to the room I'd be in for the next few days. It was almost empty except for the two beds and two drawers.
"You'll be getting your roommate today!" the nurse announced, "Her name is Tsubaki! I hope you two will get along!"
"Yea… Me, too…" I said flatly.
I just wanted to go home.
"Come on, Maka! Your first group session should be starting right now!" Naigus said, walking back out of the room and down the hall, "Oh, make sure you never go to the other hall. That's for guys only please."
'Like I'd want to be unholy in this place… Especially since I'm, I dunno, a VIRGIN!' I thought angrily, following.