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Chapter 2

Nightmares

Hours passed. I finally regained the strength to move my body. Afraid. Afraid that whatever killed that nurse was going to come for me next.

"I-I can't stay here. I have to get out." I said as I went for the door.

I walked out of the room. Looking down I saw a pool of fresh blood, leading from the hospital room door to a door on the other side.

"Wow. A very unfortunate end for a person." I said gazing at the remains.

After saying a small prayer for the newly departed I raised my head to my surroundings. The room was empty. The lights were dimmed, but just enough to see.

I made my way towards the door. Now entering the hallway I started to search for a way out.

I now know where the smell of decay came from. Bodies lay everywhere before me. Gutted, cut to pieces, piles of flesh and bone, a feast for bugs and maggots…a wretched sight.

"Oh man. Who could of…How did this…oh god!"

Like stepping into the Devil's mess. Puddles of blood mixed with flesh. Door after door, denied me entry.

"Locked again…please…I have to get out!"

I was slowly losing hope. Slowly getting to the point of breaking. With death surrounding you like this, how could anyone not.

Stepping over a bloody corpse, I reached the last door on hell's hallway. Grabbing the knob, I prayed for it to be open. After hearing a soft click, the door opened.

The stairway was revealed. The sign on the wall told me I was on the second floor. Like the hallway, bodies and blood painted the floors.

The stairs to the first floor were blocked by rusted iron bars. I tried, but the bars showed no signs of breaking. I had no choice but to go to the 3rd floor. I walked up the stairs hearing them creak and crack under my weight. I reached the top and saw a body in front of the door. The first thing I saw was his face. A look of indescribable horror on his face. He died while screaming in agony.

Large stab wounds on his chest. The blood…still leaking.

"Could this have been by that same blade?" I wondered as I walked around him.

I opened the door, thus entering the third floor hallway.

I tried my best to ignore the sight…so much blood…so little hope…

The first three doors were locked, but the fourth one opened.

"Room 304" The door read.

This gave me a weird feeling. Like a feeling of déjà vu.

I entered the room.

Dirt and dried blood covered the room. Blood was dripping from cracks in the walls. Nothing in the room but a single hospital bed in the very middle. A small T.V. on top of a V.C.R. lay on the bed. A tape protruding from the V.C.R.

No cords? No antenna? I didn't understand how static showed on the T.V.

With hesitation, I pushed the tape in and watched the screen change from static, to a recording of a nurse sitting in a chair. All lights off, but one on her like a spotlight. Shadows masked her face. Only her red hair and nurse outfit were visible. She started to speak.

"I'm at my wits end! I don't know what else to do!"

"She's seriously ill and the doctors don't know why!"

"Blood seems to force itself from her body! From her mouth, her pores, and just about everywhere else!"

"We change her bandages constantly, but blood and pus just slip through!"

"Vomit, bile, and other fluids. I feel sick every time I go near her!"

"I didn't think a human can suffer this much!"

"What the hell is keeping that child alive!"

The screen went black.

"What happened to this place?"

I waited for the tape to eject. The VCR opened up and a key shot out and landed on the floor in front of me.

"Huh? What's this?"

I picked up the key. There was a tag attached to it.

"SW? Wonder what this means?"

I put the key in my pocket and stepped out of the room.

I continued searching for an exit. Then I realized I desperately had to use the bathroom.

Down the hall I found the men's room. No blood or bodies were inside…I was thankful for that.

I opened the first of two stalls. An army of bugs started to crawl out of the toilet.

"Damn! Not going in there!"

"Bang"

I jumped back from the sudden noise.

"Bang Bang"

I looked around for the source and saw a row of lockers next to a shower.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Something is inside one of the lockers. I walked up to them as the sound became constant. As I got closer, one of the lockers started shaking.

Reaching out, I turned the lock. In a flash the door swung open and something jumped out at me, knocking me to the floor.

I hastily got back up and saw my attacker.

"Meow"

"(sigh) Just a cat." My fast pacing heart started to calm.

The cat ran under the door of the second stall.

"Wait, come back!" I went to the stall.

"Crash Bang Squeal…Crunch Yelp…." All this from inside the stall.

"Holy Christ!" The stall door started shaking.

I was already out of the bathroom with my back against the door.

As I caught my breath I started to hear something else. I turned my head to see the ladies bathroom.

That sound…it sounds like crying.

In front of the door I stood, listening to the cry. Fear and sadness is in the female voice, stripped of hope and peace of mind.

"If I walk in there, I wouldn't know what to expect. On the other hand, if someone is still alive, they could probably help me."

I pushed in the door and entered.

The bathroom was in similar condition as the first, but a body laid before the stalls, mangled and torn.

Cries still filled the room. The pool the body lies in slowly grows bigger. I made my way around to the other stall, to the source of the sounds of fear and anguish that now occupies the room.

"(sob) Mike (sob)" The women spoke.

"Why did this have to happen? (sob)"

It's a person, a live person. I felt relieved.

"Hello?"

"(Gasp)"

"Hello? Are you there?"

"(sniff)Wh-Who's there? Who are you?"

"I'm someone in need of help, and I see that you are the same."

"…"

"May I ask what happened here?"

"I have no clue. I took a nap in the lounge, and when I woke up…it was like this."

"Same here. I woke up in a hospital room on the 2nd floor. It was hell down there."

"You sound like you've been through a lot."

"You too. Do you know this person here?"

"…He's my boyfriend…he worked here with me.."

"I'm sorry…"

"Do you know a way out?" Her voice had strands of hope.

"Not yet. The way to the 1st floor is blocked off. Together, you and I can find another way."

"Ok. Just give me a minute."

"Take all the time you need."

"…Thanks…"

I turned away from the door and looked around. To the left of the stalls were a row of sinks, a big mirror towered over them. No windows anywhere.

"…Why do I have this weird feeling…something isn't right…"

I started towards the sinks when the cries suddenly stopped.

"Hey, are you ok now?"

The stall door slowly opened.

"Hello? Are you ready?"

"…" no answer

I went back.

"Hey, come on. What's the mat…!"

Inside the stall. Blood, and flesh covered the inside like a thick sheet. You can see the organs inside the sheet of flesh, slowly sliding down the wall.

The toilet and floor, permanently stained in red.

My heart started racing.

I backed away from the mess. I didn't understand any of this. What is going on here?

My back hit the wall. Slowly, I slid to the floor. Looking up at the bloodshed the door continued to open, showing me some sort of writing.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE BEING TORN APART ALIVE" It read in fresh dripping blood.

I felt sick…have I truly awakened in hell?…

I went back to the sinks, and looked in the mirror. A lost soul looked back at me, a man who got himself in a bad situation and doesn't know how to get out of it. Trapped in a horrific nightmare.

Turning on the sink I splashed some water in my face and took a deep breath to calm my nerves.

I looked back at the mirror to see a crack going down my reflection. Following the crack lead to an unexpected sight.

A knife was wedged in the very center of the mirror, blood on the glass surrounding it.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What just happened?"

I turned and looked around. Nobody else but me in the room. So where did that knife come from?

I removed the knife.

While I examined it a siren like noise filled the room. I held on to my ears and went to my knees dropping the knife in the process.

I opened my eyes.

Everything around me was changing. Like the room was twisting, and tearing itself apart. Revealing something that god himself would forsake.

Hard metal replaced the tiled floor. The walls and ceiling were fenced, with large fans on the inside. A red glow gave them room a grim look.

The siren stopped and I regained my posture.

"This is a nightmare…" Was all I could say.

I need to get out of this room.

Before I took that first step, that body on the floor started to move.

"Huh! He's alive!" I said as he rose to his feet.

He limped into view, and I saw him.

His face was covered in old ragged bandages, blood still leaked from the wounds on his body. He came closer.

"Hey!"

"…"

"Stop right there! Stay away!"

He quickened his pace, arms stretched out.

I started to panic.

I have to defend myself, but with what.

"That Knife!" I saw it near my feet and picked it up.

He broke into a run…

Fear covered every inch of me. My mind told me what to do, but will I be able…no…I refuse to become one of the carcasses littering this hospital.

Closing my eyes I swung my knife the moment he lunged at me.

Next thing I knew I felt his hand around my neck and something splash in my face.

I opened my eyes…

The knife drove into his neck as the body slumped against me.

I pushed his body off of me. He laid motionless on the floor. I killed him…a persons blood stained my hands…

I stood there catching my breath.

"What did I just do? I-I killed him. I have to get out of here…"

I stepped over the body towards the door.

I walked out of the bathroom, and stopped. The doors were gone. The hallway wasn't even there anymore. What I walked into was a large dark room. Nothing in here but a small prisoners cell.

I peeked inside to see a little girl. Chained to the stoned wall with shackles on her ankles and wrist. Her face covered by long black hair. Dirty rags covered her body. She looked up at me with her light brown eyes and said.

"Big brother!"

It was my little sister, but how and why?

"What are you doing here?"

I tried to open the cell door. It wouldn't budge. I needed a key.

"The key!"

I remembered the key I picked up earlier. I fished it out and unlocked the door. I ran inside and embraced my sister.

"What happened to you? I thought you were dead!"

"I'm waiting for you brother. Waiting for you to help stop the pain."

I looked at her…

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm trapped here, and they won't let me go."

"Who is it? Tell me!"

Just then she started changing. Her skin began to look pale and infected, with blood oozing out of parts on her body. She reached out and held me in her grip.

"What are you doing!" I yelled.

The siren from before started again. Within it I heard the sound of metal dragging across the floor. I managed to turn around in my sisters grasp and saw a creature unlike any I have seen.

A pyramid shaped helmet on its head, bloody rags covered its body, and it was dragging a long steel blade.

I struggled to get free. The sound of the siren getting weaker in comparison to my own heartbeat.

The creature readied its blade, and swung with a monsters fury.

I felt it penetrate my flesh. A spray of blood covered my vision.

All feeling left me, and everything went black…