Darkness is falling, so it's time for them to find rooms to spend the night in. Andre can't help but sense something evil is present, and that they're heading for trouble. On the other hand, Cat may be seeing people that aren't actually there. As things tense up, are some of them starting to wonder if the stories are true? When they finally set up camp, it's ready to sleep. But I doubt any of them are going to get any rest...

The Asylum

The dark walls of the asylum were caked thick with mud. The torch's light sliced through the darkness, revealing silver cobwebs in each and every corner of the ceiling. What Beck had been talking about was nothing but the body of a fox, but the flesh was still hanging from the bones, creating a fowl stench. A swarm of flies covered it like a blanket. Cat clasped onto Robbie's arm and he squeezed her shoulder reassuringly. Jade gave a mischievous grin as she prodded the animal with a stick. It was getting dark, so they carried on walking in search of the perfect room to set up camp in. The ear splitting sound of Jade's scissors being dragged across the walls broke the silence.

"Jade!" Tori snapped "Will you please stop that!" Her fringe flopped over her eyes as she turned abruptly to her friend.

"Umm... let me think about that for a second." She tapped her foot and hummed sarcastically before simply saying "No" In a stern tone and continuing.

"Come on, Jade." Beck placed a hand on her shoulder and slowly removed her weapon, causing her to huff.

Later on, Andre caught up with Tori and began conversation. He could confide in Tori without the worry of her spilling everything to her friends. Though Beck was his best friend, there was no question that Tori came a close second in the running.

"Tori? He began "Do you feel anything strange in your gut?"

She blushed "Are you coming onto me?"

"No!" His voice broke in defence and he rubbed his neck awkwardly.

Tori laughed and pushed him away jokingly "What were you gonna say?"

He cleared his throat once more "I just don't think we should be here. I mean, I'm not the superstitious type, but people did die here, don't you think it's pretty disrespectful us being here for fun?"

Tori thought for a moment "Yeah... I was thinking that on the way here. But we can't exactly leave now, Beck and Jade seem pretty up for it, and Cat and Robbie are enjoying themselves, even though they're acting like a couple of wimps!"

"I swear I saw someone before we came in here, you know."

"What?" Tori frowned.

"It sounds ridiculous, I know! I guess I was a fan of Scooby Doo when I was younger..." Andre shrugged.

Tori smiled. She didn't think Andre was ridiculous, because she'd seen something too. A young girl, in the window. She didn't want it to be true, so she shoved it to the back of her mind.

"Come on." She whispered. They carried on walking down the corridors to catch up with the others.

So far, nothing too serious had happened, and the night ahead looked like it wasn't going to be too bad to cope with. Besides the dirt and various animals hiding in the cracks, the building was nothing but old. There were plenty of long corridors, but all of them were lined with windows allowing the light to come in. Unless they were thinking about exploring it at night, they'd be fine.

"I feel so brave!" Cat clapped her hands and skipped over to one of the windows.

Everyone couldn't help but grin at Cat's enthusiasm, despite the fact she was in an old mental asylum that may be haunted by its previous patients.

"Oh, Tori!" Cat moaned, flopping her arms about like a toddler in a tantrum.

"What have I done?" Tori asked, looking about her friends for an answer.

"Why did you invite Trina?" Cat groaned again.

"I-I didn't..."

"Then who's that girl out there?" Cat pointed outside.

There was silence amongst the group. Beck slowly stepped forward to the window. He peered over the edge. He couldn't believe he actually hoped it was Trina, instead of something else...

"No one's there, Cat." He sighed, returning to Jade and putting his arm around her.

"B-But..." She stuttered. Like Beck had said, there was no one there.

Cat went pale. She had seen someone, she may be a little slow at times, but she wasn't stupid enough to not know if she'd seen someone or not.

"I did see someone." She whispered.

The next few hours were spent in pretty much silence. No one had discussed whether they believed Cat or not, but it was obvious most of them didn't. Robbie really wanted to believe her, he was the one person who saw pure potential in Cat besides being cute and bubbly. He saw the side of her that was actually quite intelligent and very, very beautiful in his eyes. But he'd never believed in ghosts, and he was adamant that he wasn't going to start today or anytime soon.

The two rooms they settled on were very much different in comparison. Beck had researched the old blue prints of the building's layout, and knew that the one room they'd picked was an office for the employees, whereas the other was where patients were locked in darkness until they rather froze or starved to death. Jade and Beck had volunteered themselves for the second room, as they were probably the hardest of the group and nothing really "scared" them. Cat wanted the first room, she had been a bag a nerves since what had happened earlier. Robbie suggested he stayed with Cat.

"Andre and Tori." Beck pointed at the last remaining pair "May as well even it out, do one of you wanna stay with me and Jade while the other goes with Cat and Robbie?"

"To be honest, Beck." Andre took a step back "I know you probably think I want to have the scary room, but I'm not up for it..."

Beck shrugged and turned to Tori.

"Sure, like I really wanna spend my night watching you two love birds being all smoochy together!" Tori shivered.

"Fine!" Jade glared "We'll have a room of four and one of two!"

It was decided. As night overpowered the daylight, and the moon crept out from beyond the trees, each person headed to their assigned rooms, ready for a night of terror. They'd all planned it out. Ghost stories, marshmallows (obviously not roasted) and just a general camp fire theme. It was meant to be fun, nothing too serious, and they'd all agreed that if someone really wanted to leave, they were free to. They all had their own opinions on whether it was really haunted in the asylum, but whether they denied it or not, they all had a bad feeling that something terrible was going to happen to them...

That was chapter 2 of The Asylum, did you like it? I know it may seem like a slow beginning, but chapter 3 is their first night there, so something exciting is bound to happen! Please review for more chapters and feel free to supply some ideas if you like! Amber x