Robbie's found the body of a little girl, but do the screams belong to her? Also, something's taken over Jade, an evil spirit seeking revenge...
The Asylum
It was Robbie. His hands were drenched in blood and his body was shaking uncontrollably.
"What the hell did you do?" Andre got him up against the wall, slamming his head against the brick.
He whimpered "I-It wasn't me!" The tears were rolling down his cheeks "She was just lying there, I found her like that, you have to believe me, Andre!"
Andre released his grip. Robbie collapsed into a heap, crying into his hands.
"Andre," Tori touched his cheek "Leave him. Let's go find Cat."
She wasn't screaming anymore. That could be a good or a bad sign. Luckily, Tori knew her way around pretty well and they got back to the room within a couple of minutes. To their surprise, Cat was tucked up in her sleeping bag, lost in her dreams.
"Cat...?"Andre checked her pulse and sighed with relief "She's fine."
"T-Then it mustn't have been Cat screaming!" Tori checked again, just to be safe.
Andre grunted to himself, and then nodded in agreement.
"Then what was Robbie going on about?" His eyes widened as he remembered "Who's blood was on his hands?"
Beck laid Jade onto the cool grass outside. A tear fell onto her forehead.
"It's OK, baby. You're gonna make it..." He promised whilst wrapping her up in his jacket.
It was pitch black outside, and there was no signal on Beck's mobile. The wind was fierce and it slapped him in the face as he crouched down beside his girlfriend. He wasn't the religious type, but despite this, he got down on his knees and prayed to keep her safe.
"Robbie?" Andre called down the hallways, hoping for a response "Damn! I knew we shouldn't have left him..."
Tori bowed her head, knowing that it was her fault they'd lost him.
"It's not your fault." Andre whispered, noticing her guilty expression "Maybe he's fine anyway, he might of just got out."
Tori sniffed "You know he wouldn't have left Cat, Andre. He's smitten..."
Andre shrugged and gave a quick nod.
Robbie hadn't moved. He lay weeping on the floor. His face was now red with the blood off of his hands. It wasn't him, he knew it wasn't him. He wasn't a murderer. But, still, that meant that there was a murderer in the building, somewhere. He flinched as he remembered finding the body sprawled along the floor. It was a little girl. She was ghastly white and her hair the same colour and appearance as Tori's, but it wasn't Tori. Then, he remembered the girl Cat had said to of seen outside the window, and how she thought it was Trina. The body must have belonged to her. Someone could easily mistake her for one of the Vega sisters from a distance because of the hair.
"Andre?" He got to his feet "Tori?"
He had to make his way back to the room, he had to warn them.
"It can't have been Jade's blood, he wouldn't have been able to move from the room in time, and Beck legged it there pretty fast..." Andre was trying to figure out who Robbie had hurt, if he'd hurt anyone at all.
Cat arose from her sleeping bag and began to speak in a tired voice "It was a little girl" She began "Robbie left when he heard Jade scream, and when he came back he said he'd found a little girl's body, near the entrance. Down that corridor we didn't go down. That's what he said."
Tori gasped "A little girl?"
"No," Andre shook his head "Robbie wouldn't of done that. It must have been somebody else..."
Tori knew what he was thinking, and that he didn't want to say it aloud, in case it was true. But if they didn't find the murderer soon, they'd all die.
"Beck had Jade's scissors, and that's what was used to cut the chandelier." She whispered.
"Chandelier? What are you talking about?" Cat asked, confusion in her tone.
"Jade got crushed by a chandelier," Andre explained "She's not dead, but pretty banged up."
No one knew what to say. Why would Beck deliberately hurt Jade? He seemed pretty in love with her. And why on earth would he murder a little girl?
Cat scowled "No!" She got up "How can you even suggest that, Tori? Beck wouldn't do that, especially not to Jade! Maybe it's none of us, maybe we're not alone..."
Beck was barely clothed, only his shorts and vest remained. He was freezing. He'd used his shirt, jacket and socks to stop the bleeding on Jade's fore head. Obviously, he wanted her to survive, and he would quite happily freeze to death in order for her to pull through.
"C-Come on..." He shivered, his lips an icy blue. He was rubbing Jade's arms to keep her warm, and at the same time, trying to apply enough pressure to the wound to ease the bleeding.
Somewhere in the forest ahead, something snapped. A twig, probably. There was the crunching of footsteps and the figure of a woman, watching them.
Beck noticed it immediately, and somehow knew it wasn't human, even though all he could make out was the outline and shadow of her. He covered Jade protectively, and again, tried his mobile for signal. One bar. He felt like cheering, but obviously, that wouldn't do him any good.
"A-Ambulance, please." He stuttered down the phone "Uh, yeah. It's Red Rock Asylum, did you get that? Yeah, the abandoned mental asylum, that's right..."
Robbie was practically dragging himself through the corridors. He wasn't sure how, but he had a large gash on his knee, causing him a lot of discomfort. It was agonising to move it properly, so he was having to limp. To his delight, he could hear the muffled voices of Cat, Andre and Tori in a nearby room. He tried various doors, eventually finding the right one.
"Cat!" He cried, embracing her with outstretched arms.
She giggled and ran forward, nuzzling into his chest. "I knew you'd be fine, Robbie."
"Robbie, you OK?" Andre asked.
He nodded, and gave Tori a quick hug too.
"Why are you limping?" Tori bent down to inspect his knee.
"Um, I'm not sure to be honest. I just started bleeding..."
The wound was sticky with blood and clinging onto the trouser leg. Robbie winced in pain as Tori tore back the denim.
"Tori, I think that's from scissors..." Andre bent down beside her.
"Your right, maybe Beck didn't cut the chandelier, maybe we're not alone..." She breathed.
Beck could hear the blare of a siren in the distance and the sound of wheels trudging up the hill towards them. The blue and red lights became visible as the top of a vehicle emerged from the bracken.
"Over here!" He waved his arms frantically in the air.
The ambulance pulled up beside him.
"Hey, son. What's the problem?" The driver winded down the window.
"M-My girlfriend, she's been hurt. Over th-" He stopped in mid sentence, Jade's body was gone.
"Come on, let's get out of here." Andre handed each of his friends a weapon on some sort.
Cat was clutching onto a led pipe, Robbie had a brick and Tori had Jade's scissors.
"What about you?" Cat asked Andre who seemed to be unarmed.
"I've got my fists." He smiled uneasily "Now come on, through the door."
The same ghastly scream as before echoed down the corridors.
"It's that scream again!" Robbie cried.
"Maybe we should follow it," Tori suggested "I mean, she's only a little girl!"
Robbie turned abruptly "No, we can't! It's the girl Cat saw out of the window!"
"What? Why didn't you tell us before?" Andre snapped.
"B-Because, I don't believe in ghosts!" He wailed "I don't want to believe in ghosts!"
Tori took his hand "Just because Cat saw her out of the window, doesn't mean she's a ghost, Robbie"
There was another scream.
"I can't take this!" Andre burst through the doors, down the hallways and towards the scream.
"No!" Tori cried after him.
"Leave it, Tori!" Cat whimpered "Look, there's Jade!"
Robbie gasped "J-Jade?"
Tori turned her head slowly. Jade was standing there, but her eyes were closed as if she were asleep or unconscious. Her cut was open, but there was no blood and her lips and eye lids were grey. Suddenly, her eyes opened, revealing a pair of amber globes.
"What happened to her eyes?" Cat whispered.
Tori swallowed "I don't know, Cat..."
"Sorry, but we don't care to deal with false calls. Please don't waste our time again, or you will be receiving a court hearing in the post." The driver glared down at Beck as he reversed out and drove off into the distance.
"Please!" He wept, but it was no use.
He turned to the building.
"Wait," He gasped. Was that Jade in the window...?
Bit of a rubbish ending, sorry! But I wanted to finish the chapter before bed because I'll be away for my brother's birthday tomorrow, and I won't be able to upload it. I found it difficult to round it off, so I've just made Beck see Jade in the window! Ooh, not very scary, I know... Sorry! But, none the less, still hope you enjoyed it. Keep on reviewing! Thank you! Amber x