Everything had been prepared since the time Lyle had first noticed the escape. He had been sure that Jonathan would be brought back. And as always, he had been right. Here he was now.
Jonathan didn't think it had been possible to feel more terrified. Even after escaping, he had not been able to feel calm. He was terrified of being caught. And being brought back. And now he was again. Unlike before, now he could not think that things could not possibly get any worse, which was actually a good thing, as when it came to thinking up new ways to cause terror among the inmates, Lyle was always ingenious. He was actually begging, him the master of fear, begging the chief to just allow him to return to his cell, apologizing for escaping.
Unfortunately, most methods of physical torture were not an option for Lyle, as the doctors would immediately find out that the inmates were being mistreated. Mistreated!he thought. How could someone be worrying about this scum being mistreated?! He shook with rage. But then, his methods were more effective than anything else could possibly be.
He had prepared everything from the beginning, but now, they were going to find out exactly what happened to anyone who even tried to escape from Arkham. He walked into the room. There, stood a very deep bucket of water. Using the PA system, everyone in Arkham would hear exactly what happened.
The inmates startles when they heard the PA system. But then everything startled them now, so much in terror were they living in.
After turning on the PA system, so the other inmates could hear, Lyle dragged Jonathan up to the bucket, and plunged his head in.
Everyone heard Jonathan gasp, then they would hear the water, and that would disappear. All they could hear was the water splashing. And just when it seemed that the most likely thing was that he would have drowned, they heard him again, begging the chief to stop, which of course, only motivated Lyle to keep going.