: DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any thing that is The Evil Within including Characters and places. I only own the OC and the plot

Chapter 2: Losing Our Minds

I violently woke up with a splitting headache. I heard something as of a high pitched screech. Once that subsided, which was about a minute or so, I looked around at my surrounding. The darkness seemed to consume just about everything. I did notice that I was sitting in something rather wet and smelled metallic like iron. That's when I had the realization that I was sitting in blood. I never got up so fast in my life. I stumbled and tripped on something, falling into more blood. The crimson liquid stained my clothing. I got up and I felt so sticky and gross. It could have been worse though. I didn't bother wiping myself off for the fact that there was nothing to clean myself with and I could only see a smidgen of light down what seem to be a hallway of sorts.

I had the most horrible thoughts about Leslie. I didn't know if he was ok or not. I hope nothing bad happened to him. He's all I have to live for. Without him, I can't go on. I makes me sick with worry just thinking about if he would to vanish. I needed to know if he was ok. I ran to the shining light at the end of the room but no matter how much I ran I would never reach my destination. I felt like I was in a nightmare. I couldn't help but call out Leslie's name. It felt like hours and I felt like I would never see my best friend ever again. Just when I thought of the worst I hear one of the most relieving yet terrifying sounds I have heard. Leslie was screaming his lungs out. I was relieved that he was alive but terrified that he was screaming. I turned to my left and I saw something that wasn't there before. A door.

I immediately opened the door and I saw 2 men and Leslie. The taller man was a bit scruffy looking and he had a gun. The other man looked familiar. I think it was Leslie's doctor. I never saw him but I've heard his voice before. Poor Leslie was in a bathtub hooked up to a machine. I ran over to him.

"LESLIE!" I yelled. "What are you doing to him?!" I questioned angrily at the doctor.

"Leslie is the key of getting out of here my dear." The doctor said.

"You are hurting him!" I yelled with tears in my eyes.

"Ma'am Stand back." The scruffy guy told me as he unhooked the machinery from Leslie and helped him out of the tub.

I held on to Leslie, ignoring what the two men were talking about. I checked on Leslie. Making sure he was fine physically.

"Are you ok?" I asked my white haired friend.

"Ok…ok…ok..ok" He replied.

"I was so terribly worried. You had me scared. I would lose my head if I lost you." I told him with tears running down my face.

He looked at me for a moment as to asses what was going on. He then tightly held me to him. "Never lose you." He whispered to me.

I looked up at him and sniffled. "What?"

"Y..you will…n…never…lose…lose me..me lose ….lose." He told me to reassure me.

I smiled at him and at that moment everything was frozen in time. I felt nothing bad could happen when I'm with Leslie. He makes me feel so safe. I felt something though. Something defiantly off. I started to hear something. It was the high pitch noise again.

My headache came back. I screamed, held my ears and collapsed onto the floor. Leslie looked panicked. I struggle to get up so he wouldn't get to upset and run off.

"I…I'm Fine…Les." I struggled to fight the pain in my head.

"Fine…fine" Leslie answered.

The scruffy looking man followed me and Leslie. I didn't notice he was until Leslie said the guys name.

"Sebastian." Leslie called out to the man.

"Leslie, I finally found you. Good thing too. That doctor is crazy. Stay with me and don't run off. You understand?" Sebastian told Leslie.

"Un…under…stand. Understand." Leslie answered.

"Who might you be?" Sebastian asked me.

"I'm Xanderia, Leslie best friend." I answered.

He nodded and smiled. "Ok. Let's go. Before we start losing our minds."

"Losing our minds….losing our minds….losing our minds….losing our minds….losing our minds…..LOSING OUR MINDS!" Leslie started going off. I grabbed a hold of him and tried to comfort him. I never seen him go off like that. I hope whatever the doctor had him in didn't mess him up even more. As I was calming down my white haired friend, Sebastian was looking for a way out. I felt an uneasy presents watching us from a far. I turned my head to face the hallway and there he was. The ghost.