Hospital for Souls

Chapter 15

I feel like a zombie, not even alive, but somehow I still am alive. I feel like I don't exist. I'm still trying to understand what happened when I tried to kill myself. My body had the stitches, and I managed to stay asleep. I actually had a dream though. It's weird how I can have a dream from being in a dream, but how is it even possible? After I finish cleaning up the blood on the bathroom floor, I go into my room and look at the time. It's only 6:00 pm. I need to do something to occupy my time, but what? All I can do is think now. What I just experienced can't get off my mind. Who was the doctor that saved my life? How was he able to actually put me to sleep? And what are the consequences for doing it?

Remaining in my zombie state, I go downstairs and into the kitchen, realizing that I need a drink. When I enter the kitchen, I see my mom sitting at the kitchen table, reading something on her phone.

"Hi mom." I say to her in a casual voice. She doesn't respond, instead she continues to read whatever it is that she is reading on her phone. That's weird, that's exactly how she would act before I even went to the Hospital for Souls. She never acknowledged my existence. Now that I think about it, since I've been in the Hospital for Souls she has noticed that I exist. Now, after getting some sleep, it really is as if I don't exist to her. She doesn't care about me at all. She might not even realize that I'm still around.

I drink my water quietly, and then I slam the glass down hard on the counter. When I slam it down, the glass breaks and it shatters everywhere. A few pieces hit my legs, but I just ignore it. I look at my mom, she doesn't even flinch. Then, instead of me cleaning up the glass, I decide to leave it there. Let's just see what happens if I don't decide to clean it up.

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Finally, it's time for me to go to sleep. Before I decide to head to bed, I go back downstairs to get a glass of water. When I go to the kitchen, no one is in here. The glass still remains in the same spot. This just proves that everything happening right now is actually happening. That is exactly what my parents would do, even if I was completely sane.

I get a glass of water and then head up to my bedroom. I place the glass on my night stand, and then gently fall asleep. Now I go into the Hospital for Souls, in full hopes that I'll be able to come out alive.

As soon as I enter, I hear my name over an intercom that I didn't even know existed. "Raven, please come to see your therapist. Raven please come to see your therapist. Thank you." Instantly chills come over me. What do I do? I think quickly. Then, I instantly close my eyes, snap my fingers, and appear in my room.

Alyssa instantly looks at me with fear in her eyes. "You're in so much trouble." I look to her bed to see a man. This man looks familiar. This is the man who put me to sleep, and now all Hell may break loose.

"Hello Raven." The man says to me. "I know you must remember me. I am Doctor Raphael, but please just call me Ralph." I simply wave at him, fear now taking over my body. "Only sedation here can actually put you to sleep Raven." He already knew the question that I was going to ask.

"I just want to know what to do." I say in the best calm voice that I can make.

"Well Raven, you need to speak to Jennifer. I promise you we will have contact soon and I will answer all of your questions. For now, however, you need to speak to Jennifer. If she asks about the doctor who put you to sleep, simply say you have no clue. You need to play dumb, you know nothing. Now go to see her. I promise you that we will have contact soon." I nod my head. A few tears fall down my face but I quickly wipe then away. Then, I close my eyes, snap my fingers, and appear in Jennifer's office.

Instantly when I look at her, she has an irritated look on her face. "It took you a while." She says to me in a sarcastic voice. "Have a seat Raven."