M.S.E.C

Chapter 4

Waking up, the first thing Rene notices is the musty smell that corrupts the room, the scent of blood, medicine and mould fills the room,  creating a nasty smell that erupts in his nose. Then notices the slight pain in his head before blacking out, then starts to collect his thoughts before looking around and seeing the bright stained white walls that surround the room.

*Urgh.. it smells so bad in here *

His eyes then darted to the rustic chains connected to the walls and some draping down from the ceiling seeing some dried blood on said chains making him shudder in fright.

"AHH," he screams in shock. The room he was in was cold and dark so not much could be seen, the only light being from the small window in the ceiling. From the light you could see how dusty the room was, there was an abundant amount of dust being shown by the light.

Due to the dust, Rene sneezes and coughs before trying to find a way out of the mess of a room. Walking towards the small door on the right, Rene sees that the door is seemed to be locked on the outside and there is no handle displayed where it should be on a door. Panicking slightly he begins to look around the room hoping to find something to help open the door.

Just as he was about to start looking, the door was being unlocked making a slight clicking sound, and a jingle of keys was being heard from the other side.

Click.

Opening the door was a man with long enough hair to be put in a small ponytail, hair colour not that recognisable in the dark, dressed in a black lab coat, slightly stained in what seemed to be blood. Seeing this Rene's eyes widen gasping as he tries to back away into a corner. The man who entered the room sees this and makes eye contact with Rene, a smile slowly appearing on his face once he realises it.

"Hello Rene"

He had a rough-sounding voice which was deep making his voice vibrate in the quiet room. Rene made no movement signifying he was going to respond, this made the man sigh slightly before slowing walking towards him.

"I won't hurt you, you know. I just want to know how your feeling, hmm?" Rene still didn't answer and was panicking the closer the man got. When the man got to a certain distance Rene tried going further into the corner and finally spoke.

"Who are you...?" he said with a whimper. Rene was scared. Where was he? What is this place? The questions begin to pile up the longer he stays quiet.

Chuckling, the man said, "Dr Burns and you must be Rene Bayfield?". Rene shivered when the ma- or Dr Burns laughed, it unsettled him, not wanting to trust him one bit, every inch of his body telling him he was in danger.

With a nod in response, Dr Burns takes this as a sign to get closer to the boy, slowly inching his way to be next to him without trying to startle him and making him run away. He didn't want him to do that yet.

As he sits next to him Rene noticeably tenses but calms down slightly before looking in the man's direction, not exactly making eye contact, but giving his attention to him.

After a bit of silence, Rene has calmed down more but is still on edge.

"...W-where are we?" Rene's timid voice spoke, slightly raspy from not speaking for a while, finally breaking the silence that seemed to go on for too long. Smiling he says "We are in a hospital for sick children"

"... a h-hospital for s-sick c-children?" Rene's eyes widen, looking directly into Dr Burns's eyes now. "B-but I'm n-not sick!" his voice raising slightly. Questions were once again filling his mind.

"Oh but you are Rene" Dr Burns's voice was soft but slightly rough sounding and he was smiling gently at him like it was normal.

"Don't you see that bandage on your head?" he reaches out to touch him but Rene instantly flinches away. Frowning, he pulls back as he continues "You have a concussion, Rene. Of course, you're sick. It's messing up your brain slightly making you think such silly things" He chuckles more before continuing "That's what I came in for anyways to change your bandages so it won't get infected".

Rene just stares at him with doe eyes while thinking. After a while, he nods letting the man get close to touching the bandage, assessing it and then going to grab clean ones and change them. Once done they both sit in silence before Dr Burns gets up and leaves, but before he leaves Rene speaks.

"Where are you going?" his head tilted slightly in question.

"Just going to do the rest of my tasks, then I'll come to get later for something else." a sinister smile appears on his face for a moment before it disappears before Rene could notice. He then walks out, leaving Rene by himself in the dust-covered, dimly lit room.