Paranormal Hunters

Chapter 12: The Pain of Charles's

As Charles raced through the dimly lit corridor, the flickering fluorescent lights overhead casting eerie shadows, he passed room after room. Each contained children who appeared to belong in an asylum rather than a place of healing. Their gaunt and haunted faces told stories of suffering and despair, victims of the clinic's sinister experiments that had left them physically and emotionally scarred.

His escape didn't go unnoticed. Four nurses, alerted by the commotion, came rushing toward him. Their clinical uniforms and stern expressions belied their sinister intentions: to return him to the dreaded procedure room, a place synonymous with torment and agony. Charles, despite his weakened state, clenched his fists, his knuckles bloody red with anger and determination. In a feeble yet defiant gesture, he braced himself for the impending confrontation, ready to defend himself against their advance.
Isaiah's face turned pale as the detective revealed that the boy who had been following him that night was none other than Charles, the victim of unspeakable horrors within the clinic. The weight of Charles's suffering hung heavy on Isaiah's conscience as he grappled with the knowledge of the young boy's nightmarish ordeal.

With a trembling voice, Isaiah asked the question that had haunted him: "Why didn't the nurses stop this? How could they let such cruelty happen?"

The detective, his expression solemn, replied, "The nurses, like many others, didn't fully understand the depths of Dr. Thornton's malevolence or the true nature of his experiments until it was too late. They were unaware of the horrors that unfolded within the clinic's walls until the very end."

He continued, "However, they did their best to document what they could and compile files on what happened in the mental hospital. It's through those records that we've been able to piece together the grim history of this place."

Isaiah and Bri listened, their hearts heavy with a mixture of empathy for the nurses who had unknowingly played a role in the clinic's dark history and a burning determination to uncover the truth and seek justice for the innocent children who had suffered within its confines.

The detective continues the story.
The nurses, undeterred by his resistance, closed in on Charles, their clinical uniforms and stern expressions a stark contrast to the terror that permeated the clinic. It was a tense standoff, a moment of fragile determination in the face of overwhelming odds.

Charles's escape hung in the balance, his strength ebbing away with every passing second. The outcome remained uncertain as he confronted not only the nurses but the haunting specter of the clinic itself, where the line between care and cruelty had long since blurred.

With a desperate surge of adrenaline, Charles summoned the last reserves of his strength and fought off the four nurses who sought to return him to the procedure room. It was a brutal and chaotic struggle, but Charles's determination to escape prevailed, and he managed to overcome his would-be captors.

Crawling toward the clinic's outside door, Charles clung to the faint hope of reaching safety and calling for help. His battered body moved inch by agonizing inch, inching closer to potential salvation.

But just as freedom seemed within his grasp, a sudden searing pain lanced through his foot. He cried out in agony, his vision swimming as he realized he had been stabbed. Charles's heart sank as he was dragged back into the clinic's dark depths, his desperate bid for escape thwarted by the relentless grip of Dr. Thornton.

The mad doctor's presence loomed over Charles, a chilling reminder that within the clinic's walls, there was no escape from the horrors that had been unleashed. Charles's fate hung in the balance as he was once again ensnared by the relentless cruelty of the clinic and its malevolent creator.

The detective reached into his briefcase once more, retrieving the folder labeled with the name of the third victim, Saint. It was a dossier that held the key to understanding the tragic story of this young soul who had met a grim fate within the walls of the clinic.