Light Unbridled

Light Unbridled- Chapter 39: Loaded Question

*The scene opens with Hayden and a detective sitting by a table in an interrogation room. The detective reads Hayden his rights and then places the clipboard onto the table.*

Detective: What's your name, son?

Hayden: Hayden.

Detective: Alright, Hayden. I'm Detective Barnes. You mind telling me exactly what happened today?

Hayden: Well if you wanna know what happened, I'm gonna have to go further back to when we first got admitted to the hospital.

Detective Barnes: That's fine. Do you remember exactly when that was?

Hayden: Not really sure, none of us were awake when we first got admitted. Maybe two or three weeks ago?

Detective Barnes: And why exactly were you admitted? What happened?

Hayden: We were attacked. Most of us were badly injured, few of us would've died if not for the nurses.

Detective Barnes: You were attacked? By who?

Hayden: I don't know. None of us had ever seen him before.

Detective Barnes: Him? So it was a man?

Hayden: Yeah, I guess you could say that.

Detective Barnes: What do you mean?

Hayden: Nothing, don't worry about it.

Detective: Alright. So what happened after you were admitted?

Hayden: Well one by one, all of us started waking up. Started trying to visit each other and being told we can't here and there.

Detective Barnes: Why couldn't you see each other sometimes?

Hayden: I'm sure it was something medical. Not sure though.

Detective Barnes: I see. So when did Detective Penrose first approach you boys?

Hayden: Uh, I'm not entirely sure. I think Isaiah may have been the first to talk to him.

Detective Barnes: And what was Detective Penrose asking about?

Hayden: About what happened to us. How we ended up in the hospital.

Detective Barnes: And did anything seem off about him?

Hayden: I mean everything seems off about a guy constantly questioning people over and over, but we had a few in our group that really didn't like him.

Detective Barnes: Didn't really like him? As in hatred towards him?

Hayden: No. No. Just general unease around him.

Detective Barnes: I see. So no one truly disliked the man?

Hayden: No. We all just weren't sure if he was really trying to help us.

Detective Barnes: Was anyone else with the Detective?

Hayden: Yeah, some lady named Lydia. But she wasn't around much.

Detective Barnes: And what did this Lydia do?

Hayden: Not sure. I guess she just asked additional questions.

Detective Barnes: Well sorry I'm adding on to the pile. Sounds like you and your group have been questioned a lot.

Hayden: Yeah, I'd say it's more than usual. You got any more for me, or are we done here?

Detective Barnes: I'm the one asking questions. So did Detective Penrose ever seem obsessive?

Hayden: I'm done answering your questions.