The Devil Within

Chapter 2

  I wake up with restraints on my chest, wrists, and ankles. Celyn was in the bed next to me still asleep. I think, Damn you, nogitsune. Why must you do this to us? Suddenly, I see him walk towards me. "What are you doing here?" I say with disgust.

" Oh. When Celyn wakes up, she will be tortured from the dreams that I have been sending her. She will then let me in. She will have no choice. That's where you come in. You will then have a vision of the future. She will be superior. It's been planned for many years. You are very important," he tells me. I close my eyes and think about the life I had before he came. It was so normal compared to the hell we were living. Suddenly, the door opens. A doctor comes in.

"Hello Jacquelyn. I'm Dr. Williams. I will be taking you out of the five point restraint. You will join the other patients. If you develop a problem with any of the other patients, please notify one of the other staff members immediately.  This asylum is very notorious for what we do to misbehaving patients," she smiles." Celyn will join you when she wakes up. Just know, some of the patients are in straitjackets. They are very violent. Please don't provoke them. I will check in on you at dinner." I was then lead by a nurse to the recreation room. Many of the patients were in wheelchairs. The nurse left me to my own devices. I see Celyn walking in with Dr. Williams. She runs over to me and gives me a huge hug.

"I need to talk to you about the dreams he sent me while we were asleep medically," she whispers in my ear.

"Ok," I whisper back.

"Now that I see that you two are rejoined, I will leave you two to your devices.  I will see you both at dinner," Dr. Williams says after a long time of silence.

Celyn and I walk over to a secluded couch. " He made me watch you die from him. It was horrible. It was so real. He made me kill you. You mean so much to me that it was like watching my sister die. I was considering letting him in," Celyn was telling me.

"He came to me and told me about the dreams. He also said that you would have no choice but to give in. What does that mean?" I ask with a sense of urgency.

"He's going to kill you if I don't let him in. I'm going to let him in tonight. I just wanted to talk to you before I did. I just wanted one more moment with you before a crazy psychopath demon possessed me. That's why I came and talked to you. It will be after dinner, that I let him in. He also told me that you were going to be very important to this operation. You are a seer. The only one in the world. You can predict the future that no one else can. That's why he would never kill you," she said frantically.

"Of course, I'm the only one that can predict what will happen. He would love to have me on his side. That's what the deal was. I am so stupid to never look in to that. They think I'm crazy if I have a vision. I start talking. Of course I will work with him. It would be beneficial to me and you. It's impossible for me to keep the other side hidden. I am also a lethal killing machine when he tempts me,"  I say with a hint of craziness.  She doesn't know that I have homicidal tendencies. That's why I belong here. It's not my first time here. I know every little way out. He knew we would end up here so he returned me to the place of my destruction. He is a smart nogitsune. He plans out every little thing. I want to become normal again. This mask that I put on in order to escape this hell. People just want to think that we are all okay but we are not.

(TIME SKIP TO DINNER)

At dinner, we all get brown lumps of unidentifiable food. Celyn and I sit down at a far away table to talk. She doesn't even talk. She stares off into space. I think she's talking to him. He is apparently having a very immense conversation with her. Celyn's voice pipes out as her lips start to form words. I have to tune out the voice that is talking in my head. But it was too strong. I walk to my room that I share with Celyn. I pull out my card to my old room. I kept a semi automatic rifle under the bed. I walk down the familiar hallways. I see the people running and I smile. I walk into the empty room and reach under the bed. I feel the gun and all of the ammo that I had stored there. I walk back with the gun. Dinner wasn't over for another thirty minutes. I lock the bullets in place. I then walk in and let the bullets fly. I watch as they hit target after target. It brings pleasure to my mind as their screams echo across the linoleum. I smile and laugh. This was the most fun I have had since I was last here.  Then everything goes black as my unconscious body hit the ground.