Believe Me

Thirty-Two: The Best Monster

i tried so hard to make this scary XD

Believe Me

Ch 32: The Best Monster

Sky's POV

"Give us the freaking cake!" I demand, pounding on the door of the asylum. The mental Recruits have barred the door, and I was called in as soon as Jason and Merome were shot at from the window of the place.

I am not helping all that much.

"Open up!" I scream for the hundredth time, finally giving up and sliding down against the door. "Can we get a bulldozer or something over here?" I ask Jason. He shakes his head sadly. "A bomb?" I ask Quentin.

The fish shakes his head just like Jason. "Seto says I'm not allowed to blow anything up. Sorry, Sky."

"We'll never get in," I moan negatively. I hate being negative.

"Don't worry," Tyler says gently, and I'll admit I'm a bit surprised, considering it's Ty we're trying to save. "We'll fix this."

"Thanks," I respond quietly.

Silence.

Dead silence.

"Weren't the Crazies yelling inside the Asylum?" Mitch asks apprehensively.

"Why... Why have they stopped?" Jerome asks.

The city is quiet, too.

Someone screams from inside the asylum.

And then Brice's phone rings.

"S-Seto? Hey, what's up?" he answers, immediately putting it on speakerphone.

"Explain to me why I just got word of a permanent death from the Hunger Games Lobby," Seto's staticky voice says sharply.

"A- What? But Annie and I fixed the Machine!"

"Well, it's broken again. I'll tell the city – although most of them already know. Stay out of the asylum."

"But, Seto..."

"What?"

"We just heard a scream from inside, and-"

"A scream – oh, Notch, no, Brice, you can't go in, you'll get hurt. None of you can go in. They've got a very dangerous chemical substance in their possession, and they could do very dangerous things with it."

"But-"

"Brice," Seto growls. "Don't go inside."

I shoot Brice a shrug and an apologetic smile before drawing my sword and breaking through the window.

"I'm sorry," Brice says, sounding resigned. "We'll be careful."

"No-!" Seto shouts, and then Brice hangs up.

"Well," he says, swallowing hard, "are you ready?"

"Yes, sir," I reply, jumping through the window. Brice takes a deep breath and follows suit, and Jason doesn't waste any time in coming after him. Tyler doesn't blink twice before jumping in, too, and Ssunkipz and Merome come in pairs, obviously. Alesa opens her mouth as though to protest, but then she inhales and exhales slowly and takes out her sword.

"Let's go," she says.

So we go.

It's quiet in the asylum – really, really quiet. So quiet that, if I really focus, I can differentiate between the breathing patterns of each of my friends. "Where is everyone?" I whisper, because it feels odd to be loud in such a quiet place.