Chapter Four! I didn't think I would get this far, to be honest with all of you... I'm...not in a good state of mind right now, though, so...I'm not sure how this Chapter will turn out.
Although fewer people are reading as the Chapters go on, I appreciate those who are still reading.
Let's see how Chapter Four goes, shall we?
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Rest In Peace Prison was eerily silent as Colton and his companions fled their clustered floor. It was only the three of them--Colton, Jacob (the gruff-looking, six foot tall prisoner with the shaved head taken in for murder) and Wilson (the five foot four skinny blond also arrested for murder as well as robbery).
The other seven prisoners on their floor had...been "infected". Five of them grew anxious, not wanting to travel "out there" where the rest of the prisoners and guards were because they were frightened, not wanting to catch whatever "disease" was travelling around. The other two snapped their own necks. It was...disturbing, seeing as Colton wasn't quick enough to turn around.
It had happened too quickly.
The three of them reached the fifth floor, the red emergency lights illuminating their path every few feet. The security cameras were shut off, the lenses pointed down towards the cround or up into the ceiling, no red light blinking in the corner. The emergency lights weren't on unless someone had escaped or a power outage was taking place. Cell after cell was unlocked and opened, empty all for a cot and a urnal, and in very few also a small, square window barred from the inside.
Colton peered around each corner they came to, finding each corridor empty, each time. "Damnit," he muttered under his breath, taking a slow step down the corridor. "Where do you think everybody went?" He asked, turning around to glance back at his new companions.
"M-maybe everyone left," Wilson suggested, trembling as he walked beside Jacob, who looked down on him with a raised eyebrow. "Everyone got out."
"Everyone got let out," Jacob corrected him. "Besides we don't even know if they got let out or they escaped." Jacob was right--some of the cells were empty but the gates were shut and locked on their track, and the windows were undamaged. "We don't know what happened so don't make any assumptions."
Colton stopped in his tracks and turned to stare down on one of the cell floors while Jacob and Wilson were still debating what could have happened behind him. "What's wrong?" Jacob and Wilson slid up beside him, following his gaze. The cell door was slid back on its track so that someone could walk into the cell. Both men behind Colton swore, the foul words echoing off the walls and down the corridor.
Blood smothered all three stone walls of the cell, pouring out from beneath the sprawled corpse on the floor. One leg was straight while the other was bent back, the pants were shredded to reveal deep gashes in both legs; one arm was bent, the other lay limp on the floor, holding a smoking pistol on the floor--both arms were covered in purple bruises; the face was bloody, red and purple, a hole directly in the center of the forehead, deep to reveal reds and pinks.
Colton spun on his heel and sauntered over to the other wall, placing one hand on the wall and the other across his mouth to keep from puking. Suicide. Had he gone insane; mad, like the female guard had earlier? His core began to shake, and he swallowed hard, not wanting to throw up in front of the others. Why hadn't they heard the shot go off?
"This is messed up," Jason said in awe, unable to pry his eyes off of the corpse while Wilson slid over to where Colton stood and planted a hand on his shoulder. Before the blond, concerned prisoner could talk, another deafening shot rang through the air. All three men simultaneously jerked up at the sound.
Wilson turned away from Colton long enough to see the glimpse of movement in the shadows ahead of them--as well as the barrel of a shotgun moving from one head to the next.
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Ooh! Suspenseful! Haha.
I know I said Chapter Four would be up tomorrow but I just felt like writing tonight... Sorry.
Anyways, here is Chapter Four. Enjoy! And don't forget to comment and vote!
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--Allison.
