Shadow Syndrome

Chapter 18: True or False?

Me and Trinity RAN as fas as we could through the stony path. I fell hard once and cut myself on my arm, and saw a shadow ghost thing escape it. We really needed to hurry to the asylum.

Entering the other way into the east forest, branches whipped my face, rainwater from trees splashing everywhere, mud stepped on and flown everywhere, and so little time. I even heard a small boom of thunder from above. We took 2 minute catch our breaths break.

"Google Maps says the asylum is 2 minutes away. Let's walk from now."

Pacing through the trees, a small greyish building was far above a hill, with a few small lights visible among the tree branches. We slowly made our way up the path and opened the door. The lights were on, no one was in the waiting room, and the nurse was on the phone sitting in her desk on some computer. We looked at ourselves with disgust. Our clothes were ripped, we were soaking wet, we had stains everywhere, our bare skin had cuts and bruises from the branches slicing us, and I had this nasty red mark on my cheek when I fell on the stone path. 

I went to the nurse lady who looked at us weirdly.

"Hey. We need an exorcism performed on us. It's urgent."

"Do you have a doctors note?"

"...er..um, no."

"Then we can't do it until we get the note. This hospital is for the criminally insane."

"I. ALMOST. KILLED. SOMEONE." I rage at her, my voice getting darker and demonic. It actually shocked me too  but I was attempting to scare her. Of course that did the trick. I think I knew how to control little things now...which was a bad thing. Since I was now catching along the syndrome.

"Hallway 154, Room 23, Dr.Snap."

The nurse escorted us without saying a word. She must've been scared since I was normal, she knew I never acted insane, but the way I sounded made her know I wasn't normal. She opened the door and moved away, yep. She was scared.

"Toby, it's urgent." The nurse said to the doctor. He looked up from his computer and papers to see us.

"Alright, I'll take care of this."

He shut the door and proceeded for us to lie down on the two beds beside him.

"What seems to be the problem?"

"We have Shadow Syndrome. Have you heard about it?"

This Toby guy didn't say anything. He wrote something down on a paper and only nodded.

"Was your original psychiatric Larry?"

We nodded this time, and he sighed.

"I knew him. Everyone thought he was insane. His case was in the late 90s, so I don't remember much on how to perform the ritual, but I may be able to help you."

He instructed us to close our eyes and listen to the voices in our head. All I heard was "over".

"Trinity, what did you here?" Toby asked her.

"Take."

"Trina?"

"Over."

"Take over." The doctor repeated. "This is probably the worst case I've ever seen. How long have you guys had it?"

"I have no idea. Weeks to I think even MONTHS."

"I need you two to be vaccinated with a special dose of SIN I still have." He took out 2 needles and headed to a cupboard, there; he took out a small box, and pulled up a little bottle that didn't say anything except SS, in small white tape. He filled the needle with the doses, wiped those alcohol things on us and gave us the shot. Instantly, I felt tired. He instructed us to lay down on the beds and to NOT listen to anything they say.
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I had NO idea if I was dreaming. Nor did I have any idea if I was awake and hallucinating. But I saw myself in my bathroom mirror; completely restored, but I didn't see my reflection. I saw a blank mirror. No reflection at all.

Ready to meet my main?

I think that was supposed to be the pride one, they all had different voices. But I had to stick to what Toby had to say. Do not listen to the voices.

I'll take that as a Yes.

Once again I just stared in and ignored. I don't think I was able to move my body, I was completely stuck. I thought about if Trinity had to deal with the same.

I heard the mirror crack a bit and instantly looked up in shock. I saw a COMPLETE shadow of me. Full pitch black. Just standing there, emotionless. No face, no eyes, no nothing. Just a complete black version of me. The mirror completely cracked, and the shadow was RIGHT in front of me. Fear took over my full body but I still couldn't move. I think this shadow girl paralyzed me.

You are now entering sleep paralysis.

That's all I heard from her as she disappeared into a shadow mist. Besides breathing, there was only one part of my body that I could move, but I didn't want to.

My eyes.

I think that was what I could only do left, but it scared me to know what could happen. I wasn't going to go anywhere if I didn't do anything, I was going to be stuck and time would run out. I don't even have my phone to know what time it was. Finally giving up on my thoughts, I closed my eyes for a good 5 seconds.

I heard several voices surround me with gasps and breaths. Finally having the courage to open my eyes again, the whole room was dripping red in blood this time, freaking me out. No one was in with me, and I wasn't even in the bathroom. I was in a dark room. The door was locked but a bit with light peering out from the bottom, and I made my way there until I heard a demonic voice give me a jumpscare and call out:

Ready or not. Here I come.

Oh no. I think this was supposed to be like a maze hide and seek; Dark room. Hide and seek in the dark where no one can find you easily.

I looked at the small light between the doors for any further sight of the room. I could see a small closet door nearby to hide in. I slowly crept over there, trying not to bump into the shadow ghost girl; wherever the fuck she was, and instead made my way towards the doors.

Of course they were locked. My only other option was to hope and prey she didn't find me.

I crawled towards any corner of the room, until I heard a scream, which scared the life outta me.