A shadow among men

Back to hell

     "Are the others inside?" Izic asked. I nodded. Luckily for him everyone he named off was here today, and sitting in the cafeteria. "How did you get here?" Celeste asked. "I may or may not have stolen a car" Izic rubbed the back of his head. Jay laughed. "I like him already" Jay twirled the knife so the hilt faced out and he held it out to me. I took the knife and flipped it back in. I waved a hand at Izic for him to follow. He put his hat back on and covered up his face, it may be suspicious but it's better than scaring people. I opened the cafeteria door and let everyone in. I shut the door behind me, checking one  last time. No one was outside, at least not that I could see. Jay and Celeste were down at our table explaining everything to Jordan and Danielle. They both looked like they were freaking out. I jumped down behind them. They looked at me. "So we are in danger?" Jordan asked. Her voice was calm but her eyes were wider than the moon. I nodded. "Well fuck! What have you gotten us into" Danielle. I glared at her. Danielle was a good friend but she got on my nerve. "Fine, I will go. I don't have anyone here really who will care." Jordan said. "Ugh fine." Danielle said."Good, let's go." Izic said. Everyone followed him out the doors. I was up next to him as he walked us to his car. Which just happened to be a stupid mini-van. I hate mini-vans. I sighed as he unlocked the car. "Hey!" We all turned towards the voice, a cop strolled over to us. "Where in blue blazes do you think you are going with those kids?" He asked hand nearing his gun. "These are my children, they have dentist appointments." He said smoothly. "Then why are you covered up like that" The cop questioned, his hand twitching. "I have a disease and the rain hurts my skin." It sounds like he had this all planned out. "Officer please, we are going to be late" Jordan spoke up from behind Izic. The cop scowled. "Fine, be on your way." He turned and left. We got in the car just as the rain began to pick up.

     We drove for hours. Jordan, Jay and Danielle were questioning Celeste the whole time. I was mapping the route down in my head. Just in case, I never can be too careful. "Here we are." Izic said with great sadness. "Where is exactly is here?" Jay asked. "Hellis Asylum." Izic replied. I cringed at the name. Izic put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, you won't be so scared once we are inside. Well, okay maybe not. But I have a surprise, a good one too." He drove into the courtyard and parked by the fountain. Even though it was still raining here it was brighter. I could see where we hid, where we got onto the roof and the doors. He stopped the car. Everyone got out. "Now, I do have to warn you. We haven't been able to clean everything up yet so please just do your best not to throw up" I almost wanted to laugh. Izic was right though, it was still really bad. He opened the door and inside the first thing we saw was a body, of a security guard. "W-what the hell did that?!" Danielle asked. The body in question was split almost entirely in two. Barely hanging to the other half there was dried blood all over and around it. "Jax" Izic replied. "I'm not surprised" Celeste commented calmly. "How are you guys so calm?!" Danielle screamed. "Just imagine it's a stuffed animal." Jordan said. "And this isn't half as bad as the shit Summer and I saw on out last occasion here" Celeste shivered as she thought about it. "Like I said, we haven't been able to clean so I can't guarantee there won't be more" Izic said. "Follow me, you can meet the rest of the group." He said walking down the hall. I noticed he had taken off his overcoat and hat, leaving him in his orange jumpsuit that he wore when I first got here. 

     The group followed Izic, Celeste and I were walking by each other. Izic said we would be meeting the group. So that would me Marcus, Jason, Dane, hopefully not Jax. I shivered, he still scared the shit out of me. I knew where we were going though. Our block, or I guess I would prefer to call it the block we were held in. "Guys! We have guests." We were now on the upper floor, right by the stairs. I didn't see anyone though. He walked down the stairs, with us following of course. I heard light thuds. I walked towards one of the dark cells. The thudding was louder here. I knocked on the steel door. Which actually hurt a bit. "S-summer?" The thuds stopped. A man came and hugged me. Marcus. "I-I thot you dint make it" He sobbed. I hugged him back. "Marcus, we have people here! Have some decorum!" Izic yelled from behind me. "S-sory" Marcus said letting go of me. I led him to the group, which were a whole five feet away. "Marcus, this is Danielle, Jordan, Jay, and of course you know Celeste and Summer" Izic said pointing to each person as he said their names. "Hi" He walked to Celeste and gave here a big hug too. "So hapy you are oky" He said to her, his eyes tearing up again. He wiped them and stood by me again, facing the group. "People?" The voice was deep and came from the top of the stairs. "Ah, people" Jason was walking down the stairs with Dane following him. Danielle covered her eyes and Jordan looked away. Jay avoided looking anywhere but their faces. Wimps. "Celeste!" Danes first word to us.  He hugged her. She hugged back, good to see she was more comfortable around them. "Thank god you guys are okay, I thought those dolls were for nothing" Jason gave me a quick hug. "So who are they" He faced the group who looked away while Jay looked up.

     "Danielle, Jordan and Jay" Izic pointed to each person again. "Nice to meet you guys. I'm Jason, and my brother over there is Dane, he doesn't talk much" Jason said. I noticed they had a bit more muscle, I guess they had been exercising a bit. I heard clinking noises and loud thuds. I shivered. Jay looked at me and tilted his head. Even though we were on good terms Jax was still scary. I looked at the top of the stairs and there stood Jax. I shivered once more. "Uh, everyone, this is Jax. Our security here." Izic addressed us. "Jax, these are our guests. No dismembering." He now addressed Jax. "H-e's not going to hurt us right?" Danielle's voice was shaky. "No, Jax is on our side thanks to Summer" Celeste said. I looked at the group, Jay was studying Jax, Danielle was hiding behind Izic and Jordan was glaring right at Jax. Who in return glared back. What in the actual hell.