The Riddler (Completed)

RIDDLE XII: ASYLUM

"LET GO! LET GO OF ME! WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?!"

No response, again he was quiet irritated by that. Two huge men's carrying him right now, holding him tight on his arms. He looked at himself, he's dressed with white clothes, he kept looking around but all he saw was nothing but white. White walls, alley ceiling and floor. The only thing grey are the doors, chairs and metal equipments around the area.

"Hey? Please answer me, where am I?" He already have an idea on where he is right now but he wants to hear it from these men.

"Asylum." One of the men answered him.

"What? Why am I here? I'd rather choose to stay in jail than here! Let me go!" He kept on fighting back but he's too weak. He can't break free from the grasp of these men.

"Crazy people should learn to shut their mouths hahahaha!" Both of the men laughed after one of them said that. Kessler stopped struggling and fighting back, he lost all of the strength he got left. "Here we are, finally." The man on his left said as he opened the door in front of them.

Everything that he's seeing right now's all white. His bed, even the small cabinet beside it and everything from top to bottom, even side to side. They let go of him afterwards and next thing he knew, he's all alone again. Is he really alone?

"What happened? What did I do to be in this place?" He whispered to himself as he approached the white bed near him. "Why is this happening to me?" Questions, he got a lot of questions running inside his head right now but he can't find the answer as of the moment. He sat down on the bed while hugging both of his legs with his head buried between his knees. "I need to get out of here, I need to go back to Ricciane." That's his priority right now, he doesn't even know if Ricciane's aware that he's in an Asylum. "I need to get out of here as soon as possible." He stood up and looked at the window. It's made with pure steel bars. He roamed around the room and checked everything but he can't find anything that he can use to bust out. "Now what?"

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"Why'd you bring him there?! My brother's not crazy! What the hell are you thinking?!" Ricciane exclaimed when she learned that Kessler's been taken to an Asylum. She visited him today and was surprised not to find him in there.

"Calm down young lady, okay?" The desk officer said with his hands motioning Ricciane to breathe in and out.

"Calm down?! Seriously?! Bring my brother back! Bring him back." She fell down on the floor while crying. "Bring my brother back, please." One officer held her up and guided her to a chair.

"Calm down Miss-- what's your name again?"

"Ricciane, Ricciane Alv." She said with her head down.

"Okay Miss Ricciane, I'm Inspector James Hayward. I saw you through that glass window right there." He said and pointed at the window on their left. "Also, I'm the one working on your brother's case." She immediately raised her head up and look at the officer.

"Really? Where's my brother? Why is he in an Asylum? My brother's not mentally ill." She said as tears ran down her cheeks.

"I understand how you feel." He started and sat down beside her. "Look, your brother is our primary suspect for Joaquin Willowbrooks death but unfortunately he did something more that no one expected."

"What do you mean?"

"He almost killed one of the guard posting outside the cells." Ricciane's eyes widen when she heard that from the officer.

"No-- no, you're lying." She said with a shaking voice.

"How I wish I am lying but unfortunately, I'm not." He said as he stood up. "Here." He handed out a card. "This is the place where he is right now."

"Tha-- thank you Inspector Hayward." She grabbed the card and gave out a weak smile. The officer just nodded and left her there sitting all by herself. "Brother, what's happening to you?"

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I can't stand this environment anymore, I wanna get out of here as soon as possible but how? Doctors, nurses, staffs and even orderlies around here won't believe me that I'm not mentally ill and that I don't belong here.

"Ricciane." I'm worried about her, she's not used of living without me by her side. Still, I am here lying on my bed while staring at the white ceiling. Suddenly, the door slowly opened and a woman dressed in white along with two huge men came in.

"Good morning Mr. Alv." She greeted, I sat down at the edge of my bed and looked at her, she's familiar.

"What do you want?" I asked with a low-toned voice. She walked slowly and stopped not to far from me then she motioned the two men to wait outside.

"Are you sure Dr. Santiago?" One of them asked, well I'm not surprised that they asked. She just nodded as an answer then afterwards the orderlies walked out of the room.

"Now." She said, more of she whispered. I'm just looking at her, why is she whispering? "What are you doing here Kessler? You shouldn't be here." I just gave her a confused look, is she crazy? She should be in this room, not me.

"Oh? My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself. You probably forgot me. I'm Scheindina Santiago, Scheheredane's mom." My eyes widen and slowly hope's starting to grow inside me.

"Help me, please." Without me noticing, tears started to flow down on my cheeks. "I'm not crazy, I shouldn't be in here." She kneeled down and held my hands.

"I will but tell me why and how'd you get in here so that I can really help you." I nodded.

I told her everything except the fact about the riddler because I'm not allowed to tell anyone or else. She's not interrupting me while I'm talking, she's just listening attentively to everthing I say. Afterwards, she told me that she'll help me and that she believes in me. Also, Scheheredane asked her to help me even before she saw my name on the list. I was surprised and even her, she said that she only asked her to help me but she didn't tell her when and why her mother should help me. How did she know? Another question's been added, I'll find all the answers I need once I bust out of here.

"Wait for me Ricciane."

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