Asylum

Chapter 6

After Clarissa vanished into thin air, the gang shared confused looks. "Who was that?" Brittany asked still in shock about their ominous encounter.

Riley and Dylan exchanged a knowing look and Faith caught them. "Why were you two looking at each other as if you knew what was happening?" She immediately raised an eyebrow.

"Well..." Riley started and then sighed in defeat. "Dylan and I found a projector and we watched a couple of film rolls and they were disturbing." She tried to shake the images off her brain to no avail. "The first roll was a snuff film where a little girl shot an elderly woman. But the second one..."

"The second one showed a brunette woman." Dylan interrupted. "The same woman who just warned us of our incoming deaths." His blue eyes were now darker than usual. "We have to leave."

Quentin stared at his classmate and shook his head. "We need to go to that projector room and find a way out of this place." He started pacing back and forth. "Maybe there's a clue as to why this place is haunted."

Riley nodded in agreement. "What if the brunette ghost is the key?" She widened her brown eyes. "I mean, she didn't look vengeful so maybe she can help us."

Cassie rolled her eyes. "Do you know how to summon ghosts? Cause it seems to me they only appear when they feel like it."

"She could be the one who killed Nick." Brittany spat in anger while glaring at her classmates. "I'm sorry, but I refuse to associate myself with the thing that disemboweled my boyfriend!" She started walking away but something pushed her against the wall.

Quentin ran to where Brittany was pinned down but got shoved to the floor. "Quentin!" Faith screamed, fearing for her boyfriend's life.

Dylan pulled the small box out of his jacket and opened it, reading the note out loud. "Dear Clarissa, I offer you this to celebrate our first born..." He squinted his eyes, trying to read the rest of the note but the paper was too damaged.

The ghost let go of Brittany and she sighed in relief, while Quentin stood up and walked up to the blonde. "How did you know what to do?" Faith asked the black haired boy.

He shrugged. "I didn't."

Riley smiled a little and then turned to Dylan, the boy she grew so fond of for the past couple of hours. "Clarissa must be the woman from the film. Maybe we're here to figure out what really happened in this asylum."

"Now that's interesting!" Cassie remarked, earning an eye roll from her classmates.

Brittany pulled herself together. "Are you telling me this a fucking game? Like Clue?" She scoffed in a mixture of disbelief and anger. "Something killed Nick and I'm the only one who cares about his death!" She shouted.

Dylan rolled his blue eyes. "Your boyfriend was a dick so I apologize for not crying a river!" He replied. "Do you wanna die here like him? Or do you want to find the key and leave this asylum? Cause I sure as hell ain't dying just because you're throwing a tantrum over your boyfriend's death!"

Faith shook her head in shock and looked at Dylan. "i was never a big fan of Nick but she is hurting and we should respect that!" She gave the blonde a sympathetic glance. "I know this a fucking tough situation but we must stick together."

"Faith is right!" Quentin stated in agreement. "This time we're not splitting up. We stay together no matter what and we find a way out of this cuckoo's nest."

Cassie popped her gum and smirked. "Cool. Where's the projector?"

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Dylan and Riley were able to lead the group into the projector room they found earlier. "I think the films are cursed cause we saw the little girl turn into a demon in the second film and blood poured through the wall in the second so something creepy is definitely up." The girl stated.

"What should we look for?" Faith asked while looking around the room. It was dark and smelled like smoke.

The black haired teen started rummaging through the desk. "Try to find a document or a journal. Doctors used to keep journals about their mental patients back in the 60's." He informed the group.

Cassie opened a drawer and found a box full of pictures. "I found something." She announced in amusement. this was definitely her very own Disneyland.

Brittany and Quentin walked up the other blonde and looked through the pictures. "This is the same brunette we saw in the hallway." The teen boy furrowed his eyebrows until he found another picture. "Who is this?" He handed the picture to Riley.

"I have no idea." The girl said before snapping a picture on her phone. Everyone stared at her and she shrugged. "What? We still need to write an essay once we leave this place."

Dylan opened a cabinet file and grabbed one of the files. "Clarissa Clementine." He read out loud. "Her name keeps popping up wherever we go." He smiled. "Maybe we should focus on her."

Faith grabbed a journal with the name Fitzgerald written in golden letters on the cover. "So does Doctor Fitzgerald's name." She leaned against a shelf and it opened, causing her to fall back.

"Faith!" Quentin shouted before following her.

Cassie soon followed Quentin and entered the secret passage. Dylan and Riley also walked in but the door closed before Brittany could join her classmates. "Guys, open the door!" She shouted. A figure hovered over the blonde and started whistling a familiar tune.