Psychotic

Chapter 16

I was stunned. My reflexes were turned off. I couldn't move a muscle as Scream did what really didn't look like some casual jump out a window.I heard a very high-pitched scream when he dove into the window, the glass shattering. I knew it wasn't his Scream's scream. It was mine. Iwrapped my arms around my head as the shards of glass flew all over the hall. I knelt onto the ground, sobbing into my hands. He wouldn'thave done this if I hadn't pushed. If I only hadn't been my digging self, he'd still be up here. I knew I should look out the window to see if he'salright, but I can't. I'm afraid. I peeked from behind my hands, and slowly put them away. Some glass bits were around me. How are they insideanyway? I mean, he jumped in the other direction. I pushed myself off the ground, careful not to cut my hands on the shards. I distantly heardfootsteps. Someone was running. I looked up to see Cole and Macy. Apparently the only two around here who give a shit about anything. Well,and a tired-looking Sophie. "What happened!?" Macy screamed when she saw the broken window. 

"Scream....Scream jumped out of thewindow......" Cole leaned out the window to see what happened, then slowly backed away from it, wide-eyed. "What is it?" I asked, my voicesomewhat sore. 

"He doesn't look too good. Or alive." I started sobbing again. I don't know what I expected. That he had miraculouslysurvived? Very likely.I looked out of the window myself, while Macy and Cole wondered about how he could do this. What I saw wasn't the same as what Cole saw.What I saw was a dark figure hauling Scream's body over their shoulder and heading into the woods. 

"Someone's taking his body." I squeakedin a dry voice. 

"They're what?!" They started running back down the hallway, towards the stairway. I followed them. Damn. Sophie was a prettyquick runner for her age. Either that, or I got slow as fuck. A few minutes later we were out in the moonlit area in front of the asylum. 

"He wentthere, in case you want to know." I pointed in the direction the person went. I have a suspicion as to who it might be. Without an answer, theywent that way. I followed, unsure of what else to do. As we walked, we heard knocking. 

"Wait....what was that?" Sophie asked. 

"Sounds likehammering. Come on, let's go." Cody answered. We followed some footprints a bit longer. It's definitely hammering. It stopped when we sawthe end of the forest. We ran towards it and found no one. 

"Where are they?" Macy wondered. 

"Whoever it was, they're gone now. Let's goback to the building." Cole turned around, and screamed so loudly I thought for a moment he was Scream. I turned around to see what waswrong, as did the others, and we all shrieked. Sophie started crying and covered her eyes. I can't believe she saw it.By 'it', I meant Screams body. Scream was hanging off a tree branch. Neck in a noose. Only his eyes' whites visible. He also didn't look too goodafter a jump from the third floor. In other words, he looked somewhere around nightmarish. I don't know how bad it was from Sophie's point ofview. Also, the hammering? We heard it because there was a sign above him. 

"Keep Out Of The Forest". 

"We...we should go. Before Sophieearns a trauma." But only Cole and Macy went. Sophie stayed with me. 

"Sophie, why aren't you following them?" 

"I'm Cathy." Oh. Cathy again.Haven't talked to her in a while. I glanced at her, and saw that she was staring at Scream's corpse. 

"What are you doing?" 

"Who would do this?"I knew who. Twisted people. Like David. Or Max. "Scream left when you said a name. Who is this James Collin?" Don't. Say. The. Damn. Name. 

"That would be me." And the voice is back. Yes, I am! Not you. Cathy turned around curiously. A shriek. I turned around and what did I see?Another person dead. Cathy. Lying on the ground. And a bloody knife above her.