The Evil Within

Chapter 4

The rays of sunlight sweeps through the blinds along with the chirping and singing of birds, the scent of bacon in the air causing Maddey to awaken. She sits up quickly rubbing the sleep out of her eyes before noticing a pile of cleaned clothes set out on the dresser. She stands up only to lean into the bedpost as support before limping towards the clothes and grabbing them.

After putting on the clothes she looks into the mirror noticing that the skin that Michael abused was slowly healing but not fast enough. Seeing this she buttons the rest of the shirt up to her neck before grabbing the door and exiting the room. As she closes the door her nose catches the strong scent of bacon causing her mouth to water and slowly walk towards the kitchen.

Her eyes land on the blonde hair man standing in the kitchen humming to the music before she clears her throat causing him to turn around. "Oh you're awake, I didn't hear you come in." He laughed before walking towards the fridge grabbing the milk. "Why don't you take a seat breakfast will be ready in a few minutes." He said gesturing to the living room table. She turned and slowly made her way towards the table, pulling out a chair and taking a seat.

He looked at her noticing her silence before turning his attention back to the bacon. So many thoughts run through her head as she looks at her hands before taking a breath. "I'm sorry for barging into your house like this.." He stops turning the stove off and looking towards her. " I was being chased by..someone..I thought I was going to..die.." A tear flows down her cheek before she wipes it away. He sits down in front of her grabbing her hand.

"Who did this to you?" She looks at him biting her lip, She was about to answer until the music stopped playing and an emergency broadcast played. "5 people found dead this morning at Illinois state hospital, patients reported hearing screams coming from inside the building between 1 and 2 in the morning. One body had been identified as Amy Hugh's, she was an outgoing, happy, and passionate person who always took care of the patients with a smile. No suspects have been found but police reported that the murder weapon has been identified as a chef's knife. We advised to lock your doors, windows and for trick or treaters to be careful on Halloween night. If you heard or seen anything please contact the Illinois state police or crime stoppers."

Maddey tears up as the broadcast ends. "T-they died..b-because...of him." He looks towards her with concern. " and..n-now....he's after.. me..." she sobs into her hands before she feels Nicks arms wrap around her. "H-hey your going to be alright I will make sure that he doesn't come after you and if he does I'll protect you, I promise." She shakes her head. "N-no, you don't understand.....nothing can stop him." She says bringing her hands down into her lap. "And if I stay here..I'll put you in danger..I don't...I don't want anyone else to die." She says looking away.

"Let me help you Maddey, we will lock this bastard up for good, we'll do it together." He says releasing the hug and looking into her blue irises. She wishes that it would be that easy but hearing what Loomis has said about him and seeing Michael in action makes her hope shatter into a million pieces. "Do you have a phone?" She asked making Nick dig into his pocket and pull out an iPhone 6.

She takes it from his hands before putting the numbers into the phone and finally raising it to her ear. A few seconds past before a older voice answers.

"Hello?" She smiles as a few tears slip out of her eyes. "Dr. Loomis it's Maddey." His eyes widen before he screams into the phone. " OMG! Maddey h-how, where..where are you?! Are you alright?! Did you see Michael?!" He blurted out.

"I-I'm okay for now. M-Michael came after me...and I'm afraid that he's going to come back...I don't know what to do." The doctor goes silent before his voice becomes much more serious.

"Listen to me Maddey, are you with anyone?" She looks at Nick. "Yes." She says keeping eye contact with him. "Alright you both are not safe, I'm going to track the phone call and send a police cruiser out to get you two. They will bring you to the station and I'll meet you there. Make sure to keep your phone on you and lock all the doors and windows until they get there." She bites her lip. "Okay." With that she hung up and looked at Nick with a serious face. "Were not safe here. An police cruiser is coming to pick us up." Nick looked at her noticing what kind of situation he's in before nodding. Maddey stood up and grabbed a plate before serving herself.