Take it Slow (Bananun)

Chapter 8

"Let me go !" Shelley was fighting against doctor Arden. His hands were keeping her still while he was undressing. The blonde was unable to move. She was going to be raped. For the first time, she didn't want to have sex, and she was going to be forced to. She screamed for help, eliciting scoffs from the old perv.

"No one can hear you from here, whore. You're just going to get what you deserve."

*

"Grace, I'm going to look for Shelley." Lana whispered to the French girl. "I'm worried."

"Wait, I'm coming !" She quietly followed the reporter out of the common room. They didn't have any trouble exiting, since Frank had fallen asleep after the bath scene. They explored all the wings of the building, dodging the guards and medics, except Arden's one. When they approached his office, the girls could clearly hear Shelley yelling for help. She was trying to fight doctor Arden. She shouted "Rape !" multiple times. The girls wanted to help her, but couldn't do anything : the door was locked. But then, Lana and Grace could hear their friend making fun of him.

"Don't you dare laugh at me." His tone was furious. Shelley spoke again, but the girls couldn't hear what she was saying. All they could perceive was a loud "Shut up !" from Arden, then a sonorous thump.

"I think he knocked her out." Grace was breathing heavily. "What're we gonna do ?"

"We need to figure out what he's up to. And then, tell Sister Jude." Lana explained. "She's the only trustworthy person in this shithole. Plus, she abhors Arden."

The French girl agreed. "You're right. Even Sister Mary-Eunice is now part of Satan's crew." She chuckled, smirking.

"What do you mean ?" The brunette asked, feigning innocence.

"Don't try and play me for a fool, Mrs. Winters." Grace mimicked Mary-Eunice's way of saying her name, bringing red on the older girl's cheeks. "I wasn't sleeping, last night, when she came to "check if everything was alright". Anyway, we'll talk about that later, we need to find a way to rescue Shelley." She became serious again. "Did you, by any chance, explore anything else, when you broke into this place ?"

The brunette shook her head. "But I heard some of the nuns talking about a tunnel linking the bakery to Arden's lab. We could try to sneak in, couldn't we ?" She suggested.

"What if one of those... creatures had followed us in here ?" The younger girl was cautious.

"We have to try. Come on." Lana didn't let her answer, and headed to the bakery. There, fortunately, was nothing which could have signaled one of the beasts' presence. They easily found the door to the not-so-secret tunnel, and hid to spy on what was happening in the lab. They could hear Arden talking to himself, and moving what sounded like surgical instruments. The girls looked at each other, and immediately ran to Jude's office. They entered the room, out of breath, only to find the nun asleep on her desk. They woke her : she was sleepy, but sobered up.

"What are you doing in my office ?" She grumpily asked.

"Doctor Arden is going to practice experiments on Shelley ! You need to stop him !" Lana was trying to get her attention.

"Oh... I see... I'm still drunk..." she sighed. "I'm just going to... go back to sleep... if you're even real, leave a note, I'll take care of that tomorrow..." Jude almost directly fell back asleep.

"The "most trustworthy" ? Well, I guess it isn't the case anymore..." Grace sighed. "What are we gon' do ?"

"We're going to leave a note." Lana stole a piece of paper from the nun's desk and wrote what she wanted the older blonde to know. They left and tried to buy some time, that's why they went back to the bakery.