Stephanie Madonna: Catching a Monster

Chapter 6: High Alert

  Me and Sam made it to the Mental Institution. The fire alarm was going off inside of the place, the alarm was so loud we could hear it from the sidewalk. My heart was racing. My heart was pounding so hard I heard it in my ears. So much stress, so many problems at one time I did not know how to handle it all. I just needed all of the stress to be over with.

  Me and Sam arrived to the scene. We were greeted by the first responding team. Lead by Officer Dillashaw. They taped off the front of the building but nobody went inside yet. After noticing nobody from the first responding team went in, my nerves were on edge. Normally, first responders go stand out in front, makes sure no civilian enters, they park away from the crime because they do not want to raise any suspicions, just in case the criminal is at the crime scene. This time they're at the front entrance, guns drawn. Their cars out in front and I could sense the tension in the air.  This told me that the criminal or criminals are in the Mental Institution.

  Me and Sam looked at each other, drew our guns, crouched down, and walked towards the front of the building.

  "What do we have?" I asked.

  "Doctor Nathan Leo called the station to report one of his backdoor glasses being broken. A possible break in. I arrived here with my partner. I told my partner Clyde over there, to go check it out as I talked to The Doctor. As I was getting the Doctor's statement my partner came running from the back of the building and told me that there was a group of ten people coming, to many for him to handle so he retreated back to the front. I called for backup, grabbed the Doctor and put him in the back of my car. Me and Clyde went inside of the building to get everybody out to safety. We got some of the people out, and  down the block to a safe place. As we were approaching the upstairs the group of people my partner told me about were stabbing two people to death as they chanted, "Damon Rose has risen again"." Officer Dillashaw told me this and I could not wrap my head around it. So, Damon wasn't the killer but he sent them?

  "We told them to freeze and put their hands up where we could see them but they didn't hear us. It was almost like they were in a trance. We had no choice but to open fire, they were killing these two helpless people. We hit three people, non lethal shots. The rest of the group came charging at us. We fired a couple of shots into the group, don't know if we hit anybody. We ran to the front of the building, taped off the front, and told our backup to get the back of the building. Making sure nobody leaves." Just as the officer finished his sentence the rest of my team arrived at the scene.

  Me and Sam both crouched walked back to my car and headed for the trunk. Opened my trunk, and got our bullet proof vests. My hands were shaking as I started to put my vest on.

  "You can do this, you can do this." I kept repeating to myself.

  "Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth.'" I said to myself as I closed my eyes.

  I closed my trunk. It's showtime.

  I headed over to the rest of the team, and signal the first responding team over as well.

  "Alright Sam, you're with me. We head through the front as we look for any survivors. Adrian, and Jenny go through the back. That's were the group came from, so be on high alert." Adrian and Jenny were the second best duo we had on the police force.  They've recently just finished a high profile cold case from the 1980's. Now, that they're done with that we are now at our full power.

  "The rest of you watch our backs as we enter. There's a group of ten people people. Officer Dillashaw, and Officer Clyde shot three, that leaves seven, and they said the group seem to be in some sort of trance. As always, killing is our second option but don't hesitate to shoot if they charge or attack you." I told the team, and we were off to the building.