De Pride Isle Sanatorium

Chapter 9: Nightfall

The bell stops. "Get ready..." Jaxton says. "Ready for what?" I ask. Suddenly, I hear loud screams, followed by ghoulish laughter. "CANNIBALS!" Someone screams. "RUN!" Another shouts. I then see four people run passed our dorm, screaming. I see some horrific figure follow them after. The figure was bended as if it was the exorcist, chasing the people in front of it. I jolt back. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yell. More screaming. "HELP! HE IS EATING ME!" Another scream. More horrible laughter. I'm utterly terrified. I begin to shake. "Jaxton!" I turn around and grab onto him. "What the fuck is going on?! Tell me!"

"Cannibals." He says. I hear a loud banging behind me. I turn around and see someone trying to break into the dorm across from us. I go to get a closer look. A patient that appears to be covered in blood is trying to break open the door. The people inside the dorm begin screaming. "STOP! GO AWAY!" They scream. The patient starts to laugh. It's an evil, ghoulish laugh. "HELP! HELP!"

"IS THIS IT? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO SEE?" I yell, turning around to face Jaxton. "What the fuck is happening?! What do you mean by cannibals?!"

"People turn into cannibals at night when they're on their last blur. It's awful. They eat people."

"Wha-" I'm so shocked. This can't be true, right? I'm seeing things! I turn back around to look at the person trying to break down the door. I then see another person run by, but they trip. Another person runs up on them and grabs them. "Johnson! Don't look!" Jaxton yells. I can't help but to. The figure then starts to rip off the person's flesh off their back with their teeth. I watch this horrible creature tear more flesh off of this person's back. Some skin drips off of it's mouth. The patient on the floor screams. The patient trying to break down the door, turns around, and for a split second I see it's face. It's absolutely...horrendous. Their eyes are black. They have a wide, bloody, toothy grin. It had blood all over its face. The person kneels down and helps the other devour the poor patient beneath them. I gag. I turn around and throw up all over the floor and onto my plate of food.

"Ew!" Marissa says in disgust. Suddenly, the sound of iron doors creaking could be heard. "Oh, thank God!" Jaxton says. He seems super relieved. "Hiyah!" A woman shouts. A loud thud is heard behind me. I turn around to see Sister Amelia. She kneels down and picks up the two "cannibals", and leaves. I hear high heels and dress shoes click against the hardwood floor of the dorms as more thuds shake the floor. "Hiyah!"

"There's one!"

"Hiyah!"

"Watch out, Sister Phoebe!"

"Brother Andrew, to your left!"

"Hiyah! Brother Marcus, grab those two!"

"The nurses! They have come to save us! Thank god!" Marissa shouts. She looks super thrilled to see them. "Open that dorm! The ill is attacking them!"

"Hiyah!"

I can hear the nurses' footsteps as they begin to fade away. "Jaxton..." I say. I feel woozy. This was all too much at once. "I know. I know that was terrifying. Come, lay down." He guides me to a bed and lays me down. I hear more footsteps approach our door. All three of us look over. This time, it was a different person. It was kind of hard to tell who it was, seeing how the lights are off and I'm farther away from the door. I couldn't tell who it was, but I could tell this person wasn't dressed like a nurse. They picked up the dead body and laid it on a stretcher. "Take care of the blood. I'll take care of the body." The person says. "Yes, Sister Annabelle." I hear another say.

Jaxton turns back to me. "Go to bed." He then leaves my side and lays down in a bed next to mine. "I hope you can try to sleep after that."

...I don't know if I can.