De Pride Isle Sanatorium

Chapter 20: Activity, part four

I listen to people tell lame stories. This is getting boring. "Wow! Such a great story! Would anyone else like to tell one?" Sister Rochelle asks. "Me!" Someone says, raising their hand. "Ah! Come up then!"

The person happily walks up to the stage. He stands up there, proud and tall. He then starts to glare at all of us. "Once upon a time, there was one lonely patient. He did not like how the nurses ran things. So, he made up a plan. Soon, he would gather many people. He would gather people to join him! Join him in a raid!"

The nurses stopped smiling. They started to glare at him. "Let's prove to these nurses that cannibals exist!"

"That's enough." Brother Marcus says. "There's no such thing as cannibals. There will be no 'raid' you speak of."

"Yes there is! Why do you guys keep denying it? Does the government or something tell you all to be quiet?"

"Warning one. Go sit down. Now."

The patient scoffs and crosses his arms. "You guys are fucking dense. I'm right, aren't I?"

"You don't know what you're talking about. Merely delusional!" Sister Phoebe says. "I'm not fucking delusional!" The patient shouts. "Warning two. Stop cussing, go sit." Brother Marcus says as he steps closer to the patient. "Why? Are you mad because I hate being called crazy?"

"Sit. Down."

"Make me."

With one quick flick of the wrist, Brother Marcus whips out his stick and whacks the patient. "I'm taking him to isolation. Surely Sister Annabelle won't mind."

"Probably not, Brother. She's always in the infirmary after all."

The two nurses look at each other. It feels like they're trying to tell one another something. "Welp." Brother Marcus lifts up the patient. "I'll take him to...isolation." He then proceeds to walk down the aisle and out of the lecture hall. I lean over to whisper to Jaxton. "Raid? What did he mean by that?"

"People always do this. They always yell for raids but they never do them. It's good. Raids never turn out well.."

"What happens during them?"

"A lot of people die. That's all I know. The people who lived through raids won't tell us anything else."

"Oh.." I hope they don't go through with the raid or anything. "People who always try to start raids are never to be seen again in this asylum. I wonder if the nurses kick them out? That's possible, right?" Jaxton asks. "Probably." I say, shrugging. That's kind of odd, but I guess it makes sense. Raiding is a threat. They probably kick out people who seem to be dangerous.

...But, if that's true, then why don't they kick out the people becoming cannibalistic?