~~~~~Jimmy~~~~~

"The best thing to do is to split up. Teams of two, each team to each floor; this way we can explore faster. Pick your floors, me and Val have 1st floor."

We had only just entered this place and already Matt was on top of things. I gulped and tentatively said;

"Leana and I have 3rd floor." Leana sent me an excited but curious look, but I simply shrugged. I only wanted that floor to make sure I wasn't seeing things.... like when I thought I had seen that girl in the window.
I subtly shivered and grabbed Leana's hand, praying I wasn't shaking. Everyone else settled on their floors and we headed out, making our way through the dark stairwells to the third floor.

I held the heavy stairwell door open for her. It was so quiet you could hear the exit sign buzzing from above... Wait, how was it still buzzing? I glanced up and sure enough the dull red light illuminated the doorway. Pointing it out to Leana, I voiced my puzzlement.

"Creepy huh? I wonder how those batteries have lasted so long.... Stanley said the massacre happened decades ago. Like when he was a boy."

"Maybe someone is still here replacing them." I smirked at her in disbelief and she smiled a teasing grin.

"Maybe."

We moved on to search through the rooms, starting with the one closest to us. It didn't have much in it, just a plain mattress, chair, and toiletries. I noted with slight fearfulness that the chair was bolted to the floor.

Most of the rooms were the exact same, simple and safe with nothing in them. That is..... until we got to room 666. I snickered at the room number, but she remained impassive.

"What's wrong, don't you catch the irony in this?"

"Yes, but it's weird to laugh at it. Like... was this where they kept the people who were possessed or something?"

"It's only a room, don't think about it too much." She nodded, but still seemed reluctant as we entered the room. We did what we did with the other rooms; shined our flashlights over everything, felt the floor or wall for abnormal knots, and lifted the mattress to search beneath the bed.

And of course I wasn't surprised when we found something there.

~~~~~Zacky~~~~~

I raced Gena up the stairs to the 2nd level, noticing with relief that she wasn't bitching anymore. And despite the sullen atmosphere of the hospital; it REALLY improved my mood. In fact, it was probably why I was so playful right now...

"I win!"

"No fair; you had a head start!!"

"I'll go easy on you next time ok?" She giggled and nodded while my arm snaked around her waist.

"Why are you so bouncy right now?" She asked while I skipped into the dark hallway. I flipped on my flashlight and shone it in her face before answering.

"I finally have alone time with you! And you're being considerably chill about this place.... Do you know how sexy you are right now?"

"Stop it- NO YOU PERVERT!!" She squealed as I tickled her and pressed her against the wall.

"You are so pretty right now." Then we were making out, lips locked in an unbreakable embrace. And damn, it was making me horny.

"I could fuck you right now."

"We're supposed to be looking for-"

"Shh.... shut the fuck up bitch." She giggled at my outburst and laid down.

"Quickly baby."

~~~~~Johhny~~~~~

"What do you think everyone else is doing?"

"Searching." Lacey moved into the last room of the hallway, while I leaned outside against the doorway. I was willing to bet that this room was the exact same as the other plain rooms. Nothing special about it.... Except for the smell, it smelled like something had died in here!

Right after I thought it, Lacey suddenly called me.

"What?"

"Look at this." She gasped out. Before I looked though, I knew what it was... She gagged and I turned away.

"Thats fucking nasty!" In the middle of the room, a body hung from a swinging light fixture. I covered my nose and walked closer, inspecting it in the bright beam of the flashlight.

"This is fucked up."

"I know, I can't believe they didn't clear this place!"

"No... This guys throat is cut. And he's in a staff outfit underneath the jumpsuit. He was killed then put up like this.." She froze and walked closer, examining the slowly rocking body.

It looked as if someone had tried to cover up the cut with makeup, like they wanted to distract someone long enough
to do..... to do what exactly? And then what was a staff member doing wearing a patient's outfit? I memorized the name on the name tag; Alexander.

"Hey Johhny?"

"Yeah?"

"How is it rocking? There isn't any wind...."

~~~~~Brian~~~~~

"So, what do you think we'll find? Maybe a dead body or murder weapon?"

"I seriously doubt it; they probably cleared this place out."

We ended up seeing three decaying bodies in the stairwell, then two in the hallway. I laughed when Michelle puked on, or in I should say, one with a sawed open stomach.

"What about this place being cleaned out again?" She whimpered and I instantly rubbed her back.

"How many bodies do you think they'll find?" She didn't answer, just spit and stood up shakily. We continued down the corridor without talking or seeing anymore carcasses.

Then we found a room with a splash of dried blood on the door. Michelle cried out and put her face in my chest, blocking out the sight of it.

"Let's keep going."

"We need to search EVERY room." And I gently pushed open the door expecting the worse.

~~~~~Matt~~~~~

I stumbled and nearly collapsed in a fit of hoarse cackles as Val shoved me.

"Why would you do that? You're a fucking meanie!"

"That's a tale to tell the guys!"

"What, about how you ran ahead then popped out wearing that thing? That mask makes you look like Hannibal Lector." I chucked again, and pulled off the stained leather muzzle. There was a lot to find in the "Padded Passageway".

We had gone into three different padded rooms, and had found a shit ton of weird instruments and medications. I tossed the muzzle onto the tile floor and approached the last door.

I allowed Val the do the honor of going in first. She curtsied and waltzed past me and straight into the dark insulated room, flashlight beam waving over the dingy walls.

The padded rooms were set up very strange... white cushioned floors, walls, and ceilings. There was a door with the same padding that led into an I-watch-as-my-detectives-interrogate sort of room with cameras trained on the center of it.

I brushed my hand over all the dead equipment, and felt with shock next to no dust. As if someone had dusted in here a not too long ago...

Then Val appeared in the conjoining doorway with the most shocking discovery yet; a switchblade, a ripped up straight jacket, and a cloth badge-thing with blood red letters stitched into it.

I could only guess what the letters spelled.

Notes

So lets recap:

Jimmy's team found something under the bed.
Zacky's team is fucking.
Johhny's team found a murder/suicide guy named Alexander.
Brain's team found something in the room in general.
And Matt's team found a blade, torn straight jacket, and a name badge that was stitched onto it.

Hmm..... What could all this mean?