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Chapter 3.

Jessica's point of view.

I wake up from my wonderful sleep because of my alarm, I lift my hand and slam it on it and that hellish sound dies. I still don't like getting up in the mornings, but I had to get to work today at the coffee shop. I have to start working somewhere while studying. Lift myself up and look around. My hair is like a rats nest, but I don't care. Timmy is still sleeping next to me. I sigh and get up from the bed, I start doing my morning routine so I don't look like a zombie. After I put on my outfit and go downstairs, I start making some breakfast and eat quickly. I get my bag and check that I have everything inside. Timmy comes downstairs and looks at me. I smile at him, giving him a little wave. I put some food down for him and a change of water. "Have a nice day Timmy! Look after the house for me!" I say to him. He just looks at me and then leaves. I put on my shoes and go outside. I lock the door and walk to my car. It was a black 2019 Range Rover Autobiography with tinted windows. It was a birthday gift from my parents and I was so grateful for it. I unlock the car and get inside, I then start the car and drive off to work.

After a long day at work I get back home. As I step down out of the car, I hear some yelling from my side yard. I close the door and lock it. I walk over to the noise to check what was going on, I look round the corner and see three children at my living room window yelling. "Hey! What are you doing?" I yell at them. I startled them and they turn to look at me with a deer in headlights expression. I walk over and took at the window. Timmy sits there, sending them a bored look. When he sees me, he meows and paws the window. The children look at me and then run off to their yard. I look after them and shrug it off. I walk back to the front door but as I was opening it a couple was walking over to me. I turn to look at them and smile. "Hello! You must be our new neighbour. My name is Tammy Doyle and this is my husband Tommy." The woman says, offering me her hand. "Hi! I'm Jessica Hall. Nice to meet you." I shake her hand and then turn to Tommy and shake his hand too. He looks me up and down and then smiles widely at me. "Our kids really like your cat. Where did you get him?" Tammy asked me and I connect that they are those kids parents. "Well I adopted him from my friends who lives in Phoenix." I said, giving them a forced smile. Tammy nod while Tommy was still silently looking at me which creeps me out a little. "Oh, that's nice. Could our angels play with him sometimes? Does he like to be outside?" She asks and I look at her a little shocked. "Well he doesn't like to be outside and he doesn't like to play that much. I'm sorry." I answer her and shift my weight awkwardly to my other leg. Tammy looks a little annoyed. "So who do you live with? Husband or a boyfriend?" Tommy asks and I start to get even more uncomfortable. "W-well I live alone. Still waiting for my knight in shining armour." I say to him and force a bigger smile on my face. Tammy looks at me weirdly, then she turns to look at my car. "Then whose car is that?" She asked and I felt like I was going to die. "That's mine. I got it for my birthday. I need to get inside and unpack something's still. See you later." I quickly say and turn around. I get inside, slamming the door behind me. I felt bad for lying but I had to get away from them. I look through the window and see that they were finally gone. I sigh in relief and walk to Timmy to pet his head. "Did they scare you boy?" I ask him and he meows, sounding more bored than sad. I leave him be by himself and go to the kitchen. I start making some lasagna and Timmy comes to the kitchen. He seems to follow me everywhere right now which was a little weird of him. Maybe he was a little stressed because of the move? I put the lasagna in the oven then go over to Timmy's bowl and give him some fresh food. He only looks at the food and leaves it. I go to the couch and start look at the TV. There came some stupid TV shows to wait for the food to be ready.

MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW

Loneliness. It was the only feeling I felt right now. It has been fifteen years since I killed my big sister. Fifteen years since my Jessica was taken away from me. After that night I never saw her again. I only saw my mother and little sister once, but after that day they never came back. When they visited me, the voices told me to kill my little sister, but I didn't get a chance. They're still telling me to kill her but now they're louder than before. I know tonight was my time to leave this place and go after my sister and after that I must find my Jessica. I'm a patient man and even if finding her takes years, I wouldn't care. She will be mine again. Dr. Loomis has been taking care of me since I've been here. The voices never liked him, but they never told me to kill him. He tried to get me to speak with him, but I never saw a reason to speak to him. I didn't see a reason to speak with anyone any more. I was looking at the white wall on the opposite side of the room. I always looked at it, listening to the voices who told me different things and what I had to do and I always listened to them. But the empty walls never affected me because I had the voices. Suddenly they started to talk with me louder, almost screaming.

THE DOOR! SOMEONE IS COMING!

I started to listen more carefully at the door. I sensed that someone was coming but it was something familiar other than the old man. The door opens and Dr. Loomis came inside with someone but I kept my gaze on the wall. Now that stranger was in my room and it felt even more familiar. "Here he is. I don't understand why you wanted to meet him Miss. Hall. We usually don't let anyone here, but if you help me with his legal things then I can make an exception." Dr. Loomis started. Hall, Jessica had the same last name. Therefore, the voices were screaming in my head. "Please Dr. Loomis call me Sarah." The woman said. It was Jessica's sister.

KILL HER! SHE IS IN THE WAY!

The voices yelled in my head and I felt the rage start boiling in me. I needed to kill her but I couldn't do it right now. I needed to be free before I can kill her. "Michael was my sister's friend when they were younger, I needed to see him before going to her. I wanted to see the monster." Sarah said, venom dripping from her voice, making me even more angry. But she was going to Jessica, so I needed to listen carefully if she says anything about her whereabouts. Dr. Loomis looked at Sarah surprised. "Really, I wasn't aware of her? Then I would like to speak with her." Sarah looked at me with an angry expression. "My sister doesn't remember this thing any more. After what he did to his sister, my parents never wanted to talk about it again and convinced my sister that he was only an imaginary fried." What! Jessica thinks I'm only imagination! The voices are screaming at me, telling me different ways to make her remember me. I feel the rage flow through my veins. I was going to make her parents pay for what they have done to us! We needed to be a family! She needs me and I need her! I try to calm myself even when the voices were getting louder and louder. Sarah looked at me and then turned around. "Thank you, Dr. Loomis, but now I have to get going to meet my sister. I'm going to surprise her with my visit." She walks out of the room, Dr Loomis following her closely behind. "is your journey long?" Dr. Loomis asks and I eagerly wait for her answer. "It isn't that long. My sister lives in Haddonfield." I can feel joy in my heart. She was at home and finding her would be easier. I'm sure my sister was there too because the voices told me she was there, waiting to be slaughtered. But this was good news. I'll get two birds with one stone. Kill my sister and reunite with Jessica. "Have a nice time with your sister. And don't worry. We're going to make sure that Michael wont leave here ever. And with your help, maybe we can lock him behind these locks forever." Dr. Loomis said with a happy voice. These two were complete idiots, talking so loudly about that. After they leave the room, a nurse enters and she was holding syringes on a metal tray. "Hello Michael. It's time to take your medicine." She said with a loud whiny voice. I didn't do anything but then Dr. Loomis came back inside. He looked at us closely to make sure I didn't do anything but I just looked at the white wall. The nurse takes the syringes and lifts my other arm with her cold hands. Because I never swallowed my medicine, they injected them into my veins. The medicine never worked on me because I knew my body wasn't normal. After she has given me the medicine, she wipes the spot where the needle pierced my skin, but the spot was already healed. She takes the empty syringes and tray then she turns around and exits the room. Dr. Loomis just looks at me for a while but then closes the door and leaves. I know that I was going to be dark soon and then I could make my escape. I get up from the bed and walk over to the door, the guards outside were only talking to each other, not looking at other patients or me. This is perfect! The guards have always been idiots here. I walk back to the bed and sit down. I must wait a little more, then I could go home to find and kill my sister and find my Jessica after all, we were meant to be a family. I hear someone else coming. I start to get annoyed from all the people visiting me. I needed to finish thinking about my escape plan so I could finally go home. The door opened and one guard walked inside, keeping his hand on his baton. "Hello Mikey. It's feeding time so get your ass up." he stands there, waiting for me. I stay still because I don't feel like getting up. The guard huffs and calls for his friend to help him. Another one of them comes to the room and looks between us. "What's wrong?" He asks and the first guard takes his handcuffs from his belt. "This bastard doesn't want to get up. He didn't eat his lunch so we need to get him to the dining hall to eat dinner or else Dr. Loomis is going to kill us." he says and I feel a little amused. They're scared of that old man even when I'm a bigger threat than him? "Come on Mikey. You don't want to skip eating dinner tonight! There is sone delicious beef!" The other guard says and comes to me, taking my other arm. He lifts me up, making me walk beside him. The first guard huffs. "Fucking bastard, he can walk on his own." I walk forward, getting a solution to my problem. I just need to make sure that this other guard takes me back to my room. Then I can finally escape. The voices were screaming at me to kill the guard, but I need to wait just a little more before I can kill him and make my escape. After eating some of the dinner, I was waiting for the nicer guard to come and take me back to my room. Other patients were crying and screaming all around me and the room, making the staff be on edge all the time. The other patients always avoided me because they were afraid of me, but I was happy they didn't bother me so I could listen to the voices and I could think over my escape plan in peace. I was thinking over my escape plan one more time but then I sense someone coming closer to me. The voices started to scream again when I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Come on Mikey! It's time for bed." The nicer guard said to me and I got up from my seat. He started to lead me to my room and I felt the rage boil through my veins, making me ready to kill. When we arrived back to my room, I waited for him to go inside first. After I get in behind him, I take hold of his throat, squeezing it hard. He looks at me, fear filling his eyes and tears rolling down his cheeks. He tried to take his gun out of it holster on his belt but I take his hand, snapping his wrist, making a loud pop echo in the room. He tried to scream but couldn't, only making a little sound come from his throat. Finally I saw his life leave his body and his body becomes limp in my hands. I snap his neck, making a loud snap echo the room. The voices in my head were silent, leaving me in peace and making me feel powerful. I take the guards keys and I sit down on my bed. I needed to wait for a little while till the night comes then I could finally escape when the night staff comes. Then I could finally go home.