1 What Was Downstairs? |1|

It was a dull evening for everyone in the office today, a few patients had come in; this was nothing the building hadn't seen before. The agonizing screeches were normal in this building, it wasn't a mafia building. It was a hospital.

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The head nurse Inko was on late duty tonight, nobody liked being in that building late. Nobody knew who it was but the building reeked with alcohol and death every time you entered it. There were always blood stains on the walls, and floors. The wailing of the patients would drive you to insanity if you weren't already. While thoughts surrounded her mind, she heard a sound from downstairs.

It sounded like someone was throwing up, this would be normal but she was supposed to be the only one there. She ignored it, continuing to clean any dirty wall, or tool. Making sure to tell each patient goodnight. As she made her way downstairs she heard indistinct whispering, it grew louder and louder. The voice was low, crazed yet calm. She continued to ignore it, as she kept doing her duties until she hit a specific door. The whispering was now talking, and the door was cracked open.

She looked inside and saw a shadow of a tall figure. They seemed slender, and their hair was messed up in all sorts of ways. They also seemed to be wearing a lab coat; so it was safe to assume they worked there. A million thoughts ran through Inko's head, but she was soon interrupted by a sudden laugh. She hadn't realized it but she was staring at a man forcibly making a patient drink a vile of acid.

She didn't know what to say but she let out an ear piercing shriek, his gloves stained from acid.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? THAT PERSON IS INNOCENT-" she yelled but before she could finish her thought the tall figure placed a finger over her lips. Silencing her.

"If i know anything about this acid it's that if you even so much as taste it your insides will rot in an agonizing pain. For such a beautiful young woman I would hate to see that happen. I suggest you listen carefully to what I'm about to say" the figure said calmly, his voice was raspy, and deep.

Tears started streaming down her face followed with small hiccups and whimpers, as she kept looking at him, and then at the person in the chair. They were frothing at the mouth, the froth was a rose color from the blood. He seemed to have taken her fear into account as he bent over, he gave her a soft kiss on the forehead and wiped the acid off her lips.

"Now if you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here so late? I was hoping to see how this experiment would go." His voice has a slight ring in it, like he was humming while speaking.

While he was still bent over she slapped him across the face, letting out a soft growl. "You can not just pretend that guy isn't dead! Plus who even are you and why are you here? I can get you arrested for this you know!" she asked a billion other questions but he didn't seem to acknowledge them.

Just as he was about to answer her, the person in the chair coughed up something that looked like an organ. Having a small amount of life left in them, they tried to call for help but their vocal chords had liquidized. After a few minutes of struggling they finally went to rest, rotting from the inside out.

"Damn.. I missed it," he grabbed her arm and held it up in the air, "for someone as small as you, you've got a lot of guts. Both physically and mentally." He let out a soft chuckle and lifted her arm up a bit more, so she was dangling in the air.

"By the way, my name is Onyx, but a pretty little thing like you can call me yours." He dropped her and she fell to her knees, her eyes filling with rage.

"I don't care about your stupid name, now move! There's a rotting corpse behind you, now MOVE, tch." Inko ran past him and checked the pulse on the body, only to get some of the melted flesh on her finger. Just as she was about to scream Onyx lifted her up on his shoulder and began walking out of the room.

"Stop crying over a dead body and move on, focus of the perfectly alive person right in front of you."

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