2 Chapter 2: St. Patrick

That dream again. I've been having these recurring nightmares for a few weeks now. It's always that bathroom. I need to put an end to these nightmares so I want to find that bathroom in the waking world. To that end, I've completed several sketches of it. Some in it's decayed state and some drawn to resemble what I think it might've looked like before. "My name...what is it?" I always forget who I am for a minute after I wake up. It all comes back soon enough though. "David...David Serbian. 19 years old. College dropout. No girlfriend. I have one friend and I occasionally talk to my parents over the phone. That's my life. That's who I am" Good. I've remembered.

I slowly sit up in my bed, my skin is sticking to the bed from all the sweat as usual. I take my phone off the charger and check for notifications. I've started posting the sketches to online forms in hopes of someone recognizing it. As it turns out, I'm in luck. I have a message from someone on Deddit.

"That bathroom you're looking for is in the old abandoned St. Patrick general hospital on Orange Grove Ave."

I type a quick "thank you" then I take to the internet and look up the hospital he mentioned. Turns out it closed down 15 years ago and no one's done anything with it since. There were plans to renovate it a few years ago but it just never happened. Why'd it close down? I continue scrolling through the Nikapedia article.

"In the late 90's a large portion of the youth were getting involved in gangs, openly participating in gang violence and gang wars. Dr. Andre Heisenberg claimed he knew how to fix the issue and so he was given a section of the hospital for him to work in. Youths were arrested and brought to Heisenberg where he would give the youth his "miracle cure". However, the public were horrified when they realized that the children he treated were heavily changed after his treatment. They all showed symptoms including PTSD, paralysis, brain damage, loss of speech, loss of sight, loss of movement, and sometimes death. The hospital was forced to shut down when the secret behind his "miracle cure" got out. He was practicing electroconvulsive therapy without any safety measures. He would not use any anesthesia or muscle relaxants. By the time the facility was shut down, he had treated over 400,000 teenagers. 20% of them died"

Jesus christ. So this place tortured teens under the guise of treating them? This is sickening. But at least I have an address now, hopefully with this I can put these damn dreams behind me. I have free time since my seasonal job as a shopping mall Santa is over. The address is a few cities away, I guess I should head out now. But first I leave a note for my friend or anyone else who comes looking for me while I'm gone.

"Heading out for a bit. Be back soon"

I shed my pajamas and open my closet. I put on a plain black shirt and a pair of blue jeans along with a pair of plain white tennis. Then I grab my green jacket and head out.