This isn't real. This is a dream. They shuttered this shithole 60 years ago. Take a breath. Slow. You dig in the toolbox for a bolt that'll fit. You know people died here. Take a breath. Slow. You find a bolt and twist it into the hole. Someone on a lower floor is screaming. Take a breath. People died here. Slow. A nurse points at you and whispers to another. Just fix the damn sign. "Excuse me, sir." You look up and see a man standing over you. Take a brea-- He jams a syringe into your throat. "Shhhh... Slow..."

© 2018 Hack for Satan; story by @RYANxSHEFFIELD