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I step into my black sweatpants, pull on my black T-shirt, slip my feet into black trainers, and don a black hoodie. I’m just zipping it up when my phone beeps with a message and again, my heart soars, thinking it might be Kayla.
That’s what I mean about demons. Caring for someone. It fucks you up. Iknowher phone is on her bedside table, but I still hoped it could be her.
I exit the closet, grab my phone to check the message. It’s from Hatchet:Want me to search the woods?
I type back a quick message:Yes. Please. I’ll speak to the others first and we’ll hunt in here.
Snow chooses that moment to pop his head through my partially opened door.
“What’s going on?” he asks, running his hand through his hair.
“Kayla’s gone. She’s not in her room. She’s not with one of us, and she’s not here,” I tell him with a calm, matter-of-factness that I’m definitely not feeling on the inside.
Snow’s eyes widen and then his face contorts into a mask of frustration. “Shit, man.”
“I know. Hatchet is hunting for her outside but we need to search the facility. If there’s no sign of her we’ll go to Seytan.”
“Okay. Let’s do this.”
“Keep your phone on you, and text me if you find anything!” I call out, as Snow turns and starts running around the corner towards the common room.
I take a moment to compose myself, and then I leave my room.
Moving quickly, I run down the hallway to the next room, and then the next, checking each one of our bedrooms. There’s no sign of her
Did someone take her? I’m running out of options.
I come to the dining hall and find it unlocked, which immediately sets me on edge. Even more than I already was.
Several steps of footsteps enter behind me and I whirl around. But it’s only the others. One by one, they enter the dining space, their faces etched with confusion and concern.
We’re all psychopaths, until now only bound together by our shared darkness and the asylum that contains us. But not anymore. Now we’re bound together byher.
“What’s going on?” Honey asks, his usual smiling expression gone, replaced by a pale face, gaunt with worry. “Ghost said Kayla’s missing?”
“Kayla’s gone,” I reply, my fear transforming into anger. “She went out with Hatchet earlier but he brought her back and saw her to her door. There’s no sign of her. He’s gone back outside to search for her.”
“Okay. Where do you need us, outside too?” Honey offers.
Snow, with his penchant for being a dick who only cares for himself, growls. “Let’s tear this place apart.”
I shake my head. “The dining room wasn’t locked, so now we need to check every floor, every room to see which doors have been left unlocked and to try and find her. We need to split up.”
“I’ll check the roof,” Snow offers.
“Good. Ghost, can you search the art room, supply closets, that sort of thing up there?”
“Yes.”
“If Donnelly and Silas want to help and get involved, let them. we need all hands on deck.”
“Oh, I’m already here and raring to go,” Ghost says in the voice I’ve come to recognise as Donnelly’s. I give them a brief nod of acknowledgement and turn to Honey.
“Honey, you take the recreational areas. It’s highly unlikely, but I’ll go and check the gym and pool, changing rooms, all of that area. Bones, you take the therapy rooms.”
“No problem,” Bones agrees.
“If your area’s clear, go help Bones. Keep your phones on you, and text if you find anything!” I call out, as they all split off and disappear in different directions.
