Chapter 1

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His frail spindley fingers clambered along the walls of Albehundro Asylum, leaving sticky sweat trails behind them. He mumbled to himself as he went haunted by unseen spectures within his mind.

"Frank, its to early for this....the stores wont be open yet and he wont be arriving until ten o'clock lets just go home and go back to bed"

"But what if he's early, you'll be sorry then we have to lay out all the best cutlery and collect the fresh meat from the bakery store on the same day as his arrival!" 

He stopped briefly and glanced around the walls, his eye line seemed to far extend the distance between him and them. Almost as if he was seeing through them to some other world that was somehow disconnected with his current location. His body jolted slightly and his eyes began to re-focus on the blue and white striped wall. He looked stunned and disoriented. Too minutes ago he had been walking down the high street with his best mate and now he stood alone in strange and unrecognizable corridors. They was a cold unwelcoming feeling in the air and the noise of banging rang clearly through his ear lobes. 

He found himself panicking. His very lungs seemed to be having a mini-seizure along with the constant alarm bells in his head. His frantic and sudden frustrated shouts disturbed the silence of the place and brought nurse's running in flocks down the deserted hallway.

"Mr barns , what are you doing wondering out of this hour. Its okay you probably just had another mild episode its nothing to worry about" A young man wearing a uniform gently grabbed hold of his arms.

Mr barns flung out, he didn't like to be touched. It made him angry , it scared him. The poor nurse went flying half way down the corridor , scooting along the floor past another patients room. 

"There going to lock you in that room again you know. Your not meant to hit them, its against the rules. Your always doing stuff like that."

That was a voice he didn't recognize, his motions froze for a moment while he was distracted. And all of a sudden the nurses were upon him and any chance of movement or retaliation limited by a quickly applied straight jacket. He struggled to no avail flinging  himself around like a a fish out of water while he was held against the floor.

"Please calm down Mr Barns, there is no need for violence you know we have a strict no violence policy here. We will remove the straight jacket when you calm down. Everything is okay Mr barns , you need to take deep breathes and keep control of your thoughts" A burly woman said , it sounded robotic like it had come through speakers.

Mr barns started wriggling as he felt a sharp needle sink in between his shoulder blades, a intense sensation of fatigue over came him. "What are you doing" He mumbled in a incoherent gathering of words. His vision began to fail him and the distant voices of forced concern vanished from hearing vicinity. Mr Barns felt his whole body relaxing before everything went dark , he was calm. He liked that feeling, he liked that feeling alot.