Patient 103

Patient 103: The Worst of the Worst

            Daniel Fergusson had been locked up in Pembrooke Asylum for three months so far. He was patient number 102 and recently heard that a new patient was to be transferred today. Daniel was a big guy, good-looking, in shape, and a sociopath, who stabbed a few people. But the rumors were that he was the mildest of Pembrooke’s residents. The new guy was said to be the worst of them all. No one was as twisted, as dangerous, as evil as patient 103. When Daniel was reading a book in his room, the door had opened. Three asylum workers brought in a man strapped to a chair, restraining his entire body, and a mask over his face that could only fit a straw; preventing him from biting people. The workers positioned him in the room and promptly left, as if they were scared of him. Patient 103 simply stared at Daniel.

            “Hello Daniel.” He said amazingly calm.

            Daniel gulped and tried to speak, but he was frozen.

            “When you have killed as many people as I have you know fear. Why are you afraid, Daniel?”

            “I know what they use them mask for, creep. Youse a people eater. Why you gotta be paired up with me?”

            “You won’t have to worry about me Daniel, the scum and villainous thugs of this world taste poor. The higher quality person, the richer the taste is. You might as well be undercooked pork left in the desert for days.”

            Daniel went back to reading his book, but the way 103 looked at him made him uneasy. He positioned his book to block the view of 103 and kept reading. He lowered the book after a few moments and 103 was gone. The restraints were undone and he was nowhere to be seen. Daniel was screaming in pure fear and yelling, but the workers ignored him. He saw the protective mask fall from the ceiling and he slowly looked up. There was a light fixture that 103 was hanging from in the white room, and he jumped from it. The last thing Daniel saw was 103 leaping towards him with a maniacal smile and an appetite.

By: Braden Plagge