Madness Story - Chapter 2

 

 

-Chapter 2: Making friends-

Alex approached to the door where Lara was.

Alex: hey...you!...aren't you bored?

Lara looked at Alex.

Lara: I do what I can...I find fun where I can...I want to go out of here...I'm not comfortable here...I want to be free, like you.

Alex was surprised with Lara's words.

Alex: are you sure that you're mad?...you looks like a normal girl...

Lara: maybe...but I know that I'm not ok...look what I did yesterday...you was the guard who helped me with the crystals?

Alex: oh...can you remember now?

Lara: only a bit, but...yeah,I recognize you...you're the Green Guardian...

Alex stopped and started to think, he thought that she was calling him like that because of his green uniform.

Alex: he...really?...I'm the Green Guardian for you?

Lara: yeah...something like that...it's funny to imagine some things when you're in a situation like mine,don't you think?

Alex: maybe it's better this way...I think...

Alex stopped talking for a moment.

Alex: hmmm...you know?...don't tell anyone, but we call you “Alice”...hehe,it works for you,right?

Lara: well...he...I love the name...I've always liked the story of “Alice in Wonderland”...when I want to be alone or safe I go to my own imaginary world...like Alice...

Alex: *whispering * ...yeah,of course...you were talking alone and doing a “tea party” with imaginary friends...

Lara: did you say something?

Alex looked away trying to hide.

Alex: no, nothing, really...oh look! Here comes the doctor!...are you ready for your second date?

Lara: well...I think it's ok...after all I feel better talking with the doctor...

The doctor opened the door and entered to talk with Lara again.

Antonio: let's see...I think that today we'll do the session here...it's ok for you?...I don't want you to fight with the mirror again...

Lara: it's ok...no problem...but I want a room for me soon...I'm bored here...

Antonio: I'll see what I can do...are you ready?have you remembered something new?

Lara looked down trying to remember, but she knew that she remembered a lot of things.

Lara: yes...I can tell you something you don't know...something about my parents...I can say that...someone used me...I want to cure myself...I don't want to feel like an object, people use me!...like last time...

Antonio: tell me more...what happened?...between your parents and you...or it was another person?

Lara: well...everybody had an influence...to end up like that...

Antonio: it's everything about the fire?

Lara: well...I think that...it wasn't the fire only...

Antonio: don't worry, tell me everything.

Lara: it's ok...yes...the fire...I didn't provoked it...or I don't know...I think that...it was the girl of the mirror...

Antonio: doctors are calling her “Nega”...it's ok for you?

Lara: well,yeah...you can call her like that if you want...well, Nega...she burned the house, not me, she used my body in some way...and she burned the house...but it's the fault of a man...a man that  urged me to do it...he knew what happened with me...and he used me...he was the one who urged me to burn the house...

Antonio: your parents knew what was happening with you?

Lara: actually yes...when I was a little girl they tried to cure me...using a psychologist...they thought that one of the therapies worked, but I don't think so...because of that, my parents started to treat me...badly, when they saw that the therapy didn't worked...they started to ignore me,like I was invisible or something...and when I went “mad”, they closed my room so I couldn't leave, althought they removed all the dangerous objects around me when I was in that “state”,with the years those things were dissapearing but...this year everything started again...

Antonio: I see...actually you weren't a happy family,right?

Lara: since they realized that I had no cure...they started to act like that,before that we were a happy family, believe me...

Antonio: and...do you remember the person who urged you?

Lara: no...not really, I only remember that I was walking back home, this person stopped in front of me and started to say to me some things to burn the house...he knew me and what happened to me...I want to find this person...to make justice...

Antonio: let's see what we can do, at least, your information it's really helpful for the police...the police is having fun with your house...but oh well...

Lara: well...if you know something...tell me...

Antonio: of course, you'll be the first person, I promise...by the way, I think that you're under control, you have to make friends here,with other patients...maybe you can find someone nice,don't you think?

Lara: hmm...but they have to talk to me first...I can't talk with everything that I don't know...

Antonio: I see...but oh well, don't worry, if you need something...tell someone, ok?

Lara: it's ok...I think...

Antonio: oh! Another thing...we are going to give you new clothes to walk around here,ok? Is the outfit that the patients have here...and it's not a straightjacket...be a good girl,ok? I don't want to leave you in a special room with a straightjacket again.

Lara: I promise that I'll try to me a good girl...and I'll eat all my pills...

Antonio: awesome...Alex will give you the clothes...see you later! Bye!

The doctor left the room quickly and Lara couldn't ask about her new room, but right now, that wasn't the most important thing.
Alex gave Lara the new clothes and she started to use them.Alex accompanied her until they reached a large room where patients could hang out. Lara was surprised when she saw that there weren't a lot of people.
Lara looked at Alex's face in disbelief.


Lara: are you sure that I have to talk with all these people?

Alex: well,not really...only when the nice one, here's people that goes mad easily...you looks like one of the best one here,seriously...

Lara: well...it's good to hear that...I want to go out of here soon...

Alex left Lara with the new people. When the kids saw that the guard wasn't here, they stopped playing and ran quickly to see Lara.
They were a small group of four people, a boy and three girls, in the other side of the room, there was another group with five persons, but they didn't moved. The four were staring at Lara, how if she were a new toy.

Boy: look at her!...it's the new one!...I've already ate, but I can say that she looks tasty...I don't mind if I eat some meat again...or simply everything!

One of the girls hit the boy in the head.

Girl 1: shut up Teeth! You're everytime thinking about eat and eat and eat meat...you're going to become a big fat seal and you're going to die!
Two of the girls starting to laugh loudly.

Lara: what's so funny?...

The girls stopped and stared at Lara again.

Girl 2: he's Teeth!...hahahaha! He's here for cannibalism , awesome,no? Doctors said that he tried to eat his mother's arm!...hahahahaha!

Lara looked at the boy with a sick face, but the boy smiled.

Girl 1: when he try to eat someone, the doctors put a muzzle on his mouth...hahahaha! Like a hungry dog!

The boy was angry and turned back.

Lara: I see...and you?...

The two girls were really nervous and they couldn't start talking, so, the third girl started to talk, and welcomed Lara.

Girl 3: my name's Eva...the boy is Christopher, but we call him Teeth...and they're Patricia, the brunette, and Angela, the blond one...

Lara looked at they and wanted to smile, but she couldn't.

Lara: nice to meet you...you don't have nicknames?

The girls were a bit confused.

Patricia: no,we haven't got one...but Teeth needed one because he need one!...he's a guzzler...

Christopher started to talk again, with an angry face.

Teeth: I said that my name's not Teeth!

Angela: say what you want...stop eating now or all you T-E-E-T-H will go away

Chris ignored Angela. Eva looked like the mature girl in the group, she invited Lara to sit in a chair. While Chris, Patricia and Angela where playing a game, Eva started to tell Lara what was going on and other things.

Eva: I'm going to tell you everything...how you know...Teeth is here for cannibalism...he tried to eat his mother's arm...I think that he's the only one of the group that have family who comes to visit him...sometimes a boy comes to visit him...I think that he plays something in a group of the city...

Lara: hmmm...yeah, the band of the city...they maked a concert yesterday...but I don't mind...

Eva: Patricia and Angela are like sisters,but they're not...Patricia “losed her mind” when her family was killed in front of her by a thief, she was the only one that survived, but she was the one that killed the thief with a gun...she says that sometimes she sees the spirit of the thief and of her family around her,she says that the thief wants to kill her...everything is a fantasy created by her mind, but nothing more...

Lara: and where did she found the gun?

Eva: she never wanted to tell us...maybe she stoled the gun from the thief...or maybe her father had a gun in his room,who knows...when she's happy and is with us she's a happy girl, but when we have to sleep and she's alone in her room, she is depressed, and start to cry and shout loudly...

Lara: I see...that's a pity...

Eva: well,anyone is happy here at night...you slept last night really good...this place at night is really scary, sometimes we saw some patients that dissapeared and didn't go back...but this is another story, I don't want to scare you...

Lara: you did it, now I know how people can't sleep at night...

Eva: no joke,it's not funny...but oh well...Angela is here simply because of depression,she tried to kill herself some times...I think that their parents died in a terrorist attack...in a train or something like that,I'm not sure...the weird thing is that no ones come here to see her,and I think she have family...

Lara: sometimes family is not here to help you...why doctors don't left her in a special room with a straightjacket?...

Eva: well,she's like Patricia, when she's with us she forget everything, but the night is here...she is depressed, and can be dangerous,but doctors removed all the dangerous things of her room...

Lara: oh...yes...not that hard after all...and you?

Eva changed the conversation.

Eva: you didn't tell me your name...doctors call you Alice...it's your name?

LarA: no,not really but...

Eva: well,it's ok,can we call you Alice?

Lara: well,yeah,if you want, but my real name's Lara

Eva: well,ok Alice...or Lara...I think we're going to be great friends...

Eva stood up and ignored the question of Lara, but Lara knew that she was hidding something.