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“I can understand why,” Phoe said sadly.
“Team four. We gave you the children’s building. The children there were treated terribly. Drugged, lobotomised, and abused. A young girl was dropped and left there by her rich uncle, who wanted her inheritance. Her room was full of toys because of her status, but there was one doll in particular that she loved. Her mother had given it to her. It’s said when she died, they tried to empty the room and got locked out. The girl’s ghost had claimed it as her own. So they left the room alone and kept it as it was when she was alive,” Lisa explained.
“That’s so tragic,” Vivie said.
“Who does that to a child?” Autumn demanded.
“Pure evil,” Chance replied.
Everyone nodded.
“Now for team five. The mess hall. You guys were right in guessing what the side room was for. They used to drag people down there who were trying to starve themselves and force-fed them. More than one choked to death, and we have the records to show it. The food was substandard, to say the least, but several murders happened down there with fights over food.
“It is rumoured to be haunted by a creature called the Creeper. It’s seen as a black mass that crawls up walls and along the ceilings. The Creeper is thought to be a chef called Darius Milwaukee. This guy was a sadist beyond belief. He’d do things like toss a box of apples on a table filled with hungry patients and then watch everyone fight over them. Darius got off on the power trip it gave him. He was also a tyrant in the kitchen. Many quit while working with him, and his temper tantrums were legendary. One lower cook slit her wrists in that very kitchen while he screamed at her and watched her bleed out. Darius was all sorts of evil,” Dave explained.
“Damn, that has to be what we saw,” Artemis exclaimed.
“And Gunner shot it!” Casey giggled.
“How the hell did you sneak a gun inside?” Phoe demanded. “You were searched thoroughly!”
“Artemis,” Gunner said, seeing no reason not to tattle-tale. He looked smug as Phoe turned a beady eye on Artemis, who shrugged.
Dave coughed and then laughed. “Well, bullets don’t usually work on a ghost, I have to say.”
“I know that!” Gunner snapped.
“Team six,” Jason said, heading off a fight. “Floor five, Wing D—for the criminally insane. There is a lot of poltergeist activity in there. Doors banging, furniture moving, ghostly voices.”
“All which we experienced,” Tiny agreed.
“But there is an entity that has a thing for women. It touches them and tries to lock them in cells. It thinks the women belong to him. Now we’ve tracked this down to a serial rapist named Tom Nation. He was active over a ten-year period and raped at least one woman a month for those ten years before being caught. Tom was completely nuts and was locked up there. He continued to harass female staff, trying to rape several of them, and ended up with only men looking after him.”
“That makes sense why he wanted Aurora,” Klutz muttered, and Tiny nodded.
“Team seven. We gave you the tunnels. There are meant to be several things that haunt down there. One is a shadow that shows itself, but nobody can ever get close to it. Another is a nurse who pushes the gurneys up and down. There are several left dumped down there, and people swear they’ve seen them headed for them,” Lisa said.
“Got that shit on camera,” Bear grumbled.
“There are also several manhole covers leading to the sewers. The rumours are that when the morgue overflowed, and it happened, the bodies of the particularly nasty patients that nobody cared about were dumped into the sewers to get rid of them. People have described seeing a white figure, almost ghoul-like, haunting the tunnels. Who it is, we don’t know, but we know he tries to drag victims into the sewers, just like he was tossed away,” Lisa finished.
“Pennywise!” Mac declared with a sage nod.
Bear gave him a dirty look.
“Team eight. We sent you to floor three, Wing C. On this wing, a nurse, Mary Brooker, worked, and she was appalled at what she saw. She visited the commission board and complained and provided evidence. When she returned, a doctor told her to administer medication to two male patients. They were meant to be medicated at all times. However, their morning dose had been suspiciously missed, and they raped and beat Mary to death. Finally, a doctor admitted to setting her up to stop her whistleblowing. Unluckily, it didn’t stop the practises going on there for another ten years, but Mary had started the ball rolling.
“People claim to see her and feel a calming presence. Mary is also known to have conversations with investigators. She wants people to know the truth. Not all nurses and doctors there were bad. Some tried to improve the situation. And those who are lucky will see her with some patients,” Dave explained.
“Why weren’t we given this information before entering?” Bear asked.
“Because we wanted everything to be genuine. Going in blind and without preconceptions meant your mind was open to what might happen. And you all were wonderful. And tomorrow night will be even better!” Dave said gleefully, and then he announced he would be going out to a few of the places that had terrified the two MCs. He’d pick a small team and go and investigate. It would be great fun but also deadly serious.
Dave strongly agreed with Apache calling in a shaman to deal with the demon. He had tackled them before, and to say they were unpleasant was an understatement.
Dave exchanged a look with Phoe as discussions started within the groups. Little did the two MCs know, they were about to become famous, and the next night promised many more horrors.
As they began discussing who was going where, Drake grabbed Phoe.
