Nightmare |Closed RP|

You should have known. The price of evil.


Essence Matthews


Matthew Sanders

Matt sat in his room, at the small desk that he had across from his bed, using a crayon from the new box he'd gotten to draw things in his notebook. They'd had to take the colored pencils away from him when he tried to stab himself, and the markers weren't an option either when he drew nasty things on himself with them. So they'd had to resort to giving him crayons because they were non-toxic, not sharp, and he couldn't draw on his skin with them. He drew a picture of a little girl standing next to her mother, both of them with smiles on their faces. And then he grabbed a red crayon and drew all over it. That's what he remembered. One minute, they were happy, and then the next, they were nothing.

Essence felt the buffed man dragging her by the buckle on the straight jacket towards the check in. She watched him carefully sign her in as he took and pulled her onward towards a room. She fought against the man's pulling as she felt him pick her up and toss her over his shoulder. She narrowed her eyes as she screamed and thrashed against him. She noticed them going by a room and a gorgeous being sitting at the desk drawing. She glanced towards him as she felt the man toss her onto a bed. She saw him grin at her as he shut the door and locked it. She pushed herself against the wall sitting in the straight jacket letting a soft sigh escape her lips.

Matt looked up and raised an eyebrow, setting his crayon down and going to the door, looking out. He watched the man walk away before he walked out into the hall and peeked into the room that was holding the girl. He looked in through the bars and caught her across the room, taking in her appearance. She looked pretty violent, like she had done something wrong, but hadn't everyone in here done something wrong at some point? He backed away from the door, biting his lip. He wanted to get in, to examine her further. She caught his interest, not like a lot of other people in here. The new ones always caught his interest.

Essence managed to get up from the cot as she sighed trying her damn hardest to get out of the jacket. She'd done once, she just didn't know why she couldn't do it this time. She frowned as she walked towards the door and peeked out. She caught a glimpse of the man she'd spotted drawing earlier. She couldn't help herself but to let a small smile spread across her lips.

Matt looked over and jumped slightly when he saw the girl was now staring at him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and walked towards the door, peeking in at her. "Who are you?" he whispered, as if there was someone listening to his every word. Because there was. They might hear him, and he didn't want to get in trouble again. His nightmares were already plagued enough, he didn't need the voices causing him more grief.

Essence stared at him and tilted her head to the side looking at him. "Essence." She said softly as she cracked a grin at him. "You?" She asked.

"Matt," he mumbled. He looked around before looking back at her. "Why are you here?" he asked curiously. Usually patients were put in rooms and then introduced out to all the other patients, but she was locked away like a criminal. He wondered why.

Essence stared at him a moment. She let a soft sigh escape her lips, "Bad things." She whispered looking down. She didn't want to talk or tell what'd her father caused her to do. Or why she did what she did to her sister. She walked away from the door and sat down on the cot trying to ignore the voices that were speaking inside of her head.

Matt frowned. He grabbed onto the bars and watched her. "We all do bad things," he said. "That's why we're here, isn't it? That's what they told me. They said I could have gone to jail, but I was lucky to get in here when I did." He shrugged and rested his chin against the door as he watched her. "There's no point in crying. They won't help you."

Essence looked at the door watching him stare at her. She let a soft smile form into her lips, "I know they won't help. I've been here before." She said lightly frowning and getting up going back to the door. She stared at him a moment before asking, "What caused you to be here?" She asked curiously.

Matt bit his lip. He looked down and let out a breath, sighing softly. "I killed my family," he said. He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow. "You've been here before?" he questioned, wanting to change the subject. He didn't like to talk about his past and the things he'd done, it triggered him and made him act out. "What did you do?"

Essence frowned biting her lip, "Couple years ago I tried to kill myself." She started and paused. "Last night I killed my dad and sister. They had to be taught a lesson." She said softly as she looked down sighing.

Matt looked at her. "What did they do?" he asked curiously. He grabbed onto the bars again, beginning to get really invested into her story. She seemed so similar to him, and it kind of comforted him a little, to know that he wouldn't be alone anymore. That is, if she got to stay in here with the rest of the patients, and she didn't get put off in a different ward with the really insane people.

She looked at him through the bars, "My father harmed my mother and I. But never harmed my sister." She said lightly. "He to my mom from me. So I took his precious Lyla from him and then took him from this world." She paused looking at Matt. "I just took those two from this world, riding the evil from here, and these people think I am crazy and bad for it." She huffed a little.

Matt nodded his head and bit his lip. He wasn't sure if he should tell her why he was in here, but he thought if she trusted him enough to tell him, then he could return the favor and tell her. "I killed my wife and my daughter," he said, an emotionless look on his face. "They told me to do it. They told me she was cheating on me, and that she was going to take my baby away from me, so I had to take care of them. I couldn't let her take my baby from me."

Essence frowned at him, "She must have been really mean. To have cheated on you." Essence said lightly to him. "I'm sorry." She said lightly standing at the door. She heard voices down the hallway as she looked at him. "You better go back before you get into trouble, Matt." She whispered to him.

Matt bit his lip and slowly nodded his head. He backed away from her door and took one last glance at her before he turned and walked back into his room. He sat back down at his desk and started drawing a new picture, this time, of the new girl he'd just met.

Essence glanced through the window at Matt's room. She smiled lightly as she took and walked back to the cot. She sat down wondering if they'd keep her on this ward. She hoped. She'd made a new friend, that she liked. She closed her eyes leaning into the wall.

A small smile was on Matt's face as he drew Essence the best he could with the crayons he had, that had lost their sharpness from being used so much. He wasn't the best artist in the world, but he was pretty decent, when he actually put his mind to it. Drawing was something that calmed him, and kept his mind occupied when he started getting negative thoughts.