(Elaina, Seven, and Twitch walked out of the sanctuary, walking back to where the elevator was. Elaina looked at her phone and looked at the pictures she took of the building's layout.)
Elaina: So, if we take this hallway up and make a right, we should be able to get there, no problem.
Seven (sarcasm): I hope you have a way to get past some destroyed areas on this floor.
(Elaina looks at Seven.)
Elaina: Could you please help me out and stop acting like that?
Twitch: Sh-She's always like that. You'll learn how to cope.
(Elaina sighs.)
Elaina: Whatever. Just don’t forget that I helped your sister give birth.
(Seven scoffs at Elaina’s comment.)
Seven: Follow me, you two.
(The three walked down the hallway and turned right into another hallway filled with debris.)
Elaina: Well, this is not as bad as the other floors.
Twitch: Luckily there’s an opening. Also, th-there's a crater to where Beckett's office was.
Elaina: His office is on this floor?
Seven: Well, what's left of it.
Elaina: I need to get into that office. There are some things I need to get. (Thinking) I hope his stuff is still there…
Twitch: Sure.
Seven: Fine with me. Come on.
(They walk through the debris filled hallway with a slight struggle because of a tight squeeze. All three made it through and turned left into another hallway, then another left into a corridor that leads all the way down to Alvin's office which was nearly destroyed. Seven opened the office door. The three saw the damage.)
Elaina: Whoa...
Seven: Yep.
Twitch: E-Ever since the chemical accident this morning, this is what happened.
Elaina: How?
Seven: It happened far below in the building.
Elaina: How far below?
(Seven points down at the chasm. Elaina looks down and sees it leading down to a chasm several floors down.)
Elaina: That's a long way down...
Seven: Yep.
Twitch: S-So, what are you l-looking for in here?
(Elaina looks around and sees Alvin's desk which had his laptop on it. Elaina walked towards it, turned the laptop on, and went to his documents.)
Elaina: All of his documents...
(Elaina clicked on one of the documents which was a letter, pertaining to her. It reads:)
Dear Elaina,
My darling wife and mother of our child. If you are reading this, I might be no longer here. It seems my past actions have caught up to me after so many years. I, unfortunately, haven't been honest with you about my life at work, but somewhere down the line, I know you'll see for yourself. Besides a couple of patients that are telling you how well I've treated them, I know what you see before you will not make you forgive me. My ex-co-workers will most likely dispose of me. In this building, far below, is an underground facility. You will find me there. The further you go down, the harder it's going to be. But, my darling Elaina, I know how you like a challenge. Always the problem solver between the both of us. For Evee, the contents you find in my desk drawer are for you and her. Whatever you do, do not bring Evee with you. I fear that she would be targeted by anybody here.
-Alvin-
(Afterwards, Elaina looked in the desk drawer and found a folder. She looked inside to see what it contained.)
Twitch: W-What's in it?
Elaina: Documents that are for Evee and me.
Seven: Family purposes.
Elaina: Yeah. I need to put this into something...
(Elaina looked in the drawers and found a laptop bag. She put Alvin's laptop and the folder in the bag and carried it over her shoulder.)
Elaina: Well, I guess that's it. Let's g--
(The three-heard movement from outside the office. Everyone had their weapons at the ready. Elaina got out of the office first, turned to her right, and saw a supply closet on the other side of the corridor; the door was closed. She aimed her gun at the door and had the other hand reaching the doorknob. When she opened it, a man fell out of the closet. he wore patient robes. Elaina aimed her gun at the man. He instantly puts his hands up. The man was fair skinned, blue eyes, and messy short blonde hair.)
???: No! Please, don't shoot! I'm not like them!
Elaina: Get up. Who are you?
(The man got up, hands still in the air. He was a few feet taller than Elaina and Seven, several feet taller than Twitch. Around 5’9” or 6 even.)
???: My name is Tyler Walters. I'm a software engineer here, or I was.
Elaina: Why are you wearing those robes?
Tyler: I was forced to be a patient here. Fucking assholes committed me here, because of a message I sent.
Elaina: About what?
Tyler: The practices here, its staff, Dr. Beckett...
(Elaina lowered her gun and realized that it was Tyler who sent her the letter.)
Elaina: It was you who sent that letter to me...
Tyler: You're the person I sent the letter to? Labeled E.B.?
Elaina: Yeah. I'm Elaina. Alvin's wife.
Tyler: You're... Beckett's wife?
Elaina: Yes.
(Tyler crossed his arms in shock.)
Tyler (surprised): Wow… what are the odds? One of the docs here told me to send the letter to someone named E.B. I can’t believe I sent it to you.
Twitch: Also, y-you're the guy that w-was a part of Benjamin's treatment.
Tyler: I was.
Seven: Where is he?
Tyler: How am I supposed to know, you loon?! I’m an IT. I was just supposed to fix the camera for his treatment that day. I'm not in that department.
Elaina: Just so you know, she’s with me. I wouldn't really be calling anyone a “loon”.
Tyler: Well, hey, I've been running from a lot of them during the time of the chemical accident and after. Okay? So, sorry if I'm still suffering from mentally unstable assholes chasing me. Now, I'm trying to get out of here.
Seven: Hate to say this, but all the entrances and exits are either automatically locked or blocked in.
Tyler: You girls ever check the underground lab? There's an exit there.
(Seven raised an eyebrow.)
Seven: Well... didn't know that...
Twitch: Well, that's perfect. S-so when Elaina finds Dr. Beckett, w-we can all leave from there.
Tyler: I don’t think that’s possible…
Elaina: How is that not possible?
Tyler: Well, for the patients that are committed here, they’re all implanted with a chip. If a patient were to leave the premises to the point where they’re outside the gates, the chip will administer a shock. If the patient were to ignore the shock and keep going, it will shock the patient to death. Me? I was lucky enough to not get chipped, because something killed the scientists down there.
Elaina: What was it?
Tyler: A black misted figure.
Elaina (quietly): Alvin.
Tyler: Alvin? You mean… that black figure was Beckett?
(Elaina decides not to answer.)
Elaina: How do you get to the underground lab?
Tyler: There’s an elevator in the underground. That’s how. But it needs a passkey.
Elaina: Do you have the passkey?
Tyler: I did. My passkey is with the clothes I had on. They would keep all people’s clothing somewhere on this floor.
Elaina: Oh, boy… Let’s hope it’s on the way as this Lorison guy.
Tyler: The finger painting, bible thumper Andrew Lorison? Why are you going there?
Elaina: He might give some more depth about this experiment.
Tyler: Well, I can tell you that along the way of us getting my things. I was a part of it, too.
(Elaina looked at Seven and Twitch.)
Elaina: You guys still coming?
Twitch: O-of course.
(Seven stands her pipe.)
Seven: What do you think?
Elaina: Alright then. Let’s go.
(They all walked past Alvin’s office to the previous hallway but turned left where there was a locked gated door.)
Tyler: This is the Male Ward on this side, and I don’t have my keys.
Seven: Elaina, did you get those keys from Squeak? One of them might work for this door.
Elaina: Hmm. Now when you say that…
(Elaina took out the keys from the inside pocket from her jacket. She looked at the door and put one of the keys in the keyhole. The door unlocked and they all walked to the other side into a dark hallway.)
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