He laid Friday on the grassy field of the asylum, tried to catch his breath. He looked back to the old building, it looked dead and silent like nothing had happened. Friday started to regain consciousness, "Friday?! What the fuck?? Are you alright??" still breathless but gradually taking control of himself.
She didn't reply, she looked around to grasp back reality. Once she realized the whole ordeal had passed, "Did you get everything?"
Adrian nodded, "What the hell happened?" he asked.
Friday grabbed the bags and stood up, still trying to get her balance back. "We can't be seen in here, let's go!" she walked towards the wire fence headed to their motorbike.
The streets were empty, everyone had gone inside and shut their doors and curtains. The street light worked the same way in the whole town. Just when they were about to mount the bike, a soft cold touch startled Friday.
An old wrinkled hand was touching her arm. An old woman was lurking in the dark, her eyes grey, as grey as her hair. "You're not suppose to be here," her old voice calm and soothing. They froze to see the old woman's reaction to them trespassing.
Friday looked into the grey eyes in intense anticipation, the old woman touched her cheeks and smiled, "You're special aren't you?" and then she turned to Adrian and touched his cheek, "And you ... " her smile faded. "I would go to see Maduma if I were you."
"Who's Maduma?" Friday reluctantly asked.
"Maduma has the answers you seek ... you can find her in the Madhouse every ninth of the month at nightfall ... two more days."
"What kind of answers do you think we're looking for?" Friday asked suspiciously.
The old woman let out the creepiest grin she had ever seen. She can see her crooked teeth and her mouth was half opened, the grey eyes looked blind but they were looking straight through her. "I should go now," the old woman said and turned around to go back from where she came.
"Wait! Where is this Madhouse?"
The old woman didn't stop, she just pointed with her right hand, "Just around the corner, a nice old bar across the Twin Oaks ... you'll find her there," her soft voice was almost inaudible as she walked further away.
*****
No words were exchanged on their ride back to The Dungeon. The cold wind gave them chills, not as bad as the one they've just gone through. They both relived what just happened in their minds, half believing the event had happened the way it did. Friday's quest had turned out to be even more dangerous that he had expected.
Friday, on the other hand, had a whole different experience of the event. Midway through the recording, she was transferred to another reality. She was there at the actual incident or more like the happening was projected in her mind as if she was there witnessing it as it unfolds.
She saw the twins in their white hospital gowns in trance, followed by the doctor who's voice was heard in the recording. She saw them forming in the yard and shook their heads before they screamed and their eyes were white. She felt the earth shook under her feet, she saw everyone fell on the ground and was having a seizure. Buildings were collapsing. She also witnessed how the twins stood up and sprint towards the field behind the asylum into the forest. The way they ran was almost like wild creatures, they were unusually fast and became shadowlike figures, some of them lost their gown in the process, they were running naked into the woods and never to be seen again.
She couldn't tell Adrian what she saw, at least not until it sinked in with her that they were true. When they arrived at The Dungeon, it felt like a heavy burden had lifted from her shoulders. Life was about to go back to normal.
"Please don't say anything to Jordy," Friday pleaded. Adrian was hesitant, she grabbed the bottom of his hoodie, "Please ... I need to know that I can trust you with this."
Adrian looked in her eyes and saw her desperation, he understood what it meant to have someone to trust, so he nodded. Friday hugged him, "Thank you ... I owe you one," and then she went upstairs with all her findings.
The Dungeon was still getting ready to open. He entered through the back door and saw everyone was sitting down with a long face. He caught the gloom in the room, and looked around to see what's causing it. He came across with Kitty Kat and knew immediately that something was terribly wrong.
"We couldn't find Dorian ... he's been missing for two days."
*****
The last time anyone had seen Dorian was the night of the concert. He went home after closing up and had a day off work the next day. His girlfriend tried to reach him at home, but he didn't answer his phone. When she went there, the place was locked and he wasn't there. She asked the landlord to open the door. The place was as she left it with Dorian before the concert, Dorian never came home. She and Jordy had to report a missing person. Dorian became another name on the list, and the news is now raising more concern to the citizens of Mofocity.