I began to panic as a team of orderlies began swarm around the room. They became upset when they saw and smelled the blood in the room.
I stood there awkwardly, unmoving at the center of the crime scene. I felt like I had been framed. I began to look around the room frantically. My eyes bounced around searching for any possible exit.
I was too late the guards were almost here. Shit! I looked around again before turning my body toward the open window behind me. 'Maybe...'. "Ah.." I cried out in shock as an orderly grasped my arm and began to tug me out of the room.
At least ten more arrived and they pushed their way into the room. I watched intently as they surveyed the blood splattered room. They knew exactly what had happened to the warden and who had done it. I became anxious. Surely I won't be implicated by this, I thought. "Step forward." The guard detaining me called out. I put a shaky foot in front of me and continued walking until I stood at the entrance of the room.
It got quiet when I stepped in and many of the guards stopped their search and left.
"Cough. Cough."
My head whipped around at the sound. But it wasn't from behind me where the crowd of orderlies stood. It came from the closet in the room. The door was slightly ajar and there was blood everywhere.
I almost turned away. ALMOST, but my curiosity got the best of me. I carefully placed my hands and the door and pushed.
I let out an audible gasp.
The warden was here, hiding and alive - barely. I called out to one of the guards and brought him to the warden's disfigured body. Their faces were cold, blank and emotionless as they swiftly moved him onto a gurney and wheeled him out of the room and down the hall towards the nearest operating room.
I stood there dazed. How was the warden still alive? I wondered. And where did the beast go?
"Hey!" I turned around and look at the guard that had called me. "Come on." he mumbled ushering me out of the room and down the hall. It looked like we were going back to my room.
I let out a sigh of relief. Hopefully they overlook my involvement and I can move on with my life.
HOPEFULLY.