Sep 13, 2011 23:53
As patients traveled through the dark halls, their movements marked by flashlight beams and hushed voices, most were likely unaware of the difficulties in store for tonight.
Even as the radio announcement ended, the intercom remained oddly silent. Instead, slight traces of white gas hissed through the building's entire ventilation system, seeping into every room. The tendrils curled in on themselves and harmlessly dispersed into the air.
A trick of the mind, a small accident, the prelude to something more sinister - regardless of what it was, the incident proved quick enough to miss entirely, though strange enough for some patients to catch a glimpse from the corner of their eye.