The Mental Institute Short Story

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The Mental Institute My story starts in regular hospital, at least that is what everybody thought. I am James Carter, I was born in 1997 and I live in hell's kitchen new york. I am in hospital because I just got in a car wreck with my mom and she died. I have been here long enough that I have made a new friend. His name is Carlos he is tall, skinny with back hair and blue eyes. The hospital that we were in was pretty large and everything was white and very clean. It was also very quiet even though it was crawling with people. The place that Carlos and I stayed was the hotel of the hospital for kids whose parents were injured and could not take care of them. One day when I was walking again after the car wreck Carlos and I went to the elevator to go and see his dad. When we got in the elevator there was a button with yellow tape over it that said do not press the button no matter what. Carlos being himself instantly thought that the best thing to do was press the button and see where it takes us and that he did. When I figured out that he did that he did that I got very mad at him but I got over it because I was also curious. …show more content…

Finally the elevator came to a screeching halt and the doors slowly slid open sending a rush of cold air. The first second I laid my eyes on what was before me I got scared. The room had a eerie glow it was made of stone and there were markings all over the place along with a wooden staircase. What came next made everything worse, I was looking around when I heard creaks so I screamed just to find out that it was carlos going 1 stair up on the staircase to grab a note. He opened it and in bold letters it said, ONLY ENTER IF YOU DARE, THE SPIRITS OF THE PAST FROM THIS MENTAL INSTITUTE STILL LIE WHERE THEY DIED. When we read that Carlos thought it was cool so we continued on and all we could hear was stuff dropping and footsteps. As we went up the steps we saw different rooms with different

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