Episode 55
They keep walking as Chloe and Sheriff Trina call onto their name from interval to intervals, they've walked past the cemetery and were in the bush, they were getting scared as they keeps looking, they weren't saying a word to each other, not until Sheriff Trina break the silence and said, “Do you think we should call for backup?“ She said frightened, what if they were never found, she thought.
“No, that is a bad idea, we are going to find them, don't get yourself all worked up, let's get out of this bush first!“ Decker assured and they kept walking until they got to a path that leads outside from the bush, they got outside to an endless tarred road, they looked at the back and the front of the tarred road, now which route should they follow? They tried listening to hear if there was maybe an incoming vehicle coming their way or any human, but none was insight, that was when Decker had an idea and decided to share with them.
“I have an idea, so you are a psychic right, can you try to see the future? Or maybe use your psychic ability to find them?“ Decker asked and Chloe stared at him blankly.
“I don't know how to do that!“
“Come on, don't say that, You can absolutely give it a try, okay? All you need is total concentration, give it a shot!“ He said and Chloe sighed as her eye lids went shut, she doesn't know what she was supposed to do.
Sheriff Trina paced to and fro across the road, Decker kept staring at Chloe's face as they waited for her to do her thing and see if she could find something they could use in finding them.
When she couldn't find a thing she gave up and opened her eyes, “I can't do it, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do!“ She said with a dropped shoulder and they all sighed and sat on the tarred road floor thinking of what step they should take next.
Chloe sat on the floor beside sheriff trina with a cross leg, she looked over at her, to see her devastated and tired, but she is not obviously giving up, she wishes she could help.
After a few minutes she decided to give it a try again, how does she feel when she is about to see any vision?
She closed her eyes with her mind fixated on her friends, “where are they? Where are they?“ She said repeatedly in her mind until it came out audibly, the wind blew slightly and she was drawn back away from reality. Sheriff Trina signaled Decker to see Chloe, Decker walked over to them and started at Chloe, her eyelids suddenly went open with the only white part of her eyeballs only visible, as she started at nothing but space, Sheriff Trina and Decker freaked out.
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“Where is he?“ The Mayor asked in a commanding tone as Brian used his hand to block his nose from the foul smell of the rotten foods coming out from the cell.
“He used to be here…” the warden said, confused on how the said prisoner had managed to escape, maybe this is a wrong cell he thought
“I'm sorry, maybe the wrong cell number” he apologized and opened the next cell, which already has an occupant, the same as a couple of cells to it.
“Any explanation?“ The Mayor asked
“He is always there!“ He stuttered
“He is always there? Explain the reason for the tons of rotten foods, when was the last time you saw him?“ the Mayor said
“I-I-I…” he stuttered.
“We could check the cameras, the CCTV camera! Footage“ He said, and led the way to the technical room where the camera is being monitored by some officers. When they got there, the warden explained to them about a missing prisoner and they rewind the camera up to a year before, two years before but there was nothing.
“What year was he captured and sentenced to prison? We should start checking from there!“ Brian suggested.
“That was almost 30 years ago!“ the warden said.
“Or more than!“ He added
“Yes, check if the cameras have been installed by then!“ The mayor commanded
“Yes it has.“
“Now let's see!“ The mayor said as they concentrated on the screen
They watched as he was taken to the prison and locked by some warders. so, what could go wrong?
Exactly 3 days he was kept in the prison, they were staring at the never ending screen of a guard who went into the prison and did not come back for a very long time and the next scene was the next hour when food was sent to the cell by one of the warders.
“This doesn't seem right!“ Brian said,
"Can you rewind a little from where the warder walked in?“ He said and he did as he says, the warder walked in
“Pause! What is the warder doing there?“
“Probably inspecting, for every given hour per day, a guard always walked around each given prison to inspect, this is not mostly because of the case of maybe a break out because it's impossible for any prisoner to break out, it's mostly because if there is any fight among the inmates, you know they could be an asshole sometimes, always unleashing their anger to their weaker inmates!“
“Okay, play!“ And he pressed the play button, for thirty minutes more in the video, they were staring at the video with nothing happening.
“How many minutes does it take to inspect each cell?“ Brian asked
“I don't know, it depends, you know sometimes the inmates might just be in good behaviour the moment you get there, sometimes they are not!“
“But this issue of fighting always occurred in a crowded cell where there are a lot of prisoners in one cell?“
“Yes!“
“Okay, can you explain the reason why this wardrr here has been inspecting a single person per cell prisoner for the past 30 minutes in this video?“ Brian asked and they took notice of the video playing in front of them, he was right, there is something wrong with the video.
“You see, the guard went in and didn't come out, and nothing else happened until the next day, when food was sent to the inmates by another guard to the inmates in the cell. This video was looped!“ He said and they kept looking at the video playing, he was right.
“Paused! This is the guard right here again, and this was the second day after he didn't come out from the cell he is entering, now play!“ He ordered and the warden pressed the play button
“Paused! And this is him leaving exactly three minutes after!“
“So he went for inspections a day before and didn't come out from the inspection till the day ended, and he went for another inspection the second day and was done with the inspection exactly three minutes after, hmm, interesting.“
"So he hasn't been in the cell for how many years now? And none of you took notice? None of you guys went to check on him?"
"I'm sorry to say this, Mayor Wilson, but why did you think someone who could turn a human into a lava would be checked upon?" The Warden questioned
“I want the files of every warden and guards who worked in this exact prison, all together sent to the sheriff, I'm calling the sheriff immediately!“ the Mayor said instead and the warden scurried away to gathered the files
Tbc…