The Villainous Asylum

Chapter 9: Getaway

Flug was shaking on the floor, staring up at Black Hat who just stood there silently, watching him like a predator looking at its prey. Black Hat was wearing a wicked smile across his face, and his fingers kept playing with the head of his walking cane. The eldritch stood there, just his presence a clear threat, his whole form imposing and grand. His confident smile just told the world Black Hat was indestructible.

"You have made your choice, Flug", Black Hat finally said, his deep voice making the doctor shiver in fear. "Let's hope it's not irrevocable."

Flug was scared to death, but he does not lack perception or native wit. He knew when it was time to leave.

Kicking his feet, Dr. Flug was finally able to pick himself up, despite the shaky feeling his legs had. He turned around, pushing himself up from the ground and sprinting towards the elevator. Black Hat just watched the man run, kicking the papers and making them fly around the scene.

Flug felt so afraid. His whole body still felt numb just from the shock of what had just happened. His throat was aching, breathing was still hard but his heart was beating strongly, like it was a bomb about to explode. He was sweating all over, and there was this weird tingly feeling around his limbs. His body felt like it was breaking apart, but Flug refused to die like this.

All of the security doors were left wide open, and Flug could feel tears of happiness running down his cheeks as he ran closer to the elevator that would lead him to his freedom.

"You aren't getting away that easily", Black Hat smirked. He walked over to a simple red button, that was placed on the wall on his right side. He had been eyeing it for so long, wondering what it did. He threw his fist against it, pressing the panic button down.

All hope disappeared from Flug's eyes, as he saw red lights going off and a loud alarm started ringing in his ears. Then, he could see something coming down from the roof top.

It was a metallic door, about to come down right between Flug and the elevator. Flug started running faster, ignoring all the flashing lights and the loud alarm shouting loudly. He ignored the panic that was raising in his guts, and he just kept running. He knew exactly what was happening.

Shutdown mode.

Flug had heard his boss talk about it when he first came into the asylum. By just pressing a single button, every door, window and any other exit would close in the asylum, making it almost impossible to leave the building. It would take hours for the doors to open again, when the authorities would come and let them all out. It was to prevent from anything from leaving the asylum and keeping everyone safe, but right now the shutdown only felt like something that would get Flug killed.

Because if he didn't ran fast enough, he would be trapped down here with Black Hat.

Huffing and puffing loudly, Flug moved his legs as fast as they could go, sweat rolling down his forehead as he watched the door falling down closer to the floor. Black Hat did not even try to stop the doctor - instead, he just watched. He loved to watch someone completely panic, and when Flug would not be able to make it out fast enough, Black Hat would just love to watch the man bang his fists against the door, begging to get out.

If the door closed, it would be irrevocable. If Flug didn't make it in time, he would surely die. So with all of his power, Flug ran towards the exit.

He was lucky enough to reach the door before it was completely shut, but the metallic wall was already so close to the floor, that the doctor had no choice but to slide under it. Flug sprinted even faster, and when he was close enough, he quickly dropped down onto the floor. Just like Indiana Jones, Flug slid under the door just in time. He kicked himself away from it as fast as possible, watching how a wall came down between him and Black Hat.