-The beginning of-
-everything-
In a dark room, in the corner between the closet and the wall, she was trying to hide and comforting herself. But why?
After being seen as a madwoman, even though they were wrong, they kept saying the same thing.
She was a young woman, still in the middle of her twenties, with reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. Who could have thought that a day would come when she would be called insane? Katherine was holding back her tears, believing that she still had hope that everything was going to be as it was in the past.
"I'm not crazy, I'm not mentally ill. I know what I'm hearing is real, but why aren't they believing me? I'm not going crazy because of voices, I'm going mad because of them thinking they know everything..." Katherine said as she tried to keep herself composed she knew that it wasn't worth it. It didn't worth wanting to kill them since it's impossible.
Outside the room, behind the door, two adults worried about their eldest daughter, who had been having nightmares and claims that she's hearing things inside her head.
"What should we do? She's never been like that..."her mother, Sofia, asked worry eating her from the inside as her husband answered, sighing and feeling wight over his shoulders. "I don't know, I've never thought that I'll meet a case like this one, especially since it's my daughter who's having this difficulty, I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist... but I'll try to find a way to help her, i can't leave her in this condition. I need to get her sane again, so my heart could be at ease."
Sofia replied,"Even the psychiatrist doesn't know why her mental health is deteriorating like this. We must find a solution or they will take her, I'm her mother, I know her more than anyone here, and there's one thing that I'm 100% sire about is that if she's taken to a mental hospital she won't survive there..."
"Mental hospital?..." Katherine said as she heard them talking about her a feeling of bitterness creeping into her.
As usual they don't believe her they think all she's living is just an illusion that her head was making to deceive himself it did happen to many people and it was most because of some moments lived that was buried deep in the subconscious, some didn't survive and some did, and for many who have seen Katherine they think she won't last long.
Katherine looked at them with red eyes that contained her tears not letting them fall, Sofia looked at her daughter in shock and realized that she shouldn't have said that in front of her daughter's room her heart full of rumors as Cristian looked at Katherine with soft eyes to keep things as calm as possible because he new that with Katherine around any word can affect her health like a seesaw, either positively or negatively, they need to be cautious.
"No, sweetie, you're not going to a mental hospital. We just need to understand what are the hallucinations you're having." Cristian said softly to calm his daughter placing his hands over her shoulders because in her state now, It's like walking on thin ice at any moment it can break, and an outburst of feelings won't help in this current situation.
"I'm not mentally ill... and these aren't hallucinations... I know what I'm hearing... Those voices! Aren't hallucinations... they want something from me!" Katherine said as her body trembled involuntarily
Her fear is clear in her brown eyes. She doesn't wanna be left alone in darkness lost, not knowing what to do... but she knew one thing, she wasn't gonna be taken to a mental hospital... She. Wasn't. Gonna. Let. That. Happen... no matter what's the cost.
Cristian looked at his daughter with a sorrowful expression he didn't know how he's gonna help her, Sofia intervened as she heard what her daughter said and hugged her tightly close to herself her right hand over her daughter's head running her fingers through her daughter's hair her left hand holding into her,"don't worry sweetheart, I promise you we will find a solution, I believe you when you say they aren't hallucinations and we will take care of them all together. Your dad and i we will definitely know how to handle your condition."
"Really?" Katherine said with a spark of hope in her eyes as she listened to her mother's words.
"Yes, sweetie... i promise everything's gonna be alright..." Sofia answered with faith and sincerity.
After all
That's what parents always say, to hide their fear and hopelessness to not worry their children.
Katherine trusted her parents. She had faith in them, and she trusted them blindly.
After a few minutes, Cristian stepped away and took his phone, and dialed the number of the psychiatrist whom he used to take Katherine to. After some seconds, there was a response "Yes? How can I help you, sir?" The psychiatrist answered as Cristian talked and tried to keep his composure
"Daniel... it's me, Cristian... i-i need you to come to my house as soon as possible... Katherine isn't getting any better she hadn't slept in days, and her condition is worrying me and Sofia."
Daniel replied bluntly and coldly."Unfortunately, i can't do anything for her like that... if you want her mental health to improve, you must take her to the mental hospital I've told you this many times but yiu still don't want to, if you want her to survive this condition you have to let me take her... I'll send you a trustworthy person to take her. Believe me, it's gonna be easier to treat her there than in your house, there's no choice anymore Cristian it's whether you accept or you lose your daughter."
Cristian fell silent, not knowing what to do now. He hangs up, not saying another word, not wanting to admit that he has to abandon his daughter to the specialists of the mental hospital so she can be back to her normal self. Cristian went to the living room and found his middle son Xavier reading a book while Sofia his wife was watching the TV after she left Katherine alone in her room again but it was clear for him that she was still feeling bad for her and thinking about her as he sat next to her on the couch to comfort his wife.
Meanwhile, on the first floor.
Katherine was drawing to keep herself from thinking or listening to the voices, but it was useless. After so many sleepless night Katherine couldn't help but close her eyes for a bit, but as soon as she did it she heard a sound in her head, a loud screaming, it's happening again, Katherine opened her eyes quickly in fear, it's been harder to sleep these days, every time she closes her eyes, a loud noise comes inside her head to keep her awake.
Katherine couldn't take it anymore. "Let me sleep.... I don't have time for your idiotic games...." But then she heard a masculine, cold voice chuckling,"my poor little human.... still scared? I thought you've got used to it. It seems I was wrong, but I'm not the only one wrong here."
"W-Who's there?!" Kathrine turned, looking around the room, the tension high in the air sweat running down her forehead.
"Let's have a small conversation, my little human. You believe that I'm real, but others don't believe you? what a disappointment and how sad it is, to be treated as a mad woman, you aren't a little girl anymore, society is gonna see you only as a woman who lost her mind because of some sounds and voices. for them, my little human, you should be in a mental hospital getting treatment locked there. Even your parents are thinking the same. You're just a crazy useless person to them a lost cause."
Katherine is trembling, refusing to listen, raising her hand to cover her ears in fear. "Sh-Shut up... you're lying... my mom... my mom promised me-"
He cut her off in the middle of her words. "Promised you what? To not end up in a place that is your destiny? Don't make me laugh. You seriously believed them? then what about you leave this room and see whith your own eye your supposed to be loving parents, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you." The masculine voice said in a mocking sarcastic tone as it started to have an impact on Katherine's mind and way of thinking.
Many sleepless nights, feeling things and presence, hearing voices, and many other things. Katherine couldn't now distinguish between the real voices and the hallucinations that have been caused by sleepiness and her medicine that she drinks to sleep, the ketamine that her father prescribed to her since he's a surgeon.
Katherine wasn't even aware of her surroundings when she got up to leave the dark room, as she stepped out she was surprised that the house's lights were on, she was used to the darkness of her room as she started going down the stairs that leads directly to the living room but she froze when she heard this one sentence from her father trying to convince his wife. 'she must go to a mental hospital... we can't do anything anymore.' Katherine's eyes widened in shock. She felt betrayed and stabbed from the people who should have been her support and safe place, but it seemed they were lying to her.
"Now that's a surprise... betraying their own daughter's trust, what a disappointment, I'm really, truly, sorry that you had to hear that, but what can we do? You'll have to go to the mental hospital... they'll treat you like a crazy woman they will be merciless with you, and i don't want my little human to live a hell on earth. Unless..." the voice said mockingly.
"Unless what? you stupid voices... i know you're near, but i can't see you..." Katherine replied coldly, trying to stay calm.
"My poor child, look at what they've done to you. They didn't wanna trust your words. They keep saying it's hallucinations... but you and I know that all of this is true and real. You're not crazy my little human, and you're not mentally ill. You're just a special human... different from the others, you aren't like them. You aren't ignorant like they are. You're my special human. It'd be a waste to let them take you to the mental hospital. Let me help you, I'm not a liar not like them, you can trust me in helping you and saving you, i just want you to live the life you wanted and have fun" the voice said calmly and sweetly.
"How am I supposed to believe your words? you're just a voice that I hear from time to time and is annoying. " she replied coldly, thinking what to do.
"Well you'd rather accept being taken to a mental hospital than dealing with me and survive this night without being forced into anything?, but my little human, remember that you don't have much time, you have only a few minutes till they arrive and convince you to leave with them and then what? You will be living in a loupe where they will only lie to you, you will never know the truth with them. All that you are gonna receive is medicine and someone to pretend to understand you, and then what? You'll continue your whole life there. But me, I just wanna help you, I don't want to see you aging up in a place like the mental hospital, Katherine... if you don't let me help you, you will die young and lose your whole life, I'm your best choice right now... think well Katherine, what is better? Going to a mental hospital and die there, or let me help to run away?"
"O-okay... I'll do as you say this time... but don't you think I'll trust you, I'll never, ever, trust a vulgar voice that's trying to deceive me." Katherine answered, trembling slightly
"Don't worry, human, I'll take care of everything... you'll survive this night, I promise..." the voice said mockingly.
After seconds katherine's mind began to wander and she lost her ability to think rationally her gaze became cold as she walked calmly and silently to the kitchen took a kitchen knife and went beck to the living room she silently went behind her mother and lifted her hand that was holding the knife as her parents weren't aware but her little brother by one year,Xavier noticed and his eyes widened in shock "Katherine what are you doing with that knife?!" He got up to reach for his sister but as Sofia and Cristian moved to see what's happening, unfortunately it was too late as Katherine already stabbed her mother in the arm but Xavier quickly arrived next to her as he reached to grab her wrist as he pressed on the vein and twisted the wrist outward then he twisted her arm that was holding the knife to be in her back to force her to drop the knife then he forced her to the ground by hitting her heel with his foot and throwing her off balance then putting his leg over her arm that he twisted and his hand was still on it and his other hand on her head to maintain his control and keep her on the ground as she tried to get free despite her attempts and all of this was in a few seconds because Xavier was used to these movements since he practices martial arts however the last thing he expected was that he would do one of the movements that he learned against his own older sister.
Cristian quickly helped his wife as he tied a clean cloth around the wound so that it wouldn't get worse then he looked at his daughter who was so savage that she tried to kill her own mother, Cristian looked at his watch and saw that the men that Daniel sent were about to arrive but it would be impossible for them to take her or negotiate with her if she continued to act savagely and aggressively, Cristian got up and went to the master bedroom and brought a dose of ketamine then approached his daughter katherine who was resisting her younger brother's grip strongly then Cristian got down on his knees and injected her with a dose slightly higher than the average of Ketamine and said "My apology may not be useful, in the end you will hate me katherine, but this is for your own good to be back to your normal self and you don't turn into an animal in the jungle..."
Katherine kept resisting but in vain as she heard a mocking laughter, and after exactly 52 seconds, she stopped moving completely as she lost consciousness and didn't wake up.