World Upside-down

Who I Truly Am

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

BEEP... BEEP... BEEP...

"Doctor Cane, we got her back!" Yells a nurse.

There was cheers all around. Are they really cheering for me?

A woman comes in and says "Doctor Cane. I found these Olanzapine in a hole in her bed. She hasn't been taking her medications!"

I open my eyes and see Mrs. Engel. "Mrs. Engel!" I shout happily and try to sit up, but she quickly rushes over to me.

"No, no my girl, we just got you back, and you've been in a coma for a month, you need to relax." She says, Holding my hand.

Back? What do you mean back? I ask.

She looks at me with a curious face and looks over at the doctor. I look over and gasp... Doctor Cane is my foster dad?! I look at him in shock. What the hell is going on?

Mrs. Engel runs her fingers through my hair. "Malorie dear, what do you remember??" She asks.

I look at them blankly and say. "Well, I was kidnapped 4 years ago after you guys kicked me out. I was forced to beg for food on the street. This guy named "Landon" said he was a doctor and took me home. He kept trying to control me and every time I would act up, he would inject a medication into me that would make me forget. This went on for 4 years until I finally got the courage to take my life back, so I seduced him so I could catch him off guard. I stabbed him in the neck with some scissors, but when he came after me, he beat me up, so I had to stab him a few more times. I left him bleeding out in a Wearhouse, I blacked out and now I'm here. Why?

Everyone in the room exchanged glances and suddenly Mrs. Engel spoke up. "Doctor Cane. Can I see you in the hallway for a moment?" He nods and they proceed to walk into the hallway. I can only hear portions of what they are saying. "Tell her... Landon... She needs to know..." They stay out there for what seems like forever before coming back into the room and Mrs. Engel resumes her spot on the bed holding my hand. I look at them inquisitively and Mrs. Engel starts talking.

"Malorie dear, do you remember when we found you?"

I shake my head and wait for her to continue.

She sucks in a deep breath and starts telling me a story. "Malorie, when you were around 5 or 6 years old, you went on a camping trip in the woods with your parents. You were found months later, wandering around the woods by yourself by a passerby. You managed to make it back out to the road. When they asked you where your parents were, all you could tell them was "Accident". Malorie, you were in shock still. You took us to where you had last seen your parents. It was at the top of a cliff with a waterfall. Again, we asked you what happened and all you said was your parents fell. We found then weeks later downstream. Their bodies washed up on the riverbed. We asked you how you survived so long on your own, and you said your friends, except one of them is not so nice. We got to meet these friends of yours over the years, they came through you as a different part of yourself. One was a lady who described herself as another worldly you, with purple eyes. Another, a man, whom you referred to as God. He protected you, and the purple eyed lady fought for you, but Malorie, there was a 3rd. An evil little boy who only wanted to control you and take over your body. Can you guess what his name was?"

I shake my head, "No." I answer.

"Malorie, His name was Landon."

I gasp and tears well up in my eyes. "So, what you're saying is, when I tried to kill Landon, I was actually attacking myself? "

"Yes, my dear. Thats exactly what happened and that's exactly why you're all bandaged up and in this part of the hospital." She replies with a sad look on her face.

I start crying. "Wait so why am I so clear right now? If this was all just in my head. How am I here now?"

Doctor Cane speaks up. "Because Malorie while you were under you were given your medication. Thats why is it extremely important that you take them, and don't hide them in holes in your bed."

I look away, Ashamed of myself. I bite my lower lip thinking of everything I was just told. I clear my throat, "Umm if it's alright with you guys, I'd really like to be alone right now, so I can process everything You just told me."

"Alright." Doctor Cane said, "but Miss Emily is going to stay in here and go over your paperwork while you rest. We are getting a new room made up for you and when its ready Mrs. Engel will be here to take you to your new room."

I nod as they leave the room, leaving me with my thoughts. I don't know how long I was laying there, but at some point, I fell asleep. Mrs. Engel comes in. "Alright my dear, it's time to go to your new room." She helps me sit up and get into the wheelchair. We leave the room I was in and go down the hallway into the elevator. When we reach the floor I'm to be on now, I look over and see Maddy, sitting at a table, rocking back and forth talking to herself. She looks over at me and gives me a sinister smile. Yep, I still want to punch her teeth in.

We get into my new room and Mrs. Engel helps me get into bed. "Alright my dear, you be good now and don't cause any more trouble, you hear me?"

I just nod my head, as she walks out of the room, locking the door behind her. I guess they don't want me escaping. From one prison to the next I suppose.

I lay down on my bed and succumb to sleep once again.

I hear a laugh echo inside my head. "Who's there?" I yell. The laughing continues as I look around the in the darkness. "You didn't think you could get rid of me that easily, did you?" I see a body in the shadows slowly coming towards me. I'm met with ice blue eyes staring right back at me. I start to panic. "Landon Please I'm sorry!" All of a sudden, he comes running straight for me. I scream waking myself up. I look over at the mirror and see my eyes flashing back and forth from Green To blue. I scream again, as Mrs. Engel runs into the room.

"Malorie what is it dear, what's the matter?" She says with worry written all over her face.

I look at her with tears in my eyes and say. "Landon... Hes here!"