The weather wasn’t abnormal for spring at Wonderland Asylum, the near super cell grade thunderstorm booming all around. It seemed befitting almost, as things weren’t always as they seemed in the Asylum. What was up could be down, what was right could be left, and the line between right and wrong was a blurred mess. Nothing ever seemed to be right, but then again, nothing ever seemed wrong either. Perhaps it was just the feeling of an insane asylum, but the patients and the staff always knew that there was something more to the walls of Wonderland.

Perhaps it wasn’t quite comforting of see “We’re all mad here” etched into the archway as you entered the creepy, seemingly worn building. The storms outside didn’t help with the menacing demeanor that the Asylum held either, but even in the sun there was always a sort of ominous feel to it. Something that made nightmares feel like a bit of comfort and dreams, though rare,a safe haven. The green eyed blonde, a newly admitted patient at that, studied each detail with a bit of horror almost. It was as if love had never seen these walls, and cruelty and pain just led on. No light… just darkness.

She shook herself from her thoughts as she was brought into the main hall with the other patients and she studied them with a sense of disdain almost. There was a girl, a beautiful girl at that, with bright blue eyes and long dark hair brushing the locks of a porcelain doll with a very childlike girl sitting near her. It was almost as if the older girl had planned to make the younger a living doll of her own, but she couldn’t be certain. Not far from them had to be the older girl’s sibling, because they looked far too much alike to not be related. She shook that thought from her mind too as she spotted a man in his twenties, a patient at that, tending to a feisty red haired patient who was insisting she throw her paintbrush at the boy with bunny ears across the room.

I don’t belong here. I’m not insane. Alice Thompson thought to herself as she casually took a seat with the raven haired beauty, grooming her dolls. “Well, well, a new face. How lovely.” The girl quipped and Alice rose a brow. “Forgive my manners, I’m Olivia, but you can call me Liv. And this precious thing here is Laura.” She smiled, motioning to he younger girl near her.

Alice gave a slow nod, “Pleasure, I’m Alice.” She looked down at her hands in a subconscious manner and Olivia just reached out and held her hand. When Alice looked up and caught the smile Olivia was giving her, she felt almost calmer.

“it’s quite alright, love. Most of us aren’t really insane either. But we’re here for one reason or another. Oh, you might want to duck.” She said, covering her dolls and when Alice ducked she saw a paintbrush slathered in red paint flying across the room.

“Evan! I’ve told you, that is no way to treat new guests!” the man with the red head scolded and she rolled her eyes.

“She shouldn’t be here!” the red head, who Alice assumed was named Evan, hissed. “She’s not like us!”

“Now, now, she could be.” The man said, and Evan crossed her arms over her chest.

“Whatever, Chris. I’ll just pull her hair and make things out of it. Just like the doll girl.” She muttered as he pushed her slightly over to the table.

“Come on, let’s go introduce ourselves.” Christoph said, and soon he found his way to the table with Olivia and Alice speaking. They both stopped and looked over to him and Evan, and Olivia gave a sly grin.

“Hey Christoph, what brings you here?” she batted her eyelashes in an odd manner, and Alice rose a brow to her.

“Evangeline and I thought it would be good to meet the new victim… I mean patient.” He smiled, and A ice gave an odd look. “I’m Christoph, and this is my sister Evangeline. She does prefer Evan tho.”

Alice nodded, “Nice to meet you both, I’m Alice.”

Evan was quiet for a moment, but Christoph’s hands remained on the girls shoulders. “You’re not like us! You need to leave! You a.ruin everything!” Evan screamed, and it caused a couple of nurses to look over, but none of them came over just yet.

“Hush, hush, Evan, you’ll scare Laura.” Olivia whispered, looking to the fragile girl to her side. Alice just looked between them and stood, removing herself as quickly as she could from the intense situation. She really didn’t belong here, and she could understand Evan’s anger. The only reason she was even here was because her mother couldn’t handle her night terrors anymore. She had been to the hospital more times in the last month over the recurring night terrors than she ever had before.

Something about a strange land being in danger of falling apart. The queens were at war without being at war, a darkness was be falling the land and warping everything that once was, and a cruel king. She could quite place her finger on it, but this place felt like her dreams had in a weird way.

Alice sighed as she walked and she found her way over to a pale girl who seemed oddly familiar and she sat down. “Hi there, I’m Alice, what’s your name?”

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Olivia watched a moment as Alice walked away from the small group of loons she was now surrounded with. If Christoph wasn’t so attractive, she’d not even have tried to keep them near her, but her own vanity called for a certain level of attractiveness to be near her. Laura, he poor insane girl she had been looking after for the day, was gorgeous for being so young. She was clinically insane, but she had a feeling it had to be from being in this place for… she didn’t even really know how long.

“Evan, why did you scare poor Alice away?” Olivia asked, her voice softer than silk, but it edged with annoyance. “Got to learn to give chances there, darling, otherwise you won’t get anywhere.”

Evan rolled her eyes. “Says the liar.”

Chris then looked down to his sister and shook his head. “Be nice, Evan.”

The red head growled and stomped away, going back to her easel, painting with her hands rather than a brush. Chris shook his head and sighed. “A pleasure, as always, Liv, but you have pissed off my sister. Let’s hope I can calm her down before meal time, hmm?”

Olivia rolled her eyes a bit and sighes, going back to her dolls. Her eyes flicked to her brother again. The whole reason she was here was her brother, Ryan. Daddy dearest admitted him, but Liv couldn’t stand not having him around, so she admitted herself with… well, she couldn’t even remember now because she had a feeling they’d never make it put again.

What a shame it was.

The windows shook as another peal of thunder came from the store outside. It was yet another day that everyone would be stuck inside with no fresh air or space. Daniel sighed to himself at the thought of staying in, then ducked as the paintbrush was once again thrown at him. He moved as far away from where it landed as he could and tried to make himself as invisible as possible. He saw Evan smirk at him as she retrieved the brush and shuddered. He did not know why she was always picking on him. Ever since he had gotten to Wonderland Asylum she had been horrible to him. Once she had even tried to grab his bunny ears, but she learned that touching them was a mistake when he had bitten her. However, after that incident she had gotten even more aggressive in her disdain. All he wanted was to be left alone but more and more people kept coming here. He looked over to where the newest addition was sitting and talking to Olivia. She seemed nice enough from a distance but he had thought the same thing about Olivia too at first and well, that was something he did not want to dwell on. He wrapped his arms around himself and walked over to one of the couches that was against the wall and grabbed a magazine. Maybe if he pretended to be busy everyone would leave him alone. He could only hope.

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Chess watched the exchange between Daniel and Evan and tried not to laugh. Evan was such a crazy bitch and Daniel was such a little wuss. It was almost too easy to pick on him and while Evan could be fun to mess with as well, she often proved that redheads were batshit crazy with her actions so he picked and chose when and where to mess with her. He walked over to where Ryan was standing and said, "Looks like Evan is up to her usual trick."

"What do I care? And why are you speaking to me again? Didn't I tell you last time to fuck off unless I sought you out?" Ryan barked and glared at Chess icily. Most of the people in here bugged the fuck out of him, however for some reason Chess did not see to get the hint and kept trying to interact.

"Now, Ry, don't be that way. I am just trying to point out something funny. Besides, you know you secretly like talking to me. We are buds." Chess replied and put his arm around Ryan's shoulders in a friendly manner.

"If you don't remove your arm from me I will fucking break it, rip it from your body and beat you to death with it." The look he gave Chess made him hastily back off. Sometimes Ryan scared the shit out of him because he could tell he actually meant some of the fucked up things he said.

"Chill. I didn't mean anything by it." He smiled nervously and looked around before landing on the new girl and Olivia. "What do you think of the new girl huh? Pretty hot, huh?"

Ryan looked through him before saying quietly, "She had potential. Now fuck off." He turned away from Chess and started walking over towards his sister. He did not like that she was that close to anyone, even the new girl. He figured he better make that clear right from the start but before he got to them, the girl had walked off. He sat down next to Olivia and poke her in the side, hard. "Just what was that all about? Who is she?" He demanded. He waited for her to stop playing with her dolls and answer him. He grabbed the brush from her hand and snapped it in two then smiled at her. She better not take too long to answer him or he would get irritable.

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As she drew in her notebook, Winter peripherally took in the chaos around her. She saw that Evan was being her usual dramatic self. Chess was annoying Ryan, while Ryan seemed to be psychotic which was no surprise. Olivia was with her dolls and was looking after Laura. Chris was trying to run herd on his sister as usual. Just another fun filled day at the asylum it seemed. She had noticed the new girl come in earlier but had not paid her too much attention as she was involved in her drawing until she heard, “Hi there, I’m Alice, what’s your name?” She looked up and saw a pretty , blond girl standing in front of her. "Weren't you talking to Olivia a minute ago? You are the new girl aren't you. My name is Winter." She smiled a shy smile and tried to be as pleasant as she could. She did not have many friends in this place, except her twin, Summer. She saw Summer behind Alice, waving her hands like she wanted to be introduced but Winter just ignored her. She knew that only she could see her and if she introduced her already then she would not make a new friend. She would wait until they got to know each other a bit better before she said anything about Summer. She held her finger in front of her mouth in a shush motion to Summer when Alice was not looking and saw Summer nod and wander off. She turned back to Alice and gave her, her undivided attention.

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Laura woke up and saw that she was sitting beside Olivia again. Ever since Olivia had gotten to Wonderland she had attached herself to her. She did not mind so much and wished that she could actually speak to the girl and tell her that but whenever she opened her mouth things got jumbled. She looked around and saw Daniel alone as usual and the new girl talking to Winter. Chess seemed to be sulking at one of the tables and beside Olivia was Ryan. She started to rock back and forth. She did not like Ryan. He was scary. She opened her mouth to ask Olviia to make him leave. "The red door will open soon and then there will be blood." She closed her mouth and shook her head. "Don't let them escape or the flowers will cry." She got to her feet and yelled, "The queens will dance and heads shall roll." She started to cry and then scream. She was frustrated and felt herself losing control again. She saw the nurse coming towards her with a needle and started to cry harder. When it pierced her flesh she felt the usual cool numbness taking over and then slowly lost consciousness. "Oliva, please watch over her for now. I will send one of the orderlies to come and collect her in a bit." The nurse said as she lowered Laura back on to the couch beside Liv. She grabbed a blanket and covered Laura with it. "Poor kid." she muttered as she walked off.

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Dr. Harrison looked at the monitors and leaned back in his chair. He saw the commotion between Evan and the others, and poor little Laura and her fit. He saw the new patient, Alice talking to Winter and frowned. Oh no, no. I am not sure that I approve of that at all. For now I will just see what happens but it will have to be monitored closely. He grinned to himself as he saw Laura passed out on the couch. She was responding to the new medication wonderfully. If his calculations were correct then she would not be able to speak coherently while on the new dose. He had a few other tweaks to make to achieve his ultimate goal but for now it would suffice. He sat up and looked at the monitors once more. His eyes were drawn as always to one person and he sighed. He logged off the computer and stood up. It was getting close to time to start his rounds and then do the group therapy session. Molding his face back into its usual serene expression, he left his office. It would not do for anyone to see him looking other than perfect.

Alice was glad to see that Winter at least seemed a bit normal. Just like Olivia had but she looked around again a moment before seeing that Winter had given her her undivided attention. Perhaps she would be a better start than the table she was previously sitting at. “I was, but it got a little weird when… I think her name is Evan came over. It was a lot to take in at once, so I did like I was taught and removed myself.”

She gave a soft smile to Winter, seeing her as a lot calmer than the rest. “So, since I am new here, is there any advice you can give me? I’m still trying to wrap my mind around everything.” She said, and soon she turned once Laura started screaming. It was evident that Olivia was not glaring at a boy who appeared to be related to her. And then Laura was sedated, Olivia went over to the couch with her and began brushing her hair. “Poor girl is really sick isn’t she?” she asked, looking at her softly. It wasn’t something she had ever witnessed before, and she felt bad for the girl.

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Christoph and Evan had managed to get away from the others pretty quickly, and when they sat down near Evans easel, Chris sighed. “You need to be nicer, Ev.” He said, nonchalantly. He gave a half a sigh, looking to his book hearing her chuckle. “I’m being serious, little sister. Do I really need to remind you what happens when you’re destructive and I’m not exactly on kilter?”

She chuckled again, “that’s when you’re most fun, Chrissy.” She said, and she looked over where Daniel once sat, and frowned to see he wasn’t there. Then Laura began screaming some nonsense and she rolled her eyes, “Crazy girl, gives us all hope we can be cured.”

Chris looked up from his book and noticed how angry Olivia had gotten, and he saw how she began caring for Laura. It was something this part of him admired, though his other half admired her anger. It was beautiful, and it was obvious that she could manipulate herself to make people think of her whatever she wanted them to. At least to him now… his other half… well… it just had other ideas for her.

“stop staring, Chrissy. Its not polite.” Evan hissed, and he rolled his eyes a bit and went back to his book. “Making you mad?”

“Just annoying me, but it’s okay. You’ll learn.” He said a bit darkly before he looked up at her painting. She was quite the artist even if disturbed. Another rabid animal tearing into a human. It made him n shudder a bit before he got up and gave her a new easel.

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Olivia couldn’t resist her urge to roll her eyes once Ryan joined her and Laura and he received a rather nasty glare as she picked up the bristle part of her now broke brush. “that’s the third brush this week, Ry.” She said. She rubbed her side a bit before answering. “Her name is Alice, if you must know. And she approached me if you would recall not the other way around.”

Sooner her little Laura was spewing some nonsense and Olivia could feel her rage boiling over. However, she knew how to get back at Ryan this time. She sat on the couch beside Laura, still close enough to Ryan to speak to him. Olivia began brushing the girls hair, softly with her broken brush and she glared at him, hard. “Always such negative energy…” she mumbled before she caught sight of Chess. “Hey Chess, why don’t you come join me and Ry? It’s always good to have an intelligent conversation with more than just two.” She gave him a dazzling smile before giving her brother a look like, ‘keep it shut or I’ll get just as bad.’

She sighed a bit running her fingers through Laura hair and whispering to her. “I’m sorry, sweets, I know he has negative energy. I’m sorry he put you through that.” She said, and when she looked back to Chess, she smiled. He was definitely a cutie too, but a bit young for her.

“So, Chess, you formally met Miss Alice yet?”

Winter smiled as she listened to Alice asking her about Wonderland. She had been here for a while and thought she knew enough to tell Alice the basics. If Alice had asked anyone else she doubted that she would get any real information out of them and instead become confused and irritated with their nonsense. She reached over and took Alice's hand in hers before saying, "There are several things that you need to know about this place in order to make it. First off is be careful who you trust. Second, be careful of the staff. Some of them are nice but others..." She looked around to make sure that none of the staff were too close before continuing. "Just be careful when telling them anything is all. Third, never anger Ryan or Evan. He is truly psycotic and she is just a crazy bitch. Last, don't eat the meatloaf ever. It tastes like dead things that have been left to rot."

Winter smiled at Alice again and let go of her hand. She did not want to come on too strong but she hoped that Alice would become her friend. She saw movement out of the corner of her eye and saw that Daniel had moved to the end of their table and was staring at them. She nodded to him and when he blushed and ducked his head she focused her attention back on Alice. Poor Daniel was so skittish. She had tried to be friendly to him before but with mixed results. Maybe the lure of a new person was enough to draw him out. She said just loud enough for him to hear, "You are welcome to join us if you want to."

She saw Alice notice him as well. She was going to say something else but then Summer appeared behind Alice and started to jump up and down and wave her hands. Winter sighed and gave her twin a look letting her know to go away. She would not be pleased if Summer made her lose another friend before they had even become aquainted. She saw a petulant look cross Summers face before she disappeared. She knew that Summer was losing patience with her and that just giving her looks would not work next time. Why did she have to be burdened with such an exasperating sibling? She started to unconsciously scratch at the scars on her arms as she became temporarily lost in her thoughts. She heard the commotion accross the room. She vaguely heard Alice muttering about Laura but wasn't aware enough to comment. She was starting to get lost within herself again.

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Daniel was unsure whether or not to move from his safe place on the couch against the wall but seeing that Evan was busy talking to Chriss he decided to give it a shot. He was really interested in the new girl and since she was with Winter, who did not seem like a threat to him and who had even been friendly the few times they interacted, he decided to take a chance. He made his way to the table where the two girls were at and Sat down at the end of it but Still close enough to hear their conversation. He almost smiled when Winter said what she did about the meatloaf but seconds later she was speaking to him and he froze and looked away. He was not too good with people much less girls but he was tired of being alone and no one else in this place seemed safe enough to even try and befriend. He took a deep breath and looked back at them to see that Winter was zoning out again and Alice was looking at her strangely. He moved down a few seats until he was close enough to be heard easily and said, "Hello. My name is Daniel. Don't worry about Winter. She will be back shortly. She is just spacing out. And please don't ever touch my bunny ears. I hope maybe we can be friends." By the time he managed to stammer out all that he was blushing fiercely and his heart was pounding. He looked around frantically to make sure that Evan had not seen him and then relaxed slightly seeing that she was otherwise engaged and had not tracked him down yet. He put his hand over his heart to try and calm down and waited to see what Alice would say.

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Ryan glared at his sister when she took the remains of the brush back and began to brush her doll's hair. She always seemed to get under his skin and even his little fits of jealousy did not seem to ruffle her over much. Sometimes he wondered why she had even come to Wonderland. He was the one that had to stay here not her. She could be outside with their family and free. Just the thought though made him want to punch someone in the face. If she was not here he would indeed go mad and probably would kill someone.

When Liv called out for Chess to join them He almost lost his shit. "If I do end up killing anyone I will be sure to start with [i]that [/] fucker." he muttered to himself and winced as the idiot came all But skipping over and plopped down way too close to Olivia. The glare he bestowed would have done physical damage to most people but the moron did not seem to notice except to say, "Don't be angry. I was invited this time so it's cool."

"Is he Fucking kidding or is he truly just a Damn fool?" he asked Liv but was ignored as she focused her attention on Chess. This made Ryan even angrier and he clenched his hands into fists at his side. He would give Chess five minutes and if he had not pissed off by then it would be on. He might end back up in isolation and drugged For a while but kicking Chess's ass would be worth it. He smiled evilly at the thought of a broken and bloody Chess and looked at the clock and began to coutdown.

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When Olivia called out for him to join her and Ryan, Chess was thrilled. He loved being near the two. They were so easy to play with. All he had to do was be extra nice to Olivia and Ryan would be set off. And flirting with Olivia was always fun. He knew that she thought he had a crush on her but that was not the case. He just loved to stir up people and She was just another pawn to move in his little game. He glanced and saw that Evan and her twin were otherwise engaged and sighed. It would have been more fun to bring them In to play as well but it could not be helped. For now he would settle for the other siblings. He grinned and settled his idiot mask in place and Sat down next to Liv and started to play.

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Malcolm had been watching the common room as usual and saw Laura have her fit and be sedated. He sighed and knew that soon he would be dispatched to take her back to her room. He alwAys got that job. Being the low man on the totem pole sometimes sucked. However, things were changing now that he had met Katherine. She was his superior in all ways and when she had requested that he be her assistant he was overjoyed. When the head nurse on duty nodded at him to go and get the girl he nodded and put thought of Her out of his mind for the moment. He walked over to where Laura was leaning back against the couch next to Olivia and picked her up without a word to the others sitting there. He turned his back on them and strode quickly out of the room. He walked down the hallway and once at Laura's room, went inside and tucked her gently into her bed. With her new dose of meds she would be out of it for several hours and probably come around just in time for group that afternoon. He smiled and stroked her hair gently before leaving. He did care for his charges but Katherine was the one he truly wanted to please. He would do anything to make her happy. He nodded to himself as he went back to his post and tried not to fidget as he thought about this afternoon when his queen would be on shift. Until then he would stay on guard as she had requested and wait.

Alice looked to Winter and made mental notes of everything she said. The thing about Evan was completely evident, and the I'll had seemed all too keen on Daniel. Ryan, however, he made her deeply uncomfortable. She had vaguely heard Liv saying something about his negative energy and that truly was the case. 2000000% negative energy emitted from him.

"Ew." She couldn't help it when Winter told her about the meatloaf and it even made her nose ruffle a little. She looked over to Daniel when he addressed her and she gave a warm smile and nodded.

"Okay, thank you for the warning, but I wouldn't touch them anyway. I'm not much of a person who likes their personal space invaded and that's just a little beyond invasion." She said. "It's very nice to meet you."

The poor kid seemed frightened, but she was so afraid to reach out and comfort him with even just the pat of a hand. He seemed so skittish. So she just tried to remain as calm as she could and be gentle about her interactions.

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Christoph had taken to watching Evan over his book for a moment before his eyes looked over to the little bit of a show Chess, Ryan, and Liv were going at. A strange chuckle left his lips, feeling the small little switch turn in his head. Oh, such beautiful revenge that siren could muster. Such beautiful chaos it would bring.

He went back to his book, barely noticing Evan look at him. "And what are you laughing about?"

"One of them is about to lose their head." He chuckled and even Evan chuckled that time. Oh yes, group would be fun if Chris stayed like this. It would be a madhouse indeed!

"Oh, how lovely. Are we sure they haven't lost it already?" She responded, going back to her painting. "Chrissy, am I feeling more red today or black?"

"Try the green! Since you're sick in the head!" He laughed, adjusting in his chair, casting a look over to where he felt eyes on him. Of course it was Liv. He winked at her and watched as she looked back to who she was talking to and he just smiled. How lovely it would be to cause chaos with that siren.

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Olivia was glad to see she was pissing Ryan off. He deserved every last second of it, and she didn't even think twice about the malicious look that came over him. He was being far too negative for his own good and needed to be reminded, apparently, that she also had a few strings of her own she could pull.

She went back to brushing her doll's hair, smiling a bit at Chess's response to Ryan. Good. She was passing him off. She gave Chess a smile, "So, what do you think will come of group, Chess? I personally think it will be interesting."

She could hear the deranged laughter from Evan and Chris, and she went to go say something to Chess, but she caught eyes with Chris. When he winked at her, she composed herself and just gave a smile, "Looks like Chris' switch has flipped, Evan has only tried to put Daniel in the infirmary twice today, and you, my dear, seem to be getting along fabulously with Ry-ry."

She gave a small chuckle before brushing her doll's hair again. Oh now she remembered what she'd admitted herself with. OCD.

Smiling an actual full smile for the first time in a long time, Daniel nodded his head to Alice. She seemed like someone that he might actually be able to trust in this crazy place. He liked Winter, but she had too many space case issues for him to really trust her with anything of import. He ducked his head and scratched an itch on his arm as he thought about what to say to Alice now. He opened his mouth then thought about it and figured he had better check to make sure Evan was not around. He glanced around the room real quick to make sure that Evan was otherwise occupied and saw Chris smile that odd smile that meant he had flipped again. "Oh fuck me. The bastard has lost it again. Just what we need another nut. As if the bitch Evan is not bad enough on her own. Now with her brother all bugfuckery, things are going to suck. Just Fucking great."

"Language, Daniel!" He heard Winter say and realized that he had spoken aloud and not in his head. He blushed bright red as he locked eyes with Alice and stood up so fast he almost knocked his chair over. "Um, I am just going to go over there somewhere and yeah. Bye." he all but ran off to the couch in the corner where he usually sat when he was trying to get away from everyone and curled up in it with his knees to his chest. He sat there rocking back and forth for a bit while he got lost in self-recrimination at his behavior. He tried not to ever cuss in front of women. That was something that his mother taught him. You should always treat a lady with respect and never raise your voice or fist against them. Also, never use foul language in their presence as it is a sign of vulgarity and a feeble mind. Alice and Winter were worthy of his respect;Laura as well, and possibly Liv. Evan was a special case and she could go die for all He cared. He mentally smirked at that evil little thought and then felt bad for it. He sat there and closed his eyes as he rocked. He just wanted to escape for a bit and while his own mind was not always the safest place, it would have to do for now. He lost himself in memories and dreams of times past.

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Watching the interaction between Alice and Daniel made Winter happy. She tried to reach out to Daniel but for some reason he just never seemed to respond. Every once in a while he would exchange pleasantries with her or sit quietly at the same table but that was about it. She was going to tell Alice about the group sessions when she heard Daniel start cursing out loud about Chris. It shocked her so much that she spat out, "Language, Daniel!" Before she realized what she was saying. She clapped her hand over her mouth and her eyes widened as she realized that she had sounded just like her mother. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Summer laughing and glared at her. When Daniel stood up and retreated to his corner of the room, she turned back to Alice and said, "He is not usually like that. In fact I think that is the first time I have heard him speak that way. However, I have to agree with his words." She gazed over at where Chris and Evan were and shivered a bit at the look on his face. Turning back to Alice She stated, "Don't worry though. He is not usually violent." Once again she was distracted by her twin jumping up and down and waving her hands. "What is so important that it cannot wait until later? What is your problem? Do you not want me to make friends?" She blurted to her twin. Winter did not understand why Summer was being such a brat. Now she had no choice but to introduce Alice and hope that Alice would understand. "Alice, I am sorry about that but my twin would not leave me alone." She turned to where Summer was now standing patiently and said, "This is Summer. She hopes that you can be friends as well." Winter watched as Summer gave her a huge smile and blew her a kiss. Giving her an exasperated look, she turned back to Alice and waited.

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"Yeah if he stays This way then group will be interesting. He is always a riot when he is flipped." Chess replied to Liv and smiled as Ryan glared at him once again. He had only been over here for a few minutes but already it had been worth it. He turned back to mess with Ryan when he heard Daniel and his comments and started to laugh. He doubted that Daniel knew how loud he had been when he said that. Without a doubt Evan and Chris had heard him as well. This would make things even better. Watching Daniel blush and run off to his corner was hilarious. He was such a timid guy. He reminded him of a rabbit with his mannerisms. He turned back to Liv and smiled at her charmingly. "I do hope that Laura is able to make it to group. It was a shame when she had her incident earlier. She is such a sweet little thing. Kind of like the kid sister I never had and never really wanted. I enjoyed being the baby of my family." He moved a bit closer to Liv and watched Ryan tense. He was really pushing Ryan's limits today. He figured he had about another minute before the guy snapped and got physical. He pondered for a minute whether it was worth taking a beating to play some more. What the hell. It wouldn't be the first time and I do so love when he gets all wrapped up in that white coat and carted off. Yes, I think we shall see just how far I can push him today.

"So, Ryan, just what do you think will happen in group? Do you think that Chris will make things lively and that our little Laura will come back out to play with Liv?" He asked and ran a finger down Livs arm in a teasing manner when he said her name. The outrage and anger in Ryan's eyes was spectacular to see. Chess all but bounced happily on his seat as he waited for the explosion to come.

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Rolling his eyes at Liv, Ryan continued to count down. Chess had just under three minutes left before he got his ass beat. He glared at Chess when he turned back and only half paid attention to him. Liv was paying way too much attention to the bastard as it was. He did not know why she even tolerated him. He was a cocky little pyro Fuck that the world would be a better place without in his opinion. "Fuck if I care about group," he replied to Chess and then froze when he saw him touching Liv's arm. That son of a bitch had balls. Ryan had been going to go easy and only bruise him a bit before, however this changed things. Now blood would be spilled and bones possibly broken. No one touched his sister unless they got his permission and there was no way in hell that he would ever give it to Chess. He growled in anger, "Liv, you might want to move so that you do not get any blood on you." he said coldly and then locked in to Chess. "You are going to regret touching her you worthless waste of air." He raised his fist to punch Chess in the face when he felt a hand grab his arm and the sound of a bell come from the intercom. "I would suggest you not touch me unless you want some of the same." Ryan stated and then got quiet when he saw just who was holding his arm.

"Mr. Mason, it is time for group and I so would hate for you to miss it today by doing anything rash." Dr. Ashton said and raised his voice loud enough for the rest of the room to hear as well. "The bell sounded which means it is time for group so everyone needs to go down the hall to the meeting room." He turned back to Ryan and stated, "Why don't I accompany you down the hall. I am sure that your sister and Mr. Robertson can make it alone." Ryan simply nodded and let the Dr. lead him out the door. Not many people had his respect but this man was one of them. For some reason he just could not go against the man and always did what he requested. He felt the fight go out of him and with one last look behind him at Liv and Chess, continued down the hall to group.

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Fenris fought to maintain his control as he guided Ryan down the hallway. The little shit had come close to ruining things by letting his temper get away from him. Group was an integral part of the day and would both be missed by anyone no matter how gorgeous they were. Fenris was just thankful that so far his hypnotic suggestions had held true with Ryan. It ensured that the boy did not go against him no matter how out of control he got as well as a few minor things. With the hypnosis and meds it made him just a bit more malleable. Usually it did not matter to him how bad Ryan's temper was, but today was a different story. He had a new resident and the peace must be maintained. As one of the nurses passed him He said, "Could you go and retrive little Laura for us. It is time for group." he whispered further instructions in her ear before smiling and continuing down the hallway. Yes, he was quite looking forward to group today. With the tension between Ryan and Chess, Chris showing his other side, and as always the animosity between Evan and Daniel it bode to be interesting indeed.

Alice couldn't quite believe what she had just witnessed. Daniel barely seemed the loud type, much less the type to scream vulgarity in such a room. Eyes had turned to him, not even just hers and Winter's, but practically the entire room. Alice could feel her features soften as he ran off. "Poor dear." She mumbled to herself before she noticed something going on with Winter.

Who was she to judge the girl? She was sweet, but where was this twin she was mentioning? It clicked with Alice rather quickly, and this girl had proven to be nothing but sweet to her so she gave a gentle smile and nod. "I hope we can be too." She said.

Honestly, Alice felt in no position to judge. Her night terrors often times had her lost in her own thoughts, wrapped up to the point where they came through in daydreams. It was borderline hallucination she thought, but it was never that severe... at least not until recently. She spoke again, "Maybe you two could meet my sister, Margaret, if she ever has time to visit. She likes to meet my friends." She said before a rather peculiar man came in.

He reminded her of a man from her night terrors, and she barely noticed the near brawl between two of the males, but as group was mwntions, a male nurse came over.

"Come on girls, I'll bring you down to group. We've had to switch rooms after last week's incident." The dark haired man said. Alice saw his name tag read 'Shawn,' and she could feel a sense of safety with him. Alice stood and waited on Winter as well.

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Well, well, the timid little rabbit boy had a set of nuts somewhere. Christoph smirked at his outburst, noticing Evan getting ready to throw again before he chuckled. He had received a look at that one and she crossed her arms. "Now what's so funny?"

"Do you really want to get bitten again?" Chris chuckled more before notice long Dr. Ashton come in, seeing Dr. Rivers and Dr. Absolum heading down the hall towards the new group room. Last week Evan had managed to help start a fire in the room on the way out. A bloody mess it was, but it was brilliant. If he'd had cared more at the time he may have tried to stop it... but he didn't.

"You're such a twat, Chris." Evan hissed before placing her brushes back into the water as a nurse came over and informed them of group. "Were not stupid!" Evan growled, and Chris placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I've got her." He chuckled a bit, giving Evan a gentle push forward. Evan rolled her eyes before crossing her arms over her chest. "Now, now. We have to let the newbie know what group can be like." He whispered, and he saw the sick smile twist onto Evan's face. Oh yes, this would be fun.

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Olivia was enjoying seeing Ryan get so bothered by Chess before she nodded. "Rather unfortunate, I have taken quite a liking to her myself." She chuckled a little to Chess's explanation of her little Laura. Good, that just meant she wouldn't ever have to worry about him making her go all loony. Her eyes met Chris's briefly and when he winked at her she just went about her conversation. She didn't want to admit the electricity it had coursing through her. At least she knew now that he was possibly attracted to her on at least on some level. She barely noticed Chess touching her arm, and when Dr. Ashton came over something rooted in her.

It was anger, similar to Ryan's outbursting, but hers was more controlled, devious in a sense. She had a handle on her senses, which in a way, made hers worse. She did, however, hear him say something about Laura and she quickly got up and followed the nurse. There was something severely wrong with Dr. Ashton, and she had a feeling he had a hand in a lot of things wrong here. One was namely Laura. She would teach the girl how to not swallow her.pills and get away with it sooner over later. She knew it was a far cry to the shots she received, but at least if she could start helping the girl she might be able to find out more.

Liv could hear Chris and Evan behind her and the nurse. She'd be keeping an especially close eye on Laura this session if what they were plotting came to light. The girl didn't need all that stress too.

Malcolm stood in the doorway and ushered each patient into the room. "Please sit in the chair with you name tag. Dr. Ashton will be with us shortly." He smiled at them reassuringly while trying not to yawn. The only goo thing about group therapy was that he would finally get to see his beloved Katherine. She had been out of the Sanitarium at some kind of medical convention all morning. This would be the first tie that he could speak to her since the new arrival got here. He had some questions about what she wanted to do with her and her treatment. He knew he should probably just ask Dr. Ashton about it since he was in charge after all but quickly vetoed the idea. He had always used Katherine as a buffer between him and Fenris. The Dr. was always polite to him and professional but something about him just gave Malcolm the shivers. Maybe it was because he reminded him of a high school acquaintance that had went to jail for killing his family. The look in his eyes was eerily similar. He shook his head as Nurse Riley came inside with Laura. "I've got her. Go back to your paperwork. I know you are behind since you were out sick yesterday. This way you can catch up and wont have to stay late." He said with a smile. She nodded to him gratefully and handed Laura off. He guided the still groggy girl to her seat and got her situated against one of the far walls. He kept an eye on everyone as they filed on but didn't really see them. All of his thoughts were now on seeing Katherine and when she would finally get there.

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Winter grinned at Alice when she was so accepting of Summer. She was the first one here really that had believed her and did not think she was weird. She could see Summer jumping up and down with joy and doing a little dance off to the side. Winter opened her mouth to ask Alice about her sister when the nurse came and told them to go to group. Sighing a bit, she got up and saw Summer leave. For some reason Summer never stayed during group time. Winter could not really blame her. It was always messy and uncomfortable and a waste of time in her opinion. Sitting there sharing their feelings and such when the group had so many troublemakers that always seemed to disrupt it was stupid. She would much rather have a one on one session alone with Dr. Ashton or one of the other doctors. She walked through the door to the meeting room and was told to go sit down at the chair with her name tag. She sent a look to Alice and said, "I guess we can talk again later. It seems like we are not sitting together this time. Dr. Ashton likes to change things up and we always have new seating assignments during group." She gave her a quick hug and went to sit down. She looked to see who she would be sitting by and froze. She would be sitting down between Dr. Ashton and Ryan. Oh pooh. I do not know if I can handle this. Being this close to the Dr. and Ryan as well is a bit unsettling. They are both so strong and outspoken. I just wish that Ryan was a bit more cheerful. He always seems to be in a bad mood.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself. There was really no need to get flustered. Things would work out. She just knew it. At least she was not sitting next to Chris who seemed to be in one of his states or Evan the firebug who had totally ruined group last time. That's right. Just be positive. All will be well. She started to relax when she heard her twin's voice say quietly, "Yeah right. You are such an idiot Win." Rolling her eyes she ignored her ad started to daydream.

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As he walked with Dr. Ashton to the meeting room, Ryan felt himself start to calm down. He still wanted to beat Chess's ass but the urge was not immediate anymore. It could wait until he could get the little shit alone water. He glanced back at Liv and Chess and was satisfied that they were a nice distance away from each other. he turned back around and tried to ignore the thoughts in his head that always seemed to be so dark and violent. He knew that he had anger and control issues, that was why he was here in the first place. But still he just could not help himself when people were so goddamn annoying and stupid. It was like they deserved to have him take his aggression out on them as some sort o karmic retribution for being dumb-asses.

Dr. Ashton stopped n the hall and told him to go on inside that he had something he needed to do first and Ryan was a bit relieved. He was still on edge and if the Dr. stayed he might have started to relax even more. Staying on edge all the time was the only way that he had made it in life so far Even around Liv he had to keep his guard up to an extent. He did not think that he had ever really been relaxed and calm in his whole life ad that was fine with him.

He walked into the room and heard that nurse guy tell them to go to their seats with their name tags. He sneered at him as he passe by. The guy always got on his nerves. He was weak and not worthy of respect in Ryan's opinion. Getting to his chair he ripped the name tag off an tossed it on the floor. He looked to see who he was sitting by and was relieved to find that it was Liv and Winter. He didn't really know what to make of Winter. She was always so spacey and happy and such. It was like she was a fucking alien or something. He just did not gt her at all. Still she did have something about her that intrigued him. He bet if she ever lost it that it would be spectacular. Just the thought made him shiver happily. He shook his head and looked up to see Chess and Liv come through the door. Chess was laughing about something as usual. The moron. Group today was going to be a pain in the ass today he could just tell. Every time someone new showed up they always had to put their best foot forward. Like it really fucking mattered since everyone was fucked up in some way and nobody was really good at hiding that. Sighing and slouching down in his chair , Ryan wished he had a cigarette to help him get through this bullshit.

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"Well that was not fun at all," Chess muttered to himself. Just when things were getting interesting the damn doctor had to show up. Why was it that adults always had to fuck up the good times? First his parents by betraying him, then the nurses by being so easy to manipulate and then Dr. Ashton; none of them let him ave any fun. He watched as Ryan and the Dr. left the room and said to Live, "Let's go shall we?" They followed a bit behind them and all the at Chess made witty banter while inside his head things were much different. I am so sick of this damn place and these people. There is not enough fun to be had. If I had unlimited reign then maybe I could make some real mischief but as it is I kind of just want to set the whole place on fire and watch it burn. Of course I would spare the girls but they would be immobilized so that I could have my fun with them without all that struggling. Well, unless that is what I wanted at the time. Laura would be one sweet treat indeed. I can't believe that Liv bought that like a sister shit I fed her or about being an only child. Laura is the most desirable chick here. Evan is nice but too problematic. Liv is only fun cause of how it pisses off Ryan. Winter is nice but not as nice as Laura. The new girl we shall have to see. However, while all these adults are around I doubt I will get to play with the girls like I would want. I guess I will just have to amuse myself in other ways and wait for an opportune moment if it ever arrives. Besides, right now if I did try for Laura it would just get me in more trouble that I want at the moment. With Dr. Ashton always around it just is not feasible.

Liv said something mildly amusing and he laughed as they went into the meeting room. He blew her a kiss as he walked over to his assigned seat and winked at Ryan who was too busy moping to see. With a little sigh, he sat down. Looking to his left and right he saw he was beside Chris and the new girl Alice. This could be fun. Group usually is. And Chris is in his playful mood too. Nice Today might still prove interesting after all. He clapped his hands together a few times and grinned. Sitting up straight, he waited for the Dr. to come and get the party started.

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A tap on the shoulder broke him out of his thoughts. He looked up to see one of the nurses standing before him. "It is time to go to group, Daniel." she said. Looking around the room he saw that he was the last one left. He must have been really out of it to not notice everyone leaving. "Ok." he replied quietly and headed out the door and down the hallway. He quickened his steps as he approached the room and slid inside, hoping that no one was staring at him. He heard that he had assigned seating this time and cringed. He hated when the Dr. did that to them. It never seemed to work out well for him. In fact, when he finally looked up and saw who he was sitting between he grew pale and started to shake. It was like his wort nightmare come to life. He was stuck between the psycho twins. Sitting beside just Chris would not have been too bad but with Evan on his other side as well he was totally screwed. Fuck fuck fuck!!!!! Why did I get stuck between them? The Dr. must be a fucking sadist or something to do this. The asshole has to know how Evan treats me. Does he really think that this is a good idea? If he does then he s dumber than a fucking box of rocks. Son of a bitch!! Maybe it wont be so bad. Maybe she will leave me alone since the Dr. will be there and everyone else. Then again when has that ever stopped the red-headed twat? Hopefully she wont draw blood this time is she does act up. I can't wait until the day is over! I just want to go to sleep and pretend that I am somewhere else. If I don't get out of this place soon I don't know what I will do!

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Laura looked around her with hooded eyes. She was still a bit groggy from whatever she had been injected with but mentally she was more aware than she had been in days. She could actually focus on what was being said around her instead of it all seeming to be in a haze. She looked over at the new girl and her eyes widened. She was someone that she had seen before. Of course she had seen her earlier but that is not what she meant. She had seen her before in a dream. In the dream Alice had been in a strange place filled with weird creatures and talking animals. She didn't remember much of it just that Alice had been there and it was the same Alice that she now saw sitting across the group from her. I don't know how that would be possible but I do know that it is her. If I told anyone that though they would just think it was one of my ramblings. I don't know why my words get so confused when I talk. If only the voices would quit talking to me so much then maybe I could think. Why won't they just be quiet?

She shifted on her seat and looked over at Liv. She smiled a shy smile at her. Liv was always so nice. She even brushed her hair for her sometimes. She leaned closer to Liv and away from Evan. She did not really know much about Evan, except that she loved to pick on Daniel. It was a shame. Daniel seemed like a nice enough guy. He was pretty cute even. If she could ever think straight long enough she would try and become his friend. She snuggled even closer to Liv and hoped she was not annoying the girl. She just made her feel safe for some reason "Love you." she whispered to her so softly that she doubted Liv heard her. Liv was as close to family as she had even had. She jumped when Dr. Ashton walked into the room and took his seat. She had not heard him walk in at all. It seemed that group was about to begin.

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After leaving Ryan in the hallway, Fenris had doubled back to his office for a minute. He got his clipboard and assorted papers and a pen. But he really had no need for them. He just liked to make everyone wait for him to arrive. He smirked to himself as he sat down at his desk and kicked his feet up. He would wait about 10 minutes then go down. While he sat there, he thought about what he wanted to accomplish in group today. The main goal would be to introduce Alice and to see how everyone reacted to her. Then he would see if anyone had anything to share. That was always fun for a laugh or two. He had made sure to make the seating optimal for his purposes. He wanted her to see just what the patients here were like. She would see that getting cured and getting out of here was the best thing for her. Unlike most of the others, she had family that he knew would be checking up on her. He would not be able to experiment on her like he had at first hoped when her case file had come across his desk so must be cured as soon as possible. She would have been the perfect experiment too. She was basically just troubled by night terrors and such and sane for the most part according to what he had read. If he could use those night terrors and some some medication to drive her over the brink into insanity it would have been so glorious. However, he might be able to make some little tweaks to her with his hypnotherapy and drug regimen that would not be too noticeable until needed. He sat up as he saw that it was time to go down now. Stretching, he made the short journey in record time. He saw Laura jump and exchanged a quick glance with Daniel that almost made him smile but he quickly reigned in the impulse. The fear and disquiet on the boy's face was enough to make him hard. He pushed it away for remembering at a better time He sat down in his chair and arranged his things on his lap before looking up and clearing his throat.

"Hello. Today in group we have a new face so I believe that introductions are in order. I am Dr. Ashton. Over by the door is Nurse Malcolm and yet to arrive is Dr. Katherine. We are just a few of the people here at Wonderland that you will be seeing either for treatment, counseling or to provide basic care and assistance. We hope that everyone that comes to Wonderland will make a full recovery and lead full productive lives with their new mental well-being. He turned to Alice and said, "Alice would you please start off the introductions with your name and anything you would like to share about yourself." He smiled as charmingly as he could as he waited for her to speak.

Alice felt a little put on the spot as group was seated and began. The head doctor, what was his name again? Oh right, Dr. Ashton, had asked her to start off with her introduction. She was quiet for a moment before she spoke. “Um… hi, my name is Alice. I’m here because of night terrors, I suppose. I really don’t know what else to say other than that though.” She said, and she looked beside her at a sudden thud. Chris and Evan had each grabbed hold of the legs on Daniel’s chair and pulled it out from under him… as he was sitting down at that. The maniacal laughter that followed the fall kind of put her on edge. Chris hadn’t seemed that bad just a little bit earlier when she first came in.

“Christoph, Evangeline. None of that.” The older looking doctor, the one she recognized as Absolum, said as he helped Daniel up and back into his seat before taking his place against the wall. Beside him was a woman who just seemed pleased with the display. Alice was almost certain that she was Dr. Rivers. She had been absent from her admission session, but Absolum hadn’t. She was almost glad for it now. As she thought of it, she hadn’t even seen the two doctors come in.

She shook her head a bit, listening to Chess introduce himself before it came to Chris, who just wore a sick sort of smirk on his face. Something about it though… there was more to it. Something that said he hadn’t always been like this, but he spoke. “Well, as almost all of you know, I’m Christoph, better known as Chris. There really isn’t too much more to me though.” He let out the crazy laugh again. “Oh who am I kidding? Alice, darling, welcome to your little slice of insanity. If you weren’t when you got here… you damn sure will be soon.” His eyes shot a look to Dr. Ashton before he laughed again and leaned back against his seat. He looked over to Daniel as he spoke next, and he saw Evan scratching at her hands.

That was a bit of a tick she had when she wasn’t fully allowed to be herself. Once Daniel finished, eyes fell on Evan who was still scratching at her hands. “My name is Evan.” She said, and she looked to Laura who was cuddled up to Liv.

Chris spoke again though, “Oh come now sister dear. You can do better than that!”

Evan gave him a look. “Not for that twat! She shouldn’t even be here!” she said, pointing at Alice who just seemed bewildered. “Yes, blondie, you.”

Alice kind of sank in her seat when she watched Dr. Absolum walk over and place his hands on Evan’s shoulders. “Let Laura speak.” He said, and Evan rolled her eyes and went back to scratching at her hands. After Laura spoke, Liv rubbing her shoulders a bit as she did, Liv sighed.

“My name is Olivia, I prefer to be called Liv. Ryan over here is my twin brother. And I’m here because…” she thought for a moment. “I’m obsessive compulsive.”

Chris had mumbled something and Alice rose a brow when she heard it. He’d called her a beautiful siren. She had seen the blush run over Liv’s face momentarily before Ryans turn came.

This was interesting group indeed, Alice thought. It was definitely something she was beginning to see. She watched as Absolum went back to his place at the wall, Dr. Rivers laughing a bit. She seemed to be enjoying this too much. It was definitely crazy here, and now she actually feared for her sanity.

Listening to Alice speak was like getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly and then having a foghorn blown in his ear as he writhed on the ground. It was painful and annoying and made him want to kill something. She was too normal and just blah for him to stand it. It made him want to corrupt her just to make her a bit more interesting. He was broken from his musings and her words by Chris and Evan's little attack on Daniel. It took all He had not to burst out in laughter at the look on Danny's face. His little bunny ears were crooked and it looked like someone had kicked his puppy. It was just too hilarious. However, he would not let his real feelings show through right now. He still had a part he was playing and he did not want to show his hand this soon.

As soon as Alice was done, Ashton nodded to Chess to begin. What to say what to say. Best keep it simple and short. He smiled his most charming smile and said, "My name is Chess. My favorite color is green. I like walks on the beach at night, slow kisses and snuggling." He winked at Alice, and nodded to everyone else. That should do for now. He waited for the Dr. to move to the next person and got a disapproving look from the man. Sighing he added, "Fine. I am here because I set a little fire and it pissed some people off. They think I need some help with my issues. Happy now?" He sank down in his chair a bit and would not look at Ashton's face. He did not want to see the smug look on the prick's face that He knew was there. He always seemed to bend to that bastard's will and it was beyond irritating. He waited for the next person to talk and tried to get his anger under control before he showed any more of his true self than he already had.

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Feeling very uncomfortable, Daniel tried not to make eye contact with anyone. With the viper twins on either side he knew that something was going to happen he just did not know what or when. As the minutes passed while Dr. Ashton spoke and they did nothing, he started to relax. Maybe they wouldn't do anything after all. He started to look around a bit and then when Alice started to talk got up to change his seating position but when he went to sit down his chair was ripped from underneath him and he crashed heavily to the ground, landing on his hip which immediately began hurting. He sat there stunned for a minute and dimly heard Ashton saying something to the twins before things fully registered with him. They had Fucking done it to him again. He took a deep breath as his mind raged while he stood up and sat back down in his restored seat. Those two psychotic douchebags! I should never have let my guard down around them even for a second. Chris is always such a dick when he is on like this and Evan, well, I just hope that one day she chokes on her Fucking paintbrush after I shove it down her Fucking throat. I hate them so much. Why do they always have to mess with me? Fuckers!

He took another breath as Chris started to speak and when he was finally done and it was his turn spoke quietly, "My name is Daniel. I have been here for a long time. There was an accident with my family... I am alone now and am here. I...I don't want to talk anymore." He blushed heavily because he was embarrassed and knew how stupid he sounded. The chuckles he heard from Evan and Chris made him want to punch some one. He glanced at Alice and Winter but broke eye contact almost as soon as it was established. He really was not in the mood for group anymore and juat wanted to go anywhere else. He felt a hand pinch his side and knew it was Evan again. Despite himself he looked up at her. "One day bitch I will kill you if you don't leave me alone." He did not realize that this time he had actually said the words aloud.

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Laura had not really been paying too much attention to what was going on in group while Dr. Ashton spoke. She was more concerned with the nurses and the other people in the room than her fellow Asylum mates. They were the ones that gave her the drugs that always made her feel strange and disjointed. They were the ones to watch right now since they could and did sneak up on you. She saw Absolom come in with Katherine and shivered. That woman gave her the creeps. She seemed so nice at first but something about her was just not right. However, when Evan and Chris decided to prank Daniel she turned to see what was up and frowned. It was not right that he was always picked on. She looked at Liv and quietly stated, "Not nice." to her before turning back and watching Daniel settle in his chair. She listened as he talked and then winced as Evan did. That girl was so rude. Then it was her turn to speak. She could hear the tiniest of whispers in the back of her mind that let her know that while the medication was still working it would not be for too much longer so if she was going to speak lucidly then now was the time. "My name is Laura. I was born and raised here. It is all I have ever known. I have always been sick but I don't think it used to be this bad. I can't remember when it changed. I can't remember a lot of things. Everything gets all jumbled up and then I am lost. Can anyone help me?" The silence made her cringe and she leaned closer to Liv who was petting her as usual. She hadn't expected an answer, not really. She knew that anyone that came here was doomed. In Wonderland even the sanest person would eventually lose their mind. She put her hands over her ears as the voices started to get a bit louder and took a few deep breaths. It would not be long now before she was once again lost.

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Group seems to be extra lively today. Malcolm was watching as Chris and Evan tortured Daniel and got ready to intervene if things got ugly. Daniel was unpredictable at times and if he did anything violent he wanted to nip it in the bud, especially since Katherine was here. He shot a glance at the woman and saw that she looked happy. She even laughed a few times and that made him smile as well. He had a lot to tell her today about how the morning had went and could not wait until group was finished so they could go back to her office and chat. He turned back to group as he heard Laura speak out and raised an eyebrow. It was rare for her to actually make sense. He heard her voice start to tremble by the end of things and saw her hands going over her ears and walked over to her. He placed a hand on her shoulder and asked, "You alright?" When she nodded he replied, "Let me know if things get overwhelming and I will take you back to your room. There is no need to overtax yourself." He gave her shoulder one last reassuring squeeze and went back to his place beside Katherine. He really did care about his patients and Laura was such a damaged girl. It made his heart ache seeing her start to backside again. He met Katherine's eyes and asked, "Isn't there anything that we can do to help her? I know that you consult with Dr.Ashton about her care. Maybe you could talk to him about her meds again. She seems to be getting worse not better." He knew that there was probably nothing Katherine could do but it did not hurt to ask. She was the only one that might be able to do something anyways. She was the only one that Dr. Ashton seemed to listen to when it came to the long-term care of their patients.

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Ryan had been enjoying the show so far. The thing with Chess had made him smile. Seeing the cocky little shit kowtowing to Ashton was always amusing. Then Daniel's falling while not as funny had at least been interesting. He had even been amused by listening to Laura speak since it was rare. He had nothing against the girl except that Liv was a bit too attached to her. Other than that all he felt for her was pity. When Liv spoke he wanted to laugh. Obsessive compulsive huh? Sure why not. It was as good as anything else he supposed. Then it was his turn. He really did not feel like sharing anything today even though he was in a good mood so said, "I am here for my own Damn reasons and because my father is a dick. Other than that just don't piss me off and we will be fine." he smiled a rare smile at Alice as he said this and then let his eyes turn cold to drive home the point. He wanted to make sure that she knew he was not someone to mess with. He hoped she did not think that she was going to befriend Liv either since that was so not happening. Liv had enough clingers already and did not pay him the attention that He deserved. The new girl needed to just keep her distance from them both. She was hot true, but just because he would bang her did not make him want to be her friend. He sighed as Ashton gave him a look but he did not waver. Unless the man spoke and insisted he share then he could Fucking deal with it. He broke eye contact and was relieved when nothing was said and Winter began to speak. It looked like introductions were almost over finally. About damn time. Who cares about getting to know people anyways? He had Liv and that was more than enough friends for him.

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She had not been really paying attention to group so far until she was poked in the side by Ryan and realized that it was her turn to speak. She had been lost in her thought and memories. She was thinking about a few months before the accident when she and Summer had gone out one night to the park near their house. It had been cloudy and a bit cold. They had spent an hour there just talking about what they would do once they were adults and out of their parents house. It was a good memory and she remembered how Summer had glowed as she talked about going overseas and seeing the world. Winter had been a bit awed by her then since she was always so brave and ambitious while Winter was reserved and wanted nothing more than to have their own little place where they could just be who and what they wanted. She sighed as she shook off the memory and it took her a minute to compose herself and say anything. She cleared her throat and said, "My name is a Winter. I am here because of an accident and so is my twin, Summer. My parents thought it would be best to take some time to recover and seek medical care so that we could be at our best. Summer could not come to group today so asked me to speak for her." Smiling at everyone, she felt herself drift off again. She was alwAys a bit spacy when Summer was not around. She started to scratch her arm where her scar was as she tuned everyone out. She hoped that group did not take much longer so that She could see Summer again. She heard Ryan mutter "delusional bitch" under his breath and wondered who he was talking about before she lost herself in her own little world again.

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When Winter was speaking, Fenris smiled and though how well group had gone so far. Chess had been put in his place. The twins had been their usual charmingly fucked off selves. The other siblings had played their parts well also. Daniel had been the poor martyr. Laura had even spoken her mind for once which was as planned. He had tweaked her meds to give her roughly an hour of clarity before she slowly went back into her little world. He would make sure that he let her have these brief periods every so often for the next few days to make things more fun before he changed the meds back to the new cocktail which was the perfect blend to do the most damage. Winter finished speaking and it was time to continue.

"Alright everyone, now that we have all been aquainted it is time for the group exercise of the day. You will be split into pairs of two and will have to prepare a little skit about how to effectively work on one of the following issues:anger, trust, depression or abandonment. I will assign the pairs and you will have 20 minutes to prepare a 5 minute skit to present." He smiled an almost evil looking smile before saying, "This is mandatory so everyone will be expected to participate. I know it is difficult but if we want to get better then we must follow directions. I know it may seem stupid to you but these activities are medically proven to help patients and since I know that you all want to get better so that you can resume your lives outside of Wonderland, all will take part. Now, the pairs will be as follows: Winter and Liv who will be doing abandonment, Alice and Ryan who will be doing trust, Chess and Chris who will be doing depression and finally Daniel and Evan doing anger. Laura, you will not be working in a group but will instead be in charge of getting things set up for each presentation. You will go from group to group and see what if anything they will need to assist them. Now then, the staff had arranged some small desks around the edges of the room for each group to use with paper, pencils, markers and whatnot. Once everyone is settled I will set the timer. Please go to the desks with your names in them now."

He all but clapped his hands together in excitement. With the pairs he had chosen and their topics the potential for chaos was all but guaranteed. He was wondering just who would have to be sedated first as he watched the patients start to move.

Daniel's words struck Chris's ears and an immediate laugh came. Evan just wore an amused smirk on her face as Chris spoke. "Little boy shows he's got some balls. How lovely!" He cackled. However, as group went on, it was noted that Absolum was watching he and his sister very closely. Katherine just seemed to find the whole thing entertaining, but her attention was drawn away by Malcom speaking to her.

He was such a beautiful little pawn, but she couldn't help but to slightly admire his heart. However, even Katherine had to admit that she felt sorry for Laura. Fenris may have been her primary doctor, but as her secondary she couldn't understand why the medication wasn't working.

"I'll see what I can do." She said, moving from her place near the wall and walking around the desks to see the pairs. Laura wasn't in one, but this group would definitely get much more entertaining with a couple of these groups. Shy Daniel and psychotic Evan would be a very interesting one. Chris and Chess actually had potential to get along, much like Liv and Winter. And then there was Alice and Ryan. She watched the look on Alice's face as Ryan introduced himself and she covered her small laugh with a hand over her mouth.

"Amused, Katherine?" Absolum asked as Fenris began explaining the group exercise.

"Always. I'm surprised that the group is this tame right now." She said and Absolum rolled his eyes and he watched closely as each pair walked over to their tables.

To be completely honest, Olivia was glad she was paired off with Winter. Kept her away from Ryan, and tho the girl was a bit more loony than she would care to deal with, she was nice. She offered a gentle look to the girl. "Okay, so abandonment..." she spoke a loud.

That was an issue she dared not even think about. She hadn't personally felt what abandonment was like, but she knew that she couldn't leave her brother. It was an issue that Winter obviously understood well. She could understand tho. As much as she would never admit it, if anything had ever actually happened to her brother, she would lose it. She shook her head.

"Perhaps we could cover how when someone feels abandoned, the best thing to do is first try and find someone who can help them feel like they're not alone? Like, something about friendship being the best route type thing."

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The next table over was Chess and Chris. It wouldn't be hard for the two of them to get along, especially with Chris 'on,' but he seemed distracted. Chris made sure to take the seat that faced the table where Liv and Winter were and he smirked. That beautiful siren was with probably one of the more pure hearted ones here.

Chris amused the thought of Liv corrupting the poor, unsuspecting Winter, but as his other side fought for dominance he was reminded that she wasn't that kind of person. Vain, yes. Smart, obviously. A straight line to that explosive brother of hers button, definitely. How he had wanted to push that button. How badly he wanted that, but along the way his other side had grown to actually like the girl. Which made him want the siren even more.

He came back to reality after a moment and he looked at Chess. "Funny how the two of us got depression, isn't it? I mean, hell, if depression was on my list of issues I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be so amused by how stupid this whole thing is." She laughed a bit, his eyes going over to Evan and then to Dr. Ashton. "I do have to admit though, how that man worships chaos is admirable... even if he does stare too much."

He didn't want to do this, it was stupid, considering even when he was 'off' he wasn't depressed, nor was Chess. "How old you deal with your depression if you had it, Chessy boy?" His eyes flitted over towards Liv and Winter again. "Extracurricular activities?"

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Alice didn't know how she felt sitting with Ryan. Admittedly, he scared the shit out of her. And they had to put together a skit about trust. The only thing she could trust about this one was that he was angry... and she didn't want to piss him off.

She was quiet, inwardly wishing she could have been paired with. Anyone else at this rate. Daniel or Winter would have been preferable, especially since Liv seemed to be this guy's trigger. She didn't want to pull that trigger.

How the hell was she even supposed to talk to him? She didn't know, so she took a piece of paper and a pencil and wrote 'Trust' at the top of it. "Any ideas?" She asked. She was quiet and avoided even looking at him.

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Oh this would be fun! Sometimes Evan really loved how sick Dr. Ashton was. Have her work on anger with possibly the one person who she made angry. It was rare for Daniel to burst out about this kind of thing, but today he had twice. She painted for her own anger, but she took this as an opportunity to push little Daniel's buttons.

"So, you're going to kill me one day if I don't leave you alone?" Her crazy laugh came and she poked him in his ribs again, hard. "Come on, we could definitely use that in the stupid skit we have to do. But, I'd probably kill you before you could kill me."

Evan, for once, was showing how she'd fooled people away from her psychosis for a while. "If I don't touch your little ears, bunny boy, you don't go all hypervigalent, and your conscious would stop you. I can tell."

She kicked her feet up on the desk and took up a pencil and a piece of paper and began to doodle. "But I don't get how you keep your anger so pent up, I mean, as funny as it was to see you burst out like you did, uncontrolled anger is very bad for you." She folded the page and threw it at him. "Look at me, I paint."

Absolum came over and sat on the edge of the desk. "Evan, work on the assignment. Let Daniel give his input. You two need to work together on this, and right now, you two are the only ones not working."

She threw her pencil at Daniel too. "Come on Danny boy, we need ideas. Anger is best subsided with hobbies if I remember all my therapy correctly." She chuckled again and she poked Daniel's side again.

Maybe in the twenty minutes she'd piss him off enough get him to act right in the skit

Malcolm smiled happily when Katherine listened to his concerns about Laura and told him that she would check on it. The warm glow from that alone would have gotten him through the rest of the day and he still had another few hours to be in her company before he had to go about his won rounds and duties. It was truly wonderful. He walked around Katherine an watched the groups. Dr. Ashton had put some problematic couples together this time. He wasn't sure that putting Evan and Daniel together had been very smart, nor had putting Alice together with Ryan. However, he was sure that the Dr. had some sort of plan he just wasn't too clear right now on what that could be.. Maybe it was something to do with opposites and a different viewpoint being helpful to figure out their own issue. Yes, that must be it. It must be a new technique to help stabilize and self-diagnose. If that was not it then Fenris was just being sadistic and cruel and that was something that he just could not believe of the man. Any doctor would want to help these poor kids above all else so there was just no way it could be something like that.

He let out a little huff of laughter at the turn of his thoughts. He was really being silly today. It must be a part of his high from Katherine's praise that made him think such odd things. He glanced at Evan and Daniel and saw that so far nothing bad had happened. He then went over near Chess and Chris and saw them actually working together. It was nice to see them making some progress today. He had been a bit worried since Chris seemed to be in one of his states but it seemed he was just being paranoid.. I wish that his medicine would fix that so he could stabilize. He shivered when Chess laughed at something Chris said. Chess was one kid that he just did not know how to take. He always seemed ok for the most part but after having read his file Malcolm knew better. The boy had done some truly disturbing things and to be this happy an show no remorse was scary. It was almost like he was a sociopath. While that was treatable it was still not something that a teenage boy should have to deal with and with hormones and all made Malcolm cringe.

He heard a noise from across the room and saw that Ryan was glaring at Alice. He did not know what she had said that made the boy upset. From what he could tell of the girl she seemed sweet enough so there was nothing really that she could have done that would have made him angry. But knowing Ryan she could have just breathed too hard and he would flip. That is not a nice thing to think. He can't help it that he has anger issues. With his childhood it is completely understandable and that is why he is here after all. I just wish he was a bit less temperamental at times. Walking past Liv and Winter he smiled at the girls. They seemed to really be embracing the spirit of the exercise and were writing down notes and exchanging ideas. “Good job, girls.” he said and smiled at Katherine. He could tell that her influence was spreading to them and that must be why they were so on task. Everything and everyone was just a bit better when she was around.

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Winter looked at Liv and smiled. “That sounds like a good idea. We can make something out of that. Now all we have to decide is how to present it. Do we use signs or are we going to act it out? If we act it out then which of us should play the abandoned person? I mean I don't think that either of us really has much experience with that issue so either way would work I guess. I wish Summer could have come to group today since she was....is always the creative one. She would make us something brilliant I am sure.” Winter sighed sadly and shook her head. She knew why Summer could not come to group but it was so silly. She looked at the clock on the wall and saw that they only had 15 minutes left to finish the exercise and then another 45 left of group before they could leave. It seemed like an awfully long time. She drummed her nails against the desk as her mind drifted off. She remembered when she and Summer were children barely 6 years old they had wanted to do a play for their parents. They had spent all afternoon working it out and picking costumes and making pictures for backgrounds and finally that evening they had told their parents about it and asked them if they could perform. Dinner was just finished and the table had been cleared by the maid. Her parents were talking about some charity function and at first did not hear the girls. When Winter had tugged at her father's sleeve to get his attention the adults had looked at them.

“What do you want, Winter? Daddy and Mummy have a gathering to go to.”

“Me and Summer made a play for you. Can we how you, Daddy?”

“Not now. We are running late and can't keep everyone waiting. We will watch it tomorrow we promise.”

Winter had nodded her head but Summer had started to scream at her parents since this was not the first time that they had done something like this. The end result had been that the twins had been sent to bed early and had been banished from eating with their parents for a week. They were to take their meals in the kitchen and then go to bed each night directly afterwards without dessert or television.

A loud bang from across the room brought her out of her reverie and she was glad. It had not been a good memory after all. However, the play that they had made had been wonderfully creative and inspired even if they never for to perform it. In fact it gave her several ideas for something that she and Liv could do now.

She gathered the necessary things in front of her and started to fill Liv in on her idea. Their skit would be the best out of all the group she was just sure of it.

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Fenris smiled as the groups dispersed throughout the room. He could tell right away that several of them would probably not have anything to show for their time together except harsh words and possibly injuries. I wish that I could make even more tension in the room. Just how can I go about it without it seeming I am doing it on purpose? Maybe I can use Laura a the catalyst. She is supposed to go around and help the groups with anything they need. I just need to nudge her to the proper group at the auspicious moment and then... Yes that could work.

He stood up and walked over to where Laura sat still in her seat and said, “C'mon dear. It is time to help out your friends. Please go over to Chess and Chris now and see if there is anything that they need.” He watched as she slowly stood up and walked towards the two boys. He knew about Chess and his little fixation on Laura and with her actually semi-coherent still, he knew the boy would flirt with her and that would probably set Liv off. That n turn would set Ryan off and then possibly Chess as well. Winter would drift off into whatever spacey world she usually did and there would not be any reason to mess with Evan and Daniel since those two would set each other off nicely as it was. He sat back in his chair and made like he was writing notes on his notepad when in reality he was just doodling. He did not want to make too much eye contact with anyone yer. He would know when to look up by the noise level increase and the sound of furniture moving. Holding back a laugh he out on his professional mask and waited.

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Ryan sat down in his chair. He was not thrilled with life right now. Sure he had some eye candy across from him but she actually seemed to think he was going to participate in this bullshit exercise. She had even asked him if he had any thoughts. Sure he did. Tons of them and all of them were telling the good doctor where to shove his fucking little group and his fucking stupid ass projects. He glanced over at Liv and saw that her and Winter were actually working on the thing and almost smiled. His sister was so predictable. She would play the game and do the work. He knew though that in her heart she knew it was all bullshit too. He let his eyes wander again and saw Chris and Chess laughing about something or other. Morons. He saw Chris looking over at Liv for just an instant and then looking away. What the hell? Don't tell me that he is into her or something. Oh no son that just won't do. I might need to watch him a bit more carefully from now on. Can't let him get too close to her.

He accidentally nudged the table and heard Alice gasp as it hit her in the stomach. For the first time he made eye contact with her and stated, “Sorry. I know that you are new here and all so probably buy into this therapy crap but this is a waste of time. Do you really want to do this bullshit? Putting on a skit about some issue won't help treat it. All it do is make us think we are accomplishing something when nothing is getting done but pretending. Then again I guess that is something that this place is good at, pretending that things wil get better when they won't. What a joke.”

He looked away from Alice so that he could not see the innocence and goodness in her eyes. It burned his soul like fire. He could hear her start to say something and knew that she was probably going to try and convince him to work on the skit but was not in the mood He wished he had his mp3 player or something so that he could listen to music and tune everyone else out. If he couldn't be with Liv then there was n point in dealing with reality.

He spared a look over at Dr. Ashton and saw the man writing something on his tablet. Fucker. I bet he is writing down every little thing we do so that he can analyze it late. He thinks that just because one of us breathes oddly that we are coming down with a new psychosis that he will get to treat. I just don't understand doctors. They poke and prod when nothing is wrong but when something actually is, they don't do anything about it. I know that Ashton tries which I guess is something but Laura is the perfect example. For all the meds and shit they change up and give her she is still fucked up. So much for modern medicine.

A loud bang startled him and he looked over to see that Daniel was standing up and had slammed his hands down on the table while glaring at Evan. “For fucks sake Daniel, would you either man up and hit her or shut the fuck up and sit down. You are starting to damage my calm.” He smiled at the looks he got before turning back to the piece of paper in front of him and starting to draw.

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Chess smiled at Chris and replied, “If I was ever depressed I suppose extracurricular activities are as good a way as any to deal with it. I personally like to play pranks and get into mischief that is my cup of tea.” He looked away from Chris a minute when he saw someone start walking his way and said, “It looks like we will be having company. Should we be on our best behavior or should we play a little? I think I feel myself getting depressed so I think I will play a bit to snap out of it.” He winked at Chris.

Oh Dr. Ashton just what do you think you are doing sending such a sweet little flower over to us too weeds. Do you think that we won't strangle it or corrupt it but instead let it live and flourish? My good man you must be joking. I have been waiting forever to get this little flower alone when she was actually aware enough to have some fun. Maybe I will pluck a few of her petals before let her leave our garden and why the hell am I thinking in flower metaphors anyways? Am I some old fucker that has no life and must disguise their intentions? Maybe I am a bit crazy after all. Who knows? But hopefully I will at least get to make Laura blush even if I can't get a grope in. Or if I am really lucky I can get her alone much later and teach her all about how great our bodies can be. Once she is used up then I will set her aflame and watch the fire dance on her bones. That would be delicious to see her beauty consumed like that.

Chess shivered and adjusted himself surreptitiously as just the thought was enough to make his body react and he did not want to scare the girl away. He pasted a smile on his face and when she close enough smoothly said, “Are you coming over to help us out? We sure could use it since this whole depression topic is not one that I and Chris here are too familiar with. Maybe you could suggest some ideas for us?” He stood up and guided her into an empty chair, letting his head rest just barely above her ass before letting go and sitting back down also. He looked at Chris and batted his eyes at him. He was starting to feel playful indeed.

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Nodding her head at Dr Ashton, Laura started towards the table where Chess and Chris were sitting. She was starting to battle the voices in her head for control. She could hear them getting louder an knew that they wouldn't be relegated to mere whispers in her mind soon. She could feel herself getting tied again. I am getting very tired of always being tired and sleepy. Just for one day would I like to be like everyone else an not have to deal with this.

When she got near the group and Chess welcomed her so cheerily she smile back shyly. The hand on her back was nice if a touch odd but she relished any kind of human contact. Liv was really the only one that touched her in kindness around here. “I don't know what all I can do to help but I will do what I can. If you are depressed then you want to be happy I guess so what would make you happy would be where to start?” she said quietly. She as starting to get a headache too and the lights were awfully bright. She felt her mind wander for a minute and unconsciously looked over to where Liv say. It grounded her for some reason and she felt herself relax and regain some control. She felt Chess's hand on hers and looked at him startled He just patted it a few times and then let it go before handling her a piece of paper and a pencil and saying, “Would you mind writing down a few things that make you happy too for reference. That way we can compare and see if there are any similarities between the three of us.” It sounded good to her so she began to write slowly about the few things that truly made her happy an hoped that this would help the group out. She did not know if she was going to be sent to another one soon anyways and wanted to contribute if she could.

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The color left his face when Evan called him out on his threat to her. He hadn't realized he had spoken out loud. Then when she threw a piece of paper at him he felt the color return as he started to get annoyed. When she followed that by the pencil and the pokes to his side, not to mention the comments about his ears, he felt himself start to gt angry. He had been going to just bide his time and try and get through this exercise with as little interaction with her as he could manage but it seemed that was not going to happen. She seemed bound and determined to get a reaction from him and with his nerves as frayed as they were she was going to get her wish. He took a few deep breaths to try and control his temper before replying to her question. Their presence of Absolom nearby was also calming. With the man there Evan wouldn't get too out of hand or she would end up with a needle in her arm of the happy juice that made all your troubles fly away.

“First off, if you mess with my ears not even God himself could save you. Second, yes I do intend to deal with you someday because you have been nothing but a complete and utter twat to me sine you got here. Third, my anger issues are my fucking problem and don't involve you so how and if I deal with it are none of your damn business.” He paused for a second before trying to get back to the the project at hand If he let his temper continue to rule then there would be trouble. “Why don't you just draw something about anger and I will write something out and then we can add them together at the en. The less we have to do with each other the better in my opinion.” He rolled his shoulders that ha gotten tight with tension from talking to her this long and got a piece of paper. He started to write then was distracted by her feet on the table. She kept shaking the leg and it was driving him crazy.

Standing up so abruptly that his chair almost fell over , he reached over and pushed her feet to the floor before all but yelling, “Can you please keep your damn feet off the table?” He slammed his hands down on the wood to emphasize his point.

“For fucks sake Daniel would you either man up an hit her or shut the fuck up an sit down. You are starting to damage my calm.” he heard Ryan yell from across the room.

He whipped his head towards Ryan an blurted, “No, you short-tempered douche. Fuck off.” About half a second later it hit him just who he had yelled at and what he had said. He sat back down with a thud and his hand over his mouth. His eyes were huge and he thumped his head on the table with a groan. Today had just majorly sucked.

Katherine had continued to watch the scene unfold as Fenris instructed Laura to go over to Chess and Chris. Where Chris would never lay a hand on her, his file showed a deep seated need to protect females, in either of his states, she knew the same wasnt said for Chess. However, with Chris's mood off, He was more likely to wait to say something. This half worshipped chaos and chaos this would bring indeed.

Sure, Katherine had always enjoyed this group being a bit unpredictable, but she knew one thing. Her eyes traveled to Olivia. The girl wasn't actually sick, as she had learned from their sessions, but she had seen Ryan's. His was under tamed. Olivia, on the other hand, was very in control whoch meant she was probably just as bad if not worse. And Laura being around Chess, who was already making advances, was going to be a powder keg.

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Chris laughed at Chess's answer but said bothing in return. He couldnt even fathom the idea if depression, much less know how he would deal with it. It wasn't until he saw Laura coming that he could tell Dr. Ashton was trying to send this whole group into anarchy. His eyes traveled to Liv who he could see visibly tense up when Chess's hand sat a little low on Laura's back. The annoying part of his "off" side was the need to protect females. If things didnt get stopped before they got too out of hand, he would step in... However, there was a glimmer in Liv's eyes that breathed he wouldnt need to.

Looks like the siren will come out and play after all. How beautiful. he thought, looking towards Chess and Laura. She was such an innocent when she was coherent and it made his other side sad to see how crazy she was otherwise... But now he couldnt rightfully give a shit. They had continued on the assignment when he noticed Chess continuing his advances. Out of the corner of his eye, Chris notes Olivia standing up and walking over towards them.

Oh yes, let the beautiful darkness come forth. Let it breathe.

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Alice quickly went back to herself once Ryan spoke and just went about working on the skit herself. Honestly, she wished she could have been partnered off with Winter or Daniel or... Anyone else but Ryan. He scared her, and she jist continued to keep her head down and wrote until she looked over at the commotion coming fron Evan and Daniel. That was just unlucky for Daniel, but luckily it seemed that they were calming down and doing their own thing.

She continued to write things down before she heard a loud bang and turned her head. She hadnt expected that at all.

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Evan cackled a bit. This kod was too easy to get too. Way too easy, but it was fun. She just blinked at his threat and laughed some more. Though, even she had to admit she liked his idea about them collaborating at the end. Gave her time to doodle uninterrupted. He pushed her feet off the desk and she wadded up a piece of paper and three it at him before she doodled some more.

Something told her to look up though and she. She did, she noticed Chris gently asking Laura away from Chess as Liv headed their way. She smirked. "This ought to be good." She laughed, setting her things down for a momwnt to watch the scene unfold.

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Liv could barely hear Winter as she nodded with her ideas. She was too busy watching Laura be ushered over to the table with Chess and Chris. She sat beside Chess and his hand was awfully low. She watched a bit more. That boy had better not try to get lower than that. She had managed to turn her attention to Winter for a moment before her eyes traveled again.

Chess was getting dangerously close to... That was it! Liv gripped her pencil tightly and she stood up. That was too far, Chess... "I'll be right back, Winter "

Chris was watching her as she walked over and asked Laura to go sit by him. The moment Laura wasnt right beside Chess, Liv walked a little faster and took her pencil and slammed it into the desk beside Chess's hand. She placed her hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear. "Mind your hands or you wont have any." She warned.

She headed back to her table and sat down, going back to listening to Winter. She had just commanded a lot of attention and she knew it, but now she would see if Chess would listen to her or not. She hoped he did because she didn't want everyone to see what she could do if he didn't.

Fenris was watching carefully as Chess was making his moves on Laura. When Liv got up and walked over to the table and threatened Chess he wanted to clap with joy. Things were progressing nicely. He waved off two of the orderlies who had looked to intervene and they nodded. It was not quite time yet to interrupt his fun. They must be allowed to go almost to the edge before he pulled them back. Hell, maybe a bit over it this time. It had been a while since any of them had spent any special time in isolation or had to attend a one on one rehab session with him. Both had its merits since both allowed him to use his talents to play with them in one way or the other.

He looked over at the table where Evan and Daniel were sitting and frowned. It was too quiet over there. At first it had seemed like they were going to dance to his tune but now they were both sitting there just working like he had told everyone to. Something needed to happen to spice things up. Just what could he do to get then to play again? Should he wait until they were done with their assignment first? He pondered for a minute and then he had it. The perfect thing to get the results he craved. Yes, he would let them finish their little assignment and when they all came back to the circle then the fun would really begin.

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"What is going on with Liv?" Winter wondered aloud as her partner suddenly a fused herself and walked over to Chess's table and then slammed a pencil down into it. Winter's eyes widened at her actions and she whispered, "Oh my. Is she upset with Chess about something? Could it be about him touching Laura? He didn't do anything wrong though. I mean Uncle Tyler always touched me and Summer like that so I don't get what the big deal is really. Although I remember when mama found out about it she wasn't too happy and then after that we never really saw Uncle Tyler anymore. Oh well."

She watched Liv whisper something in Chess's ear and then she headed n.a. k to the table. "Is everthing alright now? Should we continue?" Winter smiled at Liv and then felt herself start to drift again. She was almost lost back in her thoughts when she thought she was Summer out of the corner of her eye. Her heart sped up and she darted her eyes around but Summer was no longer there. "It is not right. Summer is not allowed to come to group sessions. She knows what will happen if she does. Why did she try and show up here? Is she trying to punish me for something? She knows it is not allowed. I won't let her ruin this for me. Even though I miss her I need this time by myself." Winter started to shake and the pencil in her hand snapped in two. She would not lose control of things , not now. Summer was not allowed in group so would just have to wait until afterwards. She knew the consequences of showing up here. The Dr. Would see her and then Things would be ruined. It was the rule that the Dr. Could never see her in group. They would not be allowed to be together anymore if he did. The doctor had told Winter that when she first came here. That is something that Winter just would not let happen. Once group was over she and Summer would have a little talk.

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Ryan laughed When he saw Liv stand up and he smiled a true smile for the first time all day. He had noticed Chess being a Percy douchebag as usual and knee that with anyone else it wouldn't really matter but with Laura, Liv would not stand for it. It had only been a matter of time for her to show Chess the error of his ways. It was going to be interesting to see if the Dumbasses pushed it farther. He was only borderline now but if his hands moved south or North anymore then everyone would see the real Liv. That was a wonderous sight. Hell he hoped that Chess did go farther since he had not seen his sister loose her shit in front of people in way too long. In fact, the last time had been not too long after they had been reunited and Ryan had gone to live with their father. His sister had some friends over for a study session and their dad had come home and started to rail on Ryan for not doing the dishes or some other mundane bullshit. They had been arguing which the. Escalated into shoving and one of Livs friends had made the mistake of coming into the kitchen at just the wrong time and had gotten shoved by their dad When he swung wildly at Ryan and hit the China cabinet. Liv had come flying into the room like some avenging angel and their father had not stood a chance. It had been awesome. His sister was truly a force to be reckoned with when she let her temper loose. He was grateful that he was not the recipient of it most of the time. Only twice had he received her wrath and he still had the scars both physical and mental to remind him not to push her that far. However, she could Fucking kill Chess right in front of him and all He would do was laugh. The prick deserved it for daring to exist. Oh yes, he hoped that Chess kept up his bullshit. Ryan looked at Alice and said, "She is wonderful isn't she. Just wait and if Chess is stupid enough to continue then you will see something truly amazing." Ryan Sat up straighter and turned his full attention to Liv and waited.

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Malcolm jumped a foot in the air when Liv pulled the pencil trick. He looked at Katherine and asked, "Should we intervene? I mean we don't want anyone to get hurt but since she went back to her table should we anything?" He was a bit nervous where Liv was concerned since he had never seen her truly upset. He did not know what to expect. When nothing else happening and the rest of the group's planning time was over he breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want to have to deal with any episodes today since so far it had been a good day. He went to each group and told them it as time to go back to circle. As everyone got up and started to move he whispered to Katherine, "I will be right back. I just need to speak to one of the nurses about a change in their schedule this afternoon. I forgot to mention it to them earlier and I wouldn't want them to get into trouble." With a quick smil3, he walked over to where the nurses were standing and quickly told them about the changes. He did not know why the Dr. Thought they needed double coverage in the isolation ward this afternoon but he must have his reasons.

He was on his way back to Katherine when he heard a commotion. He looked up and what he saw made him wonder if maybe the Dr. Was a psychic because the need for double coverage in isolation was looking pretty Damn likely.

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Chess wasn't even aware of anyone except him and Laura until the pencil slammed down into the desk by his hand and he looked up to see Liv. She seems upset and when she whispered her words in his ear he felt something inside click. As she walked off he said, "was that supposed to be a threat sweetheart?" He then turned around and looked at Chris and shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know what got her panties in a knot? I have just been being friendly with our sweet Laura here. Last I heard that was not a crime. Sometimes girls are so emotional. Maybe she is jealous that I am not paying attention to her? Who knows."

He glanced over at Laura and sweetly said, "I am sorry for the interruption. I don't know why Liv acted that way. I am sure she did not mean to scare you."

The next ten minutes passed quickly and he didn't do anything else but inside he was raging. That little bitch thinks she can come over here and try and mess with me. How dare she threaten my hands! As if she she has the balls to really do anything anyway. I should really teach her a lesson about getting too mouthy. Let's see, I think that what I have planned next should prove my point just fine. He smiled at Chris and Laura When they were told to go back to circle and put his hand on Laura's waist again to guide her. He waited until they were almost to their seats and he didn't think anyone except Liv was looking and gave Laura a pay and firm squeeze in the ass before sitting down. No one told him what he could and couldn't do.

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Laura cried out in shock when she heard the pencil slam into the desk. She could tell that Liv was upset but didn't understand just what had made her so mad at Chess. It was true that he had been a bit friendly and touchy with her but it hadn't been inappropriate or anything. It had made her a bit uncomfortable a time or two but she was used to That. Pretty much everything and everyone in this place did that at one time or another. The noises in her mind were getting louder now. When she spoke to peole she had to concentrate to get her words out and everything was starting to sound like it was underwater. When they were told to go back to circle she felt Chess out his hand on her waist Once again but did not think anything since she kind of needed the support right then. Her limbs felt weird and a bit shaky so she was grateful for his help. They were almost to their seats when she felt Chris's hand go a bit lower than before and then he squeezed flesh that he shouldn't. She whipped her eyes to his and saw he was looking at Liv with a strange expression. She had let out a soft gasp when she felt his hand on her add but decided that it wasn't worth fighting since she was really starting to feel bad now and just wanted to sit down and rest while she could still think straight. Maybe later when she was fully aware again she would think about things and decide what she should do.

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When Evan threw the ball of paper at gim, Daniel stuck his tongue out at her in retaliation. He would rather have ca lied her a few choice names but did not want to disturb the fragile peace they had right then. On the other side of the room when Liv had slammed the penc into the desk by Chess, Daniel smiled to himself. He was glad that he was not a part of that little incident. While Chess was kind of annoying, it was Liv that scared him. She was too calm most of the time and from experience he knew that the calm ones were the ones to watch out for.

When they were told to head back to circle, Daniel took his time gathering up the stuff they needed for their little presentation of skit or whatever. He was not in a hurry to be the center of attention. He knew that Evan had actually drawn something and he could only hope that it went with what he had written and wasn't something odd like a grim reaper riding a unicorn or some such nonsense. He had seen a few of her pictures and her idea of art was just slightly fucked up. The one That had most disturbed him had been of two children swinging on a swing set. The sun had been setting and one of the children had blood dripping from their hands and feet while the other was grinning and had what looked to be a blade of some sort in their hand as they held the chain. In the background had been two people standing there in an embrace but one was obviously dead and the other had their teeth buried in the others throat ripping off a chunk of flesh. Daniel shuddered just thinking about it.

Making his way slowly to his seat with his hands full, he was almost there when he tripped over something that was sticking out and started to fall. He threw out his hands to brace himself, his armful of stuff went flying and before he knew it he was pressed up against Evan who he had knocked to the floor with him. His hands were touching something soft and squishy but firm at the same time and his mouth was pressed firmly against her lips. Oh fuck! Please tell me this did not just happen! It was like some bad anime scene and Daniel just knew what happened next would majorly suck.

Katherine watched Olivia very carefully. If her rage was anything like Ryan's, then whatever psychic prediction that Fenris had made, might actually be called for. For now though, Olivia seemed satisfied with a small threat. Katherine didn't doubt that it would escalate though, especially given Chess's personality. He would push that button until he figured out whether he should or not. Katherine wanted to believe that with how psychotic the brother was though, that Chess would assume that the sister was the same way.

However, as group regathered, she saw that he wasn't that smart, but she also saw Olivia remain in an almost all too composed manner. That was concerning. She knew enough about the girl to know when she was thinking through something... And something told her that even with the consequences, this wasn't a do or don't type of thought... it was a what would she do thought. She didn't have a second to do anything as Daniel and Evan went to the front of the group to do their presentation.

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Alice couldn't help but to look up at Ryan when he spoke to her and she rose a brow before looking at Liv. That girl was crazy, but it was obviously a family problem from what she could see with Ryan. But... Liv seemed sane... But perhaps that was why she was so dangerous. She just gave a shrug and when group was called together she could feel something bad was going to happen. Something very very bad.

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Chris watched as the beautiful little siren walked over and made her threat to Chess. It was a beautiful bit of rage, but he could tell by the look on Chess's face that he was too stupid to heed it. He didn't much mind that though, as he was almost a bit excited to see what she would actually do to him. It wasn't too long after that when the group was called back and Daniel and Evan were meant to do their presentation first. His eyes darted to see Chess grab Laura's ass, and he saw the look cross Olivia's face. That was not about to go unpunished... However, it seemed punishment would not be doled out right away.

When Daniel was walking, not far from Evan, however, he kicked a pencil box near his feet and watched him trip. The landing sent Chris into a maniacal laughing frenzy and he saw the color drain from Evan's face. She was insanely pissed off, as he could tell, from the fact that Daniel had basically just broke his fall with her lips. His laugh continued on as the rest of the scene unfolded too.

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Evan was glad when they were called up to do their presentation, it meant she could silently torture her partner after that. However, when she broke Daniel's fall and felt his hands on her and his lips against hers, the color drained from her. All she heard was a few gasps and some laughter. IT caused her what was once calm demeanor to flip in and instant as she shoved Daniel off her and started punching him as hard as she could. "HOW DARE YOU, YOU FUCKING TWAT?!" she screeched, but she felt herself get pulled back. She fought the arms that had grabbed her before elbowing one of them in the face before another grabbed hold of her and gave her a sedative.

She could feel the warm, tingly feeling from the sedative start running over her body as she stopped fighting and her vision got hazy. With as many times as she had been given the sedative, she figured it wouldn't work so quickly anymore, but it surely had. That was probably the most annoying part. How were they going to allow Daniel get away with violating her like that?! However, once she was complacent she noticed the nurses rushing away from her, all but the one helping her away that was. Something else had happened... And she was missing it! That pissed her off even more.

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Once Live returned to Winter, she remained quiet until the group went to regroup. She walked with Winter, and when her eyes caught what Chess did, her face became a void. She sat up, very straight, very composed looking, but her mind was running through a million scenarios. This would be worth the time in isolation for sure, but what was she going to do. She was so lost in herself, she didn't see what happened with Daniel and Evan, but while the nurses were busy with Evan she got up and grabbed hold of Chess's arm and twisted it behind his back before she got him on the ground and put her foot in the middle of his back.

"It fucking warned you and you still decided to test me." she growled as she kept twisting his arm, waiting for a pop. When it started taking too long, she dropped his arm and stomped down on his hand as hard as she could. It was about that time that she felt the nurses start trying to pull her away. She gave them quite a fight until she felt a needle in her skin and she felt the world get a little dizzy.

Absolum sighed and walked over to Chess and helped him to get up. "Come along, let's get you looked at."

Winter was not quite sure why things started to fall apart the way they did. She had been walking with Liv back to group when she saw Daniel trip and fall onto Evan. She watched as the girl flew into a rage and started to beat Daniel until she was pulled off him. "Oh my! Did you see that?" she turned to ask Liv who was no longer beside her anymore. Instead she saw Liv sneak over to Chess and knock him to the ground and start to twist his arm before letting go and stomping the ever-loving hell out of it. Winter's eyes got wider and she felt herself start to get dizzy at the sight of the violence and blood. She had never done well with conflict and with Summer not here to give her strength it was too much for the girl to handle. She felt her world start to tilt and spots before her eyes before blackness descended and she fell to the floor in a dead faint. All that Winter could think of as she fell was that Summer would be disappointed that she hadn't been stronger.

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Malcolm saw Chess grab Laura's ass and was walking over to intervene when Daniel tripped and fell. In the confusion and chaos that followed he looked to Katherine for guidance but when she seemed occupied and not forthcoming he sprang into action. His first instinct was to help with Evan but the orderlies seemed to have that under control and had her sedated and in her special jacket within minutes. He then started towards Daniel who was lying there bleeding profusely and looked to maybe have a broken bone or two but two of his nursing staff were already helping the boy onto a stretcher to take him to the infirmary. With a sigh he went with his original plan which was to get Laura away from Chess. What he hadn't counted on was Liv who decided to use Chess's arm hand as a trampoline. He wen to pull her away from Chess but once again was no help when more orderlies all but pushed him aside to deal with her. He was glad that the institution had staff that was willing to go the distance but maybe someone should have a talk to them about proper respect of a superior. Th way they had shoved him out of the way was not acceptable. He made a mental note to mention it to Katherine later.

Reaching Laura finally, he put his arm on the girl's shoulder and asked, “Are you alright? Why don't we go over to one of the tables out of the way and sit down while this mess gets settled.” He could see that the girl was distraught and he began to lead her away but she broke free from his grasp and began to scream. So much for group for the day. There was no way it could continue after this debacle.

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Things were going just fine, Chess thought until Daniel tripped and fell. He couldn't help the laughter that sprang from his lips at the looks on their faces. Daniel looked like he had just opened the gates of hell. Evan on the other and was pale and shocked until the anger changed her into a demon unleashed. It was fucking awesome!! Chess forgot about Laura for a minute as he watched the show of Evan whipping Daniel's ass until all of a sudden he was grabbed from behind and knocked to the ground. He turned his head and saw that it was Liv and smirked for a minute until he started to feel pain. “What the fuck?? Let me go you bitch!” he yelled as she began to twist his arm almost to the breaking point and then let go. He sighed in relief for a minute before she began to do a dance on his free hand. He started to scream as he felt her land on one of his fingers just right and it popped as it broke. Goddamit why isn't anyone helping me? They are just letting this crazy bitch hurt me like this. I am going to tell my parents and get them to sue this place for all they are worth. How dare she attack me like this. I will see her burn to ashes. Owww. Please someone make her stop!!

What seemed like hours later but was only a few minutes Liv was being pulled off him and he was being helped up and assisted to the infirmary. As he passed by Liv he let some of his true nature show as he said, “I will see you burn for this you psycho cunt!” He was beyond pissed and his hand throbbed with agony. Oh yes he would get even with her for treating him like this. All he had done was play a bit with Laura and she had flipped. He would make sure that she paid and he would use Laura to drive the point home. When Liv was tied up watching him destroy her little doll then she would see that Chess wasn't someone to mess with. The grin that split his face then was so disturbing that even the most disturbed and twisted criminal would cross himself if he saw it.

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As soon as Daniel saw how he landed and felt what he landed on he knew he was fucked. On a good day dealing with Evan was problematic but this type of situation was guaranteed to set her off He scrambled hastily away from her and started to stammer out an apology but he could tell when her eyes lit up with an unholy inner fire that it was too late. He braced himself as she flew at him and her fist started to fly. He felt each and every blow and was doing ok until she got lucky and clocked him on his chin just right and he fell to the ground. He could feel that skin split on his head and felt a snap or two which meant something had broken and it was probably in his cheek and arm since the pain seemed to radiate from there more intensely. He felt another snap in his chest area and realized that she had gotten a rib as well. He wondered for a minute if the staff was going to let her beat him to death before he felt her being pulled off of him. Son of a bitch this hurts. Why does she always have to hurt me when she gets mad? It is not like I did it on purpose.

He curled up into a ball to try an ease the pressure in his chest from his definitely bruised and probably cracked if not broken rib and whimpered. He knew something else had happened as well from the sound of raised voices and screaming but right now all he could focus on was breathing and trying not to move. Every movement felt like needles of fire lancing through him. He cried out as the nurses got him onto a stretcher and tears started to flow down his cheeks. However, when one of them went to touch and possibly remove his ears he turned ice cold eyes on them and growled, “Touch them and die!” Even in the state he was in he would not allow them to remove his beloved rabbit ears. When the nurse drew back their hands, Daniel let the pain wash over him and closed his eyes. This would be one time when he would welcome the numbness of the drugs that they often used on the patients. Yes, he would embrace the blessed oblivion that they would bring. Reality right now just really sucked.

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Laura was already upset with the way that Chess had touched her and the commotion from Daniel and Evan, not to mention the medicine wearing off was making her head pound. She turned away from where Evan was beating Daniel and was looking for Liv, who always made her feel better when the girl attacked Chess. He was taken to the ground and Liv started to hurt him and that was it for Laura. She heard nurse Malcolm, as he told them to call him, com up beside her and start to steer her away from everyone and something in her head snapped. She opened her mouth to tell him to let her go but what came out was a scream. She shook her herself free and kept screaming. She could hear the voices in her mind saying so many different things. Some urged her to help Liv while others told her to run away and still others whispered things both great and terrible to her but all of them spoke at once. The cacophony was overwhelming. She dropped to her knees and finally managed to stop screaming but the words that came out of her mouth was no better. “The flowers bleed and the wind laughs. No one escapes the deadly grass as it winds itself into the fabric of time. Let the bees go free or we all will be doomed! Beware the queen's polka dotted panties!”

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He had gathered up his things and headed back to group when Daniel went down and took Evan with him. Ryan didn't bother to try and suppress the laughter and roared. Little Danny was feeling up Evan and kissing her. Priceless. “Damn Daniel you should at least get some privacy before doing something like that.” Ryan yelled at them before Evan went postal and the beating began. That made him laugh even harder. He turned to Alice and choked out, “Oh fuck. That is too funny. He tripped and then she lost it. Oh my sides are hurting.”

He was trying to catch his breath when he heard a commotion behind him and turned to see his sister taking down Chess. The laughter stopped and he drew in a deep breath at the beauty he beheld. Liv was a glorious angel of vengeance attacking a douchbag of stupidity. “You got him sis!' he yelled encouragement at her. There was nothing that made him happier than seeing his sister in action. However, soon that satisfaction turned to rage when the orderlies came and put hands on her. Ryan started running before he even realized it and slammed into the one holding her. “Don't touch her motherfucker!” he yelled as he took a swing at the man and knocked him to the ground. He saw that the other orderly was trying to take Liv and rounded on him. “Let her go! I will kill you so fucking help me if you don't.” He stepped in front of Liv who had fallen to the ground when the orderly dropped her in fear and dared anyone to try an take her away. He ha his fist cocked and was ready to fuck someone up when he felt the sting in his neck and turned to see Dr. Asher standing behind him holding a needle. “Oh you son of a bitch.” he slurred as he felt the drug kick in and consciousness slowly fade away.

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The moment that Chris slid his pencil bag in front of Daniel, Fenris knew that things were going to get crazy. Daniel tripping, then falling on Evan and the resulting snapping of Evan and beating of Daniel was perfect. Fenris pasted on a concerned and authoritarian face and shouted for the orderlies to assist Daniel and contain Evan. He tried not to smile as he watched them pull the chaotic goddess off of Daniel. If Fenris had been attracted to women at all he would have fallen in love with Evan at that moment. With the insanity in her eyes and the filth being spewed from her almost foaming angry lip she was radiant.

“Take her to isolation room and him to the infirmary.” he directed and then was drawn to the other fight in the room where Liv was dealing with Chess after his little perversion play with Laura. Of course Fenris had seen everything that occurred and it was all as planned. He was distracted from their drama by Laura screaming. He sighed. It looked like her meds had already worn off. He would need to extend them just a bit next time when she was distracting him from watching his form of reality tv. He motioned to a nurse to come and sedate Laura and escort her to her room. Once that was in play he turned back to Liv and Chess just in time to see Ryan flying across the room and taking down one of the orderlies.

Damn. While I would love to see just how far my Ryan would go I guess I should put a stop to things before they get even more out of hand. What a pity. Things were just getting interesting. However, I can't let the handsome Mr Mason continue to hurt my employees. The paperwork as it is will be a bitch. Oh well.

He got to his feet and silently made his way up behind Ryan in his blind spot and slipped a syringe out of his pocket and into Ryan's neck. He heard the words Ryan said but did not hold them against him. He would be able to make him forget his anger later during their one on one session.

Once everyone was sedated or restrained or otherwise contained, Fenris raised his voice and said, “Take Liv to isolation room 5 and Ryan to 7. Make sure that both Daniel and Chess are looked after and that Winter is alright. Alice please follow Katherine back to your room. I apologize for how group turned out today. It is not usually as chaotic. And don't worry you are perfectly safe here.” He walked over and patted her on the arm and then walked off. He had many plans to make and needed to get start. Now that everyone was separated he could get down to his real business.

Evan simply couldn't help herself the moment that she felt her rage snap into place. On a good day which were few and even further between, she likely could have kept a handle on herself and only made a few threats. Not today though. It was NOT a good day, and a little bloodshed seemed like it was on the agenda. Unfortunately for her though, the orderlies had managed to get her away from him before she could do as much damage as she wanted. The sedative was definitely an annoyance, no matter how good the warm feeling was as she was being ushered away. SHe finally managed to catch sight of what was going on when Ryan knocked one of the orderlies away from Liv and she heard Chess screaming.

That pleased her more than it probably should have, but Chess was an annoying twat too. Even if he didn't really mess with her. She knew he was just as fucked up as she was, but his way of playing off he wasn't annoyed her to pieces. It wasn't long before she saw the familiar walls of the isolation hall. How long had she been getting ushered away? She felt the jacket on her next and pretty soon the door shut behind her. That was the other bad thing about the sedative. It made her too spacey and she lost time and she let out a scream.

"HE FUCKING VIOLATED ME AND I'M IN ISOLATION!" she screeched, but the sudden bang against the door caused her to stop. She saw Dr. Absolum's face.

"Hush, Evan. It was accidental. He tripped." he said, calmly. "I'll be by in a while to check on you, calm yourself down."

Evan screeched at the door again when he left and she forced herself to sit against the wall and banged the back of her head softly against it. Chris would get her out... He'd done it before... Unless he was too caught up. "Fucker better get me out." she mumbled.

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Liv felt herself be ripped away from Chess before she could do too much damage to him. For that he was lucky, but right as she was about to speak to the orderly tugging her away, Ryan had flipped his shit. He went bashing into the orderlies and she just shook her head as Dr. Ashton stuck him with a needle and she glared. She hated when that man did anything to her brother, but she wouldn't act. She needed to stay from being sedated and when the orderlies came back for her, she held her hands up. "Hey, I'm cool. I'll go."

The orderlies gave her a look and she rolled her eyes when the Doctor gave his orders on where to put her and Ryan. Of course they were next to each other, at least she thought they would be with how the normal rooms were numbers. Her eyes caught Laura and she sighed a bit. The poor girl didn't know what had happened exactly, and she felt bad for losing her cool in front of her. She sighed as she walked with them to her isolation cell and she walked in, and she stood in the middle of the room.

The hall seemed to clear pretty quickly, and she walked over to the door and spoke. "Ryan?" she called into the hallway. "You alright?" She could hear Evan still screeching, and she rolls her eyes and sighed. She knew she had to do her time to stay here, but she hated isolation, as she was figuring out.

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Chris cackled at the scenes before him, but what he hadn't expected was for Ryan to go apeshit at the orderlies who were trying to pull Liv away from Chess. Chess deserved what he got, and he listened at the threats he was spewing. Chris stopped laughing and he watched as the room cleared out and he headed out before he could get noticed and went back to the main room and picked up his book. He didn't want to go back to his room, and he'd probably stop into the infirmary after a while to see what was going on there, but for now he wanted things to calm a little. Plus, if he wasn't careful in this state, he might get himself in isolation, but he couldn't do that. Not now. Not when he needed to break out his beautiful little siren.

She was a beautiful bit of controlled chaos, and he had enjoyed seeing her that way... But he was sure his other half would take over again. He sighed, and opened his book again before seeing Absolum going towards the isolation ward. He could hear distinct screaming. He knew it was Evan, but this time she'd have to wait in isolation... He had another he was going to break out.

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Alice found herself frozen as the anarchy took over group. She didn't know half of what had happened, but she did know it was bad and was oddly glad to be ushered away by Dr. Rivers. "Don't worry, doll, it won't be this bad all the time." Katherine assured her and Alice gave a gentle nod.

"Can I go back to the main room? I saw some books there that looked good to read." she said, and Katherine nodded, leaving her off in the main room before she disappeared. Alice barely noticed Chris sitting in his seat reading before she picked up a book and sat on the couch away from him.

"I don't bite, you know." Chris said, not even bothering to look up from his book, and Alice gave a gentle nod.

"Is it always like this?" she asked, and he cackled and she found herself wincing at the sound.

"Honey, it could be much worse." he said, and she noticed him sort of just go back to his book, even though it was hard to tell that he had even looked away. Alice gave him a look before opening her book and starting to read. How can it get worse?

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Once Katherine had taken Alice to the main room, she found her way back to Fenris and she leaned against the doorway. "Need help with the paperwork, doc?" she asked, her eyes looking around the room as the janitor came to clean up the bits of blood from the floor. She sighed a bit and soon she gave Fenris a look. "I do have to ask one thing though... Is Laura's medication being changed again? She's been seeming less coherent than usual and just wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining it. It's lovely when the girl is coherent, but here anymore it's never a spell longer than maybe an hour." she said.

Malcolm had been right, there had to be something up with the girl's medication... She'd be talking to Absolum next if she couldn't get Fenris to tell her anything. Maybe the two of them could figure something out.

Malcolm finished straightening the re room and then headed towards the infirmary. Katherine had already left to go to speak with Fenris and his other rounds were not until later so he wanted to check on the boys that had been injured. Shaking his head, he slowly made his way down the hall. It had been a very trying day so far. With Alice being admitted this morning and then the chaos in the rec room in the early afternoon, he almost dreaded to see what the rest of the day and evening would hold. Pushing open the doors to the infirmary, he walked over to the nurse on call and asked, “How are our two patients? Have they woken up yet?”

“No sir. They are still out as of 10 minutes ago. We set their injuries, cleaned them up, and got them into beds but they have not woken from the mild sedative we have them for pain while we worked. They should be awake within the hour though. Chess will be able to leave then but Daniel should stay here until morning so we can be sure that the swelling and such has gone down. Neither will be able to participate in normal physical education until their bones heal, especially Daniel. He should not do anything strenuous at all.” The nurse filled in Malcolm and watched as he looked at their charts and shook his head sadly. Chess had a broken finger and fractured wrist. Daniel had a broken cheekbone, two fractured ribs, and a broken arm. Poor kids.

“I can't believe that things escalated so quickly. I think that I will talk to Katherine about maybe some more counseling or a different prescription for Evan. She seems to be excessively violent lately. As for Liv, well I do not understand what got into her. She is usually such a pleasant patient. Something must have set her off. I am sure Fenris will be able to hep her when he does her counseling.” Malcolm stated as he looked around the curtains at the two injured boys before waving goodbye to the nurse and leaving. He would go back to his office for a bit and hope that Katherine came back to hers soon. He really wanted to speak to her about Liv. He did not like it when the semi-normal acting ones had an episode. It was usually a symptom of an underlying issue that needed to be nipped in the bud before it grew into a problem. Katherine would be able to advise him on the best way to figure things out. She always did seem to have the best solutions to problems.
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Laura slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was once again back in her room She remembered the things that happened during group but not how she got here. Her mind was still fuzzy and she guessed that she had lost control again. Right now the voices in her head were blissfully silent and she actually felt like herself for once. She sat up and swung her legs to the floor then stood up. She was a bit wobbly but managed to make it as far as the desk before she needed to go sit down. The curtains were open and she could see that it was still raining outside. She wondered how Liv was doing and if she was in isolation for attacking Chess. She wished that Liv was here with her now. She could use some company and Liv as always there for her. She sighed and then saw something on her desk that she hadn't noticed before. There was a piece paper sicking out of the end of one of her books. She pulled it loose and opened it. The words on the paper made her gasp and fold it back up and shove it into th book where it could not be seen. Someone had sent her a message and she did not know what to do about it. Were they trying to help her or was it something else? She did not know and she was beginning to get a headache and hear things again. She stood up and went back to the bed to lay down, all the while the note on her mind. The note that said: You were not born crazy but made that way.

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Winter had been confused when she woke up and found herself in her room. The last thing she remembered was.....oh....the blood. She shook her head and knew that the nurse must have bought her back to rest after that trauma. She heard giggling and looked to the side and saw Summer sitting at the desk. “It is not funny, Summer. Poor Daniel and Chess were hurt badly and the blood made me remember...” she trailed off as she watched Summer frown and get up to pace. Her twin seemed agitated for some reason. Did it have to do with the blood? Or could it be the memory? She could almost see what happened but not quite. She heard a crash and then it felt like flying and then everything turned red. She locked eyes with Summer who wa shaking her head back and forth sadly before she faded away and Winter felt herself start to shake a everything became clear for an instant and she remembered and her eyes slid closed.

In the space of several heartbeats, she opened her eyes again and smiled. It had been so long since she had been out like this and she wanted to enjoy herself. “Damn this room is horrible. I am not staying in here.” She said and then looked down at what she was wearing. She hated the clothes that they made them wear. They were so bland and had no style at all. “Whatever. I still rock this shit.” she exclaimed with a hip jut and shake as she opened the door and walked down the hall towards the main room. She nodded and smiled to the nurses she saw and heard voices in the main room Inside were Chris and some blond chic that she didn't recognize. She thought she knew everyone here but seems like there was a new arrival since last time she had been free.

Walking over to where the two were sitting she plopped down beside Chris and said, “Long time no see handsome. You feeling frisky today or are we in the boring zone?” She laughed and winked at him and turned to the other other girl. Holding out her hand she stated, “You must be new huh. My name is Spring. Welcome to this little slice of hell we like to call home where sanity is overrated and the bullshit never seems to stop.”

She moved closer to Alice on the couch as she waited for her to shake her hand. The girl was seriously hot. She might have to make her move before one of the other vultures around here tried anything. She licked her lips as she took in her curves. She always did like the innocent ones. They were such fun to corrupt.

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The throbbing in his hand was what woke Chess up. He blinked as he took in the white walls and curtains and knew that he was in the infirmary. He could hear voices on the other side and recognized Malcolm and Nurse Grady. Well damn. I guess I will pretend to be asleep for a bit longer since I don't want to deal with either of them right now. I can't believe that bitch put me in here. Just what was she thinking? Did she really think that by hurting me she would make me leave little Laura alone? All it does is make me want her more. Makes me want to show Liv that no one can take something that I want from me once I have made up my mind. I always get what I want.

He swallowed back a moan as he shifted on the bed and saw that his hand and wrist were now in a cast. Two of his fingers were taped together as well with a splint. He narrowed his eyes in anger. Liv had broken his bones. She had hurt him. She would pay for this. In the next instant , he was calm and collected and his face was a mask of serenity. He would not let this get to him right now. He needed to heal and while he healed, he would plan. He would plan just how to being Liv down and to make Laura his own. He would no strike until the perfect moment. He would let Liv think that her warning had gotten to him and that he was too scared to do anything, then once she was not expecting it he would show her who was really in control. Yes, for now he would play nice and act like he had been broken. He would apologize to both her and Laura and act repentant until the time was right. He let slip a grin as he imagined his revenge before once again he put on his mask. He opened his eyes and pictured all the lovely ways that Liv would suffer.

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Daniel groaned as he started to wake up. It seemed like everything hurt. He blinked a few times and tried to turn his head and pain exploded in his cheek. That was right. Evan had beaten his ass for accidentally groping her and he was in the infirmary now. He sighed as he took an inventory of his injuries. His cheek hurt so was probably broken. His arm seemed to be in a cast so that too was broken. His ribs hurt whenever he tried to breathe so they were either broken or fractured. Seems ike that was abut it except for a few bruises and such he could feel here and there. Fucking wonderful. He could hear voices beyond the curtain and waited until nurse Malcolm had left before calling out. “Hello. Could you come help me sit up please?”

Nurse Grady came and soon the bed was adjusted and his suspicions about his injuries confirmed. It seemed like it would take a while for him to heal and he was not allowed to exert himself at all until his ribs were healed. Great. Catching sight of himself in the nearby mirror, he wanted to cry. His eye was black, his cheek swollen and bruised, and overall he just looked like shit. The only thing that had not been damage were the rabbit ears, which he was glad to seem were sitting on his head. If they had been missing he did not care how injured he was, someone would fucking regret taking them.

He groped with his good arm until he found the tv remote and turned it on. He would not be sleeping for a while since he was in pain and the nurse had told him his next dose of pain relief was still several hours off. He flipped until he found something mindless. He was actually glad that he had to stay in the infirmary overnight since if he had to see Evan before then he did not know what would happen. Her being in isolation would give him a much needed respite from her kind of crazy. He hoped she stayed there for a long time.

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Ryan was still pissed as hell at everyone but especially Dr. Fenris. The good doctor had sedated him and then tossed him in there and he did not even know if Liv was alright or hurt or anything He paced back and forth as he stewed. “This is fucking bullshit! I should not be in here you dicks! If my sister is hurt and you are keeping me from her I swear you will all die!” he yelled and pounded the wall with his fist. It didn't do any damage to either the wall or the fist since they had put him into one of the padded rooms. “Fuck!!!!!” he screamed again and went to sit on the bed. The pacing and hitting thins were not calming him down like they normally did since he could not even draw blood so there was no point in continuing. He sighed and lay back on the bed. He knew that he might possibly have overreacted when the orderlies went to take Liv but dammit she was his sister. No one could be allowed to hurt hr except him. That was how it was supposed to be and they not understand.

He closed his eyes an was almost asleep when he heard a heavenly sound. Liv!!! He sat up with a smile and replied, “I am here sis. Are you alright? They did not hurt you did they?” He waited for her to reply and instead of her saying anything, the door to his room opened and he saw one of the orderlies from earlier standing there.

Getting to his feet he said, “What the hell do you want? If you try and touch me I will beat your fucking ass, don't think I wont.” He put up his fists, ready to back up his words when the guard stared, “Dr. Fenris wants to see you. Come along.”

Ryan weighed his options for a minute and decided to charge the guy but for some reason felt the fight leave him and he followed the man calmly down the hall, past the other isolation rooms where he knew his sister had to be, and all the way to the Dr's office. Inside his head he was screaming at himself to go get Liv but he could not seem to make his body react as his mind demanded. After being admitted into the room, he was ushered to a seat across from the Dr. and met his eyes for the first time since he had been seated. When the Dr. smiled, he felt a shiver run down his spine.
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The paperwork from group session was a pain in the ass which almost mitigated the fun that had been had from the chaos, Fenris decided as he filled out the final paper. He was going to go get a coffee from the lounge when he heard a knock on the door. “Enter.” he said and was not overly surprised to see Katherine standing there. He waved to her to take a seat and then she asked him about Laura and her medication. Seems I have been a bit too aggressive lately with Laura. I might need to change her back to a more subtle dose of the new cocktail that allows for more lucidity for a longer amount of time. If I do that for a week or so then gradually change her back to the dose she is on now I can make it seem like she got used to the medicine and it lost its effectiveness. Then I can play again and find something even more interesting to try her on.

“Yes, I had changed her dosage since I thought she was getting immune to the old one but I might have been hasty since this new prescription seems to not be working either. I will change her back to the old dosage until I can figure out what else might work. I just cant seem to find the right thing to be able to help her with all her mental issue the poor dear. We will start her on this right away and see if that helps until I find something better suited.” Fenris suavely said and they made some more small talk with Katherine until he could usher her out the door. He pressed the intercom button on his desk and called for an orderly to go and fetch Ryan. It was time for his session.

Fenris shivered with anticipation as soon as the door closed behind the orderly and he counted down the seconds until he heard the knock and saw Ryan coming through the doorway. He gestured to the boy to sit and then smiled, He always did enjoy his time with Ryan.

“Ryan, it is upsetting to me that you still have the urge to at out the way you did during group. We have spoken about how your sister is a separate person that needs to thrive or fail on her own merits and that you cannot defend her every time she makes a bad choice. This codependency that you have for her is not healthy.” Fenris said with a frown and slipped something out of the desk drawer and into his hand without Ryan seeing. He stood up and slowly made his way around the desk until he was close enough to Ryan who was glaring at him fiercely, and then perched on the corner of his desk beside him. He put a hand on Ryan's shoulder and stated coldly, “This is why we need to keep having these talks and you need to be disciplined. I will break you out of this bad habit of yours no matter what it takes.”

He then jammed the needle into Ryan's neck and watched as the boy shuddered as the drugs took effect. It was another of his little cocktails full of things that would make sure that Ryan was very susceptible to his words and actions. Fenris let out a small laugh of delight as Ryan's face went slack, his eyes glazed over, and he said, “Now the fun can really begin.”

Katherine sat in Fenris's office and when she confronted him about Laura's medication, she gave him a look at his answer. She nodded. "Okay, hopefully it will help, or perhaps an ease into the new one." she suggested before she took up some of the paperwork she knew she needed to do from his desk. "I have a few things to fix in these files. I'll bring them back when they're done." she said, and she left the office. Her eyes narrowed a bit as she walked down the hallway. That was bullshit. Katherine might not have much cared for the politics in this place, as she just loved to be around the chaos they brought, but even she knew that Fenris was feeding her bullshit. Laura's medications hadn't been working for her well for as long as she knew, and she flipped through the files and smirked. Good, she had managed to grab the pile that he had set Laura's file on. She would have to be very careful looking through it on her medication history.

With a satisfied smirk, she walked back to her office, and when she got there, she sat down and she pulled out Olivia's file. The girl's episode was beautiful, but even Katherine had known that the girl's admission here was bogus. Though, yes, the girl did show OCD, it wasn't what actually got her admitted here. It was the obviously underlying anger issues. The ones that had reared their head today. It was a thing of beauty, really, to see her finally show the problem. Her control made it hard to try and pry at it, but this gave Katherine plenty of fuel to poke at it. She would ask Fenris later if she could do Liv's evaluation. Most of the time he would comply, but she wasn't so sure about it this time.

She sighed a moment, and placed her glasses on her desk and she noticed Absolum heading back towards his office. She would need to talk to him later too. He had been here even longer than she had, and somehow she had a feeling he had been here longer than Fenris even. She had a feeling he knew what was wrong with Laura, and she would need his help.

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Alice was surprised when Winter came into the main room. She seemed a bit different than normal, and hearing her speak to Chris made her confused. Chris gave a chuckle. "Been too long beautiful." he said, "I'm not feeling boring."

Alice was very confused by their interaction, but she took Winter-er Spring's hand and shook it when it was offered to her. "Yes. I'm Alice. It's very nice to meet you." she said. Apparently the girl suffered from kind of dual personality like Chris, but hers were different. She still seemed okay, whereas Chris was almost as scary as his sister was in isolation. "Thanks for the welcome. Does it always feel this stuffy in here after group?"

Chris cackled and it made ALice jump a little. "Sweetheart, that was eventful. Usually group is sooooooooo dull." he said, and Alice nodded slowly.

"Well, it was quite eventful. I didn't expect... ANY of what happened really." she admitted, and she saw Chris get up and start heading off. "Where are you going?"

Chris just gave a wicked grin and headed off. Alice shook her head and looked around. Now it was just her and Spring in the main room, but that was alright with her. With Ryan and Evan both in isolation and Chess and Daniel in the infirmary... Liv might have been nice to have right now, but Laura kind of made her sad too. The girl was clearly ill. She looked to Spring and she asked, "So, what else is there to do around here? I wasn't really given any formal run down of... well, anything. Except not to eat the meatloaf."

It was a small lie. Winter had told her earlier, but with the obvious difference in personalities, she wanted to hear what this one had to say. Maybe she would know more. Maybe her opinion would be... Well, she doubted it would be better, but it could be different.

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Liv was relieved to hear Ryan's voice answer her, but before she could answer him, she could hear someone go and take him. She frowned a little. She hated when the main doctor wanted to see him. He always came out different, and it deeply concerned her. One of these days, Liv was going to find a way to find out what went on in her brother's sessions with the doctor. Even if she wasn't sure she would handle what she found out well. The hall fell quiet again before she heard Evan screeching again.

"Give it a rest, Ev!" She shouted. "No one else is in the hall!"

"SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH! YOU WEREN'T THE ONE WHO WAS VIOLATED!" she heard in return and it made Liv roll her eyes. Isolation definitely sucked. She walked over and laid on the ground near the back of the room and stared at the ceiling. Hopefully the time would go by quickly.

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Absolum sighed heavily as he approached the isolation room that Evan was in, and he let himself in and sat down on the ground against the door, his keys in his breast pocket, and his eyes forward. He studied the girl who was still screeching, even to the point she didn't seem to notice him as she had screeched obscenities at Liv. He had seen Ryan leaving his room in isolation with a nurse, and he knew that he was going to Fenris.

"Evan." he spoke, and the girl quieted and looked at him with wide eyes.

"When did you get in here?" she snarled, and he looked at her with a blank look.

"A few minutes ago." he answered. "Now, Evan, you are aware that what happened was an accident, right?"

"He groped me!" she exclaimed, and Absolum made a motion with his hand and she stared him down. "He fucking groped me! How was I supposed to react?!"

"Not as harshly as you had." Absolum told her, matter-o-factly. He then spoke again, "You are aware it was an accident right?"

She looked to the ground and that gave him his answer. "I might have realized it after the fact, but yes, I know that now." she said, "But there were people egging him on!"

Absolum adjusted his glasses on his face and shook his head. "They weren't egging him on, they were teasing him."

"Whatever." she huffed and she watched him go to leave.

"I'll be back in an hour to give you your meds, calm down and I won't have to sedate you." he said, and he headed out of her room, unlocking it and relocking it as he exited and he looked to the left and he saw Chris at the end of the hall. Chris stopped and he looked at him as Absolum headed his way. "Keep your sister in her room tonight, she needs to cool off."

"Got it sir, she wasn't who I was after." he smirked, and Absolum sighed a bit and headed off towards his office.

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Chris finally got up and left the main room, heading back to his room first, but unfortunately for him now, his calmer half was taking over. Still, even with the calm half of him taking over, he was fully aware of what had happened and he would still break Liv out. Maybe they wouldn't have all the fun he would have liked, but he'd still get her out. She didn't necessarily even belong in isolation, she stopped herself and let them take her willingly. Plus, he actions were justified. Evan overdid it again, and Ryan was... Well, Ryan he was sure had his own personal room in isolation like Evan did.

Chris headed out of his room after he tucked his lockpick in his pocket and headed towards the isolation ward. He was caught... Absolum was coming out of his sister's room, but other than telling him that he needed to keep Evan in there tonight, there was no other conversation. Chris was pleased with this and he began looking in the rooms, quietly, and he finally found the one with Liv in it and he began working on the lock.

"Who's there?" her voice came, quietly, and Chris smirked as he worked on the door a little more and opened it.

"Just me." he said, and he watched as she sat up and walked over to him. "Come on, the orderlies will be by soon." he said, taking her hand and leading her out of the ward and towards the outside. It had been raining a lot, so no one would really be on the outside porch, and he motioned for her to take a seat under the poorly kept awning and he took the seat beside her. "They shouldn't have thrown you in there."

"I attacked Chess, I deserved it." she said, and she looked at him. He shrugged and she gave him a look. "What?"

"You were protecting Laura, even if no one else noticed it." he said, and Liv shrugged a bit that time. "It was kind of awesome, though, I think Chess might be pissed off about it."

"He's lucky I got stopped." she said, "You could ask Ryan, I almost put our father in the hospital once. Actually have put Ryan in the hospital before."

Chris nodded a bit and he looked out to the rain and then back to Liv who got up and stood right by the walkway that led out. "We'll get sick if we walk in it." he said.

Liv shrugged a bit. "I want to go to the greenhouse though. I know Absolum keeps it unlocked." she said. Chris smirked and took her hand again. They headed out towards the greenhouse and Liv looked to Chris and smiled. "Thanks."

Malcolm walked down the hallway slowly as he tried to calm down. He had just come from speaking to one of the nurses that had been making mistakes excessively often and he had been elected to tell her that if she did not straighten up then she would be terminated. He hated when he was assigned that task. He did not like to be the bad guy but since it was something that Katherine had requested of him he would do it even though it left him feeling disconcerted. Sighing a bit, he finally let the tension go since he was on his way to a place that always made him feel be#er. He was on the way to Katherine’s office to have their daily meeting. It was the highlight of his day. The brief moments that he got to spend with her during the day during their shifts were just a teaser to him, but the time in her office was heavenly. She was his queen and he loved to worship at her throne when she allowed it.

He paused in front of the door and raised his hand to knock. He knew better than to barge right in since the one time he had made that mistake he had been thoroughly chastised. He could have dealt with that but the week of her icy silence except when she answered work related questions had been too much. He relaxed when he heard her call out to come in and he opened the door.

“Hello, Katherine. I have been waiting to speak with you all day. I have some concerns about some of our patients and you never gave me another of your special assignments and I do so want to please you.”he said as remembered the last assignment and the feeling of blood and tears on his hands. He was not a violent man usually but for her he would do anything, including some things he had never thought himself capable of before, just to see her smile. Dealing with people who made her upset were just one of the pleasures she allowed him.

He sat in the chair across from her and said, “I am worried about Chess and Ryan. Chess is so unpredictable and Ryan has so much anger. I am often at a loss of how to help them. Do you have any suggestions? Their meds do help but sometimes their eyes frighten me. In addition, poor Laura seems to be getting worse again. Did you get a chance to speak to Dr. Asher about her?”

He sat in the chair almost holding his breath as he waited for her to speak. He wanted nothing more than to get up and go around the desk and touch her but he knew that was not allowed. He would just have to burn her image in his head for later tonight, once he was alone.

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Chess inwardly seethed with impatience as the nurse finished with his hand. He hated being stuck in one place for too long, the nurses here were not any fun, and Daniel was still asleep from the meds so he could not even talk to him, which was not much btter than talking to a wall in his opinion. The only time Daniel was any fun at all was when he lost his temper. Then he was amusing.

Once the last bandage had been wrapped, Chess smiled charmingly and asked, “Can I go back to my room now please? I just want to sleep and as nice as this place is I would be more comfortable in my own bed.” He watched as the younger of the two nurses blushed while the older one just shook her head and replied, “Yes you can go. I will send you pain medicine with your regular meds in the morning. For now just make sure not to overexert yourself and go straight to your room. If you don’t think you can make it there I can always send for an orderly to escort you.”

Trying not to show how irritated he was with her tone and her attitude he replied, "I will be fine. Thanks for your concern." He got to his feet and without looking back he walked out of the infirmary and down the hall towards where the bedrooms were located. He was almost to his room when he decided he did not feel like lying down just yet. He was bored and he needed a distraction. He peeked into the rooms one by one and no one was there except for Laura, who was alone. The sight of her so vulnerable lying on the bed got him hard in an instant. He inhaled sharply, was going to go into her room and play, but saw an orderly coming down the hallway. Now is not the time. There will be another opportunity later. I do not want to get thrown into isolation. Besides it will be more fun when she is conscious. Maybe I will see what the others are up to first.

Walking past the orderly who looked at him wit suspicion at first, which then turned into contempt and then disinterest, he went towards the main room. He did not enter but instead peeked around the corner and saw Winter talking to Alice but no Chris. That was indeed curious. He knew how Chris liked to sneak around and free Evan when she was confined so maybe they were somewhere doing something fun. Nodding to himself, he he walked towards the place where he once saw Chris disappear and slowly cracked the door to see Liv and Chris sitting outside.

Well, I was not expecting that at all. Just what are you two up to? He made sure to be as quiet as possible as he spied on the two. He heard his name spoken once but could not quite make out what was said unless he got a bit closer. The risk was too great so he just remained where he crouched and after a while, his eyes got really wide and he broke out into a grin. Yes, he was glad he had decided to go out and find Chris after all.

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Laura jerked awake abruptly. She looked at the clock and saw that only about 30 minutes had passed since she had read the note. She shivered as she woke up and felt a cold chill go down her spine and for some reason had the feeling that someone had watched her as she slept. The voices were agreeing with her and one even yelled a name but she could not quite make it out. Her head started to pound and she started to rock back and forth holding it while shouting at them to shut up. She was more than a bit surprised when they did. The voice cut off and it went silent. Even the ones that usually kept whispering went quiet. She felt disoriented for a second since she was rarely alone in her head and then smiled. She hoped it lasted.

She sat up in bed and then put on her slippers before going over to her desk. She did not see anything else amiss so knew that no one else had been in her room while she slept. She let out a breath she did not realize that she was holding and then sat down in the chair. She pulled her notepad out and quickly started to write while she could think straight. She used the language she had made up so that if anyone else read it they would not understand. She had done this for as long as she could remember. The first entries in the notebook were fairly long, but lately they were shorter and shorter as her periods of lucidity were more rare.

She jotted down all that happened during group and her concerns and her fears. Once everything was done, she still did not hear the voices and she began to wonder. What had made the voices stop? She decided that she would go and look for Liv while they were quiet so that she could maybe share her concerns. Liv was the only one she trusted here.


She had gotten out the door and a bit down the hallway when an orderly spotted her and quickly came over. “You are not supposed to be out of your room. Dr.Asher said that you were to rest until dinner time.”

He took her by the arm and led her back to her room despite her noises of protest. Once she was inside he closed the door and she hurried and went back to her desk. It figured the one time she wanted to go somewhere she would not be allowed. Damn Dr. Asher. She had always felt creeped out by him but never showed it since most of the &me she was not in her right mind. She sat back down at the desk and ripped a piece of paper out of the notebook and began to write Liv a note. She just hoped that she stayed lucid enough to remember to give it to her before anyone else saw it.
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Pain and the sound of voices talking were what work Daniel up. He slowly opened his eyes, was confused for a second to where he was, and why before recognition and recollect hit him. Evan had kicked his ass again and he was in the infirmary. He slowly turned his head a bit searching for the voices and flinched at the pain. He saw the two nurses sitting at the desk not too far away and opened his mouth to ask about pain medicine but stopped as he heard what they were talking about.

“I tell you Betty, I saw it for myself. I was down in the archives and it was sitting right there in a box. It had her name on it and I couldn’t help myself. It was all about Laura and her mom. The poor dear was born right here in the asylum. Her mom died giving birth to her. She was a patient too.” The younger nurse said.

With a disapproving glare nurse betty replied, “You know that you are not allowed to go down into archives without Dr. Ashers permission. Why were you there in the first place?

Nurse Clara blushed as she tried to figure out what to tell her superior. She could not tell her that the real reason she was down in the archives was that she was smoking a joint to relax a bit. She thought for a second and then replied, “I was looking for the old forms we used to use before the changeover. One of the ones we had for an old patient needed to be copied. It got damaged and the dr insisted that we use one of the old ones so they would not go to waste. “

She sighed in relief and hoped that Nurse Betty bought it. Since it had happened before she was pretty sure that she would. Nodding her head, Betty stated, “I don’t know why they always have to insist we use the old stuff when it is so much easier to use the computer and we can just recycle the old paper. Makes no sense to me.”

“Yes ma’am.” She paused for a second before blurting, “However, I didn’t tell you what else I found down there. So I looked to see who was listed as Laura’s father and you will not believe who it is!”

Daniel sat up a bit since he really wanted to know but he must have made some kind of noise since the two nurses stopped talking and looked his way. He mentally cursed and then moaned in pain to try to cover the fact that he had been ease dropping. He was quickly checked over and then given something else to help him sleep. As he drifted off, he heard the nurses begin to whisper again but was unable to make out what they said before he fell into Morpheus’s arms.

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Spring pouted for half a second when Chris left but then realized she was alone with the hot blond and perked right up. She got up and sat down next to Alice and said, “So, you want to know the dirty details about this place huh? Well I can help you with that alright. First off you already know about the meatloaf so that is a start. Never go anywhere out of bounds unless it is nightime. The orderlies then are lazier and you can sneak around better but if Dr. Asher is here then don’t bother. He has like superhuman abilities or some shit and always finds whoever broke out when he is around. Another thing is that the basement where the archives are stored is off limits and even though I have tried to break into it I have not succeeded. If you ever do then who knows what you will find. It supposedly has all kinds of info about this place and past patients and creepy shit but only Dr. Asher has the key to the lock and it is this badass type that I couldn’t even pick.” She looked around and then leaned closer to Alice and whispered in her ear, “I heard a rumor though that one of the nurses managed to make a spare key but I don’t know which one.”

She took a deep breath of the uniquely Alice smell and shivered before she moved away. “As for the patients here, well we are on ward 2. The other three wards are for the more volatile or older patients but we are not allowed off of this ward unless accompanied by someone. I have never been off this ward myself but I think Ryan has before even though the dick never shared anything with the rest of us about what he saw.”

Spring sighed and curled a piece of her hair around her finger before looking back at Alice. She tapped another finger on her bottom lip before continuing, “Ryan is a grumpy dick. Daniel is a whuss. Evan is a crazy bitch but she can be funny. Chris is cool as shit. Laura is like a broken doll. Chess is a little sociopathic asshat. Liv is alright but she is distant to most people except for Laura, Ryan and Chris. Of course, I am awesome.” She winked at Alice before siting back and crossing her legs as she turned to face Alice better. She hoped that the beauty had brains as well. Spring liked her ladies to be smart, not just gorgeous and she was bound and determined to make Alice hers if she fit the bill.

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Once the door was closed and locked, Fenris smiled and circled around Ryan back to his seat behind the desk. He spent the next ten minutes playing his special musical cocktail of violence while he spoke and told Ryan to always follow his impulses but not ever against him. He wanted the boy to be unpredictable, like a boiling kettle that only needed a nudge to overflow and burn whoever was near. Once the time was up, he got up and filled another needle that would make Ryan a bit more aware of what was going on around him but where he would not be able to lie. He injected the boy on the neck and went back to his chair while he waited a few minutes for it to kick in. Once he saw some clarity and anger come back into Ryan’s eyes he said, “Well, I am glad to see you again today. We have a lot to discuss.

Ryan glared at the Doctor for a few minutes until he was asked a question and then surprised himself by answering it even though usually he would not speak unless forced. His eyes got wide as it happened again and again. He was telling Fenris stuff that he had never even shared with Liv and some things that he didn’t want anyone other than himself to know. Something was wrong!
As soon as Fenris came to a halt in his questioning, Ryan asked, “What the fuck did you do to me? I wouldn’t tell you this shit unless you had done something. Make it stop now you sick fuck!”

Laughing at Ryan, Fenris replied, “Well at least you are consistent. You say that every time around now in your session.” His eyes got a bit cold as he stood up and walked around and place his hands on the arms of Ryan’s chair and bent down to look him in the eyes as he said, “It is amazing what a little drug cocktail and some hypnotherapy with electrical stimulation will achieve.”

Ryan felt the anger surge up in him and tried to stand so he could knock Dr. Asher on his ass but was unable to move. It was like he was frozen to the chair and his legs were paralyzed. “You son of a bitch! What have you done to me?!” he raged and could only watch as Fenris laughed and moved over to his filing cabinet to get something out. Then Fenris retook his seat behind the desk.

“This little interlude has been fun but we do have things to achieve during this little session and although you are as charming and clueless as usual we should really get started. First thing on the agenda is to address that little codepency you have with your sister. Then we shall get to the other task at hand but don’t worry, you wont remember anything unpleasant.”
Opening his mouth to ask just what that meant, Ryan heard Fenris say a word and then everything went blank.

“Ryan? Wake up Ryan. Our time for today is up. We made some real progress today but then you fell asleep so I let you rest for the end of the session.” Fenris said as he watched Ryan blink a few times and opened his eyes.

“Wait. What? I don’t remember anything except coming in here and then us talking for a few minutes and then things get cloudy. What happened?” Ryan asked a bit bothered by the lost time but not realizing that anything amiss had happened.

“We are using hypnosis to deal with some of your anger issues. It is not uncommon for you to be a bit disoriented but the memories should come back as quick as a flash.” Fenris said using the trigger words for Ryan’;s implanted session memories to return. He watched as Ryan visibly relaxed as he remembered talking about his past and a few things that made him upset as well as what Fenris had suggested to him to help.

Fenris walked over to his phone and paged an orderly. “You will be taken back to isolation until dinner then you may go back to your room. You may not speak to Liv until then. Use the time to think about why losing your temper is bad and the consequences of our actions.”

There was a knock on the door and Fenris escorted Ryan to the door and ushered him out. Once they were gone he went back to his chair and collapsed into it with a sigh. He was always exhausted after dealing with Ryan. The boy would fight him even under hypnosis and the training that he had given him. He knew that it would be worth it in the end once he had broken Ryan to suit his needs but for now it drained him. He looked over at the video camera he had hidden behind a picture on the wall. He would watch the video later and see what needed to be tweaked in his approach. Grinning, he opened the desk drawer and took out a small bottle of whiskey and took a sip. He deserved a little treat before having to go to dinner in a half hour. He would use the free time to savor the time when his efforts would pay off and the residents of Wonderland would truly be his.