Love and Friendship From Ghosts

"AAAHHHHHH!"

Four screams, in three different rooms, were heard throughout the hospital. The screams echoed in the empty and hollow, halls but no other person was able to hear them.

Anwyll looked around and saw that he was sitting in a room he recognized as Thyma's in his dream. It was way messier now and the walls were stained of what he believes to be is dry blood. It smelt of dust and old concrete that it might make him sick later.

"You're awake."

Anwyll jumped in his seat and saw Thyma, sitting on the bed like she did when they first met. She gave a sad but also, excited smile and tears to him. The tears didn't look human, only mist that came out of the corners of her eyes and it both fascinated and scared Anwyll.

"I'm so happy to see you again, Doctor Anwyll." She sniffed and gave a bigger smile, that's more happy.

Anwyll didn't know what to say. After having the dream, he feels like he was one of those doctors from long ago. But he also has a feeling that he isn't, he doesn't know what to say to any of this at all.

Thyma notices his nervousness and gave a comforting smile. "It's okay, you don't have to be scared of me."

Anwyll looked away from her and thought about all this.

"You came back. Thank you."

He remembers the short ghost say that and his eyes went wide with realization. Do these ghosts think they were their doctors from long ago? It's probably true since they know their names but that could be just because they looked into their minds and want to mess with them. Either way, his brain is frying with confusion and questions.

"Why?" Anwyll found himself asking.

"Hm?" Thyma looked at him with innocent, confusion.

"Why did you kill everyone?"

The room went into deadly silence and Anwyll was getting even more scared. It's a good thing he looked down and he saw he wasn't chained up, thank god. He needs to run but his body won't move. Why won't he run?

Sniff.

Anwyll looked up and saw that Thyma was crying once again.

Anwyll started to panic and tried to find the right words or take back what he said. But it's probably too late now, he's a dead man now.

"I'm sorry." Thyma looked down in shame. "I just wanted to be your friend."

What!?

"Who said we weren't?" Anwyll asked, not getting what she's trying to do.

"A lot of the other patients." She answered and looked up at him again. "Remember when I said I was being abused and bullied all my life?"

Anwyll nodded.

"Well, the other patients didn't like me and wanted to make fun of me." Thyma sniffed before continuing. "You were my only friend and they told me you weren't my real friend, just a doctor."

"What!?" Anwyll's eyes went wide. "That's not true at all. You and I will always be friends."

"That's what I kept on saying!" Thyma told him and moved around in her straitjacket. "But they just kept on telling me that we weren't friends and I just..."

Anwyll went a little closer, feeling braver. "You just what?"

Thyma shut her eyes and felt ashamed for it all. "I snapped... And I killed all of them in their sleep. I just wanted to keep our friendship but instead I lost it after you found out."

"I'm sorry, Thyma." Anwyll leaned back and gave a sympathetic look. "How did I find out?"

She looked at him like he was the crazy one now. "You don't remember!?"

"Sadly, no." Anwyll shook his head. "I don't even know why I'm here but everything feels so familiar now."

Thyma looked down with a sad look. "I'm sorry."

Anwyll took a breath and went close to her and gave her the best hug he could do. She's a ghost, so it was hard to tell where he was actually touching or if he was doing it right at all. But she needs it and that's all that matters right now. "It's all in the past so it's okay."

Thyma leaned her head on Anwyll's shoulder and took a small breath. "You saw me when I was walking out of another patient's room with a bloody knife in hand."

'A bloody knife?' Anwyll thought to himself.

Doctor Anwyll walked out of his office after six o'clock. It was enough for one day and he was finally heading home.

But then he heard a door open on his left.

He turned that direction and saw Thyma coming out of a room that wasn't hers.

He was about to walk over and ask her why she was in another room until he saw red on her hands.

His eyes went wide with horror and then he saw a knife that was covered in more red. Just by looking it, made him realize that she just killed someone.

Thyma felt eyes on her and she turned to his direction to see his horrified face. Her own face became horrified and she lifted a hand to reach out for him. "Anwyll, I..."

Before she could finish, he ran to his office and locked the door. He hid under his desk while shaking in fear.

She just killed another patient but for what reason? He doesn't know but he's super scared out of his life now.

Anwyll's eyes went wide and he leaned his own head on Thyma's shoulder. "I remember now."

"But how do we remember you guys?" Aina asked, still confused about this whole thing. "And what were those dreams we were having?"

"Those are some of the memories we put back into your heads." Gueira answered, leaning his head on his husband's shoulder. "But it looks like you don't remember the rest, do ya?"

Lucia shook her head. "No."

"We still remember when you guys caught us when we were killing a guy that was trying to flirt with you two." Meis looked down while tears were coming out of his eyes. "You guys were really horrified that day."

"Flirt with us?" Lucia asked with a raised eyebrow. "Who would...?"

Lucia got an idea and turned to Aina who exchanged glances with her.

"Was it a man named, Remi by chance?" Aina asked the two.

"The nerd with the green hair and eyes? Yeah." Gueira nodded.

Aina and Lucia exchanged glances again and both of them shrugged.

"We actually thank you for that." Lucia told them which earned surprised expressions from the two male ghosts. "That guy was both a pervert and a dick."

"So, you're happy we did it!?" Meis and Gueira asked in unison, in hopes that their doctors are proud of them.

"We're not happy that you murdered someone." Aina corrected. "But we're happy that you gotten rid of him."

"What's the diff?" Gueira shrugged with confusion.

"Murder is not okay and we want you two to know that." Lucia told the husbands before they gave sad expressions.

"We messed up and we're so sorry." Meis started crying again.

Gueira's eyes started to let out ghost tears as well. "We only did it so you two could be happier around the hospital. Since you've done so much for us, we wanted to do somethings for you too. We're so sorry."

The two women gave sighs that sounded both frustrated but also calm in a sense. Then they closed their eyes, to see if they can remember anything from long ago.

Aina and Lucia walked down the empty halls of the hospital.

"Finally, quitting time." Lucia sighed in relief.

"I bet you're ready for bed already." Aina gave a smirk to her girlfriend.

Lucia closed her eyes while wrapping an arm around Aina's waist. "Yep."

Aina lead Lucia to another hallway but then she thought about what they did earlier. They thought since Meis and Gueira calmed down a bit, the straitjackets could come off. But now she was starting to have some second thoughts about it. "Hey, Lucia?"

The shorter woman gave a hum as an answer.

"Do you think...?"

Before she could finish, they heard a loud bang.

The two jumped and it was loud enough for Lucia to wake up.

They stood as still as they could, trying to hear the sound again. But instead, they heard a voice.

"So, you're the one who's flirting with our doctors."

Meis!?

Aina and Lucia went closer to the corner where Meis's voice was coming from.

"You know they're not interested." Oh god, that sounded like Gueira. "If you think that if you keep bothering them and they'll eventually give in, you're wrong."

"So, you listen here you son of a bitch." Meis threatened whoever they were talking to. "There are other people other than ourselves that care about us and we're not going to let them be unhappy because of people like you."

"Wait! Wait!"

Remi!?

"The world will just go on without you." The husbands said in unison.

The two girls rushed to see what was happening and that was when blood splattered on the wall and a little on their faces.

The husbands smashed Remi's face with Meis using the emergency fire axe and Gueira with the bottom of a fire extinguisher.

The two men kept smashing Remi's face until the entire head was nothing but mashed potatoes, gone wrong.

The two doctors watched in horror and slowly, backed away with mouths wideopen in silent screams.

The husbands finished after a couple of seconds and then they looked down at their work. Once they felt satisfied, they were about to take the body away.

Until they felt eyes on them.

Meis and Gueira looked up at their friendly doctors and saw how horrified they were. The husbands started to panic and reached out a hand to them.

"Wait!" Meis started.

"It's not what you think." Gueira added.

The two girls didn't let them finish because they bolted away from the two as fast as they could.

'I know we shouldn't have taken those straitjackets off of them.' Lucia thought to herself while running back to her office door. 'What the hell were we thinking!?'

The two went inside and locked the door while breathing heavy and scared out of their minds.

Aina went over and hugged Meis while Lucia hugged Gueira, like they did many years ago.

"It's all in the past now, so it's okay." Lucia told them and leaned her head on her patient's shoulder.

"But can we ask," Aina thought about the right words to say her question, "did we die?"

Meis and Gueira tensed up when she asked that but nodded.

"How?" Lucia asked this time.

"Look out there." Lio told Galo when he pointed his head to the window.

Galo looked to the window and didn't see anything unusual until he saw a car. It was really far from them but he could see that it was wreaked and upside down.

They were killed in a car wreck?

"Remember when you saw me with killing a girl that got too close to you?" Lio asked him, his tone sounding hurt but also a little desperate.

Galo didn't know what he was talking about until the memory came back.

"HE'S MINE, YOU BITCH!" Lio kept stabbing the now dead women with a piece of a broken wheelchair. His eyes full of insanity and greed and hate for the women. "MINE! MINE! MINE!"

Galo watched in horror as he watched Lio kill that women.

He never thought Lio would be so obsessed with him that he would end up killing someone. He's sick and he needs help but what can Galo do when he feels like something bad will happen to him as well?

He slowly, stepped back a few steps but then he accidentally, bumped into a cart and it made noise while rolling backwards.

Lio jumped and turned in Galo's direction. His eyes widened in horror and shock before reaching out to him. "Galo, I can explain."

Galo ran back to his office and slammed the door. He locked it and got really scared out of his life.

Then he heard knocking at the door.

"Galo, it's not what it looks like." Lio tried to convince him. "I can explain everything."

Galo was an idiot but he's not that much of an idiot. He already knows that Lio killed and it was because of him that he did it. Lio's sick and Galo thought he was a normal guy.

"What the hell!?" Is all Galo could say right now.

"I know it's scary." Lio told him. "But I did it so she won't take you away from me. I want you to help me and only me because I love you."

Love him!? Lio really loves him!? It's only been a week and he's already in love with him?

"You only knew me for a week." Galo reminded him. "How are you in love with me if you barley know me."

"I know everything about you, Galo Thymos." Lio gave a sexy, but also insane voice that made Galo get goosebumps. "Your favorite food is pizza. You're a cat person. You like to go to a frozen lake when you're feeling frustrated. Your type is crossdressing men who are feminine, cute and sexy. And I'm all those things."

Galo widened his eyes in shock. How the hell did Lio know all this!? He never told anyone else about these kinds of things except for...

His other patients!

That's why his other patients were being killed overnight. Because Lio got his information from them. And he killed them so, that he could have him for himself.

"Lio..."

"Yes, my love?" Galo could hear Lio fall to his knees so he could hear him better. "What do you need? I'll do anything to help you. I love you."

"I..." Galo didn't know what to say. But then he got an idea.

He took out his phone and texted Aina, Lucia and Anwyll. 'Guys I need help.'

'I'm sorry but I need help as well. Thyma just killed someone!' Anwyll texted back.

'Meis and Gueira killed Remi and Lucia is with me right now.' Aina texted as well.

Oh shit. Those three are going crazy too!?

Oh god, this was going to be messy. But then he got an idea. He doesn't know if it'll work but they have to try.

"Galo?" Lio half begged, half whined. "Please, come out. I want to see you."

After a few seconds, Galo came out still scared out of his life. "We need to talk."

Lio ditched his weapon and went over to hug him. "Galo."

"Wait!" Galo stopped him in his tracks with his hands.

Lio looked scared and desperate at the same time. Like he really wanted his touch.

"I..." Galo's scared face turned into a huge smile. "Have a special surprise for you."

"Huh!?" Meis and Gueira raised confused eyebrows at their doctors. "A surprise?"

"Yeah." Lucia gave an innocent smile. "For being so kind to us, we want to give you something special."

"And we're so sorry for running away like that." Aina added. "We were just scared and shocked but we've given this a lot of thought."

"Forgiveness?" Lucia opened her arms in a hug.

Meis and Gueira still looked confused for a moment but after exchanging looks, they shrugged and agreed.

"Great, just put on this blindfold and I'll take care of the rest." Anwyll instructed and Thyma put the blindfold that was made from Anwyll's coat. She tied it around her eyes before waiting, patiently.

Anwyll then took her arm and guided her down the hall where he was able to meet the other three with their patients, blindfolded as well.

Galo pointed his head and saw a cart that held four straitjackets left. Just what they need right now.

"Alrighty, guys. We just need to put something on you four." Lucia told them, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"What?" Lio asked, sounding a little suspicious.

"Don't worry. Do you four trust us?" Galo put reassuring and comforting hands on Lio's shoulders.

The other doctors did the same and that seemed to work because the patients seemed to calm down after that.

"Okay." Thyma said.

"Do what you must." Meis added.

"We trust you." Gueira added the last part.

The doctors then took the straitjackets and started putting them on their patients. But that was when Meis and Gueira got suspicious. 

"Wait a minute." Gueira started which made Lucia panic again and went faster.

"You're putting..." Before Meis could finish the straitjackets were finally on the patients and the four doctors threw them into a nearby padded cell.

The patients landed on their sides with the blindfolds, falling off.

"Wait!" Lio looked at Galo with desperate eyes, only to see a shut door. "NO!"

Aina, Lucia and Anwyll held the door closed with their weight while Galo got the key.

Galo's hands trembled with fear and sweat started to gather in his hands.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

"DON'T LEAVE US!"

"WE'RE SORRY! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!"

"WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO!"

"DON'T GO! WE'RE SORRY!"

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

The four doctors heard their patients crying for mercy but they were too terrified to listen.

Galo was able to lock the door and throw away the key to a place they didn't know. And they didn't even care to watch where it landed.

They ran to the front entrance while screaming in panic. They eventually got inside a car and drove off as fast as they could.

But they could still hear the banging and the screams of their patients, even from far away.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

"COME BACK!"

The four doctors screamed again and Galo didn't watch where he was going until a deer ran to the road.

Galo accidentally, turned the wheel the other direction and the four screamed once again.

The car then drove on air for a moment and did a cartwheel at an opening by the road. The car smashed into pieces until it went to the bottom, upside down.

"We didn't make it." Galo stepped back. "It was an accident that killed us."

"I know." Lio told him and got closer to him. "After Meis, Gueira, Thyma and I died of starvation, we turned to ghosts and searched for you four. We came upon that car and saw you guys in it."

Galo turned to him and listened to everything.

"We were devastated and we blamed ourselves for it." Lio gave a sad look and some ghost tears fell from his eyes. But then his smile returned after a quick second. "But we're all together again. You four reincarnated, we're ghosts that are still around, and now we can be together forever."

Galo's eyes widened at the word, forever. "Hold on a minute, Lio! We can't stay here forever; we have to get back to Promepolis."

Lio flew up to him and gave eyes that were full of insanity, shock, disbelief and fear. "WHAT!?"