THE CROWS ~Joshler~

The Judge

"I hear by declare Joshua William Dun to 15 years in Red Eye Mental Institution for the Murder of Hannah Fays." As the Judge banged his gavel Josh could feel his heart drop to the pit of his stomach. His throat felt dry and his palms clammy, this couldn't be happening he kept repeating in his head.

Josh stood there completely frozen as he watched his lawyer pack up his things this had to be a dream he closed his eyes as the cuffs were placed onto his wrists and willed for it to all just be a bad dream.

"Move it," An officer shoved him in the direction of an exit.

Josh complied too scared to say anything. He made sure to take in his surroundings as he was loaded into the back of a large white van. "I didn't do it," Josh whispered, "You have the wrong guy, I'm not crazy," but everything he said fell on deaf ears.

The officer cuffed his ankles to the legs of his seat making sure to secure everything. "We've got a long drive ahead of us so keep your mouth shut," he aggressively slammed the van door making Josh shrink in on himself.

On the ride to Red Eye all Josh could do was sit there and silently shake as tears rolled down his face. He looked around for a way out pulling at his cuffs he realized there was nothing he could do.

The van pulled up to the front entrance of a large building, the sinking feeling only growing worse in Josh's chest. Red Eye Mental Institution was written on the sign. While one of the officers stayed in the van the other got out and opened the van door for him.

"Please listen to me I didn't do anything!" Josh frantically shook his cuffed hands.

The guard looked him in the face "You're a murderer." He grabbed josh by the arm dragging him out of the van and roughly towards the entrance.

Outside were two men waiting by the entrance dressed in white scrubs.

"How's it going fellas?" The officer asked them handing them a piece of paper to sign along with Josh's transfer papers.

"Fine sir," said the larger one handing him back the paper, "We can take it from here." The officer nodded removing josh's cuffs and shoving him at the two men before retreating back to the van and driving off.

"Patient 0718 Joshua Dun." Read the shorter man as they began to walk him indoors. Josh stayed quiet making sure to watch every move they made in case he ever needed to get out of there.

They walked down the long corridor as they neared a solid metal door the two men signaled the guard to buzz them through.

Josh was escorted into a small waiting room where he was patted down by one of the attendants who also check to make sure he didn't have any weapons. "Change into these." he handed josh a grey jumpsuit.

Josh stood there expecting him to leave the room but instead the attendant just leaned against the door and watched him change. Josh felt embarrassment wash over him as he stripped down in front of this strange man, his hands began to shake as he pulled off his shirt and jeans. He quickly pulled on the jumpsuit creeped out by the fact the attendant had his eyes glued to his body.

"I need you to remove your shoes," josh looked down at his shoes in confusion but did as he was told handing him his black vans. The attendant placed all of josh's belongings in a see through plastic bag that had his name written on it along with the number 0718.

There was a knock at the door, a thin blond women with a stethoscope walked in. "Hello my name is Doc. Black I will be asking you a few questions today please take a seat." she gestured to the metal chair that was bolted to the floor behind josh.