The 13th Floor

<p>This asylum has always had a missing floor.</p><p>The thirteenth.</p><p><br>Every Halloween the building unlocks the door and this time it was my turn for an invite.</p><p>I would have turned down the invite but I wasn't given a choice.</p><p>And when the doors opened I met a man waiting in the dark.</p><p>Pastor Cole. A killer who preached salvation and killed you with a smile.</p><p><br>I've heard a lot of confessions from the dying but his was different. He didn't want forgiveness. He wanted witnesses.</p><p>He said the thirteenth floor was his church--that the voices behind the walls were his congregation.</p><p>He said the Matron still keeps his sermons running.</p><p>Now the lights hum the walls breathe and something keeps whispering my name.</p><p> </p><p>I should've never stepped into that elevator.</p><p>The 13th Floor -- every floor has a secret. Only the 13th keeps the dead.</p>