He didn't know how he could handle all the strangeness, it still felt all surreal to him, the van looked like a normal delivery van, but like his wheelchair the inside seemed to be just as adjustable, and worn.
The seats could be removed, added and multiple arm rests, straps, and other inserts were laying on the sideways in the garage, the van wasn't new and neither were these add-ons.
The nurse finished setting up his seat and picked him up from his chair, he was cradled as if he was a baby, her hands on his butt and the back of his head resting on her bosom. She set him down on the seat with no head rest and facing the opposite way, and buckled him up with a belt across his waist.
The nurse looked at her with a half smile on her face "You're going to a place where they can take care of you, you wont have to worry about the way you look, everyone there has dealt with the same problems as you, you know you're one of the luckier ones...I know it's hard to say that when you look at it now, but trust me...of all of the....the...others, what he's done to them, you...well, when we get there you'll see for yourself" she turned to close the door, but hesitated.
"We...we never stop pursuing him you know...sometimes we get lucky and we find one of his warehouses where he stores his victims, you're wife could be in the next one we find...I heard they found one just this morning, dont give up hope" she came forward and gave her a comforting hug
He couldn't help himself, he cried into her shoulders and thanked her while she made cooing sounds to calm him down, after a while she seperated herself and smiled down at her.
"Well, you're in for a rather interesting field trip, lets get going!" she said while cleaning up her face and closing the van door.
He...well she, kind of drifted off in a more melencholy state afterward, the sites of the city were a welcome distraction from what lay beneath her head, and soon the city gave way into highways, and the highways got more rural, and then long stretches of countryside as far as she could see. pretty soon the roads were long behind them and gave way into a secluded dirt path which she saw no end to.
"Where is this place? how far away into the remote are we going" she asked nervously
"Oh no, no , no dont be worried, this is merely for your protection, Ya'see von crucial is more than a psychotic wizard. He's a business man that deals in "exotic" arts, his pieces however just happen to be actual people he twists into his designs, so whenever one of his "pieces" goes missing or runs away he's relentless in his search to re-obtain them"
The road they were on gained gravel again, and pretty soon what looked like a modern road appeared in the middle of the forest, eerily it also stretched as far as she could see into the blackness of the forest.
"Ya'see von crucial aint the only one with magic, however he's on a whole nother level than what the goverment is used to dealing with, some have theory's that he's and ancient Djinn that escaped his imprisonment, but anyway, we've figured out some methods to deter him, the compound for one is heavily fortified with enchantments that create a sort of supernatural blind spot, it's easy to know it's there once you see it however the magic forces you to slightly ignore it, another thing it does is sever the psychic connection he has with his victims, that way he wont be able to interfere with our rehabiliation processes"
ahead in the distance she could barely make out something in front of them, but there was too many trees in the way, it was probably just her mind playing tricks on her
"were here!" she announced cheerfully, and the van came to a stop.
She must have lost her mind, all around them was nothing but thick forest, large trees and overgrowth drowning out nearly all the sunlight, even the road behind them seemed to have been swallowed up by the forest it ended right at the back window of the van
"what...where are we? we're lost!" she screamed at the nurse.
The nurse just giggled a little before stepping out of the van, when the door slammed shut her heart started racing, stuck out here in the wilderness with a crazy nurse, she was helpless, she probably worked for the magician and was just toying with him, brought her out here to finish her off or sell her in one his twisted auctions. She couldn't breathe. she was hyperventilating again.
