Great! We're now moving to the **abandoned psychiatric hospital**, where another vast, dark mini-adventure full of mystery and suspense awaits. --

 

# **Chapter 37

Night in the Abandoned Hospital**

The city slept in apparent peace, but Jakub knew that silence never meant safety. A call from the dispatcher brought a new lead: strange events had been taking place at the old psychiatric hospital. No one had seen the staff for years, and in the night, screams and clattering came from the building, as if someone was trying to escape from the locked rooms.

"Argo, today will be different," Jakub said, getting into the patrol car. The dog's ears perked up, ready for action.

The hospital stood on a hill, lit only by moonlight. The large, worn windows resembled empty eyes, and the entrance door creaked with every gust of wind. The air smelled of damp, musty, and something Jakub couldn't quite place—a mix of the past and unease.

Inside, they were greeted by empty corridors, long and narrow, with cracked floor tiles and scattered medical supplies. The walls bore traces of former patients: drawn symbols, chaotic words, strange notes.

"This place… has a life of its own," whispered an ally who had joined them after the events in the sewers. "And not everything here is human."

Argo stopped suddenly, nose to the ground, growling softly. The corridor seemed empty, but footsteps echoed off the walls, as if someone was following them in the darkness.

"Who's there?" Jakub asked, slowly moving his flashlight toward the darkness.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from around the corner: tall, trembling, dressed in an old hospital gown. Her face was covered with hair, her eyes wide. Argo lunged forward, knocking the intruder down. Jakub ran, grabbing the figure by the shoulders—it was a woman, terrified, almost in a trance.

"They... they want me..." she whispered, trembling. "You shouldn't have come here..."

Jakub looked at his ally.

"We must investigate. This place holds a secret that connects all previous crimes."

Continuing, they came upon a room with a large metal door. A dog growled at the entrance, sensing danger. Jakub pushed open the door and discovered a room filled with old beds, each one resembling a prison. Documents, patient journals, and hospital staff notes, detailing mysterious experiments and brutal practices, littered the floor.

"This is no ordinary hospital," the ally said. "It's a crime lab."

Suddenly, the echoes in the room changed tone. Two figures emerged from the darkness, armed with old, rusty tools. The attack was sudden and brutal. Argo jumped out first, knocking out one of the attackers, while Jakub subdued the other. The fight was chaotic: the slippery floor, the clash of metal tools, the echo of screams bouncing off the walls.

After the fight, Jakub found another clue: an old safe hidden in the corner of the room. Inside were letters, photographs, and documents linking the hospital's experiments to earlier disappearances in the city. Everything pointed to one dark truth: the actions of Radecki and his accomplices were connected to this location, and the hospital held secrets that had been covered up for years.

"This is only the beginning," Jakub said, leafing through the documents. "But at least now we have evidence to connect all the threads."

Argo sat down beside him, staring into the darkness of the corridors. Jakub glanced at his ally and smiled faintly, though uncertainly.

"We're not done yet. But step by step, we will bring the truth to light."

The hospital, though abandoned, was teeming with its own dark life. The heroes knew that this place still held many secrets and that their investigation was only just entering the darkest corners of the city.

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If you want, I can now write **another mini-adventure, "Ghost Train,"** which will be just as long, dark, and full of dramatic twists.

Do you want me to do that?