Too Far

A small idea that popped into my head whilst watching Scrubs, the episode His Story with Dr Cox when the Janitor is about to tape JD's hands together. I just suddenly thought…

What if the Janitor didn't get back to the water tower fast enough?

This was the only life threatening situation I could think of that the Janitor put JD in.

JD POV

Shaking I bang the wall over and over, I have no idea where I am but I know that it is freezing cold and the water is up to my neck and rising fast. Trying to keep calm I move around to each wall, banging in an attempt to find a way out,

"HELP! SOMEONE HELP! I'M TRAPPED!"

But nobody comes and all of a sudden the water is in mouth and I have to tip my head back, my nose barely clear from the water.

I know that hyperthermia is not far away but at least someone can get me medicine for that… there is no cure for drowning. Using what little air and space I have left I scream but the water fills my move and I can only get out a choked gargle.

Soon I see the lights popping before my eyes and my lungs scream for air, my limbs thrashing but slowly I begin to feel tired and my arms and legs are too heavy to move. I'm dying and I know it.

Janitor POV

Staring at my watch I feel the panic creep in, I should have let him out half an hour ago… when the water reached the top. Sprinting down the halls I chant in my head,

"He'll be fine, maybe the water didn't reach the top on time. HE'S FINE!"

Reaching the water tower I fling open the door letting the water rush out and I reach inside, my hands shaking. At the bottom is Scooter, unconscious. His face pale and his lips tinted blue. Slowly I lift him out and check his pulse with a shaking hand,

"Oh God."

Spinning around I carried him down the stairs, supporting his head like you would a baby… he was so small, so weak… he didn't deserve me torturing him. I… I killed him. My feet carried me automatically down the stairs and as soon as I was in the hallway by the nurses' station he was snatched from my arms by shouting people. I watched him disappear round the corner, people shooting me sympathetic glances… if only they knew… if only they knew what I had done… what I was.

A murderer.