CHAPTER 8: Atoms (29)

“The tribunal will have a field day with this little gem,” said Dr. Wells in a hushed voice to his assistants as he patted the video recorder. The Baroness will be pleased at the amount of data, said another assistant.
“What are we to make of it all responded the third assistant psychiatrist.  “Well I think that it is conclusive evidence that he is schizophrenic and that it is a family trait.”  The first assistant Psychiatrist Said.”

“Steady on steady”, said Dr Wells.

   During the early years Leroy settled into the steady regime of the Mental Hospital prison.
   He attended ‘Confronting offending behaviour group therapy sessions’, ‘Adjudication for breaking the rules’ and ‘Pastoral care’.

There were currently three messiahs in the west wing, Two living Elvis Presley’s, Nuclear Nancy, Limbo Lil, a living Bob Marley, five self confessed Satan’s, Bunny, who believed in violence as the answer to everything and Leroy who became known as professor Zulu Streaky. Altogether they became known by the prison regime as the “funny tribe” as the warders when seen together  in the recreation room affectionately knew them. The anguish of the routine was more boredom of day in day out doing the same thing over and over again. On occasions some dramatic incident would occur.
   Nancy, was 4ft 10inches, tan brown with fresh full round pretty face. Her hair swept back in a pony tail was soft and frizzy. Her teeth were pearly with the top front two slightly protruding. Her mouth always moved like electric, she could speak complete sentences so hastily that her lips resembled a beak. Nancy always seemed hyper-active in her thoughts she could flit from one subject to the next without loss of memory. It was sometimes a task for Leroy to follow her. To everyone she was there Nuclear Nancy who was incredibly brainy.
   “What do you know about atoms?”
   “Nothing” Conceded Leroy “Apart that it is the smallest particle of a nucleus.” He said.
   Nuclear Nancy beamed , her eyes widened like shining orbs. “At least you know something.” She smiled congenially. 
"I keep telling them, there is a god particle, but no one will believe me."