HAUNTED
CHAPTER 1
They say time heals all wounds but I know the truth, time didn't heal all. As a matter of fact I know all too well that time heals nothing, alcohol is only a temporary release and nightmares will keep on haunting me till my dying days.
My name is Meg Maxwell, I am the daughter of the former and deceased gundam pilot of Deathscyth Hell Duo Maxwell and the famous medium Alexandria Maxwell. I remember all too well his death, all too well my fellow pilots death.
I went to shrinks, doctors and for 3 and half years I suffered to try to forget the horrors in my past and even when I did put my days as a gundam pilot behind me, I can still remember Cassi and Kaito, my friend and my lover. I went on with my life.
I can remember when I began the investigation… the day everything came crashing back down on me.
It was 2 years ago on a Friday afternoon, I remember because my boss was down my back about the latest murder case I was investigating and my ability to see and talk to Ghosts were coming in real handy in this little slaughter house case. I also remember it clearly because it was my daughters 5th birthday.
I was waiting outside from Johnson Elementary the same elementary I went to when I a child, I had returned to my childhood home on Colony L4 when I was 19, I met my husband Danny a few days later and a year later I was pregnant and married. However the marriage turned up things about her that Danny didn't like one bit. The divorce didn't take long, I got half of everything and child support from the arrogant bastard.
The bell rang and children began to run from the school.
I looked at myself in my car window, my long red hair was tied up in a tight bun that was held together by two china sticks, my face had matured and I looked in the prime of my life, however, my prime was long and gone. I was wearing a tan colored business suit with black trim around the cuffs and collar, a knee length skirt was tight around my hips and wearing sneakers made me stick out pretty bad.
"Mommy, mommy!" A voice cried and I saw a little girl running towards me and I scooped her up in my arms.
Cassi was my 5-year-old daughter and most precious thing in the world to me, her long red hair reminded me of my fathers because after looking at pictures of her grandfather she refused to take her braid out. Her big blue eyes reminded me of Cassi's eyes, always full of concern and happiness. She was wearing a baggy yellow sweatshirt and jeans, gripped in her tiny hands was a piece of paper with a crayon drawing.
"Look what I drew mommy," She said and showed me the picture, it was a picture of her house and me, her and a boy with brown hair.
"Honey, Cassi sweaty who's this man?" I asked as I buckled her into the backseat of the car.
"That's the man I saw when we went to Earth mommy," Cassi squealed, "A girl was with him."
"Now Cassi what have I told you about this, ghosts are real sweatheart, but don't talk about it with friends alright," I said and got into the drivers seat and began to drive.
We didn't talk much when we got home, I made her eat and then Cassi went to bed. Then my phone began to ring.
"Hello," I asked picking up the phone.
'Miss Maxwell?" A voice asked.
"Yes this is she?" I said.
"It's good to hear your voice again Meg," The voice said, "You know how hard you are to track down?"
"Who is this?" I asked.
"It's me, Sally," The voice said.
"What do you want? Haven't you people caused me enough trouble?" I asked.
"We need you come back to the Sanq Kingdom," Sally said.
"Why?" I asked turning on the computer and quickly tracking the signal of the phone call.
"Because there's been a number of murders and we need help," Sally said, "All the people that were murdered worked for the Preventers."
"Big deal," I said and noticed the signal was coming from a 1-mile radius away from my apartment.
"The big deal is that Miss Ralena is asking for you personally," Sally said. "Plus, we're offering you a job"
"Job?" I asked, "No thanks, I retired from that job a long time ago."
"Just think about it," Sally said and the line went dead.
That night I laid in bed thinking. Thinking about all the horrible ways my father and his fellow pilots had died, all died in their mobile suits. Then I began to remember the way Cassi had killed herself, she had been taken to an institution after our parents had been killed. She kept hearing the voices of the dead. I pitted Cassi. I could see ghosts and tell them to go away, she could only listen to their tormented screaming and anguished cries. I would hear her screaming a lot when I went to visit and at least for a few minutes she would stop screaming and we'd talk about the good days. But she found her own way of relief when she somehow got her hands on a gun.
Kaito… I remember how he use to hold me and to this day I remember his gentle touch. He disappeared after the accident and I never heard from him again. I thought he had killed himself like Cassi and I thought no more of him for years until that day. I tried to get him off my mind but my daughters picture kept coming to mind.
The next day I found myself on a ship to Earth my daughter sleeping in the seat beside me.