Stella's house is haunted.
That's right, it's haunted, with a ghost, spirit, left behind entitiy, whatever you care to call it.
But she doesn't care.
It brought her to where she is now, in a white van, with her three best friends.
"Jesus Christ man, where are we going?" Aaron groaned, looking at more main street buildings, Leia recognizing many of them.
"We're going to... The anoka state hospital, it's the anoka county workhouse now." Nick read off of his laptop.
"It's a former insane asylum, it was also a sanitarium. It's across the street from Anoka High School, it's literally a stones throw away." Stella explained, "Anoka High School has a cemetery in it, that, until recently, the headstones were simply labeled with patient I.D. numbers that they eventually linked with names and dates."
"And you know all of this... how?" Zak looked at her in the rear view mirror.
"I've got family around here, used to visit a lot, and... I've been in this place before."
"And?" Nick glanced back at her.
"And I'm not too excited to go back.." She sighed, leaning her head against the back of the seat.
"Aweee is little Ella scared?" Zak taunted.
"No, but you better be if you don't shut up." Her threat reached him from the back.
"So interviews today... we've got one of the security guards, the anoka historian, a few prior inmates, some guy thats currently in the workhouse, and people that have reported hauntings, typical stuff." Nick nodded.
The van went quiet, until Zak tried finding his way around, sending Stella into a fit of laughter.
"Jesus Christ, just tell the man where to turn before he starts ripping his hair out." Aaron grumbled.
"Awe, now we wouldn't want that, just turn to the right up here, then left on 49th.." She trailed off, soon enough they pulled into the fences of the complex.
"This fucking snow is insane!" Aaron whined.
"Oh shut up, a little snow ain't gonna kill you, you big baby." Stella taunted as she hopped out of the back of the van, the white snow crunching softly to her delight. "Ahh, I've missed this stuff." A small childlike smile spread across her face.
"Whatever.." Aaron shook his head.
"Well, here we are..." Zak smiled.
"It still feels the same around here.." Stella tightened her black peacoat around her.
...
"Jesus Christ Ella, c'mon!" She watched her screen as she turned around in the pitch black tunnel.
"Hold on Bailey, jeeze." Stella sighed, feeling herself shiver. "Can you feel that?" She looked up towards her friend.
"That chill? Holy shit, yeah." Stella stared wide eyed at her friend as Bailey's breath became visible.
"You got your recorder going?"
"Yeah. Is anybody there? If there's anybody there, give us a sign, talk to us!" Bailey shouted. They stood in silence, waiting.
Then Stella heard a soft whisper in her ear, "Ella..." And chills went down her spine.
"Shit!" Stella shouted, and ran like she was trying to beat her last track record, which she was pretty sure she did.
"STELLA! STELLA! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! STELLA!" Bailey screamed, chasing after her friend.
Her heart racing, adrenaline pumping, she still couldn't outrun whatever was by her.
"GET AWAY FROM ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Stella screamed, falling to the ground.
...
"Hey, Stella, you coming?" Zak asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"What? Yeah, sorry, I spaced out." She shook her head.
"It's fine." He clapped her on the back and walked with her to catch up with Aaron and Nick.
...
"So.. what was it that you felt?" Stella asked, looking at a former inmate who, no lie, was creeping her out.
"It felt like someone was wrapping their arms around me, like they were going to lift me up over the railing."
"That's weird..." Zak looked over the railing, "And that... is a long ways down." And it was true, from their viewpoint it was about three stories to the bottom of the stairwell.
"Has anything else happened around here?"
"Not around here, but in the tunnels, yes."
"Okay, so let's head to the tunnels? Or, how bout this, we can have Nick and Stella go interview the security guard, who's supposed to be here any minute. Sound good?" Aaron looked to Zak and the rest of them.
"Yeah, sounds great to me." Stella shrugged, turning to Nick before they headed off.
...
"Jesus Christ, where is this guy?" Stella asked, clicking the button on her blackberry, seeing that the guard was indeed twenty minutes late.
"Who knows, could be anywhere." Nick rolled his eyes. "So, while we're waiting, care to elaborate on what happened when you came here the first time?"
"Not really, just me and my friend Bailey came here, we were like sixteen, and there's spirits downstairs, near solitary confinement, it was also once the ICU, its connected to the tunnels, which are thereby connected to the little cottages that the faculty stayed in, and just creepy shit went down." She shook her head.
"Are you scared to go back?"
"What?" Just then Stella turned her head, having a lens right in her face. "Oh Jesus Christ, really? Did you just film all of that?"
"Maybe.." A small smirk spread from ear to ear.
"Is that security guard even coming or did you guys just want an interview out of me?"
"The security guards coming, he's due to arrive in about.. well it's 2:10... so twenty minutes?"
"Whatever..." She sighed, stepping back into the building, now Bailey would see what she'd said and they'd promised eachother they wouldn't tell anyone.
"Sorry, I was just curious..." Nick smiled again.
"It's fine, it was just a promise that me and Bailey had made, that was over ten years ago." She shook her head, Bailey probably wouldn't even remember, she was in Boston anyways, who knew if she even paid attention to this show.
"There's the guy," Stella followed the his finger out to where a guard was walking up to them.
"Hello." The man nodded to them.
"Hello, thank you for coming to talk with us." Stella offered up a gentle smile, noticing the man giving her a good once over with his eyes.
"Not a problem." The man grinned from ear to ear.
"Well, why don't we get started?" Nick suggested, much to Stella's relief.
"Sure." The guard looked more on the perturbed side when he made eye contact with Nick.
The guard lead themm around the building, answering various questions about inmates, his own experiences, some of the stories that revolve around the place, some hot spots and such. When they finally walked back to the front door, the camera's weren't rolling, and the guard was quick to take notice of it.
"So you're originally from around here?"
"Not really, more around Michigan, I had family here though."
"Well you'd think I'd remember a pretty face like yours around here, but I guess not."
"It's a big town." By this point, it was Stella's turn to be perturbed. She had never really been the best with guys, especially annoying one's who thought the world of themselves.
"Well maybe I'll see you around.." He let out one small smirk before heading out the front door, Stella waited until he was out of ear shot before letting out a rather loud ugh.
"Now that guy... is a douche." Nick laughed.
"Ya think?" Stella shook her head, "Let's just catch up with the guys, get this thing started."
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Hey all ;) I just had the idea for this, I kind of have it set, at least in my mind, just when they started out, like around the start of season one. I really hope you enjoyed this, and I'll be writing another chapter up in a jiffy. XD reviews are so lovely, I determine whether or not to continue with a story through em'. So please take two seconds to write a quick note ;) Thanks for reading! Peace, love, and paranormal!
-Carlene