Mai's POV
FLASHBACK
Why me? Why is it always me? I never asked for this. All I was doing was trying to fix a camera. I had just finished fixing it when I heard a noise and ran, making my way back to base when suddenly I fell and everything went black.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Where am I?" I thought. I opened my eyes to see a dim room. There was this constant dripping sound, but I couldn't place where it was coming from. I felt something warm and sticky run down my head. When I took my hand away, I realized that it was my blood. I looked around the room. There was nothing in there, unless you count a couple of boxes probably filled with junk.
The dripping sound suddenly stop, causing me to pay attention to the problem at hand. I saw a glow in the corner next to me. I looked closer, then recoiled back as an assault of memories from all the frightening cases we have had overwhelm me. When they finally finished, I was left shaking and scared as hell. I thought things couldn't get worse, but like always, they do. I looked back to the corner where I saw a figure, more precisely, a ghost hovering there with a knife in its hand, slowly but surely making its way over to me. Already pushed to the edge of sanity, I lost it and screamed.
"NARU!"
Naru's POV
Damn it! Its been two hours since Mai went missing.
FLASHBACK
Bou-san walks into base. "Hey Naru, have you seen Mai?"
"No, why? I thought she was you." I asked, curiosity just underlining my voice.
"One of the cameras broke and Mai left to go fix it. I wanted to go with her but she said that she'll be fine, and she'll meet us back at base when she's finished." Panic bells started going off in my head but I paid no attention to them.
"Do you know what wing the broken camera is in?" I asked Bou-san.
"East, I think. Why?"
"Lin, check that camera."
"Its working Naru. Although I can't see Mai." Lin said, looking up from his computer and stared at me. I ignored him.
"She probably just got lost, knowing how much of a klutz she is. Lin, check the other monitors and see if you can find her."
After I had said that I went back to overviewing the case file.
"Naru", Lin said, in what most would think was a calm voice but I've worked with him for so long that I know when he is worried. This was one of those times, as I looked up from my file, curiosity in my eyes.
"Yes Lin?"
"I can't see Mai on any of the monitors." This is when I really started paying attention to the panic bells in my head.
"Takigawa, go find Matsuzaki, John and Miss Hara. Lin, call Yasuhara and Madoka and tell them to stop their research."
"What are you going to do, Naru?" Lin asked while grabbing his phone out of his bag.
"I'm going to see what I can find about Mai's disappearance. Meet at the camera Mai fixed when you've done your jobs. We're going to search for Mai."
END OF FLASHBACK
We've still found nothing on Mai. I'm beginning to lose hope. I sat in my chair with my head slumped in my hands. "Mai, where could you have gone?" Suddenly I heard a sound that made my stomach dropped. "NARU!"
I could hear footstep and everyone rushed into base, all with looks of panic on their faces. I stated the obvious, "It's Mai, and she's in trouble".