A/N: Got this idea from a book I'm reading called Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon. Hope I can pull this story off.
Disclaimers: Don't own. Never happened. Play Ouija board at own risk.
"And then at the end, it was the girlfriend that did the killing and not the boyfriend," Ryan said, taking a sip of his beer and setting it down on the coffee table before them. "It was a really dumb movie too." He leaned back and put his arm around his girlfriend, Calleigh Duquesne, and looked at the two boys across from them. One in the chair and the other sitting between his legs. He shifted his attention to the window behind them as a flash of lightning lite the sky.
"Well, I'm gald we backed out at the last minute," Speed said, looking down at his boyfriend, Eric. "I guess you getting sick was worth it." He looked up when the lights in the family room of their bosses house flickered but stayed on as a roll of thunder nearly shook the house. He felt Eric stiffen but nothing else. "You need any help in there Horatio?"
"No. I got it," Horatio said, walking into the family room with two bowls of chips and a case of beer. He had invited his team over to his house to celebrate putting a child molester behind bars for good and his team had really worked their ass off the entire week so Horatio thought a nice evening away from the lab was an order. Ryan had brought over some movies for them to watch but the storm looked like it was going to make it impossible. The moment he set the bowls on the table, the lights flickered once more and this time, they never came back on. "Well, looks like the movies are out of the picture."
Calleigh turned around on the couch and looked out the window at the outside. The whole neighborhood was covered in darkness and as the lightning flashed, she could see the trees blowing in the strong wind and the rain coming down in sheets. "Ryan, I really don't want to be driving in this," she said, sitting back down. She wasn't afraid of storms, but driving in one like this scared her to death.
"None of you are leaving," Horatio said, using his boss voice. Sure they might be off the clock, but they were his team and friends. "I'll be right back with a flashlight and candles." He disappeared into the kitchen and started grabbing candles and flashlights.
"Hey Speed, remember when we gave Horatio that Ouija board?" Calleigh asked, laughing at the memory.
"Yeah." He looked down and saw a confused face on Eric and then one on Ryan's face. "That's right, you guys weren't here for that. Well, we had this case where this guy was killing these people and the police didn't know why. These people were random and not related to the killer. Well, when we finally got him, he said that Jonathon made him do it. That he saw these people trying to kill him. Horatio asked what he was talking about and the guy said Jonathon was the spirit in the Ouija board."
"After that case, me and Speed went out and got Horatio an Ouija board for kicks," Calleigh said, standing up. "I wonder if he still has it." She walked to his closet and opened it up, but without the light, she couldn't see what was what. She jumped when a ball of light appeared next to her by some coats and turned around to see Horatio holding a flash light. "Hey, do you still have that Ouija board?"
"Yes." He walked over to her and reached up on the top shelf, pulling a board down. He closed the closet and walked back to the others. "I don't think I've opened this at all."
"Are you guys serious about playing with this?" Eric asked, setting a lit candle on the table.
"What if we are?" Ryan asked, taking the lid off the board. "What? Against your religion?"
"Lay off Wolfe," Speed said. "Eric, you don't have to play if you don't want too."
"No, it's not against my religion. I just don't like messing with Ouija boards." He let out a puff of air but decided to join in. "Anyone got a pad and pen? We need to write the messages down."
Calleigh reached into her purse and pulled out some paper and pen. "You think this is going to work?"
"One way to find out," Ryan said. "Okay guys, put two fingers on the pointer and lets get this started." He waited for everyone to do what he said and then smiled. "Here it goes. We call upon the spirits of the great beyond. Please, tell us if there is anyone here that is willing to talk to us." He kept his eye on the board and after two minutes, nothing happened. He was about to ask again when the pointer slowly started moving.
"Oh man, this is cool," Calleigh said. The pointer stopped in the upper left hand corner. Under the word YES. "They said yes."
"How many of you are there?" Once more the pointer moved to the number two. "Are you friend or foe?" This time the pointer started pointing to different letters and Calleigh was next to him, writing them down with her free hand. G-O-O-D. B-A-D. Once the pointer stopped, he looked at her. "Well?"
"They said Good. Bad. What's that mean?"
"One's good and one's bad," Speed said. "Are we talking to the good or bad?"
The pointer started going crazy now, moving this way and that. Finally it slowed down and was able to point to letters. G-O-O-D.
"Good. Well, I feel a little better," Eric said. "How did you die?"
The pointer once more moved across the board. M-U-R-D-E-R.
"You were murdered?" Horatio asked. "Who murdered you?" He kept an eye on the board as the pointer moved and still couldn't believe he was sitting here doing this. He was to old for this but yet, he was now curious. B-A-D. "Bad? The bad spirit with you is the one that murdered you?" The pointer moved to the word YES. Then the pointer started going crazy once more and Horatio could've sworn the room suddenly got colder. He looked at the others and saw only Eric looked uncomfortable. He heard Calleigh gasp and looked over at her.
"What's wrong?" Ryan asked. "What did it say?"
"I-G-E-T-Y-O-U. I get you," she said. The moment the words left her mouth, the window behind them suddenly shattered, sending glass everywhere. She felt Ryan pull her close to him and over her with this body as everyone let go of the pointer. She could feel something run down her arm and looked down to see a trail of blood running down her elbow. She covered the cut and looked up to see Speed and Eric had ducked down.
"Everyone okay?" Horatio asked, turning the flashlight on to get a better look. He saw Calleigh had some cuts on her arm from the glass and shaken, but otherwise okay. Ryan nodded he was okay. He shined the light to Speed and Eric, both giving him a nod. He stood up and walked into the kitchen to get a towl for Calleigh. He walked back in and walked over to the broken window to get the towl wet, looking at the tree branch that lay half in his house and half outside, before cleaning Calleigh's arm. "Nothing's deep but we'll get some bandages on that."
"Thanks Horatio."
"I think the game is over for now," Horatio said, taking Calleigh by the arm and led her to the bathroom.
Eric agreed full heartedly and was about to close the board but Ryan grabbed his wrist in a tight grip. He looked up to see Ryan's face and could feel anger rising from the young man.
"Leave it."
"Ryan. Horatio said to stop."
"I don't care. Calleigh got hurt."
"You don't really think this Ouija board did it, do you?"
"Don't you? I find it odd that at the moment they said they were going to get us the window shatters."
Speed pushed Ryan's hand off Eric and looked at the young man. "Ryan, there's a storm outside. The wind probably blew a tree branch into the window." Without another word, he closed the board and placed it back in the box as Horatio and Calleigh came back in. "You okay Cal?"
"Yeah. A little shaken up but I'm okay."
Horatio made her sit down and started cleaning the glass up. With Eric, Ryan, and Speed helping him, they were able to get the branch outside and the glass cleaned up in record time. Horatio walked into the garage and pulled out large sheets of plastic they had left over from remoldeling the basement and walked back inside to cover the window so the rain didn't get inside. "I suggest you guys sleep downstairs. I just had it remodeled."
They all agreed and once they made sure everything was cleaned and the plastic was nailed down tight, they all went downstairs to see a long sofa in the shape of an "L." Ryan took the seat that reclined and pulled Calleigh next to him while Speed took the other on the opposite side with Eric laying across the couch, head in his lap. Once Horatio made sure they were going to be okay, he walked back upstairs and headed for his room. He passed the family room and saw a shadow standing by the covered up window, but when he shined the light he found no one. He walked into his room and threw the covers back before climbing in. The moment his head hit the pillow, he was fast asleep.