Mai set a fresh batch of tea on for Naru. She had asked Lin if he wanted some but he ignored her and walked away as usual. He was a total mystery.

"Mai. Where's my tea?" Naru called.

She scowled. "It's coming. Be patient."

She turned her attention back to the tea. She would let it get cold. Just for fun. She was about to take the tea to him when a knock on the door caught her attention. She set the tea on the counter and went to answer the door.

"John-san?" Mai said surprised. She thought John was on a train to go home. So why was he here? "What are you doing here?"

John smiled weakly. His face looked like he'd been punched in the gut and his smile filled Mai with fear.

"Are you okay? You look horrible."

John shook his head and stepped inside. "I need to ask a favor of Naru."

Mai led John into the room Naru usually received his cases in. John sat across from Naru, he took a deep breath and relayed his story.

John sat across from an old lady waiting for the train that was to take him home. He tried to tune out the noise coming from the other trains. He glanced up and saw a child no older than four on the middle of the track. The old woman followed his gaze and gasped. She immediately got up and tried to get the child out of the way, John followed her. After all, it wasn't everyday you saw a child on the train tracks. They reached the edge of the tracks and the old woman held out her hand for the child. A chill crept up John's spine. This wasn't right. He turned his head and saw a train hurtling towards the child and the old woman. He tried to warn the old woman but then she leaned too far and fell inside the tracks. John called for help but no one was listening. He looked for the child but she wasn't there anymore. It was a ghost. The old woman screamed but it was cut off by a crunch. John gagged and staggered back. He needed Naru.

Naru listened intently. "And you asked about any occurrences preceding this incident?"

John nodded. "The conductor said that fifteen other people were killed in the past years. All falling into the tracks and bystanders all claimed to see a child."

Naru nodded and wrote something down on his notebook. "Maybe people are paranoid. I don't see any reason to look into this case."

John gasped. "You can't really believe that?!"

Naru shrugged. "Brown-san I can't take this case."

"What?!" Mai shouted. "He just saw an old woman die and all you can do is say no? The evidence that something paranormal is going on is substantial.

Naru glowered at Mai. "Did I ask for your opinion?"

"N-"

"That's what I thought." He said, cutting her off. Another knock on the door caught their attention. "Answer it Mai."

She glared at him and went to open the door. An old man with a gray bushy beard smiled at her. "Is this Shibuya Psychic Research?"

"It is. How can I help you?"

"I heard you solve cases. I'm one of the train conductors and we have a major problem."

"Well, I'll let my boss know you're here. Come on in."

She led him into the back room and let him relay his story to Naru.

She grinned as Naru grimaced. "And you say that this isn't the first time?

"No sir, fifteen others. Spread out over the years too." He paused as if he didn't want to say something. "How old are you anyway?"

"Seventeen. But that isn't important."

Just then Lin walked in. Mai smiled and asked her usual question. "Hi Lin-san. Do you want some tea?"

The tall china man shook his head and set next to Naru. "No thank you." He turned to Naru. "What's the case?"

Naru shook his head. "There have been mysterious deaths at a train station recently and people are claiming that the victims see children before they fall in the train track."

Lin nodded. "I think you should take it."

Naru glared at Mai, John, and the train conductor and frowned. "It looks like I don't have much of a chance." He slammed his book shut and turned to Mai. "Go call Takigawa and the others. We have a case."

"Monk-san. Hi, it's Mai." Mai leaned on the counter. Monk-san was the last person she had to call before she could take her break. Masako and Ayako were going to be there tomorrow and if she was lucky Monk-san and Yasuhara would be there today. "We need your help on a case."

Lin walked in and she waved. He ignored her. As usual. "Yes, oh that's great. The train station by the- oh you know where it is? Okay, good. I'll see you there."

She hung up and walked out to get lunch, she was about to open the door when Naru stopped her.

"What now?" She snapped. She was hungry and she really didn't feel like getting yelled at for cold tea.

He smirked at her. "Nevermind. I won't tell you then."

"What? Tell me what?!"

"It's nothing. Forget I said anything." He opened the door and went to leave.

"Like that's going to happen." She muttered.

He half-turned. "What was that?"

Mai blushed. "Nothing. Forget I said anything."

They arrived at the train station two hours later. Lin and Naru had taken one car while she and John had taken another. Not that she minded or anything. When they arrived Monk-san was already waiting in front of the building.

"Hey Monk-san!" Mai called. "How long have you been here?"

He smiled and waved. "Not long. Yasuhara is here too."

She smiled back. Yasuhara had helped them on three cases now. "Where is he?

Monk-san shrugged. "I don't know. He was here a minute ago but he said something about checking out the tracks and left."

A cold feeling sunk into Mai's stomach. Something was wrong. Monk-san saw her discomfort and the realization dawned on him. "You don't think..."

Mai shook her head. "It's possible. We have to check it out."

He nodded and they started towards the door. They found Yasuhara leaning over the railings, a child standing in the middle.

"Yasuhara!" Mai called. She caught his attention and he turned away from the railings.

"What?" He turned around and saw the child frowning at him. "Shouldn't we help?"

Mai ran over to him. "It's trying to kill you."

The child pointed to Mai and disappeared. When it disappeared, Yasuhara collapsed. Naru, Lin and John ran in to find Yasuhara unconscious in Mai's arms.

"What happened exactly Mai?" Naru said for the fifth time. "You really need to concentrate."

Lin had set up all the computers at base and was waiting for Mai to start talking so he could document it. The base was in one of the offices that conductor and the other staff usually used for breaks and staff meetings. Of course due to the recent accidents they had to shut it down until the case was closed. Mai still hadn't had lunch yet and she wasn't too happy about it.

"Monk-san told me that Yasuhara was inside the train station checking out the tracks and I got this really bad feeling and we went to go check it out." She paused trying to recollect what exactly had happened. "Then we found him leaning over the railings and a child was calling him."

She decided to leave out how the ghost had pointed at her. "And that's all?"

Naru asked again. She nodded and tried to ignore the growling in her stomach.

Monk-san walked in. "Hey I ordered us all lunch. My friend Aya-chan is bringing it for us."

Lin glanced at him. "Are you sure that's wise to bring someone so unexperienced in here?"

Monk-san shrugged. "She's just bringing us lunch. It's not like she's staying here for the whole case."

Lin frowned and got up. "You do realize that if she gets hurt it isn't our fault."

"She won't get hurt Lin-san. She doesn't even have a supernatural gift like Mai or Naru."

Naru glared at him but Monk-san didn't even flinch. "Mai would you go wait for Aya-chan? She doesn't know what room we're in."

Mai nodded and got out of the room, from the looks that Monk-san and Naru were giving each other waiting for Monk-san's friend looked much safer. She stopped when she was halfway down the stairs. Who was Aya-chan anyway? She had never heard of her. Could she possibly be Monk-san's.... She shook the idea out of her head. If Monk-san had a girlfriend he'd be the one to tell them. She took a seat next to the entrance. She was glad that he'd ordered lunch for everyone. She was drifting off to sleep when she heard the door open.

"Hello?" A woman with long brown hair holding boxes of food stood in the doorway. "Um, is this the right place?"

Mai sat up straight. She was really pretty. "Are you Aya-chan?"

She grinned. "You must be Mai."

"How'd you-"

She looked surprised for a second. "Oh, Houshou must not have mentioned me. See, we grew up together and he comes home after every case he does with SPR. He tells us all about your cases so that's how I know about you."

Mai nodded. "He talks about us?"

Her purple eyes sparkled with amusement. "Good things for the most part. Except for your boss....Kazuya is it? From his latest story you're both quite talented."

Mai blushed. "Well I don't know about that."

She smiled. "So where are they anyway?"

Mai led her into the back room. John was up against a wall trying to stay out of the way of Monk-san's fury.

"You could at least listen." He yelled. Yasuhara was propped up on the couch listening with mild interest.

Naru was ignoring him as usual and Lin was measuring the temperatures in each room. Aya-chan cleared her throat. "Who's hungry?"

The room went silent. Naru and Monk turned around. Lin-san and John stared.

"I've got the food you ordered Houshou." She held out the boxes.

"Aya-chan! How are you?" He set the boxes down on the table and wrapped her in a hug.

"I'm fine. I met Mai downstairs, care to officially introduce me to the rest of the team?" She smiled and she could feel the whole room loosen up.

"Um, this is John Brown." He pointed to John, who waved. "That's Yasuhara." Then he turned to Naru. "This is-"

"Kazuya Shibuya right?"

Naru looked surprised for a second then nodded. She turned towards Lin. "And you're Lin-san?"

He nodded. "Nice to meet you."

For the first time in a long time Lin felt his heart flutter. How discomforting he thought. He turned away from her in order to hide it. He couldn't show weakness. Ever. Aya-chan passed out the lunches and smiled softly every time she made conversation with anyone. How could she be so happy all the time?

"So, Houshou it's been nice to see you again but I've got to get going. I have to pick up Kehlee from the daycare for my sister."

Houshou nodded. "Thanks for the lunch Aya-chan."

She nodded. "My pleasure."

She reached for the doorknob but stopped short. She felt a cold chill wrap around her. Something was shrouding her vision. She groped for something solid but everything felt like jello.

Help.....Me.....Help....Me....

She took a deep breath and came back into reality. She was lying on the couch surrounded by Mai, Takigawa, John, and Lin.

"What happened?" She tried to sit up but a pain in her head caused her to lay down again.

"That's what we'd like to know." Lin said softly.

"Did any of you hear that voice too?" She asked weakly.

"What voice?" John asked.

"Oh no." Monk-san said soflty. "It's happening again.


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This is not a new chapter. I just fixed the spaceing on it cause we got some reports that is was bothering them. So I hope this fixed it. Thanks for reading.