the story is a mixture of the show "Ghost Hunters" and the movie "Somewhere it Time". Please let me know if you like it or if you hate it. It has not had that many hits so I have to wonder what is wrong with it.

Chapter 1:

Ryan had been looking forward to his time off this weekend and wasn't afraid to hide his excitement. He was planning on getting away with an old friend of his who was planning on visiting some areas in Miami said to be haunted.

He had been interested in the idea of ghost hunting after having a personal experience back in college; which is how he met his friend. He had been studying in the library one night and had quite an experience that still creeped him out to this day. It was suggested that he talked to the local ghost hunting group that had been currently residing in one of the local dorms and it changed his outlook on the supernatural. He had participated in a few of their investigations during spring break and had enjoyed it so much that he was always willing to step in and help when asked. So when his friend called him up asking if he was free, he jumped at the chance.

After work he was going to be meeting his friend John at the hotel where his group was staying. They were then going to head to the old part of town where there was a theater that the owners claimed to be haunted. It was up to his friends group to verify this claim.

As Ryan was putting away a few things in his locker he looked at the person who had just entered the room. "Hey Natalia, I didn't know you were leaving early too".

Natalia looked in his direction and responded to his question, "Hey Ryan, I wasn't feeling very good so Horatio said I should just take off early. I think I may have caught that flu that was going around. So it looks like you're leaving early; you're not sick too are you?"

"No, I was only going to work half the day so I could start my weekend early".

"Oh, that's right. You have big plans to look for dead people. Don't you see enough of them at work?" She started to laugh at her own response, but started to cough.

"Hey, take it easy there, that cough doesn't sound good. As for my plans, we are looking for ghosts, not dead people. There should be no dead bodies where I'm going because they would have already died a while ago". He closed up his locker and gave one last look at Natalia, "I hope you're feeling better".

"Thanks Ryan. I expect a full report of your investigation on Monday".

"I think I can manage that. I'll see you next week".

Ryan walked out of the locker room and made his way to his car. He was so excited about tonight. He hadn't been on a hunt since college, but he remembered the kind of things they did. The only thing he was not looking forward to was staying up all night, but it was the most active time for the spirits.

As Ryan drove he called his friend to see if they had arrived yet. As soon as he found out they were getting settled at the hotel, he drove his car a little faster. He was glad he had thought to bring his overnight bag with him; that way he didn't have to waste any time by stopping at home.

Luckily the traffic this time of day wasn't too bad. It only took him 30 minutes to get to the hotel. Normally it would have taken him twice as long had he left when he normally got done.

As he pulled up to the hotel he was surprised by which one they picked. He remembered the group never had much money back in college so a place like this was always out of the question. He even remembered sleeping in their van on one hunt. But this place had to be at least $300.00 a night; his friend must be doing well for himself, something he would have time to discuss as they walked the dark hallways of the theater at midnight.

He entered the hotel and headed straight for the elevators. He knew which room the guys were staying in and planned on just crashing on the floor with them. Once in the elevator he pressed the 8 button and waited while the elevator went up.

He exited the elevator and had no trouble finding the room. He could hear quite a commotion coming from one of the rooms down to the left and he knew exactly who was making the ruckus.

He was feeling a little cocky as he walked toward to room so he decided to have some fun with it, "Hey, we have received a few complaints about all the noise your making. If you don't stop I'll have to take you downtown".

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John opened the door and was about to respond to the complaint when he saw who was standing there, "Hey buddy, how ya doing?" He was not one for a simple hand shake and pulled Ryan into a big hug.

As soon as Ryan could get away from the rather tight embrace he took a good look at his friend, "Hey John, it's good to see you".

"Same here", he put his hand on Ryan's back as he led him into the room, "Hey everybody, this is Ryan".

As the 4 people in the room turned Ryan waved his hand and said, "Hi guys".

After everyone said their hello, John ushered him over to the table. "So, we are almost ready to get going. I thought we could use the daylight to get set up and it would also give us time to talk to the owners. When were done we plan on coming back here for a few hours of sleep and then going back for another night before sitting down to see what we found. It's going to be just like old times; except we have much cooler equipment this time".

Ryan could see that when he looked at some of the things on the table, "Yeah, this stuff looks pretty impressive".

Ryan spent the rest of his time in the hotel getting familiar with the equipment. Before long they were done loading up their 2 vans and were on their way to the theater. Ryan rode in the van John was driving and used this time to catch up on a few things.

Soon they were pulling up to the building for a night of adventure; or at least they hope it would be adventurous. No one ever knew what they would find on any investigation. But Ryan had a good feeling that the spirits would show up. After all it was a Friday night in downtown Miami where the full moon was showing brightly. The combination of those 3 things always brought the strange and unusual things to the surface.

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