In the meantime Aiden came back downstairs with a bowl of water.
"Mommy, I didn't find something bigger to put the wat-" he stopped because he didn't saw Melinda anywhere. "Mommy? Where are you?" but he didn't get an answer. "Mommy that isn't funny. So come out" he said but Melinda didn't show up. He put the water bowl down and went back upstairs.
"Delia, have you seen my mommy?" he asked.
"No, I thought she was in the basement with you? Didn't you two want to tidy it up?"
"Yes, we wanted. She told me to get some water and when I came back she wasn't there anymore…" he started to cry.
"Hey sweetie, she'll come back. Let's go downstairs together. Maybe she just didn't hear you coming back?!"
They went to the basement but they didn't find Melinda. Suddenly Delia noticed that the flashlight wasn't there anymore.
"I think I know where Melinda is" she said.
"Where?"
"In the tunnels. The flashlight is away."
"I'm not allowed to go in there by myself. Mommy says it's too dangerous…" he cried bitterly.
"Come here, its okay. She's fine and she will be with you again. The tunnels really are dangerous even for your mom but she wouldn't listen to me or your dad if we told her not to go in there."
"I gotta call daddy" he said and grabbed his cell. Melinda and Jim thought it would be better to give their son a cell phone in case he got into ghost trouble. Then he could call them and they could help him. Now he called his dad.
"Hello?" Jim answered his cell.
"Daddy?" Aiden cried into the phone.
"Aiden is that you?"
"Hmmm…"
"What's wrong? Why are you crying? Did anything happen?"
"Mommy…"
"What is with her?"
"She…" Aiden couldn't talk. So Delia took his cell.
"Hey Jim, its Delia. Look Melinda and Aiden wanted to tidy-up the basement. Aiden went upstairs to get some water and when he came back Melinda wasn't there anymore. The flashlight isn't here anymore. So we're thinking that she might be gone to the tunnels…"
"What? OMG… I'll be on the store in 5 minutes" Jim hung up the phone.

5 minutes later he arrived and ran straight to the basement where Delia was hugging Aiden to calm him but it didn't work.
"Hey" Jim said. "Did she show up?"
"No she didn't" Delia answered.
"She is fine. I can feel that" he hugged his son. "The last time she was trapped in there I found her, too. So why shouldn't I find her now?"
"What do you mean with 'trapped'?" Aiden asked.
"It was before you were born… She went to the tunnels and no one knew where she was. She was in the tunnels in order to help her great-grandmother to cross over. On her way back the tunnels broke together and she was trapped. We got there in time."
"Daddy…" he cried harder.
"Shh… Come on, we'll go in there and look for her" Jim said and took his son's hand.
"But you… always… told me not… to go… in there" Aiden said.
"Yeah, we don't want you to go in there alone because it's too dangerous. But I know the tunnels and your mom knows them even better. Delia will you stay here and wait for Melinda while we'll go in there?"
"Sure I will. But do you think Aiden should go in there?"
"Yes, I think so. Maybe there are ghosts in there which can tell him where Melinda is" Jim explained.
"You've got a point" Delia said.
Jim took his flashlight and went to the tunnels with his son.
"Daddy it's so dark in here. I'm scared" Aiden said.
"I know, honey. Do you want to go back?"
"No, I want to find mommy…"
"Okay. So tell me if you see someone, okay?"
"Okay" he made a pause while they walked further. A few minutes later Aiden saw the ghost who warned him. "Daddy, there's the ghost again."
"Which one?"
"The one who told me to take care of mommy…" he turned to the ghost "Do you know where she is?"
"She is with a man. He has dark hair and brown eyes. He seems to know her very well…" the ghost answered.
"Thank you. Is she still in the tunnels?"
"No, she isn't…" the ghost said and disappeared.
"What did the ghost say?" Jim asked.
"She was taken by a man who has dark hair and brown eyes. He seems to know her. She isn't in the tunnels anymore."
"Sounds like Gabriel."
"Who is Gabriel?"
"He is the stepbrother of your mom."
"Why did I never meet him?"
"Because he is mean and he tries to hurt your mom. He doesn't want her to be gifted. Or at least he wants her to be on the dark side but she never would change sides."
"I hate him."
"Don't say that."
"But I hate him. He took my mommy."
"We don't know if he really took her. Let's go back."
They went back to the store. They told Delia what happened in the tunnels. Then they drove home. At home Jim made lunch for him and Aiden. After having lunch Jim and Aiden were sitting on the couch. Jim took his son in a hug. Aiden seemed to be far away.
"Mommy" Aiden suddenly said.
"What about Melinda?" Jim asked.
"There is that big house. It seems like a villa and there is a huge garden with statues and a way leading to the front door. When you go in there are two stairs one up and the other down. Upstairs is a room with many pictures of mommy, you and another guy with blonde hair. I think it is that Rick guy you two kept talking about. In the basement is a room without windows and just one door. Mommy is in that room. There is blindfold and handcuffed. There are a bed and a chair and a table" Aiden said.
"Did you have your first vision?" Jim asked.
"No, mommy told me that visions are ghost related. It's like I saw what happens right now."
"So mommy is in that room. Is the guy with her?"
"Not at the moment. But she seems to have bruises in her face. Like he hit her" a tear was rolling down his cheek.
"Hey, you did great. Let's go and drive to Gabriel. That's the house you're talking about."
They got up and drove to Gabriel's house.

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