I was sitting of the SPR van, looking at the eerie manor in front of me. It was the same one from my dream, or I think it was. I never got to see the outside of the room. I shivered, remembering the corpses.

Naru walked past me, grabbing a monitor and walking away.

I quickly stood to my feet and said, "Naru, I can do that! You don't have to-"

"Sit down, Mai," Naru demanded giving me a glance over his shoulder. He then began walking further away toward the manor.

"He's right ya know?" John said grabbing a bunch of cables and slinging them over his shoulder. "You should be resting, recovering your strength."

I sighed right when Ayako walked up. "What are you sighing about?" She crossed her arms, looking rather angry. "I broke a nail doing this!"

"Stop complaining you old hag," Monk said, rubbing his neck.

Ayako slapped Monk in the back of the head, making me and John laugh. The two then began arguing about complaining. But I wasn't really focused on listening to the conversations.

Once I finally caught my breath, I sighed. "I think I'm going to go take a look around…" I then began walking away.

"Mai," Monk shouted after me, "Naru told you to stay here! It's dangerous to go alone!"

I looked over my shoulder and waved. "I'll be fine!" I was then in the manor before I could hear them say anything else. I smiled and laughed to myself, but when I looked up, I was a bit surprised. The green floor and marble staircase of the main hall were the same from my dream. The dream began filling my head again, making my terror come back.

I slowly walked further toward the stairs, resting my hand on the railing. I jumped when a scene flashed before my eyes.

A woman stood here, right where I was. Her eyes were an icy blue, giving me a small shiver down my spine. Her white, silk, dress was covered in blood and so was her light brown hair.

I blinked and she was gone. I tightened my grip on the railing and shivered. Why was she covered in blood? I questioned. What happened here? For some reason, instead of turning around and heading back to the van, I began making my way up the stairs.

I was walking down a hall, tan wallpaper and the same green floor below my feet. I was curious about this place, it drew a lot of my attention. But I still was wondering what was going on here. I've only been here for a few minutes and I've already almost died and I already saw two visions, if you'd call them that.

I stopped walking and looked around. "Great… I'm lost." The house was large in size, so I couldn't blame myself for getting lost. But I had to since I was paying attention to where I was going.

Guess I should find my way back before anyone worries… I thought as I began walking back the way I came. Knowing when I get back I won't hear the end of it from Naru or Monk…

I froze in my steps, feeling the temperature drop. I looked around, but nothing was there. But I had felt something was there. But soon, the temperature rose. It was like it just passed by, like a train or a breeze.

I began walking again, but I stopped once again. I heard crying, a woman crying. I looked around and saw someone sitting near the wall. A woman with long brown hair and a white dress. Her knees were to her chest and her head covered by her arms.

I walked forward. "Are you alright?" I asked, wondering why the woman was sitting in the hall

The woman didn't answer me, she just continued crying.

"What's your name?" I asked, trying to get her to talk. But that was a big mistake. She stopped crying, but when I saw her eyes, I was terrified. Icy blue, her throat had a slit through it as she looked up, and it seemed the blood had poured out onto her dress.

I backed away slowly, hoping to make into a room or make it down the stairs before anything.

The woman stood and tilted her head at, a smile coming to show. "You'll pay…"

I continued to back up, not wanting to look behind me to see where I was going.

"You'll pay for what you did…" the woman muttered.

My eyes widened when I saw her pull out a knife, with a thin and sharp blade. My breathing became quicker as I began to panic. You would think I would be able to control myself when I see a ghost or something, with me working with SPR. But no, I couldn't. I'm going to admit, I've never been so scared in my life.

I tripped on the rug and landed on my behind. But my eyes never left the woman. Her smile got bigger and she lunged forward at me. I soon found a loud scream leave my lungs.

*Third Person's point of view*

Naru was coming toward the van, getting more equipment to take to the room where they set up HQ. But he stopped when a certain brown haired girl was no where near the other three. Naru, being the way he was, didn't panic. But he couldn't say he didn't worry a bit.

"Where's Mai?" Naru demanded as he walked up to Monk, John, and Ayako.

The others looked at each other and then at Naru.

"She said she was going to look around," Ayako said.

Naru felt anger building up in him, or was it different? "And you let her go alone? After what just happened?" Naru's voice was raised and the other knew he was angry at her for disobeying orders.

"She didn't listen when we tried stopping her, Naru," Monk said, crossing his arms.

"But, she's be gone for awhile now," John said, putting a hand to his chin. "She said she was coming right back."

"I wonder if something happened…" Ayako muttered.

Soon enough, a faint scream was heard from the building. Everyone looked toward the building, knowing the scream came from…

"Mai!" Monk said, beginning to run toward the building. But he wasn't first one. Right after hearing the scream, Naru was the first one to run toward the building. Monk following close behind with Ayako and John also.