I sat on the couch, listening to Lin typing at his computer. I had been sitting there for what felt like hours. I wished to help everyone with the case, but whenever I tried, Naru just told me to sit down.

The door to the room opened and I looked over. Naru, John, and Monk had walked in. Monk sighed and collapsed on the couch.

"Welcome back," I said.

John smiled at me and Monk gave me a grin in return. I looked at Naru and saw he had completely shrugged off my welcome. What's his problem? I thought.

"Hey, Naru," I said.

Naru glanced up from the papers he was showing Lin and looked at me. "What is it, Mai?"

I folded my hands in my lap and tilted my head. "I've been meaning to ask, where are the owners of the house?"

"That's a good question," Monk said, looking at Naru also.

Naru looked back to his papers. "There are no owners of the house, as of late. I got the case from a real-estate woman. She explained what was happening and I decided to check it out. Anymore questions?"

I crossed my arms, really hating his attitude toward me at the moment. It wasn't my fault that a ghost decided to attack me! Or for me to have that vision! Or see that-

I then remembered that same vision at the stairwell. That's right… I thought. I didn't tell Naru about that… I looked at Naru, seeing him pointing things out on the paper to Lin. Eh, oh well, it was probably nothing of importance anyway…

"Mai?"

I turned my head and looked at Monk and John. Both were looking at me, again looking concerned.

"Is everything alright?" John asked.

I heard Lin's typing stop and I looked over to him, only to see him and Naru looking at me now. I raised my hands in defense. "I'm fine! You know, not every time I zone out means I saw something or I'm not alright!"

Naru and Lin shrugged off what I said and continued with their work. I looked back at Monk and John. Both were looking at me suspiciously.

"What?" I said.

Monk lifted an eyebrow. "What were you thinking about?"

I shook my hands in the air and smiled. "Nothing important, really!"

"Really, Mai?" John asked. "It seemed to be bothering you."

I scratched the back of my neck and reverted my gaze. The pressure was overwhelming between these two.

"Mai," Naru said, leaning against the table and looking at me, "if you have something on your mind, just spit it out."

I glared at him, that comment was completely unnecessary.

"Well," I said, "it was about that ghost that attacked me in the hall…"

Monk and John's expressions changed into a serious and more perplexing look, while Naru stayed the same.

"What about her?" Monk asked.

"She looked a bit similar to a woman I saw earlier, before the incident in the hall…" I looked at everyone, all their eyes were wide open. I might have said something that angered them.

"And you're just now mentioning this?" Naru said. His tone was cold, and I knew he was really angry.

"He's right," Monk said.

"You should have told us earlier, Mai," John said calmly. His calmness made me feel a bit better. But I knew it was the calm before the storm.

"Well, I didn't think it was important…and so…"

"Not important?" Naru said, walking closer to me. "Everything we learn is crucial to this case, Mai. If you see something, you tell me, got it?"

"G-Got it," I said. Naru was actually pretty scary right now. His eyes were cold, but colder then normal.

The door to the room opened before anyone else could get another words out. We looked over to the door to see Ayako and Yasu, panting.

"You guys look like you've been running from something," Monk said, giving an amused smiled.

"Did something happen?" Naru asked.

Ayako shook her head franticly. "N-Nothing happened," she said through her breaths. "But it seems we've got a problem."

"What kind of problem?" Naru said, his tone the same one he used to me earlier.

Yasu finally caught his breath and continued with what Ayako was saying. "It seems that we left one camera in the van, so Ayako and I tried going out and getting it. But-"

"What do mean tried?" Monk asked.

"You see, that's the problem." Yasu was about to continue talking, but Ayako quickly cut in, getting straight to the point. "No matter how hard we tried, the door wouldn't open!"

You mean, we're stuck here? I thought, bringing my hand to cover my mouth.

Naru began walking past Ayako and Yasu, making his way towards the door.

"Where are you going, Naru?" Monk said, standing to his feet.

"Going to see our problem," Naru replied as he left.

I got up and ran out after him, hearing Monk and Ayako shouting for me to come back. But I wasn't going to listen. I need to see for myself if we're really stuck in this manor!

We were all standing in front of the front door, watching as Monk and Lin tried busting the door down. But it wasn't working, nothing was. Monk even grabbed a chair and tried busting the windows, but they didn't break. We're really stuck here…

"It's no use…" Monk said, breathing deeply. "We're trapped."

We all stood there in silence. I put my hand up to my mouth, biting my nails nervously. Are we really supposed to stay here in this freakish manor? I thought. There's no way that we can be stuck! We have to find a way out of here!I

A chill soon ran down my neck and I quickly turned around. But no one was there, just the empty stairs.

"Mai?" I heard Naru say. I snapped my head back and looked at him. But I just soon looked to the ground.

Soon the lights flickered off, causing us to get startled. I looked up to the ceiling, wondering what happened.

"Think it's a power failure?" I heard Yasu say.

"Or is it a spirit?" Ayako said.

I looked around, trying to see through the darkness. But I couldn't make out anything. But in the distance I could hear a flute. It sounded like it was coming from upstairs.

"Does anyone else hear that?" I asked, wrapping my arms around myself.

"A flute?" I heard John ask.

I took a step back, only to stop in my tracks. "You…" a voice whispered. My fears were staring to build. I looked around, but still couldn't see anything. "I won't…" The voice was closer. I soon felt something grab my shoulder. I jumped and looked down, only to see a hand coming out from the darkness. "I won't allow you to leave…" The voice was right near my ear.

I screamed and attached myself to the nearest thing, which I thought was John's arm. The hand vanished and the lights flickered back on, but I had my eyes shut. I opened my eyes, seeing everyone looking at me a bit startled.

"Are you alright, Mai?" Ayako said.

"A-A-A h-h-h-hand!" I screamed.

"Not so loud," Naru said. But, where was Naru? Ayako, Monk, Lin, Yasu, and John were right in front of me, but where was… Wait, John? But I thought I was… I looked up to see Naru looking right down at me, his hand gently resting against my head. I slowly let go of Naru's arm and backed away a bit.

"What's this about a hand?" Monk asked, turning me around to face them.

As soon as he reminded me about the hand, I began freaking again. "A hand resting on my shoulder and I-I heard a voice!"

"A voice?" Naru repeated, crossing his arms.

"Yeah," I looked at him, frantic. "It said, 'I won't allow you to leave'!"

Naru looked away from me, placing his hand at his chin.

"This is getting out of hand, Naru," Monk said.

Naru didn't answer.

"I thought ghosts were afraid of people they didn't recognize," Yasu said. "Isn't there usually 24 hours before ghostly activity is seen?"

"He's right!" I shouted, pointing at Yasu. I had completely forgotten about that. I turned back to Naru, seeing him deeper in thought. "What's going on, Naru?" Naru didn't answer. Now I was sure something was going on that he couldn't even fully explain.

"Do we have a poltergeist on our hands?" Ayako asked.

"It sure seems that way…" Naru replied. "But, there doesn't seem to be just one either." Naru looked up and at me. "And they all seem to be after Mai. Not one has tried attacking John or anyone else. But why Mai is the target, is something we don't know." Naru looked at the others. "The only thing to do know is to protect Mai and try figuring out this case as fast as possible."

Naru pointed at Ayako. "Ayako, I want you to watch over Mai tonight. If anything happens-"

"Yeah, yeah," Ayako shooed Naru. "I got it…"

"Monk and John," Naru said, pointing to them, "I want you to help me with looking around, gathering data. And Yasu," Naru looked at him, "I want you trying to find anything you can about this place."

"With what?" Yasu asked, shrugging. "The library?"

"Yes."

Naru looked to Lin. "Lin, I want you to watch the monitors and notify me of anything strange." Lin nodded.

Naru, Monk, and John began making there way up the stairs.

Wow… I thought, glaring at the back of Naru's head. He's really taking full charge of this case. I wonder what bit him in gear. I shrugged as I began walking with Ayako. Whatever it is… I just hope we solve this case and put a stop to this ghost…or ghosts…

Author Note: I apologize is this chapter was confusing in anyway. I tried my best sticking with personality and words that would most likely be said. I'm re watching the series and I noticed a few things I might have messed up on. And I fully apologize with that. But I hope, other then my cheesy mistakes, that the story is good. I hope you all will enjoy it.

Thank you for reading. Look forward to you reading the next chapter.