Disclaimer: Don't own anything Ghost Adventures. Only thing belonging to me is my oc.

Sorry for the loooooooooooooooong delay. Glad to be back and working on this again.

Italics = thought

As the group advanced to the next location Zak and Aaron fell back a few steps behind. Nick and Jill who walked up ahead talking about the next house they would be entering. Once they were out of earshot Aaron hit Zak on the arm.

"Dude I think we should check this." He held out the digital recorder Jill had brought into the room with her. Zak raised an eyebrow.

"I just wish I knew what happened in there before we got to her. She had me worried with the whole Deana thing." Zak replied running a hand through his hair.

"Exactly that's why we check this! I think she had it rolling the whole time she was in the room. We can always go back and check the video later."

Zak reached over and took the recorder from Aaron's hand. He turned it over backed up the tape and hit play. As he listened Aaron walked over to Nick and Jill buying Zak some time to go over the recording.

Jill's voice came through the recorder clear as a bell.

"Did you knock over this chair? Was it because I touched your photo? Are you in that photo?"

Zak listened close. He could hear a whisper that he couldn't quite make out. He rewound it and listened again. This time after her question Zak heard it whisper Jillian. He let it continue to play.

"I know someone's here with me. Can you give me a name? Am I in your chair? If you want me out let me know." Zak heard a voice reply "Run, leave." Then another darker voice whisper her name after she asked if she was in their chair. The next thing he heard was the recorder fall to the floor and Jill call for Aaron. Then the rest of what had happened when he had arrived.

Zak shut the recorder and trotted to catch up to the guys. He stopped a few feet from them and called Nick and Aaron over. Jill went to walk over as well.

"Stay there, we'll be right over." Zak said pointing at her. Jill stopped in her tracks and gave a huff before plopping down on the steps of the house waiting along with the cop that was going to let them in.

"Guys I think we had better stay close in this house. I don't want anyone splitting up while we are in here."

"What's going on?" Nick asked looking confused. Zak played back the recorder for them.

"Whoa, I told you dude."

They walked over to the house and Jill from the spot on the floor where she had been doodling a random design in the dirt with a stick, looked up. "Everything all right?"

"Yeah, just fine." Zak said holding out a hand to help her up. She took it pulled herself up and dusted her pants off with her hands. Zak went in first pulling Jill in behind him, Nick and Aaron followed behind. Zak turned to the cop at the door. "In two hours come let us out."

He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah."

"You know, officer friendly is just a ray of sunshine isn't he?" Jill said to no one in particular, which got a small laugh out of the group.

Zak turned and began making his way up the stairs. Jill, Nick , and Aaron soon followed. Suddenly Zak fell down. Jill reached up to try and catch him but lost her balance and slipped grabbing on to one of the rungs in the rail so she wouldn't go plowing back into Nick.

"What happened?"

"The step gave way, my foot is stuck." Zak told Nick. "Are you all right Jill?" He turned as best he could to look behind him.

"You have your leg caught in a step and your asking me if I'm o.k.? I'm fine. Let's get you unstuck." Nick put down his camera on the step and Jill and Nick tried to pull Zak's leg from the step.

"Stop wiggling, you'll make it worse!" Jill said. "Aaron see if you can find something to help get his foot out."

Aaron walked back down to the first floor and began checking for anything. He went into a kitchen. Looking around he didn't see much in the way of getting Zak free. Walking over to the counters he started searching through the drawers. Everyone had a junk drawer something had to be in there. He rummaged through a few drawers and came up empty handed. He turned and let out a sigh,that's when he noticed a closet in the corner near a little breakfast nook. He opened it and was disappointed when it was completely empty.

"What's keeping Aaron?"

"Zak, I'm sure he's going as fast as he can. Just try not to move too much." Jill said as she felt her way over to the step next to him and sat down."

Nick made his way to the bottom of the stairs and was listening closely for Aaron. "He's still looking I can hear him making a bunch of noise down here." He shouted up to them.

Back downstairs Aaron was walking through the living room of the house. He stopped when he walked past the fireplace. He spotted the poker and grabbed it before running and taking off for the stairs. Nick stood at the foot of the stairs listening closely when he heard a loud crash followed by a few expletives.

Jill and Zak gave each other a look.

"What the hell was that?" Zak asked.

"I tripped." Aaron shouted as he met Nick at the bottom of the stairs. Jill gave a small chuckle and Zak just shook his head.

"Does he really always fall or hurt himself?" She asked Zak.

"More than you know sweetie, more than you know."

Aaron and Nick rejoined the two at the middle of the staircase. Aaron handed over the fireplace poker and backed off. "What ever you do. . . please don't move." Jill said as she raised the poker and stabbed it into the step.

"Are you nuts!?" Zak stared at her wide eyed.

"Got any other suggestions on how we can get you out? Ain't like we got anything to grease you up and pop you out." She bent and began trying to pry up the parts of wood she shattered. Nick bent ad began to help her. They pried up a bit but still couldn't free Zak. "Back up I'll try and hit it again." Nick backed up and Jill stabbed the step again a few more time.

"Zak try now."

He wiggled his foot and pulled on it. It came up but still wouldn't come out. Nick bent and pulled on the wood cracking a big piece of the splintered wood as he did so. Zak lifted his foot out of the step and was finally free.

"Well that was fun." Zak sarcastically quipped.

"Does it hurt? "Nick asked.

"Try standing on it see if you can put any weight on it." Jill said putting a hand on Zak's side in case he couldn't. He stepped down on it putting his weight on the foot. He seemed fine and Jill removed her hand from his side.

"It's good, let's go." Zak walked up the rest of the stairs and the group just followed.

Zak and Nick walked into a small bedroom and began to investigate. Aaron and Jill stayed out in the hall due to the lack of room. Zak waked around with the mel meter and wasn't getting any readings.

"Zak, I'm getting chills dude."

Zak turned and started to walk out the room. "I hear something." Jillian said.

"Like what?"

"It sounds like someone on the stairs." Zak hushed everyone and listened. They all heard the footsteps.

"Aaron something just walked behind you." Nick said.

"Are you serious dude."

"Yeah, it went into that room." Jillian said pointing into another room.

Zak walked into the room Jillian had pointed to. Soon she and the others followed. Zak had the sb-7 spirit box in his hand and was sitting on the side of the bed.

The static hiss of the spirit box echoed through the room. Nick moved to one side of the room filming Zak, Jill stood off in the corner close to a dresser near a closet and Aaron stood in the doorway filming the entire room.

"Who's here? We know your in here, we saw you walk into this room. " They all waited quietly as the spirit box hissed. Jill made a face. The static sound drove her nuts, it was the one piece of equipment she hated when the boys would use it.

"Who are you?" Zak asks again.

A few seconds went by with nothing but the static hiss, then. "No one."

"Dude did that just say no one?" Aaron asked.

"A smart ass ghost. Go figure." Jill chimed in. Just as she finished her sentence the closet door flung open. Zak jumped up off the bed, Nick reached out and pulled her out of the way before the door slammed into her.

"Did you just try and hurt her? " Zak said pointing at Jill. The spirit box echoed through the room before a dark laugh was heard. Jill stood behind Zak and grabbed his arm.

"Why don't you try and hurt me if your so big and tough? Everyone stood still the tension in the room could be cut with a knife as everyone stood waiting for something to happen. "What's wrong you can't face someone your own size, you have to be a coward and pick on a woman!" Jill stood behind Zak and grabbed his arm.

"Can we go? I don't wanna be in here anymore." She whispered. Zak continued to try and provoke the spirit in the room.

Jill moved past Nick and out into the hall way she sat on the edge of the steps waiting for the others and was shaking, the adrenaline rush from her near miss was wearing off and reality was beginning to set in.

What have I gotten myself into. This is a hundred times worse than what I went through as a kid. Maybe I shouldn't have entered that contest. . .Oh suck it up. You knew it could be this way. It's only a few more hours. Tough it out. Your stronger than you think.

Jill felt a hand on her shoulder and jumped. She turned to see Nick staring down at her.

"You all right?"

"Yeah, I just needed to get out of there."

"Your shaking." She heard Zak say as he came out of the room and stood before her on the steps. "Maybe we should call Billy and you can stay back at base camp."

"No. I don't need a babysitter. I'm fine, really. I want to finish this."

Zak knelt down in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders. They were now eye to eye. "You don't have to put up a front and be brave. We won't think anything less of you if you didn't continue..."

"I'm not putting up a front. I want to continue." Zak looked at her face that held nothing but a look of determination in it, then he looked up at Nick and Aaron who were behind Jill exchanging their own look. He let out a small sigh and looked back to Jillian.

"Fine. I can't guarantee that nothing else will happen like what happened up there but we'll do all we can to try and protect you. Promise me one thing. For the remainder of the night you stay with one of us and don't leave our side."

"Yes mother." Jill replied.

"Good. Now come on we have more Ghost Adventuring to do."