Italic means thoughts or inner speech, bold-italicmeans the spirit.~
Ghost Hunt
SPR Case File: Undying Attraction
Chapter 8
12:00PM
'I want THAT man.'
It said. Suddenly she felt pressure on her neck in the form of hands, it wasn't strong it felt more like a touch than an attempt to choke her. Mai place her hands on her neck, her arms shaking with fear. It was most likely wise to tell Lin about what is happening, she steadily stood up off the comfy couch and walked to Lin, taking a peek over his shoulder to see what he was doing in a way to distract her from fright. But...
The heart raced in her chest, and it took over.
(Now the chapter begins)
Mai's arm slithered around Lin's neck, creeping her finger around it. He stiffened in her grip, his relentless typing stopped immediately. In Mai's head her consciousness screamed.
'What the hell are you doing!? How? Why can't I control my body?!'
Mai leaned in closer, her lips almost touching the skin of Lin's ear.
"We're alone you know, we can doing things together if you want to."
She felt her corners curve up and perked to send a sweet kiss on the back of his ear. She could feel his body shiver, but just as she felt it he jumped of the chair. He stared angrily at her, he was not please. Then and there he figured out already that it wasn't Mai who spoke.
"I'm lonely Lin. Won't you comfort me?"
Her hand reached itself under her back shirt, grabbed hold of her bra and with a skillful removal the back came undone.
"That's enough."
Lin's deep voice raised a level, Lin barely spoke so hearing him outright talk was new. Only adding fuel to the fire.
Mai's hands shifted through her clothes to pull off her bra, Mai shivered; she wasn't wearing much in the first place.
'STOP!'
Her mind beat in her skull. The Mai outside didn't even flinch, she was wearing a navy blue tank and a high wasted skirt with sport shorts underneath. Mai liked wearing skirts but felt more comfortable with short for more...coverage, the skirt only reach half way down the thighs.
Mai dangled her now off bra on the tip of her right index finger, the black B-cup was now off her body. Lin remained silent not showing anything on his face, for once Mai was happy that he was the silent type.
"Mai, that's enough. Don't let it control you."
He spoke softly this time, he was trying to get to her. Mai watched as if she was watching a private movie, if she had a physical shape for her mind she would be bang on the TV screen.
'I know Lin! It's not like I want this either!'
'Of course you do. All women want this, it's in their nature.'
The familiar girls voice spoke.
'Well I don't!'
'You're a virgin. I'll give you the best pleasure of your life.'
It said with a chuckle.
'I don't want this! STOP! NARU~'
Mai screamed as loud as she could or at least mentally. This time she got a reaction, Mai's body flinch backwards as if she was punched in the stomach.
'NARU~'
She screamed again. Lin watched as Mai was battling it out eternally, his face didn't hide anything now he was clearly displaying worry. Mai looked up and smirked.
Naru was out fetching a few materials he thought might be needed, John had joined him along with Masako. Takigawa was dragged away with an angry Ayako, before they disappeared out of sight Takigawa sent a pleading look at Naru and John. Naru had shrugged it off not willing to go through the effort, and John knew that there really wasn't anything he could do to help. Masako just watched amused, she somewhat saw her too as a love rival.
"Naru, is this it?"
John asked rounding a store aisle, he lifted a boxed full of thick cords. Naru took the box and scanned the contents, being satisfied he passed the box back and nodded a 'yes'.
Masako stayed beside Naru, not wanting to be alone looking for electrical stuff that she didn't much understand. She was usually on the other side of it, inside the cords and through a screen. Being a TV actress didn't require her to video herself when others did it for her.
"Naru, what do you think of Mai?"
She asked finally after pondering when to ask it for a long while, she peeked from behind her red kimono sleeves. She had picked out her best for the outing, a beautiful blood red with black outlined roses scattered all over. He pale skin looked like snow, her black hair cupped her small round face. If people didn't know she was Masako Hara the famous TV medium then they would think she was Snow White.
Naru picked up a camera twisting it around and looking at it triggers and buttons.
"She's reckless, stubborn and hot-headed. But all in all she's a good girl."
He said, not getting the question right. Masako wanted to know how he 'felt' about her, not what her thought of her. She looked down at her sock covered, saddle wear feet and blushed a bit.
"No, I mean how to you think-feel about her as a person?"
She didn't bother looking up, she knew that he was observing her.
"Is that a personal question?"
Masako slowly moved her head up and down, she heard a low sigh and some movement. He had placed the camera back down where he picked it up before. Looked the opposite direction of Masako and replied.
"As a person I think she strong, how I feel about her...She's...an assistant and friend. Someone with importance."
He skimmed through the last part of his sentence quickly, Naru walked further away to blow off his barely viable blush. Masako had looked up at him the moment he said 'How I feel about her,' her eyes wide and teary. Naru's words contradicted with what he really meant, she lost.
But it still didn't mean it was hopeless, feeling change and she wasn't about to let Mai win. Not yet.
With shaky hand she remove the shorts, Mai was fighting with all her might to stop her self from doing something stupid and really embarrassing. Both her black bra and grey shorts laid on the floor together, her hand coming back up sliding her finger on her bare skin thighs.
'N-no more. P-please.'
Mai's heart felt tired, she was fighting hard and still is but she was losing. Lin had closed his eyes, his body still on alert in case she attacked him while he was off guard. He didn't want to pin Mai to the wall or floor to stop her from going any further, Lin was praying hard, believing that she would win this.
A thought came to mind, what if she caught the spirit of guard? But how, no idea.
'Fine you win, I'll agree that I do want it. But not with Lin, I have feelings for someone else.'
'Oh I know. But look who's here now, why wait when there is a meal to eat in front of us.'
'Don't say us! I'm nowhere like you! I actually value my body.'
'You won't think that when I'm done filling..'
The base room door came open, like if time was stopping the door very very slowly opened. Lin shot his eyes at the door, 'not now' he thought 'she's so close'.
John walked in smiling at Masako that was beside him, her kimono in the way of a smile of her own.
'No...'
Mai's consciousness lost breath at her words. If John and Masako where back then he would be to, her heart beat heavily to the ground.
Like the world was ended, Masako's smile slipped straight off her face. John noticed the change and turn to see what she saw, he dropped the bottle of water from his hands splashing the rest of it on the floor.
Before them was a Mai with her thumbs between underwear and skin, bent to remove and a bra less shirt that showed everything underneath. Naru walked in, he was frustrated that the others didn't move out-of-the-way when the stopped shortly after entering base. His eyes locked with Lin's and then knew why, he couldn't even have time to scan the room when he eyed Mai's getting undress figure.
Her body was frozen on the spot.
'Why?!'
The voice in her head said.
'Why?! It's not possible!'
It screamed, Masako's face full of horror. The woman's face was disfigure, the skin rotted away around her left eye. He teeth covered in dirt mixed with saliva, both sides of her cheek had dangled skin from being eaten away. The shoulders slumped forward, hands around Mai's head with bony and broken hands the left hand ring finger gone altogether.
She felt sick, last time she couldn't see the woman clearly only a blurred outline figure of her. This think attached itself onto Mai's soul? God help the poor girl.
She fainted into Johns stiff arms, he wasn't ready for her to fall but there wasn't any time. They both fell to the floor.
"Masako? Masako are you alright?"
She was out like a light. John couldn't do anything but rely on Naru.
Naru's body was rigged.
'What is she doing?'
He thought to himself, Naru's hand were in fists fists so tight that it made his hands numb white without circulation. He glared at Lin.
'And you let it go this far?!'
He mentally asked his #1 assistant. Lin caught on quickly and shock his head gently side to side. He lifted a hand top stop him from moving forward, Lin and Naru had a strong connection with each other. Naru knew what Lin was trying to do, the both watch Mai, still frozen on the spot.
Her head was pounding, at fist she thought it was he heart but it turns out to be a headache of the life time. She was no longer seeing Naru who had walked in on the situation, though see couldn't see she still knew what they were doing. Her eyes were open but she could not see, her brain told her that Lin stopped Naru from doing anything else and Masako had fainted on to John and they both were on the floor.
The pounding didn't stop.
'Why?'
The voice asked again.
'Why do you refuse the rush, the love, the lust.'
Her mouth quivered but spoke anyway.
"Because that isn't love. Just lust. I don't want lust I want love."
'The love? Sex is love! that's why it's called making love!'
It screamed. Masako had opened her eyes to the screeching voice, she eye the two and watched the conversation.
"You sound like you're repeating words of another."
Mai stated, the SPR members stayed silent and confused. They were only hearing one half of the conversation.
"You're wrong, it may be called that way but it holds no meaning if there really is no love."
A tear escaped Mai's eye, she was crying for her. She was confused between love and lust, she believed it until death.
"They go together but they feel completely different if their separate."
'Feel?'
Its voice less historical.
'You love that man don't you. Real love.'
It pointed its finger to Naru.
Mai had regained her body and stood up fully, her eyes lost in darkness of the spirit's world. She was astral projecting her self out of her body, separating her and the Ghost. They stood in front of each other.
"I do."
Even though she wasn't in her body her voice was heard as an echoed in the room. The other spirit looked at Mai seriously, the her facial expression softened and healed. She was a beauty.
Ocean blue eyes and fall orange hair, full lips that naturally brimmed with pink. Thin black eyebrows and long eyelashes, her nose was small and rest nicely in the center of her face. She wore a white wedding gown, her left ring finger still didn't grow back.
'I was to be married, but the man of this house hold turned me down and pulled out last minute. His father disliked like me, I came back for a last try at him again but was told off by the father. Angered that he was making the decision and not himself I refused to leave, he broke my neck without hesitation. I was later berried under this house, this was was over 120 years ago.'
"But why lust? why wait this long to haunt anybody."
'I was trapped deep underneath. As were the children.'
"Do you know anything about the kids? How are they connected to all this?"
'This place hold darkness. Pure evil roams the air, since the beginning. I've heard them whisper, cry and scream. They won't hold to sanity much longer, they crave the ending of the nightmare. They care of the day. Their father holds dear to them, their mother means no harm. Don't forget, never forget the day you went mission.'
Her words chopped and made no sense to her, it was like a riddle.
'When the mystery is solved, then their souls shall rest.'
"I'm sorry. You've been through a lot."
'Why lust?'
"What?"
'You had asked me, why lust?'
"Yeah."
'Before my love was torn from me, we had done it many times. But I was growing away from him and defiled my body with other men. My heart though remained his, regretting every time I betrayed. Maybe that was why the father had killed me, he had figured out my sin. But my loves was of greater heart-break, when I died I wished that I could have at least done it one more time; connect one last time.'
"And you held on to that wish."
The other woman grimly nodded, her beautiful face shrouded with sorrow. Mai didn't cry but she could feel her heart burn with the force of an invisible hand squeezing it.
'I cling-ed and it turned me to a monster. Sorry for my actions and sorry for making you betray your love in front of the special man in your heart.'
"It's okay...I'll deal with it somehow, maybe in a few years."
Mai's spirit self scratched her blushing cheek.
'One last this before I go, a warning to you all.'
She pause.
'The children are not children, wiser beyond age. The reason their free lie wait in the kitchen of the home of the devil. Step foot in its domain will cry its truth and shatter the souls.'
Another odd sentence, she was full of that.
'Thank you Mai, you taught me to value love again.'
The spirit walked up to Mai with long swift steps, she place a hand on her chin and brought her up to stare into her eyes. Mai stared back, what was she going to do?
And with her finally moments she bent down and kissed Mai, her sweet lips cushioned against Mai's. The shock shoved her spirit back into her body, like being shove she fell to the ground.
9:00PM
Mai had finally opened her eyes, she was experience the comfort of her bed. She was returned home, it being a dream didn't even cross her mind. It was real as reality can get. Recalling everything she brought her hands to her lips, she kissed a girl. Not in a million years did she expect that, not that it bothered her that much she was in spirit form at the time. She still could give away her first physical kiss to who ever she wanted, one in particular.
She was home but alone, it seems they brought her there and then left. With a big sigh of relief, she got off her bed and replayed her spirit stealing kisser's words as she went to make herself tea.
'This place hold darkness. Pure evil roams the air, since the beginning. I've heard them whisper, cry and scream. They won't hold to sanity much longer, they crave the ending of the nightmare. The care of the day. Their father holds dear to them, their mother means no harm. Don't forget, never forget the day you went mission.'
And.
''The children are not children, wiser beyond age. The reason their free lie wait in the kitchen of the home of the devil. Step foot in its domain will cry its truth and shatter the souls.'
What ever they meant it could help her solve the case, but before all things she needed to peace herself together.
Return to base, or not return.
