Nina's POV

I woke up and the room was spinning so fast I thought I would pass out again. I tried to pull myself from the floor, it felt like the floor was moving out from under me.

"I see you're awake." I looked up at the voice, which was a mistake. He was shining a bright flashlight in my face screwing up my vision even more. He came up to me grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the wall, which I was using for support. He looked amused. "It's funny how you used to be able to mess up my plans." Even though I felt like I was dying I was white hot furious that he was messing with the people I care about. "No, I find it kind of sad." He actually laughed. "Strong words from someone who can't stand on her own to feet." As if to prove his point he gave me a slight push, it was enough. I lost my footing and hit the hard cement beneath me.

"You're pathetic." He hissed inches from my ear.

"Go to hell." I spit back. I heard him laugh once again and walk out wherever he had come in. I heard a lock click in place. He left me in complete darkness with nothing but the fear laden thoughts about what he would do to Shai if he got his hands on her.

Shai's POV

I couldn't sleep. I already gave up trying at around midnight. But laying there in complete darkness is the perfect place to contemplate how to contact a spirit. For some reasons as much as I loved horror movies they're methods of contacting the dead seemed a bit sketchy for my taste. So I decided to talk to myself until something else answered. "Please something anything just answer me, I need help." I nearly jumped a mile when the voice of a little girl answered my questions. "Don't ever do that again. If you're going to summon something form the spirit world you need to be real specific. If you're too general anything can pass through your thread."

I looked at the little girl standing in the center of my bedroom.

"Huh?" Not the best thing I could've asked but frankly I was still trying to register everything she said. She patiently sat at the foot of my bed. "Summoning a spirit is very dangerous and can get you killed. You especially." This caught me off guard. "How come?" She sighed, I never though a dead seven year old could look annoyed but she pulled it off. "Because you're the chosen one, you have a very special connection to spirits and if spirits can harness even some of your power they can return to the physical world." I just gaped for a second. "I'm sorry it's 2:45 in the morning, I'm tired and slow, you're going to have to explain yourself just a little bit more." She sighed again.

"The chosen one is a descendent of the Gods, therefore you have a very unique power and control over the bridge between the spirit and physical worlds. Summoning a spirit is a very risky business you have to be very very specific on who you're summoning or else a different spirit can connect to your thread and transfer into the physical world. That's probably how Rufus is in the physical world." That was something I didn't expect to hear. "Wait, what about Rufus?" She looked at me funny. "Do you remember anything about those stories your mom used tell you?" I thought about all those amazing tales she used to tell me when I was little. "Wait, you mean that all of those stories actually happened?" She nodded. "Yes, and they even actually happened to your parents. You remember what happened to the villain in one of the stories right? He got pulled into the spirit world. He's been there ever since. And since he didn't die naturally when he managed to return to the physical world he was able to maintain his mortal form, Rufus is mortal and looking for power." I thought about this for a minute. "Is that why he has my mom for power? But, she's not the chosen one anymore. Why does he need her." She looked uncomfortable. "He's using her for bait. You're the chosen one and he just wants to manipulate you. Which is why I'm don't want you to keep looking for her. You'll get hurt and I promised your mom I'd protect you." This was news to me, today seemed to be full of information. "You talked to mom? can you connect to her now? Do you know where she is?" She was beginning to fade I could see it. "I'm sorry, but no I can't connect to her. I'm real sorry Shai. Good luck."

She vanished, leaving me with nothing but my troubled thoughts and my worries weighed heavy on my mind.

"Thanks Sarah, I'm gonna need it."