Marsha was being treated for her burns while Mai gave her statement to the team.
"So Patricia-." Naru began using her alias.
"Please just call me Patty." Mai interrupted her overly cute act firmly in place.
"Alright than Patty. What happened when you were on stage?" Naru asked as though he hadn't seen it himself.
"Well Liz and I just finished singing one of the songs we were performing when the equipment made all the noises. We had to tear off our headphones when a loud screaming was heard over them then the lights above the stage and some got on me and caught fire. I kind of freaked out at that point." She began.
*Kind of?*
"So my big sister put the flames out by cutting off the oxygen and now she's getting her burns treated." Mai finished with her sweet smile.
"Thank you that'll be all." Gene said as the door opened.
Looking over they saw Marsha with her hair down and bandages wrapped around the palms of her hand, over her wrist and all the way up to her shoulder.
"Liz!" Mai yelled as she flew to the girl and nearly tackled her in a hug.
"Hey Pat." Marsha greeted rubbing the girls head.
"Are your arms okay?" Mai asked.
"They're fine a few minor burns should be fine by tomorrow." She said as Shadow entered the room and walked up to Gene and jumped onto his shoulder.
"Shadow." Marsha said as Mai let go. Walking over Marsha tried to lift the cat off of Gene. All he did was dig his claws deeper into Gene's shirt. "Sorry he's usually not like this."
She was blushing from the close proximity between them and painfully aware of the stares they were getting.
"Well don't worry about I'm sure he'll get off eventually. You should both go rest after being caught on fire and burned. I'll return him later." He said.
"Nah I don't feel like. It's only a couple of burns not something exactly new if you know what I mean." Marsha answered.
"Than what do you plan to do sis?" Mai asked in that overly cute way she used to be Patty.
"Help out of course. No one even a ghost or whatever it is attacks my sister and gets away with it." Marsha said.
"Aww you do care." Mai squealed hugging the girl.
"Yeah, yeah. So what can I do?" she asked.
"Go through this stack of papers here. They should hold death certificates of those who died here. See if you can find anything." Naru said.
"Wow. Shouldn't you have people who already do that kind of work for you?" Mai asked.
"We do they're on leave at the moment." Naru said.
"Is that just a fancy way of saying they got laid off?" Marsha asked with a smirk as they flipped through the papers.
"No it's a fancy way of saying that they're taking a vacation." Gene said knocking the girl in the back of her skull.
"Hey! Watch it I'm the one who got injured." Marsha yelled.
"Last I checked you had burns not a head injury."
"Why you! I really ought to teach you a listen." Marsha yelled as she began to smack the boy repeatedly on the head.
"Hey will you cut it out! My head can't take this much abuse."
"Why? You're dumb enough as it is already."
"How would you know you just met me!"
"I'm really good at reading people."
"Doesn't mean you're always right. Geez you're so judgemental."
"What did you say!" she yelled and all the windows n the room broke along with the glass of a few cups, vases, and what not.
"Whoa Liz calm yourself." Mai said acting as though it were normal for things to break when her sister got mad.
"Yeah Liz." Gene said hoping to calm her down enough so as to not blow her cover.
"Fine. Just don't talk to me and I'll be just fine." she said as she sat back down next to Mai.
*Gene what the hell was that*
Something you don't necessarily need to know.
*The base nearly blew up because of your fight. What do I not need to know!*
Okay I'm sorry but when she gets really emotional sometimes things…happen like glass breaking, objects flying, you know normal poltergeist stuff but usually she's in a good mood wonder what's up.
"You two alright?" Monk asked.
"Just fine. It's normal for us." Mai answered in an extremely bubbly tone causing the monk to sweat drop.
"Hey Pat." Marsha said picking up a paper from off the floor.
"Yeah Liz."
"Look familiar?" she asked handing her the paper.
Mai took the photo and gasped, "Those were the ghosts I saw!"
She saw a ghost?
*They're lying you idiot*
"Good job sis." Marsha said patting the girls head.
"May I have that?" Naru asked holding out his hand for the paper.
"Okey dokey." Mai said handing the paper too him.
Ruby Moneymaker (gotta love that last name)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'8
Weight: 125
Age: 21 but would now be 51
Gender: Female
Missing and Wanted for thirteen accounts of murder.
"So she's the one we're after?" he asked.
"Is there anything else we can help you with?" Mai asked.
"Yes actually. Gene will you please escort these two outside I'll be out momentarily to join you." Naru said as he handed the paper to Lin.
Outside the room both girls leaned up against the wall as Gene stood in the middle of the hallway.
"So how long have you been in the ghost hunting biz?" Mai asked.
"When we were fourteen we solved our first case…so I guess two years maybe three." Gene said.
"Than how did we find the ghost before you did?" Marsha asked.
"Didn't I already tell you that two of our workers were on vacation?" Naru asked walking out.
"Maybe…but you didn't say anything along the lines of being important to your operation." Marsha said.
"Yeah." Mai agreed the pair knew the two girls were egging them on to get them selves appreciated…the way they deserved.
"Maybe they do more than we give them credit for but guess they'll never know. Now come on we need to talk." he said. Holding up his arm for Mai who took it and they began to walk down the hall. Gene looked at her and held up his arm.
"No."
Gene shrugged and they began to walk after the other two.
Outside the Building
"Okay I think you can take your disguises off now." Naru said.
"Right. I call upon the ancient power to unmask us now and in future hours. Show us well and thoroughly reveal ourselves so the world may see." she said. Magical wisps encircled the girls as they "de-transformed".
"So what's up? Why'd you call us out here?" Mai asked her usual tone and character back in place.
"To talk and get the whole story. Start talking." Naru said.
The girls rolled their eyes and began to tell them all the odd quirks that had happened since their arrival. They even told them about the well.
"Yeah that about covers it…hm?" Mai asked when Shadow jumped off Gene and began to run into the hedge garden.
"Shadow!" Marsha cried as she went after him. Mai followed her. Naru followed Mai. Gene followed all three of them. Running around after the cat Marsha finally jumped tucked and tumbled in front of him scooping him into her arms. "What am I going to do with you?"
"I have a better question." Gene said.
"What would that be?" Naru asked.
"How are we going to get out?"
"Simple we just…oh." Mai said realizing they stood in the middle of a crossroads. "Please tell me we're not lost."
"We're not lost." Marsha said.
"We're not?" Naru asked her in disbelief.
"She said please." Marsha said as the cat jumped out of her arms and onto the hedge and ran off. "Damn that cat."
"Never mind that. Which way are we going to go?" Mai yelled freaking out.
"Deep breaths Mai." Naru said trying to calm her down.
"So Gene any bright idea's?" Marsha asked putting her arms behind her head.
"Um…my intuition says we should go left."
"Than left we go." Marsha said as they began to head down that way. Turning back around they saw Mai still freaking out and Naru trying to calm her down. "You guys! Naru if she's freaking out that badly just carry her damn it."
Taking her advice Naru lifted Mai into his arms instantly calming her enough to walk. They walked for a good five minutes down the straight path.
"Anyone else think this isn't right?" Mai asked as Gene and Naru walked ahead a bit.
"I don't know. Maybe but hey we don't know the grounds by heart do we now?" Marsha asked when they heard the sound of crunching.
Stopping the two girls looked around.
"Hey what's the hold up? My intuition thinks something dangerous is up ahead." Gene asked as he and Naru began to come back over.
"Well we heard an odd noise so we-." Mai's explanation was cut off when the ground beneath the four of them gave way.
Their world became dark and wet when they hit the ground.
"So Gene what's your intuition telling you now?"
"That I'm going to die if we get out of this alive."
