A/N: Another update in the same week, I'm on a roll :3

Chapter 11: Ghost

"Why couldn't I wait outside?" despite how much Siren disliked Rhea, she was clinging to Rhea's arm.

"Because it'll take less time to find it with two of us," Rhea glanced around the dusty narrow corridors lined with broken windows that looked into the small Spartan rooms. The younger girl jerked away from Siren who screamed loudly in her ear. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

The auburn haired hostess whimpered "I saw something in that room."

Rhea sighed "There is clearly nothing there." She seized Siren's wrist and dragged her down the corridor "The sooner we find the Wu the sooner we can leave. SO START LOOKING!" she raised her voice at the older woman, who nodded and cautiously started to look around the rooms.

"What exactly as we looking for?" a question that Siren had forgot to ask since this journey began.

"It's called the Soul Cutter. I have no idea what it looks likes and it cuts souls….I don't even know how that works." Rhea explained clambering through a window since the door was stuck.

"You weren't listening?"

"When Wuya starts talking I switch off." After inspecting the room Rhea climbed back out the window and headed off down the passage till they came to a t-section.

"Right I'll go this way and you go that way."

Siren was not too struck on the idea of being alone "Don't you watch horror movies? We'll die if we split up!"

"O bloody hell Siren, stop it. This isn't a horror movie and I highly doubt that there-"Rhea trailed off as the sound of footsteps echoed through the corridor.

Siren started to panic, considerably a lot more than previously "See ghosts!"

"It's probably a guard, we shouldn't be here. They only let people in at night for the ghost tours so let's move it." Rhea looked at the device Jack had given her; the arrow pointed right "This way hurry."

The pair ran down the right path till they came to a set of turning points, consulting the machine once again: the arrow pointed up.

"Looks like we're going up the staircase," Rhea peered up the stairwell before kicking the iron structure to see if it was safe or not "Seems safe enough."

"No no absolutely not! Twisty narrow staircases, no just no," Siren shook her head violently like a small child.

Rhea was starting to get very annoyed with the woman "Fine stay here."

"What alone?"

"No I'm sure your ghost friends will keep you company." Rhea joked and ran up the spiral staircase. She couldn't stop laughing when Siren caught up with her almost in tears. "You really are pathetic." The pair came to small landing area. Nothing but cobwebs and a lightly boarded up window, Rhea pulled one of the wooden planks off the window which let in some more light and gazed out across the gardens. "The view isn't too bad."

"KYAAA!"

Rhea cringed Siren's scream echoed through the small room, "Stop screaming damn it!"

"But I saw-"

Rhea cut Siren off quite rudely "I don't care what you saw; it was probably your mind playing tricks on you." She took a deep breath then looked at the machine which was pointing back the way they came "I think this thing is broken." She tapped it on the banister. Something tugged her blazer making her jump and the machine slipped out of her hands and down the stairs. It clattered loudly as it hit every step on the way down.

"I think it's really broken now." Siren stated peering over Rhea's shoulders.

"Looks like it's going to take even longer now wonderful," She sighed heavily and made her way back down the stairs with siren clinging to her blazer. "It's not here."

"What's not?"

Rhea was searching for the remains of the contraption she'd dropped but it was nowhere to be seen. "That machine. We both heard it drop, o well." Scratching her head she decided to not waste more time and carried on into the left wing of the facility.

"It's been three hours and we haven't seen anything." They had searched both wings and all three floors and no Shen gong wu.

"Can we go now?" Siren questioned perching on a less mouldy looking chair.

Rhea was stood looking at a wall map "Well there is one place we haven't checked." Siren pouted and followed Rhea who had marched off.

"You have got to be joking." Rhea had truly found the one place they hadn't checked: The Basement. "This is wrong on so many levels. We'll die if we go down there, don't you watch horror movies?" Siren was back to whining.

Rhea smirked as she pushed the door open "Last time I checked, people only die on their own….mostly." and without giving Siren another thought descended down into the darkness.

Frantically looking around Siren followed. "I just want to go home."

"It's like a void down here." There wasn't a lot of light in the basement; the girls had to resort to using their cell phone screens.

"We're going to die." That's all Siren had been grumbling for the past five minutes.

"I can't wait till this is over so I don't have to listen to you whine."

"I think I found it."

Rhea cheered inwardly and rushed over to Siren who was stood empty handed "So where is it?"

"Over there." Using her backlight Rhea managed to see a large set of shears on the wall.

"And you didn't get them why?"

"That's an autopsy table, who knows what kind of evil spirits are over there."

Rhea gave up with Siren and stormed across the room purposely kicking the wheeled table, it rattled noisily as it shot off so fast that it toppled over at it collided with a stone pillar. Rhea had to stand on the counter that lined the lower half of the back wall to reach the scissors. Upon closer inspection it was the tackiest looking instrument she'd ever seen: golden blades with blackened bronze skulls for the handles.

Siren yelped and bolted across the room to Rhea, "someone's coming."

"Well we are trespassing, it's probably the guard. You've been screaming loud enough to wake the dead."

The hostess was close to tears "please don't joke about that. I've been seeing ghosts all day. I really have."

"Believe what you want now let's go." The ever confident Rhea became rooted to the spot when she heard someone laughing but it sounded distant yet near. The footsteps Siren had heard stopped then carried on slowly getting closer to the basement door.

"See I told you"

"Why are you so insistent that it's a ghost? I still think it's just a guard...but if it's not I'm using you as a shield while I make my escape."

"Well thanks."

Both girls fell silent the footsteps started approaching them from behind.

"Remind me why we're still stood here?" Rhea headed up the rickety staircase with Siren in close pursuit. Both girls jumped as the basement door creaked open slowly; Siren was mumbling something along the lines of 'I'm going to die. I'm too young to die. I don't want to die.'

Rhea was trying her best to keep calm but even in a situation like she couldn't help feeling a bit scared. She squinted as the door let beams of light flow into the basement; her eyes were slow to adjust. A slight shadow blocked out part of the light.

"Heh-" the pair stared at the tall long haired figured that was staring down at them, it took only a moment for them to register what was looking at them before they both screamed. Siren gave in and fell to her knees and cried loudly.

"Having fun?" the door was now fully open and an amused Chase stood with his arms folded smugly.

"You son of a bitch," Rhea couldn't calm her racing heart which threatened to break out of her chest, "Thanks for scaring us to death."

"And here I thought you weren't the kind to scare easily." Rhea had hauled the snivelling Siren to her feet.

"I'm not, she is however." She shoved the golden shears into Chase's hands and pushed past him "Have you're stupid toy, I'm going out now." She huffed and dragged Siren out of the building, grumbling angrily under her breath.

"Come on Siren into the magical plane." She had to forcefully shove the woman into the Silver Manta Ray.

Siren managed to calm herself down now that she was out of the haunted mental asylum "Are we going home?"

"Stopped crying have we?" Rhea joked "Yes to Shibuya, I'm sure Rayne will love the fact that you're not going to miss work after all."