Randy and the girls reluctantly climbed the stairs towards the loft, stopping for Randy to grab Dennis' camera.
"For the record, this was not my idea." He laughed, confessing for Dennis.
The three of them moved into the bathroom, shutting the door behind them.
"You don't have to do this, it's okay to be scared." Kira said, crouching down to Katie's level.
"I'm not scared." she said, even though she climbed up into Kira's arms as soon as the lights went off.
"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." The three of them chanted, staring at the mirror in the darkness. Thirty seconds later, although much too long for Kira, Randy turned on the lights.
"No!" Katie whined. "You didn't wait long enough, that's why it didn't work."
With a sigh, Randy turned off the lights again.
"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." They waited longer this time, staring at the glow of the camera's night vision light in the mirror.
Suddenly, Kira let out a yelp that made her put Katie down, her back searing with a red-hot kind of pain.
Randy hit the light switch and Kira lifted up her shirt, staring at the three deep claw marks in her back. They were new, still red and irritated.
"I didn't do that!" Katie said, her eyes filling up with tears.
"I know you didn't, baby." Kira said.
There was a banging from outside as something hit the bathroom door, and Katie wrapped her arms around Kira's waist.
Randy opened the door to see objects flying around the room, things being thrown towards them. He pushed the girls back behind him and shut the bathroom door.
Katie started to sob.
"Shh, it's okay, it's okay." Randy told her, not really knowing what else to say. Kira just stared at him with wide eyes, comforting her little sister.
It stopped, and Randy opened the door once again. They were just in time to see the cupboard door slam shut with a bang.
Kira shoved her way past the two of them like a force of nature, storming across the room and hurling open the cupboard door.
"Kira, don't!" Randy cried, wanting to run after her when all he did was stay in the bathroom with Katie, trying to keep her from chasing after her sister.
The shadows seemed darker in this cupboard, and it smelled like something was rotting in there. On the wall, to the right of her, was the exact same triangle markings she scrubbed off a few days ago, only this time darker and drawn on not with marker but with some redder substance.
In the middle of it, overlapping the circle, was the name 'KIRA.'
She slammed the door shut, Randy and Katie running over to her.
Wordlessly, Kira picked up her sister and carried her out of the room, out of the house at best. Randy didn't follow, and Kira knew that no matter what she said she couldn't convince him to leave it alone.
She heard the cupboard door creak open, and she heard his gasp, so quiet she might have imagined it. Seconds later, he was running down the stairs after them, ushering the girls out towards his car.
"C'mon, we're going to my place for a little bit."
The house protested as they drove down the street, and the wind around the car no longer begged for Kristi, but instead for Kira.