Kayla skipped up the stairs, nearly stumbling on the last one but catching herself. She turned and made her way to the room she had been directed to and opened the door. She was immediately hit with an almost sickly sweet smell that made her nose crunch up slightly. Nonetheless she walked in, looking about the room. Like all the times before, she brushed her hand along various objects and whatnot in the room, scanning through their memories quickly. This time however, she wasn't just looking for anything in general. Of course she still looked for the things she was here for in the first place, but in truth she was looking for another close object. Something that may trigger one of her episodes. Something unnatural. She knew the episodes couldn't be a coincidence. Not at all. Not at all. It was like she was getting thrown tiny little pieces of a giant puzzle that was missing half of the other pieces and impossible to fit together.
She sighed, shaking her head slightly. All this thinking about everything was distracting her. If she didn't get all the pieces of the puzzle, she would just have to make due. As she thought that, her hand brushed against a small black spray paint can. Almost immediately, the world cracked. This time however, when the colors faded and she felt all the feeling drain away, she was used to it. She just hoped she wouldn't be too out of it when she woke up. She didn't hesitate to start walking out of the house and around the streets, whistling all the while. Like before, nothing happened for a while. She just kept on walking. She stopped when she heard a noise. Quick, soft footfalls that were slowly getting louder and louder as they got closer. Suddenly, there was a loud distressed cry as someone rounded the corner, stumbling and nearly falling.
"Help! Please!" The boy cried. Kayla jerked up. She shouldn't be surprised that it was the boy they were currently investigating. Julio.
But there was no time to think, as something was wrong. He was looking behind him as he sprinted forward, and Kayla soon saw why. Crawling on four legs along the building behind him was a large, black, humanoid creature with glowing white eyes. She knew those creatures. She nearly froze up, eyes wide. However, she shook her fear off and called out.
"Here! Come here!" She yelled. That drew the boys attention as he looked at her in surprise, but diverted his course to her. He slid to a stop and she grabbed his hand to pull him behind her.
"Uh, what are you doing? We have to run!" Julio said. Kayla shook her head with furrowed brows.
"No. I can handle this. It would outrun us anyway." She replied tensely. Soon enough, the creature was upon them. It jumped onto the ground before them as it's face split open to reveal a terrifying set of long sharp teeth. Kayla took a deep breath and threw her hand forward.
"Shayne! Help!" She screamed. For a moment, the creature continued forward. It was only when its jaws were inches away from her head, when it suddenly froze as a bright light flashed above. It let out an an otherworldly monster-like screech, and scrambled backwards. It stumbled for a second, shaking it's head furiously before giving the two a strange look and crawling away. Kayla let out a long breath, turning to face the boy.
"Are you alright? Did that thing hurt you?" She asked. The boy shook his head.
"No, I'm ok. That was really scary. Who are you?" He replied.
"I'm Kayla. But that's not important. What's important is who you are. You are Julio Escala please try to rememb-" She was cut off as the world shifted once more. It was one she was used to now. She was on the floor with her brother above her as well as the old woman.
"Again?" He asked. He obviously wanted to say more, but glanced over at woman. Kayla nodded.
"Again." She answered bluntly. From there, they were able to finish from there. But this time, they knew they needed to talk.