((I'm sorry i shouldn't have let that bother me so much, i'm working on it. I'm proud to present my next installment as it was difficult for me to write and deal with I hope it does the subject matter that is dealt with justice. You ahve been warned btw.. Everything is coming to an end soon. I hope it's not that bad for my first story. I'm hoping to do more. I"m grateful for everything.
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When they arrived at the Hines's home Naru had gently shaken Mai awake. The look on his face had been unreadable, but she thought she had detected a moment of softness drift through his eyes. As they waited for the backup she'd called to arrive Mai anxiously worked the fabric hem of her shirt in her fingers. She wished that she could do more than just wait.
It was the sitting in the dark, not speaking that really was worrying her. Naru had always had something to say to her, even if it was rude. The silence was so complete that she just couldn't take it anymore. She looked at him to see if he was paying attention to her and when it appeared that he was focus on something else she threw open the handle and rushed towards the house.
She could hear Naru's surprised yell behind her as she tore off towards the Hines's door. She couldn't just sit there and let a little girl be in danger. This was not going to happen. She was pleased to find that David Hines mistook his family's isolation for safety and that the front door was left unlocked.
As she pulled the door open and tore off towards Adia Hines's room she could hear the knocking in the walls and feel the cold wind that seemed to be blowing through the house. Naru was calling her name frantically but Mai was more focused on the sobs coming from the little girl she knew would be in her room upstairs. Mai barreled up the stairs and when she hit the landing she was pitched into darkness.
The lights went out for a heartbeat before coming back on. They began flashing in time with Mai's heart. She wasn't going to let this go on anymore. Mai launched herself at Adia's door and what she saw stopped her heart. Adia Hines was sobbing against her head-board with her knees drawn to her chest.
The furniture in the room crashed back down to the floor and David Hines whirled around to face Mai. His face was twisted into something nasty, his features stormy and dark. What Mai saw in his face scared her but not enough for her to leave. He was still shocked so she used that to her advantage and put herself between Adia and him. The little girl grabbing on to her back and sobbing.
"It's ok sweetie. I told you, we'd help you. It's ok Adia. I need you to calm down though, can you do that for me sweetheart?" Mai said gently to the little girl not taking her eyes from David Hines as the girl's toys and furniture flew wildly around the room. Her answer was a deep sob that cut Mai to her heart. The little girl wrapped her arms around Mai's and hung on with all her strength.
"How dare you break into my home! HOW DARE YOU! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" David Hines bellowed. His face and neck were purple in uncontraned anger and there was a vein standing out in stark relief on his head. When he took a step closer to the bed Adia tightened her hold on Mai and it was then that Naru rushed into the room.
When Mai dashed from the vehicle Oliver was shocked. Mai was prone to doing rash things but and her heart was in the right place but this was dangerous. She had no idea what could happen during a full poltergeist attack. Throwing his belt off he ran after her hoping that the people she'd called were almost to the home. He was scared for her safety.
When he rounded the door he caught site of her disappearing around a corner upstairs and took the stairs two at a time hoping to catch her. Ahead he heard Mai reach Adia Hines but as he tried to catch up with her he was hit in the head by a flying vase. Shaking it off he went after his woman. If what she'd said in her sleep were even remotely true than he'd fight to the death to keep her safe.
When he reached Mai he took a quick look between David Hines and the females huddled on the bed. He launched himself at David Hines before he had a chance to react and reach the girls. As they grappled with each other on the floor he was aware that the wind in the room had stopped moving. When he gained the upper hand pinning Hines to the ground he heard the angry voices yelling.
"Police, put your hands in the air! FREEZE!" Oliver did as he was told and slowly raised his hands in the air, happy that they had finally arrived. Breathing heavily as the cops pulled him and Hines to his feet he heard Mai frantically rambling at the police, explaining their purpose.
"FILTHY LYING BITCH!" Hines screamed as Mai told the officers why they'd come. He continued to scream obscenities until Oliver glared at him and spoke up for the first time.
"It's all true. I can prove it. I have it on video, " he said gesturing to one of the nanny cam bears on the floor. "He's been molesting this little girl for God knows how long. We were called in to investigate. All the trauma this little girl suffered caused the poltergeist activity." When the police turned to look at him he sneaked a glance at Mai who was holding a sobbing Adia.
"It's all over, You're safe now. It's never going to happen again." She said carrying the girl from the room. As she reached the door Hines let out an enraged bellow and charged her. As Oliver watched in horror he slammed into Mai who had been able to drop Adia but not get to safety herself.
He turned to try and grab her but he wasn't in time. David Hines toppled both he and Mai over the railing the floor below.
"Mai!" He screamed racing down the stairs to where she was lying unconscious, her body bent at an odd angle on top of piece of furniture that had broken under her. As he reached her side he was frantically rambling. "Mai, Mai! Wake up Mai, You're going to be ok Mai. Mai! Please be ok." He felt the tears running from his eyes as her own chocolate ones fluttered open for a moment. She smiled softly at him.
"I love you Naru. It was always you." When her eyes closed again he pulled her to his chest and cradled her screaming for someone to get an ambulance. As he did every piece of glass in the home splintered and the electric flickered. As he held her close he wasn't aware of the flurry of activity around him. Somewhere close by he heard someone calling him name. Shifting his eyes briefly from Mai to front entrance he thought he saw Lin and his father rushing towards him before he passed out and slipped under himself.
Lin and Martin had rushed to the Hines homes, altered by his shiki that there was great danger to Noll and Mai, but they weren't in time. As he watched them being loaded into ambulances he wondered how everything had gotten to out of control. judging by the large cracks in the walls of the home Oliver had used his PK but Lin was a little unclear as to why.
As the police came over to speak with them he allowed them access to Noll's car. As they watched the video that had been paused on the screen everyone's stomach sank and what had happened had become very clear. While Lin took a few breaths to try and steady himself he became aware of little Adia Hines pulling on his pant leg. He looked down at her and she wipe away her tears with the back of her hand before continuing.
"Is Mai and Dr. Mr. Oliver going to be ok?" He couldn't help but smile at the small girl. She had been through so much but she was still worried about other. She reminded him quite a bit of Mai. He nodded to her and before he could say anything else the girl's mother scooped her up and they were herded into a waiting police car.
As people began to leave the scene Lin looked to his mentor who seemed to be equally shocked with the evening's events. "Come on, let's go see Oliver and his girlfriend. I suppose their are people we should be calling to alert them to what's happened?" When Lin gave a single nod Martin clapped in on the back and led him to their car. "I'll drive, you start calling. I'd like to be at the hospital when my son wakes up." As they pulled away Lin sent his shiki ahead for news.
