Case 4

The Black Death

File 5

Monday

May 17

Day 3

12:05 p.m.

I laid on the couch in a fetal position, sucking my thumb like a small child. But come on! After an experience like that, how could I not be dramatized? I have seen a few deaths during my stay here in S.P.R., but this was by far the most graphic.

"NOOOOOOOO! EMILY-CHA-HA-HAN! WHY, LORD? WHY?" the ear splitting screech of Ms. Osahari's wail came in through the closed door.

I clenched my eyes shut and tightened my ball-like position on the couch, covering my ears. Tears ran down my cheeks. 'I know how bad it feels when you loose your parents, but I can only imagine the pain of losing your child.'

"So…how'd it go?" Monk asked shyly as Naru entered the base.

My eyes snapped open.

Naru turned towards the loving Monk and glared at him. "How do you think it went?" Naru asked, both cold and sarcastically.

"EM-I-LY! MY BA-BY! WHY! WAAAAAA!" Ms. Osahari wept loudly. She stuttered as she spoke.

"Oh." Monk sighed looking down at his feet.

"How 'ya doin'?" Ayako sat next to me with a warm smile.

"Not so good." I sighed as I buried my face into an opening between my legs and torso. "I can't believe what my eyes just beheld." I whimpered.

"Oh, Mai. It's okay." she spoke in baby talk.

I gradually began to poke my head out like a scared turtle who was being encouraged. Then I sat up, sniffling.

"What's done is done. All we could do know is give that spirit hell during the exorcism." she said shaking my shoulder encouragingly.

I nodded weakly as I wiped away my tears.

"How 'ya doin', Kid O'?" Monk approached me and disheveled my hair.

"Fine - I guess. Thanks, Ayako." I mumbled.

"Don't mention it!" she chimed with a smile on her face.

"Well, now that you feel better, you have work to do, remember?" Naru said, tossing me my clipboard. It landed perfectly on my laps.

I glared at him and didn't even bother to look at the object that had magically appeared on my laps.

"Now." he said sternly.

I was defeated, Far & Square [_]. I got out of my seat (grunting) and dragged my feet to the rooms I had yet to document.

"This is all your fault!" Ms. Osahari hissed at me from down the hall. Her pointed finger pierced into my very soul.

"Wha-"

"You did this! You were supposed to stop this! It was all a scam!" she growled at me as she approached my person. Then, she came charging towards me!

I was paralyzed with fear!

She surprised me when she draped her arms around my shoulders and buried her face into my chest, weeping violently.

"There. There." I whispered as I patted her back.

"Than You." she managed to say between stutters.

"But for what?" I asked surprised.

"For everything. I know that you didn't manage to save Emily-chan, but Thank You for taking my case; Thank You for getting along with my daughter; Thank You for being there for me; but most of all…Thank You for befriending my daughter. You know, Emily-chan wasn't that good at making friends. For some odd reason, all the girls seemed to have it out for her…but not you, Mai Taniyama," she said pulling away, "you were there for my daughter. You cried for her death. You felt both hers and my pain. Emily-chan really liked you. You were like a sister to her. You - Were - Her - Friend." she finished her speech.

"I should be thanking both you and your daughter. 'For what reasons?' you may ask. Well, for giving me a family. I always grow an emotional bond with all our clients, and you and Emily-chan were one of the many. Your daughter was a wonderful person, and she did not deserve to die - NOT THAT YOUNG." I replied.

She hugged me once more. Then bowed, then left.

I watched her shadow scurry away, much less hunched at that. I smiled at the difference I had made in the woman's life.

8:30 p.m.

Nothing big/significant had happened between this morning and now, so I didn't document anything.

I fell to my bed, defeated by the hard day's work. I sighed as I cuddled into the futon.

"M-M-M-Mai…" a child's voice echoed through the room.

My eyes flew open.

There, laying on the pillow next to me, was - was…

(A/N: No spelling check 2day, GoMeN (-_-;)