Okay, so there's a comment that Mai makes about in here and honestly, that's just my personal opinion. They are all hot and you can't deny it XD I just couldn't resist adding it in there. Tell me in a review if you caught on to that message, it's quite obvious.

By the way, I've been wondering, how many of you are female or male? I wanna see that ratio of female to male readers. If you think that I'm over stepping my boundaries by asking this, please tell me and I will accordingly adjust my behavior :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt, but I do own Kuri, November and John's friend who might, just might, turn up soon ;)

Chapter 44: 3 out of 5 Taken, 2 Left

Mai's POV:

"What happened?" Ayako shouted as Mai wheeled a now singing Naru in through the base door. Behind her, Kuri was trying to undo the top button of Yasu's jeans. November hissed at him, re-buttoning Yasu's pants.

"Ring around the rosey," Naru sung in an eerie child's voice.

"Seems like the ghost has gotten to them as well," Masako said slowly, keeping her distance from us and pulling John along with her. Honestly, I didn't blame her.

'We went to look around the hospital. We went up to the head doctor's lab and then the air got really cold. After that the door slammed shut and we all blacked out,' I told them, 'Do you happen to know where a couple strait jackets are?'

"Why?" Monk asked stupidly.

Yasu had taken a seat next to Lin, reviewing the stack of files Naru had collected and both of their notes on the case so far. Kuri was now attempting to seduce Ayako and failing miserably. Naru was still singing.

"And we all fall down!" Naru cried, throwing his hands into the air and letting his chair tip backwards.

I grabbed it before it could hit the floor and stared pointedly at Monk. "Never mind, I get it," he muttered, turning towards the door.

I tapped Lin on the shoulder. He looked around at me with a questioning glance. I pointed to Monk and he nodded, getting up from his seat. He followed Monk out, but I could faintly feel the presence of something still left in the room. It must have been one of his shiki.

Sighing, I turned to face my little band of misfits. Jamie had now joined Naru for a game of patty cake and singing nursery rhymes. Kuri was now trying to undress poor John. What can I say? Even if he's lost sexual preference he still has a thing for Australians like any sensible person. Masako was trying to prevent that. November was simply laughing her ass off and Yasu was typing on the computer.

It was an hour before Monk and Lin finally came back. They were each holding two strait jackets of all different colors. One was yellow. Another was pink. A third was plain white. The fourth was red.

"For a mental institute, they sure didn't have very many supplies. We had to look in all the rooms of three floors just to find these," he said, rolling his shoulders agitatedly.

I gasped and started waving my hands frantically. 'It's not a mental hospital! They were all psychic!' I wrote.

"Psychic?" Lin asked.

I nodded vigorously. 'I think the doctors knew that and were trying to suppress or completely eradicate those abilities!'

"Then why have you guys become like…this?" Ayako asked, gesturing to John, Kuri, Yasu, Naru and myself.

I shrugged and shook my head. 'I don't know yet. I think I'll try to dream, but first…' Snatching up one of the strait jackets, the sunshine yellow one, I went over to Kuri.

It didn't take much for me to force him into the jacket. He was a submissive and a masochist at times so it wasn't hard at all. Honestly, I think he rather enjoyed it which just really creeped me out.

I grimaced before picking up another of those special jackets that make you hug yourself, this time the hot pink one. Getting Naru into it was a bit more difficult than Kuri. …that must have been the understatement of my life.

"No!" he screamed, running down the hall with everyone except for Masako chasing after him, "I don't want to put it on!"

"Oliver Davis, you will put this jacket on if it's the last thing I do!" I screamed in my head at him. Oh how I wished that I could let my voice ring clear and overpower his.

"No I won't!" he shouted, answering me.

I nearly stopped dead in my tracks. Then I remembered that Naru had psychic abilities with telepathy as one of the much lower ranked ones. "Yes you will!" I screeched, speeding up. How I was able to even walk fast while five months pregnant with twins utterly baffled me, not to mention what other people thought.

Finally, after a long thirty minute chase, we cornered Naru at a dead end. He hissed at us like a feral cat as we descended upon him.

…..

Masako's POV:

"This place is utterly crazy. First Mai, then my sweet John. Now even Naru has been attacked and had something taken from him. What is going on here?" Masako muttered to herself, tickling Makoto. Jamie and Mizuki were dozing lightly next to them.

One of Lin's shiki swirled protectively above them and another hovered close to Jamie. Lin was really a great father, always looking out for Jamie. He had probably had a lot of practice with Naru.

At that thought Masako giggled quietly before realizing that her breath was coming out in little white clouds. Her eyes widened. Lin's shiki became more agitated. It circled them closely, brushing gently against Masako's hand. The one by Jamie seemed to envelop him like a blanket. Then, the one circling them was blasted away. It screeched in pain.

"Who are you?" Masako asked the air, her voice quivering.

A man with dirty blond hair and hollow grey eyes appeared in front of her. He tossed her a leering grin. "I am the head doctor of this facility and you miss, have just become my new test subject. You're not as good as that boy and other girl, but you will be better than that young priest," he said.

"I don't think so," Masako said, her voice stronger as she took a step back.

"Oh, I think you'll find that you can't resist," he growled. The room went black.

…..

Mai's POV:

"That took forever. I hope nothing happened to Masako or the kids while we were gone," I fretted. After we had forced Naru into the strait jacket it had taken an extra ten minutes to get him into a wheel chair. Now we had to find a way to get back up two floors without using the elevators.

Lin, sensing my distress, tried to reassure me, "Don't worry Mai. I left two of my shiki with them."

"Yeah Mai, stop being such a worry wart! It's not good for the baby!" Monk chided, throwing an arm around my neck.

"Get off of my wife you pedophile! She's mine!" Naru yelled at Monk, struggling against the jacket and kicking his legs in frustration, "Mine, mine, mine!"

November bounce up beside me, throwing her arm around my shoulders now. "Come now Naru, sharing is caring," she said with a devilish grin. They were just lapping up Naru's melt down. How cruel!

Before anyone could say anything else, Lin gasped. "Lin, what's the matter?" I thought at him worriedly. Something flitted past me at high speed. Lin's shiki. Then, without even so much as explaining, Lin took off at a gallop, leaving the rest of us behind in his dust.

"Oh no," I whispered, taking off as fast as I could while still pushing Naru.

When we arrived, we found Masako passed out on the couch and Lin hugging Jamie tightly. "Daddy. Daddy! I can't breathe!" Jamie shouted playfully from his father's chest. Lin sighed in relief, loosening his hold on Jamie.

"Masako?" John asked tentatively.

Everyone jumped. We'd completely forgotten that John had gone blind. I took him by the hand, leading him to the couch. "Right here John, she's passed out," I thought at him, trying to force my thoughts into his mind as I placed his shaking hand against her cheek.

He'd gone pale. "But she's not injured? Just passed out?" he asked.

"No, she's not injured," November said with a gentle pat on his shoulder.

He visibly relaxed. We settled into our usual routine, not realizing when Masako began to wake up. She blinked up at John slowly before looking around. "Huh?" she said louder than usual, her voice sounding strange.

"Masako?" everyone shouted, rushing over to her. We spewed questions at her without reprieve until she said, "What are you guys saying? I can't hear you."

We all went stalk still, our eyes wide, and then John began to cry.

Sapphire: Dun dun duuuuuuuuuun!

Masako: What'd you have to go and make me deaf for?

Naru: And me insane?

Yasu: And me humorless?

Mai: And me mute?

Kuri: I'm not gonna ask, I'm rather enjoying mine.

Sapphire: *ignores Kuri* cause I can, but there is a point to it. All will be revealed next chapter. No need to fret my little ones. You'll be back to normal soon enough.

Lin: Good…

Mai: Review please. It motivates Sapphire to write faster and if you don't, she'll just make you and us wait that much longer for the next chapter. So please, for the sake of the team, review.