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Torso
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Many hours of driving later, as the sun rose in the fall sky, Evy noticed something that was out of the ordinary.
"What the hell... where are we going?" she asked herself out loud.
"What do ya mean?" Alex asked, awaking in the passengers seat.
"We got on the New Jersey Turnpike about a half hour ago, and we still haven't gotten to New York?"
"I think we're going to the New Jersey coast." Alex realized as she looked out the window.
The black vans in front of Evy's car came to a stop several minutes later, only a few yards away from where the coast of New Jersey meets the Atlantic Ocean. The van's doors opened, everyone got out of their automobiles and looked around at the coast.
"What are we doing in New Jersey, I thought we were going to New York!" Evy yelled to Serena and her sister over the crashing waves of the ocean.
"Ah, yes... seems I was mistaken, as Ms. Oretzia has brought to my attention," Cyrus said, referring to Kalina as he walked over to where Evelyn and the others were standing. "Jimmy Gambino was not killed in New York, but New Jersey."
"Ahhh! Shit!" Dennis moaned as he stumbled out of one of the black vans, holding his head as usual.
"So I see." Evy said, looking at Dennis, concerned.
Dennis reached into his pocket and pulled out the bottle of painkillers, as soon as Cyrus caught sight of this he became infuriated.
"Mr. Rafkin!" Cyrus shouted, knocking Alex out of his way with his cane as he made his way furiously towards Dennis who was terrified of the look on Cyrus face.
"Oh boy!" Dennis squealed as he hid the pill bottle in his pocket and ran back inside the black van for safety.
Evy and Alex stood dumbfounded as they watched the way Cyrus' attitude had drastically changed.
"I need you clear headed, do you understand me, Dennis!" Cyrus shouted to the cringing man in the van.
"Yes, yes, I understand... sorry!" Dennis screamed with fright.
"Leave... leave him alone!" Evy hesitantly remarked as Cyrus turned his attention towards her.
"I am paying you three a great deal of money to do a job that you are clearly not doing!" Cyrus yelled at them. "Now go do what I pay you for!" he said evilly, pointing to the dock by the sea.
Cyrus reached into the van and pulled Dennis out by the collar of his sweater, almost pulling it off as Dennis fell to the sandy cold ground.
"No!" Alex screamed, distracting the others from Cyrus' patronizing of Dennis. Alex' eyes were rolled back in her head as she screamed 'no' over and over again, she seemed to be in a trance, possessed by something, or someone.
"What's happening to her?" Henry asked Evelyn.
"Its her 'gift'." Cyrus echoed to them.
"What?" Serena asked.
"Its like in the movie Ghost, when Patrick Swayze used Whoopi Goldberg's body to talk to Demi Moore, ghosts use Alex' body to contact this realm." Evy stated. "She's a medium."
"I thought you two didn't believe in ghosts." Dennis asked smugly.
"Yeah... well we always thought she was just crazy." Evy admitted with shame in her voice.
"Well great!" Dennis mocked.
"No... I'll get you the money, just... just don't, NO! No! Please!" Alex whaled, tears streaming down her face. "Please! Don't- Aahhhhh!!!!!" and with that final scream of pain, Alex passed out, falling unconsciously to the floor of the beach.
"Is she okay?" Dennis asked, running over to her.
"Its okay, it just drained her... she's weak." Evy said sadly, kneeling at her friend's side as Dennis joined her.
"Where's the cube?" Serena whispered to Henry, he just pointed to the road where the forklift held the massive glass cage. "Tell the others to start getting ready."
Dennis let out a moan as he grabbed his head in pain, Evy tried to comfort him as he rubbed his head, they both then removed the clear glasses from their pockets and put them on. The others around them followed, putting on the viewers, ready for the second ghost to attack, little did they no it would be nothing like the last.
Dennis walked over to the dock, Evy followed him curiously. He peered into the ocean, he then began to look around in a paranoid fashion.
"Where is he Dennis?" Cyrus asked in an impatient, yet eager tone.
"Uh... what part exactly?" Dennis muttered as Cyrus walked to the edge of the dock.
"What?" Evy questioned.
A moment after she asked, Evelyn was hit with a vision, she caught a quick glimpse of a man chopped into pieces and wrapped in cellophane.
"Oh... I see." She mumbled, walking away from the edge of the dock, closer to the shore.
"I need his torso! Where is his torso!" Cyrus demanded.
"Well, the good news is his arms are still attached to his body, the bad news is his head isn't!" Dennis told him.
Dennis walked away from the dock, past Evy, towards the woods.
"There." Dennis said, pointing to the woods. "He likes to... well, crawl, there."
Cyrus put on the viewers, he nodded to the group of men in the clear jackets, the sound of Latin chanting echoed around the area out of the speakers. The forklift moved the glass prison closer to the woods, its doors flew open as the group awaited the second ghost. A few moments later the dismembered body crawled out of the woods, holding its head under one arm, using the other to scurry around.
The torso entered the cube with almost no delay, except for the slight trouble it had maneuvering its way into the glass cage. The doors slammed shut as Cyrus laughed with enjoyment, the second ghost had been captured... Evy and Dennis just stayed at Alex' still unconscious side through the capturing.
Torso
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Many hours of driving later, as the sun rose in the fall sky, Evy noticed something that was out of the ordinary.
"What the hell... where are we going?" she asked herself out loud.
"What do ya mean?" Alex asked, awaking in the passengers seat.
"We got on the New Jersey Turnpike about a half hour ago, and we still haven't gotten to New York?"
"I think we're going to the New Jersey coast." Alex realized as she looked out the window.
The black vans in front of Evy's car came to a stop several minutes later, only a few yards away from where the coast of New Jersey meets the Atlantic Ocean. The van's doors opened, everyone got out of their automobiles and looked around at the coast.
"What are we doing in New Jersey, I thought we were going to New York!" Evy yelled to Serena and her sister over the crashing waves of the ocean.
"Ah, yes... seems I was mistaken, as Ms. Oretzia has brought to my attention," Cyrus said, referring to Kalina as he walked over to where Evelyn and the others were standing. "Jimmy Gambino was not killed in New York, but New Jersey."
"Ahhh! Shit!" Dennis moaned as he stumbled out of one of the black vans, holding his head as usual.
"So I see." Evy said, looking at Dennis, concerned.
Dennis reached into his pocket and pulled out the bottle of painkillers, as soon as Cyrus caught sight of this he became infuriated.
"Mr. Rafkin!" Cyrus shouted, knocking Alex out of his way with his cane as he made his way furiously towards Dennis who was terrified of the look on Cyrus face.
"Oh boy!" Dennis squealed as he hid the pill bottle in his pocket and ran back inside the black van for safety.
Evy and Alex stood dumbfounded as they watched the way Cyrus' attitude had drastically changed.
"I need you clear headed, do you understand me, Dennis!" Cyrus shouted to the cringing man in the van.
"Yes, yes, I understand... sorry!" Dennis screamed with fright.
"Leave... leave him alone!" Evy hesitantly remarked as Cyrus turned his attention towards her.
"I am paying you three a great deal of money to do a job that you are clearly not doing!" Cyrus yelled at them. "Now go do what I pay you for!" he said evilly, pointing to the dock by the sea.
Cyrus reached into the van and pulled Dennis out by the collar of his sweater, almost pulling it off as Dennis fell to the sandy cold ground.
"No!" Alex screamed, distracting the others from Cyrus' patronizing of Dennis. Alex' eyes were rolled back in her head as she screamed 'no' over and over again, she seemed to be in a trance, possessed by something, or someone.
"What's happening to her?" Henry asked Evelyn.
"Its her 'gift'." Cyrus echoed to them.
"What?" Serena asked.
"Its like in the movie Ghost, when Patrick Swayze used Whoopi Goldberg's body to talk to Demi Moore, ghosts use Alex' body to contact this realm." Evy stated. "She's a medium."
"I thought you two didn't believe in ghosts." Dennis asked smugly.
"Yeah... well we always thought she was just crazy." Evy admitted with shame in her voice.
"Well great!" Dennis mocked.
"No... I'll get you the money, just... just don't, NO! No! Please!" Alex whaled, tears streaming down her face. "Please! Don't- Aahhhhh!!!!!" and with that final scream of pain, Alex passed out, falling unconsciously to the floor of the beach.
"Is she okay?" Dennis asked, running over to her.
"Its okay, it just drained her... she's weak." Evy said sadly, kneeling at her friend's side as Dennis joined her.
"Where's the cube?" Serena whispered to Henry, he just pointed to the road where the forklift held the massive glass cage. "Tell the others to start getting ready."
Dennis let out a moan as he grabbed his head in pain, Evy tried to comfort him as he rubbed his head, they both then removed the clear glasses from their pockets and put them on. The others around them followed, putting on the viewers, ready for the second ghost to attack, little did they no it would be nothing like the last.
Dennis walked over to the dock, Evy followed him curiously. He peered into the ocean, he then began to look around in a paranoid fashion.
"Where is he Dennis?" Cyrus asked in an impatient, yet eager tone.
"Uh... what part exactly?" Dennis muttered as Cyrus walked to the edge of the dock.
"What?" Evy questioned.
A moment after she asked, Evelyn was hit with a vision, she caught a quick glimpse of a man chopped into pieces and wrapped in cellophane.
"Oh... I see." She mumbled, walking away from the edge of the dock, closer to the shore.
"I need his torso! Where is his torso!" Cyrus demanded.
"Well, the good news is his arms are still attached to his body, the bad news is his head isn't!" Dennis told him.
Dennis walked away from the dock, past Evy, towards the woods.
"There." Dennis said, pointing to the woods. "He likes to... well, crawl, there."
Cyrus put on the viewers, he nodded to the group of men in the clear jackets, the sound of Latin chanting echoed around the area out of the speakers. The forklift moved the glass prison closer to the woods, its doors flew open as the group awaited the second ghost. A few moments later the dismembered body crawled out of the woods, holding its head under one arm, using the other to scurry around.
The torso entered the cube with almost no delay, except for the slight trouble it had maneuvering its way into the glass cage. The doors slammed shut as Cyrus laughed with enjoyment, the second ghost had been captured... Evy and Dennis just stayed at Alex' still unconscious side through the capturing.