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Withered
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Many days after capturing the Bound Woman, the group hadn't been able to figure out why it was taking so long to find the next ghost... little did they know it was due to one of their own's past impulses.
Finally, after all that time, Serena and her sister had found what they had been searching for... the Withered Lover!
"Pack it up everyone! We're flying to Ohio today!" Kalina shouted to them as they gathered in the large hotel room.
"Ohio? Great." Alex sighed, walking back to her room drowsy from being woken so early in the morning.
"Uh, Kalina, could I ask you something real quick?" Evy said, pushing her way through the group of workers who were flooding out the door to pack.
"What?" Kalina spat in an annoyed voice.
"Do you happen to have the other ghosts' locations mapped out ahead of schedule?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Well because it would save us a great deal of time, that's why." Evy stated.
"Yes, we have the next nine already mapped out, all we have to do is catch them!" Kalina said in a rushed, yet excited voice.
"Oh, okay." Evy said, walking back to her room to pack.
The next day they were in Ohio, at yet another hotel awaiting the capture of the fourth ghost. Before they left that morning, Serena and Henry handed Evy, Alex, and Dennis each apiece of paper.
"What's this?" Dennis asked.
"It's the names and locations for the next eight ghosts, well nine including the one we'll catch today." Henry told them as he and Serena walked toward the black vans.
The three looked at the paper thoroughly.
"Billy Michaels, Pennsylvania
Jimmy 'The Gambler' Gambino, New Jersey
Susan LeGrow, New Jersey
Lillian Martin, Ohio
Royce Clayton, Ohio
Dana Newman, New York
Isabella Smith, Massachusetts
Margaret and Harold Shelburne, Tennessee
George Markley, Louisiana
Ryan Kuhn, California
And Horace 'The Breaker' Mahoney, Illinois" Dennis read aloud from the paper as he sat in the back seat of Evy's car.
"That's them... how come they don't have any catchy nicknames like the others, Bound Woman... Torso...?" Alex asked, sitting in the passengers seat.
"I have no idea." Dennis muttered, still focused on the paper. "The Breaker? What was he? Some kinda truck driver?" Dennis asked sarcastically.
Evy and Alex shrugged their shoulders.
The vans pulled up to the curb, there sat the remains of a burned down house.
"Lillian Martin, divorced mother of three, perished in a house fire two weeks ago as she struggled to save her children!" Cyrus lectured to them.
"Did the kids make it?" Evy asked suddenly.
"Yes... I do believe they did..." Cyrus muttered, as he made sure the speakers were set up correctly around the area.
It didn't take long, as soon as the chant was sounded the ghost of the burned mother arose from the rumble. The group watched sadly as the burned and smoldering victim quietly entered the cube with hardly any struggle.
"Now! On to Royce Clayton!" Cyrus shouted, walking to his car.
"Wait! We're gonna catch another ghost today?" Alex asked Cyrus, her and Evy trailing after him.
"Yes, the Torn Prince is only a few miles away in Cleveland."
"Well don't you know what today is?" Evy asked him.
"Its Thursday!" Cyrus insisted.
"Yeah... its Thanksgiving!" Alex demanded.
Dennis stood by the house's ruins, putting his gloves back on.
"So, what is your point Miss Ross?" Cyrus asked.
"Can't we take the rest of the day off, and catch the fifth ghost tomorrow?"
Cyrus sighed frustrated and in a hurry.
"Fine, the rest of today... but that's it, be prepared to capture the fifth ghost tomorrow!" and with that Cyrus got in his car a drove away.
While Evy and Alex cheered with joy, Dennis walked around the foundation of the house, he had a depressed look on his face.
Withered
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Many days after capturing the Bound Woman, the group hadn't been able to figure out why it was taking so long to find the next ghost... little did they know it was due to one of their own's past impulses.
Finally, after all that time, Serena and her sister had found what they had been searching for... the Withered Lover!
"Pack it up everyone! We're flying to Ohio today!" Kalina shouted to them as they gathered in the large hotel room.
"Ohio? Great." Alex sighed, walking back to her room drowsy from being woken so early in the morning.
"Uh, Kalina, could I ask you something real quick?" Evy said, pushing her way through the group of workers who were flooding out the door to pack.
"What?" Kalina spat in an annoyed voice.
"Do you happen to have the other ghosts' locations mapped out ahead of schedule?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Well because it would save us a great deal of time, that's why." Evy stated.
"Yes, we have the next nine already mapped out, all we have to do is catch them!" Kalina said in a rushed, yet excited voice.
"Oh, okay." Evy said, walking back to her room to pack.
The next day they were in Ohio, at yet another hotel awaiting the capture of the fourth ghost. Before they left that morning, Serena and Henry handed Evy, Alex, and Dennis each apiece of paper.
"What's this?" Dennis asked.
"It's the names and locations for the next eight ghosts, well nine including the one we'll catch today." Henry told them as he and Serena walked toward the black vans.
The three looked at the paper thoroughly.
"Billy Michaels, Pennsylvania
Jimmy 'The Gambler' Gambino, New Jersey
Susan LeGrow, New Jersey
Lillian Martin, Ohio
Royce Clayton, Ohio
Dana Newman, New York
Isabella Smith, Massachusetts
Margaret and Harold Shelburne, Tennessee
George Markley, Louisiana
Ryan Kuhn, California
And Horace 'The Breaker' Mahoney, Illinois" Dennis read aloud from the paper as he sat in the back seat of Evy's car.
"That's them... how come they don't have any catchy nicknames like the others, Bound Woman... Torso...?" Alex asked, sitting in the passengers seat.
"I have no idea." Dennis muttered, still focused on the paper. "The Breaker? What was he? Some kinda truck driver?" Dennis asked sarcastically.
Evy and Alex shrugged their shoulders.
The vans pulled up to the curb, there sat the remains of a burned down house.
"Lillian Martin, divorced mother of three, perished in a house fire two weeks ago as she struggled to save her children!" Cyrus lectured to them.
"Did the kids make it?" Evy asked suddenly.
"Yes... I do believe they did..." Cyrus muttered, as he made sure the speakers were set up correctly around the area.
It didn't take long, as soon as the chant was sounded the ghost of the burned mother arose from the rumble. The group watched sadly as the burned and smoldering victim quietly entered the cube with hardly any struggle.
"Now! On to Royce Clayton!" Cyrus shouted, walking to his car.
"Wait! We're gonna catch another ghost today?" Alex asked Cyrus, her and Evy trailing after him.
"Yes, the Torn Prince is only a few miles away in Cleveland."
"Well don't you know what today is?" Evy asked him.
"Its Thursday!" Cyrus insisted.
"Yeah... its Thanksgiving!" Alex demanded.
Dennis stood by the house's ruins, putting his gloves back on.
"So, what is your point Miss Ross?" Cyrus asked.
"Can't we take the rest of the day off, and catch the fifth ghost tomorrow?"
Cyrus sighed frustrated and in a hurry.
"Fine, the rest of today... but that's it, be prepared to capture the fifth ghost tomorrow!" and with that Cyrus got in his car a drove away.
While Evy and Alex cheered with joy, Dennis walked around the foundation of the house, he had a depressed look on his face.