Chapter 2

Terrified, kagome shrank back against the wall. The footsteps were coming closer and closer. Then she could hear the squeak as the doorknob began to turn. Kagome could hear her breath coming quickly. It seemed very loud in the quiet dark room. Slowly, the door started to creak open. It seemed to take an eternity, but at last the door was open, and light streamed through it. Not wanting to see what terror awaited her behind the door, kagome covered her eyes.

"Kagome!" said a familiar voice. "Why are you sitting with all the lights turned off? And why are you covering your eyes?" The lights were flicked on, and someone stepped into the room.

"Mom! You scared me to death!" kagome cried, looking carefully at her. Mrs. Kelemaki was 5' 2", had light brown hair, hazel eyes, and was wearing a sky blue skirt and peach blouse, her favorite outfit. She was carrying a plate of sandwiches, with a bottle of water. Nothing seemed different; nothing hinted that aliens or anything had taken Mom. After all, that only happened in books. It had just been a power outage, and her imagination had gotten away from her. But she couldn't make herself believe it.

"What, you thought that I was a ghost or something?" kagome jumped. She had forgotten that her mother was there. "You don't have any thing to worry about. That was just a crazy man hallucinating," she added as she carefully placed down the platter. Kagome wasn't so sure anymore that the house wasn't haunted, and was about to say so, but her mom had already starting talking again.

"So why were you sitting there in the dark? It's not like the lights don't work, you know. I know you could see with the light from through the walls, but-"

But kagome had stopped listening. Why hadn't she been able to see with the light that came through the glass walls?

"But, Mom, I didn't turn off the lights. They turned off by themselves! Oh, and where are the workers?"

Mrs. Kelemaki looked at kagome rather strangely. "They turned off by themselves? That's impossible, unless there's a problem with the wiring. I'll have an electrician check it out. As for the workers, they're eating lunch, of course. Why?"

Kagome grinned weakly. "I just couldn't hear them and got nervous," she said.

"Well, then, I suppose I'll just leave you to your lunch," said her mother, and as she left, she laughed and added, "I thought you didn't like the noise!"

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