Chapter 11 – Lost, But Now Found

Just as Luella said they would; an hour after the phone call, her and Martin arrived at the house and barged straight into base where we were waiting. The first thing Luella did upon arrival was pull me into a bone-crushing bear hug; what would she do if I was heavily pregnant, she'd crush the baby. Then it was followed by loud shouting of congratulations by both of Naru's parents. Without warning she pulled Naru into a hug as strong as mine.

"Mother, let me go," he told her.

"Well, I'm just excited that you and Mai are going to be parents soon, and you've made me a Grandmother, yay," she retorted.

I laugh nervously, "Luella, I'm only two months pregnant, you have to wait another seven months before you're a grandmother," I tell her.

She looks at my still flat stomach, "Well, I know about the duration, you should have told me how far you were along when you told me you were pregnant," she cries with fake tears. "Now, where is that cute little Sora, I haven't seen him since…"

She trailed off when she noticed the sad expressions on our faces. "Mother, the ghost has taken Sora. She tried to kill Mai and when she failed, she took Sora; she told Mai through blood on the wall that either Mai dies or Sora dies. This ghost plans on killing them both though," Naru answers.

I watch silently as Luella's face falls and as tears threaten to fall from her saddened eyes. Before they fall, she grabs Madoka into a bone-crushing hug and lets the tears flow. Without much thought, I walk over to Naru, lean my head on his chest and he, in turn, puts his arms around me to comfort me. All I see is black and all I hear are Luella's sobs, then reality kicks back in, "Luella, we will save him, and when we do, the two of us are getting as far away from here as possible," I try to reassure the still sobbing woman.

She turns to me and nods her head, acknowledging what I have told her. "I can't believe that the ghost wants to take away Sora and you, I just found out I'm going to be a grandmother and my grandchild might be killed before it happens. I don't want anything to happen to any of you; Sora, you and your baby," she whispers.

"I know, and I promise nothing is going to happen to me or Sora, so-" before I could finish all I could see was black.

When I opened my eyes, I was in the second floor hall way, beside me was the door to Rina and Kiseki's room. I grabbed the handle and entered the room. It looks just like it did when Bou-san, Naru and I checked the tape. Then I heard faintly a child's cries, I follow the sound over to the closet. I open the door and sitting, curled up in a ball is Sora. "Oh baby, please tell me you aren't hurt?" I ask pulling the scared boy to me.

"Aunt Mai, *sob* I want mummy," he cries.

"Shhh, I'm not really here, but when I wake up I'm going to bring everyone here and then you, me and uncle Naru are going to go away from here. The mean ghost can't hurt you then, I need you to be brave until we get here," I whisper to him.

"I can be brave like daddy and uncle Naru until you get here," he says with determination.

"Okay, I promise we'll be here," I barely see him nod before the darkness takes over.

Naru's POV

Mai suddenly fainted into my arms and I carried her over to the couch to lay her down. "Mai, please wake up," I whisper.

Ayako looks over her quickly, "She's just sleeping, my guess is she's having 'one of those dreams,'" she says.

I sigh and hold onto Mai's hand as I wait for her to awaken. I look at her face to see her smiling, that must be a good sign.

Mai's POV

I wake to see Naru's eyes, again, staring intently at my face. His eyes soften when he notices my return from dreamland. "I found him," I say immediately.

When his faced turns confused I answer, "I found Sora," I say again.

Everyone's eyes widen at my revelation. "Where is he?" Naru asks.

"The closet in the ghost's bedroom, he promised he'd be brave until we came and got him; he's a fighter," I say the last part to Madoka and Lin to reassure them he is fine.

I see Madoka's eyes swell with tears of happiness; of course Luella's are as well. Without much thought, everyone is running out of the room to Rina's bedroom. But when we reach the door, it won't budge; she's locked it. Before there is to much kicking, Naru's already using his PK to knock down the door. He is very pissed off at this ghost, well what man wouldn't be when this ghost was trying to kill his wife, his unborn child and has kidnapped his godson. Any man would be pissed off.

Lin rushes over to the closet, thankfully it opens easily, reaches in and pulls Sora out, "Sora," he cries.

"Daddy," Sora cries back as Lin embraces him tightly, Madoka coming over to hug her son as well.

"Okay, now, Mai you're coming with me, Madoka you can bring Sora along with us; we're getting these two away from here," Naru says, he turns to Luella. "Mother, you are going to lead us to the hotel you are staying at."

Everyone nods their heads as we all rush outside of the house, Naru holding onto me tightly so as I don't trip, probably. Bou-san is on my other side, now I think Naru is holding me for protection. Looking ahead I see Lin with his arm around Madoka and Sora, obviously for protection. Naru is so intent on getting us out of here that the only thing we're taking is ourselves. Luella takes the wheel of the van, Madoka takes the passenger seat and Naru joins Sora and I at the back. As soon as we're away from the house, everyone visibly relaxes; relief at being away from that dreaded house. Being exhausted and knowing this trip would take at least an hour; I lay my head on Naru's shoulder with Sora on my lap, and drift off to sleep, hopefully dreamless.

I'm sorry that took awhile to put up, but school is a pain. Anyway R&R.

Yay, Sora is safe, I told you I wasn't that evil.

Seza over and out