Hello! Thanks for reading! I'm hoping everything makes sense so far in this case. I hope everyone enjoys!


Day One

It was around seven in the morning when they arrived at the small house. They had their usual team of interns working with them and they were working on unloading the van at the moment.

Karie Mills, she had light blue eyes and very dark purple hair. It was her third year at Cambridge, but most of that year was spent at the SPR office and on cases. There was only so much you can do in the class before you had to learn hands on. It made sense in their field. She didn't have any psychic powers though, but she was better at the gadgets that everyone used. She made a lot of equipment that one could test their powers with. Ghost hunting wasn't really her thing, but she needed to do this for class.

Reno Walters, he had green eyes with white hair. He actually loved ghost hunting, but he had no psychic powers. His area would be information gathering on the cases. He was in his fourth and final year at college though. Which, afterwards he was planning on going to the states and helping out at one of the SPR offices over there.

Klay Graves, He had light brown eyes and spiky dark brown hair. He was also planning on going to the states after college. He wasn't going to the same place as Reno though. He was planning on teaching Parapsychology in one of the colleges in California. He was also in his last year of college.

Naru was leaning on the van going through the case file. There was just something that didn't sit right with him. This started out pretty simple, but was slowly getting violent. There was a couple different reasons he could think of, but none of them really fit what was going on.

He bit the inside of his cheek as he stared down at the papers. Outside his expression was blank, but he was just trying to make sense of everything. There was probably more going on than it seemed.

Lin had come up beside him and leaned onto the van too. "What's wrong?"

Naru sighed softly and closed the folder. "Something weird is going on. Reno, when you get everything in the base I want you to start your research. Klay and Karie you know the rest." He walked into the house heading towards the base.

Lin was right on his heels and was glancing around. Nothing was exactly off putting about the house. The house had just gotten remodeled a couple years ago. There were a few deaths in the house, but nothing insane.

The two that had hired them said there was also a bug problem, but they really didn't want to hire anyone and risk them getting hurt. Which, they could easily work around bugs. It's not like a bug is the end of the world.

A couple hours later and nothing had happened so far. No doors opening and closing. Nothing being moved around. No one had any accident. It was just silent and it was irritating Naru. From what it sounded like it was happening almost all the time.

"Noll, you need to relax. It's only been one day." Lin was sitting by the monitors watching the cameras. He wasn't actually expecting anything though. First days are mostly a miss for them.

"I'm getting a weird feeling…" Naru muttered as he also was staring at the monitors.

"I'm probably not going to make things better than." Reno spoke up from behind them. He was smiling, but he usually was always smiling. "There have only been four deaths total since this house was built. Ronald Whiteford, which he died from old age. Josh Williamson, he died from a drug overdose. I looked in his past though and nothing stood out to me on why he would be haunting here though. Alivia Parsons, which she died from old age. Charlie Parsons, which he died from old age a couple years after his wife. They were also the last people to own the house before this couple. It was abandoned for ten years though and was restored a couple years ago. Nothing really stands out to me honestly."

Klay came up besides Reno and easily took the papers the other was reading off of. "Seriously? That's kind of insane. Shouldn't there be more information?"

"Just because a house is on the older side doesn't mean anything significate has happened." Naru muttered turning to face his own file and writing the new information down. Nothing was standing out though.

"Yeah…" Klay muttered as he still read through the information. Nothing caught his eye though. Letting out a frustrated sigh he shoved the papers back into Reno's hands. "Karie, we're gonna go around the house and get an update on the temps and get a read on the house." He was out the door and Karie followed skipping behind him.

Reno was still smiling as he went back to his laptop. "I'm gonna look more in details about the history with the house. I might be missing something and I rather get every bit of information. Just punch me if I'm not responding."

Naru let out a sigh and pinched his nose. "That's not necessary." At least he didn't need to tell them how to do their job. For the most part they knew what they were doing with the basics and were more than willing to work.

Day Two - 11am

Nothing had happened that night. It was completely silent and not even a door moved in the slightest. Klay and Karie were out updating the temps and changing up the cameras. Reno was on his laptop having about twenty different tabs open and writing things down once in a while.

Naru was staring intently at the cameras willing something to move. Which, wasn't working at all.

There was a loud bang all the sudden from the corner of the room. It startled Reno and made him jump slightly and looked at the one who was the cause. "Lin? Are you frustrated?"

"No?" He blinked looking back at the other. "There was a bug." He brought up his notebook completely expecting to see a squashed bug. He frowned. There was nothing. "I was sure I hit it…" He glanced around his files and even under the desk. "It's gone."

"Ghost bug?" Reno went back to his tabs and opened up a new one to type in another thing. "Or is it bug ghost? There has been theories that some ghost can change their appearances. I don't really know the extent of that, but I think they can create illusions. That one makes more sense than anything."

"Illusions makes more sense than a spirit changing their appearance." Naru muttered as he finally decided to just lean back in his seat to relax a moment. "It just doesn't make sense that they could change their appearance."

Reno blinked at the page he had open and his smile faltered for a second. "Hm?" He was curious as he read through the report from a hospital that was around the area. "Alivia Parsons, she has quite a record."

Naru blinked and turned his attention to the young man. "Explain."

"It's nothing much, honestly. Just little accidents here and there, but something suspicious was going on. The hospital report thought it had to do with her husband though. She even went to counseling, but it didn't work out. Maybe, I should be looking into her husband…" All the sudden there were about five bugs crawling over his laptop and Reno's whole body twitched. "Nope." He suddenly shut his laptop violently.

"Bugs?" Lin had been writing everything down when the other suddenly closed his laptop.

Reno shot up slamming his hands on the table. "I'll look it up when I get back. I need to walk." He walked out as fast as he could from base and went to go look for the other two.

Lin and Naru went back to what they were doing not paying any mind to what just happened. They already knew the other couldn't handle bugs. Later on though when Reno came back expecting to clean bug guts from his computer he had found nothing. He paid no mind to it, because in the moment they easily could have went flying.

Nothing happened for the rest of the day besides mysterious bugs disappearing no matter how many times they hit them.

Day Three – 6am

Lin was staring down at his phone as he reread the text message he got from Mai. Naru had been watching the monitors the whole night and was now sleeping on the couch. He couldn't exactly call her right this moment.

He frowned as he read the message again. It sounded pretty serious though. The others should be up in an hour, so he could slip out and actually call her back. Besides, would she actually be up right now? She was probably sleeping, right? Her classes started a little after eight though. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair trying to think of something. This was seriously frustrating, but he was gonna have to wait.

It was around seven thirty when Reno had walked in the room. He went straight for his laptop and started to get to work. Naru was still sleeping, so this would be a good time to leave and make the call. "I'll be back…" He muttered and walked out of the base.

Lin wasted no time and called Mai when he was down the hall away from the base. He didn't want to risk Naru waking up and actually over hearing the conversation. He also needed to make sure he wasn't near any of the cameras. He didn't have to wait long until she answered.

"Lin! Can you tell me the details of the case you're on?"

Her words came out rush and also confused him greatly. "I can…but is something wrong?"

"I'm pretty sure I had a dream that might deal with the case. I'm way too far away from Japan for it to be something related to them."

Lin's eyes widen and he glanced around just to make sure no one was around. "Nothing has happened here though. We've been doing some research, but nothing has stood out to us. The people who lived here though were experiencing things moving around and doors opening and closing. They even got hurt a couple times though."

There was silence on the other end for a moment before Mai spoke a minute later. "What information did you dig up?"

"Not much. The house is kind of old and it did get remodeled a couple years ago, but it was abandoned at one point almost ten years ago. There have been a total of four different deaths on the property though." He didn't have his notes though, so he couldn't fully remember all the names. Just pieces of the names.

"I sent you an e-mail about the dream. It's easier to understand with my notes than me just telling you about it. It has a lot more details. You don't happen to know who some of the people who died there are you?"

"I know most of them were from old age and a drug overdose. We decided pretty fast that the guy who died with the drug overdose wasn't our ghost." He was trying to think of the actual names, but he was more worried that Naru was going to come out at any second. He really didn't want to explain who he was talking to. That stress takes a toll on you.

"Does one of them start with a "Char" or had any relations with someone with the start of the name?"

Lin paused for a second before something finally clicked. "Charlie Parsons."

A lot of things happened at once when he said the name, one his phone cut the call. Two, doors started swinging around violently and some of the furniture had started grinding against the floor. This wasn't the thing that caught his attention though. It was the bugs that were crawling up the walls. There were probably hundreds of them in a row just crawling and disappearing once they reached the ceiling.

"Lin!" Naru had rushed out of the base room, which was a lot harder than it should have. He had to basically force the door to stay open. Reno was right behind him, but the young man was looking at all the bugs. Soon Klay and Karie were with the group too. They probably woke up with everything going on.

Lin's eyes instantly went to his phone and tried to get his e-mail up, but whatever happened turned off his phone. Which, he tried to turn it back on. Didn't work. Of course it didn't work. "Naru. Can you use your phone?"

The man in question gave him a weird look, but proceeded to pull out his phone. He frowned though when he tried to unlock it and nothing happened. He tried to turn it back on, but nothing. "No. What's happening?"

As suddenly it started things slowly stopped moving and the bugs had vanished from the walls. Reno was still staring at the wall. He couldn't help but scratch his arm at the thought of all the little bugs. "Bug Ghost. Ghost bug? Ghost bugs. I think that fits perfectly what's happening."

Klay glanced at the other and rolled his eyes. "I don't think it's actually real, but it does explain why we can't actually kill them."

"I'm going outside." Lin suddenly declared and went for the front door. He needed to see the e-mail from Mai. It would probably help them out trying to figure out what's happening.

"Lin." Naru went right after the other male. "What were you doing out here?"

"Talking to someone." He couldn't just come out and say he was talking with Mai. There were multiple reasons why that probably wouldn't be a good idea. For both of them.

"Who." Naru was glaring at the older man as they walked. He was hiding something, obviously. There couldn't be one respectable reason why Lin couldn't tell him. He was being imprudent.

Lin didn't reply back to the other and went to grab the handle to the front door. When he pulled the door however it didn't budge. "We have a problem. We're locked in here."

"What?" Naru went around Lin and tried to open up the door himself. He didn't say anything though and looked back at the other. "What's happening?"

Day Three – 7pm

After what happened this morning Lin and Naru had an argument. Lin refused to say who he was talking to and Naru was pretty upset with this. Little things happened around the house, but nothing major.

At least that was until a loud crash happened from the front door. Which, stupidly enough, they didn't have a camera there. So, everyone had to get up to see what was happening.

What they witnessed was shocking to say the least.

"Locked doors are seriously a pain! You really need to carry an axe with you at all times."

There stood Yasu with an axe resting on his shoulder and was pushing up his glasses. Acting like this was the most normal thing in the world. Lin and Naru were completely shocked to see the man. The other three were completely confused at what was happening.

Yasu smiled seeing Lin and grabbed the bag he had brought with him. "Lin, I have some stuff for you. Tried contacting you again, but couldn't get through. You have no idea how hard it was to get your location."

Naru immediately glared at the said man before turning to look at Yasu, which wasn't speaking in Japanese at all. In fact you couldn't even pick up a trail of his accent. He was the top of his class though, so he shouldn't be to surprise at that. "Yasu. What are you doing in England?"

"Oh! It's big boss. I haven't seen you for a long time." Yasu was all smiles before completely ignoring the question and looking at Lin. "Anyways, I was planning on just dropping this off. I have to go, so I can make it back to London for classes in the morning."

Yeah, they were a good chuck of hours out of London. It took a while for them to get here. Yes, Mai was down the street in a car with Madoka.

Naru squinted at the other trying to think through things. "Answer my question." He had no idea what classes the other could possibly be doing. The last he heard he was planning on going to Tokyo University and getting a job afterwards.

Yasu ignored him yet again, and went to Lin to give him the bag. "Alivia Parsons is more than likely the one who is haunting this place. There is more information in the notebook." He turned around ready to head back out of the house. Yasu blinked as he stared in front of him at the door he just chopped in half. It was completely whole again and was more than likely locked. "Huh. That's kind of inconvenient."

"Don't try the axe." Karie spoke up from the side. The three were watching the stranger talk casually to their bosses. Lin acted completely normal seeing him, and Naru seemed pretty irritated. "We have an axe and we tried it already. The door is wood, but it's acting like metal basically."

"Yeah, that's what happens when the spirits want to be complicated and lock you in." Yasu moved to set the axe down by the door. "Spirits." He mumbled as he pulled out a walkie-talkie from the side of his pants. He pressed the button to link up with the one Madoka and Mai had. "Hey, I'm stuck."

"Are you shitting me?" Madoka's voice filled the room and she was very much irritated. Mai obviously couldn't say anything at the moment. Only when the walkie-talkie was off on their side.

"I told you this was going to happen if I just came barging in."

Lin had completely ignored the two and went to open up the bag that held all sorts of papers. He ignored most of them and went straight for the notebook. He flipped it opened and read through the first part, which was Mai's dream.

It explained the bugs that were around the house.

There were also a couple more pages that seemed to be part of dreams Mai have had. She must have slept a lot up until this point and tried to get as much information as she could. He was pretty impressed and kind of disturbed from reading the entries.

"I would like an explanation, Lin and Yasu." Naru was very irritated. He wanted answers and he didn't want to be ignored.

Yasu paused in talking to Madoka for a moment, but Lin didn't move from reading. Yasu rolled his eyes and sighed. "I'm part of the Parapsychology program at Cambridge. Surprise." He even went so far as doing jazz hands.

Naru blinked at the sudden information. He wasn't expecting that the male would ever go into this field willingly. "What?"

"Don't judge me. I'm really into it and I won't be judged for it." He was aiming to be a little dramatic, before pressing the button to talk again. "Naru's judging what I'm doing with my life. I'm hurt."

"That's not what's important right now."

"She's right." Lin suddenly cut in and held up the notebook he was looking at. "Alivia Parsons is definitely the one we are after. We have all sorts of reports in here with the hospital visits and some of the old blueprints of the house."

Reno went over and glanced in the bag. He took out an old document that showed the layout of the house. "There is a storage area circled…Is that where we need to go?"

Yasu shoved his glasses up for absolutely no reason. "That's where we find the body."

Klay was very much confused by that statement. "What? She was found dead though? Of old age, right?"

"That's what the report said." Yasu completely agreed and crossed his arms and nodded. "But her body went missing the day before the actual autopsy and the case went cold, and before you ask why they were doing an autopsy…there was a suspicion of foul play."

"How exactly did her body go missing? I'm sure they had records and cameras in the room. That makes no sense." Karie was trying to understand the situation herself. Reno was the best researcher she knew and suddenly this stranger comes in basically having everything figure out. Reno has been working hours upon hours trying to figure something out.

Yasu hummed before shrugging. "It's a mystery." Obviously leaving a huge bit of information out of the story. He knew exactly how. Her husband, Charlie, his job was actually handling the bodies. It was easy to sneak someone out when you're the one handling them all. Especially, if you're using a fake identity to even have the job. He was probably using a bunch of old corps for the experiments he was conducting.

Honestly, he doesn't know everything that had happened. There were still a lot of strings not attached, so he didn't think he was getting the full story. They probably won't know anything until they go to that room.

"Yasu, can I have the walkie-talkie?" Lin stuffed the notebook back into the bag for the moment. They would probably look through the rest at a later date. Yasu shrugged and handed it over for Lin to take. He wasted no time in pressing the button and talking. "You can probably head back to London. I'm sure Martin won't mind if he misses one class. I think we can get things wrapped up in the next couple days."

"You think. We really don't want to come drive all the way out here just to save you guys again."

Naru twitched at the word 'we'. He was silent this whole time, because something just didn't feel right to him. There was something strange going on and Lin knew what was happening. Madoka did too, but that was obvious. No one came to mind though. He couldn't think of anyone who would come with either of them. If it was his father then he would have been the one talking instead of Madoka. He was gonna have to do more thinking.

"You know what? I'll stay at a hotel. That way we are still in range with the walkie-talkie. If you guys need anything just let me know."

"Madoka, we're going to be fine." There was no reply back and Lin sighed deeply. There shouldn't be any more surprises in this case. He was sure they have it all figured out for the most part.