And School Chapter four is on. This time, we land on Mannerheim and in story like in The X Files. Will Ellen and Eevi, with company of Suomus Witches, manage to resolve the mystery of their School Carrier? Let's find out. And as I said in the first School Chapter. Sometimes, they can be filled with some paranormal things, or even aliens.
Chapter 4
,,Ghost Stories"
July 24, 2022
12:56
Mannerheim, Deck 6 storage
Ellen was sitting behind her desk, with Eevi standing behind her. They both were wearing black jackets, with white 'X' attached to left sides their chests. Only Ellen was smiling, while Eevi had really tired look.
"First, I wanted to welcome new members of our club"Ellen announced.
Eila and Nikka, which were sitting at two chairs in front of desk, looked at each other. They were also wearing black jackets with white 'X' on them.
"Honestly, I planned to join the Soothsayers Club, you know?"Eila said.
"And I wanted to join Needlework Club"Nikka pointed out"I don't know myself, how I landed here".
"Me too"Eila added.
Ellen simply waved her hand.
"Doesn't matter. Only thing that matters, is that we finally managed to expand the group by two new people"she stated with bigger smile than before.
Two Witches looked at Eevi. Girl simply threw up her arms.
"Sorry"she said.
"Anyway, good that you joined our wonderful organization"Ellen stated.
Nikka then lifted her hand.
"Yes, Nikka?"Ellen asked.
"What are you doing in this club, by the way?"Nikka asked.
"Good that you asking"Ellen said, standing up"In this club, we're trying to solve biggest mysteries in our school. From monsters, through ghosts and ending at unexplained phenomena".
When they gave surprised look to Eevi, she explained to Witches:
"Ellen is big fan of The X Files. This is why she founded school X Files Office. To hunt, what she just said".
"Oh. Do you have any successes?"Eila asked.
"Of course"Ellen said proudly.
"No"Eevi said at the same time.
After hearing this, confused Ellen turned to her girlfriend.
"What are you talking about? Remember the Training Ground Werewolf case?"she asked.
"Turned out, that Ukko didn't shaved by too long and drunk too much"Eevi explained.
"And Engine Room Witch?"Ellen tried to find good excuse.
Nikka and Eila frowned.
"Engine Room Witch?"Nikka asked.
"Not such Witch like you. Turned out, that Elsa stuttered herself with cocaine and was frightening everyone who entered engine room"Eevi explained again.
This was final argument and Ellen just hung her head.
"No. We have no successes at all"she said sadly. But immediately regained good mood"But not for long! I know that monsters, ghosts and other such stuff exists!"
Witches again looked at each other. At the beginning, they though Ellen was the one more…calm, while Eevi was more energetic. Now, they didn't knew what to think.
"I still say what I stay with: I don't believe in ghosts or monsters"Eevi stated.
Ellen turned to her.
"Do I have to tell you this story again?"she asked.
"What story?"Eila asked, showing bits of interest.
"Ah, finally someone wants to listen"Ellen said, turning to her"You see. When I was in elementary school, I didn't believed in ghosts and such stuff too. In class, we had a guy who believed and I was always making fun of him. Of course, secretly because you know, how I was then".
They nodded. Ellen told them, how shy she was before. But after she joined the army and met Eevi, she changed into who she was now.
"Anyway. I didn't believed in ghosts. But one night, everything changed"Ellen continued.
"Oh God, it starts again"Eevi whined.
"I was alone in home, because mom was then working in Military High School Recruitment Office. She had to stay there until late night, so I decided to do something I liked. I was then eleven years old and in fourth class of elementary. But you know. I was watching some cartoons, when…"
December 5, 2015
21:43
Ellen's house, Rovaniemi
Ellen heard some rubbing noise in the kitchen and next, as something lands on the floor. She took the pilot and quieted the TV, while still listening. But such noise didn't repeated itself anymore. This time, she felt, that it's more and more colder. Well, it was normal in Finland, especially in winter, to be cold, but Ellen was sure, that she closed all windows and made fire in the stove. She was already eleven, and knew how to do it.
She jumped off of the sofa and went to investigate it. When she entered the kitchen, she turned the light on and saw, that package of corn flakes was laying on the ground. Ellen approached it and put back on the countertop.
Right then, she noticed, that window in the kitchen is open, what was strange, because she was sure she closed it. Not knowing what to do, Ellen just approached the window and closed it. When she did it, she decided to return to watching cartoons.
However, she stopped again when she was about to exit the kitchen. She swallowed. The package of flakes was not opened yet and was too heavy for wind to move it. Especially, when it was laying under different angle.
Ellen turned around and looked around the kitchen. She found nothing unusual there. So she turned the light off.
And then, she felt cold hand on her throat.
In front of her was standing a dark figure. She couldn't say if it was man or woman, but one thing was really visible: bloody red eyes. But not eyes like Ellen had due to Albinism. These were eyes showing real blood lust.
Girl managed to keep scream of fear in her throat, when she ran back to the living room, where she turned the TV off and quickly ran up stairs. When she was running next to kitchen, she looked in this direction and saw, that mysterious figure was gone.
As fast as she could, she ran to her room and closed door behind her. Next, she jumped on her bed and covered with quilt. She leaned from under the quilt, to look at the door. They had glass in upper part and Ellen saw bloody red eyes watching her bed from behind the door.
She again covered with quilt and spent all the night like that. Before she fell asleep, she heard scratching sound, as dark figure was scratching the door.
The next day, Ellen exited her room and walked down, to the kitchen, where her mother was unpacking some shopping she did on her way home.
Ellen's mother had short brown hair reaching her arms and gray eyes. She was dressed in black jacket and skirt, with gray spike heels.
When she noticed her daughter, she gave warm smile.
"Hi, mom"Ellen said, once she stood in the kitchen.
"Good morning, sweetie"her mother replied and kissed her in forehead.
Next, she returned to unpacking what she bought.
"Tell me, did you had any guests?"she asked.
Ellen tilted her head, don't knowing what she meant. But when she pointed on the kitchen floor, Ellen felt cold hand grabbing her heart.
On the kitchen floor, in the place, where the mysterious figure was standing, she saw footprints.
Now…
"Wow. And this really happened to you?"Nikka asked.
"Yes. Since then, I started to believe in ghosts and monsters. Fortunately, this never happened again"Ellen replied"And also I managed to watch all seasons of The X Files, read some ghosts books, play some games and watch paradocumentary TV shows about it".
Eevi just snorted.
"I still don't believe in ghosts. How do I have to know, if it's not made up?"she said.
"I thought, that as my girlfriend, you believe in everything I say"Ellen said.
"If I did, you could easy hide treason".
Ellen was already trying to say, that she would never betray Eevi, but was cut off by Eila:
"Maybe it would be better, if we look for some cases to solve. At least, this is what we're doing here, right?"
"Exactly"Ellen agreed and sat down behind her desk"So. You have any ideas, what can we investigate?"
Witches widened their eyes.
"I though, that you have something"Nikka stated.
"You see"Eevi said"Since the Training Ground Werewolf and Engine Room Witch cases, nobody had any paranormal problem, so we actually just sit here, not doing anything".
Eila rubbed her chin and thought about it. Then, idea appeared in her head.
"What do you about this? We ask people from our units, if they have any problems with ghosts or monsters"she proposed.
After she said that, Eevi immediately shook her head, while Ellen energetically nodded her head.
"Cool! We meet tomorrow. Tell us, if you find anything"Ellen asked.
"Got it"Eila replied.
"Okay. Today meeting is over. You can go".
When Ellen said that, two Witches stood up and left the club meeting place, if you can call storage room filled with boxes and some useless stuff, like that. They exited corridor and turned to their rooms.
"So, you really want to hunt ghosts and monsters?"Nikka asked.
"Actually, I'm interested, if we actually manage to achieve something"Eila replied.
"Hey, wait!"Eevi exclaimed.
Witches stopped, while Eevi reached them.
"Thanks"she said.
"Thanks for what?"Nikka asked.
Eevi scratched back of her head and said:
"Well. You see…Ellen is really desperate to find some case and do not let to close this Office. She tried everything to find a case, which she can solve. Without result. But maybe, with you, we finally will have any success".
"We hope so"Nikka agreed.
"By the way, you really are skeptical about everything she tells about ghosts"Eila stated.
"Yeah. I never believed in ghosts. And I'm not going to start believe"Eevi stated, without hesitation.
Both Witches narrowed their eyes.
"Then why are you in this club?"Eila asked.
"It's simple"Eevi replied, leaning back on the wall"I want Ellen to be happy. I'm her girlfriend, but also her friend, since she started the school. Remember, when I told you, how broken she was, when her mother died?"
They nodded. Eevi once told them this story.
Ellen's mother was teacher in Finnish Defense Force High School. She moved from Recruitment Office, to have an eye on Ellen. But one day, around three months after the school started, this happened.
It was a standard history lesson, because it was Ellen's mother learned profession. Ellen's class had it. Suddenly, one of Third Year students entered the classroom and took hostages. Now, this event is known, as Finnish History Classroom Hostage Crisis.
However, for Ellen, it's known, as the day, when her mother died. She tried to sneak behind distracted attacker, but he heard as she accidentally moved the flowerpot. He turned around and shot. That day, Ellen saw, as her mother bled to death.
Ten minutes after the shot, school's anti-terrorists entered the classroom and dealt with attacker. Unfortunately, Medic, which checked Ellen's mother, stated it without doubt. Woman was dead.
After that, Ellen was completely broken. She had no one. Her father left, just when he learned, that her mother pregnant. Her mother's family stopped any contact with them, because they knew it will happen and Ellen's mother didn't wanted to listen. Only people she had close, was Eevi.
"This was the only reason I agreed on creation of this club. Hell, it was even my proposition. I wanted Ellen to turn her thoughts in different direction. And it worked. And this also helped Ellen in fighting her shyness"Eevi ended"Anyway, you know the rest. I helped Ellen in fighting shyness, she became more open and her mother's death, although still sad for everyone, was not so devastating for her".
"Okay. Now, it make's sense. But you could at least pretend to believe in ghosts"Nikka pointed out.
Eevi simply threw up her arms.
"We talk about it tomorrow, on a meeting. Be fast with finding these cases to solve"she said.
Two Witches saluted. Eevi returned the salute and they all walked in separate directions.
The next day…
09:34
X Files Office
The next day, according to plan, another meeting was set up and Witches brought some notes with them.
"And?"Ellen started"You have something?"
"Let me see"Eila said, opening her notebook"So. Lari complains about strange noises coming from behind his room's walls".
"Maybe it's someone from second room?"Eevi proposed.
But Eila shook her head.
"No. Behind the wall is just a charwoman storage"Witch explained"Meanwhile, Aadam says, that some strange creature is under his bed".
Ellen energetically nodded her head.
"Okay, we try to solve this today. And what do you have, Nikka?"Ellen turned to second Witch.
"Okay. My loader, Sauli, says, that sometimes, he sees the ghost of his grandmother, standing in his room. He wants us to take care of this"Nikka replied.
"Well then. Tell him, that we take care of this tomorrow. Today, we take these strange noises and creature under the bed"Ellen stated.
Ellen reached binder, signed as Cases to solve and cases solved. When she opened it, Witches saw only the cases they heard yesterday and signed Unreal.
Girl written the cases into headings and closed the binder.
"Good. Now, let's take care of these strange noises!"Ellen announced.
With these words, they walked out of the 'office' and turned to Lari's room.
10:11
Lari's room, Deck 3
On his walls, Lari had posters with music bands like Maroon 5 or Beatles. On his shelfs, he had some figures of superheroes like Captain America, Superman or Iron Man. There also were several comic books also with superheroes and photos.
The four was standing in front of Lari, which was leaning on the wall.
"So. How much do you want?"Lari asked, reaching his pocket.
"We actually never take money"Ellen explained.
Lari sighed and hid his wallet.
"Good"he stated.
"Anyway, about this case"Eevi came to the bottom"These noises? Can you describe them?"
"Well…"Lari started"I sometimes hear moans, scratching the wall or…or something falling on the ground. It's all coming from behind this wall. I show you".
He came up to the wall next to his bed and knocked. In response, they heard scratching sound coming from the other side.
"See? And it's happening every single night, since last week"Lari explained.
Girls nodded.
"Okay, we're gonna see what is it about"Ellen promised.
They walked out of the room, with Lari following them. They stood in front of the charwoman storage door.
"We're going inside?"Lari asked.
"Yes"Ellen simply said.
She put her hand on handle and pushed the door open. Inside, they saw darkness.
"Flashlights"Ellen ordered.
Girls reached their pockets and took miniature flashlights from there. Next, they entered the storage, everywhere seeing only charwoman equipment.
"Wow. It's bigger than I expected"Eevi said with surprise.
They walked more and more inside, still looking for the source of noise.
"Hm. I think that there's nothing…"Nikka said, but didn't ended.
Suddenly, something jumped on her head and bounced from it, landing on the floor.
When they turned around to see what it was, they saw cat running away and exiting the storage.
"So…it was a cat?"Lari stated with surprise.
"Poor little guy. I wonder, how he survived so long without food and water"Eevi stated.
When this was explained, Eila helped Nikka to get up. Whole group left the storage and closed the doors behind.
"So it was simple cat. Hm. Nothing paranormal"Ellen stated.
"Anyway, thanks for helping me in solving this"Lari said and returned to his room.
The four walked away too.
"Well. That was a bit disappointing. I really expected a ghost or…something"Eila said.
"Honestly, me too"Nikka added.
Ellen simply waved her hand.
"Doesn't matter"she stated"Let's take care of that under bed creature".
"Yeah. Maybe this will be more exciting"Eevi agreed.
With these words, they walked to see, what about Aadam's problem.
11:13
Aadam's room, Deck 6
In Aadam's room, they saw things slightly different, than Lari had. Immediately when you entered the room, you could recognize, that it's Star Wars fan room. Well, you could even notice it earlier, as Aadam had even Star Wars stickers on his door.
His posters presented various characters or scenes from Star Wars, such as Captain Rex, Anakin Skywalker, Battle of Endor or panoramas like Cloud City. On shelfs prevailed figures, books and Star Wars: Armada game ships models, from Imperial-class ISD through Correlian CR90 corvette, ending at massive Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. As well, as several cards and other accessories to the game.
"Wow"Eila said, seeing all of this"I knew you're a fan of these Star Wars, but I didn't knew, that so big".
Aadam just threw up his arms.
"You see. When you like something, you want to have many things related to it"he replied.
Ellen reached her notebook.
"Okay, Aadam"she started"Tell us. What kind of creature under the bed you have there? Some tentacle monster? Strange green hand? Or maybe even The Rake?"
But Aadam shook his head.
"Nope. Something different"he stated.
"Than what?"Nikka asked.
"See by yourself"Aadam replied.
The four came up to the bed and looked under it. There, they saw nothing.
But then, they saw two icy blue eyes. They immediately jumped back from the bed. Eila backed of so far, that she almost overturned the shelfs with figures and models.
"Hey, watch out! I spent a lot of money on these things!"Aadam exclaimed.
"Good. I'm okay, by the way"Eila said with reproach.
Ellen approached the bed. Next, she took off her boot and stepped on the bed. She pressed as strong as she could, but nothing happened.
"Well"she stated, wearing her boot back"This was unexpected".
"You have any theories?"Eevi asked.
She stood next to Ellen, wrapped her arm around her neck and they both looked at the bed.
"No"her girlfriend replied.
"Maybe we will try to lure him from there?"Nikka proposed.
The two looked at her.
"Good idea"Ellen stated"Wait there. We bring some bait".
Nikka, Eila and Aadam nodded, while Ellen and Eevi walked away.
They returned few minutes later, carrying a piece of meat from the school's kitchen with them.
"You think, that this will work?"Aadam asked.
"If not, I will shot my finger off"Ellen stated.
She put the meat next to the bed. Next, they were waiting. After 3 minutes, nothing happened. Ellen saddened.
"Well then"she said, pulling her gun from holster and aiming at her hand.
"Wait! Look!"Nikka exclaimed.
They saw small, shaggy pud, reaching from under the bed. It was pretty familiar to them.
"Oh. So this is it"Eila said, even more disappointed, than after the previous case.
Again, the answer was cat. He came out from under the bed and came up to the meat. He sniffed it. Next, he simply ran out of the room.
"I wonder, why he was sitting there so long"Aadam said"Anyway. Thanks for helping me with this thing".
"Yeah. Fine"Ellen scoffed and left the room.
She was tightening her fists, and her look was sending only lightnings.
"Wait, I'll talk to her"Eevi said.
Eila, Nikka and Aadam nodded.
After that, Eevi ran out of the room and followed Ellen. She caught up with her and put her hand on her girlfriend's arm.
"Hey, is eve…"Eevi tried to say.
"NO!"Ellen exclaimed, shaking Eevi's hand off"IT'S NOT OKAY! LIFE IS JUST MAKES JOKES OF ME! WHY JUST ONE THING IN MY LIFE CAN'T GO THE WAY I WANT! EVERYTHING ALWAYS GOES WRONG!"
Ellen then started crying. Eevi came up to her and hugged her.
"First, dad left us. Then, mom died. And I'm so useless, that I can't even solve simple case of paranormal activity, without ridicule myself"Ellen sobbed, cuddling more into Eevi.
"Hey, it's not your fault. These cats are just everywhere"Eevi said softly.
And it was true. It was estimated, that around five thousand cats could be found on the ships, all of them from the ports Mannerheim was ever stopping in.
"I know, but…I want to also find any ghosts or monsters. So you could believe in them"Ellen explained.
This time, Eevi frowned.
"What do you mean by this?"she asked.
"It's simple. I hate, when you tell me, that I lie, when I'm telling you about that one night in my house"Ellen explained.
Eevi then understood. Ellen always wanted to show her that ghosts and monsters exist, because she wasn't been believing in that story. Even though Eevi was responsible for creation of their club, she never liked it. She always was realist and never believed in magic, aliens and especially ghosts. She accepted Ellen's interest in paranormal activities, only because she loved her.
She then leaned and kissed Ellen. Ellen calmed down a little and looked at her.
"I'm sorry"Eevi said"I should believe you from the beginning. But dad always was telling me, that if I have to get as high as he, I should always think about what is happening in reality".
"You dad is wise man, but sometimes…"Ellen replied, didn't wanting to end.
Eevi's father, Kari Nieminen, was know in all of school mainly because…he was headmaster. Although he was sometimes hard and tried to keep discipline in the school, truly he was warm and care taking man, as he was educating Eevi alone, after her mother left, which was another thing, which connected Eevi with Ellen.
"Anyway. We still have one case to solve tomorrow, aren't we?"Eevi asked.
"Yeah"Ellen agreed"Maybe this one will be more successful".
With these words, the two went to their room.
21:32
Deck 5, Room 22
Emma sat on the bed next to her sister, trying to lay her down to sleep. However, Laina still refused to.
"Little girls needs a lot of sleep"Emma said.
"I know"Laina replied"But monsters…"
Emma patted younger sister's head.
"How many times I have to tell you? Monsters aren't real, sis"she said.
"But…the wardrobe…"Laina continued.
"…is a simple wardrobe"Emma ended"Now, go to sleep. We're going to see tomorrow".
Because so many rooms on the ship were empty, Emma asked the headmaster, if she can place Laina in room next to hers.
Emma stood up and came to the door. She opened it, but before she left, Laina said:
"And light?"
Older sister stopped and put her hand on light switch. She pressed it few times and wanted to leave, but Laina stopped her again:
"Always five times".
"Okay"Emma replied and switched the light one more time.
"Please, save me from the monsters"Laina said"Please, save me from the monsters. Please, save me from the monsters".
"Everything is gonna be okay, right? Bye then"Emma said and left the room.
By few seconds, Laina was sitting on her bed in complete darkness. Finally, she laid down, with flashlight in her hand. She turned the flashlight on and started to light up the room, still whispering:
"Please, save me from the monsters. Please, save me from the monsters…"
Only sound, which could be heard in her room, was a sound of the elevator. Laina tried to cover her ears, to not hear this sound.
"Please, save me from the monsters"she continuously said.
Suddenly, sound of elevator disappeared. But it was replaced by another sound. Laina's flashlight was directed on wardrobe. She started to shake, as doors started to shake too. She turned her flashlight off, but saw a white light coming from wardrobe.
"Please, save me from the monsters! Please, save me from the monsters!"Laina pleaded louder"PLEASE, SAVE ME FROM THE MONSTERS!"
Ellen and Eevi's room
Ellen sat on her bed. She looked around, but everything that surrounded her, was just darkness and silence.
"I swear I heard something"she whispered.
She looked at Eevi laying beside her. Eyes started to get used to darkness, so Ellen could see her girlfriend. Eevi opened her eyes and sat on the bed too.
"Did something happened?"she asked.
"No, it's just…I swear, that I heard someone saying 'Please, save me from the monsters'"Ellen replied.
Eevi wrapped her arms around Ellen's neck.
"I'm sure you just just a dream"she said.
"I know, but…still. It was so realistic"Ellen replied"Maybe it's some kind of call?"
"Eh. Just come to sleep, okay? I want you to warm me up even more".
Ellen smiled.
"Didn't I warmed you up enough by all these years?"she asked.
Her girlfriend kissed her neck.
"I will never have enough of your warm"Eevi whispered"We're gonna think about your dream tomorrow, with Nikka and Eila, okay?"
With nod of Ellen, the conversation ended. Ellen laid down beside Eevi again and the two kissed.
July 26
12:32
The X Files office
When Ellen told Witches about this 'call' she heard, the two started thinking.
"Tell us. It was child or adult voice?"Eila asked.
"Child. I'm sure of this"Ellen replied"Why you want to know?"
Eila simply threw up her arms.
"From curiosity"she replied.
"Anyway"Eevi said"I still think it was just a dream. Such things as telepathic calls can happen only in movies".
Ellen simply shook her head.
"Have more faith"she said.
In that moment, they heard the door knock. Door opened and a girl entered the office.
"Emma?"Ellen asked"What are you doing here?"
"Well…"Emma started"I wanted to ask you for help".
She looked at two Witches.
"I see, that you finally pulled someone else into this. And Witches themselves"she said.
"Who is she?"Nikka asked.
"Emma, our classmate, Eila and Nikka, the Witches"Ellen introduced"Wanna sit?"
She pointed at the third chair, standing next to the ones Eila and Nikka were sitting on. Emma nodded and sat on it.
"So"Ellen started, folding her fingers together"what brings you here?"
"You see…"Emma started"It's about my little sister, Laina. She has some…problems".
"Sorry, but we're not taking care of child problems"Ellen said.
However, Emma shook her head.
"No, no, no. I mean…Eh. She's scared of everything. She says, that there are monsters in her wardrobe and every night she screams the same sentence…"
"What sentence?"Ellen suddenly became interested.
Emma looked in her eyes.
"Please, save me from the monsters".
There was a moment of silence. Ellen and Eevi looked at each other, then on Witches. Something strange was happening here.
"You think…?"Ellen asked.
He girlfriend simply threw up her arms.
"Sure, we take care of this"Ellen agreed.
When she said that, remaining three X Files members looked at her with surprise, while Emma's face was lightened by smile.
"Thank you. Could you come somewhere around 21:30? It's often the time, when it happens"she asked.
"Of course. We'll be there"Ellen promised.
With simple nod, Emma left the office. Eevi and Witches looked at her.
"What?"Ellen asked.
"So. You really are going to take care of this?"Eevi asked.
"Yeah. Somethings wrong?"
"You want to take care of this, only because you had that dream".
Ellen simply threw up her arms.
"No, I don't"she said.
"What if it's just coincidence? Your dream and this, what Laina says?"Eila asked.
"I'm sure it doesn't".
Girl stood up and walked up to a binder, laying on shelf. She returned to her desk with it and opened the binder. Next to case they had to take care of today, she written SUSPENDED. Witches saw other two cases from yesterday. They were signed UNREAL. Next, she wrote the case in the binder.
"Alright. We can start taking care of this case"she said.
Without anymore words, Ellen stood up and left. Witches and Eevi looked at each other and simply sighed. Then, they walked away too.
21:10
Deck 5, Room 21
Emma entered the room, carrying the tray with cups and jug of tea. She put it on her desk and sat on bed, looking at Ellen, Eevi, Eila and Nikka. Laina was sitting beside her.
"So…why have you came earlier?"Emma asked.
"Simple"Ellen replied"We wanted to also ask you some questions".
"Oh"Emma said.
She then felt pulling on her uniform sleeve. She looked at Laina.
"Will they throw out the monsters?"Laina asked.
"Of course they will. I promise"Emma replied, stroking Laina's head.
Once more, she looked at the X Files team.
"So. What do you want to know?"
"From the beginning"Eevi said"When this all begun?"
"Hm. Around four years ago"Emma said.
Ellen nodded.
"And what is she scared of?"she asked.
"As I said. Of everything. When someone is using the elevator, she just can't sleep. And I always have to do some things, that have to stop monsters from coming".
"Things like…?"Eila asked.
"For example, I always have to turn off the light five times".
"This makes monsters less sure"Laina added.
The four nodded. Ellen turned to Eevi and Eila:
"Could you look for something in Laina's room?"
"And what do we have to look for?"Eila asked.
"Something unusual"Ellen instructed.
With nod, the two left the room. When this happened, they almost collided with a boy entering the room.
"Sorry"Eila said.
"Just get off my way"he said.
The two let the boy enter the room and went to Laina's room.
The boy stood in front of Emma.
"What do you want again?"Emma asked.
"The same as always"He then pointed at Laina"I want her to stop screaming out loud! Since you have her in that room, I haven't slept well!"
"But what can I do about it? It's not my…"
"I don't care! If she continue to scream like that, I will throw her into the ocean. I promise".
After he said it, he simply turned around and left, not paying attention on Ellen and Nikka. They looked at Emma.
"Sorry"Emma said"It was Laina's neighbor from upper deck. Laina screams so loud, that even he can't sleep and…you saw".
"You should tell it to police"Nikka stated"He can't threaten a little child".
"I just…want to take care of this in different way. This is why I called you"Emma explained.
Nikka and Ellen nodded.
Room 22
Eevi and Eila already entered Laina's room. They turned the light on and saw nothing more, than shelfs filled with photos, books and toys laying around. But everything else looked like simple, standard school's room.
"It doesn't look like it was haunted"Eila stated.
"I know. But well. Maybe, we actually find something interesting in there"Eevi replied.
She then reached for the photo album. She opened it at random page and started to look at photos.
"What do you have there?"Eila asked.
"Photo album. Maybe I…"she stopped.
Eila looked at the same photo as Eevi. On it, Emma was with her parents. They were all dressed in Christmas sweaters.
"Something wrong?"Witch asked in interest.
"Yeah"Eevi replied"Emma one time showed this photo album to the class. She said, that on this photo, her mother was in fifth month of pregnancy".
She pointed at the woman, which was Emma's mother.
"Does she look like she was pregnant?"she asked.
Eila looked closer at the photo. Actually. Emma's mother didn't had any signs, showing that she was pregnant at the time.
"Maybe she just made a mistake?"Witch asked.
"No. She was really sure about it"Eevi stated.
The two looked at each other.
"Then what the…"Eila wanted to ask, but didn't managed to.
Wardrobe suddenly opened, with strange white light coming out of it. Before they could orientate, the wardrobe started to literally pull them in.
"What is going on?!"Eila exclaimed.
"I don't know! Hang on!"Eevi replied.
Right then, the white light absorbed them and wardrobe closed.
Later…
Eila and Eevi started to open their eyes. They sat up and looked around, seeing, that they landed in simple corridor.
"Where are we?"Eila asked.
"It looks like an old, Victorian Era house"Eevi replied.
Without covering surprise, Eila looked at her.
"I like to read about different eras architecture"Eevi explained.
"Okay. But how did we landed there?!"Eila exclaimed.
"I dunno. But we have to somehow get out of there"Eevi replied.
The two stood up and looked around. Eila came up to the wall and knocked it.
"What are you doing?"Eevi asked.
"I'm looking for secret door"the Witch replied.
Eevi just shook her head.
"Better let's look for something, what can help us get out oh here"she said.
Witch simply threw up her arms and followed Eevi.
They entered through door to bigger room. There was table filled with tablewear and candles.
"Oh, something to eat"Eila said, pointing at fruits in bowl.
She grabbed an apple and tried to bite it. However, when she did it, she immediately regret that, as her teeth stopped on hard surface.
"Hey, what's wrong with it?"she asked.
Eevi came up to her and took the apple. She the knocked the table with it and noticed one thing.
"It's made of wood"she stated.
"Wood?"confused Eila asked.
She grabbed the nearest plate and cutlery.
"This is made of wood too"Eila said.
"Why is everything like that?"Eevi asked.
Eevi was then understood.
"You know, I think I have the answer"she said"And you're not gonna like it".
"Just say it"Eila pressed.
With scratching back of her head, Eevi said:
"Well, you see. Emma once told, that Laina hides her toys in this wardrobe".
"She tells you many things".
"She always liked to talk with others. Anyway. Among these toys is dollhouse…"
"Yeah, and?"
"Add two to two. We landed in Victorian Era house, where everything is made of wood".
At the beginning, Eila didn't knew, where Eevi was going to. But then, she actually added two to two and everything became clear.
"We're in the dollhouse?!"she exclaimed"How?!"
"Remember this white light from wardrobe?"Eevi asked.
"Oh"Eila said"Now it makes sense. Anyway, better let's go and find a way to get out of there".
Witch nodded. She followed Eevi, which left the room.
Eyes of mysterious figure standing in the door, through which they entered, followed them, until the room was empty.
Meanwhile…
Room 21
Ellen, Emma, Nikka and Laina were still sitting in Emma's room, waiting on Eevi and Eila. However, the two still haven't returned.
"Enough"Ellen stated"Better let's go and look for them".
They all stood up and walked to the next door. However, when they entered, they saw no one in there.
"Where are they?"Nikka asked"Aren't they supposed to be there?"
"Yes, they were"Ellen replied.
Then, Ellen felt someone pulling her sleeve. When she looked in that direction, she saw Laina.
"Maybe monsters caught them?"the girl asked.
"No, maybe they went to look for some information in school's archives"Ellen replied, but she didn't believed in it either.
Nikka, in the meantime, saw the photo album laying on the ground. She came up to it and took from the ground.
"At least we know, that they were looking for something in this album"the Witch said"But I don't think, that they would simply throw it on the ground like that".
"Then where are they?"Emma asked.
"Monsters have them"Laina whispered.
Ellen shook her head.
"Whatever happened, we find out later. Now, let's get back to your room. We need to discuss some things there"she stated.
Everyone nodded and returned to Emma's room. But before Ellen left, she once again looked at the photo album.
"Maybe better try to find, what interested Eevi and Eila there"she asked herself.
The three returned to Emma's room.
Back with Eevi and Eila…
The two continued to walk through the house, until they finally reached the main entrance. Eila ran up to the door and tried to open them. However, no matter how hard she tried, the door remained locked.
"What do we do now?"Eila asked.
"I think we have to wait, until Ellen and the others figure out, what happened to us"Eevi replied.
In that moment, they heard a childish laugh and patter of feet. They looked around.
"What was that?"the Witch asked.
"I don't think I wanna know"Eevi replied.
It happened once more and door on the second side of hall opened a little.
"Should we check it?"Eevi asked.
"Better have this behind us"Eila replied.
Slowly they started to come up to the door. Eevi felt her hands shaking. Same Eila. But when they stood in front of the door, Eevi took a deep breath and put her hand on handle.
She wrenched the door to reveal…a peg doll, as high as them. The two jumped away, when this happened.
"Wait"Eevi said"It's just a doll".
"Then why is it so big?"Eila asked.
"We're in the dollhouse, remember?"
Eila once more looked at the doll.
"Oh, right. I forgot"she admitted.
"Okay. Better let's go to find a way to get outta here"Eevi stated.
Eila nodded and followed her, as they left the hall.
Doll's eyes followed them.
At the same time…
Over Laina's room
Laina's neighbor was sitting on his bed, watching TV. He hoped, that this night, he will finally get some sleep. But honestly, he doubted it.
"At least, I have TV to watch"he whispered.
And then, one of his books fell off the shelf. He approached it and placed back on the shelf. However, another one fell, so he did the same again.
"What is going on?"he asked.
He tried to go back on his bed, but discovered, that he can't move. When he looked down at his legs, his jaw almost dropped from fear.
Floor was literally absorbing him. His feet were already under it, while it continued to pull him down.
"Hey, let me go!"he exclaimed.
But the floor continued to absorb him. It wasn't been a long time, when he fully disappeared under it.
In the dollhouse
Eevi and Eila continued their travel around the house. And still, they couldn't find any other exit from it.
"How long do we have to sit here?"Eila wined.
"Ellen surely will save us"Eevi replied.
Witch looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Why are you putting so much hope in her?"she asked.
"Because she never failed me, that's why".
Suddenly, someone ran out from around the corner. When the person stood in front of them, they recognized him as the guy they almost collided with, when they went to Laina's room.
"Help me get out of here!"he exclaimed.
However, before the two could answer, something else happened.
From the darkness behind him, another doll emerged and grabbed him. Eevi and Eila jumped back, when doll turned around to two more dolls. Next, the guy started to shake and change. When doll released him…he was one of dolls.
Eevi and Eila looked at each other. Dolls looked at them too.
"Run!"Eevi ordered.
Witch nodded. They turned around and started to run down the corridor, with dolls easily following them.
"Being killed by dolls!"Eevi exclaimed"Oh, irony!"
"What do you mean?"Eila asked.
"When I was six, I liked to do experiments on dolls!"
"Are you crazy?!"
"Hey, I was kid, which wanted to know anything about the world!"
"There!"
They entered a room, where only fireplace was. They closed the door, but dolls started to push on them.
"Please, Ellen!"Eevi pleaded"Hurry up!"
Back with Ellen and Nikka…
The four was sitting in Laina's room once more. Ellen wanted to check some more things, but once they got there, she started to look into the photo album.
"What are you looking for in that album?"Emma asked for the tenth time.
"Something, which is not on place"Ellen replied for the tenth time.
She was looking page after page, until she landed on the same page Eevi did. There, she saw that photo.
"Tell me…"Ellen turned to Emma"You're sure, that your mom was then pregnant?"
"What?"Emma asked, standing up.
Ellen showed her the photo.
"Somethings not right. You told to whole class, that your mom was pregnant then. Meanwhile, on this photo, we don't see any signs of it"she explained.
"No, no. I'm sure she was pregnant then. You probably just see wrong"Emma said.
However, Ellen simply closed the album. Both she and Nikka sent meaning look to Emma.
"Tell us, what are you hiding"Ellen ordered.
Emma shook her head.
"I'm not hiding everything, really"she replied.
"This photo is against what you said"Nikka stated"I think".
"But…"
"Sergeant, I order you to tell us!"
"Mom didn't wanted to have second child!"Emma finally broke.
Silence hung in the air between them.
"What did you said?"Nikka asked.
"Mom was in second pregnancy, but she miscarried. Because of that, she was afraid of having the second child once more"Emma explained.
Silence again hung in the air. Everyone turned towards Laina, which was sitting on her bed.
"What are you?"Ellen asked.
In response, wardrobe behind them opened and white light showed up inside. It started to pull them inside.
"Laina, what's happening?!"Emma shouted to her sister.
Laina simply looked at her, without saying anything.
The three tried to oppose the power pulling them inside, but more they tried, more they were pulled inside. Finally, light absorbed them and wardrobe closed.
Inside the dollhouse
Ellen, Nikka and Emma woke up and noticed, that they're on the floor. They quickly stood up and looked around. It was a dining room, with long table in the middle. On the ceiling they saw a chandelier.
Emma started to walk around, don't knowing what just happened.
"How could I forget, that mom didn't wanted to try to have second child again?"she asked"Shit, I was there!"
"Tenza"Ellen stated.
Witch and Emma looked at her.
"What?"Nikka asked.
"Tenza. Alien entity. Empathic creature, which took form of Emma's desired sister by perception filter. Something like cuckoo's egg"Ellen explained.
"How do you know that?"Emma asked.
Girl threw up her arms.
"I read some articles about it. On ufologists forums"she replied.
Right then, Emma's eyes stopped on the candlestick, made up of five candles. Candles then started to light up and fade, from left to right.
"Five times"Emma noticed"I always turn off the light that many times".
"Tenza can lock up it's fears in everywhere it want. In this case, the wardrobe"Ellen explained.
"Okay, fine and anything, but where are we?"Nikka asked.
The three again looked around.
"Laina's dollhouse"Emma stated"She held it in the wardrobe. Her favorite dolls are the peg dolls".
"How many of them are there?"Ellen asked.
"Four. Why?"
In response, Ellen pointed at door behind Emma. Girl turned around, only to see two dolls standing in the doorway.
"Is there any possibility, that Laina's dreams about monsters could come onto dolls?"Emma asked.
"Yes"Ellen simply replied.
After she said that, dolls started to move towards them.
"Should we stay here?"Nikka asked.
"No"Ellen simply replied again.
Without anymore words, the three turned towards the door on second side of dining room and ran away. However, the dolls managed to catch up with them.
"Why are they so fast?!"Nikka exclaimed.
"I have to know?!"Ellen replied.
They then just passed a pair of giant scissors. An idea appeared in Ellen's head.
"Emma, grab the scissors!"she ordered.
Girl did what Ellen ordered and took the scissors.
"Now, try to keep them on the distance!"
Emma nodded and started to do her task.
With Eevi and Eila…
Dolls continued to push on the door. Eevi and Eila were almost out of strength and doors started to slowly open.
"Any ideas?"Eila asked.
Eevi quickly scanned the room, when her eyes stopped on the wooden beam laying on the floor. An idea popped in her head.
"Open the door"she said.
Witch looked at her with fear in her eyes.
"Are you insane?! You saw, what these peg dolls did with that guy!"she shouted.
"Just take that beam and open!"
When Eevi said that, Eila finally understood.
"Hope it'll work"she said.
Eila grabbed the beam and stood in front of the door, Eevi behind her. Door started to open, until peg dolls started to enter inside.
With scream on her mouth, Eila started to charge towards the dolls, swinging the beam left and right, pushing them from the way. Eevi smiled, seeing her idea working perfectly.
"Yes! I knew this…!"
But before she could end, she felt wooden arm grabbing her waist. Peg doll turned her around, while she started screaming. Eila stopped and turned in that direction, just to see Eevi being changed into one of peg dolls.
"Fuck…"Witch whispered.
She quickly shook herself off of trance and ran away, still pushing the dolls back with beam.
With Ellen, Nikka and Emma…
The three girls still continued to escape from dolls, with Emma still keeping the dolls at the distance. However, dolls still tried to catch them and this task was more and more harder. Emma turned to Ellen:
"You have anymore ideas?"
"Try to find the rest and then, think of something!"Ellen replied.
They directed on the nearby stairs and started to climb them backwards. Ellen heard the footsteps coming from the upper side of the stairs. She turned around and smiled, seeing Eila doing the same as Emma, but with beam.
"Eila! Thank God, you're okay!"Ellen exclaimed, but then realized"Where's Eevi?"
Eila pointed at the group of dolls she was pushing away. Ellen looked at it and her heart tightened, when she understood, that there are six dolls around them, instead of four Emma was talking about. She immediately knew, what happened to Eevi.
"No…"she whispered.
"You avenge her later! Now, focus on finding a way out of this!"Emma shouted.
Dolls were closer and closer, while The X Files and Emma had less and less space on the stairs.
"I have and idea"Ellen suddenly said.
"Then do it!"Eila exclaimed.
She pushed back another doll, but two more were coming closer.
Ellen looked up and started shouting:
"Laina! Open the door!"
Meanwhile…
Laina's room
Laina was sitting on her bed, with head hung down. She still was shaking, thinking about what happened to Emma and others.
"Laina! Open the door!"
Girl lifted her head after hearing the voice. She looked around, but didn't saw anyone. But voice repeated itself.
"Please, open the door!"
She looked in the direction of the wardrobe, from where the voice was coming from. She got off the bed and started to slowly walk up to the wardrobe, with the voice accompanying her. With hesitation she grabbed the wardrobe doors handle and…
Back in the doll house
"I don't see it in very good light"Eila stated.
Witch was already feeling Ellen's backs touching her, while dolls continued to move closer and closer, while four girls had less and less space. Emma actually almost stopped to swing the scissors and push back the dolls. They started to reach towards them with their hands. Emma could already feel doll's hand touching her face…
Everything stopped. Dolls simply stood there in front of them, just watching. Four girls looked at each other.
"What is happening?"Emma asked.
In that moment, Ellen smiled, seeing who was standing next to the stairs. Others followed her sight and smiled too.
"Laina, you did it! You opened the door!"
Girl simply nodded her head in response.
But this joy was quickly cut off. Dolls lost interest in Eila, Nikka, Ellen and Emma, turning their attention towards Laina. They passed them and walked down the stairs, wanting to catch the girl.
"What are they doing?"Emma asked.
"Laina is the source of this all"Ellen replied"In other words, they want to probably eliminate her, so…"
Emma looked at Ellen with fear in her eyes.
"Eliminate?!"she exclaimed.
And before Ellen could answer, Emma was already running towards Laina, breaking through the dolls. She reached her, before first doll touched her. Emma fell on her knees and hugged Laina.
"If they want to kill her, they have to kill me too"Emma stated.
But, much to her surprise, nothing happened. She looked around, to see the dolls simply standing around them.
"What the…?"Emma asked.
"This"Ellen said, walking down the stairs"is what you had to do. All effects caused by Tenza can be stopped only when you accept it. And you did it".
"Of course I did"Emma stated"Alien or not, she still is…my little sister".
Emma again turned to Laina and hugged her more.
"Anyway, how do we have to get out of here?"Eila asked.
In response, a blue portal opened in the middle of the room.
"Oh. Fine with me"Witch stated,throwing her arms up.
"Let's get out of her"Nikka said.
Everyone except of Ellen went to the portal. Nikka noticed it.
"You're not going?"she asked.
"Eevi"Ellen replied.
Nikka looked at the doll Ellen was pointing at.
"Oh. Right. Join us, when you need"Nikka said and disappeared in portal.
Meanwhile, Ellen approached the Eevi doll. She grabbed her hand and looked into the empty black eyes.
"I'm so sorry"Ellen whispered.
Doll simply looked at the girl.
And then, s white light flashed, blinding Ellen for a while. When she regained her vision, she couldn't believe in what was in front of her.
Eevi was massaging her head, while looking around. Her eyes stopped on Ellen.
"What actually happened?"Eevi asked.
Without saying any word, Ellen hugged Eevi and whispered:
"I'll tell you later. Now, let's go out of there".
And, without extending, they walked through the portal, leaving the dollhouse once and for all.
Later that night…
Ellen and Eevi were sitting in their room, taking care of their own stuff. Since they returned from the dollhouse, they had only one conversation.
"So…"Eevi started"I was…?"
"Yes"Ellen simply replied.
Next, she came up to Eevi and hugged her.
"I'm so happy you're okay"she said.
"You know me. I'll never get killed so easy"Eevi replied.
Ellen hugged Eevi harder.
"Now you believe me about ghosts?"she asked.
"Of course I do"Eevi replied"After everything that happened lately".
"Good. Really good"Ellen stated"Wanna go to sleep now?"
Eevi simply nodded her head. Soon, the two was sleeping in their beds.
XXX
And another School Chapter goes. I said, that School Chapters can have some paranormal activities and there they are. Now, next chapter will focus on French military High School.