Mika didn't know how to react. She was completely still, thoughts in her head being completed unbelievably slow. The information given to her by a strange voice was impossible to process. Mostly cause she couldn't see the person that was giving them.
-W- who are y-you?
-I am Cherry Loste.
The name of course didn't tell her anything.
-C- come out! I can't see you…
-Even if I did it wouldn't make a difference. I'm not the kind that you can see..
She froze.
-Ghost?
-You got it.
Mika screamed loudly, more loud than she had ever screamed in her whole life.
-No no! It's not a ghost, my mind, my mind is playing tricks on me! she shouted as she ran around the room panicking.
-It's not in your imagination…
-Yes it is, it is in my imagination! she tried to convince herself. All the things that were going on and now on top of it there were ghosts. Ghosts!
The voice just laughed. Mika curled up in a corner and covered her ears. The voice just kept laughing.
-Yeah, you see Mr. Specter thought he could have the hotel all to himself after grabbing it from my family. Everyone thinks it's a coincidence they all happen to be dead. That's why I decided to haunt it and Mr. Specter paid for it with his life.
-You killed Mr. Specter? shouted Mika uncovering ears, she could hear everything anyway.
-Of course and I also deemed that no one who steps in this hotel will come out alive. And now I have the perfect tool to do so!
-So you're here for me now?
-No, I would never kill you of all people. Although you did ruin my plan of killing someone…
-Kaylen? What do you want with Kaylen? Wait, a-are you a worshiper of the Prime Heifer?
The voice laughed, pretty damn loudly this time and that alone scared Mika even more.
-I merely made that up so that girl would kill… People will believe anything nowadays! Pretty good plan don't you think?
-Did you kill Giuseppi?
-Yes. But I shouldn't take full credit, you killed him just as much as I did.
-Huh?
That's when Mika realized it really was in her imagination. Not even a ghost would speak such nonsense.
-Didn't you notice the time gap? You came back at 4 o' clock from the saloon yet the sun was rising when you came back from the sheriff's. Didn't you think that was weird?
-You're not real, you're not real, you're not real…. Mika kept repeating it to herself like a mantra. The voice chuckled.
-You're saying that cause if it's true you know you're guilty, right? You were shuffling for hours when meanwhile that creep was lurking around the hotel. With the help of your body I killed him and dumped him in the shower. By the way, you've got a pretty strong body! It was a lot easier than I thought to beat him!
Mika couldn't even bear with hearing that. Mostly cause the voice was right. It must have been about six o' clock when she came back from the sheriff's yet she had barely spent an hour shuffling in bed. Where had that other hour gone?
-That's… nonsense. That's not true…
-Oh it is. And you enjoyed it!
-No it isn…
-Yes it is, you enjoyed killing almost as much as I did and you will do it again.
-No I won't…WHAT!
No way! Mika was actually letting the voice affect her and making her believe it was true. She couldn't let it manipulate her like that!
-My imagination, I'm going crazy, this town does that… she kept repeating.
The voice laughed, it just kept laughing. "This can't be happening", she thought.
-Until next time Mika. Oh, and make sure you're always available, your little outing tonight made me have to use Ava. I prefer it when I can get things done the simple way…
The voice quieted. Mika was still pressed against the wall, to scared to move anywhere else. She was in a real state, worried anxious, breathing heavily and had tears streaming down her face. She didn't even notice when they appeared. She stayed like that for a few more moment trying to calm down and figure things out. There was no way in hell that voice belonged to a ghost, no such things existed, right? Not to mention one that uses people to kill, that's unheard of!