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Omitted Memories Chapter 4
The long stretch of road was empty as the light from the sun illumined the surrounding area. If a car had driven by noting would have been out of the ordinary on the long path in the middle of the forest. Everything was normal except of course the young ghost girl who was floating down the road at a fast pace trying to get to her next destination.
"So that town had no information on where Norman is at all." Agatha said to herself as moved down the road trying to figure out where she was going to go next. She suddenly stopped at a sign that was sticking out at the side of the road and read it.
"So the next town is a few miles ahead." The ghost girl though to herself as she started once again to travel down the road trying to fully understand what she should be looking for as one of those things known as a car speed past her as aggie stared at it with intrigue before she turned and floated down the road.
"I have been to at least ten towns in last five day's and I have not found or heard anything on what could have happened to Norman" She thought to herself as she picked up the pace. "As well as found nothing with the name Euro Science Inc. on it, still no idea what it means and what it would have to do with Norman." She thought as she passed the numerous trees that were on the side of the road.
As she floated down the road Agatha's mind slowly started to wonder back to a very happy moment in her ghost life as she moved down the road.
The midday sun shown over the large tree in the middle of the forest as a small young female ghost sat up against the trunk wishing she could feel the warmth of the sun on her ghostly form. "Well I guess I'm just going to sit here for the entire day, again." Agatha thought to herself as she closed her eyes to try and understand why she was not back in her sleep and instead still in the living world. She opened her eyes slowly when she heard a twig snap in the distance.
Her eyes widened as she saw a saw a spikey haired boy slowly step out of the woods, she quickly floated behind the tree hoping he did not see her. "Why is he here?" She thought to herself as she looked over the side to get a better look to see him walking straight to the tree.
"I can see you, ya know." Norman said as he stared at the tree.
"Go away." Agatha responded.
"No." Norman responded.
"Why are you even here, you don't need to show up for at least another year to put me back to sleep." Agatha said as she moved out from behind the tree to glare at Norman.
"I just wanted to talk to you." Norman responded with a shrug.
"About what, I'm just a crazy witch ghost who attacked you when you were just trying to help." Agatha said as a small flash of guilt shown on her face causing Norman to take a step closer.
"Yes you did, but you were scared and that whole incident is over now." The young boy said as he gave a crooked smile.
"That still does not explain why you are here what would you want to know about me. The young ghost said shyly.
"I just want to get to know you better."
"Why?" Agatha stated as she stared at the young boy in confusion.
"Well to be honest I never really met anyone who could see ghosts as well, well there was my uncle the one who read you the stories before me, but me and him never really talked that much." Norman said with a sigh looking down for a moment and stared at the ground.
"I see." Agatha said as she slowly floated a little closer to the young boy. "What do you want to know?" She asked.
"Well, first is why are you still here, shouldn't you be asleep or moved on?" Norman asked.
Agatha stared at him for a moment before a look of sadness came across her face. "I don't know." She said softly as she stared back at Norman who then stepped forward.
"Well, maybe you still have unfinished business here that you still need to take care of." Norman responded as he looked at the floating ghost girl.
"What could I possibly still have to do, I was only eleven when… you know" Agatha said in a whisper.
"I really can't answer that, but I can help you find out maybe." Norman said as he looked at the young ghost.
Agatha stared at the young boy for a moment before she opened her mouth. "Why?" she asked.
"Because I know what it's like to be alone, and feeling of wanting to just go and find a place to be happy by yourself." Norman responded with a smile.
"You do?" She asked.
"Yea." Norman said with a slight pause as his gaze moved away from Agatha and started at the ground.
There was a short period of silence between the two before Agatha cleared her throat. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked causing Norman to look up at her for a moment.
"Sure." He responded as he stood there a moment to try and think of the right words to say before he opened his mouth. "Well I'm sure you know what having the gift was like with the stares and the whispers behind your back. As well as the isolation that your put through not knowing if you'll have anyone close to you who fully understands what you're going through." Norman said with a sigh as he looked back at Agatha who was just staring back at him.
"The feeling that you are an abomination that has no place in the world." Agatha said as she felt her eyes water up causing Norman to walk a little closer to her.
"Those awkward moments when a ghost says something funny and everyone stares at you." Norman said with a slight smile.
"When a ghost is there to comfort you when you feeling sad and alone." Agatha said as a smile slowly appeared on her face.
"There's also learning new and exciting things about history and lives those ghosts lived." Norman said as he stood inches away from Agatha.
"What about when you get to be by yourself and enjoy the peace." Agatha said as she stared back at Norman.
That is definitely a nice feeling as well." Norman responded as he bent down and sat against the trunk of the tree as he watched as Agatha slowly joined him as she gave him a perplexed stare.
"What?" Norman asked in curiosity.
"It's just your the first person I have ever really talked to about this with." She responded with a nervous smile.
"Well the same can be said for me." Norman said as he gave her a quick smile back.
"Is there anything else you wanted to know about me at the moment." The young ghost asked shyly.
Norman sat there in thought for a moment before he gave a nod. "So what other fairytale's do you enjoy listening to?" he asked causing a smile to appear on Agatha face as she started to tell him all of the stories her mother told her when she was alive.
Agatha slowly smiled to herself as she remembered the happy memory, but her smile soon faded on remembering she had a job to do as she slowly floated to the entrance of the small town in front of her. Hoping that it would have some clues on Norman's disappearance.
The young ghost floated through the small town in hopes to hear news that related in someway to her missing friend. She kept her ears open unseen by the townsfolk that walked around her. Agatha took time to notice the strange clothes they were wearing as well as the weird small rectangular objects some where holding up to there ears.
"Norman was right so much has changed in the world" Agatha thought to herself as a large moving object that Norman told her was called a car passed her. She shook her head in disbelief as she watched it disappear down the road before she once again started to float around the town looking for clues.
Agatha spent the rest of the day floating around the town listening to as many conversations as she could to try to and see if she could find any hint on Norman's location. As each hour past her hope seemed to diminish as she watched the sun slowly set in sadness as a feeling of uselessness crept over her.
"What if I don't fin- No you can not think like that Agatha Prenderghast. You will find him somehow." She whispered to herself as she floated near the side of a building to take a quick break and clear her thoughts. As she let out a deep breath she heard the sound of footsteps walk by.
"So anything interesting happen at work this week?" A female voice asked as Agatha started to float away so she did not have to listen
Well, there was that one shipment to New York that was s little strange." A male voice said causing Agatha to stop in curiosity.
"How?"
"Well these two men needed me to help send a large container to New York." The man replied
"So, you just helped in getting it flown to New York." The female voice said.
"Yea, I mean the money was very good." A male voice said. They also said they needed to get the specimen moving As fast as humanly possible so I helped out.
"What did they say it was?"
"They said it was just a lab monkey they were traveling to one of their main building." The man said.
"In New York." The woman asked?
"No they needed to get it sent to New York so they could then fly it somewhere in Europe. I mean that's why they are called Euro Science Inc. and not New York Science Inc." The man said with a light laugh causing Agatha eyes to widen as she moved closer to hear more of the conversation.
"I see, I don't know if I had heard of them before." The woman responded.
"Neither have I, but they seemed wealthy and important so I decided it was best to not ask questions and do what they told me to" The Man responded.
"That was proudly the best decision." The woman said as the sound of their footsteps became lighter and lighter until they disappeared completely and Agatha just floated next to the building in complete shock at what she just heard.
"Euro Science Inc." She though to herself as a stood there in the alleyway processing this new information. "Does that mean they… put Norman in a container somewhere." Agatha thought as she felt anger wash over her as she thought of what Norman might be going through.
"I guess that means I have to somehow get to New York, to see if I can get any information on what ever this Euro Science Inc. is and maybe I will find a clue to were Norman is." Agatha said to herself as she exited the alleyway and started to once again float down the road of the town before she stopped.
"How will I get to New York?" She thought to herself as she floated there. She closed her eyes and tried to remember the old map her mother had shown her when she was still alive. "The state of New York is right next to Massachusetts." she remembered.
Agatha opened her eyes as a small memory of what the map looked like hit her. Her mind slowly drifted to a long road that her mom had made her study. She remembered a long road was used for trade and travel back when she was alive. She slowly began to remember were the long path started to where she was currently located. A small hopeful smile appeared on her face as she turned and began to walk out of the town and down the road as fast as she could to get to New York City as fact as she could. "Hopefully when I get there it will, I can find more information on where Norman was set. If it's anything like the towns I have visited it can't be too big." She thought to herself as she disappeared down the road.