I finally updated! Sorry for not updating this for a while. I've been busy with my studies and wedding planning. My niece spent her Spring break here in Manchester and saw One Direction. I've never heard a girl scream so loud, did I mention she's only two years younger than me?

Anyway, ENJOY!

Mai was running behind Ayako and John. The hallway was shaking and everything on it was falling. Mai can feel the entity behind her, chasing them. She felt something different, as if there were more than one. She risked at taking a quick glance behind her and saw two entity. By the time she turned, she tripped on something and fell. Ayako turned and saw Mai trying to get up, John tried going back for her, but a force pushed him to Ayako and they hit the wall with a thud, knocking them out.

Meanwhile, Naru and Lin were watching the monitors. Everything was normal, no ruckus or anything. He was still mentally debating on telling Mai the truth, but he knows that she will not listen because of her stubbornness. He sighed and turned when Bou-san entered. "Where's Ayako, John, and Jou-chan?" he asked. That was when Naru noticed that the trio were still somewhere in the pension. He looked at his watch and realized that it's been more than half hour since they left, it doesn't take 20 minutes to finish the whole pension. He stood up and straightened his shirt before leaving the base in search of the trio, Lin and Bou-san followed while Masako stayed. Naru walked two hallways and when he turned a corner, he saw Ayako and John slumped on the ground. Bou-san rushed to their side and checked them. Naru looked at the camera positioned at the other end of the hallway pointed at them. 'Impossible, I've been watching the monitors and nothing showed up,' he thought. He then noticed that Mai was missing and nowhere to find.

"Ughh," Ayako opened her eyes and suddenly yelled, "Mai! Where's Mai?"

Bou-san shook his head and helped her get up. John followed. "Take them back to the base," Naru ordered. Bou-san nodded and ushered John and Ayako back to base. "Noll?" Lin said. Naru turned and showed him a small pieced of wood with a spatter of blood on it. "You do know that we've hit a dead end on this case without Mai," Lin informed. "Yes, I do, but that does not mean we stop. Have Yasuhara dig up everything about this house in the library or the archive in the city," Naru ordered. He left the hallway, leaving it in a mess and went back to the base.

Ayako and John told Naru what happened earlier. He showed the tape from the hallway and there was nothing on it. The hallway looked decent before the entities chased them, Ayako, John, and Mai didn't even show up in the camera. "That's impossible!" Ayako said. "What are we dealing with in this pension? Entities does not do that or ghosts," she added. Naru stood up and left, nobody knew where he went until he called Lin.

"I can't see you in any of the monitors," Lin said.

A few seconds later, "Now?"

Lin looked at the monitors and saw Naru, "I see you."

Naru went back to the base and told them what he found out, "Someone paused the cameras, therefore the feeds were stuck in the same scene." They all gave him a confused look, asking for more details. "It means someone paused it to stop us for seeing what's happening around the house. I want Bou-san and Ayako to create seals for the cameras and tag it to them. John and Masako, accompany them. Lin, call Yasuhara, he's probably still in the library since this morning. Tell him to go back to Tokyo and search the archives," Naru said before sitting down and opening a folder. To everyone, he seemed calm, but deep inside he's worried about Mai's being.

With Mai…

She woke up inside a dark hut. She stood up, but winced and realized that she must have twisted her ankle. She limped towards the door or she assumed was the door. When she got there she didn't find any doorknob. "What's going on?" she asked herself. She then felt that the temperature was dropping rapidly. "Naru!" she screamed. She can see her breath even with the darkness. A silhouette appeared before her, it didn't do anything to her, but stayed a couple of feet in front of her. She wasn't sure if she was imagining it, but before she blacked out, she saw that the silhouette looked like the girl from her dreams and that she kind a looks like her. Her last thoughts were about Naru…

With the rest of the team…

He felt it, Mai calling for him. He looked around the base and found the team busying themselves with whatever. He looked at his watch and noticed that it was getting late. He sighed and left the room. The others didn't noticed that he left, except for Lin, who kept watch at the monitors. Naru walked around the house, mostly along the almost destroyed hallway. He examined every inch of the hallway, but found nothing. He then found himself walking out to the hot springs, but there was nothing there. He then felt a tug on his heart and found himself running back to the base. "Get a flashlight and follow me," he ordered. Everyone stared at him for a second before they grabbed a flashlight and followed. They went behind the hot springs, down the hill and into the woods.

"Where are we going?" Ayako asked as she tried not to trip on some branches.

"I don't know, but we should just follow him," Bou-san answered.

Naru stopped and looked at everyone, "Split up into two and look for something suspicious, if nothing seems right, head back to the base immediately." The group nodded and left in pairs, Ayako with Bou-san, John and Masako, Lin and Naru. They searched for hours even though they don't really know what they're searching for. After a couple of more hours, Masako gasped when she saw something beyond the trees.

"What is it?" John asked.

"She's in there" she answered.

John nodded and contacted the others and informed them of their position. Masako and John walked towards the object and ended up in a clearing. On the other side was an abandoned hut. They cautiously walked towards it and noticed that there was no windows, the place where the door was supposed to be was gone, it was re-placed by a chunk of wood. "Mai?" Masako called before feeling the coldness seep out from the inside. "John, it's freezing inside… Where are they?" she asked.

"They're on their way," he answered.

After a couple more minutes, Naru and Lin emerged running from the trees. Bou-san and Ayako went back to get tools after John informed them of the situation. Naru tried kicking the chunk of wood, but there was no damage done. "Mai!" he called out, no answer. "Are you positive she's in there?" he asked. Masako just nodded. They then heard a thud from the inside followed by a couple more. Naru was frantically kicking the hut, hoping that a hole would somehow appear. Bou-san and Ayako arrived with an axe. After hacking at the wood for several minutes, it finally gave. Naru was the first one to enter with his flashlight, he looked around for a second before his lights landed on a limp figure on the opposite side of the hut. He rushed to her side and noticed her pale complexion and blue lips. "Call an ambulance, quickly" he ordered while taking his jacket off and covering her with it. He then noticed her forehead bleeding, a few scratches, and a swollen ankle.

'What did you get yourself into…?' he thought.

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