Day 4

Lancaster Castle- Girls' Quarters

7:23 am

Mai Davis-

Keeping an eye on my stirring daughter, I moved out of bed quickly and gave her space as I plopped down on the chair next to her. I knew she was dreaming of the case. Of what was happening around the castle. Maybe her dreams were as vivid as mine had been. Gently, I reached a hand out and let it softly touch her face. Focusing on the energy between us, I closed my eyes and completed the link. It was something Naru had taught me to do a very long time ago when we were exploring my talents to their extent.

I was instantly sucked into the darkness.

I glanced around me to look for something familiar, anything at all, but I was lost. However, the sight of Jean eased my worries a bit. But she hadn't noticed me, not yet. Her eyes were glued to something, but all I could see were blurs. Then the dream began to clear up.

We were downstairs, in the dungeon right across from the cells.

Then I noticed the scene that attracted my daughter's attention.

A beautiful woman was curled up in a dark corner. Her dark hair fell over her eyes and knees that she held so close to her chest. She let out a sob and hugged her knees closer to her chest. There was a man in a guard uniform bent over her. However, he didn't look like he posed a threat to the woman. He held a gentle hand out and revealed an apple.

As hard as she tried, she couldn't ignore him. He was offered her a sign of peace and something that was longed for in the prison; food.

She forced herself to look up at him, and something new sparked in her eyes.

"It's an idea."

I jumped in fright, and didn't realize that Gene had appeared next to me. He glanced over at Jean, who now noticed us. She looked deep in thought as she started to walk towards us.

"I recognized the man." She spoke softly, but it was loud enough for the two of us to hear. "He's the spirit in the office, isn't he, Uncle Gene?"

She looked to him for an answer, in which she was awarded with a smile.

"Sometimes you think just like your dad."

"But am I right?"

"Yes."

She turned to look to me.

"Think we can wrap this case up today?"

I nodded my head.

"Let's go report to your father, shall we?"

8:00 am

I watched Naru carefully as he watched me, absorbing what we had informed him with.

Then he glanced at Jeanine, who was sitting at the table with Yasu, Lucy and Madoka. While Madoka was typing on the laptop, searching for clues, the others were fervently searching through the files, looking for any connection to the prisoner and the guard.

It was Masako who spoke up first.

"If we find out the name of the woman, then we can try to call her in a séance, couldn't we?"

"Theoretically? Yes. But we don't know who she is." Naru spoke.

"Yes we do." Yasuhara spoke up.

All of our attention turned to his table as soon as he spoke. Jean and Lucy stopped their work and watched him while Madoka continued typing furiously on the lap top.

"Her name is Delanie Lambert." We all paused and watched him carefully. "She was on trial as a witch. The last one actually. But she didn't get hanged, according to the report. She jumped out of the tower."

"So how did you find all of that out?" I asked him carefully.

Yasu flashed a grin.

"Well, we had three dates set aside that seemed off. On the day she died, so did two officers. One of them was killed in the office. Another was killed in the dungeons. It's a guess, but I'm really confident with my theory."

"So," Masako began again. "If we summon her, then we could get answers?"

"That's the idea." Madoka spoke from her laptop. "And if it works, then we could solve this, couldn't we?"

Naru nodded to confirm her question. I took a deep breath in and held it as John asked the question everyone wanted to ask.

"But to question a spirit and get straight answers, wouldn't that require you to be possessed?"

The room grew silent as all of our eyes watched Masako.

"Yes." Jeanine answered for her. Our attention snapped over to her. "The spirit would most likely pick someone who they can relate to in order to have a successful possession. Miss Hara would prove to be the most likely candidate because she's close to the age of Delanie, and she's got the right training for this."

"Wait," John spoke. "Shouldn't we decide a place where she would most likely be received? We're just running on assumptions now."

I studied John for a second or two. It was easy to tell he was scared for his wife.

"We can look into it before we risk Masako's life. We're not that reckless." Naru scolded John like he would scold Jean or Gavyn.

"Well, Gavyn and I can check around in the dungeon for her cell and see if we can pick up any readings down there." Jean was quick to offer, but she got a glare instead.

"Absolutely not." Monk spoke before Naru could, which surprised us. "You all are still young, and you think we're going to take you down into the dungeon full of criminals, just so you can get a reading on one cell?"

Jean's eyes turned hard as she flashed them over to face the now standing monk.

"Yes. As a matter of fact, I do."

"Sit down Jean." Naru warned her silently.

"But it makes sense." She argued back. "If Masako is in the wrong place, then she could pick up the wrong spirit. She would be harmed and the whole séance would be ruined."

Naru watched her closely and I started to fear for my daughter; she's turning out to be more like him.

"Naru, she's right. Let's let them have a look around." I offered quietly.

"We can get the Captain to let us down there, and discuss about moving the inmates out of the cells long enough for a séance to occur." Lin backed me up quickly.

"They're right Naru." Madoka whispered softly.

"Fine. But Lin and I will accompany you two down there. Everyone else, pull together the proper stuff for the ceremony."

A/N: Hello again! I'm sorry this chapter took a while getting out there! I've been busy between everything else! :D I hope you enjoy this chapter and this story, because I'm about to wrap it up. I would like to finish it before I leave for college, and I want to finish the Alphabiography! And that might take a little bit more time. I have about 18 letters to get through, so I'll work on that for a bit! Go check it out if you haven't already! But, are there any requests or something you all would like to see in this story before I finish it? Any at all? PM me or leave it in a review, and I'll be happy to oblige.

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Jazzy