Chp 10. Research isn't meant to hurt.........is it?
The group looked in amazement at the photo Zack was holding. The two boys looked a lot like the twins. They were young, blond and were nearly clone of Zack and Cody. Between the boys was a young pretty lady. The photo looked extremely old.
"What the........" Cody exclaimed.
"Woah, they do look like you." Bailey said.
"This is weird." London said.
"It is a sharp likeness of the two of you but it is a coincidence." Moseby said.
"Yeah......but it's still freaky." Bailey said.
"Does it say who they are?" Woody asked.
"Yeah, its faint but their names were David and........." Zack started.
"Edward." Bailey finished. The group turned to look at her.
"Bailey?" Cody asked fearing she was actually strange again.
"It's here. Look." She said. She had opened a large photo album and had come across an article about the brothers. "They were twins, like you guys. Seems one was dating the daughter of the owner and when she disappeared they were both suspects."
"I wonder if this is her..........Cassandra Lacey." Zack read.
"Yeah, it was this article said she disappeared one night in the castle and the police believed she was killed." Bailey read.
"Can you say...ghost?" Zack asked.
"Ghost." London replied. The others ignored her.
"I bet they killed her and she is a ghost around here, making all those noises and that." Woody said with an excited tone.
"Is there anything else in there Bailey?" Addison asked.
"A few more articles. Woah, apparently Edward was the one dating her and a few months after her disappearance, David was found dead in the basement." She replied.
"Creepy". Woody said.
"All the ingredients of a ghost, a death, a disappearance. I would say this place is haunted." Cody said.
"Maybe that is why Cody's hand was hurt. The ghost saw how much he looked like one of the boys and wanted to hurt him." Bailey said.
"I doubt that." Moseby said.
"As interesting as this is, we still need to find a way out." London said.
"London has a point." Moseby said. "And I must admit. Something just isn't right in this place. We need to get both Zack and Cody away from here in case this so called ghost thinks they really are the people who killed her and decides to go after them." Moseby said.
The group stood and looked at Mr Moseby. For a second he felt uncomfortable, but he knew what they were thinking.
"You really think something like that will happen?" Zack asked.
"That stuff only happens in movies Zack." Cody said.
"But it does happen. There are stories all over the place of vengeful ghosts in places just like this. Death, missing lady. This screams haunted castle." Moseby said.
"So if it is the girl, she could go for either Zack or Cody." Bailey said.
"It's a possibility." Moseby said. "They look a lot like the boys in that picture and if those boys were the twins, she could mistake our twins for her twins."
"Cool." Woody said.
"It's not cool Woody. The boys could be in danger if the noises around here are because of a ghost." Moseby said.
"Noises like this." Addison said as she leant out of the library door and listened down the hall.
"What?" Bailey asked. The group stood in silence and could hear soft music.
"It's the flute music again, what we heard upstairs." Cody said.
"Flute?" Bailey asked. She rushed to the scrapbook she had been reading and flipped through the pages. There was a picture of the girl playing a flute, surrounded by people.. "Look, its her." Bailey said.
"It's just music, maybe Adam is listening to it." Zack suggested.
"We heard it upstairs and it was coming from a room. We found a flute on the floor."
"The ghost has to be her. She made Cody wander and made the water boil over his hand." Bailey suggested.
"But what about your strange behaviour, the figure over your bed, the screaming?" London asked.
"I am Cody's girlfriend. She might see me as a threat. We so need to get out of here." Bailey said. A bang from upstairs made the group jump. They looked at each other. The bang sounded again and it sounded like it was coming from above them.
"You think Adam is okay?" Woody asked.
"Right now, I don't care. Let's get out of here." Bailey said.
"No, we need to find him." Moseby said. The group started to leave when a whimper stopped them. They turned and saw Zack leaning against a table.
"What's wrong?" Cody asked going to him.
"Woah, my ankle really hurts." Zack said.
"That is what you get for not using those crutches." Cody said.
"Stay here, we can go and look ourselves." Moseby said.
"He can't stay here alone." Cody said looking at Zack.
"I'll stay." Bailey said. Cody hugged Bailey and turned to Zack.
"Look after each other." He said. Zack smiled as his brother left, he really was a worrier! Cody joined the others as they split up and headed to look for Adam. When they were gone Bailey turned and looked at Zack.
"Time for research." She said.
"Aw man, I should have gone with them." Zack replied.
"Aren't you interested in what went on in this place? All the noises, the figure I saw. A good old tradition ghost hunt. I mean, those boys look so much like you and Cody, its so cool"
"Yeah, 2 boys involved with the possible death of a girl and they look like me and the Codester. Yeah really exciting." Zack said sarcastically. Bailey flipped through the scrapbook and looked at the pictures.
"She looks young." Bailey said.
"Look, there is an article about her." Zack said as he found an old newspaper in a box he was looking through. "She was 21 and was nicknamed Chance. Apparently she was ill as a baby and died twice for a few seconds but came back to life, she also was electrocuted when she was 7 and trapped in a fire when she was 9. Talk about lucky." Zack said.
"My name was Cassandra 'Chance' Lacey." Bailey said. Zack looked at her. She had looked up from the scrapbook and was looking at Zack.
"Cool name........why did you say 'my name'? "He asked. She didn't reply.
"Where is Ed? I can't find him." She said.
"What are you on about?" Zack asked her. She walked closer to him.
"Ed, it's you. What have you done?" She said.
"Bailey, what are you talking about? Who's Ed?" Zack said.
"You did it! You found out. You killed me!" She yelled at him, she started to advance on him and Zack tried to back up.
"Bailey........." He said. She picked up a nearby letter opener and pointed it at Zack.
"You done it. You thought we were lovers."
"What, lovers? Bailey what are you on about?" Zack said. Bailey swung at him and he ducked in time. He fell to the ground and crawled back, ignoring the pain in his ankle.
"What are you doing Bailey?" Zack asked.
"You think you can get away with it? No way. I am here to give payback."
"For what? Bailey, you are not yourself." He said. He leant on a chair as he stood up, supporting himself. Bailey welded the letter opener and waved it in Zack's face. He knocked it out of her hand and she rushed to retrieve it. Zack tackled her down and they fell to the floor. She yelled and flipped him over. She straddled him as he was pinned to the floor. Zack gathered all his strength and pushed her off. He got himself up, screaming in pain.
"Help!" He yelled as Bailey raised her hands to him. She swung and Zack felt something connect. Everything went black.