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Chp 14 Where's Cody?
The library was quiet as the group sat in silence, going over their options. The doors and windows were locked and any attempt to break them open resulted in annoying the resident ghost. No one could find the occupier of the castle and the phones were still down.
"So our only hope is for Miss Tuttweiler to send out a search party and hopes they can actually get in the castle. Is that what you are saying?" Cody said looking at Moseby who had highlighted their options.
"A scary proposition I know, but at the moment it is our only hope." Moseby said.
"Maybe we can get Chance to let us out?" Bailey said.
"How? She made the wind that lifted Cody and caused the bulbs to blow. All while we were trying to get out. She isn't going to be told otherwise." Zack replied.
"If we annoy her more she will appear, maybe come into me again, then you can talk to her." Bailey said turning to Cody.
"No way, we are not going to make her go into you. It's too dangerous." Cody said.
"It might be the only way. You can talk to her, tell her you are not Ed, you didn't kill her and she might let us out."
"No, I am not going to use you as a medium." Cody said.
"But........if she does appear on her own, we can try." Zack said.
"No way." Cody replied.
"She is bound to possess her again, her business with us isn't over so she won't give up easily. If she appears, we can at least try." Zack said.
"No." Cody replied. Bailey took his hands and looked him in the eyes.
"Cody, I know you are worried but it might be the only way to get us out of here. I am willing to try it." She said. Cody looked at her and then the others. They looked tired. Zack was rubbing his ankle.
"Okay, but only if she shows again." Cody said.
"Well I think we should rest. We can't do anything while we are this tired. Find a comfy spot and rest. We will figure out our next step after." Moseby said. The group all found chairs and sofa's to sit on in the big library. Cody and Bailey sat on a window seat holding hands.
"Are you alright?" Cody asked her.
"A bit shaky. I can't believe all of this is happening." She said.
"Well Mr Moseby has always said that chaos and mayhem follow me and Zack around."
"And which one are you?"
"Oh Chaos, its more scientific then Mayhem." Cody laughed.
"How do you do that?" Bailey asked him.
"Do what?"
"Make me feel so good, even after all this craziness." Bailey smiled.
"It's a gift." Cody replied. "It's something I learned to do after Mom and Dad split up. Mom was always upset or angry and Zack was a bit of a handful. We both were. The only way I could get through the day was to concentrate on helping people, making them laugh."
"Well I love that about you." She said. "I would love to meet your Mom one day."
"You will, as soon as we get back to the ship I will arrange something." Cody said. Bailey lowered her head and rested it against his shoulder. Both kids were tired and found themselves falling asleep.
Bailey woke up on the floor beside the window seat. She didn't remember going to sleep there. She last remembered curling up beside Cody. She looked around the room. Everyone was resting among the books and newspapers. She glanced up at the window seat but Cody wasn't there. Bailey stood up and looked around the room. Zack and Addison were laying on the couch, Woody was on the floor near them while London and Moseby were sitting on armchairs. But no Cody. She ran to Zack and shook him awake.
"Where's Cody?" She asked him. Zack woke up and rubbed his eyes. He looked to Bailey.
"What?"
"Cody, he isn't here?" Bailey said. "Guys wake up. Has anyone seen Cody?" The others all gently rose from their comfy resting positions and looked at Bailey.
"Maybe he went to the bathroom." Woody suggested.
"He wouldn't go alone." Bailey said.
"He has been going to the bathroom alone since he was like 3, I am sure he can.........." Zack said.
"Not like that Zack. He knows we should stick together and he should have told us where he was going. When we fell asleep we were on the window seat, when I woke up I was on the floor." Bailey said.
"So he got up to go somewhere." Moseby said.
"We have to find him." Bailey said.
"Maybe he did go to the bathroom." Zack said.
"Do we want to risk going out there? What if the ghost decides to shower us with glass again?" Addison asked.
"We have to go and find him. He went wandering once already." Zack said.
"Can't we just stay put in one room, I would feel safer." Woody said.
"We stay together." Moseby said. Once again the group found themselves walking through the halls.
"I could be a tour guide with the amount of times I have walked down this hall." Woody said.
"A possible future then Woodmite." Zack said.
"Let's check the bathroom first. He might have gone there." Moseby said.
Cody had been disturbed when he felt Bailey get off the window seat beside him. He woke up to see her walking away and to the door of the library. He glanced at his sleeping friends and then followed Bailey out the door. She wandered down the hall and seemed to not hear his calls.
"Bailey, where are you going?" he asked over and over again. But she ignored him, she carried on down the dark hall and opened a door. Cody followed behind and into the room. It was a large light blue bathroom with a big stand alone bath, a sink and a toilet.
"Bailey?" he asked as he wandered in. But to his shock she wasn't there. He poked his head out of the door and glanced up and down the dark hall. No sign or her. He went back into the cold bathroom. "Bailey, where did you go?" He pulled back the shower curtain that half covered the bath, but she wasn't there. The bathroom was big but spacious and there was no where to hide. He went to the windows and checked them. They were all locked tight. No way out.
"Bailey, quit playing." He said. He decided he was probably seeing things and wanted to head back to the library. He reached for the door but it slammed shut. He tried the handle but it wouldn't move. He banged on the door.
"Bailey?" He yelled. He tried the handle again but there was no movement. "Hey!" He yelled. A noise from behind him made him jump. But he was nothing and no one.
"Chance?" He asked hoping the ghost would actually reply.
All of a sudden a fish ornament that sat on the window ledge flew off and headed straight for him. He ducked and it crashed on the floor beside him. He stood up and faced the mirror on the wall. It started to fog up, but there was no heat or steam in the bathroom.
He turned around but there was nothing. He looked back to the mirror and wiped off the steam. He gasped as he saw a figure glaring back at him in the mirror. The face was white and angry.
It was Bailey.