Hello there long time no see eh? FIRSTI would like to say I am extremely sorry for not updating for ages I feel horrible so this chapter is extra long YAY SECONDmy excuses are 1. I've been doing my exams 2. My brother is getting married on the 26th and im a bridesmaid been busy in dress fittings 3. really bad writers block and when I could write my mum interrupts me and when I go back to writing I couldn't.
Hope you like this chapter as I took me days and it took overall 6 and a half hours to write and check.. probs be checked badly as it is 4 am... ALL NIGHT IT TOOK ME
Also I will be writing one more chapter after this as there will be some questions like did they live? what happened to? so yeah I'll clear it up in the next chapter

WARNING- there is violence and a bit of gore... would have had to put rating up but i took the worst parts out... they where about internal organs... moving on so please dont say I didnt warn you and no smart arses saying this should have a warning AS I DID WARN YOU right here ^-^
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'MAI'

While Lin, Takigawa and John hurried to Mai's aid, Naru thought it would be better to run after the unknown man who was sprinting away from them towards the rundown house.

'There's no point trying to run after me, master will hunt you down eventually' he screamed ducking in the house but when Naru tried to get in through the window as well but when his hand got close something invisible scorched it.

'Damn it' he looked at the building trying to figure something out.

'Mai are you okay' Takigawa shouted shaking Mai's small body

'Im fine Monk are you okay' her eyes fluttered open 'I feel like someone's been tap dancing on my head though'

'We're fine Mai' John smiled 'let's go help Naru'

'I think Lin's already on it' Takigawa pointed to Lin running towards where Naru went

'We best help them' Mai said trying to get up but Takigawa pushed her back down

'No Mai you stay here, it's obvious that she's trying to get to you,' when Mai tried to interrupt, he quickly added 'and Naru would agree'

'Since when do I do what Naru tells me too?'

'She has a point' John smiled and they all ran after Naru and Lin.

'There's no way in unless you want to burn yourself' Naru hissed

'John' Lin looked at him who was currently studying the surroundings

'I think it might work but Im not sure maybe Monk would be better for this one' he sighed but got his water out just in case

'That's it' Mai smirked 'I know how to get through'

Before the others could ask, Mai crouched down and leaped through the window. Naru and the other's where horrified when they could see smoke and smell burning clothing. After a few minutes of antagonising silence, they heard movement.

'Mai are you okay' Takigawa called

'Yes Im fine just a few burns' she called back and released the electric current that was being sent all over the house.

'Let me do the dangerous stuff in future Mai' the monk smiled and hugged her

'Im sorry, it was hard to explain how I knew no psychic energy was being used'

'We would have believed you anyway' Naru mumbled

'What was that?' John asked much to Naru's annoyance

'Come on we have to find her' he said clearly

'I did warn you not to come after me' a softer voice rang out in her mind this time

'We were too late' Naru sighed and Mai snapped out of her daydream

'Oh no' she cried

'Shibuya Psychic Research' one of the bodies rose up and looked them straight in the eye they recognised it

'Jordan' Naru said

'Why are you looking at me like that?' he asked while Mai gasped 'What'

'Look in the mirror behind you' Lin said calmly

When he turned round he only saw the reflection of the team, most of them Mai was huddled behind them trying to keep it together.

'NO WAY' he shouted 'HELP ME'

'We can't your dead but you can help us' Naru said 'then we'll help you crossover'

'Okay I guess' Jordan looked at the floor and walked slowly over to them

'What was the last thing you remember?'

'This place and a chair covered in blood with various, let's say tools for now' he said starching the back of his head

'Was anyone there?'

'Yes now you've said that I can remember it a bit more' Jordan sighed 'I wish I was alive so I can beat the crap out of that lying cow'

'Miss Jones aka Leiko Momoko' Takigawa interrupted

'Yes her and that damn hotel owner. They stood over me and used said tools to cut my arms and legs to be honest I kinda can't remember what happened after, I think I must have blanked out or something' he said sheepishly

'Either that or you don't want to remember' Monk said 'it happens a person goes through a traumatic experience and they don't to remember what happened to them so they remove it from their memory'

'That's why some ghost don't pass on as they don't know how or if they die' Mai explained simply for Jordan's sake

'I get it, can I tag along so I can actually pass on'

'Yes and if you remember anything please tell us' Naru answered softly and they began to walk towards the last room on this level

'Mai' he grabbed her arm 'Im sorry'

She blushed and asked 'Why?'

'For some reason that might happen' he muttered and they walked in tense silence.

They checked the next room, 'Nothing' Takigawa moaned

'Not exactly' Lin said pointing to the missing hotel owner

'That's the real one then' Takigawa asked while John just looked repulsed

'Im guessing so' Lin replied 'looks like what Jordan said, enhanced interrogation'

'What?' Mai asked confusedly

'It probably better if you didn't know' Naru replied

'Tell me' Mai demanded

'Torture' Lin said

'Oh' she whispered.

They sprinted out the room and carried on up stairs. Takigawa kicked down the first door and there was nothing in. The second had the fake in, he was lying on the floor with wrists cut open. Lin moved to him and took his pulse but much to Mai's despair he shook his head.

'Let's keep moving' Naru said and pulled Mai away again

'We need to stop her' Mai announced determinedly

'I agree' Naru took hold of her cold hand and pulled her towards the last room.

'Took you a while, Mai and Jordan please come here for me' Leiko commanded and both of them suddenly stood up straight and marched over to her

'Hang she can control the kids'

'Here I thought you lot where strong, you've been my strongest opponents yet' Leiko laughed 'but that was just plain dumb'

'You can mock us when you've won' Naru growled 'now do your worst'

'That might have been either very stupid or very smart' Takigawa mumbled

'I agree with the Monk' Leiko smirked closing her eyes and she raised her arms above her head. As if the two teenagers where on strings, Mai and Jordan responded by moving towards them and grabbing a knife of the side of the table raising it just high enough to get them in lower abdomen. Lin raised his arm as well, Naru noticed this and shouted 'Lin don't even think about it'

'It won't hurt them that much and if we can beat her with them then I think we should do it' Lin said calmly

'No way in hell are you hurting my Mai' Naru glared

'Naru it might be the only way' Monk said through gritted teeth 'if we can stop them, then we can get to her'

'He has a point you know,' John trailed off because of the look of death he received from Naru

'Fine just don't hurt them too badly' Naru closed his eyes and braced himself. When he heard Lin whistle and a few bangs and crashes and he knew it was over. Naru opened his eyes and the two and gashes running up and down theirs arm, the wounds where bleeding slightly but not enough to cause some real damage.

'Right it's time for talking' Takigawa demanded

'You haven't worked it out yet have you?' Leiko smirked and her hand covered her face as she

'Then explain' Lin sighed 'Why do we always get the crazy ones' 'How where you able to cause that illusion and why did you do it'

'Why did I do it was an easy one, fun and revenge' Leiko smirked at the disgusted faces of SPR 'and as for how I did it, my whole family could do it Im not that sure and I have been doing for a while now, you see I tried it on some people who didn't matter and when I was good enough I managed to do it over in America then I got a job in Wales and did it there and managed to get a teaching job in England where I killed a few off then went on to do this. After a while I was able to have some effect on the spirits even the ones who I didn't kill'

'Mai's spirit guide' Naru mumbled 'you got to them as well'

'Yep' she smiled in pride and triumph and added 'anything else'

'Yes, why that particular illusion' Lin asked

'I played on the old rumours of that hotel and my little servant told me this place and it was perfect for my little experiments on the kids'

'What kind of experiments?' Takigawa asked while John making sort of squeaking sound and nearly passing out

'The usual,' she shrugged and explained 'how they tick'

Naru sort of "humped" and murmured 'Sadist'

'I suppose you can say that' she smiled and went on to say 'there was a few things I liked about the experiments, the main reason for doing them, was yes to see how the body worked but also the human brain and pain levels. I loved the way their heads smashed, cracked and caved in when I hit them was a hammer and it was so fun to see how long they could take the pain when I sliced their wrists with a blunt butter knife' she smiled blissfully

'That is disgusting' the Monk said

'I think blondie agrees' Leiko raised an eyebrow and point towards John who was leaning on the counter for support and he looked slightly green as well. There was sweat dripping down his face from the stress of the images running throughout his mind 'he's going faint or throw up, one of the two or maybe both, what a wimp'

'John just go if you can't handle it' Naru said keeping his composure and John nodded and ran out slamming the door behind him, Naru looked up at Leiko 'you really are insane'

'I'll take that as a compliment' she sighed and looked down 'so you can either give up or die trying to stop me, either way you'll die'

'Or you can give up' Lin said 'I have already stopped them'

'I have other downstairs' Leiko reminded them

'Monk go help John' Naru muttered thinking of the exorcist trying to stop all those teenagers by himself, Takigawa nodded and ran out.

'It's just us now' Leiko smirked 'Naru or Kazuya do you want to see your brother?'

'What?' Naru gasped and looked genially shocked

'I have him locked away in my little illusion'

'Am I right in thinking he is Mai's spirit guide?' Lin asked clicking on

'Yes took you long enough to figure it out'

'Why didn't she tell me?' Naru cried softly

'As he didn't tell her, he let her believe that it was her imagination leading her towards the right conclusion' Lin explained

'Well done but that's going off topic now isn't it'

'No, I would not like to see him' Naru confirmed 'the reason is personal but if the circumstances where different then of course I would see him again without having to reply to that stupid question'

'Fine let's get on with this epic battle then' Leiko smirked and pushed her selves up 'Im going to have fun with this'.

*Mai's dream world... sort of*

'You didn't listen to me' Mai opened her eyes quickly to find Gene looking down at her

'I know Gene but I couldn't stand around and wait for them to perhaps come back in one piece'

'I understand but leave here' Gene pleaded

'I can't I woke up here, let me help you' she walked over and knelt down next to him

'No Mai don't untie me, you'll get hurt I know she's put a trap for anyone who tries' he looked up at her and smiled 'Mai go back to him there's still time before she fully gets control of you'

'What do you mean Gene' she asked

'Go back to Noll or as you call him Naru'

'No that the other thing you said' Mai's head drooped a little when she heard that

'When she can get inside your head she can start to control you, then you she causes illusions and then she can kill you from the inside out' Gene explained 'don't let her get anymore inside you head or you dead, well more than you are now'

'WHAT' she exclaimed

'Im sorry but you are dead Mai' he said in a comforting way

'HOW, WHEN, WHY' she stuttered

'When you jumped through the window, think back even Jordan knew and said about fading you'll start to fade soon, even now you have no reflection' he nodded to a shards of broken glass on the floor, she looked into them and screamed he was right she had no reflection.

'But the others got through okay' she trailed off

'You disabled it, she wanted you to die to get at Naru so she implanted the thought in your head'

'Oh god so Im actually dead'

'Not yet if they beat her in time you'll go into a coma and wake up when your body is healed properly' Gene said still sounding like he was comforting the blow

'Well that's good, so how do I help them kick her skinny behind' Mai said with a hint of sarcasm at the end

'By finding the weakness of this place' Gene said

'That's not helping me here' Mai sighed as well as Gene

'And I thought you were getting smarter, this place runs off dark thoughts sit there and think of all the happy things that has happened to you'

'You could have said that earlier then tell me I was nearly dead' Gene rolled his eyes and watched her cross her legs concentrating hard on the happy things.

'Or you could go and find the others that are trapped here and get them to help you' Gene smirked at the look of utter desperation on the teens face

'That would be a better idea the more the merrier' Mai rolled her eyes and got up

'Be careful and don't talk to the ones with an American accent'

'Got it and why is that?'

'They got the more experimental side of Leiko, she was testing how far her powers could let her mess with a child's brain' Gene growled in revulsion

'Do I want to know?' Mai asked sounding nervous

'No, not unless you want to have nightmares in your comatose state' he tried to make a joke out of it but it still made Mai nervous as she walked into the forest 'AND BE CAREFUL OF HER TRAPS'.

**Lin and Naru**

'God didn't think this would be so hard' Naru muttered

'I know she keeps summoning spirits to shield her' Lin muttered back watching Leiko giggled as she hasn't moved a spot since the start of the fight while Naru and Lin have sweat dripping down their faces from dodging and the strain of trying to keep up with her

'Lin I have an idea but I need Mai's help' Naru looked over at the petit girl lying on the side near Leiko's feet.

**Takigawa and John**

'Wont they hurry up' Takigawa cried holding the door shut

'I know Im running out of stuff to barricade the door with' John called running over with a lamp in his hands

'HOW IS A LAMP HELPFUL RIGHT NOW?'

'Well the sofa in the other room is too heavy to push by myself' John mumbled

'Take the cushions off and then push it' Takigawa wailed 'or hold the door while I do it'

'Fine but don't blame me if they get through'

'They won't and if they do, never mind your holy water, you have a lamp to protect yourself with'

'Not funny' John pouted and swapped places with the monk.

**Mai**

'Mai' a dreamy voice called out

'Who's there?'

'Helena, nice to see you again, are you dead?' Mai turned round and it was indeed Helena

'No but if you don't help me I will be along with my friends' Mai said

'Why should I help you?' she asked

'You have a right to be angry as we didn't get there in time to save you, Im so sorry we couldn't save anyone she was using a illusion so we didn't notice anything' Mai explained apologetically 'but I swear I will make sure she's pays for what she's done'

'That's not going to work, she can't be beaten' Helena sighed and started to glide away

'Helena there is a way by beating her from the inside and out, gather everyone who will listen and bring them to my friend who looks like,'

'Naru but isn't, I know I talked to him' she interrupted her 'okay I will as I trust you but this doesn't mean I will believe you'

'Thank you for even listening to me' Mai smiled 'I truly am sorry and if I survive Im going to hit Naru everyday for leaving you alone, you where so nice to me and I want to help you'

'Thank you' she smiled and glided away

'Right back to finding ghosts, usually they find me' Mai sighed and continued walking.

After what seemed like hours she came across some ghost the same age as her. She slowly walked over to them and waited till they noticed her.

'What do you want?' one of them said in a thick welsh accent

'To talk' Mai said

'About'

'Setting you free'

'We're listening' another looked up curiously

'I can't explain it now but do you the spirit who is chained to a tree?' she asked

'Yeah'

'Go to him and tell him Mai sent you and if you see others like you and they want to be free from the this hell hole tell them to go with you'

'Okay' they got up and went in the direction Mai came from

'This is easier than I thought' Mai muttered and came across a group of American teenagers 'oh why did I open my big mouth'

'Did I just hear you right?' one asked 'you can set us free'

'I hope so' Mai said quietly

'How, we've tried everything' a girl no younger than 10 called out from behind the oldest of the group

'It's hard to explain' Mai shuffled uncomfortably on the spot

'But it could be possible' a male voice called Mai recognised it

'Jordan' Mai called 'Im so happy to see you'

'Not many people say that about me but thanks anyway,' he grinned and shrugged 'you worked it out then' the pointed to her body, she looked at her hand it was turning ghostly white

'Yeah and yes it is possible'

'Then we should at least try it' he said

'I don't know we've been through enough' the oldest said

'You don't have to do it, all I ask is you listen to what I say' Mai mumbled sadly

'Hmm can we think about it?'

'Yes and Im so incredibly sorry'

'Don't go there' one snapped

'Okay' Mai flinched.

They huddled together and whispered to each other. The young girl looked round sometimes to make sure Mai was still there, when they broke apart the oldest said 'We will listen but a word of warning we have come to terms with what happens and we want just to get out of here, if you continue on this path you will come across not just traps but those who don't want to be saved. Your best shot is to follow the path to your right but be prepared to be socked I've seen a child of 5 trapped here as well as a 19 year old'

'Thanks for the warning,' Mai smiled

'Good luck to you and there is a trap down that path too but you can go round it'

'Any more tips?'

'No you can work it out yourself' she smirked and went with the others

'Are you coming Jordan?' she asked hoping he'd say yes as she was a little bit frightened

'Yeah I know where the trap is so I can make sure you don't get caught in it' he held her hand and pulled in the direction of the other ghosts.

Mai, with help of those who spread the word, managed to convince over 100 ghosts to go to Gene including the 19 and 5 year olds the American had mentioned she was shocked to see them she thought they were exaggerating. She ran back to Gene with Jordan at her heels.

'Im back'

'With company' he smiled 'well done Mai' he got up and hugged her

'How did you get lose' she gasped

'I helped him, turns out Im quite handy at undoing traps wish I could have done so earlier'

'Helena' Mai grabbed her and hugged her

'Okay,' she hugged her back and pulled away 'now tell us Mai how can we get out of here'

'I can answer that' Gene stepped forward grabbing everyone's attention 'as you can see this place runs on fear and hopelessness, so how do you defeat the darkness? Destroy the darkness within yourself by spreading light around you. Leiko works with the mind and the body so remember a time when your where health and the happiest time of your life, imagine your body wasn't in pain, imagine you never met her, imagine your life now before this happened'

'Is that it?' one of the Americans asked and gossip erupted throughout the group

'Not exactly,' Gene sighed 'you need to think of Leiko'

'Sorry who is this Leiko?'

'The one who sent you here' Mai called

'But shouldn't she be dead after all this time?'

'No she was young in her twenties' argument's grew over the group

'HEY' Jordan and Helena yelled 'listen'

'Some where sent by older members of the family, it's now 2010' Gene shouted

'Oh what happened in the war who won?' a English person called out

'England but everyone's friends now, well kinda' Mai sighed

'Good'

'Hey shut up, Im from Japan, what if we had won?'

'SHUT IT' Jordan yelled

'Thanks, you need to imagine the person who sent you here and you need to put a pane of glass in front of you and push them out of the picture and your mind. Now there will be a lot of resistance but we have people on the outside keeping her busy. If you can do that your mind will be set free and you can be at peace' Gene breathed out when he had finished

'Sounds easy enough' a boy laughed

'Bet it's not though'

'There isn't all of us here, so she can still use those spirits to fight back'

'But she'll be weak from fighting us back and fight Naru and Lin two very skilled PK users' Gene smirked 'I trust them completely and once they know Mai is fine Naru will finish her off'

'Is he that strong?' Jordan asked

'Yeah I've seen his power, I bring out the worst in him so I got him to use it in our 2nd most dangerous case and it was unbelievable'

'Wow' they saw and heard gasps and stunned faces from the crowd

'Now we have to do this all together so listen to me' Gene commanded 'only push her out when I say so, now think of a happy place' they all closed their eyes including Gene. He gave a few minutes to think and let the memory sink in 'now think of the glass pushing them out'

There was silence. Absolute silence.

**Lin and Naru**

'WHAT HOW CAN THEY DO THAT,' Leiko looked at Mai's body 'THAT DAMN BRAT I'LL KILL HER WITH MY BEAR HANDS' she lunged for Mai but Lin got there first the knife Leiko brought out stabbed him in the ankle, Lin gritted his and whistled. The blade was slashed out of her hand but it didn't seem to bother her as much as missing Mai.

**Takigawa and John**

'They seemed to have stopped' John whispered

'No shit Sherlock, I'll take a quick look' Takigawa whispered back. He opened the door with a creak and pecked in 'that's weird they are all standing still and with their eyes closed'

'Shall I go tell Naru' John asked

'No I will but first I'll help you move the cabinet to build up the barricade'

'Okay thanks and be careful' John sighed

'Im always careful' the monk said sounding hurt then there was a loud bang and John found him rubbing his head as the so called careful monk and walked into the cabinet to was supposed to be moving, John couldn't help but laugh.

**Lin, Naru and now Takigawa**

'Thought you might need some help as the spirits downstairs are standing still doing pretty much nothing' the monk grinned pulling Lin away from Leiko who had a spirit protecting her

'Thanks, John does have his holy water on him so he should be okay now'

'That's not possible' Leiko groaned 'how can they do this but I can still win with only 20 spirits'

'Looks like we have the upper hand, up to Naru up to performing tonight?' Lin smirked

'Not yet Mai isn't out of there' Naru looked at her in Lin's arms 'she looks so determined all of a sudden'

'NO' Leiko screamed and dropped to the floor

'MAI' Lin cried out watching Mai's brown eyes open

'We did it' Mai whispered letting her eyes shut again 'Im so tired but I need to help you'

'You did it Mai, rest now' Naru breathed a sigh of relief 'now for you, summon all your spirits I'll take them all out in one shot'

'I think you should leave' Jordan said smiling his body completely transparent now

'You've used up all your energy pushing her out, right?' Lin asked

'Yeah Mai's in bad shape Gene said she could go into a coma no sorry she will as she used up the most energy' Jordan looked sadly at Naru.

**John and the others**

'John it's not over but we want to help' a voice called from the other side of the door 'sorry for attacking you as well, we weren't in our right minds but we want to make it up to you'

'Err okay' John said pulling everything away 'good to have you back'

'Thank you' another teen said gliding past him

'Your welcome, have a good after life' John called

'Thank you for helping us' a teenage girl hugged him and followed her friend upstairs

'At least they can be at peace now' John smiled and collapsed on the sofa.

'Get out of here' Naru insisted

'You'll need help' Lin and Takigawa replied

'He has us' the spirits called

'Thank god you got here' Gene called stepping out of the wall 'I'll need help pushing her back into her own mind'

'Im seeing double' Takigawa rubbed his eyes

'He's my dead twin brother' Naru said 'hello Gene'

'Hello Noll' Gene smirked 'what no sarcasm?'

'Not today, Im a bit busy' Naru replied

'Well better get started then, it would be safer to get out there's going to be at least 100 plus ghosts in here, when you hear nothing then we're done'

'Okay' Takigawa said still stunned and carried Mai in his arms and helped Lin out the door leaving Naru and the others with Leiko

'Im not going down without a fight, my spirits will protect me' she smirked and pointed to all the spirits facing Naru but they all walked towards them and turned round facing Leiko 'what'

'We fight with you no longer' they said shaking their heads

'Traitors, my ancestors made you stronger'

'They tested on our DNA hoping to make us stronger and smarter than any other human and failed as soon as they opened us up' one called

'I think your alone now, so brother after you' Gene smiled and Naru smirked his trade mark smirk and gathered up PK energy in his hand. When he thought it was the right amount to at least stun her and not kill him he released it. Most of the older ghosts swiftly followed it margining with it. It became even bigger and Leiko could do nothing to prevent her fate. After the assault she tried getting up but couldn't, she got to her knees instead and coughed up blood

'You think that can kill me you are very wrong' she coughed again bring more blood up

'Yes but Im planning to seal you in your own mind' Gene laughed and the ghosts and Gene ran at Leiko, there was a flash of blinding light there was nothing. Naru closed his eyes and brought his bruised and red hand to shield his eyes next thing he knew was darkness.

Case Closed.

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