Katie looked at Sam with a desperate expression. She strode past him an pulled out her stele that was glowing brightly in the darkness. She tested the doorknob and when it didn't turn she scribbled an unlocking rune on the lock.
"What is she doing?" Ed whispered in awe. Sam Dean and Sebastian ignored him.
She waited a second for the runes to cool before she tried to turn the knob quickly. It didn't budge and she cursed in irritation.
"I can't open it." She looked at Dean evenly.
"Damn." He muttered and shook his head, "Well I guess you losers have to stay."
The "Ghostfacers" grinned at each other in triumph.
Sebastian spoke for the first time since they had went inside, "You can stay, but you will stay out of our way and don't touch anything."
The four Ghostfacers mumbled their assent. Katie cut in with a confused expression, "Where is the other guy?"
They looked around and she squinted her eyes in concentration. Her eyes widened and she pulled out her gun and bolted out of the room and headed for the stairs. Sebastian and her brothers took off after her shotgun filled with salt rounds in Sam's hand. "Kate!" Sebastian yelled after her.
Once she hit the top step a bloodcurdling scream tore through the house. She sprinted down the hall and skidded around the corner into the room the scream came from. There was a running camera on the ground but other than that the room was empty. The source of the voice was no where to be found.
Dean came panting into the doorway behind her and looked around, searching. The other two came up behind them breathing heavily. She frowned and her eyes narrowed looking each corner of the room. She took a couple steps further into the room and turned around. Sebastian looked extremely confused, "But.. where did he go?"
Katie shook her head at a loss. Dean picked up the camera and examined it, he shrugged and handed it to Sam.
Sam played back the tape that showed Alan dragged away by an unseen force.
The four hunters trudged downstairs and were met with four hysterical geeks with nightvision googles.
"Where's Corbett?"
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"Is he okay?"
Dean held up his hands in an attempt to slow the onslaught of questions. In his usual sarcastic tone of voice Dean broke the news, "Look I'm sorry but your friend is gone."
"Dean." Katie hissed, "You could be a bit more sensitive."
Dean shrugged unconcernedly.
The three boys that were left stood there in shock. The girl, Maggie, raised a shaking hand to her mouth, "He's dead?"
"The spirit took him." Dean said again.
"He's gone." Katie said, "I can feel it."
Sam cut in earnestly, "We still need to look for him, and this ghost."
Everyone nodded in agreement and split up into groups. Kenny went with Dean, Maggie with Kate, Harry with Sebastian and Ed with Sam. Each of the nerds had a guard with a gun and hunting experience.
Kate ignored her charge's whining and incessant chattering and searched through the dusty house. She entered the room Corbett disappeared in and touched the walls. She poked at the walls with her stele searching for weak spots.
Maggie came close beside her as she crouched in the corner of the room. "What's the glowing thing?"
"It's a stele." She replied shortly.
"But what is it?" She persisted.
I just want her to shut up already Kate thought tiredly. This hunt was already turning into a fiasco. The last thing any of us need is to be back on the FBI's radar.
She sighed, "It's like a.. a" She searched for the words, "Something I use to write in the angel's language."
The annoying girl perked up, "Angels!?"
"Yes." Katie said sharply. "Now shush."
"Ah!!!" A scream came from downstairs and Kate grabbed the girls arm. She sprinted for the door with the girl following close behind.
"Sam? Dean? Sebastian?" Katie called in panic running down the stairs. Dean and Sebastian answered but Sam didn't.
"Sammy!" Katie and Dean yelled at the same time. Sebastian quieted the other four, one of which was hyperventilating and stuttering something like, it took him.
Kate listened closely and could hear a faint reply come from the a room to the left. She took off in the direction of the voice with Dean and Sebastian trailing behind, guns drawn. They entered an empty room and Kate called out for Sam again. They were close enough that Dean and Sebastian could hear Sam's reply. They scrambled to look for cracks in the walls. Dean pulled aside a filing cabinet and a small door was revealed. "Guys." He pointed to the door and He and Sebastian pried it open. Katie had the shotgun aimed into the small opening. Dean held his hand out for the gun and she gave it to him he crawled through the opening and the other two followed behind. inside the room Sam was tied to a chair and Dean furiously cutting at the bindings.
"Sammy." Kate sighed. He looked at her with a grimace. His eyes widened, "Behind you!" She whirled quickly and lashed out with her stele. The ghost disintegrated.
Huh, she thought, I guess a stele works like iron and salt.
Sam stood slowly with a grimace, "lets burn it and go."
They laughed in agreement.
Eight people watched bones burn at two in the morning. Katie stared into the flames and thought of Hell.
Dean... What I am going to do? she wondered.
