Mai staired at the floor trying to keep herslef from looking up, everyone in class was looking right at her. She was wereing a cast from the accident at the S.P.R. building, which she was not alowed to mention to anyone out of their group. She placed her hand on her head filling the bump that had been left from her fall down the stairs, she kept wishing that this horible day would end. She had just barly goten out of the hospitole, which was a pain, and convinced Naru to let her go to school, which was even harder. Now she was in the middle of school with the bigest head act ever and still had work after. When the bell rang she jumped to her feet, resited her thanks, and ran as fast a she could to the nurse. She got there without running into anyone hwo would ask questions. She ran in asked for some headack releaf and ran strait for the street. Before she had made it her friends stoped her, giving straing looks. "What happened," one of them asked, in a high-pitched voice that made Mai's head spin. "Are you all right," she said again, as Mai moved around them. She spoted John and was hoping to get to him before anymore questions. She made it over hidding behind John, begging for his help out of this mess. He placed his hand on her broken arm and moshened for her to get in his rented car. He moved forword as the girls aproched. "Sorry, but she's got to go to work," he said, holding ou this hands to block the girls from passing. Mai jumped in the car and watched the two girls walk away, she didn't like to do this, lie, to her best friends, but she couldent worry them too much. John got in the car and closed the door, moshening for the driver to move forword. "Are you alright," he questioned as they started off on the road. "I-I'm fine, jus-just a small head ack that won't leave." she replyed, poling out a water and swalowing the pill. "You know you don't have to do this case, it might be to much," he said, placing a hand on her cast. "N-no I have to know wh-why it is so importen for me to go on this case," she flinched as pain flashed through her vision. "Naru even said I could do this case if I wanted to, so it's my chose," she started griting her teath as the pain shot into her brain. She placed her hand on her head rubbing the spots that were throbbing like crazy, pressing softly on her injered head. She moved she hand down as the pill started taking affect, and then stopped the pain all together. The two road in silence as they drove down the steats, aprotching the S.P.R. building. That night came flashing back as if it had just happened, making the pain flow back and fill her head. She looked at the building of where she had had so many grait times with their crew, and where she had met many amazing people that had inspiered her to work hard. She smiled at the memorize, and held them in her heart, letting them fill up with wormth and joy. John got out first, walking over to her door to help her out, she kindly accepted it, since it was the first kind thing anyone had done all day. They walked up to the door and Mai didn't know what to expect anymore. Right as they were about to turn the handle, Monk and Ayako apeared literly out of nowhere. Mai jumped so high in the air, Monk fell to the ground laughing and Ayako almost fell over too. "What," Mai nearly cried out in fear ", you realy scared me." Monk wipped off his clothes, walked over to Mai, and kissed her on the head, making Mai blush for some strang reason. "We realy missed you and are very glad your back," he said rubbing her head. Mai smiled and turned twords the door, that John was holding on to for deat life. He lossened his grip an turned the handle, when it opened everything was back to normal. Mai smiled at the sight, tuck a deep breath, and walked in.
They walked around the lower level of the S.P.R. making shure eveything was okay. Nothing was wrong or out of place, it all seemed the same as always; exept for the stair-case. At the bottom, right where mai had fallen, was a large stain of blood that expanded from the wall almost all the way to the stairs. Mai grabed the railling on te side of the stars an made her way up to the second floor, begging that everything was back to the way it was before. She popped he head up and Thanked god that it was all back to normal. She walked down the hall to the door that that was labeled "Old Cases" when Lin came rushing up engulfing her in a sea of warm hugs, wispering ", I missed up," turned and continued down the hall. Mai stopped a second smiled and continued on her way. Then a shock, Naru raced up to Mai, smiled, said his welcomes, and gave her a slight peck on the check. Mai blushed then realized what had just happened and turned just in time to see his head disaper down the stairs. John staired at Mai with a serpised look that said that was unexspected, a small smile slide acrose Ayako's face, and Monk turned away looking alittle ashamed for seeing that. Mai turned and moved twords the end of the hall where a door was slightly open. She halted as a noise shreaked threw the door. She turned slowly seeing just in time to see what grabed her throught and pinded her high up aginst the wall. The figer was the frist man from that man, but now his face was torn he was covered with blood. The last thing she saw was Monk running up with his blessed beads screaming his chant.