Mai's eyes flew open. She had been places on the couch with a blanket draped over her. Lin sat in the chair next to her, head tilted down as he slep. The word "brother" raced through her head, throughing off her vison to where she couldn't even stand. All she could do was lay on the couch and stair at Lin in his deep sleep. A straing noise made Mai bult up from the couch, but the person that was cousing the noise was only Masako entering the room holding a bowl full of ice. She glanced over at Mai, a friendly smile spread across her pail-white face that had a saddish hint to it. Mai gave a smile back, pulling off the blanket that had been placed over her to find out that Monk's jacket was still placed around her legs. She pulled it on, feeling the warm heat soke into her cold arms, then she swiftly waked over to Masako, catching the side she was about to drop. "What's this for," Mai's question seemed a little off for some reson. Why was that, she questioned herself. "Oh, Naru want to try this new exsperiment that he herd of, well Lin did." She jestered to sleeping body behind her. "Legend says that you can get a spirit to work with you, the spirit can awnser questions that you as by melting ice or freezing water." Masako stoped. "What's wrong, is it your head?" Mai didn't relize that she had gone back to thinking about the boy in her dream that called himself her "brother." She shifted, alittle uneasy about the whole situation, but she smiled, confurmed she was fine, and continued on her way. When they arived at the spot, the interveiw room, where they were conducting the experiment, many other things were set up on the table. There was a light-bulb that was screwed into a small brown box with a switch that turned on the light, one of Naru's computers was set up by the wall turned on and ready to go, and a small ballish looking thing that had rays of light shining on one of the walls. Masako and Mai walked into the room, placed the bowl on the table, and quietly stode waiting to see if anyone noticed their presence. The first to notice was John. He was stretching when he noticed that Masako was back, then was a tade surprised to see Mai. He almost said something when Mai placed her finger over her mouth to make a silent "shhhh." John silently laughed and got back to work. That patern continued with then Monk and Ayako untill Lin came bursting in the door panicted by Mai's disaperence. Everyone laughed exept for Lin and Naru. A shadow apeared behind Lin, Mai nearly screamed with joy as Osamu walked throught the open door. Mai swiftly approched him, throughing her good arm around him and smiling. He smiled back at her hugging her as hard as her could with out causign any pain to her. She was so glade to see him, it had been almost a whole month sence the last ime thy had seen each other. He let go, regretingly, droped his bag, and ran to help John keep the table the computer was on stable. Mai turned and looked at the room, she noticed Naru turning away from her. Some thing struck her as ode. Did Naru look just alittle sadder then usual. She whiped the thought form mind and continued her search around the room. These people were her friends, and no matter what happened they would always be there for her in the times of need. "Hay Mai will you hand me that hammer." Monks voice came from behind the table with the computer that John and Osamu were holding up. Mai grabbed the hammer from the table and quikly moved over twords the computer. She handed him the hammer and waited for anything else he needed.
Mai and Lin sat in Naru's office while John and Ayako went one way and Monk and Masako went the other. It was easyer to cover ground this way. while Monk and Masako made a grate team, Ayako wasn't the best persomn to put with John. John knew what he was doing and he could poll it off, Ayako on the other hand was stronge, but her works only worked when there were trees, other words she was usless. Every time John would feel somthing, Ayako would but in and say she would have this spirit out in no time. After a while John just kind of gave up. Lin and Mai were keeping an eye on everyone to make shure nothing happened and if anything did they'd run to help. Naru was out for something family wise. He had left earlier that evening from a destress call from his parents. It was the first time Mai had ever herd Naru's mothers voice. Her voice cas soft with an almost english accsent in it, it was leveled out by a song tone to it, which made her sound almost angel. Thay hadn't talked long when Naru came bersting out of his office with his jacket and bag in hand, proving he'd be gone long enough for us to almost solve the case if eveyting went well. I kept my Eye's on the screan that showed our inter-veiwing room. Nothing was happening to the experiments they had set up, the most interesting thing they had seen so far was Masako reacting to somthing she couldn't quite make out. Mai's eyes twitched with weriness, the wait of her lids over-coming her eyes. She let her body relax as she watched the screan with Masako and Monk, there was somthing about that room that was atracting Mai's eyes. She watched it. For some reson the screan was getting darker, and everything was looking demented. She noticed Masako had stoped answering Monk's questions, moving, even breathing. She just staired at one of the walls mouthing somthing neather Lin or Mai could understand. She closed her eyes and a loud banging started on the walls, makeing everyine come to a complete stop. Mai's eyes never left the screan once. Osamu burst throught the door to Naru's office, questioning what was gong on. He had just gotten back from getting everyone some food. Masako's eyes and mouth flew open her body worked as if she were a doll made of cloth. She slowly moved to where she was faceing the camera. Words blurted from her mouth. All Mai got was: Sister_ _ _, we _ get _ _ _ you _ _ _. Mai opened her mouth, but desided not to say anything becouse Lin and Osamu were already gone. The Screan with Masako and Monk went black as Mai turned to run for the hall.