Readers note: Hi! This is my second chapter, I just wanted to say that I own the plot line to this story, and this has nothing to do with the current season on right now. Jim's ghost has not gone into the body of Sam. Jim is still an earthbound. Hopefully there is no confusion; this is my own story picking up from Jim's death in season 4.

GHѺST WHISPERER

The Rising of the Underworld

Chapter 2

"Delia's Encounter"

The next morning Delia opened the shop because Melinda called in saying she was going to be late. Delia had been opening the shop up for the past week by herself. Melinda has been really struggling with the lost of Jim, which Delia would understand. She walked up to the store and unlocked the door and walked in. While she was closing the door, she saw the reflection on people gathering around the towns square. Delia pulled the keys out of the lock and closed the door. She flipped over the sign to let people know it was open.

Delia walked behind the counter, placed her purse under the counter and stood up. She looked around the store, for wrongly placed items on shelf's, and boxes that needed crushing. Yes, mornings were slow for Delia, especially since Melinda has been coming in late to work. She missed having someone to talk to every morning. She missed walking out with her to go get their morning coffees. Delia missed her friend, and it hurt her too that she was sad.

Last night's little shake scared Delia. It made her feel that someone was watching her. She looked behind her shoulder, but no one was there. "Get a grip" Delia said to herself. She wondered around the store and looked for things that needed to be clean. Delia the heard the bell to their front door ring at the entrance and she quickly turned around.

"Good Morning, if you need my help for something, I will gladly help you" said Delia as she faced the door. But no one was there; no one was standing at the door. The door seemed to have opened up by its self. Delia wondered if it was a ghost for one second, but she totally denied that after she walked over the close the door. Delia had been giving some thought to the whole ghost deal and thought that she would take that into consideration. Delia tried to speak to see if it was an actual ghost that walked into their store.

"If someone's there, can you tell me?" Asked Delia. Nothing happened. Delia let out a little giggle and smiled. She grabbed a box and brought it too the basement of the store. She saw the bordered up underground tunnel to the sunken town and she felt a chill go down her spine. Delia dropped the box into the recycling and left the basement. Once she left the basement she walked up the stairs and behind the counter. What Delia didn't know was that a ghost was watching her. The ghost watched her closely, it wanted Delia. Delia walked right through the ghost and she felt the chill go down her spine again.

"Are you there?" Asked Delia to the ghost. The ghost made a noise coming from behind Delia. Delia quickly turned around and looked for a person to be standing there, but no one was there. She looked in front of her again and shook her head.

"It's nothing Delia, come on!" Delia said to herself. Delia thought of things she had to do today. Buy school stuff for Ned tonight, make dinner, and do laundry. Yes, Delia's day was full of things to do. Delia had so much work that she had no time to communicate with a fake ghost. Ghosts weren't even real Delia tried to comfort herself with everyday. But Delia was wrong, she knew she was wrong, but she liked to believe that she was right. Delia felt the chill again, she wanted to run out of the store to grab Melinda, but she couldn't move. Something was holding her down. She then felt breathing on her neck. She felt hands slowly making their way down her arms. Delia was touched by some powerful ghost to be actually touched by one. Delia started to get nervous, she was totally scared.

Delia tried to make a run for it, but the force was too powerful. She then heard whispers around her.

"Melinda....Melinda.....Melinda, give her to me" Said the voice. Delia shook out of the grip and made a run to the counter to get to the phone. The ghost moved a create in front of Delia and she tripped over it and fell down the wooden stairs of the basement. Delia smacked down on the cement ground and she was knocked out.

Meanwhile, Melinda got out of her car and noticed all the people running to the towns square. She looked at the shop "Same as it never was" and she saw the open sign. She smiled that Delia came in early and opened it up. Melinda ran to the middle of the town and tried to see what everyone was looking at. Melinda pushed people out of the way and noticed something really big, really really big. Melinda stood there shocked.

With Delia knocked out in the basement and the danger that threatens Grandview, will Melinda be able to pull it together to help her friends, town, and baby?