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GHѺST WHISPERER
The Rising of the Underworld
Chapter 7
"And Death will Sweep the Earth"
Melinda sat in the waiting room of the hospital and waiting patiently for the results of Ned's tests. They were able to get him stable and now his heart rate was normal. That was really close for Ned. Melinda didn't know how many times Ned could skip death. Death is a scary thing; to skip death is like tipping the balance between good and evil. Delia walked out with a piece of paper and showed it to Jim and Melinda.
"He's fine!" said Delia.
"He still is asleep, but the doctors think he might have a chance to make it" said Delia. Melinda hugged Delia and they both sat down again. Delia knew she had to do something but she totally forgot because of all the crazy events.
"Melinda, don't I have to sign those papers at the store on the counter?" asked Delia. Melinda looked at Delia and just remembered.
"Oh yes, you have to do that, I will stay here, you have to sign them and send them in at the post office. I have already signed my part, they ask for partner's signatures on the first three pages" said Melinda. Delia smiled and walked out of the hospital quickly so she can go sign the papers. There was something wrong with the clouds surrounding Grandview, everyday it seemed to get darker and darker. Delia parked in front of the store quickly and ran to the door before it started to rain on her. Delia went to the door and put the key into the lock. But what she touched the door, it opened on its own.
"Hello?" asked Delia, slowly looking in. Delia walked in slowly; maybe someone was thinking the store was open. But how would they have unlocked the door. Delia thought that maybe Melinda forgot to lock it last time. Delia slowly entered in some more, nervous, but steady, she called again.
"Is anyone here?" asked Delia. All of a sudden she heard a big slam on the basement door and she jumped up in the air. She heard a similar voice to a man that she once heard before.
"Help, open the door!" yelled the man on other side of the door. Delia left the front door open and ran to the basement door. She opened the door and Payne came crashing out and knocking over Delia.
"Rick!" Delia smiled. Rick and Delia started to laugh and dust each other off.
"When did you get here?" asked Delia. Rick smiled and used the shelf to help him up.
"About an hour ago, I have been stuck in that smelly and creepy basement for the last past twenty minutes" said Rick.
"You should really call the Ghostbusters for down there" said Rick. Delia laughed and fixed her hair.
"Melinda's been on edge for awhile now. She's working on down stairs, but it seems to be acting up lately" said Delia. Rick looked behind him and closed the basement stairs.
"That place gives me the creeps" said Rick. Delia walked over to the counter and found the papers. She pulled out a pen and started to sign the documents. Rick walked over and sat on a chair in their store.
"So how's the baby?" asked Rick. Delia smiled and stacked the first page.
"You got my message! Yeah, it's doing great, but today, she had this pain and she knocked out. But when she woke up, she's been seeing things, the scary things that walk around the world at night. But things she's not supposed to see, it's scaring me Rick. Ned was in a car crash and he is in the hospital with a five percent chance of making through" said Delia.
Rick felt sorry for Delia and asked her something.
"Want a chocolate?" asked Payne. Delia smiled and grabbed the chocolate.
"Thank you!" Delia smiled. Rick started to eat one too.
"Where did you get them, Village Java?" asked Delia.
"No, those hotels ones" replied Payne. Delia looked at him for a second and spat it out.
"I wondered why they tasted weird!" said Delia. The rain outside started to go crazy and the winds were raging. Delia and Rick looked outside of the store and looked at how dark the clouds were. They have never seen clouds as dark as these. The lights in the store started to flicker and people were running out of stores to get in their cars.
Delia walked over to get her purse.
"We can't leave" said Payne. Delia turned to face him.
"I have to get to Ned, Melinda and Jim are over there watching him until I get back" said Delia. Rick smiled and said something he shouldn't of.
"Jim, do you remember something for awhile ago, but you just thought it was a dream?" asked Payne. Delia looked confused.
"What?" asked Delia. Payne tried to describe it, but it was too long, so he just jumped right to it.
"Jim is supposed to be dead. I know it sounds weird, but somehow the natural order of things was altered" said Payne. Delia being Delia, she totally did not believe this. She leaned on to the shelf and smiled.
"What are you talking about, Jim is alive and well" said Delia. Rick shook his head.
"Delia, he is supposed to be dead, time was altered, trust me. I think that is why everything is happening, the town, Ned, Melinda's new gifts, you see, it's all here" said Payne. Delia finally had a flash of remembering those thoughts.
"Oh my God, you're right" said Delia, who was now in the actual time before Melinda made her wish. Both Delia and Rick knew that something was going on, because Jim was supposed to be dead. They both looked outside and noticed the storm as gotten so large that they couldn't step outside. The lights went off and a garbage container smashed right through the front window on Melinda's store. Delia screamed.
Melinda and Jim waited for Delia to come back. Doctors were running everywhere, caring for their patients. Then the power shut completely off. All the doctors ran to the patients rooms to save their patients without electricity. Melinda remembered something Andrea said to her.
"And death will sweep the earth"
Something was coming.