Chapter 13

England – Arthur /Artie
France – Fran / Francis
Denmark –Mathias Norman
Norway – Lukas Norman
Sweden – Berwald Oxenstierna
Finland – Tino Väinämöinen

The camera starts rolling with light and fast clicking noises. Mathias just places headphones on his head, barely flattening his spiky hair. He starts the portable recording device which is held by a leather band around his shoulder. Holding a microphone in his hand he checks the time on the clock which is strapped around his other one.
"Okay. Right, it's 9:18, we're headed down into the cellar where the door just opened on its own." He looks up again at the camera which Tino holds in both of his hands.
"I have Lukas and Officer Tino Väinämöinen with me." He nods at both of them, all his smirks and smiles are wiped off his face and professional seriousness is now written on all three men. Mathias turns towards the dark stairs and walks slowly down, Lukas follows him closely.
"Let's keep the cellar light off."
Tino lowers his hand again and follows the pair, the only light now coming from a strong flashlight on the camera. It doesn't take all steps of the stairs for Tino to smell the cold and humid air of the cellar. He stands a bit at the side to get both Mathias and Lukas in the shot. Both men stand in the centre of the room.

Lukas has his eyes closed and is in deep concentration, slowly turning to one or the other side, his golden cross in his hair reflects the strong light of the camera.
Mathias raises his microphone and speaks with his strong and clear voice:
"Can you give us a sign that you want to communicate with us?"

Everything is silent and no dark shadow created by the strong and cold light of the flashlight moves. Mathias raises his microphone more and walks slowly in a small circle. When he picks up something on his headphones he stands shortly still, moving the device in his hand to find the source. But when the microphone gets near some water pipes, his concentrated face relaxes and he sighs.

He regulates with one hand the volume of the sounds on the recorder he has hanging down his side and looks briefly at the still silent and concentrated Lukas. Then he turns around and walks in every corner of the room, looking around, lifting and lowering his microphone so no strange or supernatural sound can escape from him. After he checked the corners he turns again to Lukas and freezes when he sees his husband bent-forward, leaning with one hand against a sturdy pillar. Lukas' breath gets heavier and his eyes are closed, still trying to sense what exactly is affecting him.
"Everything alright?" asks Mathias, the worry clearly in his voice and expression. He makes a step towards the other man. Tino, looking concerned at both of them, is holding the camera stable in his hands. Lukas nods, slowly straightening up again.
"There's definitely something in here." Lukas makes some swaying steps towards Mathias, slowly regaining his composure and taking a couple of deep breaths. Mathias looks towards the stairs and around the room and bellows with his loud voice:
"Close the door! Move something!"
But nothing happens. Tino turns around, filming the room from another angle, zooming in on shadows, but nothing happens.
"No. It's gone," states Lukas, standing again upright, looking calm and calculating again.
"Let's go up" says Mathias softly, one hand on Lukas shoulder. Lukas only nods in agreement and walks towards the stairs. Mathias takes off his headphones, hair automatically jumping back into its even spikier positon. Tino follows rather unfazed, looking casually around and sniffles as the air is indeed rather cold down there.

The trio makes it half ways up the creaking old stairs as a soft banging sound can be suddenly heard from just down the stairs. Tino quickly spins around and points the camera down, an old dusty and broken piano getting on film. But nothing else than dust dancing across the light happens and the trio continues their walk up again.

All are glad to get back up in the enlightened hallways where the Bonnefoy couple is awaiting them anxiously. Tino is still recording as all six men are standing in the hallway, in front of the door.
"Sadly it doesn't always work when you want to," explains Mathias to the couple and Tino. Francis listens while walking in front of the door to change position in the small circle they created in the narrow hallway. Mathias turns around again to close the still open door and just as he wants to stop to let Francis pass first in front of the door, said door suddenly moves with a loud creaking noise.
"Watche out!" Mathias manages to shout as Francis jumps to the side with a short yelp. The door barely misses him when it shuts close with a loud bang which made everybody flinch. Tino lowers slowly his camera, eyes wide and thinking of a million explanations to this event.

A few hours after Tino and Berwald are sitting at the living room table on which all their hearing equipment is set up. Berwald watches the monitors and without even glancing at Tino he says:
" For a guy not believin' ya looked a little freaked out when the door slammed shut."
Tino takes a good sip of his black coffee and answers, without looking at the other:
"Must have been a draft."
Berwald gives a light chuckle and leans a bit forward, as if to watch closer if the needle on their audio would move.
"Funny. A draft never put that look on my face before."
Tino huffs and crosses his arms. He nods towards the clock, when Berwald offers him an amused look.
"I believe in the clock. Its 3:08."