She waited for her father to do back to sleep; throughout the rest of the day the other films seemed to be calling to her as she put the sheet back up on the wall and tried to remember how to work the projector.
The bedroom was dark as the next film rolled, Hanging Out '11.
Elise watched closely as the family before her eyes laughed and played, she waited for things to change pace when the film's lighting went dark and four people were dangling from a tree.
She watched closely as a tree trunk began to saw itself off before the family fell and began to strangle to death; Elise covered her mouth as she watched the family struggle before finally fell still.
There were no words as Elise turned off the film, thinking about that poor family and wondered if this 'journey' was worth it.
Elise turned to the box; two films down, four to go.
She grabbed a random film canister from the box and opened it, preparing the next film before putting the last one away; she couldn't stop herself as she decided to watch all the films that night.
There were no happy moments in this one as it started in the dark kitchen and made its way up the stairs with a spot light guiding her to the master bedroom.
Was this one already too late as she saw two people lying on the bed with a barking Chihuahua in between them?
But it wasn't.
Elise watched as a man lied on the bed with tape covering his mouth when a knife appeared to slit the man's throat; her mouth was agape as the camera went to the other side of the bed to slit a woman's throat.
Her eyes were glued to the scene as she watched the camera go down the hall and into the siblings' room when she finally remembered how to move her fingers and turned off the camera.
She knew what was coming, why bother watching?
"I think that's enough for one night." She muttered to herself before hearing her bedroom door creak open.
Elise turned to see who was entering her bedroom, but nobody entered as she crawled her way to the end of her bed.
"Dad?" she called out.
There was no answer as Elise got off her bed and exited her bedroom to figure out what was going on out in the hallway, if anything.
She stood in the dark for a moment before turning on the hallway light to examine the second floor where she could find nothing.
Harold's bedroom door was closed and Elise dared not open his door when she finally gave up and turned off the light when she heard footsteps in the attic.
Elise swallowed hard before taking a deep breathe in "You have the films, it just a squirrel." She told herself as she went back into her bedroom, making sure she closed the door before turning her lamp on to put away the projector and films as well as the sheet.
It wasn't hard to get to sleep as she fought to keeps her eyes open as she thought about everything from the past 48 hours and how mentally and physically exhausted she was.
She smiled to herself as she thought that was the reason she was falling asleep to easily tonight, closing her eyes and letting go of everything for just a few short hours.
Since Harold wasn't using his office space, Elise took advantage of it as both she and Deputy Olsen unpacked boxes of Ellison Oswalt's research throughout the office space.
Elise made sure everything had its place and enough space to add more as they covered walls and windows with pictures, transcripts, and Ellison's handwritten notes.
"How much research did Ellison have?" Elise asked.
Deputy Olsen sighed as he opened another box "At least five boxes worth!" he said.
"The man was dedicated."
"That's for sure."
Elise looked at Ellison's notes on all the films, his notes were skewed with many different topics on one different page as she tilted her head when one sentence caught her eye.
"…when enhancing the films, Bughuul can be found in every one hiding in corners and sometimes in plain sight."
Elise cleared her throat "Hey, did he ever mention anything to you about actually seeing Bughuul?" she asked.
Deputy Olsen nodded "He actually showed me a picture that he got from one of the films." He said.
"Have we unpacked it yet?" Elise asked.
Deputy Olsen shook his head "No…but we're almost out of boxes so we're bound to find something." He said.
Elise nodded, walking towards the deputy "Are you supposed to be somewhere?" she asked.
The deputy looked up at her "What do you mean?"
"I mean, aren't you supposed to be, well, at work? On patrol? In the office?" she asked.
Deputy Olsen showed the walkie talkie sitting on the desk "That's why I brought this with me."
Elise nodded in approval as she grabbed the last box and began unpacking the rest of the paper work taping it to whatever space was left in the office when a transmission came though the radio.
"Deputy Olsen? We've got a B&E in progress, respond?" the radio said.
He picked up the radio "Rodger." He said, turning off the radio and smiling at Elise.
"See you later." Elise said.
"You're gonna be fine with this?" he asked.
"It's paperwork!" she assured him.
Deputy Olsen nodded "Okay, well if you find anything let me know!" he said, leaving the office and out of the Hannity house entirely.
Elise sighed, looking at everything that had taken pretty much the entire afternoon to do when she looked down at the box to see a picture staring back at her.
The orange ambiance of the picture confused her as she picked the picture out of the box and examined it closely.
She could only assume one thing as she saw the figure on the picture, the side angle only gave her chills as she placed the picture closest to the work desk, still unable to peel her eyes away from the picture.
"Elise?" she heard Harold call from across the house.
She shook herself out of her daze as she ran out of the office, closing the door behind her, and meeting her father in the living room.
"Hey, dad." She said, almost out of breathe.
Harold cocked an eye brow "You alright?" he asked.
Elise nodded "Yeah, just…running around." She said.
"Okay…" Harold said, handing his daughter his shoes.
Elise took her shoes and looked at her father "Where are we going?" she asked.
Harold smiled "We are going to dinner." He said.
"I can make dinner, dad, it's ok." She said.
Harold shook his head "No, I want to go out, I've been craving Chinese and couple of co-workers and I were talking about this nice little place in the downtown area." He said.
Elise nodded as she put her shoes on "Okay, that works for me."