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Mai's POV-
I smiled as the song came to an end, chuckling softly when I saw Naru push the girl away and sit down, fuming silently. I waved my hand and the audience was focused on me again. The music started and I pulled the guitar towards me, the crowd roaring at this action. Smirking, I blew a kiss out towards the audience and a couple guys fainted.
Right Here- Jhene
Yeahh yeahh yeah
Ohh oh oh oh yeahh
I will be right here
I will be right here
First Verse:
Every time you feel alone
And you need a friend
Somebody you can talk to
You think nobody cares
And you don't know what to do
I'll be the one who hears you
And I'll make this a promise
Baby you can count on me
Whatever you need
I'll never let you down
Chorus:
Just take your time
I'll take it slow
You know that I'll be here for you
Don't worry
Have no fear
I will always be right here
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I will be right here
Second Verse:
The way you make me laugh
The little things you do
Nobody can compare to you
When I can't find words to say
You hear me anyway*
It's so amazing what your love can do
Hook:
And I'll make this a promise
Baby you can count on me
Whatever you need
I'll never let you down
Chorus:
Just take your time
I'll take it slow
You know that I'll be here for you
Don't worry
Have no fear
I will always be right here (I will be right here)
Third Verse:
When they say nothings forever (Say nothings forever)
And everything good has an end
They only believe that
'Cause they never had you for a friend (Never had you for a friend)
Chorus:
Just take your time
I'll take it slow
You know that I'll be here for you (I will be here for you)
Don't worry
Have no fear
I will always be right here
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I will be right here
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I will be right here (Always be right here)
I grinned happily as the next song started and I sang to my heart's content. Everything was going great so far. But of course, when I say something like that, fate just has to oppose me. Suddenly the lights started flickering, but thankfully, the crowd didn't pay too much attention to them, thinking it was part of the show. I met Madoka's eyes and she gave me a slight nod, leading SPR out of the crowd so they could do something about the ghost. But before Bou-san, John, or Ayako could start the exorcism, I felt a cold draft next to me. Some of the background dancers noticed it and edged away from the spot along with me. Slowly, a form started to take shape and the man rose up from the floor. Apparently, he wasn't invisible to everybody since the audience started screaming like hell, pushing and shoving each other, trying to get out of the auditorium.
I froze as the man held up a knife to my neck. He grinned maliciously, pricking me with the object. I didn't dare move for fear he would behead me. But then again, I had the choice of staying still while SPR got here and most probably be killed, or use whatever self-defense I knew and try to run. I chose the latter. Ducking down out of the knife's reach, I started the nine cuts:
"Rin! Pyo! To! Sha! Kai! Jin! Restsu! Zai! Zen!" The ghost screamed and backed up, giving me time to make my escape. I bolted towards the edge of the stage and jumped off, rolling on the ground and coming up on one knee like a spy. SPR came running, faster than before since the entire hall was empty.
"Ms. Veran! Look out!" John yelled, not knowing I was Mai. Well, of course, if they knew, they would be shoving me out the doors with Ayako or Masako to go back to base since I would probably get in the way.
"Stand back!" I screamed, knowing the man was out for blood and willing to kill anyone who neared me. But John being the nice man he was, ignored me and right when he touched my shoulder, was blown across the room and into the wall. He hit it with a loud thump and slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"John!" Masako screamed in horror, running over to him. She looked back at me with tears in her eyes. "Do something!" I nodded, ignoring the questioning looks of the unaware people and stood up, facing the ghost. Someone else touched my back and they were thrown across the room as well. I whipped around and say Naru fighting to stay conscious. My blood boiled at this action and I stared with pure fury at the ghost, the air around me crackling with energy. The ghost seemed to enjoy my reaction for he threw the rest of SPR across the room, and they lay down, groaning in pain. Winds started to form, growing stronger and stronger.
"Noll!" Lin snapped. But Naru shook his head, staring at me. All of them gaped in astonishment as my power grew to its peak and my mask fell off. But I was still turned away so they could not tell it was me.
"You can attack me." I started in a low voice. "But you don't attack my friends...ever." Then a loud scream and a flash of white light later, the ghost was gone. Quickly, I swooped to the ground and placed my mask back on my face, making sure nobody saw anything. A blurry figure came closer and when it was clear, I gasped.
"Evelyn!" She smiled warmly at me.
"Thank you. You freed me at last." I beamed.
"Move on, now. You're good to go." Evelyn nodded and faded away into little particles that rose into the air, vanishing without a trace. My vision blurred and I stumbled around a bit before falling to the ground out of my excessive PK use. And all I saw was darkness.
Naru's POV-
When I opened my eyes again, the celebrity was stumbling around and finally fell to the ground with a soft thump. Ayako was the first one to overcome her shock as she ran over and checked the young girl over for any external fatal injuries. Lin quickly dialed 9-1-1 and called for an ambulance. They were here in a matter of minutes and quickly loaded Taylor into the van along with John who was still unconscious. They made the rest of us pile into a different one to make sure we weren't injured and sped off towards the hospital.
Once there, all of were given a quick checkup and released in about half-an-hour. They kept John overnight for his head injury, but we were able to sign him out the next day. But Taylor hadn't woken up yet. All the girls insisted that we stayed until one of her guardians came to look after her and sign her out. I glared at them, but none of them would budge. Then immediately afterwards, they kicked the rest of us out of the room and shut the door behind them.
"Does anyone have any idea what they're up to?" Takigawa questioned, staring confused at the door. John shrugged and sat down in one of the waiting chairs. I followed his example, pulling out my black binder as well. Glancing around once to make sure nobody was looking, I opened up a tab and stared down at the page. A picture was pasted in there, one Madoka took when Mai and I were both unaware. It was in one of our previous cases after she had one of 'those' dreams and she hugged me. Surprisingly, I didn't know what had come over me and I hugged her back. Madoka had snapped a picture at that moment. I sighed, remembering when she stormed out of the hospital a few days ago. I can't believe I was so stupid. She needed comforting at that time, not reprimanding!
The sound of someone running alerted me and I snapped my head up, shutting the binder. Brittany screeched to a halt in front of us and stared at me wildly.
"Where's M- Taylor? Where is she? Is she alright?" she exclaimed frantically, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me. I glared at her and she froze slightly before letting go and turning to John who gestured towards the room. Ignoring our confused looks, she threw open the door and ran in. All of us followed her, hoping she didn't do anything crazy to the patient. When we walked in Taylor was sitting up, trying to comfort Brittany who was almost hysterical out of fear.
"Brittany, please, all's well now." she soothed. Brittany looked up at her, her face tear-stricken.
"But what if you got hurt even more? I told you not to use you PK under any circumstances!" Taylor frowned at the woman.
"You expect to me just stand there and watch while they all got hurt?" Brittany shifted in her place.
"I know they all mean a lot to you, but it doesn't matter even if they are like your family! They don't know anything!"
"Brittany!" Taylor snapped. We stared at the two of them curiously. What did Brittany mean by 'family'? "I acted on my own volition. I wanted to save them so I did." "Now please, leave us for a little bit." She added coolly, her eyes hardening. Brittany, huffed, turned on her heel, and marched out the door. All was silent until Madoka spoke up.
"Um, M- Taylor. What should we do?" Madoka asked nervously. She had the look on her face that she was hiding something. Taylor shrugged and I decided it was my turn to speak up.
"Ms. Veran, I understand that you have a high level of PK." Taylor nodded. "Can you please explain what your relation to the psychic world is?" She stiffened, but opened her mouth to answer.
"Sometime when I was three, I came to realize that both my parents were psychics. My mother was a powerful medium and my father was a level 15 PK user." My eyes widened at this statement. "I started uncovering my powers around that time as well. Two good friends of my parents who live in England helped me along with my parents to control my powers. Once my parents passed away, I continued training in secret, but still getting help from my parents' friends." she finished. I frowned slightly, thinking. Who in England would have that sort of ability besides my parents to train someone as strong as this?
"Who were those two people who trained you?" Taylor looked uncomfortable.
"Why do you wish to know?"
"I am hoping they will be of use in some our future cases that my team and I will receive. It is of utmost importance that I know who these people are." Taylor looked away.
"I refuse to answer." I mentally sighed out of frustration. Why couldn't she just be cooperative and answer my questions? She was just like Mai in some ways.
"Why?"
"I have my reasons that I wish to keep private if you don't mind, Mr. Davis." she snapped, clearly growing irritated by my persistence.
"I need to meet them and your parents, if that's not a problem." Taylor glared at me.
"And I'm telling you, that is a problem."
"What-"
"I will call my lawyer in her, Mr. Davis, if you do not stop questioning me." she interrupted sternly. "Is this your way of thanking me for saving your's and your co-workers' lives?" I stayed silent. Taylor sighed angrily and looked sideways at Ayako.
"Ms. Matsuzaki?" Ayako looked up.
"Yes, Taylor?"
"Can you please hand me my cup of water? My throat is parched." Taylor smiled her thanks and downed the glass, handing it back to Ayako who set it down on the table. We stood there in silence for a minute before Taylor spoke again, her voice much softer.
"Mr. Davis, I apologize for my previous tone of voice. It was wrong of me to be so harsh." I didn't respond, trying to figure something out. When Taylor looked up at me, my eyes widened. Her eyes were a soft, caramel color...the same as Mai's. Now when I thought about it. Taylor and Mai had a lot in common. They both had the same type of eyes and hair. They were both about the same height and neither of them were afraid to yell at me. I frowned and looked back at the celebrity who was chatting softly with the girls. She did remind me a lot of Mai...
"oll, Noll, Noll!" My head snapped up and I looked towards Lin who walked towards me. "Did you notice the similarities between Taniyama-san and Ms. Veran?" I nodded. So I wasn't the only one.
"What should we do?" Lin looked down at me in surprise.
"I wasn't aware we were going to do something." He looked at my determined face and sighed. "You really love Taniyama-san, don't you?"
"What?" I exclaimed in shock, a little louder than necessary. Everyone looked at me strangely. But one ice glare later and they were all back to their conversations.
"Why would you think that?" I muttered, looking away embarrassed. "She's loud and annoying. She sleeps all the time, but I guess sometimes it helps since she has those dreams. Well, one good things about her is her tea, but that wouldn't make me love her. She's always late and makes a terrible racket when she runs into the office."
"When she's gone, it's finally quiet but for some reason it feels empty. And I start to feel like I'm missing something. And whenever she gets into trouble at the cases, it gets to be a bother, but I feel so worried. And when she gets hurt, my blood boils and I feel like destroying whatever caused her pain. Even myself since sometimes I yell at her. And a few days ago, I said something really insensitive and now I don't know where she is. I am fully responsible for that, but I miss her so much and I wish I could take what I said back and comfort her instead." I stopped, surprised at what had just came out of my mouth. Lin nodded.
"And that, Noll, is what love is." And he walked out of the room, saying he needed to make a call. I stared numbly after him and thought back to the picture in my binder. Is it true? Do I really love Taniyama Mai?
Yes, I know it's short. No flames please. So, the case is finally over, but they still don't know where 'Mai' is. Stay tuned for the next chapter! :) Please R&R!