#1 - P.I.E Investigations: Key To The Past (VenturianTale Fan-Fiction)

Chapter 3: A Glimpse

Ghost woke up in his car. He looked to the right and saw that Toast wasn't there. He felt lightheaded but remembered that they both had ear pieces, Ghost asked through his ear piece "Toast! Johnny Toast. Tell me where you are." There was no answer. So he called again, "Toast, my dear friend. Are you there, say something?" Ghost heard a faint noise. "Toast, you there?"

Toast said faintly "Sir, I'm here, where are..." clears his throat "... where are you sir?"

Ghost said in relief "Oh Toast. Thank god you're okay. I'm in the car, where are you?"

Toast said uneasily "Um, I'm in a dark room, but I see a small light source. Do you want me to walk toward it, Sir?"

Ghost thinks "Um, Toast, don't do that just yet. What happened?"

Toast was confused "Sir, you don't remember what we were doing?"

Ghost answered "Toast, all I remember is that we were on our way to a house to investigate a paranormal identity. And that's all I remember."

Toast said "Sir, do you think that the ghost was trying to get to your head? Have you heard of Jimmy Casket, Sir?"

Ghost responds "No I have not, Johnny why would you ask me something like that?"

Toast stuttered "You see Sir, The identity that we are investigating is Cardboard Friend. Have you seen it before?"

Ghost thought for a moment "Toast, I don't remember seeing it. What are you suggesting?

Toast answered "Johnny, I think Cardboard Friend was in your past somehow. The past that you can't really remember that well Sir. I recall the last time that I was at Rake's wedding and you were at a house in Jersey investigating a paranormal problem. And you called me about the ghost and I told you. About twenty minutes later you called me again and asked me where I was and what not."

Ghost said "Oh, right. Well, let's not worry about it now. I need to find you so we both can think of a plan."

Toast agreed "Alright Sir, do you want me to walk toward the light?"

Ghost answered "Go ahead Johnny. Be careful."

Toast said "Alright sir, here I go." Toast was slowly walking toward the light, he had a very eerie feeling, from every single step he took. He saw blood stains on the walls and heard water dripping, echoing throughout the darkness. "Sir, I am getting some paranormal readings here. There are also blood stains on the walls. The hall looks longer than I suspected."

Ghost got out of the car and started to walk up toward the house. "Alright Johnny, tell me when you have reached the light. I am going inside the house."

Toast sighed "Alright sir, be careful and watch out for yourself. If you see the ghost or anything that you remember from your childhood, get out of there." Toast was standing at the small light source. Nothing was there, as he was looking around and noticed that there was a ladder. "Johnny, I'm at the light. I'm going up a ladder I see."

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It's been about twenty minutes and Toast has found nothing but dead ends. He was starting to think that the place was some type of maze. Meanwhile, Ghost was around trying to find the identity. Toast tried to contact Ghost once again "Hey Johnny, you there Sir?"

Ghost responded "Sorry Toast, I copy you from earlier. The car was parked in front of a random house and I've looked all around the house. There are no paranormal readings. I've ran across a basement, I am going to check it out. It's the only place I haven't checked yet."