Exorcist

The First Mystery (2)

"Oh, you poor children~ Finding a way to be back home?~ Why not climb the stairs then?~" a voice of a girl echoed from the inside, inviting them to go inside the door.

"Who are you! Are you the one who abducted Fiona?!" The brown haired boy shouted.

Unfortunately, the voice's only response was a chuckle. The kind of chuckle that even skeletons will have goosebumps.

"Get yourself ready to go to hell, you coward! Show your self!" He shouted, flaring in anger and losing his cool.

He then received a tap on his shoulder, "It doesn't work that way, Exorcist. It is us that should find her." Hachi said.

Clark sighed, making his self calm. "Get your talismans ready, Claes."

"Nah, don't worry big bro. I got em right here!" As always, she replies actively and cheerful.

"Wait! What about Sep– I mean... Hachi?" She added.

"Oh, don't worry about me, girl exorcist. I'll do just fine!" Hachi replied.

As they entered, the door suddenly closed in a loud impact.  Now, enfront of them are five different stairs that leads to where they don't know yet.

"How are we supposed to find her?" Claes asked.

"That's weird. Each stair doesn't have the same numbers of candles." Hachi concluded.

The three of them filled the place with silence to think.

Clark looked at the black haired damsel and asked, "Are the boundaries connected to their rumors?"

"Hmm... I'm not so sure about it myself. But, it's not impossible that they are." Hachi replied.

"All I know is that, it is the spirit that controls his or her boundary. Other spirits who trespass have limits of doing what they can do in their own boundary." She added.

"I think it'll be better if you'll feed us more information, Se– Hachi. What I'm just trying to say is that how will we get out of here!? I mean, it's so dark! And my phone's flashlight is not even working! Those candles, aren't doing their job right!" Claes inferred, complaining.

The black haired girl was about to answer when a man's voice interfered, echoing.

"Heeeeelp! Help meeee!" It says. The way the man said those words sounds like he's in pain.

Clark, Hachi and Claes stood still in their place. A walking—along with a dragging sound suddenly occurred in the dark part of the boundary, the candles' dim light wasn't able to reach its light there. Just like Claes said, they're not doing their thing.

The man continued to plead along with the dragging sound he's making.

"S-sir, are you hurt?!" Claes shouted.

"help... Me..." *tic. tac. tic. tac*

They narrowed their eyes to stare closely to see the man's silhouette. While the figure is walking towards them, the man's voice gets louder and clearer.

"Sir???". Claes asked, once again.

Few more steps and he'll reach the dim lights.

1... 2... 3...

" WHAT THE FUCK?!?! " The pink haired girl said.

The appearance of the man made them flinch and chills in their spine.

The man is wearing a suit, mostly worn by teachers in Lily High. The flashy and expensive clothing is bathe with blood. The man's eyes is being pulled out. His fingers, arms and legs are being twisted that his bones are even coming out. He is suffering from intense pain that no one could ever feel, in his state, he'd rather wish that he's dead.

"YO! WHAT THE FUCK?!?!" Claes said again.

Her brother glared at her, giving her a suspicion look "Since when did you know how to cuss, Claes?!"

The pink-haired furrowed her brows, "Just now! I mean just look at HIM! HIS BONES ARE COMING OUT! HIS BODY IS BEING TWISTED! AND HE! IS STILL ALIVE WITH SUCH BLOOD LOSS?!?! NANI?!" She answered, pointing at man's state.

Claes do have a point. Who wouldn't be cussing after seeing a human-being in such condition?

Hachi slowly walked towards the man, "Hey, what's your name?" She asked, and smiles even though he can't see her.

Before the pitiful man could even speak, his head suddenly turned, facing his back. It made him scream in intense pain, complementing the boundary's silence. As his neck is continuously twisting, he bursted in blood tears along with his bones' making cracking sounds.

The siblings flinched in shock, feeling the pain just by seeing the stranger's suffering.

"How come he's still alive in that state?!?" Clark went towards Hachi.

Hachi giggled, "Oh my~ I get it now~"

Hachi stayed standing near the man, as it was his ankles that's starting to twist and break next. His screams echoed, complimenting the place's silence.

The brown-hair boy glared at his black-haired companion, getting crept out from her sadistic responses and actions. September is acting so suspicious, he thought. He took out a balpen from his pocket and pressed its head 3 times that made a clicking sound. "I don't like how you're acting, bitchy. Tell us what you know or else, your accompaniment with us ends here." He threats, pointing an exorcising staff to the girl after summoning his weapon.

As the man was still complaining and screaming in intense pain and terror, Hachi went more closer to him, touching his forehead, hands and checking his pulse. "Hm... I was right." She replied. "This man in front of us is a soul. He got no pulse nor body temperature."

"A-a s-soul?!?!" Claes panicked. "Does that mean we're souls too?!?!" Her words was stuttering like as if she's in a very cold season. Well, in fact, the atmosphere sure is chilly.

Hachi was still amused with the apparition's such ability of controlling its boundary. She was stunned in a satisfied way, she had thought, trespassing this boundary is quite beneficial for some knowledge, after all. "No, I don't think so, Girl Exorcist." She lately replied. "This man right here right looks familiar, don't you think?" She said, patting his head s if they're buddy-buddy.

The siblings went near her to have a closer look. As they were observing and examining his features, inevitably a familiar person managed to pop up in their heads.

"Are you saying that this is Mr. Nevada...?" Clark said, slowly emphasizing his words as if he's not too sure about it.

Hachi gazed at him, giving him a sly grin. "Hmm... You're such a good guesser, Exorcist. I wonder if you could also figure out why he's here."

The boy glared at her as a payback, "If you're having your fun, our time is getting wasted. It's better if you'll just explain things right here already!" Shouting at her face.

"He's just being punished, that's all." She replied, swaying her hands to make the brown-haired boy distance from her.