[ ✔️ ] one more time, ouija

[ 🌺 ] 012. once and for all

Book: One More Time, Ouija
Chapter 12: Once And For All
Word Count: 1768

Laine and Hunter were back at the psychiatric hospital, their legs walking fast as they walked up to the older lady they met only the day before. "Ms. Zander." Laine started.

Paulina turned to look at her. "Oh. My tenacious little niece and nephew."

"We did everything you said. We found the body, I cut the stitches, she sent Mother away. But it didn't work. Why didn't it work?" Hunter said, his voice coming off more then stressed. Just when he thought it was all over it came back and somehow, it felt worse then before.

Laine continued, "Mother must have come back, because our friend Pete, another friend, is dead."

Paulina looked ecstatic at the news. "She's free."

Hunter raised his eyebrows as Laine took a step back. "You lied to us. Your mother didn't try to hurt us. She tried to stop us. Your mother wasn't the one that was evil. It was..."

Paulina was laughing, her wheelchair slowly moving towards the two teenagers on its own. "I told her that I would help her. I heard the voices, too. They tell you the most wonderful, awful things. You're gonna hear them, too, little children." She stood up from her wheelchair. "You'll hear them soon enough because she's coming to get you, too. I always told her. I told her."

An orderly came over and pulled her back from them. "Ms. Zander."

"She's gonna be nice to me. She knows I was gonna help her and now she's gonna be nice to me."

A guard came over and the two men grabbed her arms, holding her back. "Calm down. You have to calm down."

"She's gonna keep her promises! She's gonna keep her promises!" She tried to break from their grip. "No! No!"

Laine and Hunter left as soon as they could. "Fuck!" He exclaimed once they were out of the building. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! That crazy bitch." He spoke harshly. "What are we gonna do now."

"I don't know." Laine looked just as distressed as him. "She was our only hope and now..." She put her face in her hands.

"Well, we need to think of something!" He didn't mean to yell at her but his fear and frustration were starting to take over him.

Laine lifted her hands away from her face. "I think I know what to do."

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Her plan had been to go see her Nona, who had warned her about using the board from the start.

Laine and Hunter were sitting in front of her with Sarah. "You have to break the connection or it will keep coming back for you."

"I'll burn the board." Laine said.

"That won't be enough. A spirit this strong could bring it back. A connection, once made to a spirit, is very difficult to break. The board is just the conduit. You have to sever the connection on both sides."