Angel of Light (A Zak Bagans Story)

Chapter 20: First Lockdown

Chapter 20: First Lockdown

An hour later...

We had arrived at a small town outside of Goldfield earlier in the afternoon.

I had slept soundlessly the rest of the trip, and I had been grateful for no nightmares.

Zak had woken me up.

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"Ali. Wake up doll, we're here," Zak said softly, gently stroking the side of my face.

I woke up with a bit of a start, but then relaxed when I saw Zak.

I smiled sleepily and stretched out my arms.

"I'm sorry, I hadn't meant to sleep that long," I replied, voice still heavy with sleep.

Zak was smiling as if he was looking at the cutest thing he'd ever seen.

"Don't worry about that. Billy was fine driving the rest of the way," Zak replied.

I smiled.

"Alright," I replied, handing Zak back his hoodie.

"Jay and Ashley have gone to check us in. We'll take everything up to our rooms for now. There's a great steakhouse down the road we want to take you too for dinner," Zak replied.

Even though Goldfield was only a little over two and a half hours drive from Las Vegas, the GAC had booked a motel for us.

The guys knew from experience that all they wanted to do was crash after a lockdown.

I had a feeling I would be the same way.

"That sounds good, I'm starving," I replied, stepping down out of the SUV - with Zak's help, always the gentlemen - and stretched out my stiff arms and legs.

Zak smiled.

"Good, after that, we'll held to the Hotel, it's only about 20 minutes away. We'll place the flowers we brought for Elizabeth, and then meet up with our interviews, and get all our gear setup. We'll start the lockdown at midnight," Zak explained.

"Alright, sounds good," I said.

"Are you okay...? From earlier?" Zak asked warily.

I nodded.

"I feel fine," I answered honestly.

"Good," Zak said with a smile.

"We're all checked in!" I heard Ashley call out, as she and Jay walked toward the second SUV they had driven.

We all started unloading our personal luggage and gear and lugged it up to our rooms in the small, two storey motel.

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After everyone had moved into their respective rooms, we all had some time to hang out and relax.

I took some time to write in my journal about the experience I had had at the gas station. I wrote down every detail I could remember, no matter how scary it was. I even did quick sketches of the "normal" Emily apparition I always saw, and the "scary" apparition I had seen today.

I still felt horrible for lying to Zak about it, but I figured he had been right. It had probably just been due to stress and lack of sleep.

There was no need to worry him more than I already knew he was.

Before I could ponder on it more, there had been a knock on the door, and then Ashley's voice telling me it was time to go to dinner.

Zak had told me earlier to wear whatever I would be wearing for the investigation, because we, most likely, wouldn't have time to change afterwards, unless there was an absolute need to.