Spectral Beauty {Insidious/Specs}

twenty five

Behind the red door was the stairwell of another house. Elise looked to the top of the stairs so that's where everyone went. At the end of the hallway looked to be an open room. The room was bright and there was a girl sitting on the bed. The same girl Jessie saw with Specs and Tucker. Josh and Jessie walked up to her and tried to talk to her.

"Hello?" Josh said

"Can you hear us?" Jessie asked. She reached out to touch the girl's shoulder, only for her to look at Jessie and then take of the wig. It was a little boy.

"My name is Parker!" his voice echoed.

"What is this?" a woman asked. It was Mrs. Crane, Parker's mother. She held a piece of paper in her hands. It was a drawing that Parker made for her. "Did you do this?" Parker shook his head. "Don't you dare!" She slapped Parker. "Speak the truth. Did you?"

"Yes"

"That is not your name! Parker is not your name! That is the name your father gave you. Your name is Marilyn. Do you understand? Repeat after me. My name is Marilyn. Say it!"

"My name is Marilyn" Parker repeated in a quiet voice. He definitely sounded terrified of his mother. Mrs. Crane started touching his face.

"Quiet now. If you don't be a good little girl, you'll get---" Mrs. Crane stopped talking and looked towards Carl, Elise and Benny. She screamed, pointed at them and sent them out of the room. Jessie and Josh were back in the hallway, separated from the other three.

"Destroy her Josh! End this!" Elise said. Tears began to stain Jessie's cheek. She had never been more scared in her life and she really just wanted to get back to her body. Josh knew this so she grabbed onto her hand. When they both turned around, the dead bodies Jessie saw earlier were in front of them.

"Where am I?" a whisper said. Using her free hand, Jessie uncovered the faces of the bodies.

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Back in the real world, Dalton decided to go to sleep to try and bring Josh back. When he was asleep, Parker Crane had managed to break into the basement. Meanwhile upstairs, Specs had regained consciousness again. He had noticed Tucker was knocked out and then he noticed Jessie was as well and that her shoulder was bleeding.

"Jessie? Can you hear me?" There was no response from her. He gently touched her shoulder, which was still wet with blood. She was still bleeding but not a lot, though she still needed medical attention. Then he heard banging coming from the bathroom.

"Let me out!" Lorraine's voice cried. Specs ran over to the bathroom, unlocked the door and let her out.

"Where is he?" he asked her

"He's got Renai. Have you seen Jessie?" Lorraine asked

"She's knocked out and her shoulder is bleeding. I think he might have stabbed her. She needs to get to a hospital" Him and Lorraine rushed down to the basement.

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Renai was fighting off Parker with the fire extinguisher he used to break in with. When Parker pulled it out of her hands, she pushed the metal storage shelves on him. After that, Parker pushed her to the ground.

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Back in The Further, Elise was still pounding against the door when she saw Parker. She walked up to him.

"Parker, help me destroy the memories of her. It will set you free. Please, let me in. Open the door" Elise said. On the other side, Josh and Jessie were still pulling the sheets off of Parker Crane's victims. Josh finally found Mrs. Crane. She screamed and put her hands around his neck.

"Little girls need to learn to be good!" Jessie attempted to fight her away from him but Mrs. Crane knocked her to the ground. Luckily, Elise came to the rescue when she hit her over the head with the rocking horse. When Mrs. Crane fell to the ground, Elise beat her over and over with the rocking chair until she was gone.

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In the basement, Parker grabbed a hammer and was about to use it on Dalton until he started to scream. Eventually, he fell to the ground.

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Elise helped Jessie up off the ground. Josh ran over to join the two of them, along with Carl and Benny.

"You two need to go now. Josh, go find your body. Benny, help Jessie get to hers" Elise said

"I wish we could take you with us" Josh said.

"You can't but you can take Carl"

"What?" Carl asked

"I told you, you don't belong here. I felt your heart beat when I hugged you. You're still alive. You can live again but you three have to go now. Go now!" Josh, Carl, Jessie and Benny all ran off. The house disappeared and then they were in darkness again. There was muttered whispering and then they were in the center of malevolent entities.

"Get away! Get back!" Josh chanted.

"Daddy!" Dalton's voice called out.

"Dalton!"

"Where are you?" Jessie called out.

"Daddy! Aunt Jessie!" He had found them. Josh and Jessie both engulfed him in a hug.

"What are you doing here?" Josh asked.

"I came to bring you home" Dalton said

"How'd you find us?" Jessie asked

"I followed daddy's steps" Dalton has he cup phone with him and Renai could be heard through it.

"Please, wake up. Where are you? Come back to me" she said.

"That's mommy" Dalton said. He grabbed the string. "Follow me"

"Clever boy" Carl commented.

"Jessie, you have to come with me. I need to bring you back to your body. You're injured and you need to get to the hospital before anything bad happens" Benny said, grabbed onto her shoulders. She nodded and looked back towards Josh, Carl and Dalton.

"Alright. You three go on ahead. Benny is going to help me" she said.

"Okay. I'll see you when you get back. Please, be careful" Josh said. He and Jessie hugged each other.

"Good luck Jessie. We'll be waiting for you" Carl said.

"You'll find you're back Auntie Jessie. I believe in you" Dalton said. Jessie gave a smile before going to find her body with Benny.