Spectral Beauty {Insidious/Specs}

twenty six

Josh and Dalton had returned to their bodies. Renai was still unsure if it was Josh who was in his body so she stared at him. He looked at her and smiled.

"It's me. Renai, it's me. It's okay" he said.

"Daddy?" Dalton said. He moved away from Renai and hugged Josh. "Daddy, you're back!"

"Thanks to you" Foster went over to hug Josh as well. Renai was still skeptical but Josh kept reassuring her. "Renai, it's me. It's okay. I tried reaching you. I tried everything. I played your song" Renai crawled over to him.

"I should have known it was you. Only you could play it that badly" she said. They laughed and then kissed before Lorraine joined them. Just then, Tucker broke into the basement, giving everybody a scare. 

"Jessie is still passed out and I think she needs a hospital" he said. That's when Josh remembered.

"She's not in her body right now" he said. 

"You mean she travelled to The Further?" Lorraine asked.

"Yeah. I needed her help, but right now we need to help her. Someone needs to go upstairs and wait with her. Speak to her so that she'll have a voice to follow" 

"I'll go" Specs offered.

"I'm coming with you" Lorraine said. Her and Specs made their way upstairs. Renai became worried again.

"Josh, will she make it back?" 

"I know she will. Benny is with her, and I know he won't let anything bad happen to her"

~

In The Further, Jessie and Benny were still searching for her body. She started to feel her shoulder throb in pain, making her groan.

"Are you okay?" Benny asked

"Yeah. I was stabbed in my shoulder and I guess the wound is deeper than I thought. I need to find my body so I can get medical attention" Jessie said. It's easier said than done because she was lost. That is until she heard a voice speaking to her.

"Jessie, if you can hear me, I need you to follow my voice" Specs' voice echoed. The two twins followed the voice. "Follow my voice. Come back to us" The voice kept getting louder which meant they were close. Jessie suddenly halted when she saw something that made her freeze. It was a man who had various knives stabbed into his body. The one that stood out was the one that was pushed deep into where his heart would be. The man gave Jessie an evil grin.

"Princess, what a surprise" the man said. Jessie knew that voice, just like the knew the face that went with hit. The man stalked towards her. "My, my. You're still as pretty as ever. However, it is your fault I'm here" Jessie tried to look to Benny but noticed that he was gone. She was alone with this man, the only thing that prevented her from getting to her body.

"Jessie, follow my voice. Come back to us" Specs said again.

The man got even closer to Jessie, but she couldn't move. The man smiled, revealing his disgusting yellow teeth. "If you hadn't screamed that night, your mother wouldn't have rushed in and stabbed me to death" His hand gripped Jessie's throat, hard enough to leave a handprint. Using his other hand, he grabbed the knife from where his heart was and pulled it out of his body. He pressed the sharp blade against Jessie's cheek. She winced in pain as she felt the knife cut her cheek open, and the cold blood trickle down her cheek. "If you think I'm going to let you return to your body, then you're wrong"

~

In the living room, Specs kneeled beside Jessie, holding her hand and speaking to her. Lorraine kneeled on the other side of her, watching intently, hoping to at least see her nose twitch. 

"Jessie, follow my voice. Come back to us" Specs said. They were soon joined by Tucker, Josh and Renai. Renai had sent Dalton and Foster to their room.

"Is she back yet?" Renai asked

"Not yet" Lorraine said.

"Wait, what's the around her neck?" Josh asked, noticing that her neck was turning red. Lorraine leaned in close to look and noticed that it was a hand print. 

"It's a handprint" At that same time, a cut formed on her cheek and it began to bleed. Just like her astral body. 

"Oh my god, what's happening to her?" Renai asked. Another wound appeared but it was on her uninjured shoulder. Then in the stomach area, blood started seeping through her shirt.

"Tucker, go call an ambulance. She needs to get to a hospital. Renai, I want you to get some wet towels" Lorraine said. Tucker went into the kitchen, while Renai went off to get some towels.

~

Jessie tried to speak but nothing was coming out, but she just couldn't say anything. He stabbed her in the other shoulder, making her cry in pain. "You're special, princess. Whatever happens to your astral body, will affect your physical body. That means if I stabbed you in the stomach," the man stabbed her as hard as he could in her stomach, "then it's like I'm stabbing your physical body. Now, let's say I stabbed you right here" The tip of the knife was touching the spot above her heart. "That would be the end for you. You'd never be able to return. You'd be stuck here with me. Forever"

"P-please, just let me go" Jessie finally spoke, but her voice was very weak.

"I'm afraid that's not going to happen" Before the man could stab the knife into Jessie, a force had knocked him to the ground. Jessie fell to the ground. When she looked up, she saw Benny fighting off the man. 

"Jessie, get to your body! Now!" he said. Mustering up all the strength that she could, she stood up. She clutched her stomach, which stung with pain and walked back to her physical body.

~

Jessie's eyes shot open, and was relieved to find that she was back in the living room. She tried moving but the pain in her shoulders and stomach made it hard for her to do so.

"Don't move, sweetheart. It's okay" Lorraine said.

"Mom" Jessie spoke. Her voice sounded very hoarse. She could feel a hand holding hers and noticed that it was Specs'. "Specs"

"You're going to be fine Jessie. You're okay now" he said.  

"What happened to you?" Josh asked.

"I-it was him. He did this to me" Jessie looked at Lorraine. "He wanted to kill me. He wanted to stab me to death, just like you did to him" That's when Lorraine knew who Jessie was talking about.

"Mom, what is she talking about?" Josh asked.

"My old boyfriend. His name was Jerry Henries. I stabbed him to death after I found him in bed with Jessie. She was crying and screaming, and he had a knife in his hands. He would've raped her and possibly killed her if I hadn't killed him that night" Renai came back with some towels. She nearly dropped them when she saw that Jessie was awake.

"Jessie, I was so worried! What happened?" she asked. Tucker also came back into the living room.

"The ambulance is on it's way" he said. Jessie started to cry, and she winced in pain when the salty liquid touched her cheek wound. Specs began wiping her tears away.

"It's okay Jessie. Nothing can hurt you now" he assured her. She finally managed to crack a smile.