Ghost Investigator: Mystery of the lost memories

• Suddenly possessed. Who--

By then it was already 10pm and we both were really tired. We were lying on the bed like some boneless slime! We washed up and went downstairs sluggishly to have dinner.

After dinner we thought of visiting the café but not before a quick nap. I still wonder how come I get tired when I'm not even alive.

I guess around midnight 12 I woke up. I got ready and went to Eric's room and he was already up and ready to go. Without anymore delays we went out, took one of my car and headed towards the café. Of course, Eric was the one driving. Just imagining me, the perfect ghost driving a car would've been a lot of fun scaring people out of their wits but oh well, now's not the time to attract nasty bees!

We arrived at the Délicieux Gateaux Café after driving for an hour. Now's the time for a ghostly surprise. A dramatic scary entry! Yeah, nothing peculiar.

I told Eric to stay in the car and that I'll be back more or less by 15 min. I took all the things needed to break through the CCTV records of the café. Well, there were better ways like persuading and all, but too lazy and who would give away records to some strangers.

It was no time to watch the whole thing thoroughly, so I quickly made a copy of the records of that day and two days before and after that too. It took approximately 12 minutes. I unhurriedly passed through the café and into the car. If you're asking how I passed through with all the tools, then let's just say it's one of the perks I've got being a not-so-ordinary ghost.

We quickly rode off to the mansion. Eh, because it was already 2:30am and I need beauty sleep and so does Eric! We reached the mansion and fell flat on our beds and into a deep slumber.

Next morning wasn't anything special. We decided to go at a slow pace with the 'investigation'. We spent the whole day watching the CCTV videos of the café. My eyes were about to pop out of my sockets staring at the screen. I actually was watching it on a huge LED screen, for a BETTER view.

The days before and after the meeting incident was just normal. However the meeting day of the incident, exactly around 2:00pm Eric was seen entering the café alone. After a few minutes... Bzzzzzzzzrszrzz... Okay, the video went bizarre, like for almost 2 hours and then it was normal again. But the only scene left was Eric leaving the café quite normally.

Just what the hell happened between those 2 hours! Someone literally messed up with the videos to hide their identity. But what's more weird is, while copying the clips in the café, no such glitch came up! It was like someone right now created the glitch. Just the thought of it sent shivers through my body, my poor ghost self!

Our world was quite advanced in technology. I had many security gadgets installed inside and outside the mansion, so no one could hack through any system. I have quite the techno brain but created a clothing brand company instead!

I quickly checked through all the security gadgets around the mansion to check if any unknown fly was caught. Nothing. Not even a wing. Just what caused the glitch? I scanned through the video, even the glitch seemed too clean!

Suddenly the video started playing on it's own in reverse manner. Shocked I jumped from the seat and fell backwards on the floor with a thud. No pain but what the hell just happened? Eric wasn't in the room at that moment.

Jerking my poor head I once again glance at the screen. The video was still playing in reverse. I tried pausing it with the remote but it didn't work. I pulled out the USB but it still didn't stop, neither did switching off the TV work. Last resort, the snake plug, I quickly pulled it out hoping it will finally work. But my jaw dropped open in shock and my head was in turmoil.

Haunted TV! Was the first thing I could think seeing this. With all the insanity I quickly turned to look at the screen to make sure no creepy ghost figure crept out of the TV screen. But what I saw had me petrified.

The screen started playing  some weird video. Words started to form in the screen.

"No matter how much you search, you will never find me."

It was no glitch. It felt like that person or what he is, he already knows about my existence. Something was oddly off about all these things. Once again words began to show up in the screen.

"The game of secrets starts in---"

Starts in? What? Why'd you stop, you freaking TV ghost? *click* The door to my room opened and Eric entered. He looked at me and was staring at me like he just saw a ghost. Yeah, well, I'm a ghost but his reaction was quite different. He quickly ran towards me and held my shoulders, almost too tight. "Ouch..." What's up with him?

"Alvin! What happened to you, why do you look like a hologram? What happened to your legs?" He asked frantically, panic spread all over his face.