The Mystery Files: The Journey to find the songbird

Chapter 5: Something's wrong with Joey

"Well... That was unexpected." Joey said after a few moments of stunned silence.

"You can say that again!" John chuckled " A spark spitting stick! Yeah, I think unexpected is the right word!"

"Hah! that rhymed!" Jen laughed at the alliteration that her brother used.

The twins continued to laugh between the two of them, Jen more nervously then John, at how weird, awkward and scary this situation was. 

Joey thought the twins were laughing at him. He did not understand that they weren't, that it was possible for him to hang around people that weren't going to make fun of him and that not everyone was as horrible and as scared of him as the rest of the villagers were.

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'I don't understand... why are they laughing? Are they laughing at me?!' Joey thought to himself. 'Why? I haven't done or said anything funny! So why! are! They! Laughing at me!' Joey was getting really angry now. 

The spirit saw its chance to provoke him even further in order to get him more on its side. 'Why...? Because they think your weird and that this journey is just a silly children's game! They never BELIEVED you! They don't even LIKE you! If they did they would take you and this adventure to SAVE THE WORLD more seriously' 

'I told you, I don't like you reading my mind!' the spirit shrugged and smiled 'But... your right! How dare they make fun of me! I thought they were my friends!' Joey clenched his fist and his jaw. He looked like he was about to lash out against the others.

What would've looked like a dangerous situation to any ordinary person looked like the perfect opportunity for the spirit to have a second go at possessing joey and trying to turn the rest of the group against him. 

'Well... second time's the charm!" The spirit rubbed its hands together, jumped, flew trough the air and entered joeys body.

Joey shook violently for a moment. 'What are you doing!' joey was no longer angry, he was afraid. He didn't like what the spirit was doing to him. He felt numb but in pain all at the same time. Joey could no longer move or speak on his own and whatever the spirit was doing wasn't good. 

'Im just trying to help you' the spirit spoke sincerely but joey could sense that he wasn't being sincere at all.

'Wait... wait! Stop! I don't want this!' But it was to late, joey could still talk mentally to the spirit but he could no longer move or speak on his own.

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"StOp LaUgHiNg At Me! YoU ShOuLdN'T bE mAkInG fUn Of Me, yOu ShOuLd Be  HeLpInG mE fInD tHe MuSiCiAnS aNd ThE SoNg BiRd!" Joey roared in the same demonic voice that he spoke in when they were all outside.

"JOEY!" An angry and confused yell from Megan brought Joey back for a few seconds, enough for Joey to turn to Megan and gave her a very scared look. This look didn't go un-noticed either, most of the others had noticed how joey looked even if it was for a few seconds before joey returned to the evil and angry expression that he wore when joey spoke in that voice.  

"WhAt Do YoU wAnT, FoUr EyEs!?!" Joey insulted Megan and it hurt her feelings so much that she was visibly shocked and surprised that the kind joey that she knew could be so mean like that.

Seeing how upset that Joey made Megan, Jonah stepped forward and grabbed joey by the collar of his coat. 

"What has gotten into you joey!?!" Jonah said, furious at how someone could insult his friends and show no remorse what so ever! "We ARE trying to help you and have a bit of fun while doing it but we might as well turn around and leave if you keep acting so horribly! Understand!?"