SURPRISE SURPRISE

10

When the bus arrived everyone was ready to go.  As they drove Zak would keep an eye on Lori and Dakota which the guys could tell.  "Come on Zak you know Dakota wouldn't do anything to hurt Lori".  "It's just the father in me I knew when she turned thirteen I'd have to deal with this I guess nothing can prepare you for this part of life" Zak remarked. 

"Just relax considering her having four fathers Dakota knows you'd probably lock him up in Bobby Makey's basement if he did anything to hurt Lori"Billy said as Zak chuckled.  Out of the reflection of his glasses he saw Dakota and Lori heading to the back of the bus.  "Lori Dakota you guys stay within eye distance" Zak called out with out turning around.  "Seriously".  "Lori I'd do what your dad says or you're going to end up in a convent somewhere" Aaron stated. 

"Stay right here Dakota let me get my I-pod" Lori remarked.  "God I need a strong drink" Zak muttered.  "I'm surprise you're not a full blown alcoholic Zak" Aaron said. Zak grabbed a pillow and acting like he was smothering Aaron.  When Lori came back she saw what her father was doing.  "And he calls me immature at times"Lori said.  "Maybe he's possessed by a seven year old" Dakota joked.  

"And you see why I'm so independent dad how about you cut it out before you actually do kill uncle Aaron"she stated.  Zak got up and straighten his shirt as he went to the bathroom.  When he shut the door Zak felt like banging his head on the bathroom door. "God why does he have to act like an idiot sometimes" Lori asked.  "That's just your father Lori.  He's been acting that way since we first started Ghost Adventures" Aaron replied.  "Seriously?".

"I think when everything gets too serious and we need to release we act like idiots" Billy stated.  "You got proof of this Uncle Aaron" Lori asked.  Aaron pulled out his computer and pulled up some video he had taking over the years.  "Oh my god you guys tried to investigate the airport for ghosts" Dakota said as Lori muffled a laughed.  Then he pulled up one of her father singing out of key sometimes.  "Oh my god send me that so I can send that to grandma" she replied giggling. 

"You'll love this one I don't know if he was sleep deprived or in one of those moods but we couldn't stop laughing at him" Aaron stated showing her a video from The Stanley Hotel.  "I'd go for option two" Dakota replied as they were laughing. When the guys heard the bathroom door opening everyone went back to what they were doing as Zak looked around wondering if he was in The Twilight Zone.  When they got to the hospital the place was creepy. 

"God this place looks like it's been abandoned for decades" Billy remarked.  "Should we check it out".  "By the look of this place dad you're going to need a mask" Lori suggested.  Zak went on the bus and grabbed a mask for him and the others.  "Just incase," Zak said.  "Lori you stay here" and they went in.  The guys went in and took a look around.  "This place reminds me of that movie Silent Hill" Aaron remarked.  "Zak is that a pentagram on the wall?" Dakota inquired.  Zak wiped the dust off of it. 

"It's a pentagram all right"Zak replied.  "Did it just get cold in here?"Jay inquired.  Zak and the guys could feel it all round them.  "I feel like I just walked into a butcher's freezer" Billy stated.  "Come on let's get out of here I feel ready to punch a hole in the wall" and they left.  When they got outside Lori started to walk over when Zak told her to stop.  "Give me a second" as he caught his breath. 

"You guys all right?"she asked.  "Yea we found a pentagram in there and we felt a coldness that was wrapped around us than Zak felt like he was ready to punch the wall" Dakota described.  "Dad what kind of hospital was this?" she asked shivering a little.  "What do you mean?"Dakota inquired.  "While I was waiting outside I-I-heard this voice saying my name than I saw this nurse standing in the door way trying to get me to come in" Lori replied. Zak walked a few feet as Dakota sat with her. 

"Shit" Zak mumbled as Aaron walked over.  "What's going on?".  "Lori has been sensitive to spirits even around me or some that were in the house. I think the spirits here are picking up on it" Zak remarked.  "What she an empath like you?".  "I get that feeling sometimes that she maybe one but I've only done a spirit box with her when she was involved in that accident she would have such vivid nightmares to the point where she would scream for me.  It got to a point where I had to ask my mom for help so we thought that maybe doing a little EVP and spirit box inside the tracker trailer where the man who caused the accident had died". 

"Did anything bad happen?".  "No the man died of a heart attack while driving the semi.  It helped Lori deal with the feelings she was having but I never thought she'd become an empath like me" Zak stated.  He looked at his daughter as she shivered.  That night Zak was looking over some of the information of the hospital as Lori came out of the bathroom.  "You can trust me to have my own room dad" she remarked.  "I trust you alone but with you and Dakota alone that would be a no," as she rolled her eyes. 

"Lori that nurse you saw inviting you in there did she have on this kind of uniform on" showing her a picture.  "Yea"she replied.  "She was killed in the hospital by the doctor in a jealous range. Her job was to invite patients into the hospital that's what she was doing"Zak stated.  "It felt so real dad"she said brushing her hair.  "I know what you saw is an apparition probably why you were shivering it fed off your energy to appear"Zak explained. 

"Dad when I was on the bus before I saw the nurse I felt something touch me and I was pinned down when I finally got up I ran off the bus than I saw the nurse and my name being called".  "Did anything else happen?" Zak asked.  "While I was in the shower I felt this burning feeling on my back I just thought I had the water on too hot.  I came out I looked into the mirror and saw three scratches on my back,". 

Zak asked to see them so she pulled up her shirt and Zak nearly went white. "What happened to me dad?" she asked nervous.  "Hold still" as he took pictures of them.  Zak sat down next to her as she started to shiver so Zak hugged his daughter telling her she was going to be all right.