The Alternate Universes

CHAPTER 14 - Tomathy Scott

MINKO'S POV ---

Just before I entered the house, I heard a few voices.

"Minko! What are you doing??"
"Climbing this..- Tree!"
"Wait- NO-! Get back down here!"

It didn't sound like anyone spoke, it sounded like Dirt was talking to me, and I was climbing a tree. What..?
I just continued, hoping I wasn't going crazy from this phantom-work.

We again paired in groups like last time, but in pairs, since the house was bigger than Toby's. I was with Dirt, Lychee and Koko were together again and Potato was alone.

Before I walked away from Potato, I spoke up. "Will you be okay on your own, Potato..?" I asked, a bit worried if the phantom goes after her, she's alone after all, and the phantom was aggressive, too. "I'll be okay, Minko. I have this, which a lot of aggressive phantoms tend to be weak against" She grinned as she brought out the rosary and cross. I smiled, Dirt and I then went our way.

I hopped from time to time, trying to match Dirt's height and keep my sanity high by thinking of good things instead of panicking. "Why are you so jumpy?" Dirt laughed, raising his eyebrow, his voice echoing around the walls. "Trying to keep my sanity high" I joked, earning a chuckle. We were instructed to check the kitchen, living room and some hallways, Potato was instructed with the rest of the 1st floor, Koko and Lychee once again chosen for the top floor.

After we would check the first floor, we would go to the second floor with Potato.

I walked into the living room with Dirt, there were some boxes under the table. It smelled weird in the room.

"Hm.." Dirt removed the boxes under the table, revealing a dead body. "Oh my god!" I gasped, walking back. The body had scratches over him. "What happened?" Potato asked, rushing into the room. "Holy.." She caught sight of the dead body, she walked out. "Oh, that smells horrid." She waved her hand in front of her face. "What are we supposed to call?" Dirt asked, putting on rubber gloves. "When did you bring those.." I whispered, did he actually expect to see a dead body-

"The document about Tommy said there were 2 bodies that went missing in the house." Dirt shrugged. Potato as dialing the police, Lychee and Koko rushed down from the stairs. "You guys alrigh- Oooookay-" Lychee slowly walked back and went back up. "Huh why?" Koko peeked. "Oh-" Koko laughed at the realization why Lychee walked away. "Ahh, I'll take my leave, take care y'all-" Koko waved, walking away and hopping a bit to catch up to Lychee. I moved back a bit, to escape the horrid smell of the corpse.

"Wait, Potato, before you dial the police-" Dirt stopped Potato. Potato looked up from her phone, waiting for Dirt to continue. "The police would hinder our performance, sad to say," Dirt continued. "I say we call him when we finish." Dirt said. "Its dangerous.." I murmured. The police might suspect us of murder. "Not really, we could just put them back and leave them there for a while, what bad could happen? I didn't touch it with my bare hands, none of us did." He said. "Footprints?" Potato asked. Dirt bit his lip.

"Hmmm.." Dirt thought for a bit. "This is a long-term mission, we could just move the date back a bit, wont do much harm, would it?" I asked. "It wouldn't." Dirt considered. "We'll move the date a bit back. We have a proper excuse. Let's find the other body, first." Dirt said. "Alright." Potato said. As if on cue, Lychee and Koko screeched from upstairs.

"What happened?!" Potato asked, yelling. "They probably found the last dead body.." Dirt sighed, chuckling. "Is he alive?!" I heard Koko's yell echo from the top floor. "How would he be alive?!" Lychee screeched back. I laughed as we went up the stairs to see what happened.