Page 12 of The Asylum
“I’ve a cross,” I said, showing Jack it.
“Is it blessed? No? Then it’s no good. Michelle can bless it for you, but Pyro has no defence. Come on, let’s go,” Jack insisted.
“Stay! Feed! Come!”Voices floated in the air, barely audible but loud enough that we could hear them.
“Go!” Jack nearly yelled, and we hurried away. Once outside, I noticed Pyro seemed to wake up and regain his strength.
“He needs a drink and to sit down for a few minutes,” Jack stated. “I’ll report in to Callie while he recuperates.”
“Callie shouldn’t go anywhere near that,” I snapped, worried.
“Callie will level up her protection. She’s not stupid and extremely experienced, Bunny. Don’t be concerned about her.”
“No, we should worry about them,” Pyro said and pointed.
Jack, Phil, and I turned around, and my jaw dropped. Faintly glowing in the darkness of the night, several men, women, and children moved away from us in white gowns and old-fashioned clothing.
My hand went to cover my mouth. I was actually witnessing my first ghost. Holy crap!
Chapter Three.
Callie
Jack’s team were beside themselves when they reported later about seeing several ghosts, actual manifestations heading towards the hills just beyond the buildings. I hurried my crew out and back to the command centre, where we all crowded in.
Harry played the footage over, and we all craned our necks.
“Holy crap!” Magic exclaimed as seven figures showed up out of nowhere. Three were men, two were women, and the final pair were tiny children. They literally appeared out of thin air and didn’t seem to be aware of each other. At different speeds, they began walking away.
“Guess that answers the question, do ghosts exist?” Pyro quipped, but I noted how disturbed he looked.
“That’s a hell of a clear shot,” Phil declared happily.
“We don’t have to clean up much on that image. Great capture,” I agreed.
“Why aren’t you bouncing off walls? Those are ghosts!” Bunny exclaimed.
“Bunny, they’re not the first ones we’ve seen. Why are you so surprised? This is what we do?” I replied calmly.
Bunny stared at me as if I’d grown horns. “Those are ghosts, real spirits!”
“Yes, I’m glad we caught them on camera; it’s evidence we can use. And it leads me to questions about the graveyard that’s reported to be here. Harry, can you reach out and try to get hold of some cadaver dogs, please?”
“Yeah. Also, from my research, that area has never been searched for graves. Everyone believed the burials were around here.” Harry jabbed the map he had in front of him.
“Let’s get some trail cams up there tomorrow in the direction those spirits were heading and see if we can pick anything else up,” Connor said, and I nodded.
“Agreed.”
Bunny’s hand slammed onto the desk with the monitors on it. We all turned around to face her.
“Those were ghosts!” Bunny hissed. “Why aren’t you freaking out?”
“Yeah? Bunny, I get you’re flipping over that, but in our line of work, we come across this daily. I don’t know what to say. Sure, we rarely get full manifestations like that, but they happen. You’ve no idea how privileged you are that you saw that,” I explained gently.
“So that wasn’t entirely normal?” Bunny pushed.
“Yes, and no. It’s not the first time we’ve seen ghosts or caught them on camera, but the rarity is, we’ve never filmed them as clearly as that. We usually do some sharpening and cleanup. Tonight, though, we can’t debunk. They literally appeared out of thin air. That’s beyond rare,” I added.
