Page 28 of The Asylum
A woman who was growing fainter raised an arm and pointed.“The babies. Too late. Slaughtered. Where is my son?”the spirit box screamed.
“We’ll find him!” I exclaimed, and my mind tried to link the words.
The boy moved away from the others, indicating a different part of the field.“Hurt. Dumped. Unloved. Why? Why? Pain. Suffering. Harmed. Why?”
“Jesus,” a cop murmured.
“There is evil in the world, but those here, we’re trying to locate you and give you some respect and dignity back,” I called out.
“Save their souls. Let us rest,”the lady said, turning to me. The men faded, and she pointed.“My son.”
She disappeared, and the boy lingered a few more moments before he, too, took his leave.
“Let’s go. We’re searching there first,” one of the cadaver dog owners said. They headed to where the woman had directed, and I wasn’t surprised when the cadaver dogs began signalling multiple times. Nor were we shocked when they howled their finds where the boy had pointed.
We’d found the children and babies.
Just before sunrise, the first graves were excavated. Sadly, the bones of a newborn baby and a toddler aged about three were unearthed. The victims of this hellhole were finally regaining their voices.
Maines caught my gaze and nodded at me. “Good work.”
Chapter Six.
Connor
While I was concerned about what was happening with the band of idiots, Sunny’s crew, as I’d dubbed them, Callie trusted me to run this. I wouldn’t let her down. Callie had been incredibly kind and generous in taking me in, and I’d break my back for her. I’d hated what my previous team had succumbed to and loathed the poor-quality investigations they’d put out. It didn’t make sense to me to fake footage, but they had. Sure, all rumoured hauntings were active. Rule them out and move on to the next, hopefully genuine choice.
Michelle had assured me that Callie was the real deal, and I’d been dubious about it. But from what I’d witnessed, Callie appeared to be one of the most truthful investigators in the field. She had a big heart, and Sunny made me laugh with how he acted. An overprotective MC alpha male was not who you’d think to find investigating ghosts. But here he was. Supporting her, without judgment.
“Do we call out for Jimmy again?” Bunny asked.
I nodded. “Sure. Jimmy might reveal himself.”
For an hour, Bunny and I called out, but Jimmy didn’t show.
“Let’s change to the Nurse,” I said.
Three hours later, the whole evening had been a bust.
“This happens, Bunny. And to be honest, we’ve had motion cameras and a night camera filming here constantly, and there’s been no activity. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t any, but we’ve not captured it,” I explained.
“Do we come back?” she asked, and I nodded.
“Yup. Something may happen after dinner,” I said, and she smiled.
“Never give up. Spirits march to the beat of their own drum. Lots of rumours of hauntings will be debunked. The nurse might be one of them.”
“Okay,” Bunny answered with a smile. As we walked off, the static camera caught sight of an enormous figure appearing and watching us leave.
Bunny
“Hurry up and eat!” I commanded Connor as he laughed.
“Bunny, Jimmy will be there when we return or not,” he replied. I sent him my death stare, but it didn’t work on him like it did on Pyro.
“Eat,” I ordered as Teri joined us. She held a tablet.
“Hey, you need to see this,” she said and pressed play.
