"Aryan?" Louis asked."so-"
His eyes followed Chloe, left to right, who kept pacing the room, cursing under her breath.

"Calm down Chloe, tell us what did he say to you," Ethan said.

"What he said? I- I- can't, He'll-"
Chloe stuttered.

"He'll what?" Ethan said impatiently which was wasn't like him. " Kill us with his air hands that can't even touch us? What can a ghost do? Make things fall out of a shelf?"

"You saw nothing about what he showed me- you have no idea-" Chloe shivered, taking a few steps backwards.

"Guys-" I butted in, " Can we not argue right now? This room is not something I want to stay in,"
which was true. Those hundred eyes felt like they all were staring at me.

"Fine," Ethan said.

"Hey,Tiffany." I said to her as softly as I could, resting my hand on her shoulder, "We should get going now, we'll save her. I promise."

Tiffany nodded as she wiped her tears.

"Alright then!" Louis said cheerfully, "Everyone brighten up! we have a lead now, let's go find whatever this journal is,"

"Brighten up? We got a monster to hide from, A ghost that can shapeshift, and souls to revive, how can that possibl-"

Louis opened the door that was on the opposite side of where we entered.

"Ladies first," He bowed.

Chloe rolled her eyes at him as she walked through the door. Me and Tiffany were right behind her.

"Thanks," I sighed. Finally relieved to be out of the room, Ethan gave Louis a fist bump while he walked behind me.

The office we walked into was a chaotic labyrinth of paperwork, with stacks of yellowed documents taking up every available surface. Dust coated the room like a forgotten blanket, like as if the office hadn't been used for years. The air was thick with the musty scent of old paper and faded ink, with the faint aroma of leather-bound books.

As we stepped inside, the floorboards creaked underfoot, echoing the silence that had settled in the room. Cobwebs clung to the corners, and a single, dim light bulb flickered overhead, casting eerie shadows that danced across the walls.

In the midst of the cluttered mess, a large oak desk stood as the center of the room, its surface barely visible beneath the avalanche of files and folders. Chloe turned her Iphone's flashlight on and instantly began to open the drawers aggressively and scanning the bookshelfs, I assume she was looking for clues or anything that could help us.

in the corner of my eye, I saw her sneak something shiny into her pockets, something shaped like a key.

I began to scan the desk for any clues on the family I saw back at the storage room and a leather-bound book caught my eye. Its cover was worn, and the title, “Family Biography,” was written in gold letters.

Curiosity had the best of me, I reached for the book, feeling a shiver run down my spine. As I flipped the pages, I felt someone peek over my shoulder.

"Who are they?" Ethan asked, his breath tickling my neck as he squinted to have a look at the biography.

"Mr.and Mrs.Crawford... and their children, Olivia and Rosetta." I said trying not to flinch as i read off the names from the book. My mind wasn't so focused on the book, I felt myself getting warmer.

"Who?-" Louis asked.

"October 13th 1972-" I read from the book trying to ignore Louis's question and Ethan still peaking over my shoulder, I tried to focus more on what I had to do. I had to find out what happened to this family and why this place is so cursed.

I flipped through the pages as quickly as I could scanning every page to find something, something that could give us a lead.

All I saw were the good memories and photos that the family had together, all in black and white, some of them were colored. the same man, the same dazzling women and the children...

The weird thing was.. I could see these memories clearly in my head as if they were my own memories, I could hear voices overlapping each other, laughters,.. as if I knew these people as a happy family... I had an odd pang of jealousy and envy.

The beginning of the book started with all 4 members of the family, happy and smiling warmly, The cursive writing was making my dyslexia go crazy, but as I flipped through the pages, I could only see 3 members, one of the children were missing, after flipping through a few more pages it was all blank.

I heard a scream at the back of my head. In my imagination, In the memories I never had.

I gasped and dropped the book when I saw dried up blood splashed onto the blank empty pages, as if someone got killed with the book in someone's hands...

"Are you okay?" Tifanny asked picking up the book.

"yeah- yeah, I'm fine" I said, though I was freaking out.

"Is this the journal? was It really that quick to find it?" She asked, examining the book cover. But as soon as she opened the pages, her eyes widen and she looked at me, very concerned and scared.

" This, You hear and see it too right? in your head-?"

" I- I don't know...but If this is a trap.."

I looked around a little bit wild eyes. I glanced at the door we came from, The room with undead children. but as I look closely into the Faintly lit room flickering by the torches, I saw The monster just standing there, creepily and slowly walking towards us. It's red eyes glowing and staring at us as if we were it's prey.

my eyes widen "Guys-"

"run now!" Chloe commanded, but as soon as she said it, The door on the other end shut by itself, our only exit. Louis began helplessly began banging the door. Chloe's flashlight also turned off by itself and even the The lights turned off sending everyone in panic. I felt a hand dig into my right hand.

"It's alright, It's going to be fine," Ethan said though he sounded a bit panicked.

All we could do was stare at those red eyes, waiting for it to make a move. We all helplessly kept staring at the monster, I heard someone rummaging through a bag, which I think was Chloe, couldn't see a thing but I knew she was going to try and fight the monster-

"Chloe don't-" I whispered.

The mosnster came at us sprinting its way to the door, Louis ran to shut the door but when he got there, we saw a flash of bright light in the room of the half dead children, The glow was bright and colorful. blinding us, the light giving us a feeling of warmth and hope.

The monster screams and retreated by the sight of it.

then the light slowly faded leaving us in the darkness again.

"What the- What was that?" Ethan said, tightening his grip on my hand, which to be honest made me feel safe.

"WE WILL KILL YOU IF-" Chloe yelled bu instead louis clamped his hand over her,

"Will you just stay quite for a bit-" Louis said as Chloe tried to struggle through his grip,

The figure slowly came to the door, It was still dark but the person was holding a crystal like orb in his hand. The orb was the size of a golf ball, small but yet so bright like the moon. maybe that was the thing that made that blast of light.
The orb glowed lightly enough to make it able to see his face. it was Jax.

"Jax?" Tiffany said and ran to give him a hug even though she wa sill holding the bloody book. and we all gathered to the light of the orb.

"What the hell are you even doing here?" she asked.

Jax had jet black hair and blue eyes, he resembled his sister a lot. He wore a blue T-shirt under his black leather jacket. he wore black jeans and wore a necklace that had 5 colorful beads on it, I clearly still do not understand why he wears necklace.He was a tad bit shorter then Louis and Ethan. who were the same height.

"same as you guys, Finding Jade who is apparently... " Jax voice broke.. " I've been looking for her in this house for a few days now, I have no idea how I'm surviving," his voice was as smooth as stone. light as a feather. Yet it felt so broken, so sad, like as if he lost his hope in life.

"Jade isn't dead.." I said. "her soul is here somewhere, and we need to find it, There's hope."

Chloe turned her flashlight back on.

"Nice to see you again Jax" Louis winked.

"yeah man," Ethan came up to him and gave him a handshake. " Don't worry about Jade, We'll save her-"

"Thanks," He smiled, though I can see the pain in his eyes. "I need to show you guys something, I've been wondering what it is-"

"Take us there," I said.

and all of us followed him into the darkness, not knowing what more secrets this house can hide..