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Chapter 15 - CHAPTER 15

"How did all of you get locked up ? Are there enemies here too ?!" Now that I look at the hole that I fell into , it was much darker tan the darkness around me , only letting me see Samantha . I waited for answers from them because I felt like I know nothing about this place .

"Well , it used to be only the dead Berthims that lived here but it's been a while since we had had company . In earth , a bad Kitsune must have possessed a witch for all the other bad Kitsunes to be able to enter this world . " Samantha explained.

I didn't expect that a Kitsunes would be a reason for the danger they were in . Even though I was still in my thoughts , Samantha continued , " Since we are dead , they cannot possess us and take over our place . So they play dirty tricks on us to make us leave . I don't know whether they are dumb , but this place was made so that dead Berthims can support the alive one . If we leave here , we , as well as this place would collapse , causing you to die too because then you wouldn't have a place to recharge yourself." I cursed the existence of Kitsunes .

"Why didn't I see any kitsunes then ? And since when did a bright and enjoyable BEACH stay hidden under this world ?" I was impatient because I could feel that I only had little time left before waking up . Kitsunes were Japanese , why did they have to be in New Jersey ! This had made my need to find Beth and make the Kitsune leave her body much more important .

I felt myself going back to earth before Samantha and the others could answer the next question . But when I was back , I felt like I was tied up , instead of simply lying down on my bed . The smell around me was different too . The air around me was stiff and I heard dad crying . I opened my eyes and to my horror , was in a glass coffin !! Dad was crying , sitting next to the coffin while Nathaniel , Harvey , and even Cora came , even though we were not even close to each other like that .

It was hard for me to breathe since they had inserted cotton in my nose and I had to breathe out really hard for it to fall off because my hands were all covered in a white sheet . I couldn't imagine what dad had gone through , thinking that I was dead , when in reality , I was feeding my curiosity so that it would calm down .

"Dad! I'm not dead !!! Look at me !!" I shouted out so that he would see me but he only cried harder and said sobbing ,"I CAN STILL HEAR HER TALKING !!!! " . I wanted to laugh but it wasn't the right time . He finally looked up to see my eyes wide open, He cried harder again , "I CAN STILL SEE THAT HER EYES ARE OPEN !!" . Nathaniel had tears in his eyes too . Harvey had fallen asleep and his eyes were swollen . Cora was trying her best to calm dad down . By now I had come to the conclusion that they were only going to see me alive as an illusion .

I hoped I had the power to do what I was going to do . It wasn't really safe for me to use my powers since this was going to be continuous use of my power and would be hurt really bad afterwards . I was able to use my strength and bring my hands and legs outside of the tight white cloth wrapped around me , making me look like a mummy . I broke the glass and that made everyone look up . Harvey woke up from his nap and his emotionless face was full of happiness , Cora was shocked , and later smiled at me , Nathaniel's blood drained from his face , as well as dad's and remained the same . I ran to my bedroom before talking because of how uncomfortable the cloth was making me feel .

When I came down , dad was examining the broken glass coffin , Cora and Harvey was playing small games together and Nathaniel was sitting on our brown sofa , staring into space . I cleared my throat to get their attention .

"What the hell happened ?" There was no need for me to hide what happened a secret so I told everything that happened in detail .

After a long silence , dad said, "I still don't understand why you stopped breathing here when that normally doesn't happen . "

I gave him the only reason I could think of since it was the only logical one . "Maybe it's because of the hole that I fell into . Maybe I was way too far away from earth when I fell in the hole that I stopped breathing . That's the only explanation I have . "

Since it was a much more welcoming atmosphere than before , when everybody thought that I was dead so dad finally realized that he didn't know Cora . Everybody else except dad laughed at his sudden realization . I made some cookies and made coffee for everybody . I hadn't known for how long I didn't breathe and apparently , I was dead for 13 hours !

I was tired from using my power today so we had to pause our search for Beth and Nathaniel's wife whose name I found out from hanging out with Nathaniel , was Natalie . Even their names matched each other that I was sure that once she understood the situation much more clearly , they would be back together and well off .

I was unable to use my powers but we kept revising the files we bought from Boss's office . Now that I know a part from Cora's story , I had a suspicion that Beth was the witch that helped Boss especially since she was possessed and the Kitsune could control her in any way they wanted . The whole time when we were going through the files , getting more evidence on the mafia gangs , Cora seemed visibly a little stiff . I assumed that it was her nervousness of finding her friend who was possessed because I knew that she was still blaming herself .

I had finished my stack of files so I went to my laptop to research a little about Kitsunes . The information I found was enough for me to doubt each and every person in my house . According to my research , even if a person was possessed by a dark aura , the Kitsune could command the person to act bright and good , the exact opposite of their actual characters . It was also the vice versa . The good Kitsunes could also order a possessed person to have a dark aura if the Kitsune simply possessed them for fun .

I wanted a more clear answer so I searched in further , reaching the webs were people who had experiences and sightings of these kind of stuffs . One had come across a good kitsune and the kitsune had told him that good kitsunes were called as 'Inori Kitsunes' and bad ones were called 'Kiko Kitsunes' . They were called in Japanese . Another person had posted that he had seen a fox with nine tails .

My head ached from doubting everyone , mainly Cora . I didn't know whether to trust her or not .

All of us had finally found evidences that those mafia gangs couldn't put in risk . The day had come to an end and just when everyone except dad left , I passed out onto the sofa since I didn't go to charge myself after using my power . I let dad know that this was nothing before completely blacking out .

When I opened my eyes , unlike other times when I had to wait for Samantha to show up , she was standing right in front of my eyes and scared my soul away from me . "Ahhh! Don't scare me like that!" II was half scared and half laughing along with Samantha and the other voices .

Smiling at me like she just didn't scare me , she told , "I was just waiting for you to show up because I hadn't finished talking."

I knew she was trying to avoid my talk on payback . But I guess she's going to have to get scared .

"Well then , give me answers !" I said impatiently . She just nodded and continued .

"Well , you couldn't see them because they were above you dummy . They were watching you from above to see what you'd do . But if you have had looked up at them and saw them , one of them could have possessed you . The beach was already there for us to relax and get light . There's nothing special about it . Do you want to know anything else ?"

She looked so relaxed and calm , ready to answer all my questions so I asked it as fast as I could to not waste time . " Will something happen to me because of this ? and why couldn't you use your powers if you used to be Berthims ? I was able to use mine there !"

She continued answering me as if she was an answering machine . " Well , because you managed to save us from dying without getting possessed by the Kutsines so you'll be able to see the kutsine that possessed somebody but I fear you'll put your life in danger . We're dead , so we can't use our powers . Our powers are transferred to the next Berthim when we die . You bloomed , when I died , understand?"

I woke up before I could answer . This time , I fell into an actual sleep .

Morning came , Nathaniel was waiting for me downstairs in the living room so that we could go to the mafia gangs to try and squeeze some kind of useful information out .

We had had some bonding time so instead of calling Nathaniel by his name all the time , I call him just like Cora calls him . Nathaniel had bought his car with him too and we left as soon as I finished breakfast . We reached our first destination . I had the gun that dad had promised to give me , along with a pocket knife , just in case the gun stopped becoming useful to me . Nathaniel had a gun with him too , but he took no other weapons , praising himself for being a werewolf . He was planning to save himself by turning into a werewolf and scaring them if he needed help .

Getting ready , we got out of the car and headed towards the door of a well-designed building of 'Young forever entertainment'. It was Nathaniel that saw the address so I didn't expect the place to be Cora's workplace . But I wasn't given even a second to suspect Cora for anything because our location was behind the 'Young forever entertainment' building .

We went behind , where we found a huge shed . We went near it's front door and saw two men dressed in black , with huge guns that could kill us with a single shot. We had to be careful so we held our guns ready to shoot just in case they were the type to attack anybody who are outsiders . We walked up to them and they said , "You are not supposed to be here . Please go back to where you came from before you regret not following our request . "

I smiled at them innocently and said , "We're here so that we can regret it ."

I grabbed the hands of one of the men and Nathaniel , the other man swiftly . We turned their hands to stay like the start of two zigzags intersecting , and we moved behind them , locking the movement of their hands . Smiling at the small sense of victory , we tied both the men up with the ropes they themselves had kept to tie disobeying outsiders .

The door was wide open for us and we entered , not even caring to keep the noise low and silent . We walked into the shed , which was so different than how we imagined it would look inside , after judging it's appearance from the outside .

The walls were covered with dark and gruesome paintings , they didn't even leave the roof aside . There was pictures of countless dead bodies which they had probably killed hanging from the roof , as if they were their achievements . We took our own time exploring each room that we came across . At last , we reached the second floor . The rooms in the first floor was full of drugs , weapons , and also rooms with a lot of bunk beds , which made me assume that the people here also slept in the same place . The second floor rooms had nothing but gruesome stuff and opened drug packets . There were rooms with billiards and all kinds of games, as well as tables to drink on . We reached the last room and was about to open it like how we opened each and every other room in this whole shed that was as big as a mansion but stopped when we heard voices coming from the other side .

"I think we finally found him." Nathaniel said . We sure did .