Chapter two. ...
Ethan stumbled backwards losing balance, falling on his butt. He couldn't relieve has his eyes, Jessica was standing Infront of him which was supposed to be impossible. His reaction had gotten her attention making her to tilt her head towards his direction.
" What are you doing out here, you are supposed to be in a hospital. " Ethan said under her glaring eye.
" You can see me? " She asked bewildered.
" You are bleeding and you like someone stripped off a horror movie. Of course I can see you. "
" You can see me. " Jessica said sobbing silently.
" Why are you asking that. But you are supposed to be dead. " A thought ran through his mind but discarded it as soon as possible.
" You are not a ghost, are you? "
" Well I saw my own body wheeled into an ambulance of course am a ghost and it is nothing to be proud of. " She said making an icy chill run down Ethan's spine.
" Tel me you are joking. Am already weird enough, seeing ghost will be on a totally different level. "
" Why can i see you? " Ethan asked looking confused. Jessica took steps backward also confused.
" All I remembered was standing in the middle of nowhere before everything became blank, waking up I saw this crazy wounds on my body but strange enough I couldn't feel pain at all. " Jessica fell on her knees crying.
" Oh shit, have you meet anyone except me? To be sure that I am not the only one seeing you. "
" Well the police and the paramedics didn't see me so yeah I think its only you. " Ethan got on his feet, removing his phone from his pocket dailing Lucas's number.
" What are you doing? " Jessica asked.
" Trying to confirm that am not crazy. " Ethan replied tapping his right foot on the ground repeatedly, an habit he earned from his mother whenever she is feeling inpatient.
" Come on pick up pick up. " He started biting his left thumb until the receiver picked.
" Yo dude, whats up. " Lucas sounded tired.
" Am kind of busy with training can you call later. " He added.
" Well this can't wait. Jessica is standing in front of me right now, I need you to confirm something please, this is between life and death. " Ethan said hurriedly.
" Okay dude. Jessica? How is that possible? Her body is in the morge so how come you are seeing her. But if it is between life and death, i will skip practice. Where are you? "
" Please hurry. I am at the crime scene. " Lucas gasped in disbelief.
" So what the hell are you doing in a crime scene. Just because I tell about a murder case doesn't mean you should turn into Batman. But am on my way. " Lucas said before the call got disconnected.
" I've got to meet my mom and family, everyone must be concerned and in tears. What did the police say happen to me? "
" You go and meet them if you want too. And the police says you were being stalked. "
" I've tried but once I set my foot on that asphalt. " She pointed at the asphalt above them.
" I will be thrown by some weird force back to this spot. " she pointed at the a particular tree with claw marks on it.
" So who was stalking you? "
" I wasn't stalked, I will say I was being blackmailed. "
" By who? "
" If I knew, everything might have not turned out like this. "
" What was the thing, the blackmailer was blackmailing you with? "
" I can't say. You are my junior and at least the last thing to do is tarnish my image before you. " Jessica said slightly embarrassed.
" You recognize me? " Ethan was shocked.
" Yeah, who doesn't know the handsome idiot. Sorry about that. "
" Handsome what? "
" No offence, but you are handsome but you behave like an idiot sometimes, always acting like Sherlock Holmes. That's why I wasn't surprised to see you here. "
" Non taken. But acting like Sherlock Holmes isn't stupidity. It's called passion. " Ethan said trying to defend himself.
" Yours is more like an obsession. Your friend is here. " Jessica said pointing at Lucas who was looking confused on the asphalt, because of the sloppy ground he wasn't able to see his friend.
" Down here! " Ethan gaining Lucas's attention. Lucas looked down and descended down, reaching his friend walking through Jessica mistakenly.
" Ahhh. " Jessica groaned.
" You can't see her? " Ethan questioned looking at Jessica then to Lucas.
" See who. Do you by chance take any drugs that is causing you to hallucinate. " Lucas asked worried.
" She is standing right there. " Ethan pointed at the Jessica direction but Lucas could only see nothing.
" You made me skip practice for nothing. "
" You don't believe me? "
" Why would I believe in something I can't see. "
" No one can see me. Dummy. " Jessica said sitting on a log of wood. Ethan felt like a fool, because if it was Lucas who was in his position, he wouldn't have believe it either.
" Let me take you home. And am telling your mom. You are now acting abnormal. "
" So you are saying am not normal. You Lucas, of all people, you are supposed to be my best friend. "
" We are best friends Ethan. But this. That's was when we were young and naive but now it's time to let your childishness go. "
" Ouch. " Jessica exclaimed.
" Wow. That's great. I need to be locked up in an asylum right. What if I prove you wrong. Ask me a question I don't know about Jessica that you know. " Ethan was ready to be called a freak by his beat friend. Not now not ever.
" Seriously Ethan? "
" Seriously. "
" There was one thing that happened on a night of a party, last session. It was only known by four people. She wasn't aware that we four knew. It was at Derrick's party. " Lucas had a smirk on his face ready to prove his friend wrong.
Ethan looked at Jessica for answers but instead, she fuming in fury. The temperature around the two got lower as cold breeze blew giving the two goosebumps. The gentle breeze soon become more violent, directed towards Lucas. Soon the violent breeze turned into a frenzy whirlwind circling Lucas, lifting him off his feet.
" Ethan what's happening? " Ethan was also perplexed as he couldn't believe his own eyes. He looked at Jessica but what he found was a dark smoke in a shape of a person with white glowing eyes.
" Jessica! " Ethan yelled.
" You deserve death. "