The Ghost Hunters and The Familiar Strangers

The car suddenly came to a halt as the driver told her they had arrived in Texas. How long has she been asleep? She asked herself. She got down from the vehicle and the driver showed her where she'll be staying and gave her the key to the house and also an ATM. Amelia stared at the house, it looked so isolated, it was like her parents looked for a house that was far from the reach of people. Before she could see other houses, it was a few miles away. "Thank you, sir." She thanked the driver who waved and drove off. Amelia took a while studying the house, it wasn't how she imagined it to be but somehow she loved it. She got into the house, opened the door and the view was nice. There was a flat-screen TV fixed firmly on the wall in the sitting room, the chairs were beautifully designed, and the house was really beautiful. She went to the bedroom but to her surprise, it was just one bedroom. She dropped her bag and slept on the bed thinking of what life would become of her now. Just as she was about to doze off, her phone rang. Amelia looked at the caller and she saw it was her dad. Maybe he is calling to apologize she thought as she picked up the call. "Hello." She answered.

"I'm sure you're in your room..." Andrea said. "Open the shelf, you'll see some documents prepared for you, it's for your new school." Amelia opened the shelf and truly there was a document there.

How long have they been planning this?? She asked herself. She grabbed the document and glanced through it.

"Everything you need is in that house... if you need more money, let me know... I'll send it over to you," Andrea said.

"How did the adoption go?" Amelia asked.

"Fine. We adopted a male child just about your age." Her father said.

Amelia cleared her throat when she noticed her voice was going to sound all sad and stuff. "If people ask about me, what would you tell them?"

"No one is going to ask about you... you can rest assured."

"What if they do, what would you tell them?" Amelia asked again.

"You died." Was her father's response.

Amelia couldn't believe her ears. "I have to go, dad." She hung up immediately as she gazed at the document. MSA (Music School Of Arts) was the name written on the document. She sighed. "I guess it's just me, myself, and I." She muttered to herself as she closed her eyes.

Somewhere in Texas, there is a secret hideout where some group of people stays to protect humanity. Inside the hideout, a guy is busy with the computer, one is busy creating scientific instruments and weapons and others are busy discussing. "How is everything going, Jason?" One of the guys asked the guy working on the computer.

"I'm searching every area in Texas but everything seems pretty clear to me," Jason answered.

Jason Grayson is twenty years old with blond short hair and grey eyes. He attends MSA but after school, he comes to the secret hideout to help out. He is a computer guru and can hack through anything. He had a twin brother Norman Grayson who looks exactly like him in height and everything, the only difference between the two is the sound of their voice. Norman Grayson sees ghosts but his twin doesn't because the two can't leave each other they promise to stick together.

"Xen, I think you should come to check this out." Carlos, the scientist called Xen the leader went to meet him.

"Is everything OK?" Xen asked.

"I tried to build a weapon that we can use to suck the ghost whole," Carlos said.

"What do you mean?" Xen asked.

"I'll demonstrate it for you," Carlos said as he brought out a weapon that looked like a vacuum cleaner only that it had a wider mouth just enough to swallow a ghost. "This opening here only sucks the life out of the ghost. If I press this button..." Carlos pressed the green button. "... it swallows just about anything." He demonstrated it using a piece of paper. The moment the weapon was turned on, the paper entered through the opening and was ground. Carlos switched off the weapon. "Does it grind the ghost too?" Xen asked.

Carlos shook his head. "No but the moment the ghost enters into this, there's a chemical I put around it that completely sucks the life out of the ghost making it disappear just like vapor."

Xen nodded. "I like it. So what is it called?" He asked.

"I call it the exterminator," Carlos said as Xen smiled.

"Good work."

"Xen, I think you'd better come to check this out," Jason called as Xen and the other members joined in.

"What is it?" Xen asked.

"I think we just caught a ghost," Jason said.

"Where?"

Jason showed them a picture of a house and it looked exactly like Amelia's house.

"Let's get ready people! We have a ghost to catch."

"And exterminate," Carlos added showing his new weapon- the exterminator.

Amelia was still relaxing on the bed when she heard something, she woke up and looked around but she saw nothing. She went to the sitting room and there she met them. "Hi, Amelia. Nice to meet you once again." Rose said as she smirked.

"Do you remember me or do you need an introduction?" Mrs. Walton asked.

"What are you ghosts doing here? How did you even find me?" She asked moving away from them.

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"Oh! It's quite simple. We asked Tessa." Mrs. Walton answered her.

Tessa? Amelia thought. "That's not possible! Tessa would never do such a thing."

"I see you trust her so much that's why you can't believe she'll do such a thing." Mrs. Walton said turning to face Rose. "What was that technique she said she was using again?"

"You don't suspect whom you trust." Rose and Mrs. Walton chorused bursting into laughter.

"to be honest, I'll say you have got a strong mind to believe a ghost," Rose said sarcastically.

Amelia shook her head in disbelief. "Tessa would never do such a thing to me... She loves me."

Rose and Mrs. Walton stopped laughing at the same time then they stared at Amelia before bursting into laughter again.

"You are a fool, Amelia," Rose told her walking toward her. "But anyway, we are not here for that... we are here for something else."

"Like what?" Amelia asked.

"You." Mrs. Walton answered. She carried a chair and threw it at Amelia, Amelia quickly ducked as she ran away from them but everywhere she turned, they were there. How on earth was she supposed to deal with ghosts? "Listen, Just let us kill you and we will go our separate ways," Rose said as she appeared beside Amelia carrying her by the neck making the poor girl gasp for breath. Amelia tried her best to struggle but she couldn't. "Do it," Rose commanded. Mrs. Walton was about to pierce Amelia with a knife when the sound of the door opening stop her.

"Let her go!" A voice said as Carlos, Xen, Tamara, and Norman entered with glasses that help them see ghosts. Carlos had the exterminator in his hands while Xen, Tamara, and Norman had swords in their hands.

Rose threw Amelia making her lose consciousness as she hit her head on the fridge.

"Who do we have here?" Mrs. Walton said. "Xen, Is that you?" she asked. "You have grown so big and handsome. Your father must be very proud of you."

Xen smirked. "It's time for you to return to the pit hole where you came out from."

"And who's gonna make me?" Mrs. Walton asked looking at the group. "You guys?" she laughed.

"Less talking...." Xen said as he turned to face his friends. "... Now!" He shouted as they all rushed at the ghosts. They were having a hard time fighting them before they kept disappearing and appearing.

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"It's hard fighting them like this," Tamara complained.

Carlos came forward. "Don't worry, a scientist needs to be prepared." He brought out something from his pocket. He unwrapped it and pour tiny bits into his palm. The substance looked like powder and immediately he blew it, the powder- form-substance filled everywhere and the ghosts appeared.

"I'd love to know what that is," Tamara said with a smile as she took her sword and faced Rose while Xen and Norman faced Mrs. Walton. Carlos was left standing closer to Amelia and waiting in case any ghost is caught and needed to be exterminated.

Xen and Norman fought with Mrs. Walton and because of the substance that was sprayed, it made it harder for the ghosts to disappear. It was easier for Xen to slash Mrs. Walton with his sword which was filled with a chemical that doesn't affect humans but has a large effect on ghosts. Mrs. Walton's arm that was slashed started disappearing gradually.

Rose knew if she remained here, she would die. She looked at Tamara and gave her a kick making Tamara fall straight to the ground. Feeling safe, Rose left the sitting room and disappeared while Mrs. Walton was left battling with Xen and Norman.

"Carlos, the exterminator!" Norman said as Carlos came to join them with the exterminator. He had a huge smile on his face as he switched on the exterminator.

"Time to test you, baby!" Carlos said as everyone left just Mrs. Walton, Carlos, and the exterminator was left. Slowly, the exterminator pulled Mrs. Walton closer to its opening even when she tried to pull back, Carlos increased the force of the exterminator and the force pulled Mrs. Walton in.

A loud cry was heard as everyone noticed the vapor-like substance that was coming out of the exterminator.

"Woooooowww!" Carlos said as he switched off the exterminator. "That's what I'm talking about," he said kissing the exterminator. "You are a work of science... baby." Everyone laughed except Xen.

"Let's not celebrate yet. We've just taken down one out of thousands of thousands of ghosts out there, it's too early to celebrate."

"What a killjoy!" Tamara said as everybody stopped cheering.

"So what about her?" Norman asked pointing to Amelia who is still unconscious.

Everyone looked at Xen wondering what his suggestion would be. "We'll bring her with us till we can find out who she is and what the ghosts want from her," Xen answered.

"wait! She sees ghosts right?" Carlos asked. Tamara nodded. "That means she is going to be one of us."

"I don't think so. We have no idea who she is... taking her in and making her one of us isn't a good thing." Tamara said.

Carlos looked at Amelia as she was being over the shoulders by Norman. "There's something strange about her... I can feel it."

"That's just your scientific system telling you that you are attracted to her," Tamara answered.

Norman laughed. "Good one Tamara."

"Ha.. ha... very funny," Carlos said. "I know what I'm saying."

They took Amelia to their hideout where Norman placed her on the bed.