Chapter 7

Mai start running but as she run, she realizes that there wasn't anybody in the area.

"I knew it." She said as she turn around to see Jin and Hibiki right in front of her as she hold her knife pointing at them.

Both of them look at her with a confused expression, Jin starts to speak: "Mai, what's wrong?"

Mai ask seriously: "Who are you?"

Jin's expressions change for a second but covered up as he reply: "I'm Jin."

Mai wave her knife while saying a tad aggressively: "You think I'm stupid? Where am I?"

Jin look at her eyes then sigh: "We are on the road that is to ZX suite court. Let's not waste our ti-"

Mai cut him off: "Don't joke around with me! What happen to both of them?"

Hibiki who has his arms crossed, reach out his hand, "Come back."

Mai snort out: "As if I'll listen to you!" but her legs uncontrollably walk towards Hibiki, "??!" Mai being shocked continue waving her knife, realizing she can't stop herself from walking. She knows that her assumption was right, "You are Sir Bernard's wife, right?"

Suddenly her legs stop moving, "Hahaha!" Hibiki laughs while Jin look at her worriedly: "Don't resist and we'll assure you tha-"

Mai cut him off by shouting: "Sir Bernard! Why did you ask us to come here?"

Jin flinch: "…"

It is at that moment both Jin and Hibiki turn into white light.

Mai stare at them and see the sight of Sir Bernard and his wife, "Where are they?"

His wife said seriously as she shrug: "Who knows?"

Mai's eyebrows twitch as she look at Sir Bernard who respond to her: "They left. Remember?"

Mai question herself: "What?" as she recall back to the time they arrive here, till she ask them questions and they were looking around…

"But didn't you leave with them?" Mai ask in confusion

"I told them I feel guilty that I left you behind so…" Sir Bernard reply.

Mai recall that: 'they both indeed left but if that was the case, they also did say that it was safe to stay here… and if they didn't come back… I was about to check the rooftop. So why was I in the basement?'

Mai was thinking hard but that didn't affect her hands that is holding the knife to be waving at them.

Both of them shake their heads as his wife said in a sarcastic tone: "Do you think a pity knife like this will hurt us?"

Mai laughs: "Oh please. If it doesn't, then you would have already removed it from my hands."

"We are just giving you a chance to live…" Sir Bernard said as his expression turn sad

Mai snort out: "You think I'm stupid? Your wife tried to kill me with a kitchen knife!"

Sir Bernard look towards his wife with a shock expression: "Siri?!"

His wife shout back: "Don't call me Siri! Who cares if I take over her body?"

Mai flinch: 'You were trying to do what?'

Sir Bernard shake his head in response: "Didn't you hear her that she has a sick mother waiting for her?"

His wife reply in a sarcastic tone: "Don't you think she was just testing us?" In which both of them look towards her.

Mai starts to sob in response: "Hiccup. I can't leave my mother alone. She only has me! My father left us because of debt. Mother is the only one I have now… Hiccup." And she starts to cry.

They look at her in pity and his wife's expression starts to soften: "You don't seem like you're lying… But if that were the case, what are you doing in this dangerous line of job?"

Mai starts to cry more: "I feel so wronged! They said all I had to do was to comfort clients and be a translator! Today was my first day part time job! The pay for one day is enough to cover my mother's one month hospital fees! How did I know they would leave me here?" and she starts to sob as she stop pointing her knife and wiping away her tears.

Both of them who listened finish, Sir Bernard shout in anger: "Damn! They are such a pig! How could they leave you here? They were not even real ghost busters! What do you suggest we do, Siri?"

His wife, Siri, replied seriously: "Well, we'll off the aura here and lure them in. I don't mind if I don't possess a body yet, we'll just have to get rid of them and you possess one of them. The rest will be easy."

Sir Bernard nod his head: "Then what about her?"

Mai who wipe finished her tears look at them with puppy eyes.

"Well, just ask her to call them here. Then she can go, as long as she don't reveal about us." Siri shrug.

"Thank you so much!" Mai bow 3 times as she takes out her phone preparing to call.

Siri just nod her head and signal her husband which he off the aura.

Mai who saw that her phone didn't have service to suddenly have, procced to call Mr. Jin.

Ring… Ring… Hello?

Mai reply anxiously even though her face shows an angry expression: "Mr. Jin, where are you both? There are stuff flying everywhere here… we are hiding in the basement now."

"Got it." Jin noted and assured her: "We are on our way now!" with that, he hang up.

Mai saw that their expression didn't change, ask cautiously: "Umm… So can I leave now?"

They both nodded and the door swing open.

Mai bow at them and walk towards the door with her hands holding her knife, 'I can finally go to the hospital!'

She left through the door and when she turn back, they were still in there and the door slowly close.

She heave a sigh of relief as she look her surroundings, 'Yes!' and then she proceed to walk towards the road, 'But I don't have any means of transportation…' as she walk her way to the nearest station.

When she realizes that her phone has full service, she called Mr. Jin's phone number.

Ring… Ring… Ring…

Her eyebrow twitch when she realizes that he didn't answer it.