Chapter 003 - A brief meeting with the deceased.

"Ah shit… my head…" groans Nathan, who upon feeling the pain of a sudden transfer in positions, reached up to grab his head with his hand.

Which immediately went straight through.

"Good to know I'm still dead, I guess?"

"Besides that, care to reveal yourself, whoever is watching me?" spat out Nathan, whose keen instincts had sensed a presence. An amateur like this, who despite being a ghost couldn't even hide their presence? Not a threat.

After hearing his provocation, a rather pathetic looking man appeared. Despite having clearly worked on his body (evident from the shape of his ghostly remains), the guy had the atmosphere of a mouse. He seemed ready to bolt at the slightest sign of altercation, an ultimately pointless action, considering they were both already dead.

"So…?" Nathan began, all sense of threat immediately gone upon seeing this spindly little man appear.

"M-m-my name is Drake, S-sir… I um, uh, well… PLEASE SAVE MY SISTER!"

Nathan reeled back in shock. Nothing about Drake seemed like he had the capacity to even BE loud, so seeing him so passionate made Nathan interested in his situation, yet…

"Sorry kid, I'm kinda dead?"

"W-well, yes, but tha-that's not a problem! I'll g-give you my body!"

"Sorry. Not into dudes."

"Noooo! T-that's not what I m-meant! Ugh…" replied Drake in utter frustration.

'Guess the quiet kid is gone… He is very funny like this though!' remarked Nathan to himself.

"Pervert." Said Nathan.

Immediately after saying that, he began to shake with disgust.

"The hell did I just say... This kind of thing isn't as fun between guys, huh?" mumbled Nathan.

"B-back on topic, I may be dead, but my b-body is still a-okay! If y-you agree to save my s-sister, I'll l-let y-you have it!"

"Why don't you want it?"

"I… c-can't go back…" said Drake, almost in tears.

"I guess I can give the whole living thing another shot...?"

"THANK YOU SO MUCH!" Drake threw himself at Nathan with a radiant smile on his face.

"Yet again. Not into dudes." Said Nathan with the most emotionless voice he could muster, trying to prevent a smirk from forming after watching the boy's antics.

"S-shut up and go already!" replied Drake in frustration.

All of a sudden, a sleek, white door with golden rims appears in the middle of the space they were in. As was habit, Nathan attempted to probe through the door by spreading out his psychic power but…

'Either I'm out of power, or this door is too complicated for me too peer through, either way, I don't really care.'

So with this thought in mind, he grabbed the handle and stepped through the doorway, before suddenly everything turned black.