The Phantom

Marla’s body shimmied and the small wooden table felt like it had a vibration all its own. A buzz went through Luke’s hands like the sting of hitting a baseball in cold weather. A light shimmer ran down the side of his face as if touched by a feather while Marla’s eyes slowly regained their normal hazel green shade. The vision in her mind evaporated as quickly as it had materialized. The energy in the room seemed to dilute and mitigate back to normal levels.

“I don’t get it. Is the phantom real? It’s not just all in my head? Is there a demon after me?” Luke appeared distressed as Marla reorientated her mind back to the physical realm.

She stood up from the table and walked over to a skinny bookshelf in the corner, placing her index finger on the spines of several books before finally pulling one out. It was an old scrapbook. A history of events. Marla returned to the table and sat back down, opening the book.