Chapter 12
They reached the kitchen counter. They were out of breath.
"Why are you running around?" Marco said, pulling a chair and sitting.
"Eh... Racing!" Braylan said, still panting. He too pulled a chair and sat and started gulping water.
"Easy, kid take it easy! You will choke!" Marco said ruffling his hair and Braylan gave him a delighting smile.
'Man he is so good when it comes to acting!' Jayden thought, clearly impressed. he too pulled a chair and sat opposite Braylan.
"I let you win on purpose you know. So that you shouldn't feel bad!" he said smiling.
"Yeah! So true. I didn't realize that you had some noble blood in you!" Braylan replied, snorting. Marco and Jane joined and the boys felt something different. Even if they were acting, doing something that made them all laugh was a good idea. they felt their worries reduce a bit. The lunch was a fun time. It was like the old days. They talked, laughed, and discussed while having their hamburgers and bean salad with some carbonated drinks. To cheer the boys, their parents have also ordered some ice cream sundae and that definitely did its job. The boys were in better spirits by the end of lunch and their fear and stress levels have gone down considerably.
After lunch, they returned to their rooms. Braylan jumped into his bed. It was a long day. A small nap won't hurt. He picked his phone. The book about the cursed objects was on the screen.
'๐พ๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ:
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บโฆ..' As Braylan was reading, he heard a loud thud from Jayden's room. He got up and walked in Jayden's room.
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Jayden entered his room after lunch, ready to grab a book and read it. When he passed his study table, he saw the handprints. He and Braylan didn't clean it. With a groan and cursing the cursed spirits who made him do extra chores, he grabbed a packet of wet wipes and started wiping them. The marks were stubborn and took a lot of time to vanish.
After cleaning, Jayden sighed and chose a book, and sat in a comfortable position on the bed. Soon, Braylon entered his room.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Nothing, Why though?"
"I heard a thud and thought you were hurt or something."
"Oh, that thud! It was caused by me. I dropped an encyclopedia from the top shelf." Jayden replied, smiling.
"Great! I am going to sleep now." Braylan left and Jayden continued reading. He was so engrossed in reading that he didn't realize a boy has just appeared in front of him.
"Jayden! Jayden!" The boy whispered. Jayden jumped and stared at the kid. It was the same ghost boy, who kept coming at odd times.
"Who are you?"
"Don't worry about me. I am a spirit. I want to help you." The boy replied. " You are in big trouble Jayden. Be careful. All times. Don't ever stop being cautious. They have chaaAAAHHHHHH..." The boy screamed in agony. he couldn't complete his sentence. The boy was writhing and he disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared. Jayden was shocked. It all happened so suddenly. He was staring at the spot where the boy was standing. He called himself a spirit, and he wanted Jayden to be careful. all the time. Well, he was careful. It was more like the Devils found a way to come near him. He was wondering what to do next when he heard the same laughter. It was colder and harsher than before. Jayden kept his hands on his ears. He didn't want to hear it.
"What are you doing Jayden? I am here for you! You can't escape me." A man had appeared in front of him and he was speaking to him. This one was different. He had golden locks, blue eyes, a pale pointed face, and a pointed nose.
'How many spirits exist?' He asked himself.
"You are mine!" The man whispered."I will not let anyone else take you!" He was coming closer and closer. Jayden was moving back until he hit the wall. The man stretched his hand and touched him. Both of them gasped.
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'๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด.' Brayalan continued reading after returning back to his room. '๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 5 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.'
Is this it? Is it because Jayden touched it? But it still doesn't explain why Jacob could see and witness some stuff. Braylan thought.
"Hey, Jacob! I think I found something important!" He texted Jacob who replied after 5 minutes.
"What's that Bray?" Braylan sent him the screenshot of the paragraph he just read.
"But I am not sure Jay actually touched it. He doesn't remember touching it. And if it works on touching, how come I see that old creep and you don't?" Jacob replied after some time.
"That is what confuses me. I guess we will have to meet in secret. I can sneak out of the house right now."
"No! Don't do anything stupid. Any one of us has to be near Jayden and note his behavior." Jacob replied.
"All the time!" he added.
"Ok! So how will we do this project?"
"Let me make a group!"
Jacob started a group chat with Braylan and Samuel. It was decided that Samuel will be the permanent researcher as he was not very close to Jayden and he keeping an eye on him would make Jayden suspicious. They will share their reports and conclusions on this group.
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It looked like both of them were hurt. The man was giving Jayden a murderous stare and Jayden felt like his arm was burnt. Slowly the man started disappearing. His legs vanished, then his torso, his chest, and finally his head.
'Did I kill him?' Was the first thought in Jayden's head. His arm was sore and it was burning. He went down to gulp some water and apply some burn tube to his hand. He doubted that the burn tube will be of any help, but he wanted to give it a try.
His ears were ringing from the warning the spirit boy gave. He said that he is supposed to be cautious. But he never did anything after that graveyard incident. It was the spirits that were coming near him. And the boy was also saying something. But something happened to him. Now this man said that Jayden is his. It was creepy.
After thinking for a long time, Jayden decided that he should probably visit a church and communicate with a priest. He was sitting on the bed and he predicted correctly about the burn tube. It had no effect on his burn and it kept hurting. He decided he should take a nap and he fell into a slumber.
He could see dark entities all around him. They were trying to reach him. None of them was clear, but he knew that there was a thin boundary that protacted him. The dark entities were trying to break this boundary. Jayden was not exactly asleep. He was half asleep and half awake. A dark figure dared and started moving forward. There was a loud thud and sizzling sound. Jayden felt shaken. His energy drained and he felt very weak. Probably his protecting shield had given away or maybe it needed more strength which it took from the boy. But it surely woke Jayden up and he sat up gasping. Nothing was out of the ordinary!