The Ghost Hunters and The Familiar Strangers

Amelia and her mother walked to a certain area. She was becoming uncomfortable because her mother hasn't said a word to her which is weird. "Mom," Amelia called but her mother didn't listen to her. She walked closer to her mother tapping her on her shoulder she called again, "Mom." This time Laura turned to face her with a smile on her face.

"We are almost there," Laura told her daughter.

"Almost where??" Amelia asked feeling uncomfortable in the area. "Mom, let's go back. We have wandered far too long, they must be waiting for us right now." As Amelia turned to leave, Laura grabbed her hand making her turn to face her. Immediately Amelia turned, Laura pulled her close and hits Amelia's head with her head making Amelia stumbled and faint.

Laura pulled Amelia by the leg and dragged her to a remote area where Dalton stationed them to be.

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"Where are Amelia and her mother?" Tamara asked.

"They have been gone for too long." Devon with a worried look on his face said.

"I will go and look for her." Clarissa volunteered.

"I will come with you." Devon signified with a raise of his hands as they both left to look for Amelia.

"I need to get something, I will be right back," Riele told them as she took her to leave.

They waited for Riele to go before they discuss and when she left they started discussing how to go about the plan while they were discussing, Tessa appeared to them.

Xen was the first to notice her followed by Norman although Tamara couldn't see she could hear. They all turned to face her. "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be out yet." Xen said.

Tessa nodded and gave a hand gesture saying they should calm down and listen to her. When she has gotten their attention she said, "Amelia's mouth...." But before she could say anything something hit her back as she started disappearing. They all saw the knife at her back before her ghost was vanquished. The knife fell to the ground the moment Amelia's body disappeared.

Everyone was shocked. They weren't expecting it. They all looked in the direction of where the knife came and there they saw countless ghosts with Rose and Link leading them.

Shocked at the sight Tamara said, "I wasn't expecting a such number of people."

"They aren't people." They turned to see Carlos walking in their direction. "I can't believe Link used that," Carlos explained everything.

"How then are we supposed to kill them with their new body?" Jason asked.

Carlos gave each of them a knife. "This will penetrate the body and kick the ghost out leaving the body empty." He explained as they collected the knife and got ready for the battle. Carlos looked around he couldn't find Amelia, Charlotte, Devon, and Tessa so he asked, "where are the rest?"

"Amelia went on a walk with her mother, Clarissa and Devon went to find her and..." Tamara paused.

"And Tessa?" Carlos asked.

"She is dead. She was trying to say something about Amelia but we didn't hear the full story before she was killed." Tamara continued.

The ghosts were coming nearer to them.

"She was telling me that Amelia's mother is dead but I don't think..."

."I knew it." Jason said. He was the one that noticed something strange about Laura. Everyone looked at him. Jason explained, "if everything Carlos told us is true then Amelia is in trouble."

"What about Clarissa and Devon?" Tamara asked.

Xen thought about what to do and as a leader, he was ready to bear the cross. "I will go look for them. Will you guys be okay alone?" He asked them.This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

They all nodded. Xen got his weapons ready to save his friends.

Xen left his members to search for Amelia. His heart was racing and his thoughts keep bombarding him with crazy scenarios of what could be happening to Amelia. He had to shake his head to get rid of those thoughts so he can focus. He looked around but there was no sign of her anywhere.

Please, Amelia... be strong! He prayed in his mind. The time he felt this way was when he lost his parents and now he is about to lose someone very important to him. He won't let that happen. He was still searching for her when he felt someone standing behind him. He brought out his sword carefully but as he was about to strike, the figure disappeared.

Xen knew searching for Amelia would have to wait while he battles whoever the ghost was. The ghost appeared and it turned out to be Link.

"What are you searching for so desperately?" Link asked. Xen was silent as he stretched his sword towards him. "Let me help you answer that, are you searching for Amelia?" He asked. "Where is she?" Xen asked...

"Um... ever heard of a family reunion??" Link asked. He waited for Xen's reply and when he didn't say anything, he continue as he walked to and fro. "Dalton is creating a family reunion and I must say it's going to be an interesting one." "Where are they?" Xen asked with authority in his voice.

Link looked at him and said, "I can tell you what they are doing but where they are...?" He shook his. "... that I can't." In a flash he disappeared and went behind Xen before Xen could process anything, Link gave him a kick at his back making Xen to the ground with the sword falling far away from him. "This is going to be so easy." Link said coming closer to Xen.

Xen looked at the position of his sword, as he stretched to reach it Link noticed he was going to grab the sword and stepped on his hand. He was halfway to pick up the sword when he stopped.

Grab it and see yourself in hell, that way I won't have to get my hands dirty. Xen said. He held the pain he was feeling around his knuckles as he waited for Link to pick up the sword.

Link knowing who created the sword instead of picking it kicked it far away. He released Xen's hand and pulled him by the neck raising him. Xen struggled to get his hands off his neck but he couldn't. Xen had to think of what to do before he gets choked to death. He glance down and Link's smirking face so he did the only he could think of. He kicked Link right in the face. Link due to the shock released his hand from Xen's neck making Xen land on the ground with his back. He groaned in pain. He tried his best to get on his feet as he ran to get the sword before Link will recover from the kick. Luckily, he grabbed the sword and charged at Link before his sword could touch Link, Link disappeared behind him and punched him in the side.

Xen almost fell to the ground but he used the sword to support himself. He thought of how he was going to defeat Link if he is always disappearing and appearing. He remembered his father's words when he was ten.

"To defeat a ghost, you have to think like one. Since a ghost can't be seen with the eyes of most people, they can sense a presence."

I have been relying on my eyes and not his presence. He took his shirt and tore off some parts that he can use to blindfold. After tearing it, he covered his eyes with it as he grabbed his sword.

Link laughed. "You can't see me when your eyes are opened, how can you see me with blindfolds." Link teased but Xen paid no attention to him as he waited to feel his presence. If he stays focused, he will feel it. The moment Link disappeared to Xen's right side, Xen felt it and he used the wooden part of his sword to hit Link's stomach. Link in shock fell to the ground.

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Amelia's eyes opened but the images she saw were blurry. She decided to use her hand to clean her eyes but she noticed she couldn't move her hands. It was then she realized she had been tied down. She looked at where she was and it was in a forest and she has been tied to a tree.

"Oh! She's awake." A familiar voice said. She looked up and there she saw her mother.

"Mom?" She called with a voice that rang confused. "What's going on here?" She asked.

Laura moved closer to her and said, "you don't know or you haven't heard?"

Amelia looked at her mother wondering what she was saying. Nicole noticed the expression on her face so she tried to explain things to her, she whispered in her ear saying, "your mother is dead." She pulled away and told her, "my name is Nicole."

Amelia froze at that word. "That's not possible! You are my m..." She paused. She thought of everything; how she went to the hideout and she wasn't there... how she was acting strange when she came to meet her. All of those were signs she never took notice of but still it was hard to believe. "It's not possible." She shook her head trying to return the tears.

"It is because Rose killed her," Nicole said. The tears Amelia was holding back flowed through her cheeks without her trying. They left her to tear glands without permission.

"No!!!!!" Amelia screamed as the ghosts guarding that place laughed. "Mom.." She called over and over again.

"And that's not all.... we have a surprise for you." The moment Nicole said it, Dalton appeared with Andrae and Damian. "Meet your dad and adopted brother."

Amelia stopped crying as she looked in the direction Nicole was pointing and there was her father and the son who neglected her.

"Let me go!" She saw her father struggling with one of the ghosts who was holding him. As soon as Andrae's eyes met Amelia's he stopped struggling. The two of them looked at each other without anyone saying anything.