Witches and Ghosts Supernatural Mysteries by Angela Pepper

Author:Angela Pepper [Pepper, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Khan and Eli worked straight through lunch again.

The work wasn’t what any sane person would call easy, but there was a satisfaction to doing it. And Eli was naturally talented with the ghosts. He decided it was because kids had always been drawn to him, and poltergeists were like the kid version of ghosts, with all their games and pranks.

At the third and final house, Khan straightened the artwork that hadn’t been destroyed by the Disturbance while Eli peered warily through the curtains. A crowd of curious onlookers had been following them from house to house, and a dozen people now stood or sat on the front lawn.

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this neighborhood,” Eli said. “Shouldn’t we be reporting this to some authorities?”

“Sure. You go ahead and make the call to report a massive outbreak of poltergeists. Be sure and mention the voices you’ve been hearing in your head, from the little dogs talking to you. Go ahead, my man. Call The Number.”

“Not funny,” Eli grumbled. He stayed at the window, counting up the dogs on the front lawn. There were almost as many dogs as people, about ten, and all of them were the same size as Joey’s chihuahua. There was something odd about the dogs, besides the fact that Eli kept hearing them talking in his head. They were all the same size, but some appeared to be breeds that Eli hadn’t known came in miniature versions. He narrowed his eyes at the miniature St. Bernard, as if to say, you make no sense, miniature St. Bernard who shouldn’t exist.

The dog cocked its head and stared back at Eli, as if to say, you make no sense, giant man-baby-blank, so shut up or I’ll bite you.

Eli closed the curtains, then helped Khan straighten the room and put away the pentapods.

“What are the other rules?” Eli asked. “You said the para-electrical elements won’t allow their Disturbances to be recorded. I get that. But what else is in the Ghost Code?”

“It doesn’t matter, because the ones we deal with are the ones who break all the other rules.”

“Sure. But hypothetically, what are the other rules?”

“They’re supposed to keep their hands in their pockets, so to speak, and look but not touch.”

“Like children shopping with their parents in a fancy store?”

Khan knelt down to zip up the bag of equipment. “Exactly. The same rules that apply to time travelers. Observe without interfering.”

Eli rubbed his sore shoulder. “What else?”

Khan looked up, his dark green eyes weary. “I don’t know. I wish I had the answers. I’m not even sure if there are any rules. I make so much stuff up, I forget what’s real sometimes.”

Seeing Khan run out of answers gave Eli an unsettled feeling in his stomach. He saw a crumpled area rug out of the corner of his eye, and for an instant, it was Eli’s adoptive father, the first time he fell down while Eli was out.

The unsettled feeling rose up, blasting static through Eli’s brain and making him feel like he was coming apart at the atomic level.

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