Today was a special day, everyone was gathered to mourn for the loss of a mother and her son, a tragic event that shook the city since the suspect for her death was never found.
There was little Chris could say at their funeral, but goodbye from her fake ex-boyfriend. He felt terrible for being a fake, for not being able to be of help when it was needed, for being a bad boyfriend, for letting her down.
Tears couldn't express how sorry he was for letting Aidan to die, he didn't know how to appologize to her even if he died it wouldn't be enough.
We have to live on for those that have died, because that's what they would want us to do, they would have wanted us to live on, to see the future and to make our lives as best as we can.
The drums of war sounded as the ghost appeared behind him, it was strange as to why it appeared, but Aidan's ghost was there, it looked at him with a malicious glint, it had become an evil spirit now and it wanted to do him harm.
Aidan's ghost was now evil beyond belief, driven by the spirit of vegeance to become something vile and evil. It was no longer the spirit that blocked his alcohol, it wished to harm him, but he was standing on consecrated ground.
Once however he was out of the graveyard, then it would try and attack him, it was mere instinct to harm him. It was beyond the simple sense of depriving him of alcohol, it desired blood.
The funeral was over and Chris stood there looking at the now covered graves, he couldn't leave for hours, remembering the few good moments he had with them.
Maybe if they weren't in this death game, they could have been boyfriend and girlfriend. Maybe they would have been alive today.
"Smile, because at least now they are together in heaven"
David stated a bit skeptical.
"I don't know about that, how do you send a ghost back to heavens?"
Chris asked, now looking at the skies above, cloudy as they were.
"How would I know, but others might"
David said as he left with Christin, annoyed since she pestered him to speak to Chris before leaving.
The Ghost got bored and left, but Chris was more interested in how he could help Aidan, the boy was lost and fragile, he wasn't evil, Chris refused to believe Aidan that little boy they played with was evil.
It was all the system's fault, but he would find a way, all he had to do was find specialists in the field of ghosts.
This world had those experts, because it was another world, even ghost busters existed and were rather reputable, although dodgy, since people cannot see ghosts.
Chris spent his time finding such experts and he didn't even have to go far, the priest at the local church offered to help with his problem. Of course the priest thought that the warrior spirit was the problem ghost
To excorcize a ghost is simple, but sending it on its final rest is another thing entirely. The priest however appreciated the thought and sent a message to another priest asking for help.
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Before long a group of priests was gathered and they begun to chant their prayers, Chris felt nothing, but the warrior spirit felt the pull of the afterlife, after a long time, the warrior was sent to the afterlife and the priests cheered.
Chris after seeing this miracle, begun to ask them for help with another ghost, the ghost would only randomly appear, he would give them anything they wanted, but the priests didn't have the time to follow him around until the ghost appeared.
Chris pleaded for help and their hearts were melted by his sheer devotion and size of his pockets as he donated a huge amount of money to the church. They could wait for a day or two until the ghost appeared again, while Chris would be the bait.
It was boring and needless to attend to him all of the time, thus they decided to stay at his hotel, with him paying the bill. The priest didn't regret it one bit, since all their needs were payed for, everything was included.
It took a day for the ghost to return and this time it was pissed and Chris didn't have the ghost warrior anymore to protect him. The priests were alerted by the evil presense of the evil spirit, at first they thought that Chris was just asking them to exorcize a similar ghost to the one they exorcized before, but this was different, this was dangerous.
It took all their strength just to repel the spirit that had grown in power once more. Its evil intent drawing it to cause him harm.
"We have to move you to consecrated ground, only there can we stand a chance against this ghost"
The priests all agreed.
The next time however the ghost appeared it was in the form of a small tornado that moved towards him. The priests were chanting even as it appeared, trapping it in place with Chris, whose skin was grinded by the stones and dirt in the small tornado. Chris tolerated it all, because he was sure that this was the right thing to do, the priests could do it, they could send Aidan on his way.
He was filled with hope, hope that they could do it, like they did with the warrior. Chris saw the face of a crying child, Aidan was crying, was it because their chants hurt him or because he didn't want to cause anyone harm we will never know, but his soul was taken away in the same way the warrior's soul left for the afterlife.
They had a huge feast after the exorcism, it was a huge success in their eyes and Chris was also happy with it. Only for the ghost to appear once more in front of him, this time it was weaker than before and exorcised easier by the priests.
Even as the days passed the priests would exorcise Aidan again and again, but he would always come back, each time weaker than before, every time confused and lost as to why he was drawn to Chris.
In the end the mission was over and Tian and his heroes had a rather awkward silence as the ghost hadn't come for days now, the next mission was announced in the same way as before.
=objective 7 find and defeat Aidan's ghost in 7 days=
The mission was simple, but where was Aidan's ghost? Did they have to go all the way back to the US to find the ghost.
And why it suddenly gave up on them, it had bothered them for 4 days and then decided they were too much to bother or was there something else involved.
They had no idea that Chris was trying to exorsize the spirit of the little boy and now that the mission had changed he was moving earth and sky to find the ghost that was hiding in a small well in that abandoned mansion.
While Chris was seaking the ghost, Tian and the others were wondering how they would finish their mission.
"So now what?"
Samson asked, we haven't seen the ghost for days, either Tian's spell worked, or something else happened to preocupy the ghost for the last three days.
"You take your time here, while we get tickets to the US and find the ghost, but only me and George will go, the rest of you can relax"
Tian explained his plans, but he was in no hurry to go, since there was time.
To the survivors this would be heaven on earth since they were rich had papers and were in another world, it was an exotic journey to the past, since this world was a bit back in technological advancement.