Deciding to get through the case first and foremost I went to our hotel room with the determination of not letting the feelings that Kai evoked within me to interfere with the case, we had to get rid of the ghost first and then I'll deal with whatever the feelings are later.

As I walked in Kai was already setting up his laptop and was on the phone, I decided to change from the suit to my jeans and tank top in the bathroom.

When I came out I set up my own laptop on the table and chairs that were provided and got to work, when the windows opened up I started to search for anything unusual in the house that Mr and Mrs Jones were murdered to see if there were any other victims that had the same MO.

Kai finished his phone call and sat in the chair opposite me.

"Who did you call?" I asked typing away.

"Simms I gave him an update on what we found so far, oh and by the way Aly has been hell since we left" he chuckled.

I laughed "Why does that not surprise me she's probably bored out of mind since. She can't work or exercise she's used to being active all the time."

" I also got a text from Riley saying he and Kayden took down a wendigo and that they are on there way back, I told him I'm on a case with you."

" Are him and Kayden alright? I've never gone up against a Wendigo before but I've heard that they're hard to kill" Concern for my friends laced my voice.

Leaning back in his chair and stretching give me a glimpse of his abs I tried not to blush or let on that I was looking, thankful that he was more interested in his computer to notice.

" They're fine they had to draw a protective circle using the Anasazi symbol and then draw it to them using raw meat once it was inside they had to burn it alive it's the only way to kill them."

I sighed, wendigoes weren't always the monsters they turned out to be they were once human being's that turned into wendigo's when the human is forced to eat human flesh as means for survival they become supernatural monsters that retain little human features in common. After doing so, they crave human flesh and appear to not have a greater human intelligence than when they were complete humans.

Kai's POV

Before Cassandra came up to the room, I mentally kicked myself for saying what I did, my heart racing against my ribcage and my palms sweaty, she couldn't find out that I have had feelings for her since I don't know when probably since the first time she kicked my ass during combat class at thirteen-years-old.

I have no idea if she is interested in me or any guy's really. Ever since her parents died on a job she has taken it quite badly, taking every mission she could get to find out what happened to them. In fact, we don't know if they are dead they just disappeared without a trace and she has been Hell-bent on finding out what happened to them.

Running my hands over my face I didn't know that it would be this hard working with her. She brings feelings out in me that I don't know how to react to, but like she said the mission has to come first I can deal with this later.

Grabbing my phone and putting a call to Simms I told him what we found so far and what our next move is, going through the protocol like Cassandra wanted too. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and a shiver ran through my body and that's how I knew that she had entered the room, taking a quick glance at her she went into the bathroom to change and I returned to my phone call.

" Yes, Sir will do." I finished my conversation with Simms and set up my laptop on the table and Cassandra did the same.

We spoke a bit about Riley and Kayden and how their mission went, as I did that I hacked into the housing association database to find out if there has been anything unusual since the house was built, while Cassandra looked into finding out who our friendly ghost was.

20.00pm

Pushing away from the table in aggravation I walked over to the coffee pot.

"Having any luck over there?" I asked Cassandra was typing away at the keyboard which means she must be onto something. I poured her a cup as well as my own.

" Yeah, check this out." taking the cup from me I stood behind her and read the article that she found.

"Jon Drogo has struck again, yet the police are having a hard time finding him, another child was taken out of his home in the middle of the night, the child's name is Cole Adams he is only ten-years-old, we are putting a picture out for anyone that wants to help find the boy.

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We are also putting one out for that evil scum bag Jon Drogo, if you see him run and let the police know, keep your children safe until this is over, we are dealing with a serial killer here."

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"Is there anything else? What makes you think it's him?" I asked her walking over to my laptop.

" Because in the next article they give us information on him that his favorite toys to play with are knives and cutting people and there is something else." Walking back over to her typing away again.

She pulled another document up on the screen.

'Unfortunately, we have good and bad news. We found out that Jon Drogo and Cole Adams have been killed looks like the boy put up a fight with Drogo when he came at him with his knife, but Cole managed to get the heater and threw it at him, but there was water on floor from a previous rainstorm and he was electrocuted along with Drogo, rest in peace Cole.'

" So the guy liked to play with knives? what of it?" I didn't get where she was going with this.

"And this is why you need to do more research on missions, look at the picture of the house before it was reconstructed," she said to me whilst pointing at the article. She got up so I took her seat.

"No way" the corner of my mouth lifted into a smile, " You're pretty good at this."

" Thanks, let's get some food and we can get sorted and go in the early hours of the morning, no witnesses, no one around." Grabbing her leather jacket.

" Ok, but dinner is on me since you found something and I didn't." She gave me a small smile but not the one that she used too, I guess the fact that she can't find a trace of her parents has affected her quite a lot, though I can't blame her at least she was lucky enough to know her parents, mine died on a job not long after I was born so I've been brought up with the other hunters looking out for me.

After going out to eat we decided to come back to the room and get a few hours sleep before going over to the house to check it out.' Yeah right like I'm going to be able to sleep with her across the room.'

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It's not logical to fall for your best friend, I mean how cliche can I be I wanted to hit myself, but I guess it is what it is, another problem was that I wasn't the only one that had feelings for her, my partner and friend who was like a brother to me Riley also had feelings for her, and we both agreed that both of us would not tell her how we feel, in order to keep our friendship intact.

But if she did choose one us the other would not interfere, pushing back the covers in frustration I decided to get up and get ready, going into the bathroom for a shower and to get changed into my mission gear.

Which consisted off black cargo pants, black shirt, and my black boots my duffle bag was already equipped with my weapons. walking out of the bathroom I saw Cassandra getting up.

I sat on the chair at the table waiting for her to finish getting ready, tapping a rhythm with my fingers.

Walking out of the bathroom she was wearing the same thing only wearing a tank top instead of a shirt, I would never admit it but it did suit her, it showed off her body.

" Ready to go?" she grabbed her own bag and out the door, we went.

Putting the address of the couple that died into the GPS it only took twenty-five minutes to get there.

" Nice neighbourhood don't you think?" I was making small talk and she knew it.

" What's going on with you?" I never believed what I heard back at the institute, but I guess the rumors were true hardly anyone works with her except Aly, but there have been a few occasions where some of the others have worked with her on a case and they said the same thing, as soon as she goes into mission mode she barely shows what she is feeling.

" Nothing, just getting hyped up for the fight," I said, shrugging my shoulders.

" Let's go." And off she went to the front door and under the police tape.

Cassandra's POV

As I approached the front door, I got my EMF meter out, an EMF meter is an Electromagnetic Field Meter it measures the surrounding magnetic field most EMF meters are most sensitive to frequencies of about 30-10,000 hertz, while some have a wider response. While paranormal investigators and hunters use EMF meters while conducting investigations. Unusual activity in the form of a high reading signifies that there is some type of paranormal activity, such as the presence of a ghost or other supernatural creatures.

Going under the police tape, my semi-automatic pistol in my other hand Kai came up on my left, quietly opening the door we both step in careful not to make any noise. Going into the hallway my EMF meter was reading of the charts, " Oh yeah, he is here somewhere." I whispered, putting away my EMF meter in my bag.

Kai tried the lights but they weren't working, hand over the top of my other with my flashlight, I searched the living room while Kai checked the kitchen, breathing shallow, heart rate steady.

I didn't find him in the living room so I turned around to go up the stairs, stepping back into the hallway it got colder and I could see my breath which meant he was somewhere close, I took the first step when a ghost teleported in front of me.

" You need to leave, I don't want anyone else to get hurt." He whispered.

"Cole, I know that your trying to help, but this is what we do, we get rid of the bad guys." I said quietly trying to comfort the poor kid.

" Am I a bad guy you need to get rid of?" I smiled a small smile my eyes softening just slightly. "Of course not, you were a brave young man and took down a killer, but we are here now and once we get rid of Drogo you can move on to a better place, how does that sound?"

" Do you think I could go to a good place? I tried to help the people that lived in this house since I died but they were either too scared or simply didn't hear me, but Drogo always got his way and killed them-look out!" He shouted the last two words, and I rolled to the side coming up on my feet.

"Drogo took you long enough to come out of your hole, you're like a rat and need putting down, permanently." He didn't react, just smiled that sick smile of his like he knew something I didn't.

" Well, well Cassandra, right? I've heard stories and rumors about you, they say that you're sufficient in your job one of the best in your generation and I am honored to be the one to end you." He declared a sick and twisted look in his eyes.

" Oh really, you wouldn't be the first one to make that mistake and I don't go by speculations." clocking my gun, my blood boiling with the need to hunt to kill.

" So it seems we are at a standstill, which one of us is going to make the first move?" He smirked with fascination and cockiness, getting his knives ready.

" Oh, you think I came alone don't you know anything about hunters, we travel in pairs" I teased and saw his smirk dropped at the same time Kai clocked his gun from behind him, " Don't try anything funny dickface, our bullets are made of iron one shot a poof you go until we find out where your weak spot, which I'm guessing is your knives you seem awfully attached to them even though your dead you manage to hold to them." I could see his muscles were tense from anger, but I have no idea with what exactly.

Drogo let out a yell and charged at me, " No" Kai yelled and let off a shot and Drogo disappeared. " I don't know how long that will last, hey kid is there a fireplace in this house?" Kai asked him while picking up the knives that Drogo couldn't hold on to when he disappeared.

" Yes there is one in the basement, but you should hurry it won't be long until he is back." Fear was on his young face and he disappeared.

"Kai, what was that? you know I can handle myself." I was annoyed at his behavior since we came to the house he has been different. " Look I know you that you can handle yourself it was purely reflex, ok?" He turned his face away from so I couldn't tell if he was lying or not, but I simply didn't have the time to question his bizarre behavior right now.

Running to the basement door in the kitchen the house started to shake with uncontrolled rage, " Hurry he is coming back" Cole seemed to reappear again by the door and went right through it. Barging through the door and down the stairs, " quickly it's over here." I got my lighter fluid and a lighter from my bag.

The room shook and I felt like the walls were breathing from the way that the looked distorted. " Kai" I threw him the fluid and the light to get it going while I got my gun ready my eyes already adjusted to the darkness.

I saw Drogo appear and looking pissed off, " You, I'm going to kill you" He pointed his finger at Kai who was holding his knives, " Kai, what are you doing? get the fire going already" I shouted at him, shooting at Drogo to by some time but he kept dodging them by materializing a few feet away.

" Give me back my knives you bastards!" he put his hand out and suddenly I was flying across the room, I hit my head on the wall and pain shot through my skull, blood dripped down the side of my face, " Cassandra, are you ok?" Kai yelled at me but my head was a little fuzzy.

" I-i'm fine, no need to worry" getting up off the floor on shaky legs. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Kai managed to get the fire going but it looked like Drogo hasn't caught on yet he was still coming at me but I smiled " Say goodnight asshole." Kai threw the knives into the fire.

" NOOO." Drogo was going up in flames, destroying the knives the thing that he was attached to he no longer was tied to the earth. " Noo, you don't understand someone told me to go after her if she came around, you have a traitor in your ranks." his veins were red like lava going up the side of his face while the flames ate away at his soul then he exploded and was gone.

Kai came to my side checking head, "Ouch, that hurt don't poke it, idiot." he sighed out relief and hugged me, " I'm so glad your ok" I couldn't return the gesture since he trapped my arms.

"Alright, let's get out of here, see ya later kid thanks for the help, I'm going to go upstairs to check if anyone heard the commotion." I nodded my head.

" Thank you so much for your help, now that Drogo is gone I can finally find peace, You see I was linked to him the whole time since we both died at the same time he became enraged and made me stay here every time someone came to help they ended up dying." His little face looked so sad he went through a lot.

" It's ok Cole you can go now nothing is keeping you here anymore." I knelt in front of him looking him straight the eyes. " He cares about you, you know?" he pointed upstairs so he must mean Kai.

" I know his a good friend, just worries too much." I winked at him and he laughed. " No, I mean he cares about you more than that, just thought I'd leave that with you, good luck you guys I'll cheering for you in heaven." A white light surrounded his body lifting him up from the ground and upwards.

I met Kai at the car in the Jones driveway " Hey, you ok?" Putting my backpack in the backseat I got into the passenger seat, " Yeah, I'm ok just have a little headache." Putting our seat belts on and Kai putting the car into drive we went back to the hotel.

" As soon as we walked through the door Kai told me to sit down while he gets the first aid kit, so I did as I was told to tired by the headache to care. He came back with the first aid kit and sat down on the chair across from me getting a wipe from and wiped up the blood and the cut, he was close, of course, checking the cut to see if it needed stitches and the words that Cole told me came to me ' He cares about you, you know?', ' I know his a good friend.', ' No I mean he cares about you more than that.'

Did he mean Kai cares about me as more than a friend? and if so what could that mean for our friendship? I couldn't just ask him not until I figure out how I feel, 'Oh man, this is getting complicated'.

" So I figure we'll get some sleep, let you rest first and go back late tomorrow, how does that sound?"I jumped slightly being lost in my own thoughts and the fact that he was quite the whole time. " Sounds good to me." It was nearly 4.00am in the morning and we were both tired.

" What do you think about what Drogo said?" I got up to go to my bag to get my PJ'S. " Don't know, I guess he would say anything to save his ass." I turned around to look at him in the eyes my own quite serious. " And if he wasn't lying? He came for me when we got there said he heard the rumors and stories, he said there was a traitor and that's why he came for me specifically."

Kai rubbed his face with his hands and I could see that he was really tired, " Cassandra, most of the supernatural community has heard of you, your ruthless at your job, was top in our class and you take no bullshit, in fact my guess is that most of the supernatural creatures are scared of you, your from the original line of hunters that founded the place, but if he wasn't lying and there is a traitor.."

" Then they might have something to do with my parent's disappearance, Look I don't know if my parents are alive or dead but something happened to them and if this 'traitor' has had a hand in that then I'm going to find out." My determination too get to the bottom of this will not waver, I'll find out if there is a traitor or not and either way, I will find out what happened to my parents.