A Mother's Love Chapter 10, a ghost hunt fanfic

"What have you done to Lin?" Oliver asked, cold fury infecting his voice.

"Nothing at all. Someone has to find your body." She said, smirking. But her smile faltered at the sight of Oliver. He was glowing. "What are you doing?"

"Did you not hear about my PK?" He asked, laughing evilly as the power built within his body.

"You can't! Not since I killed your brother!" She sounded scared now. "Not without hurting yourself."

"And you foolishly assume I have much to live for." He watched as she begun to back away out of the office.

He followed her, snarling as the power continued to grow. Yoneda pulled the trigger, but he deflected the bullet easily and laughed.

"You can't escape now." He said, using his PK to take hold of her clothes so she couldn't move. The gun flew out of her hand and crashed into the wall.

"No!" She screamed in terror. "Please no! I beg you!" She was shrieking so loudly he could hear her over the crackling of his own power.

"You picked the wrong target." Oliver hissed. Then released his all of his power at her.

As soon as it left his body, he felt weak. His body was not responding. His vision went fuzzy. The last thing he saw was Yoneda standing gaping downwards and the bit of wall he could see through what had been her stomach.

Hashimoto led Lin through the building. Lin had no idea what was going on. One moment, he had been buying coffee and the next he had been shoved roughly into a van. When the van had stopped, Hashimoto had opened the door and apologised.

"We had to get you out of there." He had said.

The room that Lin was led too looked very like the one that he and Oliver had been taken to previously.

"Davis-san has been taken to hospital." Hashimoto said as he sat down.

"Why?" Lin demanded, fear flooding through him.

"His heart stopped. They were attempting to revive him when we collected you."

"Is he…?" Lin could not finish the question.

"I don't know." Hashimoto replied, honestly.

"What happened?"

Hashimoto took a file out of his briefcase and pulled out some pictures. Lin looked at them. He saw Yoneda's body; a gaping hole the size of a basketball in her stomach. He understood at once. Oliver had used his PK on her, that's why his heart had stopped.

"I see." Lin said.

"I had people watching your office; they were the ones who called the ambulance. The flight arrives in about ten hours. They will be leaving Australia any time now." Hashimoto said.

Lin looked up and frowned.

"What are you talking about?"

Hashimoto pulled out a phone and dialled a number. Then he held the phone out for Lin to take.

Lin reached out and seized the phone; he held it to his ear.

"Hello?" And a tear ran down his face.

Oliver opened his eyes. He did not know where he was. Everything was black and yet somehow he could see himself. He sat up, not knowing exactly what was supporting his weight.

In front of him, was his reflection. Oliver reached up and brushed the hair out of his eyes. This reflection copied him. Why was there a mirror? Then his reflection grinned in a way he never would.

"You're such an idiot." His reflection said.

"Gene?" Oliver asked in disbelief.

"Do you know how much I have missed pretending to be your mirror?" Gene was laughing with tears in his eyes.

"Am I dead?" Oliver asked. Gene sighed, his brother hadn't changed.

"Right now?" Gene asked. "Yes. But you'll be fine, don't worry."

"You're dead Oliver, but you'll be fine." Oliver said sarcastically.

"They'll drag you back to the world of the living soon." Gene said, rolling his eyes.

"Did they move on Gene?" Oliver asked.

"The bitch that killed me did."

"What about Mai? And Madoka?" Oliver asked desperately. He had to know that they were safe. "And why haven't you gone on?"

"Because it's not my time." Gene said, smiling sadly.

"Stop avoiding the question Gene."

Then a pain wracked through Oliver's body, a shock so electric it burned.

"They are taking you back." Gene said sadly. He knelt forward and pulled his brother into a tight embrace. "I miss you, you idiot scientist." He whispered into Oliver's ear.

The pain coursed through Oliver's body again and he grimaced.

"Tell me they are safe!" He begged through his pain.

"Don't screw this up Noll."

And then Gene was floating away from him.

"No!" Oliver yelled, reaching out for his brother. But he couldn't get to him and the pain kept shocking through him.

He had a brief glimpse of a bright white light, paramedics and the inside of the ambulance and then everything went black.

Beep

When Oliver woke, he did not open his eyes. He was warm and comfortable, bar the heavy sensation on his right leg. But he could ignore that. He knew he was in hospital and that he had survived.

Beep

All he felt was disappointment. He did not want to be alive. He wanted Gene and Mai and Madoka and they weren't in the land of the living.

Beep

Who knew hospital machines could be so annoying? Oliver opened his eyes; he would have to in order to find a nurse to shut the noise off.

Beep

His eyes adjusted to the light and he examined the room. It was a single room, with a good view of the city. The weight on his leg shifted slightly and he looked down at it. It was a girl. Or maybe a young woman. Oliver could not tell as her brown hair was covering her face. He reached out and swept the long hair off her face.

He froze.

She opened an eye, saw him looking and closed it again.

"I know I am adorable, but you don't have to stare Naru." She muttered.

"Why are you asleep on me?" Oliver asked, still in shock.

"Australia is a nine hour flight away; you'd be jet-legged. You better hope I stay asleep, Gene told me you read my diary."

"But you're dead." Oliver said dumbly. The young woman sighed, sat up and shuffled forwards so she was facing him. She took his hand in her own and held it to her chest.

"Feels like a heartbeat to me." She said.

"But how? I buried you." Oliver said angrily, snatching his hand back. "I saw your body."

"Yeah I saw it too, do you know how long I had to sit there while they made a double? It's seriously dull." She complained, then sighed at the look on Oliver's face. "Hashimoto knew we wouldn't be safe while Yoneda was still at large. We were flown out to Australia in a top secret plane. We stayed with John for a bit, he was sworn to secrecy of course."

Oliver was speechless. How could she be here? Was this a dream? Was this the effects of drugs in his system?

"Mai…" He whispered, trying not to let any tears escape his eyes.

"Madoka and Lin went to get food." She gestured to the door. "So until they get back, you can explain why you thought you could read my diary?" Mai was glaring furiously at him. It couldn't be real. How could she be here and pouting at him? It had to be a dream. Oliver subtly pinched himself; it hurt.

"Your landlord told me to move your stuff, it was technically mine. So I could read it if I wanted to."

"Yeah I heard you chucked all my stuff out." Mai crossed her arms, huffing. Oliver couldn't help but chuckle. It was Mai. The Mai he knew and loved and…

Loved.

"Was everything written in your diary true?" Oliver asked.

"No, I lie to my own diary." Mai rolled her eyes.

"Good. Mai, tea." He smirked. Mai slipped off the bed and stumbled slightly.

"Whoever knew toes were so much use?" She muttered and walked over to the kettle on the side table by the door. Although she didn't look around, she knew Oliver was frowning at her.

"Explain." Oliver ordered; his voice low.

"Frostbite does nasty things." Mai said, fiddling with tea bags and cups. "I lost a few toes."

Oliver cursed under his breath. Then reminded himself that a few toes was a lot better than her being dead.

"What about Madoka?"

"She lost a few too, but she's managed to adapt a lot quicker."

"Well you struggled fully intact, idiot."

"What does that make you?" Mai said, still not looking round.

"What?"

"Gene keeps an eye on everyone, you know that right? That's how he told me about the diary. But that wasn't all he told me." There was relish for the power she held in her voice.

Mai turned around with the cup of tea in her hands. Oliver was staring blankly at her. She rolled her eyes.

"I know all about the cameras you set up. About the conversation you had with Lin. About exactly how you grieved." Mai said, Oliver could see the pain this had caused her written all over her face. "I'm sorry for what you had to go through." She perched on the side of his bed and handed him the cup. He took it, still blank-faced. She stared pointedly at him. "Well?"

Oliver took a sip of tea, the first he had had in almost two months. It was bliss. True, it was crappy hospital tea. But Mai had made it. He breathed in the vapours and smiled.

"I love you Mai." He said, staring into her eyes.

"Well I was going for a 'thank you' but I suppose that will do." She grinned at him. He rolled his eyes and she laughed. He placed the cup down on the bedside table and pulled Mai into a tight embrace. Only now did he let the tears of joy escape his eyes as he buried his face into her hair.

And he was never going to let her go again.

Author's note: And that is the end. I was gonna drag that out into two chapters, but you can have it in one. I hope this somewhat makes up for anyone I made cry? Please review!