Hello thar my people! So this popped into my head. Be warned! The POVs switch, the first two shall be from my OC's POV then there'll be one or two in Danny's, then back to my OC and… you get the point. Enjoy!

CHAPTER ONE

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Some say I'll be better without you.
But they don't know you like I do,
Or at least the sides I thought I knew…

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"So, you guys have done this before…right?" The new guy, Shaun I think his name was, asked.
"Yeah. We've done a few hauntings." I answered. I was the self-proclaimed leader of our group, the Phantom Control; our catch phrase was: it's like pest control but spookier. Antonio nodded at him. I wasn't afraid but I was definitely worried. I wasn't lying when I said we had done a few hauntings, but I we hadn't done any hauntings in an abandoned insane asylum before.
"Quarry, you getting any readings?" I asked the bookworm of our group. The Phantom Control consisted of myself, Quarry, a short, skinny boy with huge glasses, Antonio a tall, lean Latino, Zach, my bestfriend and now Shaun, a caramel skinned newb.
"Oh yeah, this place is has definitely got a spirit in it. The readings are off the charts." He said holding up the ecto-reader "We could even have a phantom on our hands."
"What's the difference between a ghost and a phantom?" Shaun asked. Antonio scoffed in humor at Shaun's ignorance.
"Ghosts are just spirits that kinda wander from place to place and get a kick outta scaring people." I explained "Phantoms are people who are usually trapped in our world. They're smart and they're powerful."
"Hopefully it's not a wraith." Zach mumbled. I nodded. We had a wraith once before, and if we had learned on thing about them: they were evil.
"Boss! Energy spike in that direction." Quarry said and jabbed his finger in the direction of one of the main halls. I cocked my EM gun. Electromagnetic waves had a way of throwing a ghost off their game.
"PK." I said to Antonio "You getting anything?"
"If you mean anything up here," he tapped his headset "No."
"Then this one must be good." I said and head in that direction. The minute my toe touched the threshold, a gust of wind ripped through the hall and blew me back violently. Zach chuckled.
"Looks like that definitely the way we wanna go." He said. Shaun looked ready to shit his pants.
"What was that?" He asked. I picked myself off the ground.
"That's the ghostie trying to make us afraid, its common ploy. Ghosts are the best antisocial Goths out there." I joked and walked straight through the doorway. The wind blew again but I was ready.
"It does not want us to come in." Zach stated. I rolled my eyes.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." I grunted as we walked. The next time the wind blew though, my heart nearly stopped because the wind clearly hissed:
"Leave!"
"You guys heard that too, right?!" Shaun yelled panicked. I exchanged a stunned glance with Zach. We had dealt with all sorts of spirits, but no one was capable of speech.
"Charge your EM guns." I said "Full power."
"You think it's a wraith?" Antonio asked and glared down the hall.
"I don't know what it is, but it's powerful." I said "Keep your comms on, in case it separates us."
Everyone tapped the comm-link in their ear and we moved forward cautiously.

"How's the chart looking, Quarry?" I asked. The techie looked baffled.
"It's sporadic, at times it's off the charts other times it's like there is no ectoplasmic readings here at all." He hit the device "I think I need to tweak this thing."
I grunted, we might have bitten off more than we could chew. The person who contacted us about this place was a building contractor who wanted the spirit gone so they could build a condo or something. I was beginning to think he'd need to find a new area to start construction.
"I said, LEAVE!" Someone suddenly screamed at us. The window shutters clattered as wind blew through them and the walls groaned as though they were about to collapse. Then there was a door slam. I looked back and saw the door we had just gone through had slammed shut.
"It's trying to shut us out!" I yelled and looked at the door opposite of me "Run for it!"
We all sprinted for the door as it began to shut. I made a mad leap and landed face first on the other side. There was static in my ear and I clicked the comm-link.
"Connor! You okay?" Zach asked panicked. I looked back and saw they were cut off from me. The door was shut.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." I said and stood up. "I'm gonna finish this, okay? Keep in touch."
"Be careful man. This thing is big whatever it is." He said back. I nodded and started to climb up a stairwell. The wallpaper was peeling off it and I could see faded markings on the wall. Then I heard a creak and groan. I looked back and saw the wooden staircase splintering and breaking.
"Oh no you don't!" I yelled and ran upstairs as fast as I could. The staircase crumbled behind me. I made it to the floor and caught my breath.
"Okay you little ectoplasmic arshole, let's dance." I growled to myself. I walked down the hall and kicked open various doors. In each one were more marking and slowly disintegrating walls but no ghost.
There was a loud crash downstairs. I hit my comm-link.
"What happened?!" I demanded. Quarry answered.
"We went and explored, and dude, it's not good."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know what fucked up asylum this was, but we've been finding satanic marks all over the place…and bloodstains. And don't even get me started on the examination rooms." He took in a deep breath "This is a house of horrors man. We've found old folders filled with files about procedures I don't even want to talk about."
"What was the crash?"
"It's trying to keep us out."
"Okay…" I massaged my temples "Grab as many files as you can and get out of here. I'll meet up with you soon." I looked at the end of the hall "I've only got one more room to check, and I have feeling it's in there."
"Be careful. If this ghost was a patient here… I doubt it's even mildly sane." He paused and added darkly "Or merciful."
"Noted." I ended the conversation and gripped my gun tightly. "Here we go."

I kicked in the room and gasped. It was large rotunda that had various toys and stuffed animals scattered here and there. A nursery I thought. I looked at book on the ground, it was the Lorax.
"Yeesh, this is like something out of a horror mov—" then the doors slammed shut behind me. Toys and books were lifted in the air and launched at me like kindergarten projectiles.
"LEAVE." A voice thundered. I covered my face but remained standing, I didn't run for the doors.
"No! I will not leave!" I yelled back. The wind picked up violently and swirled around me.
"YOU WILL LEAVE."
"No! I won't." I snapped "I don't care how powerful you are, you're really just as scared as the people who come in here! Now, stop because I'M NOT LEAVING!"
The wind stopped and the toys fell onto the ground.
"Then help me." The voice said. Chills went up my spine when I realized the voice had come from right behind me. I turned around and came face-to-face with the ghost.

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I can't beg this time,
It drags on as I lose my mind.
Reminded by things I find,
Like notes and clothes you left behind…

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