Snippet #2155216

Night

He'd rushed up the stairs to the second floor with Melody in tow. The last room at the end of the hall was his destination. The classroom was a history class and the bookshelf there had very old books that contained documents on the school itself. It was only a rumor that he'd heard but he wondered if it was true. There were supposedly catacombs down beneath the school. Ren wanted to know where they were and how they could get inside to see what was down there. Maybe he could find some talisman's to help them protect themselves against this enraged ghost.

In the classroom he moved quickly. Ten minutes wasn't a long time, however, to Jacob it was probably an eternity and he didn't want to leave him with the ghost for any longer than he needed. His eyes scanned the bindings of the old books before he found what he wanted, A History of Mist Valley High and the Surrounding Area. He pulled it from the shelf and tucked it under his arm. Turning around he grabbed Melody's hand and rushed out of the room once more.

"To answer your question," he started to reply, though his voice was short because of all the running, "My plan is... to see if these catacombs... are real," he took a breath as they neared the end of the hall and the staircase, "If so... then we have hit jackpot."

Taking the stairs two at a time he released her hand so he wouldn't drag her down or cause her to fall on him. Once he made the landing he waited for her to come down the stairs before taking off towards the front door once more. He was hoping that the ghost wouldn't be able to follow them outside, as it seemed her realm was the school halls only. He'd heard something a while ago that ghosts only resided in the area of their last memory. Ren wasn't sure how true that was, but he was betting on it.

He pushed the door opened to the school and broke free into darkness. The sun had long since fallen and the area was pitch black, though he could see well enough as his eyes had adjusted as the light faded. The last thing he remembered was Jacob taking off down the hall completely missing the room that he'd yelled out to get into. However, it was probably best to just keep running and lose sight of the ghost entirely. There was another exit down the way that the Senior had gone, so Ren was hoping that the boy would find it and come out to meet them anytime.

Bending over, Ren took a moment to catch his breath in the icy air. The coming winter felt good on his heated skin from the rushing around inside. Then he sat down on the cold, hard ground, took out his flashlight and opened the book that he'd grabbed. All the while he kept an eye out for Jacob. Turning the pages, he found the passages he was looking for. The text talked about an underground catacombs system that was built in the earlier years of the buildings use when it was a hospital. The catacombs were used during the war to hide opposing fighters and for storage of books and medicines. Later on the catacombs became a place of storage after the building was turned into a school from being a prison. The book spoke on how the tunnels and passages were lined with books and scrolls that had been collected over the many years that the place had been opened. Almost two hundred years of knowledge lay down there.

Ren tapped the pages with his finger in excitement. He looked up to Melody and gave her a brilliant smile, "Jackpot," he said then turned the pages to the map that showed the old entrance to the catacombs. "Now, how to get there. Jacob should be here soon. Then we'll discuss what to do about this ghost. Can't have her haunting the halls like she is. Dangerous to have a PMS'ing ghost."