Chapter 18: Start the battle
John was investigating around the house and he saw that well and checked it too.
At first the caretaker Ben was told not to enter such a dangerous place alone, but he convinced Ben that he would be okay.
After checking around the well he didn't find anything noteworthy, then he decided to enter the house.
He tried to open the door, but no matter how many times or how hard he tried the doors didn't budge an inch at first.
The doors were pretty much damaged, the hinges on the door were rusted.
He used his strength to open that door forcefully, that door opened with a creaking sound.
It was loud enough to echo through the place, that house invited him to its inner rooms.
At that time some neighbors came and gathered in front of the house, they asked Ben what was going on and who was the guy trying to enter the haunted house.
Ben then said,
" It's an exorcist from the church. He is trying to find out if this house is really haunted or not. "
One of the guys who were gathered in front of the house knew John, he began to tell about John and how good he is at dealing with these kinds of things.
He was praising John and when others Heard that they were also relieved by the fact John can manage everything if anything gone wrong.
At first everyone waited for John to come out and explain the things that he found in the house, but instead he was getting into the house.
Those people waited for sometime then one by one left and started to do their own job, they have complete confidence in John's abilities as an exorcist.
Even Ben left from that place, before going back Ben looked back and prayed once more.
" Oh great lord! Please give your divine protection to this young man and guide him using your divine light. "
After that Ben left from that place, at that time John took some photos of the house and the well before he entered the house.
He needed those incase if he needed to submit a report.
John entered the house and checked each nook and corner inch by inch. That house was pretty much damaged; he thought that he couldn't find anything.
But he needs to find something, he didn't find a single family photo from that house. But all of their other things were still intact in that house. It was like everyone was afraid to get in and clean those things.
The strange thing is he didn't even find a photo of the owner of that farm, at that time that black and white fur cat was watching him from afar.
It hid him from John's view and continued to observe him, after searching for sometime John found a door that led to the basement in the hall.
He tried to open the door but he couldn't do anything, he then remembered Natasha again.
" If she was here she could have gotten inside easily. "
He wandered around the house and then walked outside. He looked at the sky, the sun was still hiding behind the clouds.
Then a gentle breeze blew it kissed on his hair, he got close to the house and leaned on its wall. He was enjoying the view, John smiled slightly.
As he was enjoying the view he felt a discomfort, it was like someone was watching him... someone's eyes poking holes through his body.
He looked to the side and saw a woman watching him from the backside of that house.
She was hiding behind the house and staring daggers at him, then slowly the gentle breeze became more and more powerful, the speed of the wind increased exceptionally.
Suddenly without realizing John began to glow, he didn't drink any holy water nor was he concentrating. It was happening automatically.
The color of his eyes also changed, one his eye becoming blue and the other eye becoming green, he turned his head and looked at the women. At that moment some dirt get into his blue eyes. He closed that eye and tried to remove the dirt, but no matter what it didn't come out.
Then the woman started to run and looked at her with his green eyes. He saw a green aura surrounding that woman, it was the same as the black and white fur cat he saw.
He continued to chase the women, but the wind blocked their way; he couldn't see anything in front of him due to the powerful wind.
A few seconds later the wind began to calm down, he was afraid that the woman might get away.
He had a gut feeling that this woman might be the key to unlocking the mysteries surrounding the haunted house and the well.
He was hoping to find that woman again, but suddenly the wind started to blow once more. This time when the wind subdued he found himself in front of the well.
This time he didn't want to waste anymore time, so John took out his phone and dialed number one on it and called. That time a name came on the phone screen. It was 'Nat'. He told her to come quickly after locking the door.
At that time that black and white fur cat was sitting near a broken window, suddenly it looked back and began to talk.
" Are you following me now? Well let's see what's going to happen now. Oh do you want to know more about Nat? well I can't possibly say that. But only for this time I will tell you about her. "
That black and white fur cat began to talk about Natasha,
" Firstly, she can travel through the phone. What? You don't believe me? It's true she can phase through the phone's signals and even find who's on the other side of the call. She is pure energy. She can control phone signals easily. She is like a GPS that is never wrong. Also she can only touch the objects in John's room, if she ever gets out of the room then she will lose the power to interact with physical objects. It will only come back after she re-enters John's room. It's a secret why she can touch things inside his room. But I'll tell you that later."
The cat continued,
" There are many more things about her, don't you find something suspicious about these ghosts? What you don't!! Try to call back the incidents where John encountered other ghosts besides Nat. Still nothing suspicious? How did those ghosts look to you? Aren't they like smoke and now what nat looks like? She is the only one who has the appearance of a human, you can tell her apart from other humans how she floats around. Well she never walks, she's always floating close to the ground to create an illusion that she's walking. Ohh!! I forgot to tell you guys about it, don't you remember her power to phase through phone signals. Well she can hack them like an expert hacker and listen to every sound a phone would pick-up, so be aware if you are on a call she can hear you and even come after you. "
That black and white fur cat then paused for a moment and looked at John who was talking with nat via phone, then it made an expression that is similar to sighing.
" Don't look from behind , come close to me, it's about time I need to go. We will see you in some other time so you can now continue to watch what both John and Nat are going to do. "
That black and white fur cat then jumped down from the window after saying that, then walked away from that place.
" Don't come with me, go and watch what is about to happen. "
Then that black and white fur cat vanished into thin air like it wasn't there.
Back at the well John was talking to Natasha,
" Nat. Lock the door and quickly come to me. Don't let ichi get out. He might wander off."
Natasha,
" yeah....yeah, I know. "
She looked at ichi and made sure everything was closed. Natasha then vanishes and travels through the phone signal, she quickly finds out where John is. She then came out from John's phone.
After seeing John the first thing she did was complain,
" Why were you late? I have been waiting with Ichi In your room all this time and here you are playing around in an unknown house. "
John explained to Natasha about his encounter with a mysterious woman and how this house is considered as haunted.
Natasha sighed,
"Alright, let's focus. What's the plan now?"
John hesitated for a moment, then decided,
"We need to explore the basement. There's something down there, and I couldn't open the door on my own. Before that I need you to check into this well, there is something about it I can feel.
Natasha nodded,
"Understood. I'll check the well first, and then we can proceed to the basement together. Stay on the line."
Natasha gets closer to the well and dives into it, at that time the sun hides behind the clouds, suddenly a huge wave of energy comes out from the well.
It was like a volcano eruption, Natasha and another ghost came out from the well. That ghost resembled a dark murky smoke, it fought against Natasha on equal power.
John couldn't believe that, then the sun slowly came out from the clouds. At that exact moment that ghost seemed scared and ran away from there and went into the depths of that well.
Natasha started to exhale heavily, she was practically panting.
John started to laugh, Natasha asked him why is laughing?
John controlled his laughter,
" Aren't you a ghost? Then why do you act like you are out of breath. "
John started to tease her, she pouted and turned her back to John. She was acting like a small child.
John couldn't help but chuckle at Natasha's playful reaction. He then turned serious, "Well, now that the well is clear, let's go to the basement. There's something down there, and I couldn't open the door on my own. We need to find out what's hidden."
Natasha nodded, "Lead the way, John. I'll be right behind you."
As they approached the basement door, John hesitated for a moment, Natasha then phrased through the basement door.
At that exact moment a crack appears on the basement and it cave in, John didn't get enough time to escape he also fell into that hole.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone