The Jinns Amongst Us

Chapter 76

"She's here, at the Institute, where the hell are you?" asked Athina. "Uhm.. I'm at work." said Khayun. "At work? where?" asked Athina. "It's complicated alright? I'm off to help a friend, it might take me a while to get there." said Khayun.

"Alright, fine, I'll cover for you while I can, s**t, the meeting's about to start, I gotta go." said Athina as she hangs up the phone. "Meeting? what meeting, hello? Athina?checks on his phone to see the call has ended) damnit!" yelled Khayun as he pounds on the wheel while driving to which Ali takes off his headphones concerned.

"Something wrong?" asked Ali.

"Nothing, just... work stuff." said Khayun. "Right.. well.. I could help you relax, if you want." said Ali. "How exactly?" asked Khayun.

"With some music." said Ali as he starts connecting his phone through the car speakers, playing the songs he was listening to earlier. "That's called music? jeez what the hell is this?" asked Khayun. "Just keep listening, you'll see." said Ali to which Khayun listens in a bit longer, soon finding it a bit comforting than he expected out to be.

"That does.. sound okay, where did you get it?" asked Khayun. "Through an app, just like everyone." said Ali. "Right.. spoti something right?" asked Khayun.

"No, not that, you need to purchase for that, this is free." said Ali. "Free, what do you.. oh, right.. piracy." said Khayun. "Yep." said Ali.

Meanwhile, back at the lake house, where everyone is finally settled and packed on the ground floor just as Dr Prameel gets in the hall with his belongings, except for Afreen and Jason who hasn't returned in from the basement since their departure.

"Alright doc, everything is prepped and packed, checked it myself." said Max. "Great, we'll leave these things here for the men to come and load, take your belongings and... where is Jason?" asked Dr Prameel.

"Jason?" yelled Elias to which no responses comes at first. "Huh, that's a first." said Max. "Is he outside or.." said Dr Prameel before getting interrupted by Jenina. "I think he went inside the basement to pack the monorail." said Jenina.

"The monorail? but that isn't ours? it was allowed to use but.." said Dr Prameel as he rushes towards the basement door just as Daniela who starts viewing in the security footages, soon gets alerted as she gets shocked by what she sees.

"Oh s**t! doc, wait!" yelled Daniela while rushing towards Dr Prameel. "What?" asked Dr Prameel as he pauses while Daniela rushes towards the entrance of the basement to prevent him from going in further. "Nothing, it's just.. they're not there." said Daniela. "Then where are they?" asked Dr Prameel.

"I.. uhm.. I don't know.." said Daniela. "You know they're not in the basement, but you don't know where they are?" asked Dr Prameel to which Daniela nods while Dr Prameel sighs, then proceeds to head towards the basement while Daniela prevents him again.

"What is wrong with you?" asked Dr Prameel. "Nothing, just.. they're in there okay, just.. uhm.. give them some moment." said Daniela. "What?" asked Dr Prameel when suddenly the basement door opens with Jason stepping outside just as usual, alongside Afreen.

"Hey, I heard calling, Dad, and Daniela." said Jason. "Jason, you're here, and Afreen, allow me to.." said Dr Prameel before getting interrupted by Daniela who intervenes awkwardly. "Maybe you should skip the apologizing part when you get home." said Daniela to which everyone looks at her a bit awkwardly, including Dr Prameel who looks at her suspiciously, then turns away.

"The monorail, leave it, it isn't ours." said Dr Prameel. "Yeah, I know, we didn't pack that, but we took out the cables connected to it, which was ours, including this bad boy." said Jason showing the generator he carries with him along with the wires Afreen carries as well.

"Ah, I see, good, leave it at the hall." said Dr Prameel as he departs while Jason and Afreen follows him, until Daniela pulls Jason's hand back. "Hey, what is up with you?" asked Jason. "What the hell are you doing, do you have any idea what you did?" asked Daniela.

"What are you talking about?" asked Jason. "Don't act like you don't know, I saw through the security footages, everything." said Daniela. "Saw what?" asked Jason. "Do you want me to spell it out? fine, I'll do it, I saw two of you getting dressed after..." said Daniela before getting interrupted by Jason.

"Woah woah, it was the monorail alright? it spilled out all dirt on us, we were getting rid of it from our clothes, that's all." said Jason. "What?" asked Daniela. "Yeah, I even went like.. five meters away from Afreen to give her space, that's why I was in the footage visibility." said Jason.

"Oh, right.. sorry.." said Daniela.

"Wait a second, did you just, did you think we.." said Jason before getting interrupted Daniela. "No no, I meant nothing by it, still it was a bit weird getting you get dressed, olvídalo okay? just leave it." said Daniela as she departs away while Jason chuckles and returns back with the others.

Meanwhile, Khayun and Ali soon reach the hospital where he heard Afreen was being taken to. "This is the hospital right?" asked Khayun. "Yeah, this is the one, the psych ward, this way." said Ali as Khayun follows him towards the psych ward, only to get stopped in by a security guard.

"Hey, hey, you can't go in there, authorized personnel only." said the security guard. "But my sister is in there you idiot." said Ali. "Manners child, step away from here, both of you." said the security guard.

"Isn't there another way in?" asked Khayun. "No, only this way is it, now what?" asked Ali. "Really hoped it wouldn't come down to this, but what the hell." said Khayun as he approaches the security guard despite his discomfort and begins to bash his guard towards the wall, making him go unconscious.

"Holy shit." said Ali. "Yeah, joy time's for laters, show me where Afreen is." said Khayun. "Right, sorry, come this way." said Ali as he leads up upstairs when suddenly an unwary feeling catches him when he steps towards the stairs.

"Jinns? in here? shit." said Khayun as he continues following Ali towards the second floor where two sections of corridor awaits, each of the side leading to a patient room. Just as Ali arrives, he soon becomes confused over which way he should go, considering on where exactly the room of Afreen awaits.

"Okay.. I.. uhmm.. woah.." said Ali when suddenly Khayun falls down, having the feeling making him both uneasy and feintish. "What's wrong with you?" asked Ali. "I don't know, I just.. (screams) it's these headaches it's just.." said Khayun as he walks in a desperate kind of way, and eventually pauses while gasping for breath just as Ali reaches him.

"I... I'm sorry kid, I can't.. I can't go any further." said Khayun. "What do you mean? why not?" asked Ali. "Something in here, I don't know what it is, but.. it's making me feel sick, this.. this never happened to me before." said Khayun who eventually falls down at his knees.

"Something's making you feel weak right? okay, what could it be? is it like a.. smell, or a.. thing.. I don't know, could you describe it? so I can.." said Ali right before Khayun pulls him back. "Listen to me kid, I can't help her, but you can, whatever it is, it doesn't affect you." said Khayun. "Me? no way.. dude, what the hell could I do?" asked Ali.

"Say these words." said Khayun who spells out one of his incantation towards his ear, granting a strange significant aura flow within him. "I did not get that at all." said Ali. "You already did, you are the spell now, go and touch on your sister's forehead, now!" yelled Khayun. "Okay, I'll go, I'll be back then, just.. stay back alright, you don't need to come if.." said Ali before getting interrupted by Khayun. "Just go kid, I'll be fine." said Khayun.

"Right, be careful or something, I don't know.." said Jason as he starts running towards the opposite side of Khayun. As he goes on to reach the room where Afreen's being held, Khayun takes a few steps back and attempts to walk down the stairs when he eventually slips and falls down towards the bottom.

"Snap.. that hurt.." said Khayun as he attempts to get up, when suddenly he starts seeing visions and glimpses of a nurse, walking around the patient's room through different views at every second.

"What in the.." said Khayun just as the visions become clearer with every minute until her face becomes clear to him, only too see a mouthless face with terrifying unusual eyes which almost looks unnatural, even it's widely opened nature, as it continues staring back at him with a frightening look, Khayun soon tries to shake it off to which he recovers back into his own world suddenly, but soon finds himself under a patient's bed, having tied with straps all over the bed.

"No, no, no, I'm not a patient, I'm not a patient, let me.. let me go! I said let me go!" yelled Khayun while struggling to free himself but only to get dragged by the nurses and doctors who drag him towards a room, with all their eyes slowly turning similar to how the nurse had, with all of them pointing out their finger towards their lips at the same time as Khayun is seen helplessly lying down on the bed.

Meanwhile, Ali ventures into the bed where Afreen is kept, only to find it locked from the outside.

"s**t! I.. ugh.." said Ali who attempts in to open the door and just as he stares through the small window, he sees Afreen giggling and laughing while bouncing by the bed.

"Afreen? Afreen!" yelled Ali.