The Eyes Of Death

Chapter 7: Bloody Mary

My whole face is in great shock. It is so cool and awesome how he did that heart ripping thing. So that's his ability? Or just one of it? For sure he is more capable than us.

I can't really believe what I just saw. What he did still lingers in my mind. He did that so flawlessly.

"I know, I know", Azrael said laughing as he adjusted himself and help Jayden.

Did he just heard me praising him? Well, what I said was truth though but this guy is so damn narcissistic. He don’t even tried to be humble.

Everyone said goodbye and it looks like they all have other things to do. After all, this isn't the only thing they always do.

As far as I know, Bliant is still studying. Elinora has a son to raise. Meanwhile, Madison and Mason are all busy on their work, so is Jayden.

I also went home as the station still can't be used but I noticed a house, next door of mine, full of white baloons and flowers.

I approached it and saw that it looked like a funeral. I also saw a girl in a white dress standing next to the coffin and looking at the guests. She only looked at them, teary eyed. Is she a spirit?

She look so innocent and maybe only fifteen or sixteen years of age. How did she die?

I sighed. Well, this is life. People can't predict the future, unlike me.

I walked straight to my house as it wasn't my problem but was stopped by the sudden appearance of the girl I was just looking at before.

Even she was also surprised at how she landed there based on her expression. Astonished I just looked and analyzed her.

She doesn’t look like those spirits I always see. There is no blood on her dress. Pure white and she even look like an angel.

"Excuse me?", I asked her.

She looked at me and looked around but there was no one there. It is only her and she maybe thinks that I can't see her.

She looked at me and pointed to herself. "Are you talking to me?", she asked and I nodded as an answer.

"Can you see me?", she asked again.

"Yes, I can see you and I can also hear you", I replied.

She was like a broken hearted girl whose heart was fixed. "Really? Can you help me?", she asked me happily.

"Help? What help?"

She pointed to her parents. "I'm just saddened by what happened to me. I don't want to see them cry", shpie said sadly.

I sighed. "You can't stop them from being sad. They are sad and happy at the same time. They are sad because they lost you early while they are happy because you are now in peace."

She looked at her palm that had something engraved like a tattoo. My forehead frowned. It’s like Azrael’s tattoo on the neck.

"What's that?", I asked.

"Which one? Is this it?", she asked and showed me her palm.

I nodded. "That's it."

"A man put it on. He said he's an Angel of Death and he'll pick me up after forty days. It's my tenth day now", she explained.

So Azrael came here. I just nodded and looked at her house again.

I was surprised to notice a woman covered in blood looking out on the window. Her evil grin and her angry eyes creeps me out. She was more frightening than the other spirits I had seen. She was like a version of Bloody Mary. Her face still lingers in my mind. It is so creepy.

I blink my eyes twice and suddenly it disappeared.

"What was that?", I asked the girl next to me.

It was so different from the girl beside me. I'm sure they're the same age but it looks like an evil spirit while she looks like an angel.

"Which one?", she asked me.

"Someone was there earlier in your window. A woman, full of blood. Who is she?", I asked nervously and scared.

She did not answer. I look at her. She was just stunned and was terrified. What's up? Who is that?

"Did something happened? Do you know who that is?", I asked one after another but she still didn't say a word.

I saw tears forming in her eyes.

"Hey, why are you crying?", I asked confusedly.

I turned to her and saw that she was really crying. "We were playing then. I am with my friends at my room. Then they dared me to do the Bloody Mary game", she replied to me.

B-bloody Mary? T-the woman I saw earlier, s-she is bloody mary?

I felt goosebumps. Oh my god. Angels, Azrael, Lucifer, help me.

"Is it because of her that you died?", I asked.

She nodded as an answer. "I was frightened to death. I was so shocked and scared even though she was just looking at me. Because my heart was weak, I had a heart attack."

So she is not like other evil spirits who uses physical attacks. She was just trying to scare people. But why?

I think I need help. I want to help this girl to seek justice and also so that it will not happen again. But I only have limited knowledge about spirits. In fact, this could be my very first case.

I dialed Elinora and Jayden's number but only Elinora answered. Jayden may be busy right now.

"Y-yes, Ainsley?", she asked me first. Is she out of breath? Her voice sounds out of breath.

"What's up? Are you out of breath?", I asked.

"Yeah. I went to the station because I had something left but then I was followed by lot of media reporters asking for what happened. They thought maybe I was one of the officers of the station. I just escaped from them", she explained at length.

"Oh, that's very typical for reporters. Uhm, I had a favor", I began.

I heard some TV playing in the background. Maybe she was at the meeting place. Azrael is probably the one watching the TV. He is the only person who has almost nothing to do in the world and loves dramas.

"What is it?"

"You know my address, don't you? Can you come here?", I asked.

"Okay. I am with Azrael right now, I will take him with me", she replied.

I looked at the girl next to me. Will she be scared when she sees Azrael?

"All right, all right. Be careful." Then I hung up the phone.

Just a few minutes later, Elinora arrived with Azrael. As I had predicted before, my companion felt frightened when she and Azrael looked at each other.

"It's not the fortieth day yet", she said confused.

Azrael laughed softly. "I know, you're not the one I came here for." He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "What do you need?"

I rolled my eyes. "I don't need you either. I called Elinora."

"Yeah, just pretend I didn't feel like you were so scared before and you called my name in your mind."

What did he say? How did he know that? I thought they can just read my mind? How the heck did he know my feelings?

"Do you know each other?", The girl next to me asked.

We both shooked our head.

Elinora laugh silently. "So, Ainsley, why did you call me?"

I sighed and pointed to the front window where I had seen the woman full of blood earlier. "I saw someone there. A woman full of blood. This girl next to me said, she's the reason of her death."

Elinora looked out the window but saw nothing until the wind blowed the curtain and there she saw a woman sitting in a swivel chair.

"Creepy", she said briefly.

“I will guess what killed you”, Azrael talked to the girl next to me.

"Heart attack?", Azrael said next, startling her.

"How did you know? I didn't said that when we first met because we couldn't talk properly."

Azrael smirked. "Obviously. You're easily scared. You looked like a girl who can be caught easily."

While they were chatting. A loud thug came from the house and I also noticed that all the guests were making a fuss.

Azrael stopped for a moment and his eyes went full black for a second before it went back to normal.

Suddenly, the girl next to me disappeared.

"Ainsley, come here", Elinora called me who is now at the door of the house.

I approached her and saw five people lying on the floor, eyes wide open and obviously, all dead.

Visitors call for an ambulance while others are crying.

"What just happened?", I asked Elinora but she also doesn't know.

I saw the spirits of those five people staring at their bodies and could hardly believe it. The girl is also there and hugging a woman who I think is her mother.

I heard a devilish laugh coming from a room. When I looked there, I saw the woman full of blood smiling at me and suddenly disappeared.

"Ainsley!"