Helping Hands
The Everyday ghost stories"Two hands ?!!".Yoona furrowed her brows , her friends just tell her about a suspected ghost that maybe , the cause of all the traffic accidents happened in xx street.
"Yes Yoona..".Sunny nodded "People who lived near that street informed me, they said it's the victim of mutilation years ago. The two hands seeks human lives to find it's real body, the two hands are a pair of disembodied hands that appear suddenly, grab at the steering wheel of a moving car or the handlebars of a motorcycle, and then make the victims lose their control over the vehicle..The rest , you can imagine what will happen.."
"That's scary..".Yoona muttered.
"How about we look at your mother's diary ?".Yuri suggested."Maybe we can find the way to stop the ghost."
Right, why Yoona almost forgot about her mother's diary. She took the book from her back , then flipping it to find the ghost's name. The wind blew at the park of the school, unintentionally flipping the diary too. There, finally her doe-eyes caught the name of 'Two hands'.
Wednesday ,October 20th 1982
I lost my money again at the school today, to make it worse it's my last allowance for this month. There's eleven days left, i don't know if i can survive without money. *chuckle* I know i'm being dramatic , but one cannot live without the paper called money right ? How money become the most precious thing in the world, more than people's life , more than love.
Lucy the twin , the ghost who always roamed in my class told me that someone who stole my money was ChenChen , i couldn't believe it at first because she's my friend, we sometime hang out together but when i saw her with my two bare eyes taking another student's money from the bag, i really got disappointed i thought she's a nice person and i could make her to become my best friend. I guess you couldn't trust people yet, before you knew their background story.
ChenChen got caught by the teacher for stealing money, she got scold by the teacher too. It's lucky she just got a warn from the teacher, if she lived in some middle east country , she might lose her hands. The teacher said ChenChen stole our money because she didn't get much allowance from her parents, which make me confuse because as far as i know, her parents was a very successful businessman . Maybe her parents too strict about money (stingy) and i feel pity about her.
Monday, October 25th 1982
Since Thursday , i didn't see ChenChen coming to school . My friends said she must be feel guilty and embarrass for stealing our money, but the others also said that she got kidnapped by her father's business rival. Whichever the truth, i just hope there's nothing wrong happen with ChenChen.
P.S , ChenChen was really got kidnapped , the kidnapper want the ransom of money. If her parents didn't want to give them the money, or calling the police . They will kill ChenChen.
P.P.S ChenChen died, her body was found in the woods near the xx street by the police. It was so horrible, she got mutilated , the only thing that didn't found from her body was her hands. I saw the news from the tv, her parents was so sad even cry , that day they planned to give the kidnapper the ransom but it's too late. Their daughter die.
What is good about money anyway ? If you can't buy someone's life , if you can't save your daughter's life, if you can't buy happiness.
I'm crying right now, Rest In peace my friend..
Saturday, October 31st 1982
Halloween coming, people in school prepare to celebrate it. Well some of it, while the others think that it's not necessary to celebrate a west culture. But still there's always something fascinating about halloween, especially when you're knowing that there's other creatures beside us , human, and it's ghost.
It's been awhile since the late ChenChen passed away, no one dare to speak about her again, but there is this news spreading about ChenChen's ghost haunting the street. I mad at the people who's gossiping about that, it's not good talking about someone who already die, let the gone one rest in peace and us as the living continue to live.
But there's curiosity in me that led me drove with my father's car to that street. Although , my driving skill was still under average, i know it's dangerous but i couldn't calm my self without satisfying my curiosity first. I parked the car at the side of the road, then i start to call ChenChen's name, i startled when i saw two hands suddenly in fast flying towards me and strangle me.
I start to fight it, trying to get loose from the hands grip but it's too strong . I think i'm going to die, then my vision turn into darkness. I opened my eyes only to noticed my self already in the wood. I heard a whimper from my back, there i saw ChenChen got tied to the tree , there was Two men surrounding her , one was talking to the phone and one was holding a butcher knife.
The man who's talking on the phone seems mad, then he say something to the other man. Before i could do anything , the man with the butcher knife suddenly sway the knife to my friend. I watched that in horror, i can't do anything, i can't move , i can't scream.
From this moment, i can easily guess that ChenChen already die , one of the man took her hands somewhere , i want to follow him but i couldn't , my vision was turn into darkness again.
Then i woke up again, i already in my father's car. I cried , knowing my friend going through that horrible thing. ChenChen was need someone beside her that time, she's alone with her murderer/kidnapper that's why her soul took me there , to feel her sadness.
Yoona closed the diary with a sigh , she can clearly feel the sadness of her mother's handwriting. It's so sad to think that, one soul was taken away by one horrible incident. And the root of those miseries was...money.
The doe-eyed girl look up when she heard a sobbing sound from her friends. "Ch-ChenChen..".Sooyoung and Sunny's lips trembled before they suddenly burst into cry. "Huaaaaaa..That's sad and scaryyy..huaa.".Taeyeon rolled her eyes for her girlfriend and for her friend exaggerating behaviour but she cannot blame them though, the story was quite heartbreaking.
"Enough guys, it's over now.."
"B-but Tae baby *sob* it's so saddd.."
Taeyeon rolled her eyes again because the 'baby' nickname from her girlfriend but she threw her arms around Sunny and pat her head softly. "Alright, There..there.."
Yoona chuckled seeing how lovely Taeyeon and Sunny now, earlier she got a news about them being in a relationship. She really happy for the both of them, they can complete each other through the incomplete thing on themselves (especially their heights). Yoona also want the same thing like them, when she thought about that she suddenly turn her gaze at Yuri. If Yoona ever got a chance to have a relationship or love someone, she wants it with Yuri. She doesn't know if the tanned girl also feel the same, but after their kiss it's really hard to deny the fact that they're attract to each other.
"Alright..".Yuri nodded."That's mean, we have to go to the crime scene .."
"How about tonight ?".Sooyoung suggested wiping her cheeks.
Everyone nodded, Yoona also agree with that she will do it after the meeting with the Professor . She just hope everything going smoothly and no one get hurt.
The girls snapped their heads in the same time , when they heard Tiffany's voice coming to their place. She's walking rapidly with a grim expression while holding a box. She dropped the box harshly surprising her friends."Nya !".There was a cat voice , which mean it's Jessica.
"Yoona !".Tiffany gritted her teeth then pointing at the box."What kind of cat is that ?"
"Y-you mean Tiff ?". Yoona asked , though somehow she already know what will coming.
"Tiffany, Please calm down..".Yuri told her to sit which the eye-smile girl do.
"Alright..".Tiffany inhaled."So yesterday, i saw your cat suddenly turn into human in my damn kitchen. I'm pretty sure, i'm not dreaming, i'm not crazy, because i also interrogated her that time, "
"And punch me, in case you forgot it..".Jessica said still in the box sarcastically.
"Shut up you ..weird cat !"
"As i remember , you worshipped me before ..weird human !"
"That's because i didn't know you're not a REAL cat !"
"Ok ok please enough..".Yoona stopped the two girls, well a girl and a half cat girl before they catch other people's attention who didn't know about this matter."Please tell me , from the start.."
Tiffany begin."So , Yesterday when i arrived at my house i directly search for the cat, just like a normal people looking for their pet. I searched her everywhere and i end up at the kitchen, in there i saw a WEIRD thing happened !."She pointed at the box."That cat shinned brightly almost blinding my eyes ! I thought she ate bomb or something and going to explode but then when i turn my eyes at her again , she turned into human ! A cat turn into human ! . Yoona , i almost faint that time , but i strengthened my self and approach the cat who turn into human. I start to interrogated her, but she kept babbling incoherent things and then i punch her !"
"I'm not babbling ! You're the one who didn't give me a chance to explain. My jaw still hurt !"
"You heard that , Yoona ? You heard that ?! What kind of cat can say a b word to human ? . Then she said about curse ,ghost and all..and she told me to ask the explanations to you.., Now tell me , What all of this about ?"
All the eyes turn to Yoona, they stare at her with a curious expression especially Tiffany. Maybe all Yoona's live , she will always receive this odd reaction from people around her, if they knew about her ability. This is always remind her , that she's different from anybody else.
"Tiff, Please don't pressure her..".Yuri sensed that Yoona felt uncomfortable by their stares.
"It's ok Yuri..".Yoona then begin to explain , all of it from the start. About Jessica, ghost , the curse and her ability. There's nothing from left unspoken.
"What ?! This big and you didn't even bother to tell me ?".Tiffany look disappointed.
"Don't blame Yoona Tiff..".Taeyeon said."We actually , also already know it but we didn't know when's the right time to tell you."
Tiffany shook her head."I don't know, i thought you all are my best friends.."
"You are our best friend..".Yuri emphasized.
"But why you didn't trust me about this ?! You said you want to tell me when the right time come,But WHEN ? ehh ..WHEN ?! When i found out with my own self..?! ".Tiffany stood up .
"Tiff, We're sorry ..please. We trust you , it just wasn't the right time !".But Tiffany didn't want to hear what Yuri or the other said again. She immediately walk away , ignoring their calls. She just really mad because she thought her friends didn't trust her.
"TIFFANY..".Taeyeon, Sunny and Sooyoung immediately run to catch the girl.
There's only left Yoona , Yuri and Jessica (who still in the box) at the park now. Yoona lowered her head thoughtfully, she thought that it's her fault, their friendship can be ruin because the freak Im Yoona suddenly came to their lives. Why ? She always bring misery to the people around her. She always hurt people she cares about. Why when happiness was right before her eyes , it always retreat back further and further.
"Yoona..".Yuri took Yoona's hands to hers but the doe-eyed girl suddenly put it away. She thought she didn't even worth to touch Yuri's hands. "Yoona ?"
"It's all my fault Yuri.".Yoona murmured."It's normal for Tiffany to be mad at me and hate me."
"No Yoona, Tiffany didn't hate you. Mad , yes..but soon, she will get over with it and back like usual. I know Tiffany too well,-"
"That's why Yuri ! ,You already know Tiffany too well, you already become her best friend for so long. I don't want you to ruin your friendship just because a stranger like me suddenly come to your lives ! You should run chasing your friend, instead of stay with me !". Before Yuri can react, Yoona suddenly run from the park leaving Yuri behind. The tanned girl groaned in frustrated , then run chasing Yoona too.
"Hello ?".Jessica still in the box."Someone there ? Are you all forgetting me ?! Get me out of this damn box !"
~~
"Where are we heading exactly ?".Yoona rolled her eyes because for the nth times the cat girl Jessica, who is now in her human form wearing Yoona's clothes and a hat to cover her cat ears , ask her the same question. This is still afternoon, but Jessica able to change since there's no sun light coming, lucky the clouds was covering it and it seems like the rain will pouring down soon.
"We're heading somewhere..".Answered Yoona with a straight tone, while walking one step ahead from Jessica. Since Tiffany knew the truth about Jessica, Yoona have to be put up again with the cat girl. Well it's reasonable for Tiffany to 'kick' Jessica back towards Yoona. After all , who wanted to stay and live together with a weird shape-shifter. Speaking about Tiffany, Yoona wonder is she still mad at her ?
"At least, ride a bus or something ! My feet hurt as hell..".This is also why, personally, Yoona don't want to be put up with Jessica again. She always complain and complain.
"Our destination is not really far from here, and why you even come with me from the start ?! You could stay in my house.."
"And doing what ? Sleep you mean ? I'm ing bored and Do you know how that Tiffany girl always locking me up in her house. ? ".Jessica pursed her lips though some parts of her self missing the eye-smile girl."I also need a time to walk around."
"Then just shut up, we'll arrive soon..".Actually, Yoona promised that she'll meet Professor Na with Yuri, but the doe-eyed girl decide to go without her. She just still awkward with what happened between them. Especially with the new problem aroused , she doesn't want if Yuri lose her best friend , maybe it's the right decision to stay away from Yuri and the others.
"Hey look ! That's the tanned chick right ? I forgot her name. What she's doing looking all tough there ?".As Jessica pointed her finger , Yoona look up only to see Yuri standing while leaning her back onto the gate of Ming university, where Professor Na's office located.
She's so beautiful, charming and elegant doing that simple thing in front of Yoona. Why everytime Yuri near Yoona, she never fail to take Yoona's breath away. And somehow it's make Yoona hurt and happy in the same time.
Sensing two pair of eyes staring at her, Yuri turn her attention then spreading a smile knowing Yoona already arrive at the place. "Yoona..".The tanned girl moved her feet approaching Yoona. "Where were you ? I came to your house but you didn't there. So i decided to came here ahead..".She said just noticing Jessica's presence around. "Why are you here ?".She asked towards Jessica, clearly with dislike tone. She thought , it's just going to be her and Yoona.
Jessica rolled her eyes while crossing her arms doesn't want to answer it. Then Yoona suddenly spoke. "Why are you here ?". The question caught Yuri by surprise, especially when Yoona said it with a cold tone.
"We..Promised to go together right ?"
"You should be with Tiffany right now, your best friend. She needs you.."
Then Yuri realize the reason behind Yoona's cold behaviour at her. "Yoona , if it's because of that. I'm sure it will get over soon, Tiffany will be ok. There's Sooyoung, Taeyeon and Sunny too.."
Yoona exhaled her breath in frustrated, another side of Yuri that she found . Stubborn. Can't Yuri just understand that she doesn't want to ruin Yuri's relationship with Tiffany ."Come on Jessica..".She started to walk towards the university, ignoring Yuri.
The tanned girl sighed then squint her eyes when she saw a smirk on Jessica's lips, she clearly enjoying it. But it didn't make Yuri give up, she turned her heels following Yoona.
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Yoona , Yuri and Jessica led by the university staff to a huge auditorium full of college students. Yoona and Yuri was quite nervous receiving a stare from their seniors, while Jessica remained motionless like a statue. They then take a seat at the very back row of the room, turning their attention to whatever happened in the front.
"So..Is there a question ?".Through his thick glass , Professor Na turn his attention to his students in the class. He's in the middle of giving a free lecture to some students who didn't take and didn't know anything about Parapsychologist. A boy with curly hair raise his hand. "Yes ?"
"So..Are ghost ..real ?".Professor Na chuckled , it's been like the hundreds time people asked him about the same question.
"It's depend. The answer can be Yes..or No. It's the matter of one belief.".He made a small walk at the front of class."From bible to Macbeth we heard about ghost for centuries, A ghost is a term for the disembodied conscious energy of a once living human being. More specifically, a ghost is the residual personality or ego of a person that continues to linger for a time after death until it is finally reabsorbed back into the greater divine consciousness..".He wrote 'energy' on the white board.
"Energy , Some scientist believe that universe, including us human , was made up by energy not matter. This is stated by Socrates too, Quantum physics says that as you go deeper and deeper into the workings of the atom, you see that there is nothing there, only the waving of Energy. So we can take a conclusion , if we made up by energy and ghost also energy, which mean ghost as real as human too..only it didn't have a physical body."
Another student , a girl raise her hand."So , Does that mean ghost can harm us ? If it's also made up by energy ?"
"Good question..".The Professor smile."Stephen King quoted,Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."He paused."The answer is No, Ghost are no dangerous and harmless. Often we heard about people attacked by ghost like face slapping or hair pulling but such circumstances are extremely rare. Someone who is especially frightened of ghosts, the appearance of one could cause physical problems like heart attack, hyperventilation, running in panic which could end in injury (or worse) but this is not the ghost's fault but is a result of the viewer's own fears and phobias. Next !"
"How about talking and have conversation with ghost ? Can we do that ? And there's a friend of mine who claimed to have a recording of ghost voices . Is that real ?"
"Well, How about you ? Do you want to have a conversation with ghost ?". The other students chuckled while the boy who asked the question said a faint 'no '. "The answer is Yes,Absolutely. Though unless one is a medium or someone who has ESP ability,ghosts appear to be capable of understanding what we say to them and are also apparently capable of communicating with the living through various means. A ghost that responds to or is willing to communicate with the living is known as an interactive ghost..
"And for the second question, maybe what your friend's have is called EVP or Electronic Voice Phenomenon are the capture of ghost voice recording by a magnetic tape or in a digital recorder.A human voice usually ranges between 300 Hz and 1000 Hz. Spirit EVP voices have been measured to 1400 Hz. Spirit voices often sound like regular speech only at a faster pace because spirit's are in a lighter bodily form. It is still controversial though whether the EVP is real or not, but back again it's all depend on one's belief..Last question !"
A girl with braid raised her hand."Why in most of Every horror movies , it's always girl who often get possessed ?"
"Girl tend to have more psychoenergetic potential..".The professor got interrupted.
A boy suddenly shout. "So, Does that mean girls are a psycho ?".The students boys laughed while the girl hissed.
Professor Na chuckled."No, that's not what i mean. Hormones in the female body change frequently and thus create more sensitivity. This sensitivity in the body attracts distressing energies. And women tend to be more emotional than men, thus attracting negative energies. That's why women easily got 'possess' by spirit/ghost/negative energy.."
"So i have to be careful with women ?"
The professor."You always have to ,the possess one or not..".He joked , which is based of the fact. The students laughed hearing it, including Yoona she really likes this Professor. He knew what he's talking about , and she really craves to ask more about ghost matter to him.
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"Professor !".The man turn around when someone called him, soon she saw three young beautiful girls run in fast at his direction . "Yes ?".He eyed the doe-eyed one.
"Ehh..".Yoona bowed first."My name is Im Yoona, if you didn't remember we exchanged a few email the other day, the matter about my friend who has a sixth-sense.."
The Professor smile as he recalled it. "Oh right, i'm waiting for you. Come , come all of you to my office..".He and the girls headed to an office in that university. Some of the students glance at them with a curious expression about why there's three good looking girls with the old professor.
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