4 Peril 4

"Really? That instantly?!"- Axel exclaimed in a shocking state. "If I was like Gesielle, I wouldn't be happy about what happened"- Mina said. "Agree"- Axel replied.

"Hey Gesielle, what does your Grandmother do and what are you been doing? How about your Grandpa? And where are your parents?"- he asked.

"Well, my Grandma was a Farmer here in so many years. My Grandpa? Well, she said that he died when I was still a baby. My parents are always out of the country the moment I was 12 years old."

"Oh really? Do you know anything about why they are always out of the country?"- Mina asked.

"I don't know. But they assure me that they are working there and some sort of a business."- later on, we just remained silent along the ride until I saw a big and old cathedral. "Let's go find anyone to interview about the happenings since last night"- I parked the car near the fountain and carry the dollhouse with me, see if there are any dolls to be seen here. I then pushed the giant door open. No mass?

"Hello!"- I greeted but nobody responded. We entered the cathedral and we stopped in the middle of the aile the moment we heard some footsteps. I just sighed in relief when I see a guy carrying some candles.

"He maybe has an idea about the missing dolls"- Mina said. "Let's all find out"- I responded.

"Hello there!"

"Mass is still by 3 pm"- he coldly replied as he was arranging the candles. "I'm here to asked you something, you see my Grandma was missing since last night and left a heavy box with this doll on my right"- I was preferring Mina since Axel was in my left shoulder.

"I see, so I'm not talking to ghosts but a real human girl"- I saw his smirk appeared unknowingly. He bows to the altar and went to us. "What can I help you, maiden?"- he asked.

"I was looking for 18 missing dolls of this dollhouse, well the first was found but the rest is still not here yet. And like I said earlier that I am looking for my Grandma. Which causes us to travel from town to town to gather information about it."

"Hhmm, let's not talk here. Please come with me"- he leads us to some door. We walked and walked for a bit further until he opens the door. He let us all in before he closes it. "So, what's your name and why do you want to solve the missing 18 dolls of that toy house? Aside from the case of your Grandma?"

"My name is Gesielle Stoneheart-Lee. I wanted to solve it since Bonnie, the ghost girl from the first town we went told me to find all 18 dolls and the manual. I was also curious about a lot of things along the way. And I was hoping that there is something you can help us through."

"What's your name? Church boy?"- Mina asked.

"I forgot to tell you guys that my name is Lance Akerman."- He then stands up and pulling some boxes under his bed, he looks bothered but in the end, he took a big sized photo album and sitted next to me. I look at Lance, oh wow. This guy was one of a handsome church boy ever.

Oh dear why am I thinking at, I might be sinful for that!

"What're all these?"- Axel asked. "This is the album about all the Priests and Nuns and even the church boys and girls, the caretakers and the choir members since 1862"- he said.

"Are you a monster too, Lance?"

He chuckles. "Nope. Just a normal human being like you fair maiden."

"And, do you notice anything about these pictures? It was in the year 1884 and the other one was 1886."

He looks at the photo and he continues to scan and I halted him when I see a picture of a nun. Wait. This is the nun in the photo with Mr. Rody!

"Who is this nun?"

"She is Sister Maria Magdalenna Verganza."

"Where is she now?"

"She was gone by a horrible night attack of the poltergeist in the church"- my eyes widen. "Hold on, what's the real story behind it?"

"It's in the year 1873, that night we got off-guard when there are poltergeists that is already lurking here in the church days after all the Priests, assisted by the Nuns doing an exorcism to a little boy who was almost taken away from his parents. I was 8 years old way back that time when I see them miraculously shoved away that poltergeist out of the house of that family. It was indeed a miracle that they did such a thing. But days after that miraculous happened, a poltergeist entered the church and took Sister Magdalenna away with it and disappeared. I was so sad that day, Sister was like a mother to me. She was the one who takes care of me since I was left at the door of the church when I was still a baby. As my sadness and eagerness to learn exorcism, I learned everything in it, and with the help of Bishop Joseph, I made a decision that I will become a church boy and an exorcist one day"- he said.

"That must be hard for you to lost someone like Sister. But do you know anything about why that storm happened? Or some areas here in our land got cursed?"

"As Bishop Joseph told me, last night must be the repeat of what happened in the year 1884."- he replied.

"What happened?"

"You let me see those pictures right? Bishop told me some sort of a curse of a repetition of what happened those years. I don't get why or what but he said that there are many horrible things that happened since those establishments came to the public. I don't know why but I am dying to solve it over the years of studying."- he then frustratedly scratched his head and heave a deep sigh.

"Well come and join us then"- I smiled. "I was thinking of that too. It's too impossible for you to finish your missions if you don't know that there may be evil everywhere you go."- he smirked, is he degrading my abilities?! "I know what you're thinking, I'm not degrading you. I was just saying since you look delicate"- he widens his smirk this time.

I glared at him for that. "Don't you dare underestimate me!"

"I didn't. And who are these dolls? Jack and Jill?"- he laughs. Axel wanted to punch him but I grab him first. "Hey! Just because we are dolls, it's not reasonable for you to make fun of our names!"

"Don't mind him. This is Axel and this Mina. He was a doll no.1 and 17 more to go."

"Well then, let's all go and head off. I wonder what will happen if all the dolls are complete"- he put back the album and the boxes back to their places. He offers to carry the dollhouse and so I let him. Along the way out, I note everything that happened and what Lance just said. I just need to collect all the dolls and solve all mysteries here.

Then I saw Lance carrying the bible and a rosary before we left the cathedral. "Where are the other people?"

"They are gone before the stormy night. The rest of the members of this cathedral were gone just last night by some shadow attacks just like the one your Grandma experienced. I even wonder why I was not aware of anything. The only thing left was this bible and rosary"- he said and settled at the back. For now, we will be heading to the next list on the map.