13 Ghosts Page #3

... from haunting the Earth ".

And here's a curious thing...

he wrote, "ghost 13".

The rest of the page is blank.

Paleontology. Van Allen.

Yes. Hold on.

Oh. Hello?

Cy? I want you to come home.

I'm pretty busy, honey.

What's the trouble?

There is no use trying to tell you.

I want you to come home right away.

Cy?

I'm on my way.

I've got to go home, Van.

The ghosts?

I don't know.

Have they hurt anyone?

I don't know.

Hilda?

Hilda!

Hilda!

You.. you alright?

The kids?

Well then?

You come in here.

Well, what happened?

They came off the shelves and broke.

You mean they..they fell off?

They came off!

I've had enough, Cy.

Stop it! Stop it I say!

That was Emilio.

Who?

Emilio. He was an Italian chef.

They killed his wife.

He killed his mother in law too.

And his sister in law.

With a meat cleaver.

Whack. Whack. Whack.

You better stand over there.

What for?

He doesn't mess up the kitchen often...

... But when it does, wow!

Now Emilio is through.

Now I'm through.

Who told you all this?

The witch. Elaine.

She knows alot we don't know.

Like what?

- Well...

... She knows most of the ghosts.

She's even seen some of em'.

She's about the creepiest

person I've ever met.

Don't you think so?

Well, she's uh...different.

Maybe she one of the ghosts herself.

What then?

Ooohhh.

Suppose they hurt one of the children.

I don't think they would.

A few more inches and that cleaver

would have cut off your head.

And look at the burn on your hand.

So how can you say that they won't

hurt Buck or Medea, or you again?

Things will calm down, Hilda.

Oh, Cy, let's get out of here.

We're in danger.

You sent for me?

Yes, Elaine.

There are some questions

I'd like to ask you.

How long did you

work for Dr. Zorba?

For many years.

You knew about his experiments

with the supernatural?

I helped him.

When he was alive,

he could control them, but now...

I'm afraid...

I never was before...

... But now I am.

I can't help feeling that

our living here...

... everything that

has happened to us

is all part of a plan...

... That Dr. Zorba wants

us to do something.

But what?

I can't help you.

He used to trust me,

and in those days I helped him...

... with the cameras and lenses.

But towards the last...

he trusted no one.

Were you and Ben the only friends he had?

Ben only. He turned against me.

He was doing foolish things and

I wanted him to stop, but he would not.

His experiments?

Those too.

But mainly I objected when he

converted everything into cash.

Stocks, bonds, real estate, everything.

And then he withdrew all his

accounts from the banks.

It was foolish.

What did he do with the money?

No one knows.

There is no record of it.

Ben and I spent days searching the

house for it after he died, but found nothing.

Maybe he spent it.

On what? He had everything he needed.

Besides, he never left the house.

Maybe he gave it away.

I knew Plato Zorba very well.

He never gave away anything.

This house is not a gift, really.

It's a burden. Perhaps a curse.

The last thing he wrote...

...was about a crime committed against him.

What did he mean by that?

I don't know.

How did he die, Elaine? And where?

I'll show you.

I'll stay here.

This was Dr. Zorba's bedroom.

That is where he died.

How did he die, Elaine?

The spirits from the other world.

Is that what you told the coroner?

He wouldn't have believed me any more than you.

The official cause of death was suffication.

Who saw him last?

I mean, was anyone here

when he died?

I was here, in the house, but I

didn't see him that night at all.

He and Ben were working on his will.

Did Ben see him die?

Oh no. Ben had gone.

Dr. Zorba died sometime later that night.

I found him the next morning there.

What did the police say about it?

They talked mostly to Ben.

I called him first.

I hated this room.

For years I never came in here.

But that morning I did.

I don't know why.

Something seemed to be pulling me to this place.

If you stay here, you too, will learn

not to come into this room.

What do you mean,

"if I stay here"?

You should get out of this house now!

Tonight!

It was a wonderful evening, Ben.

Thanks.

How about some coffee before you go?

No Thanks. Not tonight.

I wish you and your family were

staying somewhere else.

This place gives me the creeps.

It always has.

Don't start on that again.

I worry about you, Medea.

Just for me, will you try to be a little careful?

For you, I'll pull the covers

over my head tonight.

See you tomorrow?

Well, I hope so.

Don't worry, Ben. I'll be careful.

Thanks again. Good night.

Good night.

Daddy, Daddy!

Darling. Darling.

What happened?

Come in here .

Oh, good morning.

Well, how is she?

I'm getting her breakfast now.

godd thing there were some

of those pills left.

Did you call Buck?

Yeah. Yeah, I yelled as I went by.

Back you lion, back!

I'm Shadrack the Great.

Back!

Down you lion, down!

I'm Shadrack!

I met a lion.

That's good.

And a man without a head.

Mmm Hmm

Now you take this to up to Medea, dear.

And then you come back

and eat your own breakfast, hmm?

Morning, Buck.

Hi, Ben.

Medea is in bed.

She saw a ghost last night.

I just saw a lion and a man without a head.

What do you know.

No head at all?

I think the lion bit it off

because the man was looking for her.

I've got some papers for your dad.

He's gone to work.

I have to bring Medea her breakfast.

Buck?

Hmm?

Where did you get all that money?

I found it on the floor.

When?

Just before you rang the bell.

Exactly where did you find it?

Right there.

Exactly?

Somewhere around there.

Think it belongs to some ghost?

Well you found it.

It belongs to you.

You mean I can keep it?

Sure.

It was just laying on the floor?

Just those two?

That's a lot of money, $ 200.

Buck.

What were you doing just

before you found the money?

Skating?

No skating in the house.

Sliding down the bannister?

Are you going to tell Medea?

Well, we're pals.

Don't you know that?

I keep your secrets and you keep mine.

Okay?

Okay.

But I don't have any secrets.

Well I'll give you one.

You take Medea's breakfast

up to her and then come right back.

And don't tell her I'm here.

Promise?

I can keep a secret.

And don't say anything about

finding the money.

I'll be right back.

Here's your breakfast.

I just saw a lion and a man without a head.

What did you see last night?

An apperition. At the window.

Do we have them too?

I guess we're the only family in the whole world...

... with thier own apparition and ghosts.

Why don't you get up?

As long as you bring me breakfast

in bed, why should I get up?

Where's mother?

In the kitchen.

Where's Elaine?

I don't know. Well, I got to go.

What's so important?

Got to keep a secret.

What secret, Buck?

You didn't tell her?

Nope.

Good man.

Now I'm gonna tell you the biggest

secret you ever heard.

If you promise not to

tell a living soul.

I won't even tell a ghosts,

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