Spooky Stakeout Page #3

- What does "plural" mean?

- It means more than one.

- There's more than one?!

- Look out!

- They'll nibble your toes!

- This is stupid!

- I'm going home!

- No, Brian, don't go.

- We're only messing!

- I wasn't.

- Cian!

- He's not as brave

as he thinks.

- Everyone's scared

of something.

Isn't that right, Sarah?

Anyone else feeling itchy?

Like there's something

crawling up your skin?

What was that again?

Oh yeah, spiders.

We were still trying

to find Emma

so we went to the drama room...

- Maybe Emma's in here.

- She always has been

a bit of a drama queen.

Get it?

- No.

- Guys, check the presses.

[door creaks open]

[cuckoo sounding]

- [exhales sharply]

[drum roll playing]

- Ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls,

please put your hands

together for...

[cymbal crashes] Emma!

Hi, my name is Emma

and I ran away

and now the ghost has me!

Someone come save me!

Cian, save me!

- Mwah, Mwah, Mwah...

- Stop it, Brian! Get off!

- Give me a go of that.

Hi, I'm Emma

and my best friend's

name is Sarah

and she's really nice

and really pretty

and really funny and sma...

- What?

- I don't mean to scare you

but there's a really big spider

right beside your face.

- [screams]

Get it off! Get it off me!

- It's alright, it's alright.

- It's gone.

- Shut up, Brian.

You're such an idiot.

- C'mon, guys.

Don't fight.

You're a team.

Remember what we're here for.

- She started it.

- [scoffs]

- Look,

it doesn't matter

who started it.

Your secrets are safe with me.

[Spooky music]

[rocking horse creaking]

- Check this out.

- Is it possessed?

- It's possible.

- We found a spell book.

[ghostly noise]

[evil laughter]

- We should keep searching.

- Cian?

- Noah?

Where are you?

- Okay, so what kind

of equipment do you use?

Y'know, to help

search for ghosts?

- We use a range of tools:

temperature reader,

camera,

sound recorder...

It's pretty hi-tech.

- Okay, so what happened next?

Did you find the ghost?

Did you find Emma?

- Do you want to do the honors?

Sarah had a bright idea

where we might find Emma.

Pity she didn't have it sooner.

The school library

is where we finally

cracked the case...

- Alright,

we've searched everywhere.

Emma has to be around here.

- She does love to read.

- Really?

- Ugh...

- Let me guess.

- Books are stupid?

- No, I actually wasn't

going to say that, Cian.

[floor board creak]

- What was that?

[a scuttling sound]

- I don't think we're alone.

[distant crash]

[alarm goes off]

- Is that an alarm clock?

[alarm stops]

- Busted!

- Emma, we've been looking

everywhere for you!

[door creaks open]

[all screaming]

[record scratch]

- What on earth

is going on here?

Well?

- It was my idea.

I wanted to find

the school ghost.

- School ghost?

- We thought it was you.

" Me?"

It's far from a ghost I am.

Someone better start talking.

- I can explain.

We hid after the last class

until everyone went home.

The plan was

to look for the ghost

when the school was empty.

Then we heard someone

approach so we hid.

But when we came out,

we noticed Emma was missing

so we began flocking

for her, as well.

We looked in so many rooms

but there was no sign of Emma

or the ghost.

- You went missing?

- Not really.

Here's what really happened.

I didn't really want

to go ghost-hunting.

I only came because

Sarah wanted me to

and she only wanted to come

because she really likes Noah.

When they were ah' hiding,

f ran away.

When they called my phone.

I wasn't really sure what to do

so I answered but

just made breathing sounds.

[heavy breathing]

I kept an eye on

where they were going

with the office CCTV.

I wanted to make them

think I was the ghost.

- Well, the fun's

over for tonight.

Home, the lot of ye.

- Sorry for thinking you

were a ghost, Sister.

- Are you disappointed

we didn't find the ghost?

- Yeah, a little

but I had fun tonight anyways.

- Me, too.

- I kind of like you, too,

by the way.

- You are so lucky

I have a key for the door.

- What about the caretaker?

- The school hasn't got one.

- But we saw him.

He has a...

he has a limp.

- Impossible.

The school hasn't

had a caretaker

for over forty years.

Not since poor Mr. Fox

fell off a ladder

and broke his neck.

- Fell off a ladder?

- Broke his neck?

- Terrible accident.

The school didn't think

it right to replace him.

Such a lovely man.

He was always

playing practical jokes.

What's the matter?

You...

you look like

you've seen a ghost.

[Spooky music]

- So the janitor you saw

at the very beginning

was actually really a ghost?

Wow, this is great stuff.

Actual proof ghosts exist.

- I wouldn't say "proof."

- You don't have proof?

- We thought he was the janitor.

- If you say you saw it,

your word is good enough for me.

Wait, isn't this just like

Emma going missing?

What if the ghost

really has Noah and Cian?

- Well, if this place

is really possessed,

it's probably a demon.

Not a ghost.

- A demon?

- Would this be a bad time

to take a toilet break?

Back in a jiffy.

- There's something

funny about her.

- I know.

She said you were pretty.

- What do you know

about her anyway?

- She come onto my biog,

asked if she could

do an interview

on our next spooky adventure.

This is our next adventure...

Don't worry, she's cool.

I checked her out.

Are you sure you should be

looking through her bag?

- Hello?

[ghostly noise]

Is someone there?

[distant bang]

- A postcard?

- Recognize it now?

- It's the haunted hotel!

So what?

We solved that case.

It's just a coincidence.

- It was in her bag.

It's not a coincidence.

- What's a coincidence?

- Nothing.

- Sarah found a postcard

with a picture

of the hotel on it.

- Um, your bag fell

and, um, it was inside.

- I found it when I got here.

I wanted a souvenir.

I didn't think it was important.

Do you think I found a clue?

- Maybe.

It's the hotel

from a previous case.

I don't know why

it would be here.

- Interesting.

Tell me about the hotel.

Let's work out and see

if it's important or not.

- We were called in

for a top secret mission.

We had to find out

who the ghost was,

what it wanted...

and how we could make it leave.

- This hotel has been

closed for years.

The previous owner couldn't

keep up with repayments

so the bank shut him down.

[record scratch]

- Cut!

FYI,

I'm making a video blog

about ghost-hunting.

If you want to build an audience

it's got to be exciting

and scary.

No one wants to hear

about banks.

It's gotta be short and snappy.

Got it?

Action!

- I can't sell a place

that's cursed.

Every time I try to

show a buyer around,

the ghost...

Or whatever you call 51...

Scares them off.

Pm desperate.

It said on your website

you're ghost-hunting experts.

- If there is a ghost,

We'll find it.

- Stop trying so hard.

Be natural.

- I'll pay you 500 Euros

[cash register ding] to find

the ghost and get rid of it.

Don't make me regret this.

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