“You guys are the first to react that way in a morgue.  I’m surprised. You guys are pretty fun to hang around!” Jake said while laughing.

            “Jake… you can always hang out with me.” Salina said with a flirty voice.  Jake ignored that comment.

            I shivered.

            “Does your friend need to go to the hospital? He doesn’t look too well.”

            “No, Denny’ll live.” I replied.

            “Alright, well, I have a copy of phone records from your two friends and my sister’s.  Take a look”

            I took the phone record and browsed through it.  A feeling of fear mixed with the feeling of despair came back.

            “But, they’re dated after they died.  They made the calls after?” I said in a weary voice.

            “No, it was impossible.  Your first friend lost both its arms after correct? And the one at the carnival, I’m not quite sure but he probably couldn’t hang around long enough to make a call.  My best guess is Toshio did, even though it sounds strange.  The cell phone numbers, my sister got your friend, Valiant’s, number while she met him on a vacation in Indonesia.  And from Valiant’s phone, Toshio got Jonny’s and now… well, looks like it got your friend George. ” Jake said.

            After hearing that, I glanced over to my friends at the back and saw that Denny fainted once again and this time foaming around his mouth.  Salina took a handkerchief and  wiped the stream of foam around Denny’s mouth. George’s face turned ghostly white, which was odd, because his skin was always dark brown. 

            “Don’t worry, we’ll figure this out.  I’ll contact you if I find some more leads.  Where would you like me to drop you off?”

            “Drop us at the library please.” I replied.

            “Why? Denny’s freakin foaming around his mouth!” Salina shouted.

            “Forget the losers at the back, just drop us there.” I told Jake.

            Jake drove us to the library.  He handed us his phone number in case something happens.  Salina and George pulled out Denny from the car.  Denny lied on the hot cement in the parking lot, still unconscious while Jake drove off, trusting us that Denny’ll be fine.

            “Alright, let’s get Denny back to Earth.  Here’s a technique I learned while watching an anime!” I said.

            I took a plastic bag that was lying around and used it as a glove.  I walked over to the now white eyed dude on the ground and placed the bag over his mouth and with my other hand, I plugged his nose. 

“Why are you using a bag?” Salina asked.

“Cuz I don’t wanna get my hands dirty.” I replied.

“But what if the bag had dog poo in it before?” Salina asked again.

“… shit… too late… I’ll just wipe it on Denny.” I replied.

We waited, and waited, until Denny’s face turned purple.  Then suddenly, Denny jumped up, coughing violently and started accusing us of murder. 

            “Stupid you! You were unconscious! We had to do something!” Salina yelled.

            “Holy shit! I had a dream! I saw God, shook hands with him and said I’ll be back! Then he said something weird like make sure you take a long shower and do your laundry…. Hey there’s chocolate on my shirt.” Denny screamed.

            “Holy Fuck! You better listen to God!”  George commented.

            “Guys, I’m gonna run into the washroom now… ewww…. Dirty….” I said, half tearing.

            Then silence was heard.  The scorching sun was beaming on us.  I looked at my watch.  It was 2:00 pm, a Wednesday.  Just 2 days to figure this out or George is gonna join his lover.  Is that a good thing?  

            “Hey, don’t you two have school?” I asked.

            “We skipped, stupid.” George said, “If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna make the most of it and party.  Shouldn’t you be in school?”

            “School’s over for us, u dumbnut, we’re starting our summer break.  So why are we here?” Salina said.

            “Research. Let’s start.” I said.

            We all went our separate ways in search for books and articles.  Actually, I was the only one that was looking for articles off their computers.  Denny started to read  “The World Beyond”, which includes mostly paranormal pictures and unexplainable garble.  George tried to find porn but he decided to settle on a novel called “Hot Legs”.  Salina tried to look for manga and eventually from one called “Ragnarok” published by Tokyopop.  This justified the uselessness of my crew.

            “Denny, are you gonna help me with my research?” I asked.

            “When the time is right.” He replied.

            I took a hardcover book and bonked him on the head and walked off.  He was unconscious once again.  Salina and George looked scary when I walked closer up to them.  They had a mad look in their eyes as they scanned through the pages.  I got scared and went back the computer. 

            An article of Toshio’s mother came up.  She disappeared right after her daughter’s death.  Not only that, she left her youngest daughter alone.  “Toshio had a sibling!”  I thought.  She now resides at a psycho ward after repeating visions of her dead sister situated right here in London.

            I printed the page out and got Salina and George out of the library.  We started walking towards the nearby bus stop.

            “Hey, where’s Denny?” Salina asked.

            “Oh shit… I forgot about him…” I said nervously.

            We quickly walked back to where I left Denny unconscious.  We found him snoring with drool dangling down his mouth.  George pulled his chair back and we watched Denny’s head land on his knees, still sleeping.

            “He’s quite flexible for a big guy.” Salina said.

            George tilted Denny’s chair and Denny slid down to the floor like Jello, still sleeping.  Now Denny looked like a big lump of poop on the ground. 

            “One minute guys! I’ll be right back! I’m gonna get something. Stay here and watch over him!” I said.

            I ran out of the library and crossed the roads dodging cars that were charging at me. 

            “What the fuck! Watch where you’re going!” One driver called out.

            I kept running towards the entrance of The Gap at White Oaks Mall.  I ran through the clothes store, and then straight to the food court and ordered a large bucket of KFC, 2 Mama burgers, a few tacos from Taco Bell and lastly, a strawberry bubble tea from that fish and chips place near The Bay.  After gathering all the food, I ran back to the library, not before I met with the mall rat, Anica. 

She was buying James and Owain something as usual.  Behind those three was Jared who screamed, “Stop buying them things! You can’t buy friendship!”  After hearing that, I knew that later on msn, Jared will change his name to something about a monkey.

  I ran quickly pass the shoppers in the mall and back to the library. 

“Where were you?” George asked.

“Got hungry.  KFC?” I replied.

A few seconds after I brought out the bucket of chicken, Denny started to stand up, sniffing.  I walked out of the library with the bag of fast food and stood at the bus stop. 

“If you wake up, I’ll let you have a drumstick.” I said.

            Immediately, Denny woke up and grabbed a drumstick from the bucket.

            “Man, I’m so hungry and my head hurts for some reason.” Denny said.

            We stood there, eating while waiting for the bus to come.