Paranormal Investigators

Chapter One: New Recruitment's

AN: A Halloween treat, for the most paranormal night of the year. Hope you like it. A warning for bad English grammar.

Paranormal Investigators

Forty-three Years Ago

No one was sure of how or when everything begin, as unexplained cases were always there in every police station submerged on a dusty and forgotten archive of unsolved cases all around the world. Back then, more than two decades ago, those unsolved cases were few and detectives gave them very little attention, mostly for the mysterious nature of the events in question and the little evidence gathered which leaded to nowhere in particular. Those were the cases no one could find a logical explanation of the events that took place at the time and therefore, they remain forgotten and unsolved for years.

However, forty-three years ago those unsolved cases which no one cared to investigate, begin to rise from just a few in a year to a lot in a few months. Mysterious murders, disappearances, accidents, injuries, strange phenomena, multiples sightings of ghostly figures and other paranormal activities, became the daily living basis everywhere and normal people began to panic when the supernatural world became a part of their lives. Many went mad in the first year and other preys of their own fears, the rest wanted explanations and a solution to the raising problem that Churches and Temples could not handle on their own, given the great numbers of cases. That's when groups of paranormal investigation teams begin to form all around the world and the police give them special authority and jurisdiction to make sure the cases will no longer remain unsolved and the society could have a little of normalcy back.

Forty-three years later, the paranormal investigation department was the biggest one on each police station and the most respected of them all. Those with special abilities that have always been aware of the paranormal side of the world and who were previously made fun of or called crazy before everything changed, became essential to the new way of life and to the adapted human society. Those 'weird' ones which many people didn't care to understand or believe in their abilities before, were now on high demand to form the new teams that were given the task to solve as many cases as possible and to train those who were born gifted, a series of elite schools were created to prepare the new generation for the new challenges ahead of them. It was in that period that Mai's life gave a big change and this is her story.

Chapter One: Japans New Recruitment

"Did you hear? Apparently the E.I.P.I (Elite International Paranormal Investigators) are going to recruit a few members here and they will give a conference at the amphitheater in an hour. The rumors said that famous English Oliver Davis will be there looking for possible candidates. Oh, how I wish to have born with supernatural abilities. If I had, maybe I would have a chance to meet him. Whichever woman that ends up working for him is a lucky one." A girl to her right said giggling and Mai almost roll her eyes in annoyance. Yeah, the guy was supposed to be a handsome one, but a man should be more than looks to really become the dream of every woman, or so she thought.

"Oh, I wish I was more talented. I had seen his picture on the web many times and he is definitely something else, but I guess he will only recruit the best ones in here right? I mean, I'm a medium but my abilities aren't that great, so I don't really have a chance to be choose. I bet that Hara will be the one chosen from this university. She is the best in here and the most talented in class as far as I know. Maybe she has become famous enough for the internationals to come and see her in action personally. That would be great, right? Japans best gifted woman in the best team ever!" Another girl said and Mai thought that it was a good time to head for class before she could hear more nonsense coming from the pair of girls, at a library no less. Masako Hara was good indeed, but not really the best one on the paranormal course. Still, the possibility of her been the one chosen was great and as her former friend, she was glad she had progressed far enough to work all around the world, even before graduating.