This was a complete and utter waste of her time and she had half a mind to just turn back now and tell the client that she hadn’t found anything. That was her thought until she found that she wasn’t the only person in the building.

June wasn’t familiar with this woman but given that no one else was really supposed to be here the young cadet figured maybe this was some sort of maid or something, or this was a ghost playing tricks on her.

And a ghost would say they’re not a ghost to get the jump on you, June wouldn’t fall for their tricks.

All jokes aside June shrugged in response to the blonde’s question.

”I have no bloody idea, just showed up.” She answered, looking around what she assumed to be the foyer.

She assumed because she hadn’t really been in a house this big and who the hell ever says foyer unless you’re in a big fancy place like this.

”But it’s my job to figure out if this place is infested with em. And who just might you be? No one’s supposed to be here.”

Alethea Ivanova
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Great, any chance of bailing now was out of the question! Well, she still could in spite of the other woman’s words but June would feel pretty guilty about it. In her mind, she cursed while in the physical world she rubbed the back of her neck.

”Yeah I guess you’ve got a point.” She sighed. And she supposed it’d make for a more convincing story to say that she actually check at least someplace before bailing. What sort of luck did she have to run into someone who would actually make some sense? Her luck had been pretty rubbish as of late.

”It’s not that big of a deal, at least I don’t care about you being here.” June shrugged. But there was still the matter of what to do with her that weighed on June’s mind.

”Well then, Thea, if you’re curious then I guess you can tag along.” The cadet added, motioning for her canine’s to follow her. After a few steps, however, she turned around to face the older woman.

”But don’t go wandering off on your own alright? You seem to have a handle on ghosts so I’ll need you to help in case something “spooooky” happens.” June started off serious at first but it quickly turned into a laugh at the end.

”Oh and my name’s June. And these two pups are my little ghost hunters.” And with that she headed to the kitchen first.

Alethea Ivanova
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The first sign that something was awry came from June’s two canines. Both had stopped in their tracks and began growling, taking a stance as if they were ready to pounce.

”Hmm?” The cadet didn’t have time to question her pups reactions as they entered the kitchen, the sound of shattering glass did a good job at pulling attention.

”What the hell?” June cursed as she took a moment to survey the kitchen. But there was nothing for her to see outside of a relatively normal kitchen, if not a bit big compared to what she’s used to.

”R-right.” June managed to say in reply to Thea. The other woman was surprisingly calm given what had just happened, or perhaps June was overacting given she was convinced there was nothing here.

One canine followed June as she inspected the glass as the other began barking down the hallway that Thea was also paying attention to. There was no real explanation at hand for what caused the crashing glass outside of the obvious of them not being alone. But was it actually a ghost? That’d explain why it seemed like the culprit disappeared in a blink.

The thought that the building was actually haunted by ghosts simultaneously made June anxious and annoyed the hell out of her. ”Just my bloody luck for this place to actually be haunted!” She’d groan as she moved from the glass to the hallway.

”Alright then let’s go deal with these bellends. Stay close Thea.” June, with all the gusto in the world began to walk down the hallway after the shadowy figure with her two dogs completely oblivious to the fact that perhaps they weren’t alone even now.

Alethea Ivanova
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Cautiously June and her little squad of dogs ventured deeper into the haunted home, looking for any sign of their spectral friends.

”Children?” June wasn’t sure why specifically children but she supposed that the other woman knew more about ghost Pokémon in that specific regard than she did but she’d keep an eye out.

Thea seemingly had a better opinion of these ghosts Pokémon than June did. In her experience when ghost Pokémon lingered about it was because they thought the place they were hanging around it was an easy spot to mess with people like the pricks they are.

Finding a kid’s room was going to be a bit more difficult, or at least time consuming than either would probably assume due to how big the house was. Just turning the corner and seeing the sheer amount of space had June rolling her eyes and scoffing.

”Of course.” She shook her head and kept moving. Suddenly her Boltund would bark and charge ahead, running into a room nearby.

”Touma!” Her calls wouldn’t change much as the canine kept going and all she could do was chase after.

”What’s gotten into yo-“ As she entered the doorway something was already hurling towards her only giving her a second to move.

From the quick glimpse that she managed to get before she dove out of the way was of her Boltund fighting something. ”Oh these ghosts better have a good reason for being here!” The damn thing just flung a desk at her.

”Let’s go back Touma up.” June said to her Growlithe, the Pokémon nodding in agreement. The two then charged into the room to assist the Boltund in its fight.

Alethea Ivanova
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She should’ve have thought this through before just rushing into the room, that would’ve avoided her getting slapped in the face by what she could only assume at the time was a stuffed toy that one of the ghosts flung at her. And by one of the ghost, she really did mean that because instead of there just being one asshole Casper there was a brigade of the spectral shits that were causing this nightmare.

Poor Touma was being overwhelmed but the canine was doing his best to fend off the ghosts whenever he could get close enough to them.

A combination of Ghastly, Haunters and even some Duskull, the whole damn family was invited and they were fast. ”Bloody hell, why the fuck did that hurt so much?!” June growled, grabbing her face where the stuffed animal hit her.

Frustrated, June sent out her Taillow to try and add a bit more speed on her own side, and with its ability, it would have no problem fighting back against the ghosts. At that moment she had forgotten all about Thea so when the older woman spoke June almost snapped.

”Listen reason or not and even if they’re normally just endearing tricksters right now they’re being assholes who need to the shit beaten out of them.” She was having one of it.

Alethea Ivanova
Mission

”Well I’m glad you agree but it doesn’t seem like anything we do is making the situation any better.” Because despite how many ghost Pokémon they seemingly take down another one took its place. If that was the case, it was hard for June to tell because as one went “down” it simply faded away.

For all, she knows the Pokémon was feigning defeat and just coming back a second later. The never-ending horde was getting tiresome, there had to be something they were missing that could turn the tide in their favor. Examining the room June spotted something odd.

It was a shadow that didn’t belong and on that moved when she spotted it. It then sported a bright toothy grin and red eyes as it seeped out of the wall to reveal itself as a Gengar. June assumed that was the head honcho but before she could make a move the ghost attacked, firing a SHADOW BALL at her.

There wasn’t elsewhere June could move before it’d make contact so she braced itself for the attack but it never hit her. Without a command, her Shelgon had popped out of its Pokéball and used PROTECT, the barrier keeping June safe.

”Good save.” June let out a sigh of relief before turning to Thea.

”I think if we take out that big nasty bloke right there the others might bugger off.”

Alethea Ivanova
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