Hyunjin was slightly better off than Minho. He too had fallen unconscious, but had managed to regain consciousness quicker. He was half sat up in his hospital bed while Seungmin stayed seated beside it. Seungmin still had the folder on his lap, curling it slightly as his anxiety toyed with him. Hyunjin could tell that Seungmin was zoned out currently, clearing his throat to try to gain his attention.

"Are you okay?" asked Hyunjin as Seungmin looked at him.

"Yes...I just thought you two were going to...you know..."

Hyunjin gave a slight smile as he asked, "How many times do I have to tell you that you're stuck with me? That's the thing about best friends."

"You telling me you'd overcome death to stick around me?"

"Yep. Aren't I a great friend?"

Seungmin chuckled, rolling his eyes as he looked down at the folder on his lap.

"So, what's up with this empty folder? What is so important about it?"

Hyunjin let out a sigh. He had been best friends with Seungmin ever since he had moved in with his grandmother upon the death of his mother. However, he hadn't ever told Seungmin about his past. Hyunjin was about to open his mouth to answer Seungmin's question when he heard Minho shouting for the second time that day. When Minho had shouted the first time, they had both been curious enough to pull back the curtain to see the man and woman that had ticked him off so badly. This yelling though was verging on irritation as opposed to anger.

Pulling back the curtain again, both Seungmin and Hyunjin watched Minho's curtained area, watching as the curtain shook slightly before being pulled back. As it did, they saw that Minho was trying to stand up from his hospital bed, but was currently being half restrained by Bonita while I.N and Felix looked on.

"Why can't any of you see him?!" Minho shouted, gesturing at the foot of his hospital bed.

"See who?" asked Seungmin softly so that only Hyunjin could hear, looking at where Minho gestured. "I don't see anyone either."

Hyunjin followed Minho's gesture too, but unlike Seungmin, he could see the person standing there. His mouth dropped open in shock. Seungmin turned back to look at Hyunjin and noticed that he was frozen as he kept staring at the man that Minho was going on about the others not being able to see.

"Is that Chris Chan?" asked Hyunjin.

"Chris Chan?" asked Seungmin. "Wasn't he that actor that died a while back?"

Hyunjin just nodded his head, pointing at the place Minho had been a second ago, "He's not dead though. He's standing right there."

Seungmin turned back around to look at where Hyunjin was pointing, but saw no one.

"I think you're just seeing things," said Seungmin, "You and Lee Know both must be. Maybe it was the smoke inhalation..."

Hyunjin tuned Seungmin out as he watched the man turn to look at him, locking eyes with him.

"You can see me too, can't you?" the man asked.

Hyunjin, struck dumb by the shock of it all, just nodded his head up and down. Minho stopped trying to use what strength he had gotten back to fight against Bonita and looked at Hyunjin.

"You can see him?" asked Minho as Hyunjin looked from Chris to Minho, nodding.

"See?! I'm not crazy!" Minho shouted.

Changbin and Han reappeared then at the commotion. Changbin used his strength to propel Minho gently backwards so that he plopped down onto his butt on his hospital bed.

"You're creating a scene and you're exhausting your body of what little energy it has gotten back," chided Changbin as he tried to force Minho to lay down.

"Can you seriously not see him either?" asked Minho as the man sighed as he looked back at Minho. The sigh caused Minho to get more irritated as he yelled, "DON'T YOU SIGH AT ME YOU PAIN IN THE BUTT!"

The commotion echoed out through the ER enough that Minho's parents — who were still in the waiting room — dared to poke their head around the corner to see their son being held down by Changbin.

"You're going to start hyperventilating," said Changbin as Minho coughed hard after his outburst. "Stop it!"

Hyunjin swung his feet over the side of his bed, looking towards Seungmin.

"Help me get up," said Hyunjin. "I need to go over there."

Seungmin knew it was just as crazy for Hyunjin to get up as it was for Minho to have tried to, but not wanting his best friend to fall into the same hysterics, Seungmin walked over to Hyunjin. He allowed Hyunjin to use him like a crutch of sorts, having tucked the empty folder under one arm as they walked over to where the others were assembled.

"Han, get him back to his bed," ordered Changbin who noticed Hyunjin approaching out of the corner of his eye.

Han was just about to, but came to a pause as Hyunjin stopped a few feet from where Chris stood.

"I can see you," said Hyunjin, vocalizing what his nod had signified to the other earlier, "but are you really who I think you are?"

"Who do you think I am?" asked the man.

"Chris Chan."

The name brought a silence upon everyone there. Even Minho stopped as he watched the person that only Hyunjin and he could see nod his head slowly.

"I am," said Chris, "I don't have time to explain things right now. I need your help. Bang Chan is in trouble."

"Bang Chan?" asked Hyunjin, confused by the mention of a fictional character.

'Though I am talking to a ghost, so I suppose things already don't make sense,' thought Hyunjin as he asked, "Where is he?"

- - -

"This is just crazy..." muttered Felix as he raced through the rain towards his car with Seungmin and I.N hot on his heels.

The three of them had decided to follow the crazy lead that Hyunjin had told them about via a person they couldn't see while Bonita volunteered to stay behind to watch over Minho and Hyunjin.

"Do you think he's really there though?" asked I.N. His heart ached at the thought that the stepbrother he loved so dearly might still be among them somehow.

"I don't know...it's crazy," repeated Felix as he got into the car, jamming his key into the ignition while I.N got in the passenger seat and Seungmin scrambled into the back.

Seungmin buckled up, leaning forward a bit in an effort to be able to talk to Felix and I.N. He hadn't been expecting Felix to suddenly floor the car into reverse. The jarring action caused Seungmin to whip his head forward and smack his face on the back of Felix's head rest.

"Are you okay?" asked I.N as he watched Seungmin lean back holding his nose.

"Peachy," he mumbled out as Felix took off down the street as fast as he could towards the park Hyunjin had mentioned.

---

Bang Chan's heart felt like it was in his throat now as he watched the feet of the person he'd been tailing. They had yet to move from where they were standing, seeming to realize someone was nearby. As Bang Chan stayed where he was, he couldn't help but notice what appeared to be some sort of mirage behind the person. The mirage was hazy at first, but slowly came into focus like a camera lens. A man clad in black was standing over a woman who was failing to get his hands off her throat as she remained pinned on the ground beneath him.

"You took her from me!" growled the man. "You took my life away from me! I was about to be a father! I was..."

Pausing in his tirade, the man turned to look and see where the woman was looking, both of them locking eyes on Bang Chan as he stayed in his hiding place in the bushes.

An expletive was launched at the woman from the man as he went back to strangling her with a greater ferocity than before. Every other word out of the man's mouth as the woman gasped for breath was laced with an expletive as he demanded to know just how many secrets she had kept from him.

The scene faded from before Bang Chan as quickly as it had appeared, leaving him slightly trembling in fear like that of a child. The small catch of his breath was enough of a noise to alert the person standing in front of him of his presence. Slipping a hand sideways, Bang Chan tried to find something to use as a weapon as the person stepped closer to the bushes he was hiding in.

'At least I can't die,' thought Bang Chan, but just because that was true, it didn't make the terror he was feeling lessen.

- - -

Felix raced into the park with the speed of an Olympian, leaving Seungmin and I.N trailing in the dust as they tried in vain to stay caught up with him. The park looked haunted and desolate this late at night, the swings on a nearby playground set letting out soft squeaks as they swung in the rainy breeze. Hyunjin had thankfully been relatively detailed in relaying where Bang Chan was hiding, though it was easy enough for Felix to determine for himself when he rounded the corner and saw the person standing near the bushes.

"HEY!" shouted Felix, causing the person to come short of touching the bushes with their fingers, turning to look at Felix as he ran towards him.

Not waiting for Felix to reach where they were standing, the person turned to run out of the park and disappeared around a corner. I.N, who was heavily panting by the time he reached where Felix was, looked like he was about to go after the person, but Felix reached out to put a hand on his shoulder and stop him.

"Just let them go."

"Don't mind me back here..." Seungmin managed to call out. He was still several feet behind the both of them down the sidewalk, leaning over his knees and looking like he was one step from falling over.

"I'll go check on him," said Felix as he left I.N by the bush to check on Bang Chan.

Having heard their voices, Bang Chan had started to come out of his hiding place. Soon I.N and Bang Chan were locking eyes.

"Are you okay?" asked I.N as Bang Chan just nodded.

"How did you guys find me?" asked Bang Chan as I.N reached out a hand to help him to his feet.

"That's kind of a complicated story," said I.N. "Let's go back to the hospital and we can talk about it."

Bang Chan nodded, walking with I.N over to where Felix was trying to help Seungmin stand up straight and catch his breath. Seungmin looked I.N and Bang Chan's way as they came over with wide eyes.

"Oh my word. I think I'm seeing a ghost," said Seungmin.

Felix sighed, looping an arm about Seungmin for support while he still tried to combat being winded.

"Let's get back to the car first," said Felix, trying to move back down the sidewalk with Seungmin but struggling. "Look, I know you're winded, but you still have legs, so help me out and use them!"

As the four of them walked back to the car in the parking lot, the person that had run off on them watched from across the street. Under the lamplight, their eyes stayed focused on Bang Chan walking alongside I.N.

"So the rumors are true..." the person mumbled. "My mess apparently wasn't cleaned up after all..."