" Help us...Help us...Help us..."

The ghosts kept disturbing the male synthezoid which they loudly wailed. Vision was holding his forehead and shaking in fear. He couldn't contain in witnessing the poor and lost souls that he had seen tonight. He felt being touched by a cold air. Then, he noticed the windows were instantly opened. The TV screen was changing channels on its own without an aid of the remote control. Suddenly, he heard clashing and falling of plates from the kitchen which they ended up broken on the floor. Vision gritted his teeth in fear when he witnessed unexplained things happening inside the house. H6e couldn't tolerate the restless spirits.

" Help us...Help us...Help us..."

" STOOOP!!! " he loudly cried.

The ghosts had vanished when the terror ended. Vision became shaking and disoriented. He slowly moved his head around and noticed the television had returned to its steady screen showing the TV news had ended. The synthezoid returned to his seat and began switching the channels. Hearing the footsteps coming from the stairs, he became too fearful and shaky.

" Vis? I heard you screaming. What's going on? " a familiar voice curiously ehoed.

" W-Wanda? Is that you?! " he shakingly broke his silence.

A short scarlet haired woman turned on the lights, walked down from the stairs, and approached her humanoid boyfriend on the living and dining area. Wanda just woke up, became concerned at him, and crossed her arms. Vision slowly turned his head at her, feeling unnerved.

" Vision? What's going on? " she asked. " I heard breaking of glass and you screaming. "

" W-Wanda...I saw...and heard..."

" What? "

" ...G-ghosts! " he lashed out. " They're real!! I thought they're just a figment of human imagination!! I witnessed how they could infiltrate my mind into reality! Ghosts are real! "

Wanda cocked her eyebrows in doubt and suspiciously glared at him. Stepping inside the kitchen, the Sokovian mutant Avenger exasperatedly sighed and saw some broken plates and glasses. She took out a broom and dustpan, which she brushed the scattered glass away and placed them into the wastebin. Then, she returned to her boyfriend and sternly asked, " Vis, did you intend to break the dishes? "

" No, I did not! " Vision raised his voice. " I swear I did not do anything! "

" And you forgot to close the windows! "

" I did not open them! You may scan my artificial brain, Wanda! I am telling the truth! "

" Vision, you can't be serious. "

" Look, how come you heard me screaming, tonight?! " Vision argued. " I was watching the television when strange things happened inside the house! You never believed in what I have seen! "

Wanda's suspicion turned to mercy as she had let a deep sigh. She had never seen ghosts in her whole life which she couldn't believe in her boyfriend's claim of existence of lost souls.

" Wanda? Tell me, why don't you even believe in me? " he asked, demanding an answer from her. " Is it because you haven't seen one before? "

The scarlet haired mutant never replied him. Instead, she gently placed her arms around him, easing his tremendous fear and rattle. She rubbed his shoulder and back to relieve him without using her powers. Vision's mood had temporarily pacified. Wanda looked at him with concern and knew something's wrong with him after regaining his memories and personality.

" I'm sorry, I haven't seen them before, " she calmly broke her silence and explained. " I grew up in so much trouble before joining the Avengers. I was never afraid of everything. "

" Why? "

" It's because I still have you until now. "

Vision remained silent and sighed in relief, gently touching his girlfriend's face. He slightly smiled at her when Wanda gently placed her lips on his red face cheeks.

" I just don't understand why I see those ghosts, " he replied. " I never ask them to come into this house. If you can see them, will you get afraid? "

" At first, I may get scared, but I will try to confront and ask them. "

" Can you do that, Wanda? "

" Unfortunately, I can't. I'm so sorry. I don't have powers to communicate with the dead. "

Vision frowned and sighed in a disappointment. Wanda tightly hugged him and pacified him.

" Vis, I really want to help you, but I can't see and explain so much, " she said.

" Why did I have this ability to witness and talk to them? " he asked.

" It's a long story and too late to explain at this moment. Vis, it's been a long day. You are just too tired. Let's sleep it off, okay? "

Wanda held her boyfriend's eyes and gave her a look of assurance. The male synthezoid slightly smiled and nodded after being pacified. Inside his mind, he was too restless which his experience remained an unresolved mystery. He needed to find more answers about those strange apparitions haunting to him. Vision picked up the remote and turned off the TV. Then, they closed the windows one by one. Finally, the two headed to the stairs into their bedroom, preparing for their peaceful slumber.

(THE NEXT DAY)

Busying himself watering the plants on the frontyard garden, Vision tried to forget that horrible experience last evening. He was working under the sun which Wanda had reminded him to focus on his task. Just then, he heard an ambulance siren from a distance and saw the vehicle quickly roaming on the street. It parked in front of another two storey house. There were medics coming out of the ambulance van and releasing a stretcher. The entire neighborhood stared what was happening to that resident.

Just then, Wanda stepped out of the house and stood beside her boyfriend who paused his gardening activity. They joined the street crowd and bystanders as they curiously watched the medics, releasing a deceased person on the stretcher with a covered body bag and placing into the vehicle. The medics entered the house again and returned for their work in recovering the deceased.

" What's going on? " Wanda asked.

" It's Mrs. Boner and her husband, " an overweight and middle aged African-American man answered and brought his yellow labrador retriever, walking with him. " They both died last night. "

" Why is that? "

" I don't know, " he shrugged. " I just saw them laughing and talking at the backyard with their kids and grandkids who visited them yesterday. Now, it escalated that quickly to them. "

" Indeed, it is pretty strange, " Vision commented.

" What do you mean? "

" Is this town plagued by ghosts or something else? Does Westview get cursed by some mysterious entity or some sort? "

" I really don't know, man, " the overweight man with a dog answered. " I'm just moved here around three weeks ago. I've never had an idea what's going on with this town. "

Suddenly, the yellow canine just barked and howled when he saw another covered deceased body, releasing out of the house. His owner shushed him when the medics had entered the second one into the ambulance. The neighbors watched and murmured. Wanda and Vision exchanged glances which they were clueless of what happened to the Boner couple. Just then, the male synthezoid turned to his left and blinked his eyes, seeing the ghosts of the elderly spouses. Vision's hands became shaking in fear. Wanda looked at her boyfriend, but she didn't see those entities. For Vision, he could see them once again and hear the voices.

" Help us...Help us...PLEASE HELP US!! "