Going Down South
The Avengers team found themselves in the state of Louisiana in midsummer. For those who were from the north were dying (figuratively). And those from the south weren't even breaking a sweat (pun intended). But the whole team was thankful that there was only two cases in this state.
"Even though I feel like I'm melting, this is a very nice place", Bucky said to Darcy as they were setting up equipment. Darcy looked around the property of the Oak Alley Plantation. "I mean, it is. But I don't know... I think that because it has been in so many movies I don't really see the appeal", she said. Bucky smirked over at her. "So I guess we're not getting married here", he said. Darcy laughed as Bucky slapped his neck to kill a mosquito. "Nope", she said.
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"Alright everyone, good job tonight. We have hours of evidence, so let's go back to the hotel and rest up. Then we will go over it", Tony said at the end of the investigation.
After going through all the evidence, everyone except Darcy and Jane went to go back to tell the client. Meanwhile, Darcy and Jane started to do research for the next case.
"Well, I'm thinking that the next case will be interesting", Jane murmured as she flipped through pages of a book. "How so, Janey?", Darcy asked as she also flipped through pages. "Well, they really don't have evidence of children. Only the known adults. And Natasha doesn't know how to handle kids", Jane said. "And your point?", Darcy asked looking at Jane. Jane looked up at her as she flung her hair over her shoulder. "You do way better with kids. So I think that she should take a step back and let you investigate", she said. "That's not really my call, Janey", Darcy said to her friend. Jane scrunched her nose, "Yeah, I know." With their conversation over, Darcy and Jane continued their research.
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"This is ridiculous!", Natasha seethed. "What's wrong?", Steve asked, looking at her in concern. "You know how they have stories about sightings of children?", she asked. Steve nodded. I'm not picking up anything. And it's pissing me off", she said. Steve started to rub her back to calm her down. "It's alright if you don't get anything with them. There are other ghosts here", Steve calmly said. Natasha nodded and continued on to speak to the spirits.
Meanwhile, Darcy and Jane were looking at the cameras and heard the conversation in between Steve and Natasha. They both looked at each other and laughed about what was happening with Natasha. Clearly what Jane had said a couple of days earlier was coming to light. Suddenly they heard a little girls laugh behind them. They turned in their seats to see the flap of the entrance of the tent move with nobody there.
"Please tell me that you heard and saw that", Darcy said. Jane nodded. Darcy quickly got a hand held camera as Jane got a flashlight and digital recorder. They then left the tent to go see if they could find the source of the laugh. Immediately they were met with the sound of footsteps in the grass and little girls giggling. Jane and Darcy looked at each other wide eyed.
"Jane?", Darcy whispered. "Hello? Who is there?", Jane asked. They didn't hear anything. "Hi... I'm Darcy. And this is Jane. We just want to talk to you. Or maybe you want to play. Can you tell us your names?", Darcy said. They thought that they heard mumbling, but couldn't make out anything. "Thank you!", Jane said. "Tell you what. How about you show us the best hiding spots? Can you do that? Can you hold onto mine and Jane's hands and show us?", Darcy asked.
Suddenly both Jane and Darcy felt a small cold hand, like a child, hold their free hand. For the next hour and a half, they were led to different hiding spots around the plantation. But what surprised them the most was that they had found trinkets and small journals. Darcy asked if they could take them. They were awed at the response of a 'please' for them to take them. Jane picked up all the stuff that they had found and led them back to base.
After a couple more hours, the whole team packed up and went to the hotel to rest. But what they didn't realize when they went to bed was what evidence was waiting for them.