WHITE LIGHT (working title)

In the digital world of a modern age, it got increasingly difficult to hide the supernatural reality intermingling with civilized society; a task as important to KAYJ as his mission to rid the world of such paranormal terrors. He wasn’t alone. Three eccentric specialists, equally devoted to hunting creatures of fable and myth, joined him. When his right-hand-man, AM’EK, received a call from an old friend, it sent the team to stop the most powerful Poltergeist anyone had ever crossed.

Within the winter worn sister city to Cincinnati, (Covington, KY,) there was no sign of Am’Ek’s friend, local residents, or any electricity for that matter-- and it wasn’t because of the snow. LALU, the team’s only female and self proclaimed “Tech Goddess” was rendered all but useless. Still, she struggled to find the “power-drain-cause.”

ILSON, the team’s recovering psychopath, went missing.

The team’s tracker, Am’Ek, found evidence of a fight with only one set of footprints, which lead to a distinct drag-trail of an Ilson-sized-body through town. Kayj and Am’Ek followed the tracks to the IRS building in downtown, where Am’ek picked up a set of (smaller) footprints and evidence they had located their Poltergeist Agent; the human for which the ghostly-energy and chaos seemed to be focused around.

By the time they realized DEJNA, the albino woman who’d left the smaller footprints, wasn’t the Poltergeist Agent they where looking for-- but a creature they’d never even heard of, they also realized she’d kidnapped Ilson ... for bait. They mistakenly thought they where hunting a Poltergeist and Ilson was the perfect bait for what the team was actually hunting. She would use his psychopathic nature, and strong bond between body and soul as a beacon.

When Lalu caught up with them and confirmed the energy-drain spanned ten miles, Dejna explained they where hunting a Phantom of the highest caliber; one that would be drawn to Ilson. He was kept hidden from the team, right under their noses.To prove she wasn’t lying, Dejna had to reveal what she was (a Nekrosmantian) and what she could do. Ilson being dragged across town to her, by his soul, was just a taste.

With a grip on their souls, Dejna brought them to their knees and gave the team a choice: follow her lead or sleep until she was done. Reluctant as they where to be collaborating with a Paranormal, the team wouldn’t leave Ilson’s fate solely in the hands of a stranger. With mutual caution, Dejna lead them to the Marriott hotel around the corner. It was occupied by the missing Townfolk, including some demons which had been possessing them, all under the control of the Phantom.

It was only there, with Dejna’s help, the team could see for themselves what they where up against, and the Nekrosmantian revealed her plan for Ilson. Shocking Kayj, Am’Ek and Lalu, Dejna put her body and life in their hands. She split her consciousness/soul, to ride Ilson-body when the Phantom took hold of him, entering the hotel from another direction.

The fifteen Phantom/People who met Dejna/Phantom/Ilson-body in the hotel lobby, spoke to Ilson-body all at once, and they started with HER name. This snapped Dejna to her body and began the battle between the murderous-Phantom-controlled-locals and the heroic team; with Dejna’s soul-ripping charge challenged by Phantom/Ilson-body. During a brutal brawl with Phantom/Ilson-body, Dejna unlocked her own genetic memories: she knew who the Phantom was, how to save the people, and it was going to require a massive amount of power.

The battle surged into the streets, Dejna ate the demon-souls and became illuminated with their energy. She rode that demonic-battery-pack through the horde to sever the Phantom’s link to the people. Ilson was the first. Dejna tore his soul from his body, metaphysically cut the tether between him and the Phantom, and shoved it back into him. The demon-eating, soul-snatching, Phantom-pruning onslaught went up nine floors and through the hundreds of Townfolk that had been packed in like pickles.

When Kayj and his team caught up to her on the roof, they could see electricity returning to Covington, and Dejna out of breath near the edge. They saved the town, but the Nekrosmantian revealed that the Phantom escaped, and more gut wrenching then that, the Phantom they where hunting was one of her Ancestors. She was going to need the help of Kayj’s team to take him down ... in another town, just over the river.

Time to go to Cincinnati.

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[[ AUTHORS NOTE: 745 words... This was a first for me, writing a synopsis. It was hard. Anyroad, to confirm any suspicions, yes this is the first of what I imagined as a series. Hence the ending which is also a beginning. I welcome any and all feedback! I tried to sum all the major events and characters, without compromising too much “writing style” if you will. I would love to know if I accomplished that, or left too many unanswered questions for a synopsis. Lastly, thank you for reading!

P.S. Other titles I played with ... 1) WHITE DARKNESS, 2) WHITE UMBRA]]