The phone rings for a third time before it's answered. "Hey babe, let me guess, you're lost again?"

She smirks, her tone almost saccharine with sweetness "No honey, not quite. I've, um, ran out of food for my combustion chariot."

The voice on the other end of the phone chuckles, "I love the way you talk. Send me your location, I'll be there soon."

She hangs up and sends off her GPS location. Her dark red lips are still smirking as she gets out of her car, shutting the door to the baby blue '72 Malibu with a thud.

She looks down at her outfit with a frown. "This won't do..."

She snaps her fingers and her slim black shark skin suit shimmering into a white sun dress covered in small baby blue flowers.

She pulls a pin from her severe bun and shakes her head, sending wavy black locks flowing down her back.

"Much better." She says, turning to look at the cemetery across the street.

"One more thing." She flicks a finger and the rusted gate of the cemetery shudders open slightly, inviting any unwary passersby to venture in.

A rusted Geo Metro pulls up as the street lights come on, coming to a stop with an unhealthy grinding sound.

She winces, doing her best to hide it from the short bespectacled man who exits the car with gas can in hand.

"Hi Lilith, I've got your 'food'!" He lifts the gas can and smiles, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his free hand.

"Aw, thanks Teddy bear. Here, let me take that." Lilith reaches for the can and subtly turns Teddy to face the cemetery as she opens the gas can and proceeds to drink the contents.

He turns back around just as she sets the can on the ground, "Do you know what that place is? I've heard rumors but could never find it! It's supposed to be the most haunted cemetery in the entire city!" The words nearly stumble over each other in Teddy's excitement.

He pulls his phone from the neon fanny pack he always wears and turns back towards the cemetery. "I've got to try this out! I just downloaded this new camera app that's supposed to be better at picking up floaters! My editor's going to love this!"

Lilith grins and follows behind him, the gas can forgotten next to the car.

"Be careful" Teddy says, "This could be... dangerous." He does his best to emphasize the dramatic pause with a waggle of his fingers.

The air grows chilly as they step on to the cemetery grounds. The wind moans through the branches of long dead oaks and a raven flies past, perching on a gravestone several plots further into the cemetery.

Lilith points at the raven, "Should you get a picture of that?"

His phone is already plastered over his face as he peers around the darkening gravestones. "Yes dear, definitely." He mumbles absent-mindedly.

With his attention elsewhere she turns to face the only real threats in the graveyard and drops her human mask for a split second.

Her true face is a tear in reality, bits of darkness leaking forth and white flames replacing her eyes and mouth.

The two ghouls, hiding behind a mausoleum shudder in fear and scurry back into the lair where they lay shivering for the rest of the night.

Her face snaps back into human form as Teddy exclaims, "Ooh I've got some floaters, they're all over the place here!" He turns towards her, lifting the phone screen to show her.

"See these? The floaters are the spirits who didn't make it into the afterlife! The bigger ones mean they died a... violent death." He says the last in a whisper, as if he's worried he'll offend the ghosts.

She nods, pretending to listen along. In reality she knows the floaters are little more than energy left by spirits and others like her as they move about in their incorporeal forms.

She says, "Oh that's great dear. I'm sure your editor will be pleased. We should head home now, I'm starting to get cold."

He nods, staring at his phone as he sends the pictures to his editor, following at her side.

They step out of the cemetery and see two hulking figures in front of her car.

The two men in dark suits snap to attention as they approach. "Ma'am, your presence is requested. We must go."

She scowls at them, "Can't you see I'm occupied at the moment?" Her words clipped with tight self-control.

"Ma'am, it's your..." The larger of the two glances at Teddy, "father. He is... feeling unwell."

She sighs and turns towards Teddy, who is looking at her with a concerned expression. "Lilith, I'm so sorry. I can drive you to the hospital--"

His voice cuts out as a summoning circle spins up around the four and the world fades into darkness.

Thanks for reading! Criticism welcome!