You'd best just follow the instructions of G to the word, he probably had a good idea of what he was talking about.

"Ken listen to me, I've been sent here to this exact location to specifically get you and only you. I don't know the exact process of things but they want you to ascend and get up to the heavens for your eternal peace. Don't you want something like that?" You say, lying about a few things in that statement as you really had no fucking idea.

"Hey, why won't you answer me." The girl asks again, seemingly irked that she was ignored.

Ken still seems pretty indecisive on what he wants to do. You were running out of options on what to do, this girl would probably get to his head to stay if you let this drag out for too long, you had to get ballsy.

"You know what this is a waste of time. You stay here Ken because trust me now that you've decided to come you'll be put at the bottom of the waiting list, and you'll stay at this bridge for hundreds and HUNDREDS of years. I have other ghosts that need help and can't have my time wasted, good luck boy." As finished that heavy statement, you started to turn around and walk away, not looking back or slowing down your pace.

'Come on'

Silence.

'COME ON.'

Even more silence.

You were internally panicking as you didn't know what the fuck to do if Ken didn't give in to your bait, G was going to get pissed.

"WAIT, PLEASE."

"Ken stop!"

Oh, thank fucking god."

You turn around to face Ken, who you heard running towards you. He couldn't make it all the way through as he reached the boundary for which he could travel.

"I don't want to stay here forever, please help me, I'm sorry for wasting your time, mister!" He cried with many tears and snot running down his face. You felt a little bad about that, but in the end, this would benefit both of you so you were also relieved.

"Alright kid calm down, I'll help you get out of here, just do what I say and this process will be easy." You assure him while taking out your phone to contact G.

Though you see he has already sent you a message.

G- Alright good job, you didn't fuck yourself over with unnecessary interactions and now you won't be fucked with other burdens. This next part will be easy, touch the kid's hand and twist it, he'll be bound to you and then we can work on his need in order to ascend.

Doing as what G instructed you turned to the Ken.

"Alright for this next part I need you to grab my hand while I turn it, you'll be with me until I can do the work needed to get you up there alright?"

"Yes, I understand," Ken says while wiping away some tears from his eyes.

Beginning the process you start to turn his rest as your hands clasp with one another, instantaneously he starts to let out a blue glow, and you yourself feel a tingle up in your brain.

Though other than that it doesn't seem like anything has happened. Ken is still standing there like normal. Though he tries walking forward, and much to both of your surprise, he manages to get out of the boundary.

"I can leave!" He exclaims with surprise.

He tries to walk farther with quick haste but ends up being blocked by another boundary, though this time it seems closer to you.

"I guess you're bound to me for now."

"I thought you said I would be going to heaven?" Ken says with a little disappointment in his voice.

"You will don't worry, we just need to do a process and you'll be all set to leave." You promise him.

Looking back at your phone you look to see if you were sent any more messages from G.

G- Ask the kid the top three things that he wants to do. We have to get him really happy for this to work, Even if we can't do the things on his list we can still take him to an amusement park or some shit.

That's probably what he was talking about when he said this would be easy.

"So Ken is there anything that you would like to do before you leave, anything that would make you happy. Trust me I can probably make it happen with my connections." You say to him which causes him to have a look of surprise.

"Well...like what?"

"Like anything. Something you'd like to try, something you'd like to see. I can make it happen to an extent, give the top three things that you'd like to do."

"Are you sure, it can be anything?"

"Like I said, to an extent." You remind him again.

"Well ok..."

Ken seems to take some time to think over what he would like to do. Though it doesn't seem to take long as his mouth opens quickly.

"I always wanted to go to Disneyland....and I wanted to be pilot when I became a grown-up......and I guess I wanted to play that new call of duty game that came out too."

As he said these things on his list, you were also typing them to G who himself was already getting ready to reply.

G- To tell you the fucking truth I think the pilot one is probably going to be easier, I may have a connection that can get you a plane ride, and the pilot is even a ghost-seer such as yourself. Though if you want to go to Disneyland instead you can also do that if you want. A fucking call of duty game isn't going to make him happy enough to where we need to be though.

You flying

Going to Disneyland would probably lead to a whole set of problems that you weren't ready to deal with. If G said he could hook you up with flying then might as well take his offer.

You texted him that you would be choosing flying, to which he quickly responded.

G- Alright nice, was actually hoping you would pick this option, a lot less work I have to do. Alright, I should be able to hook you up this weekend at the soonest so be ready. I don't know what type of plane exactly my friend owns, but I think he should be able to let the kid fly a little, or at least touch a button or two to make it look like he's doing some helpful shit. I'll contact you with more details by tomorrow.

Looking back at Ken you give him a nod.

"Alright, it seems I'm going to get you to fly then. We'll even be able to do it by this weekend."

Ken seemed to beam at this news as you could sense his giddiness.

"Really! What type of plane is it?"

"I don't know, it'll probably be a small one though. The pilot from what I heard can also see ghosts, so you'll be able to help him fly a bit depending on how things go."

Ken's smile grew even bigger as he started to jump a little.

"Alright let's get home, this walk has gotten me fucking exhausted." You say as you begin to turn around from the bridge.'

"Hey wait!" You hear someone say to you.

Turning around you see the same ghost that Ken was hiding behind earlier. She was a few feet away from you, though you could tell she was at the very edge of her boundary.

"What about us, when are we getting out of here."

Now that you had Ken bound to you, you didn't really think what G had said would affect you now that you were already bound to a 'contract' or whatever it was referred too.

"The rest of you will get your turn in due time, there are others like me out there so they'll get to you all eventually. You just have to be patient and wait, that's all I can really tell you honestly." You say to her, in which your words don't really seem to help her mood.

Seeing nothing else for you to do, you start to turn around once again and begin to leave the bridge with Ken.

Getting back to the bus stop that would help you get home was a lot shorter of a way to get to compared to what you had to walk when you first got here, G was totally fucking with you.

Upon getting home you say Hi to your mom and tell her the reason for which you were out so late before heading to your room.

"Do ghosts sleep?" You ask Ken before getting ready to head to bed.

"No, at least I don't. I haven't seen anyone else sleep either at the bridge..." He replies with a thoughtful answer.

"Alright, then I'll turn on the T.V for you, just keep it down to a quiet volume and wake me up in the morning at five. Just don't leave this room, got it?"

Ken nods at your command.

As you begin to reach for the remote, Ken gets to it first as he hits on the ON switch, which to your surprise turns the T.V on.

"You can touch things like that?"

Ken seems confused by your obvious statement, but then he also seems surprised himself as he soon as he realizes what you meant.

Not only that, Ken was able to touch you directly at the Bridge when you did the ritual for him to be bound to you.

You start to wonder why you didn't see this sooner, though you just end up going along with it.

"Well anyways good night, and remember to wake me up."

With that being said, you sprawled your body out onto your mattress, managing to doze off in seconds.

"Hey wake up."

You feel someone shaking you side to side as your eyes slowly open from deep slumber. You look to see Ken who's still shaking you until you push away his hand and make him stop.

"What time is it." You yawn.

"Fourth-thirty, I thought you would probably want to wake up earlier and I was getting really bored so..."

Well, no wonder you were so fucking tired. Well, there was no chance you were getting back to sleep now anyway. Without another word, you grab your clothes and other essentials before heading into the bathroom.

"We're leaving in an hour." You say to Ken before closing the door.

---

Classes today went by pretty slowly. Since Ken was assigned to you as a boundary he went where you went. He kept on talking about riding in the plane during class and would also ask questions on what you were learning at the given time during each period. At first, you were a little annoyed by this, but it was something that you got quickly used to. You even caught yourself talking to him while you were with other people, which ended up getting you some weird stares and 'who are you talking' discussions.

While you were finishing up your last periods, G messaged you some of the details on what would happen for the plane ride. It would be today later in the day at a nearby small private airfield, and the pilot would try to let Ken touch some buttons and stuff to make him happy. You weren't all that excited as Ken was, but a private plane ride still was pretty cool, so you would be lying if you said you weren't slightly looking forward to it.

"You really think the pilot is going to let me fly? Man, I'm so nervous I don't want to mess anything up. You'll be there too right?"

"Yeah, of course, I mean your bound to me remember?"

"Oh yeah, you're right." Ken laughs, which makes you laugh too.

Though upon seeing some people stare at you in the hallways, your face turns a deep shade of red as you quickly start to walk away with Ken at your heels.

G said that someone was picking you that was a friend of the pilot. So and Ken waited in the parking lot as students slowly started to trickle out of campus until there was only a handful of people left.

"Is he running late?" Ken asks with a bit of worry in his voice.

"I mean the airfield must be pretty far way, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case."

These words seemed to make Ken tenser as his frown grew deeper.

"Don't worry to much about it, I guarantee you were going to fly today."

You honestly weren't that sure that you would be flying today but your words seem to get some enthusiasm back into Ken so you were glad.

Your ride did eventually get here about a half hour later, as a vehicle pulled up into the parking lot that matched the description that G had given you. To which Ken started jumping up and down with excitement.

With the driver rolling down his window you and Ken looked inside.

"Are you our ride to the airport?" you ask.

"Yeah, do the two of you want to get in the back?"

"Yeah tha-." You pause reflexively as your brain stops for a brief moment.

"Wait....Can...Can you se-."

"Get in, I'll explain it on the way." The man smiles as he points to the back.

Doing as you were told you and Ken got in while waiting for the explanation that the man was about to give you, but you asked a question first.

"I thought G said only the pilot could see ghosts, you aren't the pilot are you?" You ask hesitantly.

"No I'm not the pilot, I'm his spotter." The driver answers as he starts to pull out of the parking lot.

"Spotter?" You ask confused.

"Yeah, me and the pilot are assigned together to spot ghosts from the skies. To just get it through briefly, we fly planes over wooded areas and canyons in which hikers or other types of people may have died accidentally or just had their bodies dumped. Normally if one of them turns into a spirit they would have little to no chance to be found by any of you guys, so it's our job to go and look for whoever we can and help them ascend." The man explains.

"That's cool, but do you guys do it forever? Does anyone help you?" You ask.

"No were the only ones in our region I think. Our quotas are a little difficult to fulfill with all the dead that need saving, but with it comes some perks that I'd rather not disclose to you, you'd get very jealous." The man laughs heartily as he takes a turn that leads onto the freeway.

The three of you continue to make conversation throughout the car ride that lasts for quite a while. From the city, you end up driving for quite a while until there's nothing but desert all around you. Not to say that the car ride was boring though, it was probably one of the most interesting ones you ever been on. Discussing ghosts, the driver's line of work, whose name turned out to be Dom and the pilot Micheal, kept the whole ride entertaining.

By the time you arrived at the Airfield, it was almost five. Though while you were getting to the airport Dom had told the two of you that Micheal was getting the plane ready to fly as soon as you arrived.

Though it wasn't a plane that was out on the runway, it was a helicopter.

Dom had driven up right to where it was landed, with a man standing next to it, who you assumed was Micheal.

Upon exiting the car, Ken immediately ran over to the helicopter as he started to examine every part of it, circling it constantly.

"Sorry I couldn't get the plane out, but I don't think we all could have fit, it's very cramped in there. This is the next best thing that we can use though. I hope you're not disappointed." Micheal said towards Ken with a smile.

Ken didn't take his eyes off the helicopter though as he was touching every part of it.

"No way, I actually think this is way cooler!"

"Well, that's good to hear because you're going to help fly it in the front seat."

Ken takes his eyes away from the helicopter for the first time and looks at Micheal directly into his eyes.

"You really mean it...?"

"Well, of course, I'm not much of one to lie."

A huge grin, one that you've never seen before appears on Ken's face.

"Let's go, Let's go! I want to fly this!" Ken exclaims as he starts to look for a door handle or something to get inside.

As Dom goes over to help Ken inside, Micheal goes over to and starts to talk to you a bit.

"Is this your first ghost?" He asks with a small smile, though his voice has a hint of seriousness.

"Yeah, G is helping me fill a quota I guess."

"Lucky you, I haven't heard G ever helping a newbie such as yourself, G usually gets assigned to those already seasoned. You should count yourself lucky to get yourself such a top-rated guide to help you, you could have gotten a dipshit that abandoned you without the drop of the hat, sad that a lot of guides are like that. That class sucks though so I wouldn't blame them." Micheal says while rambling a bit.

"So then do each of you have guides then?" You ask while you prepare to board the helicopter with Ken and Dom already on board.

"No, our job lets us not have to count on guides so much since we're able to find our own spirits to help. Which honestly makes the process a whole lot easier in my opinion, then again I had a lot of shit guides when I was first starting out."

You and Dom sat in the back while Ken and Micheal sat in the front of the helicopter.

"We were actually on planning on going out today before you had called us, so luckily we're going to be able to fly for a little longer while we survey our hotspots," Dom explained as Micheal began to start the machine.

It lifted up slowly but surely as it felt really smooth to what you had imagined the opposite of it being.

"Once we're done with our hotspots you can choose anywhere you want to go around this area kid, and I'll fly us over."

"Sweet I'd love that!"

Once the helicopter had gained enough altitude, it started to soar across the sky as you looked down at the deserts below with fascination. It must have been really easy for these guys to spot people who had died around here with how empty it was beside the cacti everywhere.

A dark feeling clouded your mind as you also imagined them being the first ones to find the actual bodies as well around here, which was a depressing thought.

The farther out you went, the closer you got to a mountain range that was pretty close by to the airfield.

"A lot of people go hiking and biking along these trails, and there are only a few park rangers here that actually supervise the place, we actually help a lot of people who end up getting lost here whenever we patrol," Dom explains.

"Do you see anybody now?" Ken says.

"No, not really, though no one usually comes here on weekdays, the bikers usually come here on Sunday."

Around twenty minutes had passed while you were surveying the mountainside when Dom finally gave the sign to Micheal that it was clear, he started to turn around back to the beginning of the range.

"Alright kiddo were done with our duties for today, is there anywhere you'd like to go, this helicopter has some pretty good range on it."

You didn't really know why he had given this option since you were in the desert there wasn't really all that many places that you could go to, but you were sure Ken could think of something creative.

"I want to see the city lights at night! I heard it can be really cool from a plane and I've always wanted too, I've seen a bit before from a mountain but I want to see it from higher!" Ken states with excitement.

Dom and Micheal give each other a look while you cringe a bit. There's no way these guys would stay up flying all night just to do this for Ken.

"Thomas stays at the airport pretty late helping with refueling right? We can stop by there if that's the case, though you would have to get a ride back to your house from the airport if that's fine with you." Micheal says, directing the first part to Dom and the last part towards you.

You hesitantly nod.

"Yeah, that won't be a problem."

Fuck you need to ask G for some Uber money.

"Well, in that case, you got yourself a ride kid, it should be dark enough for the lights to pop up once we make it to the city."

Ken's eyes eyebrows widened as he started wiggling in his seat.

"Since we're also just going to be going in a single direction for a while, I think it's time for you to try out the controllers."

Taking this chance at it's fullest, Ken started to slowly grab at the throttle while he was guided by Micheal on where to push and pull.

"See if you do it like this then it's pretty easy right?"

"Yeah, it is!" Micheal beams with satisfaction.

Micheal slowly but surely starts to let go of the throttle for him to grab on his own.

"Now try to turn us left and right."

"Are you sure...?" Ken asked a bit nervously.

"Go ahead, if anything bad happens I have more than enough time to recover."

Taking the approval, Ken starts to mess with the throttle and start turning it different directions, although very gingerly and slowly. Though that seemed to be enough to make him very excited.

"Good job kid! You learned pretty fast, usually, it takes a couple of hours to learn how to use it as a beginner."

You could tell that Micheal was probably bullshitting him which made you laugh a little, but it's not like it really mattered anyway.

----

"Wow, the sky really is so pretty at night." You say as you look down at city nightlife.

Ken didn't comment on it when he first saw it, instead of taking it all in, in silence.

That was probably the only time you've ever seen him this quiet. Nobody else really talked for the rest of that flight, as Micheal took his time hovering over the bustling city below.

--

"Thank you so much for the ride, I really appreciated that you guys took the time to do this for us." You say once you've landed at the airport later that night.

"No problem kid, it's good to see another one of us in this city. We rarely come in contact with anyone else with our gift so it's always interesting." Micheal says.

"You take care of yourself kid, maybe when you get reincarnated, you can become a pilot with your new life," Dom says to Ken.

"I'm going to be reincarnated?!" Ken says with disbelief.

Dom doesn't answer but instead puts a finger to his lips with a smile, while he and Micheal wave you two goodbye as you leave for the car pickup center of the airport in which you've landed.

You didn't know if what Dom said was true, or if he was just giving Ken some hope that he would live again after all of this, as long as it made him happy though, then a little false hope was welcome.

You texted G that you had finished with the ride as you had entered your Uber with Ken.

G- Alright nice, I'm going to have you do the Ascension by tomorrow or the day after, just make sure the kid's mood doesn't fall or anything until then and we'll be fine.

You ascension

The rest of the time until Ken's ascension was pretty fun as it was. You played some games with him on your computer and took him to a few spots around town before the deadline to help him enjoy himself a little more.

When the night finally came to where you would help him leave, it was pretty sad since you would miss the kid.

Having the instructions from G, the ritual commenced, though not before your goodbyes.

"Thank you for everything. I was really nervous at first about leaving, but after doing everything the last couple of days, I actually feel ready." Ken says to you as you stand before him.

"I'm glad, also hanging out with you was really fun too, you're a pretty cool kid."

Ken smiles as his hand raises up by your earlier command.

"Will I be seeing you again...?" He asks in a much-lowered tone.

"Probably not anytime soon. But yeah, we probably will see each other again." You reply.

"Well when that day comes, it'll be me showing you around and helping you have fun when you're new!" He says with a laugh.

That thought was a little depressing, but it had a sweet enough sentiment to make you smile.

"Until then." You say grabbing his forearm.

"Until then." He replies with a nod.

You give his forearm a twist.

Ken disappears from your eyes shortly after.

Your job was done.

While you were a bit sad about it in your now empty room, you were also glad that Ken would finally be getting his rest.

You would still need to help more spirits to fulfill your quota, and you were committed to making sure they all got to where they were going with smiles and no regrets.

This was your new life, your new duty.