After showing them the kitchen, broom closet, and other areas, Tex McCado hurried off. He was unwilling to stay even a moment longer.
With only their own people left, no one immediately got to work. Instead, they all turned to Henry, who had agreed to take the job. Even Kitty's clear eyes were fixed on him.
Henry repeated the explanation he had given the old lady earlier. "It looks like all we need to do is clean this place once, and we'll save three thousand on car repairs and new tires. That's not hard, right?"
"It certainly isn't hard. But do you know what kind of place we've walked into?" Wanda Maximoff said as she looked around.
"Probably another creepy place where a lot of people died." Henry flared his nostrils. "I can smell plenty of blood. It's been cleaned up, but the smell is still strong."
The two girls also sniffed hard after hearing Henry. Unfortunately, with their sense of smell, they could only detect the musty odor of a place that had not been cleaned in a long time.
Quicksilver, meanwhile, looked thrilled as he glanced left and right. He chattered, "Oh, my dear friend. You should've told me we were coming somewhere this nice. Then I would've remembered to bring my camera. Should I go back to the car and get it now?"
Ignoring her excited older brother, Wanda Maximoff looked at the man who was clearly plotting something. "So you know. What are you planning to do?"
"Can you tell how many—well, what should we call those things?"
"Evil Spirits. They were once human, but they used demonic rituals to transform themselves into nonhuman beings."
"Fine, Evil Spirits. Do you know how many there are?"
She looked around, sensing and counting them one by one. "There