Chapters 11 through 14 Summary

In chapter eleven, Allie, Leif, and Nick arrive at the pickle factory and find the door open. The Haunter is inside and says he's been waiting for them. He's about six and says he can't teach anyone to haunt, that they either have the skill or they don't. The Haunter tells Nick to pick up a stone. He tries and fails and is overrun by "a dozen figures wrapped from head to toe in black robes." Nick is picked up and shoved into a pickle barrel that had crossed with the building. Leif is next and he also fails and is shoved into another barrel. The Haunter tells Allie he'll release Nick and Leif if she brings him the stone. She concentrates fully and does pick up the stone, dropping it in his hand. The Haunter then says he'll free Leif...