Ghostbusters: Released

The sun's rays shone across the great city of New York. The beams of light went through the window of Ghostbusters Headquarters and right into the face of Dustin Zofchak. He slightly woke up and pulled the covers over his head. After a few moments of being under his comforter he got really hot and he threw his covers off. He lied there wearing only a pair of windbreaker pants. He shifted over to the side of the bed and attempted to wake up. He reached over and grabbed his cell phone to see what time it was and to his surprise it was a few minutes after nine.

"DAMN IT. I'm late for class." He said.

He leapt out of bed and got dressed. Instead of dressing in his normal street clothes, out of habit he put on his black Ghostbuster jumpsuit. He grabbed his backpack and jumped into his car and drove to class.

Meanwhile, Egon's class had started. Kylie had noticed that Dustin wasn't there yet. She was a bit worried. Dustin was never late to this class.

"Mr. Zofchak has not arrived, yet." Egon said.

"He's such a slacker." Eduardo said.

"Shut it, Eduardo." Kylie said.

"Kylie has a crush. Dustin and Kylie sitting in a tree. K.I.S.S…Ow."

Eduardo was cut off by Kylie throwing a book at him.

"I do not."

"That's what I call having the book thrown at you." Janine said.

Egon waited impatiently for Dustin to come running in through the door but the doors never opened. Egon looked down at his watch then to his class.

"Time to start class. Now the molecular structure of the…."

The doors swung open and Dustin appeared in the doorway. The class turned around to see Dustin walking down the aisle. Kylie smiled. Eduardo noticed Kylie's face.

"No crush, my adoquin." He said quietly.

Dustin down walked to his seat in front of Kylie. Kylie leaned forward and whispered into Dustin's ear.

"Nice uniform."

Dustin looked down forgetting that he was wearing his Ghostbuster uniform.

"Yeah I was still tired when I was getting dressed." He replied.

Egon continued with his lecture.

Later that day after classes had ended; the Ghostbusters had gone to the firehouse. Dustin sat in the recliner with his laptop on his lap. He was typing up another one of his stories. Slimer, Roland and Eduardo were sitting on the couch watching TV. Kylie walked up the stairs with one of her spirit books in hand. She walked over to Dustin.

"What are you writing this time?"

"Just one of my Transformer stories." Dustin replied.

"I see." Kylie said.

She walked over and sat next to Eduardo on the couch and opened her book. Roland stood up.

"I'm thinkin' about going out and getting a pizza. Anybody want to join?"

Slimer nodded his head frantically.

"Yeah I'll come." Eduardo said.

"Dustin? Kylie?"

The two of them shook their heads. Roland, Eduardo and Slimer went downstairs leaving Kylie and Dustin alone. After a few minutes of silence, Kylie broke the peace.

"Have you ever considered getting your stories published?" Kylie asked.

"The thought had crossed my mind but I never thought my stories were ever good enough. I post them online but that's as far as it goes." Dustin said closing his laptop.

He got up out of his chair and sat down next to Kylie and turned on the TV.

"I've read a few of them on Fanfiction and they are really good." Kylie said subtly getting closer to Dustin.

Dustin slightly glanced down and noticed that the space between him and Kylie was getting smaller. He continued to act like he didn't notice. He flipped through channels trying to find something to watch while Kylie continued to get closer.

Meanwhile, Egon was down in the basement running a check on the Containment Unit. He looked around looking for anything wrong. He held a clipboard checking things off the list. So far he didn't find anything. He even looked into the Containment Scope, looking at all the ghosts that were trapped inside. He returned to the front of the Containment Unit still checking things off of his list. He then felt a small pain in his chest.

Upstairs, the distance between Kylie and Dustin was non existent. Kylie's book was closed and Dustin had his arm around her. Their faces were a mere inches apart and closing. But before they knew it, they were kissing.

In the basement, Egon's hand slammed against the Containment Unit. His other hand was gripping his chest. He gripped it in agony. His breathing was short and erratic. He dropped to his knees. His hand was still on the Containment Unit. He attempted to give himself leverage to get up but he dropped to the ground. As he fell his hand caught the lever on the Containment Unit and pulled it down. He was already on the ground before he realized what had happened. The alarm sounded and the building began to shake. He tried to reach for the lever but he couldn't reach it.

The alarm and the building shaking caused Kylie and Dustin to break their kiss. They both jumped off the couch and sprinted to the basement. They opened the door to see Egon on the floor and the hatch to the Containment Unit wide open and ghosts were escaping. The two ran down the stairs to get to Egon. Kylie ran to Egon's side while Dustin closed the Containment Unit. Egon wrenched in pain. Dustin pulled out his cell phone and dialed 911.

"911. What's your emergency?" The operator said.

"This is Ghostbuster Dustin Zofchak. My friend is having a heart attack."

"What's your address, sir?"

"14 N. Moore St. New York. It's Ghostbuster Headquarters. We're in the basement." Dustin said.

"We are dispatching ambulances to your location, sir. They will be there momentarily." The operator said.

Dustin hung up the phone and returned his attention to Egon.

"Let's position him so where he can breath better." Dustin said.

Dustin bent Egon's knees and Kylie moved to where Egon's upper body was leaning against her legs in a half sitting position. Minutes later, the paramedics arrived. They ran down to the three Ghostbusters. They carried a stretcher with them. While two of the paramedics tended to Egon the other one walked up to Dustin and Kylie.

"What is the patient's name?"

"It's Egon Spengler." Kylie said.

"When did he start having symptoms?"

"I'm not sure. I didn't even know anything was wrong until we found him down here on the ground." Dustin replied.

"Was any treatment given to him?"

"No, we just positioned him to breathe better is all."

The paramedic nodded. The other two were carrying Egon up the stairs. The third followed. Dustin and Kylie followed the paramedics outside and watched them put Egon into the ambulance. Roland, Eduardo and Slimer saw this from a distance and sprinted to the firehouse. They ran up to Dustin and Kylie. Kylie had tears in her eyes and Dustin had his arm around her, comforting her.

"What happened?" Eduardo asked.

"Egon had a heart attack." Dustin said. "And to make matters worse, a few ghosts escaped from the Containment Unit."

"What? How?" Roland asked.

"I'm guessing when Egon dropped to the floor he accidentally hit the lever and opened the Containment Unit. I managed to close it before meltdown but I know for a fact that some ghosts escaped but I'm not sure which one. Our main priority right now is to find those ghosts and trap them."

"Shouldn't we go see Egon?" Roland asked.

"No, he'll be fine. We need to go after those ghosts before they hurt somebody. I'll redirect the phone line to my cell phone so if we get any calls we can go after them." Dustin said. "Slimer, I need you to stay at the firehouse and hold down the fort while we are out. If Janine stops by, tell her what happened."

Slimer acknowledged with a salute. The four Ghostbusters ran inside to suit up. Minutes later, the firehouse doors opened and Ecto-1 flew out of its garage with its blue lights on and siren screaming. They were on their way to recapture all the ghosts that escaped.