"Are you sure about this?" Oscar asked, walking along side his mother, Dana Barrett.
"Well, I can't leave you at home all summer, besides, you need a job. Your father and I discussed this with you."
"You mean stepfather. And yes, I know that, but, what's so great about being in the ghost business?"
"Absolutely nothing, just...please. Do this for your father." I groaned inneterally at her words. She sighed. "Okay, do it for me. Just, please try it." Oscar sighed heavily before replying.
"Alright, fine. I'll do it."
"Great. And don't worry, you'll be working with your Uncle Stanz and Uncle Spengler's kids. There about your age, I believe." They reached the front entrance of the Ghostbuster building. It still looked run down like when Oscar's father had described it. Oscar looked back at his mom. "Have a good day" she smiled.
"I'll try" Oscar replied, giving her a half smile.
"I'll see you later" she waved as she walked down the street with her giant case, carrying her instrument. Oscar looked up at the building with hesitation, before entering it. Oscar entered the degenerate establishment. He turned his head, hearing some rattling noise from down the hall. "Hello?" he called. He decided to investigate. He carefully stepped over some of the furniture as he walked down the hall. "Anyone there?" Suddenly, he heard voices.
"Damn it, Isaac. These proton packs are fucking broken." Oscar identified the voice as a girl's. And from what he heard, it sounded like she was very agitated.
"Look, Audrey. I'm in charge of fixing equipment not moving it." I heard another voice calmly reply.
"Well then that's just great. Our packs don't work and...wait, where the hell is Jordan?" Oscar heard her sigh in disappointment before she continued. "Well this day couldn't get any worse, now could it?" There was a faint buzzing sound. A phone. The buzzing ceased, and after a moment, Isaac spoke.
"Actually it could, Jordan won't be here for another half hour."
"What?"
"He just called, he won't be in for another half hour."
"Why?"
"He said, and I quote 'I need to pack first, I forgot. Tell Audrey not to kick my ass if I come here late'" he stated plainly. Oscar slowly approached the door, knocking on it.
"Hello?" Audrey and Isaac turned to face him. Isaac gave Oscar a skeptical glance, as if observing Oscar. Audrey just sighed before approaching him. "I'm-"
"Oscar, right." Audrey said, cutting him off.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Your dad called, said that you were here to work with us."
"Well, yes, but he's actually my stepfather."
"And?"
"Well, I just wanted to correct you, because-"
"Listen wise guy, I don't like being corrected, so you might want to watch yourself. It's your first day here and our first impression isn't giving me much." Isaac quickly stepped between the two, knowing that the outcome would be violent if he didn't intervene.
"And I'm sure that Oscar will be of good use to us as a member of our paranormal business." Isaac stated. He then turned to Oscar, holding out his hand. "I'm Isaac Spengler by the way. And this is Audrey-"
"I can introduce myself, Isaac." she stated bluntly, but gave him a quick smile, telling him that she didn't mean to be harsh. "I'm Audrey Stantz." Oscar held out his hand.
"Oscar Barrett." She shook his hand.
"Isn't it Venkman?"
"What?"
"Your last name. Isn't it Venkman, like your fa- I mean, your stepfather."
"Well, yes, but I prefer to keep my mother's last name." Instead of questioning it, she decided not to.
"Welcome to the Ghostbusters."
Author's Note:
Hope you liked the first chapter of my Ghostbusters fan fiction. I'll take requests for any scenes you'd like to see in this fanfic after the first few chapters to come. Bye:)
