Italics: Thoughts

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Chapter 1: It Begins

During the evening hours while all of New York was asleep, a strange, dark figure was stalking through the shadows as the figure punched through a wall before taking out its fist while its wounds healed quickly before it continued to stalk the dark streets of the city throughout the night without disturbing anyone.

Meanwhile, in the Firehouse, Nick just woke up after having another nightmare that started since 2 days ago, but all was quiet in the building as the other Ghostbusters and Slimer were sound asleep before Nick got up, rinsed his face with water before going back to sleep.

The next morning, the Ghostbusters were wide awake as they were eating breakfast as Slimer was scarfing down some pancakes while the others were eating theirs at the living room. The only ones in the kitchen were Kylie and Nick as everything was silent while the attendants were watching TV in silence. Soon, Kylie was watching Nick take a sip of his coffee that was mixed with cream and sugar while reading the newspaper before he noticed Kylie watching him.

Nick: Hmm...what's the matter Kylie, am I reading too loudly for ya?

Kylie: No. I'm just surprised how quiet it is in here.

Soon, while Garrett was flipping through the channels, he flipped through the news channel as it showed a wall punched through.

Roland: Wait! Go back.

Soon, Garrett flipped one channel back to see the news reporter at the site that had several hole that looked like they were punched through.

News Reporter: As you can see, there may be hundreds of punch holes all over the block. Plus, what is astonishing is that there is no evidence of who or what did this kind of damage. Stay tuned as this story unfolds on this mystery.

Egon: Well, I'll go alone to investigate. If there's any trace of any residual ectoplasmic activity, we better be prepared for it.

Nick: I'll head down to the Containment room to finish up a new weapon I'm working on.

Eduardo: You mean that sword-like thing that almost chopped me into bits when you were checking it?

Nick: Hey! That was only because it had some bugs in it. Besides, I've already took care of the problem.

Roland: Egon, we'll be standing by in case you need back-up.

Soon, Egon left as Nick went down into the Containment room to finish up his new weapon that he was working on. After putting on some safety googles, Nick opened the hilt, inserted a proton canister, closed the hilt, and twisted in the screws and lug-nuts tightly. Soon, while holding onto the hilt and was about to give it a swing, Christelle came into the Containment room which made Nick suddenly stop.

Christelle: Just to inform you mon ami, that we're heading to Egon's location. Eventually, he needs us to help him with the samples.

Nick: All right.

After Christelle left, Nick tried again as this time, he gave the weapon a swing as a blade composed of pure, solidified, proton energy activated on each side of the hilt as if he had a claw on him before deactivating it and placing it in the arsenal cabinet.

(A/N: Think of the weapon as the Energy Sword from Halo 3.)

Meanwhile, at the sight, Egon and the Ghostbusters were investigating the area that the punch holes. More importantly, the PKE meters were beeping at an alarming rate. In fact, the beeping kept the Ghostbusters on the alert.

Egon: (collecting bits of rubble) Whatever entity did this, its ectoplasmic readings are through the roof.

Garrett: No kidding.

Soon, while Kylie was looking around the area, she saw some claw marks on a stove and took out her PKE meter to check it out and it was beeping uncontrollably as Christelle saw the claw marks as well.

Christelle: The same readings as Egon picked up, no?

Kylie: Whatever it is, I think this thing is looking for something.

Christelle: Or someone.

Soon, Christelle and Kylie had the same on who this mysterious ghost may be looking for as they both had worried looks.

Back at the Firehouse, Nick was busy cleaning and maintaining his Suzuki motorcycle as he finished replacing the brakes before the roar of engines that belonged to a Harley Davidson motorcycle, from a distance of 200 feet and closing. Soon, he got on the roof top as he sniffed the air while combining his sense of smell to his ecto-proximity sense. Suddenly, he shot his glowing blue sapphire eyes open while frowning, as he recognized the scent of someone from his past.

Nick: Prototype.

Then, a Harley Davidson passed by the Firehouse as the rider picked up as scent as well before growling while it concentrated on the road.

Rider: (growling) Phantom 9.

Soon, the rider just continued riding his Harley towards an unspecified location while Nick got back inside the Firehouse and geared up by putting on his body armor, strapping a belt of proton grenades to his waist, sling the strap of the proton grenade launcher over his shoulder, holstered his recently named, proton sword, to a holster strapped on his thigh and put on his proton pack that had his proton blaster before walking out to the garage and got on his bike as the Ghostbusters barely returned to see him ride off.

Roland: What's eating him?

Janine: He said something about meeting an old acquaintance from his past when I saw him about to leave.

Eduardo: Maybe we should follow him.

Christelle: Get on. I'll go with you.

Soon, Eduardo got on Christelle's bike as she revved up the engine and drove off to follow Nick.

Egon: Hmm, usually he doesn't go off alone. Janine, did he take any weapons with him?

Janine: Yeah. In fact, he even took his recently constructed sword thing of his.

Kylie: Somehow, I don't think he's meeting just any old acquaintance.

Roland: You're right about that.

Janine: Plus, he looked like he was ready for a big fight.

Egon: Whatever triggered him into arming himself, I know for sure he'll be in a brawl.

Meanwhile, Christelle and Eduardo were try ing to find Nick ever since they lost sight of him while they were following him. However, they didn't know that he was in the parking lot building at the very top. Soon, while Nick was looking around the area of the city for signs of movement, he heard the roar of Harley Davidson engines approaching fast. Then a rider riding the Harley Davidson came crashing through a ledge as he attempted to run Nick over. However, Nick jumped out of the way as he landed on his feet while taking the hilt of his proton sword out of its holster while watching the rider turn his bike around to face Nick while using his clawed hand to twist the throttle handle bar while keeping the brake handle held simultaneously, repeatedly as his focus was on the the half-human Phantom.

Rider: Unfinished business, runt!

Nick: (glares) Bring it on ol' pal; (activates his proton sword) bring it on.

At the Firehouse, Egon was studying the rubble bits from the site as he discovered something unusual through the microscope.

Egon: It seems there are skin samples left over on the rubble from the site of damages. Whatever this entity is, it IS half-human.

Kylie: You mean, this thing is similar to Nick?

Egon: Plus, the keratin samples from those claw marks on the stove that you saw, Kylie, along with the skin samples have residual ectoplasm encoded in the DNA. So my guess is that we may be dealing with another survivor from "Project Phantom".

Garrett: Oh man, I'll bet this one is codenamed Phantom 10 or something.

Roland: We have to move fast. If Christelle and Eduardo somehow lost Nick while following him, we may have only a small stroke of luck to see what we're up against.

Kylie and the other Ghostbusters had a worried look as they feared that this new entity may be a survivor of "Project Phantom" where Nick was experimented on. However, they were unaware of a fight that was about to commence in the city.

Looks like the Ghostbusters are going to have a new enemy. Who is this Prototype and is he the one responsible for the damage at the site? Find out in the next chapter as this mystery begins to unravel. R&R!