Chapter 2
Starting up a business
It was only a day after their suspension, and already, the kids parents were giving them a hard time.
"And how did this happen again?" Weiss asked her son.
"We told you, Headmaster Pine gave us a paid suspension to"show our skills" or something like that" Walter replied, a little annoyed that he was answering the same question over and over.
"Yeah I know what happened, I want to know HOW it happened" Weiss responded.
" We just told you, A ghost attacked the ballroom, and those two did what they did to keep it from hurting others" Yale Piped.
"Yale, Class 3 echos can't hurt people, they can slime them, but they can't physically injure a physical being" Rosie replied.
"Whatever, my point is that we got kicked out for no reason!" Yale shouts.
Rosie and Bridget ignored most of the adults in the room, working on a new "project" as they were calling it.
"Rose, what are you doing?" Asked her mother, curious about what her and Brig was doing.
"I'm creating a Hololaser with a reverse tractor beam device and new PKE meters, while brig is…" she replied.
"In English?" Yang asked.
"I'm making a ghost trap with a trigger device, while Brig is building a portable version of the positron collider and getting a containment unit ready so we can store the subjects," she replied," does that answer it for you?"
"Hang on, you're creating another… "positron" thing or whatever it is?" Blake asked.
The two teens ignored the question as the two attempted to help each other. Brig finished the wiring of the new device, while Rosie placed the circuit boards in a casing made for it.
"The hell is that?" Yang asked
"Say hello to positron collider mark 2, or as Rosie and I like to call it, "The Proton Pack"" Brig replied.
"Don't worry, we've trademarked it," Rosie added," and I just finished up the new PKE meters, and the ghost trap, now we'll just need a place to store the ghosts."
"Ruby, Blake, How did you two live with this much crazy talk?!" Weiss asked in exaggeration.
"With extreme difficulty, and many, many, chocolate chip cookies and cups of tea" Ruby answered with a deadpan look.
"You're kidding, right?" Yang questioned with concern
Ruby and Blake both gave the CEO and Blonde bombshell a deadpan look of seriousness.
"Take that as a no" Weiss piped.
"No, it's obvious that we're joking" Ruby answered sarcastically.
"Jeez, feisty just turned pissy" Yang responded.
"You have no idea" Blake replied.
Cardivance Firehouse, Vale city
The four teens and four adults looked around the lobby, the two teens girls infatuated by the roomspace. The other six on the other hand, felt uneasy about the price of the establishment.
"It's kinda pricey for a "unique" fixer upper, don't ya think?" Yale asked.
"I mean, it does have room, but for over 100 thousand for the first few years, it just looks like a crazy thing to do!" Weiss piped up
"Guys, what are you talking about, It's perfect!" Rosie exclaimed
"Yeah, if you work for home improvement" Yale joked.
"Guys come on, this place has a basement for the containment unit, and enough room for whatever we want!" Brig said
The four adults gave a dirty look to the black haired teen
"Within reason of course" Brig added
The dirty looks went away.
"Now all we need is a receptionist, and an accountant" Rosie said.
"Wait, you're planning on making this a business?!" Ruby questioned
"Well, we gotta pay the bills somehow, as well as the employees" Brig replied.
"Well, I guess I have nothing better to do" Yang piped, not surprised of the other three's reaction.
"Thanks Aunt Yang!" Rosie said.
Ghostbusters HQ, 10:38 pm
As much as Yang loved the silence of the building, it was annoying her that no one called them even once. Ever since Salem's defeat, the action against the thrillseeker was pretty lackluster and boring. Just the thought of more silence irritated the blonde woman.
"To our business!" Rosie piped.
Suddenly, the phone rang, Yang answered, unenthused.
"Ghostbusters… Yes they're serious… wait what… you… you actually have one… no kidding?.. well can you give me the address?... Right, they'll definitely be discreet…. Thanks."
Yang hung up the phone.
"WE GOT ONE!"
She rang the alarm, the kids stared at each other. There first ever call for a job. The four fumbled around till bridget remembered she only made three proton packs. On the plus side, it gave her an excuse to finish the containment unit.
"You guys go get that ghost, I'll finish up on the containment grid" she said.
"Right, Let's go guys!" Rosie said, getting into her Aunt's minivan,
Yang stops her before all of them get in.
"What do you think you're doing?!"
"We're driving to the scene" Rosie replied.
"With my car, oh hell no, Why do you think I have these for?" She asked, tossing the keys to Yale.
The 3 rushed outside to find a hearse painted with their logo, and other doodads on it. It had red and green lights and sirens on the top. As well as some fusion tanks on the top back of it. It's license plate said Ecto 1.
"Well that's ironic…" Walter piped up.
The three rushed into the car, starting it up, and blaring the siren. They rushed out of the firehouse side.
Archel Park hotel, 10:49 pm
The car was parked in the front of the hotel, the 3 teens got out and put on the proton packs. They walked into the fancy hotel with all their equipment on hand. The men and women in the lobby we're concerned by what the kids were wearing and the equipment they had.
A fancy gentleman walked over to them and greeted them.
"Hi, are you the Ghostbusters?" He asked.
"Yep, so what's hauntin' ya?" Walter questioned.
"You didn't hear about ..?" He shot back.
"That was our receptionist, she takes the calls so we don't have to" Rosie replied, leaving out that it was her aunt talking to him.
"Well, we've had more incidences than I can make excuses for, so I hope we can have this done quietly and fast" He said, answering Walter's question.
"Don't worry sir, we handle this kind of thing all the time" Yale replied.
The three get on a elevator with two people on it already.
"Looks like the top floors got the most activity," Rosie said, checking her PKE meter," we should start there."
"What are you three supposed to be, some sorta cosplayers?" A man asked.
"No, we're exterminators, someone saw a roach up there" Walter joked.
"Must be one helluva roach" a woman said, mockingly.
"Probably would bite your head off if it had the chance" Yale replied, jokingly.
The two in the elevator felt uneasy from the response that they had just "shut up". When the two people we're on their floor, they rushed a little out of the elevator. As the doors we're closing, the three were nervous about this job.
"You know we really haven't even tested these things" Yale piped.
"I blame Brig and I" Rosie added.
"So do I" Walter added.
"Well, no time to worry now" Yale said.
"Why worry?" Walter questioned sarcastically," each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on their back."
"We're coming up to the signal, get ready, and heat 'um up" Rosie said, putting away her PKE meter.
The elevator stopped on the 14th floor, many of the guests were terrified by the apparition in from of them. Rosie noticed what it was and took out her neutrona wand.
"Class 5 free roaming vapor,"She said," shouldn't be too hard to catch."
Rosie activated her Proton Pack, and held up the wand towards the ghost.
"You all might wanna step back, like 5 feet" Yale said.
The guests stood back a bit, nearing the doors, making sure they were in a safe space.
Rosie held the trigger, a burst of protonic energy emerged from the wand, fluctuating into a proton stream. It danced around till the ghost moved out of the way of it. It had escaped to the elevator, going down to the first floor.
"IT'S MOVING," Rosie exclaimed," C'MON!"
The three rushed downstairs, the manager pointed to the ballroom.
"In there!" Yale shouted.
The three rushed to the door, just to get stopped by the manager himself.
"What do you think you're doing?!" He questioned furiously.
"Move man, We need to get that thing," Yale replied," It's what you called for, right?!"
"I called for it to be removed!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, and that's what we're here to do!" Walter shot back, shoving the manager out of the way.
The three rushed into the ballroom, the tables were thrown out of the room by the ghost.
"Looks like this spook is not happy about us!" Yale joked.
"What the hell did you expect, we're kinda disturbing it, but it's disturbing the guests, so yeah, both are very mad at each other." Rosie replied, getting out the ghost trap.
The boys took out their neutrona wands, aimed and fired at the ghost, the streams entangled the ghost. Rosie activated the trap, a cone of light surrounded the small portion of the room.
"Lead it towards the trap!" Rosie shouted in a demanding tone.
The boys turned towards the trap, keeping the ghost in their capture streams. Rosie activated the entrapment beam, sucking the ghost within the trap. When the trap closed, the manager and some security barged into the room.
"Where is it?" The manager asked.
"We got it," Yale replied," Did a number on the room though."
"Don't worry, we'll get you covered for this soon," Walter said," I just so happen to always bring a sheet and clipboard, along with a price book."
"What for?" The manager asked again.
"For the bill, don't worry, it's only a small ten thousand lien."
"Ten thousand?!" The manager questioned frustratingly.
"That's including proton charging and storage of the beast," Walter replied," but, if you feel like this service was not worth it, we could always put it back, can't we guys?"
"Why yes we certainly can, Wally" Rosie said.
"Nononono, alright, I'll pay it, just get it out of here!" The manager Exclaimed.
"Pleasure doing business," Walter piped,"AIGHT, COMIN THROUGH, WE GOT A CLASS 5 GHOST HERE, COMIN THROUGH!"
Ghostbusters HQ, 12:59 am
Bridget and Yang heard the car pulling up into the firehouse. Opening the doors, Yang greeted the three kids back with a hug.
"So, did ya get it?" Yang asked.
"Yep, HEY BRIG, the containment unit ready yet?" Rosie replied.
"Just on time, I just finished the containment unit and the fourth pack, I also finished up on some more ghost traps, so in case one of us is busy with one ghost and more pop up, we're good for another to chase the other spook" Bridget answered.
All of a sudden, the phone rang, Yang picked up, but the phone kept ringing. The kids knew what this meant, The Ghostbusters were in business, and that tonight, was gonna be a long one.