Chapter 2-Torture and Guilt
"WHAT?!" Janine yelled.
"What do you mean abducted man?!" Winston exclaimed.
"I mean that someone grabbed Egon, probably knocked him out, and took him somewhere." Peter said.
"Oh God. This is bad." Ray said, "Like really bad!"
"There's a security camera in that alleyway." Peter said, "Maybe it captured what happened."
"C'mon." Winston said, "Let's go to the police station and see what we can find."
"Hey Jenny, could you call Mel Ortiz please?" Ray asked, "We could use a federal agent."
"On it Ray." Jenny replied.
The guys and Janine quickly got into Ecto-1, while Kylie and Jenny volunteered to stay at the firehall.
Meanwhile, Egon was slowly regaining consciousness. He knew he didn't have his glasses, which made it hard to see. He was in a small, dark room with one lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. He tried moving, but his arms and legs were tied to a chair. A tall, burly man stood by the door and was looking at him. Egon glared at him. The guys told him he had a good death glare when he was mad.
The guard started to look a little scared. Even without his glasses, Egon had a good glare. The guard quickly got up an went out of the room. Egon could hear voices, but one of them sounded strangely familiar.
"He's awake." the guard said.
"Well why are you out hear?!" a voice snapped.
"He scares me with those icy blue eyes of his." the guard responded.
"Well, I don't care if he scares you. Just get in there." the voice demanded.
The guard then walked back in the room. Then another figure walked in and stepped into the light. Egon couldn't see very well, but he knew at once who it was. It was none other than the chief of PCOC, and the person the Ghostbusters hated the most: Walter Peck.
"Peck." Egon growled.
"Hello Dr. Spengler." Peck said.
"What do you want?" Egon asked in a growly voice.
"Before you ask, I don't want to shut down the containment unit. I wanted you specifically for a reason." Peck replied.
"Which is.." Egon said.
"I may hate Venkman a lot because he's a smart-ass. But I hate you the most. Why? Because you tried to kill me once. And sometimes eye me like you want to murder me." Peck said. "So I thought it would be nice to talk to you without your friends knowing where you are." Egon wasn't looking at Peck, so Peck was about to lift Egon's chin in order to make him look at him. But when Peck got too close, Egon quickly bit Peck hard on his hand.
"OWWW!" Peck exclaimed pulling his hand away. Egon had left deep bite marks on his hand. Peck then punched Egon hard in the face. Egon fell backwards, his head landing on the cold hard floor.
"That should teach you not to bite people on the hand." Peck said. He then began to punch Egon without mercy. Egon did his best to not show any pain, and even after 20 minutes, he didn't scream, or wince, or even groan in pain. Peck wanted to see Egon in pain, but he was still smiling, revealing his true self: a cruel, cold, merciless man. After he stopped punching Egon, he cut him out of the chair and kicked Egon all over his body. Egon bit Peck a couple more times. When Peck finally stopped, he chained Egon and left him in a corner.
"Guys.." Egon said in his head, "Please help. And Peter, I'm sorry."
Meanwhile at the police station, the guys were telling an officer that Egon had gone for a walk after getting into a fight with Peter, and then vanished. Winston also told the officer that Peter had found Egon's phone and glasses, which meant that Egon had been abducted.
"Ok, we looked at the footage, but we couldn't get a good look at how it was though." the officer said. "But we'll try to clean up the footage."
"Thank you." Janine said, "Please, bring our friend home."
"We will Ms." the officer said.
The guys quickly headed back to the firehall. That night, Peter couldn't sleep. He got up and went into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror and realized something.
It was HIS fault that Egon was missing. If he hadn't said that hurtful comment, Egon wouldn't be in what awful place he was in. And he shouldn't have set that prank. Peter felt and saw guilt. He became more worried than before. If he never saw Egon again, he would never forgive himself.
"What have I done?" Peter asked himself while looking at his reflection, "What have I done?"
To be continued...
