Shazam, it's here. (And I am talking about the new super special pen.)
elwynclark owns the girls, etc. You know the drill.
July 22, 2010
2:34 PM
"If it's really you, tell me what I got for number 84 on the psychology final?" Sydney asked. I looked at her as the phone made more static in the background.
"Syd, I don't even remember that question." I whispered.
"The test only went to number 83." Sydney whispered quietly.
"Whatever it was," The so called Jo started to say, from the other side. "I copied you. So it must have been right." Sydney and I looked at each other and she smiled. "Wait, there was no 84, you took up a whole page of writing number 83 though."
"Hi Jo." I said finally. It was really them.
"Hi Ellen!"Jo screamed.
"This is ridiculous!" A guy yelled, Oscar. Only he could have that much heat behind a yell.
"Fine, you talk." Jo said.
"Hey Oscar." I said as I leaned against the table.
"Hi. Ok, we've tried every phone number that we know for the past few weeks and this was the only phone line that we've gotten through on besides Headquarters." Oscar said.
"Headquarters?" I asked and Sydney shrugged.
"Yeah, that call was close. It kept ringing then we got to the voicemail." A calmer guy's voice said, Manny.
"I have a theory." Sydney started slowly.
"Yeah?" Jo asked.
"The calls only went through interdimensionally because the phone wasn't working properly." Sydney said then looked at me. I nodded and she continued. "The Headquarters phone has been down for the past few weeks, I had to get the company to change it from a home line to a business line."
"When did you guys call?" I asked.
"Tuesday?" Manny asked and there was murmuring in the background. "Yeah, Tuesday."
"That's when they installed the new phone." I said and Sydney nodded. "Didn't the phone start ringing a few times and the phone guy said that the phones don't ring until they are completely installed." Sydney nodded.
"Did you check the voicemail?" Oscar asked.
"The guy deleted them right away because he thought the counter was broken or something like that." I said.
"So," Sydney continued. "We never got any messages, and that line went through because it was broken."
"How'd we get through on my phone then?" Jo asked. Sydney looked away from the phone.
"What?" I asked her quietly.
"I kind of killed the phone." Sydney said slowly.
"WHAT?" Jo yelled.
"I killed the phone, by getting rid of that spyware you installed." Sydney finished. "I tried to save it. I have a new one for you when you guys get back." I smiled. She meant that too.
"Well, as long as I have a new phone when I get back." Jo said. There was silence between everyone. "You'll get us back Sydney, right?"
"You have my word." She said clearly.
"How are the guys?" I asked after awhile.
"They're still in jail." Manny said. "We were in jail before, but then they released us. We can go pretty much anywhere here. But we can't go and see them."
"So when was the last time you saw them?" Sydney asked.
"About a few weeks ago I guess." Jo said.
"Oh," Oscar interrupted. "Sydney, your dad said that if we make contact to tell you that you need to take care of the firehouse including the third floor."
"Ok," Sydney said slowly. That was pretty much what we've been doing the past 4 weeks. Sydney is the only one who goes on the third floor.
"I was wondering." Oscar said after awhile. "Am I going to make it back there where you guys are?" I glanced at Sydney.
"I don't know. We were pretty sure you died already." Sydney replied.
"Well that's," Jo started but was cut off by more static to the point where Sydney and I covered our ears it was so loud.
"Sydney Spengler and Ellen Stantz." An automated voice screeched over the line.
"Yes?" I mumbled as Sydney and I exchanged glances of confusion.
"Yes, we know who you are." The voice said again. Sydney started typing on her laptop sitting on the table behind us.
"I'm going to try to trace it; the call. Oscar gave me the software before he left." Sydney whispered. A map of Manhattan flew across the screen then the screen went black. Sydney made a choking noise. "What?"
"If either of you make contact again in anyway." The voice started again and seemed to fill the room. All the static noise was gone and the voice was clear but cold. "Your friends will be placed in prison again. And if you continue to rid your world of Ghosts, we will open many portals around your city and drop all 5 boroughs here." The line clicked off.
"Wait, where are they?" I asked. Sydney opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted. The phone on the table started to vibrate by itself and gradually started shaking the table. Sydney slid away from her laptop and sunk to the floor under the table. I backed away from the table and joined her on the floor.
"It's going to explode." Sydney whispered.
"How do you-" I started but got cut off by a loud pop, like a gunshot. Sydney yelped and covered her head as I flinched and held my arms in front of my face. We looked at each other slowly then looked out at the other table. The plastic bag that once contained Jo's phone floated down to the ground slowly. Sydney stood up and I followed her.
"Oh my God." Sydney said slowly as she stared at the table top. "Don't touch anything." She said as I looked at the tabletop.
"Wasn't gonna." I said as I raised my arms. She put on a pair of gloves then handed me a pair. "I said I wasn't gonna touch it!"
"It might touch you." Sydney said with a shrug and she examined the table. I put on the gloves as I watched her. There was a perfect circle of ashes where the phone was, a little smoke was still rising into the air. The phone itself had exploded.
"I didn't know phones could do that." I said.
"They can't." Sydney said. I heard footsteps running down the stairs.
"What the hell are you two doing down here?" Sam yelled as she came into view. She almost missed the bottom step but caught onto the railing.
"We just talked to Jo, Manny, and Oscar." I said. Sam looked at the ashes on the table. "Then the phone exploded." I just smiled. Sydney stopped fussing over the ashes and picked up the plastic bag off the floor. She scooped the ashes into it and sealed the bag.
"Oh hi Sam." Sydney said acknowledging Sam's presence. "Wait a minute." Sydney walked to the other side of the room to a metal circle on top of another table. It started to shake then the middle of it glowed.
"Sydney, what is that?" Sam asked as she started to back up the stairs. I stared at the glowing circle; it seemed to look really familiar. Sydney was beaming.
"It's a portal!" Sydney exclaimed and did a mini victory dance. A green flash erupted out of it then the glow stopped.
"It's gone." I said as I looked around the room.
"But we've got company." Sydney said and she pointed to the corner above Egon's desk. A little green spud floated over the desk and dripped green ooze over it.
"Oh come on!" I yelled and I ducked under the table and looked for a trap that wasn't in pieces. I heard Sam's footsteps retreat up the stairs. I was almost to the other side of the table when I found a trap that had all the pieces on it. I stood up from under the table and Sydney was staring at green spud in the corner.
"Slimer." Sydney said simply. I shrugged. "He won't do anything bad." Slimer hovered lower over the desk and near one of the bookcases.
"He's going for the Twinkie box Sydney!" I yelled and Sydney jumped on the table and took the trap out of my hand. She jumped over to the other table and rolled the trap onto it. Slimer started over to Sydney and started hovering over the table and the closed trap. Sydney jumped off the table and stood next to me as she dropped the pedal on the ground.
"Look away, now!" Sydney yelled as she slammed her foot on the pedal. We both turned completely around and waited for the trap to quietly beep. We both turned around slowly and watched the trap in the center of the table start to smoke. Sydney gave me a high five.
"Not a threat?" I asked her.
"He was going for the Twinkies. That means war." She replied. Different footsteps were heard at the top of the stairs, and then ran down.
"What did you two do now?" Delilah yelled as she waved her hands to fan away the smoke from the trap. I picked up the pedal and coiled up the cord till the trap was swinging from my hand. I looked at Delilah who was still fanning her hands and walked over to the containment unit.
"We have a lot to tell you." I replied and unlocked the system.
Hey, Delilah is still here...
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