Ch 3
When Ray woke up the next morning he was normal again. He grabbed a clean shirt and made his way downstairs. Egon was still asleep in the living room. Sally's visit, while unannounced, eased Ray's thoughts and worries. Peter and Winston quietly watched as Ray walked past them in the kitchen.
"Feeling better then?" Peter grinned.
Ray smiled back, "I feel so much better now. Perhaps it was just the flu or something."
Peter stood from the table. Normally when he stood by Ray, he was a good 6 inches taller. Ray now stood at least two inches taller than Peter.
"Something wrong Pe-" Winston stopped mid sentence as he was the two standing next to each other. "What the hell is going on here? Ray has never been this tall."
Peter pulled Egon from his sleep and showed him. "I'm not sure how this happened Peter but it would explain Ray's rapid change in body mass."
Ray pushed Egon away and walked out of the room. There was no way he was taller than Peter. Compared to everyone else he was shorter. "They're playing a joke," he thought. "I just need to take a deep breath and calm down. He paced in the living room for a few moments before pausing. He was walking on all fours. There was no time to stop it; Ray was turning back into a monster.
"Shit I can't let them see me."
Ray ran for the basement. It was the last place anyone would look for him. He scampered down the steps and closed the door behind him. His heart sank as he realized the lock had broken off the door. Anyone could get in there and see him. He decided to make a run for his room but stopped. Peter, Winston, and Egon were looking for him.
"Ray come on out." Egon shouted.
Ray quietly backed down the steps and closed the door. Before he had time to think of a way out the door swung open slamming into his tail. He yelped in pain as Egon jumped back. Ray tried his best to back away from Egon but there wasn't enough room. His tail hit the ground with a loud thud as he tried to scare Egon away. There was no telling what he'd do next. Egon pulled something from his coat pocket and jabbed it into Ray's arm.
"Why the hell did you tranquilize him?" Peter questioned as marveled at the monster before them.
"I wasn't sure what he'd do. He went on the attack and I panicked.
When Ray woke up he saw Egon sitting across from him. He was lost in thought failing to notice Ray was awake. Ray took the chance to quietly try and get away. As he made for the steps, he felt a small tug and a heavy clanking on the floor around his leg. A chain wrapped around him and over to the wall. Hearing the sound, Egon looked up.
"Peter come quick it's awake."
"They don't know it's me," Ray thought. "I have to let them know somehow before something bad happens."
Peter walked down the steps and looked Ray over. "He certainly is big. How did he get in here without us finding him till now?"
"Could it be possible that he's been what's making the mess in the kitchen and around the house during the night?" Egon questioned as Ray slowly backed away from the two of them. He began to feel uneasy. Seeing the fear in his eyes, Peter held out his hand and patted him on the head.
If this is what's responsible for at the strange stuff going on here lately then we must've gone crazy. Look at him Egon if he was running through here at night he'd shake the whole firehouse."
A low frustrated growl emitted from Ray's throat. It seemed the more he tried to talk and get their attention, the less he was able to do.
"Too bad Ray isn't here," Egon sighed. "He'd love this."
"If Ray were here," Peter started, "We'd be keeping this as a pet."
At the mention of his name, Ray's ears perked up. He needed to find a way to let them know he was standing right in front of them. As he pondered, he could hear footsteps behind him coming down the stairs. Winston came in with a young woman following closely behind him.
"Hey Egon this is Sally she says she knows where Ray is. I figured I'd bring her down here to talk to you."
Winston nudged her forward. She turned to look at Ray and smiled. Without saying a word she sat next to him and gently patted the scales on his back. Egon jumped from his seat as she removed the chain from Ray's leg.
"Ray can you understand me? You need to try and talk I know you can do it.
The three men slowly backed away from Sally.
"You've got to be kidding me," Winston sighed as he grabbed her and ushered her up the stairs. No one believed her. He had to get their attention. Without warning he screamed as loud as he could.
"Let her stay she's telling the truth!"
Peter and Egon looked at each other in confusion. How in the hell did his happen? Sally sat next to Ray quietly talking to him. Every few minutes she'd look over at the two scientists and glare daggers at them.
"Why does she keep looking at us like that Peter?" Egon finally whispered over to him.
"I don't know but if she does it again she's outta her. For all we know she could be doing this to Ray. We have to fix it."
"I'm not doing this to him and you can't fix it. The only person who can do anything about it is whoever did this to him in the first place." Sally still sat next to Ray but her attention was on Egon. "Once he calms down a bit he should be fine but if he gets to excited he'll go right back to looking like this."
Ray sat motionless, staring at the wall deep in thought. How was he going to keep this under control? Every time the alarm went off he got jumpy and excited like a kid at Christmas. The last thing he needed was to go on a job and start turning into a monster.
"Maybe it's a good idea for me to take some time off," He suggested. "That way I can figure out how to control this."
Egon looked Ray over again and smiled. "I guess that's our only option. In your current state you'd certainly shock any customers we'd have. Peter how about you tell Janine to take the rest of the week off. Until we have more information we're off duty."
Peter stomped up the steps. Egon, Sally, and Ray sat silently in the basement before Egon finally spoke up. "One of you better tell me what the hell is going on or else."
"Or else what?" Ray smiled. Despite being less than human, Ray's boyish grin still came through.
"Just tell me what is going on," He growled in frustration. It was going to be a long week he could feel it.
AN: I didn't know until the other day there was a section in cartoons for Real Ghostbusters. Since I'm going more off of that (I grew up with the cartoon before watching the movie) I placed it in the appropriate section. Hope you guys like it so far.