Disclaimer: I don't own Ghostbusters or Blues Brothers, just OC Sam.
A/N: Glad to see you're all enjoying the story! I was really happy to see the reviews. I've been so busy with school work its been difficult for me to find time to write. Some excuse, right?
Meeting Jake
Sam quickly shut her mouth. When did she becoming the 'screaming damsel' anyway? Slowly the second head on Elwood's shoulder became another body and wafted lazily up above them. Elwood seemed to have finally realized what had happened. "This is my brother, Jake. Sam." He nodded at her and Sam gave an awkward smile at the floating Blues brother.
Jake didn't pay them any attention and instead took in his surroundings. "Elwood, how is it we keep ending up in these dumps?"
Sam felt her surprise dissipate into anger. "Hey! Do you realize how impossible it is to clean up after four grown men?"
They were unable to continue with their 'conversation' as Ray and Egon had finally gotten over to them. Both holding PKE and Giga meters, the two scientists were practically foaming at the mouth. "Egon, are you getting the readings on this?"
Egon looked on. "He's certainly above the average haunting level. He's practically solid."
Egon was right. Jake just looked like a man who was floating in the air. Although they had seen many weird creatures and ghosts, she had to admit they had never seen a ghost who was so life like.
"So, what's happening here?" Jake asked with raised eyebrows. A cigarette appeared in his hand and he took a long drag on it. Sam could swear she smelled the smoke.
Elwood turned his face up to look at his brother. "Not that I mind, but that woman has ruined one too many gigs for me. She needs to be out."
Jake nodded his head in a thoughtful manner. He took another puff of his cigarette. "I suppose."
Ray eyed Jake. "Could you come down so we can scan you closer?"
Jake slowly floated down. He stretched out and his torso went through Elwood. With a shiver, the live brother got off of the table. He moved out of the way as the two man scanned Jake. Sam got off the sofa and questioned Ray on his findings.
"Gozer was an extra dimensional being but for some reason Jake has the same immense energy readings. I really wonder how much power the 'crazy' woman has. I don't think it will be any hassle trapping her but this does make interesting research."
Sam looked at the PKE in Ray's hand and she saw how right he was. The hand was practically dancing off the dial. Curiosity struck her and she asked Ray to scan the cigarette smoke. It had a high energy reading too. "He's dripping with psychic energy."
Sam felt her heartbeat pick up. Maybe here was the excitement she had been looking for!
All of them looked away from Jake as the alarm started ringing. Sam ran over to the fire pole and yelled down to Janine. "What is it?"
Janine turned off the alarm and yelled back, "Roaming vapor or some other thing...doesn't seem to be too serious."
"Is Louis still here?"
"Yeah, at his desk."
"I'll be right down. Louis! Don't go anywhere."
Sam turned back to the boys. "Louis and I can handle this one. You stay here and interrogate." She gave them a wink and wave; then she was sliding down the pole. She didn't want to miss what was happening but business came first.
Sam extinguished the tips of her hair, as Louis apologized for the hundredth time. She acted like it was his fault but actually her mind had been else where.
Picking up the trap, Sam gave Louis a smile. "Well, that does it for this one. All things considered, that wasn't too bad."
Janine had been right. It was a simple roaming vapor and they had captured it in almost 20 minutes flat. She had to admit it may have been an easy capture but she felt as if she and Louis were really improving...although she hoped she was a little better than the accountant Ghostbuster.
Louis beamed. "Thanks for asking me out today. Although I do have paperwork to do, I'm sure..." Louis' voice became muffled as Sam opened up the Ecto-1A and leaned inside to put her pack in.
They piled in and Sam started the engine. She couldn't wait to get back and see what had happened.
As Sam drove up to the firehouse, she noticed something unnerving. "Louis, is that smoke?" He rolled down his window and brought his head back in with a frown. "I hope Janine is all right."
Sam stopped the engine and jumped out of the Ecto-1A, Louis followed close behind. They opened the door and saw Janine sitting quietly at her desk. She looked up at them and smiled at Louis, then she gave a semi-worried expression to Sam. "That man wasn't being sarcastic when he said 'crazy woman'." Sam raised her eyebrows and ran up the stairs.
Sure enough, the smoke got thicker as she went up stairs but she didn't have any trouble breathing. She looked around in the fog to spot Egon and Ray semi-hiding behind various pieces of equipment. Elwood was standing out in the open with a frown on his face. Sam approached Elwood and didn't even have to ask the question for her to get an answer.
"The woman."
As if answering to her 'name', Sam heard a cry. Instead it didn't sound sad, it sounded like it was out for blood. Looking over towards the cry, Sam saw Jake on his knees begging to an invisible ghost.
"Come on, baby. Don't be like this. I love you."
As strangled voice replied, "You left me! I died unmarried, you bastard!" Sam heard an explosion but nothing exploded. Sam had no idea the woman ghost would be so enraged! Thank god she wasn't alive and the damage wasn't really. She was even more dangerous than Peck...and that was saying a lot.
Jake took of his sunglasses and stared the woman down. "Baby, you mean everything to me."
The ghost materialized. She looked like any woman from the 70s, she almost looked too normal. She looked dirty and had smoke marks on her clothes. She dropped her bazooka and closed her eyes. She floated over to Jake and disappeared into him, and as she disappeared the smoke also evaporated.
Sam could feel her mouth hanging open. If she had been expecting anything this hadn't been it! "So you lost gigs over that? Can't ever imagine why."
Elwood gave a smirk. Egon and Ray got up from their crouching position and walked over to Jake. Ray had his eyebrows furrowed. "This isn't good. If she joins with him, then we have to get them when they're far apart or we might capture both ghosts."
Egon gave his Giga a thoughtful look. "We have to some how lure her away but I wonder if she is drawing psychic energy from Jake, and therefore can only materialize when Jake already has." Egon turned to Elwood. "Have you ever seen her without Jake already appearing?"
Elwood didn't even have to take a second before he answered. "No."
Egon shook his head. "If you don't want us to capture both ghosts, this could take awhile."
Jake caught their attention by answering. "I'm staying with my brother, so get your minds in gear and think of a way to fix this!" It was obvious Elwood was the more levelheaded of the two...well, at least most times.
Sam felt an urge to make sure Jake was really a ghost. She lifted her fingers up to Jake's arm and put them through him. She gasped as her fingers felt ice cold. Sam pulled out her fingers, luckily Jake hadn't noticed. However Elwood and Ray had.
Ray walked over to her and handed her the PKE. For a moment Sam was tempted to put the PKE into the ghost.
Elwood looked on, with his mouth slightly turned down.
