EctoVectors 8
Firstly folks I do not condone dating violence but here it serves a certain grown up jerk a lesson or two just had to point it out. Story is rated K+ or E10+ for everyone 10 and up for basic swearing, crude/rude humor, and supernatural horror. As we now get into the meat 'n potatoes of the story the Busters get a call from "that" place. A place Lucy swore never to go back to ever. Now old bitter feelings reemerge sending into her a bit of a depression. Expect some emotional content in here regarding the depression too.
-chapter 8 Children of the Haunted
-Inn
It was quiet in the Maple Inn where the Extreme Ghostbusters had taken residence at the gothic ghost expert Kylie Griffin, the Latino Eduardo Rivera, the action junkie Garret Miller who was wheelchair bound, finally ending with Lucy Spengler the mentor. A day ago while dueling with a fellow horned girl named Nana she found out she wasn't human but a Diclonius a mutant off branching of humans but she rarely gave it thought though her work was more important. Plus there was the team elder mentor the scientist Egon Spengler and the company accountant/receptionist/secretary the redheaded Janine Melnitz. Owning the Inn was the college student named Kohta, his younger sister and both their cousin the brunette Yuka. Also taking up residence there was the grade school girl Mayu whose family was digested by a demon and the younger Diclonius girl Nana.
Speaking of Nana she was watching cartoons on TV. Kanae and Mayu were at school while Yuka and Kohta were getting some work done from their night classes. Unfortunately that would change in a moment since Yuka started up her daily witchy tirades this time directed at Kylie about her wardrobe which was a jet black t-shirt with Disturbed written in white letters over it with black jeans with various patches that were worn out with holes.
Kylie was eating a bagel covered by strawberry flavored cream cheese. "I like the way I look Yuka don't compare me to Vampira." The gothic girl warned the college girl.
"Please you must be some real clinically depressed goth to dress like that Kylie." Yuka spouted off at the raven haired woman which got her left eyebrow twitching a bit.
"WHOOOOOOOO!" Garret hooted loudly from his chair.
"Uh oh trouble go hide folks go hide." Lucy said simply.
"Dead college girl walking I repeat dead college girl walking." Eduardo joked out loud as Kylie got up from her seat and stared Yuka down.
"Clinically depressed goth clinically depressed goth that's what you honestly think I am Yuka hmm?" Kylie said back staring down the college girl with her green eyes. "Yuka come here now come on over it ain't even a short walk just come on over you'll be walking over but severely limping back." Kylie deadpanned at the college coed (what film is this?).
However then the phone rang and Janine picked it up. "Hello Extreme Ghostbusters we're here at the Maple Inn yes we take on anything unholy ok, ok ,ok, we're on it right now thank you for calling. Let's roll guys."
"Oh yeah time to bust ghost butt!" Garret exclaimed rolling outside and donning his gear while the three other college students did the same.
"Uh Luce you coming along here or not?" Roland asked the rosette haired girl who just stood there in thought.
Lucy stayed rooted to the spot and seemed in thought over something. "Um you guys go ahead I got loads of work to catch up on here so go ahead and get the ghost. Just leave my cycle here please. I'll hold the fort guys frankly somebody has to so be safe out there."
Lucy watched as Roland took out her Specter Bike then the four buckled up and watched as the four drove off to fight a ghost raising unholy hell. Kohta saw the uneasiness in her scarlet eyes and took her aside privately. "Luce you don't really have loads of work to do do you? Cuz you got it all done at 10:45 PM last night. I'm just asking as a friend please Lucy you can trust me." The boy with his deep blue eyes looked into the Buster's ruby eyes. He was a few inches taller than her so she looked up with her blue accented bespectacled face.
Lucy finally spoke with hers were choked with sadness as she talked to her Inn owner. "Err um well I guess I should tell you it's not fair that I keep it from you... I should tell you the whole reason. The orphanage I grew up in was a hell on earth no one liked me everyone hated me because of my horns even the adults. The three jerk trio made up of Tomoo, Izzy and Ken were the worst. The three just had it in for me since they got there they tried to beat to beat my puppy Jiro to death that is until Marlckorr happened to show up trying to eat them. Egon and the Busters took me in Egon and Janine were the closest things I had to a mother and father figure. Over the years I was home schooled to make sure I wasn't made fun of. That's why I jumped into action in '97 to fight Achira the disease spreading ghost I couldn't just leave the only real home I've ever had go straight to hell I had to help Egon. I've been on the team ever since then. I don't like Yokohama I have too many bad memories here I just wanna leave and never come back I hate this city I hate it." A small tear dribbled down her left cheek.
Kohta's face softened a bit after hearing this information and what he did next took the rosette by surprise he embraced her kindly making her blush a shade of pink like her hair. "How about we start making new ones happy ones while you're here Lucy how's that sound Luce?" The boy again with his deep blue eyes looked into the Buster's ruby eyes who blinked a bit to register it completely.
Lucy peered up at him with her scarlet eyes and her face half flushed. "Uh um thank you Kohta thanks for everything you've done for us all. You'd better get back to work I'll watch the tube with Nana and keep her company I guess bye." Lucy said turning away from her male host but giving him a shy smile for gratitude.
-living room
Lucy saw the younger Diclonius girl sitting on the couch watching some older anime network like an Anime version of the Boomerang Channel that she watched years ago. The current show was "Samurai Troopers" or in America "Ronin Warriors". Luce motioned if it was ok to sit by her smaller horned compatriot who politely agreed so. Once Ronin Warriors or actually Samurai Troopers was done Lucy just went into deep thought.
Nana turned her gaze to Luce who stared off not paying any attention to the program. "Something wrong Luce? (no answer) Lucy is something wrong?"
"Huh um oh sorry I hate this place (sees her expression) I I meant the uh the city not the Inn it feels like a second home to me but I don't know why maybe parallel events from a past and parallel universe interacting with my present time I dunno I just have loads of bad memories here that's all from my wee little years."
Lucy's eyelids stared getting heavy and soon she was out sawing logs. Nana turned off the tube and poked her no reaction she was out like a light. Nana set Lucy's glasses on the stand near the couch wondering just what they did. Her papa wore them but why though she'd have to ask the buster when she woke up right now she was sawing logs and sleeping contently.
-71 minutes later
After a span of 71 minutes later Lucy was still out and Kohta walked by her sleeping form. "Like a baby... " The college boy commented on a sleeping Lucy who looked quite content on the couch stifling a small chuckle.
However the peace was not to last when another call came in which Janine picked up. "Extreme Ghostbusters how can we help you need a demon caught, need an exorcism or regular ghost capture we do it. Uh-huh an orphanage huh ok where is it located at? (writes address down) Well most of the team is out except one member I'll get her up and send her out." Janine looked over and saw Luce was sleeping quite peacefully and contently on the couch judging from her drooling mouth (epic fun;). Nana stood by her looking over the elder Diclonious girl.
"Should we really get her up Janine? I mean she sleeping very much like a baby." The shorter rosette said to the redheaded woman.
Janine simply shook her head which meant no. "Nana I'm sorry but Lucy's the only buster available for the job and she'll have to go duty calls."
Janine poked the young woman and then prodded her get her sleepy butt up. Finally it was working on her surrogate daughter who woke up with a half pouty look on her face. "Huh what is it what is it Janine no I did not eat the last of the peanut butter I swear Eddy did it. (rubs eyes/grabs glasses from table) What is it what's going on?" The rosette asked still half asleep and rubbing her scarlet eyes.
"There's supernatural activity brewing at one of the orphanages it's the one to the on North Yamato Street. Well kid get going those kids need you up there." Janine half ordered the rosette haired girl who swiftly got into uniform however it was without her normal battle ready zeal like she was depressed. "Um Lucy is something wrong with you today you seemed out of it the minute you got up this morning."
"Um its nothing just got stuff on my mind that's all just stuff y'know ghost trap schematics, new proton gun designs, the works. (mentally in her mind) Why there of all places why there why do I have to go back there?" The rosette repeated over and over in her head as she started up her cycle and (which had a spare pack attached to the side for emergencies) drove off leaving a concerned Janine wondering just what was wrong with the girl. Lucy was like a daughter to her ever since the two met years ago back in 1992.
-North Yamato Street
Soon Luce had arrived at the place the North Yamato Street orphanage. It pretty much looked the same as it did years ago despite looking very quaint on the outside this place was a horror show to the Buster. The place that made her miserable from her birth to age seven she hated this place now she was trying to help it with spirit problems what a bizarre irony there. She should just leave and let the brats deal with it themselves but then a thought hit her years had gone by all the kids from before were dead, married, moved out, or got adopted somehow... meaning "those three" weren't here no more a nice thought to the frazzled rosette haired lass.
Gathering up her courage she walked up the steps and into the building she went up to the receptionists office it hadn't changed much over the years either.
-receptionist's office
The orphanage receptionist's office was still very cluttered, rusted and corrosion ridden, and still the worstly organized place in the building. The receptionist herself was still lanky and tall brunette and freckled. She was getting old alright from her grey hair. Her office was still very out of date. In fact it was so out of date the software in the tower's insides was even older it was in fact a 92 Apple. The witchy woman still had it even into the year 2004 the 21st century who'd a thought.
That is the bitchy woman noticed her dressed in a bizarre outfit no less. The girl she literally gave away years ago was clad in a tan colored jumpsuit. Bright pink knee/elbow pads adorned her joints. Thick combat boots were worn on her feet. Crazy looking goggles were worn over her brow. Pink fingerless gloves were worn over her hands. A thick belt laden with tools and pockets were wrapped around her slim waist. Her bright scarlet eyes accented by her blue rimmed glasses really looked out of place on her delicate face (that was new). And finally she had on a green jester hat. A bulky metallic backpack covered by bizarre components was strapped to her back. "What the hell? It's you the runty little rosette! What're you doing here for?" The woman spouted off at seeing the girl she angrily gave away to those "Ghostbusters".
"Ahh Ritsuko you remember me how nice too bad I wanted to forget you as for why I'm here take a wild guess. Give up I am a Ghostbuster like Egon was before me. Where's your little demon problem at? I'll take care of it for a fee of course."
"Cut the theatrics brat just do yer damn job the little urchins saw it swoop around that a way down the old halls hope ya remember the way." The woman said snidely to the buster.
"I do hope ya remember the way. What I wouldn't give to smack her in the piehole." Lucy said in a snippy back talking tone under her breath then went down the old hallway the same one Egon had led her out of this hellhole. No time to get sentimental she had a job to do but she could have some fun why she was at it like charge the woman 7000 Yen for a routine ghost removal. Giggling at the evil and devilish thought she went about her business.
-hallway
The rosette haired Ghostbuster continued along until hearing some kids shouting and raising one big ruckus. It was coming from a nearby classroom making the rosette worried what if no she had tools if some little brat tried something like that she'd smack their puny ass good. Gulping to herself she came to the door and opened bracing herself for whatever horror awaited her inside. "Oh dear god I'm in kindergarten hell." Lucy said taking a look around the room as kids were playing with the transparent violet slime splattered along the walls, furniture, and ceiling. The 15 kids ran around with boys throwing it at each other with girls saying "icky" and "yucky" and to a lesser extent "grody".
Feeling a deep bit of relief she mentally kicked herself she saw a little brunette playing with the ectoplasm. Her mind made up she had to get it from her at all costs. "Uh little girl do you mind if see that for a wee minute hmm?"
"No you can't have it it's my goo its mine ya hear mine! Go away you look weird now go away its my goo!" The bratty little girl proclaimed to Lucy who felt a headache coming on from this kids were not something she was good with not by a long shot.
"I just gotta get some of that ectoplasm it's important to research and science. But if I take it that receptionist witch'll think I stole some toy from 'em oh what to do?" Lucy mused as she sat on a bean bag chair that was a new thing here never had them before. The must've gotten a money bonus.
"Here take mine miss it's still warm." Said a little boy offering her his slime he had put in a cup.
"Oh thank you little boy I'll put to good use. Thank you young man." Lucy said to the spry kid who was nice to her.
"What's it for? And what's all that stuff?" He asked her being curious.
"Um hello I'm looking for a Class 6 Repeating Phantasm have you it around? As for my equipment this is an unlicensed nuclear accelerator utilizing a high powered proton beam. That goo is key to finding it wherever it's hiding." Lucy asked slash explained to the child politely and was given a puzzled look from him.
"Ok good I'll go play now." The kid said going back to playing out his favorite robot show with his buddies who ran around the room.
"Kids... " Lucy uttered and exited the room. Placing and pouring the violet ectoplasm from the cup into a storage container from her tool belt.
Then putting it back she kept walking along and decided to put on her PKE Goggles. Pulling them down and onto her face they went SNAP! "OUCH dammit that hurt! I gotta stop doing that it really hurts " Lucy lamented at snapping her face with the goggles once again.
And so the Diclonious woman went along with her work scanning the room with the goggles and the spare PKE meter sweeping along the walls getting faint readings but getting stronger ever so slightly as she moved deeper into the building's halls. However she could only see ectoplasmic traces but anything besides that and she ran right into somebody knocking them over. "OUCH! AHHH!" Said an angry voice as the person fell over backwards.
"Ouch! Oops sorry my bad! (rubs sore butt) Ouch my derriere ooh that hurts." Lucy said apologizing to whomever she knocked over while walking along. "I can't see anything but ectoplasm when I wear the Ecto-Goggles again I'm sorry pal." Lucy said again apologizing to whomever she knocked over.
"Well, well, well if it ain't ox head again what're you doing here for hmm? What're ya supposed to be a cosmonaut?" Said a very annoyed voice Lucy cringed at it knowing who it belonged to Tomoo one of her three old childhood tormentors all those years ago here. Tomoo saw Lucy was dressed in a jumpsuit colored tan. Bright pink knee/elbow pads adorned her joints. Thick combat boots were worn on her feet. Strange metal goggles were worn over her brow. Pink fingerless gloves were worn over her hands. A thick belt laden with tools and pockets were wrapped around her slim waist. A bulky metallic backpack covered by bizarre components was strapped to her back. She did in fact look like a cosmonaut.
Lucy quickly took off her goggles revealing Tomoo like she expected only older looking had he not been such a jackass to her years ago he might've been considered cute unlike Garret and Kohta were, Tomoo saw she wore blue rimmed accented glasses now not only was she a freak she was now a dorky looking geek too. He was dressed in a blue security guard outfit complete with wooden nightstick. Lucy got herself up to her feet. He stood at just three inches taller than her and Lucy spoke. "What am I doing here trying to cover yer ass that's what I was sent to catch the ghosts here raising unholy hell that's what. I'm a Ghostbuster why do you think I'm here for to dress in drag and do the hula for the kids birthday parties hmm? What're you some worthless night guard or something? You never became successful did you like you bragged ages ago did ya?"
Lucy upon seeing Talki's depressed reaction she decided to brow beat him a bit. "Why am I not surprised lemme guess the only job you could take was this one right ya just got released on parole and some lame ass orphanage where you grew was the only place to get employment. Or lemme think you were in for animal abuse y'know animal cruelty is one of many warning indicators for a developing serial killer and sociopath. Or maybe you flunked from school and beat yer girlfriend up is that it huh? Where's Izzy and Ken hiding out at have they left you all alone by yourself do ya feel lonely now?" Lucy taunted her former bully and enjoyed it a lot seeing him wiggle around like a worm on a hook.
Tomoo simply scowled a bit at the ground floor. "My girlfriend hits me this is the only job I can get that's two miles away from the psycho yeah a girl beats my ass all day go ahead rub it in go on go ahead. Izzy well his girl well she put him into a coma and Ken well he's in a vegetative state right now the three of us are miserable." Tomoo broke down in front of his former bullying victim but alas he received no sympathy from his childhood acquaintance.
"Good that should teach you all a very valuable lesson pick a fight with the wrong girl they beat you back. Serves ya right and you'll be receiving no pity from me Tomoo not after all the stunts you pulled with me years ago plus especially (grabs his shirts scruff) after what you three pulled with Jiro I'll never forgive you ever got me? You understand me huh do ya huh!" Lucy shook her old childhood bully a bit getting him worried of what she might do next.
"Stop it don't... please don't hit me please don't do it!" Tomoo cried out in total panic mode. His lady must've done a number on him to terrify him like this as crazy as might sound Lucy enjoyed it seeing the once snippy Tomoo quivering like some spineless worm. It was very pathetic to see frankly.
Lucy then dropped her childhood tormentor hard on the wooden floor and she hissed at him. "Tomoo yer a spineless jellyfish y'know that always was and always will be now lemme do what I'm paid to do here. Since you the great Tomoo can't handle it you pick on me my dog but when a ghost shows you run and hide like the half brained coward you are. You see this trap on my back and my gun I use them to catch crap like them. Since your expertise on ghosts and the supernatural is not superior to mine then lemme show you how I do things in the downtown Big Apple."
It was then Lucy heard a scream from down the hallways and she raced to it and kicked open the door but what she saw shocked even her. The ghost was a light transparent purple, the top of the ghost was in fact another mouth, the spirit had bad teeth, and it drooled slobber everywhere, and finally two long tentacle-like arms sprouted from its sides.
The vile thing had cornered a 10 year old girl near a dresser and drooling quite a bit onto the wooden floor while it was licking its chops.
"A class 5 full roaming vapor or a focused non-terminal repeating phantasm ugh real nasty looking one too hey you yeah you ya pile of purple mucilage move away slowly from the girl." Lucy shouted at it.
The ghoul heard what the lady was saying to it and it got it pissed the thing reared up roaring at the girl intending to scare her to death it only succeeded in covering her in clear sticky violet slobber. Lucy just looked at the ghost with a stern look with her bright red eyes accented by her glasses. Seeing the scare did nothing the demon then threw the wooden bunk bed frame at the girl who used her two vectors to cut it into bits. The ghost then proceeded to lob slime balls at the buster who ducked under a fallen plastic teacher chair. The ghoul threw more hard things like pencils, balls, the class globe, and other junk she easily tore to bits.
"Huh guess my vectors are better than I thought well time to bust open a proton cap in his ass. Hey slimeball yeah you come c'mere come get me eat me ya snotbag c'mon! I'll get in yer belly c'mon! I'm gonna pop yer ghostly ass wide open... you kid get outta here now!"
The girl did as she was told and ran outta there as if the hounds of Hades were after her and the ghost and Lucy squared off against each other. She stared at the hideous thing and she had long thought she was ugly but after seeing ghosts over the years made her change that idea. "Yo ya slimy bastard Grab my stick! (Lucy draws her handset) Holdin'! Heat it up! (arms pack) Smokin'! Make it hard! (racks her handset) Ready! I'm gonna show you I do things downtown snot for brains bring it!"
-begin Dead Gardens by Nightwish (fun!)
Lucy shot at the ghost who simply jumped to the ceiling and sped across it out of the room. Lucy cursed loudly at the burn mark she made on the affected wall. "Son of a nimble bastard he is. Come back to mama I'll get you you snot pile!"
Lucy fired off another shot only to it to miss too leaving a long burn mark along the upper wall ceiling angle. "Dammit missed again!"
The ghost continued to easily dodge her beam blasts like it knew what she was thinking then it hit her it wasn't reading her mind but her movements her arms made small air currents the thing was detecting like a spider. She stopped chasing after it and stop to think up a plan.
Thinking was the best way to catch this thing not brute force she was an egghead after all somebody who used their brain a lot. Thinking and thinking until it hit her making the normally simple faced girl grin devilishly. "Ooh I have a plan Wonderbar." She said saying wonderful in German.
Running to the kitchen area she hoped they still had them scavenging through the cupboards until she found it. "Hah they still have 'em here I hit the honeypot barbecue flavored squid chips perfect I'll lure it with food oh I'm a devil I know it. Grabbing a plate and heading out to catch it."
-soon
Lucy set out all the chips on a plate and waited behind a overturned desk nearby the food readying the trap. Sure enough the purple people terrorizer appeared smelling the food nearby the thing licked its slimy chops as it drooled quite a bit. It soon was feasting itself on the squid chips. Lucy had no time to lose she had to act now. She jumped up and threw out her vectors holding the trap and gave a yell. "Hey ugly forget me here go inside this opening trap snotbag!"
The circular trap then emitted a beam that sucked the ghostly creature inside. The thing gave a final yell. "Guurrrggglllee!" Then it was sucked inside and contained.
"That ghost is toast." Lucy said being a poet while not trying to though.
-hall doors
The twosome consisting of the witchy receptionist Ritsuko and idiot security guard Tomoo heard loud crashing on the other side of the doors. The noise got Ritsuko very damn nervous.
"Tomoo quick like a bunny I want that door open now step to it!" She barked at the young man only for the doors to burst open revealing a triumphant Lucy.
"You won't be having any more trouble now folks because I came I saw I kicked its ass!" Lucy boasted out loud to the two surprised workers. The trap was still steaming a nasty vapor which stunk really bad.
"What was that thing will there be any more of 'em?" The receptionist Ritsuko asked abhorred by the smoking trap the former orphanage resident dangled by the two.
"Ritsuko and Tomoo what we have here is what Dr. Ray Stanz calls a class 5 full roaming vapor or a focused non-terminal repeating phantasm this was a nasty one. Lemme check my monetary notes (checks notes) umm hmm yes hmm hmm yes. Let's see all's in order but that will come to 5000 for storage and entrapment of the creature but transport and permanent storage of the beast which comes to only 2000 since we're luckily having a special on it normally it would be another 4000. Now do you want to pay in paper currency or check? Please no cards sorry." Lucy said offering her pen for Tomoo to use while Ritsuko looked on in shock while smiling in cynical delight who needless to say was outright stupefied by the price.
"Wait 7000, 7000? 7000 Yen for a routine ghost removal that's bullshit I won't pay one bit of that crap! You were supposed to catch it not demolish the damn building!" Tomoo spat at Lucy's serving fee while Ritsuko scowled at the buster. Lucy gave a heart chuckle to herself while holding her trap. This should be good the girl thought.
Lucy just adjusted her glasses a bit. "Huh well then my dear Tomoo and my dear Ristuko I can just put it right back in there over there near the closet would be nice " Lucy taking the disc shaped trap with her to reopen it inciting panic from Talki.
"No. No, no anything no don't do it I'll get my checkbook and pay for the thing anything don't let it out." Tomoo said working up a sweat and taking his checkbook out to pay. A small smile crept on Lucy's fair face.
"Thank you nice doing business with you people I'll be leaving now ta don't let the Boogieman get you." The horned girl said winking at them both while turning around and walking out of the classroom only to encounter a bunch of raving 4 to 10 year olds cheering her on.
"Uh my public how they adore me... uh-huh." Lucy said out loud being talked over by the raving kids squeals making a quizzical look at the whole fiasco.
-to be continued
Folks EctoVectors is a new record a whopping 8 chapters so far it's a milestone folks. Well you'll notice Lucy opened up a bit to Kohta expect that angle to get more integral to the story later. Yes I know Lucy has been doing too solo jobs never fear the group will together next chapter. Plus I finally can get Bando to appear once he appears he'll randomly be seen here, there, everywhere. Plus I got some really neat stuff coming up in the story (*slime*). Yes the slime will play a role here and Bando will have a first hand experience with it (think folks the zaniness that will ensue) making him a believer. Anyways how is the story so far? Good? Crap? What then? Anyway got some really interesting stuff planned for this story so stay tuned for further chapters. Also expect some creepy stuff to go on at the facility and it's beyond even Kurama's control What could it be? Well keep reading to find out. This has been writer TURP and I hope you folks are enjoying my crazed crossovers. Please look into Yokohama Night Monsters, Neon Genesis Nightwarriors, Power Rangers Dimension Legends, and Maverick Hunter KLN they need reviewing and critique. Peace out people bye.
