Ray and Kira slid down the fire pole, while Egon rain down the stairs.
Once everyone except Venkman was downstairs, Ray, Egon and Kira went down to the basement. Sure enough Slimer was looking at the containment unit.
"It seems oddly drawn to the containment grid..." Egon whispered.
"He's been fascinated with it ever since you added the viewer to the unit." Ray added, "Easy now, Kira. I'll talk you through this. Use the proton stream to get his attention."
Kira slowly grabbed her thrower and pointed it at Slimer. She released a proton stream that sent Slimer running somewhere else, and the stream hit the containment unit.
"No! Not the containment unit! That's some highly sensitive equipment you're disintegrating there, kid!"
"Sorry, Uncle Ray..." Kira said shamefully.
Just then a fat chubby ghost escaped.
"Whoops! You let one out!" Raymond Exclaimed.
"That's my fault," Egon said, "I was fine-tuning the interspatial gasket this morning. I'll fix it. You two get those ghosts back."
Ray headed toward the door of the basement. Kira followed.
"He went into the sub-basement!" Ray said, "And his escapee with 'em. Come on kiddo, we got a job for ya. Taking the right precautions Slimer's harmless."
"Really? I don't think so." Kira replied.
"Uh, more or less. I'm not sure about the other guy though... Ok, let's go get 'em!"
Ray slowly opened the door to the sub-basement. Ray turned on his small flashlight on his proton pack.
"Oh, and don't sweat the containment unit. It's easy to get excited your first day with the proton stream. You're dad will fix it in no time."
Kira decided not to grab her thrower until further instruction for fear she would break something else.
"Now, first and foremost before things get out of hand. You'll want to get to know your Proton Pack. It can be your best friend out there in the field. Everything you need to know is displayed on the pack itself!"
Ray pointed to a green bar on the pack.
"Here's where you keep an eye on your current physical condition. The more green that's on the bar, the more damage you can sustain and still stay in your feet."
Then he pointed to two red bars that were a quarter upward.
"This bar indicates your pack's heat level. When it gets to the top, you'll want to vent the pack and keep it from shorting out or resetting. For the most part, capturing a ghost is pretty straightforward. We break it up into three basic steps: sap 'em, cap 'em, and trap 'em. The first step is blasting the ghost to sap it's energy... You can blast now. There's nothing down here you can possibly damage."
Kira nodded, and she saw Slimer floating across the room. She blasted her proton stream at him.
"See that overlay on the ghost?" Ray asked.
"Yeah?"
"That indicates the current accumulation of the ghost's PKE. The more you disperse the weaker it becomes."
Kira's uncle looked at her red bar.
"The pack's moving into the red, Kira! Vent it!"
Kira did what he was told and then went back to blasting Slimer. He then went through a wall. Slimer was gone.
"Aw man! We lost Slimer!" Kira sighed.
Just then, the ugly fat ghost appeared. He threw up all over Ray and Kira.
"Gaw!" Exclaimed Kira, "And I thought Slimer was disgusting!"
"I'll help you on this one, kiddo." Ray assured as he blasted with Kira.
They kept blasting at the ghost.
"Alright. We go on to stage two: Cap 'em! You can project a capture stream, or wrangler manually. On the other hand, the pack will detect when a ghost is sufficiently weakened, and it will automatically turn on the capture stream as the ghost is in the capture stream, you want to slam it to make it weaker. Here's how you do that; watch the ghost. When he makes a dash in one direction, you pull the stream quickly in the other."
Kira made a capture stream and pulled it up and down making it weaker. Ray pulled out a ghost trap and rolled it onto the floor. Ray stepped on the petal and the trap made a cone which sucked the ghost inside.
"Don't look into the trap." Ray exclaimed.
They both looked away from the trap, and the trap closed.
"Whew!" Kira sighed.
"Nice work, kiddo! Oh, and don't forget to retrieve the trap."
Just then, Ray's radio came on
"Did you get them?"
It was Spengler.
"Ah, we're batting 500. Slimer slipped your kid bagged her first one though; a real nasty customer." Ray said looked at Kira with a grin, "Oh, and you've got to be very careful about crossing the a word: don't do it."
"Seriously." Spengler added.
Kira and her uncle went back upstairs. Spengler and Venkman were waiting for them.
"Hey," Peter said, "How come SHE gets all the new stuff?!"
"She's our new 'Experimental Equipment Technician." Egon corrected.
"She gets a new title TOO?!"
"It means she gets to carry a bunch of untested, extremely dangerous hardware that not handled correctly could blow her somewhere in New Jersey."Ray explained.
"Oh,"Peter said sarcastically, "So you're letting a 12 year old lug dangerous prototype hardware that could potentially blow us into New Jersey? Thanks. Keep the title Kira. It'll work hard for ya."
"So where do we go now?" asked the new technician.
"The Sedgewick Hotel, "Ray sighed, "That's the first place the little spud would go."
"Right, back to its initial manifestation point." Agreed Egon as the group climbed into the Ecto-1.
"They've got a real good buffet..." Ray said off topic.
"It's a great one," Peter added, then turned to Janine, "When Winston returns from the opera, extend an invitation to join us at our table at the Sedgewick. Hey you, you're up, kiddo! Training will be on the job tonight. Try not to destroy too many Manhattan landmarks... That's our job. Ok? "
"Cue the music, will ya?" Laughed Kira as the Ecto raced to the Sedgwick.
The Ecto came to a halt, the professionals (NOT!) and the trainee entered the hotel. Kira gasped at how detailed this place was. Kira heard this was the place where the Ghostbusters had their first bust, and nearly destroyed the place, and the maid along with it! The manager looked sternly at the group.
"That disgusting green blob is up on the 12th floor again, wreaking havoc! I demand a refund right now!"
"Somebody hasn't got any rest lately..." mumbled Kira.
Peter cut in so the manager couldn't hear her, "Sir, if you check the fine print on our invoice..."
"Invoices," Ray corrected sounding ticked off.
"Right, invoices... you'll see that your warranty on re-haunting expired some time ago. You should've taken the extended service agreement."
The group walked towards the elevators. Kira could hear the hotel residents exchanging whispers about them.
"Hmm," pondered Egon looking at his PKE meter, "I'm getting some interesting PKE spikes here. Disturbances don't seem to be exclusive to the 12th floor. I'd like the chance to look around the building a little more."
"Good," Ray nodded, "Dig up what you can. The little guys shouldn't cause us too much trouble."
Just then, an elevator opened. A woman with a brunette bun, wore a black mini skirt and long sleeve shirt was talking on the phone.
Peter quickly reacted, "Well, hello. You're perfectly safe now, Miss. The Ghostbusters are here."
"Back off loser, never gonna happen." The woman said as she walked out of the elevator annoyed.
"That approach rarely works with me," Peter said, "I'll show you why later."
Kira stared at Venkman, "Dana would be awfully…. Oh, what's the word! I can't remember!"
"Pissed?" Ray finished.
"That's the one! Uncle Ray, you are now my official dictionary!" Kira laughed as she, Ray, and Peter stepped into the elevator.
The doors of the elevators closed. Ray and Peter turned their heads towards Kira.
"Alright Kira, get ready," Ray said.
" , if you'd do the honors?" Peter asked.
"Proud to, Dr. Venkman," Ray replied as he turned on his Proton Pack.
"Part of our settlement with the city;" Peter sighed, "Proton packs must remain off in heavily populated public areas."
"Also in close quarters, it minimizes the city's liabilities and satisfies the restraining order the maid here had put on us." Ray added as the doors opened and the three walked out.
"World we live in today. You shoot a proton stream of highly charged particles at someone… they get all sue-happy!" Peter exclaimed.
Just then, a hotel baggage cart rolled past a corner.
"It's him!" Peter said as he blasted the cart. Unfortunately, it was a bellhop who ran away before the stream got to him.
"Ooh. That's got to hurt in the mornin'." Kira sighed.
"Great, now we got another plaintiff."
"Can you tell me what a plaintiff IS?" Kira asked.
"Maybe later when we run out of business," Peter joked.
Kira walked down the hallway. Just then, double doors slammed in her face!
"Ah!" Kira jerked as she got hit in the face and fell to the floor.
"What the- That looked painful. Are you okay?" asked Ray.
"Do you THINK I look okay?!" Kira said as Ray stood her up.
Ray looked at her face. It was all red and she looked like a cherry tomato.
"Nope," Venkman singed, "Not at ALL. But you should be fine. Egon will kill us later."
The group heard Slimer's retarded laugh, and walked down the hallway. A staircase was on the left side of them. Then, a few bags of luggage flew and hit the group at a fast speed.
"Ever got hit with luggage before?" asked Kira nervously.
"Yes," Ray replied, "But it wasn't paranormal I can tell you that."
Kira, Peter, and Ray turned the corner. Slimer was drinking a bottle of wine.
"I never knew Slimer was an alcoholic!" Kira whispered.
"Oh, we knew alright," Peter said, "We just haven't told you."
"Alright," Ray said seriously, "Showtime. We wear him out, and then we capture him. That's what your proton stream is for.
Kira fired at the glob of goo, and he flew through a wall, and a cart with food crashed all over the floor.
"You've got 'em on the run! C'mon, let's go! Peter!" Ray exclaimed.
"Nah, I've seen this one already. Know how it ends. You two have fun, though. I'll cover the elevators and escort any ladies safely to their rooms."
Kira giggled, "What if their elderly?"
"Shut up you little paranoid phenomena." Peter muttered as he went down the hallway.
"Yeah," Kira smiled, "Ok."
Ray took out his PKE meter and checked for valences, "And this signal looks just like your elusive little targeted entity. Your meter will flash and buzz when it picks up a potential signal. The Paragoggles are linked directly to your active PKE meter. This lets you see otherwise undetectable phenomena, while you track it. Ghost trails, object auras, all kinds of cool events!"
Kira put on her goggles, and pulled out her PKE meter.
"Whoa! These things are amazing! What next?"
"When the center bar peaks, you're headed in the right direction. When it's flat, you're following a cold trail. Come here and get a scan of this ectoplasm!"
Kira looked on the wall. That slime must've come off Slimer when he went through the wall. The PKE meter's wings were all the way up, and the peak was directly in the center.
"Line the target with the smallest circle for the best scan."
Kira scanned it, and sentences appeared on her goggles: A disgusting mess of ectoplasm slimmer where Slimer forced himself through the wall. (Ectoplasm Impact.)
"Fascinating…" Kira sighed as Ray kicked a door open to another hallway.
"Red signifies a hidden ghost; green indicates an enviormental paranormal anomaly. Blue means an active sample."
Kira's meter turned to red, and got hotter as she went further down the hallway. The highest peak went up when it was focused on a vase. She scanned it, and Slimer flew out!
"Getting a good scan is sort of like taking a good snapshot."
"No kidding." Kira said as Slimer flew out again, "We lost him again! This is getting old, but I'm not going to argue."
Her meter turned to blue as she went down another hallway. It lead up to an old. service tray on the floor right near some vending machines.
"Phew!" Ray said disgusted, "He's definitely been here. An 'active sample is something you can collect, like a cursed artifact. We get paid extra for everything we scan and collect. Then we roll it back into Research and Development. The extra funds let us experiment with new equipment and offensive technologies. Which it turn, you get to wear on your back to test!"
Just then, a familiar voice came on the walkie talkie, "Ray! I DON'T FEEL GOOD!"
It was Venkman!
"Peter, come in! You okay?" Ray asked on his radio.
He got no reply.
"Uh-oh. Man down! We've got a man down! Go, go, go!" Ray exclaimed as he kicked a set of double doors open, and Kira ran behind him, "Double time, Kira!"
They ran to where Venkman was at the elevators. He was on the floor all covered in ectoplasm, and his pack broke a few wires which a few sparks flew out.
"He's been slimed! Again! Hustle over here and help me get him up, will ya?"
Kira did what she was told. Ray and Kira pulled Peter up.
"How did this even happen?" Peter said in disgust, "I was covering the elevators! That smelling glob of goo snuck up on me… Gah… funktified AGAIN!"
"When one of us goes down, we all help each other out," Ray said, "It's all about teamwork."
"Oh no, my friend," Peter said all out of breath, "That was in the pre-sliming era. Right now, it's all about payback!"
Kira pushed the elevator button and walked inside; Ray and Peter following.
"Let's hope you get a shower when we get back…. That's really disgusting…." Kira said
"Here! Have some!" Peter joked rubbing ectoplasm on her uniform.
"Oh, come on!" Kira said looking at her uniform.
"Hey. You'll get slimed…. eventually."
A sudden jerk of the elevator made Kira close to falling.
Ray looked around for any sign of ghosts, "Alright, Slimer. You've had your fun. The elevator's off limits! Egon, come in. I think we're stuck in the elevator. We need some HELP."
"THINK we're stuck? Well let's see…" Peter said sarcastically.
Peter leaned over and pushed some elevator buttons, "Think we're stuck, think we're stuck, think we're stuck… Hey, you guys uh… good with officially stuck in the elevators show of hands!"
Kira awkwardly put her hand up halfway. Ray and Peter chuckled when they looked back. When the elevator stopped, Ray clutched his thrower, "Here it comes."
"Kill it, Ray!" Peter exclaimed.
Just then, Egon opened the doors with a small smirk on his face, "Need a hand?"
Peter turned to Ray, "You always fail me, Ray. Don't you?"