Disclaimer: I own nothing no Ghostbusters but I own OC Sam.

Author Notes: We're in the final stretch!

Savin' the Day

Pure adrenaline pumped through Sam's veins as she slid down the rope. Normally heights would have terrified her but she had more urgent matters to think about.

"You don't know who this is?" Johnny yelled at them.

Peter replied "Happy New Year!"

Sam didn't get that conversation at all.

"He'z Vigo!"

All of them just stared at the small man in wonder. What was he going on about?

"You are like the buzzing of flies to him!" Janorsz nodded his head in an all too cocky fashion; secure in the fact that his side would win. He was quickly silenced, when he looked over to the painting to see Vigo missing.

"Oh, Johnny. Did you back the wrong horse. Will you hose him, please?"

"Hose him." Ray said and they let lose with a flood of positively charged slime.

Understandably, Janosz screamed like a little girl, as the three of them slimed him. He spun around in circles, Sam wasn't sure what he was trying to accomplish but it made the job of sliming him down easier. Finally he fell down and after a few more seconds of sliming, they turned off the flow.

"One down." Winston said.

"On the ground." Ray replied. Sam just looked at Ray with raised eyebrows; what a goof.

After they were sure that Johnny wasn't getting back up again, Dana came racing over to them with Oscar in her arms. Well, more she raced over to Peter. "Boy," Dana gave Peter a quick kiss,"am I glad to see you." Sam was relieved to see that they were all right, but she know Venkman felt a hundred times more so.

"Oh, Oscar, Oscar." Peter took Dana's son from her and held him up. It was surprising how quickly Peter had grown attached to the little man.

Dana turned to Ray. "Is he dead?"

"Uh, uh. This slime is positively charged. He'll wake up feeling like a million bucks." Ray seemed confident but Janosz hadn't moved in awhile, not even a twitch. Sam hadn't really liked the guy, but the thought terrified her that they might of actually killed him.

"Wooo! This gentlemen is a little bit ripe." Peter moaned as he still held Oscar in his arms. "That's all right my friend. I think I had a little accident too." Both Dana and Sam let out a laugh; it felt good.

However the cheer was short lived as a wind start to blow inside the museum, and they knew it was nothing ordinary. Egon held up his scanner and it began to whirl and buzz. There was trouble coming -fast.

Some debris that had been barely holding on fell, distracting the Ghostbusters. As they turned around to face the noise, a pipe wrought its way around Dana, trapping her.

Ray, Winston and Peter all gathered around Dana trying to tear off the pipe. Dana screamed at Peter, "Get him away!" Even though her own life was in peril, all she could think about was Oscar.

Peter quickly ran away with Oscar and Sam took Peter's place trying to loosen the pipe off Dana. Ray cried out, "Get a knife or something! We've got to cut her out of this!"

Suddenly, they stopped trying to free Dana as something caught their attention out of the corner of their eyes. Egon went "Oh, no." They all watched as a man began to materialize; it was Vigo. He wasn't able to fully materialize and as he walked there was an odd shadow of him, making the effect more scary if possible.

"Hold it right there, dead head!" Sam couldn't believe Ray could still form words, she was scared speechless. Ray cocked his slime blower ready to fire at any moment. Vigo turned to face Ray. "You want a baby? Go ahead and knock up some willing hell hound. Otherwise, I'm giving you three to get back into that painting where you belong!"

Egon raised his Proton gun ready to help Ray out. Ray began to count. "One!"

Peter jumped out from behind the spot he had been with Oscar. "Two."

Ray made a quick sweep of the room. Obviously, Vigo wasn't going to go down without a fight. Ray wanted to make sure all the other Ghostbusters were ready for the fight to come. Sam hovered her finger over the slime blower trigger.

Ray yelled out "Three!" and the two Ghostbusters with packs let loose their proton streams. They both made a direct hit to Vigo, however the Carpathian wasn't going down. Ray cried, "You got him! You got him!" But just as it looked like they were going to win, Vigo blasted them with energy that knocked them down onto their backs.

Sam had the wind knocked out of her as she crashed onto the ground. She felt like she had been run over by a truck and she was sure all the others were doing about the same.

"That was really stupid." In hindsight what Winston moaned was right; they only had two packs, much less than usual.

Egon yelled out, "Ray, can you move?" Only after Egon said this, did Sam realize that she couldn't even move her arms. Something was very wrong.

"No, are you okay? Sam?" Ray asked.

Egon answered with a pathetic, "No." Sam felt much the same. "Ditto." Egon yelled out, "Venkman, how are you?" Peter answered with a nonchalant, "I'm fine." But no one needed to see his face to know the sarcasm there.

Dana moved her attention away from the guys, back to Vigo. She noticed that he was slowly approaching the same corner that Peter had come from. With a wave of his hands, Vigo parted the boxes that were hiding Oscar from view.

Dana began to struggle against her restraints. "No." She said it quietly, but there was sheer panic in her voice. "No. Oscar!" Vigo raised up Oscar, to hold him arms length from him. Dana turned back to the Ghostbusters on the ground. "Please, do something." Sam only wished she could, but her body was completely paralyzed. They all tried to move but none of them could even begin to stand up.

Peter wiggled his way across the floor. "Not so fast, Vigo. Hey, Vigo! Yeah, you, the bimbo with the baby. Did anybody tell you the big shoulder look is out. You know, I have met some dumb blondes in my life but you take the taco pal! Only a Carpathian would come back to life NOW and choose New York! Tasty pick, BONEHEAD! If you had brain one in that HUGE melon on top of your neck,

you would be living the sweet life out in Southern California's BEAUTIFUL San Fernando Valley!" Suddenly Vigo released a stream of energy that quickly shut Peter up. The other Ghostbusters also started to shake with the energy Vigo was zapping them with.

Sam began to shake from the force of it. She felt like her teeth were going to shatter, along with all the bones in her body. She looked over at Ray and he was fairing no better. Peter moaned, "Oh, nice."

In a deep terrifying voice, Vigo said, "Now we become one." Vigo raised Oscar up. Oscar began to cry, even a baby could tell the situation wasn't looking good. Vigo stared up into the heavens, momentarily distracted by something. Sam waited in suspense but nothing happened.

"Where's that singing coming from?" Only after Ray asked it, did Sam notice the faint sound of singing.

"People outside." Winston said.

"But why would they be singing?" As soon as she asked the question, Sam realized the answer. It was midnight.

Vigo began to jerk his head around, obviously getting distressed at the music. He held on to Oscar but his grip was quickly weakening. Sam could feel the energy holding her down slowly get weaker.

"It's weakening! The singing is neutralizing the slime!" Egon put into words what everyone was thinking.

"I can move!" They all quickly started to stand up.

It looked like at any second, Vigo was going to lose his grip on Oscar. The Carpathian began to move his head and body wildly about letting out what sounded like roars. His body began to dematerialize, he was no longer living on the same plane of existence as them.

Dana throw off the pipes that had been holding her and Peter scooted his way over to Vigo, still being unable to stand up. Vigo let go of Oscar and the baby went tumbling through the air. Luckily, Peter had positioned himself at exactly the right spot and caught Oscar before he hit the ground.

Dana ran over to Peter and took Oscar out of his arms. "Oh, sweetie." She cried as she held him.

The other Ghostbusters were finally standing up and were looking everywhere for Vigo. Finally Sam spotted him. Vigo had gone back into the painting but he didn't look too happy about it.

Egon yelled, "He's back in the painting!" It was trying to suck him in, but Vigo was fighting against his confines. His face began to twist and disfigure itself as he fought against it. Suddenly his face was no longer human and the true face of Vigo was shown. He had glowing red eyes and horns; it was a horrifying sight.

Just like last time, no one noticed Ray and Vigo lock eyes. Ray's mouth went limp and he was transfixed by the glowing red eyes staring into his soul.

"Viggy, Viggy, Viggy. You have been a bad monkey!" Peter called out in his normal mocking tone.

Suddenly Ray walked up directly to the painting, blocking all the other Ghostbusters. Sam called out in a worried voice, "Ray...?"

"Ray, we'd like to shot the monster. Could you move out of the way, please?" But Ray didn't heed Egon's pleas.

"Ray!" Peter yelled.

"Ray!" Winston chorused in.

Soon they were all shouting his name but he paid them no attention. But when Ray did turn around, Sam let out a horrified scream. The face was no longer Ray but a horrible monster. "No! I, Ray, am Vigo, shall rule the world! Be gone, you pitiful half men!"

They all exchanged looks and Peter yelled, "Now!" With that they let loose with slime and nuclear energy. Peter and Egon zapped the painting, while Winston and Sam hosed down Ray with slime. Ray was knocked over and the spirit of Vigo was thrown back into the painting. They continued to zap and slime the painting as the huge head of Vigo yelled. The painting began to explode in a brilliant light show and the Ghostbusters looked away.

They had done it.

And so have I! I plan on writing about them at the Statue of Liberty award ceremony and a naughty scene with Ray and Sam but that will be under a different story. I don't want to make the whole story M for just one racy chapter.

I already know the short story I'm going to write after this. Here's the title, "The Ghostbustin' Blues" any guesses as to what it might have? ::wink:: PS all of my Ghostbuster fanfics will include Sam!