Days passed and the mood was lightened, not that you weren't apprehensive about Ray's dream and what it could possibly mean for you and the guys. They went on runs and you either hung out at the HQ and helped Janine with small non-business based tasks as you still weren't technically employed and for leagality sake didn't want to get Ray in any trouble, or you went to the stores to get more costume ideas as the city's Halloween party was only a couple weeks away and Egon was too busy to even worry about it.
The list of ideas formed like this…
A twinkie and a glass if milk (Note: Egon might not like food as the main theme...too plain)
A ghost and Egon as himself (Note: Too obvious...Ray might even think it's stupid *facepalm doodle*)
A cowboy and an adorable cow (Note: Egon doesn't seem like the "country" type nor animals that aren't experimental subjects)
A decaying animal and a mushroom (Note: He might like this one but it no one else might understand it)
A mad scientist and his creature (Note: It might hint obvious traits in Egon and Frankenstein but maybe not quite a monstrous monster, maybe some kind of other supernatural creature...DO RESEARCH!)
Five things seemed a decent start to show him when you were able and who knows what he'd actually say to any of them, your notes were just obvious observations you had seen in Egon as the days drifted by.
Sitting in the dining area waiting for them to return you sipped on some hot chocolate and scanned through the newspaper obituaries that Egon and you had occasionally clipped out from deaths near your apartment on the night of your haunting. The boys arrived back in a decent amount of time as you heard Janine welcome them from downstairs (that and the Ecto-1 siren loud as ever slowing to a silent halt), you took your coco with you down the stairs and saw the boys covered from head to boot covered in red jelly,
"Oh my god, what on Earth happened to you?" You tried to stifle a giggle with your free hand.
Egon used his glove and wiped his glasses of the sludge, "We had to deal with a Class V. Corporeal Possesed Jelly Donut filling machine at one of the local factories, I was surprisingly even slightly amused to be attacked by something involving junk food." He responded with a hint of chuckle to yours.
Ray on the other hand looked less than amused, "I'd rather be covered in ectoplasm than donut jelly, at least ectoslime is analyzable and thinner than this snot."
Winston started putting his jumpsuit into the laundry bin that was thoughtfully put there by Janine to keep cleaning the floor easier for her, Peter did the same and quickly without a word said left out the front door to get back to Dana and Oscar. Your eyes followed Peter and you mentally sighed, 'he sure is a distant guy...jeez', focusing back on Egon you decided to share your halloween party costume list,
"Oh Egon, I wanted to tell you that I came up with 5 options for costumes...now you don't have to agree with them since I can just scrounge up more but I figured we should start simple." You beamed with childlike excitement.
His eyes met yours with puzzlement as he was divesting of his jumpsuit, Ray heard you as well and his mood instantly changed to that of intrigue at what was about to unfold.
"Oh, what are they? Is that what you've been doing while we've been working jobs?" Egon asked.
"Mhm," You shook your head eagerly, "I thought you might want to look at them yourself in case you had any better ideas." You reached into your pocket where you had hidden the piece of paper from the notepad before going downstairs and handed it to him.
"Four of the five are crossed out and…" He paused when his eyes scanned over each note you had made beside the options and a slight smirk formed on his face, "The last one seems interesting, but what's the 'monster' supposed to be?"
"I figured I'd look at different kinds if and when you chose, I only looked at the stores and didn't buy any of them yet because we as a…" Your brain stopped trying to think of how you were going to phrase this, you had only known them a short while and to call Egon anything other than friend seemed odd.
"Friend pair." Ray butted in while handing Janine the paperwork from the day's work load.
"Yeah, friend pair…('thanks Ray' you mentally jumped.) I was waiting because I wanted to see what you had to say about them first." You blushed innocently.
"Of course we can look at them together…" He said to you with a ghost of a smile, "Janine, do we have any appointments tomorrow?" He asked her as you followed him past her desk to the stairs.
"Only one at the Sedgewick for a regular ghost clean up at 5pm, but nothing other than that." She responded with a bit of snark and a pop of bubblegum.
You looked hopeful as he thanked her and continued up the stairs behind him. You put your coco down on the table (which now was cold but there's nothing wrong with cold coco lol), and sat down in front of him as you watched his eyes dart back over the list.
"Your notes are very interesting." Egon said as he noticed how analytical they seemed.
"Yeah, I was kinda assuming how you'd react...but of course there is always a time to be wrong." You chuckled.
"I actually find the twinkie one interesting, seeing as I get them often in gift baskets from fans." He admitted.
"Really? I guess people found out about your snack food habit." You said realizing he actually has some fans, and that maybe being with him at the party might be odd for his image.
"The second one is a bit on the nose, don't you think?" His eyes left the paper and he made a face of sarcastic confusion.
A blush formed on your face, "Y-yeah hehe, I figured that would be the case and yet gave it a shot anyway."
Going back to scanning the other 3, he chuckled which you guessed was at the mushroom one but his eyes still lingered on the last one. You sipped your cold coco which made a noise that grabbed his attention, and he nodded in agreement.
"The last one will be fine, I wouldn't mind flexing my 'dark side' for one night of the year." He gave another chuckle.
Your eyes sparkled, "Really? Oh Egon, that's great...I'll get onto looking tomorrow while you guys are at the Sedgewick." A childlike happiness emanated from you and Egon saw this and smiled in turn.
You bounced over and gave him a light peck on the cheek, which of course made him feel off balance and weak even though he was sitting down. You not noticing went over to the sink and dumped the cold coco down the drain and sat back down. His vision started to blur as his head rocked back and forth, he tried to shake it off but saw something in the blurring shadows.
"Egon? Are you ok?" Your voice rose in pitch as you watched him drifting off, "RAY! GET IN HERE!"
Ray bolted into the room from the 3rd floor stairs and ran straight to Egon, "Eggy (ee-gy), wake up come on...I'm going to call the ambulance again." He ran downstairs and yelled to Janine that he needed the phone.
-Inside Egon's Head-
A dark city street, fog rolling down the alleys, and street lights dimly lit. Everything smokey, black, and greyscale…
Egon stands at one end of the long road, holding his head in slight agony groaning as he looks forward. An average height, dark figure stands at the other end wearing what appears to be a trenchcoat and something on his head but for sanity's sake Egon just assumes is an odd hat.
"You are perfect...she will only become more powerful the more you fight. Your death will be her awakening, best to just let your energy be hers." The voice said with a hiss, but yet Egon could hear it clearly from as far away as he was from it.
"What the...?" He questioned in a whisper, "WHO ARE YOU?" He yelled into the darkness.
No response came, just wind billowing around him. He looked around to see if this was based on any places in the city he could recognize, but no landmarks were present to distinguish anything. He tried to get a clearer look at the person, but no physical features made themselves present...nothing human nor ghost. He just looked and looked, still holding his head in pain...he started hearing voices, your voice, Ray's voice...he looked around for you but none of you were present… He stopped spinning his hurting head and made one more quick glance at the person before it disappeared, the only thing he caught in his vision was yellow...a yellow glow where the eyes were. He was then pulled back to reality by the feeling of shaking.