Two weeks have passed since Justin and Ray have returned to Nova Scotia. Justin has been attending high school in Brookfield as Ray prepares for the opening of their own Ghostbusting buisness in Halifax (an hour's drive away). Tonight however, Justin (or Jay as he would like to be called) attends the SCHS 1st dance of the year.
Jay stands at the back wall, wondering why Kirilian hasn't appeared since the news broadcast he saw in New York two weeks ago. A plump male walks over to Jay.
"Hey Jay, why don't you go and dance like everybody else?" The plump teenager asks.
"S'ok Greg," Jay replies, "not really in the mood for dancing."
"OK then." Greg walks back over to his girlfriend, Kim. Her hieght is nothing to be proud off at five feet, 1 inch. But she doesn't let her hieght bother her. Jay smirks as he walks out into the hallway which is earily empty.
"Usually there's a few people out here." Jay states aloud. His watch beeps loudly, catching Jay by surprise.
"What the...?" Jay asks as he looks at his watch; he pushes a button on the side of his watch, revealing a small PKE meter built within the watch. The readings are going berserk.
"According to this, if I remember correctly, it says there's two 'class 7, energy spooks' in the building!" Jay states quickly running towards the gym. The doors close in front of him as the sound of "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park is muffled by the now shut doors; Ecto plasm seeps through the center of the doors. Jay reaches out and touches the slime. A small bolt of blue electricity zaps his finger. Jay pulls his hand away and shakes his hand in pain.
"Yup, energy ghosts." Jay states as he turns to the main doors. Greg walks out of the bathroom and bumps into Jay, knocking him over.
"Where you going in such a hurry?" Greg asks as he helps Jay up.
"Greg, there's two class 7 electric ghosts in there. I need your help." Jay states as he fixes himself.
"What're you babbling about?" Greg asks as he looks at the doors; the ectoplasm sparks with energy.
"I think I'll take your word on what you just said, but how can I help?"
Jay smirks, "follow me." They run out the main doors to the parking lot. Jay pushes a small button on his keychain and the trunk to a 1990 ford mustang pops open.
"I'm one step closer to the edge and I'm about to..." The song nears end as Jay's watch reads higher PKE readings.
"...BREAK!" A huge explosion rocks the school as Jay and Greg watch the windows in the school shatter and quickly fill with electric ecto-plasm.
"Oh no." Jay states as he hands Greg an EGB style proton pack.
Inside the gym, people run in terror as two shapeless spooks fly in circles around the gym. Smoke billows out of the speakers that have clearly been blown from the inside out. The slime covered doors explode as Jay and Greg walk into the gym, proton guns armed and ready.
"Anyone seen a ghost?" Jay asks. The two spooks change shape into the Scoleri Brothers!
"I guess so." Jay mutters as he fires at the Tony Scoleri (the skinny one) but misses as the proton stream flies aimlessly into the wall. Greg stares in amazment as the Scoleri Bros. fly around the gym, dodging Jay's proton streams.
"A little help'd be nice Greg!" Jay yells as he dodges an electric bolt fired from Nunzio Scoleri (the chubby one). Greg snaps out of his trance and fires at Nunzio. He stumbles backwards from the force of the proton stream and barely misses Jay.
"Remember what I said Greg, we can't shoot people! That's a nuclear accelorator. Meaning it'll send my atoms on seperate vacations if you hit me!" Jay yells, firing at Tony again. Tony Scoleri roars angrily as the proton stream catches him. Greg prepares himself and fires again, catching Nunzio in his proton stream. Jay circles around slowly, making sure not to lose Tony as he reaches back and unlaches his ghost trap. He slides the ghost trap underneath the Scoleri Brothers and steps on the trigger, causing a bright burst of light to emerge from the small, temporary, containment unit. Greg and Jay shut off their proton guns simaltaniously as the Scoleri Brothers merge together and get sucked into the ghost trap. Greg faintly hears one of the Scoleri Bros. yell "Not Again!". Jay releases the trigger and the trap doors shut tight, encasing the "gruesome twosome".
"BOOM baby!" Jay yells as he picks up the smoking ghost trap. Everyone inside the gym stares, speechless with thier jaws agape. Greg smiles as he realizes they won. The entire gym fills with the sound of hands clapping as everyone cheers for Jay & Greg. Jay bows, "thank you, thank you. Oh, you're too kind." Jay rambles on as he showers in the glory of defeating the Scoleri Brothers. Greg quickly grabs Jay and the depart from the gym. Kim watches as they disapear out of the gym.
"OK Jay, enough fun. How...why...what's going on?" Greg asks as they get into the Ford Mustang. They leave the windows down as the trap slowly stops smoking. Jay drives out of the parking lot onto the road, smiling the whole time.
"Tell me, have you ever heard of the Ghostbusters?" Jay asks.
"A few news reports here and there, why?" Greg replies, more confused than before.
"OK, well it turns out my uncle is one of the original Ghostbusters. He invited me to join him on a trip down to New York to visit one of his old friends, Egon Spengler, and the new Ghostbusters. I went busting with the new guys and we came face to face with a guy Egon knew who had been sucked into the ghost dimension not all that long ago. Back at the firehouse, we see a news report from Halifax and it's the same guy attacking the MacDonald Bridge. So Ray and I are going to form our own Ghostbusters and deal with the new threat." Jay explains.
"You mean like the Slime Brothers back at the school?" Greg asks, slightly understanding what Jay is saying.
"Yeah. And I was wondering, especially after that display back at the gym, if you'ld like to join." Jay asks.
"Well, uh...I'll have to think about it." Greg states as they pull into Greg's driveway.
"You think about it. I'll see you tomorrow in school." Jay states, driving off into the night.
Driving on the 102 highway, Jay thinks to himself about the two ghosts he & Greg busted at the dance.
"I wonder why those spooks attacked the school."Jay ponders as he takes a turn off and heads into Dartmouth City.
Jay walks into the small apartment carrying the full ghost trap.
"Hey Ray! Where do you want this?" Jay asks as he slips off his shoes.
"Want what?" Ray asks as he looks in from the living room.
"This ghost trap. It's kinda full." Jay states sitting down on the chair in the living room.
Ray's eyes grow wide, "What do you mean 'full?" Ray asks, not completely believing his nephew.
"Well, two ghosts attacked the school and so I asked a friend of mine to help me bust them. He may be joining us." Jay explains, yawning.
"What kind of ghosts?" Ray asks, taking the trap and hooking a cable from his laptop into a port in the back of the trap.
"Class 7, full torso energy aparitions. Electric to be exact." Jay replies, stretching his neck from side to side.
"And no casualties?" Ray asks as he runs a program to see what ghosts were in the trap.
"Nope."
"I...it can't be...."Ray stutters as the program shows the Scoleri Brothers.
"What? I thought you'ld be happy no one got hurt." Jay asks, a little confused by his uncle's reaction.
"No, not that. Are these the ghosts you traped?" Ray asks, a horrified expression on his face.
"Yeah, why?" Jay states, looking at the screen.
"They're the Scoleri Brothers two ghosts that Egon, Peter, and I traped back in '89." Ray explains, picking up the phone.
"Yeah, so?"
"They're supposed to be in the containment unit!" Ray states as he dials the Ghostbusters' number in New York.
"Hello, Ghostbusters." Janine's voice answers.
"Janine, oh thank goodness. I was worried the firehouse was destroyed." Ray says taking a sigh of relief.
"Oh, Ray. Hi, uh...why would you think that?" She asks.
"Is Egon there?" Ray asks.
"No, he went with the others to try and trap Kirilian. He's been spotted again in Central Park. Why?"
"Janine, you have to go down to the containment unit and see if there are any ghosts missing. OK?"
"Yeah sure, what's this all about Ray?"
"Just do it, I'll explain when you get back."
Janine quickly runs down into the basement and heads straight for the containment unit. She checks the readings on it and to her surprise, there is not a single entitiy within the containment unit.
"Oh no..."Janine slowly inches backwards but bumps into something.
"Naughty naughty Janine." A scratchy, demonic version of Egon's voice taunts. Janine spins around to see a ghostly version of Egon Spengler.
"E...Egon?" Janine asks as she looks at the logo on his right arm. Instead of the No-Ghost there's a picture of Egon within the red circle.
"Who are you?" Janine asks as she backs away from the demonic Egon. The imposter Egon unholsters what appears to be a proton gun and turns it on; a sickly charge up noice emits from the blaster.
"An old friend." The ghostly Egon states, firing the gun. A stream of green ecto-plasmic goo spurts from the barrel of the gun, entrapping Janine.
In Ray's apartment, Ray waits nervously for Janine to return.
"Hello Raymond." A scratchy voice picks up on the other line.
"Who is this?" Ray asks, his eyes growing wide hoping it's not who he thinks it is.
"You don't remember me? You and your friends trapped us in our own containment unit. Now we're here to repay the favour." The voice states, sounding like a dark version of Ray's.
"No...not...."The phone clicks as the other line hangs up.
"What's going on Ray?" Jay asks.
The phone rings, Jay answers, "Y'ello?"
"Don't you worry, you don't have to come all the way down here to see us, we're all coming up to see you, we'll be there in a couple of days. Toodle ooh!" The demonic distortion of Ray's voice states right before it hangs up the phone again.
"Ray, who was that?" Jay asks seriously.
"Back when Egon, Peter, Winston, and I were at our prime, we were sucked into a parrallel dimension of this one where ghosts were afraid of humans. Except for our ghostly doubles, the 'Peoplebusters'. Before we found a way back to our world we trapped them in their own containment unit. Somehow they've found a way to getout and now it appears they've taken over the firehouse. W ehave to get back to N...."
"We don't have to. They just called and said they're comin' up here. The ghost version of you said they'll be here in a few days." Jay states.
"Then we have to prepare quickly. We'll need some more Ghostbusters, a place to call 'headquarters', and a vehicle."
"You work on getting us a place of buisness. I'll recruit some more 'busters and then we'll get us a car." Jay states.
"How are you going to travel? I'll need my car tomorrow." Ray asks.
"I have my own transportation thank you very much." Jay states smirking as he wanders towards his room. Ray looks at the smoking ghost trap and wonders what else can happen in the next few days.
A sleak black motor bike roars into the parking lot of SCHS and parks, a cloud of dust rising behind it. Jay dismounts from the bike, proton pack strapped to his back, and takes off his helmet. He walks to the front of the school to be greeted by half a dozen police officers questioning students of the school. Two of the students, Kim and another girl point towards Jay. Jay smirks as one police woman walks over to Jay. She looks at her clipboard, "Are you...Jay Brushett?" She asks.
"I wouldn't be wearing his outfit if I wasn't." Jay states in regard to his black GB uniform with "Jay" written on the name tag.
"Funny. I've heard several reports that you were at the scene of a major disturbance last night here at the school. Care to explain?" The police woman asks forcefully.
"Well, officer...." Jay starts.
"Renouf." She adds.
"Officer Renouf. I was enjoying the dance like the rest of the students there when my PKE meter started picking up a reading of intense power."
"Hold on, what's a 'PKE Meter'?" Officer Renouf asks, looking at Jay with seriouse doubt.
Jay unlaches a RGB style PKE meter from his belt, "This is an older model. It works rather well for its age."
Officer Renouf inspects the PKE Meter, "And what exactly does this devise do?"
"It detects PK energy. To be more precise, the energy a paranormal anomoly emits."
"Paranormal, you mean ghosts?"
"Well...yeah."
"Continue."
As Jay explains what happened last night in full detail, Greg pulls into the parking lot in his car. He gets out and walks over to Jay and Officer Renouf.
"...and that device on your back is what you called a 'proton pack'?" Renouf asks, not believing a word Jay says.
"Yup."
"Do you have a license for that?"
"Sure do." Jay smiles as he pulls out a card from his wallet, "this shows that I may use my equipment whenever a paranormal anomoly appears."
"What's going on Jay?" Greg cuts in as Kim and Heather, the other girl that was talking to Renouf, walks over to Jay & Greg.
"These nice police officers are questioning about what happened last night." Jay explains.
"So you endangered everyone in the gymnasium with your little act. When you blew the doors apart you could have injured somebody." Renouf states, handing Jay back his card.
"And if I hadn't blown the doors to splinters who knows what the Scoleri Brothers would have done." Jay states back, slightly angry that she's accusing him of what happened.
"And I'm the tooth fairy. There's no such thing as ghosts and I'm taking you down to the station."
"Why?" Jay asks. His PKE meter starts beeping lightly.
"For endangering the public and lying to a police officer."
"Officer," Heather cuts in, "Jay saved us. What he's saying is true."
Jay's PKE meter starts beeping louder. Renouf looks at it.
"What's this thing doing?" She asks.
"Let me see that." Jay grabs it from her hands and reads it, "uh oh..."
"What 'uh oh'?" Greg asks.
"Greg, do you have the proton pack I gave you here?" Jay asks, reaching for his proton gun.
"I get the hint." Greg turns and runs to his car. He opens the trunk and pulls out the proton pack he had last night. He unholsters it and turns it on. Jay turns his on and looks around.
"Jay?" Kim asks, "what's going on?"
"Yes Mr. Brushett, what is going on?" Renouf asks.
"Get outa here." Jay states as Greg comes back.
"Why?" Heather asks.
The front doors to the school are thrown open as people run screaming. The front of the school blows apart as a tall, lanky red demon comes lumbering out of the building.
"So ghosts don't exist Officer Renouf?" Jay asks, aiming his proton gun at the large creature.
"It...can't be..." Renouf stutters.
Jay runs towards the demon, "Greg, you hit it high, I'll..." Jay gets back-handed by the lumbering beast, he flies through the sign on the front lawn, shattering it to pieces. Heather, Kim, and Officer Renouf run over to Jay who is surrounded by pieces of the old SCHS sign.
"Jay, you ok?" Kim asks.
"ow." Jay mutters as he slips off his proton pack.
"Is there anything we can do?" Renouf asks.
"ow." Jay mutters. He looks at the three through blurry eyes and lifts the proton gun towards Heather. "here, help Greg."
" But...I don't know what to do." Heather states.
" Point the gun wherever Greg isn't firing, and push the little red button." Jay states before slipping out of consciouseness.
Heather puts on the pack and runs over to Greg who has been firing at the demon the whole time.
Heather aims at the demon's head and fires. The force of the gun almost sends her flying back, but after watching Jay and Greg last night, she knew to hold herself down. The streams hold onto the demon.
"Now what?" Heather asks.
"You have a good hold on it?" Greg asks?
"I...think so. Why?"
Greg stops firing. Heather strains a bit as the demon tries to break free. Greg runs over and unlaches the ghost trap from Jay's proton pack and slides it underneath the demon.
"When the trap opens, stop shooting!" Greg yells over the growling of the demon.
Greg presses on the switch and the trap doors open releasing a bright beam of energy. Heather stops firing as the demon gets sucked into the trap. Greg closes the trap as Heather runs back over to Jay and the others.
"He still out of it?" Greg asks as he walks over.
"A little, he's only disoriented now." Kims states.
"You get it?" Jay asks as he tries to stand up.
"Yeah, we got it." Greg replies helping Jay to his feet.
"Well, I suppose I have to believe you now after what just happened." Renouf states as she walks towards her car.
"Good thing that demon showed up when it did." Jay states as he takes his equipment back.
"Yeah, you sure you're ok man?" Greg asks.
"Fine." Jay states. "I take it you want to be a Ghostbuster, Greg, after what just happened." Jay states hopefully.
"Yeah, I mean, someone's gotta keep there eye on you." Greg states smiling.
"I do to. That was a rush." Heather states.
"Umm, ok." Jay replies, not expecting Heather to want to be a Ghostbuster but glad she does.
"Uh, Jay? Um, can I too?" Kim asks.
"I'm not sure we have enough equipment yet but we can all go down to my uncle's apartment and see." Jay states. They all turn to the school to see half of it demolished.
"Might as well go now. There won't be any school for a while." Greg states.
"No kidding..." Jay's PKE meter starts registering another ghost.
"Not again." Jay states. He looks at the PKE meter with a puzzled look on his face.
"These readings look familiar." Jay states.
"How can they be familiar? You've only busted the two ghosts from last night then the third one today." Greg states.
"No, actually I've busted five ghosts. Six if you include..."
A green hand taps Jay on the shoulder, leaving a pool of slime on his shoulder; Kim & Heather screech as Greg unholsters his proton gun. Jay smirks and turns around to face Slimer.
"Hey slime ball." Jay greets.