Chapter Three
The next morning the Ghostbusters stepped out of the hotel's entrance as they noticed details that were covered in shadows the previous night. The smell of pine was in the air as a light breeze drifted down the mountains into the valley that sheltered Raccoon City. The sounds of crows nearby filled the air as they scattered from the perches in the nearby trees.
"Alright, first stop is the Raccoon Police Department." Winston started up Ecto's engine, he was a little concerned as it coughed into life.
"Hmm."
"Somehing wrong Winston?" Ray asked from the driver's seat.
"I don't like the sound Ecto's engine is making, I think I better take her into a garage while we're here to see what's wrong."
"Good idea, we don't want to get stranded here because this place is pretty isolated." Winston pulled Ecto out of the hotel's parking lot and started the journey down into town ,passed a large colourful billboard announcing "Welcome to Raccoon City!" as they did.
***
Ray now had a map out as they navigated the streets of Raccoon City, it was a nice looking town, old fashioned style buildings, wide streets with plenty of trees, several parks and even it's own Zoo.
"The Police Department is on Ennerdale Street, thats just off Ema Street which we're on." The Ecto pulled along the street until a couple of squad cars and a large stone building with a clock tower came into view. Winston pulled the large car into a parking space that was just big enough for the car next to a book shop across the street from the RPD.
"According to the guide, the building was first built as Town Hall of Raccoon in 1900, but the newer City Hall was built behind when the town received city status in 1955. Shortly after the defunct Town Hall became a library and then in 1969 it became the main branch of Raccoon Police."
"Seems kinda oppressive to me." Winston looked at the large stone building as they walked through the courtyard in front.
"I know what you mean, it seems to lack a certain lived-in feeling that buildings normally have after at least a few decades of use." Ray managed to spare a moment from delving deeper into Raccoon City history. They all shuddered as they entered the main hall of the RPD.
"Wow, is it me or did it get colder in here?" Peter was surprised when he saw a small cloud of condensation rise from his mouth.
"It's probably the marble in here." Ray tried to hold the guide steady so he could read more about the building.
"Are you the Ghostbusters?" The ghostbusters turned to see a equally cold looking RPD officer standing in front of them.
"Whatever we're being accused of, we didn't do it." Peter's statement gained him a "is this guy crazy?" look from the Police Officer.
"Mr. Irons apologises that he can't meet you, but he sends his regards. I'm John Spencer, I'm going to be your guide during your stay here in Raccoon."
"yes, we were called here by some citizens and a member of your Police Department about some sightings of weird creatures."
"That's correct, we had an.."incident" a few months back, people were killed and the "incident" was blamed on drug abuse, but a few of my fellow officers and myself see differently." The Ghostbusters started following the officer as he walked into some offices in the Western wing of the building.
"One of the calls we received was from a man in a special ops team called Chris Redfield. Do you know him?" Ray asked the officer.
"We've only met a few times but from my opinion he didn't seem the type to get involved in drug abuse." The officer frowned at the dissapearance of Chris and the survivors from S.T.A.R.S. after the mission in Raccoon Forest.
"Could you please tell us about this "incident" that happened which involved Mr. Redfield?"
"I will, though my superiors didn't believe it, so I won't be suprised if you don't." The Officer Spencer sat down in an old desk chair.
"We've dealt with some very unbelievable stuff in our time, please continue."
"Well, two months ago bizare attacks started to happen, people from town would be out walking or meeting friends and then simply wouldn't turn up again. Sometimes days later they would be found, or what was left of them anyway. The corpses were always found partially eaten. Then the S.T.A.R.S. were sent in to deal with the "canibal killers". First Bravo team, that's the second team in the Raccoon S.T.A.R.S. devision, was sent into the woods to the North of town to the abandoned Spencer Estate. Main HQ lost contact with Bravo Team and so Alpha team was sent in, Chris was a member of Alpha Team. When their helicopter returned the next morning all but five members had been killed. The survivors had given stories about inhuman mosters and "zombies" when they had entered the estate, but unfortunantly the place burnt down shortly after they got out so there wasn't any evidence to prove their story. They said that the "zombies" and the monsters had been created by Umbrella Inc, people didn't want to belive that the largest company in Raccoon was behind something so terrible and so S.T.A.R.S. were discredited and shut down. Now we've had to employ new officers to take over the caseloads that S.T.A.R.S. used to handle."
"Wow, real zombies, I can't wait to examine them!" Peter turned a worried expression towards Ray.
"Ray the EAT human flesh!"
"It's still an exciting development, imagine if we were able to get rid of them like ghosts. after all they're dead, and that falls in our jurisdiction."
"Great, he'll get himself eaten by zombies before he conciders consequences? That's Ray Stantz for you."
***
"Well we've checked all of the building and we've found nothing on the PKE meter." Egon noted.
"Looks like this place is clean, should we go to the clocktower next?" Ray looked up from the readout on his PKE meter. The Ghostbusters walked back to the Ecto-1.
"Actually Ray, I'd like to check-out the woods." Winston turned the key in the ignition and received a nasty metallic grinding noise.
"Uh-oh." Winston muttered.
"Officer Spencer, would you know where the nearest garage is?" Ray turned towards the Officer.
"Apart from the RPD garage theres one across the street from the cablecar station."
***
"Great a busted crank shaft." Winston mutterd as he leaned against the wall of the Stagla gas station. The oily mechanic slid out from under the car and got up.
"Unfortunantly it's a 1959 Cadillac, those parts are hard to come by these days. However I know a guy up at the scrap yard who has another '59 caddy which has the crankshaft still attached. But it'll take at least a couple of hours to fix it."
"At least that seems reasonable, would you know the quickest way to the Raccoon Forest?" The mechanic gave a short surprised look at the Ghostbusters.
"The WOODS?! um..yes..you should go to the cablecar station across the street, take the cablecar along the Central-Raccoon Line up to Raccoon station, then take another cablecar along the Raccoon-Arklay Line to get to Cider district, once you get to Victory Lake you'll be able to see the woods on the opposite side of the lake."
"Thanks. What time will Ecto be ready?"
"Ecto?"
"The car."
"Oh, it will be ready by six 'o' clock."
"Right, thanks, I'll pick it up then."
The next morning the Ghostbusters stepped out of the hotel's entrance as they noticed details that were covered in shadows the previous night. The smell of pine was in the air as a light breeze drifted down the mountains into the valley that sheltered Raccoon City. The sounds of crows nearby filled the air as they scattered from the perches in the nearby trees.
"Alright, first stop is the Raccoon Police Department." Winston started up Ecto's engine, he was a little concerned as it coughed into life.
"Hmm."
"Somehing wrong Winston?" Ray asked from the driver's seat.
"I don't like the sound Ecto's engine is making, I think I better take her into a garage while we're here to see what's wrong."
"Good idea, we don't want to get stranded here because this place is pretty isolated." Winston pulled Ecto out of the hotel's parking lot and started the journey down into town ,passed a large colourful billboard announcing "Welcome to Raccoon City!" as they did.
***
Ray now had a map out as they navigated the streets of Raccoon City, it was a nice looking town, old fashioned style buildings, wide streets with plenty of trees, several parks and even it's own Zoo.
"The Police Department is on Ennerdale Street, thats just off Ema Street which we're on." The Ecto pulled along the street until a couple of squad cars and a large stone building with a clock tower came into view. Winston pulled the large car into a parking space that was just big enough for the car next to a book shop across the street from the RPD.
"According to the guide, the building was first built as Town Hall of Raccoon in 1900, but the newer City Hall was built behind when the town received city status in 1955. Shortly after the defunct Town Hall became a library and then in 1969 it became the main branch of Raccoon Police."
"Seems kinda oppressive to me." Winston looked at the large stone building as they walked through the courtyard in front.
"I know what you mean, it seems to lack a certain lived-in feeling that buildings normally have after at least a few decades of use." Ray managed to spare a moment from delving deeper into Raccoon City history. They all shuddered as they entered the main hall of the RPD.
"Wow, is it me or did it get colder in here?" Peter was surprised when he saw a small cloud of condensation rise from his mouth.
"It's probably the marble in here." Ray tried to hold the guide steady so he could read more about the building.
"Are you the Ghostbusters?" The ghostbusters turned to see a equally cold looking RPD officer standing in front of them.
"Whatever we're being accused of, we didn't do it." Peter's statement gained him a "is this guy crazy?" look from the Police Officer.
"Mr. Irons apologises that he can't meet you, but he sends his regards. I'm John Spencer, I'm going to be your guide during your stay here in Raccoon."
"yes, we were called here by some citizens and a member of your Police Department about some sightings of weird creatures."
"That's correct, we had an.."incident" a few months back, people were killed and the "incident" was blamed on drug abuse, but a few of my fellow officers and myself see differently." The Ghostbusters started following the officer as he walked into some offices in the Western wing of the building.
"One of the calls we received was from a man in a special ops team called Chris Redfield. Do you know him?" Ray asked the officer.
"We've only met a few times but from my opinion he didn't seem the type to get involved in drug abuse." The officer frowned at the dissapearance of Chris and the survivors from S.T.A.R.S. after the mission in Raccoon Forest.
"Could you please tell us about this "incident" that happened which involved Mr. Redfield?"
"I will, though my superiors didn't believe it, so I won't be suprised if you don't." The Officer Spencer sat down in an old desk chair.
"We've dealt with some very unbelievable stuff in our time, please continue."
"Well, two months ago bizare attacks started to happen, people from town would be out walking or meeting friends and then simply wouldn't turn up again. Sometimes days later they would be found, or what was left of them anyway. The corpses were always found partially eaten. Then the S.T.A.R.S. were sent in to deal with the "canibal killers". First Bravo team, that's the second team in the Raccoon S.T.A.R.S. devision, was sent into the woods to the North of town to the abandoned Spencer Estate. Main HQ lost contact with Bravo Team and so Alpha team was sent in, Chris was a member of Alpha Team. When their helicopter returned the next morning all but five members had been killed. The survivors had given stories about inhuman mosters and "zombies" when they had entered the estate, but unfortunantly the place burnt down shortly after they got out so there wasn't any evidence to prove their story. They said that the "zombies" and the monsters had been created by Umbrella Inc, people didn't want to belive that the largest company in Raccoon was behind something so terrible and so S.T.A.R.S. were discredited and shut down. Now we've had to employ new officers to take over the caseloads that S.T.A.R.S. used to handle."
"Wow, real zombies, I can't wait to examine them!" Peter turned a worried expression towards Ray.
"Ray the EAT human flesh!"
"It's still an exciting development, imagine if we were able to get rid of them like ghosts. after all they're dead, and that falls in our jurisdiction."
"Great, he'll get himself eaten by zombies before he conciders consequences? That's Ray Stantz for you."
***
"Well we've checked all of the building and we've found nothing on the PKE meter." Egon noted.
"Looks like this place is clean, should we go to the clocktower next?" Ray looked up from the readout on his PKE meter. The Ghostbusters walked back to the Ecto-1.
"Actually Ray, I'd like to check-out the woods." Winston turned the key in the ignition and received a nasty metallic grinding noise.
"Uh-oh." Winston muttered.
"Officer Spencer, would you know where the nearest garage is?" Ray turned towards the Officer.
"Apart from the RPD garage theres one across the street from the cablecar station."
***
"Great a busted crank shaft." Winston mutterd as he leaned against the wall of the Stagla gas station. The oily mechanic slid out from under the car and got up.
"Unfortunantly it's a 1959 Cadillac, those parts are hard to come by these days. However I know a guy up at the scrap yard who has another '59 caddy which has the crankshaft still attached. But it'll take at least a couple of hours to fix it."
"At least that seems reasonable, would you know the quickest way to the Raccoon Forest?" The mechanic gave a short surprised look at the Ghostbusters.
"The WOODS?! um..yes..you should go to the cablecar station across the street, take the cablecar along the Central-Raccoon Line up to Raccoon station, then take another cablecar along the Raccoon-Arklay Line to get to Cider district, once you get to Victory Lake you'll be able to see the woods on the opposite side of the lake."
"Thanks. What time will Ecto be ready?"
"Ecto?"
"The car."
"Oh, it will be ready by six 'o' clock."
"Right, thanks, I'll pick it up then."