Chapter Six
It looked like a scene from a destruction derby movie.
Peter and Winston were staring out of one of the diner windows as the scene of accident unfolded in front of them. In the middle of the road three cars had smashed into each other and two pedestrians had been injured, however the cause or the accident was the pedestrian shuffling down the street. The pedestrian that had until three minutes ago been knocked under the wheels of a car.
"Is there a doctor?", "Oh my God, look at his face!", "Hey buddy, are you alright? you look like hell.", "Someone please help him." A cop who had been off duty in the diner rushed out into the street to assist the injured man.
"Sir? can you hear me? I'm going to take you to Raccoon Hospital in my squadcar, just follow me....sir? Sir what are you doing? Sir please if you'll just follow me I'll..Ow!" The cop pulled his hand away from the injured man's mouth out of suprise.
"Ow, he bit me!" Another pedestrian held the cop's bleeding hand as she wrapped a handkerchief around the wound. The cop unholstered his pistol with his free hand. The injured man started shuffling towards the pedestrian who was bandaging the injured hand.
"Sir, stop what you are doing and put your hands on your head." The injured man let out an unearthly moan, as if he couldn't talk.
"Sir, do not make me ask you again!" the man continued his injured walk towards the pedestrian who was also backing away.
"Alright Sir, you have forced me to do this." The cop fired a shot into the man's leg. The man stumbled but continued his movement towards the pedestrian.
"What!?" The cop fired another shot into the opposite leg. The man stumbled again but continued to walk. Realising that the man must have been on drugs or something ,the Cop's mind turned towards the pedestrian.
"Ma'am please, move towards an open store, or diner. This man is extremely dangerous." The cop pulled out his radio to call headquarters.
"Dispatch, I need backup, we have a three car pile-up outside Emmy's Diner. We have two civilians down and a hostile suspect." the Pedestrian had now backed against a store front as the injured man continued his advance.
"Received, unit 206 dispatched to situation at Emmy's Diner."
"Peter we have to do something, that lady's gonna get hurt if we don't do something."
"What do you suggest we do Winston?"
***
"Ray I'm getting something." Both Officer Spencer and Ray crossed the meeting room to see what Egon was doing.
"But you haven't made all of the modifications yet."
"I know that the modifications haven't been finished, but there must be something big enough to register on the meter. The display cackled and changed into static for a few seconds before refining and beeping to show it had a reading.
"Ray, have a look at this, the meter's registering at least fifteen different sources of readings just within the area of this building, I'm going to widen the field as far as i can before the signal degenerates." The meter emitted a wilder beeping noise as it registered more creatures.
"This isn't good Ray, I've been able to widen the field to a twenty block radius, and the results are startling. Of course the results would be less acurate due to widening the field and the signals being affected by some man-made objects. But the meter is registering more than fifty signatures across town."
"What does this mean?" Officer Spencer was now getting worried.
"This means that if the readings are as acurate as the meter says they are, then we could be dealing with a serious infestation. We need to alert the town!"
"Now hold on Dr. Spengler! You said that these readings could be misleading?"
"Correct."
"Is it possible that the readings could be refined or something so we can get definate, accurate results?" Egon's face frowned as he thought up a way to boost the signal.
"If I was able to boost the power supply and and enhance the scanners, then we should be able to get a better set of results."
"Good, I don't want to start a town meeting that causes a riot due to improper results, how long will it take?"
"If I started working now, and if we're able to get the parts we need, then probably two to three hours."
"What do you need?" Officer Spencer asked.
It looked like a scene from a destruction derby movie.
Peter and Winston were staring out of one of the diner windows as the scene of accident unfolded in front of them. In the middle of the road three cars had smashed into each other and two pedestrians had been injured, however the cause or the accident was the pedestrian shuffling down the street. The pedestrian that had until three minutes ago been knocked under the wheels of a car.
"Is there a doctor?", "Oh my God, look at his face!", "Hey buddy, are you alright? you look like hell.", "Someone please help him." A cop who had been off duty in the diner rushed out into the street to assist the injured man.
"Sir? can you hear me? I'm going to take you to Raccoon Hospital in my squadcar, just follow me....sir? Sir what are you doing? Sir please if you'll just follow me I'll..Ow!" The cop pulled his hand away from the injured man's mouth out of suprise.
"Ow, he bit me!" Another pedestrian held the cop's bleeding hand as she wrapped a handkerchief around the wound. The cop unholstered his pistol with his free hand. The injured man started shuffling towards the pedestrian who was bandaging the injured hand.
"Sir, stop what you are doing and put your hands on your head." The injured man let out an unearthly moan, as if he couldn't talk.
"Sir, do not make me ask you again!" the man continued his injured walk towards the pedestrian who was also backing away.
"Alright Sir, you have forced me to do this." The cop fired a shot into the man's leg. The man stumbled but continued his movement towards the pedestrian.
"What!?" The cop fired another shot into the opposite leg. The man stumbled again but continued to walk. Realising that the man must have been on drugs or something ,the Cop's mind turned towards the pedestrian.
"Ma'am please, move towards an open store, or diner. This man is extremely dangerous." The cop pulled out his radio to call headquarters.
"Dispatch, I need backup, we have a three car pile-up outside Emmy's Diner. We have two civilians down and a hostile suspect." the Pedestrian had now backed against a store front as the injured man continued his advance.
"Received, unit 206 dispatched to situation at Emmy's Diner."
"Peter we have to do something, that lady's gonna get hurt if we don't do something."
"What do you suggest we do Winston?"
***
"Ray I'm getting something." Both Officer Spencer and Ray crossed the meeting room to see what Egon was doing.
"But you haven't made all of the modifications yet."
"I know that the modifications haven't been finished, but there must be something big enough to register on the meter. The display cackled and changed into static for a few seconds before refining and beeping to show it had a reading.
"Ray, have a look at this, the meter's registering at least fifteen different sources of readings just within the area of this building, I'm going to widen the field as far as i can before the signal degenerates." The meter emitted a wilder beeping noise as it registered more creatures.
"This isn't good Ray, I've been able to widen the field to a twenty block radius, and the results are startling. Of course the results would be less acurate due to widening the field and the signals being affected by some man-made objects. But the meter is registering more than fifty signatures across town."
"What does this mean?" Officer Spencer was now getting worried.
"This means that if the readings are as acurate as the meter says they are, then we could be dealing with a serious infestation. We need to alert the town!"
"Now hold on Dr. Spengler! You said that these readings could be misleading?"
"Correct."
"Is it possible that the readings could be refined or something so we can get definate, accurate results?" Egon's face frowned as he thought up a way to boost the signal.
"If I was able to boost the power supply and and enhance the scanners, then we should be able to get a better set of results."
"Good, I don't want to start a town meeting that causes a riot due to improper results, how long will it take?"
"If I started working now, and if we're able to get the parts we need, then probably two to three hours."
"What do you need?" Officer Spencer asked.