Dark Side Of The Moon
A Ghostbusters/Sailor Moon Crossover
By Dan Ectodude Shannon

Chapter 24
Unlikely Split-up

Starlight Tower
7:59:55 PM

Dan was the last to step into the door. Well, there wasn't really a door left, more of a big hole...

Jupiter: Well, I guess the direct approach didn't work this time.

Dan: I'm surprised that worked at all.

Ray: So where is he?

As if on cue, Jedite appeared in front of the information desk in the lobby...

Jedite: Right here.

Peter: Speak of the Devil...

Mars: Literally.

Dan: Alright. You got us here. Now what?

Jedite: A question. Long before your computers, long before your World Wars, and your Jesus Christ, I have awaited a question. The beginning of a new idea, a new adventure... A new destiny... started with a question.

Dan: ::to Winston:: Who is this guy, Q from Star Trek?

Winston just shrugged.

Jedite: As said before, I have a challenge. You have up until Midnight to reach the roof of this tower, for we will fight for prosperity... For your lives!

Venus: That's it?

Winston: Doesn't sound too hard... except if we have to walk the stairs.

Jedite: Oh, two other things: First, I have captured 25 people from the park, and I have placed them on different levels of the building for you to find!

Mercury: Oh no!

Egon: And the other?

A smirk came across Jedite's face, then he threw his hand up in the air. Upon doing so, the Ghostbusters and the Sailor Scouts were engulfed in red and green light. It suddenly blacked out...

***

A green and red light appeared on the 10th floor as the outline of two people became silhouetted by the light, then finally materialized. Dan Shannon and Sailor Jupiter appeared 3 inches off the ground, then collapsed on the ground under them. Dan was the first to stand, then he helped Jupiter off the floor. They looked around the trashed office surrounding: papers lining the floor, cubicles broken apart, desks flipped over, computers and computer monitors busted to pieces, and people dead on the ground...

Jupiter: My god... Where are we?

Dan looked out a nearby window, and saw the street below...

Dan: We're somewhere in the building. Where's everyone else?

Jupiter: I don't know!

Dan: That son-of-a-bitch! That was what the other thing was! We not only have to find the missing people, we have to find the others!

Dan pulled out his radio, and tried to contact his fellow Ghostbusters...

Dan: Venkman, Stantz, Spengler, Zeddemore, come in.

The only thing that came out was static. He tried again...

Dan: This is Shannon. If anyone can hear, respond.

Still nothing. He put the radio back in the holster...

Dan: No use. All the Psychokinetic Energy is distorting the radio signals. We're going to have to look for them on our way up to the roof.

Jupiter: Do you think the others are alright?

Dan: If we are, they are.

The room suddenly became dark. There was barely enough light to see two inches in from of each other...

Jupiter: Oh great. This should help us!

Dan: Hang tight, I've got a light.

Dan felt around on his right shoulder strap of his Proton Pack, and hit a switch on a small box attached to it. A small florescent blacklight bulb flickered, then lit up completely in a light holder over Dan's right shoulder. Jupiter sneered at the light...

Jupiter: How's that going to help? It's a blacklight! If I wanted to see one, I would go into a club!

Dan: This isn't just a blacklight, it's an ectoplasmic trail detection light. The low UV light scaling allows me to see a ghost's invisible slime trail. When the light makes contact with the slime, the slime will glow a bright color, depending on what color it's slime is... And it seams the green on your outfit is highly reactive to the light.

Jupiter looked down to her sailor collar and her mini skirt to find them glowing bright green. As she looked down to herself, Dan saw something else glowing on her. The rose earrings she had on were glowing reddish-pink...

Dan: Beautiful earrings.

Jupiter: ::looks to Dan:: What?

Dan: I said... your earrings. They're glowing too.

Jupiter: That's not what you said.

Dan: You're right, it's not. I said you have beautiful earrings.

Jupiter: Thank you. My parents let me get my ears pierced right before they died. These earrings are the last things they gave me before the plane crash. It might seem ridiculous to you, but I always wear them for good luck.

Dan: Oh, no! I don't think it's stupid at all. Of all things, I'm the same way.

Jupiter: Really?

Dan: Yeah. Let me tell you something about me. Like you know, I was always picked on, somewhat disturbed, and for the most part alone. That wasn't always true. My grandfather always gave me advice. He was closest one to me. About 8 years ago, he died of cancer. I remember it well. It had now been a year and 4 months since his diagnoses, and it wasn't looking too good. Well, I went to visit him, and he was very sick. He could barely walk, the chemotherapy had taken its toll on him. His eyes were yellowed...

Dan started to cry thinking about it...

Dan: He was really sick. He told me this... "Dan, for 23 years, I've always had this, and I've taken it everywhere with me. It is now time that my adventures stop, and yours start. I want you to take my lighter, and let it continue it's journey with you. I want you to know, that I've always loved you, and I will always be proud of you." The day after... He died. From that day forth, I've always carried this...

Dan took a sleek brushed stainless steel object from his pocket. It was beaten, nicked, scratched, and soot had formed on the top flip back lid.

Dan: If I ever part with this Zippo, that would mean I've went to do something that I might not come back from, and I would want to reassure that my grandpa's wishes will continue with someone other than me.

Jupiter: 8 years ago? That was when my parents died!

Dan: Really? Whoa.

There was a sudden screech that caught the Scout's and 'Buster's attention. The light turned toward a freshly slimed wall, and it glowed red and green.

Jupiter: Uh oh!

Dan: Ditto.

Dan pulled the Pistol out of the holster... the holster that Egon had ever-so-quietly attached to his weapon belt when he wasn't looking... and turned it on.

Jupiter: Keep sharp.

Dan: Sharper than a tack.

The both of them simply didn't notice, but the bodies of the people on the floor weren't really dead. They started glowing in the light. 3 men in suits, a woman in a dress, and a woman in a skirt and blazer stood up. Their skin looked decade, and their eyes were all white. When they started shuffling to stand up, Dan and Jupiter turned their attention to them. Dan in particular stood wide-eyed...

Dan: Oh my God!

Jupiter: They look like zombies!

Dan: No, worse... Deadites!

Jupiter: Whats?!

Dan: Have you ever seen, "Army Of Darkness"?!

All five figures for a brief moment stood, then just started to hover above the ground. They all spoke in unearthly voices as they said in unison...

Deadites: Join us... Join us...

Dan: I don't care what you say, someone's gonna get a letter from Sam Raimi's lawyer about copyright!

Jupiter stood dead center, as she began on of her attacks...

Jupiter: Jupiter... Thunder Clap...

Dan: NO!

Dan jumped in front of her, and threw her out of the way for one of the creatures bolted directly for her. Instead of her getting hit, Dan was set flying backwards. She crawled toward him, and behind a fallen desk where Dan had been sent...

Jupiter: Why did you stop me!

Dan: There's people in those things! It won't just blast the ghost, you'll kill the person their possessing!

Jupiter: Well, what do we do!?

Dan: I've got it! We can use the pistol to just knock the ghosts out of them, then you can do whatever! Stall them until I figure out how to change the power settings on here!

As Dan worked on adjusting power settings, Jupiter jumped up from behind the desk, and started physically fighting the possessed people. Throwing kicks, punches and dodging attempts by the ghosts to hit her kept her fighting hard...

Jupiter: Anytime's a good time, 'Buster boy!

Dan had finally found the control dial. He turned it to the specific frequency of the ghosts, and was now ready to fire. He jumped up, put his index and pinky fingers in his mouth, and let out the loudest whistle anyone could ever produce...

Dan: Hey, assholes! In the words of Ash Williams... COME GET SOME!

All five figures flew towards Dan. He fired multiple shots from the pistol. Hit 2 of the men, and the woman in the blazer. When the blast made contact, the black force that was controlling them blasted out their backs, and like a cloud of smoke dissipated in the air. When the last two Deadites came too close, Dan hopped over the desk, rolled under both of them, and on one knee, shot them in the back. They fell like sacks of wheat.

Jupiter walked up to one of the once-possessed people, and turned them over. The decaying of the skin had disappeared, and when she opened one of the eyes, the pupils returned...

Jupiter: Dan! Get over here!

Dan holstered the gun, and walked over. He took that persons pulse, and checked their breathing. He couldn't feel the pulse, but they were breathing...

Dan: They're all in comas.

Jupiter: The ghosts must of sucked all the energy out of them, then took over the bodies.

Dan: Just like in The Evil Dead... Evil force takes soul, then replaces it with a faulty driving force to consume more. Jedite's not just abducting people, he's harvesting their life force energy for something... but what.

To Be Continued...