"FIRE!" yells Peter Venkman.
The six Ghostbusters press down on the triggers on their proton guns and with-in a few seconds they have caught the ghost in the streams.
"Got the trap ready, Doug?" asks Winston Zeddmore.
"Sure do!" Doug Robbins replies, throwing the ghost trap to the ground.
He then opens the trap and the ghost is sucked into it. After a few seconds of rejoicing another ghost appears from behind them. It flies over the Ghostbusters' heads and disappears into thin air.
"Hey, what happened to the ghost?" Tim Freeman asks.
Ray Stantz walks over to the spot where the ghost disappeared and starts sniffing the air. Suddenly, he grabs his proton gun and jumps back.
"It's still here!" he says.
"But where?" Egon Spengler asks.
All of a sudden, a portal opens up in front of them. Gallons upon gallons of slime is spewed out and the Ghostbusters get covered in it.
"Alright, I've had enough of this, let's toast this sucker!" Winston Zeddmore says, wiping slime off of the end of his proton gun.
The Ghostbusters all raise their protons as they begin to hear laughter coming from inside the portal. All of a sudden, the ghost that disappeared comes flying out and is blasted by the Ghostbusters' ion beams.
"Why don't you do the honors this time, Tim?" Peter asks.
"Right on it!" Tim says, throwing the ghost trap to the ground below the ghost.
He then opens it and the ghost is sucked in. The Ghostbusters then aim their guns at the portal, which is beginning to disappear. With-in a few seconds it has gone completely.
"Well, not bad for your first bust!" Ray says to Tim and Doug.
"Eat now, talk later!" Peter interrupts, noticing a café across the street.
He begins making his way towards it and the other Ghostbusters soon follow. After they all sit down round one of the outside tables a waiter comes out holding a notebook and a pencil.
"What can I get you, gentleman?" the waiter asks.
"Uh, a couple of donuts and milkshakes will do!" Peter says before anyone else gets a chance to order anything.
"Right away, sir." The waiter says, then disappears into the café.
After a few minutes of waiting the Ghostbusters begin to get slightly annoyed.
"That's it, I'm going in there!" Ray eventually says, getting up off his seat.
"Wait a go, Ray!" Peter says, following Ray into the café.
"I gotta go to the toilet!" Tim and Doug say together, following Ray and Peter.
"Uh . I . uh . gotta go aswell!" Winston says, following Tim and Doug.
"I'll just wait here!" Egon says to himself, folding his arms.
All of a sudden, a man in black appears in front of him.
"Dr. Egon Spengler?" the man in black asks, sitting down.
"That's me!" Egon replies.
"Delighted to meet you!" the man in black says, reaching out his hand to shake Egon's.
When the two hands meet Egon suddenly feels really strange. He pulls his hand away and gets quite a shock when he notices that there's now a dart in his palm. The tranquilizer in the dart works quickly and Egon's face is in the bowl of complementary sweets in no time at all. The man in black then drags him over to Ecto-1 and dumps him in the boot. He then gets in the car himself and turns on the ignition.
"Well, at least we got our stuff eventually!" Ray says, walking out of the café holding a tray full of donuts.
Peter soon follows holding a tray with chocolate, strawberry, and banana- flavored milkshakes on it. After a few seconds, Winston, Tim, and Doug come out of the café aswell.
"Hey, where's Egon . and Ecto-1?" Iain asks.
The five Ghostbusters look towards where Ecto-1 should be and instead see an empty space.
"You don't think he left us, do you?" Doug asks, taking a sip of his milkshake.
"LOOK!" Winston yells suddenly.
The other Ghostbusters take a look along the road and spot Ecto-1 turning a roundabout. After completing the circle Ecto-1 comes back along the road. But, instead of stopping next to the café it drives past and disappears round the corner.
"Is it just me or was it not Egon who was driving?" Peter asks, slightly confused.
"Someone's kidnapped him!" Tim interrupts, pulling a torn piece of black material off of one of the chair's edges.
"Okay everyone, grab your proton packs cause we're going after him!" Winston says, putting his own on his back.
The five Ghostbusters are soon running around the city in hope of finding Egon alive and Ecto-1 without a scratch.
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After a few hours the five Ghostbusters meet up back at the Firehouse.
"This city is just too big!" Winston says, collapsing onto the floor.
"That's no reason to give up!" Ray says, picking Winston up off the floor, "If we're just going to abandon Egon, then we might as well abandon each other!"
"Hey, I would risk my life to save him, but there's no point in going after him unless we have an idea of where he is!" Peter says.
"We need some sort of tracking device!" Doug suggests.
"Do we even have something like that around here?" Tim asks.
All of a sudden, Ray gets an idea. He turns around and heads down into the basement. A few seconds later, he emerges holding the new, improved PKE meter.
"Now, If I can remember how to do this." he begins, fiddling around with the buttons, "This is something that Egon taught me . ha, done it!"
"Done what?" Winston asks.
"I've reset the meter to pick up Egon's bio-rhythms!" Ray replies, waving the PKE over his head.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Peter asks, rushing towards the doors.
"Wait . it'll take us ages to finally track him down on foot." Ray says, catching up with Peter, "I've got a better idea!"
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Egon opens his eyes. He appears to be in the boot of Ecto-1, but his vision is fuzzy and he can't see properly. He tries standing up, but his legs ache so much that he can barely move them.
"Who was that guy?" he asks himself, now trying to open the doors.
After trying to open all of them he realizes that they must all be locked. He then results to smashing one of the windows and clambering out.
"Ray's not going to be happy about that!" he says to himself as he lands on something hard.
He gets up, dust himself off, and looks down at the hard thing he landed on. After realizing that it's something very long he begins to follow where it goes. After walking along slowly for a few meters, he turns a corner and gets the feeling that he's having déjà vu. All he can see are trains. Lots and lots of broken-down, rusty trains. Suddenly, one of the trains' doors opens and the man who Egon met at the café steps out onto the mucky ground.
"Ah, you're finally awake, Dr. Spengler!" the man says, walking towards Egon.
"Who are you? Why am I here?" Egon asks, stepping back.
"I am Trab Nurb, and you are here because I need you're help in translating an ancient text!" the man replies.
"What text would that be?"
"Ever heard of the book of 'Mairee', Dr. Spengler?"
Egon suddenly stops walking backwards. Memories of a time long ago begin flooding back into his head.
"I . I studied it in High School. I wrote a paper on it, but my teacher was disgusted at the thought of anyone even thinking about reading such a book!" Egon says eventually, feeling both scared and excited at the same time.
"And do you know why, Dr. Spengler?" Trab asks.
"I know that it could be used to create a hell on earth if it got into the wrong hands!" Egon replies, grinning.
Trab starts to get angry. He pulls the book of 'Mairee' out from under his jacket and slams Egon against the wall.
"This book is a gateway to an even better life. A life where you can roam free and not be treated like you're a freak . like I am!" Trab says, letting go of Egon.
"People consider you a freak?" Egon asks.
Trab takes a step back and puts the book of 'Mairee' back under his jacket.
"You could say I am an experiment gone horribly wrong!" Trab says, beginning to unravel the scarf covering his face.
Egon gets quite a shock when he sees what Trab has been hiding. His face is all melted and only one of his eyes is in the right place.
"Who did this to you?" Egon asks, feeling sympathetic.
"I did!" Dr. Frau says, appearing from behind one of the trains.
"After Dr. Frau created me, he realized that he had made a terrible mistake. Not only was I a freak . but I was a very harmful freak!" Trab says, beginning the story of his life, "I was going to be destroyed, but Dr. Frau found out that I was quite useful to help him with what he had been searching for his whole life - the book of 'Mairee'!"
Egon takes a quick glance at what he can see of the book from inside Trab's jacket, then asks him a question.
"But, what's in all this for you?" he asks.
"I get a face, and a life!" Trab replies, then pulls a gun out from under his jacket, "Now, time for you to go to sleep!"
He pulls the trigger and Egon is hit in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. He stumbles about for a few seconds, then collapses onto the ground.
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The hotel commissionaire stands at one side of the red carpet, staring up at the sky. He can hear a whirring sound, which appears to be getting louder. A small, blue dot appears in the sky. The commissionaire blinks a few times, then stares back up. The small, blue dot is gone. The commissionaire returns his eyes to the road and gets quite a shock when he sees a helicopter parked over at the other side.
"I'd say that was your best landing yet, Ray!" Peter says, getting out of Ecto-2.
The other Ghostbusters soon follow and they begin making their way across the road to the hotel. Suddenly, it starts raining. But, it's not ordinary rain . it's red rain.
"This is blood!" Winston says, licking some off his finger.
"Well, it was bound to happen some day!" Peter says.
"According to the PKE, Egon's on the roof of the hotel." Ray says, looking up and getting his face covered in blood.
The blood starts to fall more heavily, and soon, the Ghostbusters are knee- deep in it. Realizing that it probably won't be long until they drown, the Ghostbusters make their way back across the road and hop into Ecto-2.
"If you can keep this thing steady then I'll give you my toenail- collection, Ray!" Peter says, patting him on the shoulder.
Ray starts to feel slightly sick, but still manages to raise Ecto-2 into the air steadily. Well, as steadily as he can anyway.
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"So, Dr. Spengler, how do you like it up here?" Trab asks, watching Dr. Frau tie Egon to a crucifix.
"It's rather cold, but I'll live!" Egon replies, now not being able to move.
"Well, that's where you're wrong. You see, you are going to die, but it won't be painful . well, much anyway!" Trab says, laughing.
Egon looks on as Trab opens a small box with the ectoplasm inside. Dr. Frau hands him a spoon and he scoops up the ectoplasm.
"Is it nice . being up on a roof with a madman?" Trab asks, starting to spread the ectoplasm over his face, "I'm not mad. It's just that you people don't understand that I am simply human like you!"
"You're nothing like me!" Egon says, beginning to feel woozy.
"Do you say that because you are normal, while I am not? Well, I will soon be as normal as the next man."
Trab throws down the spoon. Dr. Frau gets down on his hands and knees to pick it up, but is kicked in the face by Trab.
"You . stay . back!" Trab says, picking up Dr. Frau and throwing him to the ground again.
Dr. Frau crawls away, while Egon watches Trab as his face begins to change. His chin goes from being sloppy, to nice and rounded. His nose becomes pointy. His eyes are now less blood-shot, and his mouth becomes full of nice, shiny, white teeth. He now looks completely normal.
"The book of 'Mairee' should not be used in this way." Egon says, looking on in shock, "What you have done can only lead to disaster!"
"LOOK AT ME!" Trab yells in Egon's face, "LOOK WHAT THAT BOOK HAS DONE TO ME . I LOOK NORMAL . I LOOK GOOD!"
"You look good on the outside, but what about the inside?"
Trab ignores this and heads towards Dr. Frau, who is still recovering from being kicked in the face.
"I want to thank you, Dr. Frau, for what you have done for me. You could have destroyed me all those years ago, but you gave me a chance . a chance to live . a chance to live a normal life . and for that, I thank you." Trab says, while slowly pulling a dagger out from his coat pocket.
"Think nothing of it." Dr. Frau replies.
"If that's the way you want it."
All of a sudden, Trab whips out the dagger and stabs Dr. Frau in the stomach. Blood begins pouring down his front, creating a red puddle beneath him. Trab pulls out the dagger and Dr. Frau falls to the ground, landing facedown in the puddle of blood.
"No good can come out of this!" Egon says, staring at Dr. Frau's limp body.
Trab wipes the blood off the dagger and turns to Egon.
"No bad can come out of this either!" Trab says, "As long as I kill you before anyone else finds out!"
Trab is just about to stab Egon, when he hears a whirring sound. It seams to be coming from above. He looks up and sees something coming towards them.
"The guys . they came!" Egon whispers to himself.
Trab whips his head round to look at Egon again. A big smirk comes across his face, and then he begins to cut the ropes around Egon's arms and legs. After that, he dips his hands in the puddle of blood, then punches Egon in the stomach, then in the face.
"Your friends find you in pain . covered in Dr. Frau's blood." Trab says, while continuously punching Egon in the face, "They then realize Dr. Frau's body, and they think that you killed him."
Trab punches Egon one last time, and then makes his way towards the ledge.
"They'll never think . that I . killed someone." Egon says, now with-in an inch of death himself, "It's not . in my character!"
"People change, Dr. Spengler!" Trab says, then jumps off the ledge and surprisingly flies away into the sky.
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A few minutes later, Trab lands back on the ground again next to a hot dog stand. The man at the stand gets quite a shock.
"Hey . you were . you were flying!" the man says, shaking.
Trab turns his head round to look at the man, whose head doesn't even reach Trab's waist.
"Do ya wanna . buy a hot dog?"
"You're offering me a hot dog?" Trab asks.
"Well . you'll have to pay for it." The man replies, holding out a hot dog.
Trab grabs the hot dog and takes a bite out of it. A few seconds later, he spits it out.
"I can taste!" he says, wiping his mouth.
"Hey . uh . you have to pay for that now."
Trab grins, then stuffs the hot dog into the man's mouth, and then grabs him by the throat and lifts him off the ground. The man waves his arms and legs about, trying to damage his attacker, but his efforts only lead to having his neck crushed. Bits of hot dog start falling out from inside the man's mouth, followed by drips of blood.
"Freeze, sucker!" a voice says from behind.
Trab turns his head to see a black policeman aiming a gun at him.
"Drop him . now!" the policeman orders.
"If you insist." Trab says, before throwing the man's dead body at the policeman, who responds by firing a few shots as it flies towards him.
Soon after the third shot, the body hits him and knocks him to the ground. But, before he can get up again, Trab is gone.
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Egon opens his eyes. His fellow Ghostbusters are standing around him. As soon as Iain notices that he is awake, he grabs hold of Egon's hand and starts shaking it.
"It's great to know you're not dead, Dr. Spengler!" Tim says, while shaking Egon's hand.
"We got quite a scare when we found your body on that rooftop." Ray says, "We feared the worst."
"Where am I anyway?" Egon asks, sitting up.
"In hospital of course!" Peter replies, handing Egon his PKE meter, "I suppose you'd like to have this during your stay?"
"Of course!" Egon says, taking the PKE.
"What happened to you up there, Egon?" Ray asks.
Egon's face suddenly goes blank.
"I . I don't remember!" Egon says, after a long pause.
"You don't remember what happened?" Winston asks.
"No. The last thing I remember is . is trains!" Egon replies, scratching his head.
The other Ghostbusters look at him oddly. A few seconds later, one of the doctors walks in.
"Excuse me, but who are you gentleman?" the doctor asks.
"We're the Ghostbusters!" Peter says, holding up his proton gun.
The doctor gets quite a fright at the sight of the gun.
"I suggest you take yourselves and those things out of this hospital . now!" the doctor says, his face going slightly pale.
"Whatever the doctor orders!" Peter says, before leading his fellow Ghostbusters out of the room.
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Later on that night, Tim is alone with Egon in the sideward. The other Ghostbusters are talking to the doctor on the other side of the door. Tim and Egon can't hear what they're saying but they know that it's got something to do with Egon's condition.
"Is there something you're not telling me, Dr. Spengler?" Tim asks, while looking at Egon's PKE at the same time.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Tim." Egon replies, "And call me Egon."
Egon smiles and Tim smiles back.
"What do you think the trains mean?" Tim asks.
"All I can remember about them is that there were a lot of them!" Egon replies, scratching his arm where it itches, "I have no idea what they mean though."
"What do you remember before the trains?"
"I was locked in Ecto-1. I had to smash one of the windows to get out. I then followed something that led to trains. A man wearing black calling himself . calling himself . I can't remember!"
"Do you remember anything else after this man in black?"
"Yeah. We talked for a while about a book. A man wearing a white lab-coat came out of one of the trains. The two of them seamed to be old friends. Then . then the man in black . he . he shot me, and I blacked out . that's all I can remember!"
Tim stares at Egon for a few seconds, until the other Ghostbusters enter the sideward.
"The doctor says that you'll be out of here by tomorrow night." Ray says, sitting down on Egon's bed.
"What you have is a little bit of amnesia, that's all." Winston says.
"Well, it'll be great to be getting back to studying the paranormal again." Egon says, sitting up in his bed.
"I'll bet!" Peter says, yawning.
"Egon says that he remembers being confronted by a man in black before he blacked out, but he can't remember his name." Tim says, while fiddling around with the PKE meter at the same time.
"Did you see his face?" Doug asks.
"I saw what looked like something a cat had spit up!" Egon replies.
"There's quite a lot of people who look like that in this town." Peter says, patting Egon on the shoulder, "All we have to do is ask all of them if they remember blacking out a scientist!"
The other Ghostbusters exchange looks.
"Okay, bad idea." Peter says, getting the message.
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It is now the middle of the night, and Tim is still alone with Egon in the sideward. Egon has fallen asleep and Tim feels like he's about to aswell. He lays his head on Egon's shoulder and closes his eyes. Just then, the PKE meter starts going haywire. Tim gets such a shock that he jumps up, almost hitting the roof. After recovering from the shock, he picks up the PKE and tries to figure out what's happening to it. There doesn't seam to be any way to turn it off and things get even worse when the entire room is filled with a bright, yellow light. Tim shields his eyes as the light gets even brighter. A large, white figure starts to appear in the centre of the room. Tim takes a step backwards, trips over a small chair, and hits the ground with a thud. The white figure starts to advance on him. The closer it gets, the more clearer it's face becomes. Before long the white figure has engulfed the entire room, and it's face becomes as clear as the light of day. Tim stares into it's eyes. It stares right back. And then, Tim lets out a terrified scream.
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Egon wakes up with a startle to find Tim shaking around on the floor, screaming. His screams are of pure fear. His face a pure white. Egon jumps out of bed and tries to wake him up, but he starts shaking around even more and his screams become louder and even more terrifying.
"Come on, Tim, wake up." Egon says, trying his best to waken the shaken Ghostbuster.
After trying for so long to wake him up with speech, Egon eventually decides to fill a plastic cup with cold water and to pour it all over Tim's face. After doing this, he calms down and is soon awake.
"Are you alright?" Egon asks, helping Tim up off the ground.
Tim doesn't say anything. He is still very shaken and as white as the figure that attacked him in his dream.
"Did you have a bad dream?" Egon asks, "What happened?"
Tim stares down at the ground, then looks Egon straight in the eyes. And, for the briefest of moments, Egon felt as if he was looking at himself as a boy. He couldn't understand why, but that's what he saw.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
The six Ghostbusters press down on the triggers on their proton guns and with-in a few seconds they have caught the ghost in the streams.
"Got the trap ready, Doug?" asks Winston Zeddmore.
"Sure do!" Doug Robbins replies, throwing the ghost trap to the ground.
He then opens the trap and the ghost is sucked into it. After a few seconds of rejoicing another ghost appears from behind them. It flies over the Ghostbusters' heads and disappears into thin air.
"Hey, what happened to the ghost?" Tim Freeman asks.
Ray Stantz walks over to the spot where the ghost disappeared and starts sniffing the air. Suddenly, he grabs his proton gun and jumps back.
"It's still here!" he says.
"But where?" Egon Spengler asks.
All of a sudden, a portal opens up in front of them. Gallons upon gallons of slime is spewed out and the Ghostbusters get covered in it.
"Alright, I've had enough of this, let's toast this sucker!" Winston Zeddmore says, wiping slime off of the end of his proton gun.
The Ghostbusters all raise their protons as they begin to hear laughter coming from inside the portal. All of a sudden, the ghost that disappeared comes flying out and is blasted by the Ghostbusters' ion beams.
"Why don't you do the honors this time, Tim?" Peter asks.
"Right on it!" Tim says, throwing the ghost trap to the ground below the ghost.
He then opens it and the ghost is sucked in. The Ghostbusters then aim their guns at the portal, which is beginning to disappear. With-in a few seconds it has gone completely.
"Well, not bad for your first bust!" Ray says to Tim and Doug.
"Eat now, talk later!" Peter interrupts, noticing a café across the street.
He begins making his way towards it and the other Ghostbusters soon follow. After they all sit down round one of the outside tables a waiter comes out holding a notebook and a pencil.
"What can I get you, gentleman?" the waiter asks.
"Uh, a couple of donuts and milkshakes will do!" Peter says before anyone else gets a chance to order anything.
"Right away, sir." The waiter says, then disappears into the café.
After a few minutes of waiting the Ghostbusters begin to get slightly annoyed.
"That's it, I'm going in there!" Ray eventually says, getting up off his seat.
"Wait a go, Ray!" Peter says, following Ray into the café.
"I gotta go to the toilet!" Tim and Doug say together, following Ray and Peter.
"Uh . I . uh . gotta go aswell!" Winston says, following Tim and Doug.
"I'll just wait here!" Egon says to himself, folding his arms.
All of a sudden, a man in black appears in front of him.
"Dr. Egon Spengler?" the man in black asks, sitting down.
"That's me!" Egon replies.
"Delighted to meet you!" the man in black says, reaching out his hand to shake Egon's.
When the two hands meet Egon suddenly feels really strange. He pulls his hand away and gets quite a shock when he notices that there's now a dart in his palm. The tranquilizer in the dart works quickly and Egon's face is in the bowl of complementary sweets in no time at all. The man in black then drags him over to Ecto-1 and dumps him in the boot. He then gets in the car himself and turns on the ignition.
"Well, at least we got our stuff eventually!" Ray says, walking out of the café holding a tray full of donuts.
Peter soon follows holding a tray with chocolate, strawberry, and banana- flavored milkshakes on it. After a few seconds, Winston, Tim, and Doug come out of the café aswell.
"Hey, where's Egon . and Ecto-1?" Iain asks.
The five Ghostbusters look towards where Ecto-1 should be and instead see an empty space.
"You don't think he left us, do you?" Doug asks, taking a sip of his milkshake.
"LOOK!" Winston yells suddenly.
The other Ghostbusters take a look along the road and spot Ecto-1 turning a roundabout. After completing the circle Ecto-1 comes back along the road. But, instead of stopping next to the café it drives past and disappears round the corner.
"Is it just me or was it not Egon who was driving?" Peter asks, slightly confused.
"Someone's kidnapped him!" Tim interrupts, pulling a torn piece of black material off of one of the chair's edges.
"Okay everyone, grab your proton packs cause we're going after him!" Winston says, putting his own on his back.
The five Ghostbusters are soon running around the city in hope of finding Egon alive and Ecto-1 without a scratch.
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After a few hours the five Ghostbusters meet up back at the Firehouse.
"This city is just too big!" Winston says, collapsing onto the floor.
"That's no reason to give up!" Ray says, picking Winston up off the floor, "If we're just going to abandon Egon, then we might as well abandon each other!"
"Hey, I would risk my life to save him, but there's no point in going after him unless we have an idea of where he is!" Peter says.
"We need some sort of tracking device!" Doug suggests.
"Do we even have something like that around here?" Tim asks.
All of a sudden, Ray gets an idea. He turns around and heads down into the basement. A few seconds later, he emerges holding the new, improved PKE meter.
"Now, If I can remember how to do this." he begins, fiddling around with the buttons, "This is something that Egon taught me . ha, done it!"
"Done what?" Winston asks.
"I've reset the meter to pick up Egon's bio-rhythms!" Ray replies, waving the PKE over his head.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Peter asks, rushing towards the doors.
"Wait . it'll take us ages to finally track him down on foot." Ray says, catching up with Peter, "I've got a better idea!"
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Egon opens his eyes. He appears to be in the boot of Ecto-1, but his vision is fuzzy and he can't see properly. He tries standing up, but his legs ache so much that he can barely move them.
"Who was that guy?" he asks himself, now trying to open the doors.
After trying to open all of them he realizes that they must all be locked. He then results to smashing one of the windows and clambering out.
"Ray's not going to be happy about that!" he says to himself as he lands on something hard.
He gets up, dust himself off, and looks down at the hard thing he landed on. After realizing that it's something very long he begins to follow where it goes. After walking along slowly for a few meters, he turns a corner and gets the feeling that he's having déjà vu. All he can see are trains. Lots and lots of broken-down, rusty trains. Suddenly, one of the trains' doors opens and the man who Egon met at the café steps out onto the mucky ground.
"Ah, you're finally awake, Dr. Spengler!" the man says, walking towards Egon.
"Who are you? Why am I here?" Egon asks, stepping back.
"I am Trab Nurb, and you are here because I need you're help in translating an ancient text!" the man replies.
"What text would that be?"
"Ever heard of the book of 'Mairee', Dr. Spengler?"
Egon suddenly stops walking backwards. Memories of a time long ago begin flooding back into his head.
"I . I studied it in High School. I wrote a paper on it, but my teacher was disgusted at the thought of anyone even thinking about reading such a book!" Egon says eventually, feeling both scared and excited at the same time.
"And do you know why, Dr. Spengler?" Trab asks.
"I know that it could be used to create a hell on earth if it got into the wrong hands!" Egon replies, grinning.
Trab starts to get angry. He pulls the book of 'Mairee' out from under his jacket and slams Egon against the wall.
"This book is a gateway to an even better life. A life where you can roam free and not be treated like you're a freak . like I am!" Trab says, letting go of Egon.
"People consider you a freak?" Egon asks.
Trab takes a step back and puts the book of 'Mairee' back under his jacket.
"You could say I am an experiment gone horribly wrong!" Trab says, beginning to unravel the scarf covering his face.
Egon gets quite a shock when he sees what Trab has been hiding. His face is all melted and only one of his eyes is in the right place.
"Who did this to you?" Egon asks, feeling sympathetic.
"I did!" Dr. Frau says, appearing from behind one of the trains.
"After Dr. Frau created me, he realized that he had made a terrible mistake. Not only was I a freak . but I was a very harmful freak!" Trab says, beginning the story of his life, "I was going to be destroyed, but Dr. Frau found out that I was quite useful to help him with what he had been searching for his whole life - the book of 'Mairee'!"
Egon takes a quick glance at what he can see of the book from inside Trab's jacket, then asks him a question.
"But, what's in all this for you?" he asks.
"I get a face, and a life!" Trab replies, then pulls a gun out from under his jacket, "Now, time for you to go to sleep!"
He pulls the trigger and Egon is hit in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. He stumbles about for a few seconds, then collapses onto the ground.
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The hotel commissionaire stands at one side of the red carpet, staring up at the sky. He can hear a whirring sound, which appears to be getting louder. A small, blue dot appears in the sky. The commissionaire blinks a few times, then stares back up. The small, blue dot is gone. The commissionaire returns his eyes to the road and gets quite a shock when he sees a helicopter parked over at the other side.
"I'd say that was your best landing yet, Ray!" Peter says, getting out of Ecto-2.
The other Ghostbusters soon follow and they begin making their way across the road to the hotel. Suddenly, it starts raining. But, it's not ordinary rain . it's red rain.
"This is blood!" Winston says, licking some off his finger.
"Well, it was bound to happen some day!" Peter says.
"According to the PKE, Egon's on the roof of the hotel." Ray says, looking up and getting his face covered in blood.
The blood starts to fall more heavily, and soon, the Ghostbusters are knee- deep in it. Realizing that it probably won't be long until they drown, the Ghostbusters make their way back across the road and hop into Ecto-2.
"If you can keep this thing steady then I'll give you my toenail- collection, Ray!" Peter says, patting him on the shoulder.
Ray starts to feel slightly sick, but still manages to raise Ecto-2 into the air steadily. Well, as steadily as he can anyway.
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"So, Dr. Spengler, how do you like it up here?" Trab asks, watching Dr. Frau tie Egon to a crucifix.
"It's rather cold, but I'll live!" Egon replies, now not being able to move.
"Well, that's where you're wrong. You see, you are going to die, but it won't be painful . well, much anyway!" Trab says, laughing.
Egon looks on as Trab opens a small box with the ectoplasm inside. Dr. Frau hands him a spoon and he scoops up the ectoplasm.
"Is it nice . being up on a roof with a madman?" Trab asks, starting to spread the ectoplasm over his face, "I'm not mad. It's just that you people don't understand that I am simply human like you!"
"You're nothing like me!" Egon says, beginning to feel woozy.
"Do you say that because you are normal, while I am not? Well, I will soon be as normal as the next man."
Trab throws down the spoon. Dr. Frau gets down on his hands and knees to pick it up, but is kicked in the face by Trab.
"You . stay . back!" Trab says, picking up Dr. Frau and throwing him to the ground again.
Dr. Frau crawls away, while Egon watches Trab as his face begins to change. His chin goes from being sloppy, to nice and rounded. His nose becomes pointy. His eyes are now less blood-shot, and his mouth becomes full of nice, shiny, white teeth. He now looks completely normal.
"The book of 'Mairee' should not be used in this way." Egon says, looking on in shock, "What you have done can only lead to disaster!"
"LOOK AT ME!" Trab yells in Egon's face, "LOOK WHAT THAT BOOK HAS DONE TO ME . I LOOK NORMAL . I LOOK GOOD!"
"You look good on the outside, but what about the inside?"
Trab ignores this and heads towards Dr. Frau, who is still recovering from being kicked in the face.
"I want to thank you, Dr. Frau, for what you have done for me. You could have destroyed me all those years ago, but you gave me a chance . a chance to live . a chance to live a normal life . and for that, I thank you." Trab says, while slowly pulling a dagger out from his coat pocket.
"Think nothing of it." Dr. Frau replies.
"If that's the way you want it."
All of a sudden, Trab whips out the dagger and stabs Dr. Frau in the stomach. Blood begins pouring down his front, creating a red puddle beneath him. Trab pulls out the dagger and Dr. Frau falls to the ground, landing facedown in the puddle of blood.
"No good can come out of this!" Egon says, staring at Dr. Frau's limp body.
Trab wipes the blood off the dagger and turns to Egon.
"No bad can come out of this either!" Trab says, "As long as I kill you before anyone else finds out!"
Trab is just about to stab Egon, when he hears a whirring sound. It seams to be coming from above. He looks up and sees something coming towards them.
"The guys . they came!" Egon whispers to himself.
Trab whips his head round to look at Egon again. A big smirk comes across his face, and then he begins to cut the ropes around Egon's arms and legs. After that, he dips his hands in the puddle of blood, then punches Egon in the stomach, then in the face.
"Your friends find you in pain . covered in Dr. Frau's blood." Trab says, while continuously punching Egon in the face, "They then realize Dr. Frau's body, and they think that you killed him."
Trab punches Egon one last time, and then makes his way towards the ledge.
"They'll never think . that I . killed someone." Egon says, now with-in an inch of death himself, "It's not . in my character!"
"People change, Dr. Spengler!" Trab says, then jumps off the ledge and surprisingly flies away into the sky.
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A few minutes later, Trab lands back on the ground again next to a hot dog stand. The man at the stand gets quite a shock.
"Hey . you were . you were flying!" the man says, shaking.
Trab turns his head round to look at the man, whose head doesn't even reach Trab's waist.
"Do ya wanna . buy a hot dog?"
"You're offering me a hot dog?" Trab asks.
"Well . you'll have to pay for it." The man replies, holding out a hot dog.
Trab grabs the hot dog and takes a bite out of it. A few seconds later, he spits it out.
"I can taste!" he says, wiping his mouth.
"Hey . uh . you have to pay for that now."
Trab grins, then stuffs the hot dog into the man's mouth, and then grabs him by the throat and lifts him off the ground. The man waves his arms and legs about, trying to damage his attacker, but his efforts only lead to having his neck crushed. Bits of hot dog start falling out from inside the man's mouth, followed by drips of blood.
"Freeze, sucker!" a voice says from behind.
Trab turns his head to see a black policeman aiming a gun at him.
"Drop him . now!" the policeman orders.
"If you insist." Trab says, before throwing the man's dead body at the policeman, who responds by firing a few shots as it flies towards him.
Soon after the third shot, the body hits him and knocks him to the ground. But, before he can get up again, Trab is gone.
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Egon opens his eyes. His fellow Ghostbusters are standing around him. As soon as Iain notices that he is awake, he grabs hold of Egon's hand and starts shaking it.
"It's great to know you're not dead, Dr. Spengler!" Tim says, while shaking Egon's hand.
"We got quite a scare when we found your body on that rooftop." Ray says, "We feared the worst."
"Where am I anyway?" Egon asks, sitting up.
"In hospital of course!" Peter replies, handing Egon his PKE meter, "I suppose you'd like to have this during your stay?"
"Of course!" Egon says, taking the PKE.
"What happened to you up there, Egon?" Ray asks.
Egon's face suddenly goes blank.
"I . I don't remember!" Egon says, after a long pause.
"You don't remember what happened?" Winston asks.
"No. The last thing I remember is . is trains!" Egon replies, scratching his head.
The other Ghostbusters look at him oddly. A few seconds later, one of the doctors walks in.
"Excuse me, but who are you gentleman?" the doctor asks.
"We're the Ghostbusters!" Peter says, holding up his proton gun.
The doctor gets quite a fright at the sight of the gun.
"I suggest you take yourselves and those things out of this hospital . now!" the doctor says, his face going slightly pale.
"Whatever the doctor orders!" Peter says, before leading his fellow Ghostbusters out of the room.
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Later on that night, Tim is alone with Egon in the sideward. The other Ghostbusters are talking to the doctor on the other side of the door. Tim and Egon can't hear what they're saying but they know that it's got something to do with Egon's condition.
"Is there something you're not telling me, Dr. Spengler?" Tim asks, while looking at Egon's PKE at the same time.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Tim." Egon replies, "And call me Egon."
Egon smiles and Tim smiles back.
"What do you think the trains mean?" Tim asks.
"All I can remember about them is that there were a lot of them!" Egon replies, scratching his arm where it itches, "I have no idea what they mean though."
"What do you remember before the trains?"
"I was locked in Ecto-1. I had to smash one of the windows to get out. I then followed something that led to trains. A man wearing black calling himself . calling himself . I can't remember!"
"Do you remember anything else after this man in black?"
"Yeah. We talked for a while about a book. A man wearing a white lab-coat came out of one of the trains. The two of them seamed to be old friends. Then . then the man in black . he . he shot me, and I blacked out . that's all I can remember!"
Tim stares at Egon for a few seconds, until the other Ghostbusters enter the sideward.
"The doctor says that you'll be out of here by tomorrow night." Ray says, sitting down on Egon's bed.
"What you have is a little bit of amnesia, that's all." Winston says.
"Well, it'll be great to be getting back to studying the paranormal again." Egon says, sitting up in his bed.
"I'll bet!" Peter says, yawning.
"Egon says that he remembers being confronted by a man in black before he blacked out, but he can't remember his name." Tim says, while fiddling around with the PKE meter at the same time.
"Did you see his face?" Doug asks.
"I saw what looked like something a cat had spit up!" Egon replies.
"There's quite a lot of people who look like that in this town." Peter says, patting Egon on the shoulder, "All we have to do is ask all of them if they remember blacking out a scientist!"
The other Ghostbusters exchange looks.
"Okay, bad idea." Peter says, getting the message.
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It is now the middle of the night, and Tim is still alone with Egon in the sideward. Egon has fallen asleep and Tim feels like he's about to aswell. He lays his head on Egon's shoulder and closes his eyes. Just then, the PKE meter starts going haywire. Tim gets such a shock that he jumps up, almost hitting the roof. After recovering from the shock, he picks up the PKE and tries to figure out what's happening to it. There doesn't seam to be any way to turn it off and things get even worse when the entire room is filled with a bright, yellow light. Tim shields his eyes as the light gets even brighter. A large, white figure starts to appear in the centre of the room. Tim takes a step backwards, trips over a small chair, and hits the ground with a thud. The white figure starts to advance on him. The closer it gets, the more clearer it's face becomes. Before long the white figure has engulfed the entire room, and it's face becomes as clear as the light of day. Tim stares into it's eyes. It stares right back. And then, Tim lets out a terrified scream.
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Egon wakes up with a startle to find Tim shaking around on the floor, screaming. His screams are of pure fear. His face a pure white. Egon jumps out of bed and tries to wake him up, but he starts shaking around even more and his screams become louder and even more terrifying.
"Come on, Tim, wake up." Egon says, trying his best to waken the shaken Ghostbuster.
After trying for so long to wake him up with speech, Egon eventually decides to fill a plastic cup with cold water and to pour it all over Tim's face. After doing this, he calms down and is soon awake.
"Are you alright?" Egon asks, helping Tim up off the ground.
Tim doesn't say anything. He is still very shaken and as white as the figure that attacked him in his dream.
"Did you have a bad dream?" Egon asks, "What happened?"
Tim stares down at the ground, then looks Egon straight in the eyes. And, for the briefest of moments, Egon felt as if he was looking at himself as a boy. He couldn't understand why, but that's what he saw.
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TO BE CONTINUED.