"I should have hit him," Peter said.
"That would have solved everything, Peter," Winston retorted.
"I think one of us should try to talk to Dani," Egon suggested. They looked at Ray who sat on the couch in the lab.
"No," Ray replied. "I can't."
"Why not, Ray?" Egon inquired.
"Because she's scaring me, Egon," Ray answered. "She sat in the car the entire time just staring into space. Than as soon as we got here she went directly to the basement and hasn't come up for the past few hours."
"It's exactly why you need to go talk to her," Peter told his friend. "The longer no one does the more of an opportunity she has to recede farther back into her mind."
"I'm not receding," Dani interjected as she joined the men. "I was just thinking and reflecting." She sat down on the couch next to Ray and put her head on his shoulder. He put a comforting arm around her small frame. The young woman put her shoebox on the coffee table.
"You scared me," Ray told her.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "When I think I completely space out. I just hope I didn't go cross-eyed. That really scares people. I'm still trying to figure out why I went down to the basement though. I've never really been one for the big empty places."
"May I ask what's in the shoebox?" Egon inquired. Dani looked at him.
"Some stuff that might interest you," Dani replied. "Your mother and father were Katherine and Edwin Spengler, right?"
"Yes."
"Look in the box, Egon." Dr. Spengler picked up the shoebox and started going through its contents.
"What's in it?" Dr. Venkman asked.
"Cards, pictures, my birth certificate," Dani listed. "A few other little things."
"This is my mother's handwriting," Egon said as he read a letter.
"Let me see," Peter said like a little child. The blonde scientist handed it over to his friend. Peter and Winston read the letter.
"And this is a picture of me when I was about fourteen holding a baby," Egon said looking at a picture. "Is this you, Dani?"
"It probably is," Dani responded. "Most of those pictures are of me from when I was little. Like from infancy to four years old." Dr. Spengler handed the picture to Ray.
"Wow, Egon, does this mean you're related to Dani?" Ray asked.
"Well, my mother had a sister and a brother and his name was Eric Paulsen. I don't remember much about him except for the fact he and my mother had a big fight," Dr. Spengler told them. "I would have to call my mother and see what she knows."
"This is going to be fun," Peter commented.
(I know this seems kinda random, but I thought I would put this in here because it's kinda part of the plan for the story. It'll work out. You'll see. I promise. It's going to get better as well. I still have a little bit to go. Newton will be back.)
"That would have solved everything, Peter," Winston retorted.
"I think one of us should try to talk to Dani," Egon suggested. They looked at Ray who sat on the couch in the lab.
"No," Ray replied. "I can't."
"Why not, Ray?" Egon inquired.
"Because she's scaring me, Egon," Ray answered. "She sat in the car the entire time just staring into space. Than as soon as we got here she went directly to the basement and hasn't come up for the past few hours."
"It's exactly why you need to go talk to her," Peter told his friend. "The longer no one does the more of an opportunity she has to recede farther back into her mind."
"I'm not receding," Dani interjected as she joined the men. "I was just thinking and reflecting." She sat down on the couch next to Ray and put her head on his shoulder. He put a comforting arm around her small frame. The young woman put her shoebox on the coffee table.
"You scared me," Ray told her.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "When I think I completely space out. I just hope I didn't go cross-eyed. That really scares people. I'm still trying to figure out why I went down to the basement though. I've never really been one for the big empty places."
"May I ask what's in the shoebox?" Egon inquired. Dani looked at him.
"Some stuff that might interest you," Dani replied. "Your mother and father were Katherine and Edwin Spengler, right?"
"Yes."
"Look in the box, Egon." Dr. Spengler picked up the shoebox and started going through its contents.
"What's in it?" Dr. Venkman asked.
"Cards, pictures, my birth certificate," Dani listed. "A few other little things."
"This is my mother's handwriting," Egon said as he read a letter.
"Let me see," Peter said like a little child. The blonde scientist handed it over to his friend. Peter and Winston read the letter.
"And this is a picture of me when I was about fourteen holding a baby," Egon said looking at a picture. "Is this you, Dani?"
"It probably is," Dani responded. "Most of those pictures are of me from when I was little. Like from infancy to four years old." Dr. Spengler handed the picture to Ray.
"Wow, Egon, does this mean you're related to Dani?" Ray asked.
"Well, my mother had a sister and a brother and his name was Eric Paulsen. I don't remember much about him except for the fact he and my mother had a big fight," Dr. Spengler told them. "I would have to call my mother and see what she knows."
"This is going to be fun," Peter commented.
(I know this seems kinda random, but I thought I would put this in here because it's kinda part of the plan for the story. It'll work out. You'll see. I promise. It's going to get better as well. I still have a little bit to go. Newton will be back.)