"No!" Janine cried getting off Dani and struggling to stand up. "They were
here! They were always here!" Dani rushed over to Ray and helped the fallen
man to stand up.
"We're in her nightmare, Ray. What do we do?"
"Talk to her," Dr. Stantz suggested. "That's what you did to me. Well, not all of it was talking, but you know what I mean."
"Egon! Ray! Peter! Winston!" Janine yelled running around the first floor. "Please come back! You can't leave me!"
"You talk to her," Dani told Ray.
"Ms. Melnitz, we must go now," a new voice said. Dani and Ray turned around to see three men. One wore a doctor's lab coat and the other two were burly men in white. They merely glanced at the couple standing off to the side. "You realize this is the third time you've left the institute."
"They were here," Janine replied. "I know they were."
"The Ghostbusters never existed, Janine," the doctor told the red-head. "Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Winston Zeddemore, and Ray Stantz do not exist. They are all parts of your imagination."
"Janine's nightmare is that this never happened," Dani whispered to Ray. "That's horrible. She's been locked away in an institute going on about the Ghostbusters and they keep injecting her with medication."
"This is a firehouse where firefighters used to work," the doctor continued.
"And my fiancée and I just bought to start a paranormal extermination business," Ray piped up. Everyone looked at him. "My name is Ray Stantz and this is my fiancée Dani Spengler. We're looking for a few go getters to help us get started. Perhaps you could work for us, Ms. Melnitz." Dani gave him a look, which he ignored.
"Is your name Dr. Raymond Stantz?" The doctor inquired.
"Yes," Ray answered. "I graduated from Columbia with quite a few degrees. One in parapsychology. I happen to have an avid interest in the occult. I collect Captain Steel comic books. I also have three best friends named Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddemore. Dani is Egon's cousin."
"I told you I wasn't crazy," Janine said.
"Yes, but he might be." The doctor eyed the auburn-haired man. "Have you've seen a psychologist lately?"
"Every day," Ray answered brightly. Dani laughed. "My friend Peter is a psychologist."
"Yes, I'm sure you know Dr. Venkman, too," the doctor replied in mock agreement. "You three stay here while I go outside to make a call. Bruce and Mike will stay here to keep you company." The doctor walked out of the firehouse. Ray and Dani walked over to Janine. She looked at them.
"You are Ray," the secretary said. "I didn't know Egon had a cousin." Dani rolled her eyes. "But you seem very nice."
"Janine, I want you to think very carefully about what you know about the Ghostbusters," Dr. Stantz told the woman. "You believe all that right?"
"Yes, but Dr. Moyer keeps telling me I made it all up. I've come here three times looking for you and the others. He finds me and locks me up in that room. I sit in there for hours and days just praying Egon will suddenly fling that door open and whisk me away. I get scared though because of how dangerous the job is. You don't tell me, but every once in a while I get the feeling you almost died in that last fight." She shook her head and pulled at her hair. "It's not real though. Just crazy stuff I made up to make myself feel better."
"It's not made up, Janine," Ray said. "It's real. You just need to believe in that."
"I do," Janine replied.
"Believe harder. Think about everyone. Don't you see Egon waiting for you with open arms?" She nodded eagerly. "Good." Ray looked at Dani with questioning brown eyes. She shrugged in uncertainty and looked around.
"The lockers," Dani said. They looked over at the wall and watched as each locker with the guys names appeared. "You're doing it, Janine. Believe harder." Various pieces of furniture and other knickknacks began appearing in their rightful places.
"Hey!" Dr. Moyer shouted as he came in through the front door. "Bruce! Mike!" The two burly men raced towards them. Dani clung to Ray than watched as they disappeared and the car appeared in its place. The doctor disappeared as well being replaced by a coat rack.
They watched as Egon, Peter, and Winston resumed their positions still being used by the nightmare ghost. Janine's messy look went back to the nice way she had appeared earlier that day. She stared at them.
"What the hell just happened?"
"You freed yourself from your nightmare of being crazy," Dani answered. "You're back. Two down and three to go." Janine looked at the others and gasped.
"They look dead," she whispered. She turned back to Ray and Dani. "The two of you don't look so good either."
"Don't worry about that," Ray replied. "We need to pull the others out. Grab them by their shoulders and pull. It might create some trans- dimensional or a new space time continuum, but it worked the first time and it could be our only chance."
"What?" Janine responded.
"Grab and pull," Dani told her. "Don't worry about the consequences." She went behind Winston and firmly gripped on to his shoulders. Janine walked behind Dr. Spengler and gripped his. Ray gripped Peter and he looked at the two women.
"Whatever happens," Dr. Stantz started. "Remember that it's not real. Unless it is and than you have to use a proton pack."
"Thanks for those words of inspiration, Ray," Janine retorted.
"On the count of three," Ray said. "One. Two." He was quiet a moment. "Three." The three of them pulled and there was a brilliant flash of light.
(To be continued once more.)
"We're in her nightmare, Ray. What do we do?"
"Talk to her," Dr. Stantz suggested. "That's what you did to me. Well, not all of it was talking, but you know what I mean."
"Egon! Ray! Peter! Winston!" Janine yelled running around the first floor. "Please come back! You can't leave me!"
"You talk to her," Dani told Ray.
"Ms. Melnitz, we must go now," a new voice said. Dani and Ray turned around to see three men. One wore a doctor's lab coat and the other two were burly men in white. They merely glanced at the couple standing off to the side. "You realize this is the third time you've left the institute."
"They were here," Janine replied. "I know they were."
"The Ghostbusters never existed, Janine," the doctor told the red-head. "Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Winston Zeddemore, and Ray Stantz do not exist. They are all parts of your imagination."
"Janine's nightmare is that this never happened," Dani whispered to Ray. "That's horrible. She's been locked away in an institute going on about the Ghostbusters and they keep injecting her with medication."
"This is a firehouse where firefighters used to work," the doctor continued.
"And my fiancée and I just bought to start a paranormal extermination business," Ray piped up. Everyone looked at him. "My name is Ray Stantz and this is my fiancée Dani Spengler. We're looking for a few go getters to help us get started. Perhaps you could work for us, Ms. Melnitz." Dani gave him a look, which he ignored.
"Is your name Dr. Raymond Stantz?" The doctor inquired.
"Yes," Ray answered. "I graduated from Columbia with quite a few degrees. One in parapsychology. I happen to have an avid interest in the occult. I collect Captain Steel comic books. I also have three best friends named Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddemore. Dani is Egon's cousin."
"I told you I wasn't crazy," Janine said.
"Yes, but he might be." The doctor eyed the auburn-haired man. "Have you've seen a psychologist lately?"
"Every day," Ray answered brightly. Dani laughed. "My friend Peter is a psychologist."
"Yes, I'm sure you know Dr. Venkman, too," the doctor replied in mock agreement. "You three stay here while I go outside to make a call. Bruce and Mike will stay here to keep you company." The doctor walked out of the firehouse. Ray and Dani walked over to Janine. She looked at them.
"You are Ray," the secretary said. "I didn't know Egon had a cousin." Dani rolled her eyes. "But you seem very nice."
"Janine, I want you to think very carefully about what you know about the Ghostbusters," Dr. Stantz told the woman. "You believe all that right?"
"Yes, but Dr. Moyer keeps telling me I made it all up. I've come here three times looking for you and the others. He finds me and locks me up in that room. I sit in there for hours and days just praying Egon will suddenly fling that door open and whisk me away. I get scared though because of how dangerous the job is. You don't tell me, but every once in a while I get the feeling you almost died in that last fight." She shook her head and pulled at her hair. "It's not real though. Just crazy stuff I made up to make myself feel better."
"It's not made up, Janine," Ray said. "It's real. You just need to believe in that."
"I do," Janine replied.
"Believe harder. Think about everyone. Don't you see Egon waiting for you with open arms?" She nodded eagerly. "Good." Ray looked at Dani with questioning brown eyes. She shrugged in uncertainty and looked around.
"The lockers," Dani said. They looked over at the wall and watched as each locker with the guys names appeared. "You're doing it, Janine. Believe harder." Various pieces of furniture and other knickknacks began appearing in their rightful places.
"Hey!" Dr. Moyer shouted as he came in through the front door. "Bruce! Mike!" The two burly men raced towards them. Dani clung to Ray than watched as they disappeared and the car appeared in its place. The doctor disappeared as well being replaced by a coat rack.
They watched as Egon, Peter, and Winston resumed their positions still being used by the nightmare ghost. Janine's messy look went back to the nice way she had appeared earlier that day. She stared at them.
"What the hell just happened?"
"You freed yourself from your nightmare of being crazy," Dani answered. "You're back. Two down and three to go." Janine looked at the others and gasped.
"They look dead," she whispered. She turned back to Ray and Dani. "The two of you don't look so good either."
"Don't worry about that," Ray replied. "We need to pull the others out. Grab them by their shoulders and pull. It might create some trans- dimensional or a new space time continuum, but it worked the first time and it could be our only chance."
"What?" Janine responded.
"Grab and pull," Dani told her. "Don't worry about the consequences." She went behind Winston and firmly gripped on to his shoulders. Janine walked behind Dr. Spengler and gripped his. Ray gripped Peter and he looked at the two women.
"Whatever happens," Dr. Stantz started. "Remember that it's not real. Unless it is and than you have to use a proton pack."
"Thanks for those words of inspiration, Ray," Janine retorted.
"On the count of three," Ray said. "One. Two." He was quiet a moment. "Three." The three of them pulled and there was a brilliant flash of light.
(To be continued once more.)