Various bags were strewn over the first floor of the firehouse. Some were
sitting on the floor while others were right next to Ecto-1.
"Raymond, help me go over the list again," Egon said loudly as he came down the stairs with a clipboard in hand. "I want to make sure nothing can happen while we're gone."
"Egon, nothing will," Ray replied as he followed his friend a few steps behind. "The containment unit is connected to like five back-up generators and we've even set up a protection grid in the basement just in case. No one can do anything."
"What about the proton packs?"
"You're taking them in Ecto, remember?" Ray responded. "There's only the one left here and it's charging in your lab."
"Did we turn off everything that does not need to be on?"
"Did that right before bed last night," Dr. Stantz told him. The reached the bottom floor. "I don't know why you're so worried. The firehouse will survive one day without anyone here. Winston will be back the day after Christmas than Janine and I get back Saturday. You, Peter, and Dani are the ones who won't be back until Sunday."
"I'm being cautious," Dr. Spengler stated. "Quite a bit can happen over the course of a day."
"You're right," Ray yawned. "I guess we ought to get going."
"Did you wake Peter?" Egon inquired.
"I thought you were doing that."
"I know better than to wake Peter at five in the morning."
"Maybe Winston did it."
"Did what?" Zeddemore inquired as he joined them on the first floor. "Is Janine here yet?"
"No," Egon answered. "You didn't wake Peter?"
"I thought you were," Winston replied. "I've already washed slime out of my shoes more times than I want to count this month."
"We could get Dani to do it," Ray suggested. "Of course, she did warn me that if I were to wake her a minute before her alarm went off she would hide my limited edition Captain Steel action figure and never tell me where she put it."
"She said the same about my microscope," Egon added.
"And my books," Winston put in. They looked at each and came up with the same solution.
"Slimer!" The three men shouted. The green ghost floated down through the ceiling sleepily.
"Slimer sleepy," he told them. "Five more minutes."
"He sounds like Pete," Zeddemore commented.
"Slimer, we have an important mission for you," Ray said. "Before we can leave we need to wake up Dani and Peter. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to wake them and find the food they're hiding." The ghost perked up.
"Food!"
"Yes, Slimer. We believe they're hiding it in their pillows," Dr. Spengler put in. "You alone are the only one who can find it."
"Oh, boy," the specter said. "Find food." He zipped towards Dani bedroom.
"You guys do know they're both going to kill us, right?" Winston asked.
"Yes," Ray and Egon answered.
"Oh, my God!" Dani yelled. She ran out of her room and straight toward Ray. She lunged at him and he started running around the car. "I'm going to kill you, Ray Stantz. I just washed my hair and those sheets were new."
"Dani," Ray started. "You can't kill me."
"You're right," she agreed. "I'll just maim you a little." The young woman ran around the car after Dr. Stantz.
"Help!" Ray shouted. Egon grabbed his cousin as she reached the front of the car. She struggled to get out of his grasp. Ray stayed in the far corner of the firehouse.
"Egon, let me go," Dani said. "I have to hurt him."
"Dani, it's early," Dr. Spengler told her. "And Christmas is tomorrow. Let's not ruin this holiday." The blonde sighed and leaned against Egon.
"Fine," she muttered. "I'll go take another shower, but I am sleeping in the car. You are not to wake me until we get to Aunt Katie's."
"You have my word," Egon said. He let her go and she walked back to her bedroom.
"AHHH!" Peter yelled from somewhere upstairs. Ray rejoined Winston and Egon as they started to laugh at their friend's plight.
"Maybe now he'll understand the meaning of alarm clock," Winston said. Peter sprinted down the stairs rubbing a towel in his hair.
"I really hate that spud," Dr. Venkman growled. He looked at his friends. "Are we leaving now?"
"Still waiting for Janine," Zeddemore told him. "I have to take her to New Jersey." The group all felt a sharp wind pierce through their wooly sweaters. Egon turned around to see a bundled person coming through the firehouse front door than trying to close the door against the blistering wind. He went over and helped close it.
"The weather is so bad out there." The person removed the scarf like item covering their head and Dr. Spengler saw that it was Janine. "I can't believe anyone is even driving in this weather. I'm glad that Winston put snow tires on his car. I should have done that, but my car is stuck in the snow outside my building."
"How did you get here?" Egon inquired as he brushed snow off the woman.
"You don't want to know," Janine replied. Egon gave her a look as she walked to her other friends.
"You look warm," Winston commented. "How many coats are you wearing?"
"Just enough," the woman answered. "When are we leaving?"
"Just gotta say good-bye to everyone," Winston told her. "I feel kinda weird not spending Christmas here with the guys."
"Me too," Ray agreed. "I mean it's great I get to spend time with Sam and my Aunt Lois, but I like Christmas here."
"Next year," Egon said. "Our families do deserve to see us every once in a while."
"Yeah, I owe my parents," Janine agreed. "I've missed a few birthdays and anniversaries working here."
"If only we could schedule the end of the world at more appropriate times," Peter mused. "Like when we aren't sleeping or out on a hot date." Ray chuckled. "Hey, Tex, not everyone can have their girlfriend living under the same roof." Dr. Venkman glanced at Egon. "Or working in the same place."
"Alright, I'm ready," Dani said as she rejoined the group. She put on a knee length suede jacket over her light blue wool turtleneck. "I'm sorry I threatened to kill you, Ray."
"It's okay," he told her. "I forgive you." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you more," she responded. "It'll be three long days."
"I'll call you," Ray said.
"Not if I call you first." They continued to embrace.
"Okay, we get the point," Peter said. He pushed the two apart. "You'll miss her and she'll miss you. We're going to be back Sunday."
"Oh, Egon," Janine said. She embraced her boyfriend. "I won't see you again until Sunday."
"It'll be alright," Dr. Spengler soothed her. They broke apart than everyone started hugging and wishing each other well on their journeys and to have a good Christmas.
The group started putting bags in the respective cars. Peter, Egon, Dani, Ray and Slimer got into Ecto-1. Aunt Lois would join the group than she, Ray and Slimer were going to be dropped off in Islip before Egon, Dani and Peter headed on to Ohio. Winston and Janine got into Winston's car. The black man would drop the secretary off at her aunt's house in New Jersey where his cousin also lived and his family was planning to spend Christmas. The two groups started on their separate ways into the blizzard-like early morning in New York City.
"Raymond, help me go over the list again," Egon said loudly as he came down the stairs with a clipboard in hand. "I want to make sure nothing can happen while we're gone."
"Egon, nothing will," Ray replied as he followed his friend a few steps behind. "The containment unit is connected to like five back-up generators and we've even set up a protection grid in the basement just in case. No one can do anything."
"What about the proton packs?"
"You're taking them in Ecto, remember?" Ray responded. "There's only the one left here and it's charging in your lab."
"Did we turn off everything that does not need to be on?"
"Did that right before bed last night," Dr. Stantz told him. The reached the bottom floor. "I don't know why you're so worried. The firehouse will survive one day without anyone here. Winston will be back the day after Christmas than Janine and I get back Saturday. You, Peter, and Dani are the ones who won't be back until Sunday."
"I'm being cautious," Dr. Spengler stated. "Quite a bit can happen over the course of a day."
"You're right," Ray yawned. "I guess we ought to get going."
"Did you wake Peter?" Egon inquired.
"I thought you were doing that."
"I know better than to wake Peter at five in the morning."
"Maybe Winston did it."
"Did what?" Zeddemore inquired as he joined them on the first floor. "Is Janine here yet?"
"No," Egon answered. "You didn't wake Peter?"
"I thought you were," Winston replied. "I've already washed slime out of my shoes more times than I want to count this month."
"We could get Dani to do it," Ray suggested. "Of course, she did warn me that if I were to wake her a minute before her alarm went off she would hide my limited edition Captain Steel action figure and never tell me where she put it."
"She said the same about my microscope," Egon added.
"And my books," Winston put in. They looked at each and came up with the same solution.
"Slimer!" The three men shouted. The green ghost floated down through the ceiling sleepily.
"Slimer sleepy," he told them. "Five more minutes."
"He sounds like Pete," Zeddemore commented.
"Slimer, we have an important mission for you," Ray said. "Before we can leave we need to wake up Dani and Peter. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to wake them and find the food they're hiding." The ghost perked up.
"Food!"
"Yes, Slimer. We believe they're hiding it in their pillows," Dr. Spengler put in. "You alone are the only one who can find it."
"Oh, boy," the specter said. "Find food." He zipped towards Dani bedroom.
"You guys do know they're both going to kill us, right?" Winston asked.
"Yes," Ray and Egon answered.
"Oh, my God!" Dani yelled. She ran out of her room and straight toward Ray. She lunged at him and he started running around the car. "I'm going to kill you, Ray Stantz. I just washed my hair and those sheets were new."
"Dani," Ray started. "You can't kill me."
"You're right," she agreed. "I'll just maim you a little." The young woman ran around the car after Dr. Stantz.
"Help!" Ray shouted. Egon grabbed his cousin as she reached the front of the car. She struggled to get out of his grasp. Ray stayed in the far corner of the firehouse.
"Egon, let me go," Dani said. "I have to hurt him."
"Dani, it's early," Dr. Spengler told her. "And Christmas is tomorrow. Let's not ruin this holiday." The blonde sighed and leaned against Egon.
"Fine," she muttered. "I'll go take another shower, but I am sleeping in the car. You are not to wake me until we get to Aunt Katie's."
"You have my word," Egon said. He let her go and she walked back to her bedroom.
"AHHH!" Peter yelled from somewhere upstairs. Ray rejoined Winston and Egon as they started to laugh at their friend's plight.
"Maybe now he'll understand the meaning of alarm clock," Winston said. Peter sprinted down the stairs rubbing a towel in his hair.
"I really hate that spud," Dr. Venkman growled. He looked at his friends. "Are we leaving now?"
"Still waiting for Janine," Zeddemore told him. "I have to take her to New Jersey." The group all felt a sharp wind pierce through their wooly sweaters. Egon turned around to see a bundled person coming through the firehouse front door than trying to close the door against the blistering wind. He went over and helped close it.
"The weather is so bad out there." The person removed the scarf like item covering their head and Dr. Spengler saw that it was Janine. "I can't believe anyone is even driving in this weather. I'm glad that Winston put snow tires on his car. I should have done that, but my car is stuck in the snow outside my building."
"How did you get here?" Egon inquired as he brushed snow off the woman.
"You don't want to know," Janine replied. Egon gave her a look as she walked to her other friends.
"You look warm," Winston commented. "How many coats are you wearing?"
"Just enough," the woman answered. "When are we leaving?"
"Just gotta say good-bye to everyone," Winston told her. "I feel kinda weird not spending Christmas here with the guys."
"Me too," Ray agreed. "I mean it's great I get to spend time with Sam and my Aunt Lois, but I like Christmas here."
"Next year," Egon said. "Our families do deserve to see us every once in a while."
"Yeah, I owe my parents," Janine agreed. "I've missed a few birthdays and anniversaries working here."
"If only we could schedule the end of the world at more appropriate times," Peter mused. "Like when we aren't sleeping or out on a hot date." Ray chuckled. "Hey, Tex, not everyone can have their girlfriend living under the same roof." Dr. Venkman glanced at Egon. "Or working in the same place."
"Alright, I'm ready," Dani said as she rejoined the group. She put on a knee length suede jacket over her light blue wool turtleneck. "I'm sorry I threatened to kill you, Ray."
"It's okay," he told her. "I forgive you." She wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you more," she responded. "It'll be three long days."
"I'll call you," Ray said.
"Not if I call you first." They continued to embrace.
"Okay, we get the point," Peter said. He pushed the two apart. "You'll miss her and she'll miss you. We're going to be back Sunday."
"Oh, Egon," Janine said. She embraced her boyfriend. "I won't see you again until Sunday."
"It'll be alright," Dr. Spengler soothed her. They broke apart than everyone started hugging and wishing each other well on their journeys and to have a good Christmas.
The group started putting bags in the respective cars. Peter, Egon, Dani, Ray and Slimer got into Ecto-1. Aunt Lois would join the group than she, Ray and Slimer were going to be dropped off in Islip before Egon, Dani and Peter headed on to Ohio. Winston and Janine got into Winston's car. The black man would drop the secretary off at her aunt's house in New Jersey where his cousin also lived and his family was planning to spend Christmas. The two groups started on their separate ways into the blizzard-like early morning in New York City.