Winston whirled around and saw Dwayne's ghost flowing in front of him. "Hey Zee, I'm dead now. But did you really think that would stop me? Think again, pal! Your friend's in a coma back in Saigon. He can neither die nor wake up. I have him trapped here with me. So why don't you try to rescue him again? Maybe this time, you'll get lucky."
Big Ed watched in horror as Winston jumped at Dwayne. "You! I don't believe you have Ray!"
"Well, theoretically, I only have his spirit. But as long as I have it, your young friend can't die or wake up."
"How am I supposed to get to him?"
"Ask your friend Spengler. That is, if he'll even speak to you for causing all of this and then leaving them."
Winston turned away. His father placed his arm on his son's shoulder. "Winston, you can do this. You've got to go back and tell your friends what's going on."
"I know, Dad." Winston turned back to Dwayne. "How long do I have?"
"All the time you want, Zee, but there's just one thing. Spengler can get you here so you can try to save Chubby, but only **you** can come. If any of the others come after you, old Chubby's spirit here will be destroyed and he'll be in a coma forever with no chance of waking up."
Winston suddenly lunged at Dwayne, but he disappeared. "Damn, I never should've left! Dad, I've got to go back. I need to save Ray and I need Egon's help."
"All right, son. I'll drive you to the airport."
"Thanks, Dad - but we need to make one stop."
"I know, son. You need to get Janine."
Winston nodded. "Janine needs to know what's going on."
They went to the firehouse and found Janine typing. She looked up. "Winston! Egon just called. Why are you here? Why aren't you with them? With Ray?"
"Janine, we don't have time for twenty questions! I'll explain on the way to Saigon."
Janine grabbed her bag from underneath the desk. "Okay Winston - let's go."
Once they were on the plane, Winston told Janine the whole story. "Oh my God! Winston - to go through that twice and that man has somehow gotten Ray's spirit. How is that possible?"
Winston placed his head in his hands then looked up at her. "The only difference is this time Ray wasn't shot and killed like she was, but he may be in limbo the rest of his life - if you can call that living - if I don't find a way to get to him. Only Egon knows how to do that."
They were quiet the rest of the trip. Once they got to Saigon, they took a taxi to the hospital. Winston asked at the desk where Ray was. Janine decided to stay and wait. After Winston left, Egon turned the corner. "Egon!" Janine cried out.
Egon hurried over to her. "Janine, I'm glad to see you."
"I'm glad to see you too, Egon. You look terrible. Is there a place that we can talk?"
"Yes. There's a waiting room near the ICU. We can talk there. Oh Janine, he won't wake up! I've never felt so helpless in my life. There's nothing I can do for Ray."
"Egon, there might be something…"
Egon stared at her. "What do you mean?"
Janine took his arm in hers. "Come on. I'll tell you what Winston told me."
*****
Peter sat in the hospital holding Ray's hand. "Come on buddy, we need you to wake up," he said. "I need you," he squeezed Ray's hand but got no response. Peter's eyes watered. "I'm sorry you had to go through all this," Peter said. "I wish it had been me." Peter closed his eyes in exhaustion but he opened them when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Winston?" Peter cried, standing up. His eyes were blazing. He was upset because Winston had left. "What are you doing here?" he snapped
Winston shuddered at the tone of Peter's voice. "I need to talk to you guys," Winston said sadly, sighing.
"Yeah, you sure do!" Peter said, folding his arms across his chest. "First you can tell us... No, not us… You can tell Ray... Why did you leave?"
Winston gulped, looking down, "I-I couldn't face Ray," he said, staring at the floor.
"So that's it then, you just up and leave when things got a little tough?" Peter asked. The sound of his voice had calmed down some but he was still angry and Winston could tell.
"Peter-" Winston hesitated. "You don't understand-you weren't there. You didn't have to watch it twice."
"No I didn't, but neither did you," Peter snapped.
"Whoa Pete, I-" Winston started to defend himself..
Peter looked away from him, feeling hurt and angry, and all alone. Egon suddenly walked in the room. "Winston!" Egon said "I saw Janine outside .She told me you were here. I'm glad you came back. Now what's this about Dwayne having Ray's spirit?"
Peter turned back around quickly. "What do you mean Dwayne has Ray's spirit?"
Egon placed his hand on Peter's shoulder to steady the psychologist. "Janine told me what Winston told her but I need to know more detail, so start talking, Winston!"
Winston repeated the story to Egon and Peter. "Can you find a way to get me to limbo to find Dwayne and save Ray's spirit?"
Egon rubbed his chin. "Yes - if I had a lab or a place to work. "
"You can use the lab here, Doctor Spengler," said Doctor Ming as she entered the room to check on her patient. "Anything you need."
"Thank you for the offer, Doctor Ming." Egon replied. Then he turned to Winston. "Peter and I are going with you."
"But Egon, Dwayne said just me!" Winston protested.
Peter walked over to him and started to grab Winston out of anger but managed to control himself. "Winston, that's what he wants - for you to go alone. Well, this time, we're going in to back you up. We're your friends."
Winston smiled at Peter because he knew that Peter had forgiven him. "Okay then, Egon. What's the plan?"
"I first have to set up a machine that will take us to Limbo then we'll see from there."
Winston stared at Peter then back at Egon. "Have you got anything, Egon?"
"Yes. This way." Egon pointed towards the east.
"Then let's get going," replied Peter as he started forward.
Winston suddenly grabbed him. "Wait, Peter!"
"What? What's wrong?" Peter asked.
"Dwayne loved to set traps. He may have this place booby-trapped."
Egon nodded. "You have a point. Set your PKE meters to zero-zero-six-niner. That should pick up any traps." Both Winston and Peter nodded and adjusted their PKE meters to that frequency. "Gentlemen, according to my readings, we are close."
Suddenly they heard a loud scream. "LET ME GO!!"
"Come on, that's Ray! " cried Peter.
"Peter, watch out for the booby-traps!" Egon called out.
Suddenly there was a loud explosion. "Hmm, looks like your friends found my trap." Dwayne laughed as Ray hung his head. "Looks like I got your pals."
"You jerk!" Ray cried. "Let me go!"
Dwayne shook his head, smiling. "No way, Stantz! What good would it do to let you go? You're no good to anyone in the other world. I mean - really," Dwayne rolled his eyes.
"Like I said before! I'm ten times better than you are, you moron!" Ray snapped.
Dwayne punched him. Ray doubled over in pain. "You're mine, Stantz. Mine forever. Your friends are dead now," he said.
Ray shook his head, not wanting to believe it.
Peter stared down at the gaping hole. "Wow, Winston! That could've been me! You saved my life!"
"No problem, Pete. Now let's you, me, and Egon go save our buddy's spirit so he can wake up."
Egon looked at the hole too. "Yes. Let's hurry."
Soon, the three Ghostbusters were looking over at Dwayne and Ray. They saw that Ray was tied to a huge boulder. Egon turned to Winston. "Winston, do you have the mini trap I gave you?"
"Yeah Egon, but how does it work?"
"You've got to get Dwayne to do a hand stand on it," Egon replied.
"You've got to be kidding! This little thing?" Winston asked, staring at it.
"Yes. All you have to do is trick him into doing it."
"How on earth do you think that Winston's going to trick Dwayne into doing a handstand, Egon?" asked Peter. "Do you realize how completely crazy that sounds?"
Egon patiently explained, "By doing a handstand on the trap shaped like a ball himself, Peter. If I'm right, that will make Dwayne angry and he will try to do it too. Once he's in position, Winston needs to push the button on this device." Egon handed the device back to Winston. "And it will suck him in so fast his head will spin."
"Of course, you're also counting on Winston actually being able do a handstand, Egon," Peter muttered in Egon's ear.
****
Dwayne stared at Ray, who was trying not to cry because he still thought that the guys were gone. "God, you're pathetic, Stantz! Did you know that? From the day you were born, you've been a pathetic little snot!" Dwayne said.
Ray didn't say anything. All he knew was that he was trapped here forever and nobody could help him. Not now, anyway. His eyes watered and Dwayne smacked him upside his head.
"What are you crying for now, Stantz? You really are pathetic!" Dwayne laughed. "Only sissies cry, didn't your momma ever teach you that? Oh, I forgot, you didn't have a mother, did you, or a father? You know what? I bet they left you because they knew just how pathetic and a burden you really were."
"Stop it!" Ray said with tears in his eyes. "Why are you doing this?"
Dwayne laughed. "Because I like tormenting you, knowing that you're one of Winston's pathetic friends. At least if he stayed with us, he would have made something out of himself."
"What? A murderer?" Ray snapped and Dwayne hit him again.
"You don't know when to stop, do you, fool?" Dwayne asked. "You really are dumb, you know that? I don't even know why they chose you as part of the team anyway."
Ray cringed as Dwayne kept putting him down. He lowered his head again, ashamed.
***
"Let him go Dwayne! I'm the one you want. If you let Ray go... I'll take his place." Winston yelled, stepping out in the open.
"Yeah, so will I!" said Peter, stepping up.
"I as well. You will have three for the price of one," Egon also said, standing beside his friends.
Ray slowly looked up he saw his friends. "No guys, don't. I'm not worth it. I'm pathetic. My parents didn't want me. My aunt Lois didn't want me. No foster parent wanted me. Please don't do this. Please just go on to wherever you go when you die."
"Ray, we're not dead," said Peter. "And we want you."
"Yes, Raymond - very much."
"Hey man, we love you."
Ray shook his head. "No! No! I'm not worth loving. Look what I did to Winston. I made him remember that day. I hurt Winston!" Ray bent his head down and sobbed.
"What the hell did you do to him, Dwayne!"
"Only told him the truth, Zee, only the truth."
Winston went straight up to Ray. "Ray?"
Ray slowly looked up. "Go away Winston," Ray murmured.
"No way, man. I won't," Winston said. "We love you, buddy. You're our brother! Please, you've gotta believe us! Why else would we have come?"
Ray sniffled, "Y-Yeah sure, Winston, whatever. Well-I'm no good to you now - never was…" Ray closed his eyes.
Peter walked up to him. "Tex, please don't believe what this jerk is telling you. Are you going to believe him or us?"
Ray turned his head away from Peter.
"Raymond-please, let us send you back," Egon said, putting a hand on Ray's shoulder.
"N-No, I'm not even worth it," Ray said, looking down. "Please guys, go away."
Peter stared at Ray and glanced over at Egon before turning back to Ray. "Well, we can't do that, buddy," Peter said. "What'll it be, Dwayne? You in for the three of us? You want Winston more, don't you?"
Dwayne nodded. "Very well. We can send him back," he said. "He's worthless to me anyway, just like you are to everyone else, Stantz." Ray nodded with tears in his eyes.
Winston suddenly took out what looked like a small bouncing ball. "Dwayne, before we send Ray back... Please find it in your heart to let me show him a trick."
"What kind of trick?" Dwayne asked, not trusting Winston at all.
Winston held out the ball. "I want to show Ray that I can do a handstand on this ball."
Dwayne stared at the ball. "You've finally flipped out, Zee! There is no way that you can do a handstand on that little bitty ball."
"Come on, Dwayne! Please! I want Ray to see me do it."
Ray also stared at the ball. Was Winston crazy, he thought to himself silently, but he just shook his head.
"Okay Zee, have your fun. Then you are mine forever."
"Okay. Thanks. Hey Ray, watch me now!" Ray looked at Winston and gasped because Winston was indeed doing a handstand on the little ball.
"Get out of my way, jerk! Anything you can do, I can do better!" growled Dwayne as he knocked Winston off the ball.
"Be my guest," Winston replied.
Dwayne was now also doing a handstand on the ball. "Hey look at me, Zee! Told you I could do it," he gloated.
"Yeah, you sure can, Dwayne. Now say goodbye, you jerk!" Winston quickly pressed the button on the remote that he held in his hand and the ball trap opened up.
"Noooooo!" screamed Dwayne as he was sucked up into the trap.
Winston picked the trap up and looked at Egon. "Now, I don't want this monster in the containment unit!"
Egon looked at him. "Give it to me. I will send him into the realm of no return."
Winston stared at the trap. "Just tell me how and I'll do it."
Egon used his PKE meter and opened up a portal. "Okay Winston, I will allow you the pleasure," Egon stated, pointing at the portal.
Winston nodded and tossed the trap with Dwayne in it. He glared angrily towards it.
Peter put a hand on his shoulder. "He's gone, buddy. Gone for good."
Winston closed his eyes, nodding. He glanced at Ray. "Ray, I-" Winston sighed.
Ray had barely said a word since Dwayne had left. Ray closed his eyes to hide the tears in them.
"Come, gentlemen. Perhaps we shall go home - all of us," Egon said, breaking the ice.
****
Janine and Dr Ling quickly unhooked the guys and one by one, they woke up. Peter quickly hurried over to Ray who was still not awake. "Egon!"
Egon also hurried over. "What Dwayne said to him - he may still believe it. We've got to talk him back! Janine, you too."
Peter grabbed Ray's hand. "Kid if you don't wake up, I'll feed your Captain Steel comic books to Slimer."
"Yeah man, and who's going to help me work on Ecto?"
"Raymond, without your help, I would be lost. I need you to keep me sane. You're the only one whose understands my scientist's mind, even though Peter tries."
"Ray, you promised to give me away when I someday get married. Please wake up."
"Yeah, Tex. We need you. Let me see those brown eyes of yours."
Slowly, Ray opened his eyes.
TBC
Big Ed watched in horror as Winston jumped at Dwayne. "You! I don't believe you have Ray!"
"Well, theoretically, I only have his spirit. But as long as I have it, your young friend can't die or wake up."
"How am I supposed to get to him?"
"Ask your friend Spengler. That is, if he'll even speak to you for causing all of this and then leaving them."
Winston turned away. His father placed his arm on his son's shoulder. "Winston, you can do this. You've got to go back and tell your friends what's going on."
"I know, Dad." Winston turned back to Dwayne. "How long do I have?"
"All the time you want, Zee, but there's just one thing. Spengler can get you here so you can try to save Chubby, but only **you** can come. If any of the others come after you, old Chubby's spirit here will be destroyed and he'll be in a coma forever with no chance of waking up."
Winston suddenly lunged at Dwayne, but he disappeared. "Damn, I never should've left! Dad, I've got to go back. I need to save Ray and I need Egon's help."
"All right, son. I'll drive you to the airport."
"Thanks, Dad - but we need to make one stop."
"I know, son. You need to get Janine."
Winston nodded. "Janine needs to know what's going on."
They went to the firehouse and found Janine typing. She looked up. "Winston! Egon just called. Why are you here? Why aren't you with them? With Ray?"
"Janine, we don't have time for twenty questions! I'll explain on the way to Saigon."
Janine grabbed her bag from underneath the desk. "Okay Winston - let's go."
Once they were on the plane, Winston told Janine the whole story. "Oh my God! Winston - to go through that twice and that man has somehow gotten Ray's spirit. How is that possible?"
Winston placed his head in his hands then looked up at her. "The only difference is this time Ray wasn't shot and killed like she was, but he may be in limbo the rest of his life - if you can call that living - if I don't find a way to get to him. Only Egon knows how to do that."
They were quiet the rest of the trip. Once they got to Saigon, they took a taxi to the hospital. Winston asked at the desk where Ray was. Janine decided to stay and wait. After Winston left, Egon turned the corner. "Egon!" Janine cried out.
Egon hurried over to her. "Janine, I'm glad to see you."
"I'm glad to see you too, Egon. You look terrible. Is there a place that we can talk?"
"Yes. There's a waiting room near the ICU. We can talk there. Oh Janine, he won't wake up! I've never felt so helpless in my life. There's nothing I can do for Ray."
"Egon, there might be something…"
Egon stared at her. "What do you mean?"
Janine took his arm in hers. "Come on. I'll tell you what Winston told me."
*****
Peter sat in the hospital holding Ray's hand. "Come on buddy, we need you to wake up," he said. "I need you," he squeezed Ray's hand but got no response. Peter's eyes watered. "I'm sorry you had to go through all this," Peter said. "I wish it had been me." Peter closed his eyes in exhaustion but he opened them when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Winston?" Peter cried, standing up. His eyes were blazing. He was upset because Winston had left. "What are you doing here?" he snapped
Winston shuddered at the tone of Peter's voice. "I need to talk to you guys," Winston said sadly, sighing.
"Yeah, you sure do!" Peter said, folding his arms across his chest. "First you can tell us... No, not us… You can tell Ray... Why did you leave?"
Winston gulped, looking down, "I-I couldn't face Ray," he said, staring at the floor.
"So that's it then, you just up and leave when things got a little tough?" Peter asked. The sound of his voice had calmed down some but he was still angry and Winston could tell.
"Peter-" Winston hesitated. "You don't understand-you weren't there. You didn't have to watch it twice."
"No I didn't, but neither did you," Peter snapped.
"Whoa Pete, I-" Winston started to defend himself..
Peter looked away from him, feeling hurt and angry, and all alone. Egon suddenly walked in the room. "Winston!" Egon said "I saw Janine outside .She told me you were here. I'm glad you came back. Now what's this about Dwayne having Ray's spirit?"
Peter turned back around quickly. "What do you mean Dwayne has Ray's spirit?"
Egon placed his hand on Peter's shoulder to steady the psychologist. "Janine told me what Winston told her but I need to know more detail, so start talking, Winston!"
Winston repeated the story to Egon and Peter. "Can you find a way to get me to limbo to find Dwayne and save Ray's spirit?"
Egon rubbed his chin. "Yes - if I had a lab or a place to work. "
"You can use the lab here, Doctor Spengler," said Doctor Ming as she entered the room to check on her patient. "Anything you need."
"Thank you for the offer, Doctor Ming." Egon replied. Then he turned to Winston. "Peter and I are going with you."
"But Egon, Dwayne said just me!" Winston protested.
Peter walked over to him and started to grab Winston out of anger but managed to control himself. "Winston, that's what he wants - for you to go alone. Well, this time, we're going in to back you up. We're your friends."
Winston smiled at Peter because he knew that Peter had forgiven him. "Okay then, Egon. What's the plan?"
"I first have to set up a machine that will take us to Limbo then we'll see from there."
Winston stared at Peter then back at Egon. "Have you got anything, Egon?"
"Yes. This way." Egon pointed towards the east.
"Then let's get going," replied Peter as he started forward.
Winston suddenly grabbed him. "Wait, Peter!"
"What? What's wrong?" Peter asked.
"Dwayne loved to set traps. He may have this place booby-trapped."
Egon nodded. "You have a point. Set your PKE meters to zero-zero-six-niner. That should pick up any traps." Both Winston and Peter nodded and adjusted their PKE meters to that frequency. "Gentlemen, according to my readings, we are close."
Suddenly they heard a loud scream. "LET ME GO!!"
"Come on, that's Ray! " cried Peter.
"Peter, watch out for the booby-traps!" Egon called out.
Suddenly there was a loud explosion. "Hmm, looks like your friends found my trap." Dwayne laughed as Ray hung his head. "Looks like I got your pals."
"You jerk!" Ray cried. "Let me go!"
Dwayne shook his head, smiling. "No way, Stantz! What good would it do to let you go? You're no good to anyone in the other world. I mean - really," Dwayne rolled his eyes.
"Like I said before! I'm ten times better than you are, you moron!" Ray snapped.
Dwayne punched him. Ray doubled over in pain. "You're mine, Stantz. Mine forever. Your friends are dead now," he said.
Ray shook his head, not wanting to believe it.
Peter stared down at the gaping hole. "Wow, Winston! That could've been me! You saved my life!"
"No problem, Pete. Now let's you, me, and Egon go save our buddy's spirit so he can wake up."
Egon looked at the hole too. "Yes. Let's hurry."
Soon, the three Ghostbusters were looking over at Dwayne and Ray. They saw that Ray was tied to a huge boulder. Egon turned to Winston. "Winston, do you have the mini trap I gave you?"
"Yeah Egon, but how does it work?"
"You've got to get Dwayne to do a hand stand on it," Egon replied.
"You've got to be kidding! This little thing?" Winston asked, staring at it.
"Yes. All you have to do is trick him into doing it."
"How on earth do you think that Winston's going to trick Dwayne into doing a handstand, Egon?" asked Peter. "Do you realize how completely crazy that sounds?"
Egon patiently explained, "By doing a handstand on the trap shaped like a ball himself, Peter. If I'm right, that will make Dwayne angry and he will try to do it too. Once he's in position, Winston needs to push the button on this device." Egon handed the device back to Winston. "And it will suck him in so fast his head will spin."
"Of course, you're also counting on Winston actually being able do a handstand, Egon," Peter muttered in Egon's ear.
****
Dwayne stared at Ray, who was trying not to cry because he still thought that the guys were gone. "God, you're pathetic, Stantz! Did you know that? From the day you were born, you've been a pathetic little snot!" Dwayne said.
Ray didn't say anything. All he knew was that he was trapped here forever and nobody could help him. Not now, anyway. His eyes watered and Dwayne smacked him upside his head.
"What are you crying for now, Stantz? You really are pathetic!" Dwayne laughed. "Only sissies cry, didn't your momma ever teach you that? Oh, I forgot, you didn't have a mother, did you, or a father? You know what? I bet they left you because they knew just how pathetic and a burden you really were."
"Stop it!" Ray said with tears in his eyes. "Why are you doing this?"
Dwayne laughed. "Because I like tormenting you, knowing that you're one of Winston's pathetic friends. At least if he stayed with us, he would have made something out of himself."
"What? A murderer?" Ray snapped and Dwayne hit him again.
"You don't know when to stop, do you, fool?" Dwayne asked. "You really are dumb, you know that? I don't even know why they chose you as part of the team anyway."
Ray cringed as Dwayne kept putting him down. He lowered his head again, ashamed.
***
"Let him go Dwayne! I'm the one you want. If you let Ray go... I'll take his place." Winston yelled, stepping out in the open.
"Yeah, so will I!" said Peter, stepping up.
"I as well. You will have three for the price of one," Egon also said, standing beside his friends.
Ray slowly looked up he saw his friends. "No guys, don't. I'm not worth it. I'm pathetic. My parents didn't want me. My aunt Lois didn't want me. No foster parent wanted me. Please don't do this. Please just go on to wherever you go when you die."
"Ray, we're not dead," said Peter. "And we want you."
"Yes, Raymond - very much."
"Hey man, we love you."
Ray shook his head. "No! No! I'm not worth loving. Look what I did to Winston. I made him remember that day. I hurt Winston!" Ray bent his head down and sobbed.
"What the hell did you do to him, Dwayne!"
"Only told him the truth, Zee, only the truth."
Winston went straight up to Ray. "Ray?"
Ray slowly looked up. "Go away Winston," Ray murmured.
"No way, man. I won't," Winston said. "We love you, buddy. You're our brother! Please, you've gotta believe us! Why else would we have come?"
Ray sniffled, "Y-Yeah sure, Winston, whatever. Well-I'm no good to you now - never was…" Ray closed his eyes.
Peter walked up to him. "Tex, please don't believe what this jerk is telling you. Are you going to believe him or us?"
Ray turned his head away from Peter.
"Raymond-please, let us send you back," Egon said, putting a hand on Ray's shoulder.
"N-No, I'm not even worth it," Ray said, looking down. "Please guys, go away."
Peter stared at Ray and glanced over at Egon before turning back to Ray. "Well, we can't do that, buddy," Peter said. "What'll it be, Dwayne? You in for the three of us? You want Winston more, don't you?"
Dwayne nodded. "Very well. We can send him back," he said. "He's worthless to me anyway, just like you are to everyone else, Stantz." Ray nodded with tears in his eyes.
Winston suddenly took out what looked like a small bouncing ball. "Dwayne, before we send Ray back... Please find it in your heart to let me show him a trick."
"What kind of trick?" Dwayne asked, not trusting Winston at all.
Winston held out the ball. "I want to show Ray that I can do a handstand on this ball."
Dwayne stared at the ball. "You've finally flipped out, Zee! There is no way that you can do a handstand on that little bitty ball."
"Come on, Dwayne! Please! I want Ray to see me do it."
Ray also stared at the ball. Was Winston crazy, he thought to himself silently, but he just shook his head.
"Okay Zee, have your fun. Then you are mine forever."
"Okay. Thanks. Hey Ray, watch me now!" Ray looked at Winston and gasped because Winston was indeed doing a handstand on the little ball.
"Get out of my way, jerk! Anything you can do, I can do better!" growled Dwayne as he knocked Winston off the ball.
"Be my guest," Winston replied.
Dwayne was now also doing a handstand on the ball. "Hey look at me, Zee! Told you I could do it," he gloated.
"Yeah, you sure can, Dwayne. Now say goodbye, you jerk!" Winston quickly pressed the button on the remote that he held in his hand and the ball trap opened up.
"Noooooo!" screamed Dwayne as he was sucked up into the trap.
Winston picked the trap up and looked at Egon. "Now, I don't want this monster in the containment unit!"
Egon looked at him. "Give it to me. I will send him into the realm of no return."
Winston stared at the trap. "Just tell me how and I'll do it."
Egon used his PKE meter and opened up a portal. "Okay Winston, I will allow you the pleasure," Egon stated, pointing at the portal.
Winston nodded and tossed the trap with Dwayne in it. He glared angrily towards it.
Peter put a hand on his shoulder. "He's gone, buddy. Gone for good."
Winston closed his eyes, nodding. He glanced at Ray. "Ray, I-" Winston sighed.
Ray had barely said a word since Dwayne had left. Ray closed his eyes to hide the tears in them.
"Come, gentlemen. Perhaps we shall go home - all of us," Egon said, breaking the ice.
****
Janine and Dr Ling quickly unhooked the guys and one by one, they woke up. Peter quickly hurried over to Ray who was still not awake. "Egon!"
Egon also hurried over. "What Dwayne said to him - he may still believe it. We've got to talk him back! Janine, you too."
Peter grabbed Ray's hand. "Kid if you don't wake up, I'll feed your Captain Steel comic books to Slimer."
"Yeah man, and who's going to help me work on Ecto?"
"Raymond, without your help, I would be lost. I need you to keep me sane. You're the only one whose understands my scientist's mind, even though Peter tries."
"Ray, you promised to give me away when I someday get married. Please wake up."
"Yeah, Tex. We need you. Let me see those brown eyes of yours."
Slowly, Ray opened his eyes.
TBC