Early the next morning, at the firehouse, a great noise was heard. It woke up everyone who was sleeping. The door to the lab crashed open and Ray ran out screaming,
"I got it! I got it!"
Peter walked in to the hall, yawning. "I don't want it." he stated sleepily. Ray grabbed him.
"No! I've figured out how to trap Zocodobe in a smaller trap indefinitely," he yelled.
"I've got it in here. Come on!" He ran back into the lab, followed by six other bodies. Ray held up an odd looking contraption. It was larger than the newer traps and in an unusual shape. In fact, it looked more like a torture device than a ghost trap. Ray was waving it around excitedly.
"This trap is designed to capture and contain up to a class eleven for an indefinite amount of time. It uses the ghost's own ectoplasmic energy against itself, without totally depleting the ghost's energy. It's in a type of suspended limbo, until we choose to put into the containment trap." he explained.
Peter took the trap from Ray and looked at it. "Will it work?"
Ray nodded. "I talked Slimer into allowing himself to be captured last night. The poor guy was totally exhausted by the time I let him out."
Kylie looked around the room. "Who's up to take over the watch?"
"Peter and I." Roland said. "We'll all go today," Kylie said. "See if we can get this thing back to the room tonight.""It came last night," Garrett said as he met the others at the door to Janine's room. "Good luck in getting the thing to come out tonight."
"Is Egon still in there?" Ray asked. Garrett nodded.
"After the attack, I haven't heard a peep out of that room all night."
Peter opened the door a crack and peeked in."I think he's asleep," he said. "Explain the trap to Garrett, Ray."
Ray's eyes lit up and he proceeded to explain the basics of the trap to a very confused looking Garrett. Peter slipped into the room, closing the door behind him. The curtains were opened a bit, and Egon was still in his seat, with his head on the side of the bed. Peter took a step towards the bed, and Egon's head came up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up," he said. Egon shook his head.
"I haven't slept all night. Just...sitting here."
"How's she doing?"
Egon glanced at her, then back at Peter. "No change. Although her face is looking better. The swelling is going down."
Peter opened his mouth to say something, but the door opened and Ray rushed in.
"I've got it," he stated happily. Egon frowned and stood up, walking over to Ray and his contraption. He took it and looked it over.
"This is the trap?" he asked. Ray nodded, still grinning. Egon looked at it, turning it over in his hands.
"Ray says it uses the ghost's own energy to keep it in there as long as we want," Roland explained. Egon looked up at Ray.
"Raymond, that's brilliant! I don't know why I didn't think of that," he said. Ray beamed under the compliment.
"You think we can get Zocodobe to come back here tonight?" Winston asked. "We heard he was here last night, and so far it's been his rule not to come back two days in a row."
"I've got an idea," Peter said. "It's risky, but if it works, we'll have this creep to torment until Janine gets back to dump it."