THE ROAD TO DANA

GHOSTBUSTERS: PPE #4
"DATE FRIGHT"

"Sounds good to me," Winston says as he opens the door and climbs back into Ecto-1. Janine and Egon start towards the car with their arms around each other as Peter heads towards the back of the car to store the trap. He looks up and the street sign catches his notice; E75TH ST.

The East 70s…? he thinks. He knew where they are, but he just didn't realize how close they really were. He turns to look back at Egon and Janine being happy. Well, Janine being happy and whatever passes as it for Egon. He turns back to look at the sign and sighs. Winston's voice snaps him back to reality.

"Hey, Pete!" Peter turns to see him leaning out of the window. "You coming or what, man?"

"Uh, no…I just remembered an errand I needed to run up here," Peter responds, opening the back of the car and throwing the trap in. "I'll catch the train back." He shuts the door and Winston waves as he pulls his head back inside.

"Alright, see you back at the firehouse!" With that, Ecto pulls off and Peter watches as it disappears around a corner before turning back to the sign. He stares at it and sighs, wondering if he should do what he contemplates doing.

E77TH STREET

A knock comes at the apartment door, and the resident proceeds over to open it. Upon doing so, Peter is found on the other side in the hall. He has a dopey smile on his face as he tries to hide his nervousness. Badly. Nervousness and a dose of that old Venkman charm.

"Um, hi… Uh, I was just in the neighborhood and I was…" The door starts to shut on him but he stops it with his hand. "Alright, alright!" The occupant opens the door again. "I'm sorry. Look, can we talk?" The occupant ponders for a while. A good, long while, before reluctantly deciding to open the door fully. Peter walks inside and the door closes behind him.

(Ghostheads and patrons of the NYGB Tourguide will know that Dana's apartment building from Ghostbusters 2 was located on E77th Street.)

GHOSTBUSTERS: PPE #6
"LITTLE TROUBLE IN BIG BROOKLYN"

Outside, Peter looks at Ecto-1 as he heads inside the store. Mr. Fung looks up and a smile comes on his face.

"Ah, Mr. Venkman! So good to see you again!" he says, turning down the radio.

"Hey, Mr. Fung," Peter says, cautiously looking around as he moves past the counter. "My colleagues aren't still here, are they?"

"No, but guess what is!" Mr. Fung reaches down and pulls up a slim box from behind the counter. Peter's face lights up.

"Mr. Fung, you ARE amazing!" he says as he approaches the counter and takes the box.

Peter hands over the money for his purchase to Mr. Fung. "Mr. Fung, you are STILL the best deal in Brooklyn."

"Of course!" he says, ringing up the register and depositing the cash while Peter admires the object inside the box with a smile. "And I hope she likes it."

"Yeah, me too." Peter closes the box and checks his watch. "Where are those guys? You didn't see them at all?"

"Not since I went to lunch. I assumed they went to eat too. Kind of hard to miss their car out front."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Or another job came up. Or Ecto broke down again and they're stuck on a subway somewhere. Sigh…guess I should start scouring around for them, huh?"

"Yeah…NOW he worries about us," Winston grunts as he pulls himself up onto the top of the counter. Peter starts towards the door, waving the box at Mr. Fung.

"Thanks for this, though. Just hope I'm not too late with it."

"It is never too late if you really care."

"Ancient Chinese proverb?"

"Fortune cookie."

"Ah. Well, I'll be seeing yeeEEOUCH!" Peter exclaims, shaking his hand frantically. "What in the…" he starts, but stops when he sees a micro-sized proton beam coming from the counter to hit him in the chest. He leans down close to the counter to see a miniature Winston standing next to the phone with his proton gun slung over his shoulder. "Winston?" Peter asks. The sound, however, is booming to Winston and he's forced to cover his ears. "Oops! Sorry!" Peter whispers. Winston shakes his fist angrily at Peter as Mr. Fung pulls out a magnifying glass to look down at the counter.

"Oh my…" he says.

"What happened? Where's Ray?" Winston makes a downward pointing motion. "Down? Down where? Downtown?" Winston shakes his head and points harder, followed by a scooping motion to signify "underneath." "Down…under? He's in Australia?" Peter quips. Winston slaps his head. Mr. Fung looks down at his counter, then crouches with the magnifying glass.

"No! Mr. Venkman! Down here!" he calls as quietly as he can. Peter heads around and crouches down, seeing Ray through the glass on the bottom shelf. "Well, that solves that!"

(The purchase of the grandmother's necklace and engagement ring.)

GHOSTBUSTERS: PPE #7
"SNOWED"

THE FIREHOUSE

The plan was simple; Ecto-2 has only two seats and it's far too cold for anyone to ride on the wings. Emptying one of the larger metallic cabinets in Egon's lab, Peter and Winston drilled four holes towards the top and bottom on either side. They then ran cables through the holes and tied them up tight before joining them together by a hook. Taking all the pillows, blankets and sheets they could find, they completely stuffed them around the sides of the cabinet's inside for cushioning and insulation. Finally, they carry the cabinet up to the roof where they wait for their ride with their make-shift passenger basket.

"You sure about this?" Winston asks, wondering if Egon's finally off his nut for suggesting a stunt like this in this weather. He looks over at Peter who stands off to the side on his phone. "Pete?" Peter quickly hangs up and turns to Winston.

"Yeah, sorry. Wrong number," Peter says as he stuffs the phone back into his jacket.

"You sure about this?" Winston asks again.

"Well, if this plan doesn't work at least we've already got our coffin."

"Not funny, man."

"Here comes our ride. Climb in."

(Who was Peter calling? None other than Dana to check up on her!)