March 1990
"While Peter is on his honeymoon," said Egon. "I think we better hire a replacement for him."
"Sounds good to me, brainiac," replied Jennifer.
So the Ghostbusters put an ad in the paper, asking for applicants. The following day, there was a knock on the door. Janine opened it. "Yes, who's there?"
Standing on the doorstep was a lanky kid with messy blonde hair and braces. "Hi, I'm Evan Johnson. I'm here about the job," he cheerfully introduced himself.
"Come on in," said Janine, opening the door.
"Oof!" Evan tripped over the threshold. "Uh, sorry!"
Oh, Lord, thought Janine. This can't be good.
The Ghostbusters interviewed the kid. "Well, you've got the job," said Ray.
"Wow, thanks!" exclaimed Evan.
The alarm rang. "I guess it's time for your first job, Rookie!" said Jennifer. "Come on!"
The Ghostbusters and their new protégé suited up. "It's a Class Five down in Queens," said Janine.
"We're headed out!" said Winston. The five of them hopped into the Ectomobile.
"There he is!" Ray shouted. "On the roof!"
"Got him," called Winston. He tried to get it, but the spook was too fast. He zipped out of the way.
"Rookie, he's coming your way!" called Jennifer.
Evan fumbled for his neutrona wand as the ghost quickly approached. He fired.
"Hit the deck!" yelled Egon as Evan's stream nearly decapitated them all.
"Yipe!" squealed Jennifer from the ground. "His aim's a little off, isn't it?"
"Hey, he just needs a little practice," defended Ray. "None of us were the best shot starting out, were we?"
"You better be right, Ray," grumbled Jennifer. "Otherwise I'm gonna check up on our insurance!"
They picked themselves up off the ground. "Alright, now let's bust us a ghost!" said Winston.
"There it is!" Egon pointed behind Evan.
Evan whirled around. "I'll get it!" He fired the pack at the ghost.
"Hey, you did it!" cried Ray as the rookie's stream latched onto the specter.
"I did? Hey, thanks Ray!" Evan turned around to grin proudly at them all, letting the ghost get loose in the process.
"Aw, crap!" yelled Winston. "I'll get it!" He ran over and caught the ghost with ease.
"Nice one, Zedd! Here comes the trap!" called Jennifer. She tossed the trap under the ghost and stomped on the pedal. The pesky ghost was sucked in.
"Yay! We did it!" cheered Evan.
Back at the firehouse, Jennifer tried to show Evan how to empty a trap. "Okay, you just hit this button-"
"This one?" asked Evan. He pressed the button.
"No!" exclaimed Jennifer.
The ghost that they had just caught escaped out of the trap. "FREEEEEEEDOM!" it wailed.
Jennifer clapped her hand to her forehead. "After you put the trap in the containment unit! Never before!"
"Oops," said Evan. "Sorry."
The ghost whirled around the room, cackling. "I WANT REVEEEEEEENGE!"
"Grab a pack! Now!" ordered Jennifer.
Evan raced out the room, tripping as he did so. "I'm really getting a bad feeling about this," groaned Jennifer.
The ghost whooshed toward her. "Aaaaaaaaah!" squealed Jennifer as the ghost grabbed her up and held in midair.
Evan ran back in, gun at the ready. "Here I go!"
"NO!" yelled Jennifer, still in the ghost's clutches of the ghost. "DON'T SHOOT!"
"What's going on in here?" cried Ray as he came running in. He saw Jennifer and the ghost. "What happened!" he yelled at Evan.
"I uh, accidentally released the ghost," admitted Evan.
"GET ME DOWN FROM HERE RIGHT NOW!" shrieked Jennifer.
"What do we do?" Evan asked Ray.
"Well we can't shoot the ghost until he lets Jennifer go," said Ray.
Jennifer was trying to wriggle out of the ghost's grasp, to no avail. "Okay, you wanna play hardball?" growled Jennifer. "I'll give you hardball!"
She opened her mouth and sunk her teeth as hard as she could into the ghost's hand.
"Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" screamed the ghost, releasing Jennifer. She fell to the floor.
"Jenny! Are you okay?" asked Ray.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I landed on my ass-I got padding back there!" she winced, as she rubbed her butt.
"Shoot, Evan!" exclaimed Ray.
Evan fired at the ghost-and missed by about five feet. "Oh for the love, gimme that!" grumbled Jennifer. She grabbed the wand out of his hand and took aim. "This one's for my ass!" she shouted.
"No, wait!" Ray yelled. "We have to chase him out of this room. We can't hit the containment unit!"
"How do we do that?" asked Evan.
"Jenny, try herding him with the stream, but don't hit the storage facility!" ordered Ray.
"You got it!" replied Jennifer. She shot the wall next to the ghost. It quickly inched away from the stream, closer to the door.
"Atta girl, again!" cheered Ray.
Jennifer kept firing until the ghost had fled the room. "Alright, now let's get him!" exclaimed Ray as he grabbed the trap off the floor.
They ran out into the main hall after the ghost. Jennifer fired the stream at the ghost and nabbed him. Ray slid out the trap and hit the button. The ghost was toast.
"Ain't no thing but a chicken wing!" cheered Jennifer as she high fived Ray.
"Wow, two in one day! We're on fire!" cheered Evan. "I think I'm really improving!"
Ray and Jennifer looked at each other. "Do you want to tell him or should I?" asked Jennifer.
"Tell me what?" asked Evan.
Jennifer patted him on the shoulder. "Evan, turn in your jumpsuit."
A week later, Peter came in. "I'm back, everyone!" he called. "Did you guys miss me or what?"
"Peter!" Ray, Egon, Winston, and Jennifer cheered. "Thank goodness!"
"So, what happened while I was gone?" Peter asked.
The Ghostbusters looked at each other. "Oh, not much," said Jennifer. "Just the dull, boring life of a Ghostbuster."
