Scene 9
A few days later Rodney pulls in the drive way at Jame's place. The next door neighbor named Stanley Melkinson who is bit of a hipie is watering plants.
Melkinson: Yo Price! My man! What's happing brother?
Rodney: Hello Melkinson. Just have some buisness to get to.
Melkinson: Yeah...Your bro told me about setting up shop here. Gonna be a ghost chaser hu?
Rodney: Something like that.
Melkinson: I know all about that stuff man. The 70's man. San fransisco...weird times...weird times.
Rodney: I see.
Melkinson: Yeah...I used to smoke my the truckload...I'm talking anything and everything. You wanna see ghost golore man, you dont need no special glasses...you just start the herb theropy and its like the whole specrum of reality just opens up...like no joke!
Rodney: Yeah...I think we're gonna do that whole drug free policy so...
Melkinson: Righteous! I get you! I've been clean myself for years.
Rodney: Thats great...we'll I'm gonna goin here now...
Melkinson: Hey bro no problem! If you need any tips I'm here dude.
Rodney: Thanks...I'll remember that.
Rodney goes in and sees James who is fixing up the containment unit.
Rodney: Hey, how the new unit coming.
James: Almost done I hope...there...that should do for now.
Rodney: Will it work though?
James: Wont know till we test it, but it wasnet as hard to build as I thought. Come on. I thought we could test the netreno wand.
Moments later, James and Rodney are in James's backyard where there a paper ghost hung up on a close line. James is showing Rodney how to use the thrower.
James: O.k...It's pretty simple. Just adjust your beam, aim at your target and fire.
Rodney acts as if he's about to fire then puts the thrower down.
Rodney: You know...I don't think the ghosts will sit still for us James!
Just then a pretty young woman named Sammy Gultch approaches the backyard fence.
Sammy: Hey! Are guys the Ghostbusters?
Rodney: We absolutely are! Whatever your problem is, we belive you! Right James?
James: Ah what my assosiate means is, If you have some problem with the supernatral, then I think we can help you.
Sammy: Oh I don't have a ghost problem. My name is Sammy Gultch.
James: James schnovelin. This is Rodney Price.
Rodney: Hey...
James: What can we do for you?
Sammy: We'll I saw this ad in the paper. It says you we're hiring.
James: Yeah, I put that ad in there...were you wanting a job?
Sammy: Well I'm into photagraphy and film and wondered...since you hunt ghosts, if you could use someone to document what you do.
Rodney: We have that equipment Al loaned. I think it could be a good idea to film what we catch.
James: May be a learning experiance...Alright you can have the job, but your gonna have to do some of the dirty stuff too.
Sammy: Thats great! I've always been fasinated with those ghost shows on tv and thought...here's my chance...why not!?
James: Hey, nothing wrong with that. Come on, in I'll get you a jumpsuit.
The next day after some training at James garadge, now the new ghostbusters hq, James has Sammy and Rodney standing in line.
James: O.K. troops, this is how I'll be. Basically ther'll be a tracker, a zapper, and a trapper. You all know your jobs. Sammy.
Sammy: Yeah?
Rodney gets a call and steps to the side.
James: Since your on camera duty, I'm gonna give you this.
James hands Sammy the p.k.e. meter.
James: Your gonna be our tracker.
Sammy: I'll try not to fail you.
Rodney: (On the phone) Could you say that once more please...sure...we will...that wont be a problem...ok...we'll be right there...
Rodney comes back with a look of excitement.
Rodney: Whooo whoooo! We got our first catch!
What follows is a ghostbusting montage while playing the ghostbusters theme song. The guys use a black Jeep with blue lights, a sirin and ghostbuster decals on the doors. The cars nickname is the "Soul roller" Many quick scenes including Rodney tracking ghost, Sammy trapping ghost and James zapping ghosts. Throughout, they chase a free roaming ghost that looks like a reddish pink and very naughty, very tricky gremlin looking ghost nicknamed "Wailer" cause of the screaming he does. Each time he naorrowly escapes from them, but not before slimeing Rodney. After several atempts they fiannly trick him by setting a trap inside a turkey tray and activating it when he flies inside looking for turkey on a buffet table. Sometimes different team members use different equipment. Several interviews are giving too. One part involves a ghost that goes through people's mail and when the ghost opens a certain box, the trap is waiting for him. The ghostbusters sort out the slimy mail and put it all back in the right boxes. One is a baseball ghost running the bases. When he gets to home, the trap is set and sucks him up. Rodney says "Your outta there!"In one part a ghost driving a car out of control is going down the road. The trap is in the road and when the car goes over it the trap sucks up the ghost leaving the car to crash. In another part a man comes up to them and asks if they can contact a family member and ask if they will reconsider putting them in his will before it's read publicly. The guy offers to have himself possessed to get the signature right.
Later James Rodney and Sammy drive the "soul roller" to the house The three get out and walk into the garadge with a smoking trap.
James: Alright Sammy, lets put jr. to bed.
Sammy looks at him strange.
Rodney: I'm going to get a drink.
Rodney walks upstairs.
James: It's a ma and pa joke. The ghost is like our baby and the containment unit is his bed.
Sammy: I get it.
James: I don't mean to say were...well you know.
Sammy: It's O.K.
James: I say the same things to guys all the time.
Sammy: Are you done weirding me out so I can put away this dead person.
James: Yeah, I'll just get a drink to. Hey Rodney! Got any diet sprite?
Rodney: I have...diet water?
James: That'll be O.K. I guess.
Rodney: (To Sammy) You want something to drink beutiful?
Sammy: No thanks. I think I'll go home and shower off this ecto plasma.
Rodney: I think you better just walk through a car wash.
Sammy: Right...well, I'll see you guys tommorw then...ok?
Rodney: Great...see ya.
James: Bye Sam.
Sammy leaves.
James: Hey Rodney, can you stick around a second?
Rodney: Yeah Why?
James: I have a theory about something...
Rodney: So what is it?
James: Ive been doing some research about a couple things. Got a few old papers and books about the history of this town and some stuff on various other occutic topics. Mainly potals.
Rodney: Portels...like to the twilight zone.
james: More or less. Have you heard the name..Chester Radu
Rodney: I only memorize names of people who owe me money James.
James: I didnt think you did. Thats not important anyways.
Rodney: So who is he?
James: See for yourself.
James shows Rodney a photo of immigrants from the 1800s . Rodney reconizes one of them.
Rodney: Thats our ghost! I mean he was older...
James: Oviasly...
Rodney:...but thats him...or was him...
James: Remeber The dirary we found...Radu co wrote it with his mentor...a man named Myrid Zaridia.
Rodney: Weird name...so what?
James: Try and stay awake this is major Rod. Between my digging and reading of this diary Myrid was a duke in romania around 1300. He was repetedly accused of vamporisim and conected to over 100 dissaperences around Europe and Aisa. The historical records are a bit fuzzy but his name kept popping up through the centries. According to his diciple Radu, he was born in 1312.
Rodney: Ok so he was a raving airhead...so what?
James: Hold on now...supposadly he had anacute fear of dynig...
Rodney: Understandable enough...
James: Yeah, expect he acually did something about it. Or tried to. He subjected himself to exteme... theropy and was able to slow the aging prosses dramaticly. My guess whould be a diet of blood and lots of green vegtables...
Rodney: You dont acually belive any of this do you?
James: I dont think anyone did...
Rodney: But Radu was convinced...
James: Yeah well theres bound to be one at least...anyways Radu and Myrid met in 1821. Radu was an enginerr and inventor and in 1824 he and Myrid created a machine that could open a gate to the spirit world...since Myrid knew that death was enediable, he made a plan...to open the gate and simply cross over to the otherside without having to acually die. Think the assention of Jesus Christ . Exept after crossing over, the machine exploded and Myrid was trapped in the tunnel between our world and the light of the other side...
Rodney: And how whould anyone possibly know that? Wait...let me guess...Radu was contacted by Myrid via a wegie board..
James: Acually it was though a medium...
Rodney: So he was trapped in limbo
James: I guess heavens kinda picky about letting unrepented murdeious vampires in... and hell cant take in him unless hes officailly dead. I think thats why Radu wanted this diary...look here.
Inside are plans for a complex maching.
Rodney: This the machine?
James: Right...they called it the transom inagurator, and I think Radu wants to build another one.
Rodney: Why? Surely He can cross over ...your not saying Myrid is STILL in limbo?
James: I dont know what to think...but if its true...what happenes to a human body after being in the spirit world for that long...
Rodney: Well they say your surrounds become par t of you.
James: Whatevers going on it cant be good...we better do a little show and tell to Alfred.
Rodney: You know he wont help us. Besides, We banished Radu, remember?
James: I know, but I think we should at least talk to Al, and see about double checking the Beasly place. There may be more going on there. I just wanna be sure.
Rodney: Alright, but I still think Al wont help.
James: We'll make him.