GB: A Storm on the Horizon

by WayWardWonderer

A new paranormal disturbance is brewing over New York City. An eerie hotel seems to be the source of the problem but what is causing it and why? Egon, Ray, Peter and Dana must look for the source of the unnatural phenomenon before a new cataclysm threatens to destroy the city and overrun the living with the dead! (takes place after Ghostbusters 2 and the 2009 game)

17. Dark Memory

Sitting in the rear of Ecto-1 with the fourth pack in his hands, Egon couldn't help but let his mind wander back to the intense nightmare he had dreamt while laying so close to death. The vision in his mind was just as clear as it was now as it was then. Every sight, every sound and even the smells were unmistakable to his keen mind and trained senses.

Closing his eyes he leaned back in his seat and replayed the macabre image in his mind.

Standing outside a dark and ominous building that stretched eternally into a powerful storm, Egon stepped inside with Ray and Peter at his sides.

A pool of blood spread from beneath his feet as Ray walked alone to a large door. The door opened and Ray was gone in a flash of light and thunder.

Peter had vanished into a room of darkness, his screams of terror echoing through the hotel as his final plea for his life rang out unanswered.

Egon saw himself wandering into the darkness as if he were being pulled along on a string. It was then he found Peter laying sprawled on the ground, not moving and covered in a red layer of what could only be described as blood.

Unable to aid his friend as the darkness swallowed Peter's body Egon turned and saw Ray standing before a swirling portal of pure energy. From within the portal a hand reached out and passed through Ray's body, causing the man to shudder in pain as his eyes rolled back in his head and his knees buckled beneath him.

Egon heard his own voice crying out in protest just seconds before a shrieking spirit emerged from the portal and cast a shockwave of immense ethereal power that energized the very same portal with a renewed vitality. From the center of the portal a humanoid figure, cloaked in black veils and a hood, emerged with a finger pointed at the last Ghostbuster standing.

'Kismet.'

All went black.

"Hey, Egon? Egon!" Ray's voice emerged from the darkness. "You fall asleep back there?"

"Huh?" Egon was brought back to reality and breathed a sigh of relief knowing they were still safe. "I'm awake. Just... thinking."

Peter butted in quickly. "Well stop it! You're too quiet when you think. Never trust the quiet ones..."

...to be continued...