"Ghostbusters, can I help you?" Janine said as she answered the phone and chewed gum while also flipping through a magazine on her desk. "No I'm afraid you'd need a priest for that. We catch ghosts and don't bless houses. Hey pal either get a priest or move out, good night!"
"Another happy customer?" Peter teased and smiled as he strolled toward his office while Janine slammed the phone down, apparently the caller wouldn't accept no for an answer. Janine replied but only inside her mind as she thought words that were too rude for even her to say, she continued to chew gum and page through her magazine. On the floor above the other three Ghostbusters discussed the job that Peter and Winston went on and Winston explained the odd readings he got.
"Through the whole house we got nothing, no readings whatsoever. Not until Pete saw the thing creepin' into one of the bedrooms, that's when the meter went crazy," he explained as he looked at both Egon and Ray but Egon in particular.
"It's not uncommon for a manifestation to be localized to a certain area of the house. They can even be bound to a specific room or even an object. Even so the psychokinetic energy should have been picked up regardless of your location in the house. The pke meter might have been malfunctioning, I'll look into it," Egon replied as he cleaned his glasses.
The next day all four Ghostbusters are woken up by a loud alarm as Janine rang the bell and the first to completely wake up was Egon as he stood up effortlessly and reached for his glasses. Ray and Winston soon followed though Winston rubbed his eyes a few times to get rid of that burning sensation he felt. Peter was still in bed and pressed his face into his pillow and grunted repeatedly. "Why can't they ever start haunting people in the afternoon? These early spooks are the worst," he said as he rubbed his face into the pillow.
"C'mon Pete, rise and shine!" Ray said with a voice that was a little too enthusiastic for Peter's taste. "Ray, remind me to slap you when my body has woken up," Peter replied as he desperately held on to his pillow.
Eventually they all suited up in their grey jumpsuits and Winston started the Ecto-1a as they headed toward Times Square where a bird-like ghost had been attacking cars and people. Peter still had trouble waking up fully as he kept rubbing his eyes and meanwhile Egon examined the pke meter that Winston used yesterday. "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the meter you used yesterday, Winston. I've recalibrated the sensors, should be fine now," Egon said as he continued working on the meter.
"After this job is done I'm gonna get a breakfast burrito, maybe even two!" Peter stretched his arms and cracked his neck a bit as he felt a rumble in his empty stomach.
"Look who's finally joined the land of the living," Winston said as he pulled up at Times Square and the place had been barricaded by police cars and ambulances as citizens were being led away from the scene. The flashing lights and sirens that stood on top of the car employed by the Ghostbusters always seemed to turn heads whenever it drove by, and it turned a few relieved heads when bystanders saw the Ecto-1a arrive at the scene.
In the sky a pink-ish bird with two heads flew around and screeched so loud that several windows had started to crack. A crack appeared on the front windscreen of the Ecto-1a and it heavily frustrated Winston. "I'm gonna make that bird pay for this!" he said as he trailed the crack with his index finger.
The Ghostbusters got out of the car and they helped each other in putting on the proton packs and they each strapped a trap to their belts. Peter took point as he was first to walk toward a group of police officers who all aimed their guns up at the ghostly manifestation that roared in the sky. Egon had already started taking readings using his own pke meter while Winston and Ray activated their packs as they drew their throwers.
"You guys should probably step back, we'll handle this. KFC ain't got nothin' on proton roasted bird," Venkman said as he drew his own thrower and the cops all stepped back. The four Ghostbusters made their way to the middle of Times Square and they stood in a circle around the bird.
"Polly's looking for a cracker, how about we give him one and call it a day?" Venkman said as he looked up at the pink colored bird with two heads and smiled as he quickly glanced at the other three Ghostbusters afterwards. Both heads screeched and oddly enough it had no eyes but it did have razor sharp teeth that looked like they could shred through anything. They all aimed their particle throwers at the entity. "Nail it!" Peter shouted.
Four wild proton streams flew up into the air and the ghost managed to dodge all four of them though it started to become increasingly more agitated and suddenly it attacked back as it screeched so loudly that everyone in the immediate area had to cover their ears. The Ghostbusters all dropped their throwers as they grabbed their ears out of pain and they groaned repeatedly. The ghostly bird rushed down toward them as it intended to bite the first body it could grab, Winston noticed this before anyone else as the other three were still in pain and he ducked down and grabbed his thrower. A strong proton stream struck the bird and it was immediately caught in a swirl of streams as the other two Ghostbusters joined in. Egon grabbed the trap from his belt and rolled it underneath the bird while the others kept it contained as the streams acted like ropes that tied around the ghost.
"Opening the trap now!" he warned everyone as he stepped on the pedal and the bird screeched one last time before getting sucked into the energy vortex created by the trap. The trap doors closed and a red light blinked that indicated that there was a ghost inside as smoke creeped out. They all deactivated their packs and Winston bended through his knees as he looked at the trap that sparked with electrictity and nodded his head. "Payback's a bitch you ugly chicken."
"Okay so my eardrums are busted and I think Ray wet himself. I'd say it's a start of a great day!" Peter said as he clipped his thrower to his belt and slapped himself on the stomach as he felt it growling.
"What a voice though, that thing would give Janine a run for her money. She can scream but not like that thing," Ray said as they walked back to the car and the cops thanked them. They unloaded their gear into the back and the smoking trap was stored safely until it could be emptied at the firehouse.
"Breakfast burrito first. Containment unit later." Peter leaned back with his arms behind his head while Winston started the car.
After stopping to get something to eat they drove back to the firehouse and Egon looked at the readings he got from the ghost they caught. "Raymond, I think we should start testing the EMD when we get back to headquarters," he said as he studies the readings.
Before Ray had even a chance to reply he was interrupted by Peter who with a full mouth pointed his finger at Egon. "You're gonna test the molecular thing today? I wanna get a shot at disrupting that fat green blob's molecules first!"
They arrived back at the firehouse and Egon headed down to the basement with the loaded trap and emptied it into the containment unit with Ray beside him. The trap was cleared and while Egon unzipped his jumpsuit halfway and headed back up the stairs, Ray lit up a cigarette and exhaled the first drag. "If we could only have studied that ghost's vocal chords. Imagine the possibilities if we could replicate it or maybe harness it," he said.
"You'd really want Venkman to have access to a device that sends out destructive high frequency soundwaves?" Egon asked as he found the concept of studying the ghost they caught very interesting.
"Good point," Ray replied as he took another drag from his cigarette and closed the door to the basement behind him.
A few hours later Peter joined Egon and Ray on the rooftop where they had set up a testing area for the EMD and they had even moved the paranormal research tank up to the roof. The tank contained the green sack of ectoplasm otherwise known as "Spud", and he was the only reason why Venkman showed up at all. The green blob-like ghost bounced around in the research tank and growled furiously while Egon set up the EMD. Ray had a trap that hung from his belt just in case he needed it and a proton pack strapped to his back. Both he and Peter wore their jumpsuits, Egon wore his usual attire with a lab coat over it.
Peter walked up to the research tank and tapped his fingers against the glass as he taunted the ghost behind it. "How you feelin' there Greenie? I can't wait to screw up your molecules."
The green blob raged against the glass as it tried to attack a smiling Peter Venkman, both Ray and Egon shook their heads as they knew that he was only there to poke fun at their test subject. "Venkman, step away from the test subject we're going to launch the first attempt," Egon said as he switched a few knobs and several lights started blinking as he aimed the device at the research tank.
Peter stepped away and took a stand next to Ray while Egon fired the device and a bright flash of light struck the glass and the ghost behind it. The green sack of slime froze entirely and seemed shocked or stunned by what had happened and the three Ghostbusters stared in anticipation because they expected something to blow up or possibly fall apart.
"Yeah, great invention Egon. Spud over there looks very disrupted in his molecules and I'm -" Peter's attention was drawn to the research tank where the ghost had suddenly fallen apart and turned into a puddle of slime. Egon wasn't impressed as he thought the delayed reaction had to be fixed, though Ray clapped his hands while Peter arched an eyebrow and nodded. "I stand corrected."
"This needs more work, I need to fine tune the frequency. The end result is what I expected, the delayed reaction is not," Egon said as he studied the EMD while Peter inspected the research tank and kept tapping the glass.
"He never looked better!" Peter chuckled and he smiled as he turned away from the tank and walked by Ray on his way out."Next time we'll experiment on Janine, see if she turns into a puddle of goo," he said with a deviant tone of voice and strolled further.
Peter headed inside while Egon and Ray continued their research as they now observed how long it took for a ghost to completely reform itself again.