Chapter 4-A Suspect
The Ghostbusters went to the police and told them that they think that Egon had been abducted by Walter Peck. They then tell the police that they hadn't always had the best relationship with Peck, and that Egon tried to strangle him a long time ago.
"Ok, we'll try to find him, but it might take a bit to find where he went." the officer said.
"Thanks." Winston said, "If there's a lead, call us."
The three men then walked back to Ecto-1 and drove to the firehall. Peter had not said a word at all. It was unlike him to be so quiet. That was a normal trait of Egon's, as he didn't talk a whole lot. To Ray and Winston, Peter not running his mouth off was not normal.
"Hey Pete, are you sure you're ok?" Winston asked with concern.
"Yeah, why?" Peter asked a little snippy.
"Well, you haven't said a word at all, and that's not like you." said Ray.
"Well, I'm fine Ray!" Peter snapped, "Just because I'm not talking doesn't mean you should be worried!"
"Peter." said Winston, "we're just-"
"Concerned? Worried? Yeah, I know! It's not that big of a deal!" Peter snapped.
"Ok, ok, just calm down." Ray said.
When the guys pulled into the firehall, Peter immediately got out and went upstairs to the roof. Kylie saw Peter's behavior and was worried.
"Is Dr. Venkman ok?" Kylie asked.
"Don't know." Ray said, "We asked him, and he snapped at us a little bit."
"Not to mention, he didn't say a word at the station." said Winston.
"That's unusual." said Jenny, "Maybe's he's worried about Egon."
"And that's why I'm here to help." said a female voice.
Standing in the doorway was Special Agent Melanie Ortiz. She was the FBI liaison and investigated hauntings across the United States.
"Hey Mel." Ray said.
"Hey Dr. Stantz. Jenny called me about Dr. Spengler." Mel said, "So what happened?"
"Well, Peter pulled a prank on Egon, and he was not to happy about it." Janine said, "Then they started yelling at each other, then Peter said something personal to Egon, which he took pretty hard. Egon then ran out of the firehall to cool down."
"Then he called me saying he was coming back to the firehall, but after 2 hours, he didn't come back." said Ray. "Peter then went out back and found Egon's glasses and phone in an alleyway. We think Peck abducted Egon."
"Why?" Mel asked.
"We don't know." said Winston.
Meanwhile, Peter was upstairs. He heard everything the guys told Mel and he felt worse than ever. He than went into the bedroom and took a photo out of his nightstand drawer. It was a photo of him and Egon in college. Peter looked at the photo, remembering that day. He then bursted out crying. He was worried that he would never be able to see his best friend/brother ever again.
"Egon, please be ok." Peter thought to himself, "I'm sorry. I don't want to lose you."
But Peter had no idea of the torture Egon was going through.
Meanwhile, Egon felt someone kick him. He then opened his eyes to see Peck standing over him.
"I thought I told you you couldn't sleep." Peck said while kicking Egon again, "Maybe you're not as smart as you think."
That made Egon mad. He did not like being insulted about his knowledge. He then kicked Peck in the crotch and bit his hand again.
"Ha. Who's smart now Dickless?" Egon taunted.
Peck then glared at Egon. "Since you strangling people so much, I'll give you a taste of your own medicine."
Peck then grabbed Egon by his neck and started to choke him. Egon tried breaking free, but he was weak and was already in enough pain. Peck tried to lift Egon up off the ground completely, but it was hard due to Egon's height. Peck then dropped him and grabbed Egon's hair and slammed him into the ground again.
The next morning, the guys woke up for breakfast, but Peter had had enough waiting around for the police to find Egon.
The guys, Janine, Jenny, Kylie, and Mel were all talking about how to find Egon when Peter snapped.
"That's it!" Peter exclaimed, "I can't take this anymore!"
"What is it Peter?" Mel asked.
"I'm not going to sit here and wait for the police to find Egon!" Peter replied, "I'm gonna go find him."
"Peter, it's dangerous." Janine said.
"I don't care!" Peter exclaimed, "Egon's my brother and brothers never leave each other behind."
"Hold on, Pete." Winston said, "You are not searching alone. Ray and I are coming."
"Yeah Venkman." Ray said, "Egon's our brother too."
The 3 Ghostbusters then hopped into Ecto-1 and began the long search for Egon.
To be continued...
