Chapter 6: Assumptions Are Rarely Accurate

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Everybody was setting up in the middle of town as Podcast looked nervous and Phoebe looked highly worried for him.

"You really don't have to do this, you know? You don't have to prove anything." Phoebe sighed. "You'll always be a Ghostbuster to me."

"I know, but if I can handle a bunch of possessed Marshmallow men, I think I'll be ok." Podcast responded and Phoebe let out a sigh of slight frustration.

"I just...." Phoebe started to say and Ray and Venkman were listening in to the conversation as they knew Phoebe was having a hard time. Danny was also listening in somewhat as he felt terrible for her.

"What's up?" Podcast asked and Phoebe looked away and shook her head.

"I don't know." Phoebe sighed and Podcast stood up and walked over to her.

"I'll be alright Phoebe. You know me. We fought Muncher together, we fought Gozer, Zuul, and Vince Clartho, so I believe that we're going to kick Bloody Mary's butt. I mean, I've got the best Ghostbuster around defending me, so what do I have to worry about?" Podcast asked and Phoebe let out a sigh.

"But the only reason they came out of retirement is because of Gozer to begin with. How are they going to protect you?" Phoebe asked as she was clearly worried about him.

"I wasn't talking about Ray, Venkman, or Winston." Podcast said and Phoebe looked confused. "I was talking about you." Podcast said this and Danny smirked. Venkman got up and was about to argue and Ray gently grabbed him and Venkman looked at him and shook his head.

"But I couldn't even stop Gozer on my own." Phoebe sighed unsurely.

"Well even Superman needed the Justice League, just like the Ghostbusters need you." Podcast was clearly trying to share his feelings and Phoebe wasn't catching the full drift of what he was saying.

"They don't need me. I needed them to train me." Phoebe pointed out and Podcast let out a sigh of frustration.

"Pheebs will you just take the compliment I'm trying to give you and see that I'm just trying to tell you how much I admire and trust you, instead of pointing out the logic at every single point?" Podcast asked and Phoebe thought about it for a minute as she wasn't sure what she was feeling.

"Thanks, I guess." Phoebe sighed and then she started walking away.

"Alright, we're ready to execute this plan." Ray stated as he changed the subject. Phoebe saw Podcast get up as he was ready to make the sacrifice and be the human bait and Phoebe ran over and hugged him. Soon they parted and Phoebe looked unsure of why she did it.

"Just....be careful, and if you think we're failing, please don't be a hero. Just run." Phoebe requested and Podcast smirked and nodded.

"Anything for you Pheebs." Podcast said as he smiled at her and she nodded and then stepped back.

Everybody took their stations as they tried to act natural and Podcast stepped in front of his reflection in the evening light as he stared into a glossy building window. Podcast held a candle and then took a deep breath in and let it out.

"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." Podcast said and for a moment nothing happened. Podcast looked nervous as he stood there and the night was eerily silent. Then out of nowhere the candle blew out on its own and a dark demented laugh echoed through the air.

"You children are all the same. Summoning spirits without any regard for the consequences that your actions may hold." The haunting female voice laughed and Podcast slowly turned around as he couldn't see anything in the reflection and as he turned around he saw the terrifying spirit of Bloody Mary who looked strangely solid and alive for someone who was dead. She held a staff that had blood running down it like a fountain.

"Well it's a good thing he brought back up to save him from those consequences." Venkman said as everybody charged their proton packs and Danny and his team were at the ready to attack. Bloody Mary saw Phoebe walking towards her as Phoebe was ready to attack when she needed to so that she could protect her...friend. Bloody Mary saw her and let out a laugh.

"This is quite the infraction isn't it? Because if I recall correctly, you and another spiritual sensitive from another universe summoned me at the same time. You destroyed my prison fair and square, and now, what? You plan to send me back?" Bloody Mary asked.

"Or destroy you, whatever comes first." Winston responded.

"Or send her back." Sam corrected him.

"Whatever works best." Venkman tried to play both sides.

"That's a pity. Most of you would have been spared considering you are much younger than my preferred victim, but now that we're poking the bear, it seems I'll have to fight you all so that I can simply remain within my well earned freedom. I've been imprisoned for 325 years, I'm positive that's enough." Bloody Mary explained.

"And Vigo was stuck in a painting for thousands of years. We destroyed him because he was threatening to kill and/or enslave millions." Ray responded. "It's nothing personal. You threaten our worlds and we have to fight back. That's just kind of how human's are. Maybe you can break into a world filled with things that aren't human instead."

"Yeah, find a world filled with cats or something." Venkman suggested.

"ENOUGH!!!" Bloody Mary screeched.

"You're right. I think we've had enough of this too. Ghostbusters, attack!" Venkman shouted back and they all started shooting their proton packs at once and then Bloody Mary disappeared.

"Do you think we neutralized her Ray?" Winston asked and Ray rolled his eyes and just then Trevor stepped next to a mirror and Bloody Mary came out and when she touched him a red glow went through him and he passed out.

"TREVOR!!!" Lucky cried and then she saw Bloody Mary coming for her and she shot her proton pack at her and the stream got her slightly and Bloody Mary screamed in pain, went into a mirror and disappeared again. After a few moments of silence Tucker walked too close to a puddle on the ground from the recent storm and Bloody Mary came out of the puddle and a red energy went through him and he passed out. Then evil laughter echoed through the streets.

"TUCK!!!" Sam and Danny both cried out.

"Heed my warning Ghost Hunters, stay away and maybe I will spare you all. Keep trying to stop me and you will see what I am really capable of." Bloody Mary said and with that she was gone.

Phoebe rushed over to Trevor as she was terrified for her brother. Lucky was already kneeled beside him.

"I have his pulse but he won't wake up." Lucky stated as she was incredibly worried.

"If what we suspect is true, he won't wake up until we defeat her." Ray explained.

"Yeah and the longer they're in this trance the more powerful she becomes." Danny pointed out and Ray nodded.

"I'm truly sorry Phoebe." Ray apologized as he saw his former friends grandchild laying on the ground, basically in a coma. Tears filled his eyes as he felt the weight of responsibility overcome him.

"I don't even know how we're supposed to fight a witch who can travel through reflections to escape our attacks. If she can travel that quickly there's nothing we can do. We can not possibly stop her." Winston was clearly pissed off and everybody was silent for a moment. After a minute Danny made a realization.

"I know a place with no reflections." Danny said and everybody looked to him. "The ghost zone. That's why they were able to keep her there for so long."

"Well the question is, how do we get here there, and how the hell are you going to defeat her when you get there?" Venkman asked.

"We have suits you guys can take but we only have two adult ones and one teenager one, so who is gonna go?" Danny responded.

"I'll go." Venkman stated.

"I'll go too." Ray agreed.

"I'm cool to sit this one out. Cause this sounds like some horror movie bullshit, and I am not ready to die." Winston said.

"And I'll go." Phoebe reverted the subject and Podcast looked genuinely worried for her.

"Sounds like a plan." Danny stated and then he looked to Sam. "You good with that?" Danny asked and Sam looked concerned.

"You'll have no back up." Sam pointed out.

"You'll be in the Fenton copter to make sure everything goes as planned." Danny assured her and Sam nodded.

"But that's not a plan. That's a tiny fragment of a plan. You wanna share how your gonna pull this off?" Lucky pointed out and Danny nodded in understanding.

"I actually haven't figured that out yet. But I'm assuming we'll have to use the Infi-Map to locate a portal opening and figure out a way to get Bloody Mary there to begin with." Danny explained what he could.

"Ok, so we're gonna have to figure something out but that can wait. Now we need to get these two kids somewhere where they can be safe." Ray sighed and he went over and picked Trevor up. Venkman went over and pick up Tucker. Phoebe watched them walk into the van they took to set everything up and she stared as they put her brother's comatose body into the van and Danny walked over to her.

"You ok?" Danny asked and Phoebe shook her head.

"Even after we fix the Bloody Mary problem, how are we going to fix the fact that our worlds are entangled now?" Phoebe asked a very good question.

"I have absolutely no idea." Danny replied honestly.

"Me either." Phoebe sighed.

Everybody went back to the Ghostbusters firehouse and they walked in to find a few individuals waiting for them.

"Oh hey Dana, how are you?" Venkman asked as he placed Tucker on a sofa.

"How am I? That's the best you got?" Dana responded and Venkman nodded and then pointed at Phoebe and Danny.

"They made two universe entangle and unleased a vicious ancient child murdering witch ghost. I had nothing to do with it." Venkman stated. "I'm just trying to clean their mess up. I'm sure that's somewhat attractive to you."

"No. No it's not. You were supposed to train these kids properly. I told you how dangerous this was, and these aren't some random kids, these are Egon's grandkids. Do you not even care that you let this happen to your friends legacy?" Dana asked and Venkman nodded.

"Of course I am. I'm completely distraught." Venkman replied and Dana nodded as she rolled her eyes.

"Be easy on him Dana. You know how he gets when kids are involved." Janine Melnitz sighed and then she walked over to Phoebe and looked to her. "You ok sweetie?" Phoebe looked sad at first and then she looked angry.

"No." Phoebe stated and then she walked away.

"You know you remind me of your grandfather. You're so much like him it's a bit uncanny." Janine stated and Dana let out a laugh and nodded.

"You got that right." Dana agreed and Phoebe turned to them and looked unsure of what to say.

"I bet my grandfather never unleased a tyrant like this. He probably never did anything this stupid and got his own brother almost killed." Phoebe was being hard on herself and Ray jumped in.

"Phoebe that witch was too fast. There was nothing you could have possibly done to stop her. Keep in mind, your brother's not dead, he," Ray started and Phoebe lashed out at him.

"YET! He's not dead YET! But as we speak, as we waste time DEBATING about what to do, she is sucking the life out of my big brother! So if you don't mind, I'm not going to bed until I figure out a way to make this stupid plan somehow work!" Phoebe shouted and then she stomped away.

"She's so much like him." Janine sighed as she shook her head.

"So much." Dana agreed as Danny looked unsure of what to do.

"I'm going to look for a way to fix this too." Danny stated and then he followed Phoebe to try to figure something out so they could fix this problem. Dana and Janine looked to the guys.

"Are you just gonna let the kiddos do all of the work, or are you gonna be big boys and help them out?" Janine asked and Ray nodded.

"I'm gonna brew some coffee and then help them out." Ray sighed and he left the room. Dana stared at Venkman.

"Oh come on. You KNOW I've never been good at the planning and the studying and the research part. I was just the take action guy. I pretty much constantly showed up and improvised. That's what works for me." Venkman defended himself.

"Well we can't go into this one without a plan and improvise like we basically did. If we do that more of us are going to end up like Tucker and Phoebe's brother, or maybe even worse." Sam snapped and then she went to join Danny and Phoebe. Venkman turned to Podcast and Winston who was grabbing his coat.

"Well I guess it's just us buddy." Venkman started.

"It's just you two. I've gotta get home to my wife." Winston responded. "If you guys don't fix things in the next couple of days I'll come back and offer my assistance again. I told you guys. I've got my own business to run."

"Bye Winston." Janine sighed.

"Say hi to Sharon for us." Dana added.

"I will. Goodnight everybody, and the best of luck to you." Winston wished them well and then he left. 


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