By Riana Miller

A small girl and her mother are on their way home. Suddenly, without warning, a man is standing before them.

Man: Ohhh ... What a nice girl, would you like a doll?

The man takes a doll from under his coat and gives it to the girl.

Mom: That's really a nice doll. How much?

Man: It doesn't cost anything, you can have it free.

Mom: Well ... do you want it?

The girl smiles and nods.

Mom: Okay, we ...

The man is gone.

Mom: That's strange ... but now you have a new doll.

When the mother and daughter arrive home. The girl looks into the doll's eyes, and they appear to be looking back at her.

*****

Roland is washing the Ecto-1 when the phone rings.

Roland: This is the Ghostbusters.

An old man: We have a ghost here, on Park Road, please come! It looks like ...

Roland: Like what?

The phone is dead.

Roland: We've got a call!

*****

Roland drives Ecto-1 through Manhattan while he and the other Ghostbusters talk to each other.

Eduardo: Why do we gotta have Slimer with us?

Roland: Egon is doing some kind of an experiment with food.

Garrett: So Slimer can't stay in the firehouse, or Egon will have an experiment with nothing.

Eduardo: Uhh ... Kylie, what are we after this time?

Kylie: Don't know, all I know is, it's on Park Road.

Roland: All I can add is that it was an old man on the phone.

Garrett: Ha! Maybe he saw his dearly departed wife.

Kylie: Garrett I really don't think so.

Eduardo: Yeah, Garrett, now you're just being silly.

Garrett: Oh, Eduardo, always on Kylie's side, you little charmer.

Eduardo and Kylie exchange a bashful look, and Roland pulls Ecto-1 to the curb at the intersection where Park Road begins.

*****

The Ghostbusters step out of Ecto-1 and take their proton guns out of the rear compartment of the vehicle.

Roland: Well, let's split up. Eduardo and Kylie, you two take that side of the road and Garrett and I will take this side.

Eduardo smiles ... Kylie and I together, alone!

Roland: Slimer's going with you and Kylie, Eduardo.

Eduardo (not smiling now): Oh, thanks Roland, I'm "really happy" about that.

Roland: Really?

Eduardo: NO!

Eduardo turns and stalks off, seriously bummed.

Eduardo: Well, you comin' Ky ... and SLIMER?! Let's get this over with.

*****

Roland and Garrett go to the first house and Roland knocks on the door. A young man opens it.

Young man: Yeah, what's the problem?

Garrett: Uh, hi, have you seen anything mysterious lately?

Young man: No, I didn't see anything. I did hear someone scream, but I saw there was a party, so I didn't do anything.

Roland: Can you say where the scream came from?

Young man: I believe it was coming from house number 10 or 12.

Roland: Thanks for your help.

The young man closes the door, and Roland and Garrett make their way to the door marked number 10.

*****

Eduardo and Kylie go into the park, Slimer floating a few feet behind. Kylie is using her PKE meter.

Kylie: Nothing special here.

Eduardo: There is something, I can feel it ... I'm a scientist, you know, I have a very highly tuned sixth sense.

Kylie: Ha, if you're a scientist, I'm Madonna.

Eduardo: No, you're not Madonna ... *you* are beautiful.

Kylie smiles bashfully at Eduardo, but Slimer flies between them with something in his hand. They see that it is a doll.

*****

Roland knocks on the door to house number 10, but gets no answer.

Garrett: I think we hit a jackpot.

Roland kicks the door up, and goes inside.

Garrett: Well, I guess you watched Rambo again.

Suddenly a woman jumps out of a second story window, and falls to the ground in front of Garrett.

Garrett: What the ... what's wrong with you, what's the problem?

Woman: HELP ME! It has my daughter, please help me!

Roland runs out of the house, raises his proton gun and examines the PKE meter.

Roland: We better call the others back, we have a class 7.

*****

The radio on Kylie's hip crackles to life, she and Ed recognize Roland's voice.

Roland: Come to house number 10, we found the ghost.

Kylie: We'll be there as fast as we can, what kind of ghost is it?

Roland: A class 7, and it must be repulsive because we also have a very scared woman here.

Eduardo takes the radio out of Kylie's hands and begins to talk.

Eduardo (grinning): You mean repulsive, like Garrett's refrigerator?

Garrett (shouting): I heard that!

*****

Eduardo and Kylie rush to help Garrett and Roland.

Eduardo: Well ... where is it?

Roland: I really don't know ... all of a sudden the PKE was blank, nothing. Even the woman disappeared. Maybe we should go back to the firehouse and report to Egon.

Garrett, Eduardo and Kylie nod and head for Ecto-1.

Roland: C'mon let's roll.

*****

The Ghostbusters step out of the car, and Slimer flies over to Janine, showing her the doll. Roland walks up to Janine, curious what the spud has.

Slimer: JANINE! 'ee wha I got?

Janine: Oh, what a cute doll.

Roland looks at the doll, it appears to be a boy with golden hair and blue eyes, made of fine porcelain. But there was something scary about it.

Roland: Where did you get the doll from, Slimer?

Slimer: Ina park.

Roland: Don't you think it could be dangerous?

Slimer: Oh no, no take frmee.

Janine: Oh, Roland, let him keep the doll, it won't do any harm.

Roland: But we don't know anything about it, it could be evil.

Janine: Roland, calm down, it's not evil, it's just a normal doll.

Roland: Janine, look at it, don't you think it looks vicious?

Garrett rolled up next to Roland.

Garrett: Roland, what's wrong, why are you so spooked by li'l Chuckie?

Roland: I d .. don .. don't like that doll!

Garrett: Egon! Help, something's wrong with Roland!

Egon and Garrett help get Roland to his room. They put Roland to bed, and close the door.

Egon: What was he so upset by?

Garrett: He was sayin' he was afraid of that doll.

*****

Eduardo, Kylie and Garrett prepare to go home but Egon stops them.

Egon: Would you mind staying to keep an eye on Roland? You see, I promised Janine I'd go with her to the movies tonight.

Garrett: I'll stay. Eduardo, what about you?

Eduardo: Yeah, I'll stay, I don't have anything else to do.

Kylie: I guess I better stay and keep you two out of trouble.

Egon: Thanks, Janine made some snacks for you, (jumps at the sound of a car horn) I guess I better go, bye.

Egon goes to Janine's car, she is in the driver's seat waiting for him. He gets into the car and they drive away. Eduardo, Kylie and Garrett go back into the firehouse.

Garrett: Well ... we know better than to eat Janine's cooking, so LET'S ORDER SOME PIZZA!

*****

Garrett grabs the phone to order pizza, and Kylie gets some cola while Eduardo calls upstairs to Roland. Soon they are ready for a nice evening, they give Janine's food to Slimer, figuring he'll eat almost anything. Garrett takes the first bite.

Garrett: Mmmm ... Whmmm mm ...

Kylie: GARRETT! Don't talk with your mouth full. We're trying to eat, too, ya know.

Garrett (swallows): Roland, why aren't ya eatin' ... Chuckie got your tongue?

Roland: That doll Slimer found weirded me out. I'm sure that I saw its eyes glowing red.

Garrett: We'll have Egon check it out when he gets back, maybe he'll find an evil Barbie that can distract it.

Eduardo: Hey ... where is Slimer?

Garrett: I don't know, but if he's gone then he can't eat my pizza. Let sleeping ghosts lie.

Roland: Maybe he's being possessed by his doll.

Eduardo: Can we just eat the pizza, I'm pretty hungry.

AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Suddenly a scream tore through the whole firehouse, it was SLIMER!

*****

Janine and Egon are sitting in the theater, watching Titanic.

Janine: Isn't that romantic, he saved her life.

Egon: No, he didn't save her life, they're swimming in a pool inside a studio.

Janine: You're impossible ... I love it when you're impossible.

Egon: Uhh ... oh, the radio ... someone's calling, who is it?

Eduardo: It's me, we got a problem, you better come back to the firehouse.

Egon: Okay, we'll leave now ... thanks.

Eduardo: Thanks for what?

Egon switched off the radio and turned to Janine.

Egon: We have to go now, something is wrong at the firehouse. I'm really sorry we can't see the rest of the movie.

Janine: Oh, you old fox, I guess we should go to the firehouse, but since it's hardly our first date ...

Janine leans over to Egon and gives him a kiss.

Egon(stammers): Well, now... that is romantic.

*****

No sooner do Egon and Janine step inside the firehouse, than Garrett skids to a halt in front of them.

Garrett: The others are upstairs, and Slimer is gone!

Egon: Let's try to call him. SLIMER, WE BROUGHT YOU SOME POPCORN!

Egon, Janine and Garrett look around, but Slimer doesn't appear.

Egon: Hmm, there must be a problem.

They go upstairs and join Eduardo and Kylie in the search for Slimer.

Kylie: Hey, has anyone seen the doll since Slimer vanished?

Eduardo: No, maybe Rolo was right, it is strange that the doll split when Slimeball did.

Egon: Hmm ... maybe we're up against a paranormal demon recepticle, the demon uses the doll to hide in the mortal world, like a mask.

Eduardo: Oh no, another ghost that looks like something normal, but turns into a real ugly, slimey, echhh ... THING! Arrgh!

Egon: Exactly! Itīs like ... Vigo, for instance. The demon can enter our world by finding an object that acts as a doorway. A picture, statue or, in this case, a doll.

Garrett: Ahhh ... a free ticket to the world.

Eduardo: Wait ... where's Roland?

Egon, Janine, Kylie, Eduardo and Garrett check every room in the firehouse, but Roland is gone.

*****

Roland wakes up to find himself in a loft, with lots of dolls all around him, their small dead eyes staring at him. He discovers that he is tied, and can't get loose.

Roland: Can anyone hear me? Please help me!

The only answer he gets is the dolls' dead stares, but then something moves behind the dolls, fast and quiet. The devil doll steps out from its hiding place behind the other dolls. The doll is bigger than before, nearly as tall as an 8 year old child. Roland tries to escape, but canīt budge the ropes that bind him. The doll comes closer. Soon it stands before him.

Roland: What do you want?

Devil doll: Your soul ... I only need 3 more souls to be the strongest creature in this world. That will give me the power to return to life, and to rule the world.

Roland: Where are the other victims?

Devil doll: Inside me. All their power is mine, and you're going to be one of the "lucky" souls I rule. Maybe you know who the other souls are, hmm?

Roland: NO! Don't you dare take Eduardo, Kylie or Garrett.

Devil doll: Ahhh ... nice guess. When I have your little friends, I'll rule the world.

Just then Roland notices Garrett in the doorway to the loft.

Garrett: Hey! I'm getting tired of "Rule the World," don't you know any other songs? I know a good one, it's called "Ecto Butt-kicking!"

Garrett starts to roast the doll, Eduardo and Kylie arrive to help him. Egon runs into the room.

Egon: STOP! You're only shooting the recepticle, you'll just break it and set the demon free ...

It's too late, the demon's real face comes into the light.

Eduardo: What did I tell ya, it turned into something ugly and ...

Kylie: ... and slimy. Yes, we know.

Devil doll: Fools! I'll teach you, nobody can stop me.

Devil doll surrounds the Ghostbusters with a circle of fire, and breaks through the roof. Egon cuts Roland free and gives him a proton pack. Kylie looks at the fire.

Kylie: It's gettin' really hot.

Eduardo: Uhhh ... hot?

Kylie and Eduardo glance shyly at each other.

Garrett: Come on, we don't have time for this now, we're surrounded by the fires of Hades, a ghost wants to run for dictator of the world, and you two are flirting.

Eduardo: Hey, we face death all the time, it might be nice to embrace love, eh ... life for a change!

Kylie sidles up to Eduardo and kisses him.

Kylie: Okay, Ed, now let's go roast that ghost.

Garrett, Eduardo and Kylie converge with Egon in the center of the ring of fire.

Egon: It's heading for the Empire State building.

Roland: What does it want there?

Egon: The Empire State building is the closest of the tallest skyscrapers in the city. It can track individual life forces of the souls it wants, but in an overcrowded city there is too much information to process, so it needs to get above the city. There, with all the lifeforce rising and spreading out, it can more easily lock on to the particular energy signature desired.

Roland: So, it's like a kind of soul food buffet.

Garrett: Heh, yeah! Three souls for the price of one!

Roland: We have to follow it.

Eduardo: So let's get to the Empire State building.

Garrett: But how do we get out of this?

Roland: I think I've got an idea ... we'll dump those dolls on the fire in a pile, and run over the pile like a bridge.

The ghostbusters put the dolls into the fire, and watch while the plastic smothers the flames as it bubbles and melts into a gnarled, solid mass. The five Ghostbusters charge over the makeshift bridge, Garrett just making it past the flames before the fire weakens the structure and the plastic gives way. The team races to Ecto-1.

*****

The Ecto-1 drives through New York, it's sirens sounding the alarm to the whole city. Eduardo looks out of the window.

Eduardo: All those people are running away from the Empire State... typical, we're the only ones driving towards it.

Garrett: Wow! Look, there's a man fighting to get past people!

Kylie: They're like wild animals, it must really be bad.

Suddenly Egon screams as they see that a big truck is coming right at them. Egon steps on the brake, but it's too late, the two vehicles crash into each other. Eduardo steps out of the wrecked Cadillac.

Eduardo: OW! That hurt ... HELLO! Kylie, Garrett, Roland, Egon? Where are you?

Garrett: That Sunday driver, knocked me outta my wheelchair ... hey! It's gone!

Eduardo: Cheer up, man ... it could've been the other way around.

Roland: Hey! I'm over here, and I've got Garrett's wheelchair.

Kylie: I'm okay, I think.

Egon: Okay, we're all here, but we have a problem, we can never make it to the Empire State building before that demon.

Janine: That's what you think.

All the Ghostbusters turn around and see Janine sitting in her car.

Garrett: Ye-haa! Wonder Woman in the right place at the perfect time! But I can see there's not enough room for me ... give me my wheelchair and Iīll hang on to the back bumper like I do with the bus.

Garrett gets into his wheelchair and Eduardo gives his belt to Garrett so he can fashion a strap around the bumper to hold. The others pile into Janine's car and she speeds towards the towering Empire State.

*****

The Ghostbusters step out of Janine's car, feeling dwarfed by one of the highest buildings in the world.

Eduardo: A guy could get an inferiority complex standing here.

Devil doll climbs up the side of the Empire State building. Garrett, Egon and Janine take the elevator while Eduardo, Kylie and Roland take the stairs.

Eduardo (panting): Why couldn't we take the elevator like the others?

Roland: Because we're gonna bring up the rear.

Eduardo: But it's gonna take 100 years to get to the top, we'll be late for the party.

Kylie: Yeah, a real nice party with Mr. Devil doll and his "rule the world" delusions.

Roland: Poor Slimer, he didn't know that the doll was a demon, and now he's one of the captive souls.

*****

Garrett: Well ... now we're here, what about Eddie and the others? Should we wait for them?

Egon: No, they'll probably be a while, right now we should locate the doll.

Janine: I think it's got the same idea, look out!

The devil doll runs in front of them, but it's so fast they can't get a clear shot. It attacks Garrett, but then it's knocked back by a proton blast.

Eduardo: We're the cavalry, let us handle it.

Roland runs to Garrett to see if there is anything wrong with him.

Roland: Are you Okay, Garrett?

Garrett: Of course I'm okay, and ready to bust.

Devil doll: You can't hurt me!

Devil doll runs outside, the Ghostbusters follow.

*****

Egon: We can't trap it, the souls would be trapped as well! I have an idea ... we must reverse the proton guns' power, and try to pull the souls out of it ... then it should be weak enough to trap.

The Ghostbusters reverse the power in their proton guns, and begin to reel in the kidnapped souls like fish on a line.

Roland: It works! The souls are on their way out, and the devil doll is getting weaker.

Soon the first human souls are drawn out of the demon, Slimer the last one to come out.

Devil doll: NOOO! It can't be true, I can't lose!

Eduardo: Slimer, get the trap! It can't hurt us anymore.

Slimer grabs the trap and gives it to Eduardo, who throws it right under the demon.

Eduardo: Hasta luego, baby!

In the light of proton beams, the devil doll disapears into the trap.

Garrett: YEAH! We kicked doll butt!

The 3 victims, a little girl, her mother and an old man, sit up and look around.

Mother: Oh! Thank you for saving our lives.

Egon: All in a day's work, ma'am.

Kylie: Eduardo, what does "hasta luego" mean?

Eduardo: "Until next we meet," and in this case, I hope it's never. We live to face death another day, but I liked embracing life ... and love better.

Eduardo gives Kylie a kiss.

Janine: I knew we'd win, so I made a banquet.

Suddenly a man confronted Egon.

Man: You're the pinhead that smashed up my truck!

Egon: No, you smashed up Ecto-1. I've had that car for 15 years, it's like family!

Janine: WAIT! Why donīt we all go back to the firehouse before our victory celebration dinner gets cold? We'll do better to discuss damages on a full stomach.

Slimer: Yeah! FOOD!

The driver of the truck goes pale at the sight of Slimer drooling and licking his lips, and runs as though he thinks the spud might eat him.

*****

Home at the firehouse, everybody sitting around the dining table, Garrett pulls a box from under the table and gives it to Slimer. Slimer opens it and screams.

Garrett: HA HA! I thought you might miss your sweet little doll, so I bought you a Barbie. HA HA HA!

Kylie: I always thought Barbie was evil. It'd take a deal with the Devil to be that "perfect."

The others begin to laugh, even Slimer laughs. The laughter flows through the whole firehouse.

*****

The End.