Ghostbusters Movie Novelization by Stacia Deutsch

Author:Stacia Deutsch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

CHAPTER 10

It was time to celebrate. At the Ghostbusters’ headquarters, the stereo was blaring and Erin and Patty danced.

Erin danced over to Kevin. “C’mon, Kevin! Let’s see what you’ve got.”

“Give us something!” Patty circled around him.

Kevin joined in the fun and the three of them danced over to where Abby and Holtzmann were at a workbench, taking apart the strange sparking device they’d found in the theater.

Erin tried to get them to dance. “Guys. It’s time to celebrate. This is what ‘legit’ feels like.” She grabbed the trap and gave it another kiss.

“Okay, you gotta stop kissing the trap,” Abby warned.

“I know. But it’s like, the more you guys say ‘Don’t kiss the trap,’ the more I want to kiss the trap.” Erin raised the trap to Holtzmann. “Get in on this!”

Holtzmann had moved to her workbench. “Rain check. Exciting things happening over here. Newly printed circuit boards, superconducting magnets rebuilt, beam accuracy improved and extended by producing a controlled plasma inside a new RF discharge chamber in the redesigned wand, a cryocooler to reduce helium boil-off. And—wait for it—a Faraday cage to attenuate RF noise and provide physical protection to avoid quenches. Can I get a ‘woot woot’?”

“Woot woot!” Abby and Erin cheered.

Kevin interrupted the celebration. “Ummmm. There’s someone here to see you. Some debunker or something.”

“Someone?” Erin thought about it for a second, then said, “You mean Martin Heiss? The famed scientist? The paranormal debunker? Here? Inside this building?”

The Ghostbusters followed Kevin to where Heiss was standing, looking at all the maps and notes filled with scientific notations, equations, and crazy squiggles tacked on the wall.

“Mr. Heiss, welcome to our laboratory,” Erin greeted.

Heiss turned toward them. “Is now a bad time?”

“Actually, it is—” Abby started.

“Not at all. Please, have a seat.” Erin cut in. She called across the office space, “Kevin, could you please get Mr. Heiss some water?”

Heiss sat down in a chair. The Ghostbusters joined him.

“I sure hope you don’t mind being recorded,” he said, holding a camera.

Erin was uncomfortable. “Well, I actually would prefer—” He hit record and she gave in. “Oh, okay.”

Kevin handed Heiss a glass of water that was only one-eighth full. It was an odd choice. Heiss took a long look at the glass, then turned his attention to the Ghostbusters. “Let’s start light and easy. Ever hear of the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge? James Randi offered to pay one million dollars to anyone who can prove paranormal claims under scientific testing criteria. No one has. Why are you pretending to catch ghosts?”

Abby was outraged. “We only know what four percent of the universe—”

“Breathe,” Erin told Abby. Then to Heiss she said, “Sir, we believe in the scientific method. I’ve dedicated my life to it. We have been working on bringing the paranormal into a controlled environment so we can supply that proof. This has been very difficult to do. But we have now done just that.” She gestured to the ghost trap. “At four thirty-two p.m. today we successfully trapped a class three vapor.

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