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The Ghost Between Us  ( possibly part 1 of 2?)

So this was a request from a friend of mine in class to test out my other character Adina Spengler. I hope you guys enjoy it.

1989 was the year that the Ghostbusters took victory yet again over New York City. They had defeated the dark lord Vigo bringing a chaotic peace back, but no matter how much turmoil hit the city the ghostbusters always were there to save it no matter what, that was until the event of a lifetime happened,

December 6th, the front row seats of the elementary school auditorium had been occupied by the ghostbusters to support one special girl, "Up next is Adina Spengler!," one of the teachers announced, It was the Christmas talent show and Adina had begged her parents not to take any missions up for that day, she even begged Peter, Ray, Winston, Dana, and Janine not to have anything planned on her one special day.

"And what are you going to perform for us!"

"I'm going to dance!" Adina said, with a grin on her face.

Years had passed since that moment, and Adina was older now, the trophy from Kindergarten still was sitting on her bookcase along with a picture of her dearly missed father. "Hey, dad if you can hear me, try to get mom off my case?" she laughed, heading downstairs from the Manhattan home Adina could taste that today would be the day,

"Oh, Adina you got a letter from Columbia University," Alexandra said, her head down fixing another invention,

"Mom, you can stop inventing you know," Adina sighed, taking the letter from the coffee table, she had finally done it, she was accepted to Columbia University for dance,

" You know I'll never stop inventing right,"

"Just like you'll never stop ghostbusting?" Adina rolled her eyes annoyed,

"Busting makes me feel good," Alexandra replied, "You would have known this had you taken after your father and me-" she was cut off by her daughter's abrupt attitude.

"Here we go again," Adina mumbled, "Look mom dancing is my passion! being a ghostbuster is stupid, and it always will be!" Adina shouted, "That's why dad died!"

Alexandra sat there silently as she heard the door shut behind Adina.

The year was 2016

It was a regular Thursday in New York for Adina another class finished, and another night of going home alone and hoping she wouldn't have to deal with that problem again in her apartment, She swore that it was from the many nights of energy drinks and coffee mixed together, but if she asked her mom she'd say it was a ghost. And that was the answer she didn't want to hear, or so she thought.

"There's been an entity spotted at the Aldrige Mansion museum." a voice said.

There was a mysterious lab that Adina had passed every day that she had always wondered about, she never did go inside of it, but today felt as though something would pull her towards it or so she hoped,

"Ms. Spengler, the dean wants to see you!"

And that was the moment her plans had changed for maybe the better. " I'm sorry, but as of today we no longer need your services." the dean said, handing her a box for her to clear out her office, Adina felt as though she was down on her luck in a world that was shattering around her,

"You can't fire me! " she shouted from the top of her lungs, banging on the now locked door.  Adina was now left without a job and running mascara down her face.  

" I get fired, but paranormal studies get to stay!"

Walking back into her apartment she turned on her tv, and lounged in a pit of sorrow, Adina was upset she had been fired from the only job she had ever loved, and there was nothing she could do about getting it back, Adina looked down at  her feet  she looked back up at what was in front of her. a glowing specter though nothing like the one she saw the night before this one was different

Adina stood up from her seat seeing that the ghost wasn't harmful which meant that it was a level one entity that hopefully wasn't too violent,

"What are you?" she asked, her father's old PKE meter in her hand, she watched the ball of light transform into what looked a man, "C- Clearly you're a ghost.," she said reading the meters scanner, "Can you reveal yourself-"

As the ghost transformed itself into that of a person, Adina couldn't believe what she had been seeing.

"Dad.." she walked slowly towards the specter reaching her hand towards it as it did the same, "How are you even here?"  she took a look at him. Egon was just as peaceful as she remembered him to be.

"Has mom seen you yet? " she asked him as he nodded, "Good so I'm not crazy!" she laughed, Egon shook his head in agreement, "Are you able to talk?" , "Wait am I talking to a ghost?" she mumbled the question to herself  before repeating it, "this is crazy I'm turning into you and mom,"

Egon only glared at her his eyes looking over his glasses as though he were scolding her,  "So what sent you here," she asked as he pointed towards her tv, the channel flipping through to the news,

" 3 women were seen catching a gho-" Adina turned the TV off as her father only turned it back on " Ost, will this be the rise of the  Ghostbusters again?" Adina looked up at her father who had his usual smirk on his face,

"I am a dancer, not a Ghostbuster we've been over this," she grumbled, watching him point at his old PKE meter, then at her notice she had gotten earlier. "I'll find another job trust me," once again he glared a bit harder as he pointed towards the tools that were on her kitchen table, " Those we're my ex-boyfriends!" she shouted, "And those goggles were a costume piece, " she smirked before she noticed him putting his hand on his forehead.

"Fine, you want me to be a Ghostbuster fine I'll do it,"  she growled at him,

"Hello, this is Kevin how can I help you with your metamorphosis," he asked,

"Is this the ghost finders, I saw your post in the paper looking for someone who can file papers?" she said not wanting to step her boundaries of getting this job,

"One moment, you've got the job!" he said

"No, you can't just hire them! they need an interview!" a voice in the background said.  

"You need an interview then you get the job!" he said, responding to the woman on the other line, Adina snickered while listening in on the conversation, " And where are you guys located? " she asked.

"We're in a firehouse!" Kevin smiled and hung up the call.

Adina arrived at the fire station, looking around seeing that nothing had changed, she was surprised that at this point they didn't try to demolish it, walking by the old cubbies that held the suits she couldn't help but remember the sweet memories that the fire station had, as she looked at the pole she remembered the time that  Ray let her take a ride down as her mother and father were both worried waiting at the bottom of it.  

Walking up the steps, she remembered the times that Janine would carry her back down from her father's lab and into the arms of her mother. She remembered that her life started here no matter how much she wanted to deny this part of her life she couldn't.  

"Can we help you?" a woman with glasses and brown hair said watching Adina walk towards a once familiar table, the table was covered in nothing but dust and a few scrapes from a screw gun, as she rubbed her hand across it the memories began to flood back, "Sorry I'm here for the interview as an assistant?" Adina said,  

"Names Yates, Abby Yates, lovely table isn't it,"  she said pointing towards it,

"Yeah, I had a few memories growing up with that table," she replied, finding a few drops of old slime residue on it.

"Let me guess an old sweetheart?" the blond receptionist said, cutting into the conversation,

"Actually no, it belonged to my father, and that one over there belonged to my mother," she said pointing towards the table that a very beautiful blonde-haired woman was sitting at,

"So your parents are ghostbusters?", Erin another brunette asked,

"My mother still is, while my father was?" she sighed taking another glance at the table,

"What do you mean was," Abby asked peering from behind her,

"He died from crossing streams." Adina looked around some more.

"What the hell does that mean?!" Abby questioned.

"Meaning a stream of highly focused, and radially polarized protons that electrostatically traps the negatively charged energy of a ghost, allowing it to be held in the stream."  Adina shrugged, "It's common knowledge."

"What's your name?" Erin asked, "It just sounds like I've heard these theories before."

"Adina Spengler.," she said looking as the room fell silent.

"I'm sorry, but we can't have you as an assistant," Abby said watching Adina's expression,

"And why can't you?"

"Your the daughter of the 2 most legendary Ghostbusters there is that means you know more about this than the rest of them."  Adina looked as she sat there a bit confused.

"What they're saying is how would you like to be a Ghostbuster," Jillian asked sticking her hand, "I could use someone to test out the new stuff I've got cooking over here." she winked.

" well as we say in the business I ain't afraid of no Ghost, ladies you've got yourself a ghostbuster."