Italics: Thoughts

Disclaimer: I don't own Extreme Ghostbusters. I just own my characters.

Chapter 1: Preparations

During the night time hours of October 30th, there was a dark cloud forming before a mysterious figure was seen in the lightning flash as its glowing red eyes pierced through the cloud as it watched through the city of New York through the night.

Figure: The night begins tomorrow. At last, I will be free.

-Firehouse-

The Ghostbusters, Syren, and Egon were busy decorating the Firehouse as Slimer placed a few Jack-o Lanterns outside while Syren placed a huge bowl of candy on the table. Meanwhile, in the Containment room, Nick was finishing up Syren's weapon as he inserted a proton canister to the back of the weapon before aiming to make sure it was perfectly straight and then placed on the desk. Speaking of the weapon, Nick also made more of his proton shurikens and a modified twin-barrelled, pump-action, magazine-feed proton grenade launcher to replace the ones he lost during his and Roland's mission in the Demonic Universe.

Eduardo: (entering the room) Yo! If you're done with your little science projects, we need your help to get some of the decorations up.

Nick: All right, I'll be there in a bit.

Soon, while Eduardo left, Nick took off his safety goggles, removed his gloves, and locked the weapons into the arsenal cabinet before going upstairs to help the others.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Janine was busy cooking some dinner for tonight as she saw Slimer enter the kitchen to get some chips and dipped some into a bowl of red dip and ate it.

Janine: Uh, Slimer...that dip you just ate is...

However, Janine didn't finish her warning as Slimer started to scream while his mouth was emitting smoke before flying around at an extremely fast speed before he got to the kitchen sink and then dunked his head into the sink loaded with cold water and remained in there for about 2 minutes while steam rose out of the sink, before emerging while waving his hand at his open mouth.

Christelle: What happened?

Janine: Well, Slimer ate some of the spicy dip you and Eduardo made with some tortilla chips.

Christelle: He'll be alright, no?

Janine: Pretty sure.

All the while, Kylie was reading a book on Demonology as she passed a fake rubber bat to Roland who hung its string to a hook, before a certain demon legend caught her attention when she flipped a page.

Kylie: Hey guys, look at this. The demon of Halloween named Samhain was a demon legend in Celtic cultures. All those jack o' lanterns, costumes, and trick-or-treat wasn't just for self-amusement.

Garrett: (placing a bowl of punch) Really?

Nick: She means that they were used for specific reasons. The costumes were used to hide themselves from Samhain while the jack o' lanterns were used to worship him, and leaving sweets at the door appeased him.

Kylie: Not only that, but Samhain has the power to raise zombies and demons to do his bidding. In ancient times, he can be summoned by 2 witches using 3 blood sacrifices; one for each day and the 3rd has to be in the night of October 31st.

Egon, who was listening to Kylie's and Nick's research, entered the living room.

Egon: Kylie and Nick are right. In fact, the Celtics still hold that legend very dearly every year. However, I don't think there's anyone foolish enough to use 3 blood sacrifices to summon this demon.

Roland: Well, like they said, "it's just a legend".

Eduardo: Yeah. Cause I'm not really in the mood to bust any ghosts tonight.

However, Eduardo was about to eat those words as Janine answered the phone when it rang.

Janine: Ghostbusters...Uh huh. Ok, we'll be there. We've got something spooky going on.

Then, at the cemetary while the sun was still setting very slowly, the Ghostbusters were investigating a report of actual corpses missing from their coffins. What got them was that the Earth wasn't dug up but more like, something rose up from below.

Grave keeper: I was out on tomb check as I usually do. and before I knew it, all of these tombs were disturbed and it looked like a zombie was walking through that gate over there.

Then, Syren, Kylie, and Nick investigated the area were the grave keeper pointed at, while they had their PKE meters active and detected some residual ectoplasm all over the gate.

Kylie: I don't know if I'm imaginning it, but the residual ecto is showing a Class 7 on this one.

Nick: So, we've got a suspect who is a big threat.

Syren: You don't suppose...?

Kylie: Can't be. If it is somehow Samhain's doing, we need to track down the 2 witches who are summoning him.

Nick: Not to mention, make sure the 2 witches don't get a 3rd sacrifice by tonight.

In an unknown location, 2 Goth girls all dressed in black were consulting with a ghostly figure that looked like a human dressed in black robes and this one was known by the name of Samhain.

Samhain: Well, I wonder why you're taking long to find my 3rd blood sacrifice?

Goth girl 1: Hey chill out, we'll try to find the 3rd one before tonight.

Samhain: You better do it quickly. My time is running out and I won't arise and grant you my promise. Besides, more people stopped believing in my legend since I was sealed away.

Goth girl 2: Don't worry. We're the only ones who believe in you and your legend. So we'll accomplish the task.

Samhain: Let's hope so.

Soon, Samhain vanished into thin air

Back at the Firehouse, Egon was studying the residual ectoplasm that Kylie, Nick, and Syren detected at the gate.

Egon: No doubt about it. This ecto you 3 picked is definitely a Class 7 entity, but the question is: what?

Garrett: Anyone seen Nick by the way?

Kylie: He said something about hunting down the 2 witches who are possibly trying to summon Samhain

Christelle: He should be back by tonight, no?

Egon: Let's hope so.

-Music Store-

Nick was entering a music store where he saw a punk girl with red and black hair and was dressed up like a Gothic witch on her lunch break.

Goth girl: Can I help you?

Nick: Yes, um...do you have any CDs of hard rock music in this store?

Goth girl: Yes. (pointing to an area) Down that aisle on the left side.

Nick: Thanks.

However, Nick wasn't here just to look for CDs; no. He was only pretending to do that so he can find the 2 witches who are connected to Samhain and catch them. On the other side of the aisle behind as he was pretending to look at a CD of RED, since he has a copy of that disc, 2 Goth girls were watching him and thought he was busy with the CDs.

Goth girl #1: I think we've found our 3rd sacrifice.

Goth girl #2: Yeah. Too bad the third has to be a stud.

Goth girl #1: Not to mention, he seems to be a fan of demonology and he dresses right for Halloween.

Soon, they see Nick turning around to leave the store. However, they didn't know that Nick heard everything with his enhanced sense of sound, but didn't see the faces of the suspects as he walked through the exit.

A few hours later, the Ghostbusters got another call as they arrived at another cemetary where even more graves were disturbed as they detected the same residual ectoplasmic traces as before. After getting a sample of something slimy, the Ghostbusters returned to the Firehouse as Roland handed Egon the slime sample while Slimer, who smelled it, covered his nose from the foul odor while mumbling something in jibberish. However, Kylie saw Nick taking off his equipment and armor before he took the hilt of his proton sword, holstered it, and. placed on his trench coat.

Kylie: Where are you going?

Nick: Well, I think I found the 2 who may be connected to Samhain, but I need to look further into this. I'll be back later.

Kylie: Be careful.

Nick: Always.

Soon, Nick left the Firehouse to continue his hunt. This time, he was in the a library as he went to a section where there were books of demonology on each shelf. However, he detected a pair of scents as he recognized them from before he selected a book and took a seat at a table alone and opened the book to pretend he was reading it. Just as he suspected, the Goth girls were following him and watching his every move. They thought he was focusing on the book, but Nick knows that he's being watched since he still detected their scent. Then, the Goth girls walked up to him as he found their scent getting stronger.

Nick: Can I help you?

Goth girl 1: Yes. We're trying to get some people to come to our party that's gonna be tonight.

Goth girl 2: You see, it's a charity type of party since we're trying to raise money for a community center.

Nick: Well, hate to burst your bubble, but I'm gonna busy tonight myself.

Goth girl 2: Oh well, in case you're interested, (hands a black envelope to Nick) here's an invitation and the address is in the inside. Plus, you can bring a few of your friends, if you want.

Nick: I'll think about it.

Goth girl 1: Great. Hopefully we'll see you and maybe a few of your friends tonight.

Nick: Later.

Goth girls: Later.

Then, the 2 Goth girls left the library as Nick tucked the envelope into the pocket of his trench coat before he placed the book back into the section where he found it and left the library to get back to the Firehouse.

As Nick returned 30 minutes early, Egon was studying and examining the slime sample that the team found at the cemetary. Soon, after checking the computer, Egon discovered that the slime sample is in fact, organic ectoplasm as it matched the residual ectoplasmic readings.

Egon: Fascinating. The slime sample is purely organic ectoplasm which indicates that this entity is making preparations to crossover to our world.

Kylie: Samhain, no doubt.

Egon: Then, the Celtic legends are true.

Christelle: But who could be trying to summon Samhain?

Syren: And why?

Nick: Well, let's just say, (takes out the black envelope from his trench coat pocket) I've got a big hunch.

Soon, the other Ghostbusters and Slimer looked at the black envelope which had the word, "invite" in dark violet letters as they had a grim feeling in their guts.

Lloks like things are unfolding. Will the Ghostbusters be able to stop Samhain from crossing over into the world or would they fail trying? Find out as this story progresses. R&R!