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It's a foggy day, the wind is strong out on the ocean, a fishing boat emerges with 4 men out on the deck swinging a net full of fish on board.
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Meanwhile, in the firehouse Eduardo is in the bathroom shaving with Slimer floating around behind his head with a look of curiosity on his face, leaving slime all over Eduardo's shoulders while he tries to get a closer look.
"Buzz off slime ball! I have enough shaving cream, I don't need your slime too!"
"Hmmph", Slimer mumbled as he left the bathroom and begins whimpering to Kylie who turns the other way and continues to read one of her many books on Mythology.
Eduardo leaves the bathroom while drying his neck with a towel.
Garrett glances across, "Hey Eddie, you missed a bit!"
"Ha ha", says Edwardo in a sarcastic tone as he throws the slime soaked towel towards Garrett. The towel lands on Kylie's book and she looks less than amused, "I can't even read it now, you've covered the paragraph I was reading with slime!"
"Um.. sorry", mumbles Eduardo.
"Um, sorry?" questions Kylie in an agitated mood, "You're so careless and everything you do is a total disaster!"
Eduardo begins to feel angry himself, "Oh, a disaster? I've saved your butt more than once lady. You need to lay off."
Kylie stands up and points her finger towards Eduardo and opens her mouth ready to unleash verbal abuse when Egon walks in, "We got a call from the docks, looks like we have another incident out at sea".
"Saved by the bell", says Garrett as he rolls towards to the lounge door.
The Ghostbusters report back to the firehouse when there is nothing more they can do on the field without getting access to the scene.
Garrett enters to room ahead of the rest of the team and announces, "We've got some news for you Egon, we've discovered a ghost that actually kills people!"
Egon turns around in shock, "What?"
Roland cuts in, "It doesn't KILL people, they are stunned, but they have no pulse and seem to show signs of no life, but can still project voices and sometimes even blink or move".
Egon looks concerned, "Hmm, I've never encountered anything like this before."
"We couldn't get onto the scene for an ecto sample", says Kylie, "But we got the coordinates from our eye witness".
Eduardo is sitting in a dining chair backwards, looking cynical, "The other eye witnesses are dead".
"We don't know that", says Roland, "Maybe we should see if there's a way we can inspect the bodies".
Janine, standing in the doorway begins to head downstairs, "I'll make a phone call but don't hold your breath".
Egon gives the Ghostbusters their instructions, "I'll continue my research on the mermaid, if you can get your hands on a boat you can use those coordinates to find the mermaid who attacked these men, report any readings back to me and see if you can get an ecto sample".
Janine and Roland return to the room and Janine gives her report, "The good news is that none of them are organ donors, which buys us some more time, the bad news is there is no way they'll let us inspect the victims. They start getting buried in 5 days, so even still, we have a deadline".
The Ghostbusters return to the docks and try their luck with asking fishermen if they can use their boats, but with no luck.
Eduardo locates a bar facing the docks with a carving of a boat above the door, "we could try in there".
"A fisherman's club perhaps?" asks Garrett.
"An excuse to go drinking perhaps?" Kylie comments in a patronising tone.
"They could be right Kylie, if this is where fishermen off duty hang out, they might be able to help us", says Roland.
The team enter the bar which is occupied by old men, the Ghostbusters sit around a table to plan their next move as Eduardo heads for the bar, "Hey, can I get a beer?"
The bar man glares, "you got any I.D?"
Eduardo begins to fidget through his pockets, "Umm"
The bar man folds his arms and stares his down.
"Fine", mumbles Eduardo as he heads back to the table and slumps in a chair.
From the next table 3 old men can be heard talking, "They say it was a mermaid, she sucked the life right out of them", said one of the men to the others, "That's what you get when you enter forbidden territory, the sea, she gets mad and summons up her demons, just like the legends say. She tricks you with her voice and takes your life, your soul be lost at sea forever".
Kylie approaches the men, "Excuse me, I think we can help, we are looking for the mermaid, her victims aren't dead and we can help them".
The old man snapped, "Nobody can help them, they are as good as dead and the same fate will befall you if you try to challenge her, just as it did to all the sailors who tried".
"But we have the equipment", says Garrett smiling with a cocky tone.
"It's not enough! You will be wiped out with the rest of them if you try, don't be foolish and just go home", challenged one of the men.
A man approaches from behind and puts his hand on Eduardo's shoulder, he screams and turns around quickly, arming himself.
The man puts his hands up. "Woah, don't shoot!"
The rest of the Ghostbusters glare at Eduardo as he puts his gun away.
"Follow me and we will talk somewhere more private", says the man as he leads them to a back room.
"My name is Derek", says the man as he places a bowl of chips in the middle of the table, "Don't mind them out there, they're bitter about the mermaid, they have their reasons. I can help you if you can truly help us. The mermaid is wiping us out and is claiming more and more areas of the ocean so we don't even know where is safe anymore."
"I'm listening", says Roland, hoping that they've found their solution.
"I have a boat, I will take you there", says Derek, "the mermaid, it must be stopped. I'll stay in the cabin and you can do the rest, you are responsible for your own lives, I won't be joining you on the deck, no matter what happens, are we understood?"
"Loud and clear!" exclaims Garrett, "you just leave the busting to us".
"We're so dead", says Eduardo bluntly.
The Ghostbusters begin boarding the boat, Eduardo and Roland board as much equipment as they can. Roland checks everything and pulls the ramp back on board.
"Here are the coordinates, can you take us there?" asks Roland as he hands a sheet of paper to Derek.
"You leave that to me", says Derek as he snatches the paper and locks the cabin door.
"Hmph", huffs Roland as he goes to join the rest of his team on the front deck.
The engine starts and begins to slowly turn away from the dock, "Sails away!" shouts Garrett. He shrugs his shoulders and smiles as everyone is staring at him.
A couple of hours have passed, Kylie is resting her face on her hand while leaning over the railings, holding a PKE metre and Roland is more alert at the other side of the deck keeping an eye on the equipment for responses.
"Are we there yet?" asks Garrett in a childish tone.
Eduardo smiles, amused.
"Almost", Roland quietly responds.
"Hey, even if we don't find the ghosty, we still get a free cruise", jokes Eduardo.
"I've got something", exclaims Kylie as her PKE metre begins to sound.
Roland leans over the deck, "Listen".
A ghostly sound of singing comes from the distance as the fog begins to clear away.
"It's amazing", says Roland quietly.
Eduardo picks up some headphones and slides them across the deck to Roland, "We don't want another Syren incident". Roland kicks them back, "That's not funny".
They see a rock in the water, but no mermaid.
"Oh well, false alarm, let's go enjoy our cruise", says Eduardo.
Kylie looks angry again, "Eduardo!" She pauses, "Urgh! I don't know why you bother".
"I came to kick some tail", brags Garrett as he loads up his proton gun.
Two hands and a face peer over the rock, a very beautiful face stares right back at them.
Roland points, "There she is, the mermaid!"
Garrett and Kylie begin to take aim and Eduardo leans over the railings in a casual fashion, "Hey babe", he says with a subtle smile on his face, "I hear you've been a bad girl".
"This is no ordinary chick Eddie and you're in my shot", Garrett says firmly.
"Eduardo, get out of the way!" shouts Kylie.
"Ooh somebody's jealous", smirks Eduardo.
While the Ghostbusters were arguing the mermaid dives into the water.
Kylie glares at Eduardo and marches up to him, "What is your problem?"
"What's my problem? What's your problem chico?" Responds Eduardo.
"I'll tell you what my problem is, while you were making an idiot of yourself the mermaid got away!" shouted Kylie in frustration, she pushes Eduardo, "Just stay out of my way!"
Eduardo retreats to the side of the boat where he slumps on the floor with his arms folded and a fed up look on his face. The rest of the team are trying to trace the mermaid from the front of the boat.
"Hello", says a quiet voice. "Huh?" Eduardo turns around to see the young woman peering over the side of the boat. "You've been a bad boy", says the mermaid, then whispers in his ear, "you're on my water".
Eduardo tries to get his friends' attention, "Erm, guys!"
By the time they had turned around, she had grabbed Eduardo and began to pull him overboard, Garrett rushes over, "Eddie!"
Edwardo disappears under the boat; they all lean over the edges shouting for Eduardo.
The sea around the boat begins to glow, the boat begins to move quickly away from the area, Roland runs to the cabin, "What do you think you're doing? She's got Eduardo!"
Derek panics, "It's too late for your friend, he's gone!"
Garrett approaches quickly, "NO!" he shouts as he punches through the window, "We're not leaving Eddie behind!"
Roland puts his hand through the broken window and opens the door, forcing himself in to take control. Garrett rushes back to join Kylie on deck, "We're going back for Eddie, Roland's taken control!"
Kylie catches up to the Ecto 1 before they leave, gets in and closes the door, "let's go!" she shouts.
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