#i remember seeing a video of him and his uncle. his uncle was speaking ab how they only have each other left. then they killed his uncle to

[chaiaurchaandni]

4 year old Ahmad Shabat - an israeli airstrike hit him, his parents & 4 siblings; he survived, they didn't - then they hit him & his father's relatives; he survived, they didn't - then they hit him & his uncle; he survived, his uncle didn't - both of Ahmed's legs have been amputated because of injuries. He survives.

i hope Ahmad gets to live. i hope he has a beautiful and fulfilling life. i hope he finds love and safety and comfort and success. i hope he finds happiness. i hope he heals. i hope he continues to survive. in spite of the violence, in spite of the trauma, in spite of the horror. in spite of the world.

[nahimjustfeelingit-writes]

Creed Imagine:

There is a sex tape with Adonis and his girl released to the internet.

Warnings: Smut.

This will most likely end up being two parts because I’m trying to shorten my imagines so that I don’t burn myself out. This is the first Adonis Creed imagine that I have done in a long while. This was a request from my girl @therealmrsmbjordan​

Adonis Creed’s ex-girlfriend of two years, Y/N, is now dating celebrity personal trainer, Jamal Anderson. The new couple were spotted in LA entering a red Audi R8 after celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday during a dinner party at Yamashiro; a Japanese restaurant in Hollywood...

Anger thrummed through Adonis’s veins while reading a Shade Room post about his ex girlfriend. Paparazzi took 10+ photos of Jamal and Y/N boo’d up on the hood of his car with their tongues down each other’s throats. The last photo is a picture of a visibly wasted Y/N giving pap’s the finger like she always did whenever she was seen with Adonis out in public. 

What did she expect? You were just dating a professional athlete; a celebrity about five months ago. What really has molten anger rolling through Adonis is Jamal’s hands all over Y/N’s ass, face, and titties. Each and every photo Jamal has his hands on the warm, sweet flesh of his ex. Adonis grits his teeth and clenches his fists. That’s where his hands should be. He should be the one stroking her silky brown skin with his calloused hands. 

“You wanna finish this last session out, Donnie, or do you plan on being on your damn phone?” 

Adonis cut his dark brown eyes at the son of his father’s trainer. Tony ‘Little Duke’ Evers' tall, lanky body came into view with an annoyed look on his face, “Who’s the one that has a fight coming up? Not me.”

“Chill, Unc, I’ve been training for two hours,” Adonis says with an abrasive tone, “Some shit just came to my attention…”

“Shit that can wait. I got two new guys that I need to train; guys that you want to promote, remember? J’Leon Love, Charvis Grant…” 

“You’re not about to keep talking to me like you own me or some shit,” Adonis stands to his full height and intimidating weight making his uncle look like a five year old kid, “Like I said, I have something more important on my mind right now-

“This,” Tony shows Donnie the post on Shade Room about Y/N with a smirk, “She moved on, so can you.”

Adonis kisses his teeth, grabbing the front of his Under Armor shirt to wipe sweat from the tip of his nose. Yeah, clearly she did move on. Didn’t take her long at all to hop on some new dick and leave Apollo Creed’s legacy in the wind. 

“Just forget about that bitch and let’s put in some work,” Tony slips adonis his Hayabusa T3 boxing gloves in black and gold that are snatched from his hands, “J’Leon is a hot-head just like you...work with him for a little while, see if he can keep up with a Creed.”

“J’Leon better keep up,” Adonis responded before giving his uncle a sly smirk, “I can use a human punching bag right now with how pissed off I am.”

“Don’t make the boy go home second guessing becoming a pro boxer,” Tony playfully jabs Adonis in his eight back abs before blocking a lead hook from Adonis that would have caught him in his ribcage. Adonis strolled back to the boxing ring that is 3 to 4 feet from the ground and 20 feet wide with the Delphi boxing Academy logo centered in the middle. Ducking his body, Adonis climbs inside between the ropes,  approaching J’Leon sparring with Macky, one of Tony’s good friends. 

“Remember, one step at a time, one punch at a time,” A sweaty faced Macky says to J’Leon, “You usually do so well, what’s up with you today, young man?”

“Less talking, more sparring,” J’Leon starts delivering crosses and uppercuts to macky with all of his might, a wheezing sound escaping his mouth with each punch so that he doesn’t fatigue himself. Macky shoves J’Leon back with his Everlast punching mitts, causing him to stumble and blow air through his cheeks.

“Ayo, J’Le,” Adonis holds his arms out with a confused look on his face, “This is how you train signed under me? You’re supposed to be an elite fighter, right? Get up.”

J’Leon looked daggers at Adonis while standing back up, the 168 lb super middleweight boxer shaking out his arms. Adonis is much bigger than him, a super heavyweight at 215 lbs. He chuckled at J’Leon’s fierceness before getting into his orhtodox stance, his left foot and left hand in front of him. Tony places his mouth guard in his mouth before Adonis circled J’Leon in the ring. Adonis hits J’Leon with a quick jab and a left hook, J’Leon’s shoulders squared too much leaving Adonis room to hit him. 

“You ain’t see that coming did you?”  Adonis says with a slight lisp from the mouth guard, “Try and hit me back, J’Le, come on.”

J’Leon came at Adonis with a left body hook that Adonis easily deflected while bouncing on his toes. 

“You want to be a champ like me you better come at me harder than that, nigga,” J’Lean started charging Adonis with sloppy jabs, Adonis swiftly dodging them before hitting J’Leon with a hook. The outer ring grew crowded as they snickered at J’Leon’s anger stricken face. 

“Something is definitely on your mind, man,” Adonis takes off one of his gloves to help J’Leon off of the ring floor but he refuses, standing on his own two feet. 

“Look, I was in the same position as you, J’Le. I remember walking in here five years ago and challenging Danny Wheeler to a fight. He had me on the floor just like you with the keys to my car in his hand.”

J’Leon looked like he wanted to kill Adonis but instead he walked away and out of the ring.

“Next time I won’t be so easy on you then!” Adonis yells after J’Leon’s retreating body. 

“I don’t know about this one, Adonis. He seems too weak for Creed Promotions,” Tony whispered to Adonis.

“That sounds like something you said to me when I came asking for help almost five years ago, remember that?” Adonis reminds Tony, “Charvis seems to be taking my advice though.” 

Both Tony and Adonis watch Charvis practice on one of the speed bags, finally doing it the proper way. 

“I’m gonna do a little more for my session before I leave, let me know how it goes, Aight Unc?” 

“Yeah, I’ll let you know. You're coming in tomorrow afternoon, right?”

“Of course! I’m supposed to be doing an interview with sports illustrated.”

Adonis exits the ring himself and decides to use the new set of punching bags from Everlast. Adonis circled the Powercore Dual Bag before delivering quick jabs and rear crosses. He exhaled when punching and striking, the heavy hissing, grunting, and exhaling coming from his core, sweat rippling over the chiseled peeks of his eight pack. He tightened his core while breathing before going back at it with jabs that he would deliver to his opponents body in the ring. 

“Ayo, Donnie,” Cory, Adonis’s personal trainer and nutritionist walked over with his phone in hand, “Why is Jamal Anderson talking shit about you to TMZ?”

“The fuck are you talking about?” Adonis says with sweat flying from his skin with every powerful blow of his fists to the bag. 

“Well, he got your name in his mouth,” Cory played the video, holding it up to Adonis’s face for him to see, “This nigga is bold.”

Adonis entertained the video with his dark brown eyes but as soon as his name popped up his jaw muscles tightened painfully, almost to the point of shattering his molars. 

Adonis Creed...I ain’t worried about that man. His loss, my gain right? Whatever he didn’t do I’m doing for her. He fucked up. All he had to do was appreciate the beauty in front of him instead of worrying about being the heavyweight champion of the world. It’s okay...I’m taking good care of Y/N.

“Hmm,” Adonis grunts angrily, his eyes blazing, “Jamal need to shut his big ass mouth before I break his fucking face...have that nigga speaking through a wired jaw.”

“Y/N is messed up for letting this dude talk shit about you like that. Y’all have history, she needs to put him in check,” Cory says while placing his phone in his Nike track pants.

“She cries for some attention from me that’s all,” Adonis moves on to a speed bag while Cory follows. He started hitting the bag with his fingers to control the pace of the bag and get used to the rhythm. He hit it in small circles with a right-right-left-left rhythm, standing square in front of the bag.

“You think this is her way of telling you she wants you back?” Cory watched Adonis’s movements.

“Yep. That’s Y/N though,” Adonis stops the bag with both of his hands, “Ima give her a call when I leave...she needs to hear what I gotta say,” he says while repeatedly hitting the speed bag again.

__________

Painting her toenails a dark purple, Y/N mouthed the words to Kehlani’s song toxic. She flexed her pretty toes before leaning forward to blow on them. Home on a Friday evening with no intentions on going out. She knew if she went out she would be cornered by paparazzi about the recent photos that surfaced with her and Jamal Anderson. She was drunk, Jamal is handsome, and she missed the male attention. 

Her phone was currently flipped over and buzzing with notifications and phone calls on her bed. Adonis left her the luxury loft they both shared and moved into his own. If she wanted to end things he didn’t want to be in the same place as her and he wasn’t going to kick her out. As pissed off as he was he still thought about her well being and left her his old place while he purchased a new, much smaller one. 

The master bedroom didn’t feel the same. It didn’t smell the same. She missed Adonis’s Nautica cologne attached to every piece of fabric. She missed hearing him in the early mornings doing push-ups on the floor near the bed, she missed watching him cook healthy; high protein meals that Cory sent him via PDF, shirtless with just a pair of sweatpants on and bare feet while cooking. She missed his deep, raspy voice calling her his cinnamon swirl and running his hands through her curls. She still watered his Aloe Vera plants because he used to love using it to reduce pain and inflammation on his skin from a fight. 

Yes, she missed all of these things but it came with Adonis being too busy for her, making decisions like moving to LA without consulting her or saying she’s being ridiculous and overreacting about his female fans being too touchy feely with him. Maybe she was being a little bit dramatic with breaking up with him. In the beginning, she felt good. She liked the little bit of freedom but now she craved for him. Her and Jamal aren’t in a relationship but he is going around telling everyone about them. She saw his TMZ post, that’s why she’s been avoiding him all day. 

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz

Y/N’s phone couldn’t stop shaking on her bed. Picking it up for the first time within the past couple of hours, Y/N sees that it is Adonis calling her. She hesitated but eventually Y/N answered.

“Yeah,” She spoke with no enthusiasm.

“What’s up.” He greeted her so casually through the phone. 

“I should be asking you that since you’re calling me.”

“Okay, fair point...your new nigga...he got a lot of mouth...you hyping his head up or something?”

Y/N rolled her eyes shut, “No...that’s just how Jamal is. I thought you said you wouldn’t let words get to you anymore? If he’s just talking why does it matter, Donnie?”

“It matters because he’s making me look like a fucking joke. You didn’t take long to move on I see, makes me think you planned this all along,”  He spoke with malice.

“I didn’t plan anything, Donnie. It’s been months since we’ve been together DON'T sit up here on this phone acting like I’m out to get you or something!” 

“I can’t fucking tell, out here letting this clown ass nigga stick his tongue done your throat and grab you up and shit.”

“We’re not together, Adonis. I can do whatever I want with whoever I want. My mouth, and my body doesn’t belong to you anymore.” 

“I call bullshit but I’ll let you have your moment...so when are you coming back to me?” 

Y/N went wide-eyed, “Excuse me?”

“Let’s stop fucking around, girl. I know you miss me...did you let him hit?”

“Adonis, please,” Y/N put one of her hands up as if he were in front of her.

“Did you? Just answer the question.” His voice appeared calm but she knew he was shaking with fury. Adonis didn’t like that what used to be his was his no longer. Seeing Jamal touch on her and kiss on her made Adonis feel like he was robbed of one of his trophies or his championship belt. 

“Yeah, we fucked...twice,” Y/N finally spoke up with her voice smaller than she would have liked.

“Hmm,” That same deep, ragged grunt he always did when he was enraged about something was loud in her ear, “So that’s what we’re doing, huh? Okay…”

“Donnie, don’t do anything stupid it was my decision, I chose to sleep with him, just cool off. I’ll have a talk with him tomorrow about what he said to TMZ, okay? I’m not even going to deal with him anymore.”

“I’m done talking about it, Y/N.”

He cut her off coldly. She snapped her lips shut, hurt in her eyes at his abrasive voice. 

“So now you have an attitude with me? Yeah, I do miss you, Donnie, but with that comes your lack of respect for me as your girl. You didn’t care about how I felt when it came down to moving here, your career, and some of the wild shit your fans do! Jamal was there for me, we had sex twice, it was good, real good, and I’m not gonna sit up here and lie! What do you want me to do? Sit up here and cry, cry, cry every fucking day?! Don’t call me on this shit when you didn’t even think twice to pack your shit and leave me!” 

“Girl, please, I gave you everything, I was there for you when shit went down with your family, I did nothing but respect you, the fans, the lifestyle, none of that shit mattered. And I already heard that you fucked Jamal… you let him have all of that? Like I wasn’t just up in it five months ago? He AINT me, Y/N. He AINT stepping up for shit.”

“Oh, my God,” Y/N groans, “I’m hanging up. This is a constant circle with you. I don’t owe you any explanation, Adonis. What we used to do, we don’t do anymore. Goodbye-

“Don’t hang up on me,” He spoke with a warning.

Click 

______________

A stream of air passed through Adonis’s teeth sounding like a barista steaming wand foaming milk in a Starbucks or the type of sound snakes make in warning their prey. His fists clenched strongly, almost popping the vessels in his arms. His cock-diesel frame was charged up and ready to knock Jamal out. Adonis picks up his bottle of Don Julio 1942 drinking it down in big gulps, the taste of warm oak with hints of caramel and toffee lingering in the back of his throat. 

This was usually what him and Y/N did on a Friday evening whenever he was home; drink and fuck. The fucking he wouldn’t be doing but his ten inches of steel was pulsating in his sweatpants. The girthy length is curved downward and creating a large bulge. Usually, Y/N would be on her knees between his legs saying ooooh, Daddy, how did you know I wanted some dick in my mouth? Giving him a sloppy suck that had him busting fat load after fat load down her throat. 

Adonis pauses his music on his phone, his entire bedroom going silent before grabbing his laptop from the opposite side of his California King. Opening it, Adonis pulls up his folders, scrolling through and finding the one that he would NEVER bring himself to delete. Home movies was the name of the folder. Adonis double-clicked it, his eyes scanning the screen while each file popped up in rows. Pictures, videos, and audios occupied the folder. Dragging his pouty bottom lip between his teeth, Adonis started from the beginning. 

File number one...

“Mmm,” He made a deep moan of appreciation at the image before him. It’s Y/N arched over their old bed that she was currently sleeping in alone. It didn’t have the grainy effect that webcam photos tend to give since Adonis used his Canon EOS 5D camera to take them. Her beautiful pussy and asshole were waiting for him like she was serving him dinner. That goddess of a body she has, all natural and velvety smooth. Clicking through there is a video of her rubbing her clit from behind while Adonis angled the camera to get the best pussy shot.

“Oh, you’re ready,” Adonis says in the video, “you’re gonna be walking a little different when I’m done, baby.”

“Please fuck me, daddy,” Y/N moaned sweetly while rubbing her clit from the back, “Come and fuck me…”

Adonis brings the camera above him so that he could record himself fucking Y/N from behind. The view showed off Adonis’s lips down to his defined pectorals and eight pack abs. He used his free hand to give Y/N’s ass a playful smack before pulling down the front of his black sweatpants, his downward curved dick springing free while he moved his hips from side to side. 

“Baby…”she called out to him, reaching back to feel him, “Please...I want you inside me...I want you- OH GODDD.”

Adonis was sinking deeply into Y/N’s tight and creamy pussy with a hissing sound escaping his mouth. 

“Yes, baby,” Adonis lightly slaps each ass cheek; left cheek, right cheek before gripping the flesh and stroking her slowly, “Mmmmh, yes...you always feel so good.” 

He started stroking at a moderate pace, Y/N’s ass softly clapping against his brick wall of a body. 

“Fuck,” he says, biting his bottom lip, “Mhm,” Adonis grabs one of Y/N’s ass cheeks, grinding his hips against her ass, “I feel you baby...you’re gonna cum for daddy?”

“Unh,” She moans, her body shaking beneath him, “Yes, Daddy!!”

Adonis pauses the video, his body overly heated from the Don Julio and his dick as stiff as concrete between his thighs. With a deep grunt, Adonis frees his dick from his sweatpants before grabbing the warm, solid, flesh to stroke it lightly. Even with her not here she still got his pipe iron-hard and his balls tight. Adonis clicked through a few photos before spotting one that he cracked a dimpled smile at. This video needed to be seen through and through. He clicked on it, a visual of Y/N sitting on the kitchen counter with her legs spread wide and limber, naked body illuminated by the light above the oven. Adonis was recording her playing with her phat clit, rubbing it in tight circles. 

Grabbing his 1942 Adonis takes a big sip from the bottle while his other hand swings his dick from side to side. The counter is covered with all types of treats and sweet toppings. Whipped cream, peach and strawberry preserves, caramel syrup, fudge syrup, honey and what looked like a birthday cake. This was recorded on Adonis’s 33rd birthday. They had just come from a night of partying and Y/N said she had something special for him at home that requires his appetite. The mess they made, the drunken sex, and the overall fun of it all has Adonis both angry and aroused. He really missed Y/N but at the same time he was beyond pissed that she would break up with him and then fuck another man that disrespected him any chance he got on social media. That’s right, Jamal is entertaining Twitter with the memes they created about Adonis.

-This nigga Adonis is punching the air right now! 

-How you let this clown fuck your girl?

-We’ll pay big money to see Jamal Anderson go toe-to-toe with Adonis Creed.

-He don’t like being called Baby Creed but I bet that nigga prolly sucking his thumb and crying in the fetal positon LMAO!

-Creed didn’t respond to this yet… 🤔 I wonder why.

-His shawty bad AF. Damn, Creed ain’t winning this battle. 

-Damn! So Jamal is putting it on Y/N better than Creed?!!! Embarrassing!!!

That didn’t even include the jokes in his DMs about the situation. It’s been a while since Adonis made a reckless decision. The last time he did that he ended up in a hospital bed with broken ribs, a ruptured kidney, and a concussion. He became increasingly distant from Y/N and Mary Anne, tensions rising in his relationships. Now, he was starting to feel that same foolhardy feeling while staring at his computer screen, wordless with rage. 

____________

Buzz buzz buzz buzz

Y/N’s phone is off the hook at 9:00 AM on a Saturday. She was still buried beneath her covers with her bonnet on and one of Adonis’s old t-shirts. Lifting her head from beneath the sheets, Y/N squinted her sleepy eyes around her bed, searching for her phone. With a big yawn that has her jaw muscles sore, Y/N finally finds it, picking it up to look at the screen. Her friend  and personal Esthetician, Ava, was calling her. She wondered what for. Y/N’s wasn’t due for another wax set until two weeks from now. 

“Hello?” Y/N flips over onto her back.

“Sorry to wake you, but, girl...you need to look at Twitter like NOW! They are talking about you and Adonis on a sex tape-

“Hold up… A WHAT?!!!!!!” Y/N is 100% awake now. With the mention of a sex tape Y/N nearly jumped out of her skin. 

“Girl...what’s going on between you and Adonis? Are y’all together? What?-

“No, Ava, me and Donnie aren’t together and what do you mean a sex tape?!” Y/N places Ava on speaker, frantically going to her Twitter app to see exactly what she meant. Sure enough, there is a trending topic about Adonis and Y/N. Multiple full length videos, clips, and pictures from a video that they made almost a year ago is out there for the world to see. Y/N gaped at her phone screen. Her nude body, Adonis’s nude body, the sex, the moans, and the nasty talk has her speechless. 

“Oh my fucking God,” Y/N shot up out of bed, pacing back and forth quickly, “Why would he do this?!!!!”

“You think Donnie leaked it?!”  Ava asked with a shocked voice.

“Who else would have?!! Wasn’t me!” Y/N spoke defensively.

Y/N does have copies herself on her laptop that she occasionally looks at but she wouldn’t have leaked a sex tape of them two unless they both agreed to it or something. For Adonis to do this without her consent pissed Y/N off. 

“Girl, you better call his ass right fucking now!” Ava practically yelled into the phone, “This shit is wild-

“Ava, I’m gonna have to call you back,” Y/N hung up the phone before Ava could even speak her last words. Y/N checked her inbox. Over 100 text messages and that didn’t even include notifications from Instagram, and Twitter. Checking her messages, she reads through a few from her friends.

Noel: Baby, I didn’t know you were this nasty!! Damn! 

Kristina: So are y’all back together then? What’s going on with this sex tape, girl?!!

Tiffany: EXPLAIN! Why did I wake up to my friend trending on Twitter!!! You making sex tapes and leaking them?!! Call me back bitch!!!

Joey: Wassup big head 👀

Jamal: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON Y/N! 

“Fuck,” Y/N says with a shaky voice. She stopped pacing, exhaling calmly before going back to Twitter. There is no way she wanted to look at the tweets directed towards her but the more she thought about it the harder it became. Scrolling, Y/N finds the full video of the sex tape. Sitting on the edge of her bed, Y/N watches from start to finish, her mouth agape and a warmth filling her chest cavity. Even through being pissed off about it, she is STILL turned on. 

Y/N sat on the counter with her legs spread wide, her fingers working her clit into an erect bud. Leaning back on her elbow, Y/N looked into the camera that Adonis panned around her. She grinned and gave him a wink before bringing her wet, cream covered fingers to her mouth to suck her mess off. Adonis’s deep chuckle came through on the other side of the camera before his hand reached out to grab the whipped cream bottle. 

“Lay on your back,” He says before stepping between her legs. Adonis places the camera on an elevated surface so that the side of Y/N’s naked body and his naked hips could be seen in profile. 

There are shadows in the video but there is no denying that big ass dick she used to fuck and suck on. That downward curve and those heavy balls called to her attention and watered her mouth the more she watched the scene unfold. 

“I love how your legs are spread like that...you ready for some fun, girl?” 

“Yes,” Y/N says while watching Adonis shake the whipped cream bottle. 

“Stick your tongue out for me,” He says while stepping in between her legs. Holding the nozzle against her tongue, Adonis squirts some whipped cream into Y/N’s mouth. She brought her hands up to rub her erect nipples while licking and sucking on the nozzle with a moan. 

“Mmm, you sucking on that nozzle like it’s my dick…”

“I want your dick in my mouth covered in whipped cream,” Y/N dragged her sweet tasting tongue across her upper lip, “Put some on my nipples, daddy.”

Hearing herself call Adonis daddy while watching that video made her shiver. She was supposed to be angry with him and not sexually aroused. 

Adonis squirts whipped cream on Y/N’s nipples before placing the bottle on the counter and leaning forward. His beautiful russet skin and the gold chain around his neck glowed from the little bit of light within the kitchen the closer he got to Y/N’s breasts. That long, curled tongue of his swirled around her left nipple, cleaning up all of the whipped cream in one swipe before sucking her nipple into his mouth. 

“Unh,” Y/N’s body arched while she ran her hands over the back of his head. 

Adonis dragged his tongue along the center of her chest before reaching her right breast and doing the same exact thing with his wicked tongue. Y/N’s head extended back, sweet, angelic moans filling the kitchen. Adonis sucked a little more before rising back up to grab something else. Back in view, Adonis has some raw honey in his hand with an actual honeycomb stick. 

“Yummy baby girl, look at you, laid out for me to do whatever I want, right?” Adonis twirls the stick inside of the honey before pulling it out and drizzling it all over Y/N’s front from her neck down to the top of her pussy, “I’m about to lick and suck all this shit off of you, spread your legs, girl.” 

Y/N spreads her legs, bringing her knees to her chest and sitting up on her elbows. With keen eyes, Y/N watches Adonis’s every move while his tongue swipes across both sides of her neck before grabbing her jaw  lightly to keep her still while he sucks on her flesh. 

Y/N could almost feel his lips tightly sucking on her neck and his wet tongue tickling her deliciously with every swipe. When he licked her throat Y/N moaned in unison with herself on the video. She stifled her other moans with a bite of her bottom lip. She hated the way he was currently making her feel after what he did. Who else would have leaked the video? Adonis is very careful and he wouldn’t disclose any information like that to a friend for them to leak it. Loud sucking came from the video and Y/N’s focus was back on that screen.

“Mmm,” Adonis continued to suck the honey from Y/N’s flesh all the way down to her pussy. He teased her outer lips with his tongue but he didn’t lick her clit. Biting her inner thighs now, Adonis grabs for more honey, drizzling it all over her pussy.

“Mmh, yes,” Y/N licks her lips, bringing a finger down to catch some honey to taste, “Make my pussy nice and sticky, daddy.” 

“This is just the beginning, ma, we still got other treats to run through,” Adonis takes his entire mouth to wrap around Y/N’s inner lips, no waiting whatsoever. She flexed her hips off of the counter, driving her pussy into his sticky mouth while palming the back of his head. Adonis’s strong arms trapped her and held her still while he angled her hips so that the light could catch him sucking on her sultry pussy. Her skin kept sticking to the counter from the honey on the surface and her ass cheeks were glued together from the sweet nectar as well.

“Just like that daddy,” Y/N reached down to pull her pussy lips apart, sticky, wet sounds filling the kitchen, “Oooh, right there...eat my pussy...Ooooo, yes, right on that clit.”

Her body shined with residues of honey and saliva. Adonis held one of her legs in the air to admire her pussy before dragging his other hand over it. 

“Grab that whipped cream, girl...yeah...now squirt some on this pussy...mmmh, yessssssssss, Good girl, so sexy, baby…”

His tongue wiggles against her labia and clit, whipped cream staining her inner thighs now from his sloppy head. Y/N’s head extended back, choked up moans directed towards the ceiling. 

“You just love to eat my pussy, daddy, mmmm!!”

Adonis didn’t say a word while he devoured her pussy like it was pie filling. Adonis pinched her outer lips together so that he could see how fat her pussy is before leaning down to kiss it softly. Her puffy, wet pussy called for the attention of his fingers while his tongue danced across her clit back and forth, up and down, and in circles. Her wetness made the loudest sounds ever. Three thick fingers deep in her pussy, Adonis jerks his fat dick at the same time. 

“Hold just like that, girl, just like that, look at all this cream...you know your pussy is already sweet, daddy doesn’t even have to tell you does he?”

“Umph!!” Y/N‘s legs came up in the air while Adonis rang her dry with his fingers. She squirted all over the counter top and it dripped to the floor over the edge. Adonis brings his fingers up to her mouth for her to suck on. He fucked her mouth slowly with his fingers while staring into her pretty brown eyes. 

“My dick is throbbing...what are you gonna eat off of me?” He spoke with a whisper in her ear, “You’re gonna make my dick a sticky mess?”

“Yes, with this,” Y/N picks up the jar of homemade peach preserves and heavy syrup that she created herself, “Let me down so I can suck that big ass dick.”

Adonis picks Y/N up from the counter bringing her down to her feet before him. She instantly dropped to her knees while Adonis grabs the camera to focus down on her kneeling before him. Unscrewing the mason jar top to the preserves, Y/N licks the rim before grabbing Adonis’s dick with one hand, bringing the jar of peach preserves down to the wide tip of his dick. It was chilled from being in the fridge, the cold glass sweating in her hand. 

“Goddamn, girl,” Adonis shivers when Y/N puts his dick inside of the jar. He braces the edge of the counter with one hand while losing control of his grip on the camera. His grip tightened on the camera the same time Y/N pulled his dick from the jar. Chunks of chopped peaches and heavy syrup dripped from his pipe and stained the tile floor of the kitchen. 

“Ooh, look at all this sweet, sweet goodness on your dick, daddy,” Looking into the camera, Y/N licks the side of his shaft with no hands, the tang and sugar seeping deeply into her taste buds the more she licked and licked. 

“Fuck, just like that girl, dick taste better doesn’t it? Look at you cleaning my dick off like a good girl, mmmm, that tongue…”

“This tongue?” Y/N sucks the preserves off of the tip of his dick before dragging her tongue down the underside of his shaft causing his dick to throb against her pointed tongue. 

“Yeah...that good tongue and juicy lips,” Adonis fists Y/N’s hair, “Suck my dick baby…look into the camera and show me what that mouth do.” 

With urgency Y/N draws Adonis’s dick into her mouth and starts sucking him with only her jaws doing all of the work. His dick was no match for her mouth. Y/N was trained well to suck all of that fat dick.

His moans, damn, Adonis loves it when Y/N really got into it like that, sucking his dick with so much passion and concentration. She thoroughly enjoyed sucking dick and now she was sitting with her thighs spread to cool her heated, wet folds and her tongue poked out like she was waiting for his dick to enter her mouth.

“Somebody is hungry,” Adonis chuckles, “grab that whipped cream and put it on my balls…”

Y/N grabs the whipped cream, getting back on her knees. Adonis holds his dick up while Y/N squirts whipped cream all over his balls. Tossing the can carelessly on the floor Y/N began to suck on his balls. Adonis jerked his dick, occasionally slapping her face with it. 

“Please stroke my dick, baby,” Adonis let’s his dick go for Y/N to grab, “you had my dick hard all night long now it’s time for you to make me cum.” 

Y/N blinked her eyes up at Adonis past his meaty, long pipe while drooling on his balls. He was close, the veins in his dick seemed to spring to life and thicken in her hand. Oh, she was about to drain him. Her mouth was back on his wide tip sucking the life out of him, aiming to wring him dry like a soaking wet rag. 

“Unh, this is where you wanted to be all night I can tell by the way you’re sucking me fucking dick, yes, baby, Unh Fuckkkk-

Y/N hummed with satisfaction when his thick nut entered her mouth. The noises from her sucking mixed with Adonis’s heavy breathing was like a sensual beat. The video seemed to skip and now Y/N was back on the counter lying flat on her stomach. Adonis popped the cap to the caramel syrup, tipping it over and squeezing some all over Y/N’s ass. She starts to make her cheeks bounce while Adonis creates sticky patterns all over her flesh and back. Y/N reached behind her to rub it in before arching her back. She sucked on her fingers to clean the caramel while moaning at the same time. 

“Look at that cream, makes me so fucking hard,” The caramel has Y/N’s cheeks sticking together, “that’s what I’m talking about.” 

“Unh,” Y/N reaches beneath her to spread her pussy lips open while shaking her ass, “That shit is sticking to my asshole,” Y/N giggles. 

Adonis didn’t say a word since that was an open invitation to lick the caramel from her ass. Y/N started thrusting her hips back, smashing Adonis’s face between her cheeks. Caramel stained his face and matted his facial hair but he kept on going. 

“Damn, Donnie, fuck.”

He lifts for air, before slapping her ass, his fingers sticking to her skin like adhesive. The only things they haven’t touched yet were the fudge syrup and cake. Y/N drags the cake towards her, using her hand to grab some of it and smashes it in Adonis’s face. He didn’t expect that change at all. Adonis stumbles backward while Y/N giggles drunkenly on the counter. She’s on her back now, clutching her stomach with her cake covered fingers. 

“You got jokes now!!! After I just ate your ass!!! This is how you thank me, Y/N,” Adonis pulls on her ankles. 

“Aww but you look so sexy with cake on your face,” She lifts up from the counter, attempting to sooth him by rubbing the buttercream frosting from his cheek but Adonis slickly grabs cake, smashing it on her face. Y/N writhed in his arms, both of them having a food fight with the cake all over the kitchen. They slipped as they ran around the kitchen counter before Adonis got the upper hand, pulling her to the messy floor. They were out of view for a second but the video skips again to Adonis pinning Y/N down to the floor with her back arched. 

“You wanna make a mess on daddy you better make a mess on this dick with this creamy pussy.” 

Holding the camera high above his head, Adonis spanks his dick on Y/N’s pussy before sinking into her with one long stroke. His free hand rubbed the frosting and cake pieces all over her round ass before stroking her at a moderate pace, relishing in her sweet cream coating his dick. 

“Cream all over daddy’s dick baby,” Adonis spoke roughly while looking up into the camera with his cake stained face, “this beautiful brown ass...my cinnamon swirl...show me how much you really wanna make my birthday special, fuck my dick.” 

“Donnie-

“I told you to call me Daddy,” Adonis reminded her. He sits the camera down, propping it up so that it could record him fucking her from below. All you can see is Y/N’s breasts bouncing, Adonis’s balls smacking her clit, and his hard dick going in and out of her pussy. 

“My daddy...my champ,” Y/N spoke breathlessly, “Oooh shit-

Adonis started fucking her hard from behind, something he liked to do especially when he’s riled up. He loved it when Y/N called him her champ, it boosted his ego and made his dick harder knowing that he is indeed the super heavyweight champion of the world. He was delivering heavy, G spot stimulating strokes that had Y/N trembling. 

“Talk to me, baby, tell me where I’m at?” 

“Big black dick is in my stomach.” Y/N whimpered. 

“Bounce that ass baby, bounce it,” Adonis grabs the camera to focus on Y/N fucking his dick, “You got that bubble butt on you, daddy’s favorite, you got my dick throbbing you know what that means, right?”

“Fuck me like that, daddy, ooooh God, mmm, yes, shove that big dick in my pussy ooooh God,” Y/N’s pussy slips off of Adonis’s dick, her squirt gushing out like water would when you untangle a water hose. 

“That’s how I always get you,” Adonis grabs Y/N’s arm, turning her around onto her back, “legs up...I want you to look into the camera...look into the lens like you have an audience…show them how daddy’s dick makes you react.”

Y/N sucked cake from her lips while staring into the camera with focused eyes. Adonis has the bottle of fudge syrup in his hands now, turning it over and covering Y/N’s chest, stomach, and inner thighs with it. 

“Legs up, girl,” Adonis commands. Y/N’s legs went up and out causing Adonis to shudder. The contrast of her pretty pink pussy against the dark brown of the fudge reminded him of a surprise chocolate with filling.

“This shit is so sexy...after this I’m licking you up and down,” Adonis rubs his dick back and forth over Y/N’s pussy lips before massaging her clit with it, “My favorite thing to do with you is go nice and slow so you can feel all of me.”

“Daddy, yess, you are in my pussy,” She kept her eyes focused on that camera no matter how hard she wanted to tear her eyes away to watch his dick beat her pussy up, “shit that Goddamn curve...that shit is hitting the bottom of my pussy,” Y/N’s mouth widened, “ooooh, fuckkkkkk you ain’t playing!”

All you can see is Y/N’s breasts slowly bouncing and her pretty face. At that moment, she closed her eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through her immediately. She began to experience chills the more he fucked her deeply. He was stroking her A-spot, the lower part of her vagina. Adonis focused the pressure of his dick right there, never stopping.

“Ooooomigodddd,” She spoke all in one sentence, “His dick was bottoming out in her pussy the more his strong, toned hips met hers. That slow stroke has Y/N’s vaginal walls tingling around his dick, “Don’t stop, don’t stop you’re right there on my spot oooooo!!”

Adonis went fast with a few strokes before going at a leisure pace again. Sitting up on his knees, Adonis focuses the camera on his messy dick and Y/N’s creamy pussy. 

“Goddamn, baby, love seeing you get like this...mmm just how I love it...taking all of my thickness...daddy is about to cum…”

“Ahhhhh fuckkk!” Y/N tried sitting up on her elbows but the floor was too slippery, “Yes yes yes yes yes!!!” Y/N rubbed the fudge syrup into her skin like lotion before bringing her fingers to her mouth to suck on like a pacifier. With her eyes low and hazy, Adonis pounds her pussy desperate, his strong arms wrapped around her thighs while his dick burrows deep into the bottom of her pussy. 

“Fuck me...fuck me...oh yeah that dick is getting thicker fuck meeee.”

UGH YES,” Adonis held himself still inside of her while his dick emptied his cum, “just draining my nut,” Adonis pulls his dick out, his cum oozing from Y/N’s pussyz. Y/N reached down to spread her pussy lips open while Adonis got a close up of the cream pie that he created. 

“How does it look?” Y/N asks with her soft spoken voice.

“Sticky sweet,” Adonis says before the video ends. 

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GHOSTBUSTERS Final Film Transcript original script by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis transcribed by Adam Bertocci Outside New York Public Library Eerie music. Pigeons fly from the steps. New York Public Library, reading room ALICE pushes a cart of books. New York Public Library, basement ALICE brings some books down to the basement of library. As she walks along, a few books float to other shelves. When she turns around to investigate, nothing happens. She makes some notes on a pad and passes a card catalog. The drawers slide open, spilling cards all over the place. She screams and runs. She runs through the shelves. Comes to what must be the ghost; she screams. Her hair blows back. Ghostbusters logo dissolves onto screen. Music: Ghostbusters. Columbia University Main title pops up. Ghostbusters theme keeps playing. We see people going in and out of the building. Corridor outside Paranormal Studies Laboratory We hear DR. PETER VENKMAN giving the ESP test. On door: "Dr. Egon Spengler Dr. Raymond Stantz Dr. Peter Venkman Venkman burn in hell Maid please make up this room as soon as possible" Inside lab PETER gives ESP test to MALE STUDENT and JENNIFER. MALE STUDENT is hooked up to electrodes. PETER All right, I'm going to turn over the next card. I want you to concentrate. I want you to tell me what it is. card is a star MALE STUDENT Square? PETER showing him card and shocking him Good guess, but wrong. holds a circle card up in front of JENNIFER Clear your head. All right, tell me what you think it is. JENNIFER Is it a star? PETER It is a star! Very good. That's great. holds up a square card for MALE STUDENT All right. Think hard. What is it? MALE STUDENT Circle? PETER showing him square and shocking him Ooh, close, but definitely wrong. MALE STUDENT's gum shoots out of his mouth. He puts it back in and keeps chewing. PETER holds a plus sign card up for JENNIFER. Okay. All right. Ready? What is it? no answer Come on. JENNIFER Figure eight. PETER pretending to be astonished Incredible. That's five for five. You can't see these, can you? JENNIFER No, no. PETER You're not cheating me, are you? JENNIFER No, I swear, they're just coming to me. PETER to MALE STUDENT Okay. Nervous? MALE STUDENT Yes... I don't like this. PETER Don't worry, you only have seventy-five more to go. holds up a card with three wavy lines Okay, what's this one? MALE STUDENT A couple of wavy lines. PETER who wants to zap him just for fun Sorry! This isn't your lucky day! MALE STUDENT I know. I - PETER reaches for the little lever. JENNIFER seems amused, so PETER winks to her. MALE STUDENT stumbles over some words before PETER zaps him. Hey! I'm getting a little tired of this! PETER You volunteered, didn't you? We're paying you, aren't we? MALE STUDENT Yeah, but I didn't know you were giving me electric shocks! What are you trying to prove here anyway? PETER I'm studying the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability. MALE STUDENT The effect?! I'll tell you what the effect is! It's pissing me off! PETER Well, then maybe my theory is correct! MALE STUDENT ripping electrodes off hands You can keep the five bucks, I've had it! runs out of room and slams door PETER I will mister! kindly, to JENNIFER You may as well get used to that, that's the kind of resentment that your ability is going to provoke in some people. JENNIFER Do you think I have it, Dr. Venkman? PETER You're no fluke, Jennifer. DR. RAYMOND STANTZ enters the room, all in a flurry. RAY grabbing stuff off shelves This is it! This is definitely it! Did those UV lenses come in for the video camera? And that blank tape? I need it. The one you erased yesterday. PETER to JENNIFER Can you excuse me for a second? JENNIFER Sure. PETER runs to RAY, jumps up and smacks him on the head. PETER I'm right in the middle of something, Ray! Ah, I need a little more time with this subject. Could you come back in an hour, hour and a half? RAY Peter, at 1:40 PM at the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, ten people witnessed a free floating, full torso, vaporous apparition. It blew books off shelves from twenty feet away and scared the socks off some poor librarian! PETER I'm very excited. I'm very pleased. I want you to get right down there, check it out and get back to me. RAY No, no. PETER Get right back to me... RAY You're coming with us on this one! Spengler went down there and took PKE valances. Went right off the top of the scale. Buried the needle! We're close on this one. I can feel it! PETER I can feel it. We're very, very close. to JENNIFER I have to go now, Jennifer, but I'd like to work with you some more. Perhaps you could come back this evening, say at - JENNIFER Eight o'clock? PETER I was just about to say eight o'clock! You are a legitimate phenomenon! Outside New York Public Library PETER is yelling at RAY all the way there. PETER As a friend I have to tell you: you've finally gone round the bend on this ghost business. You guys have been running your ass off meeting and greeting every schizo in the five boroughs who says he has a paranormal experience. What have you seen? New York Public Library, reading room RAY Of course you forget, Peter, I was present at an undersea, unexplained, mass sponge migration. PETER Ooh, Ray, those sponges migrated about a foot and a half. DR. EGON SPENGLER is under the table, listening to it with a stethescope. PETER runs over to him and speaks in a zombie voice. Egon... EGON is puzzled. PETER raps table with knuckles, then slams it with a book. EGON is starled and jumps up. EGON Oh, you're here. PETER Yeah, what have you got? EGON This is big, Peter. This is very big. There is definitely something here. PETER Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. You remember that? EGON That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR walks up to the three. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR I'm Roger Delicore. Are you the men from the university? PETER introducing them all Yes. I'm Dr. Venkman. Dr. Stantz, Egon. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR Thank you for coming. I hope we can clear this up quickly and quietly. PETER Let's not rush things. We don't even know what you have yet. They go to a smaller room. ALICE is lying on a table. ALICE I don't remember seeing any legs, but it definitely had arms because it reached out for me. RAY Arms?! I can't wait to get a look at this thing! PETER Alice, I'm going to ask you a few standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family ever been diagnosed schizophrenic, mentally incompetent? ALICE My uncle thought he was St. Jerome. PETER I'd call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs, stimulants, alcohol? ALICE No! PETER No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now? LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR What has that got to do with it? PETER Back off, man. I'm a scientist. EGON Ray, it's moving. New York Public Library, basement EGON is in front, with PKE meter. RAY has a video camera. PETER is in the back, bored stiff. He starts making scary gestures at RAY. They come to a tall tower of books. RAY Look! EGON This is hot, Ray. RAY Symmetrical book stacking, just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. PETER You're right. No human being would stack books like this. RAY Listen! eerie music You smell something? they go to a card catalog; it is slimed Talk about telekinetic activity! Look at this mess! EGON Raymond, look at this. RAY Ectoplasmic residue. EGON Venkman, get a sample of this. RAY It's the real thing! PETER Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it? EGON I'd like to analyze it. As RAY and EGON continue talking, PETER scrapes slime into a dish. Gets it all over his hands. Groans and grunts. Flicks slime away. Wipes hands and feet on books. RAY There's more over here! EGON I'm getting stronger readings here, this way. RAY Come on. They turn a corner. PETER gives EGON slime. PETER Egon, your mucus. a bookshelf falls with a crash This happen to you before? RAY shakes head Oh, first time? RAY nods. They continue. EGON's PKE meter goes nuts. They see LIBRARY GHOST. EGON It's here. RAY A full torso apparition, and it's real. PETER So what do we do? no answer Could you come over here and talk to me for a second, please? pulls RAY by the ear Could you just come over here for a second, please? Right over here. Come here, Francine! Come here. What do we do? RAY I don't know. What do you think? EGON starts with calculator, but PETER slaps it away PETER Stop that! RAY We've got to make contact. One of us should actually try to speak to it. EGON Good idea. They look to PETER. He groans and goes to the ghost. RAY starts taking pictures. PETER Hello. I'm Peter. Where are you from? Originally. LIBRARY GHOST Ssh. PETER going back All right. Okay, the usual stuff isn't working. RAY Okay, I have a plan. I know exactly what to do. Now stay close, stay close. I know. Do exactly as I say. Ready, ready, get her! LIBRARY GHOST turns into a monster and scares them. They run away. Music: Cleanin' Up The Town. Outside New York Public Library PETER, RAY and EGON run away. LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR Did you see it? What was it? PETER We'll get back to you! LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR What?! Columbia University grounds PETER, RAY and EGON go back to the lab. PETER is laughing at RAY. PETER Hee, hee, hee! Get her. That was your whole plan. Get her. It was scientific. RAY I just got overexcited. But wasn't it incredible, Pete? I mean, we actually touched the etheric plane. You know what this could mean to the university? PETER Yeah, it's gonna be bigger than the microchip. Ray, I'm very excited. EGON working with calculator I wouldn't say the experience was totally wasted. According to these new readings, I think we have an excellent chance of actually catching a ghost and holding it indefinitely. RAY Well, this is great! If this ionization rate is constant for all ectoplasmic entities, we could really bust some heads! In a spiritual sense, of course. PETER Spengs? You serious about this catching a ghost? EGON I'm always serious. PETER Egon, I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you. You... you've earned it. gives EGON a candy bar Their lab Moving men cart stuff out of the room. DEAN YEAGER stands in wait. Music: I Can Wait Forever. RAY The possibilities are, are limitless! Hey, Dean Yeager! PETER I trust you're moving us to better quarters on campus. DEAN YEAGER No! You're being moved off campus. The board of regents has decided to terminate your grant. You are to vacate these premises immediately. PETER This is preposterous. I demand an explanation. DEAN YEAGER Fine. The university will no longer continue any funding of any kind for your group's activities. PETER But the kids love us! DEAN YEAGER Dr. Venkman, we believe that the purpose of science is to serve mankind. You, however, seem to regard science as some kind of dodge or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy and your conclusions are highly questionable. You, Dr. Venkman, are a poor scientist. PETER I see. DEAN YEAGER And you have no place in this department or in this university. Outside Columbia University RAY is worriedly pacing. PETER is relaxing with a bottle. RAY This is a major disgrace. Forget MIT or Stanford now. They wouldn't touch us with a ten-meter cattle-prod. PETER You're always so concerned about your reputation. Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk! RAY You know how much a patent clerk earns? PETER No! RAY Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities. We didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results. PETER For whatever reasons, Ray, call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of this dump. RAY For what purpose? PETER To go into business for ourselves. Offers RAY a drink. RAY drinks. RAY This ecto-containment system that Spengler and I have in mind is going to require a load of bread to capitalize. Where are we going to get the money? PETER I don't know. drinks I don't know. Outside Manhattan City Bank The three come out of the bank. Fanfare. PETER You're never going to regret this, Ray! RAY My parents left me that house! I was born there! PETER You're not going to lose the house. Everybody has three mortgages nowadays. RAY But at nineteen percent! You didn't even bargain with the guy! EGON flashing a calculator Ray, for your information, the interest rate alone for the first five years comes to $95,000. PETER Will you guys relax? We are on the threshold of establishing the indispensable defense science of the next decade. Professional paranormal investigations and eliminations. The franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams. Outside Hook and Ladder No. 8 The building's windows are whitewashed. We hear REAL ESTATE AGENT talking. Inside Hook and Ladder No. 8 REAL ESTATE WOMAN shows PETER and EGON the fire house. REAL ESTATE WOMAN There's office space, sleeping quarters and showers on the next floor and a full kitchen on the top left. PETER It just seems a little pricey for a unique fixer-upper opportunity, that's all. What do you think, Egon? EGON I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone. RAY calling to them from upstairs Hey! Does this pole still work? slides down the fire pole Wow! This place is great! When can we move in? You've got to try this pole! I'm gonna get my stuff. runs up stairs Hey, we should stay here tonight. Sleep here! You know, to try it out! PETER I think we'll take it. REAL ESTATE WOMAN Good. Outside Ivo Shandor Building The building is huge and grandiose. Ominous music. Show the terror dog statues on the roof. DANA BARRETT gets out of a taxi and enters the building. Inside Shandor Building DANA gets off the elevator. Sees a neighbor. DANA Oh, hi. LOUIS TULLY pops out of his apartment LOUIS Oh, Dana, it's you! DANA Oh, hi, yes Louis, it's me. LOUIS I thought it was the drugstore. DANA Oh, are you sick? LOUIS Oh! No, no, I'm fine, I feel great! Just ordered some more vitamins and stuff. I was just exercising. I taped a 20-minute workout and played it back at high speed on my machine so it only took ten minutes. I got a great workout. DANA Good. LOUIS You wanna come in for a mineral water or something? DANA Oh, I'd really like to, Louis, but I have to go rehearsal now. Excuse me. LOUIS No sweat, I'll take a rain check on that. I always have plenty of low sodium mineral water and other nutritious foods in the house. But you already know that. DANA Yeah, I know that. LOUIS Listen, that reminds me, I'm having a big party for all my clients, my fourth anniversary as an accountant, you know, and even though you do your own tax return, which you shouldn't do, I'd like you to stop by, being that you're my neighbor and all - DANA cutting him off Well, thank you, Louis, I'll really try to stop by. LOUIS Listen, that reminds me, you shouldn't leave your TV on so loud when you go out. The creep down the hall phoned the manager. DANA That's strange, I didn't realize I'd left it on. LOUIS Well, yeah, you know what I did? I climbed on the ledge and tried to disconnect the cable, but I couldn't get in, so you know what I did? I turned my TV up real loud too so everyone would think all our TVs had something wrong with them - DANA closing her door on him Bye, Louis. LOUIS Okay, so I'll see you later, huh?! I'll give you a call! I'm going to go have a shower. tries to open his door, but he's locked himself out DANA's living room DANA watches an ad on TV. In the ad: PETER, RAY and EGON stand outside the fire house wearing long blue coats and talk to the camera. RAY Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? EGON Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? PETER Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost? RAY If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute. Pick up your phone and call the professionals. PETER, RAY, EGON Ghostbusters! RAY Our courteous and efficient staff is on call twenty-four hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs. PETER, RAY, EGON We're ready to believe you! Message flashes on screen: "GHOSTBUSTERS 555-2368". DANA turns off TV. DANA's kitchen DANA lays some groceries out on the table. She turns around. Eggs tremble, leap out of their shells and cook on counter. Growling noise from fridge. DANA opens fridge. The spirit world appears in front of her. A terror dog, ZUUL, jumps out in front of her. ZUUL roaring Zuul! DANA closes fridge, screaming Outside Ghostbusters HQ PETER watches Marty put up a sign, reading "GHOSTBUSTERS" in small type. PETER You don't think it's too subtle, Marty? You don't think people are going to drive down and not see the sign? Marty shakes head. Dark blue hearse drives up. You can't park that here! RAY getting out of car Everybody can relax, I found the car! Needs some suspension work; and shocks, and brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear end - PETER How much? RAY as PETER groans Only forty-eight hundred. And maybe new rings, also mufflers, a little wiring... Inside Ghostbusters HQ The secretary, JANINE MELNITZ, sits at her desk reading a magazine. PETER comes up. PETER Janine! Any calls? JANINE No. PETER Any messages? JANINE No. PETER Any customers? JANINE No, Dr. Venkman. PETER It's a good job, isn't it? Type something, will you? We're paying you for this stuff!... Don't stare at me, you got them bug eyes... Janine! Sorry about the bug eyes thing. I'll be in my office. PETER goes off. EGON pops up out from under JANINE's desk. JANINE You're very handy. I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too. EGON Print is dead. JANINE Oh, that's very fascinating to me. I read a lot myself. Some people think I'm too intellectual, but I think it's a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies? EGON I collect spores, molds and fungus. DANA enters DANA Hello? goes to JANINE Oh. Excuse me. This, this is the Ghostbusters' office? JANINE filing nails Yes, it is. Can I help you? DANA I don't have an appointment. I'd like to talk to someone, please. PETER bolting out of his office I'm Peter Venkman. May I help you? DANA Well, I don't know. What I'm about to say may sound a little unusual. PETER Oh, that's all we get day in, day out around this place. Come into my office, Miss - DANA Barrett, Dana Barrett. Lab in fire house DANA is hooked up to a machine. As she talks, PETER, RAY and EGON watch a monitor which turns her head different colors. DANA And this voice said "Zuul". And then I slammed the refrigerator door and I left. That was two days ago, and I haven't been back to my apartment. PETER Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance. What do you think it was? DANA Well, if I knew what it was I wouldn't be here. PETER Egon, what do you think? EGON shining a head lamp in PETER's eyes She's telling the truth. At least, she thinks she is. DANA Well, of course I'm telling the truth! Who would make up a story like that? PETER Some are people who just want attention. Others, just nutballs who come in off the street. RAY You know what it could be? Past-life experience intruding on present time. EGON Could be erased memories stored in the collective unconscious. I wouldn't rule out clairvoyance or telepathic contact, either. DANA I'm sorry, I don't believe in any of those things. PETER Well, that's all right. I don't either. But there are some things we do. Standard procedures we carry out in a case like this which often bring us results. RAY Well, I could go down to the hall of records and check out the structural details in the building. Maybe the building itself has a history of psychic turbulence. PETER nodding Right, go do that. EGON I could look for the name Zuul in the usual literature. RAY Spates Catalog. EGON Tobin's Spirit Guide. RAY Yeah. PETER Tell you what. I'll take Miss Barrett back to her apartment and check her out - I'll go check out Miss Barrett's apartment, okay? knows he's said the wrong thing; groans to himself DANA Okay, thank you. DANA's living room PETER and DANA enter. PETER Let me. If something's gonna happen here I want it to happen to me first. Opens a few closet doors. Nothing happens. DANA The closet. PETER goes to the piano. Plays the two highest notes over and over. PETER They hate this. I like to torture them. That's right, boys. It's Dr. Venkman! works a tool A lot of space. Just you? DANA Yes. PETER Good. DANA What is that thing you're doing? PETER It's technical. It's one of our little toys. DANA I see. That's the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there. PETER What a crime. DANA You know, you don't act like a scientist. PETER They're usually pretty stiff. DANA You're more like a game show host. The words sting PETER. PETER That's the kitchen, huh? DANA's kitchen PETER Dana, are these the eggs? DANA Yes, see, I was over there, and the eggs just jumped right out of their shells and started to cook right on the counter. PETER That is weird. DANA And that's when I to hear that awful noise from the refrigerator. PETER starts using his tool again Dr. Venkman, you've come all this way. Would you like to examine the refrigerator? PETER I'll check the fridge. Good call. Oh, my God! DANA is worried Look at all the junk food! DANA No, God damn it! Look, this wasn't here. PETER You actually eat this stuff? DANA Look! This wasn't here! There was nothing here! There was a space, and there was a building or something with flames coming out of it, and creatures riding around and they were growling and snarling! And there were flames! And I heard a voice say Zuul! It was right here! PETER I'm sorry, I'm just not getting any reading. DANA Well, are you sure you're using that thing correctly? PETER Well, I think so. But I'm sure there are no animals in there. DANA Well, that's great. Either there's a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy. PETER I don't think you're crazy. DANA sarcastically Good, that makes me feel so much better. DANA's living room PETER Let me tell you something about myself. I come home from work to my place and all I have is my work. There's nothing else in my life! DANA Dr. Venkman - PETER I meet you, and I say, my God, there's someone with the same problem I have! DANA Yes. We both have the same problem. You! PETER I'm gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you. DANA I don't believe this. Will you please leave? PETER to an invisible audience And then she threw me out of her life. She thought I was a creep, she thought I was a geek and she probably wasn't the first... DANA You are so odd... No. PETER turning around I've got it! DANA No, no, no, no, no. PETER I'll prove myself to you! DANA guiding him out That's not necessary. PETER Yeah. I'll solve your little problem. DANA Okay... PETER And then you'll say, "Pete Venkman's a guy who can get things done!" DANA Right. PETER "I wonder what makes him tick!" DANA I wonder! PETER "I wonder if he'd be interested in knowing what makes me tick?" DANA Right! PETER I bet you're going to be thinking about me after I'm gone. DANA I bet I am! Pushes him out the door. He sticks his face back in. PETER No kiss? pushes his face out door and slams it shut Corridor LOUIS comes out, then tries to go back in, but he's locked himself out. PETER leaves. Outside Ghostbusters HQ Night. Inside Ghostbusters HQ; upstairs The Ghostbusters dine on takeout Chinese. Music: In The Name Of Love. PETER To our first customer. RAY To our first and only customer. They toast with soda cans. PETER I got to take out some petty cash. We should take her out to dinner. We don't want to lose her. RAY Uh, this magnificent feast here represents the last of the petty cash. PETER Slow down. Chew your food. By JANINE's desk Phone rings. JANINE Hello, Ghostbusters. Yes, of course they're serious. - You do? You have? No kidding?... Uh-huh. Well, just give me the address. Yes, of course. Oh, they'll be totally discreet. Thank you. hangs up We got one! slams down alarm bell Upstairs RAY It's a call! Music: Cleanin' Up The Town. They slide down the fire pole. Downstairs They slide down the fire pole and suit up. RAY Come on! Outside Ghostbusters HQ Ecto-1 drives off wildly. Outside Sedgewick Hotel Ecto-1 drives up. Close-up on Ghostbusters logo. Lobby of Sedgewick Hotel The Ghostbusters enter. PETER Hey, anybody seen a ghost? A pretty lady goes by. They all stare appreciatively. HOTEL MANAGER Thank you for coming so quickly! The guests are starting to ask questions and I'm running out of excuses. RAY Has it happened before? HOTEL MANAGER Well, most of the original staff knows about the twelfth floor; the disturbances, I mean. But it's been quiet for years! Up until two weeks ago. It was never, ever this bad, though! EGON Did you ever report it to anyone? HOTEL MANAGER Heavens! No! PETER Oh, no. You kidding? HOTEL MANAGER The owners don't even like us to talk about it. I hope we can take care of this. Quietly! Tonight! RAY Yes sir, don't worry. We handle this kind of thing all the time! they go up to an elevator MAN AT ELEVATOR What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut? PETER No, we're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on twelve. MAN AT ELEVATOR That's gotta be some cockroach. PETER Bite your head off, man. elevator arrives RAY Going up? MAN AT ELEVATOR I'll take the next one. Elevator RAY You know, it just occurred to me, we haven't had a completely successful test of this equipment. EGON I blame myself. PETER So do I. RAY No sense worrying about it now. PETER Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back. RAY Yep. Let's get ready. Switch me on! EGON charges RAY's proton pack, then backs away Twelth floor The Ghostbusters exit the elevator. EGON charges his proton pack. RAY Come on. CHAMBERMAID enters. RAY and EGON shout and blast her cart with proton beams. PETER Hold it! CHAMBERMAID What the hell are you doing? EGON Sorry. PETER Sorry. RAY I'm sorry. PETER We thought you were someone else. Successful test. RAY I guess so. I think we'd better split up. EGON Good idea. PETER Yeah, we can do more damage that way. EGON goes down a hallway, with his PKE meter. RAY walks around, smoking. Sees Slimer pigging out at a room service cart. Is shocked. Cigarette falls out of his mouth. RAY Venkman! Venkman! Ugh... disgusting blob! I'm going to have to hold it myself... Charges pack, aims and fires. Startles Slimer. He flies through the wall. Cart smashes a table and a vase. EGON pokes a man to see if he's a ghost. PETER sees Slimer. Talks into walkie-talkie. PETER Come in, Ray. RAY unhooking walkie-talkie Venkman! I saw it! I saw it! I saw it! PETER It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me. RAY voice over walkie-talkie He's an ugly little spud, isn't he? PETER I think he can hear you, Ray. RAY voice over walkie-talkie Don't move. It won't hurt you. Slimer flies towards PETER. PETER screams and covers face. RAY runs to help. Venkman! Venkman! Pete! RAY arrives. Slimer is gone. PETER is dripping in slime. Venkman! What happened? Are you okay? PETER spitting out slime He slimed me. RAY That's great! Actual physical contact! Can you move? EGON voice over walkie-talkie Ray? Ray! Come in please! PETER I feel so funky. RAY Spengler! I'm with Venkman! He got slimed! EGON That's great, Ray! Save some for me! Get down here right away. It just went into a ballroom! Lobby RAY talks to HOTEL MANAGER regarding the bust. RAY Okay, sir. If you and your staff will just wait out here, we'll take care of it. Ballroom The Ghostbusters hide under a table. RAY scans with his ecto-goggles and sees Slimer near a chandilier. RAY There it is, on the ceiling. PETER That's the one that got me. they come out from under table RAY All right, boys. Ready? Throw it! They fire. Slimer flies away. The chandilier falls on a table and smashes. Lobby HOTEL MANAGER is worried. He tries to open door. Finds it locked. Ballroom RAY I did that! I did that! That's my fault! PETER That's okay. The table broke the fall. EGON There's something very important I forgot to tell you. PETER What? EGON Don't cross the streams. PETER Why? EGON It would be bad. PETER I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad thing. What do you mean, bad? EGON Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. RAY Total protonic reversal. PETER All right, that's bad, okay. Important safety tip, don't cross the streams. Thanks, Egon. All right. Ray, take the left. Egon, take the right. Okay, Ray. Give me one eye on the outside... Ray! RAY fires. Slimer screams and flies away. Egon! EGON fires. Destroys crystal glasses, a layer cake, etc. Slimer flies behind a bar. EGON fires. Keeps firing even after Slimer flies away. Okay, all right, hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Whoa! Nice shooting, Tex! Slimer hides at the ceiling Lobby HOTEL MANAGER I assure you, Mrs. Van Hoffman, there is nothing wrong with the room. It will be ready promptly, in time, as soon as your guests are with us. Ballroom RAY The last throw took something out of him, but he's gonna move! I need some; I need some room to put the trap down. Give me some room. EGON chucks a table Lobby HOTEL MANAGER to MRS. VAN HOFFMAN If you'll excuse me, please. sends a bellhop to get security Ballroom RAY We gotta get this in the clear! PETER Wait, wait! I always wanted to do this. pulls tablecloth out from under table, knocking everything but flowers over And the flowers are still standing! RAY sends out the trap RAY Okay, on my go signal. Spengler, I want a confinement stream from you. Okay? Go! EGON fires and hits Slimer Okay, hold him up there. He's gonna move. Hold him up. Go! PETER fires and hits EGON It's working, Ray! RAY Start bringing him down. Start bringing him down. You got him. Don't cross the streams. PETER Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider, huh? EGON Venkman, shorten your stream! I don't want my face burned off! RAY All right. I'm opening the trap now; don't look directly into the trap! opens trap EGON his eyes widening I looked at the trap, Ray. RAY Bring your streams off as soon as I close the trap. Get ready. I'm closing it, now! Closes trap. PETER and EGON stop firing and look away. Slimer is sucked into trap. The Ghostbusters look at it, keeping their guns pointed at it. EGON shoving trap with foot; makes blue lightning It's in there. PETER to Slimer Hey! RAY Well, that wasn't such a chore, now, was it? Lobby A crowd has gathered. HOTEL MANAGER Mr. Smith, quickly. I want that door open now! Stand over there! PETER We came, we saw, we kicked its ass! HOTEL MANAGER Did you see it? What is it? RAY We got it! HOTEL MANAGER What is it? Will there be any more of them? RAY Sir, what you have there is what we refer to as a focused, non-terminal repeating phantasm, or a Class Five full roaming vapor. Real nasty one, too! PETER Now, Let's talk seriously, now. For the entrapment, we're gonna have to ask you for four big ones. Four thousand dollars for that. But we are having a special this week on proton charging and storage of the beast, and that's only going to come to one thousand dollars, fortunately. HOTEL MANAGER Five thousand dollars? I had no idea it would be so much. I won't pay it. PETER Well, that's all right! We can just put it right back in there. RAY We certainly can, Dr. Venkman. HOTEL MANAGER No, no, no, no! All right! I'll pay anything! PETER Thanks so much. RAY Thank you! Hope we can help you again! All right, coming through! Watch out! Class Five full roaming vapor! Watch out! Begin musical montage. Music: Ghostbusters. An apartment A woman does crunches while ROGER GRIMSBY gives the news. ROGER GRIMSBY Good evening, I'm Roger Grimsby. Today the entire eastern seaboard is alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity. Alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurrences have been reported across the entire tri-state area. New York City street JOE FRANKLIN Well, everybody's heard ghost stories around the campfire. Heck, my grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive that would rocket past the farm where she grew up! But now, as if some unperceived authority... Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom Alarm bell rings. PETER, RAY and EGON run out, still in their sleeping clothes. USA Today wipes to: Street Ecto-1 rushes past. New York Post wipes to: Outside Chinese restaurant A Chinese man gives PETER and RAY some free Peking duck. They bow in thanks. Outside a building RAY wields a trap. RAY Stand aside please! A street Ecto-1 drives up. We hear LARRY KING talking. Time wipes to: LARRY KING's studio LARRY KING Hi, this is Larry King. The phone-in topic today: ghosts and ghostbusting. The controversy builds, more sightings are reported. Some maintain these professional paranormal eliminators in New York are the cause of it all. Rockefeller Center PETER, RAY and EGON run along. Omni wipes to: Outside a building EGON comes out, with a trap. EGON I got it! Pete? Ray! Outside yet another building PETER, RAY and EGON triumphantly exit to a cheering crowd. RAY waves trap. Atlantic Monthly wipes to: A street The Ghostbusters run down, brandishing proton guns. CASEY KASEM talks. His broadcast runs into the next scene. CASEY KASEM Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again, this time at the fashionable dance club, The Rose. The boys in gray slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. This is Casey Kasem! Now on with the countdown. DANA's kitchen DANA listens to CASEY KASEM. Laughs and sips champagne. A building PETER Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week! No job is too big! No fee is too big! Ghostbusters HQ; JANINE's desk JANINE on phone Is it just a mist, or does it have arms and legs? An apartment A woman watches the news as she strings her cello. TV REPORTER to RAY As they say in TV, I'm sure there's one big question on everybody's mind and I imagine you are the man to answer it. How is Elvis? And have you seen him lately? Globe wipes to: Outside Ghostbusters HQ Ecto-1 drives up. Two people ask the tired PETER for autographs. Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom The Ghostbusters sleep. Swirl to dream sequence with dream music. RAY's dream RAY lies in bed. DREAM GHOST hovers above him and vanishes. Then she disappears. An unseen force unbuckles his belt and unzips his pants. His eyes cross and his head knocks back in pleasure overload. Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom RAY falls out of bed. Outside Ghostbusters HQ WINSTON ZEDDEMORE, bearing a newspaper ad, looks up at the Ghostbusters logo sign. Wind down Ghostbusters theme. JANINE's desk JANINE interviews WINSTON over the job. JANINE Do you believe in UFOs, astral projection, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trans-mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis? WINSTON If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say. A tired PETER and RAY enter. RAY Boy, I've gotta get some sleep. I'm dying. PETER You don't look good. RAY I don't? PETER You've looked better. You didn't used to look like this. to JANINE Here's the paper for the woman out in Brooklyn. She paid with Visa. JANINE Here's tonight's worksheet. RAY Oh, great! Two more free repeaters. JANINE This is Winston Zeddemore. He's here about the job. RAY Beautiful. You're hired. Ray Stantz, Pete Venkman. Congratulations. Can you help me, please? gives WINSTON some traps Welcome aboard! Outside Carnegie Hall DANA and VIOLINIST exit the building. DANA I don't know where they get these guest conductors. Someone should tell him that it's not going to do much good to scream at us in German. VIOLINIST Well, I don't think the man is competent to conduct a major symphony orchestra. DANA sees PETER DANA Um, could you wait here a minute? VIOLINIST Uh, sure. DANA going to PETER Dr. Venkman, this is a surprise. PETER That was a wonderful rehearsal. DANA You heard that? PETER Yes. You're the best one in your row. DANA Oh, thank you. You're good. Most people can't hear me with the whole orchestra playing. PETER Hey, I don't have to take this abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me. DANA I know. You're a big celebrity now. Do you have some information on my case? PETER indicating VIOLINIST Who's the stiff? DANA The stiff happens to be one of the finest musicians in the world! Now do you have some information for me, please? PETER Sure, but I'd prefer to give it to you in private. DANA Why don't you tell me now? PETER Well, okay. I found the name Zuul for you. The name Zuul refers to a demi-god worshipped around 6000 BC by the - what's that word? DANA Hittites. PETER Hittites, the Mesopotamians and the Sumerians. DANA reading PETER's notes Zuul was the minion of Gozer. What's Gozer? PETER Gozer was very big in Sumeria. Big guy. DANA Well, what's he doing in my icebox? PETER I'm working on that. If we could get together Thursday night, I'm thinking nine-ish, you know, we could exchange information. DANA I can't see you Thursday, I'm busy! PETER Miss Barrett, you seem to think there is something wrong up here in your mind that says: he enjoys taking his evenings off and spending them with his clients. No. I'm making a special exception in your case. Because... I respect you. It's corny but I respect you as artist. And as a dresser, too! This is a magnificent coordination you have going here today. DANA All right. I'll see you Thursday. PETER I'll bring The Roylance Guide and we'll eat and read! DANA and VIOLINIST walk off VIOLINIST So! Who the hell was that? DANA Just a friend. VIOLINIST A friend? DANA An old friend. PETER Right, I'll see you Thursday! I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you, sir! And I'm glad you're feeling much better. You're still very pale, though! A little sun... VIOLINIST What's he do? DANA Oh, he's a scientist. PETER spins around as upbeat music plays Outside Ghostbusters HQ We see the building as the music winds down. Ghostbusters HQ; basement RAY shows WINSTON ecto-containment unit. RAY This is where we put all the vapors and entities and slimers that we trap. Quite simple, really. Load a trap here, open, unlock the system. Insert the trap, release, close, lock the system. Set your entry grid, neutralize your field andÉ the light is green, the trap is clean. The ghost is incarcerated here in a custom-made storage facility. JANINE's desk JANINE There's a man from the EPA here to see you. He's waiting in your office. PETER EPA? What's he want? JANINE I don't know. All I do know is that I've been working two weeks without a break and you promised me you'd hire more help. PETER Janine, someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries. You gonna answer that? JANINE I've quit better jobs than this. picks up phone Ghostbusters! What do you want?! PETER's office WALTER PECK stands in wait. PETER Can I help you? PECK I'm Walter Peck. I represent the Environmental Protection Agency, the third district. PETER Great! How's it going down there? slaps PECK on back PECK Are you Peter Venkman? PETER Yes, I'm Dr. Venkman. PECK Exactly what are you a doctor of, Mr. Venkman? PETER Well, I have PhD's in parapsychology and psychology. PECK I see. And now you catch ghosts? PETER Yeah, you could say that. PECK And how many ghosts have you caught, Mr. Venkman? PETER I'm not at liberty to say. PECK And where do you put these ghosts, once you catch them? PETER In a storage facility. PECK And would this storage facility be located on these premises? PETER Yes. PECK And may I see this storage facility? PETER No. PECK And why not, Mr. Venkman? PETER Because you did not use the magic word. PECK What is the magic word, Mr. Venkman? PETER Please! PECK May I please see the storage facility? PETER Why do you want to see the storage facility? PECK Well, because I'm curious. I want to know more about what you do here! Frankly, there have been a lot of wild stories in the media and we want to assess for any possible environmental impact from your operation! For instance, the presence of noxious, possibly hazardous waste chemicals in your basement! Now you either show me what is down there or I come back with a court order. PETER You go get a court order! And I'll sue your ass for wrongful prosecution. PECK You can have it your way, Mr. Venkman. Basement EGON I'm worried, Ray. It's getting crowded in there. And all my recent data points to something big on the horizon. WINSTON What do you mean, big? EGON Well. Let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. According this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long weighing approximately six hundred pounds. RAY coughs violently WINSTON That's a big Twinkie. EGON nods and eats his Twinkie. RAY We could be on the verge of a fourfold crossrip! A PKE surge of incredible, even dangerous proportions! PETER coming down stairs We just had a visit from the Environmental Protection Agency. How's the grid holding up? RAY Not good. WINSTON Tell him about the Twinkie. PETER What about the Twinkie? Ivo Shandor Building Lightning strikes the huge building. The terror dog statues on the roof begin to crumble, revealing the real terror dogs inside. On floor 22 DANA gets off the elevator. She passes LOUIS's apartment. Tries to sneak by quietly, but LOUIS runs out to greet her. Music: Hot Night. LOUIS Oh, Dana, it's you! DANA Hello, Louis. LOUIS You gotta come in here! You're missing a classic party! DANA Yes, well, I would, Louis. But I have a date. LOUIS disappointed You made a date tonight? DANA Well, I'm sorry, Louis. I forgot. LOUIS Well, that's okay. You can bring him along! DANA All right, maybe we'll stop by. Okay? goes into apartment LOUIS That's great, I'll tell everybody you're coming. We're gonna play Twister and we're gonna do some break dancing. Hey, everybody - can't open door; has locked himself out... again Hey, let me in! It's Louis, somebody let me in! DANA's living room DANA starts to change. Phone rings. DANA Hello? Oh, hi Mom. - I've been busy. - No, everything is fine. Just that one time. - I will. - I won't. - Mom, I have to go. I have a date. - Yes. - No, no one you know. It's, um- Well, he's a Ghostbuster. Those guys on TV. - Yes, well, I'll have to let you know. Love to Dad. Right. Bye. - Bye! Hangs up. Growling noise. Oh shit. Claw from her chair grabs her. Another shuts her mouth. She screams and screams. Chair swivels around. Door opens. A terror dog growls at her. Chair rushes out the door. Ivo Shandor Building; roof Terror dog statues are crumbled. LOUIS's apartment Music: Disco Inferno. WOMAN AT PARTY Do you have any Excedrin or Extra Strength Tylenol? LOUIS Gee, I think all I got is this cedacelacytic acid. Generic. See, I can get six hundred tablets of that for the same price as three hundred of the name brand. Makes good financial sense. Good advice. Hey, this is real smoked salmon from Nova Scotia, Canada, $24.95 a pound. It only cost me $14.12 after tax, though. I'm giving this whole thing as a promotional expense. That's why I invited clients instead of friends. You having a good time, Marv? How ya doing? Why don't you have some of the Brie? It's at room temperature! You think it's too warm in here for the Brie? TALL WOMAN AT PARTY Louis, I'm going home. LOUIS Oh, don't leave yet. Listen, maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in. TALL WOMAN AT PARTY Okay! They dance. Doorbell rings. LOUIS Oh, don't move. I just gotta get the door. opens door to reveal TED FLEMING and ANNETTE FLEMING Ted! Annette! Hi! How you doing? Give me your coats. Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming. Ted has a small carpet-cleaning business in receivership, and that's drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They've got fifteen thousand left on the house at 8%; so they're okay! throws coats into closet on top of a terror dog So, does anybody want to play Parcheesi? growling Okay! Who brought the dog? Terror dog jumps out. Party guests scream. TALL WOMAN AT PARTY jumps out window. LOUIS runs away. Corridor Terror dog smashes through door. LOUIS runs into elevator. LOUIS'S NEIGHBOR leaves her apartment. Sees terror dog, yells and runs back in. Outside Ivo Shandor Building LOUIS running Help! There's a bear loose in my apartment! Help, help! Help! jumps over a wall DOORMAN A bear in his apartment? terror dog runs out, knocks DOORMAN over and jumps over wall Tavern-on-the-Green LOUIS runs. LOUIS I'm going to bring this up at the next tenant's meeting. There's not supposed to be any pets in the building. bangs on windows There's gotta be in a way in. Somebody let me in! keeps screaming, then turns to face terror dog Nice doggie. Cute little pooch. Maybe I got a Milk-Bone... Terror dog growls. LOUIS screams. Restaurant guests are quiet for a couple of seconds, then resume normal conversation. Outside Ivo Shandor Building PETER What happened? POLICE CAPTAIN Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk. PETER to DOORMAN Hi, I'm going up to Dana Barrett's. DOORMAN shows him in Floor 22 Police question partygoers about LOUIS. PARTY GUESTS T, u, l, l, y. No! He ran out! PETER knocks on DANA's door. PETER Hello? DANA has become ZUUL. Eerie music plays. She has wild hair and a bright orange dress. That's a different look for you, isn't it? DANA Are you the Keymaster? PETER Not that I know of. She slams door in his face. He knocks again. DANA Are you the Keymaster? PETER Yes. Inside DANA's apartment PETER I'm a friend of his. He told me to meet him here. I didn't get your name. DANA I am Zuul. I am the Gatekeeper. PETER What are we doing today, Zuul? DANA We must prepare for the coming of Gozer. PETER Gozer, huh? DANA The Destructor. PETER Are we still going out? You know, you could pick up the place if you're expecting someone. DANA flops on bed, writhing up and down Do you want this body? PETER Is this a trick question? I guess the roses worked, huh. DANA Take me now, subcreature. PETER We never talk any more. DANA grabs him and pulls him down I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people. Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule. she rolls them over DANA I want you inside me. PETER Go ahead! No, I can't, sounds like you've already got at least two people in there already. breaks free Might a little crowded. Now, why don't you quit trying to upset and disturb Dr. Venkman and just relax. Lie down there, relax. Put your hands on your chest. Yes. What I'd like to do is talk to Dana. I wanna talk to Dana. Dana? It's Peter. DANA There is no Dana. There is only Zuul. PETER Whoa, Zuulie you nut. Now come on. Come on. I want to talk to Dana. Dana, Dana. Relax, come on. Dana, Dana. Can I talk to Dana? DANA smiles a vicious smile. The voice of ZUUL eminates from her. ZUUL There is no Dana, only Zuul! PETER What a lovely singing voice you must have. Now I'm going to count to three, Zuulie, and if I don't get to hear Dana, there's going to be some real trouble in this apartment, I think. One! Two! DANA's eyes flutter and turn white Two and a half! The voice of ZUUL screams. DANA rises above the bed. Please come down. ZUUL roars Central Park LOUIS has become Vinz Clortho. He runs around talking to himself. LOUIS I am the Keymaster! The Destructor will come, the Traveler! The Destroyer! Gatekeeper! approaches a horse on a wagon I am Vinz. Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, Volguus Zildrohar, Lord of the Sebouillia. Are you the Gatekeeper? COACHMAN Hey, he pulls the wagon, I make the deals. You wanna ride? LOUIS's eyes flare red. He talks to the horse again. LOUIS Wait for the sign, and our prisoners will be released. running away You will perish in flame! Soon as I find the Gatekeeper! COACHMAN What an asshole. Outside Ghostbusters HQ POLICE CAPTAIN knocks on door. JANINE answers. JANINE Dropping off or picking up? POLICE CAPTAIN Dropping off. JANINE Just a moment. EGON comes out with JANINE POLICE CAPTAIN You a Ghostbuster? EGON Yes. POLICE CAPTAIN We picked up this guy, now we don't know what to do with him. Bellevue doesn't want him and I'm afraid to put him in the lock-up. And I know you guys are into this stuff, so I figured we'd check with you. EGON All right. LOUIS is in the van in a straight jacket. LOUIS Are you the Gatekeeper? EGON runs a PKE meter over LOUIS and watches the readings climb EGON You'd better bring him inside. JANINE You are so kind to take care of that poor man. You know, you're a real humanitarian. EGON I don't think he's human. Ghostbusters HQ lab EGON What'd you say your name was? LOUIS Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer. JANINE looking at LOUIS's wallet Well, according to this, his name's Louis Tully. Lives on Central Park West. Do you want some coffee, Mr. Tully? LOUIS Do I? EGON Yes, have some. LOUIS Yes, have some. EGON Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for? LOUIS Gozer the Traveler! He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the Rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveler came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the Third Reconciliation of the Last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you! JANINE Egon? EGON going to JANINE, talking to LOUIS Excuse me. JANINE There's something very strange about that man... LOUIS is sniffing a jar of popcorn Listen, I'm usually very psychic, and I'm have a terrible feeling that something awful is going to happen to you. I'm afraid you're going to die. EGON holds JANINE in his arms. Phone rings. LOUIS jumps. EGON I'll get it! Picks up. LOUIS drags the rest of the phone over to him. Hello? Thanks, I've got it. DANA's apartment PETER Egon, it's Peter. I have some news from the world of Gozer. EGON over phone What is it, Peter? PETER I'm here with Dana Barrett. It seems that the Goz' has been putting some moves on my would-be girlfriend! EGON How is she? PETER I think we can get her a guest shot on Wild Kingdom. I just whacked her up with about 300 cc's of thorozine. She's going to take a little nap now. She says she's the Gatekeeper, does that make any sense to you? Ghostbusters HQ EGON Some. I've just met the Keymaster. He's here with me now. PETER over phone Oh, wonderful, we have to get these two together. LOUIS takes a slice of pizza, sniffs it and sticks it on his cheek EGON I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous. PETER Okay, well, hold on to him. I'll be over there in a little while. EGON Good. LOUIS takes phone from EGON. Thank you, Vinz. to JANINE We have to find Ray. I need him here immediately. DANA's apartment DANA lies on her bed, asleep. PETER Bad news, honey. I gotta go to work. Hey, will you stay here in bed until I get back? kisses her Brooklyn Bridge Ecto-1 drives across the bridge. WINSTON drives. RAY is studying blueprints. WINSTON Hey, Ray, do you believe in God? RAY Never met him. WINSTON Yeah, well I do. And I love Jesus's style, you know. RAY ... this roof cap is made of a magnesium-tungsten alloy... WINSTON What are you so involved in there? RAY These are the blueprints for the structural ironwork for Dana's apartment building, and they're very, very strange. WINSTON Hey, Ray. Do you remember something in the Bible about the last days, when the dead would rise from the grave? RAY I remember Revelation 7:12. And I looked, as he opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as black as sackcloth. And the moon became as blood. WINSTON And the seas boiled and the skies fell. RAY Judgment Day. WINSTON Judgment Day. RAY Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world. WINSTON Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is because the dead have been rising from the grave? long pause RAY shivering How about a little music? WINSTON Yeah. Ecto-1 drives onward. Outside Ghostbusters HQ Police cars drive up. A man gives PECK a manila folder. Inside Ghostbusters HQ PECK enters, with POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN. PECK This way. JANINE Excuse me. Excuse me! Just where do you think you're going? PECK Stand aside, miss, or I'll have you arrested for interfering with a police - JANINE Oh no, hold on! I've seen TV, I know you can't come in here without a writ or warrant or something! PECK brandishing manila folder Cease and desist all commerce order, seizure of premises and chattels, ban on use of public utilities for unauthorized waste handlers, and a federal entry and inspection order. he continues on Basement EGON Vinz, there's one more test I'd like to perform - JANINE runs down. PECK, POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN follow. JANINE Egon, I tried to stop them! He says they have a warrant. EGON Excuse me, this is private property! PECK pointing out ecto-containment unit Shut this off. Shut these all off. EGON I'm warning you, turning off these machines would be extremely hazardous. PECK I'll tell you what's hazardous. You're facing federal prosecution for at least half a dozen environmental violations. Now either you shut these beams off or we shut them off for you. Outside Ghostbusters HQ A taxi drops PETER off. Ghostbusters HQ; basement EGON Try to understand. This is a high voltage laser containment system. Simply turning it off would be like dropping a bomb on the city. PECK Don't patronize me! I'm not grotesquely stupid like the people you bilk! PETER coming down stairs At ease, officer. I'm Peter Venkman. I think there's just been a slight misunderstanding and I wanna to cooperate in any way that I can. PECK Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it'd be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wise ass. EGON He wants to shut down the protection grid, Peter. PETER You shut that thing down and we are not going to be held responsible for whatever happens. PECK On the contrary! You're going to be held responsible. PETER No! We won't be held responsible! PECK Shut it off! PETER Don't shut it off. I'm warning you. CON EDISON MAN I - I've never seen anything like this before. PECK I'm not interested in your opinion, just shut it off. PETER stopping CON EDISON MAN My friend, don't be a jerk. POLICE CAPTAIN Step aside! PECK If he does that again, you can shoot him. POLICE CAPTAIN You do your job, pencil neck! Don't tell me how to do mine! PETER Thank you, officer. PECK Shut it off! PETER starts up stairs. EGON makes an explosion with his fingers in POLICE CAPTAIN's face, mouthing "Boom". CON ED MAN pulls red lever. Alarms goes off. Lights flash. DANA's apartment DANA trembles. Ghostbusters HQ; basement Walls tremble. Bricks pop out. Everyone starts running. CON EDISON MAN Oh shit. Ghostbusters HQ; entrance Everyone runs like hell. EGON Clear the building! Outside Ghostbusters HQ LOUIS runs out. The door of the fire house is smoking. The roof explodes. DANA's apartment DANA is jolted awake. Outside Ghostbusters HQ Explosion. Pink strams of psychokinetic energy zap out. Crowd gathers. LOUIS This is it! This is the sign! walks away JANINE Yeah, it's a sign all right; we're going out of business. Ecto-1 drives up. Police start to arrive. RAY What happened? EGON The storage facilities blew. He shut off the protection grid. RAY Oh, great. WINSTON That's bad, isn't it? RAY Yeah. PETER Where's the Keymaster? EGON Shit! RAY Who's the Keymaster? EGON Come on! The Ghoustbusters run. PECK and some police stop them. PECK Hold it! I want this man arrested. Captain, these men are in criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act, and this explosion is a direct result of it! EGON Your mother - They fight. Police try to keep order. The ghosts keep pouring out of the fire house roof. Music: Magic. New York City The pink streams fly over the city. DANA's apartment DANA goes to her window, grinning. Outside subway tunnel LOUIS passes. Papers fly around. A blue creature rises up out of tunnel. By taxi Pink smoke enters a taxi's exhaust. BUSINESSMAN IN CAB enters. BUSINESSMAN IN CAB Columbia Building, 53rd street, and I'm in a hurry, so let's not dawdle. Driver is a zombie. Drives at breakneck speed, making a U-turn. Other cars swerve. Street LOUIS walks down street, gazing upwards. Hot dog cart Slimer is inside, pigging out. DANA's apartment Bolts of pink light fly up, past her window. Another street LOUIS walks down, gazing upwards. DANA's apartment Her wall explodes. Street Pigeons fly from LOUIS. Remnants of DANA's apartment She stares out, her hair blowing in the wind. Jail WINSTON Hey, guard! I want to make a phone call! I just work with these guys! I wasn't even there! RAY and EGON look over blueprints EGON The structure of this roof cap is exactly like the kind of telemetry tracker that NASA uses to identify dead pulsars in deep space. RAY Cold riveted girders with cores of pure selenium. PETER to other jailbirds Everyone getting this so far? So what? I guess they just don't make them like they used to. RAY No! Nobody ever made them like this! The architect was either a certified genius or an aesthetic wacko! PETER Ray, for a moment, pretend that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering or physics and just tell me what the hell is going on. RAY You never studied. The whole building is a huge super-conductive antenna that was designed and built expressly for the purpose of pulling in and concentrating spiritual turbulence. Your girlfriend, Pete, lives in the corner penthouse of Spook Central. PETER She's not my girlfriend. I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. Four feet above her covers! She barks, she drools, she claws... EGON It's not the girl, Peter, it's the building! Something terrible is about the enter our world and this building is obviously the door. The architect's name was Ivo Shandor. I found it in Tobin's Spirit Guide. He was also a doctor. Performed a lot of unnecessary surgery. And then in 1920 he founded a secret society. PETER Let me guess. Gozer worshippers. EGON Right. PETER No studying! EGON After the First World War, Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive. And he wasn't alone. he had close to a thousand followers when he died. They conducted rituals up on the roof, bizarre rituals intended to bring about the end of the world, and now it looks like it may actually happen! PETER singing So be good, for goodness sake! Whoa! Somebody's coming! Somebody's coming! RAY We have to get out of here. We've gotta get a judge or something. WINSTON Hey! Hey! Hold it! Now we going to actually going to go before a federal judge and say that some moldy old Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West and start tearing up the city? RAY Sumerian, not Babylonian. PETER Yeah, big difference! WINSTON No offense, guys, but I gotta get my own lawyer. JAIL GUARD Okay, Ghostbusters! The mayor wants to see you guys. The whole island's going crazy! Let's go. PETER to other jailbirds I gotta split. The mayor wants to rap with me about some things. Outside Ivo Shandor Building LOUIS walks by. Shocked. Looks up to the top. Remnants of DANA's apartment LOUIS I am the Keymaster! DANA I am the Gatekeeper. they kiss, then go up the stairs to the Temple of Zuul Outside City Hall Police escort Ghostbusters to the MAYOR. Reporters and photographers try to get press. Music: Savin' The Day. POLICE CAPTAIN Stay back! Stay back! Inside MAYOR's office MAYOR I got a city blowing up, and you guys are not giving me any answers! POLICE COMMISIONER All right. We're blocking the bridges, the roads. I mean - MAYOR'S AIDE The Ghostbusters are here, Mr. Mayor. MAYOR The Ghostbusters, all right, the Ghostbusters. Hey, where's this Peck? PECK I am Walter Peck, sir, and I'm prepared to make a full report. These men are consummate snowball artists! They use sensitive nerve gases to induce hallucinations. People think they're seeing ghosts! And they call these bozos, who conveniently show up to deal with the problem with a fake electronic light show! RAY Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here. PECK They caused an explosion! MAYOR Is this true? PETER Yes, it's true. This man has no dick. PECK lunges at PETER. Police try to break up fight. POLICE SERGEANT Break it up, break it up! PETER Well, that's what I heard! MAYOR This is City Hall! Now what am I gonna do here, John? What is this? FIRE COMMISIONER All I know is: that was no light show we saw this morning. I've seen every kind of combustion known to man, but this beats the hell out of me. POLICE COMMISIONER The walls in the 53rd precinct were bleeding. How do you explain that? ARCHBISHOP entering Good afternoon, gentlemen. MAYOR Oh... Your Eminence! kisses ARCHBISHOP's ring ARCHBISHOP How are you, Lenny? MAYOR You're looking good, Mike. gives ARCHBISHOP a friendly slap We're in a real fix, here. What do you think I should do? ARCHBISHOP Lenny, officially, the Church will not take any position on the religious implications of these phenomena. Personally, Lenny, I think it's a sign from God. But don't quote me on that. MAYOR I think that's a smart move, Mike. But I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying. WINSTON I'm Winston Zeddemore, Your Honor. Look, I've only been with the company for a couple of weeks. But I gotta tell you, these things are real. Since I joined these men, I've seen shit that'll turn you white! PETER Well, you could believe Mr. Pecker. PECK My name is Peck! PETER Or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. MAYOR What do you mean, biblical? RAY What he means is Old Testament biblical, Mr. Mayor. Real wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling! EGON Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes! WINSTON The dead rising from the grave! PETER Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! MAYOR Enough! I get the point! What if you're wrong? PETER If I'm wrong, nothing happens! We go to jail. Peacefully, quietly. We'll enjoy it! But if I'm right, and we can stop this thing; Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters. MAYOR smiles. ARCHBISHOP nods. PECK all the wind sucked out of his sails I don't believe you're seriously considering listening to these men. PETER smiles a smug smile. MAYOR Get him out of here. PETER waving Bye. PECK I'll fix you, Venkman. I'm gonna fix you! PETER I am going to send you a nice fruit basket. I'm gonna miss him! PECK All right, all right! MAYOR You've got work to do. Now what do you need from me? The streets of New York Music: Savin' The Day. The streets are clear, but the sidewalks are jammed with people waving signs and cheering. Military and police personnel yell things. The Ghostbusters wait in Ecto-1 with their police escort. PETER Come on, let's run some red lights! The cars start moving. Outside Ivo Shandor Building Dark clouds gather atop the building, shrouding the Temple of Zuul. The police escort drives up. The Ghostbusters get out and suit up. The crowd cheers. PETER Hello, New York! Well, hi, everyone! raises RAY's hand high Dr. Ray Stantz! Would you please? The heart of the Ghostbusters! Thank you. They love you. They love you here! walks down the sidewalk, shaking and kissing hands I like that shirt, pal! Gotta run. Got a date with a ghost! All right, whatever happens, let's be professionals. The Ghostbusters assemble in front of the building, looking up at the darkness above. Lightning strikes the building. RAY We might have to put a little overtime in on this one! Earthquake! A water main breaks. People fall and scream. A pit opens below the Ghostbusters. They fall in. So does the front end of a police car. The earthquake suddenly stops. The crowd comes to its feet. PEOPLE IN CROWD Are you all right? Ghostbusters? Are they all right? A dazed RAY pops out of the hole There they are! the others climb out of the hole Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters! PETER We're all right, it's all right, we can take it! You gotta learn to play rough! You wanna play rough? RAY Yeah! WINSTON Let's go! Music: Savin' The Day. They grab hands, pushing down, then up, and go into building Ivo Shandor Building; many flights of stairs They groan as they climb the stairs. PETER Where are we? RAY Oh, it looks like we're in the teens somewhere. PETER Well, when we get to twenty, tell me. I'm gonna throw up. Temple of Zuul DANA and LOUIS stand on terror dog pedestals. Lightning shoots between them and the gates to the spirit world. The gates open up. Floor 22 RAY Twenty-two. Is this it? PETER Yeah. EGON Art Deco. Very nice. RAY Where is it? PETER It's at the end of the hall. Remnants of DANA's apartment RAY points out the stairs to the Temple of Zuul. RAY Hey, where do these stairs go? PETER They go up. He's about to go upstairs. Lightning goes off. He pushes his friends on. Okay. Go ahead. Come on, go ahead. Come on. Go ahead! Temple of Zuul The Ghostbusters arrive. Lightning strikes DANA and LOUIS. PETER Dana! DANA and LOUIS turn into terror dogs Okay. That's all. She's a dog. The Ghostbusters line up in front of the temple. GOZER emerges from the temple. RAY It's a girl. GOZER pets the terror dogs EGON It's Gozer. WINSTON I thought Gozer was a man. EGON It's whatever it wants to be. PETER Well, whatever it is, it's gotta get by us! RAY Right! PETER Go get her, Ray! RAY steps up RAY Gozer the Gozerian! Good evening! As a duly designated representative of the state, county and city of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension! PETER That ought to do it. Thanks very much, Ray. GOZER Are you a god? PETER nods "yes" to RAY RAY No. GOZER reaching its arms back into the temple Then... die! Fires lightning at the Ghostbusters. They sail across the temple, clinging to the edge of the building. Outside Ivo Shandor Building Crowd screams. Temple of Zuul WINSTON Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, "Yes!" RAY nods PETER All right. This chick is toast! they march up to the temple Got your stick? PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON unhooking proton guns Holding! PETER Heat 'em up! PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON charging guns Smoking! PETER Make 'em hard! PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON Ready! PETER Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown. Strike! They blast GOZER. It yowls and flips across the temple. Nimble little minx, isn't she? Aim for the flat top! They blast again. GOZER vanishes. Well! That wasn't so hard. RAY We neutralized it! You know what that means? A complete particle reversal! WINSTON Hey, we have the tools, we have the talent! PETER It's Miller time! EGON looking at PKE meter Ray? This looks extraordinarily bad. Earthquake at the temple. Rocks fall. Look out! Outside Ivo Shandor Building Rocks fall. Crowd screams. Temple of Zuul Voice of GOZER sounds. GOZER Subcreatures! Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, the Traveler, has come! Choose and perish! RAY What do you mean, choose? We don't understand! GOZER Choose! Choose the form of the Destructor! PETER Whoa! I get it, I get it. Very cute! Whatever we think of - if we think of J. Edgar Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover will appear and destroy us, okay? So empty your heads. Empty your heads. Don't think of anything. We've only got one shot at this. GOZER The choice is made! The Traveler has come! PETER Whoa! Whoa! Nobody choosed anything! Did you choose anything? EGON No! PETER Did you? WINSTON My mind's totally blank! PETER I didn't choose anything! PETER, EGON and WINSTON stare at RAY RAY trembling I couldn't help it. It just popped in there! PETER What? What just popped in there? RAY I - I tried to think - stomping and screaming from below EGON Look! RAY No! It can't be! WINSTON What is it? RAY It can't be! WINSTON What did you do, Ray? RAY It can't be! WINSTON Aw, shit! RAY solemnly It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Outside Shandor Building Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man stomps cars as people run and scream in terror. Temple of Zuul PETER Well, there's something you don't see every day. RAY I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never, ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay-Puft... PETER Nice thinking, Ray. RAY We used to roast Stay-Puft marshmallows, by the fire at Camp Waconda! PETER Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon. What have you got left? EGON Sorry, Venkman. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man growls at them. WINSTON Oh, no. PETER Mother pus-bucket! Outside Shandor Building PECK keeps his distance from the marshmallow man. It stomps on a church. Temple of Zuul PETER Nobody steps on a church in my town! RAY One, two, three! Roast him! They blast Mr. Stay-Puft. It puts him on fire which soars up to them. He climbs up the side of the building. PETER Whoa... they run and hide RAY Funny, us going out like this. Killed by a hundred-foot marshmallow man. PETER We've been going about this all wrong! This Mr. Stay-Puft isn't so bad. He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble! marshmallow man continues scaling up the side of building EGON I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate. PETER How? EGON We'll cross the streams. PETER Excuse me, Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad. RAY Cross the streams... PETER You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client. The nice lady who paid us in advance before she became a dog. EGON Not necessarily. There's definitely a very slim chance we'll survive. PETER giving RAY a friendly slap I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it! WINSTON This job is definitely not worth eleven-five a year! they run to the temple just as Mr. Stay-Puft lifts his head up EGON Hurry! PETER See you on the other side, Ray. fires RAY Nice working with you, Dr. Venkman. Fires. They cross the streams. Let's turn 'em on, Spengler! EGON and WINSTON fire Cross 'em now, Spengler! Mr. Stay-Puft sees what's going on. He screams. The four proton beams combine to make one big one, blasting right into the temple. The gates swing shut. PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON shouting randomly Aggh! Oh, no! Help! It's gonna blow! Let's get out of here! They stop firing and run away. The Temple of Zuul explodes. Mr. Stay-Puft does as well. Outside Ivo Shandor Building Marshmallow spatters all over. PECK looks up just in time to see a big glob splatter on him. He yells and curses at the sky. Remnants of Temple of Zuul Marshmallow all over everything, including RAY and WINSTON. RAY Oh... oh... Winston? Are you all right? WINSTON Yeah, yeah. they laugh RAY Venkman? Spengler? Venkman? Spengler? EGON, covered in marshmallow, enters Oh, Spengler, are you okay? EGON I feel like the floor of a taxi cab. PETER enters. He has very little marshmallow on him. RAY Venkie! PETER Yeah. I'm all right. RAY Thank God. You okay? EGON I'm all right. RAY You all right? PETER I'm all right. RAY You okay? PETER Fine... Walks away. Comes across remnants of terror dog statue. RAY Oh. Smells like barbecued dog hair. Oh... Venkman. Oh, Venkman, I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I... I just forgot. PETER walks away sadly. Then part of the statue breaks off. A hand reaches out. DANA Mm... RAY Look! The Ghostbusters break open the statue, and PETER lifts DANA out. LOUIS, with a terror dog statue head on his head, walks around helplessly. LOUIS Somebody turn on the lights! Help! Somebody turn on the lights! PETER Go check on that little guy! RAY, EGON and WINSTON go to help them. They remove the terror dog head. LOUIS What happened? DANA coming to Oh... oh... oh... where am I? opens eyes, sees PETER Oh... hi... EGON regarding LOUIS He'll be all right. LOUIS Boy, the superintendent's gonna be pissed. RAY Are you okay? LOUIS Who are you guys? RAY We're the Ghostbusters. LOUIS Who does your taxes? PETER leads DANA away. RAY, EGON and LOUIS start to walk off. RAY You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual! LOUIS I know. RAY You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional crossrip since the Tunguska blast of 1909! LOUIS Felt great! EGON We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue. LOUIS Okay. WINSTON throwing up hands and cheering I love this town! Outside Ivo Shandor Building Music: Ghostbusters. The crowd cheers for the Ghostbusters. PETER gives DANA a long kiss on the lips. RAY takes a puff on a cigarette as he waves. PETER escorts DANA into Ecto-1. EGON leaves building. JANINE runs into his arms. JANINE Egon! They kiss. He pats her cheeks. LOUIS comes out, waving. LOUIS What's going on? Does anyone wanna interview me? I'm an eyewitness. I was up there! Red Cross employees take him off, but LOUIS protests. I wanna go with them, in the car. WINSTON puts his proton pack away. The Ghostbusters get into Ecto-1 and the crowd parts to let them through. As Ecto-1 drives off, the crowd chases after it. Slimer flies above the crowd, screaming, and flies into the camera. Fade to black. Final credits roll. The End

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WORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

One afternoon as I was leaving work I received a phone call from my sister. My father was not doing well and was being hospitalized after a sudden illness. He needed to have his gallbladder out but the doctors were also concerned there might be more going on. He had a bad infection and his blood work came back abnormal. My sister was very concerned about his declining health and wanted me to be aware. She mentioned that there was concern that my father’s cancer had returned and could be causing his abs to be off.

My father developed Non-Hodgins Lymphoma around the time I had turned 11. His diagnosis had always been difficult for my siblings and I to handle. Ever since we first learned he had cancer we had worried that it would ultimately take him from us. As the years went by his cancer had gone into remission and had been that way now for over 10 years. It appeared that his cancer may have returned but the doctors would not know for sure without additional testing.

The Call

Her call that day made me incredibly sad as I realized this could be the end. My father might be ill and even possibly dying and I might never speak with him before he passes. At that very moment, I envisioned years as a child where my father was still a part of my life. I had many thoughts that day about whether I would be welcomed if I did visit him. Deep down I believed my father would shut me out if I tried I felt that my choices in the past had destroyed our relationship indefinitely. That was a tough thing to imagine but I was certain that this was how it would end and I had known this for years.

My sister advised me that my father was not doing well and if I wanted to see him I probably should do it as soon as possible. I was convinced that no matter what she said I could never do that. He would never allow me to visit even if I had tried. Or would he? These were the types of thoughts that I would wrestle with that entire night.

My Story

My father and I had not been close for over 8 years. We had not spoken since a bad family situation took place around 2011. My family went through a tough time about 8 years prior requiring my husband and I had to step in and take custody of my two younger siblings. As you can imagine tensions and emotions ran high at that time and things had gotten messy amongst family.

Court dates, lawyers, and a very devastating situation as you can imagine had come between me and my parents. This entire experience had broken me beyond what I ever wanted to admit. My heart had become pretty hardened by everything and I was feeling very lost. Forgiveness was something I struggled with a lot as I tried hard to move past this painful experience and find joy.

The Three Signs

The next day before I started work I read an article that a friend of mine had written on her blog. Within this article, she spoke of healing and forgiveness. Her words were just what I needed at that very moment. God used her words to soften my heart and cause me to think in a way I might never have otherwise. A soft heart was something that I hadn’t had in a while, in fact the pain of the past had really begun to alter my attitude in a negative way. I started reflecting on the article and realized that God just might be trying to speak to me through her words.

Later that day I had a brief conversation with a coworker where I mentioned that my father was ill in the hospital. I don’t remember the words I spoke or even that He did I just recall his recommendation. This coworker was aware of the fact that my father and I had a strained relationship and that he was now ill. In a kind and insightful way he advised me that if I allowed this opportunity to visit my father to slip away that I may regret my choice..

He also mentioned that the night before he had been at a conference where a former baseball player spoke. This baseball player was Daryl Strawberry. Darryl had spent years filling his life with all of the wrong things. He allowed himself to be led down a very destructive path and he reached a point in life where he had to make a choice. This coworker told me I needed to hear Darryl’s testimony and about his relationship with his Dad. That day I listened to a YouTube video where Darryl spoke of seeing his abusive father and choosing to forgive him. Once again that feeling a nudge to reconsider visiting my father was weighing on my heart and mind. I felt like God had was telling me that I needed to go but I was still resisting. In my mind I knew I would never be welcomed and I feared his reaction and his words if I did show up.

After work, I received a call from my sister she said “Andrea, your Uncle came to visit Dad today and when they said guess who is here Dad guessed it was you and had a smile on his face!”

I did not believe what she was saying at that moment I was shocked. I started crying as I realized that he possibly did want to see me. My father who I had avoided for over 8 years was hoping that I would come to see him in the hospital. I went home that day and told my husband we have to go visit my Dad. He was shocked, to say the least, I can only imagine the concern for me knowing how hard this would be for me.

The Visit

We drove to the hospital that night and the whole drive there I was still hesitant. I knew for a fact I was supposed to go but internally I was battling the urge to turn around and run to safety. To avoid the situation that I was willingly placing myself in that could lead to further hurt and rejection.

We entered the hospital and made our way to his room and the whole time God was calmly leading me right where he had been guiding me that whole time. I entered the room and my Dad smiled and said my name. The next words out of his mouth were I was praying that you would come. That day I realized that God had used 3 people to guide me to my Dad’s bedside. He used the words written by my friend to speak to me, the kind words of my coworker Dale and the story of Darryl Strawberry’s life to assure me that I needed to visit my father. Then finally he used my sister to speak the words I needed to hear to assure me that my father wanted to see me even though that was so difficult for me to even believe.

My Life Was Changed

If you ever think a life cannot be changed by just a few words my life is proof that it can be. If that article had not been written, my coworker had not taken the time to share Darryl’s story with me, or if my sister had never spoken those few words my life would be dramatically different today.

Because of those three encounters I had that day, I made a decision that would change both mine and my father’s lives. I chose to visit him but in doing so something much more important happened. I received healing and closure through that entire experience that I never would have experienced otherwise. My father passed away within six months following my visit and I would never have had the opportunity to see Him and make amends. Sometimes the words you say are more powerful than you can even imagine. Words are powerful and have the ability to both hurt or heal and in this moment the words spoken by three people were life altering in a very positive way. I will never forget this experience and I will always be grateful for the brave people who helped me to make a very difficult choice.

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#TodayInHiddleHistory

January 30, 2014: the March issue of Elle UK was released featuring Tom Hiddleston A God Among Men. 

A video posted by The Fashion of Tom Hiddleston (@hiddlesfashion) on Jan 30, 2017 at 5:50am PST

full interview below 

Tom Hiddleston: A god among men?

Hollywood A-lister, ELLE writer, YouTube sensation – Tom Hiddleston’s cult status is evident on every platform. And, as ELLE’s Annabel Brog discovers, he’s not afraid of revealing, well, everything.​

When ELLE’s Editor-in-Chief Lorraine Candy was at Wimbledon last year, she rather naively tweeted afterwards: ‘I sat next to actor Tom Hiddleston and his girlfriend Jane. He’s a very funny man.’ She has never – bear in mind this is a mother of four who edits a fashion magazine, which puts her high on a certain demographic hit-list – been trolled like it. The responses veered between righteous fury that she had outed Hiddleston as being ‘With Girlfriend’, and rather bloodthirsty expressions of envy that she had, you know, talked to him.

Tom Hiddleston inspires fervour in his fans. He’s an extraordinary actor who has won universal acclaim – his roles include feckless Prince Hal in the BBC’s The Hollow Crown; sweet, doomed Captain Nicholls in Spielberg’s War Horse; and currently the blood-drenched warrior Coriolanus at the Donmar Ware- house – but it’s his performance as pallid, sociopathic god of mischief Loki in the Thor and Avengers Assemble films that catapulted him into the stratosphere. To put it in context: Hiddleston recently donated a pair of signed Converse to the Small Steps charity auction, alongside the likes of Mick Jagger and Kate Moss. His shoes sold for £4,500 (more than anyone else’s). He is very appreciative of the interest, while simultaneously being uncomfortable with the idea of fame. ‘Do I like it? It’s sort of inconsequential in a way, a weird corollary to everything else I’ve done. I cannot tell you how surprising it is. It’s like, really? REALLY? I honestly try not to think about it too much.’

We are nestled under a heater in the beer garden of a north-west London pub on a chilly December evening. Hiddleston is drinking whiskey, which is part of my cunning strategy to break him down – he has always given me the impression of being very prepared in interviews – but it doesn’t work. After five shots, he remains entirely in control.

Nonetheless, he is rather adorable: ferociously bright (he went to Eton, then Cambridge, where he got a double first), earnest ('I know. I’m sorry. I can’t help it’), obliging, and old-fashioned. Partly that’s his classical- ly handsome face, partly it’s his impeccable manners, and partly it’s the way he constructs his sentences.

Describing his favourite book, William Boyd’s Any Human Heart, for instance, he says, 'Like all life, it contains multitudes’; or, on opening up to new people, 'I fear I am initially quite private.’ When he is sure of his subject – talking about work, family, culture – he is eloquent and assertive. When he is less certain – typically on the subject of himself – his voice rises slightly in inadvertent questions: 'I’m solitary [but] I don’t think that’s a good thing, I think I’m better in company?’ Or: 'I know that there’s this thinking capacity, which is possibly not a good thing?’

Tom William Hiddleston is 33 (on 9 February, to be precise), a middle child with one sister 15 months older, and another five years younger. His childhood sounds like a simple, pleasurable place. 'I have memories of climbing trees and watching The Snowman, with David Bowie introducing it in his snowman scarf.’ He starts to laugh. 'When I actually learned who David Bowie was, I was like, “That’s the man from The Snowman”. And people were: “Never say that again. That’s Ziggy Stardust. Shut up!”’

His parents are incredibly proud of him: 'It’s taken us a while to get there. It’s one of those conversations I don’t have with them, but I just know that they are [proud]. If we [he and his mother] start talking about it, we will both collapse in a heap of tears. It’s moving to make your mother proud.’

Growing up surrounded by women has had a glorious effect on his view of them. 'I believe in the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women. My mother, my sisters [they] are strong. My mum is a strong woman and I love her for it.’ He is also – praise the Lord for men like Hiddleston – very romantic. When asked about love and relationships, he simply says, 'Honesty is a gift – to be honest about who you are and how you feel – because it encourages intimacy, and intimacy is really where’s it at. To be known and know someone is an amazing feeling, and you don’t get there if you’re pretending to be anyone else.’

Hiddleston voices Captain Hook in Disney’s Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy (out this month), and has a high-impact cameo in Muppets Most Wanted. But his next lead in a film is in an homage to both strong women and love. Only Lovers Left Alive is an enchanting, funny, somnolent Jim Jarmusch project in which he plays Adam, a 500-year-old vampire rock star with suicidal leanings. 'Adam is a delicate soul,’ says Tom. Adam is, indeed, delicate, but he is also (and this is where Tom’s gift for comedy comes into play) sweet and entirely useless, a reclusive musician suffering the despair of being eternal. Think undead My Chemical Romance fan. He stars opposite Tilda Swinton, who he says is just like her giddy, optimistic character, Eve. 'She’s the most beautiful woman in the world, and it’s seemingly effortless. She’s very, very warm. Tilda and I would be laughing sometimes and Jim would come in and say [he adopts a lazy Ohio drawl]: “Taaammmm, you smile a lot, man. And Adam doesn’t smile so much.”’ He also loved the purity of the love story. 'Adam is so deeply flawed, and depressive, and melancholic. But Eve just loves it, loves his commitment to it. We were trying to make a film about acceptance. And true love is an acceptance of someone else for who they are.’

So Hiddleston is clever, eloquent, charming, sensitive and earnest. But then there’s that other side, the spontaneous and silly side, best seen on YouTube, where he has become an inadvertent sensation due to the fact that 'I don’t know what my boundaries are, I just say yes to things’.

That’s how he ended up throwing some serious shapes on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which, for the record, was 1) not planned: 'I promise I had no idea I was going to do that’; and 2) the genuine Hiddleston disco experience: 'If you asked me to dance now, it would be the same moves. That’s my dance.’ He can also be seen sing- ing Michael Jackson’s Man In The Mirror on Korean TV, because the talk show host asked him which part of his body he had most confidence in and he said his voice. (And, yes, he was tempted to say something smutty: 'I’m English, so I’m dirty.’) His own favourite clip features him teaching the Cookie Monster a lesson in delayed gratification. ('Are you saying if me wait, me going to get cookie?’) 'I’m proud that I’ve met him.

He’s the Cookie Monster, a cultural icon. My mum loves it and my niece loves it. She’s two years old and she thinks there’s nothing illogical about Uncle Tom speak- ing to the Cookie Monster.’

So when we meet for the second time, after he comes off stage at the Donmar, I am tempted to see if the no-boundaries thing is for real. There is beer involved (the man can drink) and a line of questioning veering from the absurd to the inappropriate. Put it this way, he’s a very good sport…

Annabel Brog: Will you throw me your best insults? 

Tom Hiddleston: [Laughs] Why are we doing the insult game?

AB: Just go with it, I can take it.

TH: Um. 'You utter, utter [with increasing emphasis], utter c**k’ is good.

AB: I just wondered if foul language, delivered beauti- fully, sounds less foul. Which, in fact, it does.

TH: When I get angry with myself, when I forget lines, I’ll be like, 'You absolute f **king f **k c**k b***ocks p**s f **k. You, you… f **ker’.

AB: You say that to yourself ?

TH: Yes.

AB: How do you feel afterwards?

TH: I feel better! The word f **k is enormously satisfying. 

AB: OK, I am going to describe teenage Tom to you and you are going to tell me how accurate I am.

TH: [Grins] OK.

AB: I’ve realised this may be quite insulting. Please remember it’s only a game.

TH: That’s totally fine. It may well be more favourable than the truth.

AB: Teenage Tom wasn’t uncomfortable with girls, but he didn’t get to touch one for quite some time. First kiss, 16.

TH: NO! [Emphatic] First kiss 10! Yes, 10 years old, tongues and everything. [Laughs] She was a huge crush, we were in the same class, a lot of note swap- ping, and eventually it all went down in a cricket pavilion on an autumn night. It was very thrilling.

AB: I got it so wrong.

TH: I was sometimes quite alarmed by friends of mine at school who didn’t have sisters, the way they treated girls, the way they spoke about them… I was like, 'Guys, they’re not aliens, they’re human beings.’

AB: You hear stories about Eton schoolboys, and the fan girls who line the cricket pitches when they play… TH: I don’t relate to that at all. I didn’t have a serious relationship until I was about 19. I fell head over heels in love and I was with her for two years, and it was an amazing relationship. So I don’t know who those girls are, who line the cricket pitches.

AB: How would you describe yourself as a boyfriend?

TH: Very honest, I hope. God, I don’t know. I hope I’m fun, I hope I’m a good time. Sponta- neous, surprising, affectionate? I hope, kind. Dancing… a lot of dancing. I insist upon dancing. Anywhere. Anytime. The more dancing, the better.

AB: [Referring to an incident last year when Tom, on a press call with Swinton for Only Lovers Left Alive, was photographed in a revealingly tight trousers] Cannes. Trousergate. Discuss.

TH: Trousergate?

AB: Please tell me you know what I am referring to.

TH: What are you… I genuinely don’t know what you’re talking about. Cannes?

AB: Oh God, really? Oh no. OK, OK, shall we move on? 

TH: [Squeaky] What’s trousergate? [Clears throat] Trousergate…

AB: Maybe I should just get it up on the iPhone and show it to you.

TH: OK, get it up on the phone.

[AB types 'Tom Hiddleston Cannes’ into Google Images and hands him the phone]

TH: [Slowly] Ohhhhhh heavens…

AB: It has a Tumblr account and everything.

TH: Oh God. [Laughing but horrified] How monumentally shaming! What does one say to something like that? What do I say? Do I need to explain it? I don’t think I can.

AB: Would you like to move on from this subject? 

TH: Maybe. Yes…

AB: OK.

TH: [Determined] Look, I had a very interesting experience going to Cannes. An airplane in Heathrow caught fire and they shut down the whole airport. There were no tickets on Eurostar. All the flights from Gatwick were booked. So I got in a taxi and drove to Dover. I got on the ferry at 2am, with people on the booze cruise, and students going on hockey tours, got to Calais at 5am, another taxi to Paris airport, flew to Nice, landed about 11.30am, went through customs, got in another cab and drove to straight to THAT photo call, where THAT picture was taken, having changed in the car on the way there. So I think I look all right, for someone who’s been up all night.

AB: You look great. [Long pause] It’s just a shame no one’s looking at your face.

TH: [Laughs] They’re looking at Tilda! That’s what they’re looking at.

You can’t really profile Tom Hiddleston without going there on his looks. He is, in the flesh, a deter- mined and imposing physical presence. If you have seen his Coriolanus – raging with pride and betrayal – you will know this, and on the ELLE shoot it is evident most when we film him running. Hiddleston has a fine-looking run. He may look like a matinee idol; he may speak like a 19th century poet; but watch him run and you are suddenly very aware that he is 21st century man. It would be nice, I suggest, to see him in a role that’s unquestioningly modern. 'I would really like to,’ he says. 'I’m knocking at the door, honestly.’

As expected, he is game for anything on our shoot. He hurls plastic chairs across the warehouse, he sprints down Scrubs Lane, and he scares the crap out of the whole team by leaping over the railing of a 10-foot stair- case, which would have ended his Coriolanus run rather spectacularly if it went wrong. At the end of the day, Hiddleston is hard to pin down. He tells me a story,about a spontaneous, solo trip he took to Hawaii after he flew to LA to audition for a part he didn’t get.

'I went canoeing with whales, ran around the island, climbed the volcanoes. There's this beach where all the surfers go to challenge themselves, the waves are like 30 feet high, and I was introduced to this lifeguard by some landscape gardeners I met. We were watching these kite surfers and I was in awe, frankly, of their courage and I said, "Why would you do that? It's so dangerous." And he looked at me with this amazing, generous smile and said [adopts a US accent]: "They're just trying to answer the same question we're all trying to answer, man." And I said: "What question is that?" And he said: "Is it enough?"'

So there you have it. Tom Hiddleston: big talent, big laugh, big thinker, non-planner, great dancer. In his own beautifully phrased words, he is 'just as complex and contradictory as everyone on this planet'. Or, in our rather more base words, pretty damn hot.