“Everything’s in order here,” muttered the Doctor as she and Egon finished checking over the containment unit. “Though, I have to admit, I’m a little surprised New York City’s power grid can handle this kind of technology, even if it’s in its infancy in this time.”
“That’s one of the reasons our prices are the way they are,” replied Egon.
“Ah, yes, funds. The bane and greatest gift for all scientists,” agreed the Doctor. “All scientists want it, but not all scientists get it.”
“Sounds like you’ve had some experience,” observed Egon.
“Let’s just say I was in a similar situation to yours in the 70’s, all the way across the pond whilst working for UNIT. I was working as their scientific advisor. …Still haven’t retired from that position yet.”
“Too good a job to-?”
“WE GOT ONE!” called Janine as she rang the alarm.
“Excuse me, Doctor. Duty calls,” said Egon.
The Ghostbusters got the details of their new job and were loading up into Ecto-1 by the time the Doctor and William reunited. “Ah! William!” greeted the Doctor. “How did the tour go?”
“Gr-Winston led me around the more public areas, not wanting to give away proprietary secrets,” replied William.
“…Gr?” repeated the Doctor. “You know what, you can explain later. Ms. Melnitz, can you tell me what the boys are up to?”
“It’s a job in central park,” replied Janine. “They got a call saying that a ghost calling herself Gurast is terrorizing the place.” The Doctor’s eyes widened.
“Gurast?!” she said. “She’s loose?!”
“Doctor?”
“That must have been the cause of the dimensional disturbance we felt that forced the TARDIS to land here!” the Doctor said to herself. “But how?! Why?!” She dashed towards the Ecto-1, trying to open the door.
“Lady!” protested Peter. “Back off! We’re scientists!”
“Dr. Venkman, you don’t know the kind of danger you’re walking into!” argued the Doctor. “It’s Gurast the Star Breaker over in Central Park!”
“…She’s coming with us, Peter,” decided Egon.
“What?!” argued Peter.
“She’s done enough paranormal research to be scared,” replied Ray. “Egon’s right.”
“William, stay at the firehouse,” directed the Doctor.
“What?! Doctor-!”
“Don’t argue! Gurast is too dangerous for the inexperienced!” She then jumped into Ecto-1. Winston then switched the sirens on, and the Ghostbusters and their partner sped out!
“…What is it about Gurast that has the Doctor in a tizzy?” muttered William. He then heard someone pulling a book out. He turned to see Janine flipping through a big book called “Tobin’s Spirit Guide”.
“Let’s see…Garraka…” she muttered as she thumbed through the book. “…Ghostmaster…Goblin…Gozer…Grendel…Grundel…aha, here it is! Gurast the Star Breaker. Millions of years ago, Gurast was born obsessed with war. She spread the gospel of war throughout the cosmos, but she became dissatisfied with just bringing war through space. She then set her sights on making perpetual war across space AND time. It was said that mysterious people that could walk throughout time like a human walks through a city street rallied together and used what is believed to be superior magic to seal away Gurast. It is said that whoever breaks the seal condemns all of time and space to eternal war, now that the time walkers are gone.” William looked on to see the image of Gurast and a picture of the seal. William blinked.
“…I’ve seen that seal before,” he said.
“Déjà vu?” asked Janine.
“No, in the Doctor’s home. …I think she said that’s a symbol of HER people, the Time Lords.”
Over in Ecto-1, the Doctor and the Ghostbusters were also discussing Gurast and Egon showed her a picture of the seal. “…That’s the Seal of Rassilon all right,” she said.
“Rassilon?” asked Peter.
“One of the founders of Time Lord society,” replied the Doctor. “And also, the most power mad of my people.”
“So, you’re from the same race that sealed away Gurast?” asked Egon.
“And Mr. Tobin was quite right to mention how her release would wreak havoc across time and space!”
“So, let’s call the other Time Lords,” suggested Winston.
“There aren’t any more Time Lords,” replied the Doctor. “Though, good thinking. Their knowledge would have helped us.”
“What do you mean?” asked Ray. The Doctor sighed.
“I’m not just a Time Lord. …I’m the last of the Time Lords,” she explained. “After a great war, the Last Great Time War, my home planet had to hide away from our foes. Unfortunately, one of my people found out the true history of my world and killed them all. We’re on our own against Gurast.” That brought down the mood. Winston then saw something in the road and hit the brakes! Everyone jolted. “What on earth-?!” Winston honked the horn.
“GET OUT OF THE WAY!” he shouted. The Doctor looked out the window and goggled. There was a short person in space armor with a domed helmet!
“…What is a-?!” The Doctor then got out of the car and strode towards the person. “You! Yes, you! The Sontaran wearing 51st century gear!” The person looked directly at the Doctor in surprise. “Under Jurisdiction 14 of the Shadow Proclamation, I order you and any party you brought with you to cease all activities, retrieve all your technology, and return forthwith to your spatio-temporal origin!” Now the person, the Sontaran, was REALLY perplexed!
“You are a human,” he growled. “And a FEMALE human at that! What do you humans know of the Shadow Proclamation? This planet is a Class-C civilization! Undeveloped!”
“Wouldn’t YOU like to know?!” snarked the Doctor.
Back at the firehouse, Janine was being shown the TARDIS. “You’re telling me that that thing,” she said, “is bigger on the inside?”
“Yep, just like the containment unit,” replied William.
“Where’d the Doctor find that kind of tech?” asked Janine.
“…You know, the Doctor says she’s a Time Lord, so…” William was interrupted when he heard the stomping of boots. “…Army?” he muttered. He looked around the corner to see more Sontarans arriving. “Hey, Janine?” he called. Janine looked around the corner.
“That doesn’t look like a ghost army,” she said. The Sontarans were approaching the firehouse!
“Come on! Into the TARDIS!” urged William. He had never seen a Sontaran until today, but he had a nasty suspicion they weren’t friendly!
“William Davies…” whispered a woman’s voice. William gulped, then he and Janine turned to see Gurast right behind them. “Welcome to a new war!” whispered Gurast.
“Hold on a minute! You already have an army with those trolls there!” argued William.
“What’s wrong with adding more?” purred Gurast. The Sontarans then arrived. Two of them then saw the TARDIS!
“Sir! Permission to scan these humans!” said one as he pointed out the TARDIS.
“Checking to see if one of them is the Doctor, eh?” remarked his superior. “Permission granted, Corporal Tren.” The Sontaran, Tren, then pulled out a scanner and checked William and Janine.
“…My mistake, Sir,” he said. “They’re both human.”
“How do you know the Doctor?” asked William.
“Ah, the newest companion!” cackled the superior.
“What is the significance of this…Doctor?” asked Gurast.
“That particular Time Lord is an ancient enemy of the Sontaran Empire,” explained the lead Sontaran. “They have-.”
“Time Lord?! There’s a Time Lord alive?!” The air around Gurast turned very, VERY cold. “This Time Lord could undo everything! We must destroy them!”
“And we shall,” replied the lead Sontaran. He took off his helmet and gave a wicked grin. “And I know how to draw them to their destruction. I’m sure Stregg would love to see the Doctor with his own eyes!” His troops aimed their guns at William and Janine as he made a call. “Commander Draj to General Stregg!”
The Doctor’s Sontaran picked up his comms unit. “What is it, Draj?” he asked.
“Did that person call you-?!” gulped the Doctor.
“Silence, female!”
“Sir,” said Draj, “my unit has located the Doctor’s TARDIS and Gurast knows the existence of the Doctor. We have the Doctor’s companion and the Ghostbusters’ female as prisoners.”
“William!” whispered the Doctor. The Sontaran, Stregg, caught notice of that.
“…Standby, Draj,” he ordered. He approached the Doctor with a scanner and waved it over her.
“So, you’re Stregg the Indomitable,” muttered the Doctor. Stregg’s scanner beeped. He checked the readings and grinned.
“…I see my reputation precedes me, Doctor!” he chuckled. He called Draj back. “Stregg to Draj, I have the Doctor right here! Now, Doctor, unless you wish for your companion and the Ghostbusters’ female to die, I suggest you and the Ghostbusters surrender! You have five seconds to comply! Five!”
“Doctor, how bad is this guy?!” asked Ray.
“Four!”
“I’ll explain later,” replied the Doctor.
“Three!”
“But right now, William and Janine aren’t safe!”
“Two!”
“…Fine, you win,” muttered Peter. He and the rest of the Ghostbusters stepped out of Ecto-1
“One!”
“We surrender, Stregg,” said the Doctor as she and the Ghostbusters raised their hands in surrender.
“…A pity,” mused Stregg. “I was hoping you’d put up more of a fight. Draj, take the Doctor’s companion and the Ghostbusters’ female to base! Bring the TARDIS too!”
“Yes, Sir!” replied Draj. Stregg ended the call.
“Doctor, you are now a prisoner of the Sontaran Empire, however brief I deem fit your survival!”
“How very astute,” muttered the Doctor.