Erica was walking down the street away from the pizzeria when Christian caught up to her. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked, getting her to stop.
"That freaked me out a bit. Look, I don't know what those two are on, but that's not Mood Slime."
"What makes you say that?"
"The moment they touched me, I felt something........ dark."
"Dark? What are you talking about?"
"I felt...." she said as there was a look of almost terror in her eyes as she rubbed her arms.
"Hey, it's okay," Christian said, putting his arms around her and holding her tightly.
"Hey, you okay?" Mike said, finally catching up as well. "I'm sorry about that, I don't know what has gotten into her all of a sudden."
"Mike, something is very wrong with the two of them," Erica said as Christian let her go.
"Yeah, I noticed."
"No, you don't understand. When they touched me, I heard something."
"What do you mean?" Mike asked.
"Like a voice, a sinister voice that made me feel cold, and......"
"And what?"
"It doesn't matter, but I think if they are using Mood slime, something else is going on with them. I got up and left because I felt violated in more ways than one like something was trying to enter my mind."
Mike took a moment to try and wrap his head around what Erica had just said to him. He knew Beth wasn't acting like herself, but the idea that a dark presence was corrupting her just seemed crazy to him. With the stories he had heard about Mood Slime, he knew it was mostly harmless, but given that it was still a very powerful supernatural substance, anything was possible.
"Shit,....." Mike said, looking back towards the shop. "Maybe I should go back. If she's being controlled or manipulated......"
"Yeah, I'm not going anywhere near them. That was so fucked up," Erica said rubbing her arms again.
"It's okay Babe," Christian said holding her for a moment again. "Why don't I bring you home?"
"I'm okay, you should just go with Mike now."
"You sure?" Christian asked, concerned.
"Yeah, if there is something wrong with them, he'll need the help, and I'll wait for you back at your place."
"I'm just not sure if you should be alone right now."
"I'm a big girl, Christian," she said as they suddenly heard a commotion back down the street before Mike started heading back. "Go help him, I'll be fine."
Christian looked down the street to see what was going on before he turned back to Erica and kissed her. She grabbed him and held the kiss as long as she could, holding him tightly as she felt his tongue touch hers.
"I love you," he said after she finally released his lips.
"I love you too. Please be careful," she said before giving him another quick kiss and watching him leave to catch up with Mike.
Erica stood there for a moment, thinking back to the time she had tried the pink goo. It was fun, and arousing and it felt amazing, but that wasn't the sensation she got around Felicity and Beth. There was arousal that surged through her body that she was still feeling at the moment, but this was something different. This was a violation of her body and mind leaving her with dark and erotic thoughts as she turned and headed for Christian's apartment.
As Christian caught up with Mike, he noticed something strange. A few people were standing around just staring at the store with a worried look on their faces. A few of them were on the phone, and he could swear he heard someone say they were calling the Ghostbusters but he wasn't sure why.
"What the......" Mike said, having trouble with the door. "The door is locked, and the lights are off? We were just in here."
"There's no way," Christian said as he went to look through the window. "Wait, there's someone.........." He said before pink slime started to spray all over the inside of the window. "What the fuck is going on?"
"Dammit, I left Beth in there," he said before banging on the glass trying to get in.
"I hear a voice, sounds like a guy screaming," Christian said trying to look through the window again. "Holy shit!" He said as he backed away with a horrified look on his face.
"What is it..... what did you see?" Mike asked as his friend just stood there in shock at what he had just seen.
Mike and Christian weren't sure what to do as they backed away from the shop. They saw slime start spraying again all over the windows and couldn't see inside anymore. They heard someone yell a few times so there was someone in there.
They turned as they heard a siren before a white van showed up with the logo they knew very well before two Ghostbusters climbed out and began telling people to back away before one of them broke one of the windows and tossed in what Mike could only describe as a grenade.
"Everyone step back please," he said before they all saw a bright flash come from inside the shop. "That should do it, let's go," he said before two others with some sort of hazmat suits headed inside.