Frank Hennick

Francis "Frank" Hennick, commonly referred to as Frank, is a Cape Breton University graduate and former paranormal investigator. Frank is a former Ghostbuster and co-founder of the Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters with Fennett H. W. MacIntyre after his friend Parker Pembroke is killed by a ghost. He is known for having helped develop most of the team's tech including the storage facility, new PKE meter, ghost trap, and a modified proton pack. Frank is also widely known for being the more "cool" guy of the team and the most skeptical of the paranormal.

On August 30, 2022, Frank was erased from the reality of Earth-12-1 with the rest of the entire timeline following the branched timelines created by the Fast. Frank is presumed to be alive and living in the Farlands.

## Biography

### Early Life

Being named after his grandfather who fought and died in the Second World War, Frank was born in the year 2000 in a low-income area of Glace Bay. Due to his ADHD, he was very energetic and spent most of his time outdoors, usually getting himself into trouble.

In 2008, his family moved to Sydney, and that’s where he met Fennett H. W. MacIntyre and Parker Pembroke, becoming best friends with them.

Fennett helped Frank get through his schooling from 2008 onwards, also helping him build better work and studying ethics, along with keeping him out of trouble.

### Highschool Years

During highschool, Frank excelled thanks to Fennett’s help and was able to skip the tenth grade, moving up a year into Fennett’s. It was during his highschool years where Fennett also introduced him to Neil Adams. Frank showed interest in the paranormal, although he was very skeptical. Nonetheless, he continued to study it in his downtime with Fennett, Parker, and Neil.

### University Years

Frank graduated in June of 2016 and started at Cape Breton University alongside Fennett in September of 2016, entering the engineering program.

### First Ghost Sighting

Fennett, Frank, and Neil go to their local park to do some studying for finals in mid-June 2017 when they notice Parker Pembroke didn't show up. Not figuring much, they continue before Fennett gets a call from Parker. Parker says to Fennett over the phone that there's some sort of ghost in his house, making the situation sound dire. The three run over to Parker's house to investigate, but the door is locked and Parker doesn't answer.

Returning the next day, Frank kicks in Parker's door and the three go in to investigate with Frank recording the ordeal. Inside, Fennett finds Parker laying lifeless on the floor, presumably dying from falling down his stairs. Leaving to call the police, the ghost appears in Parker's porch, belting a horrifying screech, scaring off Frank, Fennett, and Neil.

### Slime Investigations

A month later in mid-July 2017, Fennett had developed a Psychokinetic Energy meter (also known as a PKE meter) to detect paranormal presences after Parker's death. This led him to discover a strong paranormal presence building up underneath Fairview Street.

Frank aided Fennett in the investigations but remained skeptical. Fennett said he was getting readings from multiple ghosts and someone named "Ivan Walker" as their spiritual energy and presence was building more and more through means of bad energy in the city.

The following day, Frank, Fennett, and Neil notice a physical buildup of slime on the sewer grate. They note that the slime is hot, possibly from the charge of psychokinetic energy within it. The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) soon arrives and rips up the street at Fennett's request of concern. Once the street is torn up, Frank and Neil suggests Fennett goes into the sewer to look further into the problem, something he was reluctant to do.

Once Fennett was done in the sewer, Frank pulled him up and with the help of a nearby neighbor referred to as "blond kid," using a tethered rope. Reviewing the data he collected and what he witnessed, Fennett recounts to Frank that he saw a river of slime flowing through an old subway station, which was once the Sydney Central Train Line. He believed this is what was emitting the ghosts around the city and the reason some "God" started coming through the PKE meter.

### Meeting Ivan Walker

While talking to Frank about his findings, Fennett notices his friend had suddenly disappeared as an elderly man began walking towards him, calling out Fennett's full name. The man reveals himself to Fennett as Ivan Walker, noting his birth year and the brutal way he died. In the real world, Fennett is passed out and Frank repeatedly shakes Fennett. Before the conversation can continue with Ivan, Frank slaps an unconscious Fennett on the side of the road, walking him up from this experience.

### Going Into Business

Giving a rundown to Frank about meeting Ivan Walker, Fennett believes what he experienced too big of a thing to let as he tells Frank that he believes everything happens for a reason, and their reason is to go into business, ghost business. The two throw out names for the potential company before both simultaneously deciding on "Ghostbusters". At some point soon after, Frank, Fennett, and Neil all pitched in on buying a firehouse to operate their business out of.

### The Unleash of Ivan Walker

Teo Spengler soon joins the team and the now four Ghostbusters go on a handful of missions over the next two weeks, catching spooks and specters, successfully building a containment unit, and having all the equipment they need to properly do their job. Money is rolling in for them and ghost sightings surge across Sydney.

### Standing Against Ivan Walker

On December 31, 2017, or New Years Eve, Déjà Vu, a superhero who travels the multiverse, returns with his partner, the Fast, as Fennett and Frank come equipped with their proton packs and PKE meter. and Déjà Vu begins to channel the evil demi-god and Frank tells them that Walker is "coming in". Déjà Vu says that's perfect as he now knows where he'll be thanks to his powers. Déjà Vu leads the team down the street and to where they can expect to meet Ivan, but unbeknownst them, Ivan had manifested directly behind them and was silently stalking.

### The Final Battle

Making it the Louisa Gardens Park, the park where Fennett, Frank, and Neil all once studied at, they prepare for Ivan's arrival. Teo, Neil, and new recruit Richard Jones all join them for what will be the fight of a lifetime. The sun starts to set and sure enough, Ivan arrives. He tells the team his plan to take back the world that once rejected him with his army of ghosts, but the Ghostbusters vow to not let that happen. Ivan begins to attack them all with his powers, but they are able to put up a fight with their proton streams. However, those start failing quickly and they switch to an alternate setting on the packs, the stasis stream. It begins working but Ivan uses his unholy powers to paralyze the Ghostbusters onto the ground while the Fast and Déjà Vu manage to escape the immediate area. Stuck to the ground, Fennett begins to insult Ivan who ups the pain they're feeling, causing all of the men to scream in agony. Before he can continue the torture, the Fast arrives at a super sonic speed and punches Ivan across the jaw, knocking him into Déjà Vu who punches him back over to the Fast. This frees the Ghostbusters who get back up but at the cost of Ivan now freezing the Fast. Déjà Vu uses his powers to mess with Walker's mind, letting go of the Fast and immobilizing the demi-god. The Fast warns the Ghostbusters that they can't hold him much longer and need to try something, so all they blast Ivan with their proton streams and with the assistance of the Fast and Déjà Vu. Suddenly, Richard stops shooting and begins walking towards Ivan. The team calls out for him as he turns around, possessed by Ivan. Fennett uses the extraction stream to unbind the two, putting Ivan back into his body. The team call off their shots and duck behind a park bench. Teo tells them sternly that he has one last idea, to cross the streams, a dangerous move that could result in every molecule in one's body exploding at the speed of light and just one of them has a three percentage chance of survival. Knowing it's their only chance to stop him, they all agree to it and begin the plan. Déjà Vu starts it off by using his powers, along with the Fast next. Fennett begins firing his proton stream and so does everyone else simultaneously.

The clock strikes midnight as they enact their plan, meaning it's now January 1, 2018. They say their goodbyes briefly and cross the streams, causing a massive explosion to consume the park as the team tries to run but get caught in it. The smoke lifts and they all lay motionless on the ground until Frank is heard talking to himself as they all get up, realizing they somehow survived. The Fast comes back over to the scene, having gotten away from it at the speed of life possibly responsible for saving everyone's life.

After organizing themselves and the Fast and Déjà Vu preparing to leave, Teo hands them blueprints to something called "Mr. Molecule," a weapon that may help them in the future. Richard also finds the decapitated head of Ivan but leaves it for nature. Fennett tells the Fast to contact him if they ever need anything at all as him and Déjà Vu exit the world and onto another. The team rallies up and goes back to the fire station.

The same day, they're awarded the key to the city by Mayor Whilson for saving it at the Sydney Waterfront.

### Post-Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters

Upon defeating Ivan Walker on January 1, 2018, Frank stayed employed with the ghostbusters, but would only work the uncommon busting job. He didn’t keep up with the paranormal investigations nor studying. With much more free time and still being in school, Frank picked up a job at a local trampoline park in March of 2018 for extra cash. He did well for himself, and it was a perfect job for him considering his love for trampolines.

In April of 2018, Frank joined the school’s football team and was an MVP player. He continued playing with them for his whole school career, being rewarded with scholarships.

Things got super busy for the boys in 2020 with another world-ending threat, which of course was thwarted by the team, defeating Shangoli the Conqueror. Frank of course started dedicating most of his time to the Ghostbusters when Shangoli arised and after his defeat. With the amount of ghosts Shangoli unleashed, the company remained in steady business up until 2022.

### Fate

In August of 2022 when Agent Kang from the Time Protection Agency pays a visit to the world looking for the Fast and to terminate this timeline, it is revealed to be an alternate reality that shouldn’t exist. Agent Kang recruits Fennett H. W. MacIntyre and Teo Spengler into the Chambers of Time, an unknown group to protect the multiverse since the Timekeeper is reportedly dead, all due to their intellect. Frank, however, doesn’t make the cut and suffers the same fate as the rest of the universe, being erased from the timeline and sent to the “Farlands” on the edge of the main timeline to live out what is left of his life.

## Personality

Frank is shown to be the most skeptical out of the group when it comes to the paranormal, despite having already seen a ghost. This makes him question a lot of what is said to him.

He's also shown to act more tough and egotistical.

## Abilities

* **Quick Learner:** Frank is demonstrated to be a very quick learner and very adaptive to his surroundings. He swiftly learns how to use all the ghostbusting equipment in no time and be caught up on the vast paranormal aspects of what is transpiring in the city.

## Equipment

### Ghostbusting

* **The Proton Pack:** The nuclear accelerator worn on the Ghostbusters back that houses all the necessary technology to fire a proton stream. The packs are estimated to be around 30 pounds.
* **The Particle Thrower:** The wand attached to the proton pack that fires the ionized stream of protons (proton stream) that's used to wrangle ghosts and hold them.
* **The Ghost Trap:** Opened with a foot pedal, the ghost trap sucks in any spirit above its opened doors into the small box to temporarily house the ghost while its transported.
* **The PKE Meter:** A device used to detect psychokinetic energy in the immediate vicinity and can be used to track ghosts or any other paranormal presence.
* **The Storage Facility/Containment Grid:** The storage facility is grid built behind the fire house wall to permanently house and store all ghosts caught by the Ghostbusters and is impossible to escape unless purposely opened.

## Facilities

* **The Ghostbusters Firehouse (Sydney):** The Ghostbusters Firehouse is the base of operations for the Ghostbusters and where the storage facility is located.

## Relationships

### Allies

* **Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters** - Colleagues
	+ Fennett H. W. MacIntyre
	+ Neil Adams
	+ Teo Spengler
	+ Richard Jones †
	+ Christina Webber - Friend, Secretary

* **Parker Pembroke** † - Former Friend

* **The Fast** - Former Partner
* **Déjà Vu** † - Former Partner

### Enemies

* **Ivan Walker** † - Vengeful spirit
* **Ghost Girl** † - Angry spirit
* **Shangoli The Conqueror** † - Vengeful spirit
* **Multiple unnamed ghosts** †

## Trivia

* The name "Frank Hennick" comes from the grandfather of his actor, Josh Hennick, who really did serve in World War II.
* Frank was originally supposed to accompany Fennett in the "Judgement Day" scene in the car, however Frank's actor had become very uninvolved with the project at this point in 2019 and was replaced by Neil Adams for the scene.
* In the second draft of the original script, Frank was friends with Left Walker and were going to have a scene together, although it never ended up being filmed.
* Frank is the only on-screen Ghostbuster who is never seen wearing a Ghostbusters flight suit, uniform, or jacket. He does wear the proton pack briefly.
* Frank was always a main character in the scripts and second to Fennett, however in the complete rehaul the script got in Spring 2019, the character of Frank was removed entirely, making Neil and Teo Spengler main Ghostbusters from the start.