Chapter 10:
Renesme POV-
Maddie seemed pretty satisfied with herself. After all, we had been doing chores all morning (and barely complaining about it, too, except I did hear Jacob and Emmett muttering about it under their breath) and now it was time to begin the ghost training.
We gathered in the backyard after the other members of the pack went back to the reservation. On a flat tree stump, she had spread the various weapons which I wondered how she managed to get passed airport security, or for that matter, to actually fit in her tiny suitcase.
"This," she announced, picking up a…soup thermos? "Is the Fenton thermos, one of our most successful inventions."
"Why?" Emmett chuckled, "Does it actually keep soup warm?" he asked making a joke out of it, just like he does with everything else. He better not have forgotten that the rest of us were still ticked that he had gotten us into this mess in the first place, I was convinced that she would not have been so strict with the rules (and I wouldn't be in a pink Hazmat suit) if it wasn't out of spite for us pranking her.
"No," she said, rolling her eyes, "This thermos, is specifically designed to capture ghosts, so that they can be held until we unload them back into the ghost zone."
"Umm…ghost zone?" Alice asked, wondering what that is.
"Yes, it's an alternate dimension, connected to and similar to ours, but instead filled with ghosts and passageways. My husband and I built a portal to the ghost zone," she exclaimed with pride. Alice nodded slowly, still confused.
"This," Maddie moved on, "is the ecto pistol, which, I believe you already know about," she sent a pointed look at Alice, "These are the Fenton wrist rays that work almost the same way. This is the Jack o'Nine Tails which can electrocute a ghost from a distance, much like a Taser, except this wraps around the ghost. These are the Fenton Phones, which filter out ghost noise, as well as provide contact between wearers," Maddie told us.
"What's this?" Emmett asked, picking up what looked like a silver-colored baseball bat.
"A baseball bat," Maddie sighed, "But my husband insists on calling it the Fenton anti-creep stick."
"And this," Maddie finished, "Is my own personal weapon." She pulled out a little silver cylinder which expanded into a duel-ended light saber, spinning it around for effect. Everyone, excluding Jacob, stepped back, now aware that those weapons can actually harm us. Maddie soon retracted the saber and motioned toward the weapons, "Okay, everyone pick one."
All of us picked up a weapon, several of us, including me, armed with wrist rays. I picked up a pair of Fenton phones too, connecting me to Alice who had the other pair and another wrist ray. My dad had the pistol, my mom had another wrist ray, Emmett had the thermos, and the anti-creep stick, Rosalie decided to sit out of the fight, filling her nails on the patio, Jacob had the Jack O'Nine Tails, and Jasper had another wrist ray.
With most of us able to be hurt by the weapons I guessed that this would essentially be to us what paintball is to normal humans.
"Now everybody, find a place to find cover, when you get captured, you must go sit on the patio" she told us and we all ducked to various hiding places. She pulled out the saber, leaping onto a low branch of a nearby tree, "Let the battle begin!" she called and we all sprang into action. Through the Fenton phones, Alice shouted out various directions for me to avoid as I crawled forward, aiming at the feet of others with the wrist ray. I heard a very distinct hiss from my dad, and I knew I had landed a bolt right in his ankle. I rolled, dashing behind a bush. Unfortunately, Jacob was already there, he picked me up, slinging me over his shoulder as I fired at him (which of course did absolutely nothing). He plopped me down in a patio chair and I slumped down, disappointed that I was now out of the game. One by one, the rest of my family members wound up on the sidelines. It came down to Emmett and Jacob in a stalemate, with Emmett whacking Jacob over the head with the creep stick while Jacob had him locked in the Jack o'Nine Tails. I thought we would have to call it a tie until, Maddie jumped out of the tree above them, hit them both with her saber, before wrapping them in glowing…fishing line? I guess that was something that she had decided not to tell us about. The, now mummified, bodies of Emmett and Jacob fell to the ground.
Maddie turned to the rest of us and bowed, removing her hood and goggles, earning her a round of applause from our crowd.
"You all did very nicely," she commended us, "Well, I believe that earned you all some lunch." Again, everyone cheered (even if only Jacob and I meant it) and we all rushed inside of the house.