Chapter XII: Tighter

Morticia Addams

"Fool's Silver," I said taking a pouch and pouring into the chalice as Maddie and Wednesday came back in the room. "What in the name of Beelzebub happened to you?" I asked concerned. Wednesday said those demons stole her grimiore. She had followed them into the greenhouse and was nearly eaten by Precious.

"Who's Precious?" Mrs. Fenton asked curiously. I told her that it's my giant pitcher plant. "It has a name?!" of course they are my babies. I had found her when I was trapped in a swamp. I fell in love with her and brought her to the mansion to care for her.

"We have a problem, the demons tore my book. I can't control the demons now." I felt a lump in my throat hearing those words. Anyone with enough power can summon them and turn them against us. I tell her that we must be careful of any spirits.

"That is not good," I say with a worried tone. With the skull in Vlad's hands he could use demons against us. Maddie says they've tackled the creep before. "Not like this," I warn her.

Jazz

"Follow me," Pugsley says as we race up the steps to the main parlor. "Father might have something to," he stops as group of demons appear. They are armed with prongs, forks, and pikes. He takes out his pike ax and swings it the monsters.

The blade goes through them but they don't disappear. "I thought you said these weapons destroy demons?" I ask him nervously. He says they do but Vlad must cast a spell making them resistant. "Maybe I can help," I take a ghost grenade from my pocket. "This bad boy immobilizes any ghosts in the...," I feel something jab me in the back. "The grenade !" I shout as it slips out of my hands. Pugsley catches it.

"You don't look good," he says showing me my reflection in his weapon. My skin was getting pale. "We need to find mother and father before it's too late." He takes my hand makes his way up the steps.

Danny

"Maybe Fester was right," I said as I arrived on the other side. Going through these portals aren't like ghost portals. I wait for a moment to regain my bearings. I take out the tracker Jazz invented. It uses the Fenton Phone's signal to locate a person. "That's odd, it's not...," I hear a noise. I charge up an ectoblast as...,
"Paulina!" I gasp shocked seeing her in Vlad's mansion.

"I am so glad I found you," she says racing up to me but stops halfway. "You think I could feel your heartbeat?" she asks as I begin to feel drained. " don't you show off your pecs to me Danny boy," she said as my mind became fuzzy. Before I knew what was happening I was removing my shirt. "Now the other one," she says as I slip off the silver shirt Mr. Addams gave me. "That's better," she say wrapping her arms around me.

"You're stronger than I thought," I said gasping at her tight grip. She tells me that she has been waiting forever to do this. "Really," she strokes my face and tells me there is nothing else I need except to be her in arms. "Yes," I said as everything went black.

Gomez Addams

My head throbs as I open my eyes. I try to move but am bound in glowing chains. I try to move but can't. "I am glad you are up Mr. Addams," Vlad's voice said but I didn't see him anywhere. I demand to know where are we. "Why where in your room," a shadow appears before me.

"A neat trick," I tell him as the elder half ghost laughs. "You think you have me checked but I am in element here." A couple demons come up to me and lift me off the ground. "I know everything in here." Vlad laughs saying than I know what comes next. "Don't you Plasmius?" I ask him ironically.

"Nice try," they lower me onto the bed. "If I recall your bed is made of quicksand," I feel myself start to sink. I try to break free of the chains. "The key to surviving is...," he begins to say as a flailing morning star hits him in the head. "Who dares!" he hisses.

"We do," Pugsley says as he and Jasmine race inside. "Father are you okay?" he asks as I tell I could use a hand. He takes out a strange device surrounding us in a glowing green bubble. He grabs the chains and pulls me out of the trap. "We need your help," he says undoing my chains.

He pointed to Jasmine laying on the floor, "This is no good," I said noticing the signs. He asks what's wrong with her. "She was attacked with infernal weapon. The dark power is stealing her strength and soon it will take her soul."

The shadow rams against the bubble, "What do we do?" he asks brandishing a halberd in his hands.

Anacletus (Lead Ghost Vulture)

"So shef has you bird watching now," the turkey asked as we entered a hidden room in the mansion. "You know that more Vlad uses that skull the kreyzyer he becomes." I tell him he had other things to worry about. "You know I am already toyt."

"You never heard the old adage- beware of him who can take body and soul," he says looking at his scanner. Don't worry though. I will bring you a fraynd," I asked when he started speaking the mother tongue. "Beyze geyster kenen gebn zeyer benafiterz file khukhus."

"Zey ale firn tsu eyn veg. Gihnum," I retorted as the laughed and vanished.

"Skulker speaking yidish? What is the world coming to," the voice of Æsc says as he and Acacias phase into the room. "This reminds of the time we were in Minsk and you were almost sold at a pet shop." He lowers his glasses and zaps the lock off the cage.

"We have to stop him," I tell them as we fly away hoping we can stop shef.

Tucker

"I don't suppose you would have anything to deal with demons?" I asked Lurch as he shrugged. They demons gets closer. I look down and see two pieces of wood on the ground. "I might have an idea," I pick them up and formed a cross. "Back fiends! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Chri..," they slap it out of my hands. "That always worked in the movies."

The butler swung at them but they dodged his attack. He looks around and sees a record player. He motions for me to get to it. I ask him what it will do. "Grrrr," he says as I make it over there.

"I hope this works," I place the needle on the record. A shrill scream fills the air. A plug my ears and watch the demon retreat from the sound. "What's is this record anyway?" The label reads, 'the cry of a North Irish Banshee."

"Grrr," Lurch says as he points to a secret entrance. I tell him good work as I rush through the tunnel.