Chapter XVIII: Resurrection
Jazz
"You are lost," a voice says as the shadows appear again. "Soon you will be ours." A pair of black doors appear before me. My heart skips a beat realizing where it leads. I close my eyes trying to remember the prayer but something is messing with my memory.
"Jazz!" a voice says. It sounds like Mr. Addams but it could be a trick. I ask if he is really Mr. Addams? "Clever as always. Your father's first ghost hunt was in what is now my parlor. He got so upset at finding nothing he punched a hole in the wall." I smile and ask him to get me out of here. "I am trying. Your father and Pugsley are getting the artifact needed to free you."
"Mr. Addams, does that door lead to where I think it leads to?" He tells not to focus on that. "It's pretty hard not to focus on it." He tells me the demons are using my fear to cloud my mind. He tells me to focus and think about a pleasant memory.
I close my eyes and focused on the day after Spectra attacked the school. I walked up to Danny's room and asked him to tell me the truth. He closed the door and told me everything that happened- the accident, the ghost attacks, and the incident at the college reunion. He made me promise that I will keep this a secret.
"You have my word Danny," I told him before hugging him.
I opened my eyes and noticed the creatures were standing some distance away from me. "You're doing wonderful," Mr. Addams' voice says. "Just keep thinking about that moment."
Morticia Addams
"Look at me Sam. I need you to focus," I tell her as the crystals grow back. I notice a charm bracelet on her wrist. "You go to Ex Bibliotheca Condemnabitur?" She asks how I know about it. "I went there to study as a youth. Do you remember the motto?" I ask her as she tries to remain calm.
"Tutus ab..." her eyes grow wide as the crystals encase her midriff. I close my eyes and use my powers to destroy them. I ask her again about the motto and what it means. "Tutus ab ingibus...aether. It's Latin for 'safe from the...," I tell to focus on me. She watches her the crystals crawl up her arms.
"I hate to do this to you," I tell her breaking the crystals. I gently move her head towards me. "Sam, look into my eyes. You hear only my voice." She seems to fight my hypnotic control. "Sam, I promise you as a practicing witch that you will be safe." I hypnotize her. "Now Sam, what does the motto mean?"
"It means 'Safe from the fires of Heaven. It was coined in AD308 when Pope St. Marcellus ordered his troops to find and destroy the library." I smile and tell her to slow her breathing down. "I am not sure I can do that," I tell her to imagine her sleeping on a comfortable bed. A smile cross her face as she slows her breathing and heart rate down. "Good, just relax."
"Special delivery for Mrs. Addams," Danny's voice says as he phases through room carrying the skull. "I hope I didn't go too fast for you, Mr. Reznor or is it Mr. The Damned." Reznor laughs saying any friend of the family can call him Reznor.
"Morticia, so nice to see you," Reznor says Danny hands him to me. I ask him if he can break the spell. "I think I can." his eyes light up as beams shoot out of his and shatter the crystals. "Anything else I can do for you?" I ask him if he can teleport back to Townsend. "My pleasure,"
Uncle Fester
"This is just like Inquisitor's Maze," I said looking around the room. My seven times great nephew, Silas Addams was locked in a room and told if he could escape he would be free. The trick was that only one door lead out of the palace, the others lead to traps. He found a hole in the ground and burrowed to freedom. "I am sure Vlad has some kind of hidden exit." I kneel down and look for a secret door.
"Fester," a voice whispers my name as I look around. I warn whatever it is to stay back. "Don't you remember me," a tall, voluptuous woman came out from the dark. I couldn't believe my eyes. "I never for...," she places a hand on my chest but is burned. She hisses and shrinks back.
"You honestly think you could trick me?" the woman reverts to her true form. "I've spent years freeing my will from your wiles. Although I could use you," I take out the medallion. "You will show me the way out of here." The lamia shrinks back in fear but I press the relic onto her. She screams in pain and says she'll do anything if I remove it. "Show me the exit and reveal all of Plasmius' traps."
"Yes, master," she says as she slithers off with me following close behind.
Anacletus (Lead Ghost Vulture)
"Those turkey's are close. The Fenton Mini-Finder is on them like stink on a monkey!" the fool's voice says as phase into the room.
"What gives?! This is where shef said to meet us," Acacius asks looking around. "What are we going to do? That idyot is going to be here soon." I tell him not to worry as I have a plan. I close my eyes and create a duplicate of myself. "How in the name of Perry Mason did you do that?"
"You can do it too," Acacius and Æsc look at each other and follow suit. "Okay you copies go distract the fool and the kid. We'll go and find shef." They salute me before flying away. "How do you plan to find the boss? It's not like call him on the phone."
"I thought you would say telegraph," I tell him as he rolls his eyes. I remove my fez and turn on the tracker. "We just have to follow the signal and bang! There is shef" Acacius says he should have think of that. "That would require to think. Let's go," I tell them as we phase out of the room.
The screen built into the inside of my fez says that Vlad is nearby. I motion for the two dimwits to follow me as I track the boss' signal.
Gomez Addams
"I promise Danny...," Jazz said as she shuddered. I could sense her fear. I tell just keep thinking about that moment. I place a blanket on her and pillow underneath her head.
"I hate do this but it will buy you some more time," I pick up my golden dagger from the floor. I roll up my sleeve. "I must warn you this might be unpleasant," I run the dagger across the palm of my hand. I let the blood drip into the wound. She starts to toss and turn as the blood reacts with the dark magic in her body.
"Mr. Addams!" Tucker announces from outside the window. "We got the spear what do you want us to do?" I tell to go the east tower and climb up the lattice work into the room. "What's in there?" That's Fester's room and he should have something to help us. "Which way is the east tower?"
Lurch points the way as the boy races off. "I hope he...," a two more demons phase into the room. "You shall not claim her," I say picking up the dagger and shooing them away. They laugh saying she is as good as theirs. "Then come and get her," I tell them as they look at each other. "If you are so confident it should be no problem."
They fly towards her only to be burned. Addams blood repels any unwanted entities. My ten times great uncle Ozul Addams signed a pact with a demon. It granted anyone with even a drop of Addams blood in them to be immune from demonic attacks. "This is only a temporary fix but it buys us some time."
Vlad
"Good news V-Man. The Addams have agreed to keep you here. Don't worry they have a mummy you can make friends with," Maddie taunts as I roll my eyes. They think they've won but like a true chess master I am always ten "Let's go see what the others are up to." I hear them walk away leaving me in my 'tomb'
"Shef you in here?" I hear Anacletus asks as I try to make the sarcophagus move. "Ahhh! It's the mummy's curse!" he shrieks, God why I did hire these geriatric twits. Oh yes, they were cheap. "Vlad is that you in there?" he asks as the lid comes off. "Don't worry we'll get you...," out tries to come closer but the amulet blocks them. "What the..."
"It's that getsatske jewelry. It's preventing us from getting near," Æsc says as they try to think something. Anacletus asks if he ever ordered that fancy grabber from TV. "I told you I only used your...oh I see what you're getting at." I can see them search for something. "Ah here it is." He takes out a mechanical claw. They carefully remove the medallion.
"Finally," I said phasing out of the wrapping, "Did you manage to get the Grail?" Acacius hands me the chalice. "You idiots have manage salvage the day." I tell them as the smile proudly. "That wasn't a compliment."