Ectoplasmic Secrets
Hopeful Mothers
Summary: Maddie and Angela share an afternoon together.
It was just past one in the afternoon and for once the Fenton household was quiet, well, mostly. The sound of the teapot whistling in the kitchen was the only real noise to disrupt the house on this day. Jack had gone out to get the very long list of groceries Maddie had made for him while Danny and Jazz had both escaped to their friends' houses for the day. That left the house to Maddie, who'd invited one of her own good friends over for a cup of tea before their shift started.
"So do you really think it's going to work?" Angela Foley asked her friend. Maddie went to the counter pour their two cups of tea, "Hopefully it will. We've triple and quadruple checked every calculation. Theoretically, it should work." Angela nodded, "Let's say it does, what happens then? Or does that fall under the category of top secret government stuff you can't tell anyone about?"
Maddie smiled in amusement, "No, no secret. I suppose we'll start simply by testing the environment of the Ghost Zone." she said. "You planning on using drones or something for that? I mean, do we even know if there's any oxygen in there?" Angela asked. "From studies we can say that theoretically, yes, there'd be oxygen in their natural environment, but yeah, we were planning to use drones until we can be sure it's safe for a human." Maddie replied.
Angela turned back to the two cups of tea and pulled the teabags out of both, placing them in the trash as Maddie got the milk out of the fridge. She poured a bit into both cups. Angela picked up her cup and stirred it a bit before taking the spoon out and putting it in the sink while Maddie did the same, but added a pinch of sugar in her own to sweeten it up.
"It's still hard to wrap my mind around the thought of there being a whole other world out there that's just full of these ghosts. Sure, we see natural portals 'round the clock but…" Angela trailed off, lost in deep thought, "What'd you think it looks like there?"
Maddie was almost taken aback by the simple question. Out of all the questions she'd ever received about her knowledge on the ghostly world, she'd never had to answer one like that. The questions she'd always get were 'How big is it?', 'How many ghosts live there?', 'Do they have an atmosphere?' or even 'Would a human turn into a ghost if they went there?'. She was never asked what it looks like.
"Um…I…I don't know…Suppose we'll find out, huh?"
"Yeah…"
Maddie took another sip of her tea, "Honestly, I'm just hoping it's going to help us figure out a solution to the whole ghost issue." Angela nodded slowly, "Do you think the ghosts would have, oh, I don't know, some form of government? Or even a monarchy maybe?" Maddie laughed causing Angela to raise an eyebrow. "I'm sorry," she said, still laughing slightly, "it's just- well, have you ever been at a ghost attack? They're mindless. They don't have a conscience. There's no way they'd be able to form any kind of civilization. They're also extremely selfish creatures. They wouldn't care enough to ever even help each other unless it would result in their own personal gain."
Angela processed this new information. She knew the ghosts that attacked their town were evil and often mindless, but she couldn't bring herself to believe that every last one of them was all bad, after all, apparently, there was a whole other world full of them. If there did happen to be any type of law in the Ghost Zone, wouldn't it be so much easier if they could at least try to make peace with them? Angela decided to keep her own opinion on ghosts quiet for now however, it wouldn't do any good to get into an argument with her best friend one of the few times they were able to spend some time together.
Maddie sighed, "This whole thing, I've been doing it in hopes that our kids wouldn't have to be as accustomed to daily ghost attacks, like we are. Looks like we're a little late for that though." Angela smiled slightly, "Maybe so, but if we can't change things for our children, I say we can at least still try to change them for our grandchildren." Angela said and drank some more of her tea. Maddie's eyes brightened a bit as she smiled, "You're right Ang. You're damn right."
A/N: Apologies for another short chapter! The next one is a tad longer.
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