authors note: before anyone complains about the length of the chapter do be mind i haven't been feeling well as well as battling with some depression but with help from my boyfriend i am back to what i enjoy doing... taking grown men who are taken seriously and putting them in diapers
alexander: coming from a man in diapers
author: shut up you are a alternate universe me
alexander: oh yea i forgot
Chapter 12: the battle for ember estate.
"Sir big red object 3 o'clock high" a scout says bursting into alex's room "a big red object? That's dad" alfred says and the scout calms down and walks out of the room, "he seems nervous" rochelle says "of course he is i mean look at us we have to take care of a baby" thomas says then gets a stuffed toy thrown in his face by alex.
"Alex be nice" alfred scolds and rochelle tries to contain her laughter "what he has just been insulting me" alex says folding his arms he had just spent the last 2 hours playing video games, on any other occasion he would of been happy to sit on his ass and play video games but he hated it when someone called him a baby.
"I was not i was being sarcastic" thomas says in a very sarcastic tone "thomas do try to take this serious before i drum you out of the troop" alfred says as thomas stands to attention "yes sir" thomas says with a sigh.
"Well looks like you are safe" loden says stumbling and panting into the room "father you're back thomas you are dismissed you can help with the defence of the gate" alfred says relieved and thomas goes to perform his orders.
"Your mother and phil should be on their way home now" loden says sitting down in a chair by alex's desk noticing that alex was playing a video game, "i really do think i should have a weapon so i can help fight" alex says "alex we are not having this conversation again i am not going to give you any weapon" alfred says.
"Actually i think letting him fight is a good idea" loden says and alfred looks shocked and notices zenith and phil getting to the doorway of alex's room as the moon begins to rise.
"We have an army" zenith says holding up the gemstone and phil, alfred and loden look shocked "they really are doing this for us?" loden says as the family was going down to the armoury.
"Will i get my rifle back at least?" alex asks holding loden and zeniths hands whilst standing between them "the answer to both is yes" zenith says as a gunshot is heard and loden picks up alex and the family rush to the armoury.
"Ok you guys know what to do" loden says picking up a machine gun and putting on the same armour he wore when he captured alex and zenith picked up a SMG with her armour.
"Here bro take this" phil says giving alex the mask he wore yesterday as well as some lightly armoured clothes with a black armoured trench coat and his rifle, "thank you" alex says quickly dressing himself and the family split up to go around the house with alex setting himself up on the top floor.
As alex stared out of the window he could see one of alfreds scouts dead in the courtyard "ok so if he went down like that then the shot must of come from over there" alex thought seeing a flash and ducking down to avoid a sniper's bullet that ripped past him.
"Alex you ok sweety?" zenith asked through a radio in alex's trench coat "yea mummy i am ok whoever this guy is he is quick but inaccurate, if someone could try drawing his fire i could get a good hit on him " alex said in reply crawling to a different window.
Zenith put her radio back on her belt and held the gem she had out in front of her and walked out the front door "GHOST BATTALION I CHOOSE YOU!" zenith shouted, before shadows began to spill out of the gemstone like a waterfall and these shadows began to take the shape of various pokemon and ghost types.
"So that's the ghost battalion" alex said to himself peeking out of the window as he scanned for the sniper again, "yup those are my boys out there" a ghostly voice said and alex turned around firing a shot into the ghostly figure.
"Good boy i could of been anyone good thing i am already dead" the ghostly espion said "who are you?" alex said nervous. "I am your grandmother silly" the ghost said kneeling in front of alex "well that's good and all but we are in the middle of a fight" alex says peeking back over the window ducking to avoid another shot.
"Il draw his fire for you" the ghost said standing up as a laser began to make its way towards the ghosts head and alex quickly knew what he had to do. Alex peeked over the top and found the source of the laser and when he pulled the trigger there was just a click and no bang.
"SHIT!" alex cried out ducking down to check his rifle and hurriedly tried to fix the issue beginning to breath heavily on the edge of having a panic attack until a figure moved his rifle from his grasp and lays him in her lap, "shhh baby it's ok" zenith says handing the ghost her smg and zenith rubs alex's chest gently.
"Take another shot sweety" zenith says reloading alex's rifle and cycling a dummy cartridge out of the rifle and handing it to alex and standing the boy up helping him aim.
Pulling the trigger alex cycled another bullet and stared at were his last bullet went seeing a flash in the other snipers scope be snuffed out. "You hit it baby now we have a battle to win" zenith says rubbing alex's back and grabbing her SMG and they begin to give suppressive fire towards the very few enemy troops that somehow held their ground.
Hours later:
After the last bullet was fired and the last enemy dropped alex plopped onto his butt and was lucky no one could see his blush hearing his grandmother and mother giggle made his blush even more.
"Well looks like we win" the ghost said giggling as zenith picks up alex with alex dropping his now empty gun to cling to zenith "I think someone might need a bath" zenith says taking alex's mask off and getting a status report from loden via the radio.
authors note: by the way i got inspiration for the ghost battalion from sabatons ghost division song power metal i love it and it makes a great lullaby at bed time
alexander: i see where nox gets it