*Author's Note - This chapter features topics and scenes related to death and hell that while taking place in a completely fictional story featuring supernatural fantasy, still may be found disturbing by some readers. Also, before sending any comments or messages my way about this chapter... please read the entire chapter first.
Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair. They were a duo that shouldn't have worked... but they did... and somehow their relationship resulted in marriage. Now, Wednesday and Enid work at their old school: Nevermore Academy as teachers, raising up an entire new generation; including their own twin eighteen year old daughters: Harmony and Ana. Harmony, who carries both of her mother's special abilities, continues to grow and explore the world with her girlfriend (and now fiancé) Megan. Ana meanwhile is a different story. Today we begin just three days before Harmony and Megan's planned wedding day; a day designed to bring hope, promise and light to the future. However... there have been recurring dreams amongst certain members of the Addams Family recently that have foretold that something very dark is coming...
"Wednesday Versus Hell Part 1"
Written by: "Fun But Shy Girl"
Harmony Addams was sitting on a bus that was going through town. Harmony was holding her phone in front of her, while she was in the midst of a video call with her fiance: Megan. A smiling Harmony had her knees bent as she said, "So I just got the last of our RSVP's and my wedding dress this morning." A smiling Megan was walking down a sidewalk as she held her phone in front of her while saying, "And I just picked up my dress too. Oh God, I can't wait until we get married on Saturday." Harmony then began to look more excited as she said, "Megan... there's something really important I want to say to you." Megan giggled, and then said, "Well you can tell me in two minutes. I'm just a block away from your bus stop, and it always gets here on the dot every morning at 8:30." Harmony looked more excited as she said, "No. I can't wait another minute to say this." Then as Megan stopped for a second, she said, "Okay. I'm listening, but I have to watch where I'm going. I'm about to cross the street."
As Megan began to cross the street, Harmony closed her eyes and said, "Megan... I love you... so much. I am so madly in love you with that... I want to get married today! Lets just run to the court house and get married. We can still have the ceremony for our family on Saturday, but I don't want to go one more day not married to you because I am just totally, deeply, and crazy in love with you. So... what do you think?" Then Harmony opened her eyes and saw on her phone, simple text that said - Connection Lost. Then suddenly the sound of a scream was heard outside the bus. The bus suddenly stopped, as a worried Harmony asked, "What's going on?"
Harmony then quickly ran off the bus, as she saw a crowd was gathering nearby. Harmony ran over to an older woman as she asked, "What happened?" The older woman looked shocked as she said, "I... I saw it all. A truck came zooming down the road. It looked like the driver had faulty brakes, because I heard screeches as he tried to stop the truck. I tried to scream at that girl at the crosswalk to get out of the way, but the truck stopped too late and..." Panic began to go across Harmony's face as she said, "What girl!?" Before the old woman could even answer, Harmony ran into the crowd. She pushed past people trying to see what they were looking at, and within seconds... Harmony saw laying under a truck... was the broken and bloody body of Megan laying lifeless on the road. As the image and what it meant slowly began to process in her mind, Harmony's eyes widened while she fell to her knees. First there was no emotion... then there were tears... and then Harmony suddenly shrieked as loud as she could while her head fell to the ground. Then Harmony shrieked loudly again as police cars pulled up to the scene.
Many hours later, Harmony was sitting alone on the front steps of her home. Her arms were folded, her head hung low, and nothing but sadness was on her face. From behind her, Enid stepped out of the house looking a bit distraught as she said, "So... I just spent the last four hours talking to Megan's parents. They... they're barely keeping it together... and I guess that's the best anyone could hope for right now. Did, um... did you want to talk to them?" Harmony simply turned her head. Enid looked at Harmony with sadness in her eyes as she said, "Did you want to talk to me?" Harmony again simply turned her head. Enid with a sad face, then reluctantly walked back in the house.
Now alone, Harmony began to breathe in and out with very deep breaths. Her chest began to suddenly hurt, and heart began to race. Harmony then put a hand over her heart as more tears began to come from her eyes. Harmony then fell to the ground and curled up into a ball as she began to cry. However after a long period of crying... anger went across Harmony's face. Harmony then stood up... and walked away with a glare in her eyes.
Wednesday and Enid were washing dishes in the kitchen together, while Enid said, "I haven't seen Harmony in the last two hours. Any idea where she is?" Wednesday had a cold emotionless face as she said, "Our now adult daughter is simply processing things in her own way." Enid made a sigh, and then said, "What happened to Megan... do you think it was really just an accident, or do you think someone may be targeting our family?" Wednesday kept her eyes focused on washing the dishes as she said, "We cannot take action without more information. The absence of knowledge breeds fear and paranoia; none of which are useful tools." Enid nodded her head as she said, "Guess you're right. I called Ana earlier and asked her to cut her college tour short and come back home immediately. In fact... I'll go in the other room and video chat with her to see when she expects to get home."
Enid then walked into the other room. For a moment, Wednesday continued to wash the dishes in silence. However suddenly Wednesday heard Enid in the other room yell, "Who are you!?" Then suddenly a banging sound was heard, followed by the sound of a body hitting the floor. Suddenly Wednesday's eyes widened as she said, "My God. This is the moment I foresaw." Then Wednesday turned around and saw a dark figure in a dark cloak run into the kitchen towards her with a sword out. Wednesday immediately pulled out her own sword (which she had concealed behind her back), and tried to block the other individual's sword with her own. Wednesday and the dark figure tried to hit the other with their respective sword, as several swings and clashes were made. However at one point, the two found their strength evenly matched as they pushed their swords up against one another.
Then the dark figure moved one of their feet and kicked Wednesday to the ground. As Wednesday looked up at the dark figure, she heard a voice beneath the cloak say, "How does it feel Wednesday Addams... to finally be completely defeated by the last person you ever expected to overpower you!?" Wednesday then glared at the figure as she said, "Who are you?" Then the figure took off their cloak, revealing themselves to be... an angry Harmony. Confusion went across Wednesday's face as she said, "Harmony!?" Then an angry Harmony quickly kicked Wednesday in the head, immediately knocking her out.
Wednesday opened her eyes and realized she was in the basement of her home, tied to a chair. Across the room was Enid tied to a similar chair. Harmony then entered the room looking very bitter. Enid looked at Harmony with confusion and fear in her face, while she breathed in and out very heavily. Wednesday meanwhile just glared at her daughter while saying, "What are you doing Harmony?" Harmony stood still for a moment... then turned to look directly at Wednesday... and then Harmony angerly glared at her mother while saying, "Megan is dead... and you mother... are going to bring her back to life for me." A confused and worried Enid said, "Harmony, what are you talking about? Your mother can't bring people back to life." Then Harmony suddenly screamed, "Of course she can! She's Wednesday Freaking Addams! I've seen her hide her soul, survive fatal attacks to her body, and more importantly: send demons to the underworld through portals that she opened." Wednesday continued to glare at Harmony as she said, "Harmony, with the right materials, I can send demons to the underworld; but it's a one way street. I cannot bring people back from the afterlife."
Harmony then brought her face close to Wednesday's as she said, "Don't lie to me. The only reason you had to send demons back to the underworld, is because they escaped from the underworld. So as soon as you realized that was possible, the great Wednesday Addams obviously looked high and low to find a way to duplicate that process. So duplicate that process now mother. Open up a portal to the afterlife, and bring back Megan now!" Wednesday began to look more angry as she said, "I can't do that!" Then Harmony screamed, "Bring back Megan now!" Then a frustrated Wednesday yelled, "I said I can't!" Harmony suddenly took a step back, and began to sound much more calm as she said, "Of course... because if the world discovered that Wednesday Addams had the key to bring people back from the dead... she would know no peace, and more importantly: the very foundation of civilization would fall apart. So of course you would keep the key to opening the underworld buried... but not destroyed... because you'd save that key for yourself, just in case someone you love died... someone like the woman you married!"
Harmony then took a small remote out of her pocket as a worried Enid said, "Harmony, what are you doing?" Harmony pressed a button on the remote, and it suddenly activated many wires attached to Enid's chair. Tons of jolts in electricity went into Enid's body causing her to scream, while Wednesday's eyes widened. Harmony let go of the button, and the shocks to Enid's body stopped. Tears appeared in Enid's eyes as she said, "Harmony... don't do this." Harmony angerly looked at Wednesday as she yelled, "Bring Megan back!" Then Wednesday yelled, "I can't!" Harmony pressed the button on the remote again, causing Enid to be shocked once more. Harmony again screamed, "Bring Megan back!" Then Wednesday once more screamed, "I can't!" Harmony let go of the button, as Enid now sat in great pain. As Harmony pointed her remote at Enid, she looked at Wednesday right in the eyes while saying, "Either admit you have the key to the underworld now, or admit it after watching your wife go through the experience of death. It's your choice!"
Then with tears in her eyes, Enid said, "Harmony... whatever you do... I just want you to know... I will always love you, and I will always forgive you no matter what... my beautiful baby girl." Suddenly Harmony's eyes widened... then her hands began to shake... and then she backed away as she began to look at the entire room around her. Tears appeared in Harmony's eyes as she looked at Enid while saying, "Oh God... Oh God..." Then after a moment of standing still, Harmony angerly threw her remote to the ground, and crushed it beneath her feet. Harmony quickly untied Enid from the chair... and then fell to the ground sobbing. Enid quickly got up, untied Wednesday, and then got down on the ground and hugged Harmony. As Harmony curled up into a ball sobbing, she said, "Oh God. I'm sorry mom. I'm so sorry. I... I just wanted to do anything I could to bring back Megan. Oh God, I just wanted Megan back so bad." As Enid held Harmony in her arms, she said, "It's okay. It's okay Harmony. I forgive you. I will always forgive you. It's okay. It's gonna be okay."
Wednesday meanwhile simply stood up, and looked down at Harmony with a cold look in her eyes. Harmony alone then looked up at Wednesday as she said, "Mother... I'm sorry. It's just... I don't know what else to do now." Then Wednesday looked directly into Harmony's eyes as she said, "Go to hell." Harmony looked down with sadness as she said, "Okay. I deserve that." Then Wednesday simply said, "No. I mean we will go to hell. You were right Harmony... I do have the key to the underworld." Harmony then began to stand up as she said, "Are you serious?" Wednesday then opened up a nearby drawer, removed a false bottom, and then took out an old book. As Wednesday opened up the book, she said, "I found a series of lost dark spells in the caves under Nevermore Academy long ago. They tell of how to create a doorway to hell." Then Enid stood up as she said, "Hold on. You mean we've had the master key to getting into the underworld all this time!?"
Wednesday calmly looked at Enid and Harmony while saying, "Not a master key. More like a temporary key. This spell can create a two way door to hell... but it can only work one time in a century, and it can only remain open for 24 hours once opened. After that time is up... anyone still in hell remains there forever. I had indeed kept this book secret, and vowed to myself that I was only going to use it if... if my wife died before I did." Enid looked astonished as she said, "Wednesday... I... I had no idea." Wednesday took a deep breath, and then said, "However... I have decided to sacrifice my own desires for that of my daughter's." Harmony looked amazed as she said, "Mother... after everything I just did to you... I don't know what to say." Wednesday then looked directly at Harmony as she said, "There's nothing to say. The desire to save those an Addams deeply cares for is strong... and you also proved to me today that you're willing to cross any line to save your fiance... which is a skill you'll need when we venture into the underworld."
A confused Harmony then said, "Hold on. We? You're going to hell to help me save Megan?" Wednesday then casually said, "Of course. No one ventures into Satin's domain alone. The two of us will depart in fifteen minutes." Then Enid quickly said, "You mean the three of us. I'm coming with you both as well." Wednesday looked directly at Enid as she said, "Enid, there is no telling what forces we will encounter in the underworld. If we get trapped and are unable to escape once our 24 hours are up..." Enid interrupted Wednesday as she said, "Then I'll be trapped with you. It's you and me forever Wens wherever we end up. We're going together." Wednesday sighed, took a deep breath... and then said, "I could argue with you... but I suppose... to hell with it."
Wednesday and Harmony walked into the living room of their home wearing black dresses. Enid meanwhile also walked into the room wearing a black t-shirt and pants while holding her phone in front of her. As Enid was having a video call with Ana, Enid said, "Look Ana... we have to do this, so if I never see you again... just know I love you." On the other end of the call, Ana looked at her screen as she said, "Look, I'll be home in just an hour. I'm willing to come help you all. If Megan can be saved from hell, I'm all in." Wednesday then brought her face in front of Enid's phone as she said, "No Ana. When someone is first sent into hell, it's easier to find them. But the more time passes, the more difficult it will be. So we must go immediately. Regardless, I need someone in town that's of my bloodline just in case. Do you still have that crystal ball your grandparents gave you on your birthday?" Ana nodded her head as she said, "Of course. It's the only way I can call them, since they never answer the phone." Wednesday looked intently at Ana as she said, "Good. Listen carefully. As long as the portal to the underworld remains open, that crystal ball can allow you to stay in contact with us via psychic connection. As long as you keep the crystal ball near you, all that one of us will have to do is concentrate to communicate with one another. But most importantly, if something happens to us, we'll be able to contact you... and ask you to close the portal."
A confused Ana then asked, "Close the portal? I thought you said it would just close on it's own after 24 hours." Wednesday nodded her head as she said, "Yes, but... I'm going to try to open the portal to a corner of hell that is inconspicuous. However if the demons and denizens of the underworld discover a portal is open in their domain before we're done... they will all run through it, and it will be literal hell on Earth. So if we believe the portal's location is compromised... we will tell you to close the portal. Just recite the spell I'm leaving on the dining room table." Ana looked a bit worried as she said, "I... I'll only do it as a last resort. However I'm going to do a little digging around town before I head back home. There's something really strange about how Megan died, and I want to figure out if there was something bigger behind it." Wednesday nodded her head as she said, "Contact us if you find anything. But stay close to home at all times just in case." Ana nodded her head as she said, "You got it." Then Wednesday looked intently at Ana's eyes as she said, "Before we go Ana, I... I just want you to know that... I have always felt deep fondness for you." Ana smirked as she said, "I love you too mother." Then the video call ended.
Wednesday, Enid, and Harmony then stood together as Wednesday held out her old book and began to recite an enchantment spell in an ancient language. As soon as Wednesday finished reciting the enchantment, a dark orange portal appeared before the three. Enid pressed a button on her watch as she said, "Timer on my watch is set. 24 hours to go." As Wednesday glared at the portal, she simply said to her wife and daughter: "We are about to enter a realm where divine intervention has no jurisdiction, and pain and agony reign supreme. Your very perceptions of the reality surrounding you will constantly shift between the images of complete darkness, deep caverns, ancient castles, a realm of fire, and several types of images that go beyond the realm of comprehension. You will also hear many sounds that will concern and confuse you. However never focus on what is around you. Focus only on what is in front of you, and what you plan to accomplish." Harmony then crossed her arms as she said, "All I want to accomplish is saving the woman who will become my wife." Then Wednesday, Enid, and Harmony immediately stepped through the portal.
In a flash: Wednesday Addams walked into the dark realm of hell... followed shortly after by Enid and Harmony. Harmony tried to look at the details in the surroundings of the underworld around her as she began to hear faraway screams in every direction. However after a moment of looking overwhelmed, Harmony closed her eyes... and then looked forward as she said, "No. I have to concentrate on the mission." A curious Enid then asked, "So how do we plan to find Megan?" Wednesday then handed Enid a compass as she said, "With this enchanted compass. It's meant to point one in the direction of an individual close to their heart that resides in this domain." Then suddenly the three heard a mysterious voice loudly whisper, "Leave mortal women!" The three women turned their heads and saw an old woman in a dark robe walk towards them. A concerned Harmony then asked, "Who is that? The Grim Reaper!?" The old woman then yelled, "I am the Gate Keeper of Hell, and you three mortals have not entered this realm the way mortality demanded. Leave now before..."
Then Wednesday suddenly took out a gold talisman that began to glow. The old Gate Keeper fell to the ground screaming in pain. As Wednesday walked towards the Gate Keeper, she said, "This is a talisman blessed by 30 holy men, including the Pope himself. This trinket representing the light of God must cause you quite some pain in this domain." The old Gate Keeper screamed in pain as she said, "Take it away! Take it away!" Then Wednesday bent down as she said, "Only if you show me to where people who have recently come through the gates of hell are. Do we have an agreement?" The Gate Keeper nodded her head as she said, "Yes. I agree." Wednesday put the gold talisman in her pocket, and then turned to look at Enid and Harmony as she said, "You two follow the compass. I will follow this Gate Keeper. With any luck we will wind up in the same place. We will contact Ana when either of us has found Megan. Understood?" Enid and Harmony nodded their heads, and then began to walk forward while Enid looked at the compass. Wednesday meanwhile glared at the old Gate Keeper as she said, "Lead the way Gate Keeper." The old woman smiled as she began to slowly walk forward, while Wednesday followed her.
Ana stood on a sidewalk, as she looked at a street crossing in front of her. Ana took out her phone and zoomed in on a piece of the road. As Ana looked carefully, she said to herself, "Hmm... It's weird. One would expect to see skid marks going all across the road... but I only see one small weird mark right near that man hole cover... which isn't sitting in the same place it is in it's recent Google Maps image. So I wonder..." Then Ana opened up a nearby man hole cover in the sidewalk, and then crawled down into the sewers. As Ana walked over and put herself right beneath the man hole cover in the street, she saw small tire marks on the muddy ground of the sewer. A confused Ana then said, "Tire tracks... in a sewer? Okay, this is too weird of a coincidence. Well... at least the person that made these tracks didn't cover them... which means I get to follow them."
In the realm of hell: Enid and Harmony were walking forward while Enid followed the direction of the compass in her hand. As the two walked together, Harmony reluctantly said, "Mom... I... I'm sorry again... for hurting you earlier. I... I don't know what came over me." Enid glanced at Harmony as she said, "Harmony, I told you. I'm your mother and I'll always forgive you. Besides... you're also the daughter of Wednesday Addams. With her genes in you, I was honestly expecting you to torture me a long time ago." Then Enid suddenly stopped when she realized the needle in the compass was spinning. As Enid looked confused, she said, "The compass is spinning. Does that mean we reached our destination?" A wide eyed Harmony then yelled, "Megan, are you here!? Megan!" Then suddenly Enid noticed a shadowy figure rushing past the corner of her eye. Enid suddenly looked worried as she said, "Harmony... I think someone else is here."
Suddenly from the dark corner of the area they were in, a large black werewolf appeared and ran towards the two women. The black werewolf then howled loudly into the air, and then glared at Enid. A confused Harmony then asked, "What's going on?" Then with worry in her face, Enid said, "I... I think I shouldn't have been the one holding that compass. Your mother said that compass was meant to point us in the direction of an individual close to our hearts that is here... and it did... for me anyway." The black werewolf then opened it's mouth, and with a gravely female voice said, "So... the pathetic little runt that should've been put out of her misery long ago has finally made her way here." A confused Harmony looked at Enid as she said, "Mom... who is this?" As a worried Enid glanced at her daughter, she said, "Harmony... this is my maternal grandmother."
In another area of hell, Wednesday was being led by the old Gate Keeper down a long path. As Wednesday kept her eyes focused forward, she said, "Are you certain this path shall take us to the newest denizens of hell?" The old Gate Keeper then said, "It is the most direct path... but it can be quite dangerous. The denizens that have been in this realm for quite some time always enjoy targeting newcomers when they first..." Suddenly the old Gate Keeper stopped moving and talking. A confused Wednesday then asked, "What's going on?" Then suddenly the old Gate Keeper found herself being levitated into the air... and was then thrown to the ground. Wednesday tried to walk towards the old Gate Keeper... but then suddenly found her own body stop moving (except for head)... just as she heard a young male voice say, "Oh, I have been waiting for this day my whole afterlife." Recognizing the voice, Wednesday's eyes widened as she immediately said, "Rowan?" Then walking in front of Wednesday, was a teenage boy in a Nevermore Academy uniform wearing glasses. The teenage boy: Rowan - took out of his pocket an inhaler, breathed into the inhaler briefly, put the inhaler back into his pocket, then smiled as he said, "After all these years... finally I get to see you rot in hell Wednesday Addams!"
Ana was walking through the sewers as she saw the tire tracks she was following stop at a ladder. Ana stopped for a moment, breathed in deeply, and then began to climb up the ladder. Once she reached the top, Ana found a large door was above her. Ana pushed the door open, and then found herself in a closet. Ana slowly opened the door to the closet... and saw she was in a morgue. Seeing no one was in the morgue but several dead bodies (covered in white sheets), a slightly worried Ana said, "Okay. This is really creepy... but it also can't be a coincidence that my investigation of a death led me to a morgue." Suddenly a man in his 40's walked into the room as he said, "You! What are you doing here in my morgue!? Explain yourself!?" Then Ana glared at the man as she said, "Maybe you can explain why you got a hidden entrance to the sewers in your closet, and why I found ATV tire tracks between here and a recent death in town." The man suddenly looked scared as he tried to run away. Ana quickly ran after the man, instantly took out a taser, and then Ana used the taser to shock the man. The man screamed in pain as he fell to the ground. Ana then put one foot on top of the man as she yelled, "Talk! Or I am using my little toy on your head!" The man looked terrified as he said, "Please! I only did it because the voice told me to! They said if I did as they instructed, they would let me talk to my wife. She died ten years ago, and I'd do anything to hear her voice again!" A curious Ana then asked, "What voice?" The man looked up at Ana with a terrified face as he said, "The voice from hell!"
Enid and Harmony stood before Enid's grandmother in hell. A worried and confused Harmony then looked at Enid as she asked, "Mom, if this your grandmother... why do you look worried?" Enid's grandmother looked down at Enid as she proclaimed, "She's worried because she's the weakest of anyone in our entire family tree. Do you not even know girl the rich history of your family!? The Sinclair clan and it's allied packs have roots that go back to the oldest werewolves in all of history. Your ancestors which originated in Scotland were renowned for being the strongest werewolves in the world! It was the highest honor when my only daughter was allowed to join the Sinclair Family, and create many children within it; for no werewolf in history with the Sinclair name has ever been weak... until the day you came along Enid!" Enid then looked down with shame, as a still confused Harmony asked, "Mom, what the heck is she talking about?" With a sad look in her eyes, Enid said, "I... I was born premature. I was very small and... obviously very weak. I mean I obviously survived, but... the doctors told my mom that any child with werewolf DNA that is born premature... has a very high chance of never wolfing out or being very strong."
Then Enid's grandmother looked at Enid with anger as she yelled, "You were a disgrace to our entire pack! You were a disgrace to my clan, and the entire Sinclair clan and name! I told Esther to do away with you the day you were born... and yet she refused, and thus brought disgrace to herself! Look at you Enid. You chose to live the life of a happy living Barbie doll playing House instead of being a true werewolf! You are the ultimate disappointment!" Then Enid's face became filled with incredible anger as she screamed, "You wanna see a true werewolf!?" Then Enid suddenly wolfed out, and jumped into the air in her werewolf form while screaming. Enid tried to hit her grandmother with her claws, but Enid's grandmother easily punched Enid hard to the ground. Harmony then wolfed out as well, and then also tried to attack her great-grandmother. However the old werewolf easily punched Harmony to the ground as well. Enid's grandmother looked down at Enid and Harmony while saying, "You and your half-breed daughter are a disappointment to all werewolves Enid. Now... prepare yourself for eternal torture!"
As Wednesday was being held up in the air, a smiling Rowan said, "You're the reason I was sent to hell Wednesday... and now it's time for you to get what you've always deserved!" Wednesday glared at Rowan as she said, "Rowan, perhaps the fumes of hell's furnace have gotten to your head; because your memory is obviously faulty. Tyler in his Hyde form killed you. I had no intention to hurt you. It was you that had every intention to harm me!" Then an angry Rowan yelled, "I was removing a dangerous element from Nevermore Academy! If you hadn't shown up, I wouldn't have tried to kill you, and then Tyler wouldn't have tried to kill me! It's all your fault I died Wednesday! Now prepare yourself for the eternal torture you so deserve!" Then Wednesday slowly began to regain control of her right hand as she said, "On the contrary... prepare for yours!"
Then Wednesday grabbed a dagger from her pocket, and immediately threw it at Rowan. Rowan was immediately stabbed in the heart as he screamed in pain. Wednesday completely regained control of her body as she landed on the ground while saying, "I had many enemies on Earth Rowan, but you weren't one of them. You were paranoid, miserable, and had thoughts of homicide always dwelling on your mind. The two of us could have been great friends... but instead you made us enemies; so now... I must treat you as such!" Then Wednesday immediately grabbed a stabbed Rowan, dragged him over to a nearby steep cliff... and then threw him down. Rowan screamed nonstop until his voice couldn't be heard anymore. Wednesday simply kept a calm expression on her face as she said, "No sound of him hitting the bottom. The cliffs of hell are just as steep as legend says."
Wednesday then walked over to the old Gate Keeper that was laying on the ground. As Wednesday helped the old woman up, she said, "Was this part of a plan of yours that went sideways? Were you hoping I would get attacked!?" The old Gate Keeper looked at Wednesday as she said, "This is hell little lady! You get attacked on any path you walk on. Come. Let me show you to the processing center." Then the Gate Keeper slowly led Wednesday into an old castle like building.
In the town morgue, Ana stood over the man in his 40's as he began to cry. As the man turned his head away from Ana, he said, "A voice from hell came to me at night constantly whispering in my mind. At first I thought I was going mad... until the person from hell let me hear my wife's voice, and said I could only talk to her if I did their bidding." A glaring Ana then asked, "What bidding!? What did you do!?" The man slowly stood up as he said, "It was incredibly complicated. It took months of preparation... but I succeeded. Everyone seemed fooled... but now my sins have caught up with me." Then Ana suddenly heard a faint voice in another room yell, "Let me out! Someone let me out! This crazy guy has kidnapped me!" Ana began to look worried as she said, "You kidnapped somebody!? What kind of dude who runs a morgue kidnaps and kills people!?" As tears appeared in his eyes, the man said, "I didn't murder anybody. I just did cosmetic surgery on another body I had here to fool everyone. Look!" Then the man pulled a white sheet off the head of a dead body showing the face of Megan. However the man began to pull the skin off the face... and showed that Megan's face was just a mask covering the face of a different dead young woman. Ana's eyes widened as she said, "What the hell!?"
In large arena like space in hell, large crowds of demons and denizens of hell gathered in stadium like seating. Enid's grandmother (still in her werewolf form) stood at the center of the arena as she yelled, "Who is ready to be entertained!?" The large crowd screamed loudly. An older man was then throw into the arena as he sadly yelled, "Please, don't do this! I repent! Oh God, save me!" Enid's grandmother smiled as she said, "The God you think of doesn't exist in this domain. The only Gods here are those mighty in strength." Then suddenly several reptilian demon monsters ran into the arena. The old man screamed as the reptile demons jumped at his body, and began to tear him apart.
Meanwhile in a nearby cage looking out at the arena: Enid (in a black robe) and Harmony sat. Harmony watched the violence with shock as she said, "That man is being killed... yet he keeps screaming, and... oh God. His head his been removed... and he keeps screaming." Enid looked disturbed as she said, "Apparently in this domain you continue to live no matter how much pain and loss of body parts you've experienced. Uggh. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to save us Harmony. I... I'm sorry I wasn't a strong enough werewolf for you." Harmony then looked at Enid as she said, "Mom, you can't measure yourself based on the standards created by extremist werewolves. You are one of the strongest people I know. Don't worry. We can take on any of these creatures my great grandmother throws at us." Enid looked at Harmony with a worried face as she said, "No. I'll take them on. As soon as we're let out of these cages, you run Harmony. Just get away from here as quick as possible. I'll hold off these creatures as long as I can." A worried Harmony then said, "But mom..." Then Enid angerly yelled, "Do as I say Harmony. I can't call myself your mom if I don't do everything I can to save you!"
A moment later, the cage door opened and two werewolves pushed Enid and Harmony into the middle of the stadium. Several large lizard monsters walked into the arena, as Enid's grandmother screamed to the crowd, "My underworld family, prepare to rejoice in further bloodshed! For now, you shall watch as my very descendants who turned against the ways of the pure werewolf, die in battle. Now... tear them apart my champions!" The large lizard monsters then began to walk towards Enid and Harmony. Enid then turned to look right at Harmony as she said, "Harmony... I love you so much." Then Enid immediately wolfed out into her werewolf form, grabbed Harmony, spun around fast, and then threw Harmony at full strength, sending Harmony flying far away from the large arena. Enid's grandmother angerly looked at some skinny lizard monsters as she yelled, "Go find the girl! As for my granddaughter... tear her apart the way my daughter should have done years ago!" Enid then held her werewolf claws out as she screamed, "Bring it on!" Enid then began to punch, kick, and ram her claws into any creature that came at her.
Meanwhile Harmony (who had landed far away) looked back at the arena. Harmony paused for a moment as she had tears in her eyes, and then began to run as fast as she could. But then suddenly Enid and Harmony felt their minds invaded by Ana's voice as she said, "Everyone, listen! Can you hear me!?" As a confused Enid continued to battle the creatures surrounding her, she said, "Ana? Is that you?" Ana's voice then continued to speak in Enid and Harmony's minds as she said, "Yeah. I kept my crystal ball on me, and I'm using it to contact you all. Listen, I did some investigating and discovered something. I encountered this insane guy who runs the town morgue. It turns out during Megan's accident where she got hit: this guy actually opened up a man hole cover that was on the crosswalk, and had Megan fall through it just a second before that truck would've hit her. Then the guy quickly replaced Megan's body with a look alike body that he cosmetically altered to look like Megan; all before anyone could notice. And obviously the coroner wouldn't have reported the body wasn't Megan's, because the coroner is the guy who set this all up." As a wide eyed Harmony kept running, she said, "Wait. If the body I saw wasn't Megan... then what happened to her?"
While holding a crystal ball in her left hand: Ana burst open a door to another closet in the morgue. Then as she walked into the closet, Ana saw in front of her... was a tied up Megan. Megan looked relieved as she said, "Oh God Ana, am I so glad to see you! This crazy psycho has had me kidnapped here for like an entire day!" Ana quickly rushed over to Megan, untied her, and then hugged her while saying, "My God, we thought you were dead!" A confused Megan then said, "What!? It's been like a day. Why would you think that!?" Then as Ana looked straight at Megan, she said, "Because that guy faked your death complete with a dead body he altered to look like you. Don't worry though. The cops are here, and they're in the middle of arresting him." A horrified Megan then asked, "What!? Why would a sicko think up some crazy scheme like that!?" Then Ana's eyes suddenly widened as she said, "Hold on. He didn't think it up... a voice from hell came up with the entire plan. That's what he told me anyway." A confused Megan then asked, "Why would someone from hell tell some crazy guy to fake my death?" A worried Ana looked away as she said, "Because if we thought you were in hell: most of our family would go to hell looking for you. In fact, knowing Harmony and mother they'd probably never leave hell until they found you, and... Oh God!" Then Ana held her crystal ball in front of her as she yelled, "Everyone, it's a trap!"
Wednesday was walking through into an old castle in hell as she was following the old Gate Keeper. As Wednesday walked, she heard Ana's voice in her head say, "Megan is thankfully alive; but they only kept her alive in secret here so you'd all look high and low for her in the underworld. Someone down there set this all up to bring you all to hell, and keep you there for as long as possible!" Then in her mind: Wednesday could hear Harmony say, "My God! I thought Megan was trapped here... and now we are!" Then Wednesday turned her head away from the old Gate Keeper as she whispered, "Do you have any idea which person in hell set this up?" Then Wednesday heard Ana's voice say, "No... but I would guess it be someone who was expecting you to come to hell. Was there anyone in the underworld who just happened to encounter you after you first went through the portal?"
Then Wednesday saw from the corner of her eye: the old Gate Keeper take out a sword. Wednesday's eyes then widened as she said, "My God. This is the moment I foresaw." Then Wednesday turned around and saw the Gate Keeper run at her with a sword out. Wednesday immediately pulled out her own sword (which she had concealed behind her back), and tried to block the Gate Keeper's sword with her own. Wednesday and the Gate Keeper tried to hit the other with their respective swords, as several swings and clashes were made. However at one point, the two found their strength evenly matched as they pushed their swords up against one another. Then the Gate Keeper moved one of their feet and kicked Wednesday to the ground. As Wednesday looked up at the Gate Keeper, the Gate Keeper pulled a hood over her head while saying, "How does it feel Wednesday Addams... to finally be completely defeated by the last person you ever expected to overpower you!?" Wednesday then glared at the figure as she said, "Who are you?"
As the Gate Keeper kept their face concealed from Wednesday's view, she said, "You know it wasn't easy to pull this off Wednesday. I tried using my influence here in hell to kill you so many times. I sent multiples demons to attack you. I even influenced that one siren woman to ruin your life; including the rest of the world with it. But eventually I realized... the only one that could send Wednesday Addams to hell was herself. So I set up that ever so complicated scheme to get you down here. Luckily I found a way to influence your visions for the last few years now, which included reducing any helpful replays of the past that you and your family could get; to prevent you from getting any hints onto who the true master planner behind all this was." Wednesday began to look much more irritated as she slowly stood up, held her sword out, and then once again said, "Who are you!?" The Gate Keeper (still keeping her face concealed under her hood), then pulled off their face (showing it had been a mask this whole time). The Gate Keeper threw their old woman mask to the ground, and then said, "You know I can't believe I fooled you again Wednesday. I mean I even got lazy this time and put my identity right in the name I gave you. The... Gate... Keeper."
Wednesday's eyes suddenly widened... and with fear on her face, Wednesday said, "No... it can't be!" Then the Gate Keeper took off their hood, revealing themselves to be a middle aged woman with red hair and glasses, along with horns on her head, and a big smile on her face as she said, "What? Aren't you going to say: It's nice to see you again Miss Thornhill. Or would you rather just say... hello Laurel." Wednesday began to breath heavily as she said, "Laurel Gates... how did you..." Then the demon woman: Laurel Gates ran at Wednesday with her sword out. With anger in her face, Wednesday blocked Laurel Gates' sword with her own. As Wednesday and Laurel pushed their swords against one another, a smiling Laurel said, "You ruined my life and my family! But now finally the tables have turned! Prepare yourself Wednesday... to be tortured in hell for all eternity... by me!"
TO BE CONTINUED...