Chapter 7

Charles thought the place would get a little bit brighter from now on.

*

A few months later after he visited his family, Charles decided to move in Hogsmeade.

He saw Hagrid playing cards with the people around him, when Charles noticed a guy in a dark cloak with the smell of blood.

'Tom why are you here?'

Charles thought the smell of blood is kinda unique, but he can't point his finger at what kind of animal.

Charles get his own home brew mead, and join the card game. The smell of blood is bothering him.

"Hagrid, can I join the game? The mead and meat will be on me this time."

"Yeh you can Charl's! Imma win *Hiccup* dis~ game re~aal qu'ck!" Hagrid saying while pointing at the sickles and knuts in the table.

"Sure, and who may this other guy is?"

"I'm just playing the game, no need to be acquainted." Tom said evasily, while showing his cards.

"Gawd! You're kinda good at this, I s'ppose I need ter get serious if I want ter win this roun'."

We played a couple more rounds and Hagrid is totally getting knackered from all the mead we drank, at one point Tom let him win a dragon egg and Hagrid slip how to get to put his dog to sleep.

Charles even got some win, and when Tom heard that, he played one more round and said he gotta go.

Charles turned to Hagrid and said to his friend, "Hagrid, you know you need some big space for your dragon right? I've been to your shack once, but to be honest dragon and wood don't fit."

"I know Charl's, but I have a dr~aagon!"

"You can ask me if you have some problems okay? Don't want to let your dragon starved, or eat one of your Hippogriff."

"Nah! Norbert won' do tha'! Yeh'd be a good dragon."

Hagrid said while still intoxicated tickling the egg.

"Sure, but I will visit you Hagrid, rearing a dragon is not easy." Charles said worriedly dragons have become more and more fewer as time goes by.

Hagrid just nodded and stood up while downing his mead, "That really hit the spot! Sure Char's, I would like you ter help me with somethin'. Blimey! It is so late, righ' I better be going now."

Charles just nodded, followed Hagrid out and closed the pub.

He remembered Granny Frump of what she said this morning, "So the SHIELD is now onto the family huh, they better laid there hands off or it may get chopped."

*

A few months ago.

Director Fury is currently sitting on the sofa and looking around, he saw antique armors with sword, shield, and halbers.

He saw a flintlock hung on the wall, and a guillotine at the back.

"Are those real?" He asked agent Phil.

But agent Romanoff was the one who answered, "As real as you can think sir, it also have bladed edge not like some of those in the museum that is for display purposes."

When suddenly the guy who welcome them in return while holding a tray offering them coffee,

"We're fine. Will the Addams take a few minutes more?" Fury asked while slightly tapping his feet.

Lurch just nodded and turned around.

A girl suddenly peeked in the living room and move behind them while quickly picking up the morningstars that was leaning at the back near the guillotine, she gave a few swings before nodding and move around the room.

There was an awkward pause around for a few moments when it was broken by a chubby kid who move around them, and stop near a crossbow, he turned it around and check, then nodding while getting a quiver full of crossbow bolts then rushing out.

There was a long pause between the four of them. That was decidedly broken by a guy who was wearing glasses.

"Umm, Sir...."

"Don't ask me agent Brooks, I also don't know."

*

"Have you found anything about them Lurch?" Morticia asked while mixing some formalin and spider venom and mixing the two together.

Lurch nodded his head and moaned…..

"Oh!? They're getting impatient? I should prepare much more quickly, you think this combination is too much for them?"

Lurch nodded while picking a bottle which is labeled honey flavored tea.

"Oh that would be nice Lurch, maybe I have lost my touch from not having visitors often."

The butler shook his head.

"Thanks Lurch, your such a sweet guy. Will you go asked mon cheri to finish faster and go ask Thing to help grandmama with her potions, those book Charles brought would keep herself busy for a while"

Morticia stood up while taking the bottle with her.

"When will Fester come home again? His vacation is taking too long."

Lurch moaned, Morticia nodded and thought, 'next month? I'll ask him how's brother It doing. His didn't even bother to visit last month.'

Lurch move out of the room and was looking for the animated hand around.

*

Director Fury was waiting for 20 minutes now, his radio has gone static when walk in and ask the three if they're radio has static too.

"Hello my guest! You should send a message first when you come so we can presentable. This is mon cheri, my wife Morticia and I'm Gomez Addams." said by a man with a unique moustache.

"Hello, I'm Director Fury from Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate or SHIELD…." when he was cut off by Morticia and just saw Natasha getting drag of to who know wherers.

"We shouldn't be here dear, talking about business. How about we go at the back and have coffee, I'll show you my garden."

"Phil go with Natasha will you. Is it alright Mr. Gomez" Director Fury said while also asking permission who just nodded at them.

"Stop with calling Mr., Gomez will be fine." Gomez pull out a bell out of nowhere, summoning their butler.

"Lurch would you get some of those meads, brother Charles always made. You won't mind drinking would you? Brother Charles mead is one of the best, and I tasted different kinds in my life."

Director Fury just nodded and listen to the man boasting about this and that, he thought alcohol would make this conversation much smoother.

He sign Eric to drink carefully and if he finds something amiss, immediately pull out, get the people agent Barton's team to rush in and get Phil and Natasha. Being here without communication is hard, 'I should kick those people from R&D'

Director Fury thought how to broach the problem, he thought asking directly would be the best here and with the amount of alcohol it should be okay.

"Gomez, how long have you been living here?"

"Oh? It's been a long time, but I would say a three hundred would be the best bet."

'Three hundred years ago? The settlement? This family is pretty old' Fury thought

Eric suddenly ask out of nowhere, "What do you think of vampires Mr. Gomez?"

"I already said that Gomez would be find, and vampires you say? Depends on their diet actually, some of them prefer to stay away from humans and some just feast on them." Gomez waved his hand dismissively.

The two froze from what they have heard, so this family is part of that world. We finally establish contact.

While Eric's thoughts were going haywire, Fury decided to approach the subject cautiously and not letting it end, "You know how to stop the vampire infection or any weakness that they have?"

Gomez just humming and swirling the glass around, "Hmmmm… vampires are tricky. You pull them at the sun, and they will lose their strength, cutting their heads would kill them so decapitation is a must even though they're down. Stabbing their hearts would do but it's a small target so always go for the head, it would also depend on how old they are, I'll ask brother Charles if he still has that book, and I'll send you a copy of the pages about vampires."

"Speaking of Charles, where is he working I would like to go and order some of his home brewed mead?"

"Charles? His working at his own pub, I think his planning to move his place but I don't know where, and if you want to order some of his mead… I'll send you the address when he finally decided to move along the pages. But I don't know if you can get there."

"Why would that be?"

Gomez took a breath on his cigar and said. "Ahh! It's exclusive… How about you Director Fury, how was your days in Howling Commandos."