Also, I chose not to delete the first version, if some are curious to see the differences.
It's nothing too bloody by the way. Just enough though. lol
I really hope you will like it.Please, review.
Enjoy
Kaya
Chapter 1
Free
It has been twenty years now, since the tragic events of Dracula's resurrection and was put back into his silver coffin, that lay under Carfax's abbey, into its unbreakable safe. Mary Van Helsing and her husband, Simon Shepard, were its keepers since then.
Two decades of peace passed by, but now, dark clouds were above Mary and her husband's heads. Simon, who was only fifty six years old, was dying of a vicious lung cancer. Mary, though in her fifties, looked exactly the same as she was twenty years ago. The only sign of age, was hidden in the depth of her hazel eyes.
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The vault, in which was the most secret item of Carfax antiques, was well protected, by many sophisticated security devices and systems. Though, none had sufficed to stop a tiny bat to infiltrate the place.
It flied around the dark room, as if nothing could disturb the animal, until one of the censor got crazy. The bat panicked when the alarms started screaming into its very sensitive ears and wanted to flee but as it was flying over the forbidden coffin, a silver spear emerged from the ceiling and it hit its mark, killing the little bat in the blink of an eye.
The creature, concealed by the silver crate, sensed the blood pouring in thick drops from the dead animal. It was all he needed. He only had to taste it and it would be the key to his long awaited freedom.
As soon as the bat's blood touched the coffin's cover, it was sucked in. All the dark creature needed, now that he was strong enough, was a weak mind, easily controllable to help him get out of this mess.
The security guard that was getting bored at his post before the vault, suddenly felt a cold mist surrounding him. Chill and goose bumps ran up his spine and as he looked up from his magazine, he saw a shadow, standing in front of him as if it was actually solid. The first thing he knew after that, was that the shadow had turned into a man and that he was inside…the vault. How? He would never know, for half a second later, he had his throat slit and he was dying on the cold damp floor.
Dracula had made the guard deactivate the security systems before coming down in the huge safe. Now, the first vampire had to make his way out of this horrible prison. Easy enough for him. He, the master of shadows.
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Mary Van Helsing held on the lifeless hand of her husband, who died only five minutes ago. She shed no tears, showed no emotions, as if nothing could truly express how broken she really felt. A part of her disappeared along with Simon's last breath.
As she finally let go of his already cold hand, her cell phone rang and the man on the other line said with extreme panic in his voice, that the creature was free. Without giving a second thought, Mary leaned over Simon's still form and kissed his forehead, before leaving the hospital room as fast as she could.
Mary was not a young woman anymore, even if she was not showing. She may look as if she was barely thirty, but she felt older than her fifty years of age. She knew very well what could help her condition, help her to feel and not just look young. But she would never give away to her killer instincts. She would never drink blood. Not now, not ever.
As the hospital gates closed behind her, Mary came face to face with the one she defeated and had cursed her twenty years ago. Him. The creature, Dracula, Judas, whatever his name was. Strangely though, she wasn't scared as much as she would've thought and she was, in a way, relieved by his presence.
-"You are still the beautiful woman I remember, my Mary." He said, his voice deep and lifeless, hiding many years of killing and bloodlust
Slowly, he approached her and soon, he was only an inch or so away from her. She didn't move a muscle, not even to take the silver stake in her pocket.
-"I see much in your mind Mary." He whispered, a smirk crossing his flawless face. "You really wish to die because of your…husband?"
Closing her eyes, Mary shed her first tears since she found her father dead under Lucy's bed. She could not fight anymore. All she wanted, was to feel her dear Simon's arms around her, protecting her from sorrow and grief, from the living nightmare she had always been in. She needed his warmth filling her heart once again. She was lost without him to guide her. He dies only a few hours ago, but it felt like years since they last held each other.
Dracula felt what she felt. He once loved her, for she was the closest creature to him. He had desired her, longed for her with every fiber of his being. But no more! For the past twenty years, he had sought for revenge. The moment she betrayed him, killed his Brides and shut him away in that confining coffin, all he had ever felt for Mary, faded.
Now, she was nothing more than another meal, a piece of meat waiting to be devoured. Dracula knew the taste of her blood. It was thick, rich and perfumed with his own essence and he was craving to taste it one last time.
-"Do you want me to show you the way back into your dead husband's arms?" He asked in a murmur, making her shiver
-"Y-yes." She sobbed
Dracula's smirk disappeared. He was deceived by her. She was not the strong woman he remembered. Maybe that part of him that once flowed in her veins had diluted. She was but the shadow of herself now and he hated her for that.
As if it was his very last attempt to seduce Mary, Dracula's hand slowly reached for her neck, caressing it slowly, almost tenderly. He quickly realized his weakness and came back to his senses. Mary betrayed him, denied his love. Without warning, he took every ounce of hate in him and bit down her tender flesh harshly.
Slowly, Mary tumbled down to Dracula's feet as life left her body and soon, her breath became nothing but a mere memory. Mary Van Helsing was dead.