Castle Frankenstein had been abandoned for years and many of the locals feared the place due to the dark history tied back to it. Nature reclaimed the lands on which the castle resided on as the castle grounds were over grown with plants and ivy that covered the once grand castles walls. Though out of sight and out of mind it was here that Dracula found himself for almost 2 weeks now since his return. It was in this place where he thought he almost had it all where he was so close to success of bringing his children to life. It was a bittersweet feeling to be back for the castle seemed to awaken all the bad memories that he tried so hard to just forget about. Though he dared not leave the castle grounds in fear of being discovered he could tell the world in which he knew of was not the same one he had left so many years ago.
The wind whipped at his hair as he stood outside on the balcony from one of the castle's towers. He could see in the distance the lights from the village afar marveling at how the people and the town had evolved. It angered him in away that he had missed out on so much for hell had been his home up until now. His demise was an embarrassment especially how not once but twice Gabriel Van Helsing managed to kill him once more. This second chance he knew things would be different and they needed to be for he didn't know how generous Lucifer would be if he were to find himself in hell again.
In a daze he stared out at the fast approaching dawn appearing before him over the mountains when he noticed a bunch of birds start to fly off from a near by tree. Something had to of spooked them off and it wasn't until a few seconds later that Dracula was able to see what it was. Strange contraptions with wheels were coming up the dirt road to the castle one by one. He had seen a couple like these since his return, but not upfront and close like this. Men in neon vests and hard hats could be seen exiting the vehicles as soon as they pulled over. Dracula could only assume this was what had replaced the horse and carriage since his absence. He watched them with interest as he remained hidden within the shadows of the castle.
"Men gather around the bed of my truck here. Need everyone to take a look at the blue prints of the castle." Said Henry
The tall slender man unrolled the map as his crew of fifteen men gathered around. Tiny red x's could be seen on different parts of the map indicating where the explosives needed to be placed.
"As you can see the castle is quite massive and we have a lot of ground to cover. It will be best to split everyone up into groups and we must work quickly. Once you enter the castle and place the dynamite in designated location you will only have 30 minutes to vacate the castle." Said Henry
Mike one of the fifteen crew man gathered around was the youngest out of the bunch. He was only a mere 20 years of age and grew up in the town of Transylvania next door to the castle. He felt much hesitation as Henry handed him his assignment to tackle the east wing of the castle. He like everyone else in this town were all too familiar with the rumors of this place. It was a spooky run-down looking place that people would only actually set foot in they were dared to or if money was involved. It was all over the news a week ago how one man from Transylvania disappeared and last time he was seen was in these parts of the forest.
"Mike and George will cover the east wing while Sam and Justin cover the west. The rest of you will be responsible for placing explosives here and here." Said Henry as he pointed with his pen at the map.
Once Henry had given his crew instructions of the task at hand, he then ordered them to start unloading the crates of explosives from the back of the trucks. As the crew were unloading the beds of the trucks, spectators from the neighboring town stood at the very edge of the castle grounds with their phones out awaiting to witness the demolition of the castle that has been here for hundreds of years.
"Hey henry, do you have any clue what will happen to the land once we demolish the castle?" asked Mike.
"No clue Mike, my guess would be the developers might plan to build another hotel or shopping plaza. You learn anymore to not ask questions."
Henry unloaded the last crate from the bed of the truck before wiping the sweat off his forehead with a bandanna. Henry tried handing the crate to Mike, but he seemed fixated on something as he continued to look at the castle.
"Um a little help here might be nice." Said Henry while holding the heavy crate.
"Oops sorry I just thought I saw someone." Said Mike
"Saw someone where?"
"In the tower up there. Could have sworn id seen a man standing on the balcony." Said Mike.
"Oh nonsense! I know how you superstitious Transylvanians think. Now is not the time to let you mind get the best of you." Said Henry.
Thirty minutes had past, and the crew now found themselves entering the castle with flash lights and walkie talkies at hand. The castle was in rough shape it looked as if homeless people might have been staying here for garbage littered the floor and few sleeping bags could be seen as soon as they walked into the door. Mike could only imagine what this place could have looked like in its hay day. However, all that was left was a shell of its once former self. An old decrepit castle with the spiders and homeless people being its only inhabitants.
"Justin and Sam check for any sight of people that might be still lurking around here. Could have sworn I saw someone in one of the towers when we were outside." Said Mike.
"What filthy pigs these people must have been." Said George as he kicked with his boot a used needle on the ground.
The four-crew man split up into groups as instructed, but little did they know they were being watched as they made their way up the steps. Upon reaching the first floor they came to rather large hall way that was lined up with cement pillars. Basins filled with fire were lined up in the middle of hall casting an eerie glow within the room. Mike went to bend down towards the floor observing the green goo like sacks that were all over the floor.
"You have any clue what this is?" asked Mike before dipping two of his fingers in the goo.
"That's disgusting, I can't believe you actually touched it! It appears we aren't alone in this castle and if they know what's good for them, they would leave before this whole place blows up."
Mike walked over to one of the pillars and began duck taping the few sticks of dynamite to it. George did the same as well on the other pillars before setting the time on the explosive.
"This place gives me the creeps. There is a reason why no one from my town comes near this place. Recently there had been all over the news a man had gone missing for a week now. He was last seen around here, and I can't help but wonder if he has been the one camping out here." Said Mike.
"Ok Mike what is your deal with this place? Me being from London have no idea of the history of this castle."
"It used to be the home to a mad scientist. A grave robber who would conduct experiments on dead human remains." Said Mike
All the sudden both men's walkie talkies were going off and all they could hear was screaming coming from the other end. The screams were blood curdling and scared the living day lights out of the two men till eventually the screams ceased.
"What the hell!" said Mike
He just looked at his walkie talkie that was in his hand waiting for any sign this was all a joke.
"Ha ha real funny Justin. Cut the crap for you will have to do better than that." Said George in the walkie talkie.
"George that didn't sound like a prank it sounded real."
"Mike you know they are just trying to scare you. They know all too well that you fear this place."
"Still I think we should check it out." Said Mike.
George rolled his eyes before connecting the walkie talkie back to his belt.
"Well come along Mike, let's entertain this prank of theirs."
They exited the grand hallway on the first floor and followed the map to the west wing where they knew the other crewman would be.
"Justin, Sam pick up will you. Play time is over." Said George in the walkie talkie.
George stopped dead in his tracks as he could here his own voice down the hall on the others walkie talkie. After that all Mike and George could hear was silence, there was no site of the others anywhere. They combed through the cob webs of the hall way as they desperately searched for Justin and Sam.
"George say something into your walkie talkie again so we can follow the noise." Said Mike.
George was now definitely beginning to feel spooked from the lack of response every time he spoke into the walkie talkie. The sound of his voice from the other walkie talkie was getting louder and louder as they approached closer to the end of the hall way.
"Oh my god!" shouted George as he dropped the walkie talkie that was in his hand onto the floor.
"What is it? What's the matter?" asked Mike as he was right behind George.
The light from George's flashlight shined down on Justin and Sam's dead bodies that were lying on the floor. George went to bend down next to the dead bodies to examine them. The two were extremely pale as if all the blood had been sucked out of them. He did notice however two puncture wounds on the sides of their throats and that their heads were twisted backwards.
"George, we need to get the hell out of this place! I'm going to call for back up." Said Mike
"We've got company." stuttered George as he pointed his finger towards Mike.
Mike slowly went to turn around when he saw who George was referring to. A tall man came out from the shadows with blood smeared around his lips and along his jaw. Mike slowly backed away from the strange man before him noticing the man's intense blue eyes and fangs that went past his bottom lip. Mike could feel his heart going a mile a minute as he began to panic for, he knew what the man was before him.
The man began to clap his gloved hands together to rhythm of Mike's heartbeat while licking the remaining blood around his mouth with his extra-long tongue.
"Stay back!" shouted Mike as he almost backed into the dead bodies on the ground.
"It's not every day that I get visitors here, but when I do, they never seem to want to leave." Said Dracula
"We don't want any trouble sir. We were just about to leave." Said George.
"So soon? But you just got here. I insist you stay and join your friends."
Henry was awaiting outside by his company truck rather impatiently as he kept glancing at his watch. He had been trying for the past ten minutes to get ahold of any of his crewman that were still inside the castle.
"Any sign of them?" asked Henry as the others returned to where they were parked.
"They aren't outside anywhere, and we've been trying to get ahold of them through the walkie talkies with no luck." Said one crew member.
"The place is going to blow up any minute. We need to get them out of there before it does."
"We can't! All of us would be sacrificing our lives if we go in there looking for them." Said Henry.
There was no way to remotely shut off the explosives from where Henry was at. He prayed in his thoughts as the count down of seconds began till the place exploded. The final second of the thirty minutes had finally arrived as they all anxiously waited in hopes that in that final second the four crewmen would run out that door. A loud bang could be heard as stone from the castle walls began to fly in the air and huge plume of smoke filled the air as the castle began to collapse to the earth. The whole crowd of spectators was cheering, but for Henry and his crewman were all in a somber mood as they had just lost four friends in a tragic event. There was nothing they could do in that very moment feeling helpless in the situation they were now faced with.
"What the hell is that?" asked Henry as he pointed up towards the sky.
It was a large bat like animal that flew from out of the smoke and was flying away off into the distance. The thing was massive with a ten-foot wing span and a black leathery skin that covered what resembled a human body. It let off a loud shriek before disappearing into the clouds before Henry could even take a photo with his phone. He didn't know what he had just seen or what to make of it.
"Did anyone get a picture of that?" asked Henry.
"No, but the group of people over there did." Said one of the crewmen.
"Call the authorities, there is no doubt in my mind that thing was responsible for the remaining crew not returning." Said Henry
