The Children of Destiny
Chapter 2
The half-human girl
It was a stormy day at Castlevania, and marching into the castle gate was Carrie. She made her way in, and paused when she came across another gate. She examined it, and it was sturdy, and could probably withstand her magic. But then the area shook and she looked back just as the draw bridge was going up, and a gate came down in front of it. It was not like she could head back to the village from the way she came if she wanted to anyway. She examined the area, and to her left and right were doors, the one to her left she figured was locked by how the door handle looked, so she went to the right. And through the door was a round room, which was pretty big as to how far it went around, and how tall it was. To her left were the stairs that led to the top, with no other option, she began her ascent. There were some parts on the way that were straight, but some of those parts were a little broken, so she had to be careful. After climbing a few sets of stairs, she came across a bone pillar at the top of one of them. The bone pillar had a dragon like head that could spit out fireballs. Naturally with her powers, she had no real trouble, but the top of the next set of stairs was a little tricky because she stopped to look at something just in the right spot and a huge blade with blood on came down in front of her.
"Ok, be cautious of the next few stairs." She made her way to the top of the tower and opened the door that was there. She gasped after she came through as there was a huge two-headed, bone-like serpent wrapped around the gears in the room. The heads couldn't reach her where she was at, but the fireballs they pat out could. It took some careful maneuvering but after shooting one of the heads for awhile, it turned black, and instead of its usual fireball, it shot out a huge long flamethrower like attack. She just barely avoided getting badly burned, and managed to destroy the head, and soon took out the other one, and the gate that was in the room raised up. Before she went down that path, she found a lever in front of the gears and pulled it, after that she felt the place shake. She went down the path that was open to her and made her way down, and came across a rather odd pile of bones; they were a green color. But the purpose was then made obvious as a skeleton morphed out of the pile and the pile stayed the same. Knowing that they would just keep on coming she jumped down a hole that was close by and found herself in some sort of storage area as there were a pile of bags in one spot, and right next to one of the piles was a bone pillar. This one went down as easy as the other one, but after that she saw something sparkling at the top of the shelf that was above the bone pillar. After climbing up the shelf she found a key, which probably unlocks that one door. After climbing down another hole, she was back where she started, and she quickly unlocked the door and made her way inside. The setup was similar to the other room, except it was a little darker, and there was a huge hole in the floor. But otherwise the room was the same in terms of concept, having to climb sets of stairs to get to the top. After she reached the top of the first set, she walked along the path that was there, but then her feet went into the rubble as the middle of the path collapsed but she caught herself on the ledge behind her.
"Ok, I have to watch more closely where I step." She then climbed back up, and then jumped across the gap. She then went up a few more sets of stairs while killing bone pillars and avoiding the huge blades. But she then came across a rather odd colored path, it was green, and it looked like it was made of separate pieces.
'What is this?' But then the piece in front of her spun over and spikes came into view.
'Ok, I either would have gotten impaled, or fell down and break every bone in my body.' And just as soon as the last piece was being reset, she ran across and made her way to the top. The second to last set of stairs was a little tricky as it was the same color as the other platforms. She jumped up the stairs and soon reached the top floor. And at the top was a door with a moon crest on it. Not paying it any mind she tried to open the door, but it didn't budge.
'Huh?' she then looked more closely at it, there was text that read: the seal will only open in the light of the moon.
'So this door will only open when the moon is up? Well, that gives me time to rest a little.' So she waited for time to pass. She tried to open the door the split second the moon was entering the sky, and it opened. She walked in and found gears like in the other part of the tower. She quickly found the lever and pulled it, and the gears turned and the place shook, and the other gate opened where she could progress. Soon after it was done, the bells in the clock tower began to chime, and she looked out the hole in the wall, and could see the castle. But then something caught her eye, walking closer she was a person floating just a few feet away, and not just any person, it was Dracula himself, wearing a dark blue outfit with gold trim here and there, his face was pale, he had long white hair, his face was elderly, as he also had a beard, while he floated there he had his arms crossed.
"Dracula, so you decided to go for a walk?" Carrie asked. "Miserable worm, upstart weakling!" he protested. "So when things go bad you insult people? Not very becoming for someone of your stature," she said as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Very well then, come and meet your doom! Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!" he laughed as he turned to mist and vanished.
"Was he even listening to me? I guess not." With that aside, she went through the other hole in the wall and made her way down to the other gate and made her way out. Just as soon as she was outside, the gate came down behind her.
'What is it with these guys and locking the doors behind me? It's not like I can escape if I wanted to,' she then began to survey the area while going ahead, and noticed some bats flying overhead, and just as soon they were out of sight, she tripped and fell down.
'That's what I get for not paying attention. So what did I trip on anyway?' and she got her answer, she had tripped on the leg of what she thought was a dead animal, but it wasn't an animal, it was the three headed demon in the shape of a hound, there were a few other bodies just like it lying around, all dead.
'Someone must have gotten here just before me, but how? And who?' And she got her answer, past a double gate was a girl about in her twenties, but she couldn't get a good look at her as there was a hound on her with fire coming out of each head. Carrie began to run over to help her, but the girl held out one arm and claws came out of her gauntlet, and she slashed off each head with one slash each. After she pushed off the body, the rest of her came into view; her clothes were a little odd. They were the same dark blue color as her eyes and hair, she wore a blue jacket, shorts that were cut at the thighs, and knee high boots. But was really odd about her was her ears, they were long, and stuck straight up. From where Carrie was standing, there were fences to her left and right, and the girl went to the one to her left while talking out loud.
"Blasted mongrel, coming out of nowhere and knocking me over," the girl muttered. She then reached beyond the fence and pulled out a long thin sword and placed it in the holster tied to her waist. She began to head for what looked like a mansion but paused, then looked back.
"Where did you come from?" she asked. Carrie was a little nervous.
"Uh…the village."
The girl then walked over. "How did you get here?"
Carrie figured she was trying to determine if she was a monster or not.
"By boat."
The girl then blinked a few times. "You can get here by boat?" She sounded like she had no idea that it was even possible.
"How did you get here?" Carrie finally got to ask.
"Through the forest, I climbed one of the trees and jumped over the fence, I didn't think they would have such a welcome wagon," she said while pointing to one of the trees, she then paused a few seconds.
"I forgot my manners for the moment, seeing as to how you're not a monster. I'm Sarah, and you are?" Carrie could see Sarah had no intention of harming her.
"I'm Carrie Fernandez," she replied. Sarah almost went into shock.
"Did you say 'Carrie Fernandez'?" she asked.
"Yes. Why are you so surprised?" Carrie asked. Sarah then held her head.
"Oh why haven't I returned to my proper time?" she wondered.
"Just what are you anyway?"
"I'm a numan," Sarah replied.
"New what?" Carrie asked.
"Hm, how do I put it? It's spelled n-u-m-a-n, but pronounced somewhat like new men," she replied.
"Ok," said Carrie, "so I now how to pronounce it, but what are you exactly?"
"It's sort of a long story," she answered. "But I'm actually a half numan. My mother was a full numan, my father was a human. What numans actually are is a race that can live through a harsh period. How we came into existence was through an experiment call Neitype research. The first one created had some problems, but over the years, the research was perfected, and thus here I am, not created in a test tube, but born."
"Here is an interesting question…" but Carrie didn't get to ask.
"Every numan made for the experiments were female," she added.
"So, the only way for a male numan to come into existence is for them to marry?" Carrie wondered.
"Yes. And I did have a brother."
"Did? You mean he's dead?" Carrie asked.
"Sadly yes, he was killed," Sarah replied.
'And Deedlit blamed herself for it' she added silently. But then a thought came to mind.
"Were you the only one to come on the boat, or did you come here alone?" Sarah asked.
"I came here of my own accord," Carrie replied.
"Well, seeing as to how we sort of have the same goals, why don't we work together?"
"What do you mean same goals? I'm here to kill Dracula for what happened…" Carrie didn't get to finish.
"To avenge the death of your mother," Sarah supplied.
"How did you know that?" Carrie wondered.
"I'm from the future, I'm not of this time, and I've met one of your descendents," she answered. She then pondered a little.
"We're from the same time," Sarah said as they then went towards the mansion and walked past the fountain that was there and went inside.
"Normally I would say this isn't that bad of a place for the count, but I know this place isn't his, just a place that got wrapped up into the castle," Sarah said. The room was somewhat big, there were stairs almost right in front of the front door, there were fancy candles, the floor and pillars were sort of a gold color, and the carpet was red.
"You're right, this particular place once belong to a man that now lives in the village," Carrie agreed. Sarah then looked around.
"Yeah, Henry, if I remember right." Carrie figured she was telling the truth about being from the future, how else would she know all about this. But at that moment, Sarah's ears twitched.
"Something wrong?" she asked.
"Something is here…on the ceiling, its moving fast," Sarah replied. Carrie looked up and saw something zipping across the ceiling like Sarah said, it went above the door and launched off and did some flips and landed a few feet in front of Carrie. It was then clear what it was, it was a vampire. Carrie was in a stunned horror when she saw its face, she knew it was going to be pale, but it didn't even look human, just a huge gap where the mouth would be, and it had long fangs at each corner of the mouth. It then went for her but she managed to overcome her fear and leaped to the side as it tried to grab her. After it stumbled a little, Sarah stabbed it in the back with her sword. After it turned around she tried to slash at it but it grabbed her hand in mid-swing, but she then held out her other hand and the claws came from the gauntlet again and she slashed his chest.
"You just going to stand there or what?" she asked. Carrie jumped into action and then shot him a few times and he began to run after her.
"Yikes! This guy is faster then I thought he was!" she said as he began to close the gap between them, but she fired out another shot and it homed in on him and knocked him over. But he got up really fast but got slashed by an energy slash from Sarah's sword and turned into a bat and fled.
"Where did you get those weapons from?" Carrie asked.
"The claws are a memento from my mother," Sarah said as she showed the back of her hand. "But the sword, I have no idea where it came from. I just found it and was able to use its power. I don't think I've even fully learned all it can do."
They then made their way up the stairs and turned left and went through the door there. The door led to a small path that they figured led to a garden. After going through the door at the end of the path, they entered a rose garden. The roses were a bright red.
"I'm amazed these plants are even still alive, look at how beautiful they are!" Carrie said in amazement.
"You're right, they even smell nice," Sarah agreed. The room was round and there was a stand in the middle of the room. Roses were in the stand and were at the border where the fresh air comes in. They went into the door to the right and walked up the stairs in the room and entered the door to their left. It was a bedroom, with a bed in the upper left corner, and there was a door to the right. Carrie then walked over to it.
"I wonder where this one leads?" She started to turn the handle but something yanked the door out of her hands. There was an elderly-looking man in the other room and he began to walk toward Carrie while holding something out towards her as she backed up. But he then caught sight of Sarah and ran toward her and tried to strike her with the object but she grabbed his wrist and made him drop it. She then realized it was a cross.
"How can you withstand the might of the cross?" the man asked. Sarah then bent down and picked up the cross.
"Because I'm no demon from Dracula," she replied as she handed him the cross. She then noticed the cross around his neck, and the huge cross on his back.
"Are you a vampire hunter?" she asked.
"Yes I am. I'm Charlie Vincent, mightiest of all vampire hunters," he replied.
"Right," Carrie said, sounding very unsure about that. He then looked at her.
"You look like a villager, but her…" He glanced at Sarah. "Just what are you?" he asked.
"That is none of your concern as she and I are here to dispose of Dracula, he is not for someone like you," Sarah replied.
"You may have a chance, but her? Don't make me laugh!" he said.
"Speak not of matters that do not concern you! Dracula is not an opponent to take lightly," Carrie said as she crossed her arms.
"Save both your breaths, I doubt we can reach an understanding from bickering like this, Charlie, have you possibly seen something that could help us?" Sarah asked.
"I'm not so sure if this is helpful, but I spied a young woman in the rose garden about dawn. Even in the midst of all these monsters, she was calmly tending the flowers." he replied.
"Talk about devoted," Carrie commented.
"It would seem that way," Sarah agreed. "Let's go see if she will show up, it's almost dawn now," she added. So Sarah and Carrie left the room, and after they closed the door, Sarah's ears twitched again.
"What now?" Carrie asked. Sarah then placed her ear on the door, and could hear the sound of snoring.
"Mr. so called 'mightiest of all vampire hunters' dozed off." Sarah replied. But with that aside, they went back to the rose garden.
"That guy was sort of an oddball," Carrie commented.
"He's just full of himself. But he sure must trust those crosses to sleep in a place like this," Sarah agreed. They just sat there for about twenty minutes or so, and Sarah thought she noticed something odd about one of the roses, but before she could examine it, a woman's voice spoke.
"Excuse me, I would like to water the flowers," the woman said. Quickly stepping aside they saw a blond woman in a red dress, she was carrying a watering can.
"Who are you?" Carrie asked.
"My name is Rosa, I look after these white roses," Rosa replied.
"White roses?" Carrie and Sarah asked simultaneously. And at that moment when Rosa tipped that watering can, blood came out.
"You…you're a vampire?" Carrie asked.
"Why have you no fear? None but vampires and demons live here. I'll forget I saw you, leave quickly," Rosa ordered.
"But we can't do that, as long as Dracula lives children live in fear, we can't abandon them," Carrie protested.
"Very well, you must go to the archives. The key to the archives…ah, a previous adventurer took it," Rosa recalled.
"That idiot Charlie," Sarah grumbled. Rosa then walked toward the door.
"I can held you no more, don't loose your lives too quickly," she said before vanishing into thin air. Quickly heading back to the bedroom, Charlie was still sleeping.
"What do we do now?" Carrie asked.
"Wait in the other room. We need all the strength we can get," Sarah replied. Sarah let Carrie sit in the chair while she sat on the ledge in front of the mirror in the room.
"So, who do you take after?" Carrie asked.
"What was that?"
"I mean, who you look like," Carrie replied.
"Oh. Well, my face, hair style, and body type are taken from my mother, but hair color I got from her older sister. My eyes are similar to my father's, as one of his friends pointed out." Sarah then sighed. "My father and mother had so much in common in some cases. They were both great warriors that fought for peace and humanity, it's just hard to believe how long they've both fought before a long period of peace came along, one of the friends of my father is still alive, and has pretty much been fighting almost her whole life."
"Just how old is she if she's been fighting for a long time?" Carrie asked.
"She's definitely old, but her beauty will never fade as she is an immortal,"
"An immortal?" Carrie repeated.
"In terms of she can't die of old age, but she can be killed," Sarah replied. Her ears then twitched.
"You know, that is a handy feature to have," Carrie commented.
"It has helped us out a lot," Sarah agreed. They went into the room and found Charlie patrolling the area. They had to really try not to laugh at him seeing as to how the monsters don't seem to come to this room, and they would have to be really small for him to have to patrol like that.
"Excuse us, but do you have a key to the archives?" Carrie asked.
"The key to the archives? You must mean this key; I found it in the rose garden. My intuition tells me it's worthless, you can take it if you want," And with that he handed it over to Carrie.
'That's some intuition,' Carrie thought. They left the room and went down the hall.
"We'll go into the room at the far side of the hall first," Sarah said. They weren't even halfway into the hall yet and the picture of a knight in the stain glass window came out.
"Now that is freaky!" Sarah commented. The knight went down without to much of a hassle, but another came out of the other window. After taking him down, they finally made to the door they wanted to enter. It looked like a dinning room of some sort, as it was long and had a long table in the middle of it. They were so shocked to see that the table was still intact they forgot to close the door behind them. They walked toward the mirror at the far end of the table to get to the door at that end of the room. Just as they were in front of the mirror they heard the door slam. Looking over they saw a young man pressed up against the door looking flustered. He was dressed like someone from the village that Carrie came from. He looked out of breath.
"Are you alright?" Sarah asked.
"H…he…hel…help…" the villager stuttered.
"Take it easy, what happened?" Carrie asked.
"This place swarms with demons! You have entered the castle of the demon realm!" he replied.
"Yeah, we're aware of that," Carrie commented.
"If you value your lives, you should leave now!" he said. While both Carrie and the villager talked, Sarah felt something brush against her leg. Looking down she saw a rose next her foot, it had fallen from the vase in front of the mirror. She looked in the mirror and noticed something was out of place.
"What's the matter?" Carrie asked as she looked back, and saw that only her and Sarah showed up in the mirror, the villager was nowhere to be seen. Quickly looking back they saw he turned into his vampire state and looked similar to the vampire they faced earlier, but they knew it wasn't the same one. Sarah jumped onto the table and Carrie jumped back and pressed against the door. The vampire then tried to attack her, but she rolled to the side and stood at the ready.
"You smell different than the usual adventurer. Come, I shall taste your blood!" he said before lunging for Carrie, but she shot right in the face and he fell backwards. But like all vampires, he could get up fast and strike almost instantly. But Carrie was to far away for that tactic to work, she he went after Sarah, but before he could even get on the table, Sarah kicked him right in the face. Under normal circumstances, that kick would have broken something, but due to the fact that vampires are a bit sturdier than the average human, it just hurt a lot. The table gave Carrie and Sarah a tactical advantage, but it didn't last long as the vampire grabbed the table at the middle and flipped it onto its side and shoved it so it pressed against the wall. He managed to get behind Carrie and grabbed her and sunk his fangs into her neck and she screamed. But just a split second after that, Sarah stabbed him in the heart, and he burst into flames and died. Sarah then carefully examined Carrie, she appeared to be alright.
"You don't seem to be a vampire, but I don't know," she said.
"You killed him before he could drink any blood; he just sank his fangs into my neck. Gosh it still hurts," Carrie complained as she rubbed her neck.
"Perhaps this will help," Sarah offered. She held her hand at the wound on Carrie's neck, and a faint light formed, Carrie could feel something soothing as the pain began to fade, and the holes faded away before the light faded.
"That feels much better. How did you do that?" Carrie asked.
"It is a special technique that numans can learn. The techniques can either be offensive or defensive, but they use up magic so I try to use it only when necessary, but the magic does regenerate, it just takes time." Sarah replied. So they went through the door and had to turn left into a small hallway and used the key they got. They walked in and had to turn left and after going further in they saw a huge bookshelf.
"Are we supposed to find a book?" Carrie asked.
"That I'm not sure, there seems to be another room, you check that one, I'll look here," Sarah replied. So with that Carrie went into the other room and found a smaller bookshelf, one that she could climb onto if she wanted to. Sarah examined a small table that was in front of the huge bookshelf. On it was a diary of the former owner of the mansion before it became part of Dracula's castle. Carrie didn't find anything eye catching on the shelves, so she jumped up and grabbed onto the top of the bookcase, and saw a key. She then pulled herself all the way up and picked it up. She then went back to Sarah and told her what she found, after that they went back into the hall that after the dinning room and went into the door to their right. It looked like a living room and the windows were left open, they paid no mind to the ghosts that were coming in and went through the door to their right. They then walked down a circular staircase and found a rolled up scroll at the bottom. They looked at it and it appeared to be a contract of some kind, but the text was very hard to read. At that moment a man's voice spoke.
"Prey, excuse me, but have you seen a scroll hereabouts?" he asked. They turned around and saw a man dressed in a dark green business suit and hat. He also wore glasses that obscured his eyes. He also had a brown beard. One oddball thing about him that caught their eye was that he had a thin tail swishing left and right.
"Ah that's it! I thank you dearly, it is most important to my business. I forgot my manners. I am Renon. I am what you would call a demon," he added as he tipped his hat. With that said, they were about to strike him down but he held up his hand.
"Wait! Wait! I'm not an enemy! I'm here to sell supplies to those who venture into the castle. Surly we were fated to meet," he said. Carrie and Sarah gave each other a quick glance and they looked very unsure about the whole thing.
"It is shameful for a demon to be working, but one needs gold even in the underworld these days," he added. He then pulled out a pocket watch and looked at it.
"Oh my goodness, is that the time? We've talked for far too long. Remember; use the scroll to summon me, whenever you need," he added as he topped his hat again, and then turned into mist and vanished. They looked at the scroll for a few seconds.
"Think we can trust him?" Carrie asked.
"We maybe able to trust him to give us what we pay for, but I don't trust being not able to read what the text says, there might be more to it," Sarah replied. And with that they went out the door and were at the beginning of a hedge maze. On either side of the gate ahead of them, were two scary dog-like statues. One was darker than the other. They went over to the gate and it was locked. They tried the key and it opened. They wandered in the maze for a few minutes and crossed a stone bridge that lead to a dead end. They were about to head back until something shifted a bush that was in one of the corners.
"Who's there?" Carrie called. And out came from behind the bush was a young boy, dressed in the same color purple as his hair and eyes, and he wore a red pendent around his neck.
"Please, help me," he asked.
"What is a child as young as this doing here?" Sarah asked. They both went over to him and knelt down.
"It's ok, you're safe with us. What is your name?" Carrie asked.
"M…my name is Malus," Malus replied.
"Malus, do you know where you parents are?" Sarah asked.
"They…they burned my village…my mother and father too…" Malus replied.
"That's awful!" Carrie exclaimed.
"And they took the children, the demon in the black robe was looking for a certain child and…and I can't remember!" Malus said as he held his head.
"Take it easy, it seems like you've been through a pretty big ordeal," Sarah said. After a few seconds there was a loud growl, and the statues they saw at the beginning of the maze jumped through one of the hedges, and they slowly began to head towards them.
"Ugly mutts, I guess they were playing possum," Sarah commented. When they got to a certain point, Malus ran off screaming.
"Malus wait! It's too dangerous to run off alone!" Carrie called, but he kept on going. It didn't take long for the statues to be beaten, as it only to one hit and they made a death sound and fell on their sides. They went to find Malus and saw him but he ran off. They went down the path he took and they saw a door. Sarah was just a little bit ahead of Carrie, and just before Sarah reached the door, Carrie screamed. Looking back Sarah saw one of the statues had its mouth around one of her legs, and the other one was heading right for her.
"Guess these guys don't die, only get stunned!" Sarah commented before slashing the one that leaped for her. Carrie managed to beat the one that had her leg and limped over to Sarah. Due to her small size it wasn't hard for Sarah to pick her up and carry her. After going through the door she just saw Malus go down a path, and she followed but saw him crawl through a small gap. Turning back to try and find another way she just barley jumped the two statues. She turned around a corner and ran a bit, and something huge rounded the other corner and she just barley ducked its swing.
"It's the creature!" Carrie exclaimed. The creature was a tall man that was made of dead bodies, and it had a chainsaw.
"Sorry big guy, but I don't have much time to play!" Sarah exclaimed as she did a jump slash at its head, and it toppled over. They figured he was just stunned. They managed to catch sight of Malus and followed him and just barley escaped each encounter with the three monsters. After a few minutes they found Malus waiting in front of a door and he opened when they got close enough. After they were through the door slammed shut, and it appeared the monsters couldn't follow them. Sarah then set Carrie down and quickly mended her leg. After that was done Carrie went over to the gate that Malus was standing next to and opened it.
"You have come this far. Follow the path in the forest and you should reach the village. Watch out for the demons in the forest," Carrie warned. Malus was silent, but he went past the gate and it closed, and he soon vanished out of sight. Then they turned their sights to the door they came trough, they could hear the displeased sounds of the statues.
"Let us see what is down the path ahead of us," Sarah said. So they went down the path and found another key. They continued onward and found a door that led back into the mansion. They went back inside and were in the servants' quarters. They went out the other door and were back where they started. They made their way back to the entrance of the maze, and had to avoid the monsters again, but they found a door they had to unlock, so they quickly used the key and slammed the door, and could hear the displeased sounds of the statues again.
"Whew, am I glad we don't have to…" Carrie tried to say, but just as soon as they turned around, they fell down into a small stream.
"At least it wasn't deep water, who knows what kind of creatures swim in the deep," Sarah said as she stood up. She then helped up Carrie.
"I'm the one that should be the most grateful, I can't swim," Carrie commented. They walked through the stream and climbed onto a bridge and saw a small building to their left, they figured the door to their right led back to the maze. So they went through the door and had to walk down some stairs. When they reached bottom they saw a coffin in the distance.
"I'm not sure what this place was intended for, but I don't think that belongs here," Sarah commented. They quietly walked over to the coffin and Sarah gave the gesture to Carrie to open it. Carrie got a hold of it while Sarah drew her sword and held it at the ready. Carrie then took a deep breath, then yanked the lid off and Sarah was about to plunge her sword in, but paused. Carrie wondered what the problem was and looked in; there was nobody inside, just and empty casket. Sarah quickly looked around the room with her ears twitching, but couldn't see anything, but she could her something, it was just hard to pinpoint due to how the room was setup. But at that moment something zipped down and hit the floor. They walked over and it was the body of a young woman in a nightgown. They quickly looked up and saw the vampire they saw when they first entered.
"It's very rude to interrupt someone who is enjoying his meal," he said.
"Or perhaps I'll think different, like the main dish has arrived," he added. He then dropped from the ceiling and landed behind them.
"I'll finish you off here and now!" he protested. He then sprung forward and tried to slash at them, but they dodged with ease. They battled for a few good minutes as he would make a retreat to the ceiling and try to drop on them, but the last time he tired, Sarah grabbed him and tossed him towards the coffin, but before he could do anything else, Carrie grabbed a pointy piece of wood that was lying around and tossed it with all her might, and impaled him in the heart and his body burst into flames.
"Impossible! I, a vampire, defeated by a human?" he asked before he fell onto his back. He then turned into dust. Just a split second after that they felt a terrible feeling, looking back they saw the woman slowly getting back up in the vampire fashion.
"There's always one more isn't there?" Sarah complained. Things were a bit more complicated as this one was able to turn into mist and summon bats to pester them. The battle took much longer then the battle with the male vampire, but Sarah slashed her at the shoulder, down past the ribcage, and she burst into flames and vanished.
"That's three vampires down," Sarah commented as she sheathed her sword.
"Let's have a closer look at this coffin," Carrie said. They went over, and the bottom of the coffin began to shift, it then lowered and went into one of the sides to reveal a hidden path.
"Sure is dark down there," Carrie commented.
"Maybe, but it's the only place we can go from here," Sarah added. With that they gave each other a quick glance before jumping into the opening and vanishing into the darkness.
End Chapter 2