Chapter 4

Morris slowly awakened from his unconscious state, he looked around his surroundings. Until he noticed that there was a man standing on the other side of the hole where Nathan and his son had fallen. He could see that the man was smiling, as the man began to run and jump over the hole like it was a grain of sand. He stood proudly on his legs as he helped the older man up.

"Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Richter Belmont."
"A Belmont? That can't be."
"Well, a member of the family." he said holding up Vampire Killer to him.

"Why didn't you come ten years ago?"
"Funny story actually."
"What?"
"Dracula's my..."

"Your what?"

"He's my mate..."

"You have got to be kidding me!" Morris looked down to the ground.
'He's not shitting you. I regret coming into your body now Richter.'

"Douche."

"I'm guessing that's Simon?"

Richter nodded.

"Are you going to take me to Dracula?
"No, as a fellow hunter and human, I'm going to help you out of this place. What's your name?"
"Morris Baldwin. My son and apprentice fell down that hole when Dracula awoke. A white haired young man with a monocle came and threatened the count."
"That's Aeon, he's a Guardian of Time."
"Wow..."
"Obviously something isn't right."

"Maybe we should team up to find them."
"Alright, allow my abilities to guide us."

'Cut the crap Richter.'
"Yeah ok." he said helping the Morris up.

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Aeon had passed into the realm of unconsciousness and at the worst time ever. The three of them walked into a large room, as they did the sound of a low growl filled the whole room. As the two men looked around a giant Cerberus came out from the shadows.

"Oh crap." Hugh said, "Had to be a Cerberus."
The Cerberus' fur changed from a black to a red as it howled up into the skies. It fired off a clear beam at the two of them. Hugh found it pretty hard to dodge holding another person in his arms. The beast fired off a second beam that hit Hugh and Aeon.

"HUGH!"

The swordsman smacked into the wall with Aeon still in his arms. He placed the teen on the floor, his breathing was slow and staggered. Hugh didn't want to leave him in the state that he was in, but they would all die if he stayed. He drew his sword as the beast fired off a third beam. The long haired male dodged the attack, but as he did, Nathan was struck by it. He fell into a different wall to where Hugh had placed Aeon. The swordsman leaped up into the air and sliced a massive gash in the wolf's fur. It changed again. The Cerberus' fur changed from a red to a blue and it fired off three balls of lightning into the air, which fired high volts of lightning to the ground. They moved closer to the two humans that opposed the creature. Nathan arose from his painful position and jumped up into the air, slamming the whip on the wolf's body as he did so. The wolf fell to the ground, but it changed again. It went from the blue back to its original colour, with saliva dripping from its mouth. The wolf begun to charge.

"Time, stop!" followed by a click from his fingers.

The wolf had completely froze, both of the men were amazed at this.

"Kill it, I cannot keep time frozen for long." Aeon said weakly.

Hugh jumped up into the air and sliced each head of the Cerberus. Once time had returned to normal, the wolf lay there with its severed heads around it. Hugh came over to Aeon, who was struggling to catch his breath.

"You didn't have to do that." Hugh said picking him back up.

"It is fine. I mainly did that so my master know that I still live."
"Ok." Nathan said.

It was at that moment when an idea popped into Hugh's head, "We should split."

"What?" Nathan said as Aeon passed out again, "See he's in no condition for us to do that. You can't carry him and fight at the same time, we just proved that a minute ago."
"I was just surprised by the beast, that's all. We'll cover more ground if we split."

"Alright, fine. Just take care of Aeon. I'll go and find your father."
"Ok."

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Hugh walked all the way to the Observation Tower without fighting any of the monsters that lived in the castle. As the man walked into the room, the door suddenly shut on him, but he wasn't phased.

"You have really out done yourself this time." a woman's voice said.

"I have to agree with you." a male voice said the sound of bone rubbing on bone filled the room

Dracula walked into the room as his subjects smiled and revealed themselves.

"What should we do with the boy my Lord?" Carmilla asked.

"I say we use him to kill the other one, since he's already under Magnus' spell." Death said.

"I agree, Carmilla. If Magnus was with us." Dracula said.

"Damn. Is it possible for Actrise to distort time if she used Aeon as a catalyst?" she said
"Maybe my Lord." Death said said.

"The presents of a Time Guardian is very conserving." Carmilla said.

"And why is that?" the count said.

"He mentioned that someone came from a different dimension. Is that not worrying?" she said
"True." Death said as Aeon slowly opened his eyes, "Looks like the cat is awake. Hello kitty."

"Do not talk to me like that."

"Aww, he's so cute you know. Hugh, I'll take him."

Hugh allowed the Vampire to take Aeon from his arms, the guardian was too weak. The poison had worked quicker than he'd anticipated. He was just about to stop time when Death controlled the poison that was flowing through him, forcing it to travel faster around his body. Rendering him unconscious.

"Actrise is free to do as she wishes." Death said.