Author's Note: A big congratulations to Kairi's-Twin, who won my contest. In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, Van Helsing's first name is Abraham! Read through to the bottom for a new contest opportunity!

Act 10

(VAN HELSING, ANNA, CARL, and SHADES have just passed through the magic mirror thing and are now standing outside DRACULA'S castle. VAN HELSING grabs CARL and ANNA and uses his new werewolf strength to scale the outside of the castle and enter through a window above the ridiculously high door.)

CARL: Well, as grateful as I am to be out of the cold, that doesn't seem like a good thing!

ANNA: No, really?! When did you figure that out?

(SHADES walks in from another passageway.)

SHADES: Uh, guys? There was a side door left open, you know. You didn't have to scale the wall like that, Gabriel.

VAN HELSING: Thanks for telling us that now, when we don't need to know it!

(The group is now distracted by the sound of the MONSTER yelling off screen. They all run over to a barred window. The MONSTER is inside a giant ice cube dangling from the ceiling.)

ANNA: Why are you in an ice cube?

MONSTER: Aw, heck, I don't know anything anymore.

VAN HELSING: Look at this! (Gestures toward a pair of signs. One reads "Werewolf antidote this way! ►" The other reads "Laboratory this way! ◄")

SHADES: Well, that's ridiculously convenient. Anna, you and Carl get the antidote. Van Helsing, the only thing that can kill Dracula is a werewolf. Go get 'em.

CARL: What are you going to do?

SHADES: I'm going to find someone. (Walks off stage.)

ANNA: Ok, don't know what that was all about. Come on, Carl.

(ANNA and CARL walk offstage, leaving VAN HELSING alone on the stage. He walks off in the direction indicted by the sign.)

(Later, VAN HELSING is climbing a rope leading to the top of the castle. He comes out at the top, where the MONSTER is tied to a table.)

MONSTER: What are you doing, you noob? Get the antidote!

VAN HELSING: My friends are doing it for me! (Starts to unstrap the MONSTER. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes the table, knocking VAN HELSING through the ceiling.)

MEANWHILE…

(ANNA and CARL are standing next to a container full of a see-through liquid.)

ANNA: Go ahead and grab it.

CARL: You go ahead and grab it!

ALEERA: I'll settle this! (Backhands CARL, who staggers backwards into the container, causing it to fall and shatter.)

ANNA: Grab it! Hurry; get it to Van Helsing, quick!

CARL: I'm going already! (Runs offstage.)

(We're back in the room below the place where the MONSTER is being zapped. VAN HELSING staggers onto the screen. Suddenly, DRACULA in his hell-bat form swoops in.)

DRACULA: Well, Gabriel, what are you going to do? You can't kill me!

VAN HELSING: We'll see about that!

(The full moon comes out. VAN HELSING transforms into a werewolf. However, he doesn't look like a normal werewolf. It is for this reason that SHADES has decided to invent the term "Snoogle" in reference to werewolves that look like this. Spread it around! VAN HELSING and DRACULA begin to fight.)

SHADES and ME, in the background: Van Helsing is what? Red hot! Van Helsing is what? Red hot! Van Helsing is R-E-D red H-O-T hot! And once he starts he can't be stopped! Gooooo Van Helsing! (Crazy cheerleader jumps)

(VAN HELSING bites DRACULA, and DRACULA dies. ANNA runs in with the werewolf antidote and jabs VAN HELSING with the needle. VAN HELSING tackles ANNA and she dies.)

VAN HELSING: Oh crap. What have I done?!

TBC…next chapter…

Author's Note: Well, only 1 more chapter left! If you like this story, I have more Van Helsing fics on my profile! And now, my contest. The same rules apply, meaning if you've already won a contest, you can't win this one. Here goes: Did you know that "Jinette" is actually a girl's name? My brother and I love to make fun of Cardinal Jinette due to this fact! There is a Christmas carol with the similarly-spelled name, "Jeanette" in it. If you can give me the name of the carol, you win a picture of Shades and a chapter dedication! Good luck!