Chapter 9: (The Search for Batula)
Later that night, as the whole abbey was burning to the ground, the three gurus looked cautiously to the white bat who just got turned to a vampire.
"We have learned something much." Virgil explained, "Batulea fears us. He fears time for, if not, why does he hurry so?"
"He is calm." Rouge told him.
"How do you know?"
"He speaks to me."
"He has a strong mind connection to you. His heart was strong enough to survive the grave."
"You three admire him?"
The gurus nodded with the professor saying, "Yes. He was in life a most remarkable squirrel. His mind was great and powerful, but greater is the necessity to stamp him out and destroy him utterly."
"Guys?"
"Yes?" the three spoke.
"I know that I am becoming like him." the bat sighed with a bit of worry.
Jumbaa sighed as he spoke, "Your salvation is his destruction. That is why we want to hypnotize you. We want you to help us find him, Rouge. Before it is too late, please help us find him. Please."
The fowl was signaled before he showed Rouge the lit candle flame, speaking, "Look into this light, the light of all light, into this flame. Your eyes are heavy. You want to sleep. Sleep now. Sleep..."
With that, Rouge began to fall asleep.
"He calls to me." Rouge sleepily spoke in her dreams.
"What do you hear?" the professor asked, "What do you hear, child? What do you hear?"
As she spoke, she had visions of what was happening, one was the icy ocean, the cargo bay, and one of the remaining boxes with Batula, in elderly form again, sleeping in the dirt, imagining Rouge.
"My Prince is calling me." she told them, "He is traveling across icy seas to his beloved home. There he will grow strong again. I am coming to him to partake of his strength."
***
Mobitransylvania
Several days had passed as Nack and the others had gone to Mobitransylvania, hoping to stop the vampire once and for all.
As what was happening was shown, Nack's diary was heard. This is what it said: "Oct. 28th, Ironically a few days 'til Halloween. We left Nottingham by train, though that damn Sheriff made us pay taxes for leaving temporarily, and crossed the Tooglish Channel that night in stormy seas, no doubt from the passage of Batula's ship. He commands the winds. But we still have the advantage. By train, we can reach the Toomanian port at Vesta in 3 days. By ship, it will take him at least a week. From Paris, we traveled through the Alps to Buda-Pesto. Batula must sail around the rock of Gibraltor, where we have posted a lookout, and then on to the Black Sea port at Vesta where we will meet his ship and burn it into the sea."
As the train continued to its destination, Rouge was breathing harder than ever, lying prostrate in her seat. Apparently, when Yang tried checking her teeth, Rouge quietly hissed to him.
"Oh crud! Vampire fangs!?" Yang frowned, "I wanted vampire fangs for Halloween!"
"That's not important." Virgil told her, "Anyway, the vampire has baptized her with his own blood. Her blood is dying, my friend. It's no use."
Nack became more worried than ever. She was dying, all because it was his own fault. Why did he even bother taking this job in the first place?
He only sat next to Rouge, trying to comfort her, saying, "Come on, Bat Girl. Pull through. I ain't letting you go to the unknown alone."
Finally, Rouge noticed some white spots appearing on Nack's fur. It was apparent that during the drainage, his fur became white and cold.
"Oh, what have I done to you!" Rouge spoke sadly.
"No, it ain't your fault." he reassured, "It's what I did to involve us in the first place."
"He's coming closer. He's calling me to him."
"Rouge! Rouge, stay with me, please."
"I'm so cold."
She shivered a bit as Nack gave her an extra coat. He looked a bit more worried now than ever.
"It's times like this that I wish Sonic was involved in this or I at least got my 'Bounty Huntin' License to Kill License' back." Nack sighed sadly, "Then I can probably end it once and for all."
***
Time was passing as the ship with Batula sailed a different direction while back with the train, Alan had returned with his clerk, giving Virgil a letter.
This is what the journal of Virgil had been said: "Matthews received a wire from his clerk at Floyd's: "The Count's ship sailed past us in the night fog to the northern port of Galaxia.' The black devil is reading Rouge's mind."
Alan groaned in depression before he asked, "How can we catch him now?"
The weasel, meanwhile, examined the map as he spoke, "Vesta...Galaxia. It's about 200 miles. I think that with the horses we can cut him off, reach him before he reaches the castle. I would dispatch the Gurus straight to Bongo Pass. If we fail in our task, you will have to finish him."
"How did you find the time to read this stuff anyway?" Yin asked. "You usually get bored with that stuff."
"Blame the rabbit for stealing my DS."
He pointed to where Yang was playing a DS game as he shouted, "Yes! In your face, you stupid ninjas!"
They groaned a bit as Yin spoke, "Uh, why don't Yang and I go with them, just to be sure?"
"No way! I wanna fight the Bat Squirrel and-"
However, he was yanked away, forcing him to join them.
***
As the others entered the train, Rouge with the gurus and two rabbits had entered a carriage, heading to the castle at Bongo Pass.
This was what the diary of Nack was written: "From Vesta, Rouge with the rabbits and gurus took a carriage, but we continued on the train towards Galaxia where we still hope to intercept Bat Squirrel before he reaches land. I am fearful for Rouge. She is now our decoy."
***
Some time later, at Bongo Pass, the carriage had driven over to the pass, heading to a familiar castle.
Rouge peeked out as she spoke, "I know this place."
"The end of the world." Jumbaa told her.
"We must go on."
"It is late, child. We must rest here now."
"No, we must go!"
They yelped as the carriage strand was grabbed with the fowl shouting, "Rouge!"
"He needs me. We must go!"
They struggled while Yang shouted, "I missed Halloween for this!? This is bull! No wonder Rouge is turning into a bitch!"
That only resulted in her kicking Yang.
"Ow! What did I do?"
***
Now we see Nack and his group heading through the snowy area. Indeed, it had become winter there. The others with the hounds proceeded through the chase as Nack's words were heard.
This is what Nack's diary has been read: "We are past Histeria. Batula has outsmarted us again. We learned that his gypsies took charge of the vampire's box at Galaxia and are now on the Bongo Pass road."
***
That night, outside the castle walls, Rouge with the five were near the camp fire as the camp was made.
Yin looked worried as she spoke, "Here, you gotta eat something."
She showed the plate to her, with Rouge frowning, "I am not hungry."
She hit the plate away, with Yin shouting, "Rouge!"
"I'd do that too if it was made by you, Yin." Yang chuckled, resulting in her hitting her brother.
Rouge groaned a bit while hearing voices. The voices, coming from three familiar vampires, spoke in Romanian to her, as if hypnotizing her.
The blue rabbit finally noticed, turning to the camera, "Is it me, or does it seem like the true villains are those hags over there?"
"We heard that!" the three voices angrily shouted to him.
Rouge was writhing and screaming a bit, as if in agony and pain. After some time of watching, the five noticed her standing up before looking hungrily to the four males.
She then looked at Yang, speaking with a smirk hungrily, "You've been so good to me, Yang. I know that Cree harbored secret desires for you. She told me. I too know what men desire."
The two kissed one another, though Yang was forced, due to him not liking this kiss.
"AHHH! Vampire kisses!" Yang shouted, "It burns!"
"Uh...really?"
"No not really, but it is gross."
That only made Rouge hit his eye as she continued, "Will you cut off my head and drive a stake through my heart as you did poor Cree, you murdering bastard?"
"Maybe, especially since Lina's in the hospital. Why?"
"Yang!" the four shouted angrily.
The newly made vampire prepared to bite him. Just in the nick of time, Yang was pulled away.
"No!" Jumbaa shouted, "Not while we all live! We have sworn to protect you!"
Quickly, the professor chanted the Hebrew language, placing a consecrated host to Rouge's head, resulting the burning and Rouge's screams.
"Thanks." Yang grinned, "For a second there, I thought I was gonna be forced to marry a vampire."
He was only given a death glare by the four, much to their annoyance.
Devil, Azula, and Fiona continued calling out before the others yelped, quickly making a fiery circle.
"No!" Virgil shouted, "We're safe within the circle. We lost Cree, I will not lose you to him."
The owl turned to where the three were, shouting, "Whores of Satan, this is holy ground! Leave this place now! Leave this ground. We command you, in the name of Christ."
The vampires hissed toward them, before turning to the horses. The trio quickly attacked the horses, killing them immediately, though the rabbits' eyes were covered from seeing it.
"No! No! No! Damn you!" the gurus shouted in horror.
(End of Chapter 9)