Here we go :) Chapter 10 done. I had planned to release it sooner but I was slightly distracted by my laziness when I was writing the last parts of the chapter. Special thanks to memeteam2016 for beta-reading this chapter! You've been a great help :)
The blanket of the beautiful night fully covered Hotel Transylvania. There wasn't so much activity in the hotel, since most of the guests were humans and since it was already a bit late, they just stayed in their rooms. While the other few monster guests that were in the hotel preferred to stay inside their rooms, as they still weren't used to being around so many humans in the hotel. In the lobby, around the corner, a floating pair of glasses was watching TV, along with a werewolf that was sneaking around nearby.
"Hey Griffin, found anything interesting yet?" Wayne drowsily asked as he hopped on the couch and took a seat, which kind of startled Griffin. A spooked Griffin simply huffed at the sudden intrusion, grabbed the remote and started changing the channel. After changing the channel a couple of times, trying to find if there's anything interesting, it went to no avail.
"Nah, there's nothing good on the TV." Griffin said in an annoyed tone while laying down the remote at the nearby table. Wayne quickly grabbed it and started changing the channels himself.
"Still, having this new 18 inch flat-screen TV in the lobby was a nice touch by Johnny." Wayne said as he changed the channels, looking for something interesting. After about a minute of switching channels, Wayne failed to find anything good or interesting in the TV. He simply laid down the remote at the table where he first grabbed it. "Told ya." Griffin said in a bored manner.
A couple of minutes passed, it seemed like the boredom just won't go away. So Wayne grabbed the remote again and changed the channel once again, this time however, the channel he picked actually got their attention. As soon as he switched to that channel, a loud voice of a news reporter spoke. "Welcome to XYZ news!" Both of them got a bit surprised by the sudden loud voice, with their heads slightly flinching from the surprise. "This just in, a normal night in a Paris restaurant was turned upside down." the reporter spoke, shortly before the camera view shifts to the scene where the restaurant was.
It was the exact same restaurant that Johnny and Mavis had been, except for the fact that the entire restaurant was now flooded with a lot of police officers and even SWAT teams. The camera then shifted its view near the parking lot, where police were examining three bodies of dead soldiers, along with a car in the parking lot that was literally riddled with bullets.
Both Wayne and Griffin couldn't help but gasp at what they were seeing, "Hey Frank! Murray! Come see this!" Wayne quickly shouted in a nervous tone while not even taking off his view from the TV.
Frank was on the other side of the lobby, but nevertheless easily heard Wayne. Wayne's voice sounded urgent so he along with his wife Eunice hurriedly went to them, he also called Murray, who was, at that time trying to flirt with the female Mummy.
"What is it?" Frank asked in a shaky demeanor as Murray shortly came by. Wayne just responded by pointing at the TV, to which both Frank, Eunice and Murray immediately turned their attention to. They all remained quiet as they watched the TV, one of the reporters right at the scene walked up and asked a police officer about what information they already might have.
"We do not yet know the exact motives of the assailants. There has been no reports of anyone getting hurt or had been shot, but the investigation is ongoing." One of the police officers in the scene quickly responded in a sly French accent. "I'll call Drac, he needs to see this." Frank nervously said while running off to find Dracula. He wasn't exactly sure where Dracula had run off to, but he knew it himself that he'll quickly find him, as he knew all the secrets and insides of the hotel.
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The cold and gentle breeze of the night enveloped the city of Paris. While in the skies, not a sight of a cloud could be spotted. As countless lights illuminated the city, bright and twinkling stars lit up the sky above. The night seemed too beautiful, there seems to be no soul in sight that could make this magnificent night a complete disaster.
Out in the skies, a lone bat flew, at a quite low altitude. The bat seemed to be flying randomly, in any direction, it seems that the bat was running away from something. The lone bat flew past a few buildings, emitting a loud sob here and there. By the looks of the bat, it seemed that it was crying. The bat would sometimes nearly hit a building, as it was too distracted by its constant sobbing and crying.
"How… dare… he, how… dare… he" The bat kept mumbling as it flew. Emitting a loud gasp as it narrowly evaded an apartment building that it almost slammed into. "How dare he lie to me…" Going left then right, trying to find a place, any place that would be quiet enough to be able to think. "We were attacked, alright!" A voice kept looping through her mind. "I'm… not an ordinary guy." "At least not anymore…" Another set of voices looped inside her mind. With each second spent remembering those thoughts, her altitude kept decreasing. As she flew, she slowly let her thoughts flood her mind, which in turn made her unaware of the surroundings. While lost in those thoughts, little did the bat know on what it was flying straight into. A loud 'thud' was soon heard. The bat, while heavily disoriented and distracted by her thoughts, slammed right into a tree.
Falling to the ground, it took no longer than a second then she transformed back into her human form. Standing up and wiping her forehead while letting out a slight groan, she looked around the area. She noticed that she landed right into that park that Johnny had brought her earlier, the Luxembourg Gardens, although now it was closed and also quite dark. The darkness nor the utter silence in the area didn't mean much to her, it didn't bother her in even the slightest way. At least the area was quiet enough for her to be able to think. Walking past a couple of trees and bushes, she found a lone bench sitting around the corner. Looking around the area for a second time, to make sure that she was really alone, her blue eyes glistened as she looked around the scenery. Once she was sure enough, she took a seat.
"How can he lie to me?" she kept asking herself repeatedly, with an unsure and nervous demeanor. She kept thinking about the fact that Dennis most likely got hurt when he and Johnny were attacked, that made her even more angry. "How can he keep something like that as a secret… from me? His wife, his 'zing'." she further questioned in her thoughts.
And her own son, Dennis, didn't even speak up and tell her of the incident. The thought that Johnny managed to convince and persuade Dennis to not tell her what happened, or more bluntly, to also lie to her, literally disgusted her. A visible tear fell from one of her eyes as she sniffled. She felt betrayed and played, Johnny is her 'zing', not to mention her husband, but the fact that he lied to her like that and managed to keep it a secret that long really hit her hard, as if she was staked right in the heart. She felt really lost, she was ambivalent on what to do next. Would she just sit around there? Or would she just continue flying off into who-knows-where?
Mavis then felt a drop of water hit her jet black hair. Extending her hand and opening her palm in the air, she felt a couple drops of water hit it. Looking up, she noticed that it was starting to rain. Giving out an annoyed huff, she decided to remain there. After all, she had nowhere to go anyway. Going out there would surely attract the attention of the people that attacked her when she and Johnny were at that restaurant. And she surely won't go back to where Johnny was, as far she's concerned, she just wanted to be as far away from him as possible.
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Back at the warehouse, a clear sound of what seems to be a sledgehammer repeatedly hitting the wall kept resonating around the building, echoing all around the corners and even outside the building itself. A certain red-haired guy kept slamming his bare fist at the thick wall out of anger and frustration. "I should've… told… her… earlier." he shouted as he kept punching the wall with all his raw strength. His punches left large and visible cracks on the wall as he kept hitting it, letting his loose temper take control. Johnny felt like an idiot for not telling Mavis about everything. With his new abilities, he thought that he would be able to further protect his family from danger, especially from the likes of Van Helsing. But he himself had hurt Mavis, not physically, but emotionally and for that he resented himself. He really wanted to tell her everything as soon as that incident happened, but he had his reasons for wanting to keep a secret and that reason was, fear. When he and Dennis left to explore the forest, he was basically left 'in-charge' of Dennis. Even though he successfully defended his son and himself against the attackers, that still didn't wipe off the thought that he had somehow led them to that accident in the first place. Johnny kept thinking that if he hadn't agreed in the first place to go out with Dennis and just convinced him to just stay at the hotel then they wouldn't be in that trouble.
He knew how overprotective Mavis could be, so he feared that she, along with Dracula and his other friends, would lose their trust in him after that incident. He punched the wall one last time, with his right fist. That part of the wall literally got a hole punched right into it after Johnny dished out that powerful and hammering punch. His eyes became pitch black for a split second, then reverted back to its normal color. While still panting and slightly disoriented due to the magnitude of the punches he threw, he rested both of his hands onto the wall and lay down and rested his head on the unscratched part of the wall. He got a bit surprised at what he did, he hadn't been that angry before. Johnny clearly saw a glimpse of what his anger can do to him, it empowered him, yet it also drove him out of control. Closing his eyes and sighing, he tried to relax himself. He felt a slight stinging sensation from his right fist, opening one of his eyes and putting his clenched fist in front of his view, he immediately noticed that its knuckles were bleeding. But it healed almost instantly as soon as he saw it, much to his relief.
Unknown to him, that the secret elevator nearby was slowly opening. Coming out of it was none other than Johnny's friend, Joseph, after all, he's the only one that was left in that room when Mavis and Johnny went to the ground floor. The buzzing sound of the walls being hammered kind of annoyed him, which prompted him to go see what was going on himself. When he was fully out of the elevator, it took no longer than a second, he instantly saw a still slightly angered Johnny along with the visible cracks on the wall. What surprised him more is that fist shaped hole that was left on one part of the wall.
"I should remind myself not to get on his bad side…" he thought to himself as he crept closer to Johnny, not wanting to startle him. Johnny was still panting, there was an awkward silence that descended upon that area.
That silence however was immediately broken. "Tsk… tsk… tsk" He heard someone, which made him quickly turn around. "If you're mad, don't take it out on the wall dude. It's private property!" Joseph jokingly said while starting to chuckle, there was still a hint of nervousness in his voice as he didn't know how Johnny would react to his little joke. Johnny responded by simply huffing and rolling his eyes.
Joseph then emitted a short laughter, which earned him a peculiar look from Johnny, "What's funny?" Johnny quickly asked while giving him a glare.
Joseph then pointed at Johnny's cheek, the one that Mavis had slapped before flying off, which was still quite red. "Nice mark you got there." he commented while trying to hold back a chuckle. Johnny then remembered that slap that Mavis gave him, which made him slightly quiver. Johnny quickly took out his phone and was going to try to call Mavis, but was immediately stopped. "I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Joseph trailed off, which earned him a peculiar and slightly angered look from Johnny.
"Those people that attacked you and your wife most likely already know your cell numbers. Calling someone would probably allow them to track you." Joseph explained. Johnny couldn't deny what his friend said, he's already got enough problems on his hands. Both of them weren't really sure of it, but it would be foolish to take the risk, that encounter on the restaurant was close enough, so Johnny wouldn't want to draw further attention from the people that tried to kill him and his wife.
"I have to find her." Johnny mumbled a couple of times. Because of that, Joseph's seemingly relaxed and funny expression on his face disappeared and was replaced by a serious look.
"What happened dude? Why'd you blow a gasket?" he seriously and calmly questioned while taking a second glance at the broken wall that was behind Johnny, which kind of made him slightly cringe at the sight of it.
"She left" Johnny murmured while blankly staring outside the large entrance of the warehouse, "She flew off… and left…" he trailed off in a somber tone as his teeth slightly grinded and his face fell. Joseph just stood with a blank expression, he didn't know what words to say or what to do to be able to calm Johnny down. After a couple of moments, Johnny then let out a loud groan out of annoyance and frustration as he began to furiously walk towards the exit, "I gotta find her." he said in a slightly raised tone, more than enough to be heard across the area.
After he walked a couple of meters, he suddenly stopped for a moment and looked back at Joseph, "I'll be needing to borrow your car." his very look struck fear upon Joseph, it was an odd look, a look of a desperate man.
Joseph simply raised his hands in defense out of slight fear, "Sure, dude. Whatever you need." He then fidgeted his pockets, took out the car keys and threw it to Johnny, of which he caught with ease. With that, Johnny turned around and continued on his path. "But how are you even gonna find her?" Joseph shouted, as Johnny was already a bit far from him. That instantly made Johnny stop walking.
"If she flew out of here, how are you even gonna find her in this entire city?" Joseph said in a slightly negative demeanor. Because of what he said, Johnny realized that it would indeed be hard to search for her, like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But nevertheless, he had to try, he can't just give up like that without even trying. Johnny lightly shook his head, "I… have no idea." As he stared on the ground with a clearly confused look on his face. "But I will… somehow. I'll find her." he said in a hopeful tone as he raised his head and looked directly at Joseph. "Okay then. Anything I can do to help?" Joseph lively said as he raised his chin, ready to do whatever he can to help his friend.
It took Johnny a couple of seconds of pondering, then he came up with something. "Go back underground and try to find something we can use to call for help. Try to call either Dracula or Tiberius!" Johnny commanded. They needed to notify Dracula and the rest on what is currently happening, even though Johnny couldn't help but think that they might've already found out, he can't use his phone so they needed something else that won't be tracked or traced by Van Helsing's men.
"Okay! I'll dig around the storage room and see if I find something." Joseph said in a spirited manner as he started sprinting towards the elevator. "Oh! Before you go, there's a hoodie in the trunk of the car. So you can hide yourself just in case there's more snipers in the city." Joseph added. Both of them nodded at each other before parting ways.
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Meanwhile, inside quite a large room in Hotel Transylvania. A cute red-haired boy along with a werewolf were playing around the wide open space in the area.
"You won't catch me!" Dennis playfully said as he used his enhanced vampire speed to run away from Winnie. "Yes I will!" Winnie responded, running on all fours, trying to catch up to Dennis. Soon after, Winnie was slowly gaining and was so near to catching Dennis. That was until, not wanting to get caught, Dennis changed into a bat and flew towards the ceiling.
With that, Winnie stood on two legs with an annoyed look, "Hey! No flying. That's cheating!" Winnie shouted as she scrunched up her face. Dennis just laughed as he flew and glided along the ceilings, so confident that Winnie won't catch him as long as he's in the air. "No it isn't." Dennis wittily retorted as he flew to the center of the room, on the highest point, almost touching the ceiling. "I'm sure she won't catch me here." he confidently thought to himself as he let out a short but lively giggle.
But unbeknownst to him that while he was too busy flying around, Winnie suddenly disappeared, no doubt preparing to surprise him. With his enhanced vision, he tried to spot Winnie, but it went to no avail. "Where are you Winnie?" Dennis asked in a low yet curious tone as he looked in all directions, trying to spot her. Out of nowhere, Winnie suddenly came out of her hiding place and sprinted to the nearby wall, making an audacious wall-jump that launched her from the ground and onto Dennis.
"Got you!" Winnie shouted, shortly before slamming into Dennis mid-air. Because of that hit, both of them fell down, with Dennis transforming back to human form halfway through. They fell down on the couch that was directly below them, with both of them still laughing from that little 'game' they played.
Winnie was licking Dennis is the face and cheeks repeatedly while Dennis just continues to laugh. But something caught Dennis' attention, as Winnie kept licking him in the cheeks, his head slightly tilted to the side. He then noticed his grandfather, Dracula, accompanied by two strange men, one wearing a blue hood and the other without.
"W-Wait Winnie!" Dennis managed to say in a slightly raised tone, "It's Papa Drac!" he happily exclaimed while pointing to Dracula that was just outside of the large room they were in.
"This is a very serious problem!" Dracula hissed at Tiberius and Alucard as they walked the hallway. Tiberius just put back his hood on as a response. "I-I have to get to them before Van Helsing does. I… gotta fly to them…" Dracula nervously trailed off as he briskly put a hand on the wall, his nails scratching it and causing a short yet annoying screeching sound.
Tiberius then huffed as he looked at him with an extremely confused look, "Are you kidding me? Paris is almost two thousand kilometers from here." he retorted. Dracula then looked at him straight in the eye with an angered look, he hissed at him for underestimating his capabilities, "If my daughter managed to fly from California to here while carrying Johnny then I am most certain that I can fly to Paris by myself." Dracula pridefully said with a slightly raised chin. They were gonna continue their little conversation but it was cut short.
"Papa Drac!" a familiar voice greeted him, which made him slightly flinch. Dracula looked to the other side and saw Dennis , along with Winnie, running towards him. Quickly wiping off any nervousness and anger that he had about the current events that were happening, he greeted them as well.
"Hello Denisovitch, my little Devil Dog. And hello Winnie." he tried his best to greet them as happy as possible. Waving his hand at them along with a seemingly fake happy smile. But Dennis isn't stupid, he quickly noticed the two strange people that Dracula was with, he also sensed some form of nervousness within his Papa Drac.
Dracula was fidgeting, his eyes were looking all over the place, as much as he tried to look calm he simply couldn't. "What's wrong Papa Drac?" Dennis asked with a concerned tone, "And who are those guys?"
With that being asked, both Tiberius and Alucard looked and nodded to each other and took off their hoods. The second they did that, Dennis instantly recognized Tiberius, as Johnny had introduced him before he and Mavis left for their vacation.
"Nothing is wrong. I… was just talking with some… friends." Dracula nervously replied to his grandson, in hopes that he'd believe it. His nervous demeanor along with a rather odd smile that was plastered on his face further prompted Dennis to become more curious. "No it isn't. Something is wrong." Dennis said as he raised an eyebrow while staring at Dracula with an unsure yet curious look. With what Dennis said, Dracula became more unsettled, he couldn't just blurt out that something bad is most likely happening with Dennis' parents. He tried to think of something to say, that will get Dennis to stop asking, but before he could think of something, someone came running to them.
"Drac! Drac!" Frank shouted as he was running on the hallway, coming towards them. Once he reached them, he stopped for a moment to take a breath, as he had been running continuously around the hotel searching for Dracula.
"What is it Frank?" Dracula inquired in a scared manner, he could easily sense the nervousness along with the tiredness in Frank's voice. "T-The TV, y-you have to see something." Frank tiredly said while breathing heavily, he was in a slouched position but tried to straighten himself up upon saying that. With that being said, all of them went for the lobby, with Frank leading the way.
Once they reached the lobby, they immediately went for the TV. They saw a still quite shocked Wayne along with Griffin watching the news, even though Griffin is invisible, it was still pretty obvious that he was also nervous about what was being shown in the TV. Dracula hurriedly went closer to the TV, to see what is going on, unknown to him that this will probably be one of the most shocking news he'll ever get. The reporter on the TV, that was still on the scene of the restaurant, was talking to a supposed eye-witness that has seen the attack on the restaurant, "Tell us. What have you seen when the attack on this restaurant was ensuing?" The female reporter calmly inquired as she held a microphone and reached it out towards the person. The person being interviewed took a breath and tried to answer, "W-When I was near the parking lot, just about to drive out of there, I… I saw a black-haired woman along with a… red-haired man that walked out from the restaurant." The person tried to describe, while nervously fidgeting. "T-Then after awhile, someone, like a sni-sniper, suddenly shot the woman-"
Wayne, Griffin and the rest of them was unable to hear the rest as a loud, eerie and ear-deafening roar was heard from none other than Dracula. "VAN HELSING!" Dracula shouted as angrily as he could, his teeth grinding, his fangs becoming longer and longer by the second along with red bloodshot eyes. Wayne, Frank, Griffin and pretty much everyone except Tiberius and Alucard gasped at what Dracula said, along with that extremely terrifying face he had. It was no mystery to Dracula on who are those people that were being described by the person on the TV. From that point on, he couldn't even dare to think or imagine on what might already be happening to the couple at the moment.
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Johnny hurriedly approached the car, he had a blank expression on his face, but even that couldn't hide the obvious nervousness he was feeling. A couple of drops of rain dropped on his head and some on his shoulders, which immediately made him look up to the night sky. Rolling his eyes, he turned his view towards the car and further hurried his pace. Quickly going to the backside of the car, he popped open the trunk and found a dark-blue colored hoodie. Not wanting to waste anymore time, he quickly put on the hoodie, zipping it and putting the hood over his head, which covered most of his hair and face. After that, he quickly proceeded to open the car and get in.
Nervously putting both of his hands on the steering wheel, a lot of thoughts came up to his mind. "Where do I even start?" was one of the thoughts that kept whizzing through his head, still unsure if he'd even find Mavis, that further tensed up his grasp on the steering wheel. He just shrugged the thought off, started the car, then began to drive off the area. Unsure where to go, where to start looking, but still full of hope that he'll find Mavis.
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Meanwhile in the sewers…
"Find them! Find them quickly!" A black hooded man shouted at the top of his voice to all the soldiers that were in the area, his fist clenching along with his teeth grinding. The calm and relaxed attitude of the soldiers were replaced with utter nervousness, some of them going to the laptops, some of them went for the sewer exit, to conduct a city-wide search for the couple.
"Do not stop searching for them. Once you've found them, notify us immediately so we can set up a well thought out ambush." The black hooded man shouted at the soldiers that were leaving, "Do not engage them without backup, they are far too dangerous to be dealt with limited numbers." he further shouted to them, making sure that each word that he uttered was clearly heard and inferred.
"Understood, sir!" One of the soldiers said out loud as he put on his night-vision goggles and began to leave the sewers along with a few other soldiers.
The black hooded man turned his attention towards another soldier that was sitting around the area, he hurriedly pointed a finger at him. "What is the status of the snipers?!" he asked, quite harshly.
The soldier got slightly shocked by the tone of the man's voice but nevertheless answered, "S-Sir, we have dispatched six snipers throughout the city. They will be constantly keeping in touch and will report any sightings of the targets." he quickly replied in a nervous tone.
The black hooded turned around, slowly rubbing his hands together as he took a couple steps forward. He then began clapping his hands in a slightly silent manner, "Wonderful." he excitedly said as a grin formed up on his face.
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Along the roads of the Arc de Triomphe, the place was still busy as ever. Even though it was raining and it was already a bit late in the night, there were still cars and other vehicles roaming the area, along with lots of people, including tourist, that were still out and enjoying the night. Johnny pulled over near a small restaurant near the area, his car was directly facing the Arc de Triomphe. "Hmm, maybe Mavis is there…" he thought to himself, hoping that she was somewhere in the area so that they can sort out this mess. He tightly grabbed the steering wheel as leaned his head closer to the front window, to get a better view of the area. He had expected that if Mavis was there, she'd most likely be on top of the Arc. He locked his eyes in a steady gaze at the Arc de Triomphe, looking over the edges and the top side. The raining had caused his window to be slightly blurred, so he simply turned on the windshield wiper and waited a couple of seconds before taking another look again. But to his disappointment, Mavis wasn't there. He leaned back with a clearly frustrated look on his face, started the car again and drove out of the area.
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Meanwhile, back at the warehouse, in the underground place…
A tough and shiny titanium door flung open, revealing an old, dusty and dark storage room. Joseph came in, a bit tired, as he had to go through a rather long flight of stairs. He looked to his side and found a switch, he flicked it as fast as he can. As soon as he did that, some lights on the corners of the room began to flicker, the lights continuously kept flickering for a few seconds before starting to stabilize. Joseph's already tired and slightly weary look was worsened once he saw the large storage room. Although most of the stuff was organized into sections, there were lots of tall metal shelves with lots of items, the area was still quite big and still messy. Joseph coughed a few times as he further entered the area, no doubt because of all the dust that has accumulated throughout the years. "How the heck Am I gonna find a phone down here?" Joseph looked around the area, taking a glance at the spider webs that had formed around the corners and edges of the room, quite doubtful if he can even find something useful in this mess.
Back at Hotel Transylvania…
"Van Helsing?! Did I hear that correctly?" Murray questioned in a scared manner, he nearly flipped when he heard that name. Dracula's angered face slowly faded as soon as he saw Dennis slightly frightened by it, his extremely agitated and angered look made both Dennis and Winnie take a step back and slightly quiver.
"Papa Drac, w-who's Van Helsing?" Dennis managed to ask while slightly shivering. While still quite furious, Dracula tried to calm himself, he knew that this isn't the right place for such outburst, especially since Dennis clearly saw it.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling, he put a hand on his forehead as he shut his eyes, "Nothing, nothing" as he waved his other hand in a reassuring manner. "He is just an… old…" Dracula trailed off as he quickly tried to make up an excuse, "Business rival." as he removed his hand from his forehead and looked at Dennis with a seemingly innocent smile. Seeing as how that seemed to slightly calm Dennis down, he went closer to him and gently put a hand on his shoulder, "Ju…Just go back to your room, Denisovitch." he turned his head toward Tiberius, with a glowering face, "We have some 'mature' things to talk about."
Dennis nodded in agreement, even though he was still full of confusion at what's happening. He started to walk away along with Winnie. But there was still doubt left in him, a lot of doubt and confusion. He's never seen Dracula that angry before, so that prompted him to eavesdrop on Dracula's conversation with the others. Dennis immediately stopped walking when he and Winnie got some distance away from Dracula. They were away from the lobby, yet they'll still be able to hear most of their conversation using their enhanced hearing senses. He laid his back at the wall, with his head and ear slightly sticking to the brick wall and slightly closed his eyes, trying to concentrate and listen to their conversation. It took no longer than a second that Winnie quickly noticed what Dennis was doing.
"I thought you were gonna go back to your room?" Winnie asked, slightly confused at what Dennis' intentions are. Dennis momentarily broke his concentration to reply to Winnie, "They're hiding… something. Gotta find it out." he said as he lightly shook his head. Because of that, Winnie also got curious. Both of them quietly stayed at the area and used their respective abilities to listen to the conversation.
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As soon as Dennis and Winnie were out of sight, Dracula's seemingly calmed down demeanor immediately switched back to his previous furious and angered state. Directly looking at Tiberius with a wide-eyed look, Tiberius flinched at that. Dracula's very look could pretty much kill someone if he wanted to.
"Why? Why haven't you told me earlier?!" the vampire seethed. With no answer coming from either Tiberius or Alucard, the vampire's rage only grew further. "Tell me! If you knew Van Helsing is in Paris, why had you not bothered telling me?!" he further questioned, the tone of his voice getting deeper and agitated with each word uttered.
"We were planning on telling you. But we first tried to contact our 'friends' in Paris to lend a hand…" Alucard retorted in a harsh manner while shrugging, "We failed contacting them though." Tiberius added. All that did though was further make Dracula angry, he could sense the unusual calmness in both Tiberius and Alucard's voice, as if they don't care much about the situation.
"How can you be so calm in a situation like this? Do you even know how dangerous Van Helsing can be?!" the Count accused as he raised one of his hands and tightly clenched it in front of himself.
Tiberius huffed as he rolled his eyes. Dracula wasn't the only one who knew Van Helsing well enough, both Alucard and Tiberius knew him too, especially the latter. "Better to be calm than blow a fuse, unlike some other-" Alucard tried to state as he crossed his arms. But before he could continue his sentence, Dracula stared at him with bloodshot red eyes, which quickly shut him up, as he wouldn't want to dare argue with the Count Dracula.
Murray walked in front of them, almost right in the middle, "Wait, wait, wait." he tried to calmly say as he reached out his hand and extended it across the middle of the three arguing beings, in an attempt to stop their unnecessary bickering. "If Van Helsing is in Paris, then we should warn Mavis and Johnny so that-"
Tiberius immediately walked up to him and cut him off, "It wouldn't surprise me if Van Helsing had already instructed his men to strike them. I know him, he strikes fast and doesn't want to waste time." he dismissively said as he held a hand in front of his face and rolled his eyes.
Before anything else could happen, Alucard suddenly flinched as he felt his phone vibrate. Quickly fidgeting his pockets, he took out his phone. "Tiberius! Someone's calling, I don't know this cellphone number though." he said as he quickly walked towards Tiberius and gave him the phone. As soon as Tiberius looked at the phone, he sighed in relief, "It's a cell number from one of those phones that I've left in that warehouse in Paris."
Dracula then looked at the phone filled with anxiety and excitedness, prompting Tiberius to answer the call. "Hello?! Tiberius? It's Joseph." A voice hurriedly greeted Tiberius, not even giving him time to give a greeting. "Joseph! What's happening there in Paris?" Tiberius quickly inquired, not wanting anymore time to be further wasted. "Let's just say, 'Van Helsing happened'" Joseph replied in a shaky demeanor. Tiberius shook his head as a frown formed in his face, "Just as I thought. Hold on, I'm gonna put you on loudspeaker so everyone can hear." With that, he quickly pressed a couple of buttons on the phone and held the phone in a steady grip with his hand as he laid the phone down on the nearby wooden table.
As soon as he did that, everyone, especially Dracula, got even more tensed up and nervous. Dracula really feared on what could've happened, but he had to know. He quickly slammed both of his hands on the table and put his face even nearer to the phone, to make sure that he'll hear every single word that'll be said. "Johnny and his wife… got attacked at the restaurant. By snipers and armed soldiers."
Everyone at the room except Tiberius and Alucard heavily gasped at what they heard, Frank even poked his ear a couple of times to make sure that he was actually hearing correctly. Dracula's grip on the table got tighter upon hearing that. He was really fuming, but he tried his best not to roar as there is still much more information to be conveyed. "His wife, Mavis, got shot by a sniper." Joseph continued to say through the phone.
On the other side of the lobby, just inside another room, both Dennis and Winnie gasped at what they heard. "Mom… got hurt?" Dennis fearfully said in a barely audible tone, his hands fidgeting as some tears started to form on his big blue eyes. He looked at the floor, still not being able to believe what was happening. Winnie couldn't say anything, she didn't know what she would be able to say to calm Dennis. She just gently put a hand on Dennis' shoulder, in hopes that it'll calm him down.
"LET ME SPEAK TO MY DAUGHTER NOW!" Demanded Dracula. With his eyes turning bloodshot red, along with his fingernails and fangs getting elongated by the second.
Joseph took a big gulp after that, "Uh… um… yeah. That's gonna be a problem. You see… she kinda… left." Joseph bluntly stated, each word being uttered becoming even more perturbed.
"WHY NOT?!" Dracula shouted as he quickly grabbed the phone and put it near his mouth, to make sure that every bit of what he said has gotten through. "Based on what Johnny told me, she flew out of the place and unto the city. Seems like they had an argument or fight." Joseph hurriedly tried to explain. Dracula on the other hand, while still holding the phone in a tight grip, let out a short yet loud roar. "What about Johnny?! Let me speak to him!" he demanded. Joseph took another big gulp after that, "Uh, that's gonna be a problem too. He left about half an hour ago, he's gonna try and look for his wife."
Dracula angrily laid down the phone on the table and fidgeted his pockets for his phone. "I will try to call Mavis…" he tried to calmly said as he took a breath. But like most of the time, his long fingernails prevented him from using the phone properly.
Murray just sighed as he wiped his face with a hand then went closer to Dracula and abruptly grabbed the phone, "I'll do it for you…" he blankly said as he began tapping the phone. They waited like more than a minute, but there was no answer. Dracula groaned in annoyance as he turned his back and tried to face the wall, "Keep trying to call her!"
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Near the Luxembourg gardens, along a sidewalk, a car pulled over. The red-haired driver let out a groan as he rests his head on the steering wheel in a quite sudden manner, making a slight 'thud' sound. "Where the heck Am I gonna find her…" Johnny muttered, his voice full of agitation. He's already been through the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, he's also been driving and looking around the streets, even asking some random people if they happen to saw a bat or a black-haired 'goth' woman around the area. But all of those, to his disappointment, went to no avail. As he rested his head on the steering wheel, he closed his eyes, trying to calm and relax himself. After a few seconds of remaining in that position, he started to feel slightly calm. That calmness allowed some of his enhanced senses to unexpectedly 'kick-in'.
Sniffling and crying. That was the only thing that Johnny was hearing at that moment. A sound of what seems to be a female crying, as if the person in question was right beside him, he could perfectly hear it. He could perfectly deduce that constant sniffling and crying was coming from none other than Mavis. Raising an eyebrow, he further concentrated on where the sound was coming from. Soon after, he managed to trace it back inside nearby Luxembourg Gardens. He wasn't a hundred percent sure, but based on his instincts, it was the closest place where the sound was coming from.
Slowly lifting his face, his eyes steadily crept open. One of his hands automatically grabbed and slightly opened the car's door in a quick and harsh manner. He hurriedly got out of the car, it was still raining, so he pulled his hood a couple of times to make sure that it won't come off. Looking past a couple of buildings, he looked directly at the balconies and windows of the buildings he passed by, making sure there aren't any nasty surprises such as snipers awaiting him. His eyes sharply looked at the many dark and quiet places of the area, such as alleys between the buildings. He looked at those in a piercing manner, trying to spot any suspicious movement.
Once he was sure enough that there might not be any danger in the area, he proceeded to the gardens, he had to sneak in as it was closed. Sneaking in didn't prove to be much of a problem for him, once he was inside he quickly took a glance at the area. He was really feeling somewhat nervous and slightly scared, he didn't even know what he would say if he saw Mavis there. Apologizing would of course be the first thing he'd do, but he feared that Mavis would just ignore him and run or fly off to another place. He took a deep breath and temporarily ignored those thoughts, closing his eyes and concentrating on the surroundings. Trying to re-hear that constant sniffling sound that he first heard when he was on the car. To his relief, he heard it again, that same sniffling and crying sound echoed through his eardrums. He tried to follow it to the source, his heart rate rising with each second spent.
Going through a few trees and bushes in the area, he at last, finally found the source of that crying. There, on a bench, sat his wife. Johnny was right behind her, only a few meters away, he tensed up upon seeing her. Nervousness and fear flooded his mind, he didn't know how he would approach her. His mouth slightly opened, he was going to utter something, but he choked as soon as he did that. He immediately stopped himself from speaking, he got too cowardly to say something. Taking a step back as he flinched, he accidentally stepped on a twig.
*SNAP*
Even though it was raining, Mavis immediately heard that snapping sound. Flinching, she stood up in a slightly scared manner. She looked back, at where she thought the sound came from and what she saw shocked her.
There in the shadows stood her husband, Johnny. "H-Hi, Mav…Mavis," Johnny sheepishly said as he further tried to hide his face on the hood he was wearing. He slightly slouched as he tried to avoid eye-contact with his wife. Mavis on the other hand couldn't be more surprised, she was fully caught off guard. She couldn't believe that he actually managed to find her. But that didn't matter much, she could just fly away to another more secluded place. That's exactly the first thing that crossed her mind, she was about to run and fly away but she stopped herself.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, quite harshly, that made Johnny quiver. "M-Mavis. I came here t-to say, I-I'm sorry…" Johnny tried to apologize, he knew that she'll lash out at him, but he'd rather prefer her anger than her running away again or in this case, flying away. He was already lucky enough to be able to find her without wasting too much time.
For that, Mavis hissed at him, further making Johnny cower. Her eyebrows went down and pulled together as her anger started heating up. "Sorry for what exactly?! Huh?" Mavis angrily shouted, her eyes turning redder by the second. "For lying to me? For convincing Dennis to not tell me?" she continued as her fist clenched. She made sure that every word was clearly heard by Johnny, so he can feel how angry she is about what he did.
Severe guilt struck Johnny after Mavis said that. Even though he had his reasons for not telling her, that still wouldn't hide the fact that she was really hurt by what he did. Seeing how Johnny's face wrinkled up when she said that, she further continued. "I-I don't even know if I can trust you anymore…" she bitterly stated as she trailed off. She doesn't know if she could even trust Johnny again after what he did. Her eyes slightly widened as she took a step back, looking at Johnny with a bewildered expression.
Johnny really got hit hard at what Mavis said, it's as if he's been punched right in the gut by what she said, probably even worse. He broke her trust, he messed up. It won't be easy to persuade her to listen, but he had to try. Mustering his courage, he took a couple of steps closer to her. Trying his best to stand tall and still, he faced his wife, although still nervous, he tried his best to speak up. "I-I'm sorry for l-lying. J-Just please let me explain…" he desperately pleaded, in hopes that his wife will listen to his explanation. But alas, it went to no avail.
Mavis crossed her arms as she looked straight at Johnny's eyes full of fury, "Explain?!" she furiously shouted. "There's nothing to explain as I already get it." she further said in a calm yet angered tone. "You lied to me. Our son got in danger and you didn't even bother to tell me!" she stressed out, making Johnny more timid and return to his slouched position. "And you even managed to… trick Dennis into not telling me. How smart…"
After that, both of them remained pretty much quiet. Johnny was constantly thinking on what he can say, anything to say that will calm Mavis down and at least hear him out. His eyes were regularly moving left and right as he was lost in his thoughts. Mavis just remained in her position, with her arms crossed along with her mouth slightly opened, revealing her sharp fangs.
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"This is Kilo-1. I have spotted the targets! I repeat, I have spotted the targets. They're in the Luxembourg Gardens." A calm voice spoke through the radio device that was attached near his mouth. Viciously tilting his neck left and right, it released a 'cracking' sound. Standing up, he dropped the cigarette he was smoking and shot straight up from the chair he was sitting at. The bright moonlight above slightly gleamed upon the night-vision goggles he was wearing over his face as he fully went out from his hiding spot and out into the open balcony. A malevolent snarl formed up on the sniper's face as he stood tall on the balcony of the building he was residing at. Taking a second glance at the area, he looked straight at the couple, who at that time was still busy arguing. Even though there was a considerable distance from him and his targets, he still could perfectly see them because of his equipment.
Calmly moving a few meters to his left, he clenched his fist as he made a full stop. Next to him, was a Cheytac Intervention sniper rifle, it was sitting on a bipod that was laid on the edge of the balcony. He had absolutely a full birds-eye view of the area. Advanced night-vision goggles allowed him, along with the other snipers spread out all over the city, to zoom in and get a clear view of any part of the area they were assigned to. The weather or time didn't matter, whether it may be rain, snow or a thunderstorm, heck, even if it was a snowstorm they'd always have the correct and proper gadgets prepared to allow them to continue their 'work' unimpeded.
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Taking a deep breath and sighing, Johnny took a few steps closer to Mavis. That of course she immediately noticed, she just continued to look at him with an angered and confused expression. Her very eyes could strike fear whenever she is angry, but Johnny wasn't about to let that stop him. He walked and walked both calmly and cautiously towards her, until finally they were in arms length. Mavis just stood there, almost as if frozen. She wanted to have some distance from him, but she felt as if she was immobile.
"Mavis…" he directly stared at her eyes. Those big blue eyes that were, at that moment, filled with animosity and intense confusion towards him. "I-I know I messed up. B-But please… let me fix this." Mavis could sense the sincerity and regret in Johnny's voice, she could also sense the desperation within him. She knew that he doesn't want to lose her, but she quickly questioned in her thoughts, "If he really cared, they why would he lie and keep a secret like this?" She harshly turned her head towards the other side and her slender body followed too. Trying to ignore Johnny and his pleas, she tried to close her eyes, to further shut him off.
Mavis heard a sound of what seems to be someone that quickly dropped and kneeled to the ground, a slight 'thud' was heard. Turning her head to see what it was, she saw Johnny, who was now fully kneeled in front of her. Raising one hand, Johnny slowly took off his hood, not caring how messy his hair will be because of the rain. His eyes locked into Mavis'.
Looking straight at her as he took a gulp, "I'm sorry, Mavis." his voice was full of fear. He looked down, at the ground, not even caring on how messy and wet he was becoming because of the rain, "I-I wanted to tell you earlier, much earlier. But I… couldn't. I was… scared on what you'd say…" With that, he lifted his head to gaze into her eyes, "And on what you'd… think."
Mavis' crossed arms started to falter as she slightly turned to Johnny. She had mixed feelings towards Johnny at this point. Her bloodshot red eyes slowly returned to its normal blue color, which gave Johnny a slight sense of hope. Extending her hand, she flinched as she attempted to lay a hand on Johnny's shoulder. But as soon as her hand went near Johnny, she immediately pulled it back, thinking that Johnny is just trying to soften her up so she would easily forgive him.
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Excitedly twitching his fingers, he slowly grabbed the rear grip of the sniper rifle. Raising the rear grip and leveling the weapon, his other hand traversed and slowly went for the barrel of the rifle with a suppressor tightly in its grasp. Attaching a suppressor on the sniper rifle's barrel and making last minute checks, adjusting the scope, checking if the magazine was properly attached, he took a deep breath as he prepared to do his work. Once everything seemed okay to him, he gazed into the rifle's scope. Just like his night-vision goggle, the scope of the sniper rifle is no different. He looked and zoomed in the scope's view towards the couple. A peculiar looked formed up on his face once he did that, as he didn't really have an idea on what the couple was doing at that time.
Once he did realize it though, he couldn't help but laugh at both Johnny and Mavis. "Woah, looks like they're having a fight," his eyes lit up as he said that, "A perfect time to make things even worse for them." With that, his teeth grinded, an overly zealous smile soon formed up on his face. His hand that was previously on the rear grip of the gun slowly traversed over the trigger. Gently laying his index finger over the trigger, his smile slowly dissipated as he focused all of his attention on his targets. As he looked over the scope, he waited for just the right moment, a moment where the couple would be in a complete standstill. He had to make sure that this shot will really kill the vampire, he couldn't just aim in the arm or leg. It also has to be perfectly timed. Since the couple was in the middle of a 'fight', he knew that one of them might suddenly make jerky movements, which might make him miss his mark. He continuously adjusted his weapon, where it aimed directly at Mavis' heart. After all, a stake at the heart would kill a vampire, so a bullet would most likely demonstrate the same effect.
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Mavis nervously took a big step back as her eyes slightly glistened red again. She stood in a position that would allow her to effortlessly fly away from the area, to which Johnny instantly noticed. Thinking that this was the moment that she would most likely fly away, Johnny just sighed as looked down on the ground once again. At this point, he accepted defeat, accepted that she'll most likely fly away again into somewhere where he won't be able to find her. Johnny was a bit relieved at the thought that he at least was able to speak up and tell her that he was sorry and that he really meant to tell her earlier. If she wanted to leave, that was her choice and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Sheer quietness soon descended upon the area, only the constant sound of owls, crickets and of course the intense pitter-patter of the rain can be heard. Mavis just stood there, still trying to make up her mind if she should leave or stay. Leaving would just further escalate their problems, she knew it herself that there are still people out there that were 'hunting' them. She was still pretty much angry, but anger alone won't help them at this point. With that, she started to think logically, that it'll be better to temporarily set aside her anger for them to have a better chance at escaping Van Helsing's thugs. They could always argue and try to resolve this problem once they were in a safer place, such as Transylvania.
Johnny's curiosity soon got the best of him, a peculiar look formed up on his face as he wondered why the place suddenly became quiet. Wearily opening an eye, he peeked out and tried to get a view of the area. To his surprise, he saw Mavis just plainly standing there. He thought that the sudden silence meant that Mavis had left. But something around the vicinity caught his attention, something that sent a shiver down his spine. He blinked both of his eyes a couple of times as he wasn't sure if he was all of the sudden seeing things.
A slim red dot navigated throughout Mavis' slender body, it started along her waistline and slowly crept upward towards her chest. It kept moving around until it was directly positioned and aimed right at her heart. Mavis didn't notice it, she was too lost in her thoughts to see it.
"M-Ma…Mavis," Johnny barely said, his very voice was stricken with fear. With his face wrinkling up along with both of his eyes widely opened, he slowly began to stand up. Because of that, Mavis got out of her trance and looked straight at her husband. Raising an eyebrow, she wondered why Johnny was looking at her with a seemingly terrified look. Trying to follow where Johnny was staring at, she herself got shocked once she saw it. Emitting an abrupt gasp, she quickly got prompted to look at the direction where the red dot was coming from. A dark silhouette of a man along with a rifle that was on a balcony soon crossed her view.
"Crap, I'm spotted." the sniper barely murmured to himself. Hands suddenly fidgeting as the dark and slender figure that was his target directly stared at him. Wasting no time, he quickly got a hold of himself and hurriedly steadied his aim once again.
With Johnny's face repeatedly switching from looking to Mavis to looking out in the distance, trying to spot the sniper, his nervous demeanor and the overall fear-stricken look plastered on his face rapidly changed to that of a serious man's look. Eyes narrowing along with his eyebrows scrunching, he took a breath as he prepared to do something he thought would be rather bold yet totally worth it. His fist clenching and teeth gritting, he knew what has to be done now. Trying to outrun the sniper's actions, he quickly launched himself from the ground and jumped towards Mavis. Extending his shoulder and pointing it at Mavis, he pushed her back with all his strength in hopes that she'll be far away from the trajectory of the bullet by the time that sniper shoots.
*BANG*
That was the only sound both Mavis and Johnny heard. All of the owls and birds that latched themselves onto the nearby trees fled in a hurry, flapping their wings and soaring out into the skies of the night, heavily stricken with fear. Everything went blank for a few seconds to the vampiress.
Shaking her head, the vampiress found herself lying on the ground. Laying a hand on her forehead and lightly rubbing it, she let out a slight groan as the dazed feeling wouldn't go away, no doubt because of the heavy push she received. Blinking a few times, her head dizzily motioned towards her side. Unknown to her that what she will witness next will surely give her the shock of her life.
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The balcony of the building where the sniper once stood at was now empty. Towards the other side of the building, a door slammed open. A man came out, casually carrying a large suitcase with one hand. He proudly held his chin up as he began walking away out of the area like nothing happened. The pattering sound of his large boots as he continuously took a step forward along with the rain is the only thing that can be heard from that area. "Status report?" He heard a booming voice through his radio. Walking out of the alleyway, he made it to the sidewalk where he blended in with the other people.
Wiping his face with his palm, a smirk formed up on his face. He huffed as he put a hand in his pocket "I'm retreating, they've spotted me. But rest assured, I know I've hit one of them."
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"JOHNNY!" That's all the vampiress was able to say. A few streaks of tears formed up on her eyes. She shook a couple of times as she abruptly stood up from her current position. Quickly running up to her husband, her eyes were locked unto him. As she ran, intense fear struck upon her. The bullet was meant for her, yet she didn't receive it and Johnny just happens to be laying there seemingly unconscious. She feared what would've happened to him, but she tried to shake off that thought.
As she got closer to him, a sweet and fragrant aroma crossed her nose. Along with that, she instantly noticed that she stepped on something peculiar. Looking down, she finally found out what she had stepped on.
Blood. There was blood gushing along with the rain. The wet ground where streaks of rain flowed through was dented with blood.
Quickly crouching and laying a hand on Johnny's neck as she tried to slightly raise his head up, she didn't need her enhanced vision to easily spot that profusely bleeding wound that was on Johnny's abdomen. Her eyes widened as she kept switching from looking at Johnny to looking at the gunshot wound he received. Feeling slightly relieved as Johnny was able to let out a weak groan, she slowly laid him down once again as she prepared to stand up.
"Yo-Your sa… safe." Johnny managed to speak up, his voice was weak yet full of joy that he had prevented what would've happened to Mavis. Johnny coughed a couple of times, some blood spat out of his mouth in doing so. Seeing Johnny like that and what he did for her instantly removed her anger, but was replaced by fear.
"Hold on Johnny, I gotta bring you to a hospital." she worriedly said as she began to stand up. With that, she transformed into her bat form and tried to slowly lift Johnny.
Grasping the collar of the shirt of Johnny, she slowly lifted him in the air, trying to be quick but at the same time trying to be gentle as possible. Johnny let out a loud groan as she did that, his face began to wrinkle up as his body was stretched slightly. Mavis became more frantic by second, she was nervously fidgeting as she desperately tried, with her enhanced senses, to spot a nearby hospital. She was endlessly sweating, not from the weight of what she was carrying, but the thought the she had to be really quick, else she'll lose him. Johnny on the other hand, although severely weakened, tried to weakly put a hand on his bleeding wound, to apply pressure to it in hopes to lessen the bleeding. The pain he was experiencing is like no other, the piercing sensation emanating from the wound, along with the lightheadedness he was feeling because of the blood loss he was enduring. His eyes was slowly starting to shut tight, extreme fatigue along with the intense shock he received from that shot was painfully making him lose consciousness. He couldn't even scream in pain if he wanted too, he was too weakened at that point.
Mavis' face lit up as she spotted a hospital, "Don't worry, we're almost there." But she sensed that Johnny wasn't even moving nor groaning in pain, that added to the horror she was feeling. She flew towards the front entrance of the hospital, lucky for her, there weren't so much people in the area.
Gently landing and laying Johnny down to a flat surface, she caught the attention of the few people that were currently in that area. She looked at the hospital personnel that were in the front door with a piercing look, which caused them to slightly shiver, "He… needs… help… now." she then turned her head and looked at Johnny once more, her eyes looked full of fear. Without hesitation the hospital personnel quickly dragged out a stretcher.
Using both of her hands, along with her vampire strength, she gently lifted Johnny and laid him down on the stretcher. He was still bleeding profusely, so one of the nurses tried to apply pressure to the wound.
With that, Mavis followed them until they brought Johnny to the surgery room. She sat herself on one of the many available seats and tried to wait patiently. Reminiscing that moment, when they were in the park. She felt really angry at him at that time, but even after all of that, Johnny still selflessly put himself in front of the bullet that was meant for her.
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The red-haired man was brought inside the surgery room, some nurses cleaned up his wound while others gathered medical instruments and other stuff. "Keep pressure on that wound." the doctor ordered to which the nurses followed. They gently applied a cloth to the wound and applied pressure to it in an effort to lessen and control the bleeding. They then connected a heart monitor to him shortly afterwards.
Suddenly, the doctor and all of the nurses in the room were astonished. Their eyes widening and their mouths slightly opening, while some of them emitted a short gasp. Johnny's constant bleeding had instantly stopped and his wound began to slightly visibly heal, albeit at a slow rate. It seemed like the wound was sewing itself. The doctor went closer to examine the wound, slightly squinting because of utter surprise. "What the-"
But that astonishment was soon to end, after about half a minute, the heart monitor that was connected to Johnny began to flatline. All of the personnel in the area scrambled and hurriedly got a defibrillator.
"Clear!" the doctor shouted shortly before using the defibrillator. But it went to no avail, the heart monitor displaying Johnny's heartbeat was still flat. They repeated the defibrillation a couple more times, but it also failed.
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She was soaking with tears. With her face buried deep in her hands, the vampiress kept crying non-stop. Even some of her make-up was slightly washed-off because of her seemingly endless sobbing. She suddenly felt one of the pockets of her shirt vibrate. Quickly grabbing her phone, she saw her dad calling. She answered, much to Dracula and the rest of his friend's relief. "MAVIS! Oh my goodness! Are you okay? What happened? Where are you exactly?!"
Although surprised by the sudden bombardment of questions, "I-I'm fine, dad." she wearily replied while still sobbing. She tried her best to hide her sobbing and the overall situation. It didn't take Dracula that long to instantly hear her constant sobbing. "Mavey? What's going on? Why are you crying?" he hastily inquired, hoping that nothing bad had happened to her. Mavis let out another round of short sniffles and sobs as she tried to answer, "It's J-Johnny… He… I was g-gonna get shot… but he…" she mumbled in-between her seemingly endless sobs. That filled her father, Dracula, with intense confusion about their situation, "What about Johnny? What happened to him?" Dracula voice seemed calm yet full of confusion and agitation.
"D-Dad, I-I'm gonna have to call you back later." As she ended the call, rather abruptly. She rested her head on her palm as she continued to sob, still rather full of hope that Johnny will make it through this.
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Meanwhile at the entrance of the hospital…
A large armored van parked right in front of the hospital's entrance. Four men hastily slammed open the back door of the van and got out. While in the front of the van, the driver got out, pulling out a revolver and making its cylinder spin shortly before locking it into place. On the other part of the van, on the passenger's door, a black hooded man came out.
They walked towards the entrance, all of the people in the area just stood shocked and wouldn't dare to interfere with them. The guards in the front door of the hospital tried to pull out their guns, but the black hooded man just pointed his hand at them and slightly closed his fingers, causing the two guards to be telekinetically slammed into the wall and knocked out.
They entered the hospital with no sweat. "Are you sure this is where you traced the phone of that vampire?" the black hooded man turned his head to a soldier that was on his right side. "Absolutely Sir! I couldn't be wrong." the soldier assured him as he held his AK-47 rifle on his shoulder. While the soldier on the other side of the black hooded man aimed his M4A1 rifle on the ceiling and let loose a shot, causing the people and hospital personnel in the area to further panic. "Alright, weapons tight. Check every room, do not shoot unless you've confirmed they are the targets." the black hooded man then pointed his finger in front of him, signaling his men to begin their search.
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The doors of the surgery room crept open, which immediately caught the attention of Mavis. A doctor came out and approached her. "Is he okay?!" Mavis hurriedly asked. Her eyes still teary, her hands nervously fidgeting. The doctor simply looked down as he sighed, "His heart has stopped beating…" As he held his hands in front of him, "I'm sorry."
Mavis eyes widened, turning bright red. Her mouth slightly open, revealing her sharp fangs. Feeling the anger continuously rise within her. "WHAT?!" Nervously taking a step back, "No, no, no. That can't be true." But all of the sudden, a gunshot was heard, which caught all of their attention. As she looked towards the hallway and to the elevator, she knew it already that they've been found by Van Helsing's men.
That's it for now ;) I hope you guys enjoyed it. Leave reviews/comments on what you think so far. I'm gonna try and get chapter 11 done sooner. School is almost gonna start, so I'll be pretty busy with it :(
Anyway, until the next chapter.
~mlgNoScoper