Corpse

Van Helsing turned from staring after Quincey and Arthur, to look at the two men who were now in his and Jack's care the dark-blond man and the red-haired man. He'd heard Quincey and Arthur's confessions; it made him want to see if Jack would accept him.

'If I heard them he must have heard them as well. Perhaps I imagined that jealousy of his when I talked to Renfield. Still, it would be a lovely thought that I should find someone again. She would like him I think.'

Jack asked, "Van Helsing… ?" as if he were going to say more, but, moved closer to him as something seemed to stir in the dark. There were shouts from Quincey and Arthur's direction, followed by gunfire. The cowboy and the lord ran back.

Quincey shouted, "What in blazes are those things, Van Helsing ?" as a…a corpse came lumbering after them. It was a dark-clothed man with burned and distorted features.

'So, Dracula does not like using that skill, but Dalca does. If it were not trying to kill us it would be most interesting.'

He replied as the corpse came closer, "Dalca is controlling the corpses, Dracula too may do so, but we have not seen him and doubtless he would not attack his friends. Arthur, is there still holy water left ?"

Arthur replied, as Quincey shot at the corpse again,"A little bit."

Nodded in relief, but he paled slightly as more corpses approached. All of them looked burned as if they had died in the same way.

'This must be why he chose this place because of the cemetery to attack the people who tried to stop him.'"This is good, we should be able to burn them if we can get the water on them. They are made of dark magic, but I cannot tell if regular bullets will help, still we must try."

As Arthur got out the remaining holy water, he pulled out his own gun and started to fire. The dark-blond man stirred and got up to scream, then tried to run as he saw the corpses surrounding them. Said man lost consciousness with a thud, it was a stark contrast to everything else. Like the churchyard itself, the corpses were eerily silent, even as they swiped at himself and Jack with blackened hands.

Dropped the gun as he was pushed over by the red-haired man into one of the corpses. It grabbed him and he shoved hard at it, but still it didn't let go. Distantly, he heard Jack's voice scream, "Van Helsing !" As the thing punched him in the head and a sharp pain as everything started to go black.