CHAPTER 2


CHAPTER 2


Hugh and Nathan stood right before Gergis and Gaibon brandishing their weapons. Both opponents glared at one another, seeing which one would make the first move. Without a doubt, it was Gergis who would advance first. Hugh and Nathan both kept an eye on Gaibon as well, seeing how he had the flying advantage. At that very moment, Gergis advanced forward wielding his enchanted spear.

"Okay boys ..let's get it on!!" Gergis yelled. At that moment, Gergis held his spear right in front of him, and lunged forward. He rushed towards Hugh who held his sword out. "Okay you scum-sucking slime ball ....I'm takin' you down" Hugh yelled back. But at the moment, when it appeared that Gergis was about to stab Hugh, he then ducked. "NOW GAIBON!!!" Gergis yelled. At that moment, Gaibon swooped towards Hugh with his mouth open. "What the...?" Hugh exclaimed. Nathan then rushed towards Hugh. "GET OUTTA THE WAY HUGH ....IT'S A TRAP!!!" he yelled.

At that moment, a huge fireball escaped from Gaibon's mouth. The giant ball of flame rushed towards Hugh, who still stood frozen in disbelief. But just before the fireball could hit Hugh, Nathan lunged forward and grabbed Hugh around the waist with his arms, tackling him down. The huge fireball missed the two and hit a nearby large tree, which burst into flames. Nathan then lifted his head to see that it was safe. Hugh then got up as Nathan let go of him. "Whoa! Thanks Nathan" Hugh said looking at the burning tree in shock. "Don't thank me man! We gotta get those two now!" Nathan said as he spun around to face Gergis and Gaibon.

Nathan then looked up to see Gaibon circling over them. "What good timing on your part" Gaibon sneered "But this time, you won't be so lucky! Prepare, for it's about to rain hellfire!" At that moment Gaibon opened his mouth again, and spewed out an array of tiny fireballs. The tiny flames rushed straight towards Nathan and Hugh in a diagonal pattern! Nathan quickly back flipped away from them, and Hugh jumped out of the way, and stood ready. But right behind Hugh was Gergis, who then leaped into the air holding his spear down aiming at the top of Hugh's head. Hugh then saw Gergis nearly landing on him. He quickly jumped out of the way before Gergis came down. Gergis came down on the ground, and his spear skewered the ground. After taking it out, it left a huge divot behind. Gergis looked angrily at Hugh. "I admit ...you two have some nice reflexes ...but it's still hopeless!" Hugh just frowned and scoffed at Gergis. "We'll see ...asshole!" This made Gergis even angrier! "WHY YOU!!! EAT THIS!!!" Gergis yelled! At that moment, he lunged his spear forward, not to stab Hugh, but to release a fireball. The fireball was immediately launched from a quick thrust of Gergis's spear. Hugh quickly dodged the fireball, but it was what Gergis planned. Hugh then saw Gergis rushing towards him with great speed. Gergis nearly stabbed Hugh, if Hugh had not reacted quickly by jumping clear over Gergis's head. Gergis quickly spun around and sent out another fireball from his spear. Hugh sensed it coming! Immediately, with his trusty sword, Hugh spun around and took a swing at the fireball. The fireball was apparently weak, as it disintegrated when Hugh's sword touched it. Hugh then gave a sly grin at Gergis. "See bird brain? ....It's hopeless for you! Think those puny fireballs can harm me? Think again." But Gergis was not daunted. "Phe ....so what?" Gergis sneered "Mark my words boy ....I'm definitely not through with you yet!"

Meanwhile, Nathan was having his own battle with Gaibon, who continuing to spew fireballs of all sizes from his mouth. Nathan had the fortune of managing to dodge every one of them, though he did experience a few singes. "Unbelievable!" Gaibon yelled "He can dodge my every attack!" Nathan could do so, but he also had to think of a way to hit Gaibon as well. Gaibon was airborne, making it difficult for Nathan to take a swing at him. "If only there was a sub weapon around here!" he said to himself. But then, Nathan saw Gaibon swoop down towards him with fiery read eyes. "DIE!!!!" Gaibon screeched as he swooped down to ram into Nathan. Nathan quickly slid under Gaibon as he passed him. Immediately getting back up, Nathan spun around and swung his whip at Gaibon. He hit Gaibon square in the back, leaving behind a small whip mark. Gaibon let out a brief growl of pain. He then turned around and stared evilly at Nathan. "YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!!" Gaibon roared. Nathn began to inch away. At this point, Gaibon then stood right on the ground. He stood right in front of Nathan. "So ...I can't hit you airborne eh? Well then let's see how well you handle this!" Gaibon yelled. He then spread his arms apart, and opened his mouth. All of a sudden, tiny fireballs began to shoot out rapidly in a straight line. Nathan had only one choice but to duck right under them and slide. He did so, and kept sliding under the straight barrage of tiny fireballs. At this moment, before he could stand up as the fireballs passed, Gaibon lunged forward, and slammed his foot straight on Nathan's chest, pinning him down. Nathan experienced a few moments of pain, but luckily, had his light leather armor on. However, Gaibon's massive strength kept him pinned under the monster's foot. "Now I have you" Gaibon chuckled "I will enjoy devouring a tastey little morsel like you." "Yeah right!" Nathan yelled. He then lifted his arm to lash his whip at Gaibon. But Gaibon quickly shot a small fireball out that crashed into Nathan's hand. In pain, Nathan released the whip, which fell far from him. Nathan's hand was a bit scorched, but seriously damaged. However, his whip was out of his reach. Gaibon leered at Nathan with evil eyes. "This is the end for you, you miserably wretch." Gaibon exclaimed "Without that whip, you're powerless!"

But Nathan certainly was no quitter. "Think so? Think again!" Nathan yelled. At that moment, Nathan grabbed the sub dagger he found from his belt, and stabbed it right into Gaibon's thigh. Gaibon shrieked in pain, and then flew off of Nathan. Gaibon hovered over Nathan trying to loosen the dagger form his thigh. Nathan then got up, and found the perfect opportunity to get Gaibon. He rushed over towards his whip and grabbed it. At that moment, he jumped into the air and took another swing at Gaibon. The whip Gaibon straight onto his chest, leaving another lash. Gaibon shrieked some more. "YOU WRETCHED HUMAN!!!!" he yelled. Nathan continued to assault Gaibon with more hits from his whip. Gaibon tried desperately to hit Nathan with fireballs. But each fireball missed. The more wounded Gaibon got, the more his accuracy fell. It wasn't until Nathan took one more lash at Gaibon, that brought him down. Gaibon fell to the ground, and stood staggering on his feet. "It's over Gaibon! You lose!" Nathan yelled.

But Gaibon was far from finished. His shrieks of pain slowly became low laughter. "Heh heh heh heh...Heh Heh....HA HA HA HA!!!!!!" Gaibon was laughing wickedly. "IDIOT" he yelled "Do you honestly think I'm through? Oh you are sadly mistaken! No ...rather...you have now given me an opportunity to show you my true power. You may have beaten me in my normal form ..but mark my words ...you will never beat me once I change into my better form." Nathan remained undaunted. "Try me" he said firmly. Gaibon let out a huge laugh. "You're pretty brave for a human" he said "But you certainly are senile! Very well then ...you will witness the more advanced me! But be warned ..your chances of winning are now gone!" At that moment, Gaibon took a firm hold onto the ground and let out a mighty roar. Suddenly, he began to turn into a very bright red. He then became a more darker and more fierier color. Gaibon was now a fully violent red demon. "Well ...this is it" gaibon yelled "I hope you're not disappointed." "Big shit" Nathan muttered "You just changed color. So what? I can still kick your demon ass." Gaibon just snickered. "Okay then ..if you think so then go ahead!" Gaibon urged "Come and get me!" Nathan then took another swing at Gaibon with his whip. Gaibon once again flew up into the air. Gaibon then sent out another huge fireball towards Nathan. Nathan as always, dodged it. But then, Gaibon swooped down right in front of Nathan. He opened his mouth once again. Instead of releasing a straight line of tiny fireballs, they turned out to be a huge array of giant fireballs all in a straight line! Nathan ran away from them, and just nearly missed them as he jumped out of the way. The fireballs collided onto the side of a huge rock, causing it to split in two. Nathan then saw Gaibon fly after him. Gaibon released more accurate fireballs from his mouth. Soon, instead of going in a straight line, the fireballs came from Gaibon's mouth like rain drops. Nathan shielded his eyes as the fireballs came down. One fireball hit him straight into his left arm. Nathan held his arm as he tried to dodge them. Then, one fireball crashed right in front of Nathan. The flames made Nathan trip from the heat. Nathan fell onto the ground, and saw Gaibon swooping towards him. "FUCK!" Nathan yelled! "HA HA HA!!!" Gaibon laughed "You're finished!!!"


Hugh was still battling gergis, who kept trying to stab him with his long spear. Hugh tried to take swings at Gergis, but Gergis managed to leap away from them. However, Gergis was also unable to stab Hugh. Gergis tried to stab Hugh, and ended up splitting a tree in two. Gergis also leaped after Nathan to try and stab him in mid air, but to no avail. "Okay you arrogant sonnuvabitch ....I guess it's safe to say we're on equal terms now" Hugh snapped back. "'Fraid not" Gergis replied "I just have as good a chance as you. You're friend over there doesn't seem to be doing any better." Hugh turned around to see Nathan nearly getting stomped on by Gaibon. Gaibon then released a huge fireball, which hit Nathan in the back. Nathan fell for a bit, but got the strength to stand back up, until Gaibon swooped down and rammed into him, knocking Nathan back onto the ground. "NATHAN!" Hugh yelled! As he soon turned around, he saw Gergis rush forward towards Hugh thrusting his spear. Hugh dodged again, but the tip of Gergis's spear scratched Hugh's left leg. The result was a small bloody scratch on Hugh's leg. The pain was sharp, but did not deter Hugh. "You prick" Hugh growled "I'm gonna get you for this." Gergis turned around and laughed. "Yeah sure. Your friend's about to be Gaibon's next meal ...and you are about to be my next impaled victim." "Don't count on it" Hugh replied "I'll send you back to Hell before you can do that!" "We'll see" Gergis replied. At that moment, Gergis released another fireball from his spear. Hugh swung at again, making it disappear. Then, Gergis rushed forward at ramming speed with his spear. Hugh stood ready to make a swing at Gergis. But to Hugh's demise, it was another trap. As soon as Gergis was in range, he then lunged his beak forward. The sharp beak of Gergis extended farther than his spear. Before Hugh could dodge it, Gergis speared Hugh's left chest plate. Hugh yelled out in pain as blood began to pour from the wound. Gergis then took his beak out from the wound, leaving Hugh holding his left chest plate. Gergis then let out a raspy laugh. "So Hugh ....I see your underestimation is about to cost you your life. Keep in mind, as most birds do, our beaks can also make great stabbing weapons! What hurts more? The pain from my beak, or your now weakened dignity?" Gergis then let out another big laugh. Hugh stood there staring angrily back at Gergis. "Gergis ..God you're gonna be sorry you did this! I'm gonna rip you limb form limb you shit!!!!" Hugh yelled! Gergis just laughed. "Not in that condition boy! Face it, you and your friend are doomed. You will never stand a chance against us demons, or the undead, or Dracula himself. It was fruitless of you two to try and stop us! We are unbeatable!" Hugh was angrier than ever. "Oh really!?!?! You may have stabbed me once, but there's no fuckin' way we're giving up! DIE!!!!"


Hugh rushed towards Gergis with his sword in hand. It was apparent he still dripped blood from his wound, but it did not stop him in the least. Gergis just chuckled a little, and leaped clear over Hugh. He then swung the head of his spear around. The flat part of the spear hit Hugh against the head. Although Hugh was knocked onto the ground, it was fortunate that the sharp parts of the spear did not hit him. Yet Gergis lunged forward again, and prepared to impale Hugh while he was still down! Hugh then back flipped out of the way. But when he landed, the pain in his chest came back. He then held his left chest plate again. Gergis then released another fireball from his spear, hitting Hugh straight in the chest. While the fire didn't hurt him that much, the force of the fireball did. Hugh was thrown onto his back!

Gergis let out a terrific laugh. "HA HA HA HA!!!!! You're such a loser Hugh! Did you honestly think you could beat me!?!?" Hugh stared up, as the evil Slogra readied to stab Hugh in the heart with his spear. "Now ..time to die!!!" Gergis snarled!

Then, out of the blue, something extraordinary happened. Through the air, a large spinning axe came towards Gergis. When the spinning axe reached him, the axe then cut off Gergis's hand which held the spear. The bloodied stump of Gergis's severed arm made him let go of the spear, which was tossed away. "MY HAND!!!" Gergis yelled. He held his bloodied stump by his side. Hugh stood up in disbelief. "Whoa!" he muttered "I gotta hand it to Nathan, he has good timing!"

But it really wasn't Nathan's doing, as Nathan was still fighting Gaibon. Gaibon seemed to have the upper hand. Gaibon managed to maim Nathan in the side with a large fireball. Gaibon stood victorious over the seemingly fallen Nathan. "I'll give you credit for one thing" Gaibon sneered "You're pretty resliant for a pathetic human such as yourself! But it ends here now. T'was a nice fight ..and you did hold out long enough, I must admit. But now ...it ends!!" But just as Gaibon was ready to destroy Nathan with another fireball, another spinning axe came out of nowhere. The spinning axe plunged right into Gaibon's chest. Gaibon howled in pain as the axe was stuck in the great big newly made flesh wound in Gaibon's chest. Nathan looked up. He assumed Hugh had done it. "Wow!! I owe Hugh one!" Nathan said.


Meanwhile, Gergis staggered around with his bloody stump in his hand. Hugh saw this to his advantage, and stared evilly at Gergis. "Oh what a pity for you!! I'm sure glad Nathan managed find a nice axe sub weapon!" "But ..how!?!?!" Gergis stuttered "There aren't any sub weapons here for miles!" "However he obtained doesn't mean anything to me" Hugh snarled "It's chopping and hacking your fucking body to bits is all that matters to me now! Now you die!!" "BULLSHIT!!!" Gergis yelled "I may have lost my hand, but I can still finish you off! It is YOU who will die!!" Gergis, in anger, picked up the spear with his other arm and hurled it at Hugh. Hugh easily dodged it, as the spear landed head first into the ground. "Oh ..nice shot" Hugh said sarcastically. Hugh then rushed towards Gergis, and swung his sword. His sword pierced Gergis's left side, giving Gergis a deep cut. Blood came gushing out of Gergis like red wine. Gergis screeched in pain! "AAAUUUGGGHHHHH!!! YOU BASTARD!!!" Gergis shrieked. "Aw come now" Hugh said "You almost had me. Consider that fortunate for you!" Gergis just looked angrily at Hugh as he held his left side. "You'll pay!!!" Gergis growled. Gergis then lunged forward with his sharp beak, hoping to spear Hugh again. But this time, Hugh was on guard. As soon as Gergis was in range, Hugh whirled around, and grabbed Gergis by the neck and beak with both of his arms. He held a tight grip on Gergis's neck. Gergis tried to thrash around, but the cut in his side made it difficult for him. Hugh then pulled out a large dagger from his sash. He still held a tight grip on Gergis's head and neck. "Die demon!!! You will never serve Dracula again. I'm sending you back to Hell where you belong!!!!" Hugh yelled. With a quick massive thrust, Hugh plunged the dagger into Gergis's neck. Blood spurted out as Gergis shrieked in horrible pain. Hugh only stuck the dagger further into Gergis's neck. Finally, when he felt Gergis was weak enough, Hugh let go of him. Gergis fell to the gorund, weakened from the blood loss. The last thin Gergis ever saw, was Hugh holding his sword right over his head. With one massive swing, Hugh quickly decapitated Gergis; leaving the wicked Slogra permanantly dead. Its headless corpse fell to the ground, and laid in a puddle of blood.


Meanwhile, Nathan once again regained the advantage. The axe that portruded from Gaibon's chest made the winged monster have difficulty flying high enough to escape Hugh's whip. Gaibon couldn't even release his fireballs accurately. Every single shot missed Nathan. Nathan relentlessly beat Gaibon to a pulp with his whip. Each lash made Gaibon stagger lower to the ground. Then, one final blow did it. With one more massive sweep of the whip, Gaibon fell to the ground; beaten and not able to fight anymore. "No ...." Gaibon moaned "How could I have lost to a human!?" "Shut up demon!!" Nathan yelled "At least now I won't have to see your arrogant self anymore. It's time to say bye to this world. Be gone!" Then, with one more final blow, Nathan lashed Gaibon one more time with his whip. At that instant, Gaibon yelled out in pain, and fell completely to the floor. A cloud of dust surrounded him, and soon, his flesh rotted away. Gaibon's bones were left behind, and soon turned to dust. When the smoke settled, the corpse of Gaibon was completely gone.


Hugh and Nathan met up with each other again. Both appeared dirty and wounded, but they were both fine. "Gee Hugh, you're a mess. What happened to your chest?" Nathan asked. Hugh just brushed it aside. "It's nothing" Hugh said "How bout you? How'd you get burned that much?" Nathan felt the singes on his arm and his back. "Oh those? Just a tiny singe" Nathan replied. Despite their conditions, they both let out a hardy laugh. "He Nathan, thanks for saving me" Hugh replied "I owe you one." "What do you mean?" Nathan asked "You were the one who saved my bacon!" "What are you talking about?" Hugh asked "You were the one who threw that sub axe and cut that mother fucker's hand off." Nathan shook his head "No way Hugh. I didn't have one on me. I thought you did. I thought you were the one who plunged that sub axe into that red freak's chest."

They both stared at each other. "If you didn't do it, and I didn't do it ...who did it?" Hugh asked. Nathan and Hugh began looking around the forest. Jus then, a voice called out, "I did it!" Hugh and Nathan spun around to see a sillouhette of a slender figure standing before them. "Who are you?" Nthan asked. "Come closer" replied the figure "And not only will I tell you who I am ..I will take you two to CastleVania." "You know the way to CastleVania?" Hugh asked. "Of course. Just come here please." The figure replied. So Hugh and Nathan decided to go up to the figure. It seemed to know the way to Castlevania. But Hugh and Nathan were both wary. Was this figure friend or foe?

All that mattered now was, their first challenge was defeated by the help of this figure. They just had to find out who it was.


The Slogra and Gaibon are finished ..but who is this mysterious figure? More to come as soon as possible. Stay tuned. And thank you for reading. :-D