The Vampire of Lavendar Town
By Ree-chan Peekster, Dugtrio16, and Dessa
Chapter 16
"What's your idea, Sarah?" asked David.
"Well, I think we should try the local museum," said Sarah. "I mean, we don't have anywhere else to check."
"Sounds good to me," Ben mumbled. Just as Sarah had given her suggestion, he had gotten a really bad gut feeling, like something bad was going to happen. They got up from the benches and walked the few blocks to the Stone Town Museum of Local History.
"Good morning," smiled the receptionist. "Welcome to the Stone Town Museum of Local History. Here, you can see artifacts representing every year of Stone Town's existence, ever since 1892. Admission is $5." The group paid their money and entered the cool darkness of the first room.
"Where should we go first?" Ben asked.
"Well," David said, "the exhibits start with the year of 1892. I get the feeling that Victor is a lot older than he first appears, so I suppose our best bet is to start from the beginning. Let's hope that that medallion is here."
"Let's split up, too," Nishu added. "And remember, it's gold and has a fire stone on it." Everyone went in a different direction, looking for the medallion. They walked around in silence as they peered into each display case, hoping beyond hope that the medallion would be there.
As Ben looked, he thought about what they should do if they did find the medallion. He felt that it would be very difficult to get it out. As he thought, his eyes flitted from one artifact to another. He didn't really pay attention to each thing, just glancing at the label and reading it to himself. "Silver flute, wooden bowl, gold medallion, big rock- wait a sec!" He moved back to the display case for the year of 1912 and looked at and artifact there. It was a rather large, gold, circular object. He bent down at it and saw a picture carved in the surface. It was a fire stone. "Hey guys!" he yelled. "I think I found it!!!" Everybody hurried over.
Nishu read the label aloud, "'This medallion was given to the museum in the will of Richard Carson. It belonged to his daughter, Vanessa, who received it from her fiancée as an engagement gift. Unfortunately, she died of mysterious causes before her wedding, and her fiancée disappeared without a trace.' Yep, this is it. Now, how are we going to get it out?"
Brandon thought for several minutes. As he did, he looked around the room. He noticed a small security camera near the entrance to the room. Further investigation showed that it was turned off. "I don't think they have much thieves in this town," he commented.
"The alarm system isn't on?" Nishu asked.
"Nope." To prove this, Ben reached and grabbed the medallion. Nothing happened.
"Let's go," David suggested. No one argued. They all teleported back to Lavender Town and appeared in front of the tower.
"I don't really want to go in," David commented.
"I don't blame you," Nishu agreed. "But we really don't have a choice." Brandon teleported to the Safety Zone, once again scaring the Cubones that were huddling there for safety. While waiting for the others, he gave chase to a couple of weak ones that had been previously attacked by Chan.
"Brandon?" a voice whispered from the shadows. It was Chan.
"You sound terrible," Brandon observed. When he located his younger friend he backed away. "You look worse than you did before."
"That's because I haven't fed."
"Where's Dessa?"
"Victor has her locked in her chamber."
"What happened?"
"She came looking for me and you and in the process ran into Victor who took an immediate liking to her. He put something in her food to gain control of her body and her powers. He, then, used those powers to weaken me."
"And he's starving you?"
"Yes. I'm not exactly sure why though... I think I know, but Victor hasn't confirmed it... I'm sorry." Brandon saw Chan's eyes go blank.
"Chan?" he asked. Chan lunged hungrily at him. He managed to slip away. Barely. He turned and ran for the zone. Chan tackled him and they slammed into the floor. Gasping Brandon kicked Chan off him, which with Chan's abnormal vampire strength, was a great accomplishment. Then he got up and half ran, half staggered into the Safety Zone as the others appeared.
"Took you long enough," Brandon said sinking to his knees.
"What happened?" David demanded.
"I lost control of my hunger," Chan said stepping out of the shadows. He moved towards the edge of the Safety Zone, but was careful not to go in.
"I was lucky..." Brandon gasped. "I managed to fight him off."
Chan nodded gravely. "The next person might not be so lucky."
Chan suddenly doubled over as he felt a sharp pain in his skull.
"What's wrong?" Brandon asked, carefully not exiting the Safe Zone as he reached out to his friend.
"It's Victor," Chan told him between gasps. "He wants me." With that, Chan disappeared into the shadows. The group watched the direction he had run off into, contemplating whether or not they should follow, until they heard a cough.
Turning, the group saw Dessa leaning weakly against the doorway to the stairs. "Dessa," Brandon asked, "Is it really you?"
"Yah. Victor says that he wants to see you guys."
"He's not controlling you?"
"For once. Come on." Dessa let them up the stairs very slowly.
Dessa? What's going on? Brandon asked.
Victor got mad at me. He hurt me very bad.
What did you do?
I somehow unlocked one of the doors in my room, the one leading to the balcony. Victor came in, and forced me back inside, because of the light. I thought I'd pass out with the pain.
Why didn't you transform to Anglessa and fly away?
I... I don't know. I couldn't. But there's something else, too.
What?
I can feel my power building. Like before.
That's good, isn't it?
But I can't control it! What if I lash out at Victor like I did you? He'd kill me!
You've grown since then. You'll be able to control it.
How can you be so sure?
How can you be so sure you can't?
Dessa didn't respond right away. We have to stop now, so he can't hear us.
Can't you block him?
Not when we're clo-- Dessa's mental voice was cut off by a scream. "He caught me blocking him!" She held her head with pain, and then Victor's servant appeared at the top of the stairs, along with the Gastly. Brandon blocked them from Dessa, while the other's stood behind her, but the servant pushed him out of the way. Gastly put her to sleep, and the servant picked her up. He carried her the rest of the way up the stairs, and then gestured them into the room where Victor was waiting. Then he carried Dessa into her room, locking the door behind him.
Chan was in the corner of the room watching the group. Victor wasn't to thrilled that Chan had been talking to Brandon. "You brought the medallion?" Victor asked.
"Yes," Nishu said dangling it in front of Victor's face.
Victor reached up and took it. He caressed it gently. It was the first sign of any good emotion that anyone had seen of him. "I loved her," Victor sighed.
"What about the third task?" Ben asked.
"Third task?" Victor echoed. "Ah... I haven't decided what that task is yet."
Brandon and David swallowed hard. Chan's eyes narrowed.
"What are we supposed to do?" Sarah demanded.
"How old are you?" Victor asked.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Chan?"
Chan lowered his eyes. "Ten."
"You are very young. Energetic too... perhaps a little too energetic," Victor commented.
Chan took a step forward. Victor held up a hand.
"I'm not going to do anything to her, young one," he said.
Chan relaxed.
Victor continued, "You'll have to stay in the Safety Zone until I reach a decision. my servant you bring you food. As long as you stay there, you'll be safe."
Brandon and Nishu nodded.
"I would recommend you head down there. Being in the room with two hungry vampires is not the safest idea," Victor said.
"No kidding," Brandon agreed. He and David grabbed Sarah and half dragged her out of the room. Ben
and Nishu followed.
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Original # of parts: 5
Chapter 16
"What's your idea, Sarah?" asked David.
"Well, I think we should try the local museum," said Sarah. "I mean, we don't have anywhere else to check."
"Sounds good to me," Ben mumbled. Just as Sarah had given her suggestion, he had gotten a really bad gut feeling, like something bad was going to happen. They got up from the benches and walked the few blocks to the Stone Town Museum of Local History.
"Good morning," smiled the receptionist. "Welcome to the Stone Town Museum of Local History. Here, you can see artifacts representing every year of Stone Town's existence, ever since 1892. Admission is $5." The group paid their money and entered the cool darkness of the first room.
"Where should we go first?" Ben asked.
"Well," David said, "the exhibits start with the year of 1892. I get the feeling that Victor is a lot older than he first appears, so I suppose our best bet is to start from the beginning. Let's hope that that medallion is here."
"Let's split up, too," Nishu added. "And remember, it's gold and has a fire stone on it." Everyone went in a different direction, looking for the medallion. They walked around in silence as they peered into each display case, hoping beyond hope that the medallion would be there.
As Ben looked, he thought about what they should do if they did find the medallion. He felt that it would be very difficult to get it out. As he thought, his eyes flitted from one artifact to another. He didn't really pay attention to each thing, just glancing at the label and reading it to himself. "Silver flute, wooden bowl, gold medallion, big rock- wait a sec!" He moved back to the display case for the year of 1912 and looked at and artifact there. It was a rather large, gold, circular object. He bent down at it and saw a picture carved in the surface. It was a fire stone. "Hey guys!" he yelled. "I think I found it!!!" Everybody hurried over.
Nishu read the label aloud, "'This medallion was given to the museum in the will of Richard Carson. It belonged to his daughter, Vanessa, who received it from her fiancée as an engagement gift. Unfortunately, she died of mysterious causes before her wedding, and her fiancée disappeared without a trace.' Yep, this is it. Now, how are we going to get it out?"
Brandon thought for several minutes. As he did, he looked around the room. He noticed a small security camera near the entrance to the room. Further investigation showed that it was turned off. "I don't think they have much thieves in this town," he commented.
"The alarm system isn't on?" Nishu asked.
"Nope." To prove this, Ben reached and grabbed the medallion. Nothing happened.
"Let's go," David suggested. No one argued. They all teleported back to Lavender Town and appeared in front of the tower.
"I don't really want to go in," David commented.
"I don't blame you," Nishu agreed. "But we really don't have a choice." Brandon teleported to the Safety Zone, once again scaring the Cubones that were huddling there for safety. While waiting for the others, he gave chase to a couple of weak ones that had been previously attacked by Chan.
"Brandon?" a voice whispered from the shadows. It was Chan.
"You sound terrible," Brandon observed. When he located his younger friend he backed away. "You look worse than you did before."
"That's because I haven't fed."
"Where's Dessa?"
"Victor has her locked in her chamber."
"What happened?"
"She came looking for me and you and in the process ran into Victor who took an immediate liking to her. He put something in her food to gain control of her body and her powers. He, then, used those powers to weaken me."
"And he's starving you?"
"Yes. I'm not exactly sure why though... I think I know, but Victor hasn't confirmed it... I'm sorry." Brandon saw Chan's eyes go blank.
"Chan?" he asked. Chan lunged hungrily at him. He managed to slip away. Barely. He turned and ran for the zone. Chan tackled him and they slammed into the floor. Gasping Brandon kicked Chan off him, which with Chan's abnormal vampire strength, was a great accomplishment. Then he got up and half ran, half staggered into the Safety Zone as the others appeared.
"Took you long enough," Brandon said sinking to his knees.
"What happened?" David demanded.
"I lost control of my hunger," Chan said stepping out of the shadows. He moved towards the edge of the Safety Zone, but was careful not to go in.
"I was lucky..." Brandon gasped. "I managed to fight him off."
Chan nodded gravely. "The next person might not be so lucky."
Chan suddenly doubled over as he felt a sharp pain in his skull.
"What's wrong?" Brandon asked, carefully not exiting the Safe Zone as he reached out to his friend.
"It's Victor," Chan told him between gasps. "He wants me." With that, Chan disappeared into the shadows. The group watched the direction he had run off into, contemplating whether or not they should follow, until they heard a cough.
Turning, the group saw Dessa leaning weakly against the doorway to the stairs. "Dessa," Brandon asked, "Is it really you?"
"Yah. Victor says that he wants to see you guys."
"He's not controlling you?"
"For once. Come on." Dessa let them up the stairs very slowly.
Dessa? What's going on? Brandon asked.
Victor got mad at me. He hurt me very bad.
What did you do?
I somehow unlocked one of the doors in my room, the one leading to the balcony. Victor came in, and forced me back inside, because of the light. I thought I'd pass out with the pain.
Why didn't you transform to Anglessa and fly away?
I... I don't know. I couldn't. But there's something else, too.
What?
I can feel my power building. Like before.
That's good, isn't it?
But I can't control it! What if I lash out at Victor like I did you? He'd kill me!
You've grown since then. You'll be able to control it.
How can you be so sure?
How can you be so sure you can't?
Dessa didn't respond right away. We have to stop now, so he can't hear us.
Can't you block him?
Not when we're clo-- Dessa's mental voice was cut off by a scream. "He caught me blocking him!" She held her head with pain, and then Victor's servant appeared at the top of the stairs, along with the Gastly. Brandon blocked them from Dessa, while the other's stood behind her, but the servant pushed him out of the way. Gastly put her to sleep, and the servant picked her up. He carried her the rest of the way up the stairs, and then gestured them into the room where Victor was waiting. Then he carried Dessa into her room, locking the door behind him.
Chan was in the corner of the room watching the group. Victor wasn't to thrilled that Chan had been talking to Brandon. "You brought the medallion?" Victor asked.
"Yes," Nishu said dangling it in front of Victor's face.
Victor reached up and took it. He caressed it gently. It was the first sign of any good emotion that anyone had seen of him. "I loved her," Victor sighed.
"What about the third task?" Ben asked.
"Third task?" Victor echoed. "Ah... I haven't decided what that task is yet."
Brandon and David swallowed hard. Chan's eyes narrowed.
"What are we supposed to do?" Sarah demanded.
"How old are you?" Victor asked.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Chan?"
Chan lowered his eyes. "Ten."
"You are very young. Energetic too... perhaps a little too energetic," Victor commented.
Chan took a step forward. Victor held up a hand.
"I'm not going to do anything to her, young one," he said.
Chan relaxed.
Victor continued, "You'll have to stay in the Safety Zone until I reach a decision. my servant you bring you food. As long as you stay there, you'll be safe."
Brandon and Nishu nodded.
"I would recommend you head down there. Being in the room with two hungry vampires is not the safest idea," Victor said.
"No kidding," Brandon agreed. He and David grabbed Sarah and half dragged her out of the room. Ben
and Nishu followed.
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Original # of parts: 5