Resurrection
By BadRobot
Disclaimer: none of these characters belong to me. There may be a few original ones later on, but so far they all belong to someone else.....DAMN!
Summery: What would have happened if Van Helsing and Carl had managed to figure out a way to restore the life to Anna Valerious in the time between her death and her burning on the sea shore?
I wanted to write a fic about Anna and Van Helsing that didn't just change the end of the film totally by saying she never died. I wanted to keep that aspect because it would be interesting later on. I got the idea for how to get a her death when I watched the film again last night. One single 'over the shoulder' glace of a certain character sparked the idea of how to have the princess live after being killed.
Enjoy and please review.
Chapter one : visit from the elder.
He couldn't believe the ach he felt in his chest as he carried her limp body through castle Dracula. Carl followed in complete silence; his head hung low as he almost drown in the sorrow he felt at the loss of the princess.
She had been such a strong person; her courage and selflessness equal that of Van Helsing. In their short time on this mission against the evil count, Carl had noted the change Anna had caused in the great Van Helsing.
Though always acting for the good of others, Gabriel Van Helsing had never cared about anyone the way he had about Anna. Anna, the last of the Valerious, then ends of a powerful family.
Van Helsing's strides were long and powerful as he marched out of the huge doors of the castle and into the freezing cold. Clad only in his torn trousers he moved strongly though the snow and to the door they had come through. His apparent strength was nothing but a show. Inside he felt a whirlwind of emotion. His heart felt like it was in his throat and his eyes were stinging as he fought to hold back tears.
Before he knew it he was back in the warmth of the Valerious mansion. He walked smoothly through the mansion and placed Anna gently down on her own bed. He stood looking at her as she lay motionless, with her eyes closed she look as thought she were sleeping peacefully, but Gabriel knew that this was a sleep from which she would never wake, a sleep he had caused and that thought brought a wash of fresh grief and guilt over him and the tears he had been holding back broke free. He fell to his knees at her bedside and held tightly to her hand as he buried his face in her sheets and cried like he had never cried before. He loved her, he had never told her and now he had lost her, and the most painful part of this was that he had killed her.
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'Gabriel' the voice was quiet at first, Van Helsing didn't move as he answered. 'go away Carl' but the voice spoke his name again, it was louder this time as though it were in the room with him. Slowly he looked up, tears streaking his face. There on the other side of the bed stood a man. He was dressed in ancient armour, his hair was long and grey as was his beard. Van Helsing was instantly reminded of a painting Carl had shown to him and Anna when he was explaining about Dracula. 'Valerious the elder' he whispered and the man bowed his head slightly. 'it is good to see you again Gabriel' 'again?' van helsing, still holding onto Anna's cold hand whipped his eyes with his other hand. 'now is not the time to catch up on old times Gabriel, you have done this family a great many services in the past, and it is now time for you to complete one more task'
Van Helsing looked utterly confused but he didn't say anything, only listened at the spector continued.
'Anna was not destined to die in the battle with Dracula, she is destined to prevent this family from being forgotten, it is you who must resurrect her.'
'but, what if she wants to be with her family, with you?'
'she has no choice, she knows what has to be done and she is willing, she knows that now Dracula has been vanquished the pearl gates are open to us.'
'how,' Gabriel swallowed hard as he looked at Anna's pale face 'how do I bring her back?'
'think Gabriel, you have access to everything you need to bring her back into your realm'
and with that the figure vanished, leaving Van helsing alone with Anna's body.
'no,' he called out to the empty room, then in a much softer voice 'I don't understand'
and then the voice of the ghost echoed softly through the room, uttering only one word, one word that held the answer to all of Van Helsing's questions and sorrows;
'Frankenstein'
Disclaimer: none of these characters belong to me. There may be a few original ones later on, but so far they all belong to someone else.....DAMN!
Summery: What would have happened if Van Helsing and Carl had managed to figure out a way to restore the life to Anna Valerious in the time between her death and her burning on the sea shore?
I wanted to write a fic about Anna and Van Helsing that didn't just change the end of the film totally by saying she never died. I wanted to keep that aspect because it would be interesting later on. I got the idea for how to get a her death when I watched the film again last night. One single 'over the shoulder' glace of a certain character sparked the idea of how to have the princess live after being killed.
Enjoy and please review.
Chapter one : visit from the elder.
He couldn't believe the ach he felt in his chest as he carried her limp body through castle Dracula. Carl followed in complete silence; his head hung low as he almost drown in the sorrow he felt at the loss of the princess.
She had been such a strong person; her courage and selflessness equal that of Van Helsing. In their short time on this mission against the evil count, Carl had noted the change Anna had caused in the great Van Helsing.
Though always acting for the good of others, Gabriel Van Helsing had never cared about anyone the way he had about Anna. Anna, the last of the Valerious, then ends of a powerful family.
Van Helsing's strides were long and powerful as he marched out of the huge doors of the castle and into the freezing cold. Clad only in his torn trousers he moved strongly though the snow and to the door they had come through. His apparent strength was nothing but a show. Inside he felt a whirlwind of emotion. His heart felt like it was in his throat and his eyes were stinging as he fought to hold back tears.
Before he knew it he was back in the warmth of the Valerious mansion. He walked smoothly through the mansion and placed Anna gently down on her own bed. He stood looking at her as she lay motionless, with her eyes closed she look as thought she were sleeping peacefully, but Gabriel knew that this was a sleep from which she would never wake, a sleep he had caused and that thought brought a wash of fresh grief and guilt over him and the tears he had been holding back broke free. He fell to his knees at her bedside and held tightly to her hand as he buried his face in her sheets and cried like he had never cried before. He loved her, he had never told her and now he had lost her, and the most painful part of this was that he had killed her.
---
'Gabriel' the voice was quiet at first, Van Helsing didn't move as he answered. 'go away Carl' but the voice spoke his name again, it was louder this time as though it were in the room with him. Slowly he looked up, tears streaking his face. There on the other side of the bed stood a man. He was dressed in ancient armour, his hair was long and grey as was his beard. Van Helsing was instantly reminded of a painting Carl had shown to him and Anna when he was explaining about Dracula. 'Valerious the elder' he whispered and the man bowed his head slightly. 'it is good to see you again Gabriel' 'again?' van helsing, still holding onto Anna's cold hand whipped his eyes with his other hand. 'now is not the time to catch up on old times Gabriel, you have done this family a great many services in the past, and it is now time for you to complete one more task'
Van Helsing looked utterly confused but he didn't say anything, only listened at the spector continued.
'Anna was not destined to die in the battle with Dracula, she is destined to prevent this family from being forgotten, it is you who must resurrect her.'
'but, what if she wants to be with her family, with you?'
'she has no choice, she knows what has to be done and she is willing, she knows that now Dracula has been vanquished the pearl gates are open to us.'
'how,' Gabriel swallowed hard as he looked at Anna's pale face 'how do I bring her back?'
'think Gabriel, you have access to everything you need to bring her back into your realm'
and with that the figure vanished, leaving Van helsing alone with Anna's body.
'no,' he called out to the empty room, then in a much softer voice 'I don't understand'
and then the voice of the ghost echoed softly through the room, uttering only one word, one word that held the answer to all of Van Helsing's questions and sorrows;
'Frankenstein'