(A/N: I don't own any Van Helsing movie characters. However it would be cool if I did)

Chapter five

Van Helsing woke the next morning. The ball room was destroyed with shattered glass and stone everywhere. He was covered in dust and his head was throbbing. He groaned as he pushed himself up. Memories came flooding back to him. Then he only had one thought.

"Bell." he said as he scanned the room for her. He saw something and walked over to it. His knees shook but soon strengthened. On the floor in front of the door was Bell's jacket.

"Bell!" he shouted and rushed to his daughter's room with his coat billowing behind him. Van Helsing got there and kicked open the door. The room was empty.

"BELL!" Van Helsing shouted at the top of his lungs as he ran through the castle trying to find his daughter. He checked every room till the only place left was the library. He knew he would fly in there and see her face smiling at him from behind one of the many books. It was not so. The library was empty. Not even Carl was there. Anna appeared behind him.

"Gabriel, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Have you seen Bell? I can't find her anywhere." he replied already knowing the answer. There was still a slight chance he was wrong.

"No, not since last night." Anna replied.

Van Helsing's heart sank. She was gone.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked again seeing the sadness in his dark eyes. She sounded worried.

"He took her, he took Bell!"

"Who?"

"Dracula."

Bell woke to her head throbbing as if it was run over by something big and heavy. She felt dizzy but soon it passed. She pushed herself up off a bed. She as in a stone room with one small window and a large wood door. The only objects in the room, besides the bed, were a writing desk and a chair.

Bell slowly pushed herself to stand. The dizziness returned and she shook out her head to clear it. Then, the events of the night before returned to her. The werewolf, the vampires, her dad, it all came back. She realized where she must be and reached for her sword that was hidden in her coat. Her coat was gone.

"Oh shoot." she said stunned. She walked over to the window and saw the moon shining down. It was night. "

"That's not good, is it?" she said to herself. She turned around and jumped. Dracula's cold eyes were staring straight at her. To her surprise, Dracula smiled.

"Hello my dear. I trust you slept well." he said pleasantly.

Bell felt the room grow cold as she looked at the infamous vampire before her.

"Allow me to introduce myself properly. I am Count Vladislaus Dragulia." he said giving her a mocking bow. He looked up and smiled as if teasing her. Bell could tell Dracula was enjoying taunting her.

Fear rose in Bell but she refused to give into it. Dracula walked toward her and she backed up against the wall.

"I'm sorry we should meet under these conditions, my dear. Your father has been a nuisance to me and must be dealt with." he said and stopped about three feet from her.

His eyes met hers and Bell repressed a shiver. His eyes were so cold and dead. She felt something in her mind. She did what Van Helsing had taught her to do, she put up a wall.

Dracula smiled.

"You are so much like your parents." he said .

"That's not exactly something I want to be hearing from you, knowing your reputation with them." Bell said. It was the first thing that came to her.

His smile vanished. He slowly walked toward her and Bell stood frozen. Dracula brushed a stray hair away from her eyes. Bell went cold but didn't pull away.

She is as brave as her father. Dracula thought to himself.

"Currently, I have no use for you. However, you are proving handy." he said.

Bell's mind screamed at her. Get away! Run away! Find Gabriel!!! Get away from this monster!!!! Bell wanted to but couldn't. She was determined not to show Dracula her fear.

"I know Gabriel is being tortured by the thought I have his precious daughter. The youngest Van Helsing and Valerious, and I have her." he said.

"I doubt you'll have me for much longer." Bell told him. She knew he didn't believe her. She didn't doubt that her father would rescue her, but she wasn't sure if there was anyone left to come rescue her. Something in Bell told her that Van Helsing was alive. It was like a connection she had with him since she was little.

"Don't underestimate me, my dear." he said with fury showing in his eyes.

"Don't underestimate me. I am capable of more than you think." Bell said calmly.

"We will see about that." Dracula said quietly.

"Yes we will." Bell said looking at him squarely in the eye. She had a determined look in her eyes that she got from her father. Dracula recognized it at once.

"That is what Gabriel said, and he still hasn't rid of me." Dracula said.

"However, he killed you twice." Bell replied a small smile on her face.

Dracula's eyes flared. He grabbed her by the neck and raised her up. Bell grabbed his wrist to keep from being strangled as she felt her feet lift up off the ground. She placed her feet against the wall and pushed off as hard as she could. Dracula let go of her as he tumbled back. Bell summer-saluted onto the floor toward the doors.

Bell jumped up and kicked open the doors. She burst into the hall at a dead sprint. She ran on and didn't look back. She didn't need too to know that Dracula was following her. Bell's blood was pumping through her veins as her anger and fear grew. Her heart beat faster than it had in a long time.

Suddenly, Aleera was before her. From a strength Bell didn't know she had, she flipped over the vampire's head and kept running. She slid down another hallway into the entry way. There were the doors that lead out of this place. A werewolf appeared before the doors.

"The chase is over, my dear."

Bell whirled around to see Dracula at the end of the hall.

"You can not escape." he said smiling.

"How much do you want to bet on that?" Bell said pulling something out of her boot. It was a silver needle with red liquid in it. Dracula knew what it was.

"Where did you get that?" he asked.

"A certain friar." Bell said and sprinted down the hall. The wolf was blond and Bell thought he looked familiar to her. Then it hit her, but her father killed him, or did he? There was only one way to find out. The wolf lunged and Bell stuck the antidote in the wolf. It howled and shrank away to reveal a handsome young man.

"Velkan?!?" Bell said shocked. I guess Dad didn't kill him after all. she thought. Bell helped pull him up and the two burst through the door.

Behind them, they heard Dracula cry in fury as it echoed through the waning night. Bell looked up to see the sun rising over the horizon as they ran for safety.

(A/N: YAY!! This one is longer than the others at five pages! That's pretty long for me. I don't know why I brought Velkan back, I guess I just feel like it. Anyway, plz R&R!)