Michelle had no idea how to take what she'd just experienced. She'd
just heard too much about Cameron, and how he believed Gabriel and Anna's
delusions. "What are you doing," she demanded.
Cameron felt his mouth go dry. "I... I.."
Michelle's glare hardened. "Well?"
"It's hard to explain." Cameron told her.
"You are as crazy as they are."
Cameron glared back at Michelle. "They are not crazy," he warned her. "If you would take the time to look around you would see that they are telling you the truth."
Michelle laughed. "No, they are crazy. Just because you are a med student doesn't mean you can come in here and tell me how to do my job because you have no idea."
Cameron grinned and pulled out an old dog-eared journal. He threw it at Michelle, and she caught it. "Oh, yea," he replied. "Look inside there."
Michelle handed it back. "No," she said.
Cameron wouldn't take it. "You heard Gabriel call me Carl, didn't you?" Michelle nodded. Cameron continued. "Well, I was Carl. Your boyfriend's soul was placed in my body, but that doesn't matter since I couldn't have gotten in here to Gabriel and Anna in that body anyway."
"What are you talking about?" Michelle demanded.
"Open the journal." Cameron replied forcefully.
Michelle opened the journal and read the first page. It was from Carl's point of view, and it was written in old language. It talked about Gabriel's mission to hunt down Dracula, and it talked about how Carl had to travel along with Gabriel on the trip to Transylvania. She looked up at Cameron, and she was starting to be convinced. "So, this is your journal?"
Cameron shook his head. "No, it had been my journal. That was when I was Carl, that was my previous life."
Michelle shut the journal. "Look, I don't believe in previous lives. I believe in here and now. I believe anything else is merely delusions, creative delusions like these appear to be, but delusions none-the-less." She held the journal out to Cameron. "I cannot believe you, and I'm afraid I will have to advise you to check yourself in up here. We won't lock you up, but we will give you medications to help with these delusions."
Cameron rolled his eyes. "They aren't delusions," he growled. "They are real memories from my life as a friar in the late 1800s. I have all the records from that time, and anything to do with my past. I've spent this lifetime collecting these items so that I could remember the memories more vibrantly. Now, either you listen or move out of my way!"
Michelle shook her head. "I can do neither."
Cameron wrinkled his nose, and he shoved past Michelle. She spun around and warned, "I will alert security if you go any farther!"
Cameron turned around and shrugged. "Go ahead, Dr. Englehart. You'll have worse problems on your hand soon enough, I'm sure. Dr. Dragulia has something planned."
Michelle was appalled by Cameron's assumption that Dr. Dragulia had something abnormal planned. "How dare you talk bad about the best doctor up here."
It was Cameron's turn to laugh. "Please, if you just knew his past, you wouldn't praise him so."
Michelle was a little baffled by what he'd said. "What?"
"Your precious Dr. Dragulia is none other than the Dracula that Gabriel and Anna had to kill in their previous lives." Cameron laughed. "I know because I was there, I saw him as Dracula. Dr. Dragulia is the reincarnated soul and body of Vladislaus Dragulia, or Count Dracula."
Michelle shook her head. "More delusions. I'm telling you, let me prescribe something that will get rid of those."
Cameron shook his head and tossed his journal back at her. "Read this, and then tell me I'm delusional, Dr. Englehart." Cameron spoke spitefully then turned and headed off to disable the cameras.
Michelle flipped through the pages of the old journal. It had to be as old as Cameron had said because of its condition, and it was a journal for a friar named Carl. 'He's just piecing this all together. He's read this before, and he's just acting like he was this friar. He does need help if he believes he is this Carl.' But, the more Michelle read, the more she began to believe what she'd heard from Cameron and Gabriel. The journal mentioned a Gabriel Van Helsing, a knight of the Holy Order in Rome. She skipped more pages and found the description of Dracula, and Michelle couldn't overlook how the description fit Dr. Dragulia. Michelle felt her mind torn between what she was reading and what her psychiatric training had told her. 'There's no way that this can be possible,' she thought. 'But, it's all here in a journal that is too old and too outdated to be a fake.'
Then Michelle had an enlightenment. 'What if this journal is true, and Dr. Dragulia is just biding his time until he feels like unveiling himself to us all as his former self?"
Cameron felt his mouth go dry. "I... I.."
Michelle's glare hardened. "Well?"
"It's hard to explain." Cameron told her.
"You are as crazy as they are."
Cameron glared back at Michelle. "They are not crazy," he warned her. "If you would take the time to look around you would see that they are telling you the truth."
Michelle laughed. "No, they are crazy. Just because you are a med student doesn't mean you can come in here and tell me how to do my job because you have no idea."
Cameron grinned and pulled out an old dog-eared journal. He threw it at Michelle, and she caught it. "Oh, yea," he replied. "Look inside there."
Michelle handed it back. "No," she said.
Cameron wouldn't take it. "You heard Gabriel call me Carl, didn't you?" Michelle nodded. Cameron continued. "Well, I was Carl. Your boyfriend's soul was placed in my body, but that doesn't matter since I couldn't have gotten in here to Gabriel and Anna in that body anyway."
"What are you talking about?" Michelle demanded.
"Open the journal." Cameron replied forcefully.
Michelle opened the journal and read the first page. It was from Carl's point of view, and it was written in old language. It talked about Gabriel's mission to hunt down Dracula, and it talked about how Carl had to travel along with Gabriel on the trip to Transylvania. She looked up at Cameron, and she was starting to be convinced. "So, this is your journal?"
Cameron shook his head. "No, it had been my journal. That was when I was Carl, that was my previous life."
Michelle shut the journal. "Look, I don't believe in previous lives. I believe in here and now. I believe anything else is merely delusions, creative delusions like these appear to be, but delusions none-the-less." She held the journal out to Cameron. "I cannot believe you, and I'm afraid I will have to advise you to check yourself in up here. We won't lock you up, but we will give you medications to help with these delusions."
Cameron rolled his eyes. "They aren't delusions," he growled. "They are real memories from my life as a friar in the late 1800s. I have all the records from that time, and anything to do with my past. I've spent this lifetime collecting these items so that I could remember the memories more vibrantly. Now, either you listen or move out of my way!"
Michelle shook her head. "I can do neither."
Cameron wrinkled his nose, and he shoved past Michelle. She spun around and warned, "I will alert security if you go any farther!"
Cameron turned around and shrugged. "Go ahead, Dr. Englehart. You'll have worse problems on your hand soon enough, I'm sure. Dr. Dragulia has something planned."
Michelle was appalled by Cameron's assumption that Dr. Dragulia had something abnormal planned. "How dare you talk bad about the best doctor up here."
It was Cameron's turn to laugh. "Please, if you just knew his past, you wouldn't praise him so."
Michelle was a little baffled by what he'd said. "What?"
"Your precious Dr. Dragulia is none other than the Dracula that Gabriel and Anna had to kill in their previous lives." Cameron laughed. "I know because I was there, I saw him as Dracula. Dr. Dragulia is the reincarnated soul and body of Vladislaus Dragulia, or Count Dracula."
Michelle shook her head. "More delusions. I'm telling you, let me prescribe something that will get rid of those."
Cameron shook his head and tossed his journal back at her. "Read this, and then tell me I'm delusional, Dr. Englehart." Cameron spoke spitefully then turned and headed off to disable the cameras.
Michelle flipped through the pages of the old journal. It had to be as old as Cameron had said because of its condition, and it was a journal for a friar named Carl. 'He's just piecing this all together. He's read this before, and he's just acting like he was this friar. He does need help if he believes he is this Carl.' But, the more Michelle read, the more she began to believe what she'd heard from Cameron and Gabriel. The journal mentioned a Gabriel Van Helsing, a knight of the Holy Order in Rome. She skipped more pages and found the description of Dracula, and Michelle couldn't overlook how the description fit Dr. Dragulia. Michelle felt her mind torn between what she was reading and what her psychiatric training had told her. 'There's no way that this can be possible,' she thought. 'But, it's all here in a journal that is too old and too outdated to be a fake.'
Then Michelle had an enlightenment. 'What if this journal is true, and Dr. Dragulia is just biding his time until he feels like unveiling himself to us all as his former self?"