(A/N: I don't own Van Helsing.)
Chapter Nine
Liz thought about the dream she just had.
"Bri, remember that quiz we took that told us what we were? When was that?" Liz asked.
"Uh, about the second day after Van Helsing sent us back. Why?" Bri asked.
"No reason." Liz mumbled to herself, her mind clearly on other things. She pushed herself up and walked to the door.
"Liz, what are you doing? Dracula could still be out there!" Ali said. Liz took of the ring and gave it to Ali.
"Hold onto this for me." she said and opened the door. "Dear Lord, I hope I'm right." she prayed to herself.
Liz calmly walked outside and shut the door behind her. She walked down the front steps into the open.
"Well, well, well,"
Liz calmly looked up into the nearest tree and saw Dracula.
"What have we here?" he asked smiling.
Liz returned the smile.
"I was wondering if you lost something recently. Like, a ring?" she asked all innocent like.
"You have it?" Dracula said his smile vanishing.
"Not exactly. However, I am the only person who knows where it is and the only person who knows what it does."
"Where is it?" Dracula asked angrily.
"You see, that exactly the point. If you kill me, you will never find it. If you don't kill me, well, I was never going to tell you where it was anyway. However, if I live, I might let something slip."
"What about undead?" he asked.
"If you do that, I would rather ram a stake through my heart than go on living. So you see, you're the one who's trapped." Liz said smiling evilly with her eyes glittering. She was enjoying this, a lot.
"You are a person that I loath." Dracula said glaring at her.
"Oh, don't worry, the feeling is quite mutual." Liz said beginning to walk backwards.
She nodded toward him and turned. She walked back up to the manor with her coat billowing behind her. She smiled to herself. When she entered the manor, Bri and Ali were shocked to see her still alive.
"What happened?" Ali asked as she shut the door. Liz took the ring back and put it on.
"Was Dracula there?" Bri asked.
"Ladies, I have a plan." Liz said.
"Liz, what's going on?" Ali asked her very suspiciously.
"This ring, you can time travel with it. That's why Dracula is going to pay anything to get it back." Liz said.
"How did you get it?" Bri asked.
"I don't know, luck. Anyway, this gives us something to bargain with. It shall make his demise quite interesting." Liz said.
Ali looked at her. Bri and Ali looked at each other and then back to Liz.
"You've been watching Pirates of the Caribbean to much." Bri said. Ali let out a cough that sounded like 'Jack Sparrow.'
The girls burst out laughing. They heard foot steps and looked down the hall. Liz quickly slipped the ring on her silver chain with her cross and hid it under her shirt.
Van Helsing appeared at the end of the hallway.
"What the?" he asked.
Anna and Carl appeared behind him.
"Gabriel Van Helsing!! You have some explaining to do!!" Liz roared.
"She reminds me so much of you at the moment." Carl told Van Helsing.
"Thank you Carl." Van Helsing told him then turned to the girls. "How did you get back here? Why are you back here?" he asked walking toward them.
"We should have never left in the first place." Liz said walking toward him. Bri and Ali stayed out of this. They could tell Liz was mad, so they stayed out of her way.
"It's not your fight!" Van Helsing told her.
"It's at least mine! I'm a Van Helsing too, remember? It's a family tradition." Liz said.
"Yes, but you don't have the experience to fight Dracula." Van Helsing almost shouted.
"Why do you think I've stayed alive so long?!?! Pure dumb luck?? I know how to take care of myself!!!!" Liz shouted.
"It's to dangerous here!!" Van Helsing said.
"It's not like we had a choice!! We ran into you wither we wanted to or not. But, when we did, it became our fight, at least it did for me." Liz said.
"Why are you doing this? What do you expect to get out of it."
"Maybe some self realization." Liz said the same thing he told Anna when she asked.
"It's about family, wither you like it or not we're family. I'm just not gonna sit here and let you risk your neck. No pun intended."
Van Helsing growled at her and Liz growled back.
"Battle of the werewolves!!" Ali said running into another room dragging Bri with her.
Liz looked into the monster hunter's eyes and Van Helsing looked into hers. They were both filled with anger. Liz saw something else. Van Helsing knew something she didn't.
"What are you not telling me?" she asked her voice suddenly calm but her eyes still filled with anger.
Van Helsing remained silent.
"Arrrrrrrg!" Liz shouted and pushed past him. She pushed past Anna and Carl.
"Liz!" she heard Van Helsing shout. She ignored him and made her way to her room. She left her jacket and hat there. She grabbed a ribbon and put her hair in a ponytail. She made her way to the armory. She walked through it to the practice room. She sighed.
"I need to hit something."
"Liz!" Van Helsing shouted going after her. Carl grabbed his arm.
"She is exactly like you in this situation. Leave her alone for a while, then maybe she'll only bite your head off." Carl told him.
Van Helsing shook the friar off him. The monster hunter walked away from them.
"Where are you going?" Anna asked.
"I need to hit something."
(A/N: That got out a lot of repressed anger. Anyway, I know it's short and confusing but it will work for now. No flames please. Thank you!)