Chapter 6- Trip to the past.
A/N: I thought about canceling this story. But have decided to continue for a few more chapters then if I still think its blah. I'll X it. Also this chapter has spoilers of Under World in it soooo if you haven't seen it please skip this chapter but if you cant bear it...see the movie. Its great
Van Helsing, Anna, Carl, Kate, James, Libby, Alice and Kevin stepped out of a nature trail. The sun shone down on the now lit park and the lake reflected the sun's rays gently back.
"Ok. So we where all standing over there." James pointed to a charred ring by the lake.
"And we where on those rocks over there." Anna said indicating some rocks.
"Right. Now where you at Carl?" Kevin said looking at the friar.
"Me? I was standing slightly behind Van Helsing and Anna. Trying not to get killed."
"Ok. So Dracula scared the whatits out of you an James so you both jumped in a bush." Alice chimed in.
"Yes." Carl answered
"Uh-huh. Only one itty-bitty problem here. There are about 10 bushes with in the proximity of the rocks and where James was at!" Kate said.
"Which bush where you two in?" Van Helsing asked.
"I don't exactly know." Carl said
"It was very dark and I was scared outta my wits that I'd become a Jimmy Shake for Dracula!" James yelped. "We'll just have ta search every bush."
"Oh joy." Libby said as she walked over to a bush and stuck her head inside.
The group began to search around bushes and rocks.
"Just stick your hand in there and feel around for it." James said.
"Hell be dammed! I will not stick my hand down there! You do it." Carl cursed.
"Phhhpt, yeah freakin right friar boy! Like I'm risking my hand. I need these to hold stuff with. And you shouldn't curse."
"I'm a friar and I can curse all I want...Dammit. And I need mine to pray with. So there where even."
"Jeez! You two are such babies! What's the worse that could be down there? A used" James clapped his hand to Alice's mouth.
"Don't you dare!" James yelled.
Alice pulled his hand off of her mouth. "Babies." She mumbled and plunged her hand into the crack. She fished around in there "I found something! Quick go get the others it might be the glass!" Alice said excitedly. Carl and James scrambled away yelling for everyone to come look. Van Helsing and Anna closely followed by the others.
"What did you find?" Anna said
"This!" Alice quickly and carefully pulled up an hourglass. It was gold with snakes for the handles that had blue sappier eyes. The sand inside the glass was silver, it reflected in the sun.
"The hourglass! Thank god its not busted." Van Helsing said.
"And staying here would be a bad thing how?" Libby asked.
"What about your parents? Things like this don't normally happen...do they?" Anna said.
"Your right." Libby answered.
"We should probably go back to our own time now..." Van Helsing said staring at the hourglass.
"Yeah right Helsing! And leave us here to fight off the forces of Dracula?! No on your life bub." Libby said.
"Libby is right Gabriel, it would be wrong to leave them to fight Dracula." Anna said.
"Yeah and you where going to leave a big mean vampire to a bunch of teens. Some hero." Alice said rolling her eyes slightly then smiling.
"We should probably get back to my house and study this thing but before that we go and rent Under World! Kate said happily.
All in all they had spent four hours searching everywhere and silently hoping that Dracula or some unlucky soul hadn't found it. Kate led the group to the other side of the park and onto the street. After about 5 minuets or so of walking the mismatched group stopped at a store.
"Here we are! Grand Time Videos, the only place in town that gives you free popcorn with your rental." Kate said indicating a great neon sign.
Van Helsing, Anna and Carl looked up at the sign then into the window. Where cardboard cut outs of different movie characters could be seen.
"I'll stay out here and keep the Helsing crew company." James said.
"Good idea, with Van Helsing touting all his armorments he'd never get through the metal detectors." Alice said as she followed Libby, Kevin and Kate into the store.
The trio entered the cool store and looked around. It was like a library of movies, music and games with TV screens playing different movies and headphones in the wall so that you could listen to the music before you bought it. They strode toward the U section in the seemingly endless expanse of electronic amusement. Once arriving each, as if by some unheard direction, moved to a certain section of the store and began to look.
"Lib, when you gonna get Under World on DVD so we don have to do this every time?" Kevin asked looking through the bottom row of DVDS.
"When I find the bloody thing." Libby said craning her neck at the top section.
"I think I saw it on ebay." Kate commented off hand.
"My parents have a thing about buying stuff off the Internet." Libby said remorsefully.
"Found it!" Kevin scooped up the DVD and headed toward the desk.
"Nice. They probably thought we got swallowed up by a monster or something." Alice laughed while hurrying to caught up to the others.
He put the DVD on the desk. A young man of about 24 picked it up and scanned it.
"Did you find everything to your liking guys?" The man said
"Yeah. As always Tommy." Kate said.
"I take it I'll just stick it on your tab then?" Tommy said.
"Read my mind mate." Kate said and grabbed the DVD and headed out the door with the rest.
James was showing the Helsing crew a card trick as Kevin and the girls came out. The sun beat down heavily forcing Van Helsing to shed his coat.
"Were baaaaaaaaaack!" Libby replied right behind James making him drop the cards.
"Grrr Libby. Did you have to do that?" He replied picking up the cards.
"Yes."
"Grrr."
The group arrived at Kate's house, after many odd looks from passerbies on the nature trail. Kate unlocked the door and waited until everyone had made their way in before shutting it tightly.
"Ah got snack detail!" Kevin said walking into the kitchen.
"I call middle seat!" Alice said.
"No way that seat is Van Helsing's." Libby said.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"
"No!"
"YES! He's the guest from the past."
"Grrr."
"That's better wolfie." Libby patted Alice on the head. "Oh Van Helsing! I saved a seat for you!"
Libby led the trio into the room and gave Van Helsing the middle seat with Anna next to him and Carl, who refused a seat on the couch, took to the recliner.
"Your in charge of these guys comfort since you got them the middle seat. I'm gonna go help Kevin with the snacks." Alice said and stalked into the kitchen.
Kate and James where lugging in cans of soda to quench there ever lasting thirst for caffeine.
Van Helsing had stepped out side just as Kate turned around and she bumped into him causing the cans to drop and land on the stone and unfortunately her foot.
"GAH!" Kate bite into her lip as two cans rammed into her foot
"Are you ok?" Van Helsing asked, he moved to help her but was met with a hand.
She took in a deep breath to keep from saying some choice words. "I'm fine, just a bump no big."
She bent down to pick up the cans and found only the two that landed on her foot. She looked at Van Helsing who held the other two cans and he wore on his face an apologetic grin.
"Sorry."
"Its ok no big."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Shoot monster hunter."
"Where are your parents?"
"Always off on some damn, excuse the language." Kate added as Van Helsing gave her a you-shouldn't-curse-look. "Business trip to some far off place. They send me stuff all the time but it's not the same as going with them. They never let me come."
"Why?"
"Don't know. It's weird really. Like this one time when I was seven I over heard them talking about a mission in Ireland. For the longest time I thought they where spies. That is till I asked them and they said I miss heard and that it was a Commission in Ireland not a mission in Ireland."
"Did you believe them?"
"At first but deep down...I know I didn't miss hear."
They walked into the room and took their seats. Kate tossed her two cans to Kevin and Libby.
"There are some extra cans here." Van Helsing said
"Those are for you Carl and Anna."
"Ok."
They all settled down to watch the movie. Every so often a chunk of popcorn would fly at the screen and peg Kraven or Viktor. However when Kate Beckensale came on screen Anna could help but gasp.
"Is that the person who plays me?"
"Yep." James replied.
"But she looks nothing like me."
"Drastic change in wardrobe and looks."
"Wow."
When the ending came where Selene (SP?) killed Viktor a few cheers erupted and Anna was smiling widely.
"How'd you like the movie guys?" Alice asked seeing the smile on Anna's face.
"I loved it! Does Ms. Beckensale always portray this sort of movie?" Anna said.
"As far as my knowledge goes...yes." Libby said.
"Van Helsing?" Kevin looked to him.
"I thought it was entertaining....although they got the werewolves all wrong."
Kate laughed into her soda.
"What about you Carl?" Alice said. Silence was her reply. "Carl?"
"Where's Carl at?" Anna said.
A shivering form was hidden behind the couch.
"Are the monsters gone?" Came Carl's reply.
"Yes they are gone...what'd you think of the movie?" Kate said looking down at the positively terrified friar.
"It was terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!" He squeaked out, his voice high and full of fear.
"Better not show him Dawn of the Dead then." Libby said
A thump came from the back of the couch. Carl had fainted.
Upon Carl's reawakening the group had decided to do a little vampire hunting, they knew that Dracula would return to the spot where he had faced Van Helsing the previous night to look for the hourglass.
"What do we do if we find him?" Kate asked, munching on what was left of the popcorn.
"Anna Carl and I will send him back with us." Van Helsing said.
"No way you can't!" Libby said.
"It's to dangerous to take you back with us." Anna said looking at the girl sternly.
"So? Y'all gonna need all the help you can get in facing that winged menace." Kevin said.
"Besides it's not like we haven't shot a gun or crossbow before. Or handled a sword." James said.
"Yeah we can watch our backs." Kate said, looking at the trio.
"Fine. You can come. But only on one condition. You do as I, Anna or Carl say so. Is that clear." Van Helsing said in an I'm-not-kidding kind of tone.
"You say jump." James said
"We say how high!" Libby said.
Van Helsing and company hid in the bushes of the park, waiting for Dracula to come out. Night had fallen over and hour ago, surely he would be here. They where crouched and hidden away behind bushes and rocks. Soon the sound of wings could be heard. Faint at first but growing louder and headed in this direction. A large grayish bat flew overhead and landed right on the rocks, directly over the hourglass's previous resting place. Van Helsing signaled for them to stay where they where until Dracula was most vulnerable, when that time would come...they might be here all night. Dracula took his human form and peered into the darkness. He dropped down from the rocks and turned his back to the group. The sound of Van Helsing's crossbow broke through the night's deafening silence! Arrows flew into the Count's body, they seared his flesh as they where covered in holy water. Dracula hissed and snapped around to face Van Helsing, Anna and Carl.
"We meet again. Where are your little helpers Gabriel?" Dracula said, clearly ever pissed off.
"What helpers?" Van Helsing said keeping steady eye contact with the vampire.
"Those little brats!" Dracula spat, apparently still mad about the Huggame trick.
"Don't know what you're talking about." Van Helsing said and leaned over to Anna and Carl. "Poor Vampire. Must be getting senile..." They all smirked.
"I HEARD THAT!!" Dracula yelled, making a few night birds clear out of the area. "I can assure you. I am not senile." He said in a very dangerous tone.
Suddenly a bright green light flashed and enveloped them all. James had activated the hourglass via one of the sapphire eyes on the snake. They had been hurled Through the Ages to Van Helsing's time.
A/N: I thought about canceling this story. But have decided to continue for a few more chapters then if I still think its blah. I'll X it. Also this chapter has spoilers of Under World in it soooo if you haven't seen it please skip this chapter but if you cant bear it...see the movie. Its great
Van Helsing, Anna, Carl, Kate, James, Libby, Alice and Kevin stepped out of a nature trail. The sun shone down on the now lit park and the lake reflected the sun's rays gently back.
"Ok. So we where all standing over there." James pointed to a charred ring by the lake.
"And we where on those rocks over there." Anna said indicating some rocks.
"Right. Now where you at Carl?" Kevin said looking at the friar.
"Me? I was standing slightly behind Van Helsing and Anna. Trying not to get killed."
"Ok. So Dracula scared the whatits out of you an James so you both jumped in a bush." Alice chimed in.
"Yes." Carl answered
"Uh-huh. Only one itty-bitty problem here. There are about 10 bushes with in the proximity of the rocks and where James was at!" Kate said.
"Which bush where you two in?" Van Helsing asked.
"I don't exactly know." Carl said
"It was very dark and I was scared outta my wits that I'd become a Jimmy Shake for Dracula!" James yelped. "We'll just have ta search every bush."
"Oh joy." Libby said as she walked over to a bush and stuck her head inside.
The group began to search around bushes and rocks.
"Just stick your hand in there and feel around for it." James said.
"Hell be dammed! I will not stick my hand down there! You do it." Carl cursed.
"Phhhpt, yeah freakin right friar boy! Like I'm risking my hand. I need these to hold stuff with. And you shouldn't curse."
"I'm a friar and I can curse all I want...Dammit. And I need mine to pray with. So there where even."
"Jeez! You two are such babies! What's the worse that could be down there? A used" James clapped his hand to Alice's mouth.
"Don't you dare!" James yelled.
Alice pulled his hand off of her mouth. "Babies." She mumbled and plunged her hand into the crack. She fished around in there "I found something! Quick go get the others it might be the glass!" Alice said excitedly. Carl and James scrambled away yelling for everyone to come look. Van Helsing and Anna closely followed by the others.
"What did you find?" Anna said
"This!" Alice quickly and carefully pulled up an hourglass. It was gold with snakes for the handles that had blue sappier eyes. The sand inside the glass was silver, it reflected in the sun.
"The hourglass! Thank god its not busted." Van Helsing said.
"And staying here would be a bad thing how?" Libby asked.
"What about your parents? Things like this don't normally happen...do they?" Anna said.
"Your right." Libby answered.
"We should probably go back to our own time now..." Van Helsing said staring at the hourglass.
"Yeah right Helsing! And leave us here to fight off the forces of Dracula?! No on your life bub." Libby said.
"Libby is right Gabriel, it would be wrong to leave them to fight Dracula." Anna said.
"Yeah and you where going to leave a big mean vampire to a bunch of teens. Some hero." Alice said rolling her eyes slightly then smiling.
"We should probably get back to my house and study this thing but before that we go and rent Under World! Kate said happily.
All in all they had spent four hours searching everywhere and silently hoping that Dracula or some unlucky soul hadn't found it. Kate led the group to the other side of the park and onto the street. After about 5 minuets or so of walking the mismatched group stopped at a store.
"Here we are! Grand Time Videos, the only place in town that gives you free popcorn with your rental." Kate said indicating a great neon sign.
Van Helsing, Anna and Carl looked up at the sign then into the window. Where cardboard cut outs of different movie characters could be seen.
"I'll stay out here and keep the Helsing crew company." James said.
"Good idea, with Van Helsing touting all his armorments he'd never get through the metal detectors." Alice said as she followed Libby, Kevin and Kate into the store.
The trio entered the cool store and looked around. It was like a library of movies, music and games with TV screens playing different movies and headphones in the wall so that you could listen to the music before you bought it. They strode toward the U section in the seemingly endless expanse of electronic amusement. Once arriving each, as if by some unheard direction, moved to a certain section of the store and began to look.
"Lib, when you gonna get Under World on DVD so we don have to do this every time?" Kevin asked looking through the bottom row of DVDS.
"When I find the bloody thing." Libby said craning her neck at the top section.
"I think I saw it on ebay." Kate commented off hand.
"My parents have a thing about buying stuff off the Internet." Libby said remorsefully.
"Found it!" Kevin scooped up the DVD and headed toward the desk.
"Nice. They probably thought we got swallowed up by a monster or something." Alice laughed while hurrying to caught up to the others.
He put the DVD on the desk. A young man of about 24 picked it up and scanned it.
"Did you find everything to your liking guys?" The man said
"Yeah. As always Tommy." Kate said.
"I take it I'll just stick it on your tab then?" Tommy said.
"Read my mind mate." Kate said and grabbed the DVD and headed out the door with the rest.
James was showing the Helsing crew a card trick as Kevin and the girls came out. The sun beat down heavily forcing Van Helsing to shed his coat.
"Were baaaaaaaaaack!" Libby replied right behind James making him drop the cards.
"Grrr Libby. Did you have to do that?" He replied picking up the cards.
"Yes."
"Grrr."
The group arrived at Kate's house, after many odd looks from passerbies on the nature trail. Kate unlocked the door and waited until everyone had made their way in before shutting it tightly.
"Ah got snack detail!" Kevin said walking into the kitchen.
"I call middle seat!" Alice said.
"No way that seat is Van Helsing's." Libby said.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"
"No!"
"YES! He's the guest from the past."
"Grrr."
"That's better wolfie." Libby patted Alice on the head. "Oh Van Helsing! I saved a seat for you!"
Libby led the trio into the room and gave Van Helsing the middle seat with Anna next to him and Carl, who refused a seat on the couch, took to the recliner.
"Your in charge of these guys comfort since you got them the middle seat. I'm gonna go help Kevin with the snacks." Alice said and stalked into the kitchen.
Kate and James where lugging in cans of soda to quench there ever lasting thirst for caffeine.
Van Helsing had stepped out side just as Kate turned around and she bumped into him causing the cans to drop and land on the stone and unfortunately her foot.
"GAH!" Kate bite into her lip as two cans rammed into her foot
"Are you ok?" Van Helsing asked, he moved to help her but was met with a hand.
She took in a deep breath to keep from saying some choice words. "I'm fine, just a bump no big."
She bent down to pick up the cans and found only the two that landed on her foot. She looked at Van Helsing who held the other two cans and he wore on his face an apologetic grin.
"Sorry."
"Its ok no big."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Shoot monster hunter."
"Where are your parents?"
"Always off on some damn, excuse the language." Kate added as Van Helsing gave her a you-shouldn't-curse-look. "Business trip to some far off place. They send me stuff all the time but it's not the same as going with them. They never let me come."
"Why?"
"Don't know. It's weird really. Like this one time when I was seven I over heard them talking about a mission in Ireland. For the longest time I thought they where spies. That is till I asked them and they said I miss heard and that it was a Commission in Ireland not a mission in Ireland."
"Did you believe them?"
"At first but deep down...I know I didn't miss hear."
They walked into the room and took their seats. Kate tossed her two cans to Kevin and Libby.
"There are some extra cans here." Van Helsing said
"Those are for you Carl and Anna."
"Ok."
They all settled down to watch the movie. Every so often a chunk of popcorn would fly at the screen and peg Kraven or Viktor. However when Kate Beckensale came on screen Anna could help but gasp.
"Is that the person who plays me?"
"Yep." James replied.
"But she looks nothing like me."
"Drastic change in wardrobe and looks."
"Wow."
When the ending came where Selene (SP?) killed Viktor a few cheers erupted and Anna was smiling widely.
"How'd you like the movie guys?" Alice asked seeing the smile on Anna's face.
"I loved it! Does Ms. Beckensale always portray this sort of movie?" Anna said.
"As far as my knowledge goes...yes." Libby said.
"Van Helsing?" Kevin looked to him.
"I thought it was entertaining....although they got the werewolves all wrong."
Kate laughed into her soda.
"What about you Carl?" Alice said. Silence was her reply. "Carl?"
"Where's Carl at?" Anna said.
A shivering form was hidden behind the couch.
"Are the monsters gone?" Came Carl's reply.
"Yes they are gone...what'd you think of the movie?" Kate said looking down at the positively terrified friar.
"It was terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!" He squeaked out, his voice high and full of fear.
"Better not show him Dawn of the Dead then." Libby said
A thump came from the back of the couch. Carl had fainted.
Upon Carl's reawakening the group had decided to do a little vampire hunting, they knew that Dracula would return to the spot where he had faced Van Helsing the previous night to look for the hourglass.
"What do we do if we find him?" Kate asked, munching on what was left of the popcorn.
"Anna Carl and I will send him back with us." Van Helsing said.
"No way you can't!" Libby said.
"It's to dangerous to take you back with us." Anna said looking at the girl sternly.
"So? Y'all gonna need all the help you can get in facing that winged menace." Kevin said.
"Besides it's not like we haven't shot a gun or crossbow before. Or handled a sword." James said.
"Yeah we can watch our backs." Kate said, looking at the trio.
"Fine. You can come. But only on one condition. You do as I, Anna or Carl say so. Is that clear." Van Helsing said in an I'm-not-kidding kind of tone.
"You say jump." James said
"We say how high!" Libby said.
Van Helsing and company hid in the bushes of the park, waiting for Dracula to come out. Night had fallen over and hour ago, surely he would be here. They where crouched and hidden away behind bushes and rocks. Soon the sound of wings could be heard. Faint at first but growing louder and headed in this direction. A large grayish bat flew overhead and landed right on the rocks, directly over the hourglass's previous resting place. Van Helsing signaled for them to stay where they where until Dracula was most vulnerable, when that time would come...they might be here all night. Dracula took his human form and peered into the darkness. He dropped down from the rocks and turned his back to the group. The sound of Van Helsing's crossbow broke through the night's deafening silence! Arrows flew into the Count's body, they seared his flesh as they where covered in holy water. Dracula hissed and snapped around to face Van Helsing, Anna and Carl.
"We meet again. Where are your little helpers Gabriel?" Dracula said, clearly ever pissed off.
"What helpers?" Van Helsing said keeping steady eye contact with the vampire.
"Those little brats!" Dracula spat, apparently still mad about the Huggame trick.
"Don't know what you're talking about." Van Helsing said and leaned over to Anna and Carl. "Poor Vampire. Must be getting senile..." They all smirked.
"I HEARD THAT!!" Dracula yelled, making a few night birds clear out of the area. "I can assure you. I am not senile." He said in a very dangerous tone.
Suddenly a bright green light flashed and enveloped them all. James had activated the hourglass via one of the sapphire eyes on the snake. They had been hurled Through the Ages to Van Helsing's time.