Chapter 7-
A/N: I finally figured out the spacing system if you noticed from my last chapter Is proud' and I forgot to put this up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Van Helsing.
Van Helsing and Company-
Van Helsing and company landed hard in some sort of stone. Each person was knocked out. The first to rise was Libby.
"Urrrrrrgh.... Where in time am I?" She looked around and gasped! Libby sat just out side of the church in Vatican City. "Oh. My. God!" She then twisted around to find everyone there, well almost everyone. Kate, James, Anna and Dracula where absent from the group. "Guys wake up we have a situation here!!!"
Kate and James-
Kate sat up and held her side; it throbbed with a dull pain. She looked around to see James, unconscious. She gazed around, they where in a forest of some kind.
"Oooooooh man. Where are we? And where the hell are the others." She said quietly. James began to stir. He winced and sat up.
"Wha happened?" He said looking around.
"We got separated from the rest and we have to find them." She carefully got up, with the assistance of a nearby tree. "Come on, I think we are in Transylvania." She began to walk off into the forest. James scrambled up and followed.
"If where not?" James said upon catching up to her.
"We find how close we are to Rome."
"Why there?"
"Vatican City."
"That's in Rome?"
"Yes."
Van Helsing and Company-
"Forgive me father for I have sinned." Van Helsing said, barely able to make the sign of the cross due to the fact that five people where squeezed into the confessional. The door slid open to revel Cardinal Jinett.
"Welcome" He stopped mid sentence when he saw the crowed box. "Who are they Van Helsing."
"When you sent us to recover the hourglass we ran into Dracula and where transported to the 21st century. By we I mean Anna, Carl, Dracula and I. Theses children where" He was cut off by Alice.
"Where Teenagers not Children."
Cardinal Jinett looked sharply at Alice before Van Helsing continued.
"In the area being threatened by Dracula. He got away to somewhere in their world. These teens gave Anna, Carl and I a place to stay. We came back and they came along to help. Only some of our group is missing." Van Helsing stated.
"Who and how many?" The Cardinal said.
"Anna, Kate and James." Van Helsing said.
"Where is Dracula?" Jinett said.
"Not here and hopefully not with Anna, Kate or James." Libby said.
The wall slid open to revel a staircase.
"Come on then."
The group descended the stairs and came to a large lab, with many monks and bustling around making weapons.
"I guess its back to Transylvania." Kevin said looking around.
"Well duh!" Alice said before stopping.
Cardinal Jinett had handed Van Helsing a sack.
"Your restock of weapons. You know what to do." He said before walking off.
"So are we going by land or sea?" Libby inquired.
"Sea, it's the quickest way." Van Helsing said.
Kate and James-
The duo had been, for the last three hours battling their way through the thick Transylvanian woods.
"I think where lost, Kate." James said, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Of course where lost." Kate replied monotoned.
"Wha?!"
"Where in another time period."
"That's not very reassuring! You're supposed to be the reassuring ever confident one."
Kate sighed and shoulder rammed through a thick group of branches. James followed. They stopped and where in a clearing. A very large tree was set in the middle of the clearing. Nothing moved, no sound could be heard.
"Kate...I don't like this...."
"Me either Jimmy."
At that moment a low rumbling growl could be heard from exactly behind the two.
"Jimmy please tell me that was your stomach!"
"No...."
They looked behind them to see a hulking, brown furred werewolf!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They took off like a shot through the clearing.
Van Helsing and Company-
The group had arrived at the docks in Rome and boarded a boat that would take them to Transylvania. The boat was called Angelic Devil. Riggings and sails where strung out and they where just pulling out of the docks and into open sea. A man with tanned and weathered skin, most likely from years at sea stepped up to them.
"Welcome aboard!" He said with a growling voice. "I'm Captain Aberline." He turned to Van Helsing and Carl. "You two don't mind sharin a room with another passenger do ye?" He turned and motioned for us to follow him below decks.
"No." Van Helsing answered.
"Not at all." Carl said.
The five went below decks and followed the Captain until he stopped.
"Here be the Ladies room." He opened up a door to revel a nice sized room with two beds and a mirror along with a washbasin filled with water. Libby and Alice walked in and the others moved on. A little ways down the hall they stopped.
"And here be your room. Just hallor if ye need anythin and I'll send someone." The Captain opened the door and moved off.
The room was small and had a three bunk bed with a single dirty mirror. They walked inside. Carl was about to put his things on one of the bunks when a voice with a slight British accent called out.
"The middle bunk is mine. You're welcome to the others though."
Van Helsing and Carl turned to see a teen of about 15. He had a deep tan that made his sharp crystal blue eyes stand out strongly. He stood at about 5'6", his hair was blond and pulled back. He wore a deep forest green over shirt with a white shirt under that, he had on black pants that where similar to Van Helsing's and brown leather boots. One of his ears had a gold ring in it. Leather gauntlets with a blood red jewel in the middle. A brown leather belt was around his waist and a dagger hung there. A strip of some material was a crossed his broad chest.
He held out his hand. "Hi. I'm Kyle Dragon."
Van Helsing shook the boy's hand "I'm Van Helsing and this is Carl."
"Hello." Carl said.
"So where are you two headed?" Kyle said sitting on the middle bunk.
"Transylvania." Van Helsing said. "Shouldn't someone such as your self be with their family." He added.
"Usually, but not me. I prefer to distance myself from that circus of a family." Kyle said.
"Mr. Dragon do you realize what your name means in Transylvanian?" Carl said rather meekly.
"No. Just call me Kyle." He replied.
"It means Dracula."
Anna-
Anna awoke to find herself deep in a forest. Her head pulsed slightly from the rough landing. She pushed herself up into a standing position and looked around. No one was in sight.
"Gabriel? Carl? Libby? Alice? Hello! Anybody?" She shouted thinking that maybe they had gotten up. Silence was her reply and at this moment only companion. She began to walk into the thick forest. She pushed her way though the branches. Foot by foot, yard by yard she made her way to who knows where. The branches began to grow thicker and thicker until barely any light shown. Anna bumped into a particularly thick bunch of branches. From the other side she could hear screams of fear. Anna rammed the branches and they fell in ward reveling Kate and James in the middle of a clearing up in a tree with a hulking brown furred werewolf jumping at them. It was snarling and growling.
"KIDS!" Anna shouted and whipped out her pistol, which always had silver bullets in it.
The two looked at Anna and began screaming for her to shoot!
"Shoot the bloody werewolf!!!" Kate screamed as she climbed higher up.
"Hurry!" James screamed. At that moment the branch that he was on gave way sending him tumbling to onto the werewolf.
Van Helsing and Company-
Kyle looked blankly at the friar.
"Huh?"
"Your last name. It means Dracula." Van Helsing said darkly as he reached into his coat. As fast as lighting he whipped out a silver stake and thrust it at Kyle. The boy ducked and barreled out of the room.
"Ahhhhh!! Maniac! I got a room with a maniac!!" He shouted as he barreled down the hall.
At that very moment the door to the girl's room was flung open and Kyle smashed head long into it and fell to the floor with a deafening thud.
"Oh my god! Is he ok?!" She said loudly as Van Helsing skidded to a halt.
"Libby get away from that Vampire!" He said. By this time Alice had came out and was gaping at Van Helsing.
"Are you thick! He's no Vamp!" She said rather annoyed. "I thought you where a monster hunter?"
"But his last name is Dracula." Van Helsing said pulling out a bottle of holy water.
"Actually it Dragon." Carl said meekly. "Dracula is only the name's Transylvanian translation."
Libby snatched the bottle from Van Helsing and glared at him. "Did it ever occur to you that he is waaay to tan to be a vampire?!" She said angrily. "Carl. Why did you say that any who?"
"I-I was just trying to make friendly conversation." He said just above a whisper. "I didn't know Van Helsing would try and stake him."
Alice looked stunned "You tried to stake an innocent man. Boy you are sooo messed up."
Van Helsing glared "Lets just get him someplace."
"Our room should do nicely." Libby said as Van Helsing grabbed the boy under the shoulders and Alice grabbed his feet and they took him into the girl's room.
Anna and Company-
James landed hard forcing the werewolf into the ground. He scrambled up and barreled toward Anna, now with the werewolf on his heals. A shot rang out and the werewolf howled in pain in mid air and landed upon James.
"AH!" He yelped.
The wolf shuttered back into its human form. James leapt out from underneath the body and looked at a young man. The young man looked up at Anna.
"P-please f-f-forgive me.... Angel." He moved no more.
Van Helsing and Company-
Sometime later Kyle awoke to see Libby standing over him.
"Am I in heaven?" He said. Libby leaned back and blushed deeply at being called an angel.
"No your still earth bound. Um you ran into the door and got knocked out." Alice said.
"Then who is this lovely angel before me?" Kyle said gesturing to Libby, who if possible blushed even more.
"I'm Libby." She said.
Kyle climbed out of the bed and gave a regal bow "And I am Kyle Dragon." He said. "Who might the rest of you be?"
"I'm Alice."
"I'm Kevin."
"Hello to you all." Kyle said then he spotted Van Helsing and he grew white then his eyes took on a darkness that couldn't have been human.
"Why did you try to drive a stake through me?" He said.
"I thought you where a Vampire." Van Helsing said his eyes to the floor. "Sorry."
"I'm not. And it would be a problem if I was." Kyle replied.
"Whys that?" Kevin said.
"I hunt things of that nature."
"Oh."
Kyle made to go to the door. "I will rest in my own quarters." He replied and swept down the hall to the men's room.
Libby looked after him and turned back to the rest, who where staring at her.
Anna and Company- (A/N: Just for the sake of things I'm going to speed it up a few days)
The three sat in the Valerious manor's kitchen. They had walked into Anna's hometown almost a week ago. So far no Vampire sightings have been reported, meaning Dracula was no wear in the area. All they had to do was wait for Van Helsing and the others to arrive. James was having the time of his life in the library. Anna and Kate seemed to be hitting it off. Currently they where in the courtyard practicing.
"How do you know they will come here?" Kate said while absent- mindedly swishing the sword in the cool air.
"I don't know....I just have this feeling that they will be here." Anna replied
"I get those sometimes to."
"About what?"
"Almost everything, mostly about school though."
"You must have some connection with the place."
Kate threw the sword up very high.
"Yeah right. The only connection I have with that place is the Arts wing."
Kate caught the sword and parried an invisible opponent.
"What type of arts?"
"Any and most of them. You know like the classics and Drama."
"Do you do any Drama."
"Sometimes when something catches my eye. Do you do anything like that?"
"I used to draw and paint when I was a child....but I stopped."
"Why."
"My mother was taken by Dracula."
Kate was silent for a few seconds then set her sword down and joined Anna.
"I'm sorry if I brought up bad memories."
"Its ok...."
Kate shifted uncomfortably as Anna stared at the ground with a sad look in her eyes.
"Can you teach me how to swing a mace?"
Anna looked up and at the girl in front of her.
"I have a better idea."
"What?"
"I'm going to teach you how to ride a horse."
Kate smiled.
"Awesome!"
The two made there way to the stables. As they entered several horses whinnied and neighed.
"Wow they are beautiful."
"Yes...they are."
A large bluish black horse caught Kate's eye.
"Whose this stunning horse?"
"He was my brother's. His name is Raven."
Kate was at the stall of the eye-catching horse.
"May I ride him?"
"He hasn't let anyone but my brother touch him, but if you can touch him you are welcome to." Anna moved off to ready another horse.
Raven whinnied and shook his main. Looking at the girl before him. Kate whispered to the horse soothingly.
"Hey there, I'm not going to harm you. Your such a captivating horse." Raven took one hesitant step toward her and stopped.
"Raven, come on. I know you only let Valken ride you but give me a chance? I'm a nice person just like him."
The horse took a few more steps and nuzzled Kate in her ear making her laugh. Anna turned and a smile lit up her face.
"He likes you. He must see something of my brother in you." Anna moved over and unlocked the stall and Raven moved out. Kate stroked the horses nose smiling.
"What do you think he sees in me that's like Valken?"
"I don't know."
Anna showed Kate how to get the horse ready for riding and how to mount it properly. Once they where out of the stables Anna showed her how to ride.
"This is kinda easy." Kate scratched Raven behind the ears.
"You think? Why don't we try galloping then?"
Anna took off on her walnut colored horse and Kate followed closely behind.
A/N: I finally figured out the spacing system if you noticed from my last chapter Is proud' and I forgot to put this up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Van Helsing.
Van Helsing and Company-
Van Helsing and company landed hard in some sort of stone. Each person was knocked out. The first to rise was Libby.
"Urrrrrrgh.... Where in time am I?" She looked around and gasped! Libby sat just out side of the church in Vatican City. "Oh. My. God!" She then twisted around to find everyone there, well almost everyone. Kate, James, Anna and Dracula where absent from the group. "Guys wake up we have a situation here!!!"
Kate and James-
Kate sat up and held her side; it throbbed with a dull pain. She looked around to see James, unconscious. She gazed around, they where in a forest of some kind.
"Oooooooh man. Where are we? And where the hell are the others." She said quietly. James began to stir. He winced and sat up.
"Wha happened?" He said looking around.
"We got separated from the rest and we have to find them." She carefully got up, with the assistance of a nearby tree. "Come on, I think we are in Transylvania." She began to walk off into the forest. James scrambled up and followed.
"If where not?" James said upon catching up to her.
"We find how close we are to Rome."
"Why there?"
"Vatican City."
"That's in Rome?"
"Yes."
Van Helsing and Company-
"Forgive me father for I have sinned." Van Helsing said, barely able to make the sign of the cross due to the fact that five people where squeezed into the confessional. The door slid open to revel Cardinal Jinett.
"Welcome" He stopped mid sentence when he saw the crowed box. "Who are they Van Helsing."
"When you sent us to recover the hourglass we ran into Dracula and where transported to the 21st century. By we I mean Anna, Carl, Dracula and I. Theses children where" He was cut off by Alice.
"Where Teenagers not Children."
Cardinal Jinett looked sharply at Alice before Van Helsing continued.
"In the area being threatened by Dracula. He got away to somewhere in their world. These teens gave Anna, Carl and I a place to stay. We came back and they came along to help. Only some of our group is missing." Van Helsing stated.
"Who and how many?" The Cardinal said.
"Anna, Kate and James." Van Helsing said.
"Where is Dracula?" Jinett said.
"Not here and hopefully not with Anna, Kate or James." Libby said.
The wall slid open to revel a staircase.
"Come on then."
The group descended the stairs and came to a large lab, with many monks and bustling around making weapons.
"I guess its back to Transylvania." Kevin said looking around.
"Well duh!" Alice said before stopping.
Cardinal Jinett had handed Van Helsing a sack.
"Your restock of weapons. You know what to do." He said before walking off.
"So are we going by land or sea?" Libby inquired.
"Sea, it's the quickest way." Van Helsing said.
Kate and James-
The duo had been, for the last three hours battling their way through the thick Transylvanian woods.
"I think where lost, Kate." James said, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Of course where lost." Kate replied monotoned.
"Wha?!"
"Where in another time period."
"That's not very reassuring! You're supposed to be the reassuring ever confident one."
Kate sighed and shoulder rammed through a thick group of branches. James followed. They stopped and where in a clearing. A very large tree was set in the middle of the clearing. Nothing moved, no sound could be heard.
"Kate...I don't like this...."
"Me either Jimmy."
At that moment a low rumbling growl could be heard from exactly behind the two.
"Jimmy please tell me that was your stomach!"
"No...."
They looked behind them to see a hulking, brown furred werewolf!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They took off like a shot through the clearing.
Van Helsing and Company-
The group had arrived at the docks in Rome and boarded a boat that would take them to Transylvania. The boat was called Angelic Devil. Riggings and sails where strung out and they where just pulling out of the docks and into open sea. A man with tanned and weathered skin, most likely from years at sea stepped up to them.
"Welcome aboard!" He said with a growling voice. "I'm Captain Aberline." He turned to Van Helsing and Carl. "You two don't mind sharin a room with another passenger do ye?" He turned and motioned for us to follow him below decks.
"No." Van Helsing answered.
"Not at all." Carl said.
The five went below decks and followed the Captain until he stopped.
"Here be the Ladies room." He opened up a door to revel a nice sized room with two beds and a mirror along with a washbasin filled with water. Libby and Alice walked in and the others moved on. A little ways down the hall they stopped.
"And here be your room. Just hallor if ye need anythin and I'll send someone." The Captain opened the door and moved off.
The room was small and had a three bunk bed with a single dirty mirror. They walked inside. Carl was about to put his things on one of the bunks when a voice with a slight British accent called out.
"The middle bunk is mine. You're welcome to the others though."
Van Helsing and Carl turned to see a teen of about 15. He had a deep tan that made his sharp crystal blue eyes stand out strongly. He stood at about 5'6", his hair was blond and pulled back. He wore a deep forest green over shirt with a white shirt under that, he had on black pants that where similar to Van Helsing's and brown leather boots. One of his ears had a gold ring in it. Leather gauntlets with a blood red jewel in the middle. A brown leather belt was around his waist and a dagger hung there. A strip of some material was a crossed his broad chest.
He held out his hand. "Hi. I'm Kyle Dragon."
Van Helsing shook the boy's hand "I'm Van Helsing and this is Carl."
"Hello." Carl said.
"So where are you two headed?" Kyle said sitting on the middle bunk.
"Transylvania." Van Helsing said. "Shouldn't someone such as your self be with their family." He added.
"Usually, but not me. I prefer to distance myself from that circus of a family." Kyle said.
"Mr. Dragon do you realize what your name means in Transylvanian?" Carl said rather meekly.
"No. Just call me Kyle." He replied.
"It means Dracula."
Anna-
Anna awoke to find herself deep in a forest. Her head pulsed slightly from the rough landing. She pushed herself up into a standing position and looked around. No one was in sight.
"Gabriel? Carl? Libby? Alice? Hello! Anybody?" She shouted thinking that maybe they had gotten up. Silence was her reply and at this moment only companion. She began to walk into the thick forest. She pushed her way though the branches. Foot by foot, yard by yard she made her way to who knows where. The branches began to grow thicker and thicker until barely any light shown. Anna bumped into a particularly thick bunch of branches. From the other side she could hear screams of fear. Anna rammed the branches and they fell in ward reveling Kate and James in the middle of a clearing up in a tree with a hulking brown furred werewolf jumping at them. It was snarling and growling.
"KIDS!" Anna shouted and whipped out her pistol, which always had silver bullets in it.
The two looked at Anna and began screaming for her to shoot!
"Shoot the bloody werewolf!!!" Kate screamed as she climbed higher up.
"Hurry!" James screamed. At that moment the branch that he was on gave way sending him tumbling to onto the werewolf.
Van Helsing and Company-
Kyle looked blankly at the friar.
"Huh?"
"Your last name. It means Dracula." Van Helsing said darkly as he reached into his coat. As fast as lighting he whipped out a silver stake and thrust it at Kyle. The boy ducked and barreled out of the room.
"Ahhhhh!! Maniac! I got a room with a maniac!!" He shouted as he barreled down the hall.
At that very moment the door to the girl's room was flung open and Kyle smashed head long into it and fell to the floor with a deafening thud.
"Oh my god! Is he ok?!" She said loudly as Van Helsing skidded to a halt.
"Libby get away from that Vampire!" He said. By this time Alice had came out and was gaping at Van Helsing.
"Are you thick! He's no Vamp!" She said rather annoyed. "I thought you where a monster hunter?"
"But his last name is Dracula." Van Helsing said pulling out a bottle of holy water.
"Actually it Dragon." Carl said meekly. "Dracula is only the name's Transylvanian translation."
Libby snatched the bottle from Van Helsing and glared at him. "Did it ever occur to you that he is waaay to tan to be a vampire?!" She said angrily. "Carl. Why did you say that any who?"
"I-I was just trying to make friendly conversation." He said just above a whisper. "I didn't know Van Helsing would try and stake him."
Alice looked stunned "You tried to stake an innocent man. Boy you are sooo messed up."
Van Helsing glared "Lets just get him someplace."
"Our room should do nicely." Libby said as Van Helsing grabbed the boy under the shoulders and Alice grabbed his feet and they took him into the girl's room.
Anna and Company-
James landed hard forcing the werewolf into the ground. He scrambled up and barreled toward Anna, now with the werewolf on his heals. A shot rang out and the werewolf howled in pain in mid air and landed upon James.
"AH!" He yelped.
The wolf shuttered back into its human form. James leapt out from underneath the body and looked at a young man. The young man looked up at Anna.
"P-please f-f-forgive me.... Angel." He moved no more.
Van Helsing and Company-
Sometime later Kyle awoke to see Libby standing over him.
"Am I in heaven?" He said. Libby leaned back and blushed deeply at being called an angel.
"No your still earth bound. Um you ran into the door and got knocked out." Alice said.
"Then who is this lovely angel before me?" Kyle said gesturing to Libby, who if possible blushed even more.
"I'm Libby." She said.
Kyle climbed out of the bed and gave a regal bow "And I am Kyle Dragon." He said. "Who might the rest of you be?"
"I'm Alice."
"I'm Kevin."
"Hello to you all." Kyle said then he spotted Van Helsing and he grew white then his eyes took on a darkness that couldn't have been human.
"Why did you try to drive a stake through me?" He said.
"I thought you where a Vampire." Van Helsing said his eyes to the floor. "Sorry."
"I'm not. And it would be a problem if I was." Kyle replied.
"Whys that?" Kevin said.
"I hunt things of that nature."
"Oh."
Kyle made to go to the door. "I will rest in my own quarters." He replied and swept down the hall to the men's room.
Libby looked after him and turned back to the rest, who where staring at her.
Anna and Company- (A/N: Just for the sake of things I'm going to speed it up a few days)
The three sat in the Valerious manor's kitchen. They had walked into Anna's hometown almost a week ago. So far no Vampire sightings have been reported, meaning Dracula was no wear in the area. All they had to do was wait for Van Helsing and the others to arrive. James was having the time of his life in the library. Anna and Kate seemed to be hitting it off. Currently they where in the courtyard practicing.
"How do you know they will come here?" Kate said while absent- mindedly swishing the sword in the cool air.
"I don't know....I just have this feeling that they will be here." Anna replied
"I get those sometimes to."
"About what?"
"Almost everything, mostly about school though."
"You must have some connection with the place."
Kate threw the sword up very high.
"Yeah right. The only connection I have with that place is the Arts wing."
Kate caught the sword and parried an invisible opponent.
"What type of arts?"
"Any and most of them. You know like the classics and Drama."
"Do you do any Drama."
"Sometimes when something catches my eye. Do you do anything like that?"
"I used to draw and paint when I was a child....but I stopped."
"Why."
"My mother was taken by Dracula."
Kate was silent for a few seconds then set her sword down and joined Anna.
"I'm sorry if I brought up bad memories."
"Its ok...."
Kate shifted uncomfortably as Anna stared at the ground with a sad look in her eyes.
"Can you teach me how to swing a mace?"
Anna looked up and at the girl in front of her.
"I have a better idea."
"What?"
"I'm going to teach you how to ride a horse."
Kate smiled.
"Awesome!"
The two made there way to the stables. As they entered several horses whinnied and neighed.
"Wow they are beautiful."
"Yes...they are."
A large bluish black horse caught Kate's eye.
"Whose this stunning horse?"
"He was my brother's. His name is Raven."
Kate was at the stall of the eye-catching horse.
"May I ride him?"
"He hasn't let anyone but my brother touch him, but if you can touch him you are welcome to." Anna moved off to ready another horse.
Raven whinnied and shook his main. Looking at the girl before him. Kate whispered to the horse soothingly.
"Hey there, I'm not going to harm you. Your such a captivating horse." Raven took one hesitant step toward her and stopped.
"Raven, come on. I know you only let Valken ride you but give me a chance? I'm a nice person just like him."
The horse took a few more steps and nuzzled Kate in her ear making her laugh. Anna turned and a smile lit up her face.
"He likes you. He must see something of my brother in you." Anna moved over and unlocked the stall and Raven moved out. Kate stroked the horses nose smiling.
"What do you think he sees in me that's like Valken?"
"I don't know."
Anna showed Kate how to get the horse ready for riding and how to mount it properly. Once they where out of the stables Anna showed her how to ride.
"This is kinda easy." Kate scratched Raven behind the ears.
"You think? Why don't we try galloping then?"
Anna took off on her walnut colored horse and Kate followed closely behind.