Chapter 12- Head Shot, Broken Bones and Weakness.
A/N: Thoughts will now be in Italics.
Van Helsing, Anna, Libby and James-
Van Helsing lay doubled over, one arm useless the other holding his throbbing and probably broken rib cage. James was in a crumpled up heap on the ground, not moving and barely breathing. Anna and Libby were, at present fighting for their lives with the behemoth shapshifter, Arsitoph. It seemed that nothing could kill him, not silver, not crucifixes, not a thousand shots to the heart and head. Arsitoph launched his fist, which stretched out and came straight out at Libby. She dove out of the way.
"GAH! Watch it with those! You could really hurt someone!!" Libby yelped.
"That's the whole idea young one." Arsitoph said, that same manic smile on his face.
He threw his hand out at and spikes flew from his fingertips and B- lined for Anna. She ducked and fired a shot into his abdomen.
"Libby! Listen! The best thing to do in a situation like this is.... RUN!!" Anna shouted.
"Waaay ahead of you!" Libby said leaping off down the path toward Castle Frankenstein with Anna following closely behind. Arsitoph took of after his quarry with a howl.
Van Helsing's P.O.V-
I watched as the love of my life and the bravest girl I had ever known run off in the direction of Castle Frankenstein, the shapshifting monstrosity following close. The pain in my arm and ribs seemed to melt into one large throbbing pain; every so often the ground would shake with the giant's blows. I winced slightly as I sat up and felt the ground once more tremble beneath me, I could only hope and pray that Anna and Libby would come back alive. It hurt to breath deeply, so I settled for shorter breaths. I looked over to see James in a heap.
"James." My voice came out in a raspy and strained tone. "James, are you ok?"
James groaned letting me know that he was alive, but for how long? We had to get out of there.
Anna and Libby-
Libby dove out of the way of another blow. Arsitoph's fist collided into the wall of the castle. Debris rained down upon the two.
"SCATTER!!" Anna yelled and the duo split. Rocks pounded into the earth where they once stood. Libby jumped in through the hole and ran deep into the castle. Anna continued around the outside, looking for another entrance. The beast, Arsitoph paused.
"So, you wish for a double header.... SO BE IT!" He shouted and burst into particles and formed two werewolves, each half the size of the original, still a formidable threat. Each half took of in a different direction.
Libby kept running up step after step until she arrived in the abandoned lab. Every thing was covered in a layer of dust and spider webs, forcing a shudder out of her. She strained her ears, not a sound. Not the shapshifter pounding about, not even footsteps on stone, it was.... grave silent. She looked around, taking in her atmosphere; webs of all kind, dust, bits of old machinery, crumbling rock.
Isn't this the place Dracula has Kate? She thought to herself. She spotted at door and silently climbed the steps and pulled open the door, it let out a loud, echoing squeak.
Great attract what ever is in here. Thought Libby.
There was a hallway beyond; it was similar to the rest of the castle, dusty and abandoned.
I don't think that Kate is here... Libby walked carefully down the hall, her hand at her sword. That beast lied to us! Oh my god that means...Kate could be anywhere. She heard the faint sound of feet upon stone. She looked franticly around and slipped behind a suite of armor. A smaller version of Arsitoph's werewolf form walked around the corner and stopped in front of the suite and sniffed the air.
Oh no! He can smell me!
The wolf looked directly at the suite and sniffed the air. Libby readied her sword to stab him in the stomach at anytime. Suddenly its ears perked and it moved off down the hall.
Or not...
She emerged from her hiding place and slipped around the corner and up another staircase.
Anna ran around the castle, weaving in and out of the forest until she found a door with a smashed lock. She slipped inside and padded quietly down a hall.
This is where Dracula is holding Kate hostage.
She came out in the dinning hall. Old moldy food was set out for a feast that was not meant to be. Goblets filled with something red, hopefully wine lined the many places at the table. A once beautiful and delicate black tablecloth was now moth eaten and ragged. Candles were burned downed to the point at which they would burn no more. It was truly a haunting scene, like a child's nightmare turned real. Anna continued past the food and headed up a staircase. The entire castle looked as though it would crumble at any second.
I don't think that Dracula has Kate here...I know he has a thing with old items but this would be ridicules.
She pulled open a door only to be met with a large spider web blocking the entrance. Nothing of importance was beyond, just a bedroom. She moved on and heard soft footsteps, Anna ducked behind ratty curtains, trying not to sneeze. The footsteps grew louder until they where right in front of her. She readied her sword but as she did so it clinked against her pistol.
Oh shit.
She took one step to the left just as a sword tore through the curtains and lodged itself in the wooden paneling near the window. Anna jumped out and pointed her sword at...Libby?!
"AH! Anna it's me! Don't stab!" Libby said looking down cross-eyed at the sword.
"How do I know it's really you and not Arsitoph?" Anna said suspiciously.
"Well how do I know you're not him?!" Libby retaliated.
Anna noticed a spider and tossed on Libby.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!! OH MY GOD!!! GET IT OFF GETITOFFGETITOFF!!! ARRRRGH!!" Libby shrieked and ran around in circles until she fell over, sprawled on her back breathing hard.
"You're the real Libby." Anna said as Libby's scream's still echoed around them.
Libby glared up at Anna. "Are you insane! Do you want to attract them?!"
"No. But it was the only way that I could think of to prove that you where the real you."
Libby stood up and did a once over for the spider then turned toward her sword.
"Who does Raven only let ride?"
"My brother, Valken and Kate."
"Your real." Libby tugged on the sword and it didn't budge. She gave another harder tug. "No. No I got it." Libby said as Anna moved for the weapon. Libby gave an almighty tug and the weapon came out sending her backwards a bit. At that moment running footsteps could be heard coming from both directions.
"Oh no! Trapped!" Libby said.
"No. Look." Anna whispered pointing to several very loose stones in the wall.
"Huh?"
"We climb."
Van Helsing's P.O.V-
I had managed to crawl over to James, he was in worse condition up close. I could see that several of his ribs seemed bent in a small bit. His breathing was getting shallower even as I looked on. I had to move fast. I made a quick wrap out of my vest and carefully and gently set the ribs and wrapped them. He let out a shout of pain as I set and wrapped the ribs.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." I said, even as I worked my own ribs and arm ached with pain. I had to force myself to use the injured arm.
Come on Gabriel! Keep it together!
I moved his body into a better position, his face was oddly white, even for him and he began to shake,
Damn it! He's going into shock!
I took off my coat and laid it over him.
"Come on Jimmy! Stay with me! Stay for your cousin! Stay for Kate!" I said lightly hitting his face.
His breathing looked less pained but it was still irregular. I had done everything I could for the moment. All we could do was wait, there was about four hours of sun left before night fell. Wait and hope that nothing thinks we look like dinner. I hate being weak like this!
Anna and Libby-
Anna clung to the curtain rods and loose rocks for dear life. Libby had her feet and back pushed up against a wall and was up near the ceiling like that. Both of the Arsitophs rounded the corner and the held their breath in hopes that they would not be noticed.
"I know I heard a scream around here some place." One of them said.
"Me too, Where could they have gone!" The other said
"Think they found the loose tile?"
"Don't know....we should check."
"Yeah." The one who spoke first bent down and dug his claws under a tile and threw it up almost to the ceiling and jumped down into the blackness followed by the other. The large and heavy tile came crashing down into place.
Anna and Libby dropped down from their hiding place.
"Come I know a way out of here." Anna said and they both sprinted down the hall.
"They are idiots aren't they?" Libby said.
"Yep."
"Half a brain must come with the split." Both smirked back laughter.
A little while on they where in the lab when a tile in from of them burst up and out flew the creatures. The tile came down with a loud bang!
"We heard that comment form earlier...ladies!" They said at the same time and they molded back into the large werewolf.
"Really? And here we thought you where stupid. Oh well." Anna said pulling out her sword. Libby swiftly drew hers too.
"Head shot?"
"Head shot!"
They leapt at the monster from opposite sides and their swords sliced into the neck of Arsitoph, severing his head from his shoulders. An inhuman shriek filled the room and it fell to the floor, twitched a few times and silvery black blood flowed out of it and dripped from their swords.
"That was for Kyle!" Libby said harshly and took out a vial of holy water a cross and a sliver stake.
"What are you doing?" Anna asked.
"Combining everything in this bag and pumping him full of it!"
Libby dumped the holy water over the cross and the stake and drove the latter through its heart and its sizzled. She then placed the cross in its hands and laid those said hands over the body and the cross-covered in holy water sizzled and burnt its flesh.
"Go to hell and stay there!" Libby spat and she wiped the blood on its fur, turning it a duller color and she walked out of the lab.
A/N: The cross-eyed sword bit goes to Pirates of the Caribbean which I do not own....TT. I am thinking about doing a one-shot involving Arsitoph reflecting on his life, this involves both Dracula and Van Helsing. Should I go for it? I also apologize if Van Helsing seemed kind of OOC. I didn't really know how to make him worried...so yeah. And the last thing, should I up the rating to R?
A/N: Thoughts will now be in Italics.
Van Helsing, Anna, Libby and James-
Van Helsing lay doubled over, one arm useless the other holding his throbbing and probably broken rib cage. James was in a crumpled up heap on the ground, not moving and barely breathing. Anna and Libby were, at present fighting for their lives with the behemoth shapshifter, Arsitoph. It seemed that nothing could kill him, not silver, not crucifixes, not a thousand shots to the heart and head. Arsitoph launched his fist, which stretched out and came straight out at Libby. She dove out of the way.
"GAH! Watch it with those! You could really hurt someone!!" Libby yelped.
"That's the whole idea young one." Arsitoph said, that same manic smile on his face.
He threw his hand out at and spikes flew from his fingertips and B- lined for Anna. She ducked and fired a shot into his abdomen.
"Libby! Listen! The best thing to do in a situation like this is.... RUN!!" Anna shouted.
"Waaay ahead of you!" Libby said leaping off down the path toward Castle Frankenstein with Anna following closely behind. Arsitoph took of after his quarry with a howl.
Van Helsing's P.O.V-
I watched as the love of my life and the bravest girl I had ever known run off in the direction of Castle Frankenstein, the shapshifting monstrosity following close. The pain in my arm and ribs seemed to melt into one large throbbing pain; every so often the ground would shake with the giant's blows. I winced slightly as I sat up and felt the ground once more tremble beneath me, I could only hope and pray that Anna and Libby would come back alive. It hurt to breath deeply, so I settled for shorter breaths. I looked over to see James in a heap.
"James." My voice came out in a raspy and strained tone. "James, are you ok?"
James groaned letting me know that he was alive, but for how long? We had to get out of there.
Anna and Libby-
Libby dove out of the way of another blow. Arsitoph's fist collided into the wall of the castle. Debris rained down upon the two.
"SCATTER!!" Anna yelled and the duo split. Rocks pounded into the earth where they once stood. Libby jumped in through the hole and ran deep into the castle. Anna continued around the outside, looking for another entrance. The beast, Arsitoph paused.
"So, you wish for a double header.... SO BE IT!" He shouted and burst into particles and formed two werewolves, each half the size of the original, still a formidable threat. Each half took of in a different direction.
Libby kept running up step after step until she arrived in the abandoned lab. Every thing was covered in a layer of dust and spider webs, forcing a shudder out of her. She strained her ears, not a sound. Not the shapshifter pounding about, not even footsteps on stone, it was.... grave silent. She looked around, taking in her atmosphere; webs of all kind, dust, bits of old machinery, crumbling rock.
Isn't this the place Dracula has Kate? She thought to herself. She spotted at door and silently climbed the steps and pulled open the door, it let out a loud, echoing squeak.
Great attract what ever is in here. Thought Libby.
There was a hallway beyond; it was similar to the rest of the castle, dusty and abandoned.
I don't think that Kate is here... Libby walked carefully down the hall, her hand at her sword. That beast lied to us! Oh my god that means...Kate could be anywhere. She heard the faint sound of feet upon stone. She looked franticly around and slipped behind a suite of armor. A smaller version of Arsitoph's werewolf form walked around the corner and stopped in front of the suite and sniffed the air.
Oh no! He can smell me!
The wolf looked directly at the suite and sniffed the air. Libby readied her sword to stab him in the stomach at anytime. Suddenly its ears perked and it moved off down the hall.
Or not...
She emerged from her hiding place and slipped around the corner and up another staircase.
Anna ran around the castle, weaving in and out of the forest until she found a door with a smashed lock. She slipped inside and padded quietly down a hall.
This is where Dracula is holding Kate hostage.
She came out in the dinning hall. Old moldy food was set out for a feast that was not meant to be. Goblets filled with something red, hopefully wine lined the many places at the table. A once beautiful and delicate black tablecloth was now moth eaten and ragged. Candles were burned downed to the point at which they would burn no more. It was truly a haunting scene, like a child's nightmare turned real. Anna continued past the food and headed up a staircase. The entire castle looked as though it would crumble at any second.
I don't think that Dracula has Kate here...I know he has a thing with old items but this would be ridicules.
She pulled open a door only to be met with a large spider web blocking the entrance. Nothing of importance was beyond, just a bedroom. She moved on and heard soft footsteps, Anna ducked behind ratty curtains, trying not to sneeze. The footsteps grew louder until they where right in front of her. She readied her sword but as she did so it clinked against her pistol.
Oh shit.
She took one step to the left just as a sword tore through the curtains and lodged itself in the wooden paneling near the window. Anna jumped out and pointed her sword at...Libby?!
"AH! Anna it's me! Don't stab!" Libby said looking down cross-eyed at the sword.
"How do I know it's really you and not Arsitoph?" Anna said suspiciously.
"Well how do I know you're not him?!" Libby retaliated.
Anna noticed a spider and tossed on Libby.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!! OH MY GOD!!! GET IT OFF GETITOFFGETITOFF!!! ARRRRGH!!" Libby shrieked and ran around in circles until she fell over, sprawled on her back breathing hard.
"You're the real Libby." Anna said as Libby's scream's still echoed around them.
Libby glared up at Anna. "Are you insane! Do you want to attract them?!"
"No. But it was the only way that I could think of to prove that you where the real you."
Libby stood up and did a once over for the spider then turned toward her sword.
"Who does Raven only let ride?"
"My brother, Valken and Kate."
"Your real." Libby tugged on the sword and it didn't budge. She gave another harder tug. "No. No I got it." Libby said as Anna moved for the weapon. Libby gave an almighty tug and the weapon came out sending her backwards a bit. At that moment running footsteps could be heard coming from both directions.
"Oh no! Trapped!" Libby said.
"No. Look." Anna whispered pointing to several very loose stones in the wall.
"Huh?"
"We climb."
Van Helsing's P.O.V-
I had managed to crawl over to James, he was in worse condition up close. I could see that several of his ribs seemed bent in a small bit. His breathing was getting shallower even as I looked on. I had to move fast. I made a quick wrap out of my vest and carefully and gently set the ribs and wrapped them. He let out a shout of pain as I set and wrapped the ribs.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." I said, even as I worked my own ribs and arm ached with pain. I had to force myself to use the injured arm.
Come on Gabriel! Keep it together!
I moved his body into a better position, his face was oddly white, even for him and he began to shake,
Damn it! He's going into shock!
I took off my coat and laid it over him.
"Come on Jimmy! Stay with me! Stay for your cousin! Stay for Kate!" I said lightly hitting his face.
His breathing looked less pained but it was still irregular. I had done everything I could for the moment. All we could do was wait, there was about four hours of sun left before night fell. Wait and hope that nothing thinks we look like dinner. I hate being weak like this!
Anna and Libby-
Anna clung to the curtain rods and loose rocks for dear life. Libby had her feet and back pushed up against a wall and was up near the ceiling like that. Both of the Arsitophs rounded the corner and the held their breath in hopes that they would not be noticed.
"I know I heard a scream around here some place." One of them said.
"Me too, Where could they have gone!" The other said
"Think they found the loose tile?"
"Don't know....we should check."
"Yeah." The one who spoke first bent down and dug his claws under a tile and threw it up almost to the ceiling and jumped down into the blackness followed by the other. The large and heavy tile came crashing down into place.
Anna and Libby dropped down from their hiding place.
"Come I know a way out of here." Anna said and they both sprinted down the hall.
"They are idiots aren't they?" Libby said.
"Yep."
"Half a brain must come with the split." Both smirked back laughter.
A little while on they where in the lab when a tile in from of them burst up and out flew the creatures. The tile came down with a loud bang!
"We heard that comment form earlier...ladies!" They said at the same time and they molded back into the large werewolf.
"Really? And here we thought you where stupid. Oh well." Anna said pulling out her sword. Libby swiftly drew hers too.
"Head shot?"
"Head shot!"
They leapt at the monster from opposite sides and their swords sliced into the neck of Arsitoph, severing his head from his shoulders. An inhuman shriek filled the room and it fell to the floor, twitched a few times and silvery black blood flowed out of it and dripped from their swords.
"That was for Kyle!" Libby said harshly and took out a vial of holy water a cross and a sliver stake.
"What are you doing?" Anna asked.
"Combining everything in this bag and pumping him full of it!"
Libby dumped the holy water over the cross and the stake and drove the latter through its heart and its sizzled. She then placed the cross in its hands and laid those said hands over the body and the cross-covered in holy water sizzled and burnt its flesh.
"Go to hell and stay there!" Libby spat and she wiped the blood on its fur, turning it a duller color and she walked out of the lab.
A/N: The cross-eyed sword bit goes to Pirates of the Caribbean which I do not own....TT. I am thinking about doing a one-shot involving Arsitoph reflecting on his life, this involves both Dracula and Van Helsing. Should I go for it? I also apologize if Van Helsing seemed kind of OOC. I didn't really know how to make him worried...so yeah. And the last thing, should I up the rating to R?