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Chapter 3: Lead to the Lair.
Alvonia lead Gabriel and Carl through a clear path in the deep forest. Every now and then, Carl would look Alvonia up and down and mutter words.
"So you can shape shift, and turn into anything, is that right?" Carl said. The woman nodded her head and rolled her eyes. "You...well...couldn't be me at anytime, could you?" Carl asked. A moment later, Alvonia was transformed into the friar. He opened his mouth and gasped.
"For your information, Mr. Friar, I could easily turn into Dracula on the spot if you wanted me too!" Alvonia said in Carl's voice. His eyes grew wide as the shape shifter stood as Count Dracula before them. Van Helsing just smiled and tried not to laugh at Carl's expression.
"Please don't turn into a werewolf and bite me! I wouldn't like to kill either of you!" Carl whined.
"Okay, there is one thing you both must understand. I can only transform into simple things, such as people. I can't turn into a forced transformation, such as a werewolf. If I am indeed bitten by such a creature, I will turn into one but will easily return to my human form!" Alvonia stated. The other two stared at her, confused looks upon their faces. She sighed and walked on.
After traveling for at least three hours and every other half hour they heard a rustle in the bushes.
"Don't worry, Van Helsing and I can take down anything ugly and scary in the forest," Alvonia told Carl. The Friar nodded but pointed to a patch of bushes in the trees. The others turned and stood still. Two large, yellow eyes stood gaping at them. Gabriel readied the stunning weapon and aimed at the eyes. Alvonia's fingernails suddenly became longer and sharper, her eyes a coal black.
"On the count of three..." Van Helsing mouthed to Alvonia. She nodded.
"One, Two..." the woman began.
"THREE!" Gabriel yelled. Alvonia went running at the creature and Van Helsing shot like mad. Carl crouched back and reached into the weapon bag. He pulled out a large volume and flipped through the pages. On one, a monster with large, gaping eyes seemed to stare at him. He read that gill creature, a monster of evil, cannot die unless its heart is pierced and head cut clean off its head. Carl went to tell the two, but there was a problem: Van Helsing and Alvonia weren't there.
Van Helsing held on for dear life as the creature carried him through the woods. He was attempting to shoot it, but the arrows missed and fell to the ground. Alvonia flew above with new wings on her back. She swooped in and out of the trees, trying to get ahead of the monster. Gabriel waved his left hand in the air, his right clinging on to the fast monster.
"Alv...Alvonia! Alvonia! Help!" he yelled. Once he got her attention, she turned and gasped as he threw her the stunning weapon. She aimed it down and fired at the monster. It growled and started to become slower. Gabriel sighed. It became slower and looked up. Its blurred vision saw Alvonia transform into a man in a lab coat.
"Aaargh!" it yelled. The man stood and smiled.
"Come on! It's okay!" Alvonia said in disguise. The monster stopped and whined. Van Helsing slowly got off. Alvonia, or Dr. Mischoffe Miles signaled for him to leave.
Carl fell to his knees, praying. Van Helsing stood before him, panting.
"The girl" Carl started. At that moment, Alvonia walked out of the forest, the monster called the Gillman in her palms. Carl went up and looked at the monster. Its body was the shape of a man's, but the size of a full grown werewolf. Two large tentacles protruded from the side of his mouth and the eyes were black and empty.
"We need to get to Dr. Mile's lair, before the Gillman wakes up!" Alvonia exclaimed. They hurried down the path and finally came to an opening. The forest that lay behind wasn't the only dark and gloomy thing in London. Right in front of them stood a drawbridge and thousands of feet above, a castle. They started on to the drawbridge. There was now a dark opening. Van Helsing went first and when he walked in, a solid wall. Alvonia saw what had happened and did the same as Gabriel. Carl stood back, looking at the high turrets and the gloominess which hung over them. He saw shadows that appeared to be moving closer.
"Alvonia, Van Helsing?" Carl asked. They turned.
"WHAT?" The two asked. They looked to where he pointed and saw a group of Banshee flying toward them
"Carl, Gabriel, get down!" Alvonia yelled. They fell flat to the ground and looked up. The Banshee group had advanced, but Alvonia, now in Banshee form, screamed at them. Van Helsing acted quickly and pulled his crossbow out. The ectoplasmic bullets flew through the air and struck three of the creatures. The group looked down, along with Alvonia, and flew down. Gabriel rose to his feet and shot rapidly. They screeched and fell. Alvonia yelled also and transformed into a large shadow. Only three Banshee remained and the shadow coiled around them. They disappeared and Alvonia stood before Carl and Gabriel.
"That was not wise!" She exclaimed.
"They looked blood thirsty, I couldn't have let them kill you!" Van Helsing exclaimed. She shook her head.
"They have been my sisters for years upon years! They may have turned against me since I decided to become a human most of the time, but I needed to save you!" Alvonia yelled. Carl looked back and forth as they talked.
"I can take care of myself, thank you! You obviously don't recall, I killed Dracula twice, Mr. Hyde, and became a werewolf!" he yelled. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"I'm sorry" she replied. Gabriel shook his head and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I am truly sorry, for I would not want our past to repeat itself." The monster hunter said. Alvonia opened her eyes and looked up.
"How do you know about the past?" she asked. Van Helsing closed his eyes and saw many visions: Vladislaus Dragulia smiled at him and shook his hand.
"All will be well, Gabriel, all will be well!" the man said. Van Helsing shook his head and came back to reality. Alvonia watched him and smiled. Carl had turned and pretended to flip through the pages of his book.
"That is a memory I wish for neither of us to remember." Alvonia said. Van Helsing shook his head and told them to move on into the castle. As they did, the door that Van Helsing and Alvonia had walked into now opened. The woman still carried Gillman.
In the forest behind, a tall man looked at Dr. Mile's lair. He laughed to himself and disappeared into the shadows.
I will have chapter 4 up soon, I am almost done writing it, but I am procrastinating on typing.....Sorry! R&R please!