Chapter 4: Past the Stone, Into the Dark.
Alvonia lead Van Helsing and Carl into the castle. Darkness stood before them, but Alvonia somehow lit a torch that was on a bracket in the wall and they proceeded up a flight of steps.
"Are you sure this is the way?" Gabriel asked.
"Trust me, I've lived here for the past ten years. I should know!" the shape shifter said. The stairs went up for what seemed miles to them.
"At long last, we have reached our destination!" Carl exclaimed. They stood before a door and two Gargoyles stood on each side.
"Ladies first" Van Helsing said. Alvonia smirked. She opened the two doors and walked inside. Carl gasped as the Gargoyles seemed to move. As he followed the monster hunter, the stone creatures' eyes seemed to follow the friar.
"You two, stay out here!" Alvonia whispered. Carl and Van Helsing stood on spot and walked her step into a large room lined with shelves. The shape shifter closed the doors, but left a crack so that a sliver of light poured out.
"Well well well, isn't it about time you got here?" a voice
said. Alvonia closed her eyes.
"I encountered your creature!" Alvonia said, dropping the Gillman on the ground. Van Helsing heard foot steps nearing them and then more words.
"I sent him out to, eh, finish some business!" the voice continued. Alvonia walked across the room and started to pick phials up from a shelf.
"I see, or rather don't see, that you have used your experiment serum!" the woman replied. Dr. Miles now sighed and picked the Gillman up. Carl and Van Helsing were meanwhile peeking through the crack. They saw the Gillman lift into the air. Carl gasped, and Gabriel jabbed him in the side with his elbow.
"You do know, that time is running out with my master?" Miles asked. Alvonia now walked across the room again and stared into thin air.
"You're master? I would barely call that thing a master!" she yelled, walking back again to the spot she stood at before.
"You know, girl, I take you in, give you the best of my care, and all that you do is talk bad about my residents! Where did you retrieve your stubbornness?" Miles asked. Alvonia sighed and picked another phial up.
"Well, ever since Harven tampered with my life, I wouldn't know!" she told the doctor. Miles slowly walked down the room and put the Gillman on a large stretcher.
"Harven, in fact, needs, well, something that every person values! Something that he values more than life..."Miles cut him self off. He was staring at the Gillman and looking into its eyes. Alvonia had walked up to him and slapped mid-air, or that is how it seemed to Van Helsing and Carl.
"Every word you say is like a poison that means nothing to me! Harven destroyed my life and left me to die! He may value something very well, but he will not get it, because you have already failed with your monster!" Alvonia said. Miles turned and groaned. His face had gone pale and eyes coal black.
"There you are wrong! Harven has given me many sources as to where certain creatures are that will collect him souls!" the Doctor began, "I know just what! And, I know of this man, Van Helsing! He will not bring dear Harven down, or any of the monsters! I know exactly how I can kill him!" Miles yelled. Alvonia merely turned away and walked to the door, opening it slightly more.
"What, by giving him a scientific lecture?" she joked. Miles suddenly snapped his fingers and the door opened. Van Helsing and Carl stood back. They saw no one but Alvonia.
"Gargoyles! Do your worst!" Miles yelled. Carl gasped and saw that the two stone creatures that stood on each side of the door moved their necks as if to shake a long head of hair and grew wings. Alvonia transformed into a Banshee and grabbed Gabriel and Carl. They flew fast down the flight of steps and through the castle doors. As they made their way through the forest, they all heard a rustling in the trees.
"Don't look down, Carl!" Alvonia yelled, "Van Helsing!" she said. Gabriel nodded and pulled his Tojo Blades out. They activated and he threw them at a stone Gargoyle that flew towards them. It growled and seemed to fly down to the ground.
"That wasn't the last!" Carl said, pointing at three Gargoyles who rose from the trees and flew toward the Banshee, monster hunter and friar. Van Helsing threw one Tojo Blade at a Gargoyle with dark blue eyes. It stopped in mid-air. As Alvonia carried them through the skies, the other stone creatures began to attack. Van Helsing now held his crossbow and shot at the first Gargoyle that flew toward them. It shook its head and flew on. Gabriel looked around and put the crossbow away shakily. He now unsheathed his swords.
"Alvonia, let go of me!" he yelled. Without looking down, the Banshee dropped Van Helsing. He soared through the night air and saw a Gargoyle lunge toward him. He flayed the swords and cut the stone creature right across the chest. It looked around and fell to the ground. Gabriel realized that he had nothing to hold on to. The half of the vampire still had wings. Right when he was about to grab onto them, Alvonia swooped down and picked him up.
"You killed it?" she asked. The monster hunter nodded and saw that Carl was gone. Before Van Helsing could ask, Alvonia answered, "He wanted me to drop him off!" she yelled. They flew toward the last Gargoyle. It was grinning, eyes staring into theirs. Van Helsing waited, turned his body, and sliced the head clean off the creature. When he thought all was well, the Gargoyle's body flew at them and took Alvonia by the shoulders. She screamed and suddenly transformed into a Gargoyle. Van Helsing yelled as he fell through the air. The monster hunter saw a tree. He quickly pulled his grappling gun out and shot at a tree.
"Aahhh!" he yelled. The rope pulled him closer to the trunk. Gabriel closed his eyes.
Carl stood over Van Helsing. The Friar touched his forehead and shook his own. Alvonia now stood next to him. They looked into the strange expression upon the monster hunter's face. It was a mix of pain and confusion.
"Gabriel? Gabriel?" Alvonia said, shaking him by the shoulders. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. Forest was about them.
"We have to get moving" Gabriel said. The two shook their heads. He quickly stood up and checked that all of his weapons were there. Tojo Blades, Stunning Weapon, Crossbow, and Swords.
"Back to Fortress Miles?" Alvonia asked.
"Back to Fortress Miles."
Well, I'm trying to make up for the days I missed... Chapter 5 will come and one of your favorite characters will...that's all I'm saying. R&R Pleez...
Alvonia lead Van Helsing and Carl into the castle. Darkness stood before them, but Alvonia somehow lit a torch that was on a bracket in the wall and they proceeded up a flight of steps.
"Are you sure this is the way?" Gabriel asked.
"Trust me, I've lived here for the past ten years. I should know!" the shape shifter said. The stairs went up for what seemed miles to them.
"At long last, we have reached our destination!" Carl exclaimed. They stood before a door and two Gargoyles stood on each side.
"Ladies first" Van Helsing said. Alvonia smirked. She opened the two doors and walked inside. Carl gasped as the Gargoyles seemed to move. As he followed the monster hunter, the stone creatures' eyes seemed to follow the friar.
"You two, stay out here!" Alvonia whispered. Carl and Van Helsing stood on spot and walked her step into a large room lined with shelves. The shape shifter closed the doors, but left a crack so that a sliver of light poured out.
"Well well well, isn't it about time you got here?" a voice
said. Alvonia closed her eyes.
"I encountered your creature!" Alvonia said, dropping the Gillman on the ground. Van Helsing heard foot steps nearing them and then more words.
"I sent him out to, eh, finish some business!" the voice continued. Alvonia walked across the room and started to pick phials up from a shelf.
"I see, or rather don't see, that you have used your experiment serum!" the woman replied. Dr. Miles now sighed and picked the Gillman up. Carl and Van Helsing were meanwhile peeking through the crack. They saw the Gillman lift into the air. Carl gasped, and Gabriel jabbed him in the side with his elbow.
"You do know, that time is running out with my master?" Miles asked. Alvonia now walked across the room again and stared into thin air.
"You're master? I would barely call that thing a master!" she yelled, walking back again to the spot she stood at before.
"You know, girl, I take you in, give you the best of my care, and all that you do is talk bad about my residents! Where did you retrieve your stubbornness?" Miles asked. Alvonia sighed and picked another phial up.
"Well, ever since Harven tampered with my life, I wouldn't know!" she told the doctor. Miles slowly walked down the room and put the Gillman on a large stretcher.
"Harven, in fact, needs, well, something that every person values! Something that he values more than life..."Miles cut him self off. He was staring at the Gillman and looking into its eyes. Alvonia had walked up to him and slapped mid-air, or that is how it seemed to Van Helsing and Carl.
"Every word you say is like a poison that means nothing to me! Harven destroyed my life and left me to die! He may value something very well, but he will not get it, because you have already failed with your monster!" Alvonia said. Miles turned and groaned. His face had gone pale and eyes coal black.
"There you are wrong! Harven has given me many sources as to where certain creatures are that will collect him souls!" the Doctor began, "I know just what! And, I know of this man, Van Helsing! He will not bring dear Harven down, or any of the monsters! I know exactly how I can kill him!" Miles yelled. Alvonia merely turned away and walked to the door, opening it slightly more.
"What, by giving him a scientific lecture?" she joked. Miles suddenly snapped his fingers and the door opened. Van Helsing and Carl stood back. They saw no one but Alvonia.
"Gargoyles! Do your worst!" Miles yelled. Carl gasped and saw that the two stone creatures that stood on each side of the door moved their necks as if to shake a long head of hair and grew wings. Alvonia transformed into a Banshee and grabbed Gabriel and Carl. They flew fast down the flight of steps and through the castle doors. As they made their way through the forest, they all heard a rustling in the trees.
"Don't look down, Carl!" Alvonia yelled, "Van Helsing!" she said. Gabriel nodded and pulled his Tojo Blades out. They activated and he threw them at a stone Gargoyle that flew towards them. It growled and seemed to fly down to the ground.
"That wasn't the last!" Carl said, pointing at three Gargoyles who rose from the trees and flew toward the Banshee, monster hunter and friar. Van Helsing threw one Tojo Blade at a Gargoyle with dark blue eyes. It stopped in mid-air. As Alvonia carried them through the skies, the other stone creatures began to attack. Van Helsing now held his crossbow and shot at the first Gargoyle that flew toward them. It shook its head and flew on. Gabriel looked around and put the crossbow away shakily. He now unsheathed his swords.
"Alvonia, let go of me!" he yelled. Without looking down, the Banshee dropped Van Helsing. He soared through the night air and saw a Gargoyle lunge toward him. He flayed the swords and cut the stone creature right across the chest. It looked around and fell to the ground. Gabriel realized that he had nothing to hold on to. The half of the vampire still had wings. Right when he was about to grab onto them, Alvonia swooped down and picked him up.
"You killed it?" she asked. The monster hunter nodded and saw that Carl was gone. Before Van Helsing could ask, Alvonia answered, "He wanted me to drop him off!" she yelled. They flew toward the last Gargoyle. It was grinning, eyes staring into theirs. Van Helsing waited, turned his body, and sliced the head clean off the creature. When he thought all was well, the Gargoyle's body flew at them and took Alvonia by the shoulders. She screamed and suddenly transformed into a Gargoyle. Van Helsing yelled as he fell through the air. The monster hunter saw a tree. He quickly pulled his grappling gun out and shot at a tree.
"Aahhh!" he yelled. The rope pulled him closer to the trunk. Gabriel closed his eyes.
Carl stood over Van Helsing. The Friar touched his forehead and shook his own. Alvonia now stood next to him. They looked into the strange expression upon the monster hunter's face. It was a mix of pain and confusion.
"Gabriel? Gabriel?" Alvonia said, shaking him by the shoulders. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. Forest was about them.
"We have to get moving" Gabriel said. The two shook their heads. He quickly stood up and checked that all of his weapons were there. Tojo Blades, Stunning Weapon, Crossbow, and Swords.
"Back to Fortress Miles?" Alvonia asked.
"Back to Fortress Miles."
Well, I'm trying to make up for the days I missed... Chapter 5 will come and one of your favorite characters will...that's all I'm saying. R&R Pleez...