Chapter 16: Behind the mind, behind the monster.
Van Helsing stumbled backward. The platform he stood on crumbled, letting rock pieces fly and fall to the ground below. Harven changed into Hellbeast form and growled. Van Helsing took the stunning weapon out and aimed it at the vampire.
"If you make one false move, Harven, you will be stunned before you could say blood" Gabriel said. Harven smiled. He lifted his wings and flew backward. Gabriel shot rapidly. He missed again. He couldn't see anything, for a large wall lay before him. Ten feet above was a turret. The monster hunter looked around and saw more turrets. He looked up and saw many bricks that jutted outward. He wondered if any of them were sturdy to hold a grapple.
"Van Helsing!" a distant cry came from the turret. Gabriel shot the grapple at one of the bricks and flew upward. He jumped up and landed on the vast turret. He could see Carl sitting up on the brick ground. Next to him was a large stretcher with Princess Anna laying on it, and Alvonia...
"Anna?" Gabriel said. He stared at her laying there, eyes closed. The monster hunter quickly ran over to the friar.
"What has happened?" Gabriel asked. He turned to look at Anna on the stretcher, but only to find her gone.
"I don't know! Alvonia told me to plant a silver stake into Harven's chest and when I did, he pulled it out and hit me on the head! I just woke up!" Carl exclaimed. Van Helsing still looked at the stretcher.
"Where is Anna? WHERE IS ANNA?" the monster hunter asked. He took Carl by the arms and shook him.
"I don't know! I saw her, and she saw me! I don't know where she has gone! How could she possibly returned from the dead, we burnt her!" the friar panicked. Gabriel rubbed his head. He saw in his mind Anna laying on the wooden pyre. Fire surrounded her and he looked up to see her face smiling in the sky. The vision faded from the Princess and then he really saw Alvonia on the ground.
"Alvonia!" Gabriel yelled. Carl followed him as he ran over. It seemed as though she was an angel in a deep slumber. A slight smile was upon her lips. Carl closed his eyes and knelt to the ground. He scooted over to Van Helsing and touched her forehead. It was pale and clammy. Gabriel stared at her face. His eyes met hers' that were closed.
"Vladislaus" Van Helsing said. The man turned away from a large book that was open on a stand.
"Gabriel!" Dracula replied. He held his right hand out, but his left was hid behind his back.
"Valerious the Elder sent me" Van Helsing said. Vladislaus smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"Why?" Dracula asked. Gabriel looked down at his belt and saw a glittering sword. The hat that covered his eyes tipped up.
"Why did you leave the Holy Order, Dracula?" Van Helsing asked.
"I can, of course, explain, my friend!" Vladislaus exclaimed. Van Helsing shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Vladislaus. I didn't mean to rage" Gabriel said. Dracula nodded his head.
"All is well, Gabriel! All is well" the man said. "And if you may excuse me, I will get back to my work!" Dracula said. He turned back to the book and traced his finger along it. Gabriel saw a bright red ruby in his friend's hand. It slipped and fell to the ground. Dracula turned swiftly and picked it up. He looked at Van Helsing.
"Why did you leave the Holy Order?" Gabriel asked in a mutter. Vladislaus put his hand to his head.
"Alvonia was my only and true love!" Dracula yelled back. Van Helsing shook his head.
"Bringing her back isn't the answer!" Van Helsing replied. He closed his eyes and withdrew the large sword. Vlad's looked at the blade. His eyes grew wide.
"Gabriel?" Dracula asked. On the shadow on the wall, the blade drove into Dracula. He yelled and fell to the ground. Gabriel brought the sword out and dropped to the ground.
"I'm sorry, my friend" Van Helsing said. He looked at Dracula's dead body. The Knight looked over to a large fire that kindled flames. He drew the sword up with hate in his heart. Gabriel took it over to the fire and threw it in. Flames licked it and the blade began to dissolve. He stared at the flames and his eyes glossed over.
Carl looked up at Van Helsing. He looked up at the sky to see small snowflakes falling down. The air had gone deathly cold.
"Carl, she is dead" Gabriel said. The friar looked at her and picked her wrist up. He felt it. Alvonia's heartbeat went slow.
"No she's not!" Carl exclaimed. When he put the wrist down, she opened her eyes. The shape shifter rapidly changed back and forth from different people. It kept going on. Van Helsing reached out and touched her hand. She stopped and sat up.
"Gabriel!" Alvonia said. His eyes lit up.
"Harven almost killed you!" Carl said. She rolled her eyes.
"And now they go to Castle Dracula!" Alvonia said from nowhere.
"With Anna?" Van Helsing demanded.
"With Anna!" the shape shifter exclaimed.
"She will lead them to her house and to where the door is!" Carl said.
"And then they will try to resurrect Dracula!"
"So we will have to kill him again!"
"And that's not an easy task!" Alvonia said. They stopped. "Where is the door to Dracula?" she asked.
"In the home of the Valerious!" Gabriel exclaimed. His mind flashed to Anna's home. They were inside when he stepped through a large door of ice.
"Why did Anna come back? Aren't you at all surprised?" Carl asked Van Helsing. He saw Anna smiling in the clouds.
"I don't know why. She passed the gates of St. Peter, and was then reunited with her family." Van Helsing said.
"So you truly did love Anna?" Alvonia asked.
"Yes" Gabriel said quietly. She smiled and clutched her stomach. She felt claw marks.
"Harven" the word passed her lips coldly. Van Helsing turned.
"I know you hate him with all of your being" Van Helsing said. She nodded her head.
"And Miles. They will not succeed!" she said, shaking her head. "Miles has basically gone off the deep end!" the shape shifter laughed.
"I am still wondering why he became invisible" Carl said to them. Alvonia sighed and shook her head.
"Miles has been working on it for ten or more years. A serum that would make him invisible and swift as wind. He did succeed, but he can still be seen by any vampire he is looked upon!" she told them. In the distance, they heard loud screams.
"VAMPIRES! DEADLY BEASTS!" the villagers said from below in the main Transylvanian village. Alvonia stood up and changed to the Banshee once more. She took the two and they went down, seeking The Valerious Homage.
Thanks for the reviews!!! I will update in a while! Dracula will return!!!!!!! (The Vampire Returns) no, just jokin'!
Van Helsing stumbled backward. The platform he stood on crumbled, letting rock pieces fly and fall to the ground below. Harven changed into Hellbeast form and growled. Van Helsing took the stunning weapon out and aimed it at the vampire.
"If you make one false move, Harven, you will be stunned before you could say blood" Gabriel said. Harven smiled. He lifted his wings and flew backward. Gabriel shot rapidly. He missed again. He couldn't see anything, for a large wall lay before him. Ten feet above was a turret. The monster hunter looked around and saw more turrets. He looked up and saw many bricks that jutted outward. He wondered if any of them were sturdy to hold a grapple.
"Van Helsing!" a distant cry came from the turret. Gabriel shot the grapple at one of the bricks and flew upward. He jumped up and landed on the vast turret. He could see Carl sitting up on the brick ground. Next to him was a large stretcher with Princess Anna laying on it, and Alvonia...
"Anna?" Gabriel said. He stared at her laying there, eyes closed. The monster hunter quickly ran over to the friar.
"What has happened?" Gabriel asked. He turned to look at Anna on the stretcher, but only to find her gone.
"I don't know! Alvonia told me to plant a silver stake into Harven's chest and when I did, he pulled it out and hit me on the head! I just woke up!" Carl exclaimed. Van Helsing still looked at the stretcher.
"Where is Anna? WHERE IS ANNA?" the monster hunter asked. He took Carl by the arms and shook him.
"I don't know! I saw her, and she saw me! I don't know where she has gone! How could she possibly returned from the dead, we burnt her!" the friar panicked. Gabriel rubbed his head. He saw in his mind Anna laying on the wooden pyre. Fire surrounded her and he looked up to see her face smiling in the sky. The vision faded from the Princess and then he really saw Alvonia on the ground.
"Alvonia!" Gabriel yelled. Carl followed him as he ran over. It seemed as though she was an angel in a deep slumber. A slight smile was upon her lips. Carl closed his eyes and knelt to the ground. He scooted over to Van Helsing and touched her forehead. It was pale and clammy. Gabriel stared at her face. His eyes met hers' that were closed.
"Vladislaus" Van Helsing said. The man turned away from a large book that was open on a stand.
"Gabriel!" Dracula replied. He held his right hand out, but his left was hid behind his back.
"Valerious the Elder sent me" Van Helsing said. Vladislaus smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"Why?" Dracula asked. Gabriel looked down at his belt and saw a glittering sword. The hat that covered his eyes tipped up.
"Why did you leave the Holy Order, Dracula?" Van Helsing asked.
"I can, of course, explain, my friend!" Vladislaus exclaimed. Van Helsing shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Vladislaus. I didn't mean to rage" Gabriel said. Dracula nodded his head.
"All is well, Gabriel! All is well" the man said. "And if you may excuse me, I will get back to my work!" Dracula said. He turned back to the book and traced his finger along it. Gabriel saw a bright red ruby in his friend's hand. It slipped and fell to the ground. Dracula turned swiftly and picked it up. He looked at Van Helsing.
"Why did you leave the Holy Order?" Gabriel asked in a mutter. Vladislaus put his hand to his head.
"Alvonia was my only and true love!" Dracula yelled back. Van Helsing shook his head.
"Bringing her back isn't the answer!" Van Helsing replied. He closed his eyes and withdrew the large sword. Vlad's looked at the blade. His eyes grew wide.
"Gabriel?" Dracula asked. On the shadow on the wall, the blade drove into Dracula. He yelled and fell to the ground. Gabriel brought the sword out and dropped to the ground.
"I'm sorry, my friend" Van Helsing said. He looked at Dracula's dead body. The Knight looked over to a large fire that kindled flames. He drew the sword up with hate in his heart. Gabriel took it over to the fire and threw it in. Flames licked it and the blade began to dissolve. He stared at the flames and his eyes glossed over.
Carl looked up at Van Helsing. He looked up at the sky to see small snowflakes falling down. The air had gone deathly cold.
"Carl, she is dead" Gabriel said. The friar looked at her and picked her wrist up. He felt it. Alvonia's heartbeat went slow.
"No she's not!" Carl exclaimed. When he put the wrist down, she opened her eyes. The shape shifter rapidly changed back and forth from different people. It kept going on. Van Helsing reached out and touched her hand. She stopped and sat up.
"Gabriel!" Alvonia said. His eyes lit up.
"Harven almost killed you!" Carl said. She rolled her eyes.
"And now they go to Castle Dracula!" Alvonia said from nowhere.
"With Anna?" Van Helsing demanded.
"With Anna!" the shape shifter exclaimed.
"She will lead them to her house and to where the door is!" Carl said.
"And then they will try to resurrect Dracula!"
"So we will have to kill him again!"
"And that's not an easy task!" Alvonia said. They stopped. "Where is the door to Dracula?" she asked.
"In the home of the Valerious!" Gabriel exclaimed. His mind flashed to Anna's home. They were inside when he stepped through a large door of ice.
"Why did Anna come back? Aren't you at all surprised?" Carl asked Van Helsing. He saw Anna smiling in the clouds.
"I don't know why. She passed the gates of St. Peter, and was then reunited with her family." Van Helsing said.
"So you truly did love Anna?" Alvonia asked.
"Yes" Gabriel said quietly. She smiled and clutched her stomach. She felt claw marks.
"Harven" the word passed her lips coldly. Van Helsing turned.
"I know you hate him with all of your being" Van Helsing said. She nodded her head.
"And Miles. They will not succeed!" she said, shaking her head. "Miles has basically gone off the deep end!" the shape shifter laughed.
"I am still wondering why he became invisible" Carl said to them. Alvonia sighed and shook her head.
"Miles has been working on it for ten or more years. A serum that would make him invisible and swift as wind. He did succeed, but he can still be seen by any vampire he is looked upon!" she told them. In the distance, they heard loud screams.
"VAMPIRES! DEADLY BEASTS!" the villagers said from below in the main Transylvanian village. Alvonia stood up and changed to the Banshee once more. She took the two and they went down, seeking The Valerious Homage.
Thanks for the reviews!!! I will update in a while! Dracula will return!!!!!!! (The Vampire Returns) no, just jokin'!