Chapter 22: Fighting for life.
Carl looked as a white orb of bright light entered Van Helsing. The monster hunter's eyes weren't opened any more and his face wasn't stark white.
"Van Helsing?" Carl asked. Gabriel heard the voice and opened his eyes. The monster hunter sat up and looked around. They sat on a large platform.
"What has happened?" he asked.
"Alvonia has gone to foil their( Miles and Harven's) plans. I watched her battle that great demon many minutes ago!" the friar said.
"We must find her! If we don't, Harven will be bound to attack her with his new power!" Gabriel said. He stood up, along with Carl and looked around. He suddenly remembered that his weapons were in the tower behind them.
"Carl, you stay here! I must go get my weapons" he said. Carl nodded his head and looked around at the place worriedly. He saw Van Helsing jump down into the window. Gabriel looked around and saw that his weapons were in the same pile as before. He walked over and picked the stunning weapon up, then his two swords. His crossbow came next, along with tojo blades. When everything was placed in the right spot, he went to the window, but heard a growl from behind. The monster hunter turned to see the Gillman, ready to pounce. Van Helsing rolled his eyes and pulled the stunning weapon out.
"How did you come back, huh? Did that doctor of yours help you?" Gabriel asked it. It growled louder and leaped at him. Van Helsing took the stunning weapon out and shot it at the monster. The Gillman was hit by the many bullets. It pounced, knocking the monster hunter down. He groaned as he fell, stunning weapon flying across the room. Carl was outside when he heard the growls of the Gillman. He crouched down to the window and looked in. He saw Van Helsing jumping to his feet and pulling his two swords out. The first one stabbed the Gillman in the throat, the other flying through its heart. He then whipped his tojo blades out and cut the monster's left arm off. It yelped and broke free from the sword's hold. Its arm fell onto the ground and blood spilled in a small puddle. Gabriel smiled and took the crossbow out when it lunged again.
"Come on!" Van Helsing yelled. The creature ran with one arm and punctures in it at his opponent. Gabriel shot it many times, picked the swords up, cut its head off, and that was the end of the Gillman. Van Helsing took his weapons back a second time and went through the window. Carl stood there.
"Did you kill it?" the friar asked. Gabriel pointed down into the tower and Carl saw that the Gillman was indeed dead.
"Come along Carl, we need to get inside the Fortress." And when he said that, they saw an opening on another platform just opposite them. They shrugged and went down to it.
Alvonia staggered back and waved her hands in front of her face. Dracula neared her and smiled.
"There is no reason to fret, Alvonia" he said smoothly. She changed to a Banshee and flew up to the ceiling. Dracula smiled and snapped his fingers. She was brought down toward him by a sudden force. She was changed back to human and stood close to the count. He smiled and stroked her hair.
"You don't know how long its been since I have seen you beauty!" he said. She closed her eyes and remembered many years before: Dracula and Alvonia stood in front of a large building. Alvonia had been poisoned by a foe. Her face had turned white and Dracula shook his head. Alvonia came back to reality. "And there you were, dead, in my arms! I felt hate growing in my heart! I wanted to kill whoever had done such a cruel thing to you, and then I did it. I attempted to revive you so that we could be together, but Valerious the Elder wasn't too happy with me leaving the holy order, so Van Helsing killed me!" Dracula explained. Alvonia looked into Dracula's eyes and shook her head.
"Once that you learned that I was alive, you sent Harven, your disgusting cousin, to rescue me, but he didn't succeed! He made my life horrible" Alvonia gasped. The memory of Velkan saving her flashed in her mind. Just then, Miles got up, clearly invisible. He saw the two talking and walked over to Harven. The vampire's eyes were closed. Miles looked over at Dracula and shook his head.
"You didn't use Van Helsing's soul, did you?" the doctor asked. Alvonia and Dracula turned. They both saw Harven, dead. His soul had been given to Dracula to revive him.
"At least I came back" Dracula said, turning back to Alvonia. Miles fell to the ground and screamed.
"NO! This can't happen, you beast!" the doctor yelled. "Everything was going as planned, and then Harven died!" Miles yelled. Dracula changed to Hellbeast form and flew at the doctor. He bared his fangs.
"Listen to me, you idiot! We can still succeed!" Dracula said. Alvonia shook her head and changed to werewolf form.
"No you can't" she said simply. The wolf lunged at Dracula and bared its fangs. Alvonia was about to bite when Van Helsing and Carl entered the room.
"Dracula!" Gabriel yelled. The Hellbeast turned and saw that the monster hunter stood, stake in hand. Dracula then turned to see Alvonia attempting to bite the creature.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" the Hellbeast asked in a deep voice. He snapped his fingers and in the middle of the room stood Anna. Gabriel's eyes grew wide and he went to go get her when ice began to coil around her. She was frozen and couldn't move.
"Dracula" Miles voice said. Van Helsing and Carl turned to see that the Hellbeast was crouched over something clearly not there. They then saw that Alvonia had changed back to human form. Van Helsing readied the crossbow and shot at his foes. Miles was hit first, and he fell to the ground. He was now visible. Dracula then turned back to human form and walked as ammo hit him. Alvonia shook her head. She changed to a vampire, flew at Dracula, and bit his neck. He yelled with pain and turned. His left hand had changed to a large claw and he held her neck. She gasped for air. Gabriel shot at the ice Anna was held in and it broke apart. Alvonia then fell to the ground, blood surrounding her. Dracula smiled and changed to the Hellbeast again. He fled the room. Gabriel sighed and saw that Miles was on the ground, gasping for air. Alvonia got up and her neck was healed. She changed to the werewolf once more and leaped at Miles. Her fangs pierced his neck and the doctor lay, dead to the world.
Author's Note: I'm sorry if Dracula wasn't here for too long, but don't worry, I will write a sequel. I still have at least two chapters to go!