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LXG: The final showdown.
By ElvenEmma
The mirror looked almost like ice each time someone stepped through it. One by one they followed Van Helsing through it until only Skinner and Helen were left. Skinner began to take off his leather coat. 'I might as well take this off now.' He threw the coat over a torch holder, sighed and walked through the mirror. A shiver went across his skin as the cold hit him. He frowned as he heard a 'pfft' from behind him when Helen smirked.
In front of them a large castle stood, an icy fortress. A harsh wind blew and chilled their breath. Mina walked ahead the cold didn't bother her. Van Helsing followed behind her. They stopped at the very large front door, which looked like only giants used it. Van Helsing looked upon the building with a grim face. Mina could sense the pain he felt about the horrid place and she felt it was best not to ask. She was about to tell the others to hurry up when she felt someone pinching her behind. She squealed and turned around, 'Skinner!' She looked down and there were no tracks in the snow. Sawyer walked up to her. 'What is it?' he asked.
'I felt...Skinner!' she shouted again.
'What?' came a distant voice from the back of the group, 'Am I gettin' blamed again?' Jekyll, Nemo and Vikroff separated so Helen and Skinner could walk through. Helen's wing was wrapped around him to stop the bitter wind getting to him.
'We're you here a second ago?' Mina pointed to the spot in front of her.
'No,' said Helen quietly, 'he's been next to me since we came through the mirror.'
'Farling.' said Jekyll simply, coming to the same conclusion as everyone else.
'I'll go after him.' said Helen, a hidden anger soon rising in her. She took her wing from around Skinner ('Aww') and flew ahead and went to the right of the castle, looking for another entrance and for any sign of Farling. Without a word Vikroff leapt forward and landed on four paws. She ran behind Helen, sniffing the floor.
'I guess that leaves us with trying to find a way to open this door.' said Sawyer, as he stared up at the huge mass of oak.
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Farling was furious with himself. 'Essence of Skinner indeed.' He huffed. It seemed that along with Skinner's powers he had also taken some of his personality, something he didn't want to do. Now thoughts that weren't his own were running through his mind. A thought that was his entered in to his mind and made him grin. Above him was a hall filled with his henchmen, all of them vampiric beasts. He was ready for the League.
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Mr Hyde slung himself at the large oak doors and they opened slightly. He pushed his weight against them till there was a large enough gap to walk through. The air inside was close and suffocating. It was no warmer than outside. Dust covered everything and cobwebs were everywhere. Sawyer secretly hoped the size of the spiders didn't match the size of the cobwebs. A rat scuttled past Mina and her eyes followed it. The League walked slowly in to the darkness, trying to stay vigilant.
'Perhaps we shut split up.' Said Van Helsing softly. In silent agreement they split up in to groups. Hyde and Sawyer went in to a pair. Van Helsing, Nemo and Mina went in to a group leaving Skinner on his own to do what he could with his stealth.
Skinner found the nearest set of stairs. He wanted to go to the highest point where he guessed Farling would be. 'No one but m has the right to pinch Mina's...' Skinner's thoughts were cut off as he heard a noise above him. He needed to get higher. Eventually he reached the next floor. Through a gap in the doorway he could see an army, equipped with machine guns. He hoped these would be ordinary men. Skinner turned and fled down the stairs.
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As they walked forward Mina stopped them. She heard a movement in the rafters above their heads. Something black fell from ceiling and landed in front of them. It got to its feet. Suddenly another fell, and another, soon they were surrounded by Farling's Vampiric army. Van Helsing grinned, 'Well it's about time I started having my fun.' He passed Nemo and Mina some wooden stakes. He opened a bottle of holy water and sprayed it at the vampires, which were closest. The fight began.
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Hyde almost knocked Skinner out when he took him by surprise. Skinner told them about the army upstairs and Hyde and Sawyer followed him up the staircase. Hyde and Sawyer waited outside and Skinner sneaked inside. He made himself to the front where their leader was warning them about the dangers of the League. Just as he got to the end of his little speech his gun was taken from its holster and floated in front of him. Before he realised that it was the very invisible man he had been talking about minutes before he was knocked out cold. Several others were knocked down as Hyde took the door off its hinges and threw it at the army. Sawyer shot left and right and men fell to the ground as he did it.
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Vikroff and Helen continued to climb upwards and after what seemed like hours, they reached the top of one of the castle's many towers. They saw the orb, which stood on a stand, the orb that had caused so much trouble. Helen sensed something move past her elbow. Farling was trying to escape, but it was no use. Helen grabbed on to his am and flung him at the stand. The orb fell on to his head and smashed. A fine white powder covered his head, making him visible and a white mist dissolved in to the air. Helen hoped this would turn Farling back again but unfortunately he didn't. Helen saw his head change shape, he was getting bigger. Helen grabbed a hand full of dirt and flung it at him. He was growing wings. He was becoming a large vampiric beast. He flew out of the glassless window and was followed closely by Helen. They flew up and down and between towers.
The rest of the League fought on and it seemed almost hopeless, there were too many.
Helen could sense him and feel the heat coming from his body. He wasn't a complete vampire. From a strap on her leg, Helen brought out a knife and threw it at Farling. It hit his back and he cried out in pain. Helen took her chance and grabbed a hold of him. She flew him back to the tower and pushed him through the window where Vikroff waited. 'I am the only thing that can kill a vampire.' She said in an unusually cruel voice. And there she turned, her teeth bared and she snarled at Farling who attempted to escape once more but failed when Helen aimed a kick at him. The werewolf lunged at him and sank her teeth in to his neck. He turned visible again and soon he lay there as a normal man. Blood dripped from his wounded neck. He was dead. Helen picked up the broken orb and began her decent down the stairs, followed by Vikroff who tried to wipe the blood from her mouth.
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Skinner, Sawyer and Hyde stood in a line in front of the army who aimed guns at them but their shaking hands prevented them from pulling the trigger. 'Stop this fighting and leave this place now!' came a voice from behind the men. They turned to see Helen and Vikroff standing together. 'His orb is broken and so is he. He lies dead in the tower, go and see for yourself if this orb isn't proof enough.' Helen's voice cut through them. This and the broken orb was enough proof for most of them and they fled from the castle. Skinner, Sawyer and Hyde followed the two women to find Van Helsing and the other members of the League.
They found them still surround by the Vampiric army although their numbers had deteriorated. They helped to kill the last and it was soon over.
At last Farling was gone and so were the worries he brought upon the League. They congratulated each other and thanked Vikroff and Van Helsing. At last they could go back to the Nautilus and continue their world tour.
THE END!!
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AN: Yey I finished it at last!! So sorry it's taken so long but AS levels are killing me. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed it and if you did then... review damn it!