Another short chapter. Oh well

Following the servant's directions, Adrian got lost several times before finding the stairs. The silence was thick through out the main hall but Adrian's mind was set on finding the way out. She crossed the dark and empty room, hearing her footsteps echo with every step no matter how quiet she tried to walk.

"Adrian" The dark seductive voice echoes in her head. "Adrian? Where are you going?"

Her breathing stops as she backs against the wall. Footsteps start nearby, but they weren't normal the thing making the noise was limping. With the curiosity of a puppy, she cautiously moves behind a pillar and peaks her head out.

Igor looks at her, his electric gun in hand, and yells out at her. "Alright girl, come out. I know your there."

Adrian steps into sight of him, her eyes calm yet piercing, not like before. "I thought you told me that you lived at Castle Dracula with your master, Dr Frankenstein. What brings you here?"

He lets out an evil snicker. "I told you I was staying there with my master. My master is Dracula."

"But you work for Frankenstein."

"Not anymore. My Master had important business to attend to and asked me to keep and eye on you. Now, where should we put you? The coffin or the dungeon?"

Adrian turns her back casually on him, continuing her way. "How about you go on your way and just say that I beat you until you couldn't stop me from leaving."

"No no no. You see I cannot do that. My master will see right through that tale."

Adrian turns impatiently. "Why does everyone call this guy master?!? He isn't all-powerful like he thinks he is! I'm not going anywhere with you and if he can tell your lying, well that's your own problem. Now run along, you're wasting my time."

A small blast of electricity hits her in the arm and Igor walks towards her, waving his gun. "You should learn when to stop talking."

Adrian walks at him quickly and dodges another blast by jumping onto the wall and coming down beside him. She wraps one arm around his neck and holds the hand with the gun tightly, twisting it so the gun falls to the floor. She begins choking him. "Now if you live though this, you tell the fanged one that I beat you until you couldn't stop me from leaving." She drops the half unconscious Igor to the floor and walks back to the wall, finding the huge door and pushing with all her might to open it. Putting one foot outside, she found it snowing and her ripped clothes would be a problem.

A whimper and shuffling made her turn around and see Igor. He struggles for breath then gasps out, "you should have killed me." Adrian runs at him but the hall booms with his cry, "VERONA! ALEERA! THE GIRL IS ESCAPING!"

Adrian turns and bolts out the door, barefooted, into the snow. The frozen ground numbs her feet as she runs from the castle toward the one place that looked like an opening. The pain is quickly ignored as the cry of the two vampires sounds through the wind. Adrian reaches the spot only to discover a brick wall, it was odd to her seeing this one brick area and everything else being mountain and rock.

The dark voice continued to talk to her and haunt her, "Adrian, come back to me..."

The shape was a perfect square, just like a large door. The vampires were nearing and Adrian banged her fists on the stone and screamed, "In the name of God! Open this door!" The brick vanished and Adrian fell through, the bricks sealing back behind her.