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Castlevania: Sonnet of Legends

Chapter 14

Resolution

Original Castle: Throne room

Both Rachael and Alucard slowly backed away as the new form of their enemy became clearer and larger. Rachael was shocked beyond belief. It was one thing to hear about the Counts forms, but it was another to actually witness one. Alucard himself was a bit surprised. The last time he saw one of his father's forms, it was too long ago to remember the impact it had on him.

Dracula, now in his demonic form, stood upright. He now had a height of at least eleven feet. His body had scaly features, each pale blue in color. He extended his claws, which were yellow, and looked very sharp. His arms were muscular, and were three times the size they were in his normal form. The same went for his legs, head, and body. His stomach possessed a set of teeth. It looked like a mouth, but it was clamped shut.

Rachael gazed at the direction of his head. His mouth was extended, like that of a wolf's jaw. The way he growled and displayed his sharp fangs and canines further represented this. His eyes were yellow, and no sign of pupils could be found. All that was there was an equally yellow glow protruding from them. He had a mane like a Lions that matched the dead color of his skin. His horns were the shape of a Yak, and as such, stretched from the sides of his head. From his back, enormous wings could be seen. They were as leathery as a Bat. They couldn't see if he had a tail, but at this point, it didn't matter to them.

Dracula then spoke to them, his voice gurgling and moderately breathing.

"You two shall die in this room! I won't make the mistake of underestimating you this time around!"

Alucard was the first one to strike. As he went to strike his leg, Dracula leapt out of the way, and towards Rachael. She quickly jumped out of the way, feeling the intense quake of the ground. Before she could get away, he grabbed her with his hand, and threw her against the wall. She caught herself by placing her feet against it, and in one motion, pushes herself back in the demons direction. By then, he had already had his attention on Alucard, who had tried to strike his leg again. She used this opportunity to strike the back of his head with her whip.

The intense burn caused him to howl in pain, clutching the back of his neck. Immediately, he stomped on the ground, causing a shockwave to knock Rachael on her backside. When he did so, Alucard slashed at his arm, causing blood to appear. When he tried to strike at his son, another crack of the whip was struck on his back. He turned around, but was slashed in the back by the Dhampires sword.

Realizing that they had him in a pincer attack, he leapt once again to the other side of the room. When they tried to chase after him, he opened his mouth, and shot a white blast directly at them. They both jumped to the side, and then dodged some more as the blast was moving in random directions. When the blasts stopped, they rushed at him again.

Unfortunately, the mouth that was on his stomach finally opened. It fired the same type of blast that his other mouth shot. Alucard pushed the young Belmont aside as the blast hit him on the chest, knocking him against the wall. The demon then used his other mouth to shoot another blast at Rachael, who quickly dodged, racing between his legs. Not wanting to take any chances, he leapt out of the way. This time, he was now flying around the room, his wings flapping slowly.

When he saw both of his opponents spreading around to try to corner him, he swooped down to grab the Dhampire, but only managed to catch mist, which quickly formed into its former self on his claws. Suddenly, before Dracula could react, Alucard plunged his sword deep into the demons forehead, digging both the hilt of the blade and his hands into his skull, and then dove back to Rachael's side.

The demon howled and screeched in pain as he tried to pry it loose, but was unable to. It had been plunged too deeply to remove. Within seconds, he collapsed, and came crashing to the ground, creating a small tremor as he did so. He lied there, lifeless.

Rachael went over to investigate, her whip ready in case he sprung back to life. Alucard looked around the castle. Except for some of the damaged that was caused during their battle, everything seemed fine. In fact, everything seemed 'too' fine. That was when he remembered that the castle was supposed to be collapsing. He then turned back towards Rachael, who was looking around the Counts skull in hopes to retrieve the sword that was inside.

"Rachael, get back!" he shouted.

Unfortunately, she wasn't able to react in time. The demon quickly grabbed the Belmont with his hand, and began to squeeze the life out of her. She wasn't able to fight back. The grip was too tight for her to use her whip. The Dhampire rushed to her aid, but was grabbed by his other hand. He tried to squeeze him as well, but once again, only managed to grab mist. The demon slowly stood up as he continued to squeeze the life out of the now frightened woman, who was trying her best to withstand the pain her muscles were now feeling.

Alucard knew that he needed his sword, so he leapt on his shoulders, and grabbed the sword by the hilt. He let himself be grabbed by his father, making sure to not let go of the hilt. Dracula was also using this moment to trick his son into helping him remove the sword, which was becoming a hindrance to his power usage. The roars of his expressed pains got louder as the sword was slowly but surely being removed from his skull. This, unfortunately, increased his grip on Rachael, who was now also screaming in pain. This combined noise was hurting the Dhampire's ears, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to help her efficiently unless he got his weapon back. Finally, the blade came out. Dracula dropped both his son and the woman as he backed away to let the pain subside.

Alucard went over to Rachael and held her to a sitting position. She was breathing heavily, both to catch her breath and to ease the pain. Never in her life had she experienced so much pain. To make matters worse, her stomach churned in pain again. She quickly kneeled down, clutching it. Alucard knew that her time was running short, and his father needed to be killed quickly. He could only hope that she was able to fight off the transformation long enough for her to be cured. He then stood up, and readied his sword, facing his father, who still seemed to be in pain. Suddenly, the demon collapsed again.

Not believing he was dead, the Dhampire watched for any sudden movements. Rachael, after suppressing the pain yet again, stood up, and walked beside him. She looked cautiously at the fallen demon.

"I-is he dead?" she asked.

Alucard shook his head. "He's up to something."

The moment he said that, streaks of red and purple filled the surface of the supposed corpse. The same colored streaks then spread out and filled the room. The two looked around, eyeing the surrounding with caution. The entire place had now looked like another dimension of some sort. They looked back at the body, only to find that it was vanished when the streaks left it. Suddenly, laughter could be heard from around the room. The voice belonged to Dracula, but instead of the former gurgling sound, it was now dual and echo-like. Alucard, along with Rachael, readied their weapons as the voice spoke to them.

"My power will not be defeated!" he said to them. "Victory is within my grasp, and I will not let you take it away!" He then laughed some more. "Behold your ultimate doom!"

Rising from the ground from where the demons body once was, an entire new form was rising from it. It was the biggest demonic form that either of them had ever seen. It was even larger than Galamoth! This abomination was over fifty feet tall, gold in color, and had features of a Hydra, the Greek Dragon with the ability to respawn its heads. It even had the multiple heads to go with it. It stood on four legs, but had two extra appendages on its body which served as arms with razor sharp talons. It didn't have wings, but its tail was that of a typical Dragon, with the exception of a snakes head at the tip. Each head had a long horn growing from it. However, it wasn't a complete set as one might think. Some heads had two horns, while other's had only one. Looking at its targets, it spoke.

"No matter how strong or versatile you are, nothing can destroy me now!"

Both heroes ears hurt from the echoing and deepness when each head spoke in unison, but they managed to hold their ground. They weren't sure if the place they were in was still the castle, nor did they have any idea how to defeat this foe, but at this point, none of that mattered. They knew that they had to find 'some' way to kill Dracula.

Immediately, the two spread apart in order to try to confuse this creature. However, when they finally reached the heads, they had no idea as to how to attack one without getting ripped to shreds by the other. Still, Alucard slashed off one of its heads. As expected, a new head instantly grew back in place of the old one. After letting his son do that, Dracula attacked using one of his heads to bite. The Dhampire quickly dodged the attack, and then dodged some more as more and more heads kept trying to bite him.

Things weren't going so well for Rachael, either. She continued to climb the enormous scaly body as she struck each head that tried to attack her. By the time she had finally reached the neck areas, all the necks without heads instantly grew new ones. They tried to bite her as well. If it wasn't for her agility, she probably would've been killed in one gulp.

As for Alucard, his speed was what kept him from getting chewed up by these monstrosities. While he was dodging via mist and speed, he tried to remember how it was that the Hydra was killed in the stories. Rachael, having never read that story, was wracking her brain to try to think of a method to kill this creature while she dodged the heads and slid around the necks in order to stay alive.

Suddenly, the answer struck the Dhampire as Dracula's talon managed to grab him. He had to find a way to reach Rachael. Unfortunately, the Hydra demon reached her first by grabbing her with his other talon. He then held the two in front of them so he could see them clearly. Knowing that he didn't have much time, Alucard spoke quickly.

"Rachael! Do you still have that holy water?!"

"Yes, why?!"

"When I fought Richter Belmont, he had used its power to create an immense rainfall of holy water! I want you to do the same while I cut off his heads!"

"But I don't know how to do that!"

"Then you had better remember quickly!"

Dracula was about to crush them with his grip, but then he noticed that Rachael was screaming in pain before he could even do anything. Curious, he let her drop to the ground. Strangely, she landed on her feet, and clutched her stomach, screaming in more pain. Now realizing what was going on, he laughed in delight. He then looked at his son with all of his heads.

"You are too late, my son." He said. His voices were still loud, but not as loud as when they were shouting. "She is already turning into a vampire. All that is left is the final stage in which she'll collapse, and wake up as a creature of the night. You are now doomed."

Rachael's screams became louder as she tried to keep herself awake. The pain was becoming greater. This was because the venom that caused vampirism could only fully take effect when its victim loses consciousness, so the pain was made to force its victim into unconsciousness. She was mentally praying for a way for this to stop, while Dracula continued to amuse himself in watching her struggle. Alucard, still in the clutches of his father, could only hope that she used her power before she lost consciousness.

Knowing that the end was near, she clutched the bottle of holy water in her hands.

"(Please, God. Give me enough strength to use this)."

Suddenly, she rose to her feet. She turned around to face Dracula. Her eyes were slightly faded, due to the intense pain she was still experiencing. She raised the bottle in the air. Then, as if words were put into her mouth, she shouted.

"Hydro Storm!" she wasn't sure how she knew those words. They just seemed to come up somehow.

Immediately, a powerful rain of holy water filled the area. The dark creature roared in pain as he dropped Alucard. He did his best to try to cover himself from the burning rainfall. It was also harming Alucard, but not as much as his father, since half of him was human.

Using all the speed he could muster, he leapt towards the screaming heads and chopped them off one by one, each one fiercely hitting the strange colored floor. Thanks to the holy rain, the heads weren't able to regenerate. He continued to strike at each head until every one of them were cut off from the body. The Dhampire watched in pain as the heads, as well as the body, began to burn and melt away.

With Dracula finally destroyed, the room turned black. The rain had finally stopped after doing so. When the room lit up again, Alucard could see the body of his father lying in its lifeless position, his cape covering up his body. Rachael looked at the bottle of holy water. It seemed to finally be empty, despite Renon's guarantee that it would never run out. With her pain finally gone, her body was able to relax itself, and she passed out.

Alucard looked at the remains of his father. He felt sorrow for once again having to fight his father. His lamentation was short lived, however, as a quake suddenly shook the room. Knowing that their mission was finally over, he picked up Rachael and rushed back to the main hall.

Original castle: Main hall

Upon rushing to the main hall, he had hoped that the portal still remained. Much to his relief, it still did. Wasting no further time, he jumped right through it.

Duplicate Castle: Entrance

Alucard rushed out of the castle, and continued to run until he reached the area in which Nate and Cecilia were residing. He hoped that they were alright. When he finally made it there, a look of shock appeared in his face at the sight he saw. The sky was still dark, and Nates crew was sprawled about on the ground. Looking further, he saw the lying bodies of both Nate and Cecilia. His face shown anger when he gazed upon the figure that stood from across the bodies.

The figure was of average height. He donned a dark blue business suit, a red necktie, matching dark blue business pants, and black dress shoes. He also wore a goatee, dark sunglasses, and a dark blue derby to match his suit. And to fully match the businessman attire, he was carrying with him a black briefcase in his left hand and a clear box that held a black stone and a red stone with his tail, which resembled a devil's, except it was dark grey in color.

"Renon." Alucard answered, his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"At your service." Renon replied as he tipped his hat and bowed. "If you're concerned about these people, do not worry. They are merely in a slumber."

"What are you doing here?" Then it dawned on him as he realized what the stones in his hand were. "The Ebony stone? 'And' the Crimson stone?! It was you who orchestrated this?!"

Renon shook his head. "Not quite. I'm not into this whole 'take over the world' business. I am merely around to make a profit. You see, my client wasn't too pleased to see the Ebony stone in the hands of a vampire, so he had me to retrieve it."

"And who is your client?"

Renon waved his finger. "Now you know as well as I do that I cannot reveal the name of my clients. However, I can reveal to you the purpose of my clients plan, seeing as how it's already set in motion."

Alucard didn't say a word, but allowed the demon salesman to continue.

"Simply put, Count Dracula was becoming far too powerful to be controlled by the forces of the darkness. My client was also a power hungry lunatic who wanted the Counts power for himself."

"Joachim."

"Very astute, young one. It was obvious that his own greed led to his demise. He figured that if he had the power of the Ebony stone, it would allow him to find the Crimson stone before his master did. Little did he know, the Count had already known of his treachery, and planned a double cross of his own. In fact, Joachim was 'supposed' to do the Counts work for him, leading to all the necessary tools required for his full resurrection. It went quite well, if I do say so myself."

"But father's plan has failed."

Renon shook his head again. "On the contrary. Although you and Rachael stopped his plan A, you have only succeeded in activating his plan B."

The Dhampire's expression was now that of shock and confusion. Renon noticed this, and explained further.

"When Julius Belmont sealed the Counts castle on the moon, his soul was trapped there as well. The only way for it to be free was for it to be carried back to Earth. Thanks to Joachim, that was possible."

"But we killed father on the moon. How does that bring him back?"

"I'm not really sure." Renon admitted. "I'm assuming that it escaped through those portals. But that doesn't matter. Your father's soul is now freed, so now he can be reborn again in some form or another. I can only assume that he'll try to bring his castle back to Earth." He then noticed the look of shock on the Dhampire's face. He chuckled before speaking. "But you shouldn't worry. As you know, a soul can be reincarnated if a higher being allows it. He might come back evil. He might come back good. Who knows? All I care about is getting paid, which I have been handsomely, by both Joachim and the Count."

Still feeling a little alarmed, Alucard spoke.

"And what of the Ebony and Crimson stones? Do you plan to use them for yourself?"

Hearing this made Renon chuckle. "Heavens, no. Only vampire's draw power from the night, and only a vampire and human can draw power from the Crimson stone. To a demon, they're just pretty looking rocks that were made so that the two simple-minded races can wage war on each other, creating chaos, which is another thing we draw power upon." He then looked at the stones, smiling. "I think I'll hide them in a cave or something. You know, so another human or vampire can find them. Or better yet, Dracula's reincarnated form. The splendid results are endless!" He then regained his calm demeanor. "Forgive me. Money and chaos can excite me at times."

Alucard quickly put Rachael down and unsheathed his sword. "I cannot allow you to leave with those!"

Renon just tipped his hat. "I am terribly sorry, but you do not have much of a choice. Farewell." And with that, he instantly vanished.

The Dhampire muttered to himself. Now he was going to have to make sure that nobody finds those stones, 'especially' his father, should he ever try to return for them. He looked at the sky as the darkness faded, bringing in the morning sun. The others, excluding Rachael, woke from their slumber. They were wondering what happened.

Nate looked around. "What happened?" He then noticed Rachael lying on the ground. "Rachael!" He rushed over to pick her up. "Is she okay?!"

"She's fine." Alucard answered. "She just needs a lot of rest." He looked at her to make sure. Fortunately, her skin was back to its original complexion, and her aura was that of a full human. When he turned around, he was tightly embraced by a female, who could be heard weeping. He raised her head.

It was Cecilia. This time, though, she looked healthier. Her skin was fair, her eyes were brown, and her tears were that of water, instead of blood. His father's death had indeed cured her.

"I'm so glad to see you're alive!" she exclaimed joyfully. "Thank you for everything. I am in your debt!"

Rachael had then awaked from her sleep. The morning sun was bright, which caused her sleep to be disturbed. When she realized that the bright light was the sun, her eyes widened, and a smile gleamed across her face.

"(We did it)!" she thought. "(We actually did it)!"

"Rachael?" Nate asked. "Are you alright?"

"Better than alright!" she answered as she hugged him tightly. "We won!"

Upon hearing this, Alucard broke free from Cecilia's grip, and turned to Rachael.

"Only for the time being." He said. "Our battle has freed father's soul from the moon, so he'll eventually come back in another form. I must stay prepared in case worst comes to worst. I suggest that you do the same."

Rachael then let go of Nate, and stood on her own feet. "I kind of figured that. No matter. Should he ever return, I'll be ready for him! And I'll make sure that every Belmont that is raised will be ready for him!" She then raised her whip in the air. "As God as my witness, the Belmont clan will continue to hunt the night until its terror plagues humanity no more!" Suddenly, the pain from the battle caused her to stagger and wince in pain. "Ouch. Hopefully, it won't be during this generation." Then she looked at Alucard again. "So, what will you do now?"

As long as the vampire race continues to walk this planet, I can never know peace and rest. I will not put myself in an eternal sleep this time around. Instead, I will hunt the vampire race to extinction. Then, I will put myself to sleep, so that my cursed bloodline will not be a hindrance to humanity." Turning around, he walked away. "Farewell, Belmont. We'll not meet again."

Suddenly, Cecilia rushed in front of him, blocking his path.

"Then I'm going with you!"

Alucard shook his head. "You are a human now, Cecilia, something that I can never enjoy. Go, and live a normal life."

"With what, Alucard?! My family is long gone, I've been declared legally dead ages ago, and I have no direction in life! I'm coming with you! At least with you, I can use my medicinal skills to assist you, as well as help you destroy these abominations!"

Without answering, the Dhampire just walked away. Cecilia ran right in front of him once again.

"I'm coming with you, Alucard, whether you want me to or not! Allow me to assist you in your cause. It's the least I can do. Besides………I……" she blushed as she shook her emotions to the back of her head. "Look, just take me with you! I can be very useful, you know that!"

After a few seconds of silence, Alucard finally spoke.

"Then you come at your own risk. I cannot guarantee your survival, and my path is a long and dangerous one."

Cecilia nodded. "Let's go."

Waving farewell to Rachael and Nate, Cecilia walked with Alucard. Rachael and Nate continued to watch them leave until they both disappeared into the forest.

"Well, I hope things turn out well for them." Nate said.

"Yeah, I hope so too." Rachael added. "Nate?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you, for everything."

"No problem………Rachael?"

"Yeah?"

"Remember what I said to you after you mentioned about kissing me like that?"

"Hm? You mean the part where—"her words were interrupted by the lips that planted themselves upon hers. She blushed profusely.

Nate broke the kiss, laughed shyly, and smiled. "Well, I 'did' warn you, right?"

Rachael nodded absentmindedly. Her blissful thoughts were quickly interrupted by a helicopter noise. She quickly looked up. Nate was waving at them.

"Well, looks like our rides here." He said. "You coming?"

Rachael smirked at his question. "No. I planned to walk all the way home by foot!"

Nate laughed at the sarcasm she used in regards to his obvious question.

Later, when the helicopter arrived, Nate, Rachael, and the other crew boarded it, and it flew off into the horizon, leaving quicker than it had arrived.

THE END

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