Purple clouds covered the sky over the dirt streets of the town. Rapid footsteps echoed in the otherwise silent air as Deianira rounded the corner in a sprint, running from three cackling shadows. Dei searched for the millionth time for the normal assortment of weapons she carried, but they were not there. She racked her brain for where she could have left them when a voice pierced her thoughts.
"It's no use running little girl." The accented female voice laughed as the shadows came closer. Deianira kept running as the three shadows melted into one large one. The cackling became a deep menacing laugh. She tried to run faster, and ended up tripping over a rock in the ground. She rolled over on to her back and began to crawl backwards, her grey eyes widening as a black dot in the sky became larger, taking the form of one of the vampire bat-like creatures. REVENGE! The word echoed through Deianira's mind. Revenge is MINE!!! She clutched her head as the figure was almost close enough to make out; she saw it was wearing a jester's hat. It landed in front of her; it was Bahlal, in a jester's outfit. He began to laugh manically and do somersaults around her...
Deianira sat up with a start, looking around the room and at the still sleeping Lucia, she exhaled, it had only been a dream. She laid back down, her brow furrowed as she thought of her dream, the word REVENGE echoing in her mind still. The teenager closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
"You pour water on me again and you die." Deianira said with her eyes closed. Malak, her hand halfway to Deianira, laughed.
"Come on, me and Bahlal are gonna show you the secret weapons we've been working on."
"All right, all right, coming." Deianira stood up and followed Malak to the room the twins shared.
"Finally, come here." Bahlal said, seeing Deianira and Malak enter the room. He led them to a bed which had a lumpy sheet.
"Voila." He said, taking the sheet off with a flourish, revealing a small assortment of items.
"Okay, see this sword?"
"I'm not blind Malak."
"Ha-ha, anyways, the blade is crusted with sharpened diamonds, and the hilt, if you press the emerald hard..." She demonstrated, causing a wooden spike to come out of the hilt.
"Excellent." Deianira said, "what else you got?"
"This katana contains garlic juice inside, when you stab something, it will come out through here." Malak held the tip close to Deianira, who saw a tiny liquid drop fall from it.
"And this katana works in the same way with holy water."
"Cool." Deianira took the twin blades.
Malak showed her two long black bracelets with a button that, when pushed, activated a long wooden stake ((think Angel or Blade)). A whip with tiny metal blades on it that worked the same way as the katanas, and black gloves without a thumb pocket that had slender silver stakes at the four fingers ((think the female Wolverine in X2)) when activated.
"All right." Deianira said, ignoring the feeling in her stomach she had whenever she looked at Bahlal, It was just a dream. She told herself as she walked back to her room with her new 'toys'.
"What is it like, living in Vatican City?" Lucia asked later that day when they were sitting on the platform with Sarah.
"Too much prayer." The trio answered immediately.
"And too much Church." Deianira added as an afterthought.
"But I thought you were working in the name of God?" Sarah said.
"Trust me, just because you work for a guy don't mean you have to like him. I don't mind the Big Guy so much as all the worshiping of him. I mean, what kind of egotistical prick wants people to not only worship him, but be bored as hell while doing it?" Deianira said.
"But Van Helsing is-"Sarah started.
"I am not Gabriel." Deianira cut her off coolly.
"What do you guys want to do?" Lucia said, changing the subject.
"Let's show them the forest." Sarah said quickly.
"If they want to." Lucia said, looking at the trio.
"Yeah." Bahlal said as the girl's nodded.
"Then let's go." Lucia said, standing up, leading the others into the forest.
"Wait, isn't this place forbidden?" Malak said suddenly.
"Yeah, so?" Sarah said, taking the lead.
"Forbidden, as in, we're not supposed to be in here or big trouble?" Malak pressed.
"Only if we're caught." Lucia said.
"Shall we show them the cliff?" Sarah asked.
"Sure, it has a great view." Lucia agreed as they walked deeper into the forest. Sarah kept silent, for there was more reason than just the view to visit the cliff.
"Here we are." Lucia said as they finally made their way into the clearing with the cliff. "Lovely view isn't it?"
The trio nodded in agreement, not speaking for three different reasons; Bahlal because he was terrified of heights, Deianira because she was thinking of how much fun it would be to dive into the river from there, and Malak because she thought the view was lovely.
"Let's take a rest, okay?" Lucia said as the others nodded in agreement and sat down on the hard earth. Sarah seemed to be scanning the cloudy skies every now and then in the silence that had come over the group.
"Is it ever sunny here?" Deianira complained, breaking the silence.
"Nope, cloudy days all the time." Lucia laughed.
"Do you hear something?" Malak asked suddenly.
"No, noth-" Deianira stopped as cackles could be heard in the distance. "What is that?"
"Dracula's brides." Lucia and Sarah whispered at the same time.
"Quick, maybe if we go into the woods they'll pass us by." Sarah said, leading the others into the net of trees as the cackling got louder. Deianira was reminded of her dream and looked at Bahlal, who met her gaze, to panicked to notice the suspicious way she was looking at him as they heard the brides enter the woods.
"Little girls, little boy, come out and play!" The red haired bride called out as the other two cackled.
"That's Aleera." Lucia whispered to the trio from where they hid in a tree. The brides looked up at the noise and grinned.
"Hide and seek is over children." The blonde one cackled as the three flew into the air cackling.
"Get down!" Lucia yelled, jumping out of the tree onto the ground, followed by the others. They ran as fast as they could until Lucia bumped into the blonde bride.
"You cannot run from us, children." She purred, walking forward menacingly.
"What do you want Marishka?" Lucia demanded as the group backed up. Marishka grinned, her fangs growing and her eyes turning purple slits, then disappeared, reappearing behind Deianira.
"The little Van Helsing." She said, grabbing the girl and flying upwards.
"I AM NOT A VAN HELSING!" Deianira shouted angrily, "Or little." She added as an after thought, kicking the bride in the stomach to no effect. Marishka just laughed as they rose. Dei brushed her thumbs over the bottoms of her glove covered fingers, activating the stakes. With difficulty, she maneuvered the claws into the blonde's leg.
"You little wretch!" Marishka screamed, dropping Deianira onto a tree which she easily climbed down. She ran towards Bahlal and Malak, who were busy with the black haired bride. Or rather, the black haired bride was having fun knocking their weapons out of their hands and as one twin grabbed the weapons, she'd grab the other and act as if she was going to bite the one until she disappeared and reappeared behind the other twin. Deianira threw a rock at the bride, hitting her head.
"Deianira, so glad you could join us." She cackled, lunging at the girl, who just managed to spin out of the way.
"No party complete without me." She said, attempting to stab the bride in the arm as it disappeared and reappeared behind her.
"You're aim could use some improvement Deianira." The bride laughed.
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?" Deianira answered, aiming again at the bride, who wrenched the glove off her hand and into the brush.
"How rude of me, I am Verona Dracula. What I want is for my master to get what he wants, revenge on your father." She said, taking the other glove from Deianira and throwing it.
"HE IS NOT MY FATHER!" Deianira yelled as she pulled her dagger out and stabbing at Verona, who sidestepped it with ease.
"So stubborn, Van Helsing, but I suppose it is true, he is a much better fighter than you." Verona taunted, ripping the left side of Deianira's shirt. The girl stabbed the bride in the right side of her chest, making the bride shriek for a moment, then laugh.
"The heart is on the left side you fool!" She cackled, eyeing the mark on Deianira's shoulder, seeming satisfied. The girl launched a series of rapid attacks with her dagger in one hand and her stake in the other- until she heard a scream from the cliff. Forgetting the bride, the girl raced towards the direction of the noise, realizing she had forgotten about Lucia and Sarah, and the bride called Aleera.
"Help!" Lucia screamed as Deianira came out of the forest to see Sarah lying terrified on the ground, looking up at the blonde thing that held a terrified Lucia. Deianira quickly got her crossbow out, but could not get a clear shot of the bride with Lucia in her grasp.
"Put her down!" Deianira yelled.
"As you wish." The bride cackled, dropping Lucia, over the cliff. Without thinking, Deianira ran to the edge of the cliff and dived down, hurtling much faster than Lucia, who was falling on her back. Deianira caught up with the older girl and grabbed her stomach, taking the hook-gun out of her pack and shooting the grappling rope to the top of the cliff. ((Think Spiderman))
Before the rope could stop their fall, Deianira pressed the button Carl had installed to reel them in to the hook.
"Hold on Lucia." Deianira said, holding tight to the girl with one arm and grasping the gun with the other. Finally, they reached the top and fell to the ground, Deianira was panting. A scream from Sarah snapped them back into reality. Deianira looked over to see Aleera repeatedly diving at the girl, who would just manage to roll out of the way. The monster hunter's would-be-daughter quickly positioned herself behind a large rock sticking out of the ground, and shot at Aleera, bracing her feet against the rock. The hook shot through the bride's stomach and stuck their as she howled in pain. Deianira then pressed the reel button to bring the bride straight to her, not quite sure what she would do then. It might have been a good move, had the bride human strength, but, as it was, the handle was being reeled towards the bride, Deianira with it. The girl at first was surprised but quickly got ready to stake the bride as she whizzed closer, until Aleera turned around, smacking the stake out of the girl's hand.
"Hello Deianira." She smiled, grabbing the girl by the stomach with her feet-claws and flying upwards.
"Aleera! We have the information required, he only said to confirm." Verona said, flying towards Aleera.
"Come now, Verona, let's take her to the castle." Aleera pleaded.
"No! Vladslious said only to collect information, and not to kill the girl or her companions yet. Now put her down." Verona said sternly. Aleera sighed and swooped to the ground, dropping Deianira then flying off towards Verona and Marishka.
Deianira walked towards the cliff, where she knew the others would be waiting for her. Sure enough, there they were, sitting on the rock she had tried to use as a brace.
"Deianira! Are you okay?" The twins said immediately as soon as they saw their friend.
"Yeah, fine, nothing wounded but my pride." Deianira said, Verona's words still stung. "You guys?"
"We're fine, a few scratches, but nothing serious." Lucia said.
"What was that all about, why did they come and not kill us?" Sarah asked.
"They talked about revenge on Van Helsing, and gathering information." Deianira said. Then something hit her, "how did they all know my name?"
"I don't know. It is said that some of Dracula's followers are spies in villages, maybe one is here." Sarah said.
"Maybe" Deianira said, "What was that?" For they could hear footsteps coming closer to them. Deianira stood up, stake at the ready for round two. She pressed her back to a tree that it seemed the intruders would go by to get to the children. They came closer, closer, as soon as they were close enough, Deianira whirled around and held the stake to the throat of... Gabriel Van Helsing.
"Van Helsing?" She said, ignoring the rage that was quite visible on his face. "What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here!? What are you doing here?! I came to see what the brides were doing over here to find out they were attacking you!" He yelled.
"I was walking around the forest when they attacked, is that a crime now?!" Deianira shouted.
"DAMMIT DEIANIRA! YOU ARE TO DAMN RECKLESS! YOU'RE GOING TO BE KILLED FOR YOUR BRASHNESS SOME DAY!" Van Helsing yelled.
"NO I WON'T! I AM NOT RECKLESS, I DIDN'T ASK THEM TO ATTACK ME, I JUST FOUGHT BACK WHEN THEY DID!" Deianira yelled angrily.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE FOREST ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW IT IS FORBIDDEN!" Van Helsing shouted.
"AND HAS THAT EVER STOPPED ME BEFORE? IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE I WAS; THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND ME IN THE VILLAGE AS WELL! THEY CAME AFTER INFORMATION ON ME, TALKING ABOUT GETTING REVENGE ON YOU!" Deianira screamed.
"IF YOU WERE IN THE VILLAGE I COULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!"
"I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF VAN HELSING! I AM NOT THE HELPLESS PERSON YOU THINK ME TO BE!"
"I DON'T THINK YOU'RE HELPLESS, JUST YOUNG! HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU THAT THREE 400 YEAR OLD VAMPIRES ARE STRONGER THAN SOME SCRAWNY 14 YEAR OLD GIRL! YOU ARE-" He stopped yelling, realizing Deianira had already left. "Let's go back then." He said to the remaining children, turning on his heel, he strode swiftly into the forest.
Dracula's Castle
The brides flew in the window to Dracula's room, changing into their human forms.
"Well?" The vampire asked, "Did Sarah tell the truth."
"Yes, the girl despises being called a Van Helsing, claiming Gabriel is not her father. The mark is on her left shoulder, she is not, however, Van Helsing's parallel in fighting abilities." Verona said.
"Good, this is excellent, my loves." Dracula said, embracing his brides. It was true; the passage from hell to earth had enhanced all their feeling abilities, awakening Dracula's. Still embracing, the four turned to their icy bat forms and went to sleep. Dracula already had his revenge plan worked out.
(((Urgle, I hate this chapter, but it was necessary. Do not worry; the next one will be better. Oh, useless fact, Malak and Bahlal's father is the one who said, "What in the name of Allah's wrong with you?" to Carl, NOW REVIEW OR ELSE!!!! pleasepleaseplease)))
"It's no use running little girl." The accented female voice laughed as the shadows came closer. Deianira kept running as the three shadows melted into one large one. The cackling became a deep menacing laugh. She tried to run faster, and ended up tripping over a rock in the ground. She rolled over on to her back and began to crawl backwards, her grey eyes widening as a black dot in the sky became larger, taking the form of one of the vampire bat-like creatures. REVENGE! The word echoed through Deianira's mind. Revenge is MINE!!! She clutched her head as the figure was almost close enough to make out; she saw it was wearing a jester's hat. It landed in front of her; it was Bahlal, in a jester's outfit. He began to laugh manically and do somersaults around her...
Deianira sat up with a start, looking around the room and at the still sleeping Lucia, she exhaled, it had only been a dream. She laid back down, her brow furrowed as she thought of her dream, the word REVENGE echoing in her mind still. The teenager closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
"You pour water on me again and you die." Deianira said with her eyes closed. Malak, her hand halfway to Deianira, laughed.
"Come on, me and Bahlal are gonna show you the secret weapons we've been working on."
"All right, all right, coming." Deianira stood up and followed Malak to the room the twins shared.
"Finally, come here." Bahlal said, seeing Deianira and Malak enter the room. He led them to a bed which had a lumpy sheet.
"Voila." He said, taking the sheet off with a flourish, revealing a small assortment of items.
"Okay, see this sword?"
"I'm not blind Malak."
"Ha-ha, anyways, the blade is crusted with sharpened diamonds, and the hilt, if you press the emerald hard..." She demonstrated, causing a wooden spike to come out of the hilt.
"Excellent." Deianira said, "what else you got?"
"This katana contains garlic juice inside, when you stab something, it will come out through here." Malak held the tip close to Deianira, who saw a tiny liquid drop fall from it.
"And this katana works in the same way with holy water."
"Cool." Deianira took the twin blades.
Malak showed her two long black bracelets with a button that, when pushed, activated a long wooden stake ((think Angel or Blade)). A whip with tiny metal blades on it that worked the same way as the katanas, and black gloves without a thumb pocket that had slender silver stakes at the four fingers ((think the female Wolverine in X2)) when activated.
"All right." Deianira said, ignoring the feeling in her stomach she had whenever she looked at Bahlal, It was just a dream. She told herself as she walked back to her room with her new 'toys'.
"What is it like, living in Vatican City?" Lucia asked later that day when they were sitting on the platform with Sarah.
"Too much prayer." The trio answered immediately.
"And too much Church." Deianira added as an afterthought.
"But I thought you were working in the name of God?" Sarah said.
"Trust me, just because you work for a guy don't mean you have to like him. I don't mind the Big Guy so much as all the worshiping of him. I mean, what kind of egotistical prick wants people to not only worship him, but be bored as hell while doing it?" Deianira said.
"But Van Helsing is-"Sarah started.
"I am not Gabriel." Deianira cut her off coolly.
"What do you guys want to do?" Lucia said, changing the subject.
"Let's show them the forest." Sarah said quickly.
"If they want to." Lucia said, looking at the trio.
"Yeah." Bahlal said as the girl's nodded.
"Then let's go." Lucia said, standing up, leading the others into the forest.
"Wait, isn't this place forbidden?" Malak said suddenly.
"Yeah, so?" Sarah said, taking the lead.
"Forbidden, as in, we're not supposed to be in here or big trouble?" Malak pressed.
"Only if we're caught." Lucia said.
"Shall we show them the cliff?" Sarah asked.
"Sure, it has a great view." Lucia agreed as they walked deeper into the forest. Sarah kept silent, for there was more reason than just the view to visit the cliff.
"Here we are." Lucia said as they finally made their way into the clearing with the cliff. "Lovely view isn't it?"
The trio nodded in agreement, not speaking for three different reasons; Bahlal because he was terrified of heights, Deianira because she was thinking of how much fun it would be to dive into the river from there, and Malak because she thought the view was lovely.
"Let's take a rest, okay?" Lucia said as the others nodded in agreement and sat down on the hard earth. Sarah seemed to be scanning the cloudy skies every now and then in the silence that had come over the group.
"Is it ever sunny here?" Deianira complained, breaking the silence.
"Nope, cloudy days all the time." Lucia laughed.
"Do you hear something?" Malak asked suddenly.
"No, noth-" Deianira stopped as cackles could be heard in the distance. "What is that?"
"Dracula's brides." Lucia and Sarah whispered at the same time.
"Quick, maybe if we go into the woods they'll pass us by." Sarah said, leading the others into the net of trees as the cackling got louder. Deianira was reminded of her dream and looked at Bahlal, who met her gaze, to panicked to notice the suspicious way she was looking at him as they heard the brides enter the woods.
"Little girls, little boy, come out and play!" The red haired bride called out as the other two cackled.
"That's Aleera." Lucia whispered to the trio from where they hid in a tree. The brides looked up at the noise and grinned.
"Hide and seek is over children." The blonde one cackled as the three flew into the air cackling.
"Get down!" Lucia yelled, jumping out of the tree onto the ground, followed by the others. They ran as fast as they could until Lucia bumped into the blonde bride.
"You cannot run from us, children." She purred, walking forward menacingly.
"What do you want Marishka?" Lucia demanded as the group backed up. Marishka grinned, her fangs growing and her eyes turning purple slits, then disappeared, reappearing behind Deianira.
"The little Van Helsing." She said, grabbing the girl and flying upwards.
"I AM NOT A VAN HELSING!" Deianira shouted angrily, "Or little." She added as an after thought, kicking the bride in the stomach to no effect. Marishka just laughed as they rose. Dei brushed her thumbs over the bottoms of her glove covered fingers, activating the stakes. With difficulty, she maneuvered the claws into the blonde's leg.
"You little wretch!" Marishka screamed, dropping Deianira onto a tree which she easily climbed down. She ran towards Bahlal and Malak, who were busy with the black haired bride. Or rather, the black haired bride was having fun knocking their weapons out of their hands and as one twin grabbed the weapons, she'd grab the other and act as if she was going to bite the one until she disappeared and reappeared behind the other twin. Deianira threw a rock at the bride, hitting her head.
"Deianira, so glad you could join us." She cackled, lunging at the girl, who just managed to spin out of the way.
"No party complete without me." She said, attempting to stab the bride in the arm as it disappeared and reappeared behind her.
"You're aim could use some improvement Deianira." The bride laughed.
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?" Deianira answered, aiming again at the bride, who wrenched the glove off her hand and into the brush.
"How rude of me, I am Verona Dracula. What I want is for my master to get what he wants, revenge on your father." She said, taking the other glove from Deianira and throwing it.
"HE IS NOT MY FATHER!" Deianira yelled as she pulled her dagger out and stabbing at Verona, who sidestepped it with ease.
"So stubborn, Van Helsing, but I suppose it is true, he is a much better fighter than you." Verona taunted, ripping the left side of Deianira's shirt. The girl stabbed the bride in the right side of her chest, making the bride shriek for a moment, then laugh.
"The heart is on the left side you fool!" She cackled, eyeing the mark on Deianira's shoulder, seeming satisfied. The girl launched a series of rapid attacks with her dagger in one hand and her stake in the other- until she heard a scream from the cliff. Forgetting the bride, the girl raced towards the direction of the noise, realizing she had forgotten about Lucia and Sarah, and the bride called Aleera.
"Help!" Lucia screamed as Deianira came out of the forest to see Sarah lying terrified on the ground, looking up at the blonde thing that held a terrified Lucia. Deianira quickly got her crossbow out, but could not get a clear shot of the bride with Lucia in her grasp.
"Put her down!" Deianira yelled.
"As you wish." The bride cackled, dropping Lucia, over the cliff. Without thinking, Deianira ran to the edge of the cliff and dived down, hurtling much faster than Lucia, who was falling on her back. Deianira caught up with the older girl and grabbed her stomach, taking the hook-gun out of her pack and shooting the grappling rope to the top of the cliff. ((Think Spiderman))
Before the rope could stop their fall, Deianira pressed the button Carl had installed to reel them in to the hook.
"Hold on Lucia." Deianira said, holding tight to the girl with one arm and grasping the gun with the other. Finally, they reached the top and fell to the ground, Deianira was panting. A scream from Sarah snapped them back into reality. Deianira looked over to see Aleera repeatedly diving at the girl, who would just manage to roll out of the way. The monster hunter's would-be-daughter quickly positioned herself behind a large rock sticking out of the ground, and shot at Aleera, bracing her feet against the rock. The hook shot through the bride's stomach and stuck their as she howled in pain. Deianira then pressed the reel button to bring the bride straight to her, not quite sure what she would do then. It might have been a good move, had the bride human strength, but, as it was, the handle was being reeled towards the bride, Deianira with it. The girl at first was surprised but quickly got ready to stake the bride as she whizzed closer, until Aleera turned around, smacking the stake out of the girl's hand.
"Hello Deianira." She smiled, grabbing the girl by the stomach with her feet-claws and flying upwards.
"Aleera! We have the information required, he only said to confirm." Verona said, flying towards Aleera.
"Come now, Verona, let's take her to the castle." Aleera pleaded.
"No! Vladslious said only to collect information, and not to kill the girl or her companions yet. Now put her down." Verona said sternly. Aleera sighed and swooped to the ground, dropping Deianira then flying off towards Verona and Marishka.
Deianira walked towards the cliff, where she knew the others would be waiting for her. Sure enough, there they were, sitting on the rock she had tried to use as a brace.
"Deianira! Are you okay?" The twins said immediately as soon as they saw their friend.
"Yeah, fine, nothing wounded but my pride." Deianira said, Verona's words still stung. "You guys?"
"We're fine, a few scratches, but nothing serious." Lucia said.
"What was that all about, why did they come and not kill us?" Sarah asked.
"They talked about revenge on Van Helsing, and gathering information." Deianira said. Then something hit her, "how did they all know my name?"
"I don't know. It is said that some of Dracula's followers are spies in villages, maybe one is here." Sarah said.
"Maybe" Deianira said, "What was that?" For they could hear footsteps coming closer to them. Deianira stood up, stake at the ready for round two. She pressed her back to a tree that it seemed the intruders would go by to get to the children. They came closer, closer, as soon as they were close enough, Deianira whirled around and held the stake to the throat of... Gabriel Van Helsing.
"Van Helsing?" She said, ignoring the rage that was quite visible on his face. "What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here!? What are you doing here?! I came to see what the brides were doing over here to find out they were attacking you!" He yelled.
"I was walking around the forest when they attacked, is that a crime now?!" Deianira shouted.
"DAMMIT DEIANIRA! YOU ARE TO DAMN RECKLESS! YOU'RE GOING TO BE KILLED FOR YOUR BRASHNESS SOME DAY!" Van Helsing yelled.
"NO I WON'T! I AM NOT RECKLESS, I DIDN'T ASK THEM TO ATTACK ME, I JUST FOUGHT BACK WHEN THEY DID!" Deianira yelled angrily.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE FOREST ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW IT IS FORBIDDEN!" Van Helsing shouted.
"AND HAS THAT EVER STOPPED ME BEFORE? IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE I WAS; THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND ME IN THE VILLAGE AS WELL! THEY CAME AFTER INFORMATION ON ME, TALKING ABOUT GETTING REVENGE ON YOU!" Deianira screamed.
"IF YOU WERE IN THE VILLAGE I COULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!"
"I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF VAN HELSING! I AM NOT THE HELPLESS PERSON YOU THINK ME TO BE!"
"I DON'T THINK YOU'RE HELPLESS, JUST YOUNG! HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU THAT THREE 400 YEAR OLD VAMPIRES ARE STRONGER THAN SOME SCRAWNY 14 YEAR OLD GIRL! YOU ARE-" He stopped yelling, realizing Deianira had already left. "Let's go back then." He said to the remaining children, turning on his heel, he strode swiftly into the forest.
Dracula's Castle
The brides flew in the window to Dracula's room, changing into their human forms.
"Well?" The vampire asked, "Did Sarah tell the truth."
"Yes, the girl despises being called a Van Helsing, claiming Gabriel is not her father. The mark is on her left shoulder, she is not, however, Van Helsing's parallel in fighting abilities." Verona said.
"Good, this is excellent, my loves." Dracula said, embracing his brides. It was true; the passage from hell to earth had enhanced all their feeling abilities, awakening Dracula's. Still embracing, the four turned to their icy bat forms and went to sleep. Dracula already had his revenge plan worked out.
(((Urgle, I hate this chapter, but it was necessary. Do not worry; the next one will be better. Oh, useless fact, Malak and Bahlal's father is the one who said, "What in the name of Allah's wrong with you?" to Carl, NOW REVIEW OR ELSE!!!! pleasepleaseplease)))