Warning: extremely short chapter. However, it has to be this way.
A chill breeze ruffled Carl's hair as he and Gabriel walked slowly into the village. He hated this place, hated it with a burning passion. However, there were no angry villagers to greet them this time. Only silence, and a resounding emptyness. Carl's blue eyes found the charred black remains of Castle Frankenstein, vivid against the stormy lilac-grey sky. Light rain fell, chilling them to the bone, and Carl shifted the bag of weapons uncomfortably. Suddenly, Gabriel stopped.
"Where do we go?" Carl asked.
Gabriel's brown eyes darkened as he searched the sky. Finally, it appeared, he found what he was searching for, and Carl gasped as he too saw the vampire speed down through the sky towards Valerious Manor. Gabriel's sigh was loud and unhappy. The one place he had hoped never to have to return to.
"Valerious Manor," he muttered. "Let's go save my sister."
Carl nodded his agreement as they hurried off.