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Chapter Six
Morena jolted awake. Another nightmare about her parents. Now they were coming more often. She took it as a sign. She was surprised to see she was in a bed with people around her.
"Morning sleepy head." Kella smirked at her.
"How long have I been out? Why did I go out?" Rena asked.
"You hit your head when that thing dropped you. You've been out for about a day." Michael explained.
"What was that thing anyway?" Kahn asked.
"That was Marishka. One of his three brides. The redhead is Aleera and the other is Verona."
"His brides? Who are you talking about?" Kahn asked. Rena looked down. She wouldn't say it. So Frankenstein said it for her.
"Count Dracula."
"He's only a myth." Michael replied.
"No, he's not. I've seen him." Kella said.
"Then why can he change into a bat creature and we can't?" Kahn argued.
"He's an original. His brides are one lower. Eventually, the wings died out with evolution." Rena explained.
"What I really want to know is why is he after you?" Lucien asked.
"My parents were taken from me, by him. My parents are extremely old." Rena started.
"They are how old? Forty?" Michael asked.
"Forty six. One hundred and forty six. That's just mom. Dad is about two thousand years old. However, he only remembers the last one hundred and twenty three years." Rena said.
"You've got to be kidding." Kella said hearing those numbers.
"Who are your parents?" Lucien asked.
"Anna and Gabriel Van Helsing."
"That's impossible." Kahn asked. "The the scientist died hundreds of years ago."
"That was Abraham Van Helsing. I'm talking about Gabriel Van Helsing. He just happens to be the Left hand of God, which explains his age." Rena said.
"I remember you telling me that when you were frantic." Kella said.
"Dad killed Dracula when the count was human and when he was a vampire. Now that he is back, and Dracula wants revenge." Rena explained. As she got out of bed. She looked down to see her boots, coat and hat were off.
Rena just finished putting her coat and boots on when Selene rushed in and locked the door behind them.
"We have to go, now." she ordered.
"Why?" Frankenstein asked and was answered by shrill laughter.
Rena gave a low growl to the brides that formed before them. "What do you want?"
"We just wanted to take Frankenstein." Aleera hissed.
"Over my dead body." Rena said her anger growing.
"I thought we killed you." Verona hissed.
"Well, we did her parents." Aleera added smirking at the girl.
"You are lying! They're alive!" Rena shouted at her.
"Their lifeless bodies are now my master's prized trophies!" Aleera said and laughed.
"No!! LIAR!!!" Rena shouted as Kella grabbed her arm to keep her back.
"Am I?" Aleera asked and dropped something at her feet. It was Anna's silver cross necklace.
Rena's face fell and tears began to fill her eyes. She slowly picked it up and cradled it against her chest. Rena bit her lower lip to keep the tears at bay and began to shake from sadness and anger. The brides began to laugh, mocking her the whole time.
"Poor little baby, left all alone in the world." Verona said.
"She acted exactly like Princess Anna when we got rid of her mother and father." Aleera said and they both laughed.
Rena felt a hot pain inside her as her anger had grown more than it ever had in her life. They had killed her family, now all she wanted was revenge.
"We'll just be taking Frankenstein and leave you be, little orphan." Verona said. Aleera appeared before Frankenstein.
"No." Rena said quietly.
"And why not?" Aleera asked turning to her.
"Because I said so." Rena now had her pistol held out to Verona and fired, unblinking. Rena heard Verona fall and scream as she died, and she heard Aleera wail as she flew off into the night. Her heart remained unmoved and her body still and motionless. She slowly lowered the gun and her head hung low as she looked at her mother's necklace.
"Rena?" Kella asked softly.
"They're dead. Gone, forever. He's killed everyone I loved and left me alone." Rena whispered fighting back tears.
"You're not alone. You still have me, and Frankenstein. It'll get better, you'll see." Kella said trying to comfort her.
"No Kella, it won't!!! There's no way it can. I just lost my parents. You don't know how it feels and you could never imagine pain, I don't even want you to try it's so bad. I am the last of my line. I'm alone in this world." Rena told her and ran out of the room.
"Rena!! Come back!" Kella shouted. Rena ignored her and just ran. She thought if she ran hard enough she could escape this nightmare and everything would be the way it was. There was no Dracula, no death, and no danger. She just wanted to finish this whole thing.
"Rena!!" Kella shouted going after her but Michael stopped his daughter.
"Give her time. This isn't ever easy for anyone." Michael told her. Kella sighed and looked at the open doorway.
"Why does she always run off like that?" Lucien asked.
"It's hereditary. Her mom did it a lot." Frankenstein said.
Kella walked to her own room and shut the door. She stayed their for the rest of the night. The sun rose and the girl slept along with the rest of the house and still Rena hadn't returned. Night came once again and Kella paced by the door.
"Something is wrong I know it." Kella said.
"Relax Kella. I'm sure the little monster hunter can take care of herself." Lucien told her calmly.
"Last time something like this happened, Kraven had kidnapped her." Kella pointed out.
"She does have a right to be worried." Selene said turning to Kahn.
"I'm going to find her." Kella said.
"Find who?"
They turned to see the front door open and Rena was leaning on the frame. She was smirking, oddly enough.
"Where have you been?" Kella asked.
"Letting out my repressed anger. It was fun." Rena said walking towards them.
"Who did you kill and why?" Kella asked her.
"No one, yet."
"Are you feeling okay?" Kella asked cocking an eyebrow at her.
"I feel fine. Why do you ask?" Rena said.
"You don't seem like yourself."
"That's because that's not me, Kella." came a voice from the door.
Everyone turned to see Rena in the doorway, holding her side. Sweat rolled down her face and she looked exhausted. Her chest was heaving up and down as if she had been running.
"There's two of them." Michael said.
"How do we tell?" Lucien asked.
"I'm the real one." the one Rena in the doorway said.
"Prove it." the first Rena said.
The Rena in the door way pulled something out from under her shirt. It was a silver cross necklace, the one that Anna used to wear.
"I hoped I'd never have to see your filthy face again." the first Rena said walking to the second one.
"Then I hope you didn't look in a mirror, bat breath." the Rena in the doorway retorted.
The first Rena suddenly changed and before the Rena in the doorway was Count Dracula.
"You ruined everything. You and your family." he told her.
"Glad to know we annoyed you. We are monster hunters after all." Rena said.
"Then why haven't you killed your friend yet?"
"She isn't evil, you ignoramus." Rena spat at him.
"Are you calling me stupid?" Dracula asked getting one step closer to the girl.
"Wow, you actually understood that? Would you like some ice before your brain overheats, or do you have enough in the castle of yours?"
"I have enough to freeze Frankenstein in a prison once again, which is what I will do to you before I kill you."
"Oh, a threat. Why am I unafraid? By the way, how long have you been working with Marcus?" Rena said meeting his gaze.
"How could a child possibly know about that?" Dracula said bending an inch away from her nose.
"I have my sources."
"I should kill you right now, dead as a doornail." Dracula hissed at her.
"Better dead than alone. It's better to be dead than to be hallow." Rena told him.
Dracula lunged for her but Rena flipped him over her back and down the steps of the hose.
"And don't come back." Rena told him and closed the doors.
"Rena, I'm so proud of you." Kella said smiling.
"For what?" Rena asked confused as she collapsed in a chair.
"You told Dracula off. I'm rubbing off on you!" Kella said sitting next to her.
"About time." Rena said smirking at her. It wasn't a happy smirk, it was more of a sad smirk.
"Rena, I know you are upset. You'll always miss them but it won't be as sever. I promise." Kella said trying to comfort her.
"I think I'm rubbing off on you Kella." Rena told her. "Plus, I do feel a little better."
"Good." Kella said placing a hand on Rena's shoulder. Rena flinched slightly.
"Are you okay?" Kella asked worriedly.
"It's just a flesh wound. I'll be fine...eventually." Rena said.
"Are you sure? The only time I saw anyone in your family flinch was when Gabriel was bitten by the werewolf." Frankenstein said.
"He was what?" Max asked nervously (yes, he is still here).
"Don't worry, he was cured. Dracula had one incase one ever had the will to bit him and kill him." Rena said. "Speaking of which, Dracula has suddenly found an original werewolf. It was eight feet tall with the fur and everything."
"How do you know?" Max asked.
"It tried to kill me." Rena said. "Kella, can I talk to you in privet?"
"Sure." Kella said and the two went into a room off to the side, Rena shutting the doors after them. Rena laid her coat and hat down on the couch next to her.
"Kella, can you heal this?" Rena asked showing her the three long scratches on her torso.
"My gosh, Rena. Did that werewolf thing do this to you?" Kella said grabbing the bandages. The girl put them around the scratches. "Was this all you wanted to show me?"
"Well, there's this too." Rena said moving her shirt aside to show an extremely bloody left shoulder.
"Ouch." Kella said and examined it closer. "My god. Rena, those are…"
"Bite marks I know." Rena replied sadly. "Family tradition."
"Is there any good news?" Kella asked as she wrapped her shoulder up. Rena looked back at her. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone." Kella told her.
"Thanks, and yes. I know where Dracula is and I know exactly how to get there." Rena said smirking just like her father.
"How do you know?" Kella asked as she finished. Rena flung on her coat and then smiled just like her dad did right before he turned into the werewolf.
"He told me." she said and put on her hat. She walked over and opened the window.
"You coming?" Rena asked looking back at her.
"You do know we are ten stories up in a hotel suite?" Kella asked.
"Some say being a werewolf is a curse. I agree, but the power it gives you when you are a human is a perk." Rena said and jumped out the window.
She had her arms wide spread and her coat tail flying out behind her. The wind blew her hair back, but her hat stayed firmly on her head. She landed gracefully on the ground, not even needing to bend her knees.
Kella rolled her eyes and jumped as well. Her hair flew back and her coat flew out like Rena's did. Her arms were spread wider as if she was trying to fly or she had parachutes on her arms to slow her fall. Kella landed softly next to Rena.
The girls smiled at each other.
"So, where to?" Kella asked as Rena began to lead the way.
"Well, we are still in Budapest, correct?" Rena said.
"Yeah, so?" Kella asked.
"We go to Vaseria. Then from there Valerious Manor." Rena said reloading her gun with sunlight bullets.
"First I'd like to stop at the coven." Kella said.
"Good idea. That way Dracula can't call on any assistance. Plus, it settles your family's score." Rena said.
Kella smiled showing her fangs. "Yes, just you and me settling things for our families." Kella then looked at Rena.
"Rena, you know we might not live.
"I know. But death is another path that everyone has to take." Rena said. "Kella, I'm glad that we've gotten to kick but together."
"Me to Rena."
With that, the two dark figures walked off into the cold, lonely night.
(A/N: Finally!!!! I haven't been able to write anything for a week! I broke the writers block! Reviews:
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