Chapter 2: A Memory Awoken

Mary wept silently, the windows and doors of the Van Helsing household locked and barred. Her old waves of depression and fear had returned, as had her visions and dreams…

They however had changed. Instead of being trapped with him, lured in by him and captivated in his arms, she was running from him, being pursued by him with vengeance and hatred. One of the sentences he head his voice utter most, was one she dreaded, "You tried to take life from me, and from my children…now it is you who shall die"

It frightened her beyond imagination, even though she was under an extreme amount of security, she knew he'd find her, she knew he'd kill her…and that there was no stopping him.

"Mary?"

She jumped, stifiling a scream as Simon placed a hand on her shoulder, she was shivering and tears stained her cheeks. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words would come. He just held open his arms and she ran into them thankfully weeping into his shoulder pouring out all of her worries.

"Shhh it's alright, nothing can harm you here, its ok…"

He assured her, burying his chin among her thick hair as he held her in a warm embrace, not wanting to let go…


Luthiene rose up, her head flung back and blood trickling from her lips, tiny drops of it landing upon Draculien's chest, melting through his skin. She lied back down upon him, her hair cascading over his shoulders as she licked the last bit of blood from her lips.

"She is in pain"

Luthien raised on eyebrow, perplexed by his sudden statement,

"What do you mean?"

He smiled and sat up, wrapping his arms round her, pulling himself forward.

"She is in pain, she is crying because she is afraid…"

A glint of satisfaction in his eye, he swiftly overpowered Lu and pushed her back, lying over her like an eagle to its prey…

"She has only just begun to feel the pain of my vengeance…"

Lu flinched as he grasped her jaw with his hand, for a moment she was afraid, as Dracula's face was an expression of manic glee, but it softened and faded away into an expression of tranquillity and loving, as he slowly ran his other hand gracefully up her thigh…

"Of our vengeance"

She smiled as he replaced his hand with his lips, pulling the scarlet sheets around their bodies gently, as midnight fell…


Mary walked along her usual route to Virgin mega stores, where she worked, her bag tucked securely under her arm. She looked edgy, and anxious as she walked along, and received quite a few strange looks from passers by…

'Don't worry, try and be yourself…he cant hurt you now, its daylight…"

She smiled softly to herself and walked on, pushing open the double doors, to find no one was there…the TVs where all switched off, the lights where out, and when she looked back through the doors, there was not a soul outside…

She shivered as a faint breeze brushed past her…and she felt a hand on her shoulder.

She jumped round and saw him, standing there in all his glory, staring down on her like a parasite…

"You will fall"

Her eyes cast away from his as a woman appeared behind him, her black dress flowing gracefully,

"I don't understand why you did it Mary"

She smiled, walking round Dracula as she draped one arm around his neck, and let the other hang loosely on his hip…

"Why would you ever want to be rid of him?"

Dracula stared at Luthiene all the time, his clear eyes looking fondly upon her. She let loose a small laugh,

"You can't honestly tell me, you weren't tempted?"

She walked away from Dracula, towards Mary who was shivering, her eyes watery and afraid…

"That you weren't attracted?"

She stood behind her, resting her chin upon her shoulder…

"That you weren't hungry for him?"

Mary didn't know what to say, she couldn't either decide whether or not to nod, or shake her head, she just stood still, feeling Luthiene's cold breath upon her neck…

"I know that you where, after the first taste it seems you're always longing for more…begging for more…you cant tell me you didn't feel that when he kissed you"

Mary smiled to herself, this woman was right, she thought back to the first time he had kissed her, to the first time she'd touched him…she'd felt a tinge in her heart, and wit him standing right before her she realised what Simon couldn't fulfil, and what he had left empty inside her…

He has taken his blood back from her, when he had released her before he burned; he had taken back everything that had been passed on to her by her father…

Luthiene smiled and swept back over to Dracula, draping herself across his body as he kissed her lips…

"It must be terrible knowing that you're no longer anything to him…that the passion has faded. That you're not number one anymore"

Mary glared, but shook her head and came to her senses. She hadn't felt jealous had she? Well, at least she'd thought she hadn't. It was impossible, how could she be pining for the man who was only using her before…

"Remember Mare, death isn't that bad"

She laughed and with a sweep of Dracula's cloak they vanished…

The light came back into the room, the TVs flickered on, and the people where walking past as they had been before. Mary found herself being shaken madly by Colleen, a co-worker of hers.

"Mary what's up with you? You where shaking and mumbling, I don't know where it came from"

Mary looked at her puzzled, and realised she was lying on the floor, with her co-workers and many customers staring at her, perplexed.

"I don't know what happened, you came in and just started shaking, you where looking around, you looked petrified! Then you just collapsed out of nowhere. What happened?"

Mary looked at her and shook her head, her eyes watering as tears began to stain her cheeks. Colleen embraced her warmly, leaving everyone to stand and stare.