A/N: I'm back! yes it was a quick update but I felt the last chapter was too short so I decided to update quickly… yeah… enjoy… oh yeah! and a special thank you to my first EVER reviewer star mage1.

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Van left for wherever he was going (as far as he knew to the middle of the ocean) about an hour after the meeting. Now on the boat a few weeks into the trip, he looks out to the sea and sees an island not to far off he suspected that they would be their in about a half a day away. But just then the caption shouts from the main deck

" WE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE THE TARGET!… I SEE NO LAND FOR MILES! TURN AROUND!" the captain ordered.

Van instantly went to correct the caption. Van had never backed down from a mission before and he was not about to start.

" The islands right their!" Van continuously shouted and pointed to the island.

" I see no island but if going nowhere will shut you up then fine!" the captain angrily shouted clearly eager to shut him up.

Soon they where back on track and headed to the island. Right before sunset the caption shouted once more from the main deck.

"WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE TARGET BUT I SEE NO LAND FOR MIL-" the captain was interrupted by a sudden jurk the boat hit something hard

"WHAT ARE YOU BLIND!" Van Helsing angrily shouted "THE ISLAND WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"

that's when it became apparent to all, as if out of nowhere they where docked on an island. Everyone stood in shock. Except Van Helsing who casually walked off like an angry tourist wanting his money back. Carl fallowed him close behind, to him this had black magic written all over it.

as soon as Carl and Van stepped off the boat, the boat was off with the captain shouting over the rail to Van Helsing " WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW WEEKS TO GET YOU!"

"well… I guess there goes my one chance at backing out of this mission" Carl nervously muttered as he followed Van Helsing into the forest.

Not to far into the forest Van herd singing at first it was soft but it gradually got louder. When it got to the point where he could actually hear it he couldn't understand it.

Van found himself mindlessly wandering around for what felt like hours. Until Carl finally started asking where in the name of god he was going. That was when the song ended,

"Did you hear that?" van asked

"hear what?" Carl asked thinking that the fumes from all the dangerous chemicals where finally getting to him.

"never mind" Van responded. Then it suddenly hit Van, he didn't know how he knew but he knew where to find the singer.

Van imednently dashed out of sight without word or explanation to Carl. Leaving Carl fumbling behind asking strange questions like "where are you going?" or "what's gotten onto you Van?… Van Helsing!"

But Van didn't care, he wanted to find out who was singing and he wanted to know now!

Van ran thrue the thick forest until he came to a small clearing where he stopped abruptly. Carl soon came stumbling after him

"what's gotten into you today Van?" Carl said in an exhausted voice. Van just looked around…

Someone was here.

Van took a quick look around the forest clearing and quickly found the singer sitting in a tree playing a flute.

The singer was a girl with black hair, her eyes where closed when se played the flute so he couldn't see what color they where. She had a lunar white long sleeve shirt on with midnight blue pants,

Carl spotted her too.

The girl set her flute down and looked at the two then…

Disappeared.

Carl looked around for her but she almost instantly reappeared in front of Carl who quickly hid behind Van Helsing. She seemed to be measuring Carl up even thou he was trying (but failing) to hide from her.

Finally she spoke "hi I'm Naza a.k.a. the 'mistress of the mark'" she said, " I don't believe I've ever seen you two here before…. What are your names?" she asked.

"I'm…I'm…c-c-car-" Van cut Carl off " I'm Van Helsing and this is Carl… a friar not a monk… really not a monk" Van stated clearly unafraid.

Naza walked away but then stopped at the edge of the clearing "well are you coming or not?" she asked

Carl would have liked to have said 'or not' but Van beet him to it "sure… we'll come" he said. Following Naza, Carl almost stayed but being left alone wasn't his strong point.

So Carl ran after the two shouting "WATE FOR MEEEEEEEE!"

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