Ch XI
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"Are you sure that it's over here you two?" questioned Carl after twenty minutes of searching the woods for the creature.
"Yes! I'm positive! I remember this tree!" said Van Helsing, also getting very frustrated.
"He's right, Carl. I remember this tree too," said Aluka pointing to the tree next to Van Helsing's. Carl rolled his eyes. He highly doubted that either Aluka or Gabriel could remember an exact tree.
"Listen, we have to split up."
"Alright Van Helsing, I'll stay here, you go over there, and Aluka go over there," said Carl, pointing right for Aluka and left for Van Helsing.
"Okay," said Aluka, walking over to her assigned spot.
"Why are we taking orders from you?" asked Van Helsing of Carl before obeying him, because it was a good idea, and walking off. About five minutes later, Aluka called Carl and Gabriel over.
"Van Helsing! Carl! Come here, I think that I found something!" Carl and Gabriel rushed over to her, following the sound of her voice.
"You definitely found something," said Van Helsing quietly, looking at the limp figure of a man.
"Here, uh, Carl, poke it to see if it is alive," said Aluka, obviously not wanting to touch it. But then again, who would?
"I don't want to!"
"You have to."
"Van Helsing, you do it!"
"No! Aluka told you to do it, so just do it," said Van Helsing. Aluka smiled at the sound of her name.
Sometimes he can be very sweet, Aluka found she was thinking, and as soon as she realized it, took her thoughts out of those dangerous waters.
In the end no one had to touch the man, because the man moved by himself. At first he just twitched, but then he began to open his eyes, with his breathing in gasps.
"Looks like your bullet didn't quite penetrate his heart," said Aluka quietly.
"It looks that way indeed."
"Um, hello, can you hear me?" asked Carl of the man. He just nodded.
"Did anyone send you? To get us? To hunt anyone in the town? To attack anyone in the town?" asked Van Helsing.
The man simply nodded again.
"Who?" asked Aluka quietly. "Please tell us."
"I can't tell you."
"Yes you can, it is okay," said Aluka.
"He is a demon," said the man, fear in his eyes. "He controlled me, I couldn't stop him." Van Helsing stood up, for they had been hunched over the body of the man. He knew who it was. He knew who the man had been forced to work for. Dracula.
"Thank you for freeing me of my curse before I died," said the man, as he took his final breath on this earth. Carl, Aluka and Van Helsing all crossed themselves before walking out of the woods in silence.
"Well, it's proven that Dracula once again has control over werewolves," commented Aluka after they had exited the woods.
"Yes. It is indeed," said Gabriel.
They mounted their horses.
"Where to now?" asked Aluka.
"We should look in Castle Frankenstein, just so that we know if he's there or not," said Gabriel.
"Okay, I'll be right behind you," said Aluka. Van Helsing saw Carl's look of protest, for he obviously wanted to get back to his books. Aluka noticed this too.
"And yes Carl, you have to go too." Carl started pouting.
"Always complaining," Van Helsing joked after he saw Carl's expression.
They reached Castle Frankenstein in not too long a time, but the sun was beginning to set by the time they got there. Inside the castle was dark and musty as ever. Van Helsing and Aluka were both armed, and since Aluka only had one arm that was working properly, and she had never been here before, she had Van Helsing leading them through.
"We cannot take a long time, because when the sun sets, vampires can come out," whispered Van Helsing to Carl and Aluka.
"Then let's hurry," replied Aluka.
The group reached the old laboratory of Doctor Victor Frankenstein. As, they were about to walk in, they heard voices. They weren't happy voices. Or, in fact, it wasn't a happy voice.
"His machines never were good for much. The stupid man. He could've at least spent a little more time on the machines I paid him to build instead of just making them poorly." There was a yell of fury as the man behind the voice threw a piece of equipment across the room. It hit right next to the door, and Carl squeaked in fear.
"Damn it," whispered Van Helsing. Aluka looked down, trying not to making any loud noises, because in a situation like this, your breathing feels like it is loud enough to sound throughout the whole world.
The man suddenly turned the corner around the machinery. Apparently, he had heard either Carl or Van Helsing. The man was wearing all black, and his coat had a slightly older look to it. He had a long raven black hair that was tied back in a pony tail. Two strands of his hair were in his face, which added a sort of subtle elegance to his pale skin. His eyes, however, were electric blue, and Aluka noticed immediately that there was something wrong with them. They had no life. They were cold as ice, with no feeling. They were eyes that didn't seem to be kind. They were unholy.
The man looked straight into Aluka's eyes, and she shivered. Then he looked at Van Helsing.
"Hello Gabriel."
Ok then. That is all for this chapter. I hope you guys like it. I don't know why, but I had a particularly good time writing this one. Please review! Reviews motivate me!
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