Chapter XX

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Recap: "Goodnight," Van Helsing whispered.

He laid next to Aluka, and reminded himself of his promise, not that he would ever do anything like that in a church-

Van Helsing lay awake for a while, just basically thinking-thinking about life in general, and Aluka, who he had decided wasn't so bad to have as a partner after all. When he finally drifted off to sleep, it was at least an hour after Aluka, and even longer after Carl.

He dreamed that he was on a cloud, everything was clear, much more clear than a dream could be.

"Hello, Gabriel," said a deep bodiless voice. In normal circumstances, this would have been alarming to him, but this voice seemed smooth and calming, not fierce and threatening.

"Hello," said the dream Gabriel carelessly. Why was he here? He just wanted to sleep, he was very tired.

"How are you?" asked the voice, and Gabriel, feeling that he couldn't have lied if he had wanted to. So seeing no point in a fabrication, he answered truthfully.

"I am very tired and would like to go back to sleep." The voice laughed at this, but not mockingly, and more in appreciation.

"You speak truthfully my son. I shall let you rest soon."

"Thank you," said Gabriel's dream self. The clouds were now changing from a misty gray to a light purple, and Gabriel was sitting on them.

"There is a reason I have decided to bring you here and this is it; look in the name for your answer," said the voice evasively.

"I don't understand-"

"You will," said the voice, fading.

"No, wait, I don't understand-"said Gabriel, as the clouds began to clear from underneath him.

"You will my child-"said the voice that was no longer there.

Gabriel was confused. The clouds continued to thin, and with the voice not there, he didn't feel safe. Then he fell through the clouds and towards the earth. There were jagged mountains below him. He was going to hit them then-

Van Helsing awoke with a start, breathing heavily. What was his dream about? Was it really a dream? Who was the voice? Everything was dark, so he figured he couldn't have been asleep more than a few minutes. He turned on his side and tried to go back to sleep.

Carl woke up first the next morning, and seeing the position Aluka and Van Helsing were in, he decided to just leave them. Somehow in the night, Van Helsing's arm had gone around Aluka's waist, and her head was on his chest.

"Oh she is going to kill him," said Carl to himself as he began waling around the church. He was, after all, a friar. He had been up nearly and hour when Van Helsing started to stir. When he opened his eyes, he realized the very familiar position he and Aluka were in.

He tried to move without waking her up, but to no avail, because his other arm was under her, and trying to move that was like poking a sleeping dragon in the eye. She was going to kill him. She had made him promise not to do anything. He didn't know how he had gotten into this position, but he knew if he didn't get out of it, there would be hell to pay.

"Carl!" whispered Van Helsing urgently.

"What?" said Carl, very amused by Van Helsing's predicament.

"Help me move!"

"I can't."

"Why the hell not?!" said Van Helsing, now vaguely frantic. She was going to be awake any time now.

Aluka began to stir. She didn't open her eyes, but just re-adjusted herself on Van Helsing, making it even more difficult for him to move.

"I would-"began Carl, but they both finished, "Give up." It was only a short time after Van Helsing decided to give up that Aluka opened her eyes. But it wasn't because she had woken up on her own; it was because she had been woken up by others.

The old doors to the church burst open and illuminated Van Helsing, Carl and Aluka. Someone yelled in fury, waking Aluka up, and making Carl jump.

"How dare you filth the house of God?!" yelled a fat old man at the door, who was backed by many people.

"What?" said Aluka groggily. Then, noticing Van Helsing, sat up quickly.

"What the bloody hell do you think you were doing?!!!!!!" she yelled, making Van Helsing wince. Some people in the crowd were watching in interest. One mother was covering the eyes of her children.

"You speak foully in the house of God!" yelled the same fat old clergy member. Aluka ignored him and looked at Van Helsing for an answer.

"Well?" she said a little quieter.

"I-I I- it was an accident?" he said, not really liking that the whole little village was looking at them.

"Accident my ass," she said, storming out of the church and over to the horses.

"Have fun walking back," yelled Aluka at Van Helsing, who had tried to stop her from leaving, as she untied his horse as well as hers and rode off with both of them.

"And that boys, is why you never upset a woman," said Carl knowledgeably to the crowd, as he walked, smiling over to the angered Van Helsing.

"She can't do that!" said Van Helsing as he watched Aluka ride off with his horse.

"Are you sure? Because it think she just did." Carl got onto his horse.

"Happy camping."

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