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A/N: Hey everyone! I'm updating sooner this time. Aren't you excited? You're not? Well, that's a-okay, as long as you still R & R, lol. And now, (drum roll please!) PERSONAL RESPONSES!

Fortune Zyne: Hey there! Yeah, I know, Fiona's rather in the dark this whole time, isn't she? Just wait until chappies 12 and 13, and that's all I'm going to say about it! So there! Lol, thanks for your review.

FastFuriousChick: Is there a please in there somewhere? Lol, no matter, here's some more for you anyways. Enjoy:)

Christine Marquez: You're right, nothing really happened, but it was fun to write, so you know…I just had to do it! Anyway, this chappie's a little short, but it's got plot development. I think…lol.

Kat500: Carl is pretty cool! You know that's all he'd do too. Just take the most boring thing ever and be totally interested in it, lol. You're the only one who answered me, believe it or not. I've never been to Washington State, and it's MAD far away from me, so I'm not going to stalk you or whatever, lol. Hope you like this chappie!

Countess Alana: Hey! You updated! See, I was gonna read chap 27 over and see if I could help you out, but you updated anyway, and without me! YAY! Now, just keep 'em coming, lol. And now I'm updating for you, so aren't we all just peachy keen and ducky? Lol

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And that's everything. So, without any more delays, I give you…chapter 10! W00T! lol

Chapter 10

We arrived at Sylvia's lab with no trouble, and she immediately led us to the table where she'd been conducting her tests on Dracula's cells. Papers were stacked in various places, filled with notes and data. Carl looked around at all the equipment in absolute wonder. Then, he became a blur of excited motion, his voice asking questions non-stop; he was running around Sylvia's lab as if on fire. I made a move to try to stop Carl, or at least calm him down so he didn't break anything overly expensive, but Van Helsing just sighed and put a hand up to stop me.

"CARL!" Van Helsing barked, looking thoroughly bored. Carl immediately froze in place and slowly turned around.

"Y-yes?" he asked.

"Can we please focus on the task at hand? There'll be time for this later; right now, I can think of a few things that are a little more important."

"Oh, right, sorry. Yes, of course. Show me what you have Sylvia." Carl said, becoming all business and strutting over to the table. Lydia, Sylvia, and I exchanged looks. I smiled exasperatedly up at Van Helsing.

"Don't give me that look." Van Helsing whispered quietly to me. "Trust me, that's the only way to stop him when he gets like that."

"What?" I asked, looking innocent. "Don't feel the need to explain yourself to me, Gabriel. I didn't say anything."

"Hmpf. Well, you were thinking it." Van Helsing said, and followed Carl over. Sylvia was explaining to Carl everything she had learned, while Lydia and Van Helsing looked on in silence. Once she was done, Sylvia looked up expectantly at us.

"We have one more test to run. So, who's got the Holy Water?" We all exchanged glances. When no one volunteered any, Van Helsing slapped his hand over his face, groaning.

"Unbelievable. Classic. Carl, isn't this your job? I distinctly remember–" Carl interrupted him.

"Um, don't you have any here?" he asked Sylvia timidly.

"Now what would I be doing with Holy Water in my lab?"

"What would you be doing with vampire cells in your lab?" I asked. Sylvia paused.

"Good point, but regardless, I still don't have any." Now it was Lydia's turn to groan.

"Don't tell me we're going to have to make a church run or anything. I would love to explain why we need Holy Water in the middle of the night to some creepy priest."

"Priests aren't creepy!" Carl retorted.

"Nothing personal, but they freak me out a little. You know, like some people and clowns?"

"Clowns? What are–"

"Never mind that now!" Van Helsing interrupted, silencing their rather pointless conversation. "Does anyone have Holy Water in their possession anywhere?"

"I believe I've got some at Andrea's house. Yes, I'm sure I do. I'll just have to go back for it then, shall I?"

"I'll come with you." I volunteered, and Carl and I quickly left the lab and went back to my dorm, trying not to waste a moment. Carl found the Water quickly enough in his robes, and we hurried out the door and back to the main lab building. Just as we were about halfway there, I felt a chill run up my spine and a sharp but short gust of wind behind me. I turned around, and there was Dracula, dressed in his usual sleek black silk. He smiled at me dangerously, something almost mischievous in his eyes, and I heard a sharp intake of breath, whether mine or Carl's I can't say.

"Hello, Andrea." Dracula whispered seductively, and before I had time to react, he let out a hellish shriek, turned into his monstrous bat form, and launched at me. I threw my arm up reflexively, but instead of him attacking, he grabbed me by the waist and began to fly upwards and away from my lab campus.

I shouted down at the last second, "CARL! Get Gabriel! Go and get Van Helsing!" I saw Carl run as fast as he could back to the lab and hoped nothing too bad would happen to me before Van Helsing could reach me.

Carl ran back into the lab. "Van Helsing! Van Helsing!" he shouted, bursting through Sylvia's lab door. "Dracula! He...he came out of nowhere and...and he took Andrea! He just flew off with her! There was nothing I could do. I-I'm sorry." Carl fell silent with worry.

"What!" Van Helsing exploded. "Where did he take her? That Son of a Bitch! Which way did he fly?"

"T-that way." Carl pointed, and Van Helsing leapt into action.

"You three," he said, turning back to Carl, Lydia, and Sylvia, "run the tests. And go through Dracula's stuff in Fiona's lab; see what he's been working on. Tell us what you find out when we see you."

"But, when will that be?" Carl asked anxiously.

"I don't know, Carl." Van Helsing said quietly and stalked determinedly out of the lab.

Oooo, aren't you scared? What will happen to Andrea! You'll just have to wait and find out, won't you? I am the meanie, lol. But that wasn't really cliffie-ish so you can't yell at me, haha! You probably will anyways, but reviews always make me feel great, no matter what they say. And that's probably only because I've never been flamed before. Not that I'm asking for it or anything! Okay, I'll stop rambling and let you review! Quick, GO! Lol Later much!

GEM