Death is Certain
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Van Helsing or any of the characters in it! I DO own Sivishya and Vacharise and all the other characters I made though!
Chapter Three – Assignment
Van Helsing's footsteps rippled as he walked through the abyss. His own mind was back there and he was in a ... dream. Or the truth? He didn't know. But what he did know is that he was heading somewhere deep within himself.
Slowly the darkness enveloping his surroundings brightened into the color of silver, black, red and then a mixture of gold and bright light. He shielded his eyes from the light and he felt warm rays strike him as a woman slowly stepped through in his dream.
The world around him suddenly rippled tremendously as the woman's striking figure glowed with illuminantly. Her features though were limited and many of it was black and hard to see, but her eyes were spared from the blackness. Swirling green eyes looked up at Van Helsing as if to lure him closer to her mystical body.
She took a step closer, her step rippling as much as Van Helsing's and her lips parted, as her black hair swished back and forth. A soft and calm wind was thrusted upon both of them as the woman called out.
Van Helsing...
Van Helsing's eyes immediately shot open. He panted and breathed in the air hard, as if he had just dived into the ocean and tried to breath underwater for as much as possible. His body was sweating and his hair, which had been dry before, was soaked as much as his body.
After the panting started to loosen and become more calmer, his thoughts were averted to his surroundings. It was as if was from before. Nothing had changed. He looked at his items in confusion. Something had happened in his 'dream', something that he didn't quite understand. What was it that he didn't understand, that confused him so much.
Well, one of the reasons was clearly obvious. He had been seeing this dream since the day Anna had died. There was something definetely connected. And it was terribly familiar... Whose voice it was, Van Helsing didn't know. But it relaxed him and made him agitated at the same time as well. Was it evil to be seeing a dream over and over again? Was it a sin?
He pushed the white covers off of his sweaty body and got out of bed. His footsteps wavered a bit as if he was walking on melting ice. He looked awkwardly at the ground and then shaked himself. His fingers gave of jolt, mixed with fear and confusion, up his body and he shuddered. He then noticed that his fingers were quivering without him meaning to move them. His eyebrows rose high as he looked away from them. Relax... It's just a dream...
He walked up to the shower, a growling a bit, slipped himself in for a good shower.
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Van Helsing walked over to his clothes which were there as he left them yesterday. He grabbed for his jacket and roughly put all of his clothes on which also included his wide brimmed hat. He winced terribly as he sniffed out the luring smell of blood. It creeped up his nostrils as if it was a smoke trying its best to secude him. The werewolf venom he had before still lived in him. Sometimes he felt he can be the Wolf again, but of course, that curse was entirely gone now. Only the lust and craving for blood seemed to stay with him. And he certainly didn't like it.
I should have washed it, or rubbed it with something that smells better then this. Anything but this... smell... he thought, blaming himself for it.
There was a soft knocking from the door as Van Helsing was putting the finishing touches for his appearance. He looked at the mirror, which he used time to time to look at himself. He stared at a man with long darkish brown hair, with a wide-brimmed hat and a frown on his face. Hazel eyes looked back at him and along with the wide-brimmed hat, a dark blue scarf was wrapped around his neck.
"Who is it?" Van Helsing grunted and a familiar voice shouted back. He walked over to the door, leaving the mirror to stand of its accord. He roughly opened the door to see Carl, in his brown robes, look up at him nervously. He was fiddling with a blob of some kind which Van Helsing guessed was something to do with his new invention. He raised an eyebrow at Carl's direction and Carl, before saying anything, gave out a loud sneeze.
"Bless you," Van Helsing muttered. "Thank you."
"So, what is this about?"
"Well… umm... Our task is assigned. We have to go to Transylvania again," he answered and looked down, looking a bit guilty. Since the assignment to destroy the Son of the Devil, Van Helsing rarely spoke about it. Only to Carl did he speak about it, but even to him it was rare. Carl knew Van Helsing missed Anna dreadfully. And when Van Helsing thought no one was looking, Carl knew he was sobbing his heart out in this very room. The only comfort that let him sleep soundly was the fact that Anna had went back to her family at was at peace at last. But Van Helsing blamed himself for Anna's death.
"Yes, well, I thought it would come to that eventually..." Van Helsing muttered, grimacing at the thought. He had been avoiding the idea that some day his path will lead him back to where he had first Anna. Oh how he dearly missed. He wanted to hold her, to feel her warmth, and see that stubborness cross her face. She had cared for him. Anna had pulled him away from the pain, away from all the things he thought he will never escape. Because of Anna, he now had meaning. But without her, it was as if all of it went up in smoke.
Carl looked at Van Helsing with a shocked expression. His eyes looked up at Van Helsing in confusion. He had thought, Van Helsing hearing the news, that he would be upset and never go on a mission again. He must have mistaken to think of Van Helsing that way.
"Oh! You knew then?" Carl spoke that sounded a bit like a whisper. Van Helsing nodded slowly.
"But do you know why?" Carl said, grinning timidly.
As usual, Van Helsing had to smile. Carl always made him smile, even if it was something simple. He knew Carl could be annoying, but he was still his friend, and Carl also cared for Van Helsing as well.
"No, why?"
"Well, you know that last assignment we had gone through? It seems that it's not over. There are still more killings. Most of them are humans killing humans, no vampires or werewolves of any sort. But some of the events now happening in Transylvania are strange. There's no trace of how the victims died, except a little scratch on the victim's neck. But it's not a vampire bite. It looks more some other creature. It's as if the person's very soul was taken. But the victim's body still seems to be living of it own accord. It's a rather strange case, Van Helsing."
Van Helsing looked at Carl, a look of caution on his face. He was careful not to have anything with vampires. He had had quite enough with those kinds.
"So no one was bitten or anything?"
Carl shook his head.
"Not that I know of. But you should talk to the Cardinal about it."
"Alright then, I'll ask him. But I want to ask you a favor. Probably the biggest favor of all," Van Helsing said, with a serious expression on his face as his lips pursued.
"I know what you're going to say. You don't want me to come, do you?" Carl said, seeing the expression on Van Helsing's face. Van Helsing nodded.
"I'd like to come with you-" Carl began but Van Helsing shot him a pleading look "-but seeing as you asked me to stay here, I will. As a friend, I will agree. I kow it's important for you and I'm not going to try to interfere. But if I hear any news that something happened to you, I will go after you," Carl said and grinned.
Van Helsing smiled. And to Carl's surprise, he hugged Carl tightly in a bear hug. Carl gave out a shocked, squeaky gasp but then hugged him back. Then Van Helsing let go.
"Thank you, Carl."
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter, cause I like it very much. I edited quite a lot of changes on here, including the dream Van Helsing has. Unfortunately Anna won't be coming back. Have you figured who the woman in the dream is? Look closely, there's some hints and clues in the previous chapter that will tell you:) Anyways I will leave now! I'll try to update soon! Next update is Van Helsing coming to Vaseria:) Please review!