Sorry I havn't updated in a while, my life's been topsy-turvy nonstop. Geez the phrase topsy-turvy is wierd... anyhoo, plz review! Pretty, pretty please? By the way I don't own Van Helsing, if you want to see what would happen if I did read chapter three alright? IOnce again, I'm really sorry for not updatign in forever!!!!!!!!!
CH3:
"Anna!" Celeste said shocked, "Language"
"You'll have to yell at me later. Let's find Mom and Dad." Anna pulled her sister deeper into the dancing crowd. They found their mother and father quickly and Anna tugged on Boris's sleeve. "What's wrong?" Boris asked turning from Vanessa who got a worried look on her face.
"They're here." Anna raised her eyebrows and motioned in the direction of the vampires.
"I'll get my men." Boris shoved his way harshly out of the ballroom. Vanessa knelt down and took Anna by the shoulders.
"Get Celeste out of here and warn Velken." Vanessa whispered urgently.
"Get somewhere safe, don't come out until I find you." She released her daughter and went to warn the other guests. Anna took Celeste by the hand and went to search for Velken.
"What's going on?" Celeste whimpered, her mother's afraid tone had set the four-year-old on edge.
"We need to find Velken Celeste, O.K?" Anna tried to sound calm. Velken was still near the punch table and was flirting outrageously with three girls drinking the spiked juice.
"Velken!" Anna called urgently. Velken ignored her completely. Anna walked over and tugged on her bothers sleeve.
"Pay attention you idiot!"
"What do you want squirt?" Velken hissed at her.
"Vampires. They're here!" Anna informed his roughly. Velken's eyes suddenly lit with the anticipation of a fight.
"Excuse me ladies." Velken smiled at the girls who giggled and wisped to one another.
"Drunken fools." Anna sighed rolling her eyes.
"Vampires…" Celeste whimpered clinging to Anna's skirts. Anna knew Celeste hadn't had the 'destiny' talk yet, but she still understood vampires were dangerous. Anna gathered her sister in her arms and headed for the armory, she couldn't think of a safer place than a room full of weapons to fight with. If it weren't for her little sister Anna would be with her brother in a heartbeat, slaying vampires! The hallways were dark and within every shadow cast by the moon's silvery light there seemed to lurk her undead enemies. Celeste hugged Anna's neck tighter and whined in fear.
"Shhh, it's O.K." Anna comforted her sister. The door to the armory creaked loudly and Anna shut it quickly.
"Hello Anna." A musical female voice slithered through the night air. It was dark in the armory and Anna couldn't' see whoever, or whatever had spoken.
"Need light?" The voice asked again. The voice was friendly on the outside, but Anna heard he undertone, the wish to bring her and her family eternal torture. Suddenly the room was half lit by a single torch held in the hand of a beautifully inhuman woman. The woman had shining pale purple/pink eyes and flaming red hair.
"Who are you." Anna asked, her voice was ragged with fear and she cursed herself. Celeste hung on Anna's neck tighter and shivered in terror. "Celeste. Choking me." Anna loosened her sister's arms.
"So, these are the adorable daughters of Boris Valerious?" The woman cackled dangerously. Anna reached for the next available weapon, her hand met the handle of a throwing ax. She shifted the crying Celeste off her body gently and placed her on the ground.
"Run." She whispered to the frightened child. The Vampress just laughed and cut Celeste off at the door, her eyes flashed bright pink in delight.
"Surely Boris taught you better than that?" The creature smacked Celeste hard and the girl flew into a glass case.
"Celeste!" Anna screamed in terror and picked up her sister, placing her gently on a rug. "Monster!" Anna flew at the Vampress and attacked with all her strength. The monster just cackled and dodged. Anna felt the ax wrenched from her hand and it was flung into a table full of guns. He Vampress slammed Anna into the wall and held her there by her neck.
"My, my, you are a weak one aren't you?" She taunted, "Your father will be glad to have you disposed of. There is not room for weakness in your family." The creature's face began to change. The jaw lengthened and the teeth grew longer than Anna's forearm. Anna gave in to her fear and screamed loudly. Seconds later someone crashed into the armory and smashed off the end of the ax, so there was a jagged wooden end.
"Leave this place now Aleera before I stake your heart." Vanessa's voice sounded from just behind Aleera. Aleera turned to see an angry Vanessa and a jagged piece of wood aimed at her heart.
"Hello Vanessa. Long time so see." Aleera dropped a choking Anna and turned to face the infuriated mother.
"Shut up Aleera. I'm giving you five seconds to leave." Vanessa glared straight into Aleera's pale unusual eyes. "Is that any way to treat an old friend?" Aleera asked sarcastically.
"The day you become my friend will be the day the sky turns black." Vanessa clenched her jaw, "One"
"I bid you adu." Aleera hissed and added, "I never leave a job unfinished. I will kill your daughters Vanessa count on it."
"Only when I breathe no more." Vanessa glared menacingly at Aleera. Aleera matched her gaze,
"That could be arranged"
"Go." Vanessa ordered. Aleera said no more she just spun on her heel and transformed. Anna had never seen such an ugly creature in her life. The monster darted toward the unconscious Celeste, but Vanessa had thought ahead, wrenching the white gold cross from around her neck she stepped in front of the poor child and held the cross out. Screeching in anger and pain Aleera flew from the room.
"Why didn't you kill her?!?" Anna asked her mother angrily.
"Because, some things are much more important than killing your enemy." Vanessa looked at Celeste and Anna gently. Leaning over Celeste Vanessa inspected her wounds. "A terrible bump on her head, and he entire back is scratched up by glass. But she'll live." Vanessa gave a silent prayer to God and picked up Celeste gently. "Let's get her in bed."