After an extraordinary meeting with Todo Hotsumi, Anna Van Helsing is released with a flash drive containing supposedly vital information on Hotsumi's former pupil Alexandria Wolfe. Anna sets out to examine the contents of the flash drive where she would discover the one place Mina sets foot on where no vampire would dare enter.
Chapter 22
That was unbelievable. Just un-fucking-believable! Todo Hotsumi apparently knows what he's talking about. His words, the way he talks. Man! That guy has got to pass on some smarts to Mina. I just wish he showed me some moves. Why was he so quick to give this flash drive? Surely he understands the consequences of giving up his private shit. I arrived in my apartment that night and hurriedly grabbed my laptop to see what kind of info Hotsumi's flash drive had. I placed it into the drive and clicked on the mouse to open the files. It opened and revealed lists of names and groups. I started to look up on anything it had on Alexandria Wolfe. Alexandria Wolfe was revealed to be the leader of the group Crimson Sun. Crimson Sun was around for forty five years with about 150 members that operated in splintered cells. Wolfe was also revealed to be skilled at Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do. If this lady's got one arm how could she possibly be that good? Surprisingly I came across what appeared to be an online memorandum which was apparently given for Hotsumi's pupils. It revealed the last whereabouts of Mina Harker: Holy Rosary Cathedral. Mina Harker goes to church? No way! Vampires can't set foot in anyplace they consider too powerful against them. This is just too weird. I needed to look into that later. I had to move on to the whereabouts of Alexandria Wolfe. I kept googling until I came across an address that possibly belonged to Wolfe: 44th Malibu near Malibu Beach. To go here I had to be extra careful. This time I carried a fully loaded H&K MP5K submachine gun with five loaded clips.
It was 9:15p.m. when I arrived at the long line of ocean view houses after a forty-five minute ride. The flash drive revealed that Wolfe's house was the twelfth of about twenty five houses in that area. I crept around the back of the twelfth house, picked a glass sliding door unlock and sneaked inside. I pulled out my H&K MP5K, cocked and started to move stealthily around the room. About five minutes had passed when I suddenly heard KA-CHAK. I immediately identified it as a shotgun. I felt the cold barrel press against the back of my head and I heard the voice of a woman saying "Drop it". I reluctantly complied and put my hands up. I heard the woman kicked the submachine across the room which made a bang as it hit the wall. I turned my head slightly to my left and tried to spot the woman with the corner of my eye who was standing right behind me. "What the fuck are you doing here?" she said.
"I'm looking for Alexandria Wolfe," I said softly.
"Why?"
"I need some information on Mina Harker."
"Really? What makes you think you'll find that kind of information in my house?" I paused for a second and said "I had a source that told me I could find her here."
"Who said that you could find Alexandria Wolfe here?"
"…Todo…Hotsumi…" There was absolute silence for about ten seconds until the woman finally said "Turn around." My heart sank with those words. I thought that in the next three seconds I would be dead before I could catch a glimpse of that lady. I turned around slowly and my eyes caught the sight of a woman, tall with yellow animal like eyes, dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants, short brown hair armed with a twelve gauge shotgun. I took a hard look at her right arm. It had a look that was very peculiar. Something just didn't seem right about that arm. "Who are you working for?" she asked.
"Nobody," I replied.
"Who are you?"
"I'm looking for Mina Harker."
"You told me that already. What's your name?" I had to think fast. I couldn't let her know I was a Van Helsing; that could mean deep shit. "Bridget Murdoch," I said.
"So you've got the Bride of Dracula in your sights, huh?" she said. "You've got more balls than brains, Bridget. You've got any idea what you're getting yourself into?"
"Of course I do," I said. "I've been taking down shit like her for two years."
"Really? You're a vampire hunter, are you?"
"…Yes."
Her already stern face turned menacing. She straightened the gun in my face and in a split second I saw her slightly squeezing the trigger. "Wait! Wait!" I shouted with my heart in my throat. "I wanna help you kill Mina Harker." She paused as if I made her an offer she couldn't refuse. "What does Mina Harker has to do with me?" she said.
"I know she's been a pain in the ass for people like you for a long time," I said. "I can't imagine what it's like to lose an arm."
Suddenly the look on her face changed from menacing to humble. She seemed shocked by the fact that I took note of one aspect of her body. "Sit down," she said calmly and warmly with her gun still aimed at me. I looked at two chairs that were facing each other in the middle of the living room. I then looked at the woman. She motioned me to the chairs with her gun. I slowly and reluctantly walked over to the chairs. I sat down slowly with my hands still in the air. "Put your hands down," the woman said. I reluctantly complied and placed my hands on my lap. "You're looking for Alexandria Wolfe, yes?" the woman said. I nodded my head. "You've just found her," Alexandria crossed her legs and placed her gun on her lap. "Tell me all what you know about Mina, Bridget," she said. I paused took a deep breath and said "Not much. All I know is that she doesn't seem to be pure blood. The blood of Count Dracula's been flowing through her veins for quite some time now. I also found out that she attends The Holy Rosary Cathedral." Alexandria scoffed and shook her head in disgust. "I also found out that she was a member of Todo Hotsumi's group just like you," I said.
"That's right," Alexandria said. "Todo Hotsumi recruited Mina Harker just weeks after he recruited me. I could tell you the moment I met her I knew she was something beyond her good looks and her current nature. She learned the arts very quickly mastering the art of Kenjutsu, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Ninjutsu along with its 18 disciplines. Nobody could've taken that away from her. Along the way I would find out that Mina carries the blood of Count Dracula. This came to light when she joined up with me and ten others fighting a group of vampire hunters. Dracula's invulnerability to all the vampire hunting killing methods was obviously present that night. No vampire hunter could kill her. We were all ready to accept her as a formidable alley but it was until she was given the Final Dawn we would learn that she was nothing like us. Does she honestly think putting a scripture from the bible on that sword of hers will make her closer to God or something? Why can't she fucking accept the fact that the Christian world would never accept people like us? Why she can't understand that moment she became a vampire her God wouldn't care about her anymore? She's just wasting her time with all bullshit. Another thing, she still cares about people like you. I could remember a time when we were fighting the American led occupation of Japan when we came across this one soldier. She was just staring at him. I thought she was gonna drink his blood but then she let that son of a bitch go. Then it happened. One day she said she was through with Hotsumi, with us and with the vampire race. I tried to make her think twice, but then the whole conversation started into a fight. Mina poured all what she learned on me. That's how I ended up like this."
She folded up the right sleeve of her T-shirt and gradually started to pull off what appeared to be a robotic artificial arm. The U.S. military was experimenting with these things to treat soldiers coming home with severe wounds from Iraq. I was surprised that she had something this. I guess when you're a vampire anything's possible. She yanked it off and held it with her left hand with a vicious look on her face. Her real right arm was completely gone. At the end of her right shoulder was dark brown as if it was a third degree burn "She took it clean off. Shit like this can't be healed. Mina and that fucker is an army of one," she said fixing back the arm on. "That was the last time I ever saw that bitch. She left making sure she gave me a memory to cherish."
"Where do think she is now?" I asked in a soft tone.
"Who gives a flying fuck?" she said turning to me. "As far as I'm concerned she's probably dealing with shit like you."
"You're wrong. I lost two comrades of mine the other day."
"…Well, ain't that a bitch? She's not on anybody's side. I'm not at all surprised. She's probably walking around with her fucking legs open. Fucking around with that shit she calls salvation. If you know what's good for you, you'd better stay out of that bitch's way."
"Can you at least give me a tip?" Alexandria sighed and looked up to the ceiling. She then looked at me. "I usually meet up with these guys in the sewers," she said. "They called themselves Sigma 12. If you ask me it's just a stupid name for such a fucked up group. They're all a bunch of fucking losers. I'm sure they're always ready give up any kind of info on Mina."
"What exactly is the Final dawn made of?"
"Dunno. Hotsumi was the one who made it. You should've asked him. The Final Dawn was made for Mina alone. Nobody got near to it. Mina is probably the only one who knows all about it."
"You don't know if Mina has any weakness at all?"
"Even if I knew, do you really thing she'd be shitting all over us right now?"
"…Guess not."
"You'll find Sigma 12 in the sewers back in East L.A. It shouldn't be hard. Check for manhole 65. You can't miss it. But make sure you find the leader; his name is Dean Hoyt."
I looked around the room, and then I looked at her. She just stared at me. It appeared that she told me everything she knew. "Will you let me go now?" I said.
"Oh, I'll let you go alright," she said. "One problem though, Bridget: I haven't gotten a drink for three days straight. Let's just say you came to the right place and the right time." With those words she lounged right at me bearing her white fangs. She collided into me which made both of us tumble over my chair. I threw her off and then she landed on her feet. She charged right at me and in a split second I grabbed her prosthetic arm and ripped it off. From there we both engaged in unarmed combat. I first thought since she had only one arm I could really kick some ass. Suddenly she began throwing kicks at me at high speed. It was virtually impossible to block all of them. She threw kicks to my abdomen, one to my shoulders and one to my head that grazed my forehead. She then swung the tip of her boot into my cheek that brought me to the ground. I started spit blood and I felt pain all over my body. I got up but she then swept me off the ground with her foot. I fell down again and in a moment's glance I saw her raise her right leg straight up. She was about to give me an axe kick. I rolled away just in time before she brought her foot down. I then moved to sweep her off the ground with my foot. Suddenly she flipped and landed on her feet and started to throw more kicks and me. I managed to block all of them. Suddenly she kicked me kicked me behind my right leg which brought to my knee and she threw a punch with her left fist. I was now down flat on the floor and as I turned to look at her she kicked me at my side which sent me flying across the room. I slammed against the wall and curled myself into a ball like a scared animal. The pain was just unbearable. I saw her walking slowly towards me. I held onto the wall and slowly began to get up. As Wolfe approached me I started to throw everything I had on her. I used combinations of my skills in Karate and Tae Kwon do throwing kicks and punches with all my strength. All my attacks were hitting her in all the supposed weak areas. Ironically none of them seemed to have any effect.
I threw one punch to her face; suddenly she caught it with her left hand and kicked me in the abdomen. I rolled across the floor and stopped on my stomach. I looked up and saw the H&K MP 5K submachine gun lying across the room. I got up and ran towards it picked it up. I spun around and fired at Wolfe. The moment I pulled the trigger she jumped up, dodging the bullets and flew to the ceiling. I fired at her, but she jumped out of the way to the other corner. Every time I fired shots and her she would jumped out of the way. I reached into my jacket to load a new clip. At that moment I felt a sharp sting in my right forearm. I screamed in pain and found a knife sticking in my forearm with the blade right in. I dropped the gun and then she jumped down and gave me a straight kick to the chest. I flew across the room and landed flat on my back. I got up and pulled the knife out of my forearm. I grunted in pain as I pulled it out. I then charged Wolfe and collided into her which made both of us stagger into the kitchen. I started punching her continuously in the abdomen at close range against the fridge. I could feel the cold from her body as I threw one punch after the other. Wolfe grabbed me from behind my head, brought down my head and kneed me in the face. The blow broke my nose and made me bleed profusely from the mouth. She then kicked me again in the abdomen. I staggered back against one of the counters. A large kitchen knife caught my eye. I grabbed it and started to swing it at Wolfe like crazy. I managed to slice into her T-shirt and cut her across the face. The long facial scar started to heal in a split second. I totally forgot: it's not silver nitrate. I lounged at her again with the knife. Suddenly she grabbed my right arm with her left hand with a tight grip and started to slowly turn the knife to my face. I held unto her arm with my other hand trying to stop her advance. We both staggered against a counter in which I was now lying flat on the counter and Wolfe was lying on me trying to bring the knife down to my face. Stopping her from doing this was like trying to stop ten guys who were over 6ft tall and weighing 300 pounds each. The blade slowly approached my face and in a split second I looked down and saw a steel stool at the side of the counter. I began to reach for the stool at the same time the blade started to reach for my right eye. I fingered the stool and my left hand finally caught it. I swung it into her face and causing her to roll over and land flat on the floor.
I got up from the counter to engage with her as she was on the floor. As soon as I landed on the floor she kicked me in the abdomen. The kicked made me sent me staggering across the other side of the kitchen. Wolfe then got up and approached me, grabbed me by the hair and started crashing my head into the glass doors of the cabinets. Five glass doors! She then threw me on the floor and I started to bleed profusely from my head. Wolfe reached with her left hand for me and grabbed my by my clothes. She started to lift me up with her one hand. Both of my legs were off the ground as she effortlessly lifted me horizontally over her head. She held me like that for about seven seconds and threw me across the kitchen and onto a small kitchen table. I crashed down on the table and laid there motionless and in pain. I rolled to my right with my eyes squeezed tight. I was in intense pain. In all this I was able to see in my blurred vision Wolfe ripping the stove away from the wall. The fresh scent of gas burned my nose. I opened my eyes wide and saw Wolfe calmly going into a cabinet, taking a tall bottle of Champaign, breaking off the seal and drinking form it. She then threw it on the ground breaking it. She reached inside the cabinet again taking three more bottles of Champaign, throwing them all over the kitchen. By the smell of the wine I could tell it contained 40 of alcohol. Wolfe then reached into her pocket, pulled out a cigarette lighter, lit and threw it away. The kitchen lit up in flames startling me to my feet. In the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of Wolfe jumping throw a window over the kitchen sink, escaping the blaze. I got up holding my right arm watching in horror as the fire started to engulf the kitchen. Then it hit me: the gas! The place is gonna fucking blow! I ran towards the back door, pulled it open and ran out. The moment I ran out the kitchen exploded behind me sending me flying across the yard. The explosion was huge. The noise was deafening, louder than thunder and the heat was probably over a 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I landed on my stomach and laid there for about sixteen seconds I turned on my back and saw half of the house engulfed in flames. "Motherfucker," I thought. I ran to the front and I could see the flames approaching the living room. I saw my bike on the right. I ran towards it, hopped on, started the engines and sped away. The only thing I thought about at that moment was getting the fuck outta there.