(A/N: Hello all. New York was wonderful! Isaw the musical Wicked. It's the one about the wicked witch of the west and it was just…I can't describe it b/c it was that good. Well, band camp starts in 2 days and then I will be off for 5 days. After that I have a week and then school starts. I won't be able to update much but I'll try. Here's chapter 5 and I hope you like it.)
CHAPTER FIVE
Marishka landed back in Dracula's lair once her job was complete.
"Well?" Dracula asked his bride.
"They are friends master! Friends! How can this be possible?" Marishka asked.
"It comes from her mother's side I would guess, my dear." Dracula told his bride. "What of the other? Does she know yet?"
"I don't think so master." Marishka said.
"What were they doing?"
"They were looking at the sky." Marishka replied. "Master, why is it important that we kill her?"
"Because my dear, she is only half."
Bethany and Mori went inside after about an hour of star gazing. Clouds came and it began to snow in the time they were outside. The two said good night and went their separate ways. Beth went to her room and fell asleep.
The girl woke up around sunset that night. She immediately went to the kitchen and ate a bagel with peanut butter and had two cups of coffee. No one was up yet except Mori, who met her in the kitchen.
"So what do you want to do?" Beth asked her.
"Want to look around the armory?" Mori shouted from the hall way. She told Beth she needed a good glass of wine right now.
"I'll meet you there." Beth said and walked to the armory. When Beth got to the armory, she found a tall floor length mirror. The girl studied her reflection. She was in black pants, black boots, a black shirt with long bell-shaped sleeves and a black vest like corset. She also had on her coat and hat as usual.
"Bethany,"
Beth jumped a mile high and turned to see Mori and inch behind her.
"What are you doing?" Mori asked.
"Don't do that!" Beth said as she calmed herself.
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me like that. It's like you're a ghost."
"At least I have a reflection." Mori said and pointed to the mirror. Sure enough, in the mirror there was Mori in her black shirt, black pants, black boots, black gloves and her infamous long black cloak. Right now, her hair was in a braid.
"Well, that means you're not a vampire." Beth said.
Mori shrugged and took a sip of her red colored liquid.
"So, what good stuff do we have in here?" Mori asked and the two began looking around.
"Oh, a grappling gun. Neat!" Beth said as she put it in her coat. Beth also took three silver stakes (not like she needed any more but just to be safe) and two more daggers.
Beth looked around and saw the huge map of Transylvania on the wall.
"Wow, how long do you think it took them to paint this?" Beth asked Mori as she walked up to it.
"Who knows. How old is it?" Mori asked.
Beth ran her hand over the canvas. It had a rough texture to it and it was cool to the touch. The girl examined the brownness of the map and it's wear and tear.
"I'd say between four hundred and five hundred years old." Beth replied.
"What does the Latin say?" Mori asked as she moved the chair to the side.
Beth looked at it and racked her brain for the translation. Being in the Vatican for five years, she knew some Latin, but not a huge amount.
"In the name of God, open this door." Beth translated out loud.
Suddenly, the map began to slowly vanish and left a mirror behind.
"Whoa." Beth said as she and Mori backed up. Mori went wide eyed and then drained her glass. She needed it.
"Did you know that would happen?" Beth asked.
"No…not really." Mori said and tossed the glass behind her. The wineglass shattered the second it hit the stone floor.
"Was that necessary?" Beth asked her.
"Yes, it made me feel better." Mori said.
"So does a good bottle of whiskey." Beth mumbled.
Mori jutted her hip into Beth, who stumbled forward. She would have hit the mirror, except she went through it.
"Oh, crud!" Mori said and ran after Beth through the mirror.
Mori hit Beth's back head on, knocking her over.
"What was that for?" Mori said and helped Beth up. "Why did you stop?"
"Creepy place." Beth said pointing to a castle before her. It was made of black stone and had skeletons all over the place.
"What is this place?" Beth asked Mori.
"Why do you think I would know?" Mori asked her back.
"Uh…you're the Transylvanian monster expert." Beth said.
"Shut up." Mori said glaring at her.
"So, would you like to go first into the disturbing-looking castle or should I?" Beth asked.
"You insulted me, so you get to go first." Mori said smirking.
"If I die, I blame you." Beth told Mori.
"Fair enough." Mori said.
"When I am an angel in heaven, I will come back and haunt you till the day you die."
Mori shrugged to say 'I can live with that'. Beth sighed in aggravation and walked over to the half open door. She slipped inside, followed by Mori. The foyer was humongous and stretched as far as the eye could see. There were torches that lit the hall of black stone, all running down the center of the hall.
"I wish I could get out of here."
"Mori, why do you want to leave?" Beth asked her.
"I didn't say anything." Mori replied.
"Did you just hear someone say…?" Beth asked her, but didn't need to finish because Mori already knew what she was talking about.
"Yes, but I thought it was you." Mori told her.
Beth looked to the left and saw a small window with metal bars over it. She looked at Mori, and then back at the small window. The two ran to the window and looked down into it. There was a woman tied by her wrists and held suspended up in the air by a long chain. When the girls realized who it was, Mori's eyes widened and Beth's jaw hit the floor. She just couldn't believe it.
"Anna!" Beth said.
Anna looked up to see the two teenagers. An expression of relief and worry washed over her face.
"Beth! Mori! You two shouldn't be here. They'll be here soon." Anna told them.
"Who?" Beth asked her confused. Suddenly, Beth was pulled back in an iron grip and was face to face with Marishka. The bride slammed her against the wall and held her there by her neck, slowly draining the air from Beth's lungs.
"Beth!" Anna shouted, worried at the sudden disappearance of the girl.
"So your name is Beth, is it?"
Mori turned to see Dracula and his other two brides step from the shadows.
"Let her go!" Mori demanded.
"Now Mori, you should know better than to talk to me that way." Dracula told her.
"Just let go of her! Now!" Mori said threateningly.
"Now Mori, she doesn't know. If she did, she'd kill you on the spot, or hate you for the rest of your life." Dracula said to her calmly. "You will have to tell her sometime, my dear."
Beth then placed her feet against the wall and with the last of her strength, pushed off as hard as she could. Marishka fell backward and Beth was flung onto the stone floor. Mori rushed over to her as Beth coughed and gasped for air.
"Oh, she can barely breathe." Marishka cooed then laughed.
"But I'm not dead." Beth grunted as she pushed herself up.
Mori bent down to help her but Beth shooed her away to say 'I can do it myself'. Beth stood slowly, her lungs slowly becoming accustomed to breathing once again. Beth looked up to see Marishka sneaking up behind Mori.
"Mori!" Beth shouted and flung her right arm out, a silver stake sliding from inside her sleeve into the palm of her hand. She tossed it to Mori who caught it.
"Behind you!"
Mori jumped about seven feet in the air and flipped so she landed behind Marishka. Beth's jaw dropped slightly at this. She had no idea Mori was even capable of doing something like that. Marishka turned around only to have Mori shove the silver stake in her heart. Marishka screamed in pain and anguish while the three remaining vampires screamed in horror. Marishka clawed at the stake in her heart as her body slowly began to disappear into dust. Dracula and his two remaining brides transformed and flew off wailing their lungs out. Marishka let out a final scream of defeat and then shriveled away into a pile of dust.
"Wow, Mori. I had no idea you could do that!" Beth told her.
"Do what?" Mori asked.
"The flip you did. That was amazing!" Beth said.
"Oh, that. That happens with lots of practice." Mori replied.
Suddenly, the two heard a moan from deeper inside the castle.
"Do you want to check that out or should I?" Mori asked Beth.
"I'll check it out. You free Anna and take her back." Beth replied.
"All right. See you back at the manor, and don't get killed."
"Same for you." Beth said and then ran off in the direction of the moan.
Beth walked slowly, her eyes and ears open. She didn't want to get lost and not be able to find her way back again. Beth soon found herself in a dungeon. Inside a cage was the strangest thing she had ever seen. It was a large man, or at least she thought it was a man. He had green glass on his head and there seemed to be a lightning storm going on inside it. He was trapped in place because he was frozen in a block of ice. The man saw Beth and froze.
"Are you a new minion of Dracula's?" the man asked her.
"Heck no!" Beth replied quickly. "Who are you and why are you frozen in ice?"
"I am Frankenstein's monster, but you may call me Frankenstein. Who are you and why are you here?" he asked.
"I'm Bethany, but everyone calls me Beth. Where is here exactly? And I bet you want out…so any ideas on that?"
"This is Castle Dracula. He doesn't live here anymore. He has found a new place since Van Helsing knows where this castle is." Frankenstein said.
Beth pulled out her revolver and shot the lock off the door. She walked into the cell and tried to find something to break the ice with. The best thing she could find was an old crowbar.
"Oh, now I remember. He told me about you." Beth said as she began to hit the ice with all her might. It began to slowly chip away, to her great relief.
"How do you know Van Helsing?" Frankenstein asked.
"After Dracula was brought back, he, Carl, me, and my two friends, Mori and Jen were sent to destroy him…again." Beth said and she hit the ice harder. She finally had a crack all the way down one side of the frozen prison. She then began striking the other side of the ice block.
"Good to know my old friends have returned." Frankenstein said.
"Tell me about it. I don't know what I'd do without Jen or Mori." Beth said.
"What was that horrible scream I heard?" Frankenstein asked Beth.
"Marishka. Mori ran a silver stake through her heart after flipping backwards over the head of the rat-with-wings." Beth said as she continued to swing at the ice over and over again. She was beginning to get a little tired. The ice finally gave way and Beth stood up. She ran her fingers through her hair to push the bangs out of her eyes.
"Push on the front and back to see if it will come undone." Beth told him.
Frankenstein pushed against the ice and the front half came undone. When the man stood up, Beth was shocked to see how tall he was. He had to be at least seven feet tall, which towered over Beth's five foot seven inches.
"Do you know how to get out of here?" Frankenstein asked her.
"Uh…mostly." Beth replied.
Beth used her memory to try and navigate her way out of the castle. She took the path that looked familiar to her and she only got lost once. That was a huge accomplishment for her. When she and Frankenstein made it to the mirror, Mori and Anna were still standing there.
"Beth, what is the thing behind you?" Mori asked her.
"Mori, Frankenstein. Frankenstein, Mori." the girl quickly introduced. "Why haven't you two gone through?"
"We don't know how to get back." Anna said.
"You think that's something someone should know." Beth said turning to Mori.
"Then again, Dracula is old enough to be senile." Mori pointed out.
"True." Beth said smiling at the evil look on Mori's face.
"Well, any ideas?" Anna asked them.
"Well, mine is blasting it to pieces, but I don't think what will work." Beth said.
"I'm finally rubbing off on you." Mori said happily.
"Is that good or bad?" Beth asked.
Suddenly, a hand came through the mirror.
"You first." Mori said and shoved Beth into the hand. Beth was pulled through the mirror and the first face she saw the face of Van Helsing. It wasn't a very happy face.
"Hi…" she said uncertainly.
"You are in so much trouble!" Van Helsing yelled.
"Isn't Mori too?"
"Thanks for ratting me out." Beth heard Mori's voice behind her.
"You two could have been killed! What were you thinking! What did you get out if it?" Van Helsing yelled.
Suddenly, Frankenstein stepped through the mirror.
"Him." Beth said pointing to him.
"Still that doesn't excuse what you did." Van Helsing said sounding a little calmer.
"Would this?" Mori asked and Anna walked through the mirror.
Van Helsing stared at her wide eyed and dropped Beth as his mouth fell open. Thank goodness he didn't have to move first. Anna rushed passed the two girls and kissed Van Helsing full on the mouth! Van Helsing reacted quickly and pulled Anna closer to him as he deepened the kiss. Beth turned her back to the two and lowered her hat over her eyes. Mori silently crept to another area and pretended to look at a sword to keep from looking at the two love birds. Carl hid his reddened face and covered Jen's wide eyes with his hand. Frankenstein just simply looked away.
When the two pulled away, everyone returned their attention to the two again. Anna had a day-dreamy look on her face.
"Wow." she said smiling.
Van Helsing then turned to Mori and Beth.
"This is the only reason I'm not made at you."
Beth and Mori only had one thing to say as they looked at each other. They two looked back at Van Helsing and spoke their minds at the same time.
"That'll work."
(A/N: Well, hope you liked it. Please stick around for ch. 6! Thanks!)