Chapter 2
Van Helsing
I never realized how much I hated Dutch people until that moment.
He stood over me, in that brown duster. A stake was rammed through my heart. Blood splattered all over my elegant robes. Dribbling down the corners of my pale lips. I felt my life slipping away from me little by little.
Is this the end…? A pair of rough hands brought be upwards to meet his gaze, but I still did not have the will to meet it. I wondered still, even to this day if it was out of an act of defiance or did I simply not care enough to live anymore? Had my existence become so meaningless I cared not for it anymore?
"…It's all gone count! Your finish and your…" His words rained down upon me like new fallen snow. So cold and filled with such perfect elegance you did not want to go prancing your feet into it. I barely listened to him as my eyes strayed to the side of my peripheral vision.
Clutching at the darkness with claws of pale gold and a tint of rosy plumage was the beautiful dawn. It shone with such a beauty that I couldn't help but let a tip of my mouth point upwards in a small, hidden smile. I smirked at the irony of it all. Four hundred years ago I had sworn to be rid of the blasted heaven, yet here I was…in the clutches of this mad scientist. And once more observing the glorious dawn.
I looked into Van Helsing's and I couldn't help it…I laughed. Everything was so wonderfully hilarious! The irony of it all! The feelings of despair! How everything had gone wrong! Oh these pathetic humans! When would they learn? Why would an immortal fear death if they have already lived so many lives? To gain a life and to loose a life was not a new concept to me. I was fully prepared for my decent into hell. In fact, I almost welcomed it. To finally just be able to give in…it would be bliss for sure.
The stake was thrust harder through my heart. Blood spurted from my mouth and I knew my time had come. I looked at the dawn one last time before I manned up, facing my adversary.
"What's wrong, old man?" I taunted. "Don't have the guts to finish me off?" He shook his head.
"Oh no, I am going to finish you off count." He sneered, but to my surprise it turned into a smirk. "But not before I get something in return."
My eyes widened in shock and fear.
