I made a music video for Van Helsing:) Just past this into google: watch?v=oRS9fV9egf8 (I don't know why this thing won't let me paste the full URL in. Anyway, it'll be the one called 'Voodoo Child- Van Helsing music video)
Please check it out:)
The first thing Murundio noticed on the other side of the mirror was the cold. It was the kind of cold that got into everything and sapped at the warmth.
Then he noticed the Castle.
It was huge! The biggest thing Murundio had ever seen in his life, and he had seen a lot of Castles.
He fell in beside Anna and Van Helsing.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"Castle Dracula," Anna answered.
"They don't make Castles like they used to," Murundio commented.
"When have they ever made them like this?" Van Helsing asked. They started to walk foreword. Behind them, Carl stumbled out of the mirror. He saw the giant Castle and let out a small cry. Turning around, he tried to go back into the mirror but he slammed into it and bounced off.
"How are we supposed to get back?" Murundio asked.
"The curse should lift when we defeat Dracula," Van Helsing answered.
"Hey! Wait up!" Carl shouted, walking quickly to catch up with them.
"Do we have a plan?" he puffed. "It doesn't have to Wellingtons at Waterloo but some sort of plan would be nice."
"We're going to go in there and stop Dracula," Van Helsing said.
"And kill anything that gets in our way," Anna finished. They approached the massive entrance of the castle, which was made out of iron, rusted shut, and covered in slippery ice for good measure. The transom above the door was thirty feet up, well out of reach.
"How in God do we get pass that?!" Murundio said.
"I'll figure something out," Van Helsing muttered.
"Well, you let me know how that goes," Carl said, huffily walking off. Van Helsing shook his head and grabbed Carl's robe.
"We don't have time for this," he said through clenched teeth. Then he wrapped his arms around all of them, and hurled himself upwards. Murundio let out a string of curses as Van Helsing scaled the gate like it was nothing, and then let himself drop on the other side. The impact of the drop should have killed Van Helsing. But it didn't and it made Murundio realise just how powerful werewolves were.
Van Helsing let them go and stumbled forward, retching in pain.
"As grateful as I am to be out of the cold, that doesn't seem like a good thing!" Carl said, frightened. Van Helsing turned to face them and Murundio gasped.
Van Helsing's face was contorted and his teeth seemed sharper. A look came over his face- a look of animal madness- and then quite suddenly, the fit passed and Van Helsing was himself again.
"Definitely not a good thing," Murundio agreed with Carl.
"We better get moving," Van Helsing said, walking foreword. They followed him. They were in a massive foyer with high walls, pillars and ceilings.
"Judging from the size of the place, I don't think it's for a man bound by gravity," Murundio commented.
"Um, what are those?" Carl asked, pointing upwards. Van Helsing followed his gaze and his lip curled with disgust.
"Vampire eggs. Hundreds of thousands of Vampire eggs."
"Gross!" said Carl.
There was a noise and the man with the twisted back- whom Murundio knew now as 'Igor'- rounded the corner carrying a bundle of cables.
"Igor do this, Igor do that," Igor complained. The twisted man looked up and saw them and froze.
"How did you find... It's impossible!" he shouted, dropping the cables and breaking into a panicked run.
In one fluid motion, Van Helsing produced one of his hand-held buzz saws and through it at Igor. The weapon flew through the air and caught Igor by the sleeve, pinning him to the rock wall.
"Please! Please don't kill me!" he begged as they approached him.
"Why not?" Van Helsing asked.
"Well… I… um," Igor stumbled, unable to think of a reason. Neither could Murundio, for that matter.
They heard a familiar sound. Frankenstein was shouting from somewhere nearby. The shouting was coming from next to Igor, through a barred window. They peered through it and Murundio was appalled by what he saw.
Frankenstein appeared to be trapped in a large chunk of ice, with only his neck and head free. Attached to the ice was chains and pulleys. A loud shrieking sounded, making Murundio flinch.
"My Master has awakened," Igor said, silly half-smile on his face. The pulley started to rise and the chains snapped taut and the block of ice started to rise. Murundio glanced at Van Helsing to see that he was white with anger. In desperation, he began to furiously pull at the bars, his werewolf-venom-fuelled strength making them bend. But werewolf strength or not, the bars didn't break and Van Helsing let go, slamming his hand into them in frustration.
Frankenstein watched Van Helsing, a sad look on his face.
"There is a cure," he whispered.
"What?" Van Helsing stumbled.
"Dracula, he has a cure to remove the curse of the werewolf! Go find the cure! Save yourselves!"
And then Frankenstein was gone. Gone to his doom. Murundio felt sorry for the monster.
"Come on, let's find the cure!" Anna said.
"No, wait. Why does Dracula have a cure?" Van Helsing asked.
"I don't care! C'mon Van Helsing, let's find the cure. I can't lose you along with my brother!" Anna said desperately.
"Van Helsing has a point. Why does the King of the Vampires need a cure for lycanthropy? Especially since he controls them?" Murundio asked. Van Helsing turned to Igor.
"Why does he need a cure?!" Van Helsing shouted. Igor clamped his mouth shut.
"Because, the only thing that can kill him is a werewolf! The painting, that's what it meant!" Carl said excitedly.
"What painting?" Murundio asked again, but was again ignored.
"But Dracula has been using werewolves to do his bidding for centuries!" Anna protested.
"Yes, but if one ever had the will to turn on him, he would need to cure to cure the werewolf before it bit him," Carl said. Van Helsing pulled the blade out of Igor.
"You are going to take these three and lead them to the antidote," he snarled.
"No I'm not!" Igor shouted. Van Helsing raised the blade threateningly.
"Yes I am," Igor muttered.
"Here's the plan," Carl said. "When the bell begins to toll midnight, you'll change into a werewolf. We just need to get the cure into you after you kill Dracula," Carl said.
"The thing is, you have to kill Dracula before he influences you, otherwise, you'll be his forever," Murundio said.
"That's insane! Van Helsing, please can we go look for the cure?" Anna pleaded.
"No! I've been given an opportunity to destroy Dracula, and that's what I'm going to do!" Van Helsing said.
"Anna, it'll be fine! You, Carl and I can go look for the cure, while Van Helsing can go up there and defeat Dracula. It'll be easy!" Murundio said. Anna still didn't look convinced.
Van Helsing snatched a pair of wire-cutters off Igor.
"If you ever suspect him of misleading you, clip off one of his fingers!" Van Helsing snarled, handing the wire-cutters to Anna.
"I'll clip off something," Anna said, narrowing her eyes at Igor. Murundio raised an eyebrow at her but said nothing.
"The tower over there, that's the Black Tower. The cures there," Igor said desperately. He didn't appear to be happy to go with Anna, especially after that threat.
"Yeah? And what about those stairs over there?" Van Helsing asked. Igor clamped up.
"Give me the wire-cutters," Van Helsing said.
"That's Devil's Tower! It's where we have reassembled the laboratory! Would I lie to you?" Igor said quickly.
"Not if you wanted to live!" Van Helsing snarled. He turned to Murundio.
"Remember your promise- if you guys can't get the cure into me, then silver in my heart will be the only other option!" Van Helsing handed Murundio the silver stake.
"Don't worry- I'll do what I think is right," Murundio asked.
"That's all I ask, my friend," Van Helsing said softly. He shoved Igor towards them and Murundio placed a firm grip on his shoulder.
"C'mon," said Carl. Murundio shoved Igor foreword and they started to walk towards Black Tower. After a few minutes, Murundio realised Anna wasn't with them and he turned to find her with Van Helsing. As he watched, they kissed.
So it was true, there was something going on between them!
It made Murundio remember what it was like to be with Aleera, and it brought a sad smile to his face. Love was a cruel, cruel game.
After a while, Anna and Van Helsing broke off the kiss and she hurried towards Murundio and Carl.
This was it- Murundio, Carl and Anna would find the cure for Van Helsing, while Van Helsing battled the Son of the Devil himself.
