CHAPTER 5
Van Helsing stood slightly in front of Anna, cautiously watching the beast that had just thrown poor Carl through the door. He very slowly reached behind himself to grab hold of one of the weapons that were usually strapped to the back of his hips, but then, upon not feeling them there, began cursing silently when he suddenly remembered taking them off. He had put them inside the chest in which he kept most of this clothes and it happened to be sitting in the opposite corner to him and Anna. He had to think quickly before the thing at the door decided to attack.
He silently cleared his throat before saying in his most strong, commanding tone, "Who are you and what is it that you want?"
"I think 'WHAT are you' would have been more appropriate," Anna whispered from behind him just before the creature surprisingly spoke up.
"I have come to destroy the Holy One," it snarled as it took one step from out of the shadows and into the room, straightening up to its full height.
Gabriel heard Anna gasp softly from behind him, but wasn't sure whether she did it because of what the creature had said or because of how horrifying it looked.
The beast stood a good nine feet tall and while it had some human-like features, they were grotesquely misshapen. It had very dark, somewhat scaly skin that was rivaled only by the blackness of its eyes, which happened to be so dark that not even the light reflected off of them. With every movement, its highly muscular chest, legs, and arms seemed to ripple, and on every finger of its huge hands where long, extremely sharp nails that actually looked more like daggers than anything else. As it spoke, its pointy, gleaming white teeth seemed to suggest almost certain death for those unfortunate enough to get trapped within its massive jaws, and its voice sounded of stones being grinded mixed with the intensity of thunder. Its whole aura seemed to vibrate with pure darkness.
Van Helsing took a step back so that Anna was nearly touching him before he said, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Just as the words left his mouth, the beast roared loudly and then lunged at the two of them. Gabriel had anticipated that very reaction and quickly grabbed Anna, pushed her forward out of the way, and then dove out of the way himself just as the beast landed where they had been.
Gabriel rolled to his feet and then looked from the beast to Anna, who had just stood as well. "Anna! The chest!" he exclaimed, pointing to it.
The woman immediately nodded, knowing exactly what he was telling her to do. She had seen him put his weapons inside while he was finding her something to wear. She quickly glanced at the beast that had just turned around before she made a mad dash for the chest.
Roaring again, the beast launched himself in her direction, but was cut off in mid-air when Van Helsing came crashing into it, sending them both flying to the floor. He tried to quickly roll away from the beast, but wasn't fast enough. The creature grabbed him by the shoulder, digging his sharp claws in, and then threw Gabriel across the room like nothing more than a rag doll.
Gabriel slammed into the wall and then fell forward, almost landing right on top of Carl. Ignoring the pain radiating from his shoulder, he pushed himself up and then quickly shook the friar, trying to rouse him. He wanted Carl to move to safety so he wouldn't get trampled on.
Carl moaned and shook his head with his eyes still closed, whining, "No, please Mummy! I don't like wearing boy clothes!"
Anna made it to the chest and wretched it open. She immediately pulled out one of Van Helsing's six-shot revolvers and turned to shoot the beast, but before she could pull the trigger, it was upon her.
The beast lashed out with its huge clawed hand and slashed Anna across the stomach before it followed through with the swing, hitting her outstretched arm and causing her to drop the revolver. Before she could move to retaliate, the beast had her by the neck and was lifting her off the ground.
Gabriel watched as the revolver slid across the floor near the bed and quickly made a dive for it. Wrapping his hand around the handle, he brought it up, aimed at the beast, and fired, hoping it would at least drop Anna.
But it didn't. When the bullet pierced its side, it just swung around, Anna still within its grasp, and furiously roared at Van Helsing.
Gabriel eyes went wide when he noticed that the wound he had just inflicted upon the beast suddenly healed. He clenched his teeth and jumped to his feet before firing four more shots at the creature. The bullets hit the beast's chest and only then did it drop Anna.
Landing on the ground hard, Anna coughed violently, trying to draw air back into her lungs but with every movement of her chest, the long gashes across her stomach sent searing pain throughout her body, making it that much harder.
Carl, who had finally come to his senses, sat up and looked around to see what mayhem had ensued while he had been unconscious. His eyes grew wide as he saw Van Helsing standing near the bed, revolver in hand, and the huge, roaring beast looming over Anna, who was on the ground in front of it. Immediately scared out of his wits, he quickly crawled over to the bed and slid under it, hoping he wouldn't attract the beast's attention.
Peeking out, the friar stared at the beast and began shuffling through all the information in his brain about monsters and demons, trying to figure out what it was. If he knew what it was, he would be able to tell Gabriel and then it might help him kill it. When the beast roared again, he squeaked in fear and slid all the way back under the bed. "I can think better under here," he quietly rationalize with himself.
When Van Helsing saw that Carl had moved and made it to the mostly likely the safest place in the room, he was relieved for a brief moment. At least the friar would live, but when the four bullet holes in the creature's chest healed again, he wasn't sure that he and Anna would. "Anna!! MOVE!!" he cried, hoping to spur her into action. He had to get her away from the beast!
Upon hearing Gabriel's voice, Anna forced herself to push past the pain and then looked up at the beast just in time to see its foot coming toward her head. She immediately rolled out of the way, narrowly missing the blow that most likely would have killed her. She quickly climbed to her feet, but just as she did, the beast's huge arm came crashing into her, sending her flying into the far wall.
Infuriated, the beast then turned to Gabriel, making up its mind to kill him first before destroying the Holy One. It stepped forward, slashing at Van Helsing with its massive claws, but couldn't seem to actually make contact. The man was evading all of its blows, making it even more anger.
"Carl!" Van Helsing yelled as he jumped forward and rolled between the beast's legs. "How do I kill this thing?!" On his feet again, he quickly fired the last bullet into the creature's back before he ran for the chest.
Under the bed, Carl was muttering to himself. "It's a Ged-...No, no, those have tentacles. Oh! It's a ...wait, no, those have tails." But that's when it hit him. "It's an Opacus Belua!!" he exclaimed, thoroughly pleased with himself that he had figured it out. "All right, now how to kill it..." he pondered aloud to himself.
Gabriel grabbed another revolver and shot off all of the bullets into the beast, hoping to at least delay its impending attack. "Anytime now, Carl!" he yelled, picking up his crossbow and firing the arrows into the creature.
Carl was racking his brain trying to figure out the answer to Van Helsing's question. "One moment, Van Helsing!" he cried from under the bed.
Gabriel was still firing at the beast, but he was quickly running out of arrows. "One moment and we'll all be dead!"
"AHA!" Carl exclaimed, having remembered how to kill it. He crawled forward and peeked out. "I figured it out, Van Helsing! I remember reading in Gilvanio's Book of Dark Creatures that the Opacus Belua is sensitive to light and that—"
"HOW DO I KILL IT?!"
"Shoot its eyes!! You have to shoot its eyes so the light in the room can enter its body and kill it!" Carl replied before scooting back under the bed. He frowned. Van Helsing always interrupted him when he was trying to explain something.
Van Helsing immediately raised the crossbow, leveled it with the beast's head, and fired off two arrows. Both hit their marks.
The beast shrieked in pain and grasped at its eyes, hoping to shield them, but it was too late. The arrows had shattered the black lenses that protected its only weakness.
Gabriel watched as the light in the room seemed to get absorbed into the wounds in the creatures eyes. Moments later, the beast began to shake violently and its dark skin began to glow. It gave out one last guttural roar and then finally blew up.
TO BE CONTINUED...
(A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you liked chapter five! I originally had it about 8 pages long, but decided I'd cut it in half and then use the other half for chapter 6, which will be up soon! And yes Dare, they'll go shopping soon! LOL! Probably chapter 7. -Grin- And Syreene, it's nice to know there's another Emily around -wink-! Sarah, calm...Breathe with me. In...and out. In...and out. In...and out. Carl will be fine. I promise you! LOL! taidigimon, and everyone else, I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I only hope I can continue to write to your liking! :-D Remember to REVIEW!! -hugs- Emily)
Van Helsing stood slightly in front of Anna, cautiously watching the beast that had just thrown poor Carl through the door. He very slowly reached behind himself to grab hold of one of the weapons that were usually strapped to the back of his hips, but then, upon not feeling them there, began cursing silently when he suddenly remembered taking them off. He had put them inside the chest in which he kept most of this clothes and it happened to be sitting in the opposite corner to him and Anna. He had to think quickly before the thing at the door decided to attack.
He silently cleared his throat before saying in his most strong, commanding tone, "Who are you and what is it that you want?"
"I think 'WHAT are you' would have been more appropriate," Anna whispered from behind him just before the creature surprisingly spoke up.
"I have come to destroy the Holy One," it snarled as it took one step from out of the shadows and into the room, straightening up to its full height.
Gabriel heard Anna gasp softly from behind him, but wasn't sure whether she did it because of what the creature had said or because of how horrifying it looked.
The beast stood a good nine feet tall and while it had some human-like features, they were grotesquely misshapen. It had very dark, somewhat scaly skin that was rivaled only by the blackness of its eyes, which happened to be so dark that not even the light reflected off of them. With every movement, its highly muscular chest, legs, and arms seemed to ripple, and on every finger of its huge hands where long, extremely sharp nails that actually looked more like daggers than anything else. As it spoke, its pointy, gleaming white teeth seemed to suggest almost certain death for those unfortunate enough to get trapped within its massive jaws, and its voice sounded of stones being grinded mixed with the intensity of thunder. Its whole aura seemed to vibrate with pure darkness.
Van Helsing took a step back so that Anna was nearly touching him before he said, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Just as the words left his mouth, the beast roared loudly and then lunged at the two of them. Gabriel had anticipated that very reaction and quickly grabbed Anna, pushed her forward out of the way, and then dove out of the way himself just as the beast landed where they had been.
Gabriel rolled to his feet and then looked from the beast to Anna, who had just stood as well. "Anna! The chest!" he exclaimed, pointing to it.
The woman immediately nodded, knowing exactly what he was telling her to do. She had seen him put his weapons inside while he was finding her something to wear. She quickly glanced at the beast that had just turned around before she made a mad dash for the chest.
Roaring again, the beast launched himself in her direction, but was cut off in mid-air when Van Helsing came crashing into it, sending them both flying to the floor. He tried to quickly roll away from the beast, but wasn't fast enough. The creature grabbed him by the shoulder, digging his sharp claws in, and then threw Gabriel across the room like nothing more than a rag doll.
Gabriel slammed into the wall and then fell forward, almost landing right on top of Carl. Ignoring the pain radiating from his shoulder, he pushed himself up and then quickly shook the friar, trying to rouse him. He wanted Carl to move to safety so he wouldn't get trampled on.
Carl moaned and shook his head with his eyes still closed, whining, "No, please Mummy! I don't like wearing boy clothes!"
Anna made it to the chest and wretched it open. She immediately pulled out one of Van Helsing's six-shot revolvers and turned to shoot the beast, but before she could pull the trigger, it was upon her.
The beast lashed out with its huge clawed hand and slashed Anna across the stomach before it followed through with the swing, hitting her outstretched arm and causing her to drop the revolver. Before she could move to retaliate, the beast had her by the neck and was lifting her off the ground.
Gabriel watched as the revolver slid across the floor near the bed and quickly made a dive for it. Wrapping his hand around the handle, he brought it up, aimed at the beast, and fired, hoping it would at least drop Anna.
But it didn't. When the bullet pierced its side, it just swung around, Anna still within its grasp, and furiously roared at Van Helsing.
Gabriel eyes went wide when he noticed that the wound he had just inflicted upon the beast suddenly healed. He clenched his teeth and jumped to his feet before firing four more shots at the creature. The bullets hit the beast's chest and only then did it drop Anna.
Landing on the ground hard, Anna coughed violently, trying to draw air back into her lungs but with every movement of her chest, the long gashes across her stomach sent searing pain throughout her body, making it that much harder.
Carl, who had finally come to his senses, sat up and looked around to see what mayhem had ensued while he had been unconscious. His eyes grew wide as he saw Van Helsing standing near the bed, revolver in hand, and the huge, roaring beast looming over Anna, who was on the ground in front of it. Immediately scared out of his wits, he quickly crawled over to the bed and slid under it, hoping he wouldn't attract the beast's attention.
Peeking out, the friar stared at the beast and began shuffling through all the information in his brain about monsters and demons, trying to figure out what it was. If he knew what it was, he would be able to tell Gabriel and then it might help him kill it. When the beast roared again, he squeaked in fear and slid all the way back under the bed. "I can think better under here," he quietly rationalize with himself.
When Van Helsing saw that Carl had moved and made it to the mostly likely the safest place in the room, he was relieved for a brief moment. At least the friar would live, but when the four bullet holes in the creature's chest healed again, he wasn't sure that he and Anna would. "Anna!! MOVE!!" he cried, hoping to spur her into action. He had to get her away from the beast!
Upon hearing Gabriel's voice, Anna forced herself to push past the pain and then looked up at the beast just in time to see its foot coming toward her head. She immediately rolled out of the way, narrowly missing the blow that most likely would have killed her. She quickly climbed to her feet, but just as she did, the beast's huge arm came crashing into her, sending her flying into the far wall.
Infuriated, the beast then turned to Gabriel, making up its mind to kill him first before destroying the Holy One. It stepped forward, slashing at Van Helsing with its massive claws, but couldn't seem to actually make contact. The man was evading all of its blows, making it even more anger.
"Carl!" Van Helsing yelled as he jumped forward and rolled between the beast's legs. "How do I kill this thing?!" On his feet again, he quickly fired the last bullet into the creature's back before he ran for the chest.
Under the bed, Carl was muttering to himself. "It's a Ged-...No, no, those have tentacles. Oh! It's a ...wait, no, those have tails." But that's when it hit him. "It's an Opacus Belua!!" he exclaimed, thoroughly pleased with himself that he had figured it out. "All right, now how to kill it..." he pondered aloud to himself.
Gabriel grabbed another revolver and shot off all of the bullets into the beast, hoping to at least delay its impending attack. "Anytime now, Carl!" he yelled, picking up his crossbow and firing the arrows into the creature.
Carl was racking his brain trying to figure out the answer to Van Helsing's question. "One moment, Van Helsing!" he cried from under the bed.
Gabriel was still firing at the beast, but he was quickly running out of arrows. "One moment and we'll all be dead!"
"AHA!" Carl exclaimed, having remembered how to kill it. He crawled forward and peeked out. "I figured it out, Van Helsing! I remember reading in Gilvanio's Book of Dark Creatures that the Opacus Belua is sensitive to light and that—"
"HOW DO I KILL IT?!"
"Shoot its eyes!! You have to shoot its eyes so the light in the room can enter its body and kill it!" Carl replied before scooting back under the bed. He frowned. Van Helsing always interrupted him when he was trying to explain something.
Van Helsing immediately raised the crossbow, leveled it with the beast's head, and fired off two arrows. Both hit their marks.
The beast shrieked in pain and grasped at its eyes, hoping to shield them, but it was too late. The arrows had shattered the black lenses that protected its only weakness.
Gabriel watched as the light in the room seemed to get absorbed into the wounds in the creatures eyes. Moments later, the beast began to shake violently and its dark skin began to glow. It gave out one last guttural roar and then finally blew up.
TO BE CONTINUED...
(A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you liked chapter five! I originally had it about 8 pages long, but decided I'd cut it in half and then use the other half for chapter 6, which will be up soon! And yes Dare, they'll go shopping soon! LOL! Probably chapter 7. -Grin- And Syreene, it's nice to know there's another Emily around -wink-! Sarah, calm...Breathe with me. In...and out. In...and out. In...and out. Carl will be fine. I promise you! LOL! taidigimon, and everyone else, I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I only hope I can continue to write to your liking! :-D Remember to REVIEW!! -hugs- Emily)
