Sing the Devil, Prick the Flesh
A/N: Thank you for the reviews! I loved them! And as for Van Helsing getting things all settled in the end... I can't tell you but if you know me and my writing well, I usually like to write a suitable ending, mostly happy. lol Also I'm gonna give Anna one fragment of her memory back, just for Gabriel's sake. Ok now please read and review again! NO FLAMES PLEASE!
Summary: AU Van Helsing had failed. He lost Carl, Anna and Frankenstein. Now Van Helsing has no choice but to be Dracula's slave and obey his orders. But still there may be hope... Rated T. Beware.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Van Helsing!
WARNING: There's Violence, Angst and Tragedy! If this isn't your type of story, you should go elsewhere.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR IDEAS! Thank you Katie Van Helsing, kiliho, JK and Blue Autumn Sky! I'm sorry if I haven't used all of your ideas, but I still loved all of them and will try to include some bits and pieces of it:D
Chapter Four - Locked Misery
A howl ripped through the morning the next day as Dracula's mortal followers dragged a sturdy figure from his cage. Chains curled around the creature, or man as he once was. Dracula's followers cried out furiously as they pulled, dragging the changing man towards the door, only to be resisted by a strong tug.
Van Helsing snarled in rage and his eyes glowed feral. An iron collar circled around his neck, tugging him forward, choking the breath out of him. But this didn't stop him from trying to resist the men in front of him. He continued to pull the chains, yanking Dracula's followers with him. A small grin slowly started to curl on his lips as Van Helsing pulled harder. He was winning. He would run, far away from this place. Away from torture, killings and pain... All of it would be lost in his past. His grin faltered as familiar faces rushed in his mind. Anna... the Princess would remain as a clueless servant to Dracula's will, along with all the other innocents, including Rose...
Van Helsing bit his lip hard and he was knocked off guard as one of the men punched him hard in the stomach. He gave out a gasp as he fell to the ground, coughing in a fit.
"How do you like that, wolf!" the man who had hit him sniggered and joined the others. Before Van Helsing could regain himself, he was pulled by the chains on his wrists, and the collar. He was dragged, struggling for breath on the floor as the men continued to do that until at last it stopped and Van Helsing realized was outside. Van Helsing coughed hard, choking up blood and spitting it on the ground. There was no warmth because the sun was hidden within the gray clouds. It had continued to be like this from Dracula's reign spread through the world. Only rarely did the sun ever greet them to heat their cold skins.
"Wolf, you have been disobedient..." a familiar voice spoke. Van Helsing looked up, his coughing lessening. His eyes immediately met Dracula and he tried, even though in vain, to swipe at Dracula's feet. Dracula stepped out of the way and laughed as he turned into a devilish beast. Wings spread and changed Dracula's appearance, as triumphant laugh echoed through the place. Van Helsing looked up at the sky, wishing a bit of sunlight would come seeping through. But nothing showered down to comfort him. The sky was blackened, filled with dark smoke. His eyes watered in anger and fear.
Then Van Helsing noticed something. He was outside, but he wasn't where he was usually in. He closed his eyes, letting one single tear trail down his rugged cheek. He opened his eyes, this time ever so slowly. First he saw a huge crowd outside, all of Dracula's reluctant servants who refused to work him, only this wasn't what caught his gaze. No, it couldn't be... Van Helsing thought in horror at what he saw next. He was in a cage, where he surely belonged. But there was something that didn't belong. People that shouldn't have been there with him.
There, inside the cage, were two very familiar faces. Both of them were chained on the poles of the cage, their hands tied over their heads as they struggled furiously.
It was Rose and Anna that were chained inside the cage.
"This is what you get for disobeying me, Gabriel!" a voice dripping with satisfaction shouted from above the hunter's head. Van Helsing saw the looks on both Anna and Roses's faces. It was a mixture of pain, pity and most of all... fear.
Invisible claws ripped inside Van Helsing as he lay there, slumped inside the locked cage with chains curling around his body, his head bowed, eyes glowing feral. He gave out a despairing scream, filled with sorrow and fresh tears that now spilled out of him as he changed into the beast he had become.
A/N: ACK! Cliffie! I am so SORRY! I will update, I promise! OwO Please don't kill me, I beg of you, or I won't be able to update another chapter, lol. Please please please review and forgive me for the long wait:D I promise I will update soon as possible, for this chapter is too much to bear!