Frozen Heart Chapter 03.
Meanwhile in the far castle the Evil Queen went into another, smaller room. There was only a throne, a long table and shelves with more boxes. She sat down and near her a curtain moved up, revealing a beautiful mirror on the wall.
"Magic Mirror, hear my order, tell me where the Huntress wander?" she spoke, whereof the mirror rippled, like a lake's surface when someone throw in a pebble.
In the next moment a picture appeared deep inside. It was a large room, where torches gave bare light. She saw five persons, a female mouse in the background with two smaller creature, and a male rabbit and mouse in the foreground, facing with a jacketed stranger.
"What a nice performance! I loved it so much" talked the hooded figure "Sadly... the show is over for you, Count Mickey!"
"Who are you?" Mickey glared at the person angry "And how you know about me?"
"Mick... This is the guy I talked about" whispered Ozzie to his friend.
"I must correct you, bunny boy..." a hand moved and pulled off the hood from the head and body. From under the coat a pair of blue ears, long, bushy tail and a curvy body shoved up "...I'm a girl"
The guys' jaw dropped in surprise. The blue cat stared with ivy, wicked eyes. She wore pilot glasses on the top of her head, a shirt with gray vest, black trousers and brown, knee-high boots. She had a pair of guns strapped to her hip, and two dagger on her thighs.
"Surprised, neh?" chuckled the cat on an evil tone "And... to answer your question... I know everything about you Count..."
The boys snapped out of confusion and turned serious again.
"It's still not the right answer! Who the heck are you and how could you enter my territory?" pointed Mickey, whereof the female giggled again "What you laughing at?" frowned the Count.
"Sorry, but you're so stupid! Asking questions from the one who gonna kill you... but fine. My name is Huntress and I must say thanks to your bunny friend who guided me here"
"I'm not a bun... What?" Ozzie first glared at the Huntress,then at Mickey "I-I didn't know..."
"Of course you not. It was a part of my plan. And it works just great..." her hands moved really fast to her waist.
"Everyone, duck!" shouted Ozzie and pulled down the Count. Guns shot, a bullet made a hole on Mickey's cloak.
"Hey...!" the Count had no time to yell, Huntress immediately attacked, rushing against the duo.
"Darn you!" Oswald answered her shoots with his own guns, but all of them missed, she jumped out of the ways.
"Too slow... bunny boy!" she mocked. In the next moment she slid under the rabbit and punched him on the chin. He groaned and tottered behind.
"Ozzie! You little..." Mickey now became angry. In his hand a black sword materialized "You will regret you entered my home."
"We will see. Bring it on, Count!" grinned the Huntress and the two charged at the same time.
She shot some bullets the mouse easily dodged. He swung his blade, sending a dark wave toward the female. She slid a stop and jumped high at a column, hanging on with one arm. Mickey just waited for this moment. The Huntress felt something appears behind her.
"Now you fell into my trap" said Mickey, floating in mid air. From his back two black wings grew out.
"Hm... indeed it was a nice move... But I thinking three steps ahead!" Mickey opened his mouth wide, showing his razor-like fangs, ready to bite. Huntress reached into her pocket and pulled out a silver cross.
"Try this!" hissed with an evil smirk and pressed the cross into his chest. The Count let out a painful shout as the silver burnt his skin. Ozzie watched the scene from the ground.
"What the..." his eyes widened and quickly placed a hand onto his pocket "That's my cross. But when..." nearby him Mickey crashed into the floor, the Huntress softly landed a few steps further. She stood up and cleared some invisible dust from her shoulder.
"How... how dare you use my weapons on my friend?" the rabbit aimed his mechanical arm and fired.
One projectile scratched the Huntress's arm. She frowned and took out two dagger, attacking back on great speed. Ozzie jumped to the right in time, metal sparkled as the arm was pressed against the knives. The rabbit was in great condition, still he has some difficulties to keep her away.
"That's all the famous VanHellsing can do?" mocked the Huntress.
"Maybe yes... but maybe I was thinking three steps ahead." replied her words Ozzie with a grin "Mickey, now!"
"What?" the female had no time to act. There was a fierce pain and a black blade came out from her chest.
"How you like this?" behind her the Count panted, but with the same victorious smile like Oswald. In the next moment Mickey tossed the cat hard against the wall. She moaned and collapsed down.
"I... Is it over?" Mina slowly peeked out from behind the throne where she and the other two mouse hid. By the battle both Oswald and Mickey became tired a little.
"I think..." panted the Count, when, for their shock, they heard the same chuckle again. They turned that way to see as the Huntress slowly rose up.
"Heh, it hurt dammit..." she said and crunched her neck.
"H-how this can be? I'm sure I stabbed your heart..." Mickey's mouth remained open in stun.
"Oh you little naive..." her grin grew wider. Clenched her hands on the daggers tighter and charged.
"Watch out Mick!" yelled Ozzie and obstructed the Huntress's way, firing rapidly with his guns.
The cat zipped from a column to another, moving out from the missiles' way. When she reached the rabbit she jumped to the side and, landing on her hand, back-kicked Ozzie hard, sending him away. Now the Count came, using all his energy left to summon his blade again. Huntress slashed the daggers, Mickey dodged them with his sword. The two opponent struggled against each other.
"Hmm... better if I use something special against you." said the cat rolling aside and from behind she pulled out another dagger. It has a beautiful, hearth shaped symbol on the face and it shined with cold light. "I have enough of this game! Let's finish it!"
"I wanted to say the same!" hissed Mickey and moved swift. The Huntress did the same, again the weapons hit each other. But, in the next moment the black blade began to sizzle.
"What the...?" the Count let out a groan. Somehow the dagger burnt his essence.
The female smirked and cut through the unstable sword, hurting Mickey seriously. He screamed and fell down, holding his hands trembling on a bleeding wound across his chest.
"Mickey, no!" shouted Ozzie and Mina at the same time. The Huntress walked closer to him.
"Silver." showed the dagger smirking "Hurt, isn't it?" She then heard a voice.
"Bravo, my dear Huntress. You did a great job." spoke the Evil Queen to the mirror.
"Thank you My Queen." she nodded. The others didn't understand who she talking to. They heard nothing. "How should I serve it. Dead or Alive?"
"Alive." answered the Queen "I need a strong servant in my army"
"As you wish" the Huntress went to the struggling Mickey, grabbed, and pulled back his head by the fur. He let out a moan.
"Leave him!" shouted Mina desperately. Bernard and Bianca just barely hold back the female, not run to her mate..
"Nhhhh... Mick..." Ozzie knelt up with difficulties, watched the scene helpless. The cat placed the silver dagger close to his chest. He winced as the metal hurt his skin.
"Feel lucky, Count. It's the biggest honor to be the Queen's servant." she whispered and raised his weapon to strike.
Suddenly they heard another door's open and a voice sounded.
"Mom, dad... what is this noise?" two young mouse, a white female and a black male appeared nearby.
"Oh no..." Mina moaned "Emily! Zuritan! Get out of here!"
Too late, the Huntress noticed them. The children just now realized the situation. The girl yelped scared and hold on her brother's arm.
"Dad! What's happened with you?" asked the boy, his eyes grew wide in stun.
"R...run away..." stammered Mickey.
Then he felt the grasp ease on his head. In the next moment a shadow appeared behind the kids. Emily let out a scream, but it muffled when claws gripped her throat and lifted her off feet. Zuritan was tripped and stomped on his back.
"No! Leave them!" screamed Mina and rushed closer "Please not hurt my children!"
"Hmm, I sense great innocence from these two... I want they heart!" said the Queen wickedly.
The Huntress nodded and raised her knife. Under her boot Zuritan struggled useless. Emily trembled and red tears streamed her cheek.
"P-please... don't hurt me..." she begged. The cat glared back into her eyes. Seemed she hesitating a little.
"What are you waiting for?" asked the Queen "Kill them!"
"My Queen... this is just a kid." sighed Huntress "And I already got what you wished for."
"Since when you questioning my will?" sneered the Queen "I don't say it again: Kill. The. Kids!"
"They not my target... And I'm not a child killer" for the first time her eyes shined up with intellect instead of blood thirst "I gladly murder anyone else you want, but not kids"
"How... dare you..." the Queen raged. She reached a box on the table, opened it and took out a throbbing heart that was covered with chains and pulsated with a blue aura "Know your place, slave!" shouted and clenched her claws around the heart, jammed it really tight.
The Huntress suddenly let out a painful groan. Dropped Emily and grabbed her own chest, doubled up in the suffer. The kids immediately rushed away from her.
"A...aaaaah!" she collapsed to her knees with eyes wide open, then she hit the ground.
Her body twitched and jerked before it stopped to move. The others watched it confused, unsure what just has happening. But after a minute she still not moved Mina ran and hugged her kids tight.
"Oh my darlings! I was so scared..." she sobbed.
Ozzie tottered to Mickey and helped him up "You okay?"
"Y-yeah..." panted the Count holding his wound, then glanced at the cat "But what happened?"
"I have no clue..." shrugged the rabbit.
Slowly they gathered around the Huntress. Oswald carefully rolled her to the back with his boot. Bernard climbed onto the shoulder.
"Hm... maybe she collapsed in exhaustion?" suggested the mouse, then he tripped in the clothes and fell onto her chest. After a moment of blush he yelped and jumped up "Holy cheese. She's dead!"
"Dead? Don't be stupid..." said Ozzie with a frown "But better if we finish her before..."
"Bernard is right" now Bianca spoke, resting her head on the cat's breasts. Then she rushed to her wrist, checking "I not hear her heart. There's no pulse and her body is cold."
"That can't be! She almost killed us a minute ago!" debated Ozzie.
"Maybe my attack finally had an effect on her" suggested Mickey "Nobody can survive it"
"And what should we do now?" asked Mina, still tending her children.
"Throw her to the wolves!" immediately said the young Zuritan as he struggled out from his mother's arms.
"Don't be this silly" sighed the Count.
"Calm down guys!" raised his hand Ozzie "First of all we need some medical treatment, and after we will find out what to do."
The others agreed with the idea, Mickey sent a ghost for a doctor, while another carried away the Huntress's body, that still had some mystery for everyone.
To be continued...