I do not own Van Helsing. I only own Tiffani and Lexi.

Story Start

"I think you try to anger as many people as you can when we are trying to run away," Lexi yelled as they rushed through the large estate. Carl was fretting with something in the shirt of his jester's costume. "Carl, what are you doing?" she asked wondering why Carl had stopped in the middle of a room. The group was about to jump out of a large stained glass window, but they froze when they saw Carl stop.

"I've been working on a new type of light bomb, and I think it will help," Carl said proudly before he saw the vampires racing towards the room they were standing in for the moment. "Hope it helps soon," he yelled before tossing it to Van Helsing.

"Jump," Lexi yelled and ran towards the glass window with Tiffani by her side. Carl was running behind them.

"Wee," Tiffani screamed before she crashed into the glass window first. The tinkling of the glass was delicate compared to the sound the bomb made after Van Helsing through it at the incoming vampires. Van Helsing fell close to Lexi when the sounds of dying vampires echoed above them. "I should jump through windows more often," Tiffani mumbled before her hand was grabbed and Carl was pulling her down the road towards the horses and carriage.

"You jump through any more windows and I will lock you in a padded room," Lexi yelled while she ran beside Van Helsing. She would have run by her friend, but Van Helsing had a hold of one of her hands, which gave her some comfort in the dangerous situation.

"Bouncy," Tiffani yelled back before she felt a shiver go down her spine. A large shadow had flown over her and she had a sinking feeling that she knew who it was. "I think we should hurry up," she yelled and slipped out of her heels while running. She ran faster barefoot than in high heels.

"Get the horses reined to the carriage," Van Helsing yelled because he had not seen the same shadow as Tiffani.

"No time," Tiffani screamed and jumped on the back of one of the horses. She pulled Carl onto the back of the horse with her. She knew time was running short for all of them.

"Why are you rushing so much? I know this is serious and dangerous, but you almost seem close to panicking," Lexi yelled as she got on the back of another horse. Van Helsing was struggling to get on the last horse in the stalls.

"Bats aren't usually that big," Tiffani yelled and pointed up to the sky where Dracula was flying in his bat form. The giant size of his bat form made the group give a nervous reaction whether vocally or physically. "Go," she yelled and used a small nudge with her feet in the horse's side to make it start moving. She snapped the reins to make the horse run faster. Carl wrapped his arms around her waist so he would not fall off the horse.

"You could have told us sooner," Van Helsing yelled as he and Lexi started following Tiffani down the road, which the group had taken to enter Budapest. He drew out a crossbow to try to shoot at Dracula, but the large bat effortlessly dodged the wood stakes.

"How do you kill him?" Lexi hissed to herself while trying to stay on the back of the horse. This was not her favorite type of transportation, but it would work for now in this situation.

"I don't want to kill him," Tiffani said before she yelped. She ducked down closer to the horse's neck, and her movement made Carl fall forward onto her back. Dracula had flew down and tried to grab her with his bat feet.

"Still don't want to kill him?" Lexi yelled while she pulled out a gun and tried to shoot the vampire king. She smirked when she hit the bat's wing, but she glared when the wound healed in seconds. "I'd like to kill him," she grumbled before shooting again.

"You should want to kill him," Carl was saying while still clinging tightly to Tiffani, who was staying as low on the horse's back as she could.

"He's too interesting to kill," Tiffani said with a pout before trying to make the horse run faster. She felt bad that the horse was having to run so fast, but the horse's fear made her more worried. She knew if anything randomly appeared or if Dracula swooped down in front of the horse then she would be thrown off along with Carl. She did not want a broken collarbone or worse because she fell off a horse.

"Carl, hold on," Van Helsing yelled when he saw that Dracula was acting strange in the sky. He was doing weird flying patterns as if he was trying to figure out the best way to get to Tiffani. "I'm going to get you off that horse and onto this one," he yelled to Carl as he urged his horse to run faster so he would be beside Tiffani's horse.

"Are you insane? Van Helsing, just let me stay here," Carl yelled and Lexi almost laughed at the sheer panic on Carl's face.

"Dracula is about to dive down and do something to get Tiffani, and you do not need to be on that horse," Van Helsing yelled at his friend.

"I should have stayed in Rome," Carl exclaimed in frustration and fear. He gave a nervous look to the sky where he saw the bat form of Dracula flying in an almost relaxed manner. "Hurry up then," he yelled at Van Helsing. Dracula's relaxed flying made him more nervous than if the vampire was flying down towards them.

"I'm trying," Van Helsing yelled out as he tried to get close to Tiffani's horse.

"Watch out," Lexi yelled when she saw Dracula about to fly down towards the group. She shot the vampire king in the eye, which made the large bat screech in pain. "Hurry up, guys," she yelled when the vampire flew higher in the sky.

"What about me? After you get Carl, what happens to me?" Tiffani yelled with an annoyed tone and a raised eyebrow to her friend.

"Go down fighting," Lexi yelled and she gave a small laugh at the look her friend gave her. Tiffani was always able to make her laugh no matter the situation.

"Keep in mind, I'll haunt you for eternity if I die," Tiffani yelled before Carl jumped to Van Helsing's horse. She cursed when she heard Dracula give an excited screech above her. "Sorry horse," she whispered to herself before urging the horse to run faster.

"Tiffani, lose him somehow," Lexi yelled as she saw her friend's horse running faster.

"I'll try my best, but he knows my scent and my heartbeat gives me away," Tiffani yelled back before she felt the wind around her become gentler. She looked up and her heart almost stopped. The bat form of Dracula was no longer above her. a breath of relief wanted to escape her until her horse started neighing in fear.

"What's wrong?" she yelled and her eyes were focused on the man standing calmly ahead of her on the road. She was now separated from her friend and the others by a good distance. The horse stopped running and started tossing its head from side to side. "Shh, calm down, please, it's ok, he's just a guy," she said to try to calm down the horse, but it was not working. She felt herself sliding around on the back of the horse because of the fabric of the dress.

"You know that you cannot escape from me," Dracula said almost in glee as he slowly approached the still fretting horse.

"Well could you at least back away a bit so I can get off the horse before it throws me off its back," Tiffani yelled as she tried to calm down the horse.

"I will catch you," he said with a smirk, and she just gave him a frown in return.

"How sweet of you, you have some manners now, but I'd feel safer if I could just get down on my own terms," she said before the horse let out a terrified cry. Dracula was too close. The horse stood on its back legs so it could try to hit Dracula with its front two. Tiffani's eyes were wide as she felt her body slipping down the horse's back because of her dress.

Dracula moved quickly as he jumped to grab Tiffani's off the horse's back before she could be hurt. The horse gave a threatening snort at Dracula, who now had Tiffani in his arms. The horse ran off when it saw that Dracula was not going to attack it.

"Did you miss me?" Tiffani asked with a somewhat sweet look. Dracula intrigued her, but she would not make taming her heart easy for the vampire king.

"So much that you will not be able to run away so easily next time," Dracula said before smirking at the arrival of Lexi, Van Helsing, and Carl. He set Tiffani on her own two feet before giving the group a small bow. Lexi went to shoot the vampire, but he had already turned into his bat form. Tiffani went to walk towards her friend, but the bat's feet latched around her. She was taken into the sky to fly to another unknown destination.

"We need to figure out a better way to travel," Tiffani was heard yelling at Dracula before she was too far away to be heard anymore.

"Of course, that is what she worries about," Lexi yelled before wishing she had a battle-axe. Battle-axes made her happy in stressful situations like this.