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Chapter 14 Hiding

'What was that!' Johnny cried out nervously.

'Is that?' Mavis started.

'Simon Van Helsing.' Bram murmured under his breath. 'Well... looks like he inherited his grandfather's hideous hissing slash croaking voice. Ah... I know voices can't look hideous but I just couldn't find a better word to describe it'

'What should we do?!' Johnny started to panic. 'What if Simon and his gang find here? We will be doomed if they do. There is only one exit and one entrance to this chamber.'

'Never fear my old friends!' Bram comforted the startled human. 'I will carry out my emergency measures right now and everything will be fine... at least for now. You do know, we are in emergency times right now.'

After finishing his sentence, the old vampire stubbled up the stairs towards his enchanting table and grabbed one of the million torches on the wall behind the enchanting table and pulled it down, just like how old Dracula used to do it back in Hotel Transylvania. A low rumbling sound was heard and set of bookshelves moved sideways and revealed another room. Bram started murmuring something Romanian under his breath. In a blink of an eye, the chamber of Bram Stoker transformed. The old bookshelves started to look more ancient than ever. The enchanting table dimmed and the entire chamber started to look moldy and rusty, as if it was abandoned for hundreds of years. It was a wonder to watch the transformation process. It was as if the four were in a time machine. Bram suddenly waved his arm at at wall and a gigantic painting of a elegant woman started to appear on the wall.

'Who on earth is that!?' Johnny questioned Bram emotionally, who just finished murmuring his spells.

'Oh! That's just one of the previous human owner of the castle.' The old vampire replied patiently. 'I always forget her name but I always keep a painting of her for simply no reason at all! Looks like it will become handy this time!'

'The spell I just casted has made this place look ancient and abondoned.' Bram continued to explain. 'If anyone comes down here they will simply think this some kind of old secret chamber that was constructed by those former human owners of this castle. Now, let us all go over to the safety pod that no one will ever ever find out.'

Bram led the trio towards the sliding bookshelves and into the dark room. Bram pulled a lever next to the entrance and the bookshelves behind slid back into the place. Bram went and pulled another lever and revealed a cozy lounge with luxurious purple sofas and a fireplace. Jonathon opened his mouth in astonishment as Bram went over to the end of the room and pulled out a cookie from a jar at a minibar.

'Help yourselves to these!' Bram yelled as he chewed on the cookie. 'I have casted spells to these cookies and they will never run out! You guys can use this room as your headquarters thingy and if you need to go back up to the surface to buy some extra snacks, I'm all in! I can teleport you to anywhere you want!'

Back at Simon Van Helsing's gang. The monsters were settled in a cages in a secret room inside the Castle. Frank the fleshgolem is still wimping and short-circuiting at the death of Dracula.

'Oh Drac...' Frank wimped and choked. The other monsters are also miserable at that.

'Come on, Frank! Drac died protecting his dear daughter and grandson. He died an honourable death!' Murray tried to cheer Frank up.

'I know but... we could have done much more than just sitting there and looking at everything happen.' Frank muttered.

'It happened suddenly and quickly! There's is nothing we could do about it!' Wayne replied. 'Besides, we were all tied up and you were in pieces! How are we supposed to do more than sitting there and looking at everything happen?'

'Shut up other there!' One of Simon's men who were staying guard of the monsters yelled and tried to silent the chatting monsters.

Frank sat back and signed...

Just then, Simon Van Helsing and his men were inspecting the area around the castle. It was already night and the tourists at the castle was already gone.

'Look around!' croaked Van Helsing. 'I don't want some stupid tourists hiding in the castle and grounds and crash our plans. We are using here as headquarters for now!'

'Sir! We found a trapdoor inside a warehouse in the castle grounds.' One of the black men walked up to Van Helsing and reported.

'What? Lead me there! And order the troop over here to follow me!'

'Sir yes sir!'

In a matter of minutes, Van Helsing and a troop of his men went down the stairs and into the chamber of Bram Stoker. Van Helsing ordered his men to search every corner for evidence of people being there.

Van Helsing himself also inspected the chamber and walked up to the dimmed enchanting table, which was disguised as a lamp on a small table. Van Helsing smirked at the table and shouted:

'Come here everyone! Pull these lamps!'

One of Van Helsing's men pulled a lamp and the same low rumbling sound was heard. In matters of seconds, Van Helsing and his men entered the lounge and surrounded the the three vampires and the human.

'So much for no one will ever ever find here.' Johnny said to Bram.

'Stupid monsters!' Laughed Van Helsing. 'You never learn. This kind of secret trigger and disguise was broken by me for ages! Now, you will all caught!'

What will happen to Johnny, Mavis, Macy and Bram?

What will happen to the other monsters?

How will Johnny and the others escape?

And how will they all defeat Van Helsing?

Find out in the next chapter! OUT NEXT SUNDAY!