Chapter 3: Lizards and Ringmasters
It had been a difficult week for Genya since the last attack and its results. Yoko had taken Joyce to a gynecologist in order to get an official verdict, which to the dhamphir's bad luck, was positive. After that, Julius had the group move their base to England in order to keep Walter's groups from finding them and attacking them again. They were now with Julius in a London Courthouse, drawing up the marriage license. The judge they were speaking with was a man with short blond hair with a few gray streaks. His thick glasses was obscuring the strange look he gave while he looked over the information he was given. It was a common for a man to come and get a marriage license after accidentally impregnating a woman he was planning to propose to at least a month or two from now. But a couple that just met a little while ago? It was none of his business what happened behind closed doors.
Later on, the trio was standing outside the courthouse, having finished signing and notarizing the paperwork. Julius was talking about having a ceremony after Walter was defeated just for the sake of having one. Genya and Joyce however were just barely listening, each busy thinking of how exactly they can ditch the Belmont. Of course, their thoughts were interrupted by a male voice.
"JOYCE!" the three heard, and they turned to see a man with black hair in a red shirt and jeans running toward them, and it looked like he wasn't planning on slowing down. Before Genya could get her out of the way, the man tackled Joyce and they both hit the ground. Joyce then smiled and greeted the man.
"Hey Andrew. Can you get off me now?" She asked, as the man, obviously an old friend, happily complied and helped her up. Andrew then looked at Genya and Julius and frowned.
"Hey, who are these guys?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"Andrew, this is Genya Arikado and his friend Julius Belmont. Genya, Julius, this is my old friend Andrew Umberger."
"As ridiculous as it sounds, it is my actual last name." Andrew said, before either the Dhamphir or the vampire hunter could accuse him of anything different. "So, how did you guys meet? And what are you doing in London?"
"I met Genya while on an assignment, before I got fired." Joyce said, knowing that Genya would not want her friend to know the truth. Andrew however, could see that she was lying, as his expression turned from joy at seeing his friend to one of disbelief.
"Joyce, you're talking to the guy who saw his best friend get anally raped by a fish monster while you were tied up in bondage gear by a freaky lesbian. If these guys have anything to do with that, then I need to know too."
Julius and Genya looked at Joyce, who was looking at the ground blushing. The image of Joyce in something like that caused them both to blush tremendously in a state of frozen shock. Sighing, Andrew grabbed them both by the collar of their coats and dragged them behind him, as he led them and Joyce to his apartment. Upon arriving, he sat the two men down on his couch and gave them some tea. After a few sips Genya snapped out of his stupor while Julius was still in shock. The dhamphir turned to Joyce and spoke to her.
"you were captured by Carmilla?" he asked, lifting an eyebrow.
"Don't want to talk about it, ever." Joyce said, glaring. Genya decided to be smart and not question it any further, he then turned to Andrew.
"Alright Genya, so, how do you really know Joyce? The last time I saw her was when she left to try and rescue her parents from that Walter asshole."
"Julius and I found her in a cave, I don't know how long she was in there, but it must have been a while. After we rescued her, Carmilla attacked and Joyce and I destroyed her. Then her lover kidnapped a colleague of mine and we fell for a trap. To avoid any further attacks on us, we came here to England."
"Oh." Andrew said, before he could say anything, a man in a pair of white pants with a black stripe on the sides entered the room and groggily made himself some coffee. He had long reddish hair tied and a mustache. Sitting himself in a chair next to Julius he took a sip of his drink while Andrew groaned.
"Saint, put a shirt on, we have guests." He said, rubbing his temples. Saint looked at Genya and the others and then perked up. Stuttering incoherently, he placed his coffee cup down and quickly went into another room. When he returned, he was wearing a white button down shirt. Sitting back down in his spot he spoke to Andrew.
"Andrew, how long have they been in England?" The man asked, slightly annoyed that he was interrupted in his coffee time.
"I dunno," Andrew said, shrugging and enjoying tormenting his flat mate, "I just ran into them today outside the courthouse. Though I don't why. What were you doing there anyway?"
"They were getting a marriage license." Julius said, causing Andrew and his friend to look back and forth between Genya and Joyce.
"Oh god, is she pregnant already?" Saint said, forgetting just who was in the room.
"How did you know that?" Genya asked, suddenly suspicious of the man next to Julius. "Just who are you anyway?"
"Oh? right, I am Saint for how I know, well, I'm a time traveller, er, please don't tell anyone about that, if certain people found out, I could be in very deep trouble. Now if you excuse me, I have to get ready to go to Venice in the Renaissance era. Goodbye." He then went back to his room and closed the door, a golden light shining from the bottom of it. At that moment, Genya's cell phone rang and he pulled it out to answer it.
"Hello?" he asked, and grimaced as he heard Grant's voice on the other end.
"Hey Allie! Where the hell are you?"
"We are with a friend of Joyce's. Is something wrong?"
"Nah, it's just you three were gone a while and Yoko was getting worried."
"I see. Please reassure Yoko that we are fine. We will return shortly." He then turned off his phone, rose from the couch, and turned to Julius and his new wife. Understanding it was time to leave, the two got up and gave their goodbyes to Andrew.
A while later, the trio had arrived at their new base, a mansion that was once owned by Reinhardt Schneider, a relative of Julius, it was a beautiful place in the country, with ivy growing on the outer walls and hedges growing along the side of the driveway. It had been kept in excellent condition by distant relatives of Yoko, who were ecstatic when Julius had arrived. Of course, this time, no one was around to greet them. Cautious, the three slowly entered the mansion, only to hear crying coming from the parlor. Entering the room, they saw Soma being comforted by Yoko, while Mina was in a catatonic state with Grant doing his best to wake her up.
"Soma, what happened?" Genya said, fearing the worst. Soma looked up at him, tears trailing down his face.
"M-Mina and I were talking, when something bit her foot, and she fainted. I tried to wake her up, but she wouldn't."
"Yoko, has Dracula tried to take over?"
"No, but it's probably because she's still alive."
"Grant, any idea what bit her?"
"Looking at her foot, it looks like a lizard of some kind; however, it ain't natural whatever it is."
"What makes you say that?" Joyce said, trying to get Soma to stop crying with Yoko.
"This is like something I ran across in my travels after Trevor beat Ol Fangface, no offense kid. It was in India I believe, and this guy's daughter was put under a curse after being bitten by a snake. The curse put her in a sleep like state and preserved her body so she didn't die or age since she was like thata month before I got there. Anyway, I helped her boyfriend find the guy who sent the snake, killed him, and everything went back to normal."
"So you're saying she's been cursed?" Soma said, finally done crying. "How the hell do we stop it? Where do we even begin to look?" He then grabbed Grant and began to shake him hard, only to be hit on the back of the head by Yoko, knocking him out. Grant straightened his shirt and turned to Genya.
"Well, what while the kid is out cold, we have a beastie to hunt." Grant said, but suddenly, the mansion began to shake, the group gathered at the window and saw a giant ten foot tall lizard, and he was grinning as he spoke.
"Hello kiddies" it said, "I am Orlox, the lizard master! I am here for Joyce Carson, if you don't surrender her; I shall send my lizards in curse you all like I did that priestess!"
"Well, we found our wizard." Grant said, grimacing.
"What does he want with me?" Joyce said, afraid of who that monster might be.
"I'm not sure, but I will not let him have you." Genya said, becoming protective of his wife. Julius and Grant smiled at this,as the dhamphir exited the mansion to face the monster, he had faced the original Orlox when Richter was controlled by Shaft. Of course, the one he now faced with his sword drawn was most likely a reincarnated vampire, and it wanted his wife, why he intended to find out.
"Why do you want Miss Carson Olrox?" He asked.
"Before I awakened I was Tyler Williams, and I knew her in High school. We even dated then." the beast said, drooling a little, while within the mansion, Joyce had yelled "Bullshit!" and was on the verge of breaking through the window in order to murder the monster, if Yoko, Julius and Grant weren't holding her back, reminding her that this was Genya's fight. "but we broke up, I couldn't get over her and pursued her, but she turned away my advances, during Graduation, she told me to Fuck myself, it was so painful that I awakened as Orlox! Now, with my power, I will claim her as mine!" the monster then began to laugh maniacally, Genya however rolled his eyes and began to attack. It seemed that "Tylox" had just awakened, as he was easily destroyed, leaving behind a violet colored necklace as his body became dust.
"Do not mess with my wife, you delusional bastard." Genya said, as he pocketed the necklace. He entered the mansion and smiled as Mina was released from her catatonic state and happily hugged Soma, nearly crushing him in the process. Grant let out a laugh and began to tease Soma and called him a ladies man, while Joyce tackled Genya, nearly knocking him to the floor. He wrapped his arms around her and smiled, enjoying on what his new wife thought of what he just did.
"Genya, you destroying that bastard was the best thing you could ever do, next to killing Walter of course."
"I know, but I think I'll leave him to you." Genya replied, holding her close, until Grant coughed.
"I think the newlyweds need some alone time people!" the former pirate said, grinning as he carried a shocked Soma away, followed by everyone else.
Yeah, sorry for the short chapter, but I would have been extremely busy this week with Thanksgiving, so, you get this.