Chapter 2: A beautiful night
(New monster enters known as Shaka)
* Earlier that night *
Cyril was walking through a village not too far from the mysterious manor where there was rumored to be a vampire baron known as Carter Farwentz. Cyril had been remembering some of the things that Richter had told him and Alexis during their fight with Lyudmil and Magnus which ultimately did not end well for them because he had to save them. Alexis looked at his friend and tried to reassure him. "There's nothing to be ashamed of some of the best hunters of all time fail to kill their first attempt." Cyril looked at him with a bit of melancholy in his eyes. "Name one." He said very upset. "Well look at some of the things that Van Hellsing had to go through." Alexis answered smiling. "He's just a story people tell their kids so they sleep easier at night. Give me a real example." Cyril responded still very glum. "Well Richter and the Belmont clan aren't as perfect as they'd like you to believe." Alexis responded. "I know that they aren't perfect…but they do have the professional edge that we don't." Cyril said with his spirit slightly lifted. "Well let's get to this manor and show the world what the house of Marquis can do." Alexis said as he looked off into the distance. On the top of the hill stood a strange figure appearing to be a six armed female with long black hair covering her face, her skin was a sickly pale yellow color, she stood at a height of seven feet tall and had a long scorpion tail. She appeared to see the two men as she let out an ear shattering wail and dashed towards them. The two men scrambled to the sides as she rolled tripping from gaining too much momentum. Alexis quickly grabbed a piece of lumber laying around and Cyril began running to grab a spear that was on a rack only to be caught by Shaka as he neared the rack. She began to squeeze the sides of his head trying to crack his skull with her bottom hands when suddenly Alexis broke the wooden plank on her back. She released Cyril from her grip and wrapped her tail around Alexis's neck, the curved point from the end barely poking his skin. With that diversion Cyril managed to grab a spear and charged at her with it only to be stopped and flung away. She broke the spear by squeezing the handle and pulled Alexis closer to her with her tail lifting him with her arms and throwing him across the road through the roof of an empty storage shack. Suddenly the crack of a whip was heard and a familiar cocky voice could be recognized. "It seems that every time we meet I'm saving your asses." Richter said as he proceeded to whip the Shaka repeatedly cutting her thick skin each time leaving black stripes from the impact of the whip. She wailed in pain and got into the scorpion hunting position with her tail curled over her back and her positioned on all eights. She spat a purple fluid and Richter dodged to the side as the fluid corroded the ground it landed on leaving it rotten and burnt. She then jumped into the air bringing one of her legs down as she descended from the night sky. Richter dodged again and flung his whip wrapping it around the Shaka's tail then pulling making her fall on her butt. He kept tugging her towards him and she began to try and crawl away clawing at the ground with all six of her hands. "Cut her head off now Cyril." Richter ordered. Cyril ran to the weapon rack grabbed a sword and sliced the she-beast's head off. Alexis came out of the storage shack coughing and holding his ribs. "Alexis!" Cyril ran to his friend and wrapped his arm over his shoulder to support him. "I'm fine…I just need…a little rest." Richter looked at the two with probably the frostiest glare ever. "What are you two idiots doing in this village?" Cyril tried to explain. "We heard that a manor here had a vampire that owned it and we came to slay him." Richter was still furious. "And you dumbasses didn't bother to arm yourselves?! You two amateurs need to just go home and let the professional deal with this problem." Richter scolded. "NO! WE WILL BE AS GOOD YOU AND EVEN BETTER! THE BELMONT'S FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME ARE OVER BECAUSE THERE IS A NEW HOUSE OF TALENTED SLAYERS! ALL WILL KNOW THE HOUSE OF MARQUIS!" Cyril replied infuriated. "The only thing you've proven to be talented for so far is getting yourselves beaten to bloody pulps and having a third party otherwise known as ME save your asses. You know what? Next time you guys are in trouble I won't save you. I'll just watch whatever monster you face kill you. Then I'll kill it." Richter replied very tense and angry as he walked away.
*Present*
Richter entered the house as Maria began cooking supper. She was making some kind of weird concoction that included chili, spaghetti noodles, chopped spicy chicken cubes, and cheese. Richter smelled the food cooking and it actually smelled decent which was very surprising because Maria wasn't a very good cook. "Imp did you help Maria with this?" He said as the purple tiny flying demon floated next to Maria while she sprinkled the last of the cheese into the chili pot. "No actually she just used what she could find. Master said he didn't want a big fancy meal but she insisted on at least surprising him." The tiny demon responded. "And since when do I need assistance with making dinner?" Maria asked as it seemed that the room had suddenly darkened and her eyes bored into Richter like a predator about to rip its prey to shreds. "Never! Not at all you're an excellent cook." (This is why I have stomach pains 24/7) he thought as he lied to her trying to save himself from being beaten with a skillet. "Good" Maria said as she smiled. "Get the plates ready while I finish adding the last few things to this." Maria said as she continued to pour a bit of chili powder into the dinner. Richter set the table fit for three as Alucard walked out of his room with his stomach rumbling. "Is dinner ready yet I'm starving." He said as he walked toward the table and sat down. Maria filled each plate and both Alucard and Richter stared at the food with a very discontented look. Richter held in a gag while Alucard held his nose. The smell of the chilis and spices made him want to sneeze. "Well eat up boys." Maria said cheerfully and took a bite of her own concoction she'd thrown together. She smiled proudly as the taste seemed to be decent. Richter seen this and decided to take a bite finally. He was very surprised at the outcome. Maria had actually made a decent meal for once. Finally Alucard just scarfed down his plate not bothering to savor the taste as he finished his plate in a whole two minutes. He then wiped his lips with the napkin and nodded to Maria to excuse himself. He walked outside to look up at the stars and the full moon. He could swear he saw a shadow move across his field of vision when he felt a familiar presence looking down at him from the roof of the house. "How badly you must've missed me to be dreaming of me~" the voice said. Alucard didn't turn around to face him, he just closed his eyes and tried to ignore him. "Now that's rude. I thought after what we did you'd be throwing yourself at me and possibly be begging for more." Magnus said looking curiously at the dhampir. "You're not real. You're just a hallucination I'm having as backlash for killing you." Alucard responded blankly. "If I'm not real then why can you feel me?" Magnus said as he reached around Alucard's chest gripping the cloth to pull him closer to his body. "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" Alucard yelled as he flung around to see no one there but Richter who had just opened the door. "Woah easy there. Calm down. What happened?" Richter said trying to see why Alucard just busted his cap for no reason. "…Nothing" Alucard said looking down and away from Richter. "Well if you need to talk I'm here." Richter said trying to reassure his friend. "I know…I'm just stressed from what happened a little earlier." Alucard said now looking at the sky. "Oh you mean the whole deal with Magnus?" Richter asked trying to confirm his troubles. "Don't bring him up." Alucard said melancholically. "Oh…don't let what he said get to you. He's dead now." Richter said as he walked closer to Alucard and leaned against the rail of the porch with him. "It's a beautiful night." Richter said. "Yes it is" Alucard responded as they gazed at the stars.
Well guys that's another chapter done. Like it and there'll be more to come. Love you guys 3.