Chapter 6
Seeing is believing...why are the stories never right?
-In Castle Frankenstein-
'Everything seems to be going well,' Dracula thought as he walked onto the catwalk over looking the Dwerger working around the lab. He had sent Prince Velkan to the village to see about the two visitors. One of them killed his bride Marishka and the other, a woman named 'Anastasia' who looked exactly like Princess Anna. She interested him a great deal especially since Igor reported in a few moments ago with her left leg injured. "It seems that this woman is becoming more interesting then I expected," he had told Igor before using his dark power to heal his faithful servant's leg.
"Igor," he called to the said servant as he crossed his arms. Igor who was on the ground floor of the lab, looked up at him. "Yes, master?" he answered. "How long before we are ready?" Dracula asked as he looked down at him. "Soon, master, very soon," Igor replied as he walked towards a part in the lab he was needed at, shoving one Dwerger aside making it growl. "It is difficult with the good doctor," he said as he got to a machine that was in the lab. "But the Dwerger, they are doing well, huh?" he asked before he shoved another one away before pulling the lever of the machine down. "Good," Dracula said with a hint of excitement on his face.
Suddenly there was a howling roar, making Dracula look up. Velkan was leaping down softly growling. 'Seems that my new dog failed to bring me the girl," he thought as he jumped down from the catwalk.
"Werewolves are such a nuisance during their first full moon," he said as he walked slowly closer to Velkan who then was on the ground. "So hard to control," he added with a annoyed tone, as Velkan then slowly started to change back to his human self. His wolf skin peeling off like his other skin did when transformed. Looking more painful for him then it did when he changed from man to wolf. "I send you on a simple errand to find out who our new visitor is and bring me the girl named Anastasia alive," Dracula told Velkan as he walked to him, sounding disappointed.
"And you had to stop for a little chat with your sister," he added as he stepped over the trembling Velkan. "Leave her out of this Count," Velkan said as he slowly tried to get up. "She doesn't know your secret, and I am soon to take it to my grave," he added as he followed Dracula who was walking to a table slab that had a skeleton that looked roasted and burnt. "Don't wish for death so quickly," Dracula said to him as the Dwerger were unstrapping the skeleton. "I plan for you to be quite useful," he added. "I would rather die then help you," Velkan said before he leaned against one of the sides of the table slab. "Don't be boring, everyone who says that dies," Dracula said to Velkan getting annoyed with a lot of people saying that. "Besides, tonight after the final stroke of midnight, you will have no choice but to obey me," he added before the Dwerger tossed the skeleton in between Dracula and Velkan.
"Look familiar?" Dracula asked Velkan as they both looked at the skeleton at the same time. Velkan moved closer to the skeleton to get a better look at it, then he saw the mystic crucifix that Velkan knew only one person that it belonged to. "Father?" he asked softly before he then figured out what had happened to him and realized how Dracula was going to use him.
"No!" Velkan growled as he turned to face Dracula, wanting to rip the Count apart. But the Count was smarter, as he had Velkan by his three fingers holding the man by his jaw. "He proved useless," Dracula hissed at him. "But I am hoping with Werewolf venom running through your veins you will be of greater benefit," added in a hiss as he moved Velkan to the slab and gave him to the Dwerger. Velkan broken through them just enough to looked at Dracula.
"I may have failed to kill you, Count, but my sister will not," Velkan said to him knowing full well Anna will do it. Dracula smirked at Velkan evilly. "I was thinking of making your sister into one of my brides actually," Dracula said with a smirk. Velkan's eyes widen in shock. "Would be a waist to kill such beauty as her wouldn't you agree?" he added with a half smile before the Dwerger pulled Velkan back and started to strap him onto the slab. "No, never," he said as his head was strapped tightly, and Dracula slowly stepped a waltz twirl with a cold and evil look in his eyes. "Never!" Velkan cried out as the rest of his body was strapped to the slab. 'That is if this 'Anastasia' proves to be disappointing first,' Dracula thought as he walked away, knowing that Anna and the two new visitors might be out there looking for Velkan.
-Meanwhile outside in the woods near the castle-
Ana slowly walked in the woods as she followed the deep snow tracks that looked like giant werewolf prints. For the last five to ten minutes they tried to find a trace of Velkan since they went after him on horseback, which Ana was grateful she had taken horse riding lessons in her orphanage till she was eighteen. After a while they decided to search on foot with their horses, hence why Ana was alone.
"I found something!" Ana shouted after she examined the tracks. Ana heard Anna and Van Helsing come up behind her after leaving their horses with hers. "What did you find?" Anna asked as she saw Ana kneeling on the ground. "Wolf tracks," Ana looked at Ana and Van Helsing with gratefulness in her eyes.
"I thank you both for helping me find my brother," she said to both of them as Ana got up and they slowly followed the tracks. "No problem," Ana replied and Van Helsing only nodded his head. Anna smiled at them for a second before she looked at Van Helsing curiously. "I know Ana's helping to find a way home," she started to say. "For me, this is all personal, it's all about family and honor," she went on keeping her eyes on Van Helsing. "Why do you do it, this job of yours?" Anna asked as she then glanced at the tracks before looking back at him. "What do you hope to get out of it?" she added as Van Helsing looked closer to the track as they walked. "I don't know," Van Helsing answered honestly as he stood up.
"Maybe some self-realization," he added as he looked up at the pathway, noticing something on a branch nearby. "And what have you got out of it so far?" Ana asked surprised at Van Helsing's reply. "Nightmares," he answered as he then gently grasped some strands of animal hair off of the branch he was looking at.
Ana and Anna looked at the strand of hair curiously. "Werewolves only shed before the first full moon," Anna said as she held the hair in her gloved hand. "Before the curse has completely consumed them," she added before she looked ahead seeing the castle before them. "He went in there I bet," Ana said as they all looked up at the castle before they got their horses and walked up to it, being careful to not attract attention if there were guards outside. "What is this place?" Van Helsing asked as they left their horses into the old stables tie post that was right outside the front gate.
"Castle Frankenstein," Anna answered him. Ana hearing this, felt her entire body go ice cold as visions of her dream flashed to her. 'Oh God,' she thought as she looked up at the castle with her face pale snow white. "But it should be abandoned," Anna said as they walked up closer to the castle. "I don't understand, the man who lived her was killed a year ago," she said as they saw the lights coming from the window. "Grave robber, among other things," she added with disgust. "A year ago?" Van Helsing asked with a surprised tone. "It was just after that, that your father went missing," Van Helsing told Anna. "Yes, he was looking for Dracula," Anna said nodding her head. "He was on his way to the sea," she added softly. "Hmm," Van Helsing said as he looked at a part of the castle. "I have never been to the sea," Anna said in a soft tone. Van Helsing looked at Anna surprised at what she just said.
"I bet it's beautiful," she said with a half smile before she looked at him seeing him half smiling back at him. Ana hadn't notice nor heard their conversation for as soon as Anna mentioned that the former owner here was killed and also a grave robber, all words echoed to her ears. Van Helsing noticed this and looked at Ana concerned.
"Ana?" he asked as he then walked to her shaking her gently by the arm. "What's wrong?" he asked. "You're white as a sheet," he said as he noticed the color of her face. Ana was silent for a second before she spoke. "Tell me, was the former owner named 'Victor Frankenstein'?" she asked Anna who was standing by Van Helsing. Anna's eyes widen in surprise. "Yes, how did you know that?" Anna replied asking Ana with surprise in her tone. Ana turned her head slowly to look at them.
"Because not only in my time is there another book, like Stoker's, that had a character by the same name," she said looking back and forth between them. "But also before I came here to this time, I had a dream..." she added with a shaky voice. "A dream of being killed by Dracula," she said looking at Van Helsing with shock in her eyes. Anna and Van Helsing looked at her surprised. "What?" Anna asked sounding surprised. Ana looked at her nodding her head. "I know it sounds crazy, I thought so when I woke up from it but now I am starting to think otherwise," Ana said. She then told them about her dream and also what she knew of Frankenstein and how the doctor made a creature, a man out of the dead, bringing it to life.
"So he used parts of dead men to create one man?" Van Helsing asked sounding surprised. Ana nodded her head at his question. "But that is not what is making me worried,," Ana said as she slowly looked at the castle.
"What has me worried is why does Dracula need a doctor to create a being out of dead body parts for," she said as she saw the lights from the lab. "That is a very good question," Van Helsing said as looking at the castle. "Let's go inside and see," he said before he took the shotgun from Ana. "I agree," Ana said as she took her mini crossbow out of her carrying bag. The trio then walked into the front door being sure to not make much noise.
As they slowly walked into the front hall Anna spotted something. As soon as she saw the Dwerger and heard their jabbering she gently pushed Van Helsing to the wall and had grabbed Ana's arm to stop her. "Dwerger," Anna said with a feared tone.
"Dwerger?" Van Helsing asked softly. "Dracula servants," Anna answered. "Industrious, but extremely vicious," she added explaining a little bit about them. "If you ever get a chance to kill on, do it, because they'll do worse to you," Anna told both him and Ana as she stepped away from Van Helsing, watching the little group heading down a hall. "Right," he said softly as they walked out of their hiding place.
The Dwerger continued on their jabbering as they walked. "What are they saying?" Ana asked wondering about their subject of conversation. Anna looked worried as they mentioned her brother's name.
"They say they're using my brother in some sort of experiment," Anna said in a worried tone. "My brother is still battling the sickness within him, she added looking up at Van Helsing who had grasped her arm. "There's still hop," she said to Ana. "Anna," Ana said as she grasped Anna's shoulder. "There is no hope for your brother," she told Anna who looked at her puzzled. "Huh?" Anna asked her. "But we can still protect others by killing Dracula," Ana added knowing that Anna will listen to her. "And think Anna, if Velkan were in your place what do you think he would do?" Ana asked Anna.
Anna took a breath as she slowly nodded her head. "He would've kept going on the hunt for Dracula," she answered Ana nodded her head, happy Anna understood. "Good," she said softly. "Now lets see if we can find out why your brother is being used as a Ginnie pig," Ana said before they walked down the hall the Dwerger disappeared into.
-In the lab-
Igor walked up to Dracula who was hanging upside down from one of the catwalks. "We are ready master," he said as he walked. Dracula turned to look at Igor with an evil smile on his face. "Let us being!" he shouted his command to them. The Dwerger turned on the machines, some of them created electricity more and more. While one switch was pulled making the slab with Velkan on it, slowly lifting him up while electricity went through his head. The slab lifted up to the room area of the lab. Only thunder rumbling and Velkan's moans and cries of pain could be heard.
-Meanwhile in a room that was close to the lab.-
Anna, Ana and Van Helsing had lost the group of Dwerger among the thunder rumbling and lighting flashing. "Is it just me or is the weather always changing?" Ana asked as they got to the into a tight sort of hallway that looked like it lead into a room. "I agree," Van Helsing said in agreement.
Anna shrugged her shoulders. "For the past two years the weather hasn't been normal," she said to them. "Well I think Dracula might be the reason of that," Ana said. "What makes you think that?" Van Helsing asked her. "Vampires are supposed to have power over storms and weather," she replied to his question.
"She's right," Anna said as they slowly walked in the room. "That is what I read at least when I was a child," she explained before she looked in front of her. Ana and Van Helsing looked before them and saw the hall was covered with some odd looking pods. "Either of you ever see these things before?" he asked Anna and Ana as the walked further into the hall looking at the pods curiously. The girls both shook their heads. "No, what do you think they are?" Anna asked them. "Offspring," Ana replied as she got close to one of them, so to see the odd wire attached to it. "What?" Anna asked sounding surprised. "She might be right," Van Helsing said agreeing with Ana's answer. "A man with three gorgeous women for four hundred years," he added with a shrug.
"Yes," Anna said understanding why Van Helsing and Ana suggested that answer. "Vampires are the walking dead," she said as she got closer to one of the sacs, not noticing Ana tightening her hand on her weapon's handle. "It only makes sense their children are born dead," she added as Van Helsing got closer to one touching the wire gently at the bottom of it.
"He's obviously trying to bring them to life," Van Helsing said before the trio then saw that in order to go deeper into the hall they would have to go through the small jungle of the egg sacs. "Ladies first," Van Helsing said after clearing his throat. Anna and Ana looked at him with a glare.
"Protect me my ass," Ana said with an angry tone, knowing that Van Helsing was scared of going first. She then went in first before them not scared at all of the eggs. "Now I see why Marishka teased you first before trying to kill you," Ana said as she went through the first few sacs. Van Helsing sighed softly before he followed Ana, allowing Anna to go in last. "Never thought Vampires were able to bear so much kids," Ana thought as they walked through the eggs getting closer to a clearing making Ana a bit relieved.
For some reason she couldn't explain she felt angry and she didn't know why. 'Probably because of Van Helsing called those brides gorgeous,' she thought to herself. 'Those girls didn't look gorgeous, pretty maybe, but not gorgeous," she thought with a roll of her eyes. Suddenly Ana found herself in the clearing of the room and then looked up to see more of them. "Oh my God," she said softly. Van Helsing then came out behind her and saw all the eggs on the upper walls. "Dracula and his brides only kill one or two people a month," he said softly as Anna came out and saw them too. "If he brings all these things to life-" he added.
"It will be dinner time for vampires with all of us as the main course," Ana said finishing Van Helsing's sentence for him. 'This is so not going to be good,' Ana thought to herself. "Good thing the good doctor and his creation are dead," Ana said aloud. "Otherwise we all would've been dead a year ago," Anna said knowing why Dracula has been trying to kill her and her family for the past four hundred years. 'But why do I have this bad feeling in my gut?' Ana thought before she and the others saw electricity run through the wires attacked to the eggs that then started to slightly move.
Author's note:
Here is my sixth chapter of my fan fiction inspired by the Van Helsing movie and also a little written piece by Seduction of time!
I actually had a bit of fun with his one, sense I get to write Dracula in this part of the story (I wonder is Sommers had fun when he wrote this character's part in his movie's script? ) I also got a fun time choosing for ways of Ana to react to when she finds out her dream she had was actually real and also with her giving Van Helsing a negative comment when they have to go through the egg sacs. ( although I had more more cleaner comment then the one I wrote, it was still the same meaning )
And I wrote some of the small scenes together in this then just write exactly the scenes go in the movie, (like velkan arriving happening before we see Van helsing, Anna and Ana outside the castle for example.)
And also I gave the explanation of why the weather in the story changes like it does in the movie. Remember in Francis Copula's version of the Dracula story that Dracula has power over the storms? That is what my explanation is for this in the movie. (Since he needs to keep bringing his kids to life, and such he must make it rain alot...so to speak.)
I hope you like this chapter, cause writing this one was fun!
Here is the sound track for this chapter to help you with some of the bits in here:
12.) Skyfall from the SkyFall james bond movie soundtrack (When Anna mentions Castle frankenstein is when it starts and ends when Ana and the others follow the Dwerger.) [link]
13.) Dracula's Nursery from Van Helsing movie soundtrack (Starts when Dracula says 'let us begin' and continues onto chapter 8 where van Helsing shoots the baby vampires. ) [link]
Anastasia Ircus belongs to
Van Helsing belongs to Stephen Sommers and universal pictures/Studios
And all of the songs I place here for the sound track all belong to their movies, bands and composers that composed them.