Chapter 10
Getting the bigger picture...

Van Helsing and Anna moaned as they slowly got up after the rough landing from the biggest swing of their lives. "Oh..." Anna moaned as she gently rubbed her bottom she landed on gently. "Remind me to never do that again," Van Helsing said as he rubbed his leg that he had landed on during the fall.

"I agree with you," Anna said before she looked around. "Anastasia?" Anna called as she saw that Ana was missing. Van Helsing had started to look around for her calling for Ana. "Ana!" he shouted. "Anastasia!" he called again getting worried for Ana's name.

Suddenly they both heard a howling sound nearby and realized that Ana might have fallen with Velkan during the swing. "Oh, my God," Anna said softly in a whisper before they both ran to where they heard the howl. As soon as they got to the spot, Van Helsing had spotted Velkan's tracks and one of Ana's arrow's in one of them. "Velkan...he..." Anna softly whispered as she saw the tracks and Ana's arrow. "Let's not jump to conclusions," Van Helsing said not wanting to think that Ana was killed by Velkan or the long fall into the river. Anna nodded her head not wanting to believe the same thing. "Let's follow them and see where they go," Van Helsing said as he then started to follow them. Anna followed after him, praying that Ana was alive and safe.

Ana softly moaned as she slowly woke up, coughing out the water that she had chocked on as soon as she woke up. She turned to her side as she coughed out the water. "Oh God," she softly said as she coughed, hearing thunder rumbling and a lightning flash nearly blinding her.

She trembled as she felt cold and slowly looked around and found herself in a dark ruin. "Where am I?" she softly asked herself before she then saw the view of Castle Frankenstein from where she was and gasped in shock. 'I am in that burnt down mill!' she thought as fear come upon her. She then noticed that there was an odd blanket that looked like stitched sheets from the windmill's wings. "Where on Earth did this come from?" she softly whispered.

Suddenly rain drops started raining on her. "Oh, for Pete's sake!" she shouted before she wrapped the odd blanket around her to cover her from the rain. 'This is so not my day,' Ana thought to herself as she curled up into a ball hoping the storm will pass soon. "A silver stake? A crucifix?" she heard a familiar voice from a distance outside. "What did you think we haven't tried anything before?" the voice shouted again. Ana rolled her eyes as she knew it was Anna, probably giving Van Helsing an ear full from his two fails at killing Dracula. "We've shot him, stabbed him, clubbed him, sprayed him with Holy water, staked him through the heart, and still he lives!" she shouted at Van Helsing as they got closer.

As they were right outside of the mill Anna shoved at Van Helsing. "Do you understand?" she shouted at him. "No one knows how to kill Dracula," she said as she glared at him. "Well, I could've used that information a little earlier," he replied, looking at her with a smirk. "Don't give me that look," she groaned.

"You two sound like an old married couple," Ana said as she shivered lightly from being wet and cold. They both heard her and looked inside seeing her on the ground. "Ana!" Anna said as she ran to her, kneeling as she gently touched her face. "Are you all right?" Van Helsing asked as he knelt beside her looking worried for her. "N-no," Ana replied. "I'm wet, cold, and seriously angry right now," she added as she glared at them. "N-next time you two wanna cross the cliffs like that again, I am walking away and taking the-the bloody stairs," she said to them, shaking like a leaf. Van Helsing smirked at her.

"Glad to know you still have your sense of humor," he said before he stood up and looked around, searching for something that could help keep Ana from Freezing to death. "What happened?" Anna asked Ana. Ana shook her head as she shivered.

"I don't know," she replied honestly. "Last thing I remember is falling to the river after the grapple rope snapped," Ana explained. "And something had grabbed onto me before I fell into the river," she said before looking around. "Next thing I know is I wake up and find myself here, which is the very spot where I saw Dr. Frankenstein and his creation die in a fire," she added before looking at Anna. "Which was created by your desist undertaker and village people by the way, ever think that your people are a bit too eager when it comes to killing or mangling somebody?"

Anna sighed as she looked down. "I'll take that in consideration when we return home," Anna told them. "G-Good," Ana said with a shivering tone.

Van Helsing smirked as he then found a box of bottled Absinth inside. Anna looked at Ana apologetically. "You're right," she said to both of them. "He's not my brother anymore," she said before closing her eyes. "I'm sorry," she added with a sigh. Van Helsing was silent as he took a bottle out and walked to them. He looked at Anna before he settled his heat on Anna's head being a gentleman. "So, Ana," he said as he looked at her. "You are afraid of fire?" he asked. Ana froze and looked scared.

"I don't know why, but if I am near fire; whether it be a torch, bonfire or fire place I get scared," she replied. "Don't your parents or family know why?" he asked looking puzzled. Ana froze from her shivering.

"I don't have any parents or family, I grew up in an orphanage," she said. Van Helsing froze stiff at her reply. "I'm sorry," he said as he started to popped the bottle. Anna curious about his reaction, looked at him. "Do you have any family, Mr. Van Helsing?" she asked him.

"Uh, not sure," he answered honestly. "I hope to find out someday, it's what keeps me going," he said when he finally popped the bottle open, gently handing it to Ana. "Here drink this," he told her before she took a sip. Ana softly coughed at the strong alcohol. Anna took the bottle from her. "Here's to what keeps you going," she said before taking a small sip. "What the heck was that?" Ana coughed when she felt the stuff in the drink warm her a little. "Absinthe, strong stuff," Van Helsing said as Anna took a sip before handing it back to him.

"Don't let it touch your tongue," Anna told her with a half smile as Van Helsing was taking his sip of the drink. "It'll knock you on your-!" Anna started to explain but suddenly all three of them found themselves falling down. Falling into the secret pit that was below the mill ruins. Unbeknownst to them a pair of eyes were watching them from the shadows. With only the sound of electric buzzing and the hiss coming from his left leg.

-Morning at Castle Valerious-

The sun was shining in the tower room as a morning bird was cawing, showing that night time was over. Carl softly moaned in his sleep as he laid on the couch that was in there. "Vampires," he softly mumbled in his sleep.

"Vampires!" he cried as he sat up, sitting partly on the couch. A soft moan came from inside the couch and Carl jumped off of it in a startled cry as he felt something touch him. He turned around and relaxed as he saw the young woman he saved last night, having gotten the blanket to keep herself warm. Carl smirked at her, with a knowing tone. "Mmm, now I remember," he said before he had lifted his hand to lean against a torch on the wall behind him.

But as he touched the torch, it moved and suddenly the entire panel of the wall behind him flipped over to reveal an old painting of two knights in battle before a castle. And also there was a young maiden in the back round being burned alive at the stake as if she was a witch. "Oh, my God," he softly whispered before he noticed that the painting was surrounded by words written in Latin. "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolf bane blooms and the moon is shining bright," he said as he read the words translated. "Or cravin' others blood when the sun goes down and his body takes to flight, unless the maiden called 'Resurrection' takes back her right, all of us will weep for the final fight," he went on finishing the rest of the words. "What on Earth is this suppose to mean?" he asked himself as he looked puzzled at the painting. No sooner after Carl asked that question that the painting started coming to life! The bell tolling for the midnight hour echoing along with the soft sound of screaming coming from the burning woman.

Suddenly the knights slowly started to clash their swords as they battled. Then as the full moon came out in the night sky, the knights then tossed their weapons aside and started to transform into a werewolf and a giant bet like demon, attacking each other like wild animals. Carl gasped in surprise and stepped away knocking into the couch and the woman as it turned over.

-Back in the secret pit-

Anna softly moaned as she woke up to find herself not only alive but also in a pile of wood from the mill they were in before. 'And I thought Absinthe was suppose to knock me out,' she thought to herself as she pushed the stuff on top of her off. She crawled out of where she was and softly groaned as straightening herself out. "Shh!" Van Helsing said as he came in beside her with Ana covering her mouth. "There's something down here," he whispered to her before he uncovered her mouth.

Anna drew her sword ready to attack again if needed. They saw some small cave inside with a small water pool inside. "And it's Carnivorous," Van Helsing added as he saw a giant pile of bones near the water pool.

Ana walked up to the pile of bones seeing something beside them. "Whatever it is, it appears to be human," she said as she gently picked up a bible book, showing it to the others before sitting it back down. She tightened the hold of the odd blanket around her feeling more safe in it. Van Helsing and Anna walked up the hill way Ana following them slowly. "I'd say he's a size seventeen, around three hundred and sixty pounds," he said as he looked at the tracks that looked fresh. "Eight and a half to nine feet tall, he has a bad gimp in his right leg," he said as they followed the tracks. Ana froze as she had the feeling of eyes on her back, Van Helsing pointing at where he saw proof of the gimp in his leg. Van Helsing looked at Anna and Ana looking nervous for a split second before looking back at the girls.

"And, uh, three copper teeth," he said as his hand started to reach for one of his pistols. Ana looked at him puzzled as did Anna. "How do you know he has copper teeth?" Anna asked him. "Because he's standing right behind Ana," Van Helsing answered with a fast pace before the shadow behind Ana moved. "Move!" he shouted as Anna and Ana as she turned to look behind her.

The figure came out as soon as Van Helsing shoved Ana and Anna aside. He knocked the gun out of Van Helsing's hand before he shoved Van Helsing making him land in the water. He then turned around, having his hood drop down and reveal his face.

Ana looked up at him wide eyes. "Oh, my God!" she whispered softly as Anna started to back away. "The Frankenstein monster!" she said as she started to crawl back after Anna, but Anna got further away since Ana paused before. "'Monster'?" he said looking at Ana enraged. "Who's the monster here?" he asked her before he started to go after her as she tried to move away. But he caught her by the waist and turned to push against the stone wall. "I have done nothing wrong!" he said as he lifted her up. "And yet you and your kind all wish me dead!" he shouted at her accusingly.

Anna and Van Helsing came up at him, shoving at him from behind, making him drop Ana and crush against the stone rock that he was in front of . Ana gasped in shock as she saw that the top half of his head and the left side of his face came apart from the crash. Van Helsing and Anna looked both in shock at the sight. They both tried to grab him but as soon as they touched him, they both became electrocuted and both flew back into the water pool. Frank then pushed his head and face back together before he then turned to look at the shocked Ana.

She then turned over starting to climb-crawl to the small cave she noticed before. Yelling after her as she rolled flat onto her back looking up at him with fear as she backed away. "What do you want?" she asked after she had her back against the wall near the cave.

He then moved his hands away from his face before looking at her sadly. "To exist," he answered her. Ana looked at him with a smile, trying to show him kindness for once in his life, remembering his creator's death. Then suddenly he arched his back and groaned in pain as Van Helsing blew darts into his back.

Author's note:

Here is my tenth chapter of my fan fiction inspired by the Van Helsing movie and also a little written piece by a friend on Seduction of time!

Sorry this one is short but I hope you like the music I chose to help out this bit of the story...I know will like track 20... ^^

Here is the sound track for this chapter to help you with some of the bits in here:

20.) Loki's lie from Thor movie sound track (starts at when Anna calls for Ana and it ends with Anna hearing Anna yell at Van Helsing.) [link]

21.) Family...and falling from V.H movie soundtrack (starts with Anna apologizing and ends with them falling into the pit. [link]

22.) Clue concealed now revealed from V.H movie sound track (Carl seeing the painting.) [link]

23.) Frankenstein Monster from V.H movie soundtrack. (Starts when van helsing sees Frankie and it continues onto chapter 11 when Frankie tells them of the eggs and Dracula's plan.) [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.