Chapter 19

The meaning of the cure of the curse of the werewolf...

The snow seemed to fall gently as the trio walked closer to the castle. "Do we have a plan?" Carl asked Anna and Van Helsing. "It doesn't have to be wellington's at Waterloo, but some sort of plane would be nice," he added with a bit quickness in his tone. "We're going to go in there and stop Dracula and save Ana," Van Helsing answered with a calm tone like he has done this a million times. "And kill anything that gets in our way," Anna said with confidence. "Well, you let me know how that goes," Carl said about to turn away but stopped as Van Helsing grabbed his shoulder. He quickly wrapped an arm around Anna's waist before he grunted as he squatted down and then jumped to the other side of the giant door. Van Helsing landed safely on the ground before letting Carl and Anna go and limped away struggling to keep his werewolf beast side from breaking out.

"Well, as grateful as I am to be out of the cold, that doesn't seem like a good thing," Carl said looking worriedly at Anna. Van Helsing softly growled as she struggled and softly took deep breaths as he closed his eyes for a second. Anna and Carl walked slowly towards him before he stood up.

"We'd better get moving," Van Helsing said as he straightened up. He slowly walked forward seeing the main hall had torch tables in the center warming the place, he guessed before he looked up and saw the billions of egg sacs that no doubt were Dracula's children. "So are all of those-," Carl asked. "Yes," Anna answered his question before he finished it. "And inside them are-," Carl asked again before getting interrupted again.

"Yes," Van Helsing answered interrupting Carl before the question was fully asked. Suddenly as the trio were getting close to some small stair way in the main hall, they heard someone muttering to himself as he was walking by. "Igor, do this, Igor do that," Igor said aloud as he carried wires on his shoulders and an odd wire cutter before he stopped and saw them out of the corner of his eye. He looked at them surprised and almost speechless as his jaw was half opened. "How did you find-It's impossible!" he said in fear before he dropped the wires off his shoulders starting to run. Van Helsing quickly drew out one of his Tojo blades out and flung it like a Frisbee at Igor which caught the hunchback shirt, pinning him against a column. Van Helsing and the others ran up to Igor as he struggled to free himself. "Please-Please, don't kill me," Igor begged. "Why not?" Van Helsing asked him with a questioning and threatening look on his face.

"Well, I, um-," Igor started to say but suddenly the sound of Frankenstein's yelling echoed in the hallway right next to where they were. Van Helsing went to the bars that looked to peek down to Frank's cell. They saw him trapped in ice and it was chained up to something that lead far above them. As he looked up at them the sound of a demon's screech echoing through out the castle. "My master has awakened," Igor said with a sick smile on his face.

Soon the chains that Frank was tied up to started to slowly lift him up. Van Helsing looked at the bars near his face and he used his werewolf strength to bend the bars apart, roaring as he did. Frankenstein then spotted him in his struggles.

"There is a cure," he said to Van Helsing. "What?" Van Helsing asked. "Anastasia, told me," Frank explained. "Dracula, he has a cure to remove the curse of the werewolf," he said in a fast pace as he knew he didn't have much time. "Go, find the cure, save yourself!" he said to them before Frank disappeared into the darkness above.

Anna grabbed Van Helsing's arm. "Come one," she said as she pulled him away. "You heard him, let's find Ana," Anna added. "Wait," he said as he stopped moving. "Why does Dracula have a cure?" he asked. "I don't care," Anna said to him. "I do," Van Helsing said as he felt a tingle in his mind. He then went to Igor.

"Why does he need one?" he asked Igor with his hand to the hunchback's neck. "Why?" he asked again as Igor looked away from Van Helsing's gaze. "Because," Carl said softly.

"Because the only thing that can kill him is a werewolf," he said as he finally figured it out. "The painting in the tower," he said as he looked at both of them. "That's what it meant!" he said explaining to them. "But Dracula has been using werewolves to do his bidding for centuries," Anna argued. "Yes, but if one ever had the will to turn on him," Carl said to Anna.

"He'd need the cure to remove the curse and make him human before it bit him," Carl added before he then realized another thing. "And he got this from Anastasia, the gypsy girl who must have died being burned alive possibly by the mentor," he said before looking at Van Helsing. "She had this power over werewolves cause her ancestor was wrongfully accused of being one," Carl said to him. "Protecting an innocent like guard dogs," Van Helsing said as he got the idea and then he had a flash back of Ana before telling him to let Carl go. "And now Anastasia has it," he said softly. Carl looked at him surprised as he heard this but then remembered Ana shouting at that time. "She must be the reincarnation of the same woman, that's why he must have her now," Carl then caught on what Van Helsing was possibly thinking. Van Helsing then took the Tojo blade out and held Igor by the collar.

"You're going to take these two and lead them to the antidote," Van Helsing said to him. "No, I'm not," Igor said weakly. Van Helsing growled threateningly at Igor as he yanked him to the side.

"Yes, I am," Igor said changing hi mind knowing what will happen if he didn't. "Here's the plan," Carl said as he went to Van Helsing grasping his shoulders. "When the bell beings to toll midnight you will be able to kill Dracula," he said to him. "We just need to find the cure and get it into you before the final stroke," Carl added. Anna smacked Carl's shoulder.

"Are you insane?" she asked him as he turned to look at her. "What kind of plan is that?" she asked Carl as Van Helsing took a tool from Igor's hands. He tried it out to see how it worked and it operated like scissors but Van Helsing figured it must be a wire cutter. Van Helsing then looked at Igor. "If they even suspect you of misleading them," he said to Igor before looking at the others, handing it to Anna. "clip off one of his fingers," Van Helsing said as Carl looked petrified of the thing. "I'll clip of SOMETHING," Anna said with the scariest, and coldest tone that would scare Carl. "The tower over there, that's were it is," Igor said in a scared tone fearful of Anna.

"And what about the other tower?" Van Helsing asked him. Igor groaned in annoyance. "Give me that!" Van Helsing said presenting his hand to Anna who was about to hand it to him.

"That is where we reassembled the laboratory," Igor answered as he was scared again of that wire cutter. "Would I lie to you?" Igor asked in an innocent scared tone. Van Helsing pulled Igor close to him. "Not if you wanted to live," Van Helsing said in a threatening hiss before shoving Igor away at the wall turning towards Carl. "Now, if I'm not cured by the twelfth stroke of midnight," Van Helsing said to him taking out one of the silver stakes and pushed the button that made the stake spring out it's sharp point.

Carl looked at him shaking his head knowing what Van Helsing was asking of him. "I don't think I could," Carl said to him. "You must," Van Helsing said with not only the look of pleading but also of 'there is no other way' expression. Carl looked at Anna before nodding to Van Helsing as he then took the stake from him and then grabbed Igor. "Come on," he said to Igor before half dragging the hunchback towards the tower where the cure was. "Anna," Van Helsing said softly to her, knowing that he best tell her what he wanted to tell her in case this might be his last night as a man. "I don't like this plan," she said in a worried tone as she looked at him. "We don't have a choice," he said to her as he then grasp her shoulders tightly.

"Just don't get killed," he whispered to her softly like a man worried for his love. "You still don't understand," she said as she lightly shook her head. "It doesn't matter what happens to me," she added as she fought the urge to shed tears as she knew then that he cared for her. "We must save my family," she said to him before she started to walk away but Van Helsing stopped her and made her look at him. "If you're late, run like hell," he said to her, not wanting to have her harmed by his hands.

Anna nodded before she started to walk again but Van Helsing pulled her gently back again. "Don't be late," he said softly to her with a smirk as he looked into her eyes. When she looked up into his eyes, she couldn't deny what she had been wanting to do since she could think of it.

She then closed her eyes and kissed him with her hand holding the back of his head. Van Helsing then started to kiss her back unleashing a little bit of the passion these two had secretly for one another since they both had met. They had gently broke away from each other, secretly promising to continue this later. "Now, go," Van Helsing softly whispered against Anna's lips. "Go," he said to her as she slowly backed away. "Go," he whispered to her again. Anna nodded her head before she ran off, Catching up to Carl and Igor. Van Helsing looked after Anna and when he was sure she was caught up with Carl, he then went up the stairs that went around the empty space that lead up directly to the lab.

-Meanwhile in the lab-

Anna felt excited as she sat on the lounger in the lab by a giant Gothic window. "He's awake!" she said softly when she heard Dracula's screech. She had thought the last hours on deciding to become a vampire, and had decided to tell Dracula her decision. 'I only hope he will be happy about my choice, for I don't want to be separated from him again,' she thought to herself before she looked down at her dress. It was light blue with silver beading at the belly area up to the blue diamond that was the jewelry piece that was between her breasts, which were shown in a sexy manner as the dress was in the same design theme as the other dresses.

With the bare neck line and flowing skirt and short sleeves. Ana had felt like a princess in it as she twirled around around in it with joy. She had never felt so happy in her whole life!

Suddenly she heard the giant doors that lead into the lab. She quickly ran to the doors as she saw Dracula walk in with a big smile on his face. "Vlad!" Ana softly cried out to him as she ran to him. Dracula's eyes glowed with joy as he opened his arms to her, as she ran to him. "Ana," he said with love as she hugged him, holding her lovingly in his arms. He then pulled away to look at her from head to foot, smiling as he saw her. "You look radiant," he said as he lifted both of her hands to his lips, gently kissing both of them. "I have made my decision Vlad," she said to him with a loving smile as she stepped closer to him. "Oh?" he asked as his grips on her hands gently tightened. She nodded her head to his question.

"Yes, I've decided to become your bride," she said to him with love in her gentle tone. "After your children are brought to life," she added. He caressed her cheek lovingly as the news of her choosing to be his bride made him the happiest vampire on this Earth, but he was surprised by her choosing to be his after his children coming alive.

"Are you sure? We could change you now," he asked as his face was closer to hers. Ana shook her head to him. "No, I don't want to steal this from them," she replied explaining her reason. "You have come so far with this and I don't want to make it all taken away by me," she added as she looked up at him with a loving gaze.

Dracula smiled at her before she lifted her left hand up and took something out of his pocket. He smiled as he then slipped an old ring that had a giant blood red ruby on it with two small pair of vampire fangs holding it in place onto her ring finger. "Then take this as you are now my future bride and I promise to love you forever," he said softly as she softly gasped as she saw the ring on her finger. "And I promise to love you forever until the end of time, my beloved prince," she said as she cupped his cheek with the ringed hand. He then kissed her lovingly and she kissed him back with all her love for him. "Get off me, you vermin from hell!" shouted a voice that made both of them break from their kiss. Dracula glared in the direction of that voice knowing that it was coming from Frankenstein. "He has been cursing for the last ten minutes since you woke up," Ana softly whispered as she was annoyed with Frank's shouts as he was getting strapped to the table.

Dracula took Ana's hand before he walked to Frank. "What are you complaining about?" he asked with a soft his in his angry tone. "This is why you were made," he said in an angry like growl as he got closer to him and glared down at Frank.

"To prove that God is not the only on who can create life!" he said to Frank as Ana looked down at Frank with a sad face. Frank was looking away from them holding in his anger. "And now," Dracula said with a smile on his face. "You must give that life to my children," he told Frank before he raised his hand that wasn't holding Ana's hand, up to the ceiling. "Up!" he commanded as then Frank was slowly lifted up to the top of the tower.

Dracula then lead Ana to the lounger by the window and held her close. "Nothing can stop this now," he said softly before he kissed her forehead. "With you by my side Anastasia I feel truly immortal," he said to her before he held her close, while Ana had a suspicion that someone was watching her...

Author's note:

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

In this part of the chapter Van Helsing struggles to control his werewolf side and the gang discovers why Dracula needs a cure and what is Ana's importance to Dracula as well as Ana's secret power she is unaware of!

And I hope you all love the dress as you will see in this chapter picture!

The countdown begins as the gang must hurry before Van Helsing looses in this battle against the beast within...

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

48.) Sunlight from Vampire hunter d bloodlust movie soundtrack (the music playing when Dracula and Ana see each other and are interrupted by Frank's shouting.) [link]

49.) Frankenstein bound from Van Helsing movie soundtrack (happens after Dracula says 'Up!' ) [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.