Chapter 21
Aleera the bloodlust queen
"Go ahead," Anna said as she had her face close to the jar that had the cure inside. "Grab it," she said to Carl with the hint of a dare in her tone. For the last half hour they had been locked up in that tower, and there were getting a bit fidgety.
Carl nervously chuckled at Anna's words. "You go ahead and grab it," he said to her. "If there's one thing I've learned, it's never to be the first one to stick your hand in a viscous material," he said with confidence in his voice. Suddenly a chill went up both of their spines as a shadow was behind them. They both had turned around at the same time as they saw Aleera hanging upside down looking at them before she screeched at them, her mouth splitting apart like the vampire's offspring's mouths did.
They both guessed they got their mouths from her, as they ran to the other side of the jar and Anna drew out her sword. Aleera dropped from the ceiling and looked at them with a curious look with a half smile. "Did I scare you?" she asked as she looked at Carl.
"No," Carl replied in a squeaky voice that showed he was scared by her. Aleera smirked at him that would obviously show that she was amused and entertained by this. "Then maybe I need to try a little harder," she said to him as she slowly stepped towards them. She then softly chuckled at them before Anna pushed the jar towards Aleera making it fall at Aleera's feet, screaming in pain as some of the liquid in the jar spilled on her face. "Viscous material," Carl said as he got excited at this as he was right to not stick his hand in the jar. "What did I tell you?" he added as Anna spotted the cure needle rolling by them. "Get it! Get it!" she said to Carl as she pointed to it for Carl to spot it.
Carl quickly ran to pick it up as Aleera shrieked in pain to the liquid that was burning her face. Anna quickly picked up a piece of the jar that had some of the liquid and tossed the liquid at the gate door, melting the bars as Carl struggled with picking up the cure. "Ooh! Hot! Hot!" he said in a quick hiss of pain.
"Come on!" Anna cried at him almost worried. "Come on!" she said as Carl got a good hold on the cure and leaned down getting through the gate. "We've got to get the antidote to Van Helsing!" Anna said as she started to follow him. "Go! Go! Go!" she added as she gently pushed Carl through the gate. Suddenly anna was turned around and shoved against the side of the gate. Anna found herself staring into the half melted face of Aleera. "You can't go until I say you can go!" she shouted at Anna. Anna looked at Carl over her shoulder.
"Keep running, Carl!" she shouted at him. Carl nodded his head before he started to run as fast as he could. "Come here!" Aleera growled at Anna making her look at her. "And I say you can go when you're dead!" she shouted at her as her face healed right before Anna's eyes. Aleera then threw Anna across the room making her hit the wall and land on the ground.
Aleera slowly walked towards Anna as she groaned in pain. Anna then saw a metal torch and ran up the wall grabbing the torch before she did a back flip landing on the ground. Sensing Aleera behind her she sharply turned and trusted the torch in Aleera's face. Aleera blew the fire out like it was a candle, cackling as she then spun around super fast, making the other torches go out. Aleera then stopped looking at Anna who held the torch like Ana had when they first met and was slowly walking away from Aleera. Aleera looked behind Anna seeing the last torch and she blew a breath, making that torch go out. Anna gasped softly as that light went out looking behind her for a split second before looking back at Aleera. Aleera smiled at Anna before she vanished as the flash of lighting lit up the room.
Outside in the storm Carl was running on the bridge that connected all of the towers together. He stopped to catch his breath and saw a lightning bolt Clashed on the bridge yards away from him leaving him speechless. "Oh, my God," he softly said as he saw the lightning bolt flash right before him making him fall down to the ground. As Carl slowly got back on his feet Igor came running at Carl carrying his electric rod shouting at him as he tried to hurt him with it. Carl heard Igor and jumped away when Igor first attacked him. Carl cried out in fear as Igor kept trying to shock or hurt him with the rod.
At the top of the lab tower, Van Helsing climbed through the hole at the top of the tower as the rain poured hard on him. He got to the side of Frank and used a crank lever to make Frank stand up instead of him laying on the table. "What are you doing?" Frank shouted at him as he used the lever. "You must find the cure!" he added with a hint of fear in his voice. "My friends are doing it for me," Van Helsing said to Frank. "Friends?" Frank asked as if this was a new word to him. "Yes," Van Helsing replied. "You want one?" he asked as he unstrapped the strap across Frank's chest.
"I can't unscrew the bolts," he said as he saw them. "This is gonna hurt," he said as he grabbed onto the strap. "I am accustomed to pain," Frank said unafraid of what was going to happen. "Let's you know you're alive," Van Helsing said to Frank with a friendly smile before he yanked the strap across Frank's chest resulting in Frank screaming out in pain. The cries of pain echoed in the storm as another thunder bolt boomed.
In the lab Ana still had the feeling something was watching her. Wanting to feel safe she got up and was starting to walk to Dracula but she then heard Frank's cry of pain from the top of the tower. 'Gabriel,' she thought as she looked up and spotted Van Helsing with Frank. Ana ran to Dracula as soon as the bolt struck the top of the tower on Frank. Green electricity passed down through the tower as Ana stood next to Dracula who wrapped one arm around her. "GIVE ME LIFE!" he shouted as the bolt caused an explosion in the lab and passed through the floor onto all of the wires that connected to Dracula's children. "One more bolt," Dracula said to Ana excited and exhilarated. "And my young will will live," he said as he looked at her with joy, holding her shoulders. Ana was looking looking straight up directly at Van Helsing. "Not if he is up there," she said as she looked up.
Dracula looked puzzled at Ana before he looked up where he then saw Van Helsing working to free Frank. "Stay in a safe spot Ana, I'll be right back," he said before he took a few steps away from her. Ana's eyes widened as she saw Dracula transform into his demon bat form, screeching in rage before he flew up and through a window. Van Helsing was working as fast as he could to free Frank from the table. "You're almost out my friend," he said to Frank as he finished unstrapping the legs. Frank sighed in relief as Van Helsing was working on the ankles. But as he got one ankle done he had the feeling something was coming at them. As he turned to look behind him he saw a demonic bat screeching as it flew right at him shoving him into the opening of the tower and making Van Helsing fall into the tower. He yelled as he crashed into three catwalks and landed in a section of the lab that caused another explosion.
Frank managed to slip off the table but soon found that his left ankle was chained to the table. 'Cursed thing!' he thought as he tried to use his supernatural strength to yank himself free. But another bolt of lighting shocked him and caused the green electricity to go through Frank before he suddenly was blown across to the ledge of the roof of the tower, breaking the chain that held his left ankle. He managed to grab a hold of the ledge but thanks to the rain and wet snow he slipped down and found himself falling.
Frank found himself grabbing at the wires that connected to the other towers in the castle. Slipping and swinging as he tried to get a good grip to stop his fall. He managed to get a good hold on one wire that was close to the bridge where Carl was still chased by Igor.
Frank then heard something behind him and saw that the wire was starting to break away due to Frank's weight. He braced himself for another falling swing before the wire broke away. Carl ran for his life as Igor chased him still trying to hurt him. He then saw Frank swing by and the wire he was hanging onto caught onto another wire and made the fire lanterns on the bridge fall off. Carl saw the wire coming at him and ducked down to the ground. The wire flew right passed him and knocked Igor off the bridge, Frank stilling hanging onto the wire as he saw Igor fall right passed him. Hearing the hunchback's screaming as he fell into the dark abyss. Frank only hoped and prayed that he would not have the same fate as he hanged onto the wire for dear life.
In the other tower Anna slowly walked around in the room, keeping her guard up as her heart pounded when the lightning flashes lit up the room and thunder rumbled in the room. Unaware that Aleera was hanging upside down right behind her.
She softly hissed, as she watched Anna move around the room. Hearing her heart beating like a scared child or scared animal as she slowly floated down to the floor. She jumped across the room softly cackling which echoed in the room as Anna sharply turned to where she heard the sound. Aleera jumped across again behind Anna again startling the princess as she sharply turned again to where she heard the sound of Aleera's dress. As Anna walked backwards and started to turn she saw Aleera right in front of her before the vampire smacked her face powerfully and made Anna smash against the column that was by the window in the tower.
Outside at the bridge Carl went to where Frank was hanging on the broken edge of the stone bridge. "Help!" Frank cried as he saw Carl. "Help me!" he said to Carl as he slowly slipped a little bit of wire. "But you're suppose to die!" Carl said to him feeling sad for Frank. "I want to live!" Frank cried in a pleading tone as he didn't have much time before he would fall to his death. Carl looked at Frank for a second before he nodded to Frank. "All right!" he shouted at Frank. Before he looked around and saw the lantern that Frank's wire was attached to. "Hang on!" he said as he started to push at the lantern. "I'll swing you loose!" he shouted to Frank as he successfully pushed the lantern off the bridge making Frank swing across the bridge to a window...
Anna softly moaned in pain before she gasped as she was grabbed in a choke hold by Aleera. Who lifted her off the ground standing before the window. "Be happy in the knowledge," Aleera said as she slowly morphed into her bat form. "That I shall weep over your dead body," Aleera said before she licked Anna's cheek and turned Anna's head to the side. As Aleera bared her fangs and was about to bite Anna's neck, Frank came crashing through the window knocking Aleera away from Anna and him knocking into Anna himself.
Author's note:
Here is my twenty-first 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!
This one again was like writing out the attack of the brides in the beginning of the movie. It came out through me in the writing but I did have to look over my DVD of the movie to get the lines and moments right, and I did a bit of a change when Frank comes in to save Anna from Aleera. And who is the person that is giving Ana the chills? ^_^ Not going to tell!
Aleera attacks Anna and Dracula prevents Van Helsing from stopping his children from coming to life! What will Van Helsing do now that he is too late?
keep watching to find out!
Here is the sound track for this chapter to help you with some of the bits in here:
52.) final battle from Van Helsing movie soundtrack (starts when Aleera scares Anna and carl, and ends as Frank saves Anna from Aleera's attack) [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.