Disclaimer: Don't own anything, so please don't sue.
Author's note: So this is essentially a take on Lords of Shadow 2 where Gabriel goes on a journey where during him trying to prevent Satan from destroying the world, he also has to regain his powers. One of he biggest differences between the game and this story is that Alucard didn't stab Gabriel with the Crissaegrim, which caused Gabriel's powers to separate from him, including one of his vampiric powers. So Gabriel has most of his powers intact and only needs to acquire the expanded powers like shooting Void and Chaos energy shots. So Satan's acolytes won't play as big a part for this part of the series/multiverse. As I mentioned on the Facebook group, there have been elements in the Lords of Shadow 2 game that are mentioned in the in-game files about certain histories regarding certain characters that make it obvious with what the creators had intended, which is to get players to think while also hinting at what the truth of the matters were. For example, Gabriel in LOS2 could be damaged heavily by the Golgoth guard's cannon's, and the information on ensnared demon's showed that they provided infinite energy when used. It's one of those where you can connect the dots, as opposed to coming up with the most random and crazy theories about the game. Anyway, here's chapter 2.
Bernhard Castle
City of the Damned
Gabriel and Alucard reformed after shooting out of the 3-D model of the castle. As the doors opened, they found themselves in a rather large area with the floors being covered in lava and the gears that functioned to various contraptions continued moving. The two vampires moved to the cliff edge of where they stood and looked around, before they felt a strange sense of foreboding. They turned around to see the slim frame of a woman crawling towards them. What was strange was that she was crawling towards them while bending over backwards. When she came near them, she stood up straight, showing that she was wearing a purple dress that appeared somewhat ragged, with snakes wrapped around her torso.
"Euryale," Gabriel said addressing her.
"Beware the jailors. They no longer serve their master. You must tread carefully my lord. Medusa has the Chaos power you seek," Euryale said before she crawled away.
"That wasn't disturbing at all," Alucard spoke up. Gabriel raised one eyebrow before they continued walking.
The two came to a particular chamber that held a giant hole as if it were made fro prisoners before they both leapt over the opening and continued onward. They continued walking when they were suddenly approached by another girl dressed similarly to Euryale but with a yellow dress.
"Stheno. We're looking for Medusa. Where can we find her?" the elder vampire asked.
"I don't know. But the dwarf can tell you. He must be freed from his prison," she said before she crawled away in a similar manner. A grimace formed on Gabriel's face.
"Is there a problem?" Alucard asked his father.
"I'd prefer to keep that troll locked away and out of my hair. It was frustrating dealing with him as a human," Gabriel explained. Alucard simply nodded before they continued on and found themselves in another part of the city, high above the lower levels. They found a platform attached to the cliff-edge with a mechanism that appeared as if it controlled it. Alucard looked at the cage that was held about the other platforms that were arranged out int the center.
"What the hell is that?" the son asked as he spotted a diminutive person in a black hood with green eyes and black irises.
"That...is the dwarf, otherwise known as a chupacabras," Gabriel said with a sneer.
"That thing can help us?" Alucard said. Gabriel ignored the question, and the sense of irritation forming in his mind, and moved over to the console to manipulate the platform. He managed to move it over to the edge leading to the cage, with other platforms forming behind it. As the two walked over to the cage, the diminutive creature looked up happily.
"Oh! My lord! You're here. How may I be of service to you my prince?" the dwarf asked.
"I'm looking for Medusa. I'm told you can show me where," the vampire said.
"Oh! Oh yes! But I must be free. Then I can show you the way," the chupacabras said, enthusiastically.
"Try any of your tricks, and it'll be the last thing you ever do," Gabriel said as he and Alucard went and made their way across the room. After managing to lower the cage, they were able to sue the platform to take the cage over to the large statue and broke the seal containing the pint-sized creature. The little...man danced happily before it teleported and moved in front of the large door. The dwarf waved at the door and it opened.
"There you are my lord," the dwarf said.
"Get out of our way," Gabriel replied as it strolled passed the creature. The dwarf complied and quickly moved so as not to anger the powerful warrior.
"Oh, my lord! If I could humbly request that I reopen my shop, to use at your disposal," it said before it continued, "At a most gracious discount of course. I am happy to serve you, oh powerful one."
The creature disappeared to parts unknown making Gabriel shake his head at the creature's antics.
"That was the dwarf? As annoying as he was, I don't understand the frustration," the son said.
"Imagine for a second having that thorn suddenly appear and steal your belongings and make you give chase at any given time that you're trying to save the world," Gabriel said.
The two proceeded onward where they found two stairways going different directions with the path to the right being destroyed. As they continued left, they saw a large tower in the center which was attached by giant chains. The two vampires pressed onward after making their way across the large row of chain links to the tower. As they reached the tower, they reached the front entrance gate, but were unable to proceed due tot he console which lacked a key to open the gate. Their moment of disappointment ended when two jailers were summoned through the blood that pursued them through the Bernhard's wing of the castle. The two wasted no time summoning their own sword and quickly cutting the unfortunate jailers down, making one of them drop a key. Gabriel retrieved it and attached it to the console where they proceeded through the open gate.
The path would lead to a switch that rested within a statue of an angelic knight. After activating the switch, the two vampires proceeded down a spiral staircase that led to an underground hallway. As the two found two ways to proceed, Alucard noticed what appeared to be a shrine in a dimly lit room below the hallway.
"Father. What is that?" the younger vampire asked as he noticed a statue.
The elder of the two approached the ledge and he noticed the multiple tentacles, eyes and mouths. He looked back to his son before replying, "That is, or was, a navigator. After I destroyed the Forgotten One and returned to this plane, I went mad. I could hear voices inside my mind, never ceasing, reminding me of what I had lost after sending Satan back to Hell. When I regained my composure, a strange visitor came to this plane and we met. He helped me to get around the castle and fed off of my power to do so. He split himself into multiple physical beings that stayed in different parts of the castle."
"Can he be reawakened?" the son asked.
"Perhaps," Gabriel said before he turned to the other end of the hallway, "But we'll leave him for now."
The two proceeded down the other end where it appeared that there was a female statue that was on fire. As the two approached it, the statue came alive, "My lord. And the heir. It does my heart good to see you alive and well."
"Cut the pleasantries," Gabriel said with as mannerable a voice as he could muster. "I need a power here. And it seems you possess."
The statue nodded and the flames dissipated, showing her skin to be scaly before the flames reformed into a red gem in her hands. Gabriel prepared to take it when he and his son heard hissing sounds. They turned to see Euryale and Stheno behind them.
"Your sister isn't here," Alucard said.
"On the contrary, young heir. She approaches now," Stheno said as she pointed to her left, where a young girl in a green ragged dress approached. When she opened her eyes, they glowed red and she spat blood at her sisters, the liquid began pooling underneath and consuming them.
As the three sisters disappeared, a rumbling beneath the floor was felt, when it suddenly erupted and a tentacle sprang forth. The two vampires ducked before the appendage swung down and destroyed the floor making them fall through. Inside what appeared to be a giant cavern, they looked up and saw a giant, three-headed serpent, which the world knew to be the Gorgon. The middle head gazed to the ground and its eyes glowed which brought forth a wall of stone. Gabriel summoned the Chaos Claws while Alucard channel the Igneas blade through the Crissaegrim.
The two managed to bring down the stone wall and stared at the giant monster. Alucard turned around and saw five tentacles appear at the back of the platform.
"I'll take care of them. You handle handle the sisters!" the younger vampire said as he charged off.
Gabriel turned back tot he three heads and jumped high before he attacked. He delivered a left-right combo before knocking down the beast. The Gorgon got back and sucked in a large amount of air before firing a ball of flame past Gabriel. As the dark haired man turned, he saw the flame headed toward his son.
"Trevor get down!" Gabriel shouted. Alucard turned just the fireball was about to hit, when he changed the blade to channel the Glaciem blade and swung at the fireball. The flame immediately dissipated, making Gabriel wonder even more about the weapon his son carried before he turned his attention back to the Gorgon. The elder vampire jumped at the right face and pulled the tongue from it's mouth, bringing it down. With one punch with his Chaos Claws, Gabriel destroyed the head leaving a bleeding stub. Meanwhile, Alucard continued slashing at the tails that would regrow whenever he struck one down.
The elder vampire jumped onto right face while summoning his Chaos Claws, and pounded into the head when the eyes glowed green. Gabriel could feel the Gorgon's power trying to turn him to stone, but his power resisted and the warrior pushed his fist into the monster's eye and brought the creature down. Alucard jumped over his father and plunged the Crissaegrim into the creature's neck before he pulled and sliced it off. The monster rose again, this time hoping to finish the fight. The Gorgon's final head opened it's mouth and sucked in a large amount of air. Gabriel saw an opening and used his Void power to launch a freezing projectile at it's mouth. The creature reared back and breathed fire at the two. Gabriel jumped in front of his son to shield him and began glowing with red energy. Gabriel clenched his fists and the flames were dissipated. Gabriel stood up and stretched his arm up when red energy shot out and dark tendrils surrounded the limb, forming what appeared to be a dragon head. Gabriel launched it at the monster's chest and it was impaled before it pulled out, with a giant heart in it's mouth.
The heart continued beating until it stopped and turned to stone, which was soon followed by the Gorgon turning to stone as well. The heart broke into pieces and revealed a glowing red gem inside. Gabriel knelt down and pulled it out and absorbed it into his own power.
"What the hell is happening Father?!" Alucard said. "What is this entity haunting you?"
Gabriel looked at his son before replying, "I'll explain as we leave."
The two made their way back to a platform leading out of the caves and into the city. They found themselves back at the entrance of an elevator with the Chupacabras's face. Gabriel felt irritation well up within him but decided they should go anyway. Inside, Alucard looked to his father as he set the elevator to descend.
"What happened to you?"
"I went mad," Gabriel said. "After I destroyed the Forgotten One, I came back to the castle. I started remembering everything I had done, consciously and unconsciously. I became angry at God, the world, and myself. Then the voices started. They compelled me to revel in my anger, to lash out. And I did. I was convinced that God had used me to as a pawn to do away with the Dark lords, only for me to take their place. But it seems that something else has been at work."
Alucard thought on this and wondered how this all could've happened. He remembered the mirror showing him what had happened to his father. But he never saw anything that happened since they first fought when he rose as a vampire. Then again, he never wanted to look in the mirror after he and Simon went their separate ways. The elevator finally stopped and the doors opened. The two walked through the small hallway and turned a corner to find a shop with piles of books.
"Ah! My prince and the heir! Welcome to my humble shop," the dwarf said before he teleported behind the counter.
"If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to ask!" he said again.
Alucard looked at the shelf behind the diminutive creature. "You have a number of powerful relics here at your disposal. You could've taken the castle if you wanted."
"Oh no, young heir. I am many things but a warrior is not one of them," the dwarf said. "Besides, my activities are to serve my Prince. Now how may I help you both?"
The two vampires looked around and decided to take as many of the Saint Tears as were available, as well as the Dodo eggs. The two took their items and turned to leave when the dwarf caught their attention. "Wait! There's one more thing."
The dwarf threw a medallion at Gabriel who caught it and looked at it. The medallion in question was a metal ring with a dragon's face in the center with it's body and wings wrapped and curled around the ring.
"The Dragon has returned," the Chupacabras said. The two turned around when a mirror caught their attention. The two looked at it as they felt it's power emanating from it.
"What is this?" Gabriel said.
"Oooooh! This is the Kleidos Mirror sir! I haven't used this in such a long time-"
"Just tell us what the damn thing does!" Gabriel snapped. Alucard looked at his father in shock and amusement.
"Of course. The Kleidos is a series of challenges that only the bravest warriors have faced. What those challenges are, I cannot say. But they are certainly formidable."
Gabriel looked to his son and motioned towards the elevator. The two entered and made it back to the surface, where Raziel was waiting for them.
"I see the Dragon has regrown his fangs," the archangel said.
"Another archangel?" Gabriel said to his son.
Alucard looked to his father before addressing him, "Yes. He's been helping since I woke up a few years ago."
"You should be proud. Your boy is fine warrior," the celestial being said. Gabriel smiled sadly, knowing circumstances prevented him from being the one to raise his son.
"So where to next?"
"This next place may very well surprise you," Raziel said before he extended his hand. "Grab on."
The two vampires complied before they vanished.
Carmilla's Lair
The three appeared inside an intersection of hallways with one door headed east and another headed north. The north door opened and they could see a room that led to a large library. Raziel stepped forward before he turned to the father and son.
"A word of warning: the challenge you face in this next room will bring out things you'd prefer to forget. It can either overtake you, or you can conquer it. Be careful," Raziel said before he vanished in a burst of light.
The two vampires stepped forward and through the doorway, when Alucard suddenly stopped. A red mist formed around him and he disappeared. Gabriel looked to find his son, when someone approached. She had long dark hair, wore a dark dress with red armor plates on her shoulders and chest, leaving a good bit of cleavage revealing an ample bosom. The woman stood before him before kneeling down.
"My lord."
Gabriel looked at her face, "Carmilla. This must be a dream."
Carmilla stood up and looked at him with a seductive smile. "And you were never to wake again, would it matter?"
"I destroyed you a long time ago."
"But that was not you then," she said as she cupped his face. She pulled him in for a kiss. Gabriel gave in for a moment when an odd but familiar scent caught his attention. He pushed Carmilla off and grabbed her by the throat.
"Who the hell are you?! Where is my son?!" Carmilla laughed maniacally before she transformed into a red mist and floated about the red, and over a few sets of bones, before leaving to the next area. The skeletons came to life, both wielding a sword and shield. Gabriel summoned his Chaos Claws and charged.
Alucard fell into what he could only describe as a cold, dark gray abyss filled with stone ruins. He looked down and found his feet in a pool of blood that seemed to encompass the entire floor. The pool rippled and a hulking form rose out of it. The beast seemed to be composed of bloody appendages, with a mangled skull for a face. The face split open and a large tentacle with Gabriel's face shot out.
"I thought I took care of you a long time ago!" the entity said.
Alucard summoned the Crissaegrim and held it ready to defend himself. "Who the hell are you?!"
"I am the dark shadow that chills the hearts of men. I am the hate, fury, and vengeance! I am the destiny of the Dragon!"
Alucard looked oddly at the entity and took a whiff. Since his resurrection as a vampire, he always knew his father's scent. In spite of the massive power that the elder vampire claimed, he always knew his father when he felt it. This thing was nothing like his father. But the smell was much like the Daemon Lord that he fought nearly a millennium ago.
"Know this demon: you will haunt my father no more!"
"You can never destroy me!" the entity said before it's face slunk back into the body.
The hulking body pulled itself up and proceeded towards the vampire. Alucard jumped to the side as the creature lifted it's left arm and brought it down. The warrior began hacking away at at the bloody limb and managed to deal damage. The creature jumped into the air and sprouted wings before slamming into the ground, creating a shockwave. The vampire jumped onto the creature's back and dug his arm into it's body. Alucard pulled out a glowing red orb and placed it within his coat.
The creature's imitation face sprung back out again and spewed blood out at the vampire, who only dodged to the side. The creature used it's other arm to bring down on Alucard, but the warrior channeled the Igneas blade into his sword, deflecting the attack and then slashed away at the torso. The body fell down and the face sprung forth once again, which Alucard deftly attacked. Before he could bring down the tip of the blade, he stopped as a rumble went through the ground.
"Neither you nor your father will defeat me. I'll always be with him," the creature as it sank into the pool of blood. "Always."
Darkness surrounded Alucard before he found himself back inside the library. His father looked to him with his Chaos Claws summoned. The two sensed another presence and turned to the gate leading to the other side of the room. The gate opened partially and the two vampires approached, with Alucard channeling the Glaciem blade. As the vampires came closer, the door opened wider. Gabriel dispelled his fiery gauntlets while his son dispelled his sword. The two looked at the newcomer with wide eyes, thinking they'd never lay eyes on the visitor ever again. Gabriel's mouth opened at her appearance, almost thinking it wasn't true.
"Marie?!"