CastleVania: Senshi For HIRE!!!!
Part 5
By: YingGirl. (yinggirl_the_sephiroth_hunter@hotmail.com)

Notes: Although I do not owe the rights of CastleVania SoTN, I do owe the rights to some characters. All other characters are based and owned by Konami. The story takes place in the modern time. Please enjoy.

Prologue 1

Bad Blood, into the wall of fire… –Matthew Good Band

  Before Alucard could answer about my fuku, another one of Dracula servants leaped out of the void. His skin was green, yet his eyes were like ember as he stood right in front of us…a full-grown fire demon.
  The demon glanced towards us. Then it slowly headed towards our direction. It halted for a few steps as it unleashed a blaze of fire from its’ chest-cave.
  Both of us quickly dodged that attack almost like a quick reflex.
  “It is a slow attacker!!!” I yelled out, “If we move quickly, there can be a good chance to beat him!!”
  “You seem to be well in giving out orders,” Alucard replied with a smirk, “let’s now see how you manage to handle them.”
  “Right sir. Could you please create a diversion for this beast?”
  “Since you kindly asked, I am eager to do so.”
  And so he did. He unleashed one of his cleverly tactical spells at the demon. When the demon felt he was being attacked, he only focused of ridding Alucard. This is a first time a guy…actually listened to me!!! I am kind of startled…but this wasn’t a time to try to have some admiration for a guy I only met three days ago!!!
  I quickly grabbed onto the whip, raise my right arm back, and hurled the power of the whip towards the demon. I saw this move in movies. I hope that I preformed well.
  As the demon headed towards Alucard, the whip wrapped itself on the demon’s neck. I gripped onto my whip as I started to pull on it. The demon growled and then quickly paced his claws onto the whip, wincing in pain. I kept pulling onto the whip since it caused my hold on the demon to grow tighter. I waited for the creature to die of self-suffocating.
  “So this is how you fight?” Alucard question glancing at my style, “Perhaps you do need more training than I expected.”
  “I can’t use my fire magic,” I replied as I focus on the demon, “this is the best I can do right now.”
  But the demon tried another way of escaping death…he began to run strait towards Alucard!!! And with that quick sudden movement, I was taken along for the ride. This was just as bad as someone trying to hogtie a prime steer.
  “Sir!!!!!” I cried out as I am being dragged across the floor, “I might need your assistance, please help me sir!!!”
  “I am sorry young Belmont,” Alucard responded, “but I can not interfere with your training. You should have know better than to try to strangle a demon.”
  “What?”
  I couldn’t believe it!!! Alucard was going to let me be dragged across this dimension until the demon tired him self. I kept holding onto the whip since it was the only thing I can do.
  “Sir…” I said as I tried to get a glance at him, “you’re so mean!!!!!”
  He then turned his back on me, almost as he was trying to avoid my pleas on anger and aid. Some gentleman!

Prologue 2

  Servants awaited his or her instructions patiently as the lord of this castle gazed into a doorway through the world of light while sitting on his throne. He did try to walk through this doorway, but failed miserably since his skin would instantly burn to a crisp.
  He would curse, but he had found other options. He could send his servants to do his dirty work for him. Soon, soon when his curse was lifted, he wouldn’t be watching the realm of light…he will turn it into darkness.   
   And the only way to get rid of the one who placed this curse on him…The Belmont Child.
  But gazing into the portal did have its moments. He is now watching on how the young Belmont is handling not even one of his most power servants. He slightly chuckled.
  “So,” the count said, “this is what the young Belmont can do? She is awfully pathetic.”
  The servants shook their heads, while others jostle some remarks on the young Belmont.
  “Yes,” the dark priest responded as he bowed forward to the Count, “it seems that your son is too late.”
  “Yet…” the count growled, “I am tired of waiting!! Waiting while the Belmont has a good excuse not to show up!! I’ve waited 200 years for this day to come! When I wait in this cursed prison, the pain returns and the pleasure of revenge will be mine!!!!”
  “It will come, my lord.”
  “I’ll let those two enter the castle…I doubt they’ll make it on their own.”
  “But, you’re letting the Belmont enter the castle easily!!”
  “Exactly. Of course I would like mortals wince in pain while trying to do it the hard way, but they adore when things are done easily and painless. They’re as stupid as begging dogs, easily pleased when they are granted some treat.”
  “So it seems…”
  “This way it would be easy for the both of us. And the sooner the last drop of the Belmont bloodline is in my grasp…the sooner I can turn this mortal realm into eternal darkness.”
  “Yes sir…”
  The priest bowed again to the Count as he returned to the shadows of where the servants roam. The era of darkness was coming…and there was no hope for mankind to survive from the aftermath.

***

  The demon continued to run. It can only move forward, never backwards. My body was starting to get some bruises. Maybe I’m not the one…my foster mom tried to kill me and everyone hates me. Perhaps, I am destined to….
  Get a grip on yourself YingGirl!!!!! Caramel didn’t give you the locket!! You taken it from her!!! Alucard didn’t give you the whip!!! You’ve placed the whip in your own hands!!!! You made these decisions on your own, YingGirl.  Now it’s time to show who is boss around here. Quit getting yourself trampled all the time!!
  I shook my head. Now, I know what I must do. I began to climb onto the whip…it wasn’t easy since the demon was constantly on the move. I then had to keep one hand onto the whip while the other managed to pull out a dagger from my jacket.
  The demon growled, since I was applying more pressure onto the whip. He then realized of the extra weight he was dragging along with him. He was going to turn around and burn me to a crisp!!
  I had no other choice but to lunge at the demon and drive the dagger strait in his neck. I even twisted the dagger to bring out more pain onto the demon.
  He gave out one last cry as he slumped to the ground. I then pulled my whip away from the corpse. I didn’t want to speak. I was angry and confused. Why the hell wouldn’t Alucard help me? I did ask for his assitance in a nice manner.
  “You’re too young,” Alucard muttered, as he was annoyed with my performance, “to fight the final battle.”
  I caught those words. Almost like someone backstab me literally.
  “The final battle?” I questioned as I tried not to look back.
  “Yes,” Alucard replied, “there is a little defect in his curse. If all but one hunter remains, and he is slain by that single hunter…he will rest forever in his eternal darkness.”
  “Eternal Darkness? That seems a little cruel…”
  “Yet, if the last hunter is slain by him…he will become the True Immortal. He will gain the powers of a dumpeal, and light will cease to exist. The race of mortals will perish and all signs of hope will cease to exist.”
  “What?!!”
  “I thought I could take down my father, but apparently he placed a seal that not allows anyone with vampiric blood to enter the castle. But there was a way to break the seal…a chosen one who is destined to venture into the castle, the Belmont.”
  “So that’s why you needed me…”
  “I’ve been searching for hunters, only to realize my father’s servants got there earlier. I was almost about to give up until a few years ago.”
  “A few years ago?”
  “Yes. Around that time, I have stumbled upon one of the servants who got rid of Lecarde. I entered the house, disguise as a police officer, hoping to save his life. I was too late. He was dead.”
   “No…”
   “All that endless searching for nothing. I was about to give up….”
   “Give up?”
   “Until, someone else entered the household. She was around 13 or 14, holding the whip. I recognized the whip since only members of the Belmont clan have passed it on from generation to generation. I turned around to see who it was…and that’s how I first met you.”
   There was a silence. I didn’t know what to say or do. I felt like I could smack him…but I didn’t have the strength to do it. The memories flowed into my head once again. Visions of my foster father lying in a pool of blood started to torment my soul once again. I wanted to scream, rush to him, or do anything to help him!!!!
  But I was scared. I was shivering, feeling almost paralysed. Why couldn’t I do anything?!!! Ever since my foster dad died and the truth of my parents…it’s been torturing me, never letting me in peace.
  Maybe Alucard is right. Maybe I’m too young to fight this battle.
  Then out of nowhere, the castle appeared. It appeared right in front of us while its presence of dark forces grew stronger and started to seep into the dimension. Did killing the demon manage to give us this pathway?
  “I’m waiting Young Belmont,” a voice whispered, “I’m waiting for you….”
  I felt something passing by, a cold wind. Alucard seemed to notice it too. He was studying the legendary castle that appears once in a hundred years. He knew something wasn’t right in this strange atmosphere. Whatever it was, I had to be ready. Even if it means I was going to loose my soul for it.  

***

  “So the Belmont has finally appeared,” the dark priest said.
  “Yes,” the count replied, “but I sense something unusual about this one.”
  “She has lost her training, but knows her duties. May I be of service to get rid of these intruders right away?”
  “No…let them live for a while. They’re bound to die anyways.”
  “But what about your kin? He will cause quite a disturbance.”
  “Yes. Those two must be separated as soon as possible. Make sure you don’t fail on this.”
  “Of course, my lord.”
  The priest stood up as he faced the count. Yet someone was watching and hearing the entire conversation. He stood there patiently as he awaited his next orders, for he will be the one willing to test the young Belmont first.

***

  The castle stood right in front of us? But how? And why? I had a bad feeling. The darkness was coming close and I almost felt like someone was calling out to me…but who or what was it?
  “So you recognized this castle?” Alucard asked as he looked at me.
  “It’s the castle of the infamous ruler of Vlad the Impaler,” I replied as I held onto my whip, “I’ve read about it in many books that deal with vampirism. I sometimes dreamt of the day when I see this castle on my own. Who knew that one day I must go see this castle?”
  “And I thought you were not that bright.”
  “Hey!!! I may be physically weak, but my mental abilities can take down anything. I did manage to get rid of that demon thing, did I?”
  “Only because you realize that I wouldn’t aid you. If you try to rely on me most of the time, you’ll end up dead.”  
  “But we’re partners!!!”
  “P-partners?”
  “Yep. You need my help to enter the castle and I need your help in training me to defeat the count. I forgive you for not aiding me. But next time when I ask, can you please give some assistance?”
  He sighed. I looked at him. I guess he didn’t want to answer my question. He is part of this supreme ruler of darkness…he is a half vampire.
  But why would Alucard go against his father? If I had one, I sure would try to work things out with him. I mean; I just wouldn’t rebel against him if I had any good reason too. I guess some teenagers have there own ways of trying to get some attention from their parents.
  I wouldn’t know. My foster parents are dead and I don’t about my real ones.
  He then looked back at the castle.
  “This castle is a mere creation of chaos,” Alucard said as he kept his eyes on the castle, “each time it has appeared, it has given out a different shape.”
  “That is the castle all right,” I replied as I gazed upon it as well, “it is time to face my destiny.”
  Then, a soft laughter was being heard. It seemed to come right in front of us when it sounded like it was all around us. I looked around to see who or what it was. I wasn’t prepared for what task lies ahead.
  Floating the fogy night lie right ahead of us a ghastly figure. He was embodied in one of the finest black hooded robes. He carried a death-scythe in one hand as his other rested at his side. His face was nothing but a pale human skull. It looked like someone just has polished it.
  Alucard then pushed me aside as he glanced at the visitor. I wonder why?
  “Get away from this Belmont,” Alucard sneered as he stared at the ghastly figure, “she isn’t ready.”
  “But Young Master,” the figure replied as he bowed, “you do need the Belmont to be able to enter this castle. And I have orders to make your task much more challenging.”
  “If you dare hurt or touch this Belmont….”
  “No. The master does not want to meet this young Belmont…yet. He has other plans for you two.” The figure began to point his finger at Alucard. I had a bad feeling about this, like he was going to attack him.
  “Other plans?” Alucard questioned as he felt a bit confused, “What plans does my father have in store for the young Belmont?”
  “You’ll see Young Master,” the figure grinned as stared back at Alucard, “you’ll soon be a part of them.”
  “What?!!” Alucard then quickly tried to avoid…but it was too late.
  The ghastly figure had unleashed its attack. I backed away quickly to avoid it. As I turned around to see what has happened, the same feeling has paralyzed my body once again. I could only watch…
  The visitor encased Alucard in a glass prison. It was horrible. His face of shock was forever immortalized in that glass prison, almost like a fly imprisoned in amber. He seemed like a lifeless statue that never had a chance to live up to his own expectations. 
  “SIR!!!!!” I yelled from the top of my lungs, “Sir!!! Please!!! Answer me!!!”
  “He can’t hear you Young Belmont,” the figure spoke as it looked at me, “he is trapped in your curse.”
  I turned around to look at the visitor. He was almost like the rider in the Death Card. He is the Angel of Death.
   “My curse?” I asked.
   “The curse you placed on my great master,” the figure responded, “he’s getting his sweet revenge on you…the final member of the Belmont clan. You are the last vampire hunter there is.”
   “Last Vampire Hunter?”
   “But the master had decided to make this more interesting. If you can find your friend and free him from the castle when the hour strikes midnight, no harm will come to him. But if you fail, he will become as fine general to the master’s armies.”
   “No…”
   The figure laughed as he began to fade away, along with Alucard too!!! I couldn’t let Alucard go away!! We haven’t known each other…this can’t be the end!! Not now!!!!
  It won’t be the end!!! I unleashed my whip in order to get a hold at the glass prison, but the second my whip was about to reach them…they both disappeared.
  I fell on my knees. Now…all my friends are truly gone. I wanted to cry. I wanted to run towards some that could hold me close.
  But I couldn’t, and this wasn’t the time.
  I started to gain my confidence while I was getting back on my feet. I looked upon the castle…the only thing that was standing between my destiny and me. The doors were wide open as if they were showing me the way. My bloodline entered this castle fearlessly in order to protect something more valuable than their lives. This was my choice. I couldn’t back out on it…everyone is depending on me to succeed.
  Without any thought or doubts…I entered the castle alone.

TO BE CONTINUED.