Preys & Predators IV; Monster and Witches Chapter 30

 30.

 

At the Uni’s, Victor opened the door to the generator’s chamber. He looked in and counted the number of generators there. There used to be three sets when he was there, but now the numbers have increased to six units.

The electric generator stood over the height of a man; the oil reservoir was at the end, and seated above it was the main electric generator, controlled by the solenoid mounted above it. The rotating power from the turbine was activated by the steam condenser, which pushes the steam power towards it.

“It’s a beauty.” Victor stared at the generator. “So much power compared to the one I have.”

“Stop gaping, dear Frankenstein. We are to get the needed parts to fix yours.” Doctor Abraham proceeded to the store. “We must find the spares at the store.”

“I do not ……. Know where it is.” Victor shook his head.

“I do. One of my early walks before my talk was to explore the university’s grounds. The dean was kind enough to show me. The store is here to the left.” Doctor Abraham entered the store. There were shelves, and on them were the spares: discarded and new ones. And some older ones.

“Ah, the needed parts. I had seen it before.” Doctor Abraham rummaged through the parts there. “They marked your spares in the two boxes.  Take that one.””

“What are you doing here?” It was Dean Joseph Haller. He was there with two others. They were holding what appeared to be a wooden coffin; simple rectangle design. When they saw the doctor, they placed the coffin the flooring.

“We are here to… visit. Why are you here? Moving the dead?” Doctor Abraham smiled. “And… pardon me, is it too early for you to move things here at this hour?”

“Get out, Doctor. This is my domain.” The dean shouted.

“Domain? What is that? Your …… domain sounded like your …… territory.” Doctor Abraham challenged back. “This is the Uni’s ground, and not some …… domain.”

“We must not be delayed. Attack him!” The dean called out. The two men rushed at the doctor and Victor. The latter retreated and looked for anything to defend themselves.

“Take to the right. I will go left.” Doctor Abraham held onto the spares needed and ran. Victor ran towards the generators and tried to find a spot to hide.

“Stop!” The one who was pursuing Victor called out. The two men had chased after Victor. One of the men tossed a metal piece towards Victor and missed. Victor picked up the metal piece and faced the man.

“Come any nearer, and I will smash your head with this.” Victor challenged the other.

“The hell you will.” The man advanced towards Victor. A dark shadow was seen landing on the man from above the generator. The dark figure brought the man to his back, who then screamed out in pain.

“Get it off me!” The man screamed with the arms and legs kicking out. The dark figure backed towards Victor. It was a huge wolf, and it was snarling at the man.

“Keep away, or I will……” The man did not get to complete his threat and was pounced on by the wolf. The wolf’s fangs sank into the man’s left shoulder, and its head swung to the side, pulling the flesh there.

“Со пламенот на пеколот те протерав... (With the flame of Hell, I banished thee...)” The dean at the rear called on the spell to disperse fire on the wolf. The wolf retreated from the flames and then proceeded to escape through the gaps in the generators.

“You are trapped, Frankenstein.” The dean looked at the other. “I will……”

The shot came from the rear of the Dean. He fell forward onto his knees, clutching his chest.

“Step over, Frankenstein.” It was the doctor. “I will cover you.”

“You have a gun?” Victor was surprised at the doctor. “How ……. You shot him in the back?”

“Well, whatever it may take.” Doctor Abraham nodded. “I was to shoot out of necessity. Among the many things you may not know of me. Now move it. We must leave now.”

Victor moved towards the doctor and saw the two men in his path move aside. 

“And for you, take care of your friend.” The doctor looked to the injured man. “I am no medical doctor, but I know what the wolf’s bite feels like. It is deadly.”

Doctor Abraham followed close behind Victor, grabbing the boxes that he had come for.

Meanwhile, Kane made his way to the mansion where he knew his father was headed. It was near dawn. He was by the creek when he saw the two wolves there taking their drink at the stream. He backed his walk and looked for an item to defend himself. The two wolves were huge.

The wolves looked to the sunlight seeping through the cover of the leaves, and then they ran past the creek. Kane hesitated to run; he wanted to be safe, knowing that the wolves had left the creek.  He made his way to the mansion and saw it was quiet there. He heard some voices from the nearby cottage.

“Carmilla, leave Lauren alone.” Rudolf was there holding his daughter. He faced the two witches, and to the left were Abel and Sven, standing there holding the rifles. Abel was eyeing Lauren as if waiting for the signal to act.

“Red, you did not stop us then.” Carmilla called Rudolf by his nickname. “Why now?”

“I …… I could not tell then. But now maybe it was better for Lauren not to be like you ……” Rudolf sighed.

“Or like Lissa? Red, you knew of us then. When you came to remove us as witches. We are one with the coven and will be forever, even in death.” Carmilla said. “Lauren is…”

“Lauren is our only hope to get Lissa back,” Annabelle cut in. “We left the mansion to assist Lauren. Our mansion is under attack, but we placed a protective shield over the mausoleum. It will hold, but we cannot delay too long here.”

“Father, let me be. I must save Mother.” Lauren looked to her father. “We discussed this before. I cannot deny my true existence.”

“Lauren, I am …… When I was with the army and took the task… volunteered to… eliminate the unnatural ones, I had committed myself to the cause. My cause had given me ……. Casualties within my family. Casualties that I had inflicted … no … it welcomed my love … and with it the cost to be borne.” Rudolf sighed. “I am unsure if I can take it anymore.”

“Deny not … not your daughter’s destiny, Red. She must be complete to save your lover.” Carmilla said. “She is the epitome of our coven’s might.”

“She may die!’ Rudolf cried out.

“She will not.” Carmilla looked at Lauren. “We will……”

“Witches! I will kill you all.” Kane rushed at Carmilla, and was shoved to the side with the wave of the hand. He fell at the side and was assisted by Abel.

“Abel, how could you stand there? They are witches.” Kane sat up from his fallen position. “We……”

“I cannot.” Abel looked towards Lauren. “She is……”

“Are you possessed?” Kane reached for the rifle held by Abel, but the latter backed off.

“Do not do it.” Abel looked at his brother. “We need them to fight off the demons.”

“Oh, God. You are possessed.” Kane looked at the ladies. “Tell me which one of you had done it to my brother. I will kill you.”

“Kane, I am not possessed.” Abel stepped back towards Lauren. “I am sane. Please let go.”

“You are all mad.” Kane stood up and turned to leave. It was then he was struck in the face by the demon that flew past him. He fell onto the ground with his left face bloodied. Sven reacted fast and shot at the fleeing demon. He saw then more of the demons flying towards them. 

“Get into the cottage!” Sven called out. Rudolf grabbed his daughter and ran, followed by the sisters, while Abel helped his brother. They barricaded the doors and manned the windows. Kane was attended to by Lauren, who bandaged his wound.

Five demons stood outside the cottage by the grave and sneered at those inside the cottage.

“There are five of them,” Rudolf said when he looked out. “Check the other side.”

“Three here.” Abel hobbled over towards the window. “We are surrounded.”

One of the five demons kicked at the headstone at the grave. It kicked out at the ground there. It was to kick the glass vase that was embedded at the grave when it stopped. It leaned down to look down and sneered once more. It was then the glass vase exploded out, and shards of the vase impacted on the demon’s face.

“Arghh…….” The demon reeled back in pain, and then a set of hands broke through the ground at the grave and grabbed the demon by its left lower limb. It dragged the limb to the ground, and the sound of cracks was heard.

“I ……” The demon screamed when its left lower limb sank into the ground. Two of the other demons reached out to pull the demon from the ground. The demon came out of its predicament but lacked the lower left limb. It limped to the side, clutching the missing limb area.

“Kill!” The wounded demon shrieked. The other four demons went into a frenzy of digging the grave. It was then Mary appeared from the side and charged at the demons there. The creation grabbed the nearest demon by the head and used it as a swinging club on the others. The three demons fell to the side and then crouched to stare at the creation.

“Abomination!” They sneered.

“No, I am not. I am Mary.” The creation slammed the demon held by it on the ground, shattering the spine of the demon there. It then tossed the terminated demon to the side and looked at the grave.

“Henry……”