[IC] Castlevania Lords of Shadow (Arowne and Haruki)

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice breathed heavily as she ran down the streets of the silent city. She didn't care about the rain or how the streets seemed so desolate of people as she ran. She looked back behind her to see the people of the Brotherhood chasing after her. She looked forwards again, and knocked down objects in order to create obstacles for her pursuers. She knew that she couldn't go to her friends for help, nor could she just go home! She would just end up cornered. She soon stopped to see the doors leading into a castle. The castle certainly looked large enough to lose some people of the Brotherhood in now. She hurried to the doors and opened the heavy doors as fast as she could with some struggle. She managed to open the large door a small crack, and she squeezed through. Once she was inside, she quickly closed the door and barred it with a nearby candelabra.

She backed away as she heard the men bang on the door and try to open it, before it ceased. Beatrice let out a breath she had been holding and she panted. Her mind reeled. She couldn't believe what she had just seen! Wasn't the Brotherhood of Light supposed to be helping people?! How could they...?! Just how could they?!
Beatrice winced and groaned as a familiar pain shot through her heart and she kneeled down panting. She muttered under her breath out loud "Don't you dare...Don't you dare...Hyde!"
She could hear Hyde answer her, even though she knew no one else would, "Come now, Jekyll. You know you need me now,"
She mumbled "No, I don't. I've lasted this long, haven't I?"
Hyde purred "Sure, ya did. But...don't you feel it? This feeling of oppressive darkness. We're not alone dear Jekyll. You just got us out of the frying pan...and into the fire,"

Beatrice stood up with her medical bag in her hand and her cane in the other and she commented "Then I might as well get out of here. Before something else comes to kill me," She just hoped that the Brotherhood wouldn't send those monstrosities after her...
She walked down the halls of the castle, looking for another exit she could use. She most certainly couldn't go out the way she came since she valued her life.

[arowne97]

Alucard had seen what the Brotherhood of Light was doing, and had been following them as they chased a girl that seemed to be a scientist through the streets, and straight into...his father's castle. He sighed, and entered the castle, watching the girl. He had the Masamune in its sheathe at his hip while he watched her, to make sure she didn't do anything drastic, but as soon as he saw one of the monsters that dwelled in the castle about to attack her from behind, he quickly dropped down behind the girl, killing the creature with one slice of his blade, simply cutting its head in half as he landed.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

"Behind you, you fool!"
Dr. Jekyll heard Hyde's voice and she turned around to see a monster behind her and she couldn't do anything as it raised its claws towards her...only to suddenly be sliced in half. She looked to see who was responsible as the now monstrous corpse fell to the ground. She looked at the stranger warily, as he stood before her, his golden eyes unnerved her slightly. She could hear Hyde speak to her again,
"It's him...He's a source of this darkness..."
Dr. Jekyll took a couple steps backwards as she kept her eyes on him. She suspected that he was part of the Brotherhood of Light. She asked warily, "Who...Who are you?"

[arowne97]

Alucard looked at her. "You should be more careful...there are even more dangerous creatures if you get closer to the throne room." He didn't bother answering her question, because he was planning on leaving anyways, after helping her get out of the castle. He turned and slashed one of the giant bats that tried to attack him. "Follow me. I can lead you to a safer place."

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice blinked at his warning and raised an eyebrow. She was curious as to how he knew about the monsters, and why the monsters would be close to the throne room in the first place. When he told her that he would lead her to a safer place, she answered "Oh! Al-Alright. Thank you. Please lead the way,"
She could hear Hyde hiss in her ear, warning Beatrice not to trust Alucard so lightly. Beatrice tried to ignore Hyde, knowing that if this man in front of her wanted to kill her, he probably would've done the deed by now. Besides, in this situation, she knew that she would need whatever help she can get.

[arowne97]

The Masamune simply vanished as Alucard started to walk towards what seemed to be an elevator, which probably seemed pretty strange in a castle as old as this one. "This way," he said, stepping inside. He waited for her to step in the elevator before pulling the lever, which caused the doors on both sides of the elevator to close and it started its ascent.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice followed him to the elevator and stepped inside, before he pulled the lever, starting the elevator's ascent. Beatrice did find the elevator's presence in an old castle to be strange indeed. However, that was menial compared to the questions she had in regards to the Brotherhood, their actions, and the man who was helping her right now. She commented, trying to make small talk, since the elevator ride seemed to be taking a long time "You still haven't answered my question from earlier...I'm Beatrice,"
She didn't want to give her last name, just in case he knew her friend Utterson, or her ex-fiance, Edmund Carew.

[arowne97]

"My name is Alucard," he said while the elevator rose. Considering he'd followed her a bit of a ways through the castle before he'd had to save her, this was probably the elevator up to the kitchen, which was at least safer than the main hallway where all the zombies and the giant possessed suits of armor were.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice mumbled his name under her breath out of interest. She knew right away that Alucard was backwards for the name Dracula, which was somewhat interesting. She answered him "Nice to meet you," She then realized something, and she asked him out of curiosity, "So...pardon me for asking, but what were you doing here? In this castle?" She figured that he most likely was here for his own agenda, and just happened to save her because he just happened to be there when she was attacked.

[arowne97]

"I was originally coming here to get help from one of the only beings that the Brotherhood has never been able to truly defeat, but I the brotherhood chasing you," Alucard said. "And I knew you would need help, because there are many dangerous creatures in this castle." The elevator reached the kitchen, and Alucard stepped out. "If you wish to survive in this castle, then follow me. I am going to see the castle's master anyway." He couldn't tell her that he is the son of Dracula. Not yet, anyways. It was common knowledge that this used to be the Bernhard family's castle, but most people did not know that Dracula currently resided here.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice raised her eyebrows at his answer, and she commented before the elevator stopped, "I see. So you know what the Brotherhood is really doing then?" She couldn't help but shudder at the memory of what she had seen. However, she knew that if anyone had seen what she had seen, they would have worse reactions.
The elevator soon stopped and she stepped out. She answered his statement, "Alright, and I'll help in anyway I can,"
She was curious as to who was living in this castle, when it was said that nobody was living in this place now. The Bernhard family had died many years ago after all.

[arowne97]

Alucard knew that his father's actions of destroying the Lords of Shadow were legendary now, and everyone also presumed that Dracula was dead. So, nobody would think that Dracula was living in the castle. He glanced at Beatrice before starting to walk, leading her through the kitchen, the little creatures that were in there just watching them from their hiding places. "Have you heard of the story of the knight that was tricked by the brotherhood into fighting the Lords of Shadow?" he asked her.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice looked around as they walked through the kitchen, until Alucard asked her his question. She thought about it, trying to recall the story he mentioned, and she answered "I think I have...or at least variations of that story," She remembered that the Brotherhood, when asked about the story, tried to either deny it, or tell different variations of the story.
She wouldn't admit it out loud, but the story of this knight, the Brotherhood, and the Lords of Shadow, was sort of her inspiration for her scientific work she did eight years ago. She thought that if she could separate the darkness and light, the good and evil, of human hearts, then society could live without having to go through the pain that the knight went through. How foolish and she was naive then, and now she paid the price.

[arowne97]

Alucard said, "Do you know what happened to the knight after he defeated the Lords of Shadow?" He knew that very few actually knew what had happened to Gabriel after he defeated the Lords of Shadow, since the Brotherhood had erased it from their records. He led her through the kitchen to another elevator, which just looked like a large cage with a lever in it.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice answered as she entered the elevator again, "Unfortunately, I can't say I know for certain. From what I have heard, the knight ended up taking his own life in the end. But that didn't sound right...at least not to me,". She asked out of curiosity "What did happen to the Knight?"
She was a little unnerved that Hyde was silent. She could sense that Hyde was interested as well in learning about what happened to the knight.

[arowne97]

"Well, the part about the knight taking his own life is false. The members of the Belmont family were too proud for that," Alucard said as he pulled the lever and the elevator started to ascend. "In fact, he became the most powerful being ever to walk the face of the earth, succumbing to the darkness he sought to destroy. He became immortal, with the only thing able to kill him being his former weapon, which was destroyed during his battle with the last of the Lords of Shadow, so he is now truly unable to die."

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Beatrice mumbled "That's what I thought," after Alucard mentioned that the Belmont family was too proud to commit suicide. She listened as he told her that he became the most powerful being to walk the earth. She bit her bottom lip in sympathy and pity. She couldn't imagine being immortal, especially since she had Hyde! She ignored the fact that the knight was immortal and saying that it wasn't scientifically possible, because she had just seen the Brotherhood kill people and bring about monsters, and monsters in this castle.
She could hear Hyde hiss in her mind once again "You know I won't let you die...You won't ever escape from me,"
She ignored Hyde and she commented "How awful...I can't even begin to imagine what that's like,"
She then asked "So the person you're going to ask for help is the knight you mentioned,"

[arowne97]

"Yes. He is now known as Dracula. And, on our way to the throne room, try to ignore the large mirror that shows you a strange vision. You might not like what it shows you." Alucard continued to lead her through the castle. It took awhile, considering that he had to cut his way through monsters, and that the Masamune actually broke while he was on his way there so he had to use the Dark Pain to make it through the rest of the monsters.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

She nodded to him in response to his warning about the mirror. She followed him, and when the monsters attacked, she used her cane (which had a heavy brass handle) to club the ones that came too close to her or Alucard. For the last group of monsters that were crowded together, Beatrice took out a cylindrical vial full of a liquid chemical compound (closed with a cork), and after shaking it, she threw it at the monsters. The compound exploded as a small bomb and killed the large group of monsters. Only the charred remains of the monsters were left.

[arowne97]

Now that the Masamune was broken, Alucard simply threw it away. He then looked at her after he saw her little specially made bombs. "You may want to save those for later. They may be useful," he said, as he made his other blade, the Crissaegrim, appear in his hand. He continued to lead her towards the throne room, and at one point revealed that he as a vampire, not by telling her, but by sinking his fangs into a monster's neck and draining it of blood. At one point though, they reached a place where the ledge was too high to simply jump to, so he wrapped his arms around her to keep her from falling as he form wings out of his back for about a half second as he used them to boost himself higher, letting go of her after he landed on the ledge.