Author: LOGAN1345586 Subject: CS2000 - Revelation 3/3 -Re Posted: MAY 22, 1999 06:29 //Well done Myria! Well incase you didn't know. I am originally RAY1345586. And I'm getting a little side tracked because I'm doing two other stories or IS's. So that's why it takes me a while.// As Belmont sleeped through the night moaning and groaning as he tossed and turned Michalle was at the door watching for any intruders. Joeseph: Uaah..... Michalle: Easy now.... Just rest. Michalle turned back to the opened door watching again. She saw nothing that looked suspecis. But this is where he came.. //Michalle hears a stick snap under someone's or something's feet// Michalle: Who goes there? Show yourself! Man's voice: You know very well who I am Fernadaz...Heh.... Michalle: Geroas I assume then.. If you have come for the Belmont then give it up. Geraos: And why should I obey your orders...Especially from a mere child as you are. Michalle //Hands starting to glow// I think you know the reason Geraos. If you telport in my housetrying to kill the young man then all I have to do is cast my projetile at you and your on the ground gasping for air... Geraos: Hmph!...Very well then have it your way.... I'll get through to him "another" way... Until we meet again Young Ferandaz...//snapps fingers// //Geraos disappears eerilly in the night// Joeseph: uaaah.... Michalle: ....."Another" way.... Hmmm... //Myria??? Sebulba3000??? And also I planned for Geraos to make Joeseph hallucinate through his dreams because of that scar on his hand...Sound good? Well either way is good.//

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 - Endless night (1/2) Posted: MAY 24, 1999 19:26 He was running..... His lungs burned for air..... His legs trembled with exhaustion.... "MARIA!!" he cried, as the black carriage drawn by demon horses tore away leaving more distance between him and his beloved. A lovely dark-haired woman hung out the carriage window, calling to him. "Joseph! Hurry! Help me!" she called plaintively, as she was being swept away. He watched it vanish into the distance, but stubbornly kept stumbling toward it. "Maria! She's gone....." he gasped, still trying to catch his breath. He lumbered on, down a seeming endless path, following the tracks the carriage wheels left. He would not give up! Eventually he came to a castle gate. The old iron bars were 4 inches thick! The chance of him breaking them or the solid iron turnkey were slim.... Just then, the gate swung open and a dark robed figure appeared before his eyes. The figure beckoned him to come inside. He cautiously stepped inside the gate and heard it squeel and slam shut behind him. He turned just in time to see the bars locking together. When he turned back, the figure was some distance ahead of him. "Wait!" Joseph called, beginning to follow the strange figure. He lost track of where he was and his head ached for a long moment. He had to close his eyes. When he re-opened them he was in what appeared to be the main hall of the castle. Geraos appeared in front of him dancing around him in a circle and laughing. "You want Maria? Then you shall have her, well... at least part of her!" Geraos laughed hysterically pointing to a woman's figure in a white robes at the top of the stairs. Geraos ascended the stairs and drew his sword, he then looked at Joseph and laughed, "Here she is~!!!!!" The sword swiped her head from her body and it rolled down the stairs toward Joseph. He screamed in horror as he saw the face, it was not that of Maria, but Michella!

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: CS2000 - endless night 2 Posted: MAY 24, 1999 19:39 "Michella! No!" he cried frantically as he struggled in Geraos' grip. "Belmont stop!" a female voice pleaded with him, "It's alright, you were hallucinating again!" Joseph opened his red puffy eyes, and focused on the petite youg blonde beside him on the bed. She still held his arms as she tried to hold him down. "Michella?" he groaned, " What happened?" "Just rest now, it's going to be a long night. You have to struggle though it, but by morning you'll feel much better." Joseph was so disoreintated that he could hardly understand what she was trying to say to him. All he knew was he was safe now and most of what would go on tonight would be a hallucination. He felt her take his hand into hers and he slipped into unconsciousness again. "I told you, Geraos," he heard Michella's voice beside him, "As long as he has me to watch over him, you cannot lock him in enternal dreams! He will survive!" "Yes," Geraos' voice rang out, " but for how long? HA HA HA HA!"

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 -The holy whip (1/2) Posted: MAY 25, 1999 19:31 The morning sun streamed through the small window frame of the wooden cabin. It slowly creeped closer to the young man lying beneath the thick quilt on the bed. It's path breifly crossed Michella's shoulder and settled on her face rousing her from her slumber in the chair beside the bed. She stretched, yawned and scratched her head. She had to check on her guest. Joseph Belmont finally rested peacefully. His fever had broken last night shortly before daylight and the hallucinations and frantic nightmares were finally soothed by a gentle concoction of ground moss and tree bark steeped as a tea with a sprinkling of a special blossom found only in this part of Romania. Suddenly, Belmont stirred. "Uhhgh," Joseph groaned. He opened his eyes and Michella's youthful face came into focus. "How do you feel?" she inquired. "Like I was run over by a speeding carriage!" he replied groggily, "Where is this place?" He glanced around at his surroundings. It was a rustic cabin, furnished modestly and filled with the aromas of herbs and flowers. "Welcome to my humble home," Michella replied, "If you're feeling better, I think it's time that you got what you came here for." Joseph was puzzled. The only thing that he was here for was to retreive Maria! Michella went to an old chest, removed some linens and withdrew a sliver key on a chain. She brought it over to him and placed it around his neck. "This is the key to open the vault, in the church basement. As promised, the Fernandez have kept it safe from merauders like Geraos for three generations. You will find what you seek there." "What are you talking about?" "Why... the Holy Whip .. of the Belmont clan of course!" "Holy whip?" he thought. He was at a loss for a few moments until he remembered great grandpa's story... Carrie Fernandez was entrusted with Reinhart's whip when he married Rose whom he had resuced from Dracula's castle. Carrie promised to keep it safe until it was needed again. She or her descendants would see to it that the Belmont heir would recieve it. "I think that's what Geraos was after," she surmised. "But, for now, rest while I make you some breakfast. You must be famished!" She suggested, "We'll set out for the church at noon when the evil creatures are weakest. "Now wait a minute...!" "No arguements Bel... I mean, Joseph. I have a promise to keep! I must see that you get the whip and that it doesn't fall into evil hands!" With that, Michella turned and walked over to the stove.

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 -the grave -1 Posted: MAY 30, 1999 22:05 Joseph and Michella had finally reached the remains of an old church at the far end of the Forest of Silence. The small structure had probably looked grand at one time. Beneath moss covered, broken pillars strewn all over the grounds, one could detect a hint of marble. It seemed stranged to young Belmont that the Count would allow such a holy structure so close to his own domain. "It's a good thing we made it before dark," Michella said with a note of relief in her voice, "We are losing daylight fast and we have some preparations to make before the creatures of the night emerge." "Michella," he began, as he put a pack he was carrying for her down on the damp cold ground, "You still haven't told me what your role in all this is....I know the stories about you being caretaker of this so-called Holy Whip, but ...." "Not now, Joseph!" she replied in a hurried tone, "Once we get this stuff ready, we can talk, and I'll tell you all you want to know. Only help me! OK?"

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 - the grave-2 Posted: MAY 30, 1999 22:15 They spent an hour or so lighting candles in a circle on the floor and sprinkling wolfbane and other vital ingredients on the floor around the circle of candlelight. Michella sat down in the center of the circle and beckoned Joseph to join her. "I know this is probably going to leave your nerves unsettled, but, it is better than being awakened in the middle of the night by evil creatures." As soon as she finished saying the to him, Michella began to chant softly. although the words were not clear to him, Joseph seemed to feel as though these were words of prayer to the forces of goodness and life to protect them while they slumbered from the evil of the forest. He wanted to press onward, but he knew that they were both to exhausted to continue without rest. Even as she spoke these gentle words, he felt his eyelids getting heavy and his body numbing with fatigue.

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 the grave -3 Posted: MAY 30, 1999 22:23 Almost as soon as Michella finished the spell of protection, she fell forward, her body limp with exhaustion. Joseph caught her as she fell and held her in his arms. He gentle tapped her face to rouse her. "Michella? Michella! Are you alright?" "Yes," she replied with a weak smile, "It is done Joseph, we can....rest...now." her words were interrupted by a long yawn. Her body relaxed as she fell into slumber. Joseph laid her gently to the floor, then backed up a few feet and reclined on the floor opposite her. He withdrew his revolver and made sure that it was loaded, then he put his head on his left arm and put his right hand beside his face, his weapons still in hand. Then he fell asleep.

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 the grave-4 Posted: MAY 30, 1999 22:36 His dreams were restless. He tossed and turned in search of release, but something was haunting his dreams. A black carriage, Maria being taken away in it. Michella being beheaded by Geraos. He then saw a slab sticking out of ther ground. It looked like a grave but it was much taller. He walked up to it and noticed a rope around it. He circled the marker and saw an impaled body tied to the stone with the rope still dripping fresh blood. It's throat had been cut wide open and it's limbs torn from it's body! What a gruesome sight! As he looked up at its face he could see..... Joseph started straight up with a gasp. He looked over to Michella. She was still sleeping. He got up and walked around the circle, trying to scatter the fragment of the broken nightmare. Never before had a mere nightmare shaken him so! It was then that he heard a strange cound coming from the large black door at the back of the church. There, he heard it again! He left the circle of candles to investigate. With each wary step, he could feel panic mounting in his stomach, turning it every which way. He put his hand on the door handle....

Author: MYRIA99 Subject: cs2000 the grave-5 Posted: MAY 30, 1999 22:51 The door didn't budge, then suddenly the whole thing gave way. He fell to the floor covered with dust and dirt from the door's years of non-use. He coughed and wiped the dirt from his eyes. He reached in back of him for a candle, and his hand settled on one. He unthinkingly removed it and used it as he looked in front of him into the room beyond. To his surprise, there was a gravestone INSIDE the little room! As he rose and stepped into the room for a better look, something swatted the candle out of his hand! Then a powerful force gripped his arm and started squeezing and pulling him into the room. He almost vomitted from the stench of rotten meat coming from the space before him. From the light of the fallen candle he could see he was in the room with four figures, as they stepped out toward him, he could see they were....CORPSES!?! He felt panic grip him as he realized his revolver would not help him when it was back in the circle near Michella and as he glanced back there, he could see the folly of removing the candle! More rotting, mindless zombies were coming in from outside and headed right for the still sleeping Michella!