Subj: Quentin's Thoughts and Barnabas' Demise XXIII
Date: 5/30/99 11:21:23 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Mysterious Millicent
Quentin's Thoughts and Barnabas' Demise XXIII
Collinwood......
Quentin began to pace the room. In less than an hour it would be dark and a couple hours after that the moon will rise. He just couldn't go through this again! Angelique had told him that she would help him, but where is she? And where is the one that she said would help him?
Rachel knocked on the door. "Quentin? May I come in?"
Quentin looked at the door and thought, this might be the last time I will ever see Rachel. He walked to the door and opened it. "Rachel, I am glad that you have come! I need you!"
Rachel smiled and said, "I know Quentin, I need you too. But I came to tell you that someone came to the door with a message that Angelique wants to see you at the Old House right away!"
Quentin looked at Rachel and said, "Why should I go to the Old House? Why can't Angelique come to me?"
Rachel looked at Quentin puzzled and said, "I don't know. But she was very specific that you come to the Old House right now!"
Quentin was not sure but that this was not a trick of Angelique. And it could be a trick of this Tabitha or Petofi for all he knew. But he decided that curiousity would get the best of him in the end and knew that he had to go.
He smiled at Rachel and said, "I will go, now." And he took Rachel into his arms and kissed her softly and releasing her said, "You are the only one who truly cares about how I feel Rachel. I won't forget you!" Then he left the room.
Rachel stood there wondering what he meant by that. But she just shrugged it off and left the room too.
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Quentin walked down the path towards the Old House. It was now dark and he knew that very soon the moon would rise over the horizon and his fate would be again in the hands of the wolf. He hoped that Angelique had some good news for him.
He finally reached the front door of the Old House and knocked on the door. Angelique answered and he stepped inside. "Quentin, you certainly took your time getting here!"
"Well, I didn't see any reason to hurry Angelique! Afterall, it has been sometime again since I have seen you and I can't say that you have been here to help me!" Quentin replied in anger.
Angelique swallowed the sarcastic comments she was about to utter and simply said, "Oh Quentin, arrogant as usual. And in the dark as usual. I have been helping you. Count Petofi has been taken care of and Tabitha had been destroyed! You have nothing to fear from them anymore!"
Quentin was very surprised at this latest bit of news! So, his enemies are gone! That is great! He looked at Angelique and said, "I'm sorry, Angelique. I did not know that you had been working so hard. How did you manage to get rid of both of them?"
Angelique laughed and said, "Quentin, you don't really expect me to tell you all my secrets do you? Anyway, we haven't time for that right now. Remember I told you I would bring someone back who can help you?"
Quentin nodded and then a figure suddenly appeared from behind Angelique. "Hello Quentin!"
Quentin looked up in surprise and total joy. "Barnabas! Barnabas you're alive!" And he went over and gave his cousin a good friendly hug. "Barnabas, I can't believe it. How was it you weren't destroyed? Edward poured gasoline all over the coffin and lit it. I watched it burn with him.!"
Barnabas smiled and said, "That was not me, that was a doppleganger that Angelique created so others would think I was destroyed. She kept me alive and watched over me until she was sure the time was right for me to return. And now I have come to help you!"
Quentin looked at Barnabas and said, "I am so glad that you are back Barnabas! I really have missed you. We have so much in common. But this is something you really can't help me with. Even if there is some way for me to traveil to the future, I will still be a werewolf."
Barnabas smiled and said, "Don't be so sure of that Quentin. There are always ways to overcome a curse!"
Quentin looked at Barnabas and was about to say something when he began to double over in pain. Angelique looked at Barnabas and said, "Now Barnabas! Hurry!"
Barnabas quickly came over to Quentin and even tho Quentin was in pain he was aware of what Barnabas was doing. Barnabas was in full vampire mode now and he glanced at Angelique who nodded and pushing Quentin's head over to one side, he reared back and sank his fangs deep into Quentin's neck and began to drink his blood. Quentin was frozen. He couldn't move and he could feel his life blood flowing out of his body. A few minutes went by with Quentin at the mercy of his cousin from "England" as Angelique watched.
And then suddenly Barnabas stopped drinking and removed his fangs from Quentin's neck. He helped Quentin over to the chair and then stood there watching him, as did Angelique. Quentin sat there very weak, but very much alive. And yet the strangest part was that he was in no pain. He felt as if he was drifting in and out of sleep, which was in a way what he was doing. And then darkness fell upon him.
About an hour later Quentin began to stir and he slowly opened his eyes. He looked around him and saw Barnabas and Angelique talking over in the corner of the room. When they heard him move they looked over at him and smiled. He looked at them suspiciously and said, "What is going on?"
Angelique walked over to Quentin and said, "Can you stand?"
Quentin nodded and she helped him on his feet. He was a bit wobbly but was able to stand up. Angelique said "Come to the window!" Quentin was curious as to what she was up to but he followed her over to where Barnabas was standing. Then Barnabas opened the curtain and said, "Look, Quentin! Look!"
Quentin looked out the window and saw the full moon high in the sky. It was very round and very beautiful! And then he backed away. "Don't be afraid Quentin. You have no reason to fear the full moon ever again! You are cured. The curse is over!" Angelique said smiling.
It took a few minutes for all of this to sink in. But he still was not sure exactly what had happened. Then he remembered what Barnabas had done. He felt his neck, but there was nothing there! No marks! And there should have been!
"What happened?" Quentin said puzzled. "Tell me what is going on?"
Barnabas smiled and said, "Come and sit down Quentin and I will tell you!"
They both walked over to the chairs by the fireplace with Angelique following them. Then she looked at Barnabas and said, "I will go make some tea for you" and she left the room.
Quentin looked at Barnabas and said, "Well?"
Barnabas took a deep breath and said, "You were cursed by a gypsy to the life of a werewolf, but that curse is only affected by the rise of the full moon. It left you immortal, but at the mercy of the moon. My curse was placed on me by a witch and it was forever, each night, all the time. The vampire is stronger than the werewolf, Quentin. So when I bit you I exchanged my blood with yours. My cells took over your cells in the blood and cured you of the werewolf."
Quentin was slowly beginning to understand. For even though the werewolf and the vampire are of the same magic, the vampire is different and more powerful than the wolf curse. But now he was confused about something else. "Barnabas, I understand about the curse being cured by your blood, but why do I have no marks on my neck? All other victims of vampire's have marks on their neck from the vampire bite?"
Barnabas smiled and said, "Because Quentin, when Angelique and I were sure that you were indeed cured, she removed the curse from me and made me a mortal man. When my vampire powers were taken away, so was the attack on you. Both of us are free Quentin! We are free to live out our lives as we see fit!"
Quentin couldn't believe it! He was cured. And now he would be able to walk about in the moonlight as he used to love to do.
Angelique returned with the tea and sat down the tray in front of Barnabas and Quentin. She was about to pour the tea when off in the distance outside there came a familiar sound. Quentin froze! Was all this a trick? Were Barnabas and Angelique playing with him?
Angelique looked at Barnabas and began to giggle! She couldn't help it. The whole situation was ever so funny! Quentin began to get a bit angry and said, "What is going on here?"
Barnabas smiled and said, "Don't worry Quentin! You have nothing to fear." There is indeed another werewolf about! But it will soon be dealt with!"
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The woods near Collinsport.......
The beast ran through the night looking for someone to attack. It was hungry. The beast stopped for a few minutes to sniff the wind. It sensed danger, and so it began to run again.
Not far behind the wolf were a group of about 25 gypsies hot on the trail. It was not long before the men caught up with the beast. They trapped the beast by encircling it and all of the men had Pentagrams that they held out in front of them. One man stepped forward and raising his hand in which was held a gun he aimed it at the beasts chest. The weapon was fired and the beast let out a loud howl and then collapsed. It lay there motionless for a few minutes, and then the beast began to change, until the form of Count Petofi lay on the ground dead! The men cheered, and slapped Marco on the back. For he had been given the honor of shooting the beast with silver bullets.
And taking Petofi's body they made their way for the gypsy camp, where they intended to put Petofi's head on display for a short time as a souvenir of their conquest!