Castlevania: Darkness Never Dies

Fan Fiction

Continued...

Part 1: Gathering darkness.

"Tonight you have fought with God and man and you was victorious."

1. Moses: 32, 28.

Chapter 17: Rising.
Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 18th of December 2098 A.D.
With tired movements Ruth let the brush go through her hair. The room was dirty and dark and her madras was a living hotel of small insects and other foul creatures but she could at least try to look good. After all, that would be what would give her food in her new life. She had lost all, the vampires had let the traitors strip her off all her belongings and with that had gone her Star of David. They'd tossed it away, but if she could remember where it was, she perhaps could get her hands on it again. If that nymph who owned this place would let her out to look for it. At least she could be happy enough she had a bed in this maiden's house and not was forced to live out on the streets. She brought on the loose-sitting cloth-pieces who more disclosed her forms than hiding them and stepped up. "Ready to go?" Anna said as she finished bringing on the low-cut hip-long shirt which was all she'd managed to fetch. "I hope you're happy now." She said without any anger. She was to tired for that now. "Because Slimbra made us fuck that were-fox guard of hers?" Anna said just as tired as she felt herself. She wanted to slap her for using such language but didn't found the strength too. "Al least Thomas and John managed to keep their weapons." She said as she opened the door. "Lucky?" Anna snorted. "They just get to keep them so they might defend themselves in the game they're forced to take part in." "But if they win, we'll all get free." A hopeless smile went over Anna's face. "Then do you think the SS will play according to the rules? The Dark Lord don't have any rules." She nodded. She'd once seen a game like this in the triumph hallway of the castle and knew what lord Dracula might put in their way to amuse himself. "I'll try steal a weapon from one of my customs." She said as they came to the steps leading downward. "Don't try." Anna advice her. "The were-fox search through our rooms every day to see if we steal something." They became silent as they came into the hall of the house. The two fire-places made it so warm she was almost glad she wasn't heavier dressed than she was. The vampire dancing on the platform was crazy dancing in this warmth. But she and the other dancers wasn't sweating more than she and Anna did. "I'll ask Slimra if I could become a dancer." Anna said. She felt how her mouth dropped and quickly closed it. "Don't you get it?" Anna said as she saw her shocked face. "As a dancer I don't have to go to bed all the time and I'll get my part of the coins they toss at us." Before she could come with any remarks Anna went forward, leaving her alone. She felt hungry but didn't have any money to by for. And unless you got sick of not eating you didn't get any food. Slimra had drilled them until they could repeat all the rules in the house. "Hi girly," She turned around as she felt a hand stroke her back. "you feel like giving some lonely gays some fun tonight?" A hand, another then the one who was still trying to stroke her backsides, came up to touch her breasts but did also have some coins in it. "Ten chopper-coins for you each and I'll masturbate you." She hated herself for what she did. But she was hungry and Slimra would throw her out if she didn't do this as she instructed. "Twenty and I'll give you the blowjob and a gold-coin from each for the full job." She doubted these two raged creatures, a were-fox and a goat-man, had that much money but somehow she did never the less hope they had. "How much time do we get for the gold?" The were-fox, the one still squeezing her breasts, asked. "Half an hour. More if you have the resources." She had to force herself to smile at them. It became a grimace as the goat-man brought his hand in under her foot-long cloth and touched her privates. "How much for touching your "resources"?" He asked as he did just that. She felt a desire to scream but managed to keep her ground. "Five chopper-coins plus the ten you give me for the hand-job. Or three chopper-coins plus the twenty if you want the, the oral one." The heads of her family would've killed her if they'd seen her behave like this. No, they wouldn't, but for a moment she actually wished they'd done that. "What do you say Grishmold?" The were-fox said. "Give her fifty choppers then." The goat-man grunted as he had to remove his hand. "Then come with me." She said as she again forced a smile. When the were-fox guard of this house, Harry she remembered was his name, had taken her the day before, it had been her first time with a, well, male and she hoped it wouldn't be just as painful this time. Anna had said it would be a pleasure when you first had done it sometimes. But somehow she doubted it would ever be like that. Not likely when she was doing it for money. As she closed the door behind them in her room, the were-fox gave her the coins and she put it in the iron-box at the door, she would ownly get half of the prize her customs gave her, and the goat-man tore of his clothing and as she knelt to do what she was paid for, she only hoped it went better for Anna's plans.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 18th of December 2098 A.D.
Anna made her way over to where Slimra sat at her table. As she came closer she noticed she was entertaining some lesser officers of the town Millits who was touching her. The nymphs didn't look at all like naiads. Oh sure, they where short and slender in built with petite forms, but the naiads where not dark in skin or hear. She shook her head. Marina was together with the boys who where preparing for their "game". Why that Von Bork character had let her do that when he'd sent he'd thrown her and Ruth aside after stripping them off all their belongings she didn't understand. Not that she had to, Slimra had drilled them hard in that they where just amusement articles and should behave like that. She snorted. The owners of these so-called madien's houses did earn a lot of money. She looked around in hope of seeing somebody else who she might talk to and spotted Sibella, one of the lead-strippers she'd been told, who was heading for the kitchen. Quickly she followed after avoiding as best she could the offers some traitors demanded of her. Inside the kitchen, the large room was nearly as warm as the service-room, Sibella stood eating some bred and meat. "What do you want?" She asked as she finished the meal. She tore her eyes away from the food and dried her chin from saliva. "I want to become a dancer, like you." "Do you?" A faint smile crept over Sibela's face. "At each day at dawn you shall come to the backyard and I'll train you. And something else, I'll take half the money mother Slimra let you keep." "Yes." She slowly said as she did think on leaving to get herself some customers. The smell on sights of food made her hungrier. "You know what?" Sibela asked her, breaking into her thoughts. "You lick me now and I'll give you the rest of my meal." Blushing slightly, she knelt as Sibela removed her cloth. She tasted somewhat spicy but that was of no interest. "You're so good." Sibela moaned as she pressed her head toward her. "First thing tomorrow we'll go and get you tattooed." That was something she hadn't considered. All the dancers where tattooed all over their body with paintings of all thinkable signs and images. As she continued the job she stiffened her decision. She would do whatever it took to keep herself clean for the two boys she dreamed about. If she could get out of this house just a little she would try finding her cross and Rutch's Star of David. And if she could learn all these women could learn her, perhaps she could use it to attract them too.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 18th of December 2098 A.D.
John knelt before the wall where he'd hung up his crucifix. If he was to die tonight he wanted God to find him prepared. Marina knelt beside him and even though he'd to teach her the correct words, she was praying just as faithfully as he did. Thomas had only stayed long enough to receive the Host and blessing before he'd gone to get his last oil on a different level. He didn't have any girl. Not since he became what he now was. Not that he'd bean together with anyone before that either. He shook his head. He was only trying to ignore what he wouldn't think about. Ending the prayer with the sign of the cross, his fingers dipped in the holy water in the vial taken from his belt, he rouse to his feet. "It wasn't your fault." Marina said. "Do you read my mind?" She shook her head. "It was just too obvious what you were thinking about. The soldiers here was merely prepared for what might've happen. They couldn't have known who we where. Just because those two vampires came into the village right behind us wasn't your fault and it never will be your fault either." HE shook his head, she didn't understand. He'd been the one who brought them to this village. There where plenty of other routs they might've taken to pass the Alps. The doors boomed open and he quickly grabbed the crucifix before he brought Marina behind him. Sided by a giant goat-man and the vampire who'd caught them, the vampire he'd learned was Rudolf A. Stern, the commander of the SS. Traitors who'd pledged fealty to the Dark Lord, dressed in black trousers, armoured boots, black side-buttoned jackets with the crimson dragon on the front and with armoured gloves, breast-plate, shoulder-plates and brimmed black helmets who went down to their necks and with a massive spike at the top, pointed their crossbows at him. He stood perfectly still, not giving them an issue to fire their weapons at him. Smiling without humour he noticed that where there where four SS-soldiers to guard him, there where only two delivered to guard Marina. That they underestimated the women was so far their greatest asset when battling these baddies and he was sure they would sooner or later use that lack of impression against females to undo them. As they where brouth out from the house he saw that Thomas was back, fully armoured and with six traitors to guard him. Thomas was an impressing look and that was enough for them to impress these idiots. They didn't know he was a priest and he was prepared to use even that weapon against them. He could only pray to God his wish to defeat these demons not overcome him like it did with Thomas. "Sprechen." Stern barked at the goat-man. "Belmonts," He began. "I'm Pazuzu and I will be your antagonist in there, the Aliba amusement-park. The area is large and the spell I cast on it won't let you escape it before you have defeated me. If you do, your women will be released and you will all be free to try battle your way to the castle." Then he quit the Romanian and translated what he'd said into German. "Ferstehen Sie?" He asked. "Ach so meine Herr." He said in as good a German he could. "Sehr got." Stern smiled. Then he moved for the guards to open the gate and then they became more or less tossed inside.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
Ruth slowly opened her eyes and slowly smiled as she stretched her body as long as she could. She felt strangely satisfied. Like what she'd done the last night have somewhat completed her as a woman. Anna had said it could be that way, but she hadn't believed her on that either. She'd thought that it would be punished by God for doing this. Then she thought about the women in the Christians Bible, Maria Magdalena, who had been a prostitute but ended up as a servant of God. If she'd only had her Star of Davis then she could've summoned God, or try to do so at least, and ask Him if that was right. Her mother had been a Christian and told her all sorts of stories and even though she didn't intend on forsaking her fathers religion, she hoped they where right about that. As she brought on what cloths she had, she noticed that Anna's bed was empty. Taking on a pair of slippers, the only foot-wear the girls here was permit to wear and then walked out the door. The corridor was equally empty and there was nearly silent. All sounds concluded to that all who where here was asleep or had left their rooms. As she came downstairs she could see that there where only girls living here who sat at their tables, eating what food they might have bought. "Anita, have you seen Anna this morning?" The harpy who sat alone at one of the tables looked up at her. "She went out with Sibela early this morning, how so?" "I couldn't find her in my room and not here either. Thanks." She went into the kitchen to get some food and then forgot she had left her money in her room. "Hi girl." One of the cooks called. "I guess you don't have any money?" She opened her mouth but the human traitor put his hand over it. "Actually it don't matter. Give me a free hand-job and I'll give you free food." She wanted to run out, but Slimra's rules went through her mind. "If somebody ask you for a favour in return for another good, then do as they say." She took a deep breath and then went off together with him. She only hoped Anna did do better.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
She felt nearly completely numb. The tattoo had worked all over her body, nearly painting her like a doll. "You're so attractive Anna." Sibela said as she let her fingers run at the tattoos. Anna's naked body lay on one of sofas in the tattoo's shop. Sibela lay on top on her and for once she didn't matter for her. The cold nearly wanted her to raise whatever the feelings in her body. "Thank you." She answered. "And so are you." The tattoo was, thank God, a Christian and he'd nodded in agreement when she asked him to mark her brow with the sign of the cross. "When you feel all right we'll go and continue the training." Sibela rouse and, almost on instinct, threw her head backward and spread her arms and legs so that her entire body became exposed. She smiled before leaning her own head backward to get a more comfortable position. She closed her eyes. If she could only get away enough time to find their religious artefacts they could at least try to get past to John and Thomas. But she did have a tight schedule, after she got back her feelings she was to go to the barber to get her body shaved and then they where to get to the tailor and jewellery to get her a dancing-costume and then… She only hoped Ruth where to have a better day. Then the tattoo came with the colours to paint her and she had to take a really deep breath before she could accept him doing this.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
She brought some snow up in her cupped hands and started cleaning her face. The oral she had given the soldier who'd bought her had insisted she did take his juices in her mouth. She hated herself for doing this, but Slimra had given her leave on the account that she claimed as much money she could gather and that 2/3 of her incomes should go to her. She had however found the alley in which the dark servants had thrown their religious relics. Kneeling in the black hood and cloak which was all she had over her otherwise loose garment was not enough to keep out the cold, but wasn't important just now. There where surely enough men and none-humans who wanted to "warm" her for that to be a problem. Ruth shook her head. The alley went for more than two streets and it would be near impossible finding them in all this snow and garbage. And that the snow and wind was changing the look from day to day wouldn't make thing easier either. "Jave, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, be with me like You was with your Prophets and the king David and Salomo. Help my find the tokens of Your power so I might follow Your law." She felt a strange stabbing sensation at her palm and noticed her hand had punctured itself on the part of the Star of David uppermost portion. "The uppermost is for God, the lowest is for man. Together they symbol Heaven's and Earth's unification." As she picked it up she noticed the bracelet had fasten in the rim of the crucifix of Anna. She for a moment the strange fact that the two symbols lay so close to each other that they virtually lay next to one another. "So you try to sneak in on our domain?" An icy voice hissed at her back. "And don't try deny us." Another voice hissed. "We smell it from you." Holding a tight grasp on the relics, she slowly turned around. Two female vampires, with small cloth-pieces around their privates, stood behind her. "You're outside prostitutes." She said. It wasn't a question and they didn't take it like one either. "You shouldn't be out without anyone to protect you." The first one said as she slowly moved closer. "I have someone to protect me." She slowly said as she moved closer to the two vampires. "Oh do you?" The second jested. "Then who?" "Issac's terror!" She shouted as she pressed the Star of David at her brow. "And the God of the Christians!" She pressed the crucifix towards the other's skin. They screamed like they where demons from Hell, which they actually was, and then collapsed on the street and burned into nothingness. She then looked around, hoping nobody had seen her. Then she started running back to the maiden's house. If she could find Anna they together could make a run against that amusement park and perhaps find the boys and Marina.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
Anna sat on one of the benches in the service-room, feeling a little bit lost. She knew she should be grateful she'd been a dancer the time before the forces of Dracula burned her family's farm and sent her to the prison-camp and that the prisoners there had thought her a little more of the obscure dances the prostitutes used to do, but somehow she just felt lost. Sibela had made her dance all day to see what she could. All had bean just fine, well, as fine it could get when you where stripping for strange inhuman beasts, but when Sibela had put on the sexual endurance during the dance she'd almost lost it. But at last she'd manage to do the dance while giving a were-fox and a human traitor an oral experience without wasting a single drop of their juices. And afterward the woman had forced her to go to bed with her again. Perhaps Ruth had been right after all. Perhaps she really was out of her mind doing this. As a mere prostitute you could at least to some degree choose who was going to be together with you in bed. Now she would have to do things with the other dancers which almost made her throw up. Doing an oral session was just about all right to her, her boyfriend, who had became killed by the soldiers, and she had used to do that sometime, but to swallow… She hated them for making her do this. Sibela was some sort of friend, or at least she thought so, but frankly she wanted nothing more than to strangle her and burn this place down to the ground so young girls and boys no longer was forced to do unspeakable things for money. The last part was something she'd just newly discovered. At first she'd thought only women and female beasts lived here, but now she knew better. The boys where even younger than she was and somehow looked even more lost than some of the girls did. Hawk, the were-fox dancer, had told her that some of these boys where just orphans who sold themselves for food, while other where slaves who the dark servants sold to these types of establishments to get some side-profit. "Hello girl, you look lonely?" Beside her a silver-fured were-fox in a blue cloak with yellow sleeves and with a belt which buckle was shaped like a running Manticore, sat down beside her. "My name is Hu Ling. I am a crimson guard from the SS." She could tell he was a very self-centred person but didn't care. He looked a little irate his position didn't impress her. Then the smile returned on his face. "I will offer you two gold-coins if you and your mistress, Sibela, would come to my chambers and dance for me and my friend Shu Jun." She felt how his fingers followed the curves of her tattoos. "I would love to." At last that would free her from dancing here tonight. "Then, come to my house. It lay right next to the eastern entrance to the amusement park." She felt how his fingers followed the tattoos who went down below her cloth-piece and touched her privaties. "Do you want to go up with me now?" She tried to whisper in that seductive tone Sibela used on her fellow dancers. "You could watch my tattoos." She gave forth a hoarse laugh to ad some naughty meaning. "That I think I will spare for tonight's evening." He continued to touch her until he rouse and tossed some chopper-coins on the table and left. "I see you're having some progress." She looked up and found Ruth looking down on her with a smile on her lips. "You heard what he said?" She said as she tried to ignore her friend's smile. Ruth became serious. "If we could just get rid of that Sibela we could just sneak out and into the park." I think I know how to do that." She took a deep breath. "But it would take some time and energy on my part too." Ruth nodded. If she could just used magic, but the crystal around Slimra's neck would tell that slut what sort of magic was used and where inside her domain it was cast. "Here." Ruth said, closing her hand around a tiny object. "You found my crucifix." She gratefully smiled. "Hush. If they hear Slimra will toss us out on the street and then we'll die of cold." She nodded and then got to her feet. "Try to get another permit of going out near dusk and I'll take care of the rest." Ruth nodded and then went over to another table as Slimra was calling for her. She got to her feet. Her energy had returned to her and she was determined to pull this off. "Hey Sibela? Shall we resume the training?" Sibela, who had been busy talking with Hawk ended their conversation and got over to her. "I'm sure. And later, we could go aside and have some fun together?" She actually grinned as she did kiss her. "Sure we can." This was going as she'd hoped it would. If she could only work Sibela down so she fell asleep then she could escape.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
Rutch packed all her coins into the hidden pocked in the cloth-piece around her breasts, where she'd also hid her Star of David. It'd bean a shame, but she'd plundered the two vampires she'd killed and actually gathered together a good pile of money from them. She hoped God would understand, He most likely did, but she had to really force herself to search through the burned remains who'd been the two undead. She'd bought herself a good pear of boots for some of the coins. Not to mention a fur-coated cloak to wear over her rather unfitting clothing's to use outside in the winter. She'd refound her axe in a shop for weapon-dealing and after having been to bed with the owner she'd been able to purchase it. She'd gotten the permission she wanted merely because Slimra had bean summon to wherever it was that the ruler of the town dwelled. But that held little meaning just about now. She only hoped Anna would keep her end of this plan. Shaking her head she brought on her gloves and went out of the room.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
Stern stood at attention, Ludwig Von bork stood to his side and the prostitute kneeling between them. But his attention was concentrated on the hologram of no less than droid-general lord Tyrannos, the supreme commander of the New Order's droid armies and the aid of the warlock lord, the true overlord of the army of the Dark Lord Dracula. "So you have sent the Belmont and his allied Lecarde into your coliseum quadrant?" "Just correct my lord." He did not like speaking Romanian, but he could so if need be. The mask concealing the face of his superior hid all which could give away the droid-general's feelings. "Pazuzu have a rate of 45-100 percent against the possible scenario of him being become destroyed by the Belmont." He merely nodded. The fact that droid-commander Icarus had given him the same rate did not make things look better. "My lord." The droid-commander in question moved out from the shadows, slightly bowing. "I volunteer to gather and lead a contingency-force to round up and arrest the Belmont and his comrades." "Request sanctioned." "I salute you my lord." The droid-commander did just so before he turned and left them. The droid-commander was a short-built individual. His upper torso, arms and head was still organic while the lower portion, built like a destroyer-droid II-type model was clearly metallic. And even so, he had experienced him and battle and knew his strength and deadly tactics. "Continue captain." Lord Tyrannos demanded. "Of course my lord. Boyar Von Bork delivered the women with them to one of our local maiden holders to keep them away. Slimra, if you would explain the deeds of these items?" "Yes captain." The nymph looked up at him before she turned her head at him but keep her eyes on the ground. "Ruth have been mention by some of my customers as a good woman in bed. Anna is currently under training by Sibela Dunkelspiel to become one of my dancers. They have so far not done anything to conclude to that they will try an escape from my…" They where cut short as a blue-fured were-fox male came running into the chamber. "My commanders," He stuttered on bad German. "two of the lesser officers in the SS have bean found murdered in their rooms. Killed by one wearing an axe. We did send soldiers to the maiden's house where the suspects are held captive but found they where not there." He did a deep exhale. "I present my deepest apology for loosing them. My soldiers where very resourceful and loyal to the Dark Lord Dracula. I accept full responsibility and is to your disposal in any way you may see, sir." Then the officer stood at attention, awaiting his answer. "This is not your responsibility." The droid-general said. "It is this little nymph who failed in keeping them." "My lord." Slimra protested. "I could never have expected this move of events. I.. I cannot possible be answered for what my girls do." "Captain Stern." Lord Tyrannos said. "Promote this were-fox," "Jonathan Sparrow." The were-fox quickly said. "Jonathan Sparrow to the rank Pazuzu inherited." "Yes my lord." He would have promoted him to be sure. But not to such a elevated rank, but when the droid-general commanded you was a fool if not obeying his will. "The Dark Lord Dracula demands the SS to return and await his will. You should have returned by now. However," The hologram vanished; seemingly he was conferring with an ever greater authority. "You might remain until this little problem is solved. But your troops are to leave the area immediately." "Yes my lord." "Then there is this other task. Captain Stern, I never want this miserable piece of slime to cross my sight ever again. Do you understand my meaning?" "Absolutely my lord." He turned at Slimra who was trying to sneak out. "Guards, arrest her." "No, my lord, don't do this to me. I will be your mistress forever if you just spare my life." He noticed she searched wildly around in hope of finding some help in their faces. Von Bork and the guards looked just as blank in their faces as he was, like lord Tyrannos was. "Sterilize her." The droid-general said. "The soulless like female company. But merely for themselves. Their mistresses do not feel anything. Not before they become one themselves." The nymph screamed as the guards dragged her out. Soon they returned after having given other of their kind the order. "Sparrow," The new feltwebel of SS snaped to attention. "you are to lead the remaining SS-troops to the castle." "Of course my lord." He quickly reassured him. "Good. Hail deer Graf." They did all returned the salute and the hologram vanished. "Summon your Millits." He commanded Von Bork. "We are to wait for the Belmont and his companions and arrest them if they ever return from the amusement park." "Yes sir." Von Bork whirled around and then left together with the young Sparrow. "Hail deer Graf." They too saluted him and he returned it. Then he moved over to where holo-cams gave him a holographic view of the entire park. For now he could only wait and bid his time.

Town of Aliba, Warakiya. The 19th of December 2098 A.D.
"Tell me," Ruth said as they neared the gate of the amusement-park. "why did you have to press them so hard that we had to kill them?" Anna gave her a look from the side. "They deserved it. Since I cannot put my hands around Slimra's neck, some of the costumers had to do." "That's no answer. You didn't kill Sibela. When I left the place I heard them speak about she was sleeping so deep they couldn't wake her." Anna blushed. "My training paid of." "What?" Anna's cheeks became even redder. "Forget it." "Og," She said gleefully. "Then I shall forget that you have with you what you need to paint and shave yourself with." "Just because I learned some tricks you don't have to joke around with it." "Sure." She mumbled as she went over and cracked the gate open. "After you sweetie." Anna glared at her, then she stepped inside and she closed the gate behind them.

House of horrors, Aliba amusement park. The 19th of Deember 2098 A.D.
Pazuzu blinked when he felt the two new auras who entered his domain. Then he smiled. Somehow they must have moved them to let them enter. Very well, his ghosts would have something to amuse himself with tonight. Since time was frozen inside the park, they would soon find each others and then the real party would begin. A mad giggle made him turn to see that his henchmen still where standing at attention. "They seem a little lost." He said. "I think you two clowns might go out there and show them… your show." The ghosts vanished and he knelt into a meditative pose on the floor. For his inner eye, he could see what his underlings now saw. A smile went over his face. The Dark Lord Dracula would be most pleased by what he had achieved in this region.

(A.N: This chapter is no fairy-tale. I've tried here to show how I think the ordinary men and women live under the New Order. If I have insulted anyone then sorry. But things like this happen all over the world even today. Next time I'll go back to the first group's story. Have a nice time.)

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