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J. Urbano

Short Stories
- Count Dorgula
- A Haunting

Count Dorgula (1 rating)
         by J. Urbano
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"Now, how would that be possible?"Jeff asked, backing away.
Dorg smiled revealing his sharp alligator teeth, although something was strange. He had what looked like long fangs.
"Well, that's what these lil' nippers are for!"
Jeff ran away, and Dorg persued.
"I want your blood! Please give it to me! Just a little!"Dorg cried.
"Noooo! Stay away!"Jeff exclaimed.
In an instant, Dorg was suddenly in front of him. Jeff ran the other way, but again, Dorg blocked his way. He grabbed Jeff, and sunk his teeth into him. Jeff cried out for help as Dorg began to suck the life out of him.
Iggy and the others heard the commotion and came to see what was the matter. A quick blast from Iggy freed Jeff.
"Stay back!"John exclaimed."He's not who he used to be. Dorg's a vampire!"
Dorg charged at them.
Leona attacked with her whip, but Dorg dodged it easily.
"Drake Blazer!!"Iggy cried. Blue and white flames engulfed Dorg, yet Dorg jumped out of them.
Lisa waited for the right moment......
"Frost Spear!"Lisa cried as she thrust her staff forward. The icy air had just reached Dorg, when he screeched to a stop, and ran off in the other direction.
"Ha! Ice allways scares reptiles! That did the trick!"Lisa laughed.
"Are you okay, Jeff?"Leona asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine.....I think."
After returning to the guest room, John told them what little he knew about vampires.
"So, someone would have to have bitten him?"Leona asked.
"Right. I have a feeling someone other than us is here.....or was."John replied.
"What do we do about Dorg? I don't want to have to kill him."Jeff said.
"Well, first, let's try to incapacitate him. Then we can think about what we can do to help. There are books in the castle library, most imported from Earth. It's an Earth legend, so I don't know much about it."
They went to the library and looked for books on the subject.
Leona pulled out a book entitled:"The Vampire Lestat" She began to flip through pages. Everyone looked through books for quite some time.
"Oh, found something I have."Iggy said as he looked in a book called:"Dracula".
"Wait a minute! Dorg called himself Count Dorgula....Dracula.....I think that's the book we're looking for,let's have a look...."Jeff said.
Jeff flipped through a few pages.
"We're lucky these books are all translated. What language did you say they were in?"
"English."John replied.
"Yes, I've heard of it. That's very fine for you, John, for you know it, but I barely know enough of it for any real conversation."
Jeff paused as he continued to read.
"Hmmm....it says here, that vampires are afraid of something they call   'crucifix' or 'cross'."
"Crucufix? What's that? Some kind of disease?"Lisa asked.
"Not sure. I think this picture is what it looks like. John, could you make one of these?"
"Sure thing."John's hand lit up, and an object matching the picture appeared.
"Okay, let's see how Dorg....I mean Count Dorgula reacts."
"And you'll be the one to find him!"John added.
"Why is it allways me!?"
Jeff walked down the dark halls looking for Dorg. After quite some time, it was Dorg who found him. Jeff showed to crucifix to him.
"What's this??"Dorg asked,puzzled as he took it from Jeff, and began to stare at it with curiosity.
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