The Lantern and The Lighthouse

South Korean vampire huntress Hyung Grace Kwan looked at the blonde man standing on the pier.

He was Dracul Van Helsing a Canadian vampire hunter.

He was often asked how he got his name.

The response Dracul gave often got a number of laughs even though it was true.

His mother Nadja Van Helsing had been a Romanian Communist (in fact she died protesting the fall of the Berlin Wall when it fell down on top of her on November 9th, 1989).

Being a Communist, she was naturally a great believer in Hegelian dialectics. So taking for a thesis the name Dracula (the notorious Transylvanian vampire) and Van Helsing (her husband was a direct descendent of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing the man who had slain Dracula) as antithesis- she combined the two together to come up for a synthesis- Dracul Van Helsing.

In other words, Dracula (thesis) + Van Helsing (antithesis) = Dracul Van Helsing (synthesis)

Hyung and Dracul had made quite the vampire hunting team- slaying vampires all over the world the past few years.

Their major rival was the London-based billionaire ancient Egyptian vampire Set whom neither Dracul nor Hyung had ever come close to staking.

Set's chief of security and corporate espionage was a shapeshifting hamster by the name of Renfield R. Renfield (the R stood for Renfield).

Another man they had encountered on occasion in Set's employ was the genetically cloned individual Amadeus Emanon.
Amadeus had been genetically cloned from locks of hair belonging to composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, British actor Alan Rickman and California mass murderer Charles Manson.

Having this DNA combination seemed to have lead to a lot of intense personal conflicts within Amadeus' own personality and character.

"Dracul?" Hyung asked as her white dress blew swiftly around her in the intense storm and crashing waves, "don't you think we should go up to the lighthouse before the rain hits?".

"Yes," Dracul agreed when he had finished staking a vampire who tried to crawl on to the pier, "just giving a surprise guest a stake sandwich."

"You deserve a spanking later for telling such a bad pun," Hyung admonished as she held tightly on to her skirt.

"I agree," Dracul picked up the lantern and started walking in the direction of the lighthouse.

As the two figures walked up to the lighthouse, another figure on a small boat gazed at them through binoculars.

"I'm soaked thoroughly," Renfield chattered through clenched teeth.

"I'm not," Amadeus Emanon munched on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, "I remembered to bring along my umbrella.
I feel quite safe under my umbrella." He turned up the volume of the Rihanna song he was playing on his iPod.


To be continued.