"Yes, I know," said Edward. "But I was just getting tired of Jinx getting blamed for everything. And there are reasons why I knew you had kill Henry and that you were a vampire, and that Van Helsing wasn't evil..."
"Oh, no," Van Helsing said with a small laugh. "It is."
"Yes," said Edward. "You're not a bad person, just like Van Helsing... so I think neither of you deserve to die."
"He needs your help, I think," Edward replied. "And," he added more seriously, "he knows that if he touched you I would kill him myself."
"You're welcome," said Edward, and let her go. She doesn't know all my secrets... he thought. And what's awful is how much she can share and trust me now... and I can't talk that much to her...
"I told you we'd figure it out, didn't I?" Edward repeated. "I will talk to everyone Van Helsing knows if I have to, alright?"
"Even though you didn't think I'd miss you?" he asked, a little hurt.
Edward blushed slightly, glad Hannah couldn't see him. "I see..." he began slowly. "Well, then, maybe I should stick around, huh?" he finished with a smile.
"What?" Edward asked.
OOC: :guns: die vampires, die! :guns: BIC: Edward wrapped his arms lightly around Hannah in front of him, his cheek resting against the back of her head. "Don't talk like that," he whispered. "You think I wouldn't miss you? We'll figure it out, I told you already, okay?"
OOC: that was NOT epic you freak!!! :nono: BIC: Edward was silent for a little while, staring at Van Helsing's horse in front of him and watching Jinx and Exel run along side them. "I don't see how you could have been so naiive," he started now. "I mean, you seem like a smart enough person to not do something like that. But I don't mean to insult you, either... my point, is I'm just a little surprised. My own past in lots of fun as well... my family was attacked by one of Dracula's werewolves. They were taken into his castle and have been working for them since. I escaped. I was only five or so... I can't remember that well. Anyway, you know the reason why Van Helsing was sent to your village in the first place, right? To kill a family of werewolves that had been hunting down innocents in Dracula's name. He killed them all... they were my... well, I didn't know till now and I still will travel with Van Helsing. He's a good man, I think, even though I haven't known him long at all and all the evil things spoken toward him. His life must be awful. Anyway, I just hid out near Rome, finding others that were like me, but not the same, you know? They all were angry because of what they'd become, and they killed innocent people through their anger. I never understood that, and that's why he let me live. There was a point where he almost shot me right through without even thinking about it... and I saw it in his eyes. The man is dangerous, no doubt, but he has a job, and he isn't a bad person. We will find Dracula, and we will find a way to have you live, Hannah... I promise. There must be some way, and maybe we can have Van Helsing ask these people in his church. Of course, we'd ask hypothetically; I think it will work. I don't trust this Exel, either, whoever he is. Van Helsing is right not to want him to come. And my family... well, he... they're all gone now, and maybe that's best."
OOC: "EDWARD,YOU FRIKKIN FRIKKIN, :censor2: PANSY!!!!" LOL jk... BIC: "Well, you have plenty of time to think about it..." Van Helsing replied, and then thought of something: "Are you religious, Beatrice?"
Edward laughed lightly. "You understand what I mean, though, right?" he asked.
"He's right," Edward spoke, and Hannah nodded.
"It's fine," Edward picked up. "Just lead the way to Rome, alright?"
"Grouchy, isn't he?" Edward muttered to Hannah as they started to move, and she giggled quietly. OOC: ANGELYN WHERE R U???!!! :( LOL
Edward sighed, listening to Van Helsing as well as Hannah's new revelance to another lie she had told. "Look..." he whispered. "If you want to continue lying, fine. But if you won't let me know the truth, how am I supposed to trust you?" She opened her mouth to reply, but he cut her off gently: "I can't. That's the bottom line... now you've got to tell me whatever you know whenever you want because then I can keep you safe. For now, it's hard to believe everything I know, you understand?"
"At the moment?" Edward mumbled back, waiting for Exel's reply to Van Helsing as well. "Yes, I did hate you. Well... can you blame me? That man... that vampire, I guess... let's just say I wanted to do worse to him than those Dwergi's and Verona back there. But you are right in a way; if you'd told me early it would have been just as bad as finding out when I did. But at least I know now." I don't trust this new fellow, he thought after he spoke. The last thing we need is more baggage and more surprises...
"Well..." Edward began. "I suppose you and Jinx can wait outside at that point while Beatrice, Van Helsing, and I go in... right?" He mounted Sorin and helped Hannah to get up in front of him, his cheek aching and burning.
"Then how do we know where to go?" Edward asked everyone as they reached the horses, looking around.
