Tag: The Van Helsing Impetus

  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 208

    There was something peculiar about all those records being lost or destroyed. He needed to confirm if Kyle had grasped the key elements of the situation before moving on. Still, Tyler kept quiet hoping their host would come through.

    “Lauren found a slew of missing person’s posters stemming from the Twenties on—” Kyle said in a flash of insight.

    Kyle paused as their four-by-four drove into a tunnel. This was one of his quirks; every time they drove under an overhanging structure. Loads of fun at a drive through.

    “There are more missing persons’ reports here than anywhere else in the country during this time. When you factor in the First Nations legends about this valley being cursed, it paints a grim picture,” Kyle added when clear.

    Picture of old hands holding an old picture frame, as though longing for times past or a person who is gone. Image by Ivan Samkov from Pexels.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 207

    “So what are we up against?”

    “The town corporation dissolved about sixty years ago. All the records should have been transferred to the county.”

    Kyle paused long enough for the picture in his mind to focus.

    “Records that survived appear to have been sanitised. Those that remain create the impression that this was a mundane town that had the occasional bout of vandalism.”

    “Odd, considering they had a courthouse and a sizable police force… unheard of for such a small centre.”

    “You caught that detail, did you?”

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 206

    “Yep. It was opened during the Roaring Twenties and declared bankruptcy when the stock market crashed,” Lauren added.

    Tyler smiled then asked, “Do you think these are legit?”

    “Yep,” Lauren answered. “I checked the metadata and found no artefacts in the images.”

    This once in a lifetime opportunity left him light-headed. They would need a couple of days to prepare, but knew they were up for the task.

    “Kyle!” Tyler yelled while facing the ceiling. “Road trip!”

    Picture of a two lane highway stretching out over plains towards mountains. There are no cars on the road, and the sky is cloudy. Image by MaxWdhs from Pixabay.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 204

    Lauren turned back for a moment, which gave Tyler a good view of her backside. It would have taken an act of God to conceal his shit-eating grin.

    Sure, Tyler had no chance with her, but he found her stunningly beautiful. What was the harm in getting an eyeful? Especially if he never touched? I think she enjoys the attention.

    Lauren noticed his grin. She adopted narrow eyes, a tense jaw and thin lips that chilled the air. This time she had another ace up her sleeve. She dropped another picture, but this one was taken from an infrared camera. In this wavelength, the structure appeared to be intact, with no wear and tear visible.

    Image focused on the lower backside of a woman, wearing jeans with a bare back visible. Image by Vendula Kociánová from Pixabay.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 203

    “Nice place… so what am I missing?” Tyler asked.

    Lauren’s smile melted away before saying, “You see that building in the historical photograph? Do you see how they built it right into the cliffside?”

    “Yeah,” Tyler said while eyeing the other pictures.

    A place like that would have cost a fortune to design and build. They must have carved out thousands of tons of rock just to make room.

    “Wait,” Tyler said.

    “Where’s the hole?” Tyler confirmed.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 202

    “Well, this will cheer you up,” Lauren said and pointed at three photographs.

    He looked down to find what appeared to be the remains of an enormous castle. The first shot was an aerial shot of the site, while the latter two had been taken from the valley floor. As judged by the state of the buildings nearer to the photographer, these shots had been taken from the ruins of some deserted town.

    “Ruins are always good,” Tyler replied.

    He noticed there was a picture in Lauren’s hand. Experience told him that this shot would end up being the proverbial smoking gun they were looking for. The one that would make him forget about that fateful mission and his phantom leg pain. Fat chance for that last bit!

    “So what am I missing?” Tyler asked.

    Picture of a ruined castle complex, with a structure overhead, and arches overgrown with vegetation. Image by Alan Frijns from Pixabay.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 201

    “See what?” Tyler asked in a distant voice.

    Tyler always needed a minute to come back to his senses. He hated it when memories consumed him and became his reality. That also meant that his leg pain would return.

    “It happened again?” Lauren asked. “Didn’t it?”

    “Yeah,” Tyler replied before sitting down to take the weight off his leg.

    As expected, his leg throbbed in pain, as though all those months spent in Germany recovering was all for naught. While it was said that time heals all wounds, his mind was not playing along.

    “Sorry,” Tyler said, his voice strained from the pain.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 200

    “Wha—” Tyler whispered, unsure of when and where this was.

    His mind was trapped between reality and back at the compound.  If it had not been for Lauren speaking to him, he might have remained in that state for hours.

    “Do you see it?” Lauren repeated.

    Lauren was a shapely buxom brunette that served as their technical adviser and operated the audio-visual equipment. At twenty-eight, she was the youngest of the group, and simultaneously the wisest. It took her all of five minutes to friend-zone them both on the spot.

    Picture of a round faced brunette with a large bust, wearing lingerie, has a cigarette in one hand, and a corded phone in the other. Picture by Marlon Alves on Pexels.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 199

    “Oh shit,” Tyler said.

    With time and distance working against him, he tried to make a run for it. Only to realise  that his leg was now at an unnatural angle. What the fuck is that thing?

    “One,” Tyler counted, and considered reaching out for the grenade. No time! I need to get away from that thing!

    “Two,” Tyler said, before he stood on his good leg.

    He forgot that his other leg was broken and fell into an unplanned combat roll. Thank you, James T. Kirk!

    “Three,” Tyler said upon reaching cover.

    Unfortunately, he remained partially exposed. In the background, there came a loud whoosh that sounded a bit like a rocket launch.

    “Four,” Tyler said.

    He lay flat against the ground to minimise his profile. I hope this works!

    “Five,” Tyler added.This time his count was bang on. The grenade’s blast was followed by searing hot pain. His exposed legs were torn up by shrapnel, but at least he was conscious. That means I’m alive? Right?

    Picture of a pineapple-style grenade with spoon and pin in place amongst rubble. Image by D Alyansyah from Pixabay.

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  • The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 198

    Tyler had been issued the light machine gun. Without hesitation, he emptied a two-hundred round box at them without hitting a thing. The barrel glowed red after he depressed the trigger, but this was not the time to worry about wear and tear on his weapon. Instead, he loaded another drum before spotting something.

    They were not interested in him. Since they did not view him as a threat, that gave him some leeway, but without a plan… wait! Are those crates of grenades by the fuel point?

    Picture of the rear end of a M60 Machine Gun with ammunition on the tray. Image by Zack Culver from Pixabay.

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