Son of Dracula Page #4

from Dark Oaks

he thinks I intended to hide her body.

- But he didn't arrest you?

- No.

He questioned me most of the day

but he's not ready to hold me.

Then, you didn't tell him what we believe?

The chances of convincing the sheriff

he was dealing with a vampire seemed slim.

Very.

And yet I am satisfied that such is the case.

Alucard is undoubtedly a vampire.

Probably a descendant of Count Dracula.

Are you sure we're not allowing

our imagination to run away with us?

Can you suggest any other explanation

for the events of the past few days?

No.

Neither can I give

a lucid explanation of a vampire.

Broadly speaking,

a vampire is an earthbound spirit

whose body comes to life at night

and scours the countryside,

satisfying a ravenous appetite

for the blood of the living.

This it does by drawing it

from the throat of its victim.

That's a nauseating thought.

They're supposed to be immortals,

no doubt?

Practically. So long as they return

to their graves before sunrise.

Between then and sunset

they remain in a sort of... cataleptic state

during which they can be destroyed

by two different means.

At night, however, they are invulnerable.

You believe Frank shot through Alucard

without hurting him?

(Chuckles) Bullets would have had

no effect on him.

It's strange to hear a man

of science like yourself

calmly admit that he believes

in a superstition so fantastic.

I could spend days citing proof

that it is not mere superstition.

My homeland in the Carpathian hills

where Count Dracula lived

is sad testimony to its truth.

What was once a happy, productive region

is today barren waste.

Villages depopulated, the land abandoned.

Maybe that's why he left and came to

a younger country, stronger and more virile.

Of course. And he will fasten on it

and drain it dry, just as he did his homeland.

Unless we can find his grave

and destroy him in it.

His grave?

He was buried in Hungary, wasn't he?

Yes, but one of the chests he brought will

contain a layer of soil from his birthplace.

That constitutes a grave.

Are you serious?

Oh, he has it hidden in some safe place

and returns to it

just before sunrise every morning.

Our job seems to be to find that chest

with him in it and destroy him.

That won't be as simple as it sounds.

The vampire can assume

very many different forms at will.

Sometimes it appears as a bat,

sometimes as a werewolf

and sometimes as

a small cloud of swirling vapour.

In this way it can move unseen

among its enemies,

learn their plans

and be in a position to outwit them.

You are very brilliant,

aren't you, Professor Lazlo?

Perhaps too brilliant for your own good...

and that of Dr Brewster.

You are right.

I am here because this is

a young and virile race,

not dry and decadent like ours.

They have what I want,

what I need, what I must have.

Do you suppose that I would allow

any mortal to stand in my way?

Here, drink this.

Thanks.

This doesn't leave me much room

to go on disputing your theories.

How in the world did you drive him away?

I showed him this.

A simple cross!

It would take too long to explain why

they fear it but they do.

Keep this and wear it at all times,

especially in your sleep.

Dracula has you marked for death.

Not only me but unsuspecting people

in this district

who'd never believe us

if we tried to warn them.

- We must destroy him before it's too...

- (Knocking)

Excuse me, Dr Harry,

but it's Mrs Land to see you.

- Something's happened to Tommy, Doctor.

- Put him here.

I sent him to my sister's on an errand.

He was gone so long

I finally went after him.

- Will you get my bag?

- Certainly.

I found him lying beside the road.

He talked a little but he didn't make sense.

He acted like he was scared foolish.

He said something about

a foreign man in a fog,

but there wasn't any fog tonight, Doctor.

I noticed those wounds on his neck too.

What are they? Small animal bites?

No, I don't think so.

We can fix that very easily.

Sarah?

Yes, Doctor?

Why don't you make Mrs Land a cup of tea?

- Go along with Sarah, Mrs Land.

- Yes, sir.

Tommy'll be all right.

He's had a bit of a shock.

I want him to stay here

until he regains consciousness.

Thank you, Doctor.

Dracula's first victim. It's starting fast.

Does that mean that Tommy's in danger

of becoming a vampire?

No, unless Alucard drained

so much blood from him that he died.

What about Kay?

She died from bullet wounds yet you implied

that she'd become a vampire.

Yes, but her case was different.

- Her background was...

- I know, morbid!

She'd gone overboard on the supernatural,

black magic and the like.

Exactly. I rather believe that Miss Caldwell

may have made the transition... from choice.

(Tuts) No one could choose

a thing so loathsome.

Don't forget, the girl was morbid.

That means thanatophobia, fear of death.

And Alucard could promise her eternal life.

Eternal life at such a price?

Why do you think she is a vampire?

The dirt which I understand

had been thrown into her grave,

who else would have done that

except Alucard - Dracula?

That means we have to destroy her as well?

That should be relatively simple.

Her sister could order her cremation

while the body is still in the morgue.

Perhaps you're right.

(Telephone)

Hello. Oh, hello, Claire.

I was just about to call you.

No, I think that'll be perfectly safe.

Professor Lazlo and I will pick you up.

It's no trouble. Besides, there's something

we want to talk to you about.

All right. See you in a few minutes, then.

The sheriff's office just called her.

Frank is still a bit irrational

and insists upon seeing her.

While she's there, she can leave orders

for Katherine's cremation.

Sarah?

Mrs Land?

Unfortunately, I have to run along.

In a few minutes,

it'll be safe to take Tommy home.

- Don't you worry, he'll be all right.

- Thank you, Doctor.

(Kay) Frank.

Frank.

Frank.

Kay.

- No, it can't be.

- Yes, Frank, it's Katherine.

No, you can't be Kay.

Kay's dead!

I know, I killed her. I saw her fall.

I was with the sheriff

when he found her body.

She was dead. I saw her!

You see me now too.

- Yes, but...

- Do you doubt your own eyes?

It is you.

It is you, Kay, and you're alive!

But what is it, Kay?

You seem to be cold, like death.

You seem to be Kay but there's a difference.

It's almost as if I didn't know you.

- Does that mean you no longer love me?

- I'll always love you.

Enough to spend the rest

of your life with me?

But you're married to Alucard.

I don't love him. I never did.

- But you're married to him!

- I had to.

It was part of the plan

I told you about in the garden.

I asked you to have faith in me then.

I beg you to have faith in me now.

I don't understand.

Count Alucard is immortal.

Through him, I attained immortality.

Through me, you will do the same

and we will spend eternity together.

Are you serious? Do you expect me

to believe anything so unreal?

How else can you explain the fact

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