By Paul Buckmaster
-«ALONG HERE….»
-«WE MUST HURRY!
-«THIS WAY, GREAT MASTER, QUICKLY!
OH NO, I SHOULDN’T HAVE COME FOR YOU, I SHOULD HAVE COME STRAIGHT TO HELP
HIM.»
-«DON’T REPROACH YOURSELF.»
-«I MIGHT HAVE SAVED HIM!»
-«WHOEVER KILLED COUNT DRACULA WOULD SURELY HAD KILLED YOU.»
-«THE KING OF THE NETHERWORLD IS LOST TO US FOREVER, OH, THE COUNTESS….»
-«WHERE DID SHE REST?»
-«OH NO, THEY COULDN’T HAVE…OOH….OOH….»
-«IT SEEMS THE HOUSE OF DRACULA IS NOT AT AN END.»
-«I KNEW THE COMING CHILD, GREAT MASTER, BUT I WAS SWORN TO A SECRECY.»
-«YOU DID WELL. AND NOW THE NETHERWORLD CAN REJOICE THAT A VAMPIRE CHILD
WILL BE BORN IN THE MANNER OF THE HUMAN WORLD. THE COUNTESS, SHE SHALL
HAVE A BOY AND HE SHALL INHERIT HIS FATHER’S THRONE AND ONE DAY SHALL BE
CROWNED THE KING OF THE NETHERWORLD.»
-«WHEN WILL THIS BE, GREAT MASTER?»
-«NOT IN YOUR LIFETIME, BRIAN, BUT YOU MUST PREPARE HIM.»
-«I SHALL UNDERTAKE THAT TASK WITH GREAT PRIDE.»
-«I HAVE BEEN AWARE FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT IN A HUNDRED YEARS AN OCCASION
OF GREAT IMPORT WILL AFFECT THE HOUSE OF DRACULA.»
-«AAAAAHHH! NO!!»
-«AAAAAHHH!»
-«THIS CORONATION WILL ESTABLISH OUR PEOPLE ONCE MORE UNITED UNDER
ONE LEADER.»
-«YES, INDEED.»
-«HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CALCULATED THE MOMENT?»
-«NO, NOT YET, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE CROWN MUST BE PLACED UPON HIS
HEAD WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS BUT WHICH MOMENT OF THE FINAL HOUR
HAS YET TO BE REVEALED.»
-«YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED, MY LORD.»
-«THANK YOU, BARON, BUT THE COUNT MAY FIND THE NEXT 72 HOURS SOMETHING
OF AN ORDEAL.»
-«BUT SURELY NOT. I HEAR HE’S IN GOOD HEALTH AND WELL PREPARED FOR
THE OCCASION.»
-«HE IS, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING IN HIS ASTROLOGICAL CHART NOT YET VISIBLE
IN THE STARS BUT I KNOW IT TO BE THERE.»
-«IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO…»
-«WE MUST SIMPLY BE AWARE AND PAY HIM EVERY ATTENTION.»
-«COUNT DOWN, THERE’S A LOT TO THANK YOU FOR.»
-«YOU ARE ALL MY CHILDREN, BARON FRANKENSTEIN.»
-«BUT HE IS SPECIAL.»
-«IT IS HE WHO WILL BE KING!»