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[i_vanquish_evil]

Title: These Are All That I Have
Fandom: Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing
Character: Gabriel Van Helsing
Theme set: Gamma
Disclaimer: Van Helsing - the movie and the character - belong to Stephen Sommers and Universal Pictures; neither belong to me; I am only using them shamelessly for my own personal pleasure.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Van Helsing, for some reason, decided to respond to each of the prompts in first person - almost playing it like a word-association game. If they should be in third person, I can re-do the theme set.


#01 - Snow

She said nothing was faster than Transylvanian horses; she failed to mention that nothing was colder than Transylvanian snow - in my face.


#02 - Child

"Do you have to be such a child about everything, Dracula?"


#03 - Brick

Hard, stone steps against tender naked skin and little strength or breath to carry me farther than I am.


#04 - Judgment

"How dare you judge me or my actions, Jinette!"


#05 - Powder

Should I tell Carl he has a little something on his nose?


#06 - Grim

The weather and the outlook of this particular assignment are nothing short of grim.


#07 - Trap

An open door, a well-lit room, complete silence and I'm supposed to think it's not a trap?


#08 - Star

There is only one bright-shining body in the heavens tonight; may it be enough to guide us.


#09 - Possession

"He's mine!" I yell again, scowling heavily.


#10 - Bandage

"Thank you," I tell him; this is the fourth time this week he's had to wrap a wound or remove a bullet.


#11 - Pearl

Yes, thank you, keep away from the nasty ones with the teeth, I appreciate your input, Carl.


#12 - Glass

"Through that window!"


#13 - Classified

Classified as: evil; dispatch as quickly as possible; no soul to redeem.


#14 - Buttons

On the vest, the buttons are done up; on the coat, they're not; it's all about style and ease of movement.


#15 - Closet

The locked box in which all of my memories reside for the day I hold the key.


#16 - Ash

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Requiescat in Pace.


#17 - Definition

A man defined, not by his words, but by his actions.


#18 - Staircase

At the top lies the greatest enemy I have ever faced.


#19 - Nail

I make one last strike and the coffin is sealed; Dracula shall never rise again.


#20 - Prey

I am the prey and also the one seeking it.


#21 - Backwards

Are we not moving backwards if you're now asking me to kill without capture?


#22 - Trouble

"Yeah, we're in trouble."


#23 - Little

Sometimes, every now-and-again, I wish there was more to it than that; just a little bit more.


#24 - Collar

Chained to this place with a collar of memories locked 'round my throat until I've fulfilled their wishes.


#25 - Circle

From one death to the other, I killed him once only to find he'd returned to try the same to me.


#26 - Hands

Hands strong enough to crush, yet gentle enough to caress.


#27 - Freedom

I can only hope, one day, to know freedom well enough to define it.


#28 - Last

I want him not only to be the first, but also the last.


#29 - Scab

Wounds, scabs, scars - these are all that I have.


#30 - Crown

I recall telling Carl, as we left Buckingham Palace, to be glad we did not work for the Crown.


#31 - Time

Time is one of two things I seem to have plenty of; unanswered questions is the other.


#32 - Rice

I ran through the end of a wedding once, got rice in my hair - and my hat.


#33 - Worn

Worn and battle-weary, I returned to my chamber at the Vatican for some sleep.


#34 - Paint

I believe I ran with him, painting the town in blood.


#35 - Ache

There's an ache inside where I know he belongs, only I don't know how to tell him.


#36 - Cherry

I know this tree, this particular cherry tree, has importance; however, I can't remember why.


#37 - Library

I find him there, almost every evening, and watch him read, work, study from a corner where I know he won't see me.


#38 - Win

No matter how hard I try, I fear that, in the end, I will not be the one who wins.


#39 - Loss

I have known more loss in seven years than anyone I have met who's lived for many more than that.


#40 - Fold

I've kept this letter for so long, the fold is beginning to wear thin.


#41 - Music

Through the cathedral, along the nave, I could hear the music of the organ; the hymns echoing against the walls.


#42 - Bell

Every time a bell tolls midnight, I expect it to happen again - the beast to be set free and roar into violence and vengeance.


#43 - Sleep

Fifty-two hours without sleep and yet I still cannot stop to rest; I must find him.


#44 - Contact

Even the briefest contact with him sends shivers down my spine.


#45 - Electricity

I can recall being fascinated with the sheer amounts of electricity required to power Dracula's machine, but only briefly as other matters were far more important.


#46 - Milk

Carl once instructed me to drink goat's milk as a remedy; he quickly learned not to make such a suggestion a second time.


#47 - Wild

The werewolf that was once inside me was wild and fierce and wishing to be free.


#48 - Expectation

Their expectations of me are frequently higher than I feel they should be - yet I frequently tend to exceed them.


#49 - Mechanism

An hour to explain the trigger mechanism to me and two minutes to demonstrate the weapon's firepower; sometimes I love him.


#50 - Finale

He's told me to be ready, to prepare, but if this is it, the big finale, I'm still not sure if I know where I'm going.