Hotel Transylvania: The Aftermath

chapter 9

Watching From the Shadow

The hearse sped along the road at top speed, despite the damage the front had taken.

"I had to find out more about what the Witch had said to me. I used one of those computer things. This storm, it isn't a storm at all. It's a Monster!" Dracula explained as he drove. "And this isn't the first time it's appeared. It's claimed the town before."

Frank was at a loss as to what he could be describing.

"I've never heard of any Monster like this before. You say it's attacked the town before? When?" Frank needed more information.

"No less than ninety years ago. The town records, they say it was a storm but the Monster is a legend to them, a Myth!"

Johnny and Mavis looked for more footage of the creature on his phone.

"Doesn't look like a myth to me. Wait, you used a computer?" Johnny asked.

Dracula sighed.

"Yes…"

"You?" Johnny smiled.

"Just keep tapping that mobilised thing, ok?"

Before anyone could ask any more questions, they were almost deafened by the sound of caving metal. The hearse veered to the left almost instantly, coming dangerously close to the edge of the cliff. The Count tried to maintain control but a second object collided with the vehicle. Mavis screamed as the hearse held onto the cliff face with just two wheels. Dracula pulled the steering wheel to the right so sharply that he snapped it clean off. The hearse began to roll under the weight. Frank smashed the window beside him and grabbed the cliff with one arm. In a split second they found themselves hanging over the side with just Frank preventing the vehicle from falling to its doom.

"Mavis hold on!" Dracula shouted behind him.

"Guys, I can't hold on for much longer! Think of something!" Frank's arm was beginning to tear off.

Amongst the sound of falling rock, they could hear something tapping against the vehicle.

"Err, guys… do you hear that?" Griffin gulped.

The last of the back doors was ripped off and fell towards the abyss below. A man reached up and yanked at Johnny's seatbelt. There was little sanity in the man's eyes as he snarled, his face a pale colour with a blackened aura around him. Johnny kicked out at him, but with the hearse on its side he lost his grip. The man fell into the darkness. Rolling out of the side, Johnny was narrowly caught in time by Mavis. She held onto his foot, but with his weight and the seatbelt pulling into her, she couldn't escape.

"Hold on Johnny!" She pleaded.

The hearse dropped down slightly, bringing a cloud of rocky debris with it.

"Do something!" Frank shouted.

Another creature smashed its way through the front passenger seat window. It was unable to see griffin before he poked the creature in the eyes. It screeched and rubbed its eyes. With it blinded, Dracula landed on its back from the outside, locked his arms around its torso and fell backwards. It screamed horrifically as Dracula let go and transformed. Flapping his wings, he looked up to see the large group of creatures now surrounding the crash site. One by one the Count rescued the passengers. With Johnny free, Mavis unbuckled herself and joined her father as they soared through the air. Johnny held onto his lucky baseball bat, which he had brought in case Dracula was in trouble.

Dracula worked as fast as he could to free Griffin before the creatures could surround his family. With everyone rescued, Frank let go of the hearse. It crashed against the side of the cliff as it disappeared from sight.