The cold Autumn winds through the entirety of the forest as there were no leaves left on any of these trees, leaving their twisted branches exposed. The only light was from the pale full moon as it hung high in the night sky. The trees would often cast ghastly shadows onto the ground from the moon’s light. Just then a huge swarm of ravens tear through the chilly atmosphere, their black feathers gleaming in the moon’s light as their piercing cries are heard throughout the forest. Not far behind the flying swarm was a figure close behind pursuing the mass of crows.
"You’re not getting away from me that easily!” a female voice shouted, she raced through the forest deadset on her target. She trailed her prey until she came to a clearing, the lack of trees made it easy for the moon’s light to shine upon her revealing her figure. Her brunette hair came down to her shoulders, it’s color glimmered in the moonlight. A black leather stetson hat sat atop her head. Her skin was quite fair, bordering on pure ivory. Her dark blue eyes surveyed the surrounding area around her as she scowled. Her face was both slender and beautiful with full luscious lips. A black trench coat was draped over her slender shoulders along with a harness wrapped around each shoulder with gun holsters; there's also a sheath strapped to her back with a broadsword embedded into it. Arms were contained within the sleeves of her coat and her hands were covered by black leather gloves.
She wore a black leather bra that barely contained her ample breasts, the fabric was strained and pushed out, the top covered her neck and ended at the bottom of her bust with a keyhole that exposed her voluptuous cleavage. Black pants hugged her curves tightly showing off her plump rear with a dark brown leather belt fastened around her waist with several small pouches lining it’s border with a gold cross buckle at the front. Her black calf high boots were caked in mud but stood their ground firmly.
However, the most odd thing about this huntress was her middle. For right in the middle of it all was a perfectly round pregnant belly. Her tremendous sphere jutted out from her slender frame, her poor belly button now a small nub protruding out from the smooth skin. Her belly, although had no visible stretch marks, had a faint redness to it.
The huntress reached into her coat and pulled out two handguns that were contained within the holsters. She carefully scanned her surroundings as she aimed her guns in front of her.
“Where are you Serfina, you can’t hide forever!” yelled the huntress, hoping this would draw out the assailant. From the darkness, a voice spoke to her.
“My my, you Van Hellsings are as persistent as I remember.” said the voice, no doubt it was Serafina. Her voice may sound comforting but there was no doubt how powerful it was.
"I should have expected that from their latest member, Vanessa van Helsing." mocked Serafina.
Vanessa was on her guard, she aimed her guns in any direction she looked trying to find Serafina. Just then the raven swarm gathered in front of her. The birds gathered and swirled all while Vanessa slowly inched forward. Then the ravens dispersed, exposing Serafina’s form.
Serafina's pale skin shined off of the moonlight. Bits of dirt and Autumn leaves were embedded into her long white hair that reached down to her lower back. Her eyes are a pale blue almost making them look inhumane. The rest of her form was within a brown cloak.
The rest of her body, however, was contained within a brown cloak.
Serafina noticed Vanessa’s middle, “Looks like you have a little stow away.” teased Serafina.
“Hey, someone’s gotta continue the legacy.” replied Vanessa with a smirk, her guns deadset at the witch.
“And what difference would it make?” replied Serafina with a tone of arrogance in her voice. “I’ve defeated numerous members of the Van Helsing clan.”
“Hate to break to you, but your winning streak ends today.” declared Vanessa.
“If you think you are sure you'll be the one, then come and find.” Serafina challenged, As if on cue Serafina bursted into a swarm of ravens and disappeared down a path. Vanessa took a moment to catch her breath. Her ample chest rose and fell rhythmically as she placed her guns back into her shoulder holsters. She embedded her hands into her lower back.
"I’ll never catch up to her like this." Vanessa said to herself. She gazed down at her maternal swell and used her left hand to cradle it.
"Kid I love you and all but you're not making this easier for me." Vanessa spoke to her baby.
"Thank you Great Grandma Glados." Vanessa smiled and caressed the bike with her right hand. Lifting her left leg, Vanessa mounts the motorcycle and moves the kickstand. The bike roared to life as Vanessa gripped the handles tightly and with one push with her left leg raced down the path. Vanessa zoomed down the dirt pathway, the wind blew against her hair causing it to wave sporadically.
The ride, however, was anything but smooth with rocks and roots protruding from the ground. Vanessa found out the hard way when she rode over a bump on the road. She grunted and glanced at her belly.
"Hang in there kid." Vanessa grunted, the bumpy road making her belly violently jiggle. Vanessa just hoped it wouldn't trigger her labor. The motorcycle ride was treacherous with Vanessa trying her best to avoid any bumps along the road. However with every bump she unfortunately hit would cause her discomfort due to her large mound that was her pregnant belly. Just then she started to see something in the distance, it looked to be a stone wall.
Vanessa stopped her motorcycle and examined the large structure. The stones that made up the wall were covered in moss. Weeds and vines lined the surface, no doubt from the years of neglect. Vanessa could see that a large oak tree had fallen on the right section breaking off a large chunk of stone.
Vanessa saw that the dirt path led to a worn out gate. The wood has gotten chipped and mold has started to grow. Vanessa places both her hands on the gate and starts to push it open. The old doors slowly swung open revealing an old town that looked like something from the Victorian Era.
The roads were paved with stone with weeds growing from the cracks. Buildings made from brick lined the borders of the road. Each building had a similar rectangular shape with roofs that had holes in them, some of which had spires of their own. The windows had their glass shattered with wooden frames that had the paint starting to chipped off. The town looked deserted as if it’s entire population left, making the town give off an eerie vibe.
Vanessa was on her guard as she reached behind her back with her left hand and unsheathed her broadsword. The sword’s blade was long, straight, and double-edged as it gleamed in the moonlight. The crossguard was made of gold and in a rectangular shape with a green gem implanted in both sides. The grip was dark gray and had a red orb for a pommel. Vanessa gripped the handle and firmly pointed the blade upward.
“Well, this isn’t creepy at all.” Vanessa thought to herself, “This town used to be full of people, I’m guessing as soon as Serafina moved everybody moved out.”
Vanessa came to a flight of stairs, the steps leading down to what was probably the marketplace. Stairs have become a bit of a challenge ever since Vanessa became pregnant due to her new center of gravity. Vanessa mentally braced herself and took the step on the staircase. She slowly moved her right foot on the first step and then her left foot on the second. Vanessa repeated this pattern until she reached the ground floor.
However, she was not alone because she could spot a man slowly lumbering in a sort of haze. The man’s body looked skinny and lanky. His clothing consisted of a dark brown vest, a black overcoat, brown trousers, and leather boots. He had a torch in its left hand and a hatchet in the other. The “man” turned to face Vanessa allowing her to see his face, it’s skin was a sickly grey, the eyes were red and sunken, and it’s gnashing teeth were rotting.
As soon as he had Vanessa in his sights he started sprinting at her. He reached his hatchet back and tried to bring it down on the expectant huntress. Vanessa held up her sword and blocked the hatchet strike, then she raised her right leg and kicked the assailant back. The attacker stumbled backwards but regained his footing, he then came at her with his torch but Vanessa quickly dodged to the right and swiped her sword with her right hand making contact with the man’s neck lopping off his head. The body stood for a second before falling forward completely lifeless.
“This was a normal human once.” Vanessa said to herself, “This must’ve been some strong black magic.”
“Impressive, is it not?” Vanessa turned to see Serafina levitating, a smirk plastered on her face.
“Serafina, You did this?” Vanessa asked in bewilderment, “I thought you can only do this with your amulet, The one that one of my ancestors destroyed?”
“I am aware of that.” retorted Serafina.
“So what gives?” asked Vanessa.
“The answer lies within my cloak.” Serafina answered back.
“Why would I be interested in what’s under your cloak?” asked Vanessa, annoyed at Serafina’s cryptic answer.
“If you want to know, then find me at the town’s church.” Serafina replied, “In the meantime.” Serafina’s eyes began to glow green as she raised her left arm.
“Huntsmen, too me!” bellowed Serafina, her voice giving off an echo effect. The command roared throughout town catching the attention of the town’s populace. The huntsmen moved in to protect their mistress. Vanessa saw as a crowd of the deformed victims lurched towards her location.
Vanessa charged at the beasts raising her sword high. She swung her sword diagonally left slicing the first huntsman’s chest killing him instantly. Then she swung the blade straight right cutting another huntsman’s abdomen. Vanessa then heard the sound of a rifle getting cocked, she turned to see a huntsman taking aim with a rifle.
However, he was too far away for Vanessa to run to him in time before he could fire the rifle. Vanessa quickly moved to an ox cart that tipped on its side. Vanessa placed her right hand on her pregnant belly bracing for when she dropped down behind the cart for cover just in time for the rifle to go off, luckily missing her. Vanessa then uses her left hand to reach into her gun holsters and pull out one of the handguns, she uses the cart to line her shot and fires the gun.
The bullet goes flying through the air until it hits the huntsman in the right shoulder, thankfully it was the arm that was holding the trigger causing the huntsman to place his left hand on the bullet wound dropping the gun barrel. This gave Vanessa the opportunity to fire the gun again this time hitting the target in the head killing it. Just then another huntsman starts charging for her swinging his cleaver madly, Vanessa sidesteps to the left when the attacker tries to swing the cleaver down causing it to get stuck into the ox cart. The huntsman tries to pull the cleaver out but it leaves him open to be impaled through the chest by Vanessa’s sword.
Vanessa could feel her heart starting to beat faster in her chest. Her bust rose and fell rhythmically to her heavy breathing. Beads of sweat started to form from her forehead. She then heard the ravenous sounds of dogs barking catching Vanessa attention. What she saw was another huntsman but he was accompanied by three dogs.
The dogs looked just as bad as their owner with tufts of fur missing, teeth that resampled steak knives, and eyes that looked dull and devoid of any life. The monstrous hounds snarled and growled at Vanessa waiting for their master to give the command to attack. The huntsman lets out a beastly groan and points his torch at Vanessa prompting the hounds to charge at her at lightning speed. The hunting dogs raced towards Vanessa and once they got close enough they jumped with back legs in an attempt to lunge at her.
Vanessa sweeps her right hand upward and erects a barrier of green arcane energy. The dogs lunged headfirst into the barrier and with a yelp fall backwards on their backs.
“Oh yeah, didn’t know I could do magic didn’t you?” shouted Vanessa with a sound of confidence in her voice, she then places her palm on the ground and utters a spell. The dogs scrambled to get back on her feet but one was suddenly impaled by spikes that erected from the ground bringing the pack down to two. The two remaining dogs start to circle Vanessa, the first dog lunged at Vanessa but she raised her right arm in front of her horizontally. The mutt bit down on Vanessa’s arm, luckily the black leather protected her skin from the dog’s teeth.
Vanessa then noticed the second dog moving in. The dog runs up to Vanessa getting ready to pounce but Vanessa counters by swinging her body to the right colliding the two dogs together causing one to hit a stone wall breaking its neck. However, the other dog is still clamped on Vanessa’s arm so she pulls out one of her guns and shoots the remaining in the chest. As soon as the three malformed mutts were completely lifeless the owner yells at Vanessa as he charges at her with his torch. Vanessa just fires two bullets into his head making him fall over.
Vanessa was almost out of breath, she wiped the sweat off her brow, she desperately needed to rest her pregnant body. She placed her sword back into the scabbard. Vanessa comes across a bench and plops her plump rear catching her breath. Her gaze turns to her expanded middle and begins to run her hands over her bare bump.
Vanessa could feel her heart rate slowly returning to normal and her breathing has slowed. The pregnancy hasn't been easy for her due to her lifestyle.
"Kid, you really are not making this easy for me." said Vanessa, referring to the child inside her belly. "But you make it worth it at the end."
Vanessa uses her left hand to give her belly a gentle pet. A foot protrudes outward slightly to the right of her navel then sluggishly drags before disappearing from sight, Vanessa smiles. As soon as Vanessa catches her breath, she lifts herself off of the bench and continues her journey. After a few fights with the huntsmen she finally reached her end goal.
The old church stood in the center of town. The intimidating structure reassembled a castle with its stone body and wooden roof. Towers were located at the corners of its body giving off a sort of guardian vibe. The corners of the church had towers making it resemble a castle. A large steeple was positioned to the front, its point touching the sky.
Vanessa walked up the main entrance and with a mighty heave, the doors swung open. The interior was large enough to almost house the whole town. The pews were set up in rows but have gotten so old the wood is chipped. Vanessa looked down the aisle to the altar where she saw Serafina as if she was waiting for her.
“Oh, you made it.” said Serafina, “I would be lying if I said I’m impressed.”
“What can I say, we Helsings are full of surprises.” replied Vanessa with a smirk, aiming her guns at the witch. “Now answer me this, about that new power of yours.”
“Ah yes.” Serafina starts to slowly flank Vanessa to the right, her cloak flowing to each step. “You see, after your great grandfather obliterated my amulet I had to retreat, Thankfully I had enough magic power to escape. Sadly, it was the last bit I had. So I wondered the forest completely powerless, that is until I came upon this town.”
“And they just let you in?” questioned Vanessa, her guns still dead set on the witch.
“And risk being thrown in a dungeon or worst?” snapped Serafina, “Of course not. Instead I snuck in through the sewer system. There I hid for two years feeding off any rats or any other creatures I could my hands on hoping to build up any magic left but it wasn’t enough. That’s when I came across a tunnel that led into a chamber.”
Wait, you rats for two years?” snarked Vanessa causing Serafina to shoot a glare at her.
“Besides that, I found that there was a strange river flowing through the bottom. It didn't look like sewer water but when I took a closer look I found out… it was blood.”
“So what, there's some kind of river of blood underneath our feet?” asked Vanessa in disbelief.
“Yes.” replied Serafina, “But this was no ordinary blood, this blood felt… powerful.”
“How so?” asked Vanessa, her eyes narrowing.
“The blood was pouring out of a corpse, a corpse of a massive creature not of our world.” answered Serafina, “When I dipped my fingers into the blood, I saw the creature’s life. Without hesitation I started to drink the precious and slowly my powers began to return. However, that’s not the only thing the blood provided me.”
“Stop with Goddamn cryptic shit!” demanded Vanessa, “What’s under your hood that you had to wait till I got here?”
“So impatient.” Serafina scoffed, “Fine, I’ll just show you.”
With that, Serafina lets her cloak fall off exposing the rest of her body. What Vanessa saw shocked her very core. Serafina’s body possessed a slender hourglass shape with pale white skin. A black cloth bra contained her ample bust, straining the poor fabric. A matching loincloth hugged her hips tightly. Her arms donned a pair black sleeves that started from her wrists and ended at her shoulders.
However, the one thing that shocked Vanessa the most wasn’t her clothing. For right in the middle of her body was a large and round pregnant belly. Serafina’s belly also had a colored line running down the middle and a small nub that was once her bellybutton.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” said Serafina, glancing down at her swollen bump. She then used both hands to slowly stroke her belly.
“My child has been dying to meet you.” Serafina then used both her hands to cup her bump, “Isn’t that right little one?”
Just then a low growl bellowed throughout the church. Vanessa turned her attention to Serafina’s tremendous belly, two hands started to press outwards from the witch’s belly followed by an imprint of a face that was far from human. Serafina levitates herself a few inches off the ground, and conjures bright green colored energy. She then brings her arms in front of her and blasts a beam of energy at Vanessa. Luckily, Vanessa dodges but then Serafina begins to levitate a few of the church benches and launches them at the huntress.
Vanessa quickly draws her blade and slashes the benches in two. Vanessa then conjures magic energy of her own, her being light blue, and blasts at Serafina who counters with a barrier. Vanessa then starts running towards the witch and brings her sword up high. Serafina stretches her arms out to her sides, just then a swarm of ravens comes crashing through the stain glass windows.
The ravens swirl around Serafina causing Vanessa to stop in her tracks, Serafina then brings her arms forward commanding the ravens to swarm Vanessa. The ravens swirled around Vanessa, scratching her with their black talons at any opening they could get. Vanessa used her left arm to cover her maternal belly, it’s size would be an obvious target, while her right hand tightly gripped her sword. Vanessa swung her sword at the ravens striking some of them down.
While the huntress was distracted with the birds, Serafina called some of the ravens to her right hand. The ravens obeyed their mistress and flew towards her, However, the ravens began to disperse into a black mist. The black mist then starts to reshape into a sword with a crossguard that resembles a black bird. Serafina then lunges at Vanessa who brings her sword up countering the attack.
As soon as both swords were drawn both pregnant warriors began to clash blades. Serafina swings her blade left but is parried by the huntress. Vanessa and Serafina swing their swords at each other, deflecting blows left and right, and sliding blades side to side. The sound of clashing metal echoed throughout the church.
Serafina jumps back trying to get distance between her and Vanessa, while doing so shoots a bolt of arcane energy at Vanessa, who quickly ducks to the right. However, she wasn’t fast enough and the bolt of energy manages to grace her left shoulder letting out a painful yelp. Vanessa finds herself on her hands and knees, her brown hair obscuring the view of her fatigued face. Serafina slowly levitates towards her.
“Oh, out of breath already?” Serafina teased, she brings her left hand to her belly. “Such a shame, I was enjoying myself.”
Vanessa looked up at the witch, her hair clomped to her forehead due to the sweat.
“While your baby slows you down, mine will only make me stronger.” added Serafina, as if on cue, the visage of a face protrudes from within Serafina’s belly, followed by a hissing noise.
"It's over Helsing." announced Serafina, pointing her blade at Vanessa, "Both you and your child will become nothing more those lifeless husks wandering aimlessly through the town."
However, while Serafina was admiring her victory, Vanessa reached into one of the pouches. Serafina raises her sword high into the air then brings it down but before the sword could make contact, Vanessa brings a golden sun shaped medallion to Serafina eyes. The medallion produces a bright flash causing Serafina to stumble backwards temporarily blinding her.
"Amulet of Apollo, got that from a trip in Greece." said Vanessa with a confident smirk. While Serafina was distracted Vanessa used the opportunity to run up to her and delivered a strong right hook to Serafina's face. The impact was enough to make Serafina's nose bleed.
Sight returned to Serafina's eyes but Vanessa strikes again with a left hook, this one hitting Serafina’s jaw. Vanessa then ends it with a right sidekick to Serafina’s belly letting out an ear piercing screech. Serafina fell on her back all while whatever was inside her began to violently thrash about.
“No child, settle down!” Serafina pleaded to no avail, her legs parted by force as her belly started to contract. Vanessa could only stand and watch. The creature inside Serafina pushes on the walls of her womb. A black mist bellowed from Serafina’s nether region prompting her to scream in pain.
A small pair of hands emerged out of Serafina along with a head as it screeched with life. The black creature crawled the rest of its body out of its mother, Serafina’s belly returned to normal size almost as if she wasn’t pregnant to begin with. It slowly creeped across the aisle dragging its body behind. The creature was all pure black with a dark mist emanating from it, its form resembling that of a newborn infant but that’s where it started to change.
The “infant’s” chest, shoulders, and upper back started to grow and widen. It’s arms began to lengthen and grow in bulk while it’s nails grew long and sharp. The nose and jaws started to grow outward resembling a snout, the teeth became long and sharp as antlers grew from the top of the head. Lastly, the legs grew in length and the feet started to look like hooves. The beast stood about fifteen feet tall as it looked down upon Vanessa.
"If that's your baby, I hate to see the father." said Vanessa.
"What can I say, he takes up after me." smirked Serafina, "Now destroy her!"
The beast obeyed it's mother's commands and proceeded to lift both its arms above its head. Vanessa then jumped backwards as the massive monstrosity brought its arms down creating a large dent in the floor. Vanessa whips out her guns and starts firing at the beast, the bullets embedded themselves into the beast’s chest causing it to bleed.
However, this did not slow the creature down. The beast charged at Vanessa attempting to swipe its left claw diagonally but she dodged by rolling to the right. The beast then turned its attention to the benches and picked one up, it then swung the bench in wide arcs at Vanessa like some makeshift club, Vanessa tried her best to dodge the incoming attacks. Vanessa summons a large magic circle in front of herself which then produces a scatter shot of small blue energy shots, it seemed to do more damage than the bullets as the beast got on its hands and knees.
Using this opportunity, Vanessa pulled out her dagger, ran up to the beast, and leaped passed it's head and on to its back plunging the dagger into the back of its neck. The creature screeched in pain and reared up.
"Wh-what are you doing!?" yelled Serafina.
Vanessa then used her weight to take the dagger down the beast's back. She then used her magic to telekinetically pull the creature's spine out, killing it. The creature slowly ambles to Serafina before collapsing forward. Serafina could only watch as her monstrous child slowly melts into a black liquid.
"No, my child." Serafina mourned, feeling a mixture of rage and grief turned her attention to Vanessa.
"You... bitch!" Serafina yelled, "I'll kill you!"
With that Serafina charged at Vanessa and lunged at her. Vanessa just aimed her gun at Serafina and pulled the trigger and obliterated the witch's head. Vanessa breathed heavily completely fatigued, her chest raised and fell in rhythm. Vanessa walked out of the church's entrance, there she was greeted by an army of Huntsmen.
"You've got to be kidding me." Vanessa groaned, she was drained from the battle in the Church, but then a white mist began to emit from the Huntsmen eyes and mouth. They all dropped their weapons and collapsed one by one. The mist then rose into the sky, Vanessa could make out voices giving her praises.
“I guess without Serafina the souls of these people are free now.” Vanessa ogled at the sky, seeing those souls finally being put to rest. She then gazed down at her bump and placed her left hand on top of her bump and her right one the front of her belly, she smiled.
“You know, I should be lucky I have someone like you.” Vanessa cooed, cradling her bump. “I haven’t even met you yet and I already love you.”
A hard kick juts out above her belly button causing Vanessa to react.
“Damn kid, with kicks like that you’re definitely Helsing material.” Vanessa smiled and gave her belly a gentle pat. Vanessa makes her way to the town’s entrance where her bike was waiting and got on.
“Let’s head home kid, Mama needs her rest.” explained Vanessa to her belly. Her motorcycle roared to life and then she rode off into the distance.
"You’re not getting away from me that easily!” a female voice shouted, she raced through the forest deadset on her target. She trailed her prey until she came to a clearing, the lack of trees made it easy for the moon’s light to shine upon her revealing her figure. Her brunette hair came down to her shoulders, it’s color glimmered in the moonlight. A black leather stetson hat sat atop her head. Her skin was quite fair, bordering on pure ivory. Her dark blue eyes surveyed the surrounding area around her as she scowled. Her face was both slender and beautiful with full luscious lips. A black trench coat was draped over her slender shoulders along with a harness wrapped around each shoulder with gun holsters; there's also a sheath strapped to her back with a broadsword embedded into it. Arms were contained within the sleeves of her coat and her hands were covered by black leather gloves.
She wore a black leather bra that barely contained her ample breasts, the fabric was strained and pushed out, the top covered her neck and ended at the bottom of her bust with a keyhole that exposed her voluptuous cleavage. Black pants hugged her curves tightly showing off her plump rear with a dark brown leather belt fastened around her waist with several small pouches lining it’s border with a gold cross buckle at the front. Her black calf high boots were caked in mud but stood their ground firmly.
However, the most odd thing about this huntress was her middle. For right in the middle of it all was a perfectly round pregnant belly. Her tremendous sphere jutted out from her slender frame, her poor belly button now a small nub protruding out from the smooth skin. Her belly, although had no visible stretch marks, had a faint redness to it.
The huntress reached into her coat and pulled out two handguns that were contained within the holsters. She carefully scanned her surroundings as she aimed her guns in front of her.
“Where are you Serfina, you can’t hide forever!” yelled the huntress, hoping this would draw out the assailant. From the darkness, a voice spoke to her.
“My my, you Van Hellsings are as persistent as I remember.” said the voice, no doubt it was Serafina. Her voice may sound comforting but there was no doubt how powerful it was.
"I should have expected that from their latest member, Vanessa van Helsing." mocked Serafina.
Vanessa was on her guard, she aimed her guns in any direction she looked trying to find Serafina. Just then the raven swarm gathered in front of her. The birds gathered and swirled all while Vanessa slowly inched forward. Then the ravens dispersed, exposing Serafina’s form.
Serafina's pale skin shined off of the moonlight. Bits of dirt and Autumn leaves were embedded into her long white hair that reached down to her lower back. Her eyes are a pale blue almost making them look inhumane. The rest of her form was within a brown cloak.
The rest of her body, however, was contained within a brown cloak.
Serafina noticed Vanessa’s middle, “Looks like you have a little stow away.” teased Serafina.
“Hey, someone’s gotta continue the legacy.” replied Vanessa with a smirk, her guns deadset at the witch.
“And what difference would it make?” replied Serafina with a tone of arrogance in her voice. “I’ve defeated numerous members of the Van Helsing clan.”
“Hate to break to you, but your winning streak ends today.” declared Vanessa.
“If you think you are sure you'll be the one, then come and find.” Serafina challenged, As if on cue Serafina bursted into a swarm of ravens and disappeared down a path. Vanessa took a moment to catch her breath. Her ample chest rose and fell rhythmically as she placed her guns back into her shoulder holsters. She embedded her hands into her lower back.
"I’ll never catch up to her like this." Vanessa said to herself. She gazed down at her maternal swell and used her left hand to cradle it.
"Kid I love you and all but you're not making this easier for me." Vanessa spoke to her baby.
"Thank you Great Grandma Glados." Vanessa smiled and caressed the bike with her right hand. Lifting her left leg, Vanessa mounts the motorcycle and moves the kickstand. The bike roared to life as Vanessa gripped the handles tightly and with one push with her left leg raced down the path. Vanessa zoomed down the dirt pathway, the wind blew against her hair causing it to wave sporadically.
The ride, however, was anything but smooth with rocks and roots protruding from the ground. Vanessa found out the hard way when she rode over a bump on the road. She grunted and glanced at her belly.
"Hang in there kid." Vanessa grunted, the bumpy road making her belly violently jiggle. Vanessa just hoped it wouldn't trigger her labor. The motorcycle ride was treacherous with Vanessa trying her best to avoid any bumps along the road. However with every bump she unfortunately hit would cause her discomfort due to her large mound that was her pregnant belly. Just then she started to see something in the distance, it looked to be a stone wall.
Vanessa stopped her motorcycle and examined the large structure. The stones that made up the wall were covered in moss. Weeds and vines lined the surface, no doubt from the years of neglect. Vanessa could see that a large oak tree had fallen on the right section breaking off a large chunk of stone.
Vanessa saw that the dirt path led to a worn out gate. The wood has gotten chipped and mold has started to grow. Vanessa places both her hands on the gate and starts to push it open. The old doors slowly swung open revealing an old town that looked like something from the Victorian Era.
The roads were paved with stone with weeds growing from the cracks. Buildings made from brick lined the borders of the road. Each building had a similar rectangular shape with roofs that had holes in them, some of which had spires of their own. The windows had their glass shattered with wooden frames that had the paint starting to chipped off. The town looked deserted as if it’s entire population left, making the town give off an eerie vibe.
Vanessa was on her guard as she reached behind her back with her left hand and unsheathed her broadsword. The sword’s blade was long, straight, and double-edged as it gleamed in the moonlight. The crossguard was made of gold and in a rectangular shape with a green gem implanted in both sides. The grip was dark gray and had a red orb for a pommel. Vanessa gripped the handle and firmly pointed the blade upward.
“Well, this isn’t creepy at all.” Vanessa thought to herself, “This town used to be full of people, I’m guessing as soon as Serafina moved everybody moved out.”
Vanessa came to a flight of stairs, the steps leading down to what was probably the marketplace. Stairs have become a bit of a challenge ever since Vanessa became pregnant due to her new center of gravity. Vanessa mentally braced herself and took the step on the staircase. She slowly moved her right foot on the first step and then her left foot on the second. Vanessa repeated this pattern until she reached the ground floor.
However, she was not alone because she could spot a man slowly lumbering in a sort of haze. The man’s body looked skinny and lanky. His clothing consisted of a dark brown vest, a black overcoat, brown trousers, and leather boots. He had a torch in its left hand and a hatchet in the other. The “man” turned to face Vanessa allowing her to see his face, it’s skin was a sickly grey, the eyes were red and sunken, and it’s gnashing teeth were rotting.
As soon as he had Vanessa in his sights he started sprinting at her. He reached his hatchet back and tried to bring it down on the expectant huntress. Vanessa held up her sword and blocked the hatchet strike, then she raised her right leg and kicked the assailant back. The attacker stumbled backwards but regained his footing, he then came at her with his torch but Vanessa quickly dodged to the right and swiped her sword with her right hand making contact with the man’s neck lopping off his head. The body stood for a second before falling forward completely lifeless.
“This was a normal human once.” Vanessa said to herself, “This must’ve been some strong black magic.”
“Impressive, is it not?” Vanessa turned to see Serafina levitating, a smirk plastered on her face.
“Serafina, You did this?” Vanessa asked in bewilderment, “I thought you can only do this with your amulet, The one that one of my ancestors destroyed?”
“I am aware of that.” retorted Serafina.
“So what gives?” asked Vanessa.
“The answer lies within my cloak.” Serafina answered back.
“Why would I be interested in what’s under your cloak?” asked Vanessa, annoyed at Serafina’s cryptic answer.
“If you want to know, then find me at the town’s church.” Serafina replied, “In the meantime.” Serafina’s eyes began to glow green as she raised her left arm.
“Huntsmen, too me!” bellowed Serafina, her voice giving off an echo effect. The command roared throughout town catching the attention of the town’s populace. The huntsmen moved in to protect their mistress. Vanessa saw as a crowd of the deformed victims lurched towards her location.
Vanessa charged at the beasts raising her sword high. She swung her sword diagonally left slicing the first huntsman’s chest killing him instantly. Then she swung the blade straight right cutting another huntsman’s abdomen. Vanessa then heard the sound of a rifle getting cocked, she turned to see a huntsman taking aim with a rifle.
However, he was too far away for Vanessa to run to him in time before he could fire the rifle. Vanessa quickly moved to an ox cart that tipped on its side. Vanessa placed her right hand on her pregnant belly bracing for when she dropped down behind the cart for cover just in time for the rifle to go off, luckily missing her. Vanessa then uses her left hand to reach into her gun holsters and pull out one of the handguns, she uses the cart to line her shot and fires the gun.
The bullet goes flying through the air until it hits the huntsman in the right shoulder, thankfully it was the arm that was holding the trigger causing the huntsman to place his left hand on the bullet wound dropping the gun barrel. This gave Vanessa the opportunity to fire the gun again this time hitting the target in the head killing it. Just then another huntsman starts charging for her swinging his cleaver madly, Vanessa sidesteps to the left when the attacker tries to swing the cleaver down causing it to get stuck into the ox cart. The huntsman tries to pull the cleaver out but it leaves him open to be impaled through the chest by Vanessa’s sword.
Vanessa could feel her heart starting to beat faster in her chest. Her bust rose and fell rhythmically to her heavy breathing. Beads of sweat started to form from her forehead. She then heard the ravenous sounds of dogs barking catching Vanessa attention. What she saw was another huntsman but he was accompanied by three dogs.
The dogs looked just as bad as their owner with tufts of fur missing, teeth that resampled steak knives, and eyes that looked dull and devoid of any life. The monstrous hounds snarled and growled at Vanessa waiting for their master to give the command to attack. The huntsman lets out a beastly groan and points his torch at Vanessa prompting the hounds to charge at her at lightning speed. The hunting dogs raced towards Vanessa and once they got close enough they jumped with back legs in an attempt to lunge at her.
Vanessa sweeps her right hand upward and erects a barrier of green arcane energy. The dogs lunged headfirst into the barrier and with a yelp fall backwards on their backs.
“Oh yeah, didn’t know I could do magic didn’t you?” shouted Vanessa with a sound of confidence in her voice, she then places her palm on the ground and utters a spell. The dogs scrambled to get back on her feet but one was suddenly impaled by spikes that erected from the ground bringing the pack down to two. The two remaining dogs start to circle Vanessa, the first dog lunged at Vanessa but she raised her right arm in front of her horizontally. The mutt bit down on Vanessa’s arm, luckily the black leather protected her skin from the dog’s teeth.
Vanessa then noticed the second dog moving in. The dog runs up to Vanessa getting ready to pounce but Vanessa counters by swinging her body to the right colliding the two dogs together causing one to hit a stone wall breaking its neck. However, the other dog is still clamped on Vanessa’s arm so she pulls out one of her guns and shoots the remaining in the chest. As soon as the three malformed mutts were completely lifeless the owner yells at Vanessa as he charges at her with his torch. Vanessa just fires two bullets into his head making him fall over.
Vanessa was almost out of breath, she wiped the sweat off her brow, she desperately needed to rest her pregnant body. She placed her sword back into the scabbard. Vanessa comes across a bench and plops her plump rear catching her breath. Her gaze turns to her expanded middle and begins to run her hands over her bare bump.
Vanessa could feel her heart rate slowly returning to normal and her breathing has slowed. The pregnancy hasn't been easy for her due to her lifestyle.
"Kid, you really are not making this easy for me." said Vanessa, referring to the child inside her belly. "But you make it worth it at the end."
Vanessa uses her left hand to give her belly a gentle pet. A foot protrudes outward slightly to the right of her navel then sluggishly drags before disappearing from sight, Vanessa smiles. As soon as Vanessa catches her breath, she lifts herself off of the bench and continues her journey. After a few fights with the huntsmen she finally reached her end goal.
The old church stood in the center of town. The intimidating structure reassembled a castle with its stone body and wooden roof. Towers were located at the corners of its body giving off a sort of guardian vibe. The corners of the church had towers making it resemble a castle. A large steeple was positioned to the front, its point touching the sky.
Vanessa walked up the main entrance and with a mighty heave, the doors swung open. The interior was large enough to almost house the whole town. The pews were set up in rows but have gotten so old the wood is chipped. Vanessa looked down the aisle to the altar where she saw Serafina as if she was waiting for her.
“Oh, you made it.” said Serafina, “I would be lying if I said I’m impressed.”
“What can I say, we Helsings are full of surprises.” replied Vanessa with a smirk, aiming her guns at the witch. “Now answer me this, about that new power of yours.”
“Ah yes.” Serafina starts to slowly flank Vanessa to the right, her cloak flowing to each step. “You see, after your great grandfather obliterated my amulet I had to retreat, Thankfully I had enough magic power to escape. Sadly, it was the last bit I had. So I wondered the forest completely powerless, that is until I came upon this town.”
“And they just let you in?” questioned Vanessa, her guns still dead set on the witch.
“And risk being thrown in a dungeon or worst?” snapped Serafina, “Of course not. Instead I snuck in through the sewer system. There I hid for two years feeding off any rats or any other creatures I could my hands on hoping to build up any magic left but it wasn’t enough. That’s when I came across a tunnel that led into a chamber.”
Wait, you rats for two years?” snarked Vanessa causing Serafina to shoot a glare at her.
“Besides that, I found that there was a strange river flowing through the bottom. It didn't look like sewer water but when I took a closer look I found out… it was blood.”
“So what, there's some kind of river of blood underneath our feet?” asked Vanessa in disbelief.
“Yes.” replied Serafina, “But this was no ordinary blood, this blood felt… powerful.”
“How so?” asked Vanessa, her eyes narrowing.
“The blood was pouring out of a corpse, a corpse of a massive creature not of our world.” answered Serafina, “When I dipped my fingers into the blood, I saw the creature’s life. Without hesitation I started to drink the precious and slowly my powers began to return. However, that’s not the only thing the blood provided me.”
“Stop with Goddamn cryptic shit!” demanded Vanessa, “What’s under your hood that you had to wait till I got here?”
“So impatient.” Serafina scoffed, “Fine, I’ll just show you.”
With that, Serafina lets her cloak fall off exposing the rest of her body. What Vanessa saw shocked her very core. Serafina’s body possessed a slender hourglass shape with pale white skin. A black cloth bra contained her ample bust, straining the poor fabric. A matching loincloth hugged her hips tightly. Her arms donned a pair black sleeves that started from her wrists and ended at her shoulders.
However, the one thing that shocked Vanessa the most wasn’t her clothing. For right in the middle of her body was a large and round pregnant belly. Serafina’s belly also had a colored line running down the middle and a small nub that was once her bellybutton.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” said Serafina, glancing down at her swollen bump. She then used both hands to slowly stroke her belly.
“My child has been dying to meet you.” Serafina then used both her hands to cup her bump, “Isn’t that right little one?”
Just then a low growl bellowed throughout the church. Vanessa turned her attention to Serafina’s tremendous belly, two hands started to press outwards from the witch’s belly followed by an imprint of a face that was far from human. Serafina levitates herself a few inches off the ground, and conjures bright green colored energy. She then brings her arms in front of her and blasts a beam of energy at Vanessa. Luckily, Vanessa dodges but then Serafina begins to levitate a few of the church benches and launches them at the huntress.
Vanessa quickly draws her blade and slashes the benches in two. Vanessa then conjures magic energy of her own, her being light blue, and blasts at Serafina who counters with a barrier. Vanessa then starts running towards the witch and brings her sword up high. Serafina stretches her arms out to her sides, just then a swarm of ravens comes crashing through the stain glass windows.
The ravens swirl around Serafina causing Vanessa to stop in her tracks, Serafina then brings her arms forward commanding the ravens to swarm Vanessa. The ravens swirled around Vanessa, scratching her with their black talons at any opening they could get. Vanessa used her left arm to cover her maternal belly, it’s size would be an obvious target, while her right hand tightly gripped her sword. Vanessa swung her sword at the ravens striking some of them down.
While the huntress was distracted with the birds, Serafina called some of the ravens to her right hand. The ravens obeyed their mistress and flew towards her, However, the ravens began to disperse into a black mist. The black mist then starts to reshape into a sword with a crossguard that resembles a black bird. Serafina then lunges at Vanessa who brings her sword up countering the attack.
As soon as both swords were drawn both pregnant warriors began to clash blades. Serafina swings her blade left but is parried by the huntress. Vanessa and Serafina swing their swords at each other, deflecting blows left and right, and sliding blades side to side. The sound of clashing metal echoed throughout the church.
Serafina jumps back trying to get distance between her and Vanessa, while doing so shoots a bolt of arcane energy at Vanessa, who quickly ducks to the right. However, she wasn’t fast enough and the bolt of energy manages to grace her left shoulder letting out a painful yelp. Vanessa finds herself on her hands and knees, her brown hair obscuring the view of her fatigued face. Serafina slowly levitates towards her.
“Oh, out of breath already?” Serafina teased, she brings her left hand to her belly. “Such a shame, I was enjoying myself.”
Vanessa looked up at the witch, her hair clomped to her forehead due to the sweat.
“While your baby slows you down, mine will only make me stronger.” added Serafina, as if on cue, the visage of a face protrudes from within Serafina’s belly, followed by a hissing noise.
"It's over Helsing." announced Serafina, pointing her blade at Vanessa, "Both you and your child will become nothing more those lifeless husks wandering aimlessly through the town."
However, while Serafina was admiring her victory, Vanessa reached into one of the pouches. Serafina raises her sword high into the air then brings it down but before the sword could make contact, Vanessa brings a golden sun shaped medallion to Serafina eyes. The medallion produces a bright flash causing Serafina to stumble backwards temporarily blinding her.
"Amulet of Apollo, got that from a trip in Greece." said Vanessa with a confident smirk. While Serafina was distracted Vanessa used the opportunity to run up to her and delivered a strong right hook to Serafina's face. The impact was enough to make Serafina's nose bleed.
Sight returned to Serafina's eyes but Vanessa strikes again with a left hook, this one hitting Serafina’s jaw. Vanessa then ends it with a right sidekick to Serafina’s belly letting out an ear piercing screech. Serafina fell on her back all while whatever was inside her began to violently thrash about.
“No child, settle down!” Serafina pleaded to no avail, her legs parted by force as her belly started to contract. Vanessa could only stand and watch. The creature inside Serafina pushes on the walls of her womb. A black mist bellowed from Serafina’s nether region prompting her to scream in pain.
A small pair of hands emerged out of Serafina along with a head as it screeched with life. The black creature crawled the rest of its body out of its mother, Serafina’s belly returned to normal size almost as if she wasn’t pregnant to begin with. It slowly creeped across the aisle dragging its body behind. The creature was all pure black with a dark mist emanating from it, its form resembling that of a newborn infant but that’s where it started to change.
The “infant’s” chest, shoulders, and upper back started to grow and widen. It’s arms began to lengthen and grow in bulk while it’s nails grew long and sharp. The nose and jaws started to grow outward resembling a snout, the teeth became long and sharp as antlers grew from the top of the head. Lastly, the legs grew in length and the feet started to look like hooves. The beast stood about fifteen feet tall as it looked down upon Vanessa.
"If that's your baby, I hate to see the father." said Vanessa.
"What can I say, he takes up after me." smirked Serafina, "Now destroy her!"
The beast obeyed it's mother's commands and proceeded to lift both its arms above its head. Vanessa then jumped backwards as the massive monstrosity brought its arms down creating a large dent in the floor. Vanessa whips out her guns and starts firing at the beast, the bullets embedded themselves into the beast’s chest causing it to bleed.
However, this did not slow the creature down. The beast charged at Vanessa attempting to swipe its left claw diagonally but she dodged by rolling to the right. The beast then turned its attention to the benches and picked one up, it then swung the bench in wide arcs at Vanessa like some makeshift club, Vanessa tried her best to dodge the incoming attacks. Vanessa summons a large magic circle in front of herself which then produces a scatter shot of small blue energy shots, it seemed to do more damage than the bullets as the beast got on its hands and knees.
Using this opportunity, Vanessa pulled out her dagger, ran up to the beast, and leaped passed it's head and on to its back plunging the dagger into the back of its neck. The creature screeched in pain and reared up.
"Wh-what are you doing!?" yelled Serafina.
Vanessa then used her weight to take the dagger down the beast's back. She then used her magic to telekinetically pull the creature's spine out, killing it. The creature slowly ambles to Serafina before collapsing forward. Serafina could only watch as her monstrous child slowly melts into a black liquid.
"No, my child." Serafina mourned, feeling a mixture of rage and grief turned her attention to Vanessa.
"You... bitch!" Serafina yelled, "I'll kill you!"
With that Serafina charged at Vanessa and lunged at her. Vanessa just aimed her gun at Serafina and pulled the trigger and obliterated the witch's head. Vanessa breathed heavily completely fatigued, her chest raised and fell in rhythm. Vanessa walked out of the church's entrance, there she was greeted by an army of Huntsmen.
"You've got to be kidding me." Vanessa groaned, she was drained from the battle in the Church, but then a white mist began to emit from the Huntsmen eyes and mouth. They all dropped their weapons and collapsed one by one. The mist then rose into the sky, Vanessa could make out voices giving her praises.
“I guess without Serafina the souls of these people are free now.” Vanessa ogled at the sky, seeing those souls finally being put to rest. She then gazed down at her bump and placed her left hand on top of her bump and her right one the front of her belly, she smiled.
“You know, I should be lucky I have someone like you.” Vanessa cooed, cradling her bump. “I haven’t even met you yet and I already love you.”
A hard kick juts out above her belly button causing Vanessa to react.
“Damn kid, with kicks like that you’re definitely Helsing material.” Vanessa smiled and gave her belly a gentle pat. Vanessa makes her way to the town’s entrance where her bike was waiting and got on.
“Let’s head home kid, Mama needs her rest.” explained Vanessa to her belly. Her motorcycle roared to life and then she rode off into the distance.
