The Begining Of The End
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It was the mid-summer of 1899, it has been eleven years since the Frye Order defeated the menace that was known as the most notorious serial killer in the history of London, England and the vampire clan known as the Orlok Troupe. A lot has happened in the span of time as The Frye Order has returned to its former glory or even made larger then it was by reclaiming England in keeping the people of England safe from the threat of demons that lurk at night. It would bring in a new golden era for the Frye Order. Ludwig James Frye was now in mid-thirties and had age since he faced his demons during the darkest nights. He could finally call it for his days as a demon hunter and begin to guide the next era of demon hunters but being the stubborn person he continues even being stopped by those close to him. But he still considers it his duty due to his family linage. But unknown to Ludwig Frye that this would be the beginning of Ludwig’s final journey...
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In the city of London, England in the Frye Manor in Ludwig was in his study as he was in his casual wear which consist of White dress shirt, black slacks and matching dress shoes. He was looking through maps of cities of other countries as he and his order are planning to expand into other countries to help those in need. He would take his eyes off this when his faithful butler, Jay would enter the room.
“Sir, you have been summoned to dinner by Lady Frye tonight and she is not taken kindly of you skipping the last two nights because of your work,” Jay as he stood before Ludwig’s desk.
Ludwig would sigh, “What? Man, I lost track of the time again. She nearly killed me yesterday I better get going then.”
“Well, sir it will be...” Jay said before they both heard small footsteps coming towards the room.
They looked like two young boys entering the room. One young boy who was eight years old, he also had messy brown hair with light-colored skin which was nearly pale. His eyes were purple color. He was wearing a costume which looked like wild western sheriff would wear with a toy revolver to go with it. This was Ludwig’s eldest son, James Ludwig Frye.
The other young man who was about six-year-old and had black messy hair as well. He had red eyes with light-colored skin which was nearly pale as well. He too was wearing a costume which reassembles a wild western for a deputy sheriff. This was Ludwig’s youngest son, Lucious Vladimir Frye.
Ludwig sees them and acts surprised to see them, “ah, sheriff James and deputy Lucious. What brings you to this humble businessman’s establishment.”
“You have a summons by the mayor, and we are here to pick you up,” James joining the act.
“The mayor? I did nothing wrong here, sir. I am only doing my job as a fine citizen in this town, sheriff,” Ludwig said as he got up.
“Tell it to the mayor as you keep skipping her summons the last few days,” Lucious spoke. “And she is not very happy.”
“It seems your sins have finally caught up to you sir,” Jay said joins in the act.
“It seems so,” Ludwig with a smile.
Ludwig begins to walk over to his sons and picks them up and with Jay behind them they begin to walk down to their dining room.
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They walk through the halls of the manor with servants working on cleaning before they go have their meal with their families at home.
“Hey, father could read us another wild west story tonight?” James asked.
“Don’t you two get tired of them? Plus, your sister has asked that I read you a different story tonight that was not a wild west one,” Ludwig answered him. “We can read those ones again when she feels tired of fantasy stories, Jay has picked up for me.”
“I guess I am fine with that then,” James replied to him.
“We just like the way you narrate it to us father,” said Lucious.
Ludwig sighs, “I know. But I think you boys would like these stories too. You two have all your life to find what stories you like, even longer than most since two are half vampire which means your immortal enjoy those gifts. I on the other hand will grow old at some point.”
“You feel like your mother now when she was raising you and your sister,” Jay comments.
“Yeah, but I have to deal with four of them instead of two and I really start to feel bad now, but hopefully she cheers me on from the afterlife,” Ludwig replied. “But on this topic, Boys I need you two to try to get along with your older sister, I know she likes to be the leader of the pack. But one day it could be the case. There is a day where I am no longer around.”
“You have to die first father,” Lucious replied.
“Yeah, you’re the strongest demon hunter right next to Uncle Jonathan,” James smiled.
Ludwig would give out a sigh, “It must be nice to be immortal to think that. I only ask to get along with her she is family to like your mother and baby sister and I. Promise me that one day you will protect them from any wrongdoing.”
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They would reach the family dining room which was room next to the kitchen which was an office for the kitchen staff when the Frye manor had to deal with serving a buffet in the actual dining room, but not much anymore and with a family of six this room was a perfect size for the current Frye Family. Ludwig puts down his sons, and they head for their seats. Ludwig takes a big stretch before he looks in the room. He sees his wife, Victoria Frye. who he married after she returned to London when she had her first child. She was wearing a blue dress.
He would then see his eldest child, Emilia Rose Frye. She was now eleven years old; she had raven long black hair which was braided on the side on the left. She had scarlet color eyes with pale light-colored skin. She wore a dark purple dress which seemed it was ripped a bit.
Then there was their final addition to the family, a little infant girl. She had light-pale skin with a hint rosy around her cheeks. She had black hair which was short with blue eyes. She was sleeping like most her age due. Her name was Garnet Lilith Frye.
“Well, look who has finally decided to join us once,” Victoria spotting her husband.
“My love, I have answered your request from the young sheriff and his deputy,” Ludwig giving himself a grand entrance into the room.
“The law caught up to you finally. You have ignored eating dinner for the last couple of days. I think you need to be punished for working again,” Victoria comments. “Jay, you make sure once four in the afternoon hits, he locked out of his office.”
“Of course, Lady Frye,” Jay understood her orders.
“Damn, I guess no overtime for this man for a while,” Ludwig chuckled a bit.
“Take a seat,” Victoria ordered.
“Of course, my dear.”
Ludwig takes a seat next to Victoria and his son, James. He sees Jay has prepared coffee for him and begins to sip it.
Emilia glares at James, “Why are you two still wearing those outfits?”
“I like to play as a lawman,” James replied.
“Well, you should take it off for dinner at least,” Emilia looked annoyed.
James responds, “I don’t see the problem as I will probably be playing lawman after and there no point in changing out then back in. when I can just wear it. You’re not my boss, sister.”
Victoria sees they were about to start fighting as they due.
“That enough you two. Emilia, please stop trying to pick up a fight with your younger brother it not lady like. James, perhaps you could dress normally at the table sometimes. I understand you like that costume your father got you but maybe take it off as it needs to be clean soon,” Victoria tells them before they begin to argue.
“Very well, Mother,” James sighs.
“Whatever,” Emilia gets back to eating.
My prideful lioness and my sheriff son love to fight each other its good thing I have a good partner here, Ludwig thought on his eldest children.
“I now know how my mother felt when she raised me and my brothers now,” Victoria comments.
“Indeed, we are learning these new lessons every day from these kids,” Ludwig replies to her comments. “So, Emilia, James. How was your sword training with Uncle Johnny?”
“Alright, He said I fight like a wild animal today,” Emilia comments.
“He can be a tough teacher,” James comments.
“He can be, I still learn from him after all these years. He has nearly killed me on multiple times,” Ludwig comments on Jonathan.
“Yes, and I recall him saying every day that he wished he cut your head off the first day he meets you,” Jay as he comes in with more food.
“Jonathan just has his own way of telling me he loves me.”
“So, when should I worry about my older brother stealing my husband from me,” Victoria joked, which the room begins to fill with laughter from everyone there.
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Later that night, Ludwig was taking a walk in the park to meet up with his fellow hunters. He was wearing his demon hunting attire. He wore a black long coat with the Frye Order emblem stitched in the back. Under he wore a black best with red stitched designs with a bit of gold. He wore a top hat with goggles on the rim of the hat. He carried a sword on the right side of his hip. It was the sword which belonged to his father, James Jonathan Frye, but he now carries it. The blade was called the Lightbringer. He barely fights demons that much anymore. He just watches the hunters from the sidelines and gives them advice when needed.
He would eventually meet up with one of men he was meeting up with an old friend. He was once Ludwig’s toughest challenge but became his closest ally, Jonathan Dracul, who is also known as Dracula. He was wearing the same as him but without the hat as he was part of the Frye Order as its Grandmaster.
“Ah, Jonathan. How is your night going my friend?” Ludwig greets Jonathan as he saw him.
Jonathan looks and sees him walk towards him, “It was going great until you showed up. You know you don’t need to come out anymore. I think I can handle protecting the city.”
Ludwig gives a chuckle, “What? No way you forget this is my city?”
“You forget this is my city as well.”
“Of course, how about we go and protect our city then from these creatures of the night.”
They both continued their way to where they were going to meet up with the others.
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Ludwig and Jonathan reached the meeting point where they both see both Alucard and Liam. Alucard was wearing the same demon hunting attire without the hat. He was leaning on a nearby lamp post. while Liam was sitting on a bench, He too was wearing the same outfit but he was not wearing a hat but he was wearing brown leather chaps over his pants.
“Ah, Jonathan and Lord Frye,” Alucard noticed them approached.
“I see, you join us today old man?” Liam joked as he saw Ludwig.
Ludwig looked at Liam, “the last time I checked you were older then me, sir.”
“Yeah, but you also know age is just a number to us a immortals,” Liam said with a smile on his face.
“It must be nice,” Ludwig who looked annoyed.
“I should also remind you, dog. That this old is still pulling his weight in our order,” Jonathan entered the conversation.
“Brother, he still mortal though maybe it time he stayed home. It only going to get harder from here for Lord Frye,” Alucard added.
Ludwig knew Alucard did not mean to sound mean but was still annoyed by this.
“Like I said he is still pulling his weight around here and it is up to him when he is done with this. I think it time we get to work then,” Jonathan replies back with strict tone.
“Yeah, it that time,” Liam said as he got up and start his patrol route.
Alucard would do the same as both Jonathan and Ludwig would begin to walk through the park near Buckingham Palace.
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They walked for a while as they got near the palace gardens. They stopped to take a small break from patrol.
“I should say thanks for earlier for defending my pride,” Ludwig comments on Jonathan when he spoke earlier.
“Those two only need to be talk too. But you should not let your pride over take your emotions. But You should consider your future now. You have brought this order back from the brink of nothing and those though that Frye name was wipe from existence. But you came back and rebuilt this order with rejects that you seemed to help without a reward and could end up with your death. we had our up and our downs through the years we worked to create a better order that was just the four of us, but now there are hundreds, no thousands who have picked up weapons to protect this city. All I ask of you is to make the right decisions. I would hate to see my nephews’ and nieces’ faces if something happened to you now,” Jonathan spoke his mind out on his feelings.
“I’d expect nothing or else from my Grandmaster of My Order,” Ludwig applauded his speech.
“Just remember when you do decide it. you can rely on me to carry this Order you worked hard to rebuild and I will help guide those who come next for our order.”
“Well, when that time comes, but I don’t feel it the time yet. But I think I may startdoing less time on the field time to time. You should know my lovely Lady would like me taken some time away,” Ludwig explain.
“I only ask is your trust,” Jonathan responds.
“You don’t need my trust. You shall do what you seek fit for my order. If I did not trust you Jonathan. You would not be my grandmaster. You come from a harsh background, but it was because this it gave us that connection and fighting with you through the years have proved that you were the right choice,” Ludwig explains. “When the day comes you be the one, who chose the next Patriarch of our Order and make sure they are up to the task.”
“Very well, I shall when the time comes.”
“I guess things are taken care of here...” Ludwig said before they would hear a creature screech loud nearby them.
“What was that?” Jonathan questioned from whatever made that noise.
“Trouble by the sound of it. Things might be getting a bit interesting here,” Ludwig feels it may be a demon creature nearby.
Both Ludwig and Jonathan go investigate where the noise came from inside the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
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They would enter the gardens with caution as to not alert this creature which stalking the place. They hid behind a hedge where they could see the creature which can not see them. They look and see this was strange creature but a familiar one as well as both begin remember seeing this creature years ago. It had a humanoid body which it skin illuminated with white light. It had black eyes which looks like black circles. It had long limbs with claws at end of his arms and was walking on all fours. It has a mouth with jagged pointy teeth which was wide malice grin as was a made creature.
“Well, this creature? It looks like the one the ripper turned into in the Heart of London years ago,” Jonathan comments as he gazes at this creature.
“Yes, an we both remember how hard that things was to kill, I think it better we take it out quickly before it becomes a problem,” Ludwig confirms the creature before them.
“I shall take it own from front while you support me from the distance,” Jonathan tells him his plan to fight this creature.
Jonathan draws his sword and would lunge at creature when it did not look there way. Ludwig would cast a speed spell on Jonathan to make him faster to attack this creature and finish this battle before it starts. But as Jonathan got close the creature would vanish in thin air.
“The bloody hell!?” Jonathan shouted in confusion.
Ludwig felt a strange presences behind which he turns an sees this strange creature behind him.
“AH, SHIT!” Ludwig shouted as the creature readies to slash at him.
Jonathan looks and tries to rush over but he watches as the creature land it attack on Ludwig and goes flying into a nearby tree. The creature would glare at Jonathan which gives him the information that creature is not mindless like the Ripper Creature he fought years ago. This one before him now was intelligent as it was not just a creature but a predator looking for it next meal.
Ludwig gets up felt a large amount of pain coming from his right arm which was broken which made him shout, “FUCK MY ARM!”
Jonathan rushes the creature before it strikes Ludwig again, but he won’t reach him in time. But then they would see a shadow appear before Ludwig which blocked the creature’s attack in ending Ludwig’s life. He looks and see a man before he wore a black long coat like the Frye Order Hunter’s do, but his had an emblem of a rat with the words, “Orlok Legion” on the back of the coat. He wore black clothing under his coat. But the thing he had that made him clearly recognizable by Ludwig and Jonathan was he wore a mask over his face which looked like a rat’s face which was made of silver and the only thing seen were his yellow eyes glare at the beast as he wielded his swords in each hand.
“Greese,” Jonathan identify the man who saved Ludwig.
Ludwig felt some near him and looked and sees another man, who had come to help him. He wore a bit more of a flashy attire with a musketeer hat with massive feather which was white. He wore a bird mask which looked to be a raven which was a silver color like Greese. He too was with the Orlok Legion under Greese.
“Bon?” Ludwig questioned as he saw this man who was Bon.
“Lord Frye, I’m here to get you to safety,” Bon helps Ludwig and gets him out of the battle scene.
“Let us finish this battle, Greese,” Jonathan ready to continue fighting.
“Yes, Master Dracula,” Greese ready to fight.
Both men lunge at the strange creature, who greets their advance towards it with a menacing roar. Jonathan was first swing his blade for vertical slash at the creature’s left claw which was it strongest weapon against the hunters. Greese followed suit and goes in and uses his swords like a pair of scissors and they both cut off the creature’s left claw.
The strange creature staggers back in pain from losing it’s left hand. Jonathan took this opportunity and try to get it’s other claw. But the creature used it power to vanish again. Jonathan and Greese stood back to back ready for the creature to reappear before them. The creature would eventually appear to attack them with it right claw. But Jonathan had plan for this since it did it before. He used his ability to create red energy strings and made a web around him and Greese to catch this creature.
It would struggle to find a way out but can’t as it was stuck with in Jonathan’s web. Jonathan raised his blade at the Creature as it was now pinned to the ground and goes in with a swift and painless motion as he cut the creature’s head off finishing this strange creature. They watched it skin stop glowing and would become dust and gets blown away in the night breeze.
“What was that creature?” Jonathan questioned as he put away his blade.
“I have no clue, Master. But I have a bad feeling about it,” Greese replied to him as he puts his weapons away.
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Jonathan and Greese joins Ludwig and Bon at a bench nearby. Bon has put Ludwig’s now broken arm in a man made sling and had him sitting on a bench.
“Master, I see you and Greese had slain that creature,” Bon sees them coming towards them.
Jonathan looks at Ludwig’s injury, “Yes, it was a tough fight. But we manage to take it down before it became a problem.”
“Indeed, it been a while since we saw a creature like that. It been nearly eleven years since that day we saw it in the Heart Of London,” Ludwig said about their battle against Jack The Ripper.
“Something is in the mist. But I guess for now we have to wait for another or something worse to come,” Jonathan responds as he begins to ponder a bit.
“I hope not my friend as it seems our past is starting to come back in a strange way,” Ludwig speaks as he gets up from the bench.
They continue to talk about what their theories were about this appearance of this strange creature that has appeared this night. But unknown to Ludwig this was the first or simply the beginning of Ludwig’s Final Journey.
