Vampirism Bites 2.2 - Duress for success

NARRATOR: Previously on Vampirism Bi...UGH! *The Dracula's ears are ringing harshly as The First Hunter laughs inside her mind* BELLE: Mom? Mom! Mom? What's wrong!? DRACULA: *exhales* He's on my trail now... BELLE: Who? What trail? DRACULA: Vincent!! VINCENT: My liege... DRACULA: He's claimed his first victim... ERICA: Who fell first? DRACULA: Terry Gamble VINCENT & ERICA: ...no big loss. DRACULA: I would agree, except that puts him officially on the trail now. VINCENT: It puts him close. Terry was in this sector. ERICA: My Lord, I wonder if, perhaps, the fact that he's been asleep for hundreds of year longer than he's used to... ...may give us an advantage. DRACULA: Hmph. That is a solid theory, Erica. BELLE: What advantage? DRACULA: ...I mean, he's been sleeping for over 400 years straight. He'll be shaking off massive atrophy as he tries to regain control of his vessel. BELLE: I'll fight him! I'm getting really good at... DRACULA: You will NOT!! Promise me you won't ever do that! You have to promise that you won't ever confront him. You HAVE to promise! [Music] BELLE: Well, why can't I try and... DRACULA: He has destoryed thousands of lives, vampire and human alike! He...he values nothing. ...You cannot comprehend. Those that accuse vampires of being grotesque monsters have never seen that wretch before them. He is a rising storm, and I will not allow my daughter to walk into that storm and die! You are forbidden!! ...how long before The Azimuth convene? ERICA: They're all en route, it'll be about 4 or 5 days before they arrive. DRACULA: And Aaron? Where is he? VINCENT: I continue searching for him, my Lord. He went deep into hiding as Sam and Axe caught onto his trail. So we'll need a risky extraction once he's found. The Czarina is the main concern at this point. BELLE: What's a "Zarnia"? VINCENT: Czarina. Czar-een-uh. In Russian, it refers to their matriarch during the Imperial era. Our Lord has chosen to bless you with this title, using it as a...a rough comparison to a traditional crown princess. BELLE: I...I'm a...Princess? Ohmuhgosh...Kristy! Kristy!!! SYD: I'll do worse than kill you. SIMON: You're already done that with your crappy Jack Bauer... SYD: I'll turn you. I'll make you just like me. I'll make you hate yourself. Forever. SIMON: So you'll make me Emo. Okay. Got it... Anything else? Sweet release of death maybe? Eh? SYD: No. I'll let you go. I'm gonna be watching you when you do. SIMON: Now why would you wanna bore yourself like that? SIMON: Not a bad plan, actually. Hell, I'm okay with it to be honest. You're not the only one who lost something major back there. I've got enough problems fighting monsters without becoming one. If anything happens... I didn't see anything. I already warned him about this. SYD: Simon... You've been in a "Playground" this whole time. Some pups are coming. They're not mine. SYD: Hope you've got some sharp jokes in there...