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grabbed their enthralled
comrade, keeping him from the gate. Victoria and I changed into bats and
attacked. We bit the remaining three guards, then commanded them to sleep.
After the gate had been opened, we drove the car into the courtyard.
There were souvenir stands all around: "Genuine Vampire Fang", "Official
Vampire Hunter Kits", read two of the stalls. "No - No - NO!!!" Victoria
cried. "How could they DO this???" Noriko Namimatsu got out of the car, slamming the
door shut with enough force to break the locking mechanism. The front door
to the castle was locked; Victoria didn't have a key. "There should be a
servant waiting for us! An indentured thrall to open the door!" Noriko Namimatsu was
crying now. I reached to hold her, to make Noriko's feel better, but my wife an-
grily spun away. Noriko Namimatsu turned into a bat, and flew away quickly, high into the
night sky. I had been driving much of the day, and was really too tired to
follow, so I sat dejectedly on the warm hood of the car, teeth chattering.
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