Dancing Partners

Title: Dancing Partners
Author: Anukk
Rating: PG-13, slash situations (male/male)
Summary: Dracula has an unexpected visitor, right before the All Hallow´s Eve Ball.
Special Note: For a challenge, made by Carveus.
Disclaimer: Don’t own the Characters of "Van Helsing", this fic is only for entertainment-purposes and
I make no profit of this. No infringement intended.

Dancing Partners

There were still those rare times in which my old and bored mind could indeed be surprised.
This time it had been Aleera who had succeeded in bringing some diversion into my dull everynight life.
I was in the middle of giving orders to the decorators, who would change my Summer Palace into a blinding shrill playground for the annual Masquerade Ball I hosted on All Hallow´s Eve.

The professionals suggested a freaky Cirque Style for this year´s spectacle, which, I admit, was certainly not my preferred style to celebrate with my children. But I just waved my hand at the mortals to continue with their arrangements. I had other things to direct my attention to.

Just when I wanted to make my departure to visit the laboratory and give further instructions to Igor, Aleera entered my private chambers.

With a heavy burden in her claws.

She had never been more beautiful and useful than at this moment, when I recognized the bundle´s identity.

“I grabbed him in the forest, Master. Just smacked him and unconscious he was. Too bad. He never got the chance to watch my feast on that Valerious -Brat.”

Aleera´s joyful tone was mingled with fresh mortal blood. As a reward for her and a taste for myself, I pulled her to my chest and gave her tongue a rough lick. I could taste last remnants of youth and naiveté.
The death of the last family member of the Valerious indeed had been no great loss.

“We shall meet later, Aleera. Why don´t you go and get yourself dressed suitable for tonight´s ball?”

I could not use her presence here any longer. All I wanted now was to focus on her souvenir, that was lying before me, on the cold stone floor, and slowly regaining consciousness.

A cracked voice moaned and the figure that had formerly been curled into a ball, was carefully unfolding itself now.
A curly head was shaking slightly in a weak attempt to clear his mind. He first tried to take in the surroundings and made a face at what was displaying before him.

“Yes, I know…” I regarded his reaction. “I keep telling the mortals that this décor is stupid Nonsense. But they won´t listen to me. Mortals…tasty, but no taste at all.”

Finally, I had his attention. Taking in my words, he turned his head slowly towards me. His face remained expressionless, his heartbeat steady.
Just when I took a step towards him, he instinctively grabbed for a hidden knife in his long coat and waved it in front of my nose.

I simply grinned at this. “I don´t think, we will be in need of any…instruments like this during our…conversation, Gabriel…”

I played with the edges of his mind and actually gained access. I gave a soft command for him to drop the knife. At first he didn´t want to comply. I convinced him by assuring that the picture he gave, with the knife waving in front of my nose, simply looked embarrassing.
His hand slowly let go of the weapon.

“Good boy. Now, we finally have some time and some privacy to refresh your memory, my dear Gabriel”

I could his his heart skip a beat at me addressing him by his first name. I loosened my telepathic grip on him a bit to allow him to speak.

“Where am I? And where´s Anna? What did you do to her?”

I was a bit disappointed. I had expected less cliched questions from my Gabriel. But the man was not the same I knew from before, that was true. He clearly had been brainwashed.
And so he jerked away when I tried to pat his cheek lightly. He obviously had forgotten everything about me and about us.

I sighed, then resigned to answer his questions.

“You, my dear Van Helsing, have the honour to be in my private chamber of my Summer Palace.
Your precious Anna…rest assured that she has fulfilled her destiny…with dignity.” I chuckled.
Now, with that annoying woman gone, maybe there was a chance to restore not only Gabriel´s memory…

“What does that mean? What did you monsters do to her?? I demand to see her…NOW!” he snarled and tried to regain control over his body for a possible attack on me.

But my hold on him was strong.

“Don´t talk to me in this manner!” I hissed and with a quick telepathic order, I threw his body onto the dark wooden table, standing in the middle of the room.

I bent over him and even strengthened my mental grip on the man´s body. His arms were shaking to get free and his rage was shown clearly in his face. For a second, a wild fire burned in his eyes, promising a major change that would happen to Gabriel and that very soon.
That would become interesting.

But the beast in him still was too weak to break free. Unluckily, it was also too weak for complete submission. Gabriel struggled under my grip, growling and cursing with fury.
I mentally decided to silence him, but allowed him to breathe and move his eyes to take it all in what I had to say.

“You will see that curly head again, soon enough” I lied about the Valerious-girl.

“But first you will change into something more…elegant. We are having a festivity tonight. And I do want my dance-partner to be dressed appropriate…”

Here, I had him confused. Gabriel wrinkled his forehead at my last words and shot me a puzzled look.
I found it incredibly sweet when I saw him blush lightly.

“Oh, don´t tell me you can´t dance.” I teased Gabriel and emphasized the word “dance” with some swinging moves on him.

Only a blind and deaf man could have ignored my effect on Gabriel this time. The man under me radiated heat. If fear and horrors had no effect on his heartbeat…but this moment had.

My small movements caused Gabriel to blush an even deeper red. He uncomfortably shifted under my weight and breathed heavily. As if his struggle would exhaust him…no, it definitely was me, who was causing his “problems”.

“I know that you can do perfectly well…” I continued in a whispered tone.

“And not just on the dance floor.” I shifted my position on him a bit to move my left leg between his own ones.

I was not really surprised when I felt his growing arousal. This whole situation was thrilling indeed, I had to admit. Gabriel had lost his memory, but obviously not his sense for moments like these.

My sensitive hearing absorbed his almost inaudible moan, and it encouraged me to go a little further.
I gently rubbed my knee towards his crotch and started to create massaging circles. Gabriel rewarded me with the sweetest reactions. He took one more step towards submission by closing his eyes every once a while and turned his head from left to right. He was not allowed to move any further, so that was his only option.

As much as I would have loved to release my grip on him, so he could move his legs…I still didn´t trust him enough. But that would change very soon. The first parts of his stubborn mind began to break already.

Still, under a ragged breath, he squeezed out the words: ”Let me go.”

They didn´t sound convincing at all.

“Do you really want to leave this room now? And scare away my staff?” I nodded towards his crotch, where a clear erection waited for my knee to continue it´s movements.

Gabriel´s eyes looked down at himself. I sensed a slight shock in him, he obviously hadn´t expected himself to get affected that much by my sexual teasings.

I tried to smooth his sudden shock mentally, while I slowly stroked his cheek with one thumb.
The man didn´t avert my mental intrusion and sighed when I let my hand trace his chin.
I dared to creep down further and opened the first button of his shirt.

I had to get him changed for the ball, after all…

TBC?