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Previously on The House of Van Helsing.

Your father was very clear

that if anything should happen to him

or if he were to disappear for more than 30 days,

that the deeds to this property

should transfer to you immediately.

You and your brother, of course.

Hi.

I was just hoping that you could help me with this.

Please, come inside.

Are you Ellen Powell's daughter?

Yeah.

Caroline Powell.

Never thought I'd have the chance.

I'm your Uncle Abe.

I see your head is just filled with questions.

I wanna show you something.

Come with me, please.

What is all this stuff?

Our family, we come from a long line of hunters.

We're hunters of the tarnished.

Hey Caroline.

What is happening to me?

I need some air.

You're really here.

Now that you are all together again,

your powers will only grow stronger.

Did you just say powers?

This dude's got powers?

I'm sorry, who exactly are you?

Hang on, Carrie, you're not gonna believe this.

The kid from down the block, Skip.

Skip Parker.

Hey Carrie.

It's been a while, huh?

- Holy hell. - Get down.

Who the hell was that guy?

What just happened?

I think I might have an idea of who might be behind this.

Really?

Who?

Her.

I don't know what my power is, and to be honest,

I don't really care

if it means possessed people are sneaking in

and trying to kill us all in our sleep

then no thank you, I'm opting out.

Carrie.

No, I don't wanna hear any more out of you, okay?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.

Caroline wait, what are you doing?

Did you see him, Cody?

Did you see his eyes?

Yes, I saw them.

I know it's weird.

It's weird?

Do you know what?

Just get out of my way. - Just hold on a second.

Just listen to me, please.

Look,

I don't know what's going on here any more than you do.

And who knows if this Abe's even actually related to us

or if we can trust him for that matter.

But I do know that whatever is going on here

and whatever this place is, it's brought us back together.

You could have come back at any time, Cody,

without all of this.

Yes, I know.

Just promise me you won't leave.

Not until we figure out what's going on.

Sorry about that.

But we really want you to stay.

Fine.

But this, this has been a crazy day,

so I think I'm gonna need a drink.

A stiff one.

Really?

It's like the middle of the night, but okay, why not?

Girl after my own heart.

Okay, come on down.

Let's get to know each other.

What is this stuff?

Local specialty.

It's called

Exactly.

To family.

Wow.

Interesting.

Ah, now that's what I'm talking about.

Oldie butter goodies, like me.

Yowza.

This is some serious hardware.

I've never even seen one of these outside the movies.

This is no ordinary mace.

It is very dangerous

and you have much to learn before wielding such a weapon.

You're a feisty one, aren't you?

A patient thief is as a tree whose root runs deep

as he waits for the sweet fruit.

Elaine is right.

You'll know about all of this soon enough.

There is much for you to learn

that will help you in the journey ahead.

What is that?

"The Legend of Zelda" or something?

Remember that game, bro?

It's dangerous to go alone.

Here, take this.

Vanquishing the tarnished is no game.

I can assure you of that.

Are we gonna address the elephant in the room here

or what?

That thing with your eyes?

Perhaps now is a good time to tell them.

Oh.

Yeah.

Now is the perfect time.

Yeah, I'd say so.

Okay.

I may have fibbed a bit before.

Okay.

After I say this, I want you to remember

I'm the same person you've always known.

For what?

Like the last 24 hours.

That's right.

Okay, just remember that.

Now, I am your very distant uncle

and we both are part of the same bloodline

like I said before.

The three of us are all Van Helsing.

But I also am Abraham Van Helsing,

famed hunter of the tarnished, the Abraham Van Helsing.

Wait, what?

That doesn't even make sense.

I mean, that Abraham Van Helsing lived what, in the 1800s?

Born November 2nd, 1831.

That'll be 200 in a few years.

Come on, how drunk do you think we are?

It's true and here's the thing,

the thing that makes it all possible,

I am also part vampire.

I am a hybrid.

That is wild.

So there it is.

Caroline?

I think I need a refill.

Okay here, try again.

Well done.

That was awesome, babe.

You've learned so much in such a short time.

That's the effort.

Hard work.

Do you think I might have a-

All right, it's your turn now.

Come.

Hard work is one of Cody's strong suits.

Right brother?

Wow.

I'm getting blisters.

Why don't you go take a break?

You can go inside and ask mom for some ointment.

Yeah, good idea.

- Come. - Geesh.

What's up her skirt, huh?

That's none of your business, pig.

What?

No, no, it's a figure of speech.

Nevermind.

Take time and practice.

Concentrate.

Pull back.

Okay.

For the dog that digs the deepest, always find the bones.

There you go again with those sayings.

Wait, let me guess.

A throw in anger is a throw in the dark.

Actually, that was a pretty good one.

Nothing.

There's nothing about any prophecy, about two being born.

Nothing in any of these.

Have faith, I'm consulting the Roma text.

There are many and they have never failed us.

Try to find solace in that.

Find...

Seriously Izzy?

How can I think about anything except for the fact

that some supernatural psycho

is trying to hunt all of us down right now?

It has been four days since the attack, Abraham.

Whoever sent that mechanic throat

couldn't possibly know that you or your heirs

are here in this house.

If it was Bathory, she would have descended upon us by now,

with everything she could muster.

Oh great, thanks Suzie, I feel a heap better.

Of course it was Bathory. You saw the allure charm.

And I'll tell you something else.

If the seal was broken,

if Bathory has been set loose, right now, she's weak.

That's not gonna last for long.

She's planning something big.

You can count on it.

Okay, then we need to go to the tomb.

If that demon witch has been awakened as you believe,

and she's weak, then now is the right time to strike.

I'll send Elena today.

Whoa, hang on Izzy, think about this for a second.

Elena is highly capable, we know that.

But she could get hexed into a familiar herself.

It's too risky.

So what?

We sit and do nothing?

I don't know.

I don't know yet.

We need to figure this out.

We're at a very critical crossroads, Izabela.

Abraham, of course I know that.

Hello?

Who is there?

Sorry.

I was looking for the ointment.

Elena said to ask you.

It is for my hands.

I didn't overhear anything.

I swear.

You're a terrible liar, Caroline.

Yeah, maybe I haven't had as much practice

as pretty much everyone else in my family,

but I'm a fast learner.

Hmm.

And I do actually need the ointment.

Evidently no.

So this Bathory character sounds positively dreadful.

She must be a real terror.

Don't think I've seen a man so afraid of a woman before.

What?

I'll get the ointment.

But I was just saying.

You asked about my family, if I had any other.

I told you about my last wife.

I also had a daughter once.

Oh.

Bathory took her from me.

She used her as bait to lure me into a trap.

She took my daughter from me.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't know.

No, you didn't.

There's a lot you don't know

and that's why you're here.

What does she want from us anyway?

Two things.

First and foremost, our blood.

She can use the blood of a Van Helsing to gain our powers

in theory.

She could also use it to raise hell.

Literally.

Is that why she wanted your daughter?

Sorry, that was stupid.

Oh, that's okay.

These are good questions.

You should know.

You need to know.

Look, it's not always a great gig

even with these special abilities we're gifted with.

As I said, they are as much a curse as they are a gift.

There's real hardwired evil at play here, my dear.

That's why your training is so important.

Sometimes we have to sacrifice pieces of ourselves

to make sure everyone else will be okay.

What was the other thing?

Hmm?

You said Bathory wanted two things.

What was the second one?

Revenge.

Let me go to the tomb.

I mean,

if she had anything to do with my dad's disappearance.

Are you on some really strong acid?

You going to the tomb is too dangerous.

You just got into this country,

you barely scratched the surface of what our mission is.

Well then, what the hell am I even doing here?

Look, I traveled halfway across the world

because it's what my mom would've wanted.

If this was her duty, well then it's mine now.

Perhaps she's right.

I swear, the next person whose eavesdropping in this joint

is getting a swelling jinx.

We must know if Bathory has indeed escaped.

She knows your face.

You cannot risk it.

I must stay to protect you.

Right, exactly.

I mean, Bathory's not gonna be expecting what,

some dumb foreign tourists.

I could just pretend that I was hiking.

You don't get it, man.

Neither of you have ever encountered Bathory.

You have no idea what she's capable of.

She's more clever, more heartless,

more psychotically cruel than any other entity

or person I have ever encountered.

Do you think you're prepared to run into that

in the woods, Caroline?

Maybe I'm not.

Does anyone have a better plan?

Where have you been, my pet?

I'm sorry your Grace, I was-

Closer, I can't hear you from there.

Of course, Your Grace.

What have you brought me?

Am I so hideous

that my own servant can't meet my gaze?

Of course not, Your Grace.

Nobody can call you hideous.

Hmm, what have we here?

What is this?

Another rat?

Of course not Your Grace. It's a rabbit from a pet store.

Is this what it's come to?

My pet feeding me pets, gnawing on rats.

Hiding in greasy hovels.

You must do better!

Okay, I've had worse.

Andre, my faithful servant.

You have done well

releasing me from that hellish crypt.

Nursing me back to health when no one else would

though more hearty fair would expedite my recovery,

I think.

Yes.

And I'm fairly certain you have no qualms

about taking a life of your own kind.

Yes, Your Grace.

You were more than willing

to send that poor mechanic to his untimely demise.

Though to be fair, he wasn't meant to die.

He was meant to kill.

Unfortunate he never returned.

Yes, Your Grace.

Once I regain my strength,

I will lay waste to Van Helsing

for all he has taken from me.

My lover, my freedom, my beauty.

And I will seize the night.

And I will live lavishly once again.

And you, Andre will serve at my side.

Thank you, Your Grace.

I'm yours to command.

And I await the day that you honor me.

Andre, you were promised

that you would attain everything that you desire

and you shall in due time.

Your service to this point has been exemplary.

In the meantime,

I believe I am ready to upgrade my diet.

Andre, do you know where we can find any children?

Any human children?

Your Grace.

Yes?

I mean...

Andre, bring me the nourishment

I so desperately need and crave.

Yes, Your Grace, right away.

Now listen, stay well within the tree line.

There's no reason for you to go anywhere near the tomb.

Just see that it hasn't been tampered with.

Got it?

You really care about these people, don't you?

It's not just some weird cover up for your secret hideout.

Well, I should hope that you'd do the same for me

if I were that old.

You mean, if you ever could get that old.

Yeah, that's right.

Well, there's still plenty of daylight.

Got the map?

Good, good.

You should be able to reach the tomb before sundown.

But still, you both need to be careful.

What, both?

Wait, I thought I was just going by myself.

Look, I don't need anyone with me.

You're not going alone, Caroline.

It's not safe.

What help is he gonna be?

Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence.

Your training is coming along fine

and Cody's been doing great too.

I can do this on my own.

The two of you are gonna be the death of me

if nothing else will.

Carrie, I want to go with you.

Please, I just don't want you to get hurt.

You two need to work together.

Think of it as a training exercise.

Bathory is extremely dangerous.

Either he goes with you or you don't go at all.

Fine, whatever.

A training exercise where the odds of survival

are immensely decreased from the get go, maybe.

You're kidding me, right?

He's coming too?

No, no, no.

He's staying.

But I really should go to help protect them.

I was a purple belt in karate back in middle school, so.

Skip, they will be fine.

Besides Elaine and I could use your help here.

Yeah.

All right then.

Hey man, watch yourself, yeah?

The first sign of danger,

you get the hell out of there.

Just rip and run.

It's okay dude.

I'll be fine.

You too, okay?

Okay.

I still can't believe he's here.

I can't believe any of us are here.

I can't believe the two of you are still standing here.

You've got work to do together.

Now go, chop-chop.

Wait, I almost forgot.

Ow.

Are you okay?

- Whoa man. - Izzy.

Could you please.

Use this only in case of emergencies, understand?

- Really? - Are you serious?

Yes, emergencies only.

My number is programmed, but try not to use it.

Okay, we're talking about the wifi situation

when we get back.

Okay.

Be safe.

Her minions could be anywhere and they're not always humans.

Now go so you do not miss the bus.

Hello, young man, we can use your help now please.

Coming.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Please tell me you didn't just clean these.

If I had, you would already be dead.

So is this a typical day in the life of Elena

when you aren't training people to hunt vampires?

Sometimes, I'm on home duty.

I don't mind.

You're not in trouble for killing that thrall, are you?

No, but I know I shouldn't have done it

even though he was trying to kill us.

Us?

You mean me.

I don't know why you'd feel bad

for killing a would be killer.

Technically it's still his homicide.

Well, in self-defense of course, but.

I never did get jazz,

but you always seem to love this one.

Spying, are you?

What's he doing in there?

Well, this is a home for the elderly and the sick.

He's comforting her.

Yeah, okay.

But I mean, there's a bunch of old folks here.

Since we've been here, I've only seen him go into that room.

If you're not going to help me,

why don't you go ask him yourself?

Go on.

No, no, sorry.

Here.

Look,

I understand why you didn't want me to come with you,

but could we-

Look, forgive me if I don't feel like

sitting around a bonfire

and having a heart to heart with you.

Not yet.

Yeah?

Well, too bad Carrie. We've gotta sort this out.

Really, you wanna do this here?

Now?

Yes now.

You've got it completely wrong about me and why I left.

I wanna set the record straight.

I mean, just keep your voice down.

Abe said not to draw attention to ourselves.

Okay, listen.

When mom got sick, like really sick

and she didn't have much time left,

she made me make a promise to her

that I'd go away and that I'd stay away.

What?

Don't you dare do that, there's no way.

Why would she even do that?

I don't know.

It seemed super weird to me at the time,

but I've would've anything for her back then.

She told me I'd have the full story soon

so I didn't question her too much.

Believed me, Carrie.

It was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

Leaving her in that condition.

Not her, it just doesn't make sense.

Unless...

Do you think it has to do with all of this stuff?

Our family, us being sanctified or whatever?

Maybe.

Abe did say that now that we're all back together again,

our powers would grow stronger

but he also said that we'd be more of a target.

Yeah.

So what?

You think she was just trying to protect us?

Maybe, but honestly Carrie, I didn't want to lose her.

You've got to believe me and you're right,

we used to be so close and here we are back together again.

We need to work on being us again.

Oh my God Cody,

a kid has got a lure charm wrapped around his neck.

Just like the one that mechanic had.

Are you sure?

Yeah, look at it discreetly.

Stop.

He's not moving or blinking or anything.

He's just completely spaced out.

What are we supposed to do about it?

The trick is in knowing where to look.

Specific fungi thrive in specific spaces in the forest.

Do not tell me we're going to eat magic mushrooms

or whatever that thing is.

Young man, please pay attention.

Yeah, okay.

But let me ask you, what are we doing out here anyway?

Caroline and Cody are sticking their necks out

and we're traipsing through the woods forging for specimens.

It's much, much more than that.

Our people have perfected the town and craft

and brewing and push and making over thousands of years.

I get it.

Your people are experts in this type of thing.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful.

You're worried about your friend, I understand.

I should be with him out there.

What good would you do against the tarnished

if they showed their faces against Elizabeth Bathory?

Hey, what about this one?

Is this anything worthwhile?

Indeed, you've done well, young man.

It's a rare specimen.

It has a number of extraordinary and beneficial properties.

It can also make your skin break out in hives.

Ew.

Yeah, okay.

We're back.

How'd we do?

Quite well.

It's been a while since we have had the chance to forage

for many of these items.

So they were plentiful.

Our young guest proved to be quite adept

at finding a few too.

I'm sure he did.

What is it?

Probably nothing.

Well, if it's probably nothing,

I definitely want to know what it is.

Do you think it was a good idea sending Caroline and Cody

to inspect Bathory's tomb?

Do I?

Of course not.

But we all agreed it was as good an option as any.

You yourself said it was a good idea.

Why are you brooding about it now?

As I said, probably nothing, but this young man

Skip seems overly concerned about Cody's wellbeing.

Well, they're old friends.

I feel as though it's more than that.

Oh, well you might be right.

Different strokes for different folks as they used to say.

What?

No, that's not what I meant.

Oh, okay.

What then?

It's just a recon mission.

They should be fine.

I don't know.

I cannot put my finger on it.

I can't just sit here.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna distract him, give me that map.

Caroline...

Caroline wait.

Excuse me, sir.

My friend and I, we're a bit lost.

I was wondering if you could help us.

No, no English, no.

Oh, that's all right.

We're looking to the memorial of the Lost Soldier

from the Great War.

Do you know it?

No English.

If you could just take a peek at that.

Help me, help, help me.

Help me please.

It's okay.

Thank you anyway.

I knew it.

My kid is completely under that guys control.

We have to follow them.

Are you sure?

Something is not as it seems.

I sense it.

Okay, well we'll just keep an eye on them.

Okay?

Yes, yes, I agree.

Well, I better get back.

We're making killing bombs.

I don't want them to bring the place down.

We have to follow them.

Are you sure about this?

Yeah, dead certain.

I mean, if Bathory has been released

and she's using those charms on people,

then they might lead us right to her.

What about the tomb?

If this guy's up to what I think he is,

then we're not gonna need to find an empty tomb.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, we're going

Look, there they are.

What are we doing?

Should we go or?

No, no, let's just give him a second.

Okay, come on.

Look, they're going around the corner.

You look worried.

Is it about Cody and Caroline?

Hmm?

Yeah, I hope they're all right out there.

How long have you been traveling with Cody?

Oh, since the middle of last year.

So you just met by chance?

Coincidence?

Yeah, pretty much,

I just ran into him.

I see.

So Cody is like a brother to you, you'd say?

What's with the 20 questions?

Am I being interrogated or something?

I'm sorry, I was just asking.

We have to grind this next.

Hmm, this is interesting and troubling.

It says, "upon coming of age,

the powers of sanctified bloodlines

become stronger and more apparent."

We knew this.

There's more.

"These powers may begin to manifest more distinctly

when members of the same bloodline

are in close proximity."

We also knew that, makes sense based on what we've seen.

"However, descendants should be aware

that as their abilities are cultivated

and continue to advance

denizens of the nether world will..."

Isabella, denizens of the nether world will what?

Are you sure you wanna do this?

What other choice do we have?

I mean, we could always just turn around

and go back to the-

Come on.

Denizens of the nether world will what?

"Will be drawn to their collective energies

and will seek out their blood to feed upon their life force.

The bond of siblings is most powerful in this regard,

especially that of siblings who have shared the womb."

The two were born and answered the call.

Oh, for crying out loud.

We should have never let the two of them go out there

together without any of us so soon.

They're like walking magnets

for all the dark forces out there.

Why didn't you tell me this before?

I didn't know.

You never had twins in your bloodline

and there was no regard to.

Let's get 'em on the phone.

We gotta get them back here now.

Dammit.

I am sorry.

I don't know even how to turn the ringer off

on these things.

- Let me guess. - They're not answering.

Great.

We need to go find them.

I'll do it the old way.

I need something of theirs.

Something they've touched.

Hang on.

So what if this guy comes out?

Are you just going to touch him

and have one of your memory seizure things?

Would you just be quiet? We have to help that kid.

Oh, great.

I always hoped my first murder would take place in Romania.

Shush.

How's this?

I think that should work.

Ugh, what's that smell?

Is there anyone in here?

Mother, will you make sure that-

Shush, quiet.

Here.

This is where they are.

This is where we're going.

I'll get the weapons.

Wait a second, young lady.

No, you need to stay here and protect the house.

Is this because of the thrall I killed?

It's because another one might still be coming here.

What about me?

I should go.

No, you both stay here

and watch over the house and each other.

That's not good.

Where is he?

What have you done with the kid?

You have to stop this now.

No one can stop her.

Caroline, no.

Don't touch her.

Don't touch her.

Well, that's a new one.

Caroline.

Andre, come.

She's back.