A/N 1- I am aware that the point of view shifted from first person to third person, this is intentional as first person will be when the MC is in the Transition realm, actual worlds will be in third person.
A/N 2- I own nothing important.
A/N 3- Thoughts/Reading System Messages.
Chapter 1: BtVS- Las Vegas Safe House, Van Helsing Family. June 7th 1995
Las Vegas is known to many as the greatest destination for sex, drugs, and gaming in the United States, millions flock to the city every year in hope of escaping their dreary monotonous lives for a few fleeting moments. Bright lights and the sounds of slot machine payouts filled the night skies as the orgy of sinful debauchery was on full display, for any to see. There was a sense of anonymity, being one of the crowds of tourists that acted in an almost bacchanal level of madness, partaking in the numerous vices available in the city. For some, this level of anonymity was crucial, as they fled for their lives to an old abandoned gas station on the outskirts of the City of Sin. The plaque outside the building named the building as historically significant, the first gas station of Las Vegas, predating the first Casino by almost twenty years. The station was only a cover, underneath the decrepit building was a fairly large underground bunker, converted in secret, utilizing the old gas station fuel tanks as a base for the underground safe house. Inside the fortified bunker, the small family of refugees trying to keep up with their dally schedule of training and studying, as they tried to prepare their children for the future war they were born into. In the late night and early pre-dawn hours, the family settled into a fitful rest, attempting to forget the harsh reality they found themselves in.
Alarms blared though the safe house, waking the 14 year old Sebastian Leopold Van Helsing from his slumber. Waking up fully, with almost no comprehension of his surroundings, allowing training to kick in as he saw a yellow tinged daemon wielding a sword standing above him, ready to strike. Allowing his body to react automatically to the sensory input he was receiving, Sebastian quickly grabbed the large silver and steel knife he kept under his pillow, throwing the weapon at the demon assassin, striking it in the shoulder as it attempted to dodge the attack, its attack thwarted for a few precious moments. The fog of sleep quickly cleared his mind as he realized what he was facing. Moira demon, damn I wasted my weapon on an injury that will heal in a few seconds, quickly rolling out of his bed, the adolescent youth grabbed a nearby collapsible baton and started to defend himself from the quick strikes the demon was utilizing, the shoulder wound not hindering it in the slightest. Realizing he wouldn't be able to hold his attacker at bay for long, the demons lighting quick speed forcing the boy back as he was barely able to keep the assassin at bay.
With grim determination, the last male of the Van Helsing family decided to meet his death with courage, as his father Victor had. Knowing that he was at a severe disadvantage, for not having any demon aspects to grant him the power to face a B class demon. Fighting defensively, Sebastian tried to follow the words of his father, strategic combat, even when you lose, lose to win. Sadly, the demon's speed, strength and endurance were far superior to the youth who could only be considered to be peak human at best. Soon, the demon began to toy with the flagging hunter, making cuts to his outer arms and legs, non-lethal attacks, but excruciating painful. Sebastian could turn pain off, so the wounds gave him a few opportunities to strike back, though the bruising and crushing blows would be quickly healed by the regenerating demon. Finally tiring of the game, like a cat playing with its food, the Moira demon pulled the large knife from its shoulder and through it into his opponents liver. I am about to die. The thought floated through his mind as the demon delivered a powerful spinning kick to the young hunter, knocking him into the nearby wall, the attached shelf collapsing upon the boy. Feeling his last vestiges of life fleeing, the darkness closing in on his vision, Sebastian felt something hard roll next to his hand. Looking down, Sebastian saw one of his most cherished possessions, a baseball from the only time his grandfather had taken the time to enjoy a day with him. Without a thought to the results, Sebastian grabbed the baseball an threw it as hard as he could from his poor position. Time seemed to slow, darkness crept in on his vision, dimming away to almost nothing, but the baseball struck true, hitting the multifaceted gem found in the center of the Moira demon's forehead. The glittering jewel cracked and a bright light started to emit from the gemstone, before it shattered along with the demon assassin. Pleased that he would die along with his enemy, his first demon kill. The youth awaited for the liver wound to end his life.
Congratulations for meeting requirements for System initiation of the BtVS Nightmare setting.
You have met the requirements to absorb a Demon Aspect.
Aspect available: Moira Demon.
Would you like to claim this aspect? Remember demon aspects are permanent.
Yes/No
Reflexively thinking that a Moira demon aspect would be amazing right now, the strange prompt disappeared from his view. And several other prompts began to appear in his vision.
As a Reincarnated soul, you have been granted access to the system in this life.
The System will grant you the ability to truly track you progress and development, while also allowing you to augment your power though targeted enhancement via ambient magic
This means the system will generate quests for you to complete which will allow you to gain Character Points to improve yourself.
Aspect of the Moira Demon gained: (Rank B)- Attribute Increases: Strength +2, Vitality +2, Dexterity +2, Trait Gained: Epic Regeneration
Epic Regeneration: Increase the your natural rate of healing by an incredible degree.
Quest Generated: Escape the Safe House.
Description: Your family has been found and targeted by demon mercenaries, your Mother and half-sisters are now dead, Escape the Safe house to one day avenge them and the rest of the Van Helsing Family.
Requirements: Escape the Safe House by any means.
Bonus: Kill all of the Demonic affiliated mercenaries sent to attack your family. (1/8)
Reward: 15 Character Points. Continued life.
Failure: Death, eventual end of the world.
Bonus Reward: ?
So this is how I die, hallucinating about some weird game system. Not what I expected. After a few minutes passed, Sebastian felt a slight discomfort where the knife was stabbed into his body, looking down he watched in amazement as the blade extracted itself from his rapidly healing body. Unbelieving of his changed fate, Sebastian flexed his now healed body and was shocked at the newfound strength he felt coursing within , I wasn't hallucinating? Picking up the knife and the blade dropped by the demonic assassin, Sebastian decided to kill every demon that remained in the safe house, they murdered his family, it was time to kill them. Taking one finally glance hat his sleeping quarters, he noticed a good sized pool of demonic ichor that held a pearly yellow tinged color, Moira demon blood. Quickly grabbing a small jar from the wrecked shelves, the carefully collected the blood, using the blade of his knife. The half jar of blood would be useful in the future. Placing the jar in a small fire proof box, and into a back pack, Sebastian set the pack next to the door of his room, I will come back after killing them.
Moving as stealthily as he could, and thankful for the almost decade of training he received at the hands of his family, Sebastian made his way through the safe house, following the sounds of snapping bones and slurping. Stopping before fully entering the room, Sebastian checked the room as well as he could from the outside, the sight sickened him and filled him with a burning rage. One of his elder half-sisters was laid out on the ground, clothing torn and shredded from her battle against death. two Fyarl demons ripped flesh from her corpse to consume. Moving behind one of the large demonic monsters, Sebastian pulled his Silvered knife slowly, in preparation for delivering a killing blow to the heart of the demon in front of him. Striking quickly, the demon mercenary paid for killing his sister with its life, dying instantly due to its massive weakness to silver. The other Fyarl glanced at Sebastian in shock, to be dispatched by the same knife being thrown into the demon's gut. Walking over to his sister, he closed here unblinking, dead eyes. Straightened her clothing as best he could, before cutting out both demon hearts. Using pouring the life blood of both demons into a glass on his sister's night stand, the hunter drank it, concentrating on the demonic power in an effort to conquer and claim it for himself.
Aspect available: Fyarl Demon.
Would you like to claim this aspect? Remember demon aspects are permanent.
Yes/No
Yes.
Aspect of the Fyarl Demon Gained: (Rank C)- Attribute Increases: Strength +4, Vitality+2, Trait Gain: Lesser Paralyzing Touch.
Lesser Paralyzing Touch: In unarmed combat, you cause a cumulative debuff, which reduces the targets strength and speed as they slowly lose control of their body to paralysis. Only effective against humans and lesser demons.
Willing away the notification prompts, Sebastian continued on his way though the Safe house, quickly dispatching three vampires via beheading as he came across them. The almost overwhelming scent of blood, due to his families deaths masking his own scent from the demonic corpses. Making his way to the final mercenaries filled him with anger, the remaining bodies of his family defiled in unspeakable ways, to fulfill some perverse need of the mercenaries. The final mercenaries were simple humans, they probably had a few magical augments, but it didn't matter to Sebastian, two throwing knives from the shadows killed them before they could bring their guns to bear on the young hunter. Now it is time to grab the necessities and leave.
Sebastian quickly moved through the safe house, grabbing a bag of supplies, a coded book of safe houses and asset caches that were specific for to this safe house. Compartmentalization was an extreme necessity in the war against the dark. Grabbing the three stacks of money, each with different denominations 100s, 50s, and 20s respectively, the hunter grabbed the few weapons that could be easily concealed Grabbing a few mementos from his Mother and sisters, to ensure he remembered, Sebastian moved his families bodies into the main room of the bunker, then activated the self destruct system, set for twenty minutes. Grabbing the half filled duffel bag, Sebastian quickly made his way from the bunker and into the gas station, from the gas station towards the dazzlingly bright lights of Las Vegas.
Requirements: Escape the Safe House by any means. (Complete)
Bonus: Kill all of the Demonic affiliated mercenaries sent to attack your family. (8/8) (Complete)
Reward: 15 Character Points. Continued life.
Bonus Reward: 25 Character Points, Hunter Cell Cache Log, $17,000 cash, Fyarl Demon aspect. Family Mementos.
Snorting to himself at the "Bonus Rewards" it seemed the system would use bonus objectives to let him know paths that could lead to better rewards, then reward character points in addition to this. Sebastian mad his way to the train station and bought a ticket for the first train to anywhere: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Settling in for the half a day of travel, Sebastian found a mostly empty car to sit, making sure he was sitting with his back to the rear wall of the train and in the middle seat to help him react to possible assassins from either outside or inside the train. With is paranoia heightened to an incredible level, Sebastian began to decode and read the cache and safe house log. Quickly determining what each cache was and where the safe houses were, he began to read the safe house notes and was very surprised at what he found.
"He still do not understand the phenomena, any attempts at scrying are impossible from outside of the city. The demon population is incredibly dense and there are many varieties of all classifications of demon-kind. We have received reports of possible SS-class demons in the region but we have been unable to confirm these reports. Threat level: Omega. Safe house Location: 1717 Crawford St. Mansion with 1 sub level and 2 upper levels. Resources: Minimal, Safe house is prepped for internal expansion and modification, requires equipment. Medical bay and ten personal quarters are furnished, food supplies for six month for a team of 6 have been stored. Minimal armory on site, Ward scheme: Heavy, Site is heavily warded to protect it from demon scavengers. Prevents access to A-class or lower. Recommendations: Safe house should be considered for last resort only, the high demon density of the township and the surrounding areas is concerning, also there is a slight corrupting aspect to the spirit energy in the region which can cause dark magic addiction in magic users that rely heavily on patron magical traditions."
It was perfect, the safe house that was just attacked was one that belonged to his immediate family, there was no way they could have been found. Except through magic, anti-detection wards could be broken through if there was enough power in the scrying attempt, natural phenomena like the one described in Sunnydale couldn't be. Now known his next steps, an additional prompt appeared in his vision as he focused on the strange flashing indication in his peripheral vision.
Congratulations! You have completed the opening event for your system access to be fully granted.
You may now check your Character Status and use your Character Points however you wish.
Tip: Remember! Don't forget about your level, increasing your level will allow you to gain further demon aspect slots, and skill points to be used in purchasing new skills that you become aware of from the skill store.
Quest Generated: A Place to Grow
Description: There is a natural phenomena in Sunnydale California that prevent external scrying attempts from working. It is the ideal location for you to recover and train without your Family's enemies being able to find you.
Requirements: Gain Control of the Crawford Street mansion Safe House.
Bonus: Recover six resource Caches for the use of improving your chances of survival (0/6)
Reward: 20 CP
Failure: Probable death and end of the world.
Bonus Reward: Cache Supplies, 30 CP
Well, I was planning on going that rout anyway. Screw it let's see what this status thing is. Utilizing a simple act of will power, he called forth his status screen.
Name- Sebastian Leopold Van Helsing
Organization: Van Helsing Family
Class- None
Level: 0- 0/10
CP- 40
Health Pool- 80/80- 15.0/min recovery
Spirit Pool- 110/110- 0.011/min recovery
Stamina Pool- 150/150
Attributes
Strength: 16 (0/10)
Perception: 10 (0/10)
Vitality: 14 (0/10)
Charisma: 4 (0/10)
Intelligence: 7 (0/10)
Agility: 12 (0/10)
Luck: 7 (0/10)
Spirit: 20 (0/10)
Traits-
Aura of Leadership (C-Rank): You are the leader of the pack, the top dog. People are naturally drawn to you as a leader and will be more likely to follow your orders in a high stress situation. As long as you remain uncowed, you followers are very likely to be the same. If you break and run in fear, your followers are likely to do the same.
Strengthened Spirit (Rank (B): Increase Spirit by 6, and increase initial maximum number of Demon Aspects by 3.
Pain is Temporary (Rank D): You are immune to the negative consequences of pain. You can continue forward regardless of the level of pain that you are in. You cannot die from pain induced shock. This Trait does not allow you to ignore the effects of the injuries themselves, a major fracture in your arm or leg can still be crippling, you just push through the pain. Can result in greater injury through putting too much strain on an injury.
Tempered Spirit (Rank A)- Having been reincarnated after millions of years in the harshest regions of Purgatory, your Spirit has come out stronger than ever. Increase your Spirit by 8 and become immune to possession of all types due to the resilience of your soul.
Hunter's Eye (Rank C): Grants you the ability to discern traits and statistics of any being or object. This effect is based on your level and is fairly weak to start.
Lesser Paralyzing Touch: In unarmed combat, you cause a cumulative debuff, which reduces the targets strength and speed as they slowly lose control of their body to paralysis. Only effective against humans and lesser demons.
Epic Regeneration: Increase the your natural rate of healing by an incredible degree.
Crafting Skills:
General Craftsmanship (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Metal Working (Rank F): 1 - 0/10
Wood Working (Rank F): 1 - 0/10
Combat Skills:
Van Helsing Martial Arts (Rank F): 2 - 3/10
One-Handed Weapons (Rank G): 6 - 3/5
Two-Handed Weapons (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Spears (Rank F): 1 - 0/10
Swords (Rank F): 1 - 0/10
Marksmanship (Rank G): 3 - 2/5
Survival Skills:
Hide (Rank G): 5 - 4/5
Sneak (Rank F): 3 - 8/10
Stealth (Rank E): 2 - 6/15
Research Skills:
Life Science (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Physical Sciences (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Linguistics (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Magical Skills:
Magical Theory (Rank G): 1 - 0/5
Mana Manipulation (Rank F): 1 - 0/5
Demon Aspects: 2/5
Aspect of the Moira Demon gained: (Rank B)- Attribute Increases: Strength +2, Vitality +2, Dexterity +2, Trait Gained: Epic Regeneration
Aspect of the Fyarl Demon (Rank C): Attribute Increases: Strength +4, Vitality+2, Trait Gain: Lesser Paralyzing Touch.
Vassals: 0/2 Costs one aspect slot to utilize.
Save State: Nil
Looking over his status, he was shocked to see that he had access to five possible demon aspects, that was a massive number, only two or three Van Helsings in history were able to say the same, most of his family had between one and three available aspects, with those having four being incredibly rare heroes that could fight off some of the most powerful demons. Those that had five full aspects could fight true demons with an even chance of winning. Smiling to himself, Sebastian watched as the train departed the station, he felt a bit of morose contentment. Knowing that his parents and sister would have been over joyed at his ability to claim aspects, Sebastian swore to himself an d his family that he would not fail in getting vengeance, he would rebuild the family from the ground up. Aspect ability is an inherited trait, meaning that his children would have at minimum potential of four aspects, with some possibly of them getting as high as six. Five aspect hunter were always hunted to death before they could have children, so that route of power was denied the family by the Watcher's Council and Wolfram & Hart, but he was male, and males could have A lot of children in a very short time. Nodding of to sleep, with visions of six aspect super hunters slaughtering their way through the demon gods that ruled Wolfram & Hart, Sebastian felt something he hadn't in a long time. Hope.
Final Note: As you can see, Sebastian has no idea about the path that BtVS is supposed to take, that means there is a real chance he can fail in some of the events to come when he arrives in Sunnydale. He doesn't start to piece together his other lives until he starts to live them. He doesn't even realize he has a save system available yet. Hope you guys are enjoying this as much as I am. I am using this to keep occupied during the pandemic, so I hope you enjoy what I put out. Keep in mind this is getting put out as i finish chapters, so there will be droughts and floods, it all depends on how i am feeling.