By Paul Buckmaster -"YOUR CRAFT DEFEATS ME, MERLIN, HOW YOU BALANCE THE DESTINY AND SOUL OF US ALL IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND IS A FEAT." -"MASTER, THE SERVANT BRIAN WISHES TO SEE YOU." -"SEND HIM IN." -"GREAT MASTER, FORGIVE ME, BUT I HAVE TO SEEK YOUR ADVICE." -"WHAT IS IT THAT DISTURBS YOU, BRIAN?" -"IS IT TRUE THAT AN OPERATION IS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE COUNT DOWN?" -"YES, IT IS TRUE." -"BUT WHAT WILL IT MEAN? THAT HE WILL NO LONGER BE IMMORTAL? THAT HE WILL NOT BE KING? BUT HE MUST BECOME OVERLORD OF THE NETHERWORLD!" -"BRIAN, IN THE NEXT HOURS MANY THINGS MAY HAPPEN." COUNT DOWN WILL NEED YOUR HELP AND UNDERSTANDING, WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOUR YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN." -"IF THIS MAN, VAN HELSING, IS ALLOWED TO HUMANISE THE COUNT, THE HOUSE OF DRACULA WILL BE OBLITERATED FOREVER. BUT THE COUNT MAY YET BE SAVED FROM THIS CATASTROPHE." -"NO!" -"COUNT DOWN, WAIT HERE UNTIL VAN HELSING SENDS FOR YOU TO COME TO THE OPERATE." -"I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU NOW, BUT IF YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT I'LL FIND THE ROOTS TOMORROW." -"COUNT DOWN MUST BE FEELING, UNDERSTANDABLY, SOME TREPIDATION, AT THIS TIME. AFTER ALL, IT'S QUITE A STEP HE'S TAKING." -"HE'S PREPARED AS FAR AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE." -"AND VULNERABLE, DOCTOR, AND VULNERABLE."