Five figures cladded in black clothing, tactical gear, and gas masks rode in a black SUV with tinted windows, it was silent till one piped up.
"You guys ready for this?" His muffled voice asked. Some nodded other ignored the question altogether instead opting to look out the window into the dark woodland surrounding the dirt road they were driving on.
The unmasked driver replied, "Look I know were all nervous about this but it needs to be done, us five are gonna go down as heroes back at the Citadel for this."
"Fuck that man were gonna go down as heroes in the whole fuckin Order!" A figure in the back spoke.
The Driver rolled his eyes and smiled coyly, "You know Tom, we just might."
"Hey heads up! Were half a mile out," the passenger known as 'tech' said typing away on a laptop.
"Ok, people you know the drill were gonna make this quick and clean, in and out," Vic said
Soon they pulled up to an outcropping and got out. Two hunters opened the back hatch of the SUV and started gearing up with various weaponry and gear, meanwhile the other three walked toward the edge to overlook a large body of water, on the water was a large castle with a long bridge connecting the mainland to the magnificent structure.
The figure known as Tom let out a long whistle, "so that the place? Gotta say the bastard knows how to live."
Tech nodded looking up from his datapad, "Intel says its been here for a long time, not much activity till recently with the airplane incident and all."
"I'm surprised the bastard would put himself in the spotlight like that, especially if he knows the Order has been hunting him for years." The driver known as Vic said looking through his binoculars.
"If he didn't we probably would have never found him," Tom said turning to coming footsteps.
"Heads up," a muffled voice sounded behind them, one of the hunters gearing up tossed Tom an SMG, Tom caught it and pulled back it's charging handle.
"locked and loaded," Tom nodded in thanks to the hunter.
The others took their weapons and made ready, "ok guys you know the plan," Vic pulled his mask down finally matching the others in uniformity, "let's get Dracula..."
XXX
"Yes hello welcome to Hotel Transylvania! how can I help you?" Dracula asked his trademark greeting to the two incoming guests.
"Ah the count, it's so good to see you again, I and my fiance would like a room please."
"yes of course," Dracula pulled a key from behind the desk and handed it to the guests, "its good to see you again and as always enjoy your stay." The pair walked off and Dracula ran a hand down his face, to say he was tired was an understatement. He was swamped with the influx of guests due to the increased sighting of hunters in Europe mostly sightings of hunters from the Order. On top of that, the integration of Bella's group of Bat Cronies into the hotel's staff ranks had been...for a lack of better words challenging. The Cronies that decided to stay with Vlad were put in a security role for the hotel. Along with the present legion of Knights the hotel was protected from foreign threats, the addition was nice considering the knights couldn't fly at the moment.
He looked over to one of his staff, a vampire by the name of Linda, "Linda I'm going to make rounds, man the front desk while I'm gone." He told her stepping from behind the counter.
"Sure thing Drac," she said pulling out a log book.
With a tired smile and a nod, he began for Mavis and Jonathan's room.
XXX
"But mama I'm not...," Dennis yawned, "sleepy yet..."
Mavis smiled, "now sweetie you need to get your rest,"
"but..." he was cut off when she started singing her father's lullaby, "Suffer, Suffer scream in pain..."
Dennis smiled and pulled his covers to his chest,
"blood is spilling from your brain." His eyes began to close
"Zombies gnaw you like a plum, piercing cries and you..." She bent down and kissed him on the forehead, "succumb. Goodnight honey," she turned to the floor and began picking various toys and things off the floor. A light knock sounded at the door, so low if she was a human she most likely wouldn't have heard it. She finished and went to the door to reveal nonother than her father, she put a finger to her lips and turned off the lights then closed the door.
"Just like I did for you..." Dracula said
She smiled, "He's asleep now, so I think I did it as good as you." She said with a smirk.
Drac smiled at his daughter, "no, you did it better," they started down the hallway heading toward the lobby.
"Where is Johnny?" he asked
"Probably sleeping, he's tired from cleaning up after that party. Speaking of you don't look like you've seen much coffin lately,"
He gave her a tired smile, "I will soon enough, why don't you just have the maids clean for you? You know the ones I pay to do such things."
"Dad you know we wanna be independent, sooner or l-" BOOOM! Mavis was cut off by an explosion.
She recoiled, "w-what was that?" As if to answer her question gunfire erupted from the hotel's lobby. Dracula knew all to well what that sound was, even when he fought humans in his younger days before he met Martha, firearms existed.
The tunnels, the guests and his family needed to get to the tunnels, "my lord!" a Bat Cronie approached them.
"What's going on?" Mavis questioned stepping back to her child's room.
"Intruders! They are killing guests as we speak sir!"
"Mavis get Dennis and Johnny head toward the tunnels, I'll send a few Knights and Cronies to help with evacuations... go."
"B-but dad I don't under-" she was cut off by more gunfire.
"GO!" he yelled. "You go with her and make sure they and other guests evacuate!" He ordered the Cronie
"Yes my lord!"
With that Dracula made his way towards the Lobby.
XXX
"Spread out cover more ground!" a hunter yelled over the chaos in the hotel's lobby. He stepped over the body of a vampire female that was behind the desk.
Tom peeked over the desk and squeezed off a few bursts toward a crowd of retreating Vampires, "Hey aren't they supposed to be fighting back?" he asked
"Hell if I know," Tech answered his question "Tom toss a frag!"
"You got it!" Tom reached for a grenade on his vest and pulled the pin, he stood up from his cover and tossed it in an entryway.
It exploded sending shrapnel and fire throughout the hallway and killing anyone who was in its proximity.
"Nice one y-... what the...ahhhhhh" a hunter screamed as a Bat Creature picked him up and carried him off.
"Damn it watch your heads boys!" Vic informed sending bullets after the creature. He looked over to his right and saw a dozen knights running for them, "contact right!" he yelled.
One knight ran on Tom and almost stuck him with a spear, Tom pushed it aside and pulled the trigger the knight clattered to the ground in pieces.
"n-no ones inside? How's that possible? before he could ponder anymore a bolt landed near his head, "damn!" he dove into cover.
"Ah dammit, I'm hit!" another hunter fell, he turned to his side to find a knight's bolt in it.
"shit hold on!" Tom ran to his comrade's aid but before he could reach him a Bat creature grabbed him and threw him into a wall, Tom knew he was gone when he heard a distinct crack.
He lit the creature up and it fell from the sky then crashed through a nearby window.
"Gotcha, you son of a bitch!" Tom hit the mag release and inserted a fresh one into his weapon.
He dove into over next to Vic, "things aren't looking good..." Tom warned
"no shit... so much for in and out." He leaned up and blasted a few vampires that were fighting back against their assault.
"fire!" came the voice of a knight, a volley of bolts came from their crossbows.
Tom looked over at Tech, "hey how's it looking buddy?"
"Not good we seriously underestimated their strength! the nearest back up is more than a day away"
"We gotta get out of here! get some reinforcements and come back?" Tom suggested
"Not a chance!" Vic yelled over his gunfire.
"I'm afraid he's right if we don't get drac-" Tech didn't finish,
Tom looked back over at the technical specialist. "Tech?"
Tech gasped and fell over from his crouched position, a bolt in the back of his head. Tech let out a raspy gasp and fell over.
"god..."
Vic dove into cover next to him, "Just you and me kid..." Vic said reloading his gun. "I need your head in the game if we're gonna get out of here."
"ROOOAR!" a blood-curdling roar sounded from above them, it activated a primitive part of his brain, telling him to get as far away from here as possible. He choked down his fear and looked up at the monster himself,
"Dracula," Vic finished his thought
"Who dares disturb my sanctuary?" he questioned
All the firing stopped, from the hunters and knights, Vic piped up, "us you damn monster, we're here to capture you!"
"oh and it looks like you're doing well at that." Dracula mocked
"Know if you kill us, more will come, we know where this place is, hell we will level this place from 25,000 feet if we have too!" He yelled
"And I'm supposed to be intimidated?" Dracula asked, "tell you what put down you're weapons and surrender, after all this I'm being more than generous."
"so you can torture me and turn me into one of you, no I'm good." Vic stood up and fired, Dracula turned into a bat just in time before the bullets hit him.
"uh! You idiot we could a- ahhhh" Tom was grabbed by one of the bat creatures and carried off."
"You bastards!" Vic emptied his last mag then charged Dracula.
"Let go!"
"HAAH be careful human I might just take you up on that." The creature chuckled darkly
"no...no fuck this, I'm not dying like this!" Tom leaned his leg up and pulled out a boot knife then started stabbing the bat creature.
"Ahhhhh!" the creature screeched and threw him into the wooden railing of the stairs. His body smashed through it and he heard something break.
Tom rolled over in pain, he looked up and saw something sticking out of his chest, something didn't feel right. "Oh-oh no..." he gripped the now wooden stake that was once part of the railing. "I-I'm hit, fuuck!" All Tom could do was watch the ongoing battle between Vic and Dracula.
Vic threw a knife and hit Dracula in the stomach, his skin burning from the silver blade. Dracula gripped the blade pulling it out and tossing it away. "I haven't drunk human blood in decades, but I'm gonna make an exception for you!" Drac's blood red eyes bored into Vic's soul.
"come on you undead bastard!" Vic pulled a pistol and started firing. Dracula advanced forward missing all but one shot that nicked him in the shoulder.
Click, click... Vic's heart stopped, "oh no..."
Dracula griped his throat and raised him in the air the man choking and kicking all the while. "Who are you, what do you want?" He asked him in a calm yet threating manner.
"G-go to hell you son of a..." the vice on his throat tightened.
"Answer me, hunter!"
"Yeah ok, here it is..." He took out a grenade and pulled the pin.
"Damn it!" Dracula cursed, he threw the man away from him before he exploded.
The smoke enveloped the room and Drac walked out of the smoke waving his hand to clear it from his face.
His clothes were tore and the wounds he had started healing. "Damn hunters!" Dracula looked up at the stairway and saw the surviving hunter.
"You..." he turned into a purplish mist and was above the hunter in a second, "I will only ask you once human!" He pulled the hunter closer, "and unless you wanna end up like your comrade there." He referred to the area still enveloped in smoke. "Tell me who are you and who do you work for?"
The man coughed, T-Tom Bedford, I serve the Order of the sun..." he emphasized.
"I knew it, you are Order who else would be looking to find me, after all these damn years." Drac's lips curled into a snarl. "How did you find me?"
The hunter gave a manic cackle behind his mask, "I-I'm afraid that was your fault entirely count, if it wasn't for that fiasco with the plane we would've never found you. Took us a while but..." He smiled blood staining his teeth, "we're here now."
Dracula's blood would of went cold if it could. "damn it.."
"He was right you know," the hunter had a coughing fit before he continued then gestured to the smoke, "we are but the tip of the spear when we don't come back they'll know something's wrong and come looking."
Angered, Dracula pulled the mask off and threw it off the railing. "You and the Order have made a grave mistake..."
The hunter now maskless made eye contact with Dracula then shook his head slowly. "There are hundreds of us, some better trained than others. I may be done but you're on borrowed time now Dracula..." he gave one last horse laugh. "See you in hell, son of the, devil... uh" the man's breathing stopped and a few seconds later Dracula heard his heart stop.
Dracula released the man, his lifeless body slumping to the ground. For the first time since Martha's death, he felt truly scared, his past had caught up with him. "This is not good..."