A/N: I decided once more make some changes and this time things should move more smoothly and less boring way... I have to admit now that I think about it things were moving rather slow when you know that time is of the essence... So this final incarnation should fix that. I have pretty much all the story thought up, but the beginning is also important... Therefore Chapter I again with some additional parts which hopefully make things a little more interesting. Everything will we deleted as the chapters after this no longer apply.
Chaotic Turnabout Part I: Awakening Legacy
I: In the rise of the red moon
June 2nd, Sunday, 2019, Franziska von Karma's Apartment, 11:55 PM
It was a warm summer night, prosecutor Franziska von Karma was standing on the balcony of her apartment star gazing. She looked to the sky where full moon was looming over the city and her gaze was almost like guided towards it.
"It is just a full moon, nothing special!" She said to herself "... But why it is red? There shouldn't be lunar eclipses at this time... It is almost glowing..." Franziska felt cold shivers "And why looking at it is giving me the creeps?" She asked herself. "This makes no sense... absolutely stupid!"
Franziska's eyes wondered in the stars but again her gaze traveled back to the moon.
"What is so special... with...!" Something appeared on the moon for a short while and as soon as it appeared it vanished. She startled. "What... the heck was that... Did I just see... some kind of a structure in front of the moon?" She wondered. "Impossible... it must have been a cloud passing over creating an illusion that something was there..."
The Moon had changed... it had taken an even brighter shade of red. It casted reddish light on the city.
"Err... No way that is possible... There is no way that moon can shine that bright during eclipse!"
"(... It is not an eclipse)" She thought. "... Not an eclipse... Fool! Of course it isn't when moon is that bright." She said. "(It is a sign...)" She thought. "Huh?... A sign? ... Did I think something like that?" Franziska said. "Blood red moon can't be a normal phenomenon... Did I just... say a blood red?" Franziska's heart started to pick up in pace. "Calm down fool, calm down... It's nothing."
Franziska was tapping her fingers on the rail and here legs were quite restless.
"Nothing?... Then why I'm feeling so Goddamn nervous about it?!" She yelled. "... Did I just... swear?" "(Because... you have a Goddamn good reason to be nervous!)"
"Where did that come from?... Okay then what would good reason be? "(...Beware a vampire is on the move...)"
Her eyes snapped wide open. "... What?.. A vampire?! What am I thinking about? Vampires are fictional! They don't exist... or do they?" She slapped herself. "Stupid fool... Von Karma doesn't think about stupid mythical creatures which have no place except in some foolishly foolish fools foolish folklores!... Just where that thought got into my head?!" She turned facing the moon. "You fool moon, you get me to think totally stupid things!" "(Your instincts and senses are at work, nothing more.)" "Stop thinking stupid things you fool!" "(It is... the truth.)"
Franziska was silent for a while... squeezed her fist and closed her eyes trying to calm down. Suddenly her eyes snapped open. "There is someone here!" She said and seemed to notice some movement in the corner of her eye and quickly snatched her whip into her hand.
"(Wait a minute... why I'm reacting like this?)" She thought "(You are acting by your instincts..)" "(What instincts?!)"
In the left side of balcony's rail something dark was sitting silently. It was a black thing with long ears which seemed to look at Franziska with interest.
"A Bat?... What it's doing here?" She wondered.
Bat's nose was sniffing the air and it looked Franziska into her eyes. She felt cold shivers once again.
"Are you here trying to mess up my thoughts too?!... TAKE THAT! you... bathead and don't come back!!" Franziska yelled and raised her hand over her head and proceeded with downward strike aiming directly towards the bat and the lash it into it's belly.
"Ouch!" The bat screeched and fell down.
"...Ouch!?... Bats doesn't sound like that!" Franziska said. "(... That was a very precise hit... What did I say? A bathead, what kind of insult is that?)"
Moments later the bat rose again to the level of the balcony and circled above her head a few times.
"Stupid thing... Go away or I whip you again you foolish leather winged thing!"
Bat turned to watch her in the air and Franziska could swear that a smile was appearing on it's face. After that it turned around and disappeared into the night.
Franziska felt wind breeze and heard something in her ears.
"Yes, I have found you at last..."
"!!... What was that?" She wondered scared. "I found you... did someone say something? Who or... what found me?.."
"I better go to sleep, it will pass... Calm down Franziska, everything is alright." She tried to calm herself and left the balcony to go to sleep.
June 3rd, Monday, Gourde Lake 12:15 AM
"This is an excellent chance to try out mah new camera... Takin' nighttime shots will be easy with this thing!" Said a woman with big hair and camera around her neck." It was Lotta Hart a freelance photographer who had been involved with several cases in the past.
"But what is up with the moon? It's crazy I tell ya!... It's like burnin' an' hell... It's givin' me creepers!" Lotta said.
She was walking around the woods trying to find something to shoot. When she saw something on the field.
"Hey there's someone over there." She said and came closer. She looked through the camera's lens.
"Heyy... It's Larry Butz... I mean Mr. Deauxnim the picture book artist... I wonder what he is doing here?" She wondered and the saw Larry's hands making movements on a canvas.
"Ah... He is painting something... probably a scenery from the lake."
"Hey... no no no! This won't do... The moon is all wrong shade!..." He heard Larry yelling.
"But... wasn't the moon dimmer a while ago?" He wondered scratching his head . "No no no... I have to fix it." Larry said and took some paint and began painting moon all over again.
"Artist at work." Lotta grinned and pressed the button taking a picture.
Suddenly a figure covered by a violet cloak and hood walked behind Larry. It stopped about a meter away from him.
"What's this... A girl?... This is getting interesting." Lotta said and waited camera at ready. She took a shot.
Larry seemingly hadn't noticed girl's appearance.
"Pretty impressive... You have captured the essence of the red moon rather well... Larry." The girl said her arms crossed..
Lotta saw that Larry was startled. He turned around to look at the arrival.
"Whoa! Wowcha!" Larry exclaimed.
"I guess the girl is a looker." Lotta wondered.
Larry hastily stood up.
"Err... Sorry I didn't see you come here babe... You surprised me." Larry said a bit nervously.
"Not at all." She replied with a sweet voice. "Do continue don't mind me."
"Eh... what is beauty like you doing out here at a time like this...?"
"I like the moon... It is quite something, isn't it?"
"Yeah... I was nearly done with my scenery when it seemed to change shade... That is something else, a blood red moon... I promised to return at midnight, but this is something I can't ignore I have to fix the moon but how?"
"I can help you with that Larry... Look into my eyes."
"You... eyes... are." Larry voice was slurred.
"The 'ell did she just hypnotize him just like that."
The girl pulled her hood down revealing her head. She had red hair braids starting from the back of head and ending below her ears and very pale face.
"That girl ain't got too much sunlight." She whispered.
"But before I can help you... I need something." The girl said closing the distance between herself and dazed Larry.
"(Ahh... getting frisky are we?)" Lotta though.
"I'll give you... what ever... you want." Was Larry's slurry reply.
"Just stay still. This wont hurt... too much." Girl was nuzzling Larry's neck.
"(What does she mean with that?)"
The girl grabbed Larry with ease and bent his head back a bit.
"(W-what there's no way she can be that powerful!)" Lotta was observing very keenly. What happened next shocked her greatly. The Girl opened her mouth revealing something Lotta did never expect; fangs and in the next moment redhead pierced Larry's skin.
"No way in hell this is happening... T-t-that girl is a... v-v-vampire!" She whispered. Lotta immediately began to take a little bit more distance but she was still taking pictures.
Girl raised her head and wiped her mouth.
"This is what we can use... Give the moon proper shade with your own blood."
"Yes... that seems good... idea." Larry replied dazed and walked to the painting and started working on it again.
Lotta used zoom and took some pictures from a little safer distance.
Suddenly Larry stopped. "I am... done."
Vampire stepped forward. "Good... Allow me to do some finishing touches."
Larry instantly stood up and nodded he walked back a bit. The Vampire took the brush while Larry answered his cellphone.
"Now let us depart." Vampire said and some kind of portal opened taking Larry with it.
"(These shots are going to be the best supernatural pictures I have ever taken!)" Lotta was excited.
"Hm?... There is someone here." Vampire said and took several steps towards the woods.
"Come out... I won't hurt you."
"(You expect me to believe that after what you did just now? Dream on girl I ain't donatin' a drop of blood today!)"
Lotta kept retreating back towards her car.
"We can play this game of cat and mouse if you like, but in the end I will catch you!" Vampire yelled after her.
Lotta began to retreat even faster and then she shrieked when something flew into her face.
"Damn, bat leave me alone!" She yelled. After several rounds it did stop its pestering and flew and little distance away transforming into the girl she saw before. "Aah! No way!"
"Found you!" Vampire said. "Ha ha ha... I told you in the end I would catch you." Vampire was glaring at Lotta like a wild animal and was licking her teeth.
"Y-you transformed!" Lotta was shocked.
"You saw it yourselves. I thought my wolf form at first, but that would have left you quite mutilated." Girl's eyes began to glow. "Actually I have already dined tonight, but... an extra doesn't hurt." She said menacingly baring her fangs.
"S-s-stay away from me!" Lotta screamed.
"Now now... This won't hurt much." Vampire grinned and stepped closer. Just then all of a sudden series of three fireballs hit to the vampire's side. She screamed and whirled around towards the direction where the attack came from.
Lotta was still paralyzed from fear. "W-what the 'ell was that?" She sputtered.
Man with flowing black hair appeared from the woods with sword in hand.
"Back off vampire!" He shouted. "Now!" He pointed his sword towards the girl.
Vampire glared at him. "Alucard!?... What in the Abyss?!"
"It seems I was just in time... You have been a trouble for some time already girl. We have been waiting for this moment to finally meet you in person..." Alucard said.
"So, I get to meet the famous Alucard, I should feel flattered but I'm not... " She glared to Lotta. "Seems like you just got saved... I'll be watching you son of Dracula!" Vampire transformed into a bat and flew into the night.
Lotta felt like her heart would jump out of her throat.
"You are safe now." The man said with a calm tone and sheathed his sword. "Are you all right miss?"
"Y-yeah I reckon so... Thanks for the rescue I guess..." Lotta said. "(Damn, he's good lookin', Son of Dracula?!)" "I'm Lotta Hart... a freelance photographer... Are you also a..."
"Yes and no... Be at ease Ms. Hart I am friend to humans, My name is Genya Arikado." Man introduced himself.
"Arikado, but didn't she just call you with another name?" Lotta asked.
"Yes, vampires know me with that name. What were you doing out here at this time Ms. Hart?"
"Huh?... you gonna interrogate me mister?!" Lotta asked suspiciously glaring at the man.
"No.. no, I'm just curious..." Man replied..
"Well... Mr. Arikado, I was simply practicin' nighttime photography and ended up escapin' that vampire... To think that they really exist!"
"Yes they do. They are unfortunately very real... You should leave this place before she decides to come back." Arikado said. "She is still around..."
"Yeah that's a good idea... Wait are you some sort of a vampire hunter?" Lotta asked curiously.
"Not exactly... But pretty close." Arikado replied.
"Well you kinda saved mah life so I reckon I should reward you somehow... Do you need a ride or somethin'?" Lotta opened her car's door.
"As a matter of fact, I need to get to the Gatewater Hotel as soon as possible."
"That's along the road... Sure I can give you a lift." Lotta pondered. "Hop in."
Arikado opened passengers door and sat down.
"Buckle up and let's go!" She said and turned the key, car's engine started and Lotta pressed the pedal.
Gatewater Hotel, 1:35 AM
About half an hour later Lotta turned into hotel parking lot.
"So, here we are." Lotta said and stopped her car in front of the hotel.
"Thank you for the ride Ms. Hart and good night to you." Arikado said and stepped out from the car.
"It was nothin', thanks again for the rescue." Lotta said and closed the door, driving away.
Arikado turned around and he walked into the hotel. He walked through the lobby, up the stairs and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Asked a voice from behind the door.
"It's me, let me in." Arikado replied.
"It was about time..." The voice said and door opened revealing a gray haired woman who seemed to be in her 30's. "Got stuck in traffic... Too many bats?" She asked jokingly.
"I'm sorry I had to make a slight detour at the Gourde Lake... I saved a young woman in the process." Arikado replied. "A vampire was about to attack her!"
"A Vampire here in Los Angeles?" Woman asked shocked.
"Goddamn bathead bitches start to appear when you least want them..." Man's voice grumbled man's voice from a blue glowing sphere on a pillow alongside another orb which was dim but still seemed to glow faintly..
"And she was the one we have been looking for." Arikado said.
"You mean that it was... her?!" Woman asked shocked.
"Our mysterious vampire herself... She knew me but wasn't interested in fighting.
"Aaand? What was she like?"
"Unknown new face... A Complete stranger."
"A new girl in town it seems..." Said Woman's voice from the other orb. "What about your... visit to Franziska, did you find out anything Alucard?"
"There was a reaction, she clearly reacted to the moon. Then she sensed me and in the next moment... I was whipped off the balcony."
Grey haired woman laughed. "Yes, that would be Franziska alright. She is already skilled with a whip so that is one problem out of the way."
"Ha ha ha... Serves you right Tepes!" Man's voice said as the orb was flashing.
Arikado noticed something on the floor. "Ahh... you have prepared it. I wonder what hotel upkeep will say about this?" He saw a circle with markings drawn on the floor.
"Hey! Is there something wrong with it?" Grey haired woman asked.
"You have drawn to the floor."
"I'll clean it up after we are done."
"She reacted to the moon... The seal might be weakening." Said Woman voice.
"All the better... Less work for us. Sooner this gets done the better. When she finds out the bastards better hide!" Man's voice said.
"It could... or the dark power which is the source is stronger than the seals blocking ability. Meaning she would sense something nevertheless." Grey haired woman replied.
"Then... we must do this at once. You have made your observation Alucard, she reacted and that is enough for me... Let us undo the wrong that was done to my baby Let us guide her to the path of truth." Woman's voice said her orb was pulsing with gentle light.
"It seems everything is in place... Let's begin." Arikado said and sat down. Gray haired woman put the orbs in two separate pillows and set them down gently in the middle of their own circles. "I'd like to perform a little test..." Arikado suggested.
"What you have in mind Tepes?" Asked man's orb curiously.
Arikado explained what he was planning and after the orb started to flash brightly and the man's voice laughed. "Aaha ha ha ha! Pure genius Tepes! That is a good choice even just for the comedic value alone!"
"I wonder how they react?... Let us proceed." Said womans voice from the other orb. "I'm curious to see what they can do."
Location: Unknown, Time: Meaningless
Violet cloaked figure materialized in what seemed to be a portal chamber. She was greeted by a floating skeletal figure wearing a robe and carrying enormous scythe.
"Welcome back milady, I see you have been successful." It said with nether worldly voice. "What held you?"
"There was someone else there who saw me. I followed that woman but before I could kill her I was scorched by three fireballs!" Vampire pulled her hood back her braids looked a bit like horns. "And guess who had to show up with his flashing sword! No other than that half-breed meddler!" She snarled a spread her cape revealing a glorious red dress. The two exited the chamber and walked to the hallway.
"Alucard!" Skeletal figure said fingering the scythe's handle. "What was his business there?"
"I'd like to know that myself, Death."
"Perhaps it is with that business he runs, Bat Company Inc." Death said.
"But there are no Bat Company Inc. offices in Los Angeles!"
"Not yet anyway he could plan expanding... But still Alucard does belong to that supernatural fighting band..."
"Don't I know it. They have tried to track me down... But for now they have failed. There is no way they could predict my movement's there has to be reason why he is here." Girl was walking away when she suddenly stopped. "... I felt something else too, a presence." She turned her head.
"Is there a hunter in the city which I do not know of?
"There isn't... Wait... Could it be?!" Death realized something.
"Something wrong?"
"There is a possibility, but nothing that would be a threat at the moment as the person in question has no idea that she is a hunter."
"She... A girl hunter huh?" Wicked smile spread on the vampire's face. "Very interesting."
"I have to confirm this myself and shall report to you after I have something conclusive." Death made a bow and vanished from sight.
She fiddled her black necklace glowing red from within. "And now... to finish things with that artist." The vampire said and walked down the hallway clearly knowing which way to go. She spotted that the door to the guest room where she was heading was open.
"Who left the door open?!" She yelled.
"N-no one m-mistress... The door was closed as you instructed." Said one girl who clearly seemed to be a maid.
Vampire instantly ran to the room and looked in the bed was empty.
"Aaaaarrghh! That idiot!" She snarled. "I should have weakened him more!" She angrily walked away. "If anyone has seen an artist somewhere report to me immediately, he must not be harmed!"
"You mean that poor little man with a cloth hat mistress?" Asked a sultry voice close by it was came from a bat winged woman wearing a very revealing outfit. "He ran to the corridor on the left."
Vampire nodded and ran to pointed corridor soon he heard man screaming in a nearby room.
She opened the door and revealed a large living room and the man in question face white back to wall as he was slowly approached by living corpses.
Vampire put her hands on her hips and bellowed. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Instantly the zombies turned around to the source of the voice and they started to moan and groan. "I'm your mistress! He will be one of us, so stop pestering right now or I'll burn you all into ashes!" Blue flame was flickering on her palm.
Zombies started to retreat and she stepped forward walking to still very much panicked Larry Butz.
"(Wow! That girl is gorgeous, but those glowing yellow eyes and sharp teeth...)" Larry thought "AAH!... This is a dream I'm having a nightmare... I just pinch myself and then I wake up, I wake up and everything is fine... Ouch!" Larry looked around and yelped. "Nothing happened!... No this isn't this is..."
Vampire looked slightly amused. "As you can see you are still here in this... nightmare."
Evil grin spread on her face. Larry was shaking.
"Now come with me before I change my mind and let the zombies make a meal out of you anyway!"
Larry thought his choises.. "(Let's see zombies or vampire... No no, make it 1. Get eaten by zombies! Or 2. Go with cute vampire girl... I'll go with 2.)" He made his decision and stood up. "A-all right." He said still white as a sheet. "(Hopefully she isn't... thirsty.)"
"Smart choice... Now follow me! You should have stayed in that room anyway." Larry followed the vampire out of the room and to the corridor. They were walking back to the room where he was supposed to say. Larry was warily looking around as they walked through the corridor
"W-what is this place? A-are all these monsters for real?!"
"Monsters?! How dare you!" one of the gorgeous looking bat-winged women turned towards Larry who was shaking. Her angry look was piercing. Larry yelped.
"This idiot will learn in time... There is no need for violence." Vampire said. "It isn't wise to insult a succubus Larry, she could tear you apart."
"Ahh, you have taken him already milady." Succubus seemed a bit calmer. "Watch your back little man." She said as a warning.
"S-sorry, I seriously didn't meant y-you with that monster remark... Y-you are beautiful!" Larry said.
"Yes, I know that. Succubus smirked to Larry and bowed to the vampire and walked away. "Milady Countess."
"C-countess?!" Larry said shocked.
"This is my home, my domain." Vampire said and the two started walking again. "Even I find some beings here hideous and grotesque for my tastes, but they are all my servants. You will get used to it in time as well..."
"In time?! Sorry babe, but I'm so NOT staying here!" Larry was panicked.
"You are slow are you?... I have already taken you thus that is your only choice."
"Taken... how?" Larry asked.
The Vampire moved her hand to her neck as to imply something. Larry did the same and he felt something and his eyes opened wide in horror. "NO!"
"It is inevitable you will become one of us..." She smirked. "Why did you leave the room in the first place?"
"Well, what you'd do after waking up in a strange place and the door wasn't locked so..."
"Oh, well... Here we are anyway. And NOW you WILL stay here until I say otherwise... Get in there!" She said with a vicious tone pointing at the door.
Larry yelped and went into the room. "(OK, so she already bit me... That's the reason why she didn't do it now.)" The countess followed her.
"Sit down on the bed and lay down!"
Larry did so very quickly. "Wait a minute... D-do I know you?" He asked suddenly.
"I don't think we have met before." Countess replied.
"Y-you just look familiar.. A-and you also have that thingamajig... Maga-thing around your neck. Expect I have never seen one which was flipped over and black... Who are you?"
"My name is not your business... Now it is time for you to sleep."
"I'm not very sleepy now babe. I slept a while back. Maybe if you slept with me..." Larry grinned nervously.
"I have no time for your idiocy... SLEEP!" Vampire snarled and her eyes began to glow red.
"Strange... I feel..." Larry yawned. "Perhaps I should take a nap."
"Do so... and when you wake up you will be a new man." Girl said and held her necklace. "Sleep Larry Butz... sleep... and forget!" Red glow within started to intensify.
Larry started to snore and the Countess left the room after finding he was in deep sleep. Quietly she walked out of the room closing the door behind her.
"Notify me when he awakes." Countess said.
"As you wish milady." One of the maids replied.
