SMSTSS 12: Usagula meets Blacula! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST, Blacula and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre, three-part story.
Special: This is a Halloween special.
Author's Note: This story is different from the "Bunnicula" story.
Part 3
Meanwhile, Usagi was on a street corner soliciting clients for an evening romp, when she felt a familiar presence…
"You can come out of the shadows, Mumawade," Usagi said, as she didn't bother to turn her head.
Blacula emerges from the shadows.
"So, this is what a bride of Dracula does these days?" Blacula scoffs.
"Actually, I'm working on a police matter at the moment," Usagi said, as she turns around to face her "brother". "A local pimp named Big Moe had asked me for a favor in stopping a serial killer named 'Black the Ripper'…or something like that. So, I'm undercover."
"But otherwise, you would be fine with prostitution?"
"I tend to no care one way or another, but if the law says that prostitution is illegal, then so be it."
"And do you intend to stop me from getting my revenge on Count Dracula?"
"Dracula…is already under lock and key, just like you had been," Usagi said. "And yes, I know what he did to you-"
"Do you really?" Blacula retorted. "Were you there when my wife Luva was entombed with my coffin, where I had to listen to her die? Huh?"
"I wasn't there, sorry," Usagi said. "But I did experience is villainy first hand."
"Oh, really?"
"Really. It was in the late 19th century when I encountered Vlad Tepes, my brother…"
Usagi begins to tell the story how for a lark, she decided to accompany a newly-admitted solicitor named Jonathan Harker to Transylvania, a province in the Romanian mountains to finalize a deal. She and her husband Ranma were selling off some of their old property in England, when an offer came to purchase a few of them. Thus, while Ranma was on his African adventure with the famous hunter Allan Quatermain and Lord John Clayton (the Earl of Greystoke of England, aka "Tarzan"), where Ranma took on an African Princess (after saving her from an "elemental man", who was a servant of the Egyptian god Ra), Usagi decided to go with Harker on his business trip. Unfortunately, it was a trap set by Dracula to turn Usagi into one of his brides. In the end, Ranma came back to rescue his wife, now a vampire, and Usagi took over the clan as the Princess Dracula (due to the fact that she ended up pregnant with Vlad's kid, thereby solidifying her claim amongst the Tzimisce clan).
"You…kept this child?" Blacula asked incredulously.
"Whatever her father is, and trust me, he's a bastard, I will always defend my children's lives," Usagi said. "In my life time, I've seen too much death, which is why life is always precious to me..."
Pause.
"Even though Moka can be a handful," Usagi said with a smile. "She's a good kid, but her arrogance reminds me of her father."
"And that is why I must have my revenge," Blacula said. "Because of Vlad, he took me from my wife, from my people and from my era."
"We all have had tragedy foisted upon us," Usagi said. "With Tina, you have an opportunity to start again, but you cannot go around killing people as a means of creating your minions…"
Pause.
"So, be warned. I consider you my brother of sorts, so I will cut you some slack. But if any more people die by your hands, you will be stopped permanently."
"By you?"
"Not necessarily, since I know that my husband will be aware of this conversation as well, and HE won't be as sympathetic to your story, Mumawade."
"I will keep that in mind," Blacula said, as he turns to walk away.
"Mumawade," Usagi said, as she turned to face the departing African prince. "Go to Tina. Be a man, not a monster."
"And what of Vlad Tepes?"
"He's already been taken care of, according to MY wishes as the head of OUR clan. You don't have to worry about him."
"Humph," Blacula said, as he melds into the shadows, as he walks down the streets…
Usagi sighed, as she got her mind right for her assignment, as a car stops at her corner.
"You're free this evening, blondie?" said the driver.
Usagi smiled, as she saunters towards the car, and leans over.
"Sure, suger," Usagi said.
"Good," said the driver. "I'm glad to hear that."
Suddenly, Usagi finds herself pulled into the car, through the window of the car.
"Ah!" Usagi said.
"Now, we can play a game," said the man.
Usagi looked up to see a dark-skinned man with smoldering yellow eyes.
"You're 'Black the Ripper'!"
"Yeah, baby," Black the Ripper sneered. "And I plan on turning you out! HAHAHAHAHA-!"
"Yah-!"
Meanwhile, back at the local cemetery…
"Bobby, I know I've been a bit mean to you and your 'boyfriend' Billy for having NO taste in fashion, but we can talk about this," Ranma said, as he and his companions are surrounded by vampires.
"What's to talk about?" Bobby replied. "You killed Billy; prepare to die!"
Bobby and his fellow fiends lunge at Ranma, even as Dr. Thomas moves to protect his girlfriend Michelle.
"Ah!" Michelle said.
"Stand back!" Dr. Thomas said, as he also pulls out a stake from his shoulder bag.
Ranma, meanwhile, whirls around to perform a standard spin kick that sends Bobby into a tree with a sickening thud.
THUD!
"Ranma!" Dr. Thomas said, as he lunges forward to stake one of the vampires that had leaped from the trees to grab Ranma from behind.
SPLURCH!
Ranma turns to see Dr. Thomas removing his hand from the stake he had just drove into the vampire's back.
"Um," Ranma said, as he pointed at the fallen vampire.
"You don't need to thank me," Dr. Thomas said, as he smiled proudly.
"Actually, you forgot something."
"Now, what is it-?"
Suddenly, the vampire that Dr. Thomas had drove a stake into gets up, and attacks Dr. Thomas.
"HISSSSS!" the vampire screeched, as he tackled Dr. Thomas to the ground.
"Gordon!" Michelle yelled.
"You have to remove the head to kill them," Ranma said, as he unleashes a 'Vacuum Blade' (i.e. displaced air using the forbidden Saotome martial arts technique known as the Yamaken).
SPLURCH!
The vampire that was about to attack Dr. Thomas fell backwards in a heap.
"And don't let the blood get unto your skin and mouth," Ranma said. "You'll be infected by the vampire's blood."
"What'll happen?" Michelle asked.
"You'll end up becoming highly aggressive and short-tempered," Ranma said. "Other than that, you'll be okay."
"You don't say," Michelle said.
"Get Billy's body out of there," Bobby said, as he directed his victims-turned-fellow vampires to remove Billy's still corpse from his grave. "The Master will know what to do."
"No!" Dr. Thomas yelled, as he was about to get back into the fight, when Ranma stopped him.
"What are you doing?"
"I rather consult Usagi on this, and I rather track down the head vampire," Ranma replied. "Besides, you and Michelle won't survive a full confrontation."
"But you-"
"I'm only one person out here to protect you and Michelle from harm, Dr. Gordon."
"Humph," Dr. Gordon said. Ranma was right that he, Michelle and Ranma would end up in a fight of attrition. Better to track the vampire lair and settle things later…
"Mark my words, you will suffer!" Bobby yelled, as his vampire pack retreated. "Come on, darlings!"
And, with that, the vampires faded into the darkness.
"Man, I hope Usagi is not having an off evening like we are," Ranma replied with a relaxed sigh.
"What trouble could she be up to?" Michelle asked.
Across town, Usagi held Black the Ripper up by the throat in an alley. She had managed to get her bearings straight long enough to not get her throat slashed.
"Well, it looks like the tables have turned," Usagi said, as her eyes glowed orange-red, while she growled. "I am surprised that you are here Redjac."
"How did you know that?" Black the Ripper said.
"You know my husband, Lord Ranma Rantsu of Hinokure Prefecture, former Japanese ambassador to Great Britain, circa late 19th century."
"The Detective," Black the Ripper said with a sneer. "He almost cost me my friend, when the Vorlons attempted to claim me."
"And yet, so great was your evil that you managed to leave a fragment of your essence behind long enough to continue your reign of terror in your stead," Usagi replied. "Few mortals can achieve such a feat…"
Pause.
"And now, you will pay for your crimes."
"I don't think so, witch," Black the Ripper said, as he began to convulse violently.
"NO!" Usagi yelled, as the Redjac entity left Black the Ripper's body. She then slammed the corpse into the wall, creating a dent in the process. She wanted to rage, but realized that she missed her opportunity to change the future, in which the murderous entity would continue its killing spree, by possessing other people…
"No," Usagi said, as she shook her head with a sigh.
With a huff, Usagi hefts Black the Ripper's body over her shoulders, and takes to the skies…
Meanwhile, Ranma, Dr. Thomas and LAPD Detective Lt. Peter Doyle arrive at the morgue.
"I didn't know you knew Saotome, Peter," Dr. Thomas said, as they walked into the main room. Michelle went home to check in on Tina, before going to bed herself…
"Knew each other from 'Nam," Doyle said. "Yeah, 'Ronnie' and Usa-something. His wife or whatever."
"It's 'Ranma'," Ranma replied with annoyance. "And my wife's name is 'Usagi'."
"Yeah. Anyway, why are we here again?"
"We have to make sure that any new bodies that Sam the Morgue Director took in are not vampiric in nature," Dr. Thomas said.
"Not that I believe any of this, but wouldn't the 'vampiric bodies' already be long gone?" Doyle said.
"Maybe not," Ranma said, as he points to a splatter of blood all over the walls.
"Oh, boy," Doyle said, as he takes out his gun, while Dr. Thomas takes out his…crucifix cross.
"That may not work, you know," Ranma said pointedly.
"Oh?" Dr. Thomas replied.
"Yeah, you don't strike me as a man of faith. You might be lucky if the victim of the vampire was a church-goer or something in his or her previous life."
"Well, you're here, right?" Dr. Thomas said. "Let's go see what's going on-"
SMASH!
"YAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!" screamed a black female vampire, as she charged forward.
"AH!" Doyle said, as he discharged his revolver to no effect.
"Back off, you!" Dr. Thomas said, as he showed his cross, only to be back-handed by the vampire female.
SMACK!
"Arrgh!"
"Why should I pay attention to the 'white man's religion'?" replied the vampire, as she moved to grab Doyle.
"Great!" Doyle said, as he scampers back, having run out of rounds. "Just what we need: a Black militant who happens to be a vampire. What's next? A black president?"
"I'm going to sucking the life out of you, you jive-talking honky!" the vampire said.
"Help-!"
Just as the vampire was about to pounce on Doyle, Ranma reaches over, and yanks the vampire off of Doyle, slamming her against the opposite wall.
"Augh!" the vampire said.
"You okay, Doyle?" Ranma said, as he continued to keep an eye on the vampire.
"You saved my life with those Oriental moves of yours, Ronnie," Doyle replied.
Ranma shakes his head, before he paid attention to vampire, who was crouched while hissing.
"Take it easy," Ranma said, as he cautiously walks towards the vampire, as he slowly reaches into pocket space to take out a series of special throwing needles. These needles were dipped in a special solution consisting of silver nitrate and garlic. Before coming over to the morgue, he had picked up an anti-vampire kit, which included the special needles.
"If you calm down, we can help you."
"Like want help from a 'Chinaman'!" the vampire said, as she charged forward.
With a sigh, Ranma let loose a volley of the anti-vampire needles from his arsenal.
THAK! THAK! THAK-!
"Ahhhhh!" screamed the vampire, as she fell over while convulsing.
"Finally, we can kill these monsters," Doyle said.
"We may not to," Dr. Thomas said, as he and Ranma go over to the vampire woman.
"Right," Ranma said, as he picked up the vampire. "According to Usagi, if the victim has been recently turned into a vampire, we might be able to reverse or dampen the effects of the infection."
"So, what's next?" Doyle asked.
"We get information, of course," Dr. Thomas said, as he, Doyle and Ranma, with the vampire, go into the morgue itself.
Tbc.
