Chapter 10: Turning Knuckles
Chaos reformed to its normal form and ran way from the cave. It wanted to get as far away from Vlad as possible. Night had already fallen and Chaos didn't want anything to do with Dracula or his son. Just then, Chaos stopped and saw red mist. It reformed into Vlad and he looked angry. "Knuckles, why'd you leave me?"
Chaos glared at the vampire. It couldn't speak normally but sent its thoughts out telepathically. I don't want anything to do with your or your father, it said. Now leave me be.
"But wait! Let me finish. I didn't want you to leave because...I want to be your new ally." It really hurt the vampire prince to say that.
What are you talking about?
Vlad looked at Chaos. He cleared his throat and explained. Chaos' eyes widened when its enemy started to talk about what Dracula did to Van Helsing. After several minutes, Chaos knew everything. "So, will you let me come with you?" Chaos hesitated. It still wasn't sure if it could trust Vlad, but after hearing his explanation, it nodded.
Yes, I will, it said.
"Thank you. But there are two things I want you to do."
What is it?
"If we run into any vampires, I'm not going to kill and I don't want you to kill them. I was born as a vampire, and I will refuse to murder my servants and kind."
Chaos nodded. And the second thing?
"Er...you might not like this, but I have to turn you. I won't hypnotize you or make you my servant, it's just so your senses can become enhanced and to gain new powers. Plus, I figure that if you run out of power from this so called 'Master Emerald', you won't be able to protect yourself unless I turn you." Chaos thought about it. Then, a few minutes later, it nodded. "Very well, but I can't turn you in that form. Isn't there a way you can change back?"
Chaos closed its eyes and transformed back into Knuckles. Vlad smirked, and bit him on the neck, drinking some of his blood. Then he stopped and looked at the echidna.
"When will I become a vampire?" Knuckles asked.
"I made sure I injected a lot of venom, so you should transform in a couple of minutes."
Knuckles' eyes widened. Then he fell to the ground, screaming in pain, and turned into vampire. Vlad chuckled evilly. He enjoyed the echidna's pain. Once it was over, the fledgling had newly acquired fangs, along with blood red eyes and pale skin.
"You should be entering you're blood frenzy soon."
The new vampire's eyes widened as his heart stopped beating. He growled ferociously and stood up, looking around for people to feed on. Knuckles spotted a village and the two vampires went to feed. They transformed into wolves and howled, then ran into the village and turned back to normal, seeing many people. Knuckles growled and struck, digging his fangs into a human's neck and draining him of blood until he was dead. He snarled viciously, looking for his next victim.
Vlad barked. There is a couple over there. The two humans are distracted, so it will be easy.
Knuckles nodded and struck. As soon as the male broke up their kiss, he was attacked by Knuckles and bitten on the neck, having every drop of blood sucked up. The female gasped and ran away from Vlad. The vampire prince returned to normal and caught up to her easily as he too drained the human dry. Knuckles groaned and gained control of himself; his blood frenzy was over, and he looked at Vlad. The vampire prince chuckled and grinned evilly.
Knuckles' eyes widened and he backed away. Vlad chuckled. "Get used to it, Knux. You're a vampire now, and this is what vampires do."
The fledgling growled. "You're pure, evil!"
"Why thank you..." Vlad's face then turned serious. " I'm afraid there's no other way. You have to get blood by killing.".
Knuckles nodded and sighed. He closed his eyes and turned back into Chaos.
"Do you know how long you can stay as Chaos?"
Chaos looked at him. As long as I want, it told Vlad. I could make it permanent also.
"I don't mind if you do or don't. Just to let you know, you have several abilities as a vampire. Do you want me to tell you?"
Sure; what are they?
"Well, as your probably aware of vampires can transform into bats, wolves, and red mist, they can hypnotize, and they have the power to control the weather. I bet you didn't know that last one."
Chaos nodded. That is interesting, it said. Aren't vampires immortal too?
"Yes, they are." Vlad looked around. "Well... We have a while until the sun rises, do you want to do anything?"
Chaos shook its head.
"What powers do you have, Chaos?" Vlad asked. He was interested to know.
This form gives me super strength, hydrokinesis, shapeshifting, stretching arms, and Chaos Energy attacks. I'm already a vampire, so it already covers immortality.
The vampire prince nodded. "You must have a large variety to choose from now." Vlad just remembered something. "I forgot to mention that vampires can teleport themselves and or other beings."
Chaos' eyes widened and it nodded, then looked around. What should we do? Where did you want to go, anyway?
Vlad thought about it. "I am usually able to figure out a plan, but because I don't want to kill my kind, servants, or family, it will be tough..." He looked at the sky and saw that it was time for them to leave. "We can discuss more about our strategy tomorrow night. Chaos, do you want to try out one of your new powers by transporting us back to the cave?"
Chaos nodded. It closed its eyes and vanished in a flash of light, along with Vlad. They appeared back at the cave, and the two vampires fell asleep.