Hello… Pfftt! Of course it hasn't been like three weeks since I updated! Nah…. OK IM SORRY! IT WAS JUST SO HARD AND I HAD WRITERS BLOCK AND AHHH IM SORRY!

Dust crunched under his feet as Vlad ducked a punch and returned with a right hook to the stomach. His hand clanged against the metal exoskeleton and Vlad bit his lip as his eyes watered slightly. The broken wrist would heal but that didn't mean it didn't hurt… Vlad punched again with his left hand this time avoiding the metal shell and his hand slammed into the flesh underneath. The creature let out a hideous scream that caused Vlad to yell as his ear drums protested against the strangled noise. Once Vlad's ears recovered he was surrounded. There must have been maybe a dozen glowing blue weapons aimed at his chest.

Vlad glanced around briefly as one of the creatures hissed at him and made strange clicking noises. There was no avengers close enough to help him.

Raising his arms slowly the strange aliens seemed pleased with their victory. Until Vlad slammed his good arm onto the concrete slabs. There was a massive wave that sent all the chitauri backwards. Vlad heard bones shatter and moans of pain.

He quickly moved out of the circle only to have his leg snatched by a creature with a now very squashed and ugly face. It screeched at him.

He kicked it.

It stopped screeching, it stopped moving at all in fact.

Yep, it was probably dead.

Suddenly a glowing stream of blue energy shot towards Vlad giving him hardly any time to duck.

It narrowly missed his head and it was so close that Vlad actually felt his hair being parted as it flew overhead.

He looked up to see Natasha mouthing apologetically at him. He nodded then watched as without looking she jabbed the weapon backwards into a chitauri that had been behind her. He was pretty sure her instincts could have even rivalled some vampires.

Not his though. Vlad's instincts had been toned to a tee.

Vlad heard a cackle as he slammed a chitauri skull against the wall and looked up in the sky to see Loki riding an alien craft above. That asgardian was just asking to have his face torn off.

Vlad took a brief look around before taking a run up and flying into the sky after Loki.

The sun shone brightly down onto him and felt the tell-tale tingle just before his skin started to burn. With renewed determination Vlad hit the craft startling Loki and nearly sending them crashing into an office building but Loki quickly set it back on its correct course.

"Ah it's you Strigoi." Vlad glared at the asgardian through red pain and the smoke from his skin to see a grin. "Ready to pledge your allegiance?" Loki asked.

Vlad steeled himself against further pain as the sunlight started to work its way into his flesh and gritted his fangs.

"No." He snarled and launched himself straight at Loki.

He slammed into the chest of the asgardian sending them flying out of the craft and through a window.

Vlad was coated in black blood from the burns but he still managed to summon the strength to grab the asgardian by his hair.

"Call off your forces!" He growled in Loki's face. The asgardian looked at him blankly for a moment before he began to laugh, a sound of pure mirth.

"All the legends were true!" Loki chuckled. "You are really just soft and weak just like those humans." He kicked Vlad in the chest sending the injured vampire skidding across the floor. Despite his burns already healing the trip in the sunlight had sapped Vlad of most of his energy.

Getting to his feet Loki brushed the dirt off his clothes and smiled at Vlad who lay on the floor completely drained of strength. "You assume I will call off my forces just because you wish me to? This is a war Strigoi. It doesn't end just because you say so." He kicked the vampire in the chest erecting a groan from the recipient. "You are on the wrong side." He kicked Vlad again.

"Oof." Was pained response he received.

"Join me Strigoi." Loki stared at him expectantly.

"Go to hell." Vlad murmured his eye lids flickering.

"I think you will find that we are there already." Loki snarled before grabbing Vlad by the shoulder and pulling him to his feet before pinning him against the wall. Vlad's feeble attempts to get him to let go did nothing. "You are a monster Strigoi. You will never be anything else and the humans will never see you any other way." Despite being barely conscious the harsh words still cut Vlad to the core along with the tragic reality of it. Something dark snarled in agreement deep within Vlad's head.

It really hurt and Loki had just made it all so clear that now even Vlad couldn't ignore it anymore.

Loki dropped Vlad to the floor as his eyes fluttered closed.

You want a monster? I'll give you one.

Behind closed lids blue eyes turned pure red before turning the darkest black.

I feel so pathetic. This is such a short chapter. I'm sorry.

Still can I haz reviews?

Pwease?

Pwease?