Tai: "Here we go!"
Aka: "T-man. That guy from One Piece is back."
Tai: "Oh… Ok, I'm still working on it. I'm at a road block right now. I'll finish it as soon as I can, ok?"
One Piece Oc: *Glares before leaving*
Tai: "Ok then, DB go."
Disclaimer: Taiski does not own DC Comics or any related media. Taiski owns the Ocs used in this chapter and the story's overall plot.
The Eyes of Red and Heart of Black
Chapter 38: Vs. The Man of Black Blazes
Alucard sat atop a building, one of those older buildings with the eagles etched into the corners, staring at Kunama City below. "These people," he thought to himself, "they are just like those others. The ones who killed her." The vampire's mind recalled that time, though he tried as hard as he could not to.
{Flashback, 318 years ago}
Octavian, who at this point in his life looked like a eleven-year-old, phased out of the shadow of a tree atop a hill. "Did I arrive early?" he asked himself. He was supposed to meet his friends today, but he was the only one at their meeting place. He looked around the tree, under the rocks and in the small tunnel in the side of the hill.
"Where?" he started but was interrupted by the sounds of the villagers shouting and whatnot. The vampire hid within the tree's shadow. His friends told him that the villagers would hurt him if they knew of him and he trusted them with his life.
The villagers were hanging a group of people. Octavian jolted in alarm when he saw that his best friend and her two brothers were the ones about to be hanged…
{Flashback End}
Alucard's trip down memory lane was interrupted by the sound of metal clanking against the building's roof. He turned and saw a boy about eighteen in age. He would've been considered a Batman look-alike with his helmet, except that he wore a red visor that had two points that ended up just above his head. The visor had several vertical slits running over his eyes. His armor was black with a red chest plate, shoulder guards, and worn over a dark bodysuit. He also wore red gauntlets and boots with black groves.
"And you are?" Alucard asked, ready to fight this man if necessary. The knight, and the term is used very loosely, chuckled to himself. "The name's Calvolt," he said. Alucard stood and faced Calvolt. "And your reason for being here?" he asked.
"Well," Calvolt said, "You got a pretty big bounty on that head of your's. I'm here to collect it." Alucard knew what he meant. Someone wanted him dead, and was willing to pay for it to happen. The bounty hunter raised his hands in front of himself and a burst of flames erupted from them. Alucard jumped back instinctively to dodge, forgetting that he was on the roof of a twenty story building.
"Wow," Calvolt said aloud, "this guy's an all new type of stupid. Well, better get to the ground and gather what's left of him." He turned towards the elevator, but stopped when heard the sound of wings flapping. He turned and saw a silver furred bat the size of a man with glowing red eyes. "What?" Calvolt started, but stopped talking when the bat landed and transformed into Alucard.
"That was embarrassing," the vampire said, "You're not going to laugh at that, are you?" Calvolt rolled his eyes, although you couldn't see that from under his helmet. "I'm just going to take your bounty," he said, "fight back if you want. It makes this thing a lot more fun." Calvolt swung his arm, a line of flames following it like a whip. Alucard ducked and rushed at the armor-clad man.
Calvolt stepped back so Alucard didn't crash into him. Alucard didn't expect Calvolt to remove the mouth-piece of his helmet. Nor did he expect for him to exhale a flamethrower's worth of fire at him. The vampire phased into the shadows below him to dodge the flames. Calvolt somersaulted to his left when Alucard attempted to jump him from behind. The armored bounty hunter turned, lifted his leg and slammed it down. Alucard moved out of the kick's way before forcing his palm into Calvolt's chest. The strength put behind the palm sent Calvolt into the thirty story building across the street. Alucard phased into the shadows to intercept the hunter.
Alucard phased into the room Calvolt landed in, an office building. The people inside were already running out every possible exit. He turned his head to the left, then the right. "Telegram!" Calvolt shouted as he appeared out of nowhere and elbow-jabbed Alucard in the shoulder. The vampire staggered to the left, trying to regain composer. Calvolt took advantage of his target's wooziness by throwing a copy machine at the vampire.
"Oof!" Alucard's wooziness wore off pretty fast because of that. And it let him see that the hunter was about to blast him with another flame burst. "Well," Calvolt chuckled, "It's been fun kid." He moved his hand forward, and Alucard expected a stream of burning death, but instead a faint beeping was heard.
Alucard didn't know what it meant. But Calvolt sure did, for he lowered his hand and turned away. "What's with the change of heart?" Alucard asked, "To squeamish to pull the trigger?" Calvolt sharply turned his eyes aflame, metaphorically speaking. "I'LL SHOW YOU SQUEAMISH!" he shouted. He quickly raised his fists above his head, and the shadows below Alucard shot up in a spike shape, impaling him. The armored man calmed down, the shadows returning to normal, and Alucard's limp body landed with a thud.
"Well," Calvolt said, "That was easier than I thought." The hunter was about to grab his target and take his leave, but he heard the sounds of police sirens outside. "Son of a b***." he mumbled, 'Oh well, I can always raid the undertaker later." The bounty hunter turned and walked toward the wall, phasing through the shadows covering it.
[Later]
Octavian awoke in his coffin. "What?" he asked himself. After opening the wooden box, he looked around and saw he was in the subway station again. He thought for a second that the fight with Calvolt was just a strange hallucination. He looked at his cloths and that thought went right out the window.
His body had no physical injuries, but, the wine red dress shirt and grey vest over it were completely wrecked. Both had a hole, about the diameter of a bean can lid, straight through them, so you could see a little of the vampire's chest. Octavian panicked when the possibility of his cloak being ripped came into his mind.
Fortunately, and very strangely, the black cloak was unharmed. Octavian closed his eyes and focused. He was trying to will the clothes he was wearing to repair. How could he do that, I hear you asking, well, the bodies of vampires, like most mythical shape-shifters, are surrounded by a thin aura of magic. That's how Octavian can change his clothes with him. But unfortunately, this damage seemed too much for him to fix.
"Just great…" he muttered. Thoughts of Calvolt's ability to manipulate shadows as well as fire brought a small sense of fear within Octavian. This bounty hunter, again, a BOUNTY HUNTER, was able to control a thing vampire's naturally feared and the shadows, something Octavian had just began to learn controlling… Well, you get the idea. This kind of enemy was over Alucard's head. How could he possibly defeat him?
Thud. The slightly burnt Hamlet book fell beside Octavian. He leaned over and picked it up. He recalled the first friend he had ever made, and how he wasn't able to save her. The pain felt fresh and flowed from his black heart. He stood up, placed the novel on top of the makeshift shelf he had turned a box into. The vampire put his cloak back on, a renewed fire lit within him. He had failed to save her, but he had new friends, no, a family that he needed to become stronger for. Octavian walked up to a wall and phased through the shadows. The first thing he needed to do, was find a new shirt.
Tai: "And, finished."
Aka: "Wha-"
Tai: "The chapter."
Aka: "Oh…"
Tai: "I'm going to say two things."
Aka: "First?"
Tai: "First is to say that both Ryujin65 and Guest-Red guessed correct with Marionette being a Technopath. It was very obvious now that I think of it."
Aka: "And second?"
Tai: "I need some advice."
Aka: "Huh?"
Tai: "Do you guys, the readers, think I should skip to the five years later and have flashbacks explain what had happened between the years, or would you prefer me continuing as normal?"
Aka: "I'm hungry. Be raiding the fridge, be back later."
Tai: "Well, I'll just let you choose. Tell me via PM or review. See ya later. Aka! Don't you dare eat that slice of pizza in the back!"
Aka: "Where!?"
Tai: "AKA!"
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