A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading. I know that Dracula and the Howling Commandos are OC in this chapter so I am sorry if you don't like that.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ultimate: Spider-Man or its characters
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Dangerous Ankh
Peter's POV
Fury told me 'meet the Howling Commandos' before Werewolf by Night jumped towards me howling, in my opinion it was very cool. He told me his name's Jack Russel by day and Werewolf by Night which was cool before I heard N'Kantu say that Fury told them they'd find warriors here.
"Am I screaming?" I asked "because I'm pretty sure anyone else would be" I said getting odd looks from them because I said that. He told me his name's The Living Mummy N'Kantu which I already knew, I didn't know Mr. Russel's name because he just said his species not his name.
I stepped back because he was a little too close before I was covered in bandages and they were pulled off me making everything spin before I bumped into Frankenstein's Monster. He said he has a new friend before I jumped back to get more room again making him think I was playing tag so I swung since I might as well play along.
I ran along the wall when I was grabbed and pulled towards him making me chuckle slightly "guess I'm it then huh?" I said before Fury spoke. "I you hadn't already guessed this is Frankenstein's Monster" Fury said before I asked if this is the only team with these types of people.
"I'm not calling them monsters that's too cruel of a name to call a species" I said before N'Kantu said that Fury likes to keep his monsters hidden. "I don't like your smell N'Kantu, I like the others I don't like yours" I said getting their attention.
"The undead are supposed to smell… off" N'Kantu said but I shook my head "Frankenstein's Monster is technically undead but I don't mind his, you smell of… Imitator of Miracles and Idolaters" I said confusing them apparently. "Most people can't face the truth they'd rather run away from it, monsters for example, or something that has to do with me" I said before Werewolf by Night said I should say that after I see the big guy.
"You mean The Man-Thing right?" I asked and he nodded "there's supposed to be another one on your team but I can't smell him" I said looking at Fury who didn't say anything and instead told me to tell them what happened. "Dracule took my friends when we were retrieving Tekamentep's Ankh and I'm pretty sure you know what he's going to try and do with it at Sunrise" I said before N'Kantu walked closer.
N'Kantu told me that the power of the Ankh is coveted where he comes from which doesn't surprise me in the least. "Dracule is still obsessed with bringing down žmogus kind and he should know he's going to fail again" I said before they finally asked who Dracule is.
"Dracule Kraujas is Dracula" I said before I gained weird looks again "since I'm pretty sure you guys want to go alone and I need to find my friends since I told someone that going there was my responsibility I want to make a bet" I told them and they nodded. "Since I know Dracule really well if he comes here to the Tricarrier and gets the Ankh, I'll try to get it back as well if that happens, I get to go with you agreed?" I asked and they nodded.
As soon as they nodded Dracule's portal appeared "I can go then?" I asked and they nodded again. "Cerbris it's been a short while since my last visit do you still think of me as a draugas?" he asked me and I nodded.
"I'll always think of you as one but if I have to send you back to Prakeikimas then I will" I said before he nodded telling my team to get the Ankh and destroy who they are able to. "Since you know him so well what does he mean by that?" I heard Jack ask and I nodded "Supernatural powers can't kill me" I said before I jumped to avoid Nova's blast.
I shot a web at Iron Fists pulling him over to me when Frankenstein's Monster tried shooting him. "Shoot Power-Man, at least his skin won't be penetrated by bullets" I said before I jumped forwards to avoid being picked up by said person.
Fury told them to put their weapons on stun before I shot a web at Jack's wrist "I know you won't hurt them but Dracule is the one that wants the Ankh" I said before I jumped to avoid getting hit by Nova. I broke the web when N'Kantu grabbed Nova before he did the same with Iron Fists and Power-Man.
I picked up the Ankh before Dracule grabbed my hands saying 'gėda' which made me drop the Ankh before I growled at him. "I am not a gėda" I said growling the 'not' before I punched but he dodged and I did the same when he kicked me.
"You were the one who ran away from your family so many years ago Dracule" I said before he shook his head kicking me again but this time I grabbed the Ankh piece that was behind me as he grabbed the other one behind him. Frankenstein's Monster started shooting him making him back up as he dodged which wasn't a surprise since Frankenstein's Monster was stepping forward every time as well.
I was kicked in the back by Tiger making me drop the Ankh which fell into Dracule's hand "you still don't know when to give up do you? You try so hard to fix what you did by being žmogus but you can't" Dracule told me but I shook my head. "The less people who know what I am the better Dracule, I left and that was a mistake, you left to do what you've been trying to do for a millennia and you're still going to fail" I told him making him hiss at me.
The five left through the portals before N'Kantu's spell could get to them, N'Kantu said that Dracule picked his 'pawns' wisely. Jack asked me if I have loved ones and I nodded already knowing what he means.
I took out my phone before I called someone "hey Tony" I greeted when he answered before he asked me what's wrong. "Nothing's wrong I just wanted to tell you I can't come over tonight, an old friend dropped by and I haven't seen him in a while" I told him before he said it's fine.
"Thank you Tony I got to go tell my Aunt May" I told him before he said 'I love you' and I said the same.
Time Skip: Aunt May's House
For some reason all of us went to my Aunt May's house, then again they did agree that I would be on the mission with them. "Hey Aunt May, why do you have a broom and my dagger?" I asked her before she told me that she was going to try and find me with it making me sigh.
"You don't need to Aunt May, an old friend of mine came to visit and I'm going to bring him back home that's all" I told her when I took off my mask. "Is it Dracule, I bet his family's worried about him" she told me and I nodded before she said that was fine but I should take my dagger with me.
"You said it was Dagger of Agnos right?" she asked me and I nodded before she asked if they're my new friends or not gesturing to the Howling Commandos. "This is Ammon (1)" I said pointing to N'Kantu "this is Baalzephon (2)" I said gesturing to Jack "and this is Babael (3)" I said gesturing to Frankenstien's Monster.
"Oh that's good, they're good ones then but I thought you hate monsters?" I heard Aunt May ask confusing me. "I said I hate demonas" I told her before she told me that she can't say that I hate my own species making me sigh.
"I don't want anything to do with them Aunt May, I hate my species for not letting me correct my mistake" I told her before she said she knows that and that I should go find him now. "What was she talking about?" Jack asked making me shake my head "not here, not where Fury can hear" I said before I side stepped a Shadow Vampire when I reached the sidewalk.
"Well you really want to annoy me don't you Dracule" I said before I sliced the Šešėlis Vampyras with the Dagger of Agnos. I heard Jack growl when he turned to Blade before he said that he didn't hear that Blade was on this mission.
"How do you want me to say where Vampires are from Spider-Man? I'm quite sure you don't want me to say Underworld" I heard Blade ask before I told him I'd rather hear Perdition or Košmaras Sector. "I wasn't on this case until I heard the Vampires in Perdition say that they have the Ankh and are almost ready to attack" Blade said before I heard him say that he found how they got the Ankh.
"That was me, I made a mistake like I had so many times before" I told him before I said that I need to find my team if Blade hasn't. "I did find them before I lost them again when they went through a portal" he told me and I nodded before I saw Jack put high-tech sheets over Aunt May's windows.
I saw Frankenstein's Monster spray Weaponized Garlic, saw Blade toss down Wide UV Lamps, and saw N'Kantu's Wards of Protection. I saw Flash and another man come by before a snake projection scared them off which I'm going to have to take responsibility for since I did ask them to protect Aunt May's house.
"So how are we getting to Transylvania?" I asked them before Jack said our ride's here. I saw Monster Truck fly over before he landed, his tongue out on the pavement which was really cool in my opinion.
Time Skip: Flying Over the Atlantic
I looked around before Jack asked me what my Aunt meant "I'm a demon or at least a demon dog, I left my post guarding Hades' Gate bringing sin, villainy, and everything else bad to this world" I said before they asked if I felt bad about it. "Yes, I've tried getting back to take care of Hades' leaking power but I can't get back so I try taking care of it by being Spider-Man, but the World's too big even for a dog that has a paw the size of a large house" I said before they nodded.
I heard Blade and Jack fighting over stealth and direct confrontation before I sighed "I know you guys used to be team mates but come on" I said before they looked at me with irritated glares. "I'm guessing you don't want to win since you keep fighting like this, I try to keep fighting with Nova at a minimum because on a team fighting amongst yourselves gets you nowhere" I said before they asked me what that has to do with right now.
"A real team puts their fighting aside otherwise a job can't be done, if you fight each other who's fighting the opposition?" I said leaving them with that question only because the computer N'Kantu's using started blinking red. When we landed I saw Dracule's lair which isn't much different from his castle in Košmaras Sector, except the fog was more white/gray color and his castle was black not purple.
I asked what the plan was as I swung landing a foot or two behind Frankenstein's Monster so I walked the rest of the way smelling death so I looked up. I asked what the plan was again when I saw about fifty to a hundred Shadow Vampires climbing down the castle before Frankenstein's Monster said that SHIELD's bringing the big guy.
I saw a Carrier Plane go past dropping something that smells pleasant and unpleasant at the same time. The smell of a bog and a type of flower, the first being unpleasant and the second pleasant, before I saw green smog on the Shadow Vampires that fell to the ground.
"Is he The Man-Thing?" I asked before I heard N'Kantu say 'he is child' before I said he's awesome, we went into the castle before I heard Dracule speak. "I changed Košmaras Pilis a bit, what do you think Cerbris?" I heard him ask me before I shook my head.
I wasn't really sure if we were upside down or if he was "it's fine but is the saying still the same?" I asked him before he said 'yes' and something about hope being useless here or something. A horde of Shadow Vampires appeared before I saw N'Kantu attack bringing down about four of the Vampyras.
I saw Frankenstein's Monster do the same before Jack did as well, Blade destroyed some before I saw a Vampyras jump on his back so I shot a web at that one bringing it to me before I unsheathed my dagger knifing it so it turned to ash. When I jumped down I shot a web at both Vampires on the ground webbing them there before I knifed another one that ran towards me.
One grabbed onto my back before I saw one run at me, I put my foot on its chest shooting a web at its mouth before I knifed him turning him to ash and did the same with the other one. Two more came at me pinning me to the ground so I couldn't knife them let alone move my arms.
I saw The Man-Thing destroy them before I got up thanking him, he put his hand on my shoulder and I was surprised I didn't explode. Frankenstein's Monster said that he likes me before I shook my head when he took his hand off my shoulder.
"He doesn't know me" I told him before I felt something slightly warm on my shoulder where The Man-Thing had his hand. I looked down brushing the foliage off my shoulder.
I jumped onto the platform before the others got there "it doesn't matter who accepts you Cerbris you're still a gėda" I heard Dracule say chuckling darkly before he left. I sighed at him before Jack asked what that means "a disgrace is what he called me, disreputable disgrace" I said before I said that we have to stop him from getting outside since it's almost Sunrise.
I heard cackling before I told them we have to trust our sense of smell not our sight which Jack seemed to get because he's smelling the air. "You're right Spider-Man, he's closer than we think" he told me and I nodded smelling the air as well before Jack asked Blade if he'd follow him one more time.
We ran after he said that before we reached Dracule "Cerbris? Do you want to lead them to their mirties patalas (4)?" I heard him ask and I shook my head. "That's not going to happen, I won't let it" I told him before Blade tried slashing him when we all jumped at him but he turned to ash before we could reach him.
Every time they try and hit Dracule they miss: first it was Frankenstein's Monster and then it was N'Kantu. I shot a web before Blade told me I should save my friends, I was hesitant to do that because if they fail, and I don't really think they will, saving my friends will be for nothing.
"Very well but Dracule's my friend as well, stay with your team and take him back to Perdition if you can" I said before I swung to my team who were held in see through glowing sky blue coffins. I made a net out of webbing before I opened all of their coffins seeing them rub their heads asking what happened.
I helped Nova up since he was the only one who was sitting down when the others were standing up. "Come on I have to get to Dracule and the others" I said before I swung running out of the castle with the others when I saw Jack try to claw at Dracule who was in the air.
When I saw Dracule disappear I saw him reappear through a portal "I know Cerbris likes all of you and this world but I'm a demonas" I heard Dracule say before his hands that held the two Ankh pieces glowed red. "I will not allow myself to rule only in darkness while he gets to walk in the light" I heard Dracule say as he put the pieces together, I never hung out with him because I wasn't allowed away from the gate and he wasn't allowed near it.
I sleep when he's awake and I'm awake when he has to sleep that's why he's doing this. I told 'Frankie' to throw me when I was running towards him before he did and I shot webs at the Ankh pieces pulling it apart before I caught them.
"If you had told me that I would've came to visit, you know our kind doesn't sleep unless we have to" I told him when I landed on my feet. "I priežiūra for you a lot Dracule Kraujas" I told him before he nodded telling me he feels the same making me smile under my mask before he said he'll tell me when I can visit him again.
He left through a portal just as Blade slashed it, I felt Frankenstein's Monster collect me into a bear hug before I asked him to let me go and he nodded before I felt my bones heal. I heard Jack sniff the air before I smelt demonic powers surround me "N'Kantu, I knew this would happen" I said as I was pulled backwards.
I was lifted up before the Ankh pieces were taken from me and I was thrown before I righted myself in the air sliding backwards as I slowed myself. I stopped in the middle of Frankenstein's Monster and Jack before I told them that I was right about him smelling of Idolaters and Imitators of Miracles.
They asked what that even was before I told them it was the Demon Hierarchy or demonic power categories. I heard N'Kantu say that he was once a Pharaoh worshipped by the people and he's going to use Tekamentep's Ankh to make him whole again so he can reach greatness.
I heard him say that he summons the Flail of Anubis and the Crook of Osiris after he grew bigger and the bandages fell. He shot a beam at us before he lifted the Howling Commandos and I heard Frankenstein's Monster say that they're his friends.
"The time I spent with you brings me only pity and I'm surprised that Spider-Man wasn't with us but maybe now he'll fill the spot in Fury's collection of freaks" N'Kantu said before I heard my friends ask what he meant by that. "My secret makes people fear me or think I'm a freak, I'm friends with Dracule after all" I said before I saw the Howling Commandos get shocked by their team mate.
They were dropped as soon as N'Kantu said that he'll spare them the pain he'll inflict on Fury before I apologized to Luke who asked why. I whistled "Pabaisa Sunkvežimis" I said before he came and we went in going through the same portal N'Kantu took.
When we landed I flipped in the air after I ran down the ramp landing on a car before I looked to my left to see N'Kantu. I heard my team basically give up before I told them we have a team times two, I heard N'Kantu say that he's no longer under the command of Fury before I heard Fury say his name from the Tricarrier.
I saw the Tricarrier shoot him making him fall before he used the Crook to shoot the Tricarrier. "Do you guys know someone who can take him down?" I asked them before I heard Blade say that it's over making me sigh.
"So you're giving up on someone you called a friend not too long ago? I wouldn't call that friendship" I said before Jack said that N'Kantu was one of them, knows all of their weaknesses, and adding the Ankh to the mix means they'll lose. "I know that under the surface you guys are friends and friends don't give up on each other, is your definition of friendship shallow and useless?" I asked them before I saw them look at each other.
Jack asked if I have a plan before I asked why they call The Man-Thing the big guy before he told me he's going to need more raw materials. "Have you been in the New York Sewer?" I asked once I took off the Manhole Cover.
Time Skip: Giant-Size Man-Thing
"N'Kantu! Greet the Giant-Size Man-Thing" I yelled before I saw him knock N'Kantu down, when he got up and shot The Man-Thing I shot a web at the Flail of Anubis taking it from him. "Do your best Man-Thing" I said before I looked right at the Crook of Osiris my vision going purple when N'Kantu said that Dracule was right when he said that Cerberus is 'disreputable' making The Man-Thing hit N'Kantu.
N'Kantu was thrown into a tall skyscraper almost as big as him before I heard Jack tell the Commandos to 'monster up' before I saw him jump grabbing the Ankh. When I saw White Tiger running up N'Kantu seeing him about to shoot the two I shot a web at both of them pulling them off him before I asked Nova to get Tiger and Frankenstein's Monster to get Werewolf by Night.
I saw Iron Fists jump to punch before I shot a web at Nova and Iron Fists who were both about to get shot getting them out of the way again. When I saw The Man-Thing's attack get stopped I swung pulling up to dodge a shot before I moved my body to the side to avoid another.
"Everyone! Get the Ankh" I told them before I shot a web at N'Kantu's eyes blinding him and making him drop the Crook of Osiris. I latched myself on the Ankh before I asked for something sharp.
Blade threw his Silver Katana at me and I made sure to catch the hilt because I do not want to live without a hand or fingers for thirty minutes. I cut the Ankh before I swung off seeing The Man-Thing branch out to catch the Ankh before he caught it breaking it, I was glad about that before I saw N'Kantu explode into sand.
I landed in front of The Man-Thing who was shrinking before I said they were all awesome seeing them nod.
Time Skip: on the Tricarrier
I heard Fury say that what the Howling Commandos did was commendable before I heard Jack say that he should be thanking my team because they wouldn't have beaten Pharaoh without us. "Blade?" I asked before he told me he won't tell anyone making me nod before he left.
"We won't tell either Spider-Man" I heard Jack say before I asked him why I smelled tea and jasmine. I turned to my Heat Vision to see a man in an Old English clothes outline before I waved at him and he seemed surprised from him asking if I could see him and I nodded.
"My name's Max, The Invisible-Man, and I won't tell either Spider-man" he told me and I nodded thanking him.
A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 6:30 P.M. on October 9, 2016.
1) I searched up names and meanings of demons and found that Ammon a Sun God a lot like Lucifer except he controls reproduction and life.
2) Baalzephon is Captain of the guard and sentinels of Perdition according to Wierius
3) Babael is the Keeper of graves
4) I think it means Deathbed.
I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading, see you next Monday.
