Chapter 7: Love Complication
It was boarding time for everyone, monsters and humans. Three witches, mostly the maids, soared in on their broomsticks, cackling and circling over the sea and around the massive cruise ship. It was an extremely impressive sight for everyone, especially when the ship blended in with its glamorous surroundings like the start covered sky and the northern lights.
The monsters and humans gathered in a ballroom, where fish men waiters brought them drinks or appetizers. There was a giant portrait of a human man of the Greek times shaking hands with a monster; it was the symbol of the harmony and friendship between man and monster. The anchor was raised, the horn blew, and the huge ship began to pull back from the port, sailing through the ocean. They were off for the start of a family vacation.
Wayne, Wanda and hundreds of wolf pups, including the older mature tween pups, walked up to a photo backdrop for a family picture. The pups were going nuts to their poor parents' dismay, except the calmer elder pups, but as soon as they heard the fish photographer say 'Okay, smile!' the pups all stopped for second to flash brilliant smiles, including their parents. But the instant the flash went off, the pups went nuts again, while the older ones and their parents frowned.
"Thank you," Stan said, escorting a monster family away as the next guests stepped to the photo area. He greeted the family in his usual monotone voice, "Welcome aboard! How are you doing? Nice to see you."
Outside on the deck, the witches finished circling the ship and landed next to a few pool chairs. Each witch snapped their fingers as their witch dresses poofed into bathing suits. The witches settled on the pool chairs to relax and stashed their brooms next to them. The last witch's broom refused to stand to the side. It took the last chair, and with a bit of magic, kicked the witch off and knocking her to the floor.
Meanwhile, Dennis , Martha,Willie and Winnie had entered the ballroom where they found a sign that read 'NO PETS ALLOWED,' clearly meaning that Tinkles was not allowed to even be on the cruise with them.
"No Pets Allowed? Uh oh." Dennis and Martha cringed as they exchanged a worried glanced to Winnie and Willie .
However, the four kids came up with a brilliant plan to sneak Tinkles onboard. Working together, the kids dressed Tinkles up in a brown trench coat and fedora hat, both fitted the large dog perfectly.
"Perfect!" Dennis and Martha smirked, pleased that the plan worked.
Then Dennis , Martha , Willie and Winnie proceeded to do their special handshake, which ended in Winnie and Willie immediately kissing Dennis and Martha on the cheek. A goofy grin spread across Dennis and Martha's faces, followed by a small moan.
Moving ahead, Winnie and Willie checked to make sure the coast was clear and said, "Dennis, Martha come on."
As the kids guided the disguised puppy inside, they walked up to the fish man greeter who said monotonal, "Oh hello, welcome aboard." The fish man looking up an down at the tall strange monster behind the awkwardly smiling children.
"This is Bob." Dennis and Martha ushered their disguised dog to speak to avoid suspicion. "Say 'hi,' Bob."
"Hi, Bob." Tinkles spoke in a male voice.
The fish man's eyes widened in surprise. The kids and Tinkles walked past him, trying not to draw attention to themselves.
While everyone else was busy checking in or talking photos, Danny's iPhone began to ring. It caught the attention of the Steins and Johnny's parents. He took his phone out of his pocket to see who it was; it had the picture of James Quinston, Danny knew he immediately had to take this call.
"Sorry guys, I need to take this. I'll catch up with all of you later." Danny said, as he excused himself.
The two groups nodded in understanding as Dereck went to the far corner of the room so no one could hear his conversation. Once he did, he pressed a button and began to video chat with his mother. "Hey James , I finally made it to the Bermuda Triangle!"
"You're on the ship, and you have Dracula with you?" James asked him through video chat.
"Yes," Danny answered. "He's here. I earned his trust by staging an accident to save his baby."
"Good, your family will be pleased to hear you succeeded," James smirked, wickedly pleased.
"You wouldn't believe what I've been through to get them here!" Daniel started to complain, scowling in disgust. "They had a giant monster dog that tried to attack me! Then I went on a dangerous flight that was piloted by Gremlins who wrecked the plane when we landed, although Mr. Van Helsing had a major outburst at Dracula's daughter about booking the flight!"
"I just can't believe those idiotic humans put their trust in monsters!" James raged, but he calmed himself down to take a breather. "Is Ericka there with you?"
"Yes she is,James !" Danny told him annoyingly.
Emerging from the shadows, James noticed an elderly lady standing close by, thrusting a very old ancient spell book, big golden letters read GRIMOIRE. She wore a mage-priestess turned witch creamy white and orange dress with a red and black long skirt, an old fashioned wedding ring on her index finger, and a large golden moon-shaped pendant draped around neck. Her white hair was tied in a high bun half loose as two wavy loose curls hung over both her shoulders, and eyes a golden amber. The older woman nodded at him, ready to conduct some kind of magic spell that probably won't be good.
"Is she still with HIM?!" James asked in disgust.
"Yes,James , she's still married to Dracula." Danny informed him. "Like how you're still obsessed with her," he murmured to himself at that last part.
"Did you learn anything while you were with them? Maybe some useful information to destroy them?"
"A few days ago, I did overhear in the hotel's dining hall that Ericka was asking Dracula to turn her into a vampire."
This piece of news shocked James so much that he almost dropped the phone. "SHE WHAAAT?!" He screamed in the phone speaker that Danny had to hold the phone away from his ear for a second.
"Yes, but apparently Dracula and the other vampires refused to transform her because of the consequences on what happened to great-great aunt Lucy Westenra," Danny informed him. "So they've been on edge since then."
Relieved, James was quite pleased with this information. "Hmmm... That could be very useful for us to tear them apart." He glanced over at the smirking elder woman sitting nearby.
Danny didn't understand why James made it so important for their plan to break up the couple when they should be killing the monsters. "Why is breaking them up so important in our plot to kill Dracula?"
"That is for us to know and for you to learn later!" James responded strictly. "Okay, I need you to find my cousin."
"Sure, why?"
"I want you to meet up with her and then later when the monsters are busy partying or whatever. I want both of you to come to us so we can discuss the plan, okay?"
"Alright, but how will I know when I see her?"
"She's the only other human who works on this ship, other than the ignorant ones befriending monsters, how hard is that!" James retorted through the phone.
"Fine, fine. I'll find this cousin of yours, and we'll discuss the plan later, bye." Then Danny hung up his phone and he immediately re-joined the others.
In a secret room hidden within the bowels of the ship, James asked the elderly gypsy woman, "You're sure that this spell plan of yours will work, Celia?"
"Young man, there is one thing that you shouldn't question me on and that is my magic capabilities!" Celia Fortner reprimanded with a scolding tone. "And if all goes according to plan, Dracula cas kiss his so-called love goodbye!"
Meanwhile on the deck, Griffin was exploring the ship with his invisible wife , Crystal and their kids , and the rest of the gang. He had met Crystal a year ago at Dennis and Martha's and Luna's fifth birthday party after the defeat of James and Bela, and the two invisible people instantly zinged and began a relationship.
"Oh my gosh, Griffin!" Crystal gushed. "I am like so excited. This is the nicest hotel I have ever been to."
"Yeah!" Griffin agreed.
Murray agreed with Crystal as he looked over an itinerary. "Man, this is amazing! There's so much to do. Olympic-sized swimming pool!"
A monster dove into the pool.
"All-you-can-eat-buffet!"
A skeleton picked up the entire table and gobbled up all of the food. He burped, and one of the fish crew members popped back out of his mouth.
"Full service spa!"
Bigfoot was at the spa laying on the massage table with three fish crew members giving him a massage, though it seemed like they were dancing on his back.
"Ooooooh! I'm gonna get me a seaweed rewrap!"" Murray grew excited.
But since boarding the ship, Dracula felt jealous and irked that everyone on this cruise was just as similar to everything they could be doing at his precious hotel. "Wow. It sounds like everything we can do at our hotel," he groaned sarcastically.
"Except on the water!" Murray corrected.
Suddenly fireworks exploded above them. Dennis and Martha transformed into a bats to carry Winnie and Willie by their collars to get a better view. Andrei draped an arm around Monica, finding the fireworks at a cruise ship to be romantic.
"You nailed it, honey!" Johnny said to Mavis, grinning hugely. "Your dad is going to love this! Best summer vacation ever!"
"Wait till you see the itinerary," Mavis hinted, clutching her husband by the shoulders.
While Daniel watched the fireworks, he couldn't help but be impressed by the sparkles and colorful patterns in the sky, but the show triggered a childhood memory.
In a bedroom with fancy-looking furniture, little eight year old Danny heard explosions during nights of special occasions in England. Crawling out of bed, the curious little boy pushed the window open and his eyes widened at the marvelous sight he witnessed.
Fireworks exploded in the sky, creating different patterns and shapes, magnificent colors of all kind, and its remaining sparkles rained down upon the distant city. The little boy gave a genuine smile of amazement and wonder at the celebration before him. He stared at the exploding colors in curiosity. It was so beautiful that he smiled in admiration.
But his private firework show came to an abrupt end when a middle-aged Celia entered the room, tired and irritated. Little Danny's smile faded away when he realizes his grandmother didn't approve of his late night show. The cold-hearted grandmother promptly slammed the windows closed, shutting out the world to keep her grandson locked within his home.
"Do you like fireworks, Mr. Parker?" Luna's cute face popped up in from nowhere, snapping the red-headed man out of his flashback.
"Aah!" Danny drew back, almost got into fighting position to attack her. But he immediately remembered where he was and whom he was with, so he relaxed his posture. "Don't do that!" he scolded the child. "I almost wet myself."
"I'm sorry, you were so absorbed in watching the fireworks," Luna xplained, and then she asked out of curiosity, "Uh, are you a karate expert?"
Danny felt embarrassed for almost giving himself away, but he decided to go along with what she guessed. "Um, yes. When I was your age, my family set me up in karate classes."
"Cool!" Luna awed.
Frank was admiring the firework show, despite the fact how fire terrified him. "Ohhh, that's nice."
The ever-frowning Dracula was confused at why his friend was enjoying the show. "Frank, 'fire bad,' remember?" he said, mimicking what the golem monster usually said when he saw a flame.
"Oh yeah, right, but uh..." Frank noticed that Ericka was hoisting Melany up on her shoulders to get a better view, and he turned to his vampire friend, wiggling his eyebrows. "Maybe you'll find your own fireworks with Ericka on the cruise? Huh?"
"It's not the Love Boat I share with my wife, Frank," Dracula replied, before he grinned. "I'm just here to have fun with my family."
Little did he know that was going to change and he will regret it for the rest of his undead life.
Suddenly an energetic figure clad in white swung through the air and over the crowd, catching Dracula's attention and slightly hit Danny in the back of his head.
"Oww!" Danny rubbed his head and glared up at the acrobatic stitched woman who accidently struck him, but as soon as he saw this mystery woman, he was at a loss for words.
The woman in white landed on a high mast above the audience. She wore a white captain's uniform, had very short platinum black and white hair with a streak, dark blue eyes, hot pink lips, and an hourglass figure. The crowd cheered as she welcomed the international monsters and humans, being super friendly. "Ahoy there! Me hearties ! Welcome aboard!" Then she greeted in different languages, super impressive how many languages she knew. The woman even greeted Bigfoot saying, "Wreeeerrraaarrooorr!"
A delighted Bigfoot roared back, "WRRROOORR!"
Suddenly a violet mist out of a nearby ventilation shaft on the floor, dancing like a snake emerging from a basket. Celia's voice echoed eerily as she chanted in an old Romanian language. The mist glided through the crowd, unnoticed. It slithered through or underneath the crowd at a quick pace, completely unnoticed. Finally, it found its target; Count Dracula.
Murray stared at the mystery stitched woman in amazement. "Whoa! Who is that?"
" She's my sister dear ,Eunuch", said Eunice with a smile while feeding Gina a bottle of milk.
"Your sister is beautiful",said Danny
Eunice observed that Danny was quite taken by her sister. So she whispered to Frank that Danny was in love with her sister. So they came up with a plan to help them find love with each other, first they will get them to dance underwater, then they will have a romantic dinner on the beach or the Cantina, then they could spend some time alone in a bedroom.
"WOW", will it work? asked Frank.
"Of course". said Eunice.
The violet mist moved upward, reaching Dracula's face and going into his eyes. "Ahh, what the-" It stun his eyes for a second, but then the vampire saw the female stein captain. That's when the spell finally kicked in and the false zing activated. He couldn't take his eyes off this woman.
When Danny saw the lady stein captain, he was bewitched. He had never seen an enchanting or beautiful woman until that moment. Then a familiar purple zing cast itself around his light green eyes, lulling him into a sense of peace he had not felt until since his unhappy childhood.
"I am Captain Eunuch," the lady captain introduced herself to the crowd. "And yes, I'm a Stein , but don't hold it against me. I could not be more excited to have all of you on board our first-ever monster cruise!"
The monsters cheered in response.
Danny starts to have romantic expression on his face and he began staring like a love-struck idiot. He felt his heart beating against his chest, though it sounded calmer, soothing his nerves.
A goofy smile crept over Dracula's mouth, and his heart was beating fast and loud. He was sincerely focused on the Captain and her loveliness.
But the sound of his unusual heartbeat caught Ericka's ears and attention. She saw her husband's silly face and his knees going weak. "Drac? What's wrong?" she asked, worriedly.
Mavis was cheering with everyone else, until she noticed her mother's concern and watched her approach her father. Now she too began to worry. "Dad, uh, are you okay?"
"Ina finny, fanny! Oh no wa-wa." Dracula muttered in a silly gibberish language.
It was now when Luna noticed her father started talking nonsense. "Mom, what's wrong with Dad?" the little girl asked, worried about her father.
"Oh no! He's having a heart attack!" Mavis stared at her father, looking very concerned.
"Drac? Not likely." Murray checked him over.
"Yeah, the only heart attack that can hurt him is with a wooden stake," Wayne added.
Mavis waved a hand in her dad's face. "It must be a stroke!"
"That doesn't look like the face of a heart attack or a stroke, honey," Ericka said, studying his goofy expression while frowning suspiciously.
Wayne glanced at Dracula, then followed where his eyes lead him to, and he saw whom the vampire was looking at. "Actually, I think that it might be her." The wolfman pointed to Ericka, but accidently poked the invisible man in the eye with his finger.
"Ow! Watch where you're pointing, mister! I'm right here," Griffin exclaimed in annoyance.
Wayne shook his head. "You always stand so close to me. It's creepy."
When Ericka realized that Dracula was acting weird because of Captain Eunuch, she couldn't believe it and almost felt a stroke herself. "What do you mean its HER?!" she growled, pointing an accusing finger at the stein woman in white. But she was also confused, I mean why was he acting this way around another woman.
Mavis and Luna exchanged concerned glances. Why would their father be acting weird over a woman he's never met before?
Eunuch slid down the mast onto the deck with graceful movements. "For so long, monsters were living in the shadows, but not anymore. You stood up and waved your hand, or claw, or tentacle, and said, 'We're here, we're hairy, and it is our right to be scary!'"
The monsters were truly impressed, really digging into this wonderful captain, that they responded in another cheer. Even the humans were amazed over her charm and inspiration.
All except for Ericka , who secretly mocking this strange stein woman's words with loathing insult, "We're here, we're hairy, and it's our right to be scary! Bleh!" She stuck out her tongue.
Captain Eunuch continued onward with her speech. "Now it's time to celebrate! You'll enjoy gourmet dining, thrilling adventures, and nonstop entertainment, all on the way to our final destination, the lost city that isn't lost anymore - Atlantis!"
The audience began going wild. They went even crazier when the doors swung open and the fish employees performed a pirate of acrobatics and amazing pirate tricks.
"Oh, yeah!" Dennis and Martha shouted.
"Woo-hoo!" Winnie and Willie exclaimed.
As soon as the four children followed the acrobatics, Mavis (having forgotten her concern for her parents) cartwheeled after them, followed by Johnny. The rest of the monsters and humans applauded enthusiastically. Ericka was knocked to the side by an acrobat by accident, crying, "Ow!"
Two pairs of eyes were sincerely focused on Eunuch ; Danny's green eyes shifted after her with such longing, and Dracula's blue eyes grew wider as she began to approach him while she greeted the monsters and humans.
"Hello. How y'all doing?" Eunuch said to a group of monsters, until she caught Dracula staring at her and seductively approached him. "So, you must be the one and only Dracula."
Dracula gulped, but still kept that goofy dumbfounded grin on his face.
"I have waited SO long to meet you." Eunuch leaned in so close that her breath touched his face. "Wow, you really don't age, do you? I would kill for your skin."
Dracula mumbled something to respond, but he couldn't get the words out right. It came out as, "Eh... Doobie-day-shu-la koobie day."
Not seemingly caring about what he said, Eunuch's eyes lit up as she flirted with him, "Ooh! You're speaking Transylvanian. I've always wanted to learn." She repeated what he said, "Doobie-day-shu-la koobie day."
The vampire tried to make himself understood, but he kept struggling. They ended up going back and forth like someone practicing with recorded language tapes, repeating "Koobie-day" or "Doola-day-shu-la koobie day."
The only two people growing frustrated were the jealous Ericka and an enraged Daniel, feeling the words echoing in their brains like a torture device. Flames of wrath exploded inside the green eyes of jealousy, followed by appearing skull faces. Both were certain they could hear the theme from Psycho in the background.
"What a jerk!" Danny felt his two front teeth growing sharper, wanting to tear Dracula's throat out and kill him right there. He saw Eunuch first, but that creature was stealing his girl, just like how he stole his great-grandma Mina from her fiancée.
"That little tramp is a wolf in sheep's clothing!" Ericka felt her jaw clench tighter, wishing she had been turned into a vampire back at the hotel, so she could drain every ounce of blood from Eunuch's body until her lifeless body looked like a deflated whoopi cushion.
"Uhh… I think I'll go play with Evan." Luna was becoming frightened by the spasm of rage in her mother's eyes, so she cautiously left with her terrified golem friend.
Eunuch had no idea what he meant, but she playfully continued flirting with him out of amusement. "Ahh, such romantic language. You know, there's just something about an accent that makes a man sound so intelligent."
"Ali-booboo." Dracula stuttered, his idiotic grin never fading away.
Having quite enough of this stupid conversation, Ericka decided to put an end to it. Rushing in like the wind she forcibly, or rather roughly, shoved her husband aside so she could speak to the captain. When Ericka stood in front of her, Eunuch was exactly the same height and body shape as the brunette woman before her.
"I'm sorry about him, he gets very formal at meeting new people," Ericka told the female stein captain, though judging by the tone of her voice it was ice cold.
"Uhh, okay?" Eunuch responded awkwardly, slightly irked at this brunette's rude interruption.
Eunuch thought it was time to introduce herself to this woman, no matter how bitter her voice sounded. "Hi, we haven't met. My name is Ericka , I'm Dracula's wife."
This put a surprised expression on Eunuch's face. To see that this human woman standing in front of her was Dracula's wife, though she did manage a grin, being impressed that someone managed to tie the knot with the Count. "Y-you're married to Dracula? Wow, that's fantastic!"
"Yes, does it bother you that I'm human?" Ericka asked, suspiciously narrowing her eyes.
"Oh no, I just didn't know Dracula was married, that's all. Gosh, you're so lucky to have Dracula in your life." Eunuch complimented politely, eyeing the brunette woman that usual smile which Ericka didn't know whether it meant she didn't care he was married or if that last word mocked her that she would never live long enough to stay married to the vampire, just like that heartless harpy Ginger.
"Oh, we are married - HAPPILY!" Ericka's strict tone turned up the volume as her face twisted in frustration.
Ericka at this point really wanted to confront her husband about that stunt he did while talking to this so-called attractive woman. But she needed an excuse to leave and to not seem rude to the Captain in front of all these monsters and humans whom this temptress had already won over with these flattering compliments and international languages and phony charm. Then she turned to Daniel and, seeing him gaze at the Captain in wonder, got an idea.
"Hey Captain, have you met my new friend, Danny ?" Ericka quickly grabbed Danny's arm and yanked him over to them. "Why don't you two get to know each other while I go off to chat with my husband. Have fun!"
With that said, Ericka dragged Dracula off somewhere quiet before he could speak in more gibberish, so they could have a private conversation, and leaving Danny and Eunuch to chat.
"Well if she likes men with 'accents,' I'll just turn on my British charm." Danny thought to himself in his head. His fangs started to change back to normal teeth, much to his relief. But when those alluring dark blue eyes captured his pale green ones, Danny suddenly lost his confidence, stuttering, "Boobie-day-shu-la boogie day."
"What did you say?" Eunuch was confused, not sure if she heard him say an inappropriate word.
Shaking his head in frustration, Danny calmly regained his wits. "Hello, Ma'am. It's a pleasure to meet such an captivating captain such as yourself. My name is Alex... eh, Vinnie... no, no, I mean, my name is Danny Parker." He greeted her in the most charming way, although he said his father's brother's names accidently, taking her hand and placing a small kiss on her hand.
Their conversation drew the attention of Dracula's friends.
Blushing, Eunuch was immediately taken by his polite greeting and the kiss he planted on her hand. "Hello to you too, Mr. Alex Vinnie Danny Parker." She coyly greeted back. "You have a very lovely accent. Oooh, you have the most palest brightest set of green eyes I've ever seen." Her comment was so flirtatious, looking up and down at this man in red before her.
Then a wicked smile spread across Danny's mouth when she said that about him. "It's Danny , actually," he said.
"You are very attractive for a redhead! The British are always known to have gorgeous accents and charm that makes a lady swoon," Eunuch flirtatiously complemented, moving a finger up to stroke his chin and goatee.
"Thank you." Danny felt his heart racing and his insides turn fuzzy. It looked like he was in dreamy daze and began blabbering nonsense, "Ali-booboo." He face palmed after this.
When Frank saw this, he decided to rescue Danny from this awkward moment. "That's Transylvanian he's speaking right there, he learned it from Dracula," he lied. "He's saying it was nice meeting you."
With that, Frank dragged a lovestruck Danny away before he could do anything else.
Eunuch waved goodbye to him. "Well then, ali-booboo to you as well," she called out to them as she watched the man in red leave.
In a hidden corner of the ship's deck, Ericka hauls Dracula to the far corner of the ship to confront him on what he did earlier. When she finally thought they were alone, she was ready to confront him on what happened earlier between with Dracula and the Captain. But when she was about to yell at him, she noticed he was still acting weird and hazy, mumbling 'Ali-booboo' over and over again.
"Drac, DRAC!" Ericka waved her hand in front of his face, trying to get him to snap out of it. She tried throwing a glass of champagne in his face, but that didn't work either. Then an idea came into her head on how she can get him out of this daze. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" She slapped her husband's cheeks really hard, and repeatedly, hoping that would work, and it did, but Dracula was not happy.
"Owww!" Dracula screamed in pain while holding his face, at least he was pulling himself together. "What in the sweet undead world did you do that for?" His outburst at his wife almost threw her off-track.
"Well, you were in a daze and I didn't know how to get your attention other than doing that." Ericka snapped. "Plus what was that back there?!"
"What was what?" Dracula asked, wondering what she was talking about.
"Ohh, like you don't know!" Ericka snarked sarcastically. "You were acting like a dumb idiot around the Captain! And it looked like you were fawning over her."
"I, what?!" This revelation shocked Dracula. He was fawning over another woman? That's not possible, he'd never do that to Ericka . He loved her with all his undead heart. Besides, he had no memory of that happening. "Darling, I swear to you, I'd never fawn over another woman. I don't remember doing that!"
"But I saw you act that way in front of her!" Ericka shouted, trying to call him out.
"I'm telling you I don't remember that!" Dracula pleaded, hoping she would believe him.
At this point, Ericka didn't know what was going on with Dracula. She didn't believe him because she saw it with her own eyes. This was like Ginger all over again. But she was on a cruise ship and this was supposed to be a family vacation, not an all out love war. So she decided to let it slide for now, but she was going to keep an eye on Eunuch .
"Ugh, let's not keep fighting," Ericka sighed. "Drac, we're on vacation. So let's just enjoy ourselves without any problems, okay."
Dracula smiled at her, happy to see that she was not mad at him anymore. "True words spoken, my darling."
He leaned in for a kiss, but it appeared she didn't want to kiss him back as a result of his little stunt with the captain. However, Ericka leaned up to passionately kiss him and Dracula returned the kiss with equal affection. When their lips parted, Dracula's expression was of absolute joy.
"I'm going to our room and meet up with Molly, so can you check on Luna and Diavolo , please?" she asked her husband.
"Of course my love, I'll go check on her. But promise to meet up with me later for swimming, alright?" he told her.
"Okay, bye." She headed off, turning a different corner.
When Ericka was finally gone, Dracula starting to panic at what she said about him and Eunuch. "What happened?! Could that really have happened!" He panicked to himself like a maniac. "But I don't remember any of that, even if I did remember doing that, the only reason I would ever act that way is if I-" then something he feared and never thought would happen came into his head at why he would be doing that. "Is if I ZINGED!" Dracula's face paled in horror.
"You ZINGED!" The Drac Pack gasped, simultaneously at Danny's answer, having relocated to a different corner in the far deck.
"With who?" asked Murray.
"Captain Eunuch." Danny explained, having calmed down from all that gibberish talk.
Then the Drac Pack exchanged enthusiastic smiles at him, thrilled that he found his zing. Danny was happy too. He never thought he would ever feel this way about any girl before, in fact he never felt like this at all before. His family always told him that nobody would ever love him because of their curse, but it no longer mattered anymore. Eunuch could be different than the girls he failed to woo in his past.
"Mates, I must thank you," Danny spoke up. "If I hadn't come along with you on this cruise, I would never have met Eunuch. You were right. I do deserve someone in my life." Even though Danny wanted to do something that he'd never thought he would do, like hugged the monsters as a way of thanking them, but he remembered Dracula flirting with Eunuch and his face scowled slightly. That monster was after his zing and he wasn't going to let his chance slip away. He will kill him, whatever it takes. Nodding politely, Danny strolled off.
No sooner he had gone, the Drac Pack had seen a sullen Dracula walking down the hallway.
"Hey buddy, you okay?" Frank asked, noticing the vampire's saddened state.
"No, no, not okay, not okay," Dracula admitted quietly.
The guys eyed at the vampire with extreme concern, but it turned to horror when he said this.
"I... I... I... zinged." Suddenly Dracula's expression was of absolute joy, lingered with a tint of guilt, and those purple sparks flickered in his eyes.
"I zinged!" Danny clicked his heels in the air like a sailor, his expression was of absolute glee and triumphant.