"Are you sure it's still going to work?"

"She's got 24 hours until the transformation is permanent! Of COURSE it will work!"

The hunters stood at the ready with the finished cure. The demonic hellbat in the panic room roared as she vomited out hellfire in every direction. Those restraints wouldn't hold forever. She was growing stronger by the second.

"Remember, no fatal strikes." Van Helsing stated. "We need her alive."

"Of course we do! She's still in there!" Randy added.

Finally, another roar boomed through the keep, and there was a rip of steel and fabric. One second later, the door was blown down as the monster flew out!

The monster made the first move. She grabbed Mr. Hyde, whose knife stabs and gun shots did nothing as she flew up and threw him through a window, shattering it and making him curse unheard profanity.

Mirpo struck next, readying a Zoronian Freeze Ray to extinguish the demonic flames. Lucy only blocked the ice ray with her wings and broke free with another screeching roar, diving right for the Martian!

"OH FLARK!"

Mirpo readied his forcefield, coming online right before Lucy slammed down on him! Her claws swiped wildly as the barrier held, albeit being drained by the second! The alien quickly teleported away before another claw could hit him.

With a deranged look in her face and glowing red eyes, Lucy roared at the Midnight Society before lunging again! Van Helsing dodged a bite, with Bigfoot dogpiling on Lucy to try and hold her down.

It did little to help. Lucy spread her wings and flew across the air, slamming the cryptid against the wall and ceiling various times before throwing him to the ground with another screech.

"Ow…"

Primor dodged another tackle, then began running to distract Lucy. But she was more vicious than ever, and managed to get in close as he fled. But it was the diversion Van Helsing needed.

The hunter leaped onto the hellbat's back, trying to stay on as the beast tried throwing him off. He groaned as he readied the syringe before throwing it down, but a hand grabbed his arm and began to crush it! Powering through the pain, Van Helsing dropped the cure into his other hand and injected the blue liquid right into her body!

With a roar, Lucy swung a wing to knock Van Helsing off, and he tumbled to the ground as she fell. Staggering back up, the Hunter noticed something about Lucy. She continued to growl as she turned to face the team.

"Uh, guys?" Primor gulped. "W…Why is nothing happening?"

"It usually takes a while for the effects to kick in." I.G.O.R. stated. "But because it's Dracula, ONE might not work. Thankfully…I came prepared."

Van Helsing looked in his vest jacket. More syringes, but they couldn't use them like mad.

"Woah! How many did you make?!"

"Given the time we had?" I.G.O.R. stated. "Had to break it down to five. We've got four more shots! So don't screw anything up!"

"Keep her busy! I'll look for an opening!" Van Helsing stated, falling back. Lucy lunged for him, but Frankenstein grabbed her by the legs and threw her into another wall. While she shrugged off a rifle blast from Ben and more water from Psari, Lucy roared as she felt a punch from the Invisible Man, who went intangible whenever she tried to grab him.

That's when Lucy's glowing red eyes noticed something nearby. She only growled at the sight, of which Van Helsing's eyes widened.

"Shit!"

Lucy roared and lunged for the stone, with him firing a net launcher to slow her down.

"Secondary objective! Don't let her get that stone!"

Lucy ripped free of the net in seconds, fighting off the Sins and her family in the process.

"Trust me sis, this hurts me a lot more than it hurts-UNGH!"

Randy was punched in the gut before Dina tried biting Lucy. All that earned was a claw across the face, blue blood hitting the floor as the regeneration began.

"Lucy, please!" Dina begged. "You have to fight it! I know you're still in there!"

Van Helsing managed to grab the stone, readying himself as a target so Lucy would come closer. Should Dracula control her. That way, when trying to get the stone, she'd be wide open for another dose.

I.G.O.R. kept up the pressure, firing twin finger gun pistols as Erin, Marty, and Jay unleashed their arsenal. Lucy easily smashed them before countering Kruu's water with another breath of hellfire, overpowering her in seconds.

Her demonic magic was growing as well. Enough to resist Tara's time magic! The mage was kicked into a bookshelf as Lucy easily took down Arthur, Sue, Morgred, and Eddie.

When she lunged at Zach, he held her back with a metal bat that she was biting down on. That gave Van Helsing a chance, and he stabbed another vaccine into Lucy's neck, making her screech again.

"Looking for something, Miss Monster?"

Lucy's eyes widened at the stone and she growled.

"You want me? Come and get me!"

Van Helsing donned his Monster Armor and flew upwards, pocketing the Creation Stone safely away. He dodged a feral claw swipe and dealt a powerful blow to the ribcage. His family had studied many fighting styles, and he had fought even worse beasts. This was nothing to him.

Maria supported by firing her lightning gun, zapping Lucy with the green electricity. She flew down and kicked the Bride away before taking a hammer from Frankenstein to the face like it was nothing.

"Oh no…"

Frankenstein leaped back before the hellfire could scorch him. In moments, Lucy began attacking everyone in the Cryptid Keep. Vampires were slammed to the ground, werewolves were slashed at, superheroes were easily defeated, aliens were swung like rag dolls, and even ghosts were blasted!

But every opening was one Abe Van Helsing took. Again and again he attacked, injecting cure after cure into Lucy. It seemed to have no effect, but he had to keep going!

Eventually, there was only one more left. And Lucy had just taken down Stine, Dylan, Tina, Cory, and Lisa. She attacked Van Helsing again, only this time to deliver a powerful blow, knocking the stone and syringe from his person!

With a snarl, Lucy stomped over and picked up the Creation Stone. She grinned before staring at the window. She spread her wings to obey her ancestor when…

"HEY! Ugly!"

She turned like a rabid werewolf. Bravely and defiantly, Randy held the last cure in his Hellhound form.

"You think you're his favorite? Because you're his descendant? He's got TONS of more minions! I bet YOU'RE not even in the top ten!"

Lucy growled at this.

"And you know what else? You're Satan's too-many-greats granddaughter too! What would HE want you to do?! NOT rule the new world like a complete jerk?! I bet even that old Egyptian KING is more favored by Drac than YOU are!"

Lucy bared her fangs.

"Well guess what. You try to get outta here, I stick this thing right where you'd NEVER want it to be! Because if you head back to your so-called master, HE might take the credit! Why? Because he's USING you! Controlling you! Right now!"

She was close to snapping…

"Of course, you've ALWAYS let yourself be controlled! First by our Moms, then by your separate paths, then by your actions, then by the Sins, and THEN by your girlfriend! I'm sure just ONCE in your life you've thought about who you really were! Aren't you SICK of being someone's puppet?! Well, here's a news flash: You do this, you're no better than EITHER of our ancestors! And I'm DONE letting myself be controlled by my big sister, who would NEVER make me risk my life just to make her feel better when she's SICK!"

Lucy dropped the stone, curling her fists as she growled even louder.

"After all…in the end, you're nothing but a big…fat…LIAR."

Lucy roared inhumanly and charged in a frenzy, the hybrids grappling with each other. With a yell, Randy stabbed the final cure syringe right into her back, with it getting fully injected into her system. The hellbat roared like mad in pain, but that fury turned to hatred as she glared at Randy.

Any second. Any second now…

She grinned. She grinned menacingly.

Nonononononono, come on! Work, work, come on, please WORK! WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING?!

"She is already gone. But if you want to see her again…that can be arranged…"

Dracula speaking through her made his blood run cold with terror. And then…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The pain stung his neck like mad before Lucy slammed him to the ground. He gripped in pain as he screamed again.

"RANDY!" Dina cried.

"God DAMMIT!" Van Helsing cursed. "That was the last cure vial!"

"Oh, but it gets worse, old rival." Dracula chuckled through Lucy. "Thanks to this little special one…well, let's just say she's led me right TO your little base.."

That's when there was a loud explosion that made a gateway of fire in a wall. And the monsters began to pour in…