Author's note:

- I hope you guys are enjoying the story. Right now, I'm just gonna some re-editing on some of the chapters and maybe publish some new ones. Enjoy reading!

- I just want to tell you guys that this chapter is inspired by one of favorite Hotel Transylvania fanfic stories: "The Tie that Binds". The fight scenes in this chapter were inspired from the Batman Arkham Games. I hope you enjoy this chapter.


It was now the night that the Vampire Council arrived at the hotel. Everyone including the Drac Pack, Mavis' friends, and the Loughrans were now in the ballroom, that is now looking like a courtroom, waiting for the hearing to start. Johnny entered the ballroom wearing his suit and tie. He saw Dracula with Mavis.

"Good thing you wore a formal attire." Dracula was impressed that Johnny was able to wear something formal despite the fact Johnny could be a slacker sometimes.

"Just wanna make the best first impression." Johnny said while adjusting his neck tie up on his neck. Dracula gave a weak laugh from the young boy's humor. "I figured I could just roll with it."

"Aww." Mavis always loved hearing Johnny saying his motto. For her, he looked so adorable.

Johnny then trailed his eyes to Mavis, who was wearing her usual black clothing and her cape that she made for her 118th birthday.

"You look beautiful." Johnny smiled at Mavis.

"And you look very handsome." Mavis smiled back kissing Johnny on the cheek.

Before the trio sat to their respective seats, Johnny hugged Mavis tightly and kissed her forehead deeply.

"Mavis, I'm crazily scared right now." Johnny whispered softly on Mavis' ear.

"I know." Mavis said softly hugging him back. With her enhance hearing, she could easily hear Johnny's heart beating fast. Mavis was nervous as well. "No matter what happens, I still love you and we're still going to get married."

Both Mavis and Johnny shared one deep passionate kiss before they went to their seats. They all waited for another couple of minutes for the hearing to start while Mavis and Johnny held hands for the time being until the members of the Vampire Council arrived and sat on a long table on the stage.

"All rise." The Vampire Council said as everyone in the room stood up from their seats. "We are here to announce that the hearing of the Vampire Council will now begin to decide the faith for both Mavis Dracula and Johnathan Loughran." The Vampire Councilman finished his announcement before everyone sat back to their seats.

"Here we go." Johnny whispered nervously.

"Count Dracula, would you please come forward and answer the following questions?" The Vampire Councilman suggested.

"Of course, my fellow councilmen." Dracula stood up from his chair and walked towards to the Councilmen

"Is it true that the hotel was discovered by this young human?" The Vampire Councilman asked.

"Yes, Councilman." Dracula answered.

"And why would you allow the young Mr. Loughran to live in your hotel?" The Vampire Councilman asked again.

"Because Johnny is special for me and my family. He has zinged with my daughter, Mavis." Dracula told his reason to the Vampire Council then trailed on to Martha's promise. "When my wife, Martha died that faithful night. I promised her that I would always protect our only daughter from harm's way. That's why I've built this hotel for my love, to protect Mavis and the other monsters hiding in the shadows from the horrible humans back then until Johnny arrived to the hotel. He had showed me that humans have now changed for the last centuries. I believe that Johnathan and Mavis are meant to be together and taking him away would be a mistake and dishonoring Martha's wishes. I couldn't be more happier seeing my Mavy-wavy finding her zing and every monster in this hotel sees Johnny as a friend." Dracula turns around and smiled at both Mavis and Johnny, who smiled back at him. "I do hope that humans and monsters can be reunited again peacefully. That would be all. Thank you."

"Very well, Count Dracula. You may take your seat. That would be all." The Vampire Councilman stated as Dracula went back to his seat beside Mavis and Johnny. "Now may I call Mavis Dracula to come forward."

Mavis slowly got up from her chair and did what the Council told her to do. Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte tried to cheer for her before Mavis could speak up.

"Thank you, Councilmen. I really never got the chance to met my mother but if there was one thing that she taught me, is that you would only zing once in your life. I did find my zing, and that is Johnathan Loughran." Mavis said as she turns around smiling at Johnny. "Johnny is my zing and I don't care if he's human or monster but I will never give up on him and spend the rest of my life with him."

"Aww!" The crowd said and some of them were shedding tears of joy.

"Would that will be all, Ms. Dracula?" The Vampire Councilman asked.

"Yes, Councilman." Mavis replied nodding her head. Mavis sat back to her chair between Dracula and Johnny.

"Mr. Loughran, please come forward and answer the following questions." The Vampire Councilman announced.

This made Johnny very nervous and Mavis noticed it. She gently held his hand and kissed him on the cheek wiping out the nervousness inside him. Johnny smiled at Mavis for giving him the courage to speak up. Johnny step forward to the Vampire Council.

"How did you discover Hotel Transylvania in the first place?" The Vampire Councilman asked. Johnny took a deep breath before he answers.

"To be honest, I didn't know about this place before I arrived here. All I knew is that when I entered this hotel for the first time, I zinged with Mavis and I knew she was the one for me." Johnny answered which made Mavis warmly smiled at him. "I've already lost my parents and now I don't what I'm going to do with my life if going to lose Mavis as well. She is my whole universe and I'll do everything to make her happy."

Every monster crowd and Johnny's family cheered for his statement about how Mavis means to him.

"How did your parents die exactly, Mr. Loughran?" The Vampire Councilman asked curiously.

"My parents died when I was only 8 years-old. They were gunned down by a mugger right in front of me." Johnny was unhappy admitting it as he lowered his head. Brett, Kent, Melly, and Alfred also did the same way.

Every monster gasped in shock hearing how Johnny's parents were brutally murdered. Dracula had no idea that Johnny had to suffer like that as a child. On the other hand, Mavis already knew that Johnny's parents were murdered but she didn't knew HOW they died.

"I knew it! The humans has never changed ever since!" Another Councilman shouted in anger.

"Wait. That's not what I..." Johnny tried to explain but was cut off.

"The humans must leave now!" The third Councilman yelled out in outrage.

"No!" Dracula exclaimed.

Johnny went back to his chair beside Mavis while Dracula tried to calm down the Council. After the crowd was silenced, the Vampire Council continued to speak up.

"After hearing all of your answers, I can see that both Ms. Dracula and Mr. Loughran truly zinged and they are meant for each other." With that said, hope was given to both Johnny and Mavis but the Vampire Councilman continued to speak. "However, we still don't know if we should approve of letting the humans know our existence. Other humans out there may still be hunting our monster kind. Especially maybe the Van Helsings themselves."

"I doubt to see them again." Dracula whispered angrily from hearing that name again.

"Who're the Van Helsings?" Mavis asked wondering why her father was so mad saying that name.

"I think it's best if you shouldn't know about them." Johnny whispered. He didn't want Mavis to know much about the fearless monster hunters.

When Alfred heard the name of the Van Helsings, he had a guilty look on his face and glanced at Johnny behind him.

Before anything else, the door was smashed open as armed men entered the room shooting the entire room. This started to cause a huge panic in the ballroom.

"Is it the Van Helsings!?" One of the Vampire Councilman cowardly shouted thinking the infamous monster hunters have eturned.

The armed goons ordered all the monsters to stay in their places or else they'll be getting bullets between their heads. Dracula went closer to Mavis and Johnny protecting them from the dangerous humans.

Johnny was aware of the armed thugs that broke in the hotel. They were all wearing clown masks and Johnny instantly knew who they were. The last man entered the room felt like he has the higher power despite being with monsters in the room.

"I think this meeting is now called to order!" The Joker entered the ballroom with his devilish grin.

"IT'S THE JOKER!" Hank yelled as he, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte screamed in horror.

"Oh no!" Alfred gasped in horror.

"Joker! You son of a bitch!" Johnny whispered clenching his teeth in anger.

"Who are you humans and what do you want!" The Vampire Councilman shouted with his eyes turning to red anger but the Joker's men went up to the stage and pointed their guns at the entire council.

"Oh we're just your... tonight's entertainment!" The Joker answered chuckling. He then went on front of the audience like he was the host. "And we are delighted to give you all a smile on your faces. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

The Joker and his armed men has taken the monsters and humans hostage. The monsters wanted to fight back but they were afraid to get shot by one of the silver bullets. The Joker was pretty impressed by the castle but he has something else planned for tonight.

"Incredible. The monsters really outdid themselves. A hotel for monsters? Who would've thought of that Even the bathroom here has three kinds of soap. I mean, who has time for all that for cleaning!? I usually just hop into a vad of acid and call it a day. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Joker laughed menacingly.

Just in time for the armored knights and the gargoyles to come and rescue everyone in the ballroom. The monsters and humans sighed in relief that this horror could end quickly and easily.

"HALT! Stop right there, clown!" One of the armored knights demanded as they all charged at the intruders. After all, it's their sacred duty to protect the hotel from people like the Joker and his men.

"Don't worry, kiddos. No need to fight! Uncle J brought favors for everyone! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The Joker quickly grabbed his explosive teeth from his sack and throws it all at the hotel staffs.

The Joker teeth are equipped with explosives and they can at times be heard yelling "Nya-nya-nyanyanya!" in Joker's voice.

The teeth exploded knocking out the gargoyles from the blast and the armored knights detached into pieces. Everyone screamed in horror from the loud explosion while this made the Joker laugh for fun like it was all a game to him.

"NO!" Dracula exclaimed seeing all his hotel staff getting hurt and defeated.

"HAHAHAHA!!! What a blast! So much fun with my hands on the controls! And speaking of blast..." Joker snapped his fingers signaling his men.

Two of Joker's men carried a heavy device and placed it down on stage with the entire Vampire Council. It was a bomb attached with two canisters and a Joker smile painted on the bomb. Everyone in the room started to panic even more now that they're going to be trapped with a bomb that was about to explode.

"If there's one thing that I learned from watching Batman, VIOLENCE SOLVES EVERYTHING!!!" The Joker said as he had the biggest grin and widening his eyes as he can forming his crazy look. "Now, where's the little blood-sucker Dracula?!"

The Joker asked as he walked towards to Dracula, Mavis and Johnny, who were still both seating on their chairs.

"So this is the daddy's little princess." The Joker stared directly at Mavis' eye then looked back at Dracula. The look of Joker's smile really terrified Mavis.

"Get away from her!" Johnny yelled in anger.

"Now who are you supposed to be?" The Joker turned his attention to Johnny, who was only giving him an angry look. "Let me guess, you must her Prince Charming. Didn't know the Count allowed a human to date his little girl. Put it there sonny boy!" The Joker said while attempting for a handshake but Johnny refused. "Oh don't by shy. It's just a little handshake." The Joker explained but Johnny just glared at him.

Noticing how Johnny refuses, The Joker forced it by grabbing his hand. Johnny then felt a some sort of jolt of lightning on his hand. Johnny screamed in pain and finally let go of Joker's hand while Mavis went to her fiancé's aid. The Joker had a joy buzzer strapped around his palm.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That was shocking! You ge... Get it!? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" The Joker laughed menacingly from his cruel joke. "Oh such a wonderful device I invented. Something that I could tase Bats with when he gets here! Oh wouldn't that be wonderful that you even shoot electricity throughout his body and see him spark out from his eyes like lightning! Oh I have such an imagination."

"And I'll make sure the wipe that grin off your face." Johnny glared at the Joker after a quick recovery.

It would be too risky for Johnny to go upstairs in his room and wear the Batsuit. The Joker's men were all over the room and leaving his family and friends behind was not an option. Johnny needed to find a way to handle the situation without Batman and to get everyone into safety.

"Active contact lens." Johnny whispered as the new high-tech turned on helping him enhancing his vision and activating his Detective Mode.

The Detective Mode allows both Batman/Johnny to see people through walls and detect usable and useful objects in the environment.

He focused on the bomb that was on the stage with the Vampire Council. Johnny analyzed the circuitry of the bomb finding a way to disarm it. He then turned his attention to the canister that was attached to the bombs. It was revealed that the canister was containing Joker Venom.

"The circuitry of the bomb is different from the one that Joker used in the bank. This bomb is connected to the two canister and it'll release the Joker Venom after the time expires. No need to use the Cryptographic Sequencer this time. Cutting the right wire should able to disarm the bomb." Johnny thought to himself.

Johnny now knows how to disarm the bomb but he needs to figure out how to deal with Joker's men first. For a second, Johnny instantly remembered that he hid his Disruptor inside his pocket of his suit yesterday. Now he has a fighting chance.

Johnny once again used his Detective Mode to determine how many of Joker's thug are in the room. The armed thugs were highlighted in orange and the unarmed thugs were highlighted in blue but the silver pipes they were holding were color yellow.

"There are 10 thugs in total. Before I could take them down, I need to disable their weapons using my Disruptor in close range." Johnny slowly grabbed his small Disruptor detonator from his pocket and hid it behind the table without anyone noticing it. Using his Detective Mode, Johnny focused on every armed thugs and pressed the button of his Disruptor to jam their weapons. After a few seconds, all of the armed thugs were now highlighted in blue. "Equipment sabotaged. Time to beat the crap out of these idiots." Johnny thought to himself as puts his Disruptor back in his pocket and turned off his high-tech contact lens.

"You know what, bring the red head up here. I want to save the blood-suckers for last." The Joker instructed as one of the armed thugs grabbed Johnny by the collar making him walk on front.

"You're coming with us, red head!" The thug said aiming his jammed gun at Johnny.

"Johnny! No!" Mavis was now terrified on what they're going to do to her fiancé.

The armed thug kept pointing his gun right on Johnny's head but he didn't know it was jammed. Johnny kept raising his hands up waiting to make his move. The thug insisted on using the back of the gun rifle to hit Johnny on the head.

This made Johnny to disarm the thug, he elbow punched the thug on the face then took away the gun from his arms. Johnny used the end of the gun to smash the thug's face for the second time. Johnny grabbed the thug's head and kneed him right on the face and punched him hard on the jaw incapacitating the thug.

Everyone got their eyes on Johnny after performing the takedown on the unconscious thug and they all went speechless, including the Vampire Council and the armed thugs. Both Dracula and Mavis had no idea that Johnny could do a move something like that before but that didn't remove their worries for the human.

"Hope that suit of yours isn't expensive. Too bad the blood has to stain on it. Shoot him." The Joker said.

"NO!" Everyone yelled out.

Without further ado, the thugs began to pull their trigger right at Johnny but nothing was coming out. The thugs kept pulling the trigger or some of them kept shaking their guns and slamming it with their palms. They didn't knew that Johnny jammed their weapons.

"Who's ass I'm going to kick first?" Johnny retorted angrily clenching his fist and tilting his head.

The thug gave up as he dropped his weapon running towards to Johnny. The thug tried to punch Johnny on the face but he quickly used his left forearm to block the attack and used both his palm to smash the sides of the thug's head. The thug covered his ears like he was hearing a loud ringing noise while Johnny uppercut punch him below the chin and elbow punched him on the jaw making the thug drop on the floor for a few seconds.

the second thug behind Johnny tried to punch him but Johnny used both of his arms to block the attack and head butted the thug from behind before kicking the thug on the knee. The thug lost his balance while holding his knee in pain.

There were times that Johnny would receive a few punches and kicks by the thugs just to maintain his cover. Johnny quickly recovered and started to strike every thug he sees in the room and counter back their attacks. After striking them eight times, Johnny decided to perform his Combo Takedown at a nearby thug.

Johnny straightly punched a thug right on the stomach and pulled his right arm bringing over to lean on Johnny's back as he knelt down. Johnny used his other hand grabbing the thug on the leg as he pushed him on the other side making the thug fall on the ground with his back landing first. Johnny, who was still holding the thug's arm, used his legs for locking the arm and performed an elbow break at the thug.

A Joker thug managed to punch Johnny right on the face making him lose his focus but Johnny strikes back punching him three time around the thug's body.

Another thug was about to kick Johnny in the front until he used his left leg to deflect the kick and used his right leg performing a spinning thrust kick at the thug's knee. The thug dropped to the floor.

Brett, Kent, and Melly were worried about seeing Johnny getting hurt but was surprised at the same time that their brother was able to defend himself. They guessed that Johnny's karate training was useful for something occasional.

Frank, Wayne, Murray, and Griffin were enjoying watching Johnny fighting the thugs like they were watching an action movie while both Wanda and Eunice didn't even want to see the young boy getting hurt.

"I can't believe you guys are enjoying this! Your niece's fiancé could get really hurt! Unbelievable!" Wanda yelled out.

"Are you kidding? He's just doing fine!" Frank exclaimed.

"I don't wanna watch!" Eunice cowardly said as she used her hands to cover her eyes.

"Oof! That's gonna leave a mark." Wayne grunted as he saw Johnny kicked a thug right on the face.

"Go get them, Johnny!" Murray cheered.

"Yeah! Show them who's boss!" Griffin yelled out loud.

A Joker goon tried to swing his pipe right at Johnny, who eventually dodged the attack and went to the goon shoulder-to-shoulder grabbing the weapon away from the goon's grip and swings it right on the goon's face. The goon was immediately knocked down with Johnny now wielding the pipe and using it to attack the rest of the intruders.

Mavis was watching the whole fight and was getting frightened every second that Johnny might get himself killed in the process.

A thug used his right hand to grab a knife from his pocket and ran towards to Johnny. The thug swings his knife to his right just before Johnny successfully dodged it and swings the knife to his left side which Johnny ducked down. The thug swings his knife to the right again but this time Johnny used his left palm to grab the thug's right forearm and used his pipe to smash the thug's hand making him drop the knife. Johnny threw the thug's arm up and performed a spinning sidekick right at the thug's rib cage.

Johnny was now between two thugs. The two thugs tried to land a punch on Johnny at the same time but the attack was deflected by the pipe he was wielding. Johnny made his first shot by using the end of the weapon to strike his opponent on his left side right at the rib cage. The second shot was Johnny using the end of the weapon to strike his second opponent on the right side at the throat. Johnny went back to his first opponent using the end of the pipe hitting him on the other side of his rib cage. To perform his finishing move, Johnny used his right hand to trip the second opponent on the leg making him fall on the ground while Johnny swings the pipe to his first opponent smashing his face and went back to the second opponent, who was on the ground, to smash his pipe right down at the thug's stomach.

Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte began to cheer for Johnny and the other monsters also did the same way that they're going to be rescued by the young human. The Vampire Council didn't cheer for Johnny but they valued his bravery for stepping up against these maniacs.

The Joker was still on stage with the bomb and the Vampire Council watching his men getting beat up by Johnny. He didn't like that at all. The Joker's anger was boiling due to the fact that Johnny is ruining his fun and Batman was still a no-show.

"It's so use to be simple. I blow things up, Batman shows up. We have some few laughs and the game starts all over again. Now I have this red head kid ruining all the fun!" The Joker yelled in frustration. He grabbed his gun from his purple suit and aimed at Mavis. "Let's see how you feel if I take something away from you."

While finishing off some of the Joker thugs, Johnny saw Mavis not paying attention on her surroundings that was about to get shot by the Joker. Dracula also saw this and a hint of panic form on both his and Johnny's faces.

"MAVIS! WATCH OUT!" Both Dracula and Johnny yelled out at the same time.

Johnny quickly ran towards in front of Mavis protecting her until a bullet hit Johnny on the right shoulder. Johnny instantly fell on the ground groaning in pain while Mavis witnessed the event that will shock her for life.

"JOHNNY!" Mavis screamed in horror as she knelt down at Johnny for his aid.

Everyone in the room gasped in horror after Johnny got shot. Frank, Eunice, Wayne, Wanda, Murray, Griffin, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte also did the same.

"NO!" Brett, Kent, Melly, and Alfred quickly approached to Johnny.

Dracula quickly approached for his future son-in-law to aid him. Johnny was in deep pain and couldn't even try to move a muscle. The blood was coming out from his shoulder but luckily Dracula and Mavis easily didn't paid attention to Johnny's blood.

"Oops. Well I guess that also works too." The Joker grabbed a detonator and pressed the button starting the timer of the bomb.

The Gargoyle staffs regained consciousness again and helped the armored knights to put their pieces back again.

It was time for the Joker and his men to leave the hotel. Some of his men were still weak that they had trouble standing up but their comrades were able helped them with their problems. The Joker and his men wore backpacks and threw explosive marbles through the window as their exit.

Everyone screamed out loud again from the explosion that just occurred. The window was shattered in pieces and a perfect exit for the Joker and his men.

"Time to check out, boys! I think I'll rate our stay for about... 5 stars! Thanks for all of your services, freaks! Toodle-oo! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The Joker said as he and his men jumped through the window. They pulled out a string from their backpacks and released their parachute landing on the ground safely just in time to get in their getaway vehicle.

Dracula, Mavis, Brett, Kent, Melly, and Alfred were still surrounding Johnny, who was still laying on the floor. Alfred managed to grab a cloth and wrapped it around to cover up Johnny's shoulder stopping the bleeding while Mavis and Melly shed in tears.

"Johnny... everything's going to be ok! We got you now! Just stay with us alright, baby!?" Mavis cried not leaving Johnny's side.

"He needs a doctor!" Brett exclaimed worried about his youngest brother's safety.

"Someone get help! Please!" Dracula yelled out to one of the armored knights.

"The bomb! We gotta... gotta get rid of it... fast!" Johnny weakly said as slowly got up on his feet. His family told him to rest but he was too stubborn to listen. Johnny slowly walked towards to the stage to diffuse the bomb.

"Get out of the way!" Johnny told the Vampire Council get out of the stage but they were also worried about his condition, especially for what he did tonight.

Johnny slowly got up on the stage and turned on his high-tech contact lens. Johnny analyzed the bomb one more time and found out that he doesn't have much time to disarm the bomb.

"Dammit! I only have two minutes left to diffuse the bomb! I better do this quick before everyone will die laughing! I can't let that happen." Johnny thought to himself. He enhances his vision to see through the bomb learning more about its circuitry. It didn't took long for to find the right wire of the timer. "Got it!" Johnny quickly cut the wire of the bomb and timer stopped.

The bomb didn't released the Joker Venom but it made a celebration noise and released a few confettis. Johnny sighed in relief while every monster in the room cheered loudly for victory. Dracula and Mavis quickly approached to Johnny to get him to the emergency room.

"We need to get him to Dr. Gillman." Dracula stated while Mavis agreed with her father. Dracula grabbed Johnny's arm right arm around his shoulder for support

"Come on, sweetie. We got you." Mavis comfortingly said as she did the same thing what her father did on Johnny's other arm.

Dracula and Mavis safely aided Johnny to the the emergency room while the Loughrans, Drac Pack, and Mavis' friends also followed behind them.

"Dr. Gillman! We need you!" Mavis said. Dr. Gillman arrived and was shocked to see Johnny bleeding.

"Oh dear! What happened to him?!" Dr. Gillman exclaimed in horror.

"He was shot by one of the intruders! Can you fix him?!" Dracula asked in a hurry.

"Of course! Get him inside, quickly!" Dr. Gillman said.

"I'll help you fix his wounds. Johnny is and always will be my responsibility." Alfred stepped in willing to help Johnny.

"Al, are you sure?" Melly asked worriedly.

"Absolutely. I've done my medical training before so I can handle this." Alfred explained.

"Guys we don't have much time!" Kent shouted in a hurry.

Without waisting any time, Dracula and Mavis entered the emergency room putting Johnny gently on the bed to proceed the surgery. Everyone waited outside at the waiting room while both Dr. Gillman and Alfred performed the surgery on Johnny. After removing the bullet from Johnny's shoulder, Alfred and Dr. Gillman stitched up his wound.

After the surgery was finished, Alfred wrapped a medical tape around Johnny's shoulder and Dr. Gillman attached an arm sling on his right arm for support.

"That's it! All done!" Dr. Gillman exclaimed.

"How are you feeling, Johnathan?" Alfred asked.

"It still hurts a little but I'll be alright. Thank you." Johnny said, still laying on the bed.

"I'll inform the others that you're alright." Dr. Gillman said as exited the room only leaving Johnny and Alfred some time to be alone.

"The Joker may have killed a lot of people... but this?! This is personal! Showing up here in this peaceful hotel only to attempt on killing our friends and families." Alfred angrily retorted.

"I swear, Al. If I ever get my hands on that psychopath again, I'll make he'll never get to see the outside of a cell ever again!" Johnny could only feel pure rage towards the Joker, mostly after what he almost did to Mavis.

"I guess we now know how he's going release his Joker Venom." Alfred added.

"He wanted to show us what he had planned for us, Al. We gotta stay vigilant before strikes again. My guess is that he'll be making more of those bombs." Johnny stated.

"Yes but for now, it's time for you to get some rest, my boy. Batman may not able stop the Joker this time but Johnny Loughran saved Hotel Transylvania tonight." Alfred told to Johnny.

Both of them were able to calm down after Dr. Gillman returned with Dracula, Mavis, and everyone else.

"JOHNNY! YOU'RE OKAY!" Mavis ran towards to Johnny hugging him tightly. She shedded tears of joy from her eyes while Brett, Kent, and Melly joined the hug. They were all grateful that Johnny was alright.

"How is he Dr. Gillman?" Dracula asked.

"Well Johnny was in deep pain earlier but luckily you brought him here just in time. We were able to remove the bullet off his shoulder and stitched up his wound. For the time being, he's going to wear that arm sling until he gets better." Dr. Gillman explained.

"So that means good, right?" Kent asked worriedly.

"Of course! He'll be better in no time but I suggest that he should stay here to get some rest until he fully recovered. Especially those bruises on his face." Dr. Gillman said as he pointed at Johnny's face. Johnny had a few bruises on his face and a black eye.

"Don't worry about it, Doc. I got my medicine right here with me right here." Johnny chuckled as he used his left hand to hold Mavis. Being with Mavis always cheered Johnny up.

"Aww." Mavis loved hearing that as she hugged Johnny one more time. She didn't like seeing Johnny this injured of course.

"Johnathan." Dracula slowly said as she stepped forward to the young couple. "I wanted to say thank you."

"For what, bud?" Johnny asked curiously.

"You fought those men to save every monster in this hotel, including my Mavy-wavy." Dracula smiled as he gently stoke some of Mavis' hair.

"Drac, I'll do anything for Mavis. I never wanted to put her in the position where she has to protect me all the time. I should be the one protecting her." Johnny sternly said.

"But Johnny... you were almost killed back there. I don't want to lose you." Mavis sadly said even though Johnny was still human.

"I can handle the pain, Mavy. What's important to me is your safety. I don't want seeing you getting hurt." Johnny replied by kissing Mavis on the forehead and cuddled with her a little. Everyone in the room were awed for the strong pure love that Johnny and Mavis for each other.

"I also want to tell you both that the council approached to me earlier." Dracula said as his smile keeps getting bigger. "After seeing Johnny fighting those men to protect our kind, willing to sacrifice his own life just to save Mavis out of pure love, they already agreed to their final decision. They all decided that... they should let Mavis and Johnny be together." Dracula announced.

For a minute, everyone just went speechless and dropped their jaws widening their eyes in surprise but later on they cheered out loud in victory. Johnny yelled out while Mavis shed tears of joy. The young couple one deep passionate kiss knowing that they'll get married and spending their lives together forever.

Dracula thought about increasing security in the hotel to make sure that this night's tragedy will never happen again.

"The Council also wanted to thank you. Because of your bravery, you saved the monsters here tonight." Dracula said smiling at his future son-in-law.

"Yeah, man. You really had us worried back there." Pedro exclaimed.

"How did you do all that, Johnny?" Wendy asked excitedly.

"I did a little karate when I was a kid back in Santa Cruz. I guess I still kinda remember some moves." Johnny explained lying a little because it was more than karate to learn martial arts.

"Sweet! Can you teach us some of your moves?" Hank asked as wanted to learn those fighting skills.

"Yeah! Is it okay!?" Both Sophie and Charlotte also joined in.

Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte were now crowding Johnny and kept asking if he could teach some of his fighting skills at the same time like he was being interrogated. Johnny just nervously smiled at them unsure what to answer. Mavis just laughed seeing how her friends and Johnny interact to one another.

"Alright, guys. I think Johnny had enough for one night. Just let him have his rest." Mavis was still laughing a little and gently pushed her friends away form Johnny sighing in relief while Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte just frowned.

"Drac, I gotta ask. Is the bomb still in the ballroom?" Johnny spoke up.

"No. I had the armored knights locked it in the dungeon. Why do you ask?" Dracula answered.

"I think it's best if you dispose that machine away from the hotel and destroy it. Be careful with the canister though, who knows what's inside it." Johnny said. He didn't want his family to learn more about the Joker's toxin and what's he planning.

"Of course, my boy. I'll have the knights take care of that right away." Dracula quickly answered.

Everyone left the room except Mavis giving her and Johnny some alone time.

"Hi." Mavis said smiling at Johnny.

"Hey." Johnny smiled back.

"So how are you feeling?" Mavis asked as she joined Johnny on the bed to cuddle.

"I'm doing a lot better now. My cheek kinda hurts a little though." Johnny answered as Mavis kissed him on the cheek.

"Okay much better." Johnny answered as both of them cuddled for a few minutes. Mavis starred at Johnny and was giving a worried look.

"Please don't scare like that again, alright?" Mavis worriedly said. Johnny knew what she meant so he didn't have to ask what that was.

"Alright I won't. As long you're safe and happy." Johnny said as he kissed Mavis on the forehead.

"I was kinda expecting Batman to show up. He would've stopped those intruders earlier and you never would've got shot." Mavis sadly said.

"If Batman wasn't here, I'm sure it's because he's needed more somewhere else. I wouldn't take it personally." Johnny answered. He also wished that he could've worn the Batsuit earlier but his family would think that Johnny Loughran would live his family behind.

"I guess you're right." Mavis said. With that, Johnny smiled at her.

Later on, Johnny's siblings would sometimes visit him in his room feeding him with a bowl of soup. Mavis was mostly there for Johnny helping him to eat his meals while letting him rest his shoulder.

A few hours later, Mavis went to sleep in the emergency room beside Johnny's bed using his chest as a pillow. Johnny was still awake reading a book from the library.

While reading his book, Johnny heard a knock coming from door and familiar tall figure entered the room. It was Dracula.

"Oh. Hey, Drac. What's up?" Johnny whispered. He didn't want to wake Mavis up.

"I'm just checking if you two are okay." Dracula whispered as he sat on a nearby chair. "How are you feeling?"

"I am feeling better I guess. I wanted Mavis to rest in her room but she didn't want leave my side." Johnny said.

"She was worried about you earlier so I guess it's best if you could just let her sleep for now." Dracula said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Johnny smiled at how beautiful Mavis was even when she's sleeping.

"I'm so sorry, Johnny." Dracula muttered out. He had a sad look on his face.

"Sorry about what, Drac?" Johnny asked curiously raising an eyebrow.

"I had no idea you lost your parents at a very young age." Dracula answered. "When I learned the truth about your parents' absence, it reminded of... Martha. It was really painful to see Mavis growing up without a mother. I couldn't imagine how hard it was for you growing up without them. I am truly sorry for that, my boy." Dracula said as Johnny lowered his fighting back his tears.

"I... I'm sorry about that, too. I tried my best to move on but... I always keep remembering that night... how I wished I could've done something to prevent their deaths." Johnny admitted trying to fight his tears.

Dracula thought back to the night at the castle Lubov where she could've saved both Mavis and Martha from the fire.

To be continued...