I Love the Night Life
Soon Ororo and her date arrived at a trendy nightclub. "This is beautiful," Ororo said.
"I'm glad you like it," Dracula grinned as they sat down to dinner. "I hope you will enjoy yourself."
"I may do that," Ororo grinned. "One question, why is your driver with us?"
Reinfield was squatting next to Dracula. "Where else would I be but by my Master's side?" He asked quizzically.
"Ha, ha…" Dracula laughed nervously. "Such an odd sense of humor you have Reinfield. He's also my…uh personal assistant. Reinfield why don't you go relax for a while? Say a couple of hours? Get some dinner maybe?"
"Oh thank you, Master!" Reinfield's eyes lit up. "I saw some nice cockroaches near the kitchen on my way in!" He ran off.
"Uh…" Dracula was trying to cover for his manservant's slip of the tongue. "He's on the Atkins diet. I think he's been on it a little too long."
"Sounds like he'd get along with someone I know like a house on fire," Ororo groaned. "Do you want a drink?"
"Actually I ate before I got here…Oh you mean the wine!" Dracula realized his mistake. "I've been on a diet myself. Liquid diet. Very cleansing. Doctor's orders. High blood pressure and all. But you can have anything you wish."
Meanwhile Shipwreck and the Misfits had managed to sneak in. "Wow Blob I can't believe how far you threw that bouncer," Pietro remarked. "He must have cleared forty feet easy!"
"It's all in the wrists," Fred grinned.
"All right all of you spread out," Shipwreck told them. "Let me know if you find them. And for crying out loud try to keep a low profile."
"Oh yeah we'll blend," Todd rolled his eyes. "I'm hungry. Wanna check out the kitchens Freddy?"
"Actually I'm not really hungry right now," Fred told him. "Maybe later. I wanna check out the dance floor. Uh Lina would you like to uh…?"
"Well yeah but…" She was a bit nervous about people seeing her.
"No problem," Todd took off a watch. "I swiped one of these from Blue Boy." He put it on her and turned it on. Lina looked almost like her old self except with shorter hair. "See!"
"Wow…" Lina blinked. "I'm…me again…"
"Shall we?" Fred offered his arm.
"Let's," Lina agreed and they went off.
"Oh brother…" Lance groaned. He looked around. "Where's Xi?"
"I'm right here," A voice said near him. "I just turned invisible before we walked in."
"Smart thinking," Althea said. "You guys look around. I'll stay with Pop to make sure he stays under control."
"Great! Now to check out the babes!" Pietro zoomed off.
"Oh great," Wanda groaned. "Come on Angelica let's see if we can get a drink at the bar."
"What?" Shipwreck yelped.
"A soda Shipwreck," Wanda told him.
"I knew that," Shipwreck said. "But if you can get me one…" Althea then hit him on the head. "What?"
"Come on Casanova!" Althea pulled him along. "Let's just find Storm will ya?"
"I think I just found her," Lance pointed to the dance floor. Currently on it was Dracula and Storm dancing to the song of KC and the Sunshine Band's 'Get Down Tonight'. It was an odd yet elegant mix of disco moves blended in with the tango.
"Why that…" Shipwreck moved to intercept but Althea stopped him.
"What do you think you're doing?" She hissed. "We're only supposed to be watching them! Remember?"
"Fine we'll just blend with the crowd!" Shipwreck told him. "Come on kid let's dance."
"I am not dancing with you," Althea glared at him.
"What you too embarrassed to dance with your old man?" Shipwreck asked.
"You got it," Althea told him.
"Fine I'll get one of the Triplets to dance with me!" Shipwreck said.
"Where are they?" Althea asked.
"They said they had to go to the men's room," Arcade told her.
"You mean the ladies' room," Lance corrected.
A loud chorus of male screams and shouts could be heard. "No the men's room," Arcade sighed.
"Hey! I just thought of something," Shipwreck said.
"Wow alert the media," Althea said sarcastically.
"The babies and Spyder are back at the mansion aren't they?" Shipwreck asked.
"Don't worry Spyder's looking after them," Lance told him. "She said she had some things to tie up back there. Or was it she was going to tie up any X-Men left there? I didn't pay too much attention."
"Oh goody," Shipwreck groaned. "Come on kid! We need to blend in!"
"Which is why I'm not going to dance with you!" Althea snapped.
"I'm not gonna dance with you," Lance told him.
"Well I might if you let me lead," Arcade considered.
"Oh god kid we have got to get you a girlfriend…" Shipwreck groaned.
"Physician heal thyself," Althea quipped.
"It's so nice to have a supportive daughter," Shipwreck said sarcastically.
Then another song came on. It was Alicia Bridge's 'I Love the Nightlife'. At this Dracula then burst into tears. "Vlad…is there something wrong?" Ororo asked as they walked off the floor.
"My wife…It was our song before she…departed," Dracula sniffed.
"Oh I am so sorry," Ororo apologized. "Has she been…deceased long?"
"Well since 1979…technically," Dracula mused. "But this evening isn't about her. It's about you." He took her hand. "Your eyes are as blue as the ocean, and just as deep. Just looking into them makes me feel calm and tranquil."
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" A man covered with toilet paper ran past them. "SOME CRAZY GIRLS ARE RUNNING AMOK!"
"Is that the latest fashion craze?" Dracula asked.
"If only…" Ororo groaned. "Please let it be some other girls for once…Please let it be some other girls for once…"
"STOP HITTING ON OUR DATES YOU WHITE HAIRED FREAK!" Someone shouted.
"It's a coincidence…" Ororo was getting a glazed look in her eyes. "It's got to be a coincidence."
"What is?" Dracula asked. "Oh no…" He then noticed a familiar figure in the background. "You know maybe we should be going now?"
Suddenly a commotion happened behind them. "GIVE ME THAT COCKROACH!" Reinfield screamed as he and Todd wrestled on the floor.
"GET YOUR OWN!" Todd shouted fighting back.
"I think our cover is blown," Wanda groaned.
"I knew this was too good to be true…" Ororo groaned.
"We definitely should be going now!" Dracula stormed up to Reinfield and grabbed him from behind. "I can't take you anywhere can I?"
"It's not my fault!" Reinfield whined. "He started it!"
"He took my cockroach!" Todd pointed.
"And it was delicious NYAHHH!" Reinfield stuck his tongue out at him.
"Toad…" Ororo growled. She looked around and saw Shipwreck waving to her. Her eyes began to glow. A bit of wind started to pick up.
"This is not going to be good…" Todd gulped as several tables started to fly around. People were running around everywhere. Some debris hit Fred on the back. He covered Lina with his body. Unfortunately she accidentally shut off the inducer and revealed her true form. Frightening people even more.
"Well this plan has officially gone to hell," Pietro grumbled. A huge black man wearing a black trench coat and glasses shoved him. "Hey watch it buddy! You nearly stabbed me with that sword you're carrying!" He did a double take. "Sword! HEY THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH A SWORD IN HERE!"
"Quiet you stupid…" The man snarled but Pietro grabbed the sword away from him.
"Didn't your mommy tell you it's not nice to play with sharp objects?" He taunted. The man leapt at him abnormally fast, but Pietro dodged it faster. "Uh uh…Too slow!"
"Why you little…" The man snarled. The next thing he knew he was knocked on the head by a chair that was flying around. He fell to the floor.
"Oh boy…" Todd gulped as he crawled away. "I just hope she don't use that freaky lightning in here!"
"Come on my dear I think we must be going!" Dracula gulped as he grabbed Ororo's arm and guided her out the back.
"They're getting away!" Shipwreck said.
"It figures we've missed all the action," Thornn shouted as the X-Men in Jean's SUV ran in.
"Well better late than never. Where are the others?" Shipwreck asked.
"They kind of got into a little accident back when the fog rolled in," Forge explained. "Let's just say Tabby's driving is just as bad as Kitty's!"
"What happened here?" Kurt looked at the damage.
"Storm found us out," Althea looked at Todd. "Can't imagine why."
"That crazy driver of his started it! You know for a little nerd with glasses he's stronger than he looks," Todd grunted.
"Who's this guy?" Angelica asked as Pietro was standing over the man.
"Just some nut job with a sword," Pietro held it up. "But I took care of him. No…" The man jumped up and grabbed the sword back with inhuman speed. "Problem?"
"Thanks a lot you idiots!" The man snarled at them, barring a pair of sharp fangs. "Because of you Dracula got away!"
"Hey! He's a mutant too!" Todd pointed at him.
"I am not a mutant," He snarled.
"Denial," Fred rolled his eyes.
"I'm a dhamphir," He snapped. "A half-vampire. I am Blade a vampire hunter and because of you fools my quarry escaped! By the end of the evening your friend will be turned into a creature of the damned and her soul will be flung into the abyss of hell and it will be all your fault!"
"O-Kay…" Todd blinked. He whispered to Lance. "Man you meet the weirdest characters in nightclubs don't cha?"