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Ch.5 God's Soldier
Styx licked the last of the blood off his fingertips and grinned at the dead security guards on the floor. Dracula had made him into a vampire like him and Victor, and Styx acquired many dark and strange powers along with his unholy transformation. Because of this breaking into the museum had been a snap. Styx savored the taste of sweet human blood before stepping over the gruesome remains and continuing on his way.
There was no need to hurry. There was no Earl or Minister to boss him around or make him anxious, he was all on his own. He was confident enough in himself and his new abilities to suggest on going on this little 'errand' alone. In his mind he couldn't have made a better decision.
His footsteps echoed through the halls of the museum while his shoes caked in mud and blood left a hideous trail. Styx looked along the many different corridors, examining the names and contents.
"Let's see Ancient China, The Mongol Empire, Hall Of World War 2," he thought, he finally stumbled upon a room that read 'Corridor of Dark Ages'.
"Eureka!" He thought gleefully.
Styx quickly made his way into the dark hall. Styx passed by several suits of armor before stopping at an enormous statue of an English king. Styx knelt down and felt the tiles around it. The tiles were loose…just like Dracula had said.
Raising his fist in the air, Styx crashed down on the loose tiles. The tiles exploded into thousands of pieces and Styx reached inside to discover a small compartment underneath. His fingers touched something that felt like a crumbled leaf. Taking the object Styx sat up and his hand pulled out a crumbled bit of paper, folded into fours and looked as though it was centuries old.
"So it was here after all!" Styx reflected.
Styx jammed the paper into his pocket and turned to leave, his acute ears heard something. He turned with a snarl, he could hear multiple footsteps heading for him. Styx spat on the floor, and stepped into the shadows, his body was lost in a form of darkness in a matter of moments.
Starfire floated into the hall, she searched her surroundings. No guards, no people, no burglars, nothing but darkness. Her communicator went off and she flicked it open.
"This is Starfire," She reported, "I have not seen anything suspicious."
"Keep looking." Robin instructed, "The broken window and the dead guards are proof enough that someone is here."
"This is Beast Boy reporting in," Beast Boy said on another line, "I've searched my part and I've turned up with nothing."
"Same here." Raven added on her communicator.
"You sure that whoever did this isn't already long gone?" Cyborg asked.
"Keep on searching I have a feeling that whoever did this is still here." Robin ordered.
Starfire nodded, she turned off her communicator and continued on searching. She wandered into the Dark Age exhibit, stopping she set down on the ground to get a closer look at things. She wandered over to the enormous statue of the English king and noticed the broken tile. Suddenly a cold chill washed over her and she braced herself, her body began shivering uncontrollably, her blood felt like it was cooling to nothing but ice.
"What is going on?" She puzzled.
"Hello chica!" Styx called out before landing on top of Starfire.
Starfire let out a scream and flung the vampire off of her. Styx landed on the ground nearby on all fours, her faced Starfire. His eyes taking in her form and glittering with lust. Starfire pulled her arm back and prepared to fire a starbolt when Styx dashed forward, tackling her to the ground. Styx placed a hefty knee on Starfire's stomach while he slashed at her clothes, Styx managed to pull her chest protector off and ripped her skirt before Starfire fired a blast at his face.
"Ep!" Styx squeaked like a rodent and leapt back to avoid the blast from frying his face.
Starfire leapt to her feet and fired again, smiling Styx dodged the attack, the blast of green energy crashed exploded into the wall behind him. Angry Starfire fired again and again, Styx easily evaded each and every blast. All of a sudden Styx held out his palm and a blast of electrical energy erupted from it. The blast hit Starfire directly in the chest, she let out a painful cry before slumping to the floor.
Starfire struggled to remain conscience for she knew very well that if she slept now she would never wake up…
Styx stood over her, his mouth watering. He could sense the blood flowing through her veins, overcome by blood lust he stood her up and brought his face to her neck.
"I'm very thirsty." He whispered in her ear.
Styx opened his mouth, revealing razor sharp fangs. Starfire tried to push him away from her but she was far to weak to resist him now. She felt him brush his fang against her flesh, cutting it and she cringed in pain.
"Poor baby, here let me make it better." Styx hissed and brought his mouth to her neck.
A suit of armor crashed into Styx, nearly knocking him off his feet. The blow made him pull away from Starfire and look at what was behind him. All four titans stood in fighting stances behind the vampire.
"Leaver her alone." Robin warned Styx.
"Or else you'll do what?" Styx mocked.
The titans tensed while Styx held up his arm, a bolt of lightning forming in the palm of his hand. Chuckling like a madman Styx was about to hurl the bolt when something tore into his arm. Some kind of boomerang ripped into his forearm shredding flesh and bone, the limb fell limply to the floor completely severed. Styx let out a cry of immense agony.
"Not what they'll do but what I'll do." A voice called out.
A man dressed in black leather and black hat leapt down from the ceiling. He had long brown hair and penetrating dark eyes. The titans puzzled for a moment was this man friend or foe? Even Starfire looked up in uncertainty.
Styx angrily shook his fist at the figure, "Who the hell do you think you are Billy The Kid!"
The man faced him, "I am your judge and executioner." He said.
Styx grew uneasy, the weapons this man had could harm him. But that wasn't what worried him. Whoever this was, he wasn't scared of him.
"W-who are you?" Styx asked.
"My name is Gabriel Van Helsing." He responded reaching into his coat.
Van Helsing withdrew another blade and held it in front of him, "And you time on this earth is over devil."
Styx grinded his teeth together. He began wondering if it was indeed a wise decision to come alone.
