BOSTON, JAN. 1st 12:02 A.M.
With the celebration of the new year behind her Felicia thought it be best to turn in for the night, "But I wonder…" she thought to herself, "could there be another threat out there?" she decided not to think about it and get some rest, "Tomorrows' going to be my first performance of the new year."
Raptor on the other hand, wasn't so excited, "Well, I guess Felicia's right…I mean, this years going to be a new one, and to say the least I don't want to screw it up too, maybe I should make some resolutions for me-self. I mean I could probably think of a few off the bat." Raptor then sat up on his bed and took out a napkin he'd taken from the club lounge and an autographing pen, "Now lets see here…" he whispered to himself.
NEW YORK, JAN. 1st (same moment in time)
Two men were hulling a rather large fire-work rocket out of a pick-up truck, another one was standing with a clipboard in hand…he looked as if he was awaiting their arrival, the two men got out, "Sorry about the delay Mr. Keaton sir, traffic was backed up something wicked."
Keaton looked at both of them, "I don't want to hear your excuses, get that thing off the truck or Mr. Nightshade will have all our heads!" he ordered, both men carried off the pick-up truck and placed in the ground about ten feet away from where they'd be when the thin went off. As soon as they lit it they ran for cover, it took off with a rather abnormal hiss, not your normal fire-work type hiss but sort of supernatural…unholy would almost be the right word, as it lifted towards the sky it gave a deafening scream, almost sounded like one of those teenage horror movie broads. And as the casing ripped off the sparks took the form of something even more amazing.
The sparks took form of a dragon, Keaton and the other two guys watched as the 'spark dragon' flew off eastward, "My God…did you guys see that?" Keaton asked, one of them nodded, Keaton then heard mumbling and looked and saw the other guy kneeling and saying, "Our Father…who art in heaven…hallowed be thy name…"
Dominic saw the dragon pass his window and smiled, "Go my signal…go to the other lands, spread word throughout the world, our time is now."
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, JAN. 1st 5:09 P.M.
"Well Isn't this the way to start off the damn new year!" Jon Talbain thought to himself, "Still stuck with my condition and still…STILL no cure, but the year did start over…maybe I should look on the more positive side of things, I mean I have a few friends over seas, not to mention acquaintances…a few enemies, but I don't see much of them now in days."
Just then he saw something appear out of the west, it was a giant dragon only it appeared to be made of smoke. "What the heck is that thing?" Jon asked himself. He noticed it was heading in direction of London, he was about to go after it, but stopped and said, "I shouldn't go rushing into things, plus it didn't look like it wanted to destroy anything."
True, because Jon and the others (save for Donavan and Anita) didn't know that thing was Dominic Nightshade's signal to all his followers, the smoke shaped dragon circled London about three times, all the while the whole city was looking at it. One man, a brown-haired man with blue eyes, put on his glasses and looked up. He saw the dragon and smiled, he looked at his pocket watch which he took out of his vest pocket and said, "Right on schedule…Time for Michael V. Nighttale to get to work."
The signal then started heading north towards Scotland, some of the younger folk were calling their relatives who lived in Scotland and told them to be on the look out for what they'd just seen.
SOMEWHERE ON THE SCOTLAND COAST, JAN 1st 5:12 P.M.
Morrigan was 'touring' some of the abandoned castles of Scotland, she then saw something made of smoke make a hard left and head eastward, "What the heck was that about?" she whispered to herself.
SOMEWHERE IN THE BLACK FORESTS OF GERMANY, JAN. 1st 6:29 P.M.
"Donavan, wait up…I can't walk as fast as you!" Anita cried out, Donavan Baine stopped and looked back. Anita came running towards him, then tried to catch her breath. "I'm going to have to put a leash on you if you keep this up." Anita told him, "It's not my fault that you're not as accustom to walking around as I am." Donavan told her, suddenly they saw it, the dragon flying overhead of them on it's path eastward. Suddenly Anita shivered, "What is wrong?" Donavan asked. Anita looked ominously at him and said, "Something wicked this way comes."
ROMANIAN ALPS, JAN. 1st 8:16 P.M.
The twilight hour was Demitri's favorite time of day, when everyone was asleep and he could walk the streets of Bachrest or any other neighboring village without fear of the sun. But being a Vampiric Demon had its drawbacks…like being able to hold most vampire folklore true, then he saw it…a dragon that looked to be composed out of smoke and sparks "What in the name of the Demon World is that supposed to be?" he thought to himself. He watched as it took a sharp turn and headed south-east ward.
CARIO, EGYPT, JAN. 1st 9:17 P.M.
Anakaris looked up at the starry sky from his tomb entrance, he could see the faint light of Cairo just to the west, then he saw it, the signal circled Cairo a few times then made its way further eastward, he scratched his head as if to say 'What the heck was that about?'
While the signal had circled Cairo a woman in a long dark brown hooded robe looked up and saw it, she nodded and thought, "Master Dominic calls to us now…and the Jackal shall not disappoint him."
SOMEWHERE NEAR BEIJING CHINA, JAN. 2nd 5:44 A.M.
Hsien-Ko looked at the glow of the Beijing city lights…sure it was too early for her to be up, but when you're a Kuang-Shi (that's a Chinese Ghost) sleep seems like a luxury, her sister Mei-Ling came out from what used to be their home just as Dominic's signal flew above them, "What in the name of the Emperor?" Hsien-Ko asked herself looking rather dumbfounded, the signal circled Beijing and few times, then continued (you guessed it) eastward.
OFF THE COAST OF BRAZIL, JAN 1st 10:11 P.M.
Aulbath was busy catching some fish for his family when he saw Dominic's signal pass over him, of course from underwater it looked like a weird shaped shimmer until he surfaced, the signal circled the place he believed was called Rio De Janiero a few times then head off northward "That can't be good." Said Aulbath.
MEXICO, JAN. 1st 4:58 P.M.
Phobos looked at the somewhat thriving jungle it'd once knew, "What a waste…so sad to see what has become of my home." It thought to itself, then it saw the signal. "………what…" Was the only thing it could register on its memory space that fit what it had just seen. Once the signal reached Mexico City it circled it a few times then continued North-ward. In Mexico City two men had seen the signal, "Ready Ajax?" asked the one with the black hair, "Only if you are Othello." Replied the blond-haired one.
ONTARIO CANADA, JAN. 1st 9:15 P.M.
Sasquatch didn't see it, but he knew something evil was on it's way, the signal reached Toronto where it was a balmy -17. The news was already getting sightings of this strange phenomenom, just then one of the people at a bar who'd watched the TV left without paying for his beer. "Hey buddy…you going to pay for that?" The bartender asked, the man turned around in his blue parka and said, "Just put on my tab, will you aye?"
WASHINGTON D.C. JAN. 1st 9:19 P.M.
Now the signal didn't go down here, it was actually on it's way back to New York City…why I bring us here is another reason, B.B Hood was walking from the Capitol building, the Senate having been impressed by the number of Darkstalkers she'd taken out, "Maybe this year I can top myself…hee-hee."
She then stopped in front of a hardware store and saw the giant spark dragon in a special bulletin, "Something that out of the ordinary…safe bet there are Darkstalkers involved." She thought to herself.
NEW YORK CITY, JAN 1st 9:30 P.M.
Dominic saw his signal return through his library window, from there it soared into the air and exploded into a bunch of fireworks blasts. But Dominic knew it's job had been finished, it had contacted all his followers…he knew that the someone would try and stop him, another Darkstalker perhaps…or maybe Pyron or Jedah would return and try and beat him to the punch. But it didn't matter, he had power…it didn't matter if Demitri, Pyron, or even Jedah tried to stop him. He just took a sip of his wine glass and smiled.