Raptor entered the nightclub to find Felicia staring at him, "What was that about?" She asked sternly. "Oh that, well you see…I was still taking me walk when—." He started to explain.
"That was Dominic Nightshades' limo." Felicia told him.
"Well yeah, he offered me a ride you see…and a ride in a limousine, how could I turn that down." Raptor said, he knew telling her the truth would only make her madder. "You took him up on his record deal didn't you?" She asked him, now he knew one of his resolutions had been to be more truthful with people, and if he was going to live up to it he had to say here and now, "Hey, I just think it was a bad idea to turn down his offer…and to throw me in the same boat with you."
"Well then congratulations, you just sold your soul to devil in a limo." Felicia said to him coldly.
"Hey I'll let you know I sold my soul to the devil long before that…and he wasn't in a bloody damn limo when I did it!" Raptor yelled at her as she left.
RIO DE JANEIRO, JAN. 3rd 1:55 P.M.
When Aulbath went back fishing off the coast of Rio de Janeiro he noticed something the whole city was flooded, the water level had risen so high that Rio was submerged in several inches of water, plus the whole city had gone silent. Aulbath knew that now would be the time to find out why, as he walked the empty streets he thought, "This is not usual, yesterday this city was full of life…but now, now it's eerily dead silent." When he got to the business district he saw a man in a navy blue t-shirt and jeans standing in the middle of the flooded street. "Hey you." Aulbath called out. The man looked at Aulbath and asked, "Are you talking to me?"
Aulbath looked at man's face now, this person had sand blonde hair and blue eyes, deep blue. "Yes…you seem to be the only one around, where is everybody?"
The man looked at Aulbath and said, "They all fled indoors when I flooded the city."
"You…you did this?" Aulbath asked in disbelief.
The man nodded and said, "Mer-people aren't the only ones who can bend the will of the ocean."
"So you bended the will of the water to flood the city?" Aulbath asked.
"You can put it that way if you want, but it doesn't really do my work justice." The man said.
"What's your name?" Aulbath asked.
"My name is Morrie…Morrie Vench, and you don't have to introduce yourself Aulbath, for you see I've been waiting for you here." Morrie told him.
"Waiting for me, why?" Aulbath asked.
"Because I wish to ask you to join a group I represent, a group which wants to unite humans and Darkstalkers as one…no more fear, no more wars." Morrie told him.
"And you're leading this operation?" Aulbath asked.
"No, the leader of our operation is someone much greater than I, so what say you…decide now Aulbath." Morrie told him.
Aulbath thought this was too good of an offer to pass up, but then it did sound too good. "It's tempting…but I'm afraid I'll wait until humans will accept us on their own." Aulbath said as he turned around and left.
Morrie let out an angry growl and said, "BIG MISTAKE PAL!"
The next thing Aulbath felt as if someone had turned a high pressured hose on and hit him in the back, he hit the ground pretty hard then turned around to see Morrie was no longer behind him. "What's wrong fin-boy…didn't see what you were looking for!" said the voice of Morrie, he felt Morrie grip his shoulder he turned around to find Morrie standing behind him again, "How'd he get over here so quickly without me seeing him?" Aulbath thought for a moment as Morrie struck him with an uppercut to the jaw. Aulbath had little time to recover before Morrie landed on top of him and started pummeling him like mad shouting, "This is what happens to those who don't join the Demon Syndicate when given the opportunity!"
Aulbath then let out a sonic screech, he then saw Morrie's body quake and shudder almost like water. He threw Morrie off and said, "If you want to fight me then you'll get your chance now."
Morrie looked at Aulbath, his breaths coming out slow and heavily. "THAT WAS COLD JACK!" Morrie hollered at him, then suddenly Aulbath watched as two high pressure columns of water hit him and knock him back. "Is this guy made out of—?" Aulbath asked himself, he then sent a tidal surge back at Morrie, but Morrie held out his right hand and some how parted the water before it hit him. Just then Aulbath struck Morrie in the head and had his question answered when Morrie's head splatter apart like water.
Aulbath looked in horror as Morrie's head reformed in front of him, laughed and said, "That's right I'm not just flesh blood and bone so allow me the introduction Merman…meet Hydroman!" Morrie then sealed him in a bubble of liquid.
Aulbath laughed at him, Morrie wagged his finger at Aulbath and said, "Wait…you'll get what's coming to you, you know what having air forced through your gills feels like?"
Aulbath then felt something shoot through his gills, whatever it was hurt like heck, Morrie then released Aulbath, who was gasping from what had just happened, "Well…I don't have gills, so you had to be the guinea pig for it."
"You—." Aulbath started to say, but before he could finish he was it by another blast of water and well, to shorten it up Aulbath and Morrie battled all the way back out to the beach, when it was all said and done Aulbath lost consciousness. "Ha, take THAT…" Morrie cheered in his own vulpine triumph, watching as Aulbath's body floated out to the ocean. "Yeah, you've been Hydro-nated girly fish-man." Morrie said in his best Arnold S. voice…and if just to add insult to injury he put on a set of Terminator-style sunglasses and said, "Hasta la Vista Mer-dork…I'll be back."
NEW YORK CITY, JAN. 3rd Noon
Dominic received a phone call at his place, he was in his home office. "Ahoy-hoy…Morrie, I was hoping to hear from you…so how did things pan out?" he asked, "He turned you down…I'm positive you showed him the error of his choices……you did, very well, see you soon." As he hung up he took out his list again and put an X by Aulbath's name.