Danny dropped down in front of his bike. He was both mentally and physically exhausted. "Only one day left." He heard loud thunder accompanied by crimson lightning. "That can't be good!"

"Punk!" Walker appeared out of a cloud of dark mist. "My master has sent me to thank you on your endeavors."

"What?"

"Those elemental sites you worked so hard to capture were actually seals. They held the bulk of Dracula's power back." Walker smiled and his normally green eyes turned red. "Thanks to you, my master now can claim what is his."

"But I still have a day left."

"That was just incentive. It didn't really matter when you accomplished your goal. Tonight, my master will rise as the new king of darkness." Danny's hands sparked with white light and he charged Walker. The vampire ghost easily dodged the attacks and slammed Danny down. "Your in no condition to fight me." A pair of large scythe blades suddenly rammed through Walker's shoulders. The ghost cried out as he was pulled into the air by the blades.

Death appeared. "My master's power will not be taken from him." The skeleton in the black robe held his hand out. "Now die!" Walker exploded into fire and ash. The two blades turned into Death's scythe and floated to him. "We must go now! Time is short!" Danny nodded as Death's robes flowed around them both. It turned into a shadow and shot into the cloudy night.

Vlad stood alone as the crimson lightning sparked around the stone statues. "Soon the power of the king of the night will be mine." He smiled down at the struggling girl. "I so wished we could have more fun, but I needed you pure." He walked over to a large stone bookstand. A large red book was open on it. Vlad tossed off the robe. He wore dark pants and no shirt. He had mystic runes drawn in blood on his chest. He walked over to the book. "Now to begin!"

"VLAD!" A large shadow dropped onto the roof. Death and Danny stood ready as it vanished. Death flew at Vlad with his scythe. As he swung it, lightning from the statues shot out and trapped him in a sphere of energy.

"Death! How good of you to come. I needed a little more dark energy." He turned a few more pages. He held his right hand up. A pentagram was drawn on the palm. "By the power of The Book of Darkness. I caste thee to darkness and summon thy power to me." The lightning ripped into the demon and Death transformed into dark energy. Vlad absorbed it through his palm. He turned into Plasmius and his eyes glowed with a black energy.

"Much better!" His darker voice now came from him.

"Your not Vlad!" Danny summoned his holy energy.

"No! When Vlad first started to tap the dark energies of Dracula. It was I who gained the power. I just let that pitiful human think he was in control. I was his ghost. But now he is simply my puppet."

"Well then Plasmius! I'll feel less bad for doing this!" Danny threw out a pair of his holy beams.

The lightning that had destroyed Death formed a sphere around Plasmius and blocked the attacks. "You have no power!" Plasmius hand lashed out. Black blades of energy shot out. They ripped into Danny and sent him to the floor. He was covered in cuts. One last blade managed to sever his right arm at the elbow. He cried out and clutched his arm. "Your power was all in the whip!" The lightning formed a shield around his fallen arm and the whip. "Now you're helpless!"

"I'm not done!" Danny managed to jump to his feet and charge.

A cloud of dark force surrounded Plasmius and blasted Danny back. Before the vampire ghost could gloat, a large red vortex appeared near the middle of the roof. "Yes! Come to me Hell Beast!" A large red creature stepped out of the vortex. Standing eight feet tall on two legs. It looked like a lizard with horns. "Except my offering and grant me the power that has been sealed away." The creature bent down towards Sam and sniffed her.

"Get away from her!" Danny got to his feet and fired a beam of light from his left hand. The beam impacted the creature's skull. It did little to the demon. It turned its head towards him. It started to stand up straight, but it suddenly roared in pain. It fell back and the vortex closed.

"What is wrong" Plasmius ran up to the creature. "Give me my power!" The creature slumped to the ground. The vampire ghost roared. "What? I have the offering! The power!" He looked at the crippled Danny. "Don't tell me that little energy beam actuallyhurt you." A metal clawed hand busted out of the creature's chest. "This can't be right!" The demon split down the middle and another creature rose out of it. It had human form with black and red metal armor. Large blackmetal wings were connected to his back. Combined with the long white hair, he looked like an angel from Hell. "Alucard Belmont!" Plasmius backed away.

The vampire hunter smiled. "Thanks for the way out of Hell!" His metal hand shot out and slammed the vampire down. His red eyes looked over the scene. "Not bad for a pretender!"

Danny managed to push himself up. "How did you get here? And what is up with the new look?"

"After I died, I cocooned myself in a wrap of darkness." He gave his wings a slow flap. "Grew these in order to fight this guy after you sent him to Hell. What happened?"

"He tricked me!"

"It happens!" Alucard walked over and removed Danny's arm from the shield. "You didn't trust your own powers enough." He walked over and stuck the severed on Danny's stump. The two reattached with a flash of dark energy. "I personally lost three arms and a leg during the course of my life."

"You two!" Plasmius flew into the air. "I will destroy the lot of you." They sky filled with red lightning.

"We might want to go!" Danny freed Sam from the table. Alucard nodded his head. He wrapped his wings around the two and they vanished in a burst of red light.

The wooden doors of a large church busted open as Danny walked in. Sam was in his arms, but the girl hadn't moved sense the rescue. Alucard followed close behind and shut the doors. They had come to the same church that Alucard had originally hid Sam. It was several miles away from the city and he doubt Plasmius would figure this place out before sunrise. Alucard walked in front of Danny led him to a small back room. It was at the very center of the church. As soon as Alucard reactivated the defense barriers, it would be the safest place to be. Danny set Sam down on a small bed.

"I'm not sure she is breathing."

Alucard knelled down next to the girl. His large metal wings collapsing so they hugged his back. "Her breathing is shallow. The body is taxed." He held his left hand over her. "You might want to look away." In a quick motion, Alucard's clawed hand dove into Sam's stomach. Dark energy formed around his wrist to prevent blood loss.

"What are you doing?"

"Getting a hitchhiker!" His hand grasped something and he pulled his hand free. The wound closed before a drop of blood could get out. Grasped in the vampire's hand was a foot long worm shaped creature. It had smooth black skin and tendrils all around its body.

"What is that?" Danny looked like he was going to puke.

"A Parasite Worm! Dark wizards use these things to eat their enemies from the inside out. However! If you can manage to keep it well fed while inside you. It almost doubles your strength and agility." Alucard crushed the thing in his hand. Black blood dripped in between his metal fingers.

Danny sat down next to the sleeping Sam. "Now what?"

"I doubt Plasmius will make a move before the next sunset. So we have time to prepare." He headed for the door. "I will repair the holy barriers and see what I can do to strengthen our position. You try and rest!" He walked out of the room and closed the door.

Danny sighed and rubbed his head. "I'm useless!" He looked at the chain around his arm. He tore off the weapon and tossed it across the room. "I am unfit to wield such a weapon." He fell onto the floor and fell asleep.