Danny yawned and started to get up. But he felt a weight pressing down on him. He opened his eyes and found Sam curled up next to him. Her head was on his left shoulder. She was sleeping soundly. Danny glanced at his watch. It was around noon. While the stone floor was comfortable in all, he needed to stand up. He gently nudges the girl until she started to move. Her violet eyes opened slowly and she sat up. She looked around for several minutes with a look of disbelief in her eyes.

"This isn't a dream!" She turned to Danny. "I'm free?" She touched Danny's face. Tears filled her eyes and she collapsed into Danny's chest.

Danny stroked her hair. "It's all right Sam. I'm not going anywhere."

After about an hour, Sam let Danny walk around the church. Alucard had repaired the defensive seals, but Danny was the one who needed to activate them. The vampire had left some clothes for Sam, so she went to change. After a few minutes, Danny felt the surge of holy energy and the mystic defenses were on. He went to the storeroom and managed to find some potatoes and other canned goods. The church's kitchen was old, but the microwave worked and the sink worked. Sam stepped out of the small bathroom about an hour later. She looked like she had just walked out of a rainstorm. The clothes she had found were simple pants and tee shirt. She sat down at the small wooden table. Danny managed a small smile and placed down a plate of food.

"Not the best meal, but I'm sure it won't kill you."

Sam nodded. "Thanks!" Her voice seemed distant. She ate slowly. Danny sat down across from her with his own plate. The two ate in silence for several minutes. Danny tried to think of something to say, but Sam beat him to it. "I'm sorry!"

"For what?"

"For running! Getting caught! This is all my fault."

"Hey!" Danny stood up and sat next to her. "Vlad did all this. You are not to blame." Danny sighed, "If anything, this is my fault. My life as a superhero has put you in danger. And that thing with Valerie." He slammed his fist onto the table. "If I hadn't been so stupid about my feelings."

Sam took his hand. "Now what?"

"I don't know!" Danny stood up and walked to the main area. The place still looked like it was when he first came here. The benches thrown around, but the blood was gone. No doubt by Alucard. "I am not strong enough to defeat him." He walked into the small bedroom and looked at the chain whip, which still sat on the floor. It looked like a regular chain. "All that I have managed to do is all because of you." He sat down with his eyes on the weapon. "I have no power!"

"I know that is a lie!" Sam walked in and sat down next to him. "I've seen you. Vlad wouldn't have done all this if he didn't fear you. You have managed to almost match him in power in months, where it took him years." Danny nodded slowly. Sam wrapped her arms around his body. "Don't beat yourself up. You have all the power you need. You just need to use it right."

"How do you know so much about me?"

"I've been stalking you for years." The two laughed.

"Thanks Sam!"

"Just promise me you'll kick Vlad's butt extra hard for me."

"I'll put him though his own nine days of Hell."

"Good!" The two stayed with each other till nightfall.

Danny stood on the steps of the church as the sun finished setting. As soon as its rays vanished, Alucard erupted out of the ground. The vampire pulled himself out of the hole he had buried himself in. He looked at Danny and smiled. "You seem to be much chipper."

"Lets just say I had a chance to take a good look at my life." Dark clouds began to fill the clear sky. "Guess Plasmius didn't want to wait."

"Makes thing simpler!"

Karasuman floated out of the sky with a large cloud of giant ravens. "I will take the girl now!" The demon landed in front of Danny and Alucard.

Alucard laughed, "You must have lost you mind birdbrain. What makes you think you could take her by yourself?" Karasuman raised his arms and the cloud of giant ravens grew in number. Before long, they covered the sky. Over a thousand total.

Danny sighed, "You had to ask!"

"Kill them my pets!" The ravens swarmed at the two.

"Hellfire!" Alucard's wings glowed red light and he flapped them forward. Large fireballs shot from them and exploded on impact with the cloud of ravens. Danny jumped next to Alucard and yelled out with his Ghostly Wail. The fire incinerated hundreds of birds and the wail ripped almost the same amount apart. The cloud looked barely changed. "Crap!" The cloud crashed into the two. The ravens were only three feet long, but their beaks were like iron. They forced the pair to the ground as Karasuman simply walked by.

"Fools!" He walked up to the large wooden doors. He grasped the handles. A large bolt of blue energy blasted him away from the doors and he hit the ground hard. "Damn it!"

Danny yelled out and a sphere of white energy forced the cloud of birds off him and Alucard. "The church!" He readied his whip and swung it. And slammed into several birds and they exploded into ash. Using his metal wings as a shield, Alucard and Danny ran towards the church. Sam saw them and opened the door. Danny jumped in and Alucard closed the door. The birds slammed into the door, but the barrier destroyed all that came near. "That was close!"

"Might still be!" Alucard was on his knees. Small sparks of blue light exploded around him. "I can't remain here long."

"Stop touching the building," Karasuman snarled. His remaining birds backed away and flew around the church. "Damn barrier!"

Plasmius appeared in a burst of dark energy. "Have your birds back away!" He put his palms together in front of him. A sphere of red and black energy began to form. The cloud of ravens flew clear. "Very cleaver Daniel! But no where near cleaver enough."

Danny looked around the church. "Are they gone?"

Alucard's eyes flashed with red light. "Get down!" Both Sam and Danny took cover on the floor. Alucard covered the pair with his metal wings. The barrier flashed with blue light and the door was blown open. Several red beams of light shot through the open door and destroyed the back part of the church. The already damaged barriers collapsed. Alucard looked up, "This won't end well."

The cloud of ravens burst into the church. They slammed into Alucard and managed to push the vampire back. Their beaks did little to his armor, but there were so many. Danny did his best to blast as many of the birds clear of Sam. Plasmius flew into the destroyed building. "I hope you two enjoyed your quality time." He blasted Danny back with an energy beam. "Because this is the last time you will see each other alive."

"Get over yourself!" Danny lashed out with the chain whip.

Plasmius blocked with a red energy shield. "Still playing hero." He split into two. One shot across the church and landed behind Danny. Danny turned to attack, but the original hit him in the back before he could swing. Danny was blasted forward and into the other Plasmius's fist. Danny fell to the ground.

"Bastard!" Sam pulled a leg off one of the broken benches. She charged at Plasmius. The vampire did nothing and let the girl ram the leg into his chest. Sam stepped back as Plasmius laughed at the wooden bench leg in his chest. There was no blood. "I don't understand!"

"Foolish girl!" He ripped the leg out of his chest and the wound healed. "Unlike my weaker counterparts, I am nearly perfect." He grabbed her neck and held her up. "I need only to fear the sun. But soon even that won't be able to stop me."

"VLAD!" Danny jumped to his feet. "You put her down!"

"How about I put you down?" Danny had forgotten about Plasmius's copy. The copy hand flashed with red and black light. Danny took a hard blast. He shot across the church and crashed through the main wall. He fell onto the ground outside.

Karasuman pinned Danny down with his talon foot. "You lose!"