Chapter Five: Blood Feud.
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Music was Playing As Everyone in the Avengers Tower was Doing Their Own thing, Tony and Falcon Were in the Lab Tweaking His Wings Of Course.
"This New Wing Will Increase my Velocity by 30%?" Falcon asked, Tony Smugly Replied, "Of Course it Will, I invented it."
Hulk and Thor were in the Kitchen When Hulk Growled Like Something was Irritating Him, "What is it?" Thor asked.
"Some Dead Man took all the Peanut Butter!" Hulk Yelled, "What Care I for the Butter of Peanuts?" Thor asked Sipping on a Drink as Hulk Roared Louder.
and then in the Training Room Both Hawkeye and Shadow Sat on the Railing Watching Steve Train While Hawkeye Ate the Jar of Peanut Butter.
"Mm Peanut Butter." Hawkeye Said, Shadow Became aware of People Trying to Break into the Tower. "Take Him." a Feminine Voice Hissed.
"Little late for the Cleaning Crew, Ain't it?" Hawkeye Asked, "Cap Heads Up!" He Shouted as he Fired an Arrow at her Hitting a Button Behind her.
"Missed." She Sneered, Hawkeye Smirked, "I never miss." He Retorted, The Alarms Were Set Off Now, Blaring Through the Tower.
Hulk Came Through the Wall, "You Rang?" He asked, Tony was There as well Obviously Upset Hulk went through the walls Instead Of Using the Doors.
"You Know, Hulk, When I Built This Place, I Designed it With Doors." Tony Said, But Hulk Only Glared at him, "Your Right, Doors are so Overrated." Tony Agreed Out of Fear.
"They Don't Have any Heat Signatures, and No Pulses." Shadow Reported Just Now Pulling her Techno mask Over her Face to Scan them.
"It Can't be." Steve Said Out Of Shock, Hulk Tried to Punch One, But It Just Went Through them, "They Ain't Puny Humans." Hulk Growled.
"Iron Man, The Tower has UV Light frequencies Built in, Right?" Steve asked, "Yeah But..." Tony was Cut Off, "Fire Them up!" He Called Out.
"Okay Weird, But Okay." Tony Said and Fired them Up, Most Of the Creatures Disintegrated but One Screams And Went to Hide in the Shadowy Part of the Training Room.
"What Just Happened?" Hawkeye Asked, "Vampires." Was all that Steve Said, "Uh, You Gotta Be Kidding me." Shadow Said Pinching Her Nose With her Fingers.
Upon Pulling the Hood Down From the Woman, It was Revealed that She was Natasha.
"Black Widow?" They all Said In Unison. Natasha's Face Started To Strain as A Man's Voice Spoke For her.
"Greetings, Captain America, it Has Been a Long Time. I send this Female With a Message, I offer you Here life in Exchange for Yours." The Voice Said Before Natasha Collapsed into Steve's arms.
"Tell Me Window has a Creepy Voice Power I Didn't Know about." Tony Said, Shadow Elbowed Him.
"That was Dracula." Steve Said, Shadow Let Out a Sigh, Steve Had told her a Little Bit about Dracula and Him During the war, So She Knew These Vampires Were Very Real.
"Black Widow is a Vampire?" Hawkeye Said Shocked, as He Held Natasha's Limp Body, Steve Shook his head.
"No, Not Yet, She's Still in the Early Stages." Steve Said, "Dracula's Hold on her Isn't Complete yet."
"She's Going to get Worse, Way Worse." Steve Added, "We Still Have a Chance to Save her If We act Quickly."
"Look maybe I'll by That There's a Such thing as Vampires." Hawkeye Said, "Big Maybe. But Count Dracula? We're talking about the, I Vant To drink your blood, Guy Right?" Hawkeye Said a Little Skeptical.
"Not Count, Just Dracula." Steve Corrected, "He Finds Count Insulting, Since He's King of the Vampire Nation." Shadow Helped Steve Out Since her Own Brother Couldn't Figure it Out Himself.
"Well, Great, Let me Know When Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman Show." Hawkeye Said Sarcastically.
Thor Interrupted their Bickering about Whether Vampires Are real or Not, "Don't Mock. There's Often Truth in Myth." Thor Said, "Wasn't I a Myth until you Met me?" Thor Stated His Point.
"But Hawkeye's got a Point." Tony Said, "Thor, Your Powers may Seem Like Magic to People on Earth, But It's Simply Asgardian Science."
"There Must be a Scientific Explanation for these So–Called Vampires." Tony Said.
Soon Natasha Screeched, Kicking Hawkeye away from her, Running Away And On top Of Hulk, Acting Like She was about to sink her Fangs into his Neck Just after Kicking Shadow away as well.
Thor Then Threw His Hammer at Natasha in Which She Did a Backflip and Landed on his Hammer Perfectly.
"Odin's Beard!" Thor Shouted Shocked.
He Called His Hammer To him as Natasha Jumped Off Of it, Tony and Falcon Tried to Stop her But She Only Kicked them Down Racing Out Of the Room at a Supernatural Speed.
"She's Fighting at a Whole New Level, It's Like She's A..." Tony Was Cut Off by Seeing Natasha Run into a Mirror Knocking herself Out Again.
"A Vampire, Like I Said." Steve Replied, "Why'd She Run into a Mirror Though." Falcon asked, Steve Tilted the Mirror Up, "She Couldn't see her Own Reflection."
"Just Like in the Movies." Shadow Muttered.
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Back in the Lab Every One was There as a Scan Of tony Ran over Natasha, Gaining her Biometrics.
"I was able to Use Black Widow's Biometrics to get into her SHIELD Profile." Falcon Said, Reading Over it.
Shadow Joined Him, "She was Following a Lead about Red Skull in Transylvania?" Shadow Said in a Questioning Tone, Steve Spoke Up, "That's It! Now that's where we need to go if we Wanna Change Widow Back." Steve Tried to Say but Tony Cut him off, Still Not Believing it.
"Tony We Don't have Time To Question if this is accurate Enough, And I kinda Wanna Get this Over With." Shadow Told Tony But Of Course The Egomaniac Wouldn't Listen.
"If this has to do with the Skull, Then it Must Be Modok's Brain Switching Machine or Some Form Of Hypnosis, If I can Do Anything to Save Widow it's here." Tony Said But then JARVIS and the Computers stated to Shut down.
"What are your Computers Telling you now?" Steve Said, "That We Should go to Transylvania." Tony Said from behind the Suit..
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Now they where on the Avengejet Heading for Transylvania, Where Dracula Resided, Shadow was Uneasy, This Smelled Of a Trap.
"You alright Sis?" Hawkeye asked from his Spot Next to her, She Shook her head, "No Clint, I'm not, Something Doesn't Feel Right, and You Know When I feel That way Something Very Bad Happens." Shadow Said, He Blue Eyes Dilating as She Said this, Hawkeye Groaned.
"Yeah I know." He Replied Back, They Both Tuned Back into the Conversation that was Going on In the Avengejet.
"What are you Loading Up there?" Falcon Asked Captain America, Shadow's Eyes Widened at What he was Holding in his Hands, Silver–Plated Discs, It was this Serious Huh?
"Silver–Plated Strike Discs. Tools to Deal With Dracula's Troops." Cap Replied, Falcon Raised his Eyebrow, "Can't Hulk Just Smash Them?" Falcon Asked.
Shadow and Cap Made Eye Contact For a Little Bit, as if to Say, Should I tell him or Should You? Being an Immortal Being She Had Met Dracula Before, Not by Choice But Completely by Force.
He had Wanted her to Join Him, Being immortal was a Cause Of the Experiments Hydra had Enforced On her, Now She Truly Can Never Die, Unless She Lost her Powers, but the Odds Of that Were Highly Unlikely.
"He Can Knock them Down, but They Won't Stop." Shadow Said for Cap, Her Eyes Dilating Once More as Hawkeye Gaped his Mouth open in Disbelief.
"Alright, Van Helsing, you wanna tell us Why Your Such an Expert on Vampires?" Hawkeye's Accusing Question More Pointed at Cap Rather Then Shadow.
As Cap Took a Moment to Answer Hawkeye, Shadow Fiddled With The Butterfly Necklace That lay across Her Chest, "You Sure your Okay?" Tony Asked from Where He was Next to Natasha Strapped To a Table to Prevent Escape.
She Nodded Shakily, "I'm Fine Tony, Just worried for Both Natasha and Cap, Something is Wrong here, I Can feel it." Shadow Finished as She Tuned Back into Hawkeye and Cap.
"During the war, Dracula and Our Country were Uneasy Allies, Hydra was Trying to invade Transylvania. Dracula was Protect his land. the Enemy of my Enemy Sort Of thing." Cap Said.
"But Why is He After you now?" Thor asked, Shadow's Lips Trembled, That Feeling She was Having Earlier was Becoming So Much Stronger.
"Dracula is a King. He Takes What he wants." Cap Said Firmly, "I must have Something he wants."
"And You don't Know what that is?" Hawkeye Finished, Raising an Eyebrow with a Smirk, and Cut Off by Natasha's Whimpering.
"No, But Finding That Out is Our only Chance To Save Widow." Cap Said, Shadow Clenched her Eyes Shut for a Moment as a Heat Boiled in her Belly, Something was Wrong very Wrong.
"Relax, People. You're all Acting like You're in the middle of a Horror Movie." Tony Said Trying to Calm the Team's Nerves, "We Just Need to Break into his Castle and Find Out What Dracula is Using On her." Tony Said, "Nanotech, Maybe? I just Can't See it, Yet."
Tony Turned his Attention to Hawkeye making his wooden Stake arrows, "Really? Wooden Stake arrows?" Tony Asked, Hawkeye Shrugged Responding, "Why Not?"
"I am uneasy Captain, This Smells of a Trap." Thor Said, "No Kidding." Cap Replied.
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"What is the Status?" Red Skull asked Dracula, "The Avengers Approach my Castle, the Soldier is With them." Dracula Replied.
"Just as We Predicted, follow the plan and I Promise you will get what has been denied to you for thousands of Years."
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The Avengers Arrived, Shadow Very Unsettled in this Place, She walked Behind Hawkeye Who Laughed at fact that it was always nightime here.
"What, is it always Nightime here?" Hawkeye Quipped, "Yes, Bowman, my Kingdom lives in eternal night." Dracula Appeared, Shadow's Entire Body Shook and Shivered, That Feeling She had Before Increased Tenfold.
"Greetings Avengers, I see you received my... invitation." Dracula Said, "So, Captain, my Offer. your life for the Woman's." He Countered.
Shadow Blinked as Hawkeye Immediately Raised his Bow Aiming for Dracula's head, "Are you Willing to accept?"
"Hmm... Wow. you need new headshots, Drac." Hawkeye Started Out, "You Look Nothing like your Pictures."
Shadow internally Rolled her Eyes, Hawkeye Probably just made this Situation Even Worse.
"Don't!" Cap Tried to Stop him but Hawkeye had already Flung the Arrow Straight at Dracula's Head as the King Disappeared.
"Wow Wonderful Job Hawkeye." Shadow Mumbled Sarcastically, Staying Close by Tony, Dracula Gave her this intense fear that made her Legs Wants to Give out and Collapse, She Figured being Close to Tony would Dampen The Feeling a Bit.
"You have no idea what You've Just Started." Cap Said, Shadow's Eyes Looked around Frantically, Searching For Dracula.
"Or Finished." Hawkeye Said with a Proud Smile, Moving Out of the way When Dracula Appeared, Taking Natasha and Disappearing once more.
"Wha–" Shadow Mumbled, When Dracula's aura Came into Contact with her She Felt all the Power Radiating off of Him, Her Heart was Pounding Out of her Chest As She Panted.
"Because of Our History, Captain, I was Going to Make this as Painless as Possible." Dracula Said, "But I see my Mercy is not Wanted." He Finished.
Dracula Paused For a Moment, "Kill them all." He Ordered his Vampires Who Hissed and Surrounded Them.
Shadow's Panting got More Feirce as She Tried to calm her Heart, "Alisha! you Okay back There?" Hawkeye Called Back, "His Aura, it is Too Strong for me to Handle, for my Senses To handle, If I use my Blood Manipulation, I will Lose Control of it and Most Likely kill or injure Innocent People." She Panted Out, "It's making my Heart Race!" She Cried Out.
"Suddenly, I'm glad I Didn't waste my Time Carving Out all those Wooden arrows." Hawkeye Mumbled Out, Moving Out in front Of his Sister to Protect her.
luckily Using her Own Aura, She was able to Keep any Stray Vampires Away from her, as She Tried to Catch her Breath.
"Jarvis, What am I Looking at here?" Tony Asked, They had Formed a Circle to Protect Shadow From the Vampires.
"It Appears that the vampire Genetic Structure can Reconstitute itself. they Do not Take on damage the same Way as you." Jarvis Responded, "after careful analysis, Sir, it is my Conclusion that you are down in Trouble town." Jarvis Quipped.
"Thanks for the Color play, Jarvis." Tony Sarcastically Replied. "All right Guys, Let's Hit them With everything we got and a Little more." Tony Said and then Added, "We'll Figure out how to Make it Permanent Later."
More Vampires Hissed at them. "You Overthink Stark, just Smash!" Hulk Yelled While Smashing Some Of the Vampires, In Retaliation they Hissed.
"A Whip? gonna Have to go Higher Tech then that." Tony Muttered, More Vampires Hissed as Shadow Followed Hawkeye and Tony.
One Of them Snarled, Shadow's Mouth Gaped Open, "That's not Normal." She Said, "Get to the Entrance!" Cap Called Over all the Hissing and Snarling Vampires.
"Right Behind you Cap!" Tony Called, as another Vampire Hissed Hawkeye Shot His wooden Stake arrows At The Vampires, It Somehow Working.
"Wooden Stake arrows Work." Tony Muttered Suprised, "I like When Iron Man's Wrong." Hawkeye Said with a Smirk.
"Woah! it's Like this tech is alive." Falcon Muttered besides Tony And Shadow, Tony gasped as If he Found Something Out.
"Of Course! it's a Form Of Biotech! they use Blood to transfer Data into the Blood Cells. all I need to do is find Out their frequency and I can Cure Widow." Tony Figured Out.
"Great. Wonderful! now Let's Get inside Before we get to be Just Like Widow." Shadow Said Sarcastically, She Hurried inside of the Building.
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Shadow Quickly Disintegrated another Vampire Using Blood Manipulation, Hawkeye Rolled over Next to her, "Woah! you Can Disintegrate them With Blood Manipulation." Hawkeye Gaped.
Shadow Had a Bored Look on her Face, Dracula was Still trying to Bite Cap so he Could Have his Super Soldier Powers, Hulk had been Turned into a Vampire While Dracula became a Hulk Sized Vampire King, and Natasha was Still Unconscious and Loosing her Humanity fast.
"Hawkeye! focus! big Vamp Hulk and Hulk Sized Vampire King to Deal With!" Shadow Shouted, after a Bit Of Fighting Dracula Fell to his Knees.
"Tony?" Shadow Prompted, Moving away from another Vampire before Using Blood Manipulation to Disintegrate It, "It's Hulk Gamma Radiation Cells, it's Burning the Vampire Blood cells like Sun or Light Would." Tony Replied.
Hawkeye and Shadow Regrouped Next to Cap, "So it should do the Same for Hulk then." Shadow Came to the Conclusion, "Yeah but we need to Make Hulk angrier." Tony Said, Hawkeye Groaned besides Shadow, "Do We Have to?" He Mumbled Before Shadow Elbowed him in the Stomach.
soon Hulk was angry Enough that his Gamma Cells Burned away the Vampire Cells and He Became Normal along with Dracula Being halfway, But Iron man had the Cure For Natasha so the left Quickly.
Tony Took Some Of Hulk's Blood and Was going to Inject it into Natasha's System to Flush Out of Burn the Vampire Blood Cells.
"So Are you Sure this Won't turn Widow Green or Something?" Falcon asked, Shadow Sent him a Glare that Said not Helping, Tony Ignored Falcon's Question, he injected Widow and About an Hour later She was awake, Confused and Disoriented.
"What Happened? I was Following the Red Skull When–" She Cut herself off With a Gasp, "Am I a Vampire!" She Shouted, Tony Shook his head, "Nope we Cured you." Tony Responded.
Natasha Saw a Wooden Stake Arrow in Hawkeye's Hand, Raising an Eyebrow at Hawkeye, "A Wooden Stake arrow? seriously?" She Said, Hawkeye Shrugged at Natasha, "Just in Case Stark's Tech wasn't as good as He Said." He Cheekily Replied.
"Do you Have Some Garlic as Well for Just in case?" She Said Already Knowing he Probably Did, Shadow Snorted as Her Brother Hid his Hands Behind his Back.
"What do you Take me For?" Was all Hawkeye Said.