Hey everyone! I'm back with another chapter for y'all to read. We left off with Simon, Richter, Ryu, and Pac-Man ready to face a demonic looking Dracula. Will all of them survive the impending fight? Read this chapter to find out. Now, before I continue, I just want to get some questions some of you reviewers had out of the way.
Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, Isabelle, and Ken are all planned to appear later on in the story. Where you say? I'll never tell. ;)
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Dracula's Castle, World of Trophies
The vampire ruler Dracula had transformed himself into a more monstrous form which left the four fighters opposing him in shock.
"Now… None of you shall see the light of another day!" Declared Dracula before firing a cluster of purple fireballs at the four fighters.
Simon, Richter, Ryu, and Pac-Man all hid behind some pillars in an attempt to find cover. This move led to Dracula laughing and knocking down the pillar Simon was hiding behind. The strike incapacitated the elder Belmont as Richter came to his aid.
Ryu then went on the offensive and fired a heated projectile from his hands. "Hadoken!"
This stunned the vampire only for a few seconds. However, that was enough time for Ryu to close the distance between him and his terrifying opponent. Before Dracula could realize it, he was on the receiving end of a devastating uppercut.
"Shoryuken!" Shouted Ryu as he dealt the strike.
The impact was so tremendous that it launched Dracula about five feet from the floor. This left him damaged, but far from out.
The vampire retaliated with a swift chokehold on the street fighter. "I sense something… demonic about you. Perhaps you could be a servant of mine."
"Never." Wheezed Ryu as he was struggling to breathe. "I won't succumb… to the darkness."
Fortunately, help came from Pac-Man in the form of a spherical looking charge attack. This strike freed the street fighter from the vampire's cold grip.
"You'll pay for that!" Shouted Dracula as he prepared another claw strike toward the pellet muncher.
Pac-Man was quick enough to dodge the downward attack.
Meanwhile, Simon was waking up from the earlier impact and was helped up by Richter by wrapping his arm around his shoulder.
"Easy there." Said Richter. "You took a pretty nasty hit."
Simon then looked down at his uniform only to see a large red wound covering the left side of his abdomen.
"It's nothing." Answered the elder Belmont. "I've taken worse hits before."
"Are you sure you're good to fight?" Asked Richter.
"I'm a Belmont." Answered Simon confidently. "I come from tough ancestry."
The two vampire hunters then rejoined the fray right when Pac-Man was about to fall by Dracula's nightmarish hand.
Simon started the attack with a mix-up of holy water and cross projectiles while Richter followed suit.
This overwhelmed Dracula and made him more furious. This rage became more apparent when he started to swing his claws in random directions. Fortunately, this left the opening the two Belmonts needed.
Ryu and Pac-Man then rejoined the assault. The yellow muncher summoned a fire hydrant and kicked it in the air before getting out of the way and letting Ryu punch it with tremendous force. The hit from Ryu's strike significantly sped up Pac-Man's flying hydrant and soon landed right on the head of Dracula. The great impact resulted in one of his horns falling off and causing some blood to drip as well.
Simon and Richter then climbed onto the stunned Dracula's back and wrapped their whips around the vampire's neck. No matter how much he struggled, Dracula was no match for the Belmonts' combined strength. After a few more seconds of strangling, the vampire lord finally collapsed onto the ground.
"Never mess with our family again." Said Simon.
Surprisingly, Dracula got back up. However, he wasn't up to fight anymore. He reverted back into his humanoid form with the change of a slightly bloody and bruised face and tattered outfit. "You have no idea what horrors await you beyond this castle. This being of light is beyond what any of us could imagine. This isn't over. For any of us."
The vampire then transformed into a swarm of bats. The four heroes attempted to attack it, but the bats managed to fly out an open window and escape into the dark moonlit horizon.
Simon then got on one knee as his wound from earlier was starting to act up. He started to groan in pain as well.
"It he okay?" Asked Ryu.
"It's his wound!" Said Richter as he took out a potion. He then handed it to his ancestor. "Here. Drink this."
The potion stopped the bleeding in a couple seconds. After a few more moments of recovery, the elder Belmont was able to get back on his feet with some assistance from Richter.
Simon then looked towards Ryu and Pac-Man. "Thank you for helping us in the fight."
"Don't mention it." Responded Ryu as he raised his arm and smiled nonchalantly. "We just wanted to find answers, but it was good to meet some new people in this dreary castle of all places."
"My name is Simon. This is my descendant Richter." Said the vampire hunter. "We're vampire hunters who seek to destroy the sinister legacy of Dracula and his followers."
Ryu then decided to introduce himself and Pac-Man. "My name is Ryu. A fighter wandering the world, looking to become the best combatant around. The yellow guy here is Pac-Man and I found him lost in the underground crypts."
"I see." Responded Richter. "So you two just met?"
"Yeah." Answered Pac-Man. "It was a good thing we ran into each other. Otherwise I would've never gotten out of that dark labyrinth."
"Well, let's get that horn and blood Dracula left behind. It may hold an advantage for us later on." Said Richter.
Before anyone could take it though, another person grabbed the horn from the floor, catching everyone off guard. This person was a small female and had a distinct bright ninja garb along with a glowing sword. She had red hair and a relatively tan skin tone. This was undoubtedly Scarlet, the Lightspace Army's Elite Mii Swordfighter. Ready to take what her master needs.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" Shouted Simon. "We need that!"
"So does my master." Responded the swordfighter. "Oh, and I need this too."
She then pulls out a test tube and scoops up a considerable portion of Dracula's blood from the ground. She then closes the tube with a lid and places it in a pocket near her belt.
"Who are you?" Asked Ryu. "What do you gain from using Dracula's horn and blood?"
"Power." Replied Scarlet coldly. "Power unlike anything you have ever seen! Power that will make my master's army more formidable than ever before!"
"And just who is your master?" Asked Richter.
"Oh don't you already know?" Said Scarlet. "He is the light that will cleanse this universe once and for all!"
"Galeem." Said Simon. "Don't let her escape! She'll use what she found for who knows what purpose!"
Richter knew what this meant and realized what would happen if Scarlet got away with the horn and the blood.
"Way ahead of you!" Said Ryu as he fired another Hadoken.
Simon, Richter and Pac-Man also unloaded whatever projectiles they had left.
Despite the numerical advantage though, Scarlet quickly escaped by jumping out the same open window Dracula fled from with the horn and blood in her possession.
Richter ran to the window. But before he got to it, a Lightspace Army ship rose from the ground with Scarlet standing on it.
"I have something to give you for your failure." Said Scarlet as she pulled out a remote detonator. "Your fight with Dracula gave me more than enough time to carefully plant explosives all over this castle!"
The four heroes were shocked by this new revelation as they saw they had nowhere to run or hide from the ensuing destruction.
"Happy landings." Said the swordfighter as she pressed the detonator without a second thought. She soon left the window and retreated safely from the collapsing structure.
Before the four heroes knew it, the entire castle started to shake and rumble. Luckily, there were a couple empty sarcophaguses that looked like they could withstand the destruction. Simon and Ryu hurriedly got in one while Richter and Pac-Man got in the other just as fast.
They closed them just in time before large rubble started to fall. In a few more seconds, the entire castle started to cave in on itself. Any unfortunate creatures that once served Dracula were utterly crushed by falling debris.
Scarlet could see the destruction from the ship. "This is all for the sake of my master." The swordfighter then entered the ship and left the area to use what she had obtained elsewhere.
As for the fighters below, it was unclear whether they survived the castle's destruction or not.