Title: The Regent's Secret Weapon
Premise: Rosario + Vampire, Regent of the Mask, Demon trio. The Regent of the Mask has kidnapped Tskune, planning on using him for his master plan, so Moka and the rest of the Newspaper Club rushes to his rescue. However, when they get to his lab, he has a little surprise there, waiting for him. Slight Crack
Personal Comments: If you read "The Regent's Speech", I thought of a story about The Regent of The Mask and the Lords of Alchemy kidnap Tskune, planning to use his ghoul power to raise The Goddess, like in Ninja Gaiden 3, replace Canna with Tskune, and instead of calling it The Goddess, it's called The Emperor.
Again, I probably will not write this story, but this would still be a good scene for it. I don't think I'm going to write a full said story because I'm occupied with other ones right now. I might post it in some places as a challenge, maybe.
Also, in this drabble, The Regent has an army of demons working for him. In that army is the demon trio mentioned in the summary of this story. In case you haven't caught on yet, the trio includes Quiztai the imp, Helkath the voidwalker, and Astaroth the incubus. And they all serve The Regent in this drabble.
Oh, and Moka and Tskune are an item in this drabble.
The gang all ran faster through the brightly-lit laboratory. All around them, on the two-story high walls, there were several container cells holding all kinds of deformed monsters.
At the head of the line, Moka, with her rosary gone, lead the way. Behind her was Kurumu, then Mizore, then Kokoa, and taking up the rear was Ruby and Yukari.
Gin had also come to help save Tskune, but they had run into a gang of Alchemists outside the building, and so he volunteered to stay behind and fight them, allowing the girls to push on through to save Tskune. All they could do now was pray for him.
Just then, a bunch of horrible, deformed beasts that were behind the walls crashed through the glass that was holding them back. Moka managed to kicked them away at the front. Any that got to the side were either sliced by Mizore's ice fingers, or whacked by Kokoa's mace.
A few dementors slammed through the door they had entered and flew toward them, but Yukari and Ruby managed to blast them away with a combined Petronus charm.
At last, they made it to the end of the hallway, and through a set of automatic doors. They entered a large room, about three stories high, with a large valve in the roof.
The first thing they noticed though was a railing up a floor, two sets of stairs leading from the ground up to it, that surrounded what looked like a large sphere of water. In the middle of that sphere was another, much smaller yellow sphere. In the middle of that sphere, lying down on his back was-
"Tskune!" Kurumu cried. She ran towards the stairs to try and get to him.
"No! Wait!" Moka called after her.
After a second, Kurumu stopped in her tracks. She saw what Moka had seen before her, and had stopped just before it.
All around the stairs up to the railing, there was a ring of tiny little crackers. The other girls walked up and looked at the crackers, noticing little crucifix imprints on them.
"Communion wafers," Yukari grunted. "We can't walk over these things."
"Damnit!" Kokoa hissed.
Just then, they heard some footsteps along the railing. They looked up and saw red-hooded figure, known as The Regent of the Mask, walking across toward the egg from the door on the right side. Behind him was a muscular blue ghost; Helkath the voidwalker. Behind Helkath hopped a little, grey, flaming goat-like creature; Quiztai the fire imp.
Moka noticed The Regent cradling a small black bundle in his arms, but was not to concerned with what it was.
"Ah, ladies!" The Regent called down musingly. "What a pleasant surprise!"
"Wow, sir, you're always so calm and suave in any situation!" Quiztai said boastfully. "I really like that about you."
Moka sniffed the air. She suddenly felt her eyes and nose burning. She looked over at Kokoa, who started clutching her face. She was obviously feeling the same sensation. This smell was all too familiar. Moka looked up at the Regent, noticing the thing around his neck that was causing the smell.
"A garlic necklace," Moka observed, "haven't seen one of those in a while." She tried not to show her pain.
"Yeah, ya don't see a lot of those things in vampire media anymore, do ya?" Quiztai added.
"Well, between this necklace," The Regent continued, "my silver sword, and my super-soaker, I'd say I have nothing to fear from you vampire trash!"
"Don't you talk down to us vampires that way, you pitiful little bastard!" Kokoa yelled at him.
"What are you doing with Tskune here?" Mizore managed to speak up and ask.
"Ah... The modern alchemist makes the dreams of Gods come true, my dear," The Regent answered happily. "I am about to bring about the birth of a new world. And in order to do that, I'm in need... of a ghoul." He gestured to Tskune in the center of the sphere.
"Our dear friend Tskune here is in the embryo of the egg of a God. Soon enough, when all preparations are made, he will be the seed that gives birth to a new God! When that time comes, my dears, I think you'll see what I'm getting at."
"That time is NOT coming!" Moka snapped at him. "We've beaten your men, and now we're taking Tskune back, and then we will show you your-"
"OH MY GOD!" Yukari suddenly screamed, startling everyone.
"What? What?" Moka demanded, bolting to a stance.
"HE'S GOT A PUPPY!" Yukari squealed. She pointed up to at the Regent.
The girls looked up at the Regent where Yukari was pointed. Sure enough, the little black bundle in his arms stirred a little in the Regent's arms, and raised a little puppy dog head. It was a little black schipperke.
Moka wanted to slap herself in the forehead and faint for Yukari's embarrassing outburst, but the adorable puppy's face made her forget all about that. She just melted away and smiled at the little thing.
"OH MY GOD! A PUPPY!" Kokoa shrieked, clasping her hands.
"PUPPY!" Ruby screamed.
"PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY!" All the girls started chanting with glee.
The dog must have sensed the audience he was not getting, for he squirmed his way out of the Regent's arms, and hopped down, and then walked over across the railing and down the stairs.
"Awww! Look at him run!" Kurumu cooed. "Look at his little legs!"
"Come here! Come here boy!" Yukari called out sweetly. She kneeled down and patted her knees.
The puppy ran right up to her, and pushed himself up on her legs. She stroked his fur when she suddenly thought of something. She turned back to the Regent.
"Oh, wait! He is a boy, right?" She asked.
"Yeah, he's a boy," Quiztai answered. "His name is Remus!"
"Oh, okay!" Yukari turned back to the puppy and smiled. Remus seemed to smiled back, opening his mouth to a grin and panting the ways dogs do.
Moka reached down to pet him too. "He's so soft!" she whispered.
"Let me hold him for a sec!" Kurumu snatched Remus up and cradled him in her arms. "Oh, he is really soft!" She cooed.
"He's adorable!" Ruby rubbed his back.
"Arf!" Remus yelped softly. He looked around at the five adoring faces, staring back at them with his big black, doll-like eyes.
"Rub him on the belly," Quiztai called down to them, "that's where he likes it the most."
"And under the neck!" The Regent added.
Kurumu set him down, and reached under to rub Remus's tummy. He rolled over in delight, pawing and licking at her hand.
"Awww," the girls awed in chorus. They all reached down to pet him more.
Up on the railing, the villains watched.
What did the Regent think of this? These ladies being more interested in his dog than their friend and his scheme? How his dog was basking in their attention? It was hard to say. His face was still covered by his mask. He just continued to watch them.
Quiztai began to sulk. "How come nobody thinks I'm that cute?" He grumbled.
The Regent turned to the imp. "Quiztai, you are that cute!" He said reassuringly. "The thing is you are just on fire, so nobody can pet you without getting burnt."
"Oh, right." Quiztai still looked glum.
"This is stupid!" Helkath muttered ghastly.
"Well, they are teenage girls, Helkath," The Regent said to him. "Monster teenage girls, yes, but teenage girls none-the-less."
"Why did you decide to get a puppy anyway?" Helkath continued.
"Why, because many evil genius have evil pets, of course!"
"Then why did you not get an evil pet, like a creepy cat, or a trash-talking parrot, or a bat or owl? Something that is actually EVIL! Does that thing look evil to you?" He pointed down to Remus.
"I've just always had a thing for dogs," The Regent shrugged.
Back with the girls, Kokoa had picked up Remus, and was holding him under his arms, facing her, so that their noses were almost touching.
"Oh, you little munchkin!" Kokoa squeaked. "I could just eat you up!" She rubbed her nose against Remus's.
"Don't even think about it, vampire!" Kurumu snapped. She grabbed Remus from Kokoa's hands.
"Hey, I was just kidding!" Kokoa whined.
"No way! You don't get to hold him any more!" Kurumu snorted as she cradled Remus in her arms again. "Don't you worry," She whispered to Remus as though he were an infant, "she's not gonna hurt you!"
"He's like a little wolf," Mizore whispered as she rubbed him around the collar.
Yukari reached up to pet him too.
"Hey, how old is he?" Moka asked The Regent.
"In human months, he is one year, three months and twenty-four days old."
"Hey, can I try something?" Ruby took Remus next, holding him under his arms again, but facing away from her. "Who watches The Big Bang Theory?"
"Oh! I love that show!" Yukari squeaked.
"Yeah, me too!" Said Kurumu.
"Yeah. It's an okay show," Mizore smiled.
"Well, Remus, do you know what you are?" Ruby waving Remus's arms as though he were dancing. "You're zazzy!"
All the girls laughed as they remembered that line from the show.
Back up on the railing, a new demon walked in through the door. A scaly, muscular man with horns. It was Astaroth, the mixed fiend. In one large, grotesque hand, he held a black berry, with an ear piece in his ear.
"Yo, boss," He said, waltzing up to the Regent. "It's your buddy Amon. He says he wants to meet up with you for lunch sometime. He says he wants to catch up with you, and he wants help destroying his nemisis, Avatar Korra."
The Regent turned to him and said, "Tell him I'll call him back later."
"You got it," Astaroth said as he relayed the message to Amon into the phone before hanging up. Then he turned back to the Regent. "Oh, and by the way, The Jack of Blades called, and he's suing you on monday for ripping off his image."
"That bastard," The Regent grunted. "He just can't take a hint! There are only so many designs for villains that people can come up with!"
Astaroth looked down at the girls all hugging Remus.
"Hello, what do we have here?" He asked musingly.
"It seems the girls I told you about have taken an interest in Remus," The Regent answered.
"Well, I can't really say I blame them," Astaroth said rolling his eyes, "I mean Remus is adorable."
Inside his egg, Tskune was hearing everything going on outside. I'm doomed! he thought.
Astaroth suddenly felt the black berry vibrate in his hand. He looked down at it. It said that it was time to go.
"Hey, boss," he whispered to the Regent, "our ride's here."
The Regent looked up at the roof. Sure enough, the big valve was opening, letting in the sunlight, and revealing a helicopter, its blades droning loudly. The noise caused the girls to turn away from Remus for a minute, and at the helicopter.
A claw reached down from the helicopter, and three fingers tightened around the egg.
"Well, ladies," The Regent shouted over the droning as he climbed onto a finger, "I've enjoyed your visit, but it's time to leave." Helkath climbed up onto another finger while Astaroth and Quiztai shared the last one.
"Oh, that's right..." Moka stated monotonously. "We came here to save Tskune... didn't we..."
All the girls suddenly started to regain their seriousness.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Kurumu shouted. She spread her wings from her back, and launched out toward the claw, but she was soon shot down by a barrage of fireballs from Astaroth and Quiztai.
Mizore and Yukari rushed to her side and helped her to her feet. All the girls watched helplessly as The Regent took Tskune away again.
"Oh, don't look so glum, girls," The Regent called down cheerfully. "Since you all love him so much, I'll let you play with my dog a little while longer."
The girls all smiled as they turned back to Remus, still cradled in Ruby's arms. They all crowded around him some more, petting him and letting him lick and sniff their hands.
"Remus!" The Regent suddenly cried as he was about to leave the ceiling.
The Dog's head snapped towards his master.
"Passcode: Prometheus!"
As those words passed the Regent's lips, Remus seemed to freeze up. His eyes suddenly shrank and changed. They looked more like the eyes of a cat or a snake. He began to squirm and struggle, and bite until Ruby was forced to put him down.
The girls all gathered around to see what was happening to the poor dog.
Remus began to grow. His skin was pierced as bones poked through. Some skin was ripped, revealing muscle. His fangs and teeth grew. His fur became more spiky. Foam formed at his mouth. The nails on his paws became beastly claws. By the end of the transformation, he was the size of an elephant.
"What is this?" Moka demanded.
"I have done some experiments on Remus, you see," The Regent answered. "I came up with this formula that can turn dogs into... well... that."
"That's barbaric!" Mizore snapped.
"Don't fret," The Regent added. "I've done it in the most painless ways possible."
Helkath glanced down at the monster that was once Remus. He was impressed and surprised.
"Well, look at that, Helkath," Quiztai called over to him. "I guess Remus is more evil than you thought he was."
"I... was not expecting this," Helkath simply shrugged for an answer.
"All of you have fun now!" The Regent shouted at last as the egg finally left the hole, and the valve closed up again.
The monster faced Moka. She bared her teeth at it, and readied herself to attack. The drooling monster reared back its head, and let out a deep roar that shook the entire room. Drool splattered all over the floor and walls.