Hello Hotel T fandom….it's been awhile. (Dodges thrown objects) Hey! C'mon guys! If you kill me no more chapters! (Dodges one last waffle iron) Whew! Ooooookay. Ummmm here you go. Another chapter for everyone. I hope you enjoy it!
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It was a while into the day before anyone was able to get up and continue the journey. Hangovers were shared and Dracula was once again the odd man out on such festivities. Not that he complained. He gave a few laughs and received more than a few slaps for his amusement. As the moon rose their hangovers wore off and they packed up their meager belongings and set off for their next destination.
"Thank you Vlad." Lorelay said in her rich voice with a subtle British accent.
"No thanks required my friend. You know I'd give my life for you." Dracula responded as they walked across the countryside.
"You already have. Several times."
"The same to you Lorelay."
"It is good to see you again."
"I've missed you too."
They decided on a plane which would be the fastest route to America and Viore. Lorelay's nakedness would have to be resolved of course and their group couldn't get on the plane looking like a group of enthusiastic anime fans. They couldn't draw too much attention to themselves after all and it would be fairly simple to hide the weapons with a glamor spell. It was Inmoon's appearance that they needed to worry about.
"I do want to know how you got all of that liquor last night." Dracula said to Isobel as they walked.
"Ah dun think ye do." She responded as she took a swig from a bottle of scotch.
"Yes, I do." He growled.
"Ah knocked over a liquor store." She said.
"YOU WHAT!?" He bellowed.
"Will ye relax. Ah dinnae rob it…..ah just literally knocked it over."
"And that's better HOW!?"
"You know Vlad." Lorelay said as she passed by. "Sometimes I want to shove a lamp up your ass just so you'll lighten up a bit."
The girls laughed and continued to walk away while Dracula deflated and glared at their retreating forms.
"I feel outnumbered again." He mumbled.
The journey to the nearest city was a short one once Dracula and Isobel took to the sky and Inmoon and Lorelay began to run. Dracula swept into the nearest shop and took enough clothes for everyone and leaving money behind for each item he took. He returned and they all got dressed quickly before casting a glamor on their weapons and themselves.
It had been a long time since Inmoon had seen her human form. She had long black hair and almond eyes that revealed her long forgotten Asian heritage. She was almost hypnotized by her own reflection at first as for Dracula the hypnosis never seemed to wear off.
It was odd moving through a city and blending in. They were surrounded by humans and not a single one knew what they really were.
"They're all staring." Inmoon mumbled as they waited in the airport checking lines.
"They're staring because you're gorgeous." Dracula said before he could think enough to stop it.
She was beautiful. She was wearing a red sleeveless top with silver straps that ran around her neck, a pair of black pants that hugged her form and a pair of black shoes.
"Yea, we're sexy!" Isobel excitedly stage whispered.
"Isobel, they're staring at you because you're drunk." Dracula deadpanned. "Again."
"Ahm always drunk." She giggled.
"You know that's not a good thing, right?"
"It's better than the alternative." She responded seriously. "How do ye deal with et all Vlad? Because from where ahm standin' et's not good. Inmoon's emotion switch is permanently stuck on aggressive, Lorelay's a sex addict, Viore is an adrenaline junkie, ye let your fear run yer life and Zeyphx is hopelessly, incurably insane. So, tell me why ah should quit drinking?"
Dracula turned his gaze to the floor with saddened eyes.
"That's what ah thought." She finished.
The rest of the wait through security was silent for the group. They snagged a meal before their flight consisting of fish for Lorelay, steak for Inmoon and Dracula, and pizza for Isobel. The Banshee loved her pizza they discovered and she had more than a few slices of cheesy goodness.
"I just read that 4,153,237 people got married last year, not to cause any trouble but shouldn't that be an even number?" Lorelay asked as she looked up from her magazine as they waited to board their plane.
"How would that work?" Inmoon muttered.
"Did someone finally marry themselves?" Dracula said with narrowed eyes.
"Et was ginnae happen someday." Isobel laughed.
"Polygamists maybe?" Inmoon asked.
"That's a possibility." Lorelay nodded. "Aaaaaand I'm bored now." She tossed the magazine over her shoulder.
"Ah find et interesting that cologne rhymes wit alone." Isobel muttered.
"No, it makes scents." Dracula mumbled with a wrinkled nose as a particularly pungent man walked by.
"Did you just…?" Inmoon stared at him.
"Hey!" Lorelay interrupted. "Leave him alone, he just got bit on the wrong side of the neck is all."
"Yea, ah heard bein' a Vampire sucks." Isobel joined in.
"He is a bit of a pain in the neck isn't he?" Inmoon grinned.
"I think I'm just going to order myself a bloody mary and call it good." Dracula grimaced.
"Why don't you just get yourself some veinilla ice cream instead?" Lorelay poked him in the ribs as she giggled.
"I might! Just for the halibut!" He shot back. "
"I expect a huge wave of responses from her once she's given a chance to mullet over." Inmoon smiled.
"You, my friend." Lorelay pointed to Inmoon. "Are barking up the wrong tree."
"Whale obviously." Dracula laughed.
"I apologize." Inmoon responded somberly. "I'm such an animal.
"Oh please. Ye aren't even trying, that had no bite to it." Isobel pointed a finger in Inmoon's face.
"You seem to be getting over confident Isobel." Dracula grinned widely. "Remember what ghost up must come down, for a haughty spirit goeth before a fall."
"Don't ye cross me!"
"Guys, guys!" Inmoon interrupted. "Chill out. Seriously we all just need to find a happy medium."
The group looked at each other for a total of five seconds before laughing until they fell out of their chairs. When they boarded the plane they were still having mild giggle fits. They all chose to sleep during the long flight to America and dozed off the moment the opportunity presented itself.
A/N: Do these count as racist jokes…oh man I can't stop!
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When they arrived in America they had to get through more security and board another plane to Texas where Viore was. The guy tended to move around and so they had to hurry along before he left to find someplace new to terrorize. It was hot in Texas even during nightfall and they wound up staying in a motel room. The girls took the beds and Dracula was more than happy to hang from the ceiling for the day.
When night rolled around it was time to feed again and each took to their own territories and hunted in their respective manners. Lorelay took the longest as per the norm and everyone waited for her in the motel room.
"Ye know et bugs me a bit that she got some an ah dinnae." Isobel said and everyone paused. "Oh ye know she had sex wit im before she ate im."
Dracula shook his head and pleaded that they would find Viore soon. It was awkward being the only guy with three girls, it really was. He sighed and thought back to Mavis in the Hotel. Was she okay? He hoped with everything he had that she was and that she would forgive him if he survived this and made it home again. He also hoped that perhaps this time the other Pillars would join him. He had missed them terribly.
He also understood why each one had run to their own corner of the world eventually. With the power that they held even other monsters, their own kind, feared them. It was painful sometimes seeing fear in the eyes of your own people. He had seen the way Wayne had looked at Inmoon when he saw her fur. It was less painful to live a life in solitude than to live a life surrounded by people and alone.
He couldn't deny that he had felt the urge to vanish to some dark corner of the world as well and over the years that urge had been growing exponentially. Perhaps when this was all said and done and everything had calmed the ancient Vampire would find a quiet secluded place to live, far away from everyone else. But at the same time he knew it would not be possible. His other friends were not like the Pillars that understood the need for isolation and they would look for him and they would find him.
He knew that if he did that they would never stop looking and he still had a daughter to tend to. He couldn't run out on her, even if she had Johnny. She does have Johnny now, she doesn't need him as much anymore. Perhaps it would be possible. It would be an easier life. He wouldn't have to hide so much of himself away in fear that someone else would see. The fear of frightening his own daughter was always there and if he left he wouldn't have to worry about it so much.
He was so caught up in his own musings that he didn't even notice when Lorelay had returned until Inmoon shook his shoulder. He followed them out of the room and checked out wordlessly before moving through the streets toward the outskirts of the city.
"You dream of exile?" Inmoon quietly asked him and he nodded. "In the end there is no right choice. Live a life of pain, fear and lies or sacrifice your humanity to be yourself. A life of reclusion leaves its scars as well."
Nothing was ever simple anymore. The only thing Dracula was certain about was that he wanted to survive this and see his daughter again.
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Ta-Da! Geeze that got really bad! Are those technically racist jokes?! Ladies and gentlemen this is what happens when Dracula and his old friends get back together. First a three day drinking binge and next tossing racist jokes back and forth! Wow…I need help. Can anyone else think up some more? Review please and IM me jokes if you can think them up!