Chronicles of the Night

The Night-hunters, after a difficult week, are together once more. However one thing still lingered on Felix and Joseph's minds. Now that they know about Lisa's parents, what will they do? Can they keep Lisa from this information until a better solution can come up? Or will the fact that it is now a month since she became a vampire put too much weight on her? Find out in the arc…

Blood ties and family

Disclaimer: I do not own the Marvel comics elements in this story, I do own my original characters and the plot.

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Vampiric

"Yeah I just got here." Felix said over the phone. He was standing in front of the record company around the afternoon, in a light blue jacket, light blue dress pants, brown shoes, white shirt, brown gloves, and his shades.

"Good, tell them I'm home rehearsing." Joseph responded on the other end.

"Okay, and one more thing…" Felix started.

"What?"

"Is Lisa doing okay?" He whispered.

"She's asleep. Listen Felix, I know what you're thinking, but you know as well as I do that we need to think of something else."

"I know…" He sighed. He hung up and walked in to the doors.

"Oh hello Mr. Thomas."

"Trace…" Felix said uneasily. "Good to see you again." Felix finished with a smile.

"You know… I don't think I've ever seen you without shades and gloves on." Trace said.

"Prescription sunglasses, and I just like the gloves." Felix said.

"Oh well… anyways… we need to go over some finer details about the next album." Trace told him as he started walking towards the elevator.

"Sure." Felix responded while following Trace. "Ugh… his heartbeat… it's making me depressed just listening to it." Felix thought.

Meanwhile…

"Aaaaaaah…" Joseph groaned while leaving the recording room. "Great… Felix now has me all worried about Lisa." Joseph walked downstairs to the second floor hallway and walked towards Lisa's room.

"…"

"Hm?" Joseph gently pressed his ear against the door and listened through the door. He could hear Lisa sobbing on the other side of the door. "Lisa?" Joseph asked.

"Joseph?" Lisa asked through the door.

"You alright?" Joseph asked.

"Yes… I'm… fine…"

"Lisa…" Joseph sighed. "I can hear you crying in there. Are you sure?" Joseph asked.

"…" Lisa didn't respond.

"Lisa… may I come in?"

"…" Lisa paused for a moment but then she opened the door. "Okay…" She said, looking at him sadly with her blue eyes that were beginning to turn purple in color.

"What's wrong?" Joseph asked. Lisa shyly looked away from Joseph and looked at the bed. She walked over and sat down, and looked straight down at the floor.

"…" Lisa whispered something.

"Lisa?" Joseph walked over and sat down beside her.

"It's…" Lisa began to choke a little bit. "…my parents."

"Oh…" Joseph said.

Meanwhile…

"Well this song was mildly well received at the concert, the only thing is it might reduce sales since the song is mutant supportive." Trace was telling Felix.

"You don't have a problem with it do you?" Felix asked. They were in a room with red carpeting, a single couch that was in front of a small table.

"No but… the vast majority."

"I don't mean to sound political, but if High Roller puts out a song that supports the mutant population, then it will surely influence other people, and hey, it will eventually make the sales go better." Felix said.

"Yeah… yeah I guess so…" Trace agreed half-heartedly.

"Okay… what's wrong?"

"What?"

"You've been depressed during this whole spiff and well… I'm not sure we're on the same page anymore." Felix told him. "Come on… you can tell me."

"…" Trace seemed a little stunned at first… but then he rested his elbows on his knees, and rested his chin in his hands. "It's… my daughter."

"Daughter? Oh wait… you mentioned this before." Felix said.

Meanwhile…

"I haven't seen them in a month… and I know they're looking for me…" Lisa was starting to sob again. "But… but I can't see them!"

"Lisa… come on, you can…" Joseph tried to say.

"Look at these!" Lisa showed Joseph her canine teeth, still razor sharp and fierce in appearance. "I can't see them! I'm a monster! I can't see them!"

Meanwhile…

"We've looked for her for a month now… we don't know where she is or if she's even alive." Trace was now leaking tears himself.

"Trace… I'm sure you'll find her. I'm sure she's alive." Felix tried to encourage him.

Meanwhile…

"They don't even know if I'm alive… but you know what… I'm not alive. I'm a vampire… not a living human being." Lisa cried on to her pillow.

"Lisa…"

Meanwhile…

"My wife and I can't help but think… that just maybe she wouldn't have run away if we had just let her go to her friend's house that night… just maybe." Trace cried sadly.

"Trace you don't know that." Felix told him.

Meanwhile…

"And the last thing they have to remember me by is that stupid fight. Some stupid fight!" Lisa cried even louder.

"Lisa your parents can't hold that against you. Lisa please calm down." Joseph begged her.

Meanwhile…

"He needs a week or so off." Mr. Roberts sighed. He and Felix were in an office near the top of the building, watching as Trace got in a cab and drove off.

"Poor guy… I can't imagine what it's like to lose your only daughter… or worse, wonder if she's even alive or not."

"Yeah… that's got to be sad. Well Mr. Thomas… why don't you go and see how Joseph is doing with those rehearsals and we'll talk about the album another time." Mr. Roberts said.

"Yeah…" Felix sighed as he left the room.

Later…

Felix was at his chemistry equipment working on something with all haste. "Hm? Joseph what is it?"

"You're good you know that." Joseph said as he just walked down the stairs. "How'd it go at the record company?"

"Trace was sent home early today." Felix said, continuing to work.

"Oh…" There was an awkward silence, minus the slight noise Felix was making while mixing together certain ingredients. "Lisa was… pretty down as well." Joseph finally said.

"…" Felix stopped working for a moment, and then resumed it quickly. After a few minutes of working he put away his equipment and stored whatever he was working on in a cupboard. "I can't take this anymore." Felix said.

"What are you talking about?" Joseph asked.

"We've got to do something about all of this. Lisa's depressed, her parents are worried sick, I can't take this anymore!" Felix declared in an annoyed tone of voice.

"What can we do Felix? What?" Joseph asked.

"…"

Elsewhere that night…

A bar in a lonely street had a few motorcycles in front of it. Four of them to be exact were lined up right in front of the neon sign. A lone figure was walking up to the bar. The figure was 5'11" in height, he wore a long black coat over most of his body, and most of his face was hidden behind his long, greasy blonde hair. The only other thing you could make out were black leather pants, and black leather boots. The figure looked at the motorcycles and seemed fixated on them.

"Hmph…" The figure snorted. He hastily walked over towards the motorcycles, stood next to the one farthest on the right and kicked it.

CRASH

The motorcycle crashed in to the other three that were there. "Pathetic human machines." The figure snorted pulling a pale hand out of his coat pocket and clenching it in to a fist. Six figures came out of the bar, four of them were guys, and two of them were girls, and all six of them wore trashy biking outfits.

"Hey punk! You got a problem or something?" The biggest guy there asked rudely.

"…" The figure looked at the six of them, his mouth twisted a look of disgust. "You dare address me human? An inferior being such as you?"

"What was that?" The big guy asked.

"Show him up Bruce." One of the girls said.

"Silence harlot!" The figure spat.

"What did he just say?"

"I don't know dude… but I think he called your girlfriend a slut or something." One of the skinnier guys said.

"Oh that does it!" The big guy ran at the figure and threw a punch. The figure easily dodged it and grabbed the big guy's neck. "Hack…"

"You pathetic worm…" The figure hissed. "All of you…"

"Yo! You're killing him dude!"

"Brucy!" Bruce's girlfriend cried.

"Let 'im go!" One of them pulled out a gun and shot the figure. The bullet hit the figure in the forehead, but soon it fell out, and the bullet hole healed rapidly. "W-w-w-wha…"

"Hmmmmm…" The figure flipped his hair back, revealing blood red eyes. "I suppose… I could use escorts. Haaaaaaaa…"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Bruce screamed as the figure sunk his fangs in to his neck.

Meanwhile…

"I'll be right back honey." Trace was carrying a bag of trash out and around the apartment building towards a dump. He threw the bag of trash in to the dumpster and turned around to walk back.

"Lisa."

"!!!" Trace reacted to that name and looked around the alleyway frantically. "Who's there!?" Trace asked.

"Above you."

"!!!" Trace looked above him and found a figure shrouded in shadows clinging to the wall. "Who are you?"

"…" Night-claw looked at Trace with some pity as he held on to the wall by his claws. "Lisa Braveheart."

"How do you… where is my daughter!" Trace demanded.

"She's safe. I can promise you that." Night-claw answered.

"She's alive?" Trace asked.

"… yes… in a way." Night-claw said. "I'm such an idiot…" He thought.

"What does that mean!? Is she alive or not!" Trace shouted.

"Do you want to see her?" Night-claw asked.

"Yes… I want my daughter back!" Trace shouted.

"Listen carefully…" Night-claw said.

"But my daugh…"

"Listen!" Night-claw hissed. Trace shut his mouth and kept looking at Night-claw. "Certain things have happened to her, she's alive but… certain things have made her feel… as though she's a danger… and now things are complicated greatly."

"What do you mean?" Trace asked with a quivering voice.

"Be prepared for what you believed was impossible. Meet here with your wife tomorrow night. You'll see your daughter again, and mention this meeting to no one else. Except your wife of course." Night-claw said. He then retracted his claws on his fingers, pulled himself up a bit and then jumped off the wall to the top of the neighboring building.

"Lisa… honey!!!" Trace ran full sprint out of the alleyway and back in to the apartment building.

"Night-roller is going to kill me…" Night-claw thought to himself.

Meanwhile…

"Good… good… you're all awake now…" The stranger from earlier said as he licked a bit more blood off of his lips. The four biker guys from earlier and the two biker girls woke up, breathing heavily, with red eyes, and bearing their fangs.

"Eh… yes… and we're thirsty…" One of the biker men said savagely.

"Oh yes…" One of the girls said while licking her lips.

"Listen first." The blonde stranger said. "I'm in this pathetic human city to find someone… and I need you to help me find them." He held out three necklaces that had some kind of clear charm on it.

"What are these?" The now vampiric Bruce asked as he took one.

"These will help you find who it is I'm looking for, when you are close, it shall glow."

"How?" One of them asked.

"These necklaces are enchanted to find whoever's blood they were exposed to…"

"But then shouldn't you already have this person?"

"I would have… but I had to leave town when Blade showed up. Even I can't defeat Blade. Now enough questions! Spread out and find the one I seek… and… help yourself to a drink while you're at it."

"Yes… lord Von Drake." One of the girls said.

"One more thing… bring that one to me… and if you can't… just find me." Von Drake told them.

"Of course master." Bruce said. The six new vampires all jumped at certain building walls and climbed up them like lizards.

"Soon… so very soon." Von Drake said excitedly. His red eyes shining in the moon light.

Meanwhile…

"…" Night-princess stood over two robbers armed with guns that were knocked unconscious. "I'm… going back…" Night-princess said quietly.

"Really? The night's still young." Night-roller said over the radio.

"I know but… I don't feel like it… I'll… see you guys… when you get back…" She said sadly.

"Okay…" Night-roller responded as Night-princess made her way to the nearest manhole.

At Night-roller's position…

"Night-princess… hey Night-claw! You turned off your speaker, is everything okay?" Night-roller asked.

"Yeah everything's fine." Night-claw said on the other end. "Well, except for Night-princess bailing sooner than usual."

"I know." Night-roller said. "Hm… hang on… police scanner is showing something very unusual here."

"What?" Night-claw asked.

"There's two different meta-human activities going on. Judging from your signal… you're pretty close to one of them."

"Okay… where is it?" Night-claw asked.

Meanwhile…

CRASH

"Never mind." Night-claw sighed as he saw a stool fly out of a pool hall window.

"You take care of this and if it proves too much, back out and meet back up with me."

"Got it." Night-claw said. "What are you doing in the meantime?" Night-claw asked as he hopped down and ran for the pool hall.

"I'm going to take care of the other meta-human crises." Night-roller said. "Night-roller out."

"Night-claw out." Night-claw then flicked off his radio and jumped in through the broken window. "Alright hold it right… there… holy crap…" Night-claw said. He saw two of the bikers from earlier, holding a person in their arms and biting down on their necks.

"Hey look, it's some more blood." Bruce said as he dropped his corpse on the ground and looked at Felix with his red eyes.

"I've got dibs Bruce." The much skinnier one said.

"No, I do Paul." Bruce argued back.

"How about this!" Night-claw dived forward, landed on his hands and then sprang off of them and rammed in to Bruce's chest with his feet.

"OOF!!!" Bruce went stumbling backwards while Night-claw jumped off of him and landed on a pool table in a crouch position.

"RAH!" Paul lunged at Night-claw while bearing his fangs. Night-claw got on his back and right as Paul went sailing over him, he kicked him straight upward in to the low hanging light above the pool table. "GAH! DOH!" Night-claw then grabbed him from a laying down position and threw him off the table. "GAAAAHH!!!"

"Is that all?" Night-claw asked as he got down off of the pool table. "Hm? What's this trinket?" Night-claw asked as he picked it up. "Hey… what's with the dim glow?" He asked.

"Hey Paul! Look! The charm is glowing!" Bruce shouted.

"Hm?" Paul noticed the dim glow on the charm Night-claw was holding. "That means he's the one we're looking for!"

"Me? What for?" Night-claw asked.

"You're coming with us pal." Bruce said.

Meanwhile…

"GAH!" One of the girl vampires yelled as she went flying in to a car. Night-roller and two vampires, one of the girls and one of the guys were in the middle of a police barricade on the street.

"Should we fire sir?"

"Yeah… fire at will!" The police began firing their guns at all three of them. The bullets did nothing to Night-roller, and hardly anything to the two vampires.

"Note to self… do not mention this to Night-princess." Night-roller told himself as the two vampires stood up from the cars he threw them in to.

"Grrrrrr… let me at him." The black male vampire growled.

"Hold it Jeff." The girl said as she pulled out the necklace. She held it up so that Night-roller could see it.

"What is that supposed to be?" Night-roller asked as the necklace glowed dimly.

"He's the one!!!" She shouted.

"RAH!" Jeff tackled Night-roller from behind and pinned him to the ground.

"Gah…" Night-roller shoved the vampire off of him and pointed three fingers put together at him. "Try this!" Night-roller fired blasts at the vampire that hit him with considerable force and sent him sprawling backwards.

"HA!" The female vampire leaped at Night-roller with her fangs bared and her red eyes looking at him. Night-roller zoomed forward and delivered an uppercut to her abdomen that sent her flying upward. "AAAHH!!!" She then hit the concrete hard.

Meanwhile…

"You two really don't want to mess with me." Night-claw said as the two vampires circled around him.

"We told you… you're coming with us." Paul hissed.

"Fine then…" Night-claw revealed his claws on his fingers. "Bring it on."

"Ya!" Both vampires jumped at Night-claw. Night-claw rolled under Paul, then sprang up behind him while delivering a spinning kick to the side of his head. Night-claw then blocked a punch from Bruce and scratched him in the chest before kicking him away in time to do a cross-block to block a spinning heel drop from Paul. Night-claw then grabbed Paul's leg, spun around once and hurled him in to Bruce.

"Oof!" Bruce shoved Paul off of him and jumped at Night-claw. Night-claw dodged his punches left and right before going in and scratching him several times before he did a palm heel on Bruce's chin. Paul however tackled Night-claw and forced him on to the ground.

"Get off!" Night-claw kicked Paul off and stood up only to receive a punch from Bruce. "That hurt…" Night-claw groaned. He then had to fight off both Paul and Bruce at once, forcing him to mostly block and dodge while only occasionally getting a scratch or punch in on them. He scratched Paul across the face with his toe claws and then jumped over Bruce while kicking off of his head, but then Paul jumped at Night-claw and kicked him to the ground. "GAH!"

"Here you go!" Paul threw a punch at the downed Night-claw, but Night-claw caught it and again tossed Paul off of him. Night-claw ducked a punch from Bruce and then thrust both palms at Bruce's gut before blocking another punch from Paul.

"Gah… every blow I give them only heals a minute later… and despite my superior strength and speed they do have nearly infinite stamina… while I'm going to get tired eventually." Night-claw thought as he focused more on dodging blows with acrobatic flips and jumps.

"Hold still!"

Meanwhile…

"Whoa!" It was hard for Joseph to focus over the noise of the gunfire going around him. But he nonetheless ignored the gunfire bouncing off of his shield and continued to fend off the vampires that lunged at him left and right. Although every super powered punch from Night-roller sent him or her flying a good distance away, they would just get right back up and lunge right back at him.

"Ha!" This time Jeff ducked under a punch and kicked at Night-roller's knee.

"Grrrr…" Night-roller noticed how every blow he was taking was taking away small chunks of his force field's power. Night-roller jumped over another kick and skated backwards the second he landed while firing three-fingered blasts at the both of them. "Their stamina is a real problem." He said.

"HA!" The girl jumped him from above and grabbed on to his shoulders, hanging from his front. "YAH!" She then punched him in the face.

"Dah!" Night-roller sprawled backwards, his force field now very low on power. He looked up and caught a punch from the girl. "Sorry to do this but…" He grabbed the girl around her neck, then brought his other hand to her forehead.

"No… wait!" She shouted.

SNAP

"NOOOO!!! Bruce is going to kill me for… I can't take this guy." Jeff turned and leaped away from the scene.

"Freeze!" The police turned their attention to the vampire and tried to shoot him down, but the bullets either missed him, or he ignored them completely as he ran. Night-roller skated away while the police were distracted and carried the girl whose neck he just broke in to an alleyway.

"Sorry…" He said. He picked up momentum and skated up the wall to the top of the roof. There, he lay the girl down on the roof. He then turned and skated away.

Meanwhile…

"Ha! Hiyah!" Night-claw was fighting off the vampires to the best of his ability, but he was beginning to tire out, and the two vampires were beginning to land more blows on him. "WAAAHH!!!" Bruce grabbed him and threw him in to the wall and in to a bunch of cue sticks. "Oooooggggg…"

"Now you're coming with us for the last time…" Bruce said as he walked over. Night-claw looked at the cue sticks and smiled.

"I don't think so…" Night-claw picked up the longest one, held it at both ends and slammed the middle part down on to his knee and broke it in half.

"HAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Bruce ran at Night-claw, ready to tackle him. Night-claw held one of the pieces he just broke off and looked at the jagged end where the cue stick was once whole.

"HIYAH!" Night-claw then jammed the jagged end in to Bruce's heart.

"GAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Bruce shouted as the cue stick penetrated his skin, Bruce's body then crumbled in to black ash shortly.

"Oh my… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Paul ran from the pool hall and jumped away as Night-claw stopped to catch his breath. Night-claw held the piece of wood he just used to kill Bruce, and looked at the pile of ash that was once Bruce.

"I… am going home…" Night-claw breathed out. "Sheesh… first I do something I probably shouldn't have done, and now vampires. Well… now I get to go home and get hell from Night-roller when I tell him about the meeting I set up with Night-princess' parents." Night-claw thought.

Later that night elsewhere…

"Hmmmmmm…" Von Drake was standing on a tall skyscraper, looking over the city. "Humans… such a foul, insignificant species…" Von Drake thought. "Hm? Are you all back?" Drake turned around and looked at his four vampire servants, noticing two of them looking tired. "What is wrong with you two?" Drake asked harshly, demanding an answer rather than asking for it.

"I'm… sorry but… he was too powerful… I couldn't bring him." Paul said.

"Wait… but… I found him as well…" Jeff said confused. "And he was too powerful as well."

"He?" Drake asked furiously. "HE!?!"

"What is the matter?" The only remaining female vampire asked.

"The one we are looking for is a SHE!!!" Drake nearly shouted as he grabbed Paul and the Jeff around the neck, holding them above the ground.

"Auck… but… the…charm…"

"What about the charm?" Drake hissed. The other two vampires backed off in fear as Drake continued to strangle them.

"They…glowed…"

"Hm?" Drake dropped the two vampires and let them catch their breath. "What do you mean?" Drake hissed.

"They… glowed dimly…" Paul gasped.

"Dim?" Drake paused and stroked his chin. "That means… that whomever you battled… has been in contact with the one we're looking for." Drake said. "Were they vampires?"

"No…" Paul said. "He didn't smell like one of us… but he was fast and strong… and he killed Bruce."

"Yeah and the other guy snapped Sara's neck." Jeff gasped.

"Hmmmmm…" Drake pondered this for a moment. "Well… for now we seek shelter, it will be morning in a few hours, but now…" Drake took the charm from Paul. "Now that it has been exposed to this person… that knows the one we seek… we can find him anytime…" Drake whispered with a hiss.

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