Chronicles of the Night
When we last left off, The Night-hunter's plans to meet Lisa's parents could not have taken a worse turn. A group of four vampires led by Madrick Von Drake ambushed them and not only bit Lisa's parents, but now Von Drake reveals his intention of fostering Lisa as the next queen of the vampires.
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Ties
"I… what?" Night-princess asked. Her mouth hung open, confusion and despair reflecting in her red eyes.
"Yes Lisa." Drake said. "You are to be the next queen of the vampires." He stood up and walked closer to Night-princess. "Now… come with me… and embrace your destiny."
"Grrrrrrr…" Night-claw growled. "LIKE HELL SHE WILL!!!" Night-claw caught Paul off guard and rammed in to Paul with his backside.
"AH!" Paul crashed in to the street wall.
"Grrrr… pathetic human. Bring the others with us! You two! Stay here and finish him off!" Drake ordered the ones holding Night-princess. "Forgive me Lisa. But this is necessary." He wrapped a single arm around Night-princess, and leaped off.
"NIGHT-CLAW!!!" Night-princess shouted. "Maybe I can get away if I just… take my serum." Night-princess reached for her belt, but Drake grabbed her hand.
"Those human tools will no longer be needed." He said as he started jumping across rooftops, Jeff and Paul following him, Jeff holding a still weak Night-roller, and Paul carrying her parents.
"HEY!!!" Night-claw jumped up towards the roof of one of the buildings, but the female vampire tackled him and slammed him against the wall. "Ah!"
"Heh… this is for having such foul blood." She hissed. She socked Night-claw in the nose.
"OW!!!" Night-claw shouted, feeling the blood leaking from it. "HrrrrrAH!" He kicked the girl off of him and stood up just in time to block a punch or two from the other vampire. Night-claw ducked and jumped over the many punches and kicks thrown by the male vampire before Night-claw himself gut-punched him, and then elbowed him under the chin.
"HAAAAAA!!!" The girl lunged at Night-claw, but he did a jumping spin-kick and knocked her to the side. He stood there and caught his breath while those two recovered.
"I've got to… find them but… these guys won't let me do that…" He thought.
"Time to die you little… AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" To Night-claw's surprise, the male vampire turned to ash and what appeared to be a dagger made from wood dropped to the ground.
"What the…?"
"Run now boy! This is a fight you can't win."
"Hm?" Night-claw and the vampire girl looked down the alley and saw a figure shrouded in a black cloak. The figure removed it to reveal that he had black hair that was combed back neatly, a tight black suit that covered most of his body, a bat-like cape that attached to his arms, pale skin, and red eyes. He also had a belt that had four empty spots behind his back that held three wooden daggers; the fourth was empty.
"He's mine!" The girl hissed.
"I'm not here for your food… I'm here for your life hell spawn!" The vampire shouted. He drew one of his wooden daggers and lunged at the girl. He was much faster than either of them expected and the next thing anyone knew, the man stabbed the wooden dagger in to the girl's heart.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" She shouted as she crumbled to ash.
"A vampire that hunts vampires… nothing ironic about that." Night-claw whispered. "Forget him… now I have to find Night-princess and Night-roller." Night-claw turned around to leap away when he felt a hand grab his shoulder. "Hey! I've got problems to deal with right now!" Night-claw shouted as he shoved the hand off of his shoulder.
"Where is Von Drake?!" The vampire asked him forcefully.
"I'm about to go after him! So if you don't mind…"
"You are not going after him!" The vampire told him. "I can already tell by your heartbeat that you are in no shape to fight vampires."
"Who the hell do you think you are to tell me what I can and can't do!" Night-claw asked.
"My name is Morbius, now for the last time… where is Von Drake?"
"I won't tell you anything until someone tells me what the heck is going on!" Night-claw yelled.
"This doesn't concern you…" Morbius said as he walked off to find Drake himself.
"Like hell it doesn't! Drake took my only two friends in this world! He's probably going to kill or turn one of them, and he intends to make the other one his queen or something!"
"WHAT!" Morbius turned around immediately and stared at Night-claw. "Who… is… this… queen?"
"…" Night-claw looked Morbius in the eyes for a moment. "Let's make a deal…" He said, trying his best to keep calm. "You don't stop me from finding Drake… and I'll answer your questions."
"I can't do that." Morbius said, picking up his other wooden dagger.
"Yes you can!" Night-claw argued back. "Like it or not Morbius or whatever you said your name was, this concerns me in every way. And I'm coming whether you like it or not! So if you're not going to cooperate, then stay out of my way." Night-claw said as he jumped off.
"Grrrrrr… FINE!" Morbius shouted, jumping up after him. "Just don't think me unreasonable." Morbius said.
"Fine." Night-claw hissed. "Sheesh…"
"Now who did you say was this queen?" Morbius asked.
"Her name…" Night-claw hesitated. "Her alias is Night-princess. He said a vampire on some enhancement drug or another bit her so that she would grow up and become a much stronger vampire."
"And you said she was a friend of yours?" Morbius asked. The two were leaping nimbly across the buildings now.
"Yes. She may be a vampire, but she's still a shy young girl who would rather not resort to violence. And our other friend…"
"Wait… other friend? What were you even doing in that alley?" Morbius asked, as if an idea just came to him.
"We were… meeting her parents. But… they were bitten." Night-claw said sadly.
"Grrrrr… Drake I swear that your trickery has no end." Morbius growled.
"Hm?"
"Listen! Drake is a very dangerous opponent for many reasons." Morbius warned. "Von Drake has been a vampire for a number of centuries, and the longer a vampire is alive the stronger they are. Drake is twice as fast and as strong as most vampires, plus he possesses a normal vampire's full range of supernatural powers."
"Like what?" Night-claw asked.
"Shape shifting… summoning of certain creatures… hypnotism…" Morbius listed.
"But… Night-princess has never done any of that stuff." Night-claw said.
"She hasn't? How long has she been bitten?"
"A month now… maybe." Night-claw no longer seemed to care how much Morbius had gotten on his nerves a while ago. He felt as though he needed to hear this. "Oh hang on… the scent goes this way." Night-claw said. He stopped and began running along the length of a rooftop with Morbius right behind him.
"Interesting…" Morbius said. "But back to Drake, there is one more thing. He is also a very manipulative man, and is an expert in bringing minds to his side."
"What do you mean?" Night-claw asked.
"I'll explain on the way but let us pick up the pace!" Morbius said as he jumped ahead of Night-claw.
Meanwhile…
"Ugh…" Night-roller had most of his gear removed, his helmet, his gloves, and his roller blades were removed, leaving only his body armor underneath his dark blue and green tights on him. His gear was tossed to the side near the edge of the roof.
"I… need… my serum…" Night-princess said to Von Drake.
"No Lisa… you don't." Drake said as he held Night-princess' belt in his hand. He removed each serum one by one and crushed the vaccines in his hand as he pulled them out.
"No… please…" Night-princess begged.
"Lisa… this foul substance… is what keeps you from being a vampire. It is a desperate cry to cling to what you have already lost."
"But…" Night-princess looked helplessly as he kept crushing them.
"Hey!" Night-roller shouted. But Jeff shoved him to the ground again. "Oof."
"You're lucky I'm not that thirsty, and that I've been told to not bite you." Jeff hissed.
"Lisa, you are no longer human, you should no longer feel bound to protect them." Von Drake continued. "Embrace it Lisa…"
"I… I can't!" She shouted.
"Lisa… you are to be our queen!" Drake said. "You must embrace what you have already become. Yet you have tried to fight it in so many ways."
"…"
"Have you even shape shifted once? Hypnotized a single soul? Do not say that you were not aware of these abilities Lisa, for I know that you are aware of them. So why? Why fight it?" Drake asked.
"I… I…" Night-princess choked a bit. She looked around the top of the tall skyscraper they stood on. He looked at Jeff and Paul holding Night-roller down, she looked at her now vampiric parents looking at her with stern faces. "I… don't want… to hurt anybody…" She cried.
"Lisa… you have nothing to fear." Von Drake told her. "Your own parents have joined you now… they will be with you in this darkness…" Drake whispered to her gently as he leaned closer.
"Lisa… don't fight it. Just embrace it." Trace told her.
"Yes my daughter… we are one family again now. So please don't run any more." Diana told her. Lisa's tears began to surge more and more.
"But… my… friends…" Night-princess uttered out.
"You do not have to leave them all behind either… just grant him… this gift." Drake said while pointing a finger at Night-roller.
"Me?" Night-roller asked. "Crap… she's thirsty… and he's playing on her own desires…" He thought. "Don't listen to… AUGH!"
"Shut up." Paul said.
"But… he's… my friend…" She said, looking at him wide-eyed. "I… can't… hurt him…"
"You won't be hurting him." Trace assured Lisa as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You'll be welcoming a good man in to our family."
"Go on… satisfy your thirst… bring him with you… make him one of us if you so desire." Von Drake said. "No one here is your enemy, we are all a family."
"…" These words echoed in Night-princess' ears. It was true, her parents were there now, and she didn't have to worry about never seeing them again. And one of the friends that helped her, she didn't have to leave him behind. She got up and walked over to Night-roller slowly.
"Night-princess… Lisa…" Night-roller groaned.
"I… don't have to be… alone…" Night-princess thought.
"Yes… go on." Von Drake said. She kept walking across the rooftop, making her way closer and closer to him.
"Family…" Night-princess thought.
"I will help you." Felix said with a serious look on his face.
"But… Felix…" She thought as she slowed down some more.
"I promise." Felix said.
"He… he said… he said he'd help me." Night-princess continued to think as she stopped walking towards him.
"You have nothing to fear. Quench your thirst." Drake goaded.
"But... so thirsty..." Night-princess then resumed advancing on Night-roller."And let me tell you… we'll fight through hell for this girl if we have to." Night-roller said. "After all, we both made a promise to her, a promise we intend to keep."
"A… promise…" She thought. "I… don't want to hurt him…"
"You won't be hurting him." Trace assured Lisa as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You'll be welcoming a good man in to our family."
"Dad…" She moved faster towards Night-roller.
"You are a creature of the night… you are a vampire!"
"Don't say that. You're still you aren't you?" Felix asked. "And… you and I aren't so different." Felix said with a smile.
"So thirsty though…" She thought. She was now right in front of Night-roller.
"Lisa…" Night-roller whispered. "Fight it girl… I know you can fight it if anyone can."
"Thirsty…" She brought her fangs closer to his neck. Soon many thoughts were racing through her head at once.
"You're still you aren't you?"
"You are a creature of the night… you are a vampire!"
"And… you and I aren't so different."
"So thirsty…""And let me tell you… we'll fight through hell for this girl if we have to."
"You won't be hurting him You'll be welcoming a good man in to our family."
"Thirsty…"
"After all, we both made a promise to her, a promise we intend to keep."
"You have nothing to fear. Quench your thirst."
"So please don't run any more."
"My… thirst… so…"
"I promise."
"I promise."
"I promise."
"I promise."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Night-princess reared her head back and screamed while clutching her head. "NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!" She screamed all the louder.
"Hm?" Drake looked at Night-princess. "Why do you hesitate?"
"I WILL NOT SPREAD THIS CURSE!!!" She shouted to the sky.
"Lisa…" Trace started.
"Listen you little brat…" Jeff started to say as he walked closer to her. "OOF!" Night-princess gut punched Jeff and then jumped and kicked him in the face. She quickly had to catch her breath before Paul ran at her.
"What are you two doing!? You are not to harm her!" Von Drake shouted. Paul however didn't seem to hear him. Night-princess then whirled around, grabbed Paul and hurled him over her head.
"Aaaaaaahhhh! Oof!" Paul landed right on top of Jeff and the two hit the ground.
"Lisa… control yourself!" Drake said. "Lisa do not fight it!"
"She has already made her choice Drake…"
"Hm?" Everyone turned to the edge of the roof and found Night-claw standing on the edge of it with Morbius. "Morbius! You followed me here!?" Drake shouted.
"Morbius is the least of your worries monster." Night-claw hissed at Drake. Night-claw grabbed one of Morbius' wooden daggers and ran at Von Drake full sprint.
"Night-claw!" Joseph shouted. Night-claw thrust the wooden dagger at Drake's heart, but Drake side stepped the attack, and knocked the wooden dagger out of his hand and off of the roof.
"Why do you still live human?" Von Drake asked with disgust as he grabbed Night-claw's wrists behind his back.
"Because… I still have to kick your butt." Night-claw said. He yanked his wrists out of Drake's grip thanks to his somewhat loose skin, spun around, grabbed Drake and jumped backwards off of the skyscraper.
"What are you doing!" Von Drake shouted. He grabbed Night-claw's face with his hand and soon the two of them were pushing, punching, and wrestling each other while falling through the air.
"Now that Drake isn't around, I don't think he'll mind if I beat up this little…" Paul said threateningly as he walked towards Night-princess, who was on her hands and knees catching her breath. "Augh!"
"But I do mind." Trace hissed as he grabbed Paul from behind.
"You evil man! You're keeping my daughter away from me!" Diana shouted as she charged at Joseph full sprint. Jeff also got up and dashed at Joseph and Night-princess.
"No!" Morbius stood in the way while holding one of his daggers. He thrust it at Jeff, who quickly turned in to a swarm of bats and fluttered around Morbius. While Morbius was distracted, Diana knocked the dagger out of his hand but Morbius pulled out another dagger and nearly embed it in Diana's heart had she not jumped back.
"Too weak… too thirsty…" Night-princess gasped. Joseph looked at the dagger on the ground.
"…" He picked it up, held it in his right hand and held the tip of it over his left forearm.
"Hm?" Night-princess looked at Joseph. "Wait…"
"Ack…" Joseph squinted a bit as he cut his arm with the tip of the dagger, allowing it to bleed a little bit. "Here." He held his arm out to Night-princess.
"Wh…what?"
"You need this… and it might get infected if you don't. You wouldn't want that would you?" Joseph asked. Night-princess was fixated on the cut a little bit, she wasn't sure. "Come on…"
"O…okay." She said. She leaned in closer, and put her lips over the cut and drank up the blood from the cut.
Meanwhile…
"Ha!"
"Rah!"
"Die human!"
"Die bastard!" Both Night-claw and Drake were punching each other as they fell towards one of the smaller buildings next to the skyscraper. Night-claw grabbed Drake around the face and clenched with his clawed fingers in to his face.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!" Drake then wrapped his hand around Night-claw's throat. "Oof!" Drake landed on the roof of another building and cushioned Night-claw's fall. Night-claw jumped off of him and back-flipped before landing on the opposite edge of the roof.
"Hm? The dagger." Night-claw spotted the wooden dagger nearby. He then looked at Drake as he stood back up.
"Grrrrr… human… you have dared to raise your fist against me… and for that you'll perish!" Drake threw off his long black coat and revealed a sleeveless black leather vest.
"Bring it pink eyes." Night-claw dared with a smile as he grabbed the dagger.
"Raaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" The two ran at each other. Night-claw thrust the dagger forward, but Von Drake again knocked it out of his hand where it landed near the edge of the roof. Night-claw swiped his claws at Drake while Drake would dodge and throw his own punches and kicks at Night-claw.
"Oof!" Night-claw took a punch to the face but threw a kick to Drake's thigh. Night-claw stayed balanced on one leg and shifted his weight forward to narrowly dodge a punch before getting back on both legs and continuing his claw swipes. Drake threw a spinning kick that Night-claw ducked under and spun around to his side. Night-claw threw a punch and then flipped over the top of Von Drake and threw a kick to his head right before he landed. Drake ducked the kick and did a roundhouse kick to Night-claw's gut.
"Human!" Drake lunged forward and threw three punched that Night-claw dodged and countered with numerous claw swipes to his face before delivering a knee thrust and chicken neck strike to his chin, and finished with a ridge hand to Drake's neck.
"Had enough yet!" Night-claw yelled. However Drake's wounds were healing in front of Night-claw's eyes and he quickly threw a punch to Night-claw's chest and the two then locked hands.
"What makes you think you can win?" Drake hissed.
Meanwhile…
"Thank you." Night-princess gasped. Her eyes were now a purple color and she stood back up and turned. "Ah!" Night-princess instinctively ducked under a tackle made by Trace and Trace tackled Joseph head on.
"Oof!"
"You hid my daughter from me for so long Joseph." Trace hissed. "I never would have thought this of you."
"I don't think you would have thought this either." Joseph groaned. He thrust his arms at Trace's chest and hit him hard enough to make Trace get pushed backwards. Joseph then stood up and put his fists up.
"What?" Trace was shocked at this display of strength.
"I still have my body armor fool! It still gives me a boots in strength!" Joseph said. He picked up the dagger and threw a fist in time to stop Trace from hitting him. The two then exchanged fists and kicks with Trace taking more blows but shrugging them off just as fast.
"Trace!" Diana ran forward. "I'll kill you if you harm my husband!" Diana hissed.
"No! Don't hurt him!" Night-princess shouted. She tackled her mom at the waist and pinned her to the ground. "I'm… sorry…" She said as a tear trickled down her cheek.
"Rah! Hah!" Morbius was fighting off both Paul and Jeff holding his last two wooden daggers in both hands. Paul changed in to a swarm of bats and a few of the bats distracted Morbius long enough for Jeff to knock out one of the daggers. "Fool!" Morbius spun around and thrust his still armed hand at Jeff's heart and plunged the dagger in to his heart.
"AH!" Jeff shouted before he crumbled to ash. Paul reformed in mid-air a distance behind Morbius, but Morbius wheeled around and hurled the dagger at Paul and nailed his heart.
"NOOOOO!!!" Paul shouted before crumbling to ash.
Meanwhile…
"What makes you think you can win?" Drake hissed.
"Because…" Night-claw then hopped and kicked Drake in the chest with both of his legs.
"GAH!" Drake went sprawling backwards.
"You only caught me off guard last time!!!" Night-claw shouted. The second he landed he lunged forward on all fours and tackled Drake right as he stood up.
"RAH!" As they skid across the ground, Night-claw pressed his head against the roof, leaving a slightly bleeding scrape on Drake's face. Night-claw then managed to toss Drake off of the roof.
"And stay down bastard…" Night-claw whispered. Drake's body however turned in to a swarm of bats and it flew back up towards the roof. "Whoa!" The bats fluttered around Night-claw. Night-claw swiped claws around and would knock away the bats, but soon the bats reformed Drake's body and Drake stood there, angrier than ever.
"You want to fight hard then? So be it!" The pupil and sclera of Drake's eyes turned blood red while the irises turned orange. Two shadows emerged from his own and soon the shadows took the shape of two larger than normal gray wolves, baring their fangs and their fur standing on end.
"Damn it." Night-claw said. The wolves ran for him. Night-claw rolled under the first one and stood up only to receive a punch from Drake that sent him sprawling backward. He sprang back up to his feet only for a wolf to jump on his back and nearly sunk his fangs in to Night-claw's neck. "ARGH!" Night-claw grabbed the wolf's face with his claws.
"HAWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" It howled in agony as Night-claw spun around and hurled him in to the other wolf. Night-claw then spun around and threw a spinning kick at Von Drake that Drake caught. Drake then spun around and hurled him towards the edge of the roof.
"Oof… ooooooooggghhh… Whoa!" One of the wolves was jumping at him. He kicked his legs upward and then used his legs to throw the wolf over him and off the edge of the roof. The wolf struck the ground and vanished in a puff of smoke. Night-claw noticed the knife next to him and the other wolf coming at him. He picked up the dagger and stabbed it in to the wolf's head, causing it to vanish in a puff of smoke.
"Ha!" Drake lunged at Night-claw and again knocked the dagger out of his hand, grabbed Night-claw and threw him behind him back towards the center of the roof. Night-claw somersaulted in mid-air and landed on his feet in time to grab the charging Drake around the neck and slam him in to the ground, choking Drake with his claws digging in to Drake's neck.
"Had enough yet Drake?!" Night-claw hissed. Suddenly Drake's body turned in to a puff of some mist-like substance and drifted all over the roof. "Sublimation? Vampires have the power of sublimation?" Night-claw thought with surprise as he fell forward and barely caught himself.
Meanwhile…
"Ha!" Trace punched Joseph in the face and caused Joseph to stumble backwards. However as Trace threw another punch, Joseph ducked it and delivered an uppercut to his chin. He then grabbed Trace's arm and threw him near the edge of the roof. Joseph was now standing over Trace holding the dagger in his hand. "Come on… Joseph… you wouldn't do this to me would you? Not to Lisa right?"
"…" Joseph kept looking at Trace. Imagining Night-princess' face right now, imagining how sad she must be. "…"
"So… let me go then?" Trace asked.
"…" Joseph then looked at Trace. "You're not Trace anymore." He then plunged the dagger in to Trace's heart.
"UrrrrrrAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Trace shouted as he crumbled in to ash.
"Heh… heh…" Diana was standing at the corner of the roof with Morbius ready to plunge the wooden dagger in to her heart. Night-princess was standing close by, watching this with sadness, tears leaking down her cheeks.
"Lisa… darling. Please, don't let him do this to me. Don't let him do this to your mother." Diana told her daughter. "Let's just go home."
"…" Night-princess kept looking at her mother.
"Don't listen to her Lisa." Morbius told her. "She is not your mother anymore. She has given in to her vampire nature. Don't let her influence your decision." Morbius continued telling Night-princess.
"She needs to decide herself!" Diana shrieked. "So Lisa?"
"Mom…" Night-princess walked forward, tears running down her face in a river now, falling from her chin and cheeks like rain. All of this trouble to see her parents, and now it has come to this. Her friends in danger, her parents vampires, there was only one way. Only one way. She was now standing beside Morbius, staring at her mother. "Mom…"
"Yes dear?" Diana asked gently.
"I love you…" She whispered. She yanked the dagger out of Morbius' hand and stabbed it in to her mother's heart.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!" Diana shrieked. As she crumbled to ash, Night-princess stood there, her tears now coming down faster and faster. She dropped the dagger, dropped to her knees, and she clutched her mother's ashes in her hands.
"I'm sorry… I'M SORRY!!! It… it shouldn't have been like this." Night-princess sobbed while Morbius placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It can be hard young draculina. This curse robs many a thing from you and gives little back in return." Morbius said. "But now is not the time for tears, you still have a friend risking his life for you."
"Lisa…" Night-roller, back in all of his gear rolled over and stooped down next to Night-princess. "Lisa… let's save Night-claw together now. We'll get through this." You couldn't see it behind his visor, but behind it, he was crying as well.
"O…okay…" She squeaked out, failing to fight back her tears.
Meanwhile…
The mist gathered together quickly behind Night-claw, and Von Drake lunged forward. "Hm?"
"HAH!" Drake punched Night-claw in the cheek. "RAH!" He then kicked him in the face and then brought his leg back and gut-kicked Night-claw.
"Oof!" Night-claw stumbled backwards but quickly regained his footing and blocked the next few blows from Von Drake. Night-claw and Drake soon started to trade blows with each other, both blocking, dodging, and receiving numerous blows. Night-claw went in for a sweep kick, Von Drake then jumped over the top of Night-claw. Night-claw however saw this coming, stood up and socked Drake in the face as hard as he could.
"Ah!" Drake gasped. Night-claw then delivered a forceful spinning kick to Drake's face, causing Drake to spin around and fall forward, face down in to the roof. "Grrrrrrrrr…" Drake growled. Soon he felt Night-claw's weight on top of him, and a wooden dagger tip touching his cheek.
"Any last words before I stab this through your head?" Night-claw hissed in to Drake's ear.
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