Chronicles of the Night

So time has passed, the team becomes ever closer with each other, and puts behind them the incidents involving Jane. Lisa, feeling horrid about what she did to Jane, must now face a new trial in the mini-arc…

With a prayer

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

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Father Raphael

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." Three shadowy figures ran in to a stone corridor that led to a circular room. The circular room was rather plain with the only furniture being a book table with a very old book on it.

"He's coming." One of the shadows hissed.

"Hold him off for a moment." Hissed Von Drake, turning his red eyes behind him. "Now… now is the time…" Drake thought as he went to the book. The other two vampires turned to face the door.

"Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo Santificado sea Tu nombre; Venga a nosotros Tu reino. Hágase Tu voluntad En la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día. Perdona nuestras ofensas, Como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden. Y no nos dejes caer en la tentación; líbranos de todo mal. Porque Tuyo es el Reino, el Poder y la Gloria por siempre, Señor. Amén!" Rang a voice through the corridors.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh…" The two vampires moaned as these words were recited. Von Drake himself seemed to wince in discomfort as the voice recited these words.

The figure that recited the prayer had dark blonde hair that was combed back neatly; The man was also very tall, a full 7'0" in height, yet he was mildly thin. He wore a long brown coat that covered most of his body, black pants and black traveling boots could be seen under the coat. He also had white gloves that had silver crosses on the back of them. He wore a necklace with a silver cross on it, and the rope that made the necklace had tiny bits of garlic.

"It's him! Father Raphael!" One of the vampires gasped.

"Los vampiros, son purgados por mi plata.." (Vampires, be purged by my silver.) The man who was apparently Father Raphael said in Spanish. From underneath his coat, he pulled out a sword that had a handle shaped like the cross, and the blade was of the purest silver, it was of good length, and not too broad.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" In one graceful slash, the man swiped the silver sword through both of the vampire's hearts, reducing them to ash. He then made his way to Von Drake, writing something.

"Asidero!" (Hold!) Shouted Father Raphael as he approached Von Drake.

"Salga el humano!" (Leave human!) Von Drake shouted back in Spanish, glaring Raphael in the face.

"¿Piensa usted su medio de palabras algo vampiro?" (Do you think your words mean anything vampire?) Father Raphael said while holding his sword in his hand calmly.

"El tonto, yo no soy el uno usted debe estar cazando. Incluso si usted me mate, he encontrado mucho tiempo al próximo gobernante de los vampiros." (Fool, I am not the one you should be hunting. Even if you kill me, I have long found the next ruler of the vampires.) Drake said while smiling.

"¿Quién?" (Who?) Raphael asked threateningly while holding his sword to Drake's throat.

"Lisa Braveheart, o la Noche-Princesa de Los Angelos California." (Lisa Braveheart, or Night-princess of Los Angelos California.) Drake answered with a smile. "Ella es pero un volantón ahora, pero en el tiempo, su poder superará mi propio." (She is but a fledgling now, but in time, her power will surpass my own.)

"No si yo la purgo ahora." (Not if I purge her now.) Raphael hissed.

"Así que el tonto largo." (So long fool.) Von Drake then sublimated in to mist, and flowed out of the room.

"¡Maldiga! El se atascaba para los efectos de la oración para quitarse y lo permite escapar." (Damn! He was stalling for the effects of the prayer to wear off and allow him to escape.) Father Raphael cringed. "Ah bien, ahora debo ir y deber purgar una gran mal de la tierra de padre." (Oh well, now I must go and purge a great evil from the father's earth.)

A later date…

It was nighttime at the moment as limo pulled up to a theater premiere of some big movie, a red carpet rolled out to where the limo was dropping off its occupants. Joseph climbed out first in formal attire, followed by Lisa in a blonde wig and nice dress, and finally by Felix in nice clothing but far less formal then the other two.

"High Roller! Your invitation to this big premiere must be stirring some feelings. Comments?"

"May I get a word from Ms. Lisa?"

"High Roller, this is the longest you've kept a manager. Is there a reason for this?"

"Mr. Thomas! Will you ever remove your shades and gloves!?"

"Would you stop asking that question!?" Felix shouted at that reporter.

"Hey!"

"Hm?" Lisa turned to the right and noticed a kid about half her age was holding out a small chocolate to Lisa, obviously as a gift. "…" Lisa smiled and took the candy bar from the kid. The kid kept eyeing her as they walked in. "…" When they were inside the theater, she looked at it sadly.

"You okay Lisa?" Joseph asked her.

"… Yeah… I just kind of wish that I could eat this…" Lisa said sadly.

"Oh…" Felix said.

Meanwhile…

A late night plane just flew in, through the metal detector gate, a very tall man about 7'0" in height passed through without a hitch. He then went to pick up his large suitcase. "Dispénseme señorita. ¿Le puedo preguntar yo una pregunta?"

"Excuse me?" The ticket woman asked, confused.

"I'm sorry… I am used to speaking Spanish." Father Raphael said. "May I ask you a question?"

"Yes." The woman answered politely.

"I am looking for someone by the name of Lisa Braveheart." Raphael told her.

"Oh, the daughter of LA's famous rap star?"

"Rap star?" Raphael asked.

"You haven't heard? High Roller adopted Lisa quite some time ago, they're supposedly at a movie premier tonight."

"Adopted?" Raphael said, surprised at this. "A vampire? Adopted? What madness is this?"

"Is something wrong?"

"No, thank you. God bless you." Raphael said as he picked up his suitcase from the floor and walked out of the airport, running his hand down the side of his coat where his sword was concealed.

Later…

"That movie was the worst movie I've ever seen." Felix sighed as they were driving away in the limo.

"How many movies have you seen?" Joseph asked with a smile.

"Uh… okay so I haven't sent hat many. Forgive me for focusing on my chemistry for the last eight years." Felix said.

"It wasn't too bad." Lisa said. "It was really dramatic, and romantic…"

"Come on… a movie about a country engaged in civil war where a small group of heroes unite to end it?" Felix asked exasperated.

"Come on, the battles in the movie were cool." Joseph said.

"And that's another thing… five of the good guys that are practically omnipotent, and the bad guys still come this close to winning? And the two them getting married at the end? I enjoy a happy ending, but come on…"

"Felix, your standards are too high." Joseph sighed.

"It was a great movie." Lisa said.

"Who would watch it?" Felix asked.

The next day…

"Mmmmmmmmm…" Felix was in his bedroom, curled up on his bed, moaning as he slept. "No… I don't want to get up…" Felix moaned in his sleep. Suddenly he woke with a start. "Hm! Oh… damn hearing… works too well sometimes." Felix said as he got up slowly. "Well… might as well eat breakfast."

Felix soon found himself downstairs in the kitchen, he noticed one of the doors was cracked open. "Hmmm… ah…" Felix said, as he sniffed the air. He quietly tiptoed over to the door, silent as a shadow, peeked out the door and saw Lisa standing outside with her shades on, and the smell of sunscreen on her skin. "Lisa… good morning."

"Oh… hi Felix." Lisa said as she continued to look at the sun under the safety of the sunscreen.

"Enjoying it?" Felix asked, coming outside to sit beside her.

"I… can't feel it underneath the sunscreen… but… at least I can watch a sunrise again." Lisa said. "I… still wish I could feel it sometimes but… still watching it makes me feel a little bit more human." She continued.

"You know Li… hang on." Felix and Lisa both turned to the door behind them, and Joseph came out on the patio.

"You both knew I was there the whole time didn't you?" Joseph asked, taking a seat on the other side of Lisa.

"Yes." They both said at the same time.

"Ah well… in any case it's good to just sit out here right now isn't it?" Joseph asked, knowing the answer already.

"Mm-hm." Lisa said while nodding her head.

"Man… how long has it been since we met?" Felix asked.

"A few months maybe." Joseph said. "We've… been through a lot in that short time."

"Yeah… we have." Lisa said. All of them looked at the orange sky, thinking about the time they saved the Bank Tower, the time they battled Blade, made an enemy of Floyd Traxon, the night Lisa's parents died, Jane, and all of the other countless nights they went across the city fighting crime together.

"You know something guys…" Joseph said.

"What?" Felix asked.

"I know that things have been hard sometimes, and there have been times I swear I could have just given up. But all in all… meeting up with you guys has been the best thing in my life." Joseph said.

"Heh…" Felix smiled at this comment. "Any other cheesy comments to add to that?" Felix asked with a joking tone of voice.

"…" Lisa just sat between them and smiled, she really was glad that she had Joseph and Felix there for her. "Hey guys…"

"Hm?" They both looked at her.

"I've been thinking of doing a French braid hair style. What do you think?"

"What are you asking me for?" Felix asked.

"That would be nice." Joseph said.

"Well, let's go inside. I'm starved." Felix said.

"Hey, how many calls do you have to make today?" Joseph asked as he and Lisa walked in.

"Uh…" Felix stood where he was for a minute, trying to think of that.

Later that night…

"Sheesh, can't you guys get a hobby?" Night-roller asked as he battled a bunch of crooks in the middle of a weapons trade. A few of them even had heavy weapons.

"Just die!" One guy pulled out a rocket launcher and fired at him, but Night-roller skated away in the nick of time to avoid the rocket and subsequent blast. Night-roller promptly fired his finger blasts at that guy and took him out. Night-roller ignored the low-caliber bullets that were bouncing off of his force field and aimed for anyone holding a more menacing weapon.

"Got ya!" Night-roller fired two fingered blasts while spinning around in the middle of the room, sending the energy blasts firing every which way, usually hitting a target. He narrowly skated out of the way of another rocket blast and took that guy out promptly. "Whew… that was the last one. How are you guys holding up?"

"Okay, if you count fighting two guys with swords that have some mild skill with them as okay." Night-claw said over the radio. "Whoa! Didn't your mother ever tell you guys to be careful with sharp objects? Ha!"

Meanwhile…

"Ha! Hiyah!" Night-princess, her hair now tied in a French braid just took out a gang hideout. "Sorry…" She said to the last guy she punched out. Night-princess grabbed the cell phone of one of the guys and dialed 911 as she walked out of the hideout.

Outside the building, Night-princess had just finished giving the address of the hideout and dropped the cell phone to the ground. Night-princess suddenly stopped and looked at the sky. "What… is this feeling?" She asked. Night-princess back-flipped to the wall above her and clung to it with her feet higher above the ground, she then jumped off of the wall to another and continued to leap over the buildings. "I feel… drawn… this way." Night-princess said as she leaped in one direction, flicking off the radio in her mouth, and eventually turning in to a swarm of bats and flying in that direction.

Later…

The bats gathered and reformed Night-princess' body in front of the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels. The outside of it had two steps leading up to the fairly large, somewhat square building, though the architecture of it was amazing. It had a few trees planted in a few places closer to the building, the spot Night-princess landed in had a large, dish-shaped fountain where the water came up from the dish, eventually overflowing in to a small pond underneath it.

"Why… am I drawn to this place?" Night-princess thought to herself. She looked at the wall corner that separated the two sets of steps, and noticed what looked like a candle sticking out of a bottle with fine velvet cloth around it. The candle burned red smoke, and Night-princess looked at it longer.

"Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen!"

"Hm?" Night-princess turned around and noticed a man that stood about 7'0" in height, who was mildly thin. He had dark blonde hair, a long brown coat with black clothing underneath, and gloves that had silver crosses on the back of them. He also wore a silver cross around his neck, with the rope holding the necklace smelling of garlic. "Who are you?" Night-princess asked.

"Hm?" The man looked at Night-princess, a bit confused at first but he inhaled and spoke again. "Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen!"

"Why… are you reciting that?" Night-princess asked, confused.

"The prayer to the father, does not affect you?" The man asked. "And… standing in the presence of this church, where so much faith in the father is gathered… it does not affect you either?"

"What?" Night-princess was now quite confused. The man pulled out another silver cross from underneath his coat, and walked forward, holding it out. "Ugh… that… garlic…" Night-princess groaned.

"The cross… does not affect you either?" The man backed away from her, not with a look of fear, but rather that of a puzzled look. "I see… so faith in the father does not weaken you."

"Weaken me… who are you?" Night-princess asked.

"I am Father Raphael of the Roman Catholic Church… heed my words princess of the vampires…"

"What?" Night-princess asked, stunned.

"You have followed my vampire bait here, to where I shall purge you from the father's earth by my silver." Raphael told her.

"You… you're here to… kill me?" Night-princess asked, backing away from Raphael slowly.

"You shall not escape." Father Raphael pulled out a book from underneath his coat and read from the book. "Los poderes celestiales, permiten el puede de nuestro padre previene los que huyen su pecado de huir, nos encierra donde podemos compartir nuestra fe con los que negarían la gloria de padre. ¡Amén!" The pages of the book flew out of it, mysteriously enough, the book did not seem to lose any pages. The pages all fluttered around the area.

"Ah!" Night-princess squealed as the pages flew around her. The pages eventually formed a perimeter of sorts around the area, some of the pages floating up to the sky. The pages just floated in mid-air, their scripture facing inward where Night-princess and Raphael stood. The perimeter encircled them in the fountain area, with only a few steps inside of it.

"No one else shall enter, and neither of us shall leave unless I bid the pages to disperse." Raphael said, pulling his silver sword out of his coat.

"Please… I don't want to fight you." Night-princess said. "I don't like to hurt people…"

"This sword, its hilt is in the shape of the cross, the sword and hilt are both made of the purest silver, blessed by the Pope, dipped in holy water, and the holy magic surrounding this blade makes it unbreakable. With this sword I have purged many of your kind, much like it shall purge you." Raphael said.

"Listen to me! I don't want to fight you!" Night-princess said.

"You are not but an abomination of earth. Your power came with the price of denying the father, your sin cannot be forgiven even by the son. And now in God's name, I shall punish you for your sin. You shall never be queen of the vampires."

"I never wanted to be a vampire. I don't even want to be their queen!" Night-princess nearly shouted.

"Come vampire… your punishment awaits." Raphael said.

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