The other night had been something else entirely, at least for Randy and Gothetta. They had woken up with a bit of a skip in their pace and a happy hum in their hearts.
Sadly, their romantic escape from the unsatisfying truth of their reality had to come to an end.
It was another night of testing out new remedies to the living death that Dracula had spread across the town. They were all looking around the library and through the different vials that held spices and solutions that could hold the key to curing the infected.
"I swear this is as boring as death." said Howard
"Suck it up." said Oskar
Sunshine then accidentally knocked a yellow potion and mixed with the wolves bane leaves. The potion then turned into a light blue potion.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention." said Sunshine
The group saw the combination between the herbs and the potion. Gothetta then scooped a sample of the blue mixture and placed it under a microscope. She examined it and then looked back at the original yellow potion that had been mixed.
The vial read 'midnight light'. A powerful healing potion that was created centuries ago to counteract the strong effects of sun burns on vampires. Sometimes it was rumored to restore vampires from being turned to ash, if applied right after.
"Midnight Light, and Wolves' Bane? Maybe." said Gothetta
The students got ready and suited up to try this once more, hoping for a better outcome than before. The group then placed the mixture into Polidori's infected blood, and then struck it with the UV lamp.
They walked up to the sample of blood that had just been placed under the light as intense as the sun. The blood seemed to have been holding up, then it began to bubble and shift around as if it were an new organism. Shortly afterwards a bit of steam rose from the blood, but it did not evaporate. The blood sample remained in the place.
"It worked?" asked Gothetta
"It looks like it worked." said Sunshine
"Now all we need to do is try it on our locked up ginny pig." said Howard
"The only problem is; How are we going to make Polidori drink this?" asked Oskar
"We don't. He'll drink it willingly." said Randy
Sometime later Randy walked down to the dungeon wearing the Ninja suit carrying a bag of blood. He stepped up to the cage where Polidori lied shivering like a dog in winter.
"Have mercy on an old man." said Polidori
"Tell me how many people Dracula has under his control." said Randy
"I don't know. But I do know some other things, sadly you'll never get it out of me." said Polidori
Randy then showed Polidori the bag of blood and swung it slightly, getting Polidori's attention. Polidori tried to snatch it, but Randy pulled back.
"You sure you don't want to talk?" asked Randy
"Hold your tongue you mongrel! You cannot betray Dracula." said Stoker
"Ah, Stoker, almost forgot you were here." said Randy
"Bite me human." replied Stoker
"Just for that, I'm giving Polidori this freshly squeezed bag of blood. No blood for you." said Randy tossing the bag into Polidori's hands.
Polidori wasted no time and began to consume the entire bag of blood like it was his last meal. He slurped and gulped the blood down his throat. Once the bag was almost empty Polidori stopped.
"You sure this is fresh? It tastes a little weird." said Polidori
Randy didn't respond. Polidori then just shrugged and finished the bag.
As soon as Polidori finished the bag he began to contort in agony. Polidori fell to the floor dropping the bag and began to convulse from head to toe. From his mouth and nose came out the steam along with a throaty scream. His razor sharp nails, and fangs began to pull back returning to normal, even his hair was now back to its normal length, and the bite mark on his neck closed up and disappeared.
Polidori then stayed down on the floor, now as a normal man. Randy signaled Ox Blood and Oskar and they opened the cell.
"No more games Polidori! What do you know about Dracula!?" asked Randy
"I'm looking at him, wait where am I?" asked Polidori
"You're joking, right?" asked Oskar
"What happened to Broken Tooth Mountain, and that other vampire?" asked Polidori
"He doesn't recall anything that has happened since he was turned." stated Ox Blood
"Wait a minute, YOU SHALL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE VAMPIRES!" screamed Polidori as he began to try fighting Randy's grip
"Could someone hypnotize him or something?" asked Randy
"Got it." said Ox Blood
A few hours later everyone was working on making more and more of the antidote. One of the good things about having a dungeon and lots of chains is that, everyone else could work on the antidote.
"It appears that the antidote works rather well, but there was an unintended side effect." said Ox Blood
"It appears that once vampirism is removed form the system they forget ever being a vampire." said Oskar
"Which is great for everyone, no one remembers being transported to a steampunk era or that they or someone they know was a vampire. Vampires remain in the down low and things are back to normal." explained Randy mixing the Wolves Bane
"Great, now what's the down side of this?" asked Howard
"So far we haven't found any." replied Sunshine
"All we need is to fill several syringes that can cure all the infected. Hopefully some that do not break or snap." said Randy
Lenny and Leech came in with a bunch of syringes.
"We got 'em. All we could find." said Leechy
"They are very strong and won't snap so easily." said Lenny
"They'll have to do." said Randy
They all then proceeded to fill the syringes with the antidote.
"Sorry if I ask Cunningham, but do you really think these miracle bullets will take out Dracula?" asked Howard
"We know where he is, we know he has an army that can be cured by these shots, and we can end this." said Randy
"We can also save my uncle and the rest of the town." said Oskar
"Dracula is huddled up in Broken Tooth Mountain, he may walk like a man and look like one but he is a monster. And I intent on burring him there, permanently." said Randy
"This has got to be the worst idea, of all time." added Howard