For those I creeped out with the last one, I present this one….
:Rescued?:
Leonard Harker rushed across the grounds with his cohorts, Howard Van Helsing and Rajesh Seward. The burst into the castle and raced up the ornate staircase. They burst into the bedroom and discovered Barry Renfield and Bernadette Westernra standing by a window.
Vlad Cooper was leaning ominously over the delicate frame of Penny Murray. Leonard sprang forward and thrust a silver crucifix at the Romanian.
"Stop that," Penny said sternly, slapping the religious artifact to the floor.
"Penny, my love! I have come to rescue you from this foul creature of the night!" Leonard declared.
"Excuse me," Vlad said with an affronted air. "I'll have you know I shower twice a day!"
"This place has indoor plumbing?" Penny asked eagerly. Vlad smiled and nodded. Penny pumped a fist. "Score!"
Howard moved a step closer. "Miss Murray, this is not a man! He is a vampire! He will drink your blood and make you one also!"
Penny frowned at the crusaders. She held up a hand and began counting off on her fingers. "Live forever, never worry about weight gain, he's rich and I get to live in a castle. Besides, he's tall, dark and oh so sexy. What girl in her right mind would turn him down?"
Leonard turned a blotchy red with anger. "You would sell your soul to keep from gaining a pound?" he asked incredulously.
Penny rolled her eyes. "He's got minions!"
Vlad's crystal blue eyes smiled down at her. "You will make an excellent vampiress."
Penny moved close and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you, sweetie."
The three would be rescuers looked around sheepishly. Barry and Bernadette were thumb wrestling. Penny and Vlad were kissing. "Well," Rajesh said slowly, "if we're not needed…"
Howard tugged a protesting Leonard out of the room. "Why him?" Harker whined.
"You have to admit, he is a pretty rich guy," Rajesh said.
Howard nodded. "Yeah, and most women seem to find him attractive."
Leonard sighed and hung his head. "Now what?"
The other two shrugged. "Beers and wenching at the tavern?" Howard asked. Rajesh and Leonard nodded.
Penny was just tilting her head to the side for easy access when the wolves outside began baying. "What beautiful music they make," she murmured as Vlad made her his.