Back in the theater room, everyone was still processing the version of Dracula that was, for all intents and purposes, the incarnation of rage and vengeance, and sheer will.
The real Dracula had his shoulders and biceps massaged by his two brides. He released a deep sigh of relief as he felt the muscles in them become relaxed, after having clenched his fists all day.
Of course, all but one feared this version of Dracula, in fact she adored this version as the new patron saint of war, the new war god that rivals that of Ares. This person was Striga who slowly looked at her king and said with a smile. "I know you do not believe you are able to achieve that of divinity, but I shall say this my Lord. If you do become a war god know I shall be your first follower and bringer of your word and glory." She said with a large smile that hadn't left her face which worried her wife a bit.
Dracula's eyes opened as he looked at the second strongest vampire in the room. "I will not become a deity of war. I will not be a monster for a god ever again! So do not dare presume that I will become that way, you warmongering parasite!"
Striga just took it in stride as Willow took his face and forced him to look at her as she said. "Hey, hey look at me. Look at me. Imagine the waves hitting the beach, the calmness of the ocean, go to your happy place. Go to your happy place." She said soothingly as she gave a yelp as she felt Dracula's hand on her ass as well as Lisa who gave an squeaky yelp as well.
Dracula took deep breaths, as he held his two wives' asses as those were his happy place. At least, they were two of them.
Both just giggle as Lisa lets her husband rest his head on her bust first as Willow pours him a glass of fine wine, treating this version of her husband as the man of culture he is.
In front VEGA appeared in his blue form as he said to everyone present. "Now while Ace may have enjoyed this, I can tell many of you did not. So as a way for you to get back to him." VEGA then whispered to himself, "And for insulting my vichy swa, not knowing it's supposed to be cold hurumpf."
He then returned to speaking to everyone, "We shall be looking at a young Ace when he was an intern researcher for the organization which assigned him to this very facility."
"I've always been curious about this place or who Ace works for, because surely this wasn't built by him." Sypha said, rubbing her chin.
VEGA nodded towards the Speaker. "Well to answer who he works for, it is the Dimensional Administrative Containment Authority or D.A.C.A. for short."
"So this D.A.C.A. watches over our universes?" Dracula asked, fascinated.
"Each agent, like Ace, is assigned to a specific Multiversal strand." VEGA explained.
Morana then asked, "And the containment in the name we can all assume is for containing things we all couldn't possibly understand?"
"Correct. There are times where beings will breach into another universe and potentially cause irreparable damage. The founder of the D.A.C.A created it to restore balance and ensure the Multiverse remains intact." VEGA said.
"And who is this Founder?" Leon asked.
"Vlad Dracula Tepes of Universe #2189."
Willow gasped before standing up, "YOU'RE FUCKING LYING! THERE'S NO WAY MY DRACULA... My Dracula..." She began to breathe heavily and stumbled slightly before she was caught by Dracula and gently placed her back in her seat.
Lisa was seen waving a fan in front of her sister wife as Adrian asked VEGA, "I can assume that reports have been sent and he flags those he deems important?"
"For the most part. For the first few years, Director Dracula traveled to many universes to search for those he deemed worthy of overlooking the Multiverse of a specific strand." VEGA replied.
Dracula stroked his chin as he asked, "And whose strand would that be?" What he got was VEGA glitching a bit as he said in a automated way, "I am sorry but that information is classified for those with level clearance Beta and above."
Willow took deep breaths before glaring at VEGA, "Where is he!?"
"Unknown."
Lisa in an attempt to calm down Willow asked, "If I know my husband as well as I do, I can only assume this version of him will be allocating some resources to keeping an eye out for Willow, is that correct?"
Willow, now catching on, asked, "VEGA, do you have a directive to monitor me specifically and to inform my husband, your boss of when I entered the multiverse or even any facilities?" She asked, hope clearly in her voice.
"Correct. However, the directive has not been activated. I will attempt to rectify this. In the meantime, I will be putting on a series of videos from Ace's early days of his presentation on alien species." VEGA said to which everyone's heads perked up.
"Aliens? What is that?" Trevor asked.
"Another term would be Extra-Terrestrials. Or beings from another planet."
"Presentations of beings from another world!? Oh put it on! Put it on!" Hector shouted, excited to see what type of creatures they would see.
Sypha and Morana soon joined as they shouted, "Yes! Get on with it!"
That's when the screen darkened.
A nervous and younger version of Ace Berkeley appeared on screen. "Oh hello! I'm Ace Berkeley." He had longer and shaggier hair while wearing large framed glasses. He was clean shaven with brown eyes.
A voice from away said, "Get on with it, Intern!"
"S-s-sorry, sir!" Ace suddenly became a nervous wreck before clearing his throat. "Um, my presentation is on the various alien species that have been confirmed to exist with corresponding footage added in to correlate with known facts about their biology."
Trevor, Striga, even Lenore tried their best not to laugh while those who knew such things from their time under those with knowledge or teachings.
Leon, as another version of himself, shouted, "Get a haircut, hippie!"
"Your hair is not any better, Leon." Dracula shot at him.
"How did Mr. Berkeley get from that, to how he looks now?" Carmilla asked, bewildered by his appearance.
Lisa nodded in agreement with Carmilla as she said, "Maybe he got hurt during a research trip? Maybe an experiment gone wrong? I mean we don't know his full job history or how the D.A.C.A. works."
"Now our first alien species will be on a species that is known to hunt their prey and search for the strongest species they can find. Many attempts to gain their technology have ended in failure as they mask their presence very well. What we do know is that they're known as the Yautja." Ace said, before looking at the paper. "I pronounced that right, didn't I?"
Hector, well EVERYONE who was a scholar was on the edge of their seats. "It's alright if you mess up every so often but right now we would like to know more, please!" Shouted Morana as she and Sypha, now seated side by side, had notepads out ready to write down everything.
Ace then clicked a button and the screen behind him revealed the Yautja from the South American jungle. "The Yautja are remarkably humanoid in appearance, but their skin is more leathery with dreads for hair. Many who have studied the species believes that their DNA is a mixture of both reptile and feline due to spots and stripes present on the skin."
Everyone looked at the sight of the alien and were fascinated. "And they hunt the strongest!? This Yautja may just be the challenge I am looking for!" Striga exclaimed with a grin on her face.
Dracula stroked his chin slightly as he thought of what a fight between him and these creatures would be like. Of course, he wasn't alone in this thought but they weren't prepared for what was to come.
Ace was seen again as he adjusted his glasses, "The first true confirmed sighting was in 1987 in South America when a commando team lead by a version of Striga is known as Striga 'Dutch' Schaefer." An image of this Striga is seen in US Army issues combat pants, flack vest, and her hair cut into a crop top.*
"MY HAIR!!! MY BEAUTIFUL MANE! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IT!?" Striga exclaimed as she placed her hands to her hair.
VEGA chimed in, "Military regulations state that one's hair must be cut so that they can wear their helmet and wear a protective mask."
"I WILL NOT SUFFER THIS INSULT TO MY FIGURE!" Striga continued to shout.
Morana sighed as she stood up and smacked the back of her wife's head, "Please continue VEGA."
"Striga's entire squad was wiped out by just one of these things and it took her knowledge of Guerilla Warfare advance plans to gain an advantage against this Yautja. Observe." Ace said.
The screen cut to reveal Striga running through the thick and humid jungle. Her arm was bleeding profusely.
Everyone, including Striga who now felt her pride take a hit, looked at the screen with wide eyes and jaws almost falling open. "OH… my… god." Was all Leon could get out.
Striga ran off a clip and into the river down below. It was silent except for the rushing sound of the waterfall nearby. That's when Striga emerged from the water and swam her way to the surface which was nothing but mud. She landed, face down into the mud and breathed heavily, relieved at the fact she survived and was away from the creature.
Ace's voice was heard over the clip, "Now it should be noted that these space fairing hunters hunt by heat as it is speculated that their eyesight if made to see heat signatures naturally, however until one can be caught or even dialogue opens up, we won't know for sure." Striga was then seen moving to her trap she set up for the creature as she prepared for the finale fight.
She had mud all over her body and she threw away her tattered shirt and replaced it with heavy amounts of mud so that her nipples were not visible. She raised a torch into the air as she roared out to the creature as means of a challenge.
Everyone just stared at this version of Striga as her own wife had to say, "What… Why… Just run for the love of God, just run!"
"If what younger Ace said is true, then I must avenge my comrades! I will not dishonor them by leaving their killer alive!" Striga argued back.
Dracula and Leon understood this well. Any time one of them was fatally injured, they always ensured that the attacker was dead. It was the code of honor they held among their company of knights. It was the ancient version of the soldier's code of honor.
Hector leaned forward worried as he said with concern, "But this is a creature who from what we have been told is the perfect hunter… it is truly anyone's guess who will win."
"Then I will die with my comrades." Striga said with finality.
Morana looked at her wife in exasperation before Carmilla told her, "Morana, you know how Striga is. Once she knows what to do, she has to do it."
Soon the sight of the creature was seen as it appeared out of thin air to which Ace returned again with answers, "Now let it be known that their stealth tech is bare none the best aside from the Fallout universes' stealth boy and Chinese stealth suits. Of course, they can be seen on more than a few visual spectrums which are geared towards heat." Striga stood her ground as she didn't back down looking at the alien that killed her team.
"Ok, that is bullshit. How the fuck are we supposed to fight something that we can't see!?" Trevor asked.
"Get them in a body of water or in snow." Dracula answered.
"After all, it may be invincible, but it's still a solid mass." Willow added.
The scene then showed the creature holding Striga by the neck before turning her head around before letting go of her and stepped back away from her. The alien pulled two wires from its head which let out smoke before it placed both hands on its mask before pulling away. The screen cut to show Striga's reaction before cutting back to the reveal of the creature. It had two mandibles on both sides of its lipless face and gaunt yellow eyes.
Both Strigas on screen and in the audience said in awe and disgust, "You are one ugly motherfucker."
The predator took offense to that as he roared at her in challenge, spreading his arms out to her.
Hector, in awestruck, said with barely contained excitement "We're not just seeing a hunter and a warrior fight each other, were also seeing two alpha predators fighting to see who is better… its… there is no way I can say such feeling of what we are witnessing into words."
"It will be an interesting battle, that is for sure." Isaac said.
VEGA smiled as he thought, 'You have no idea.'
Ace had to explain more about the alien, as it showed him and Striga fight with her clearly in the lower half of winning, "However, what should be noted about the species biology is that their bodies are made for fighting in hand to hand combat, but most of this is meant for hunting once again to tack down prey, or fight amongst themselves. Of course, in terms of smarts, it is debatable because of how Striga of this timeline was able to beat one." Soon, Striga was seen against a tree, battered and bloody as she watch the creature come closer to the trap she laid. "That's it… come on… come on do it. COME ON KILL ME!" She said with a grin.
"You are too excited to be saying that." Greta noted with a shook of her head.
The Predator glared at her and was about to step through when it saw the wooden spikes. It scanned it a bit before glaring at her. "COME ON!! I'M RIGHT HERE! KILL ME!"
It stepped away and walked to beside her with its double blades gauntlet raised. Striga smirked as she kicked a wooden piece away, revealing a huge log drop down onto the creature.
Striga laughed as she said proudly, "DON'T MESS WITH A TRUE WARRIOR!" This of course got some cheers as well as honest shock from those who now understood what Ace meant in his report.
Lisa stared wide eyed and jaw dropped as she looked at her husband and asked, "That is honestly amazing. If… heaven forbid mind you, if you would ever fight such a creature. Do you think you would win?"
"Its invisibility is useless to me. I could see a person's blood stream, so I know exactly where it could be. If it put up a good fight, I would fight it fair and square. No powers, but I believe I can take it. After all, if it bleeds, I can kill it." Dracula said to her with a smirk.
Lisa just giggled a bit as she looked back at the screen.
Ace came back as he informed, "Now, the biggest reason why the technology is so hard to get is because of a weapon which has the destructive capabilities of a low yield nuclear." What followed was the sight of a dome of energy which seem to slowly engulf the jungle as Striga's chopper was seen flying away before finally an implosion happened, leaving behind a crater. "The specifics of the device is still unknown even to the best and brightest minds of D.A.C.A's RD departments."
"So if they fail, they destroy themselves and their technology to ensure it cannot be taken and used by their enemies that have intelligence. Rather smart, I must say." Carmilla said.
Others nodded but Hector dejectedly asked, "But must they harm the wild life in the process?"
"Perhaps it thought it could take her out with it." Greta guessed.
Ace continued the information on the hunter as he adjusted his glasses again, "Now aside from jungles, the other hunting ground it's most favored is urban environments such as Los Angeles California during the 90s, however it only hunts during the hotter months which is mostly summer and only during times of war or violence." A new face was seen, a much older Morana as she was seen with other police during what can only be described as a massive gang war. "This is how Morana's other self, a detective with the LAPD for a good amount years encountered her hunter."
Morana barged in to find a room filled with dead bodies. All either were completely skinned, or had their heads and spines removed. "One thing we have learned is their habit of collecting trophies. In this case, the skulls of their victims. Also with their spines in tact." Ace commented.
Morana in the theater was shocked to see herself much older and again, a member of the law, but once the bodies came up, she did something she never thought she could in a long time. She lost the contents of her stomach, thankfully a bucket was brought for her as she threw up into it. She wasn't alone as other either had to or fight throwing up.
"What the fuck... Are these things mental!?" Trevor groaned out after emptying his stomach.
"Trophies..." Dracula repeated, thinking of the many noblemen who had hunted simply for sport. Not to eat.
Carmilla, now holding onto her furry babies, asked in a confused and scared voice, "Why!? Why are they hunting us!?" She asked clearly trying to understand the aliens' reasoning.
Hector understood clearly as he echoed the words being said on screen. "The reason they hunt humans is because we/they are the most perfect prey to hunt for we/they can think and fight back."
"The hunter always goes after the perfect predator." Isaac said simply, staring at the images of severed bodies.
"After a grueling few weeks and some of her fellow teammates dead, Morana managed to track the Hunter down inside of its own ship and went face to face with it. Unlike Striga who had military training, Morana's training was in the police, but she was no more capable than Striga." Ace said over a clip of Morana holding one of the Hunter's many gadgets in her hand.
She fought and got lucky as she stabbed the predator with his spinning disk, "Once again, human spirit and the will to live helped bring her on top to the point she was even given a warrior's respect by the older hunters of the race and even one of its leaders." The clip showed the interaction as she was even handed an old flintlock pistol before she managed to escape the ship lifting off as she stood there dumb struck at what happened.
The screen cut back to Ace. "To this day, we still have yet to find a suitable location to truly discover a suitable Hunter to study its biology. I guess only time and opportunities will give us a chance to find one." Ace smiled as there were some claps in the background.
Dracula, now dressed in a typical college professor outfit, pipe and all, was sitting among his fellow intellectuals who are also dressed in scholar-like attire, "If I may offer my thoughts my Lord, it could be possible to capture one with a use of not only the vampires strength but also cold based spells." Sypha offered.
Morana nodded as she was dressed in khaki slacks and a white button up shirt. "While I agree with the good speaker, even we don't know if the hunter has technology that could negate such things."
"It also depends on the intelligence of this creature. There is a possibility that it can sense when a trap is being made for it." Isaac said.
Hector nodded as he said, "Agreed. We saw this with the other version of Striga in how it saw her trap, so if we ever do encounter one or hint of one in our world then we must be prepared." Looking towards Dracula, he asked, "Your thoughts of how we should handle such a thing with our current technology level, my Lord?"
"That Striga used wood and rope and vines to take a creature down. Our technology, especially with what I have in my castle would most certainly be an improvement. Potions with different areas of effects could assuredly give it a challenge. We have magic to keep it on its toes." Dracula said.
The other agreed with Dracula's plan as they returned to the screen as Ace is seen typing away at something as now images are seen coming up.
"What we do know however, is that the blood of the hunters is UV sensitive and will glow in both regular and low light environments." An example is shown of the glowing blood which was a neon green-like substance. "Another is that the technology they have is mostly staffs, bladed weapons which is their retractable double blades on their right arm, a death disc which can cut through most anything unless it is a hard surface, and finally a net which much like the death disc is made to cut into those it captures. It will start shrinking down to crush and slice through their target into multiple pieces. It also inflicts pain as a means to attract more prey for the hunters to kill." Each example is given which shows the hunters deadly weapons and gadgets.
"However, one of their most reliable weapons is shoulder cannon that fires plasma that can kill their victims in an instant or tear off limbs." Ace explained.
Trevor wasn't the only one to spit out their drink as even Leon had to shout, "IMPOSSIBLE! No weapon is able to take off a limb cleanly!"
"Except for swords and axes." Striga muttered to Morana.
Their deniability was quickly shot down by the clip of one of Striga's comrades shooting at the hunter, only to have his arm shot off by the plasma ball. The gun kept shooting as the soldier screamed in absolute pain. Ace came back as he read the information, "Now the only indication that the weapon is active is the three red dots that shines, once they land on a target, said target only has anywhere between five seconds and two seconds before the shoulder energy weapon fires."
"Well at least we know where to look if we see it." Lenore said, uncertain of if it would actually help.
While those who were smart were coming up with ways to capture and study the creature, those who were more brawn were of course thinking of ways to fight it. "Well my whip should come in handy to disarm its shoulder cannon, that death disc is gonna be an issue, however." Trevor stated as Leon nodded in agreement.
"If I can see it, perhaps I can use my wind to slow its trajectory down or perhaps use ice to stop it completely in its tracks." Sypha suggested.
The others nodded as they returned their attention back to the screen.
Ace now pulled up more images, only this time of one creature which is larger than the others. "From what we can gather from survivor accounts, these hunters are in the middle of what we can only assume is a civil war, these 'bad bloods' as they are called are exiles or those who break the code of the hunter which from what we gathered from the field is not to hunt the young, females, unarmed foes, or, and this is a big one which is not to harm the collective."
"These creatures have a code of honor?" Leon asked, bewildered at that bit of knowledge.
"That is surprising to learn, considering their barbarism in collecting trophies." Greta said.
Striga chuckled, "It is not. While they may be hunters, we have seen them go after only those for whom they can fight back. Think about it, the first record was an alternate version of myself's military team, the 2nd was my alternate wife, each was a person who could fight back. Even if we were women, we fought back."
"It makes sense. If they can fight, they are worthy prey." Dracula said.
The screen returned to Ace as he drank some water a bit nervously. "However, any and all information on their society and culture is still ongoing and we will not know about it until we either capture one of the hunters to talk to or we find their homeworld… But that is a research file for another day."
Soon as the screen went to white, VEGA looked at the crowds which had been made showing a clear divide between those who were brains and those who were brawns. "So your thoughts so far on what could be above your world?" He asked politely while also ignoring the calls of Ace from the door which just so happened to have a 'malfunction' and couldn't be opened.
"These creatures are certainly not to be tricked with and we must be extremely cautious if it finds its way to our planet." Dracula said.
All the vampires in the room could hear Ace's muffled voice. "VEGA! Open the door! Let me in! We have a serious problem!"
"It is unlike any demon I've ever faced." Leon said, oblivious to what was going on.
Trevor, of course, couldn't help but ask, "That aside, what is up with those glasses?! I mean good lord was the man blind!?" This caused him and few in the Brawns camp to chuckle a bit which caused a disturbance in the force for Ace, or better known as 'parents showing home movies and or photos' sense.
"VEGA, WHAT'RE THEY TALKING ABOUT!?" Ace's muffled voice shouted through the door, but only the vampires could hear him.
"What on Earth is going on with Ace?" Carmilla asked, looking at the door.
"Just a slight malfunction. Nothing to worry about." VEGA said.
VEGA whose blue body now had a suit with a patch with 'Weyland-Yutani' on a yellow and white W. "Now as for the next log, it will be about a species that is not only considered an apex predator but is also seen by the hunters as the ultimate hunt and a badge of honor to kill one to claim its skull."
Everyone became interested in this. "A rival to these Yautja creatures? Intriguing." Dracula stroked his beard.
"They have to be exceedingly skilled in stealth if they can rival them." Sypha said.
"Let us get on with it!" Striga exclaimed.
The screen lit up to reveal not Ace, instead of a scene inside what looked like a futuristic dining room with several people speaking and eating. Among them was a woman who looked like Lisa with bushy hair, wearing a white suit as she ate with others and laughed while enjoying each other's company.
Lisa gasped as her hands went towards her hair as she exclaimed, "WHAT THE DEVIL!?"
"God, I remember an era similar to that hairstyle back in Remnant." Willow said, sighing a little fondly.
"Well I will not have my hair in that type ever! I look horrible!" Lisa exclaimed.
Dracula went to speak only for Leon to stop him. "Don't, trust me brother you won't win this battle when it comes to a woman and her hair."
"Speaking from experience, grandfather?" Trevor asked.
Leon just nodded as he gave sage advice, "The battles you shall never win with a woman. Their hair, how they look, and finally when they want more children."
Hector grabbed some salad as he said, "I'll tell you what, the first thing I'm going to do when I get back is to get some decent food." He sighed as he began to eat.
"Amen. I've had worse than this, but I've had better too, if you know what I mean." Isaac said.
Hector laughed a bit before his face grimaced slightly and he coughed a bit.
"Come on man, the food ain't that bad." Isaac laughed gently before frowning as Hector coughed more. The rest of the crew frowned as well as they stood up to get to Hector. He started seizing up and this caused the crew to hold onto him in an effort to help him.
Hector soon looks at his other self as he says, "He's clearly choking! Someone help me! Him! Do something!"
"This doesn't seem like simply choking on food. What the hell…" Lisa watched with growing horror on her face.
Hector screamed as blood shout out from his chest which momentarily shocked the crew before Hector began to seize and sputter. What came next was a shock as Hector's chest started to pulsate as a bloody spot was seen before finally a phallic-like creature burst from a clearly dead Hector as it looked around with a shocked crew who was staring right at it in pure shock and horror.
The females in the audience screamed as they put their hands to their mouths at the sight of the creature.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING!?" Everyone except for Dracula shouted out.
Hector, who looked green, said, "I think I'm gonna be sick."
The creature looked at everyone before Isaac grabbed a knife to try and kill it, but a man with very short hair blocked him. "No no! Don't touch it! Don't touch it!" The creature screeched at them before scuttling away from the crew.
There was a mute fear that struck silence as Hector was now seen breathing in and out of a paper bag while Lenore was comforting him with back rubs.
"What in the fuck was that creature!? How did it get inside of him and burst out!?" Sypha exclaimed.
"It must've been some sort of symbiotic parasite. Burrowing inside until it was ready to leave." Dracula deduced.
"So the question is, how did he get this parasite!?" Greta exclaimed.
The scene froze as it cut to Ace who is now seen frantically trying to fix something, "No! No! No! That wasn't supposed to happen!" He was silent for a bit as he said while looking around, "Maybe… maybe if I edit it a bit they won't notice that wasn't supposed to happen." He was a bit fearful as he tried to think of a way to save his own skin.
That's when Ace stared at the camera before straightening up. "Um, hehehe... Um this was the first incident recorded by the D.A.C.A. Um what you're about to see is an evolution of these creatures that have always had one goal in mind... Survival and expansion."
Morana, finally letting go of the table, said with a hint of fear and fascination, "So like… like an ant colony."
Ace cleared his throat. "Now, um these creatures do not have a name amongst themselves, however they have been known by everyone else as Xenomorphs. Which is a Greek mixed name of alien and shape."
That's when the screen behind Ace lit up to reveal a normal Xenomorph worker drone. The creature was sleek black with a long phallic head with no eyes. Its rib cage was revealed and had a sharp tail with a blade at the end.
Ace went on to inform, "Now the most common among the Xenomorphs are the worker drones which mostly tend to work alone, have smooth heads, and usually kill their prey instead of capturing them." Examples are shown of said drone as it killed the crew of the ship Lisa is in.
Hector, after calming down, shows why he's not just a Forgemaster but also a man of beast knowledge, "So unlike ants, these drones are meant as scouts or even simply sent out to kill."
Lisa watched with widened eyes at the way her crew died. She then pressed her face into her husband's chest.
Ace was seen again as he cleared his throat, "Now before we continue it should be noted that the way these creatures reproduce is via two types of creatures, a Facehugger which is a spider-like creature which… for lack of a better term, forces its host to deepthroat an embryo into the chest cavity which then acts like a cancer, feeding off the host until its ready to burst out of the host's chest. The second type is a Royal Queen Facehugger which is bigger than the regular facehugger and is meant to spawn a Queen."
Images show one facehugger which was the size of a small dog while the other is the size of a medium size animal. Other images showed the process in which it 'reproduces' via oral insemination via the subject's throat and into the chest cavity.
Trevor couldn't help but place a hand on his throat and nearly gag at the thought.
"That's essentially giving birth to your rapist's baby! That's extremely fucked up!" Greta exclaimed.
Striga was stroking her chin as she said, "So if we encounter that spider, then we will have to have some form of full head protection."
"Rip it off and crush it underneath our boots." Willow said with a snarl.
"Now one of the most bizarre things we have discovered about the Xenomorphs is their blood. When injured, they secrete an acidic liquid that will burn through most organic or inorganic material. Their skin is dense and built to withstand the acidity of their blood." Ace said, with a clip showing Lisa's crew cutting into a facehugger's knuckle where the acid drops spills onto the floor and eats through it.
Hector raised a shaking finger. "Or not… acid blood… oh god."
"Fascinating defense mechanism. Don't get close to it, lest you get harmed yourself." Sypha said.
Ace brought up another Xeno type, "Now the second type is also pretty common that you'll find in the hive and that is the warrior drone which was encountered by not only this version of Lisa but also another version of Mathias Cronqvist and his team from the United States Colonial Marine Corps when they investigated Hadley's Hope or better known as LV-426"
That got Dracula's attention as Adrian repeated, "Common… type." Which he didn't know or he did and didn't care but he said those words in a clearly fearful voice.
Dracula and Lisa smiled to see that they were together again. Dracula saw that he was clean shaven with short hair, he almost looked younger.
"Dracula looks... Weird without his facial hair." Trevor said.
"Trevor, show some respect." Sypha scolded him.
Soon the scene played out as they began to load out as a dark skinned man with stripes on his uniform's arm was talking to the marines who were seen gearing up, "Today is the day, we're gonna get some." Which got a low response until he spoke louder, "That's what we're gonna do, sweethearts. We're gonna go and get some!"
Two of the marines are seen wearing heavier gear as they were armed with large machine guns supported with an articulating arm. "Alright people on the ready line!" He then turned to the rest as he asked louder, "Are you lean?!"
This got a semi-strong yeah as he asked, "ARE YOU MEAN?!"
The yeahs got louder as he asked one last time, "WHAT ARE YOU!?"
The room responded "MARINES!"
Leon couldn't help but crack a small smile as he looked towards his brother in arms as he chuckled a bit. "Remind you of anyone, brother?"
"Our old trainer?" Dracula chuckled deeply with nostalgia.
"Are these Marines always this enthusiastic?" Lenore asked.
"Yes." VEGA said, "We will show you a video giving you a history of the Marines and even a song which was dedicated to their actions during the first World War. But know that the Marines are the best of the best that no one has ever beaten fairly in a one on one fight and I stress the word FAIRLY because that is how hard they fight."
Striga had a large grin as she asked, "And this version of our Lord is a member of this fighting force!? Now I want to learn more about these warriors!"
The scene cut to show the Marines inside of a research building, checking each room for any danger or survivors. That's when they made their way into a very hot room with black slime and material all around the building.
"When a Xenomorph colony becomes established, they will remake it to their liking, and prefer hotter temperatures. This is also where the warrior drones do not kill their victims. Instead, they will drag them to the colony to entrap them and leave them for the facehuggers to impregnate them." Ace said over a clip of the Marines finding one of the survivors cocooned before they watched in horror as the infant of a Xenomorph bursted through her chest.
"Ugh good Lord... I'm going to be sick..." Carmilla watched with a hand over her mouth.
The older man soon ordered flamethrowers which they used, only for things to go silent as the man next to Dracula was none other than Leon. Inside the APC was Lisa who was watching all of this next to a man who was the original leader of Leon and Dracula's knight order. "Someone talk to me… what's going on?"
Up above, the sight of much more, for lack of a better term, more aggressive looking Xenos were seen stealthily moving towards the Marines. "However, it must be noted that while the USCMC is best at fighting fellow human combatants, the marines of LV-426 were not prepared to fight the Xenomorph and the results… were catastrophic, to say the least." Ace said with a mournful voice at the end of his report.
Leon looked at the man just sitting in a chair next to that version of Lisa with hate in his eyes, "No… no no no no why did it have to be him!?"
Trevor looked at his grandfather with a raised eyebrow, "You know him?"
"An incompetent leader." Dracula growled out.
"He always refused Mathias' plans and strategies and nearly got us all killed in Jerusalem." Leon said. "To see that he is still the same idiotic leader just saddens me."
One by one, each marine was killed until finally one of the two gunners finally exclaimed, "LETS ROCK!" Before unleashing a hail of bullets into the Hive all while the LT just stared blankly at the screens as one by one the marines died, "Uh… sergeant I need you to lay down a suppressive fire and and..."
All while the sergeant in question was trying to understand the orders being given until he himself was taken as Leon exclaimed through their comms, "They're coming out of the walls! THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE GODDAMN WALLS!" As it showed Mathias unloading his Ithaca shotgun into an unseen Xeno. All while the LT was just staring at the screens watching as the marines died while Lisa was seen being frustrated by the man in action.
Lisa, much like her on screen counterpart, yelled out "TELL THEM TO FALL BACK! For God's sake, they are dying! Do something!"
Dracula growled, resisting the urge to find that universe and kill him.
"Get them out of there, you daft bastard!" Morana shouted.
Ace's voice returned but in a remorseful tone, "From the full squad of marines, only four would make it back alive thanks to the actions of this version of Lisa who took the APC and drove it into the Hive." The whole scene played out as one marine was killed by acid and fire, his teammate and fellow gunner tried to run back out to save him only for Mathias grabbed the hispanic woman, pushing her to the wall as he yelled at her, "HE'S GONE! HE'S GONE DAMN IT!" The door to the APC closed and sped out, Mathias coming up as he calmed Lisa down who was driving it, "Hey hey it's ok, we're out. power down. Power down. That's it." He said calmly as his hands rested on hers as the APC finally slowed down.
Lisa during the whole time had gripped her chair's armrest so hard that they started to sound like they would snap at any moment.
Dracula held her hand tightly as did Willow.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but were also horrified at how many soldiers were left alive.
"Only four... God above..." Striga trailed off. "These creatures are demons!"
Leon, however, growled as he slammed his arm rest, "THAT BASTARD! His inaction cost those brave souls their lives! If not for my brother's wife, we all would've been dead!"
"What possessed God to create a creature such as this?" Hector asked in horror.
VEGA was silent as he continued the playback.
Ace breathed as he continued to give bad news. "Once outside the survivors' plan was to board the drop ship and nuke the planet from orbit, a good plan all things considered… However, the drop ship had a stow away..." He said, not even looking at the camera.
The pilot heard hissing and turned around to see a Xenomorph open its mouth and a tiny mouth exited out and while not showing it, the window became caked in blood.
"Wait a minute, was that a mouth inside of its mouth!?" Lenore exclaimed.
Sypha was shaking with honest fear as she said, "It's… Oh my god, it's another weapon… if you disable its arms, legs, tail and think it's safe..." She couldn't even finish her thought out of pure fear.
"What the fuck is this thing!?" Adrian exclaimed.
"It's a goddamn creation of Hell, that's what." Greta said, holding his hand shakingly.
Soon, the drop ship was seen crashing as everyone cleared out of the way. Once the debris finished falling, Leon looked around shell shocked as he said, "Well that's just great! No, that's just fucking great! What the fuck are we suppose to do now, huh!? What are we gonna do!?"
Only for Mathias to grab his armor and shake him a bit as he asked in a serious tone. "Are you finished?!"
"Never knew grandfather could freak out like that." Trevor said in bewilderment.
"My first battle was not something I'm proud of. I was a coward and nearly ran away from the battle." Leon said with his head lowered. "But when I was near death, I had to face that fear and survive."
Once Mathias let go of him, he walked over to Lisa who was comforting a little girl whom was looking at the crash as Leon finally just broke down again as he shouted, "That's it man… Game over man! GAME OVER!"
Mathias growled towards him "GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF MARINE! We are not screwed yet!" Looking at Lisa he asked her. "You got a plan?"
Lisa just nodded as Ace returned with his report."The plan Lisa had alongside Corporal Cronqvist of the USCMC was to have an android overload the reactor to the terraforming station, during which time a 2nd drop ship would come down to recover them, all while they had to fight back against a horde of warrior Xenomorphs. During such time, they lost not only Leon but also another marine and the Lieutenant. Leaving only Lisa, a little girl named Newt, Mathias, and said Android as the survivors of LV-426."
The survivors were in a room with nothing but red lights as a monitor showed hundreds of signals approaching them. Mathias pushed a ceiling tile up and shined a flashlight to show a bunch of Xenomorphs approaching them. The soldiers started shooting in every direction, killing multiple Xenomorphs.
All the while, Leon was screaming as he shot at them, "YEAH YOU LIKE THAT!? YOU WANT SOME MORE!! HOW ABOUT YOU! HUH!? EAT THIS!!" That's when a Xenomorph bursted through the floor below him and multiple hands dragged him under. He screamed as he tried shooting at them while the others tried to drag him back up but he was pulled down, never to be seen again.
The scene then cut to the Hispanic soldier screaming as acid was dropped on her leg. The commander held on to her as he pulled out a grenade and primed it. Xenomorphs were crawling through the vents towards them as they held onto the grenade. "You were always an asshole, commander." She said.
He nodded and closed his eyes, so did she as the explosion enveloped them and the surrounding Xenomorphs.
There was a deathly silence as Dracula watched his brother die in front of him, while not his brother who is here with him, it still hurt. For Leon, he couldn't help but say with a smile on his face. "I went out fighting, let it never be said I go down without a damn fight."
"The greatest honor is dying so that your comrades and loved ones live another day." Striga said before placing a fist to her chest.
Soon the drop ship could be seen leaving the planet as the terraforming facility down below erupted into a massive mushroom cloud killing everything within a massive explosion, the occupants inside cheered as they realized they survived.
The same could be said in the theater as there were cheers and screams. "THEY MADE IT! THEY FUCKING MADE IT!" Exclaimed Trevor as he was hugging Sypha.
Lisa and Willow breathed a heavy sigh of relief as they leaned against their husband.
Leon sighed in relief that his other brother and his wife were safe.
"Now I'm sure you're asking yourself, if these Xenomorphs are keeping people alive and why there are eggs everywhere, then who laid them? Every colony has a leader. A Queen."
Lisa was seen shaking the hand of the android who gave a rare smile, before frowning. That's when a huge tail impaled through his chest. Instead of blood, it was a thick and white liquid and it was spilling out of the wound and out of his mouth. That's when he was raised up and two huge Xenomorphic hands grabbed him before tearing him in half.
What stepped out of the ship was nothing short of giant as a Xenomorph with four arms and a feminine-like body was revealed. Instead of the usual phallic head, it had a huge plate that was like a crown.
There was a silence as Hector with honest to god terror in his voice said, "That's right, every colony has a queen." Was all he could say before his eyes rolled to his head as he fainted into the arms of Lenore who was waving a fan over his face.
"This... This is a true challenge!" Striga shouted, not with excitement. But with determination.
"Absolutely not, Striga!" Morana exclaimed at her.
Ace brought up data on the Queen Xeno and explained, "Now understand, the queen is one of the biggest Xenomorph types and the leader of the Hive. She has higher intelligence than other members of the hive, although her main purpose is to produce eggs. She does that through her ovipositor. When in need, she will detach from the egg sack and fight for the survival of the hive. Being a female Xenomorph, she has a strong maternal instinct and will do anything to protect her eggs and chestbursters."
The screen cut to show Lisa holding a modified space rifle with a flamethrower and grenade launcher attached as she traversed down into the hive. "Case in point when one of the xenomorphs captured the last survivor of the colonizing facility, and Lisa went down to rescue her, coming into contact with the Queen. After freeing the little girl, Lisa destroyed all the eggs in front of her and ran away. The Queen was now on a path of vengeance that made it all the way back to their ship. The Queen now has a score to settle." Ace's voice spoke over the clip.
The Queen ripped through the floor to grab the girl and kill it in an act of vengeance. But that stopped when the large door rose up to reveal Lisa in a construction mech. She walked towards the Queen and growled out, "Get away from her, you BITCH!!"
Adrian couldn't help but feel that he heard his mother say that before. So testing fate, he slowly turned towards his mother who looked like she was ready to murder someone. "Um… Mother you… didn't happen to do something similar for me when I was a child, did you?" He asked, slightly concerned.
"No, why?" Lisa asked, turning towards her with a false smile, but she had the eyes of murder.
Adrian just nodded as he slowly looked back at the screen silent and even paler than a ghost.
Lisa used the arms to hold the Queen back before she opened her mouth and the little mouth shot out, trying to impale her in the face. Lisa struggled as she moved the Queen towards a door in the floor that was open and tossed her in. Unfortunately, the Queen grabbed Lisa by the railing and pulled her in with it. However, this ended up crushing the alien while Lisa tried getting out by the ladder. The Queen grabbed Lisa by the foot, who screamed before punching a button which caused the door under the Queen to open, making all the air suck out and anything that wasn't strapped down to go flying into the hole. The Queen had a tight grip on Lisa's foot who was holding on for dear life.
Eventually, the suction proved greater than the Queen's grip as she was sucked out and flew off into space. Lisa struggled but managed to get up and out before pressing another button which shut the door.
Lisa just grinned as she said a bit menacingly, "Don't fuck with my children."
Everyone except Dracula and Adrian shouted in unison, "YES MA'AM!"
Striga, however, fainted due to her brain not knowing who to adore more, her King or her Queen as true warriors.
Leon started laughing as he said, "Oh my brother, you landed yourself a fiery one as a wife! To take on a devil spawn with nothing but her wits alone to protect a child! HA!"
Dracula chuckled as he kissed Lisa's temple. "I'm proud of you, dear."
Lisa just giggled a bit as she gave him a small kiss on his lips as she asked, "You didn't think I was all brains and beauty, did you?"
"I always knew you were so much more than that." Dracula said with a smile.
Willow moved over to be with Lisa. "You did absolutely wonderfully!" She kissed her cheek to which Lisa giggled again before nuzzling against her. Dracula smiled at the little interaction between them.
Ace returned to the camera's view as he drank some water before he finished his report, "Please understand that these are not the only strain of Xenos we see from this race, in fact there are many more in terms of different cast, strands, and much, much more but for now this report is for the early encounters of the Xenomorphs and the first engagements of them by the USCMC. This ends my report on the Xenomorph species." The screen goes black only for the audio to be heard "Oh man I really hope I don't lose my job over that hiccup… maybe they won't notice."
The audio continued as a door opened and a person was heard. "Hey Intern, what's this little canister?"
Ace could be heard freaking out, "Wait, put that down! That's the Xenomorph acid!" There was a collision and the sound of glass breaking before sizzling was heard while Ace screamed in absolute agony.
"OH FUCK!! MEDIC!! GET THE MEDIC DOWN HERE!!"
That was all that was heard before the audio cut out.
Everyone was silent as they began to process what they just heard.
"That's... That's how he became how he looks?" Hector asked, horrified.
"That poor boy..." Morana said with a hand hovering over her lips.
Before more could be said, the door was finally opened and Ace popped into the other side. His hair was ruffled instead of cleanly slicked back. He growled as he held a sledgehammer and walked towards VEGA's physical body. "UNBE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE!!! You showed them my intern reports, didn't you!?" He shouted at VEGA.
VEGA just stared at Ace after a good long silence before he said with what could assume with a big grin which would have mimic a certain radio demon "Maybe."
Ace just screams as he tried swinging the sledgehammer at the AI's face, but it passed through. "WHERE DO YOU FUCKING GET OFF SHOWING THEM WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!? DO YOU ENJOY GIVING ME PROBLEMS OR GOING BEHIND MY BACK!?" Ace shouted at him.
VEGA just shrugged as he said, "Of course not, however when I do all the work and don't get any credit including when you insult my soup I gave you then I believe I have a right to be petty and show them how much of dork you looked like with those silly glasses of yours." He brought an image of a very dorky Ace on the screen with very BIG FRAME glasses.
"You're unbelievable, VEGA! That was two years ago, and you got better at it! Those glasses were the best prescription I could get! And now you show them how my face got like this!? You know what!? I'm done! You want petty, want me to replace the AI with someone else!? Do you want to be expendable!? Because if you pull a stunt like this again, I will not hesitate to request a new AI assistant!" Ace shouted with tears trickling down his cheeks. Never having been humiliated like this ever since the reports and accident.
VEGA looked at Ace with almost shock as the AI asked, "Now surely you don't mean that? It was simple a small prank, we have been partners for years now." Showing true emotion should've been a red flag to any normal person who understands AI but for those of D.A.C.A it was normal as it was meant for better working environments.
"A PRANK!? You think this was a prank!? Do you see them laughing!? You see me laughing!? What you did hurt me more than anything else you've done! This is like your best friend parading around your mother's corpse laughing about her death! Like, do you not see how fucked up this is!?"
VEGA was silent for the longest moment before he said somberly. "I see. Well if that's how you truly feel then I shall leave the runnings of this facility to you then. Good day, Overseer Ace." Like that VEGA was gone and it wasn't until after a moment, the power went out along with the androids powering down, the emergency lights came on as Willow was the first to speak up.
"I think… you two could have handled it better if you don't mind me saying so." She said in a way as to take neither side in what was her past life playing out in front of her with her former 'sperm donor' as she, much like the others, sat there in the emergency lights.
Ace took deep breaths, "Your opinion is appreciated, Miss Schnee-Tepes." He said as politely as he could without blowing up at her too. He wiped his tears away as he sat down on the edge of the stage.
He soon felt a hand on his shoulder as Lisa was seen with a kind motherly smile. "If you need someone to talk to, I am technically a doctor of sorts."
Ace looked at her before taking a deep breath, "Thank you, Mrs. Tepes. But I'll be fine. I can manage this station without him."
His voice belied his eyes, there was regret in his face. He looked at the audience, "I apologize... For that display there. I think we could all use a break. It's almost time for bed for me anyway. So uh... Walk around and explore if you want, just don't go anywhere near the Hive. It's filled with dangerous substances and subjects."
That's when Ace stood up from the stage and began walking away from the theater room.
Before Ace could leave, he felt arms being wrapped around him as Lisa had him in a hug, soon followed by Willow as both tried to help the hurt man. "It's alright." Was all Willow could say with an honest smile as Ace finally just returned the hug as he held onto them for who knows how long as a small bit of regret and doubt crept into him.
Everyone watched with pity at the boy. It was clear he'd been holding on to this problem for a while, and VEGA opening it up was simply the catalyst.
There needed to be a way to get them to be friends again.
MEANWHILE! At D.A.C.A. Central at the Center of the Multiverse!
The D.A.C.A. Central Station was a giant space station deep in Dark Matter territory with millions of lines of light shooting out from the station. It was like a web of light with the station in the middle. It was the only source of light in the depths of Dark Space.
Within the confines of the station was a massive cityscape. A mixture of gothic, modern, retro, it was a melting pot of many eras of building design with a massive tower in the center of the station.
In the southern section was a small city that was filled with people with super powers or quirks. Many humans and even several alien species with their own powers conversing and talking about their own adventures. Overlooking the section of the city was a large building similar to the UA Academy which housed the Council of Nezu. The smartest and best of all variants of Principal Nezu, a small chimera animal with the traits of a rat, a dog, and a bear.
Over in the darkened Gothic section was a city of creatures of the dark. A graveyard to the East housed a large Mausoleum as the main building with a mixture of zombies, ghouls, skeletons, and Lichs.
To the West was a massive forest with wolves, werewolves, werecats, werebears, wendigos, and other animals of the dark.
Finally, in the Northside, was a giant Gothic castle made of Onyx stone which housed the smartest vampires as their own council when it comes to matters of the Supernatural. The Cabal of Dark Divinity was made up of two male Draculas, a female Dracula and a variant of Carmilla who had been crowned as Queen of all Vampires.
Another was more futuristic than the rest, due to it being filled with scientists, doctors, veterinarians, engineers, and physicists. A tall pure white building with a giant red cross overlooked the entire section of the city. It housed only the most brilliant surgeons and doctors that were personally handpicked by the founder of the D.A.C.A. such as several variants of Doctor Stephen Strange, Lisa Tepes, Doctor House and several Draculas who focused on being doctors, rather than royalty.
The final section of the station was more mythical as it resembled one of the most recognizable cities from the Forgotten Realms. Baldur's Gate. A city with bustling business and where one could find fame and fortune around every corner. Above the city was a large floating castle that was lifted by no machinery or propelling system. It was pure gravity magic that held the castle up.
The castle housed a council as well, made up of the most prominent and trusted figures in all of Fantasy. King Arthur who managed to discover the Holy Grail. Harry Potter, a variant who brought peace to the Wizarding World and managed to get them and the Muggle World to coexist in peace. Daenerys Targaryen who decided to stop her pursuit of the Iron Throne, and instead allowed herself to live in harmony with her Dragon children. The final member was the greatest wizard in all of the Fantastical worlds, Gandalf the White. This was no variant. This was the original Gandalf who was a part of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Flying in the sky were many species of Dragons and Griffins and their cousin, the Hippogriffs.
A forest was seen on the outskirts of the city which housed a giant dark oak tree with overgrown vines and flowers of all types of colors and species that acted as the main building for the forest folk.
However, the tower was the vocal point as it was the main headquarters where the beams of organic light converged. The Tower was easily the largest building in the entire station with large rings hovering over the tower which kept the organic light contained together.
The D.A.C.A is meant to overwatch all Multiverse and to protect them from those who would threaten its destruction. That's where the very bottom of the station houses the prison. It was similar to modern prisons which came with a rehabilitation center in an effort to teach the prisoners the error of their ways and bring them back to their original universe while confiscating the technology that allowed them to travel in the first place.
Back to the Tower, it acted as not only the vocal point for all of the Multiverse but also was a gateway for travelers, overseers, and those who were able to discover a way to travel the vast expanse of the Multiverse.
Among them was a new couple, a different version of Dracula and Lisa as both landed on a pad indicated for New Travelers. "Oh my head. Love, are you alright? Do we still have all our limbs?" Lisa asked.
This version of Lisa was dressed in what looked to be attire indicative to those of the 1990's.
"Yes, we still have them. What is this place? Is this our destination?" Dracula asked, holding his head. This version of Dracula had short hair and was clean shaven and wore a simple suit and tie.
"Welcome to the Dimensional Administrative Containment Authority." A voice said, to which the couple looked up at the source of the voice.
It was Dracula, in a blue Navy officer's uniform with graying hair. His hair was put into a braided ponytail. "I must congratulate you both for obtaining Multiversal Travel. As such, you are granted the same rights as every other Traveler."
Lisa blinked as she asked, "Wait wait wait, a lot of questions at once which I can guess you get a lot of but can we start with well… What is this place?" She motioned to the massive facility which looks like an advanced terminal of many people coming in and going. The security being different versions of Striga in either basic combat gear or in full combat armor with large rifles held across their chest.
"This facility is where we maintain the Multiverse. Protecting it from forces that seek to destroy the Web, the convergence point for all universes." D.A.C.A Dracula explained.
Both of the newcomers said at the same time with awe as they actually took in everything, "Fascinating."
90's Dracula finally asked, "So I can only assume their paperwork to fill out?"
D.A.C.A. Dracula chuckled as he nodded, "Yes, it's so we can keep track of you in case something happens to either of you. Please follow me." He motioned for them to follow him as they now passed through a door into an open area which was almost like a super market area.
"So you are a version of my husband? What exactly is different about your universe?" 90's Lisa asked.
D.A.C.A Dracula chuckled. "That is... A long story and unfortunately the tour will be too short for me to explain it all. What I will explain, however, is that I am the founder of this facility. I was the first Dracula to achieve Multiversal Travel and I knew I would not be far behind, so after several years and speaking with many other universes, we built this facility as a means to expand our knowledge and provide safety to all Multiverse Travelers. We also established our own military in case a threat arrives to derail the Web."
90's Dracula looks at all the Strigas and even some other more muscled members in uniform. "I can tell, I can only assume a good percentage is made up of Striga?" He asked to which the D.A.C.A. Dracula chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.
"You know Striga, very few times will you find one who is a scientist or anything other than a soldier." D.A.C.A. Dracula said as he led the couple out of the supermarket area and towards a laboratory.
"Now, I will be taking you to a laboratory where you will be examined for any abnormalities and given a serum that will make you immune to the sun's effects." He said, where a version of Lisa was seen, typing on a holographic keyboard.
She peeked around her terminal as she smiled big and soon shouted into the lab, "GIRLS! GIRLS! We have another Lisa!" This got excited voices as now more Lisas filled the area and swept the 90's Lisa who was confused, excited, and again confused while 90's Dracula just stared at the huge gathering of Lisas as his brain shorted out a bit.
"Now, I will leave you both in their capable hands." D.A.C.A. Dracula said, before stepping out of the laboratory. He chuckled slightly. He may have seen them overwhelm travelers many times, but it was still a little funny. He made his way to the top of the tower, saying hello to the many variants of people he had either seen or not met before. He made it to his main office when a woman with red hair and fox-like ears approached him.
"Director Dracula. Ace Berkeley of the Castlevania strand hasn't reported in yet, despite the data suggesting a Multiverse jump near his facility." She said.
This caused him to raise an eyebrow as he said, "Bring up the last data package we got from that facility as well as his supervisors reports." He said in a business-like tone towards the fox woman before he stopped and requested, "Oh and bring me up some of Ruby's Cafe's famous hot cocoa, I don't know why but I have a strange craving for it."
"Yes sir." She said before walking away to make the delivery.
A variant of Ruby never got the chance to become a Huntress as she fell short in the test. So she built a cafe in Vale with the best coffee and hot chocolate that has ever been produced. D.A.C.A Dracula visited her universe and was impressed by it, so he offered her a chance to move into the facility. She accepted and jumped ship into the D.A.C.A. Facility where her business has never been better. She even received training for several of her variants since she still had the dream of being a Huntress.
D.A.C.A Dracula or as he was known by many 'Director' Dracula which he felt saddened to have such a title after he witnessed what happened to a version of him from the Red vs Blue timeline. "Oh and if only you learned to move on...i do hope you found peace." He sighed before sitting down at his desk as he started the most boring part of his job. Paperwork.
Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. It's all he did that he wished he could push onto someone else. He did enjoy the meetings with the council members of their respective departments, he enjoyed walking through the mall, exploring new multiverses that pop up, or even causing some 'controlled chaos' to help with his boredom. But at the end of the day he has to come back to the worst thing since governments decided taxes were a good idea.
Dracula sighed as he worked on the paperwork until the woman reappeared at his desk with the hot chocolate and files in hand. "Here you are, sir." She placed the cup down on his desk before handing him the files.
Dracula took them, "Thank you, Miss Frost." He glanced at her, "Tell me, you're not still thinking about Mr. Berkeley, are you?"
She was shocked by the question before looking down slightly and put a hand to her arm. "Um, I mean... I just don't understand. After all the time we've been together, it's just... Over like that... What's worse is that he replaced me with some succubus? I just don't get him."
Dracula sighed gently, "He's still young. Even after the accident, he still has some growing up to do. You should at least be thankful he has the AI to help him. Not to mention, you both had problems that became too much to handle. I'm not going to ask you to get over it, but I implore you to put your mind away from it."
The now named Miss Red nodded with her ear flickering, "You're right Direc-'' She stopped herself when she sees the glance she got from her boss as she said, "Mister Tepes, anyway aside from what you requested being on your terminal, you have a meeting with the other heads at one o'clock, that dispute to settle between the Nezus and the other smarty pants who are fighting over the new proposed tracker system to be implemented for better tracking of multiverse travelers… Which is nothing new, and finally… Well actually that's all the big stuff. Most of the rest is just approving request forms from the different facilities that require your personal approval." She said as Dracula sighed after drinking some hot coco.
Dracula sighed in pleasure from the hot chocolate. He looked at her. "Damn stouts and their disputes. I'll deal with that later. I might as well work on those requests. Now about that data." He held his hand out to the file.
She nodded as she handed him a metallic stick which was more or less a more advanced version of a USD drive but with implemented holographic technology, which is why Dracula was able to grab a bit of it and pull out a holographic screen that displayed reports, data readings, and other such information.
Dracula read the full report and narrowed his eyes at the irregularity. "Hmm, there was a portal nearby the facility. Damages to the facility and destruction of androids? Why wasn't I informed of this?" Dracula looked up at her with a raise of his eyebrow.
She coughs abit, "Well this is what his supervisor sent us and well I wish I could tell you more." Before she could continue, Dracula's personal terminal blinked showing he had a message.
He looked at his terminal and pressed a button, that's when his eyes widened. It was a picture of Willow, sitting down with Dracula and Lisa, and what looked like several other members of the Castlevania cast.
"Willow..." He whispered. That's when he slammed his fists on his desk and ordered her, "Get me a direct portal to that facility!"
Before the woman could say anything, Dracula shook his head as he went to his closet and started changing from his Director uniform to another. "NO FORGET THAT! That will take too long! I'll go there myself!"
Soon he came out in a stylish suit and tie as he grabbed a shoulder holster with a large handgun and extra magazines, finally a fedora from his days as an adventure professor in the deep Amazon forest then he put on his brown leather jacket. "Hold all my calls and meetings! MY WIFE FINALLY MADE IT! And I'll be damned if I'm not the one to find her!" He said before grabbing a watch which was his way to quickly travel the multiverse.
Dracula quickly typed in the location of the Castlevania facility before pressing down on it. A portal opened up behind him and he stepped through.