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Superman, Green Lantern and J'onn J'onzz were waiting on a rooftop with a guilty looking Wonder Woman. Superman had responded to a break in alarm at the Metropolis museum of natural history and he had been very surprised to find that the thief was none other than Wonder Woman. He tried to talk to her but she told him it was none of his business.
Concerned Superman called the rest of the League to find out why Wonder Woman had suddenly decided to break into a museum and destroy some of the exhibits. They were now just waiting on Flash to arrive and a few seconds later a scarlet trail was seen running through the city and stopped one the rooftop.
"Hey guys," Flash greeted "What's this about Wonder Woman breaking into museums?"
The League stared at his passenger in shock.
"You," Superman hissed.
Superman used his super speed to instantly appear in front of Alucard and hoisted him up by his throat. Alucard didn't resit or struggle, he just looked at Superman with his yellow eyes.
"What did you do to him?" Superman demanded.
"Nothing," Alucard responded.
"I don't believe you; give me one good reason why I should not snap your neck?" Superman asked darkly.
"Whoa Supes calm down," Flash tried "I'm fine,"
Flash showed his neck to Superman.
"See no fang marks," Flash assured.
"Superman stop, you can't go around grabbing people and threatening to snap there neck," J'onn claimed.
"Normally I'd agree but I'll make a special exception for him," Superman claimed.
"Why? Who is he?" J'onn asked.
"This is Alucard…he's the vampire from the bottom of the sea," Superman claimed.
The League took several steps back and stared at the man in shock.
"The….the vampire…" Wonder Woman gasped.
After the discussion on Vampires a few weeks ago Batman had provided information and a lot of vampire lore for the Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl and J'onn to read up on. Superman had also brought up some of his old Dracula movies and Flash had made a mandatory movie night for the League.
Batman did not attend of course but they helped get the point across to the non-human members of the League. Even though there were various different versions of vampires they all shared the same weaknesses and the desire to feed on human blood.
"You brought a vampire here? What the hell is wrong with you!" Wonder Woman demanded angrily.
"He was with me when I got the call and he agreed to help us out," Flash said.
"He agreed to help us?" Superman asked in surprise.
"Yeah, he's the reason why I was in Europe," Flash claimed.
"What?" Superman asked.
"I got curious about him and went to go see him, he didn't do anything to me other than give me a tour of his castle," Flash assured.
Superman looked back to Alucard.
"Is this true?" he demanded.
"Yes, though it was more like he would not leave unless I showed him around my castle," Alucard claimed.
"That dose sound like Flash," J'onn agreed.
"Then why were you two in Europe?" Superman demanded.
"That was my idea, I thought if I got to know him a bit it would help us decide how to deal with him," Flash said "so I convinced him to go somewhere with me,"
"Why Europe though?" J'onn asked.
"There is something there that is very important to me….Flash agreed to help me find it," Alucard answered.
"What is it?" Superman asked.
Alucard didn't respond.
Superman tightened his grip, Alucard showed no signs of discomfort.
"What is it?" Superman repeated dangerously.
"It's a grave, he wanted to find out where someone he knew 500yrs ago is buried," Flash blurted out.
Superman looked at Flash in shock, he was not expecting this.
"I got your call just as we were about to start looking, I brought him along so we could start the search after we dealt with Wonder Woman and new hobby of tearing up museums," Flash explained.
Superman stared at Flash for a moment and then looked back at Alucard, he then turned back to Flash.
"You sure you're not hurt?" Superman asked.
"I'm fine, don't be mad at him. This was all my idea and I convinced him to come along,"
"That is true, I wanted to go back to my castle," Alucard agreed.
Superman glared at the vampire and lowered him to just above the roof, he threw him onto the ground. Alucard hit the ground and rolled along the roof; once he stopped he moaned from the impact and struggled to get on his hands and knees. He looked up glaring at Superman.
"Don't give me a reason to kill you," Superman warned.
"Do you think you can?" Alucard challenged.
Anger Flashed across Superman's face and he took a threatening step towards Alucard, Flash however got between them.
"Weren't we here to discuss Wonder Woman's new hobby," Flash reminded them.
"He's right, besides we don't kill," J'onn agreed.
"Then you are fools," Alucard commented as he picked himself up.
The League glared at him.
"You think it is weakness to show mercy and compassion?" J'onn asked.
"No that is true strength. However sometimes death is the only way to save others and to not take that path when necessary…that is weakness," Alucard advised.
"Killing is never the answer," Superman defended.
"In some situations it is," Alucard claimed.
"Um…so about Wonder Woman…" Flash tried.
"Can we really talk with him here?" Wonder Woman asked and glanced at Alucard.
"Please have your discussion. Don't mind me," Alucard said.
The League looked at him wearily and then focused on Wonder Woman.
"Hey where's Bats, GL and Hawkgirl?" Flash asked now noticing the missing members of the Justice League.
"Green Lantern was called away by the Guardians for a mission and Hawkgirl went with him as back up," Superman answered "and Batman is…well Batman,"
"So…why here you wreaking the museum?" Superman asked focusing on the amazon princess.
Wonder Woman sighed and explained the situation on Themyscira, how when she returned all of the amazons including her mother had been turned to stone. She also spoke of the man who did it was a magic user and he was looking for some ancient relics.
"So if I don't gather all the relics in 24hrs, my people will remain trapped in stone forever," Wonder Woman said sadly.
"So the first relic was in the museum," Superman theorised "that's why you broke in,"
"Yes, I need to find the other 2 relics," Wonder Woman claimed.
"Well I suppose this leaves us little choice…we'll have to help you," J'onn smiled.
"You sure, what if we have to break into somewhere else?" Wonder Woman asked. She did not want to put her friends in danger or get them branded as criminals.
"We'll mange," Superman assured.
"But what could be powerful enough to turn an entire civilisation into stone?" J'onn asked.
"I can think of several creatures that could do it…along with quite a few spells or artefacts with similar effects," Alucard answered.
Again the League stared at him in surprise.
"How would you know that?" Superman asked suspiciously.
"My father had a very keen interest in the mystic arts and amassed a large collation of artefacts and books on the subject," Alucard claimed "I read a few of them in my youth,"
"Then…do you know away to reverse such spells?" Wonder Woman asked hopefully.
"Hmm….it depends if Faust cast the spell himself or he used an artefact or magic item," Alucard said.
"What's the difference?" Flash asked.
"If he used an artefact than all you have to do is take it and anyone can reverse the spell. But if he cast the spell himself than only he can undo it," Alucard claimed.
"He used a small clay hand held talisman, when he used it my mother returned to life and then back into stone" Wonder Woman remembered.
"An artefact then, reversing the spell shouldn't be too hard…if you can get it off him that is," Alucard claimed.
"Either way we should find the other relics first, that way we can use them as a bargaining chip," J'onn said.
"Right lets spilt up, Diana and I will search for one. J'onn you and Flash take the Javelin and search for the other," Superman ordered.
"What about me?" Alucard asked.
"You go with Flash and J'onn. But if I see any bite marks on my friends when they get back you'll wish you had stayed in your coffin," Superman threatened.
"I already do," Alucard claimed.
Superman glared at him irritably and then took off into the sky with Wonder Woman and the two flew off. Alucard watched them go.
"So who's up for a road trip?" Flash asked trying to lighten the mood.
J'onn didn't respond, he merely turned and started to head towards the Javelin.
"Okay…how about you?" Flash asked Alucard.
"Your friend is rather angry, anger and power always lead to destruction," Alucard warned.
"Don't take it personal, Supes is just overprotective and he hates to see people get hurt," Flash claimed.
"Perhaps…" Alucard said thoughtfully "shall we go?"
Alucard followed Flash and john into the Javelin, he looked at the plane carefully before entering, inside he marvelled at all the buttons and controls that the plane had. Flash told him to take a seat; Alucard did what he was told and Flash showed him how the seat belts worked. J'onn and Flash took the pilots seats and started the engine.
Alucard would not lie, he was very nervous about being strapped in this unknown vehicle and the sound the engines unnerved him quite a bit. However once the plane was in the air Alucard seemed to calm down.
He was impressed by the speed it was going at and it was definitely faster than he had expected.
"This plane is impressive,' Alucard said "I wonder what else I have missed in my eternal slumber,"
"Well if you hang around I can show you a thing or too. If you think this is impressive wait until you discover the internet," Flash joked.
"The…Internet?" Alucard asked intersted.
"I'll show you later," Flash assured.
Alucard nodded and he turned his attention back to looking out the window, he wondered what else this world had to offer and if the League would allow him to learn and see it. Alucard knew that he had to guard Castlevaina but if he could get some information or some books every now and then about what he missed maybe his eternal prison would not be so bad.
The Javelin flew across the world at high speeds and eventually the stone crystal began to glow, indicating they were close. J'onn landed the Javelin in a jungle area and the three exited the plane and walked out.
"So think of it, an Island filled with women and me the first man to visit in forever and I have iced mochas for everyone," Flash said enthusiastically "wouldn't that be great?"
"I fail to see the appal," J'onn said stoically.
"You really are from Mars," Flash joked, he then turned and looked at Alucard. The vampire was looking out into the jungle curiously.
"How about you, what do you think?" Flash asked.
"I have no interest in women," Alucard stated.
"And you call yourself a creature of the night," Flash sighed.
"How about we focus on finding the relic," J'onn said.
"Fine," Flash whined.
The continued walking and eventually came across an old temple, the crystal was Flashing brightly in it direction.
"I believe what we seek is inside," J'onn claimed.
"I'll check it out," Flash said.
Before J'onn could react Flash sped off to the temple snatching the crystal from the martins hand, he returned a second later holding an old vase. Flash opened it and pulled out the relic.
"That was easy," Flash said holding the relic.
Suddenly the ground started to shake and a giant snake burst out of the ground, Flash and J'onn looked at it in shock, Alucard however did not react, in fact he looked board.
"Me and my big mouth," Flash said.
The snake let out a loud hiss and then charged at the three intruders who would dare enter and steal from its temple. Flash and J'onn sprang into action while Alucard merely stood back and watched the two heroes. He was interested to see how they fought.
Flash ran on the sakes belly and the snake tried to crush the speedster but only wound up tying itself in a knot. Meanwhile J'onn was punching it but the martin only seemed to be making the creature angrier.
As the snake tried to untangled itself J'onn and Flash hit it with a combined punch, but it was not quite enough to bring the creature down. The snake untangled itself and drew its head back and unleashed a wave of fire from its mouth.
Again the Flash and J'onn quickly moved out of the way, the snake breathed fire again this time creating a ring of fire around itself and trapping the two heroes inside the ring.. J'onn backed away from the flames but the snake lashed out and swiped him with its tail sending him through the flames; he landed a few feet away from Alucard and the vampire looked at him. Flash looked over to his fallen friend.
"J'onn…are you okay?" Flash asked worriedly.
J'onns only response was a painful moan.
"My turn," Alucard said as he walked towards the ring of fire.
"Alucard wait," Flash called out when he saw the vampire approaching the fire.
Alucard ignored him and walked straight into the flames passing through them like they weren't there. The snake saw him and unleashed another stream of fire on the approaching vampire but Alucard completely ignored it. He stood there and let the flames engulf him, when the fire stopped the vampire was completely unharmed.
"What?" Flash gasped.
Alucard jumped into the air and when he was right in front of the snakes head he reached out his hand and touched the end of the snakes nose.
"Dormi," Alucard muttered.
The snake's eyes rolled to the back of its head and it suddenly collapsed on the ground with a loud thud. Once the snake was down Flash ran over to J'onn and they both stared at the vampire in shock. Alucard landed and picked up the relic, he walked over to a stunned Flash and J'onn.
"We should leave before it wakes up," Alucard advised handing the relic to Flash; he walked back in the direction of the Javelin.
Flash and J'onn watched him go for a moment before following him.
"Wait…wakes up?" Flash asked "it's not dead?"
"No, it would be pointless to kill this creature," Alucard claimed.
"He attacked us, he literally breathed fire and tried to roast us," Flash claimed.
"It was defending the relic, you were the one who went in and stole it," Alucard pointed out.
"Yeah well…." Flash said trying to think of a comeback.
"Let it go Flash," J'onn advised.
Once they were all back on board the Javelin and the plane was in the air Flash turned to look at Alucard. The vampire was looking out the window at the passing scenery.
"How come those flames didn't affect you?" Flash asked.
"I am immune to fire," Alucard answered without looking away from the window.
"But I thought fire was one of a vampires weaknesses," Flash claimed.
"It is,"
"But you're immune,"
"I am,"
"Are you immune to any other vampire weaknesses?"
"Yes,"
"Would you care to share which ones?"
"No,"
Flash frowned, it appeared that he was not going to get a straight answer from the vampire; he turned his attention back to the front. He was piloting the plane as the Martian Manhunter was still a bit dazed from the fight.
"How about you J'onn, are you doing okay?" Flash asked.
"I am fine, I did not get burned. I just need some time to rest," J'onn stated.
Flash nodded and focused on the flying the Javelin. As they were making their way back to Metropolis they received a call from Batman to meet him at Faust's house, apparently Batman had found some information regarding the sorcerer. Flash altered the course of the Javelin and they landed on the street.
Superman and Wonder Woman were already there, they were waiting outside with Batman. Superman glared at Alucard as he disembarked.
"Did you get the relic?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Yep, piece of cake," Flash said and held up the relic.
Batman looked over Alucard critically.
"So you're the vampire," Batman said.
"I am," Alucard answered.
They looked at each other for a few moments and Alucard could have sworn that he had met Batman somewhere before but he could not place it. Batman raised an eye brow and turned to walked into Faust's house without a word.
The League and Alucard followed, none of the League was sure what to make of the exchange. They walked into the Faust's home and Batman led them to his office. In Faust's study there was a lot of strange and rare artefacts, that the League began to pick up and look over, Alucard however could sense the magic that some of them contained.
'These artefacts...I sense a magical energy coming from them,' Alucard thought.
Before he could warn the others the artefact that Flash had in his hand lit up and a purple energy beam shot out of it and smashed threw the ceiling and out into the night sky.
"We don't know what this stuff is or what it dose. Don't touch anything," Batman snapped irritably.
Flash and the rest of the League instantly put the artefacts that they were holding down. Alucard shook his head.
Batman then informed the League what he had found on Faust. How he was once a highly respected Archaeologist, however after his discovery of magic, he begun to seek out ultimate power and knowledge. He was kicked out of the University for strange and outlandish theories on magic; however those that had mocked him disappeared shortly afterwards.
"So he wants ultimate power…what does that have to do with these relics and Themyscira?" Superman asked.
"Faust's journal states that he believes that what he seeks lies in Tartarus," Batman claimed.
"Taruturs?" Wonder Woman gasped.
"Isn't that a prison in the underworld?" Alucard asked.
"Yes, but the only door to it was locked and the key was….oh no," Wonder Woman said fearfully.
"What?" Flash asked.
"The relics…don't tell me…" Wonder Woman panicked.
"What about them?" Batman asked.
Wonder Woman didn't respond, she grabbed the three relics and began to put them together; they formed a strange shape,
"There not relics….there the broken key to Tartarus," Wonder Woman claimed.
"Yes, long ago there was a furious war between the gods and the titans, Hades let the titans into our world in exchange for dominion over man. However the gods fought back and were eventually victorious," Wonder Woman explained.
"After the battle Zeus banished Hades to the underworld where he would forever rule over the dead. My mother was tasked with guarding the door that leads directly to Tartarus and it's only key. She broke the key into 4 pieces and scatted three of them across the globe," Wonder Woman finished.
"So we found three…where's the fourth," Superman asked.
"On Themyscira, my mother kept one. Because our island was hidden and we never left it would ensure that the key could never be reassembled," Wonder Woman answered "Faust gave me his relic before I left to search for the others,"
"So we have all four relics….we should destroy them," Batman advised.
"No, if I don't bring them back to Faust then my mother and my people will remain trapped in stone for eternity," Wonder Woman said.
"And if you do the world will end,"
"We can prevent that, once my sisters are free…" Wonder Woman started.
"Don't be a fool," Alucard scolded.
The League turned to look at him.
"Do you honestly think that he would let you and your people go once he has the key? You're nothing but a tool to him," Alucard claimed.
"But he promised," Wonder Woman tired.
"I have little doubt he will keep not keep his promise, once he has the key than he will turn you to stone and all hell breaks loose," Alucard claimed
"No I won't leave them trapped in stone," Wonder Woman argued.
"You may have no choice. I have seen hell on earth once before and I have no desire to see it again," Alucard said "your dark friend is right….you need to destroy that key before it is used,"
"But I can't leave them like that," Wonder Woman said sadly.
"Then what do you want to do?" Batman asked.
Themyscira
Faust was looking at some or the buildings in Themyscira, he had given Wonder Woman 24hrs to gather the remaining relics and had decided to examine the architecture on the island. Just because his new found passion for magic did not mean he was still not a keen archaeologists.
In fact his archaeological side often helped him find lost and forgotten places of great power. The architecture of Themyscira was almost an exact replica of the architecture used in ancient grease, so Faust was very excited to spend some time studying and documenting it.
Faust was so enthralled in his studies of Themysciras architecture that he did not hear Wonder Woman approach.
"FAUST!" Wonder Woman shouted angrily.
Faust turned from a mural he had been looking at and was surprised to see the amazon princess standing there.
"Your back early, did you bring me the relics?" Faust asked.
Wonder Woman pulled back the sheet and revealed the reassembled key to the underworld.
"Oh you even put it together for me, how thoughtful," Faust said "Now give it to me,"
"First free my mother," Wonder Woman demanded.
"Oh yes of course…lets go to the temple shall we," Faust said.
They walked into the temple where Wonder Woman's mother was turned to stone once inside they approached her and Faust summoned the amulet, he uttered an incarnation and the amulet glowed, Wonder Woman's mother returned to life as the stone faded from her.
Wonder Woman shoved the key into Faust's arms and ran to her mother.
"Mother, thank Hera," Wonder Woman said relived.
"Diana?" the Hippolyta asked, she then noticed that Faust hat the key "Diana what have you done?"
"She brought me the key to ultimate knowledge," Faust claimed.
"I'm sorry mother," Wonder Woman said.
"Now that I have it I have no use for you," Faust said and he pointed the talisman back at the two amazons.
Faust started his incarnation but something red whizzed by him and the talisman was gone from his hand.
"I'll take this," Flash said with a cocky smile stopping away from him.
"What?" Faust gasped.
"Dina…did you bring a man here?" the queen asked.
"No she brought help," a new voice answered as Batman emerged from the shadows.
"This wasn't part of the deal," Faust tried.
"You really think she would trust someone like you?" Superman said as he landed with J'onn.
Faust looked around at the members of the Justice League, he knew he was in trouble but he had his key.
"I think it's time I left," Faust said and he slowly backed up only to bumped into something.
Fust looked behind him and saw Alucard standing there.
"I told you he would not keep his bargain," Alucard hissed from behind Faust.
Faust instantly backed away from Alucard as he had seen the vampire's fangs.
"Give us the key Faust," J'onn demanded.
"If you hand it over we won't hurt you," Superman said.
"Speak for yourself," Batman muttered.
"I'd love too but I have an appointment to keep," Faust said.
Faust threw some seeds at the Leagues feet and said an incantation; as soon as they hit the ground the large vines grew out of them and began to wrap entangle the League. The hero's struggled against them but it was useless as the vines were getting tighter and tighter.
"Besides it appears your all tied up at the moment," Faust said cockily.
"I wouldn't struggle too much, it only makes the vines tighter," Faust advised. Faust ran over to Queen Hippolyta "Come my dear I would not want you to miss the show,"
Faust cast a spell ant the two disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
The League struggled against the plants that Faust had summoned and just like Faust claimed the more they struggled the tighter the plant got, even Superman was struggling against it.
"He's getting away," Wonder Woman yelled.
"Not much we can do about it," Batman cried.
"Damn it…INCENDIUL ARDE ACEASTĂ PLANTĂ!" Alucard shouted.
Suddenly the plant erupted into flames and burnt the plant withered under the flames, the League felt the vines grip lessen and once they were released the plant continued to burn, only once the entire plant had turned to ash did the fire go out.
"Damn it they're gone," Alucard hissed angrily.
"What was that?" Flash asked.
"Good question…care to explain?" Batman demanded, glaring at Alucard.
"No time, we have to find Faust and that key," Superman said.
"There's only one place they could have gone, follow me," Wonder Woman said.
Wonder Woman led them to a hidden door that revealed a passage way deep underground; they followed it and came upon old Greek ruins. Wonder Woman claimed that these ruins were the remains of the same city where the gods and titans fought as well as where the gate to Tartarus was located.
They made their way through the ruins and reached the gate just in time to see hades emerge from a recently open portal and turn Faust into an old man as a reward. The League did not wait for the god, they charged in.
Hades saw them and summoned an army of undead skeletal warriors to fight the League, the army charged at them and despite the League's best efforts no matter how much they tried the army did not seem to stay down. It was not long before they were corned and nearly over run.
Batman was corned with Alucard and the two were fighting back to back, Batman had picked up a sword and prepared to use was using it to defend himself; Alucard had drawn his own and fearing much better than Gothems dark night. Batman was impressed at the masterful display of skill Alucard had with his blade.
"Foolish mortals you cannot kill the undead," Hades laughed.
"He's right, there's no end to them," J'onn agreed.
"GUYS HELLP!" Flash cried out as he was swarmed by skeletons.
"EVERYONE GET OFF THE GROUND!" Alucard yelled and ran towards the centre of the battlefield cutting down skeletons as he ran.
Superman swooped down and grabbed Flash while J'onn picked up Batman and Wonder Woman carried her mother, J'onn flew down and hovered just above the vampire.
"Give me your hand," J'onn said "You'll be over run,"
"No I won't," Alucard said seriously and sheathed his sword.
"What are you doing!?" Batman cried.
Suddenly J'onn jerked upwards as an Arrow flew by where he had been hovering.
"The air won't save you fools," Hades claimed ask several skeletal warriors readied bows and arrows.
"Masa de Stalagmite," Alucard shouted and slammed his hands into the ground.
The ground immediately erupted with massive stalagmites shooting out of the earth, and covering the entire battlefield, the League watched in awe as the army if skeletons were torn apart by the sudden change in the terrain. The only spot that did not seem to be affected was the one where Alucard was standing.
"Crampoane," Alucard said and several small spikes shot out of the already formed stalagmites impaling any skeletons that were left.
Alucard wobbled and staggered as he felt very weak from using what little power he had. He however pushed his own weakness aside and leapt into onto the skeletons, using them to traverse the now treacherous terrain Alucard prepared his next spell.
"HELL FIRE!" Alucard cried and a globe of fire mixed with darkness formed in his hands, he threw it at hades and the god screamed in agony as soon as he spell hit.
The god was thrown off his perch and once he regained his balance and glared at the vampire.
"You'll pay for that mortal," Hades yelled.
Several ancient swords rose and they flew at Alucard embedding them in several parts of his chest, Alucard felt the blades go through his body, he gaped and staggered for a moment. Hades grinned knowing he had killed the man but his grin quickly turned to shock when Alucard did not fall, instead he looked up at the god with a smile and slowly pulled out the swords.
"I'm not mortal," Alucard claimed as he pulled out the last sword and his injuries instantly healed over.
Hades stared at Alucard in shock, trying to figure out what he was. Alucard glanced over to Wonder Woman hovering in the air nearby.
"I'll distract him hurry and destroy that key," Alucard ordered.
"You think I will allow tha…GAHHHHHH!" Hades screamed as Alucard hit the god with another Hell fire spell.
"Gods talk too much," Alucard said coldly.
Alucard continued to throw spell after spell at the god however each time he did Batman noticed that Alucard was getting weaker and weaker. While his relentless attack spells were in fact working against the god of the dead it was clear that they were taking a toll on the Leagues vampiric ally. As Alucard stared to show signs of severe exhaustion.
Wonder Woman put her mother down and flew over to the key and attempted to remove it, however he was shocked by a powerful blast of divine energy and even though she felt like her entire body was being ripped apart she fought through the pain and removed the key.
Once the key was free Hades turned his attention from Alucard to Wonder Woman as she held the key up above her head.
"Back to the underworld Hades," Wonder Woman declared and she smashed the key on the ground shattering it into tiny pieces.
"NOOOOOO!" Hades screamed as a magical energy shot out from the portal and wrapped around him pulling him back to the depths of hell.
Hades wasn't the only thing being pulled in, a huge vacuum was pulling in the skeleton and the League, Superman and J'onn desperately flew against the wind tunnel keeping a tight hold on their passengers as they had no desire to go to the underworld. Alucard grabbed onto a nearby pillar and held on as tightly as he could to stop himself from falling in; he saw Faust fly into the portal screaming, the moment he passed through the gate he turned to dust.
Hades tried to resist but he could not fight it, he grabbed onto the amazon queen intending to take her to with him. Wonder woman however grabbed her mother and was able to grab the very edge of the gate; she hung onto dear life as she struggled against the vortex pulling Hades in.
Try as she might though, she was not strong enough to hold herself, her mother and hades and she felt her hand start to slip. Alucard hanging onto his pillar looked back and saw the amazon's predicament, without thinking of himself he aimed one last spell at the god and let it loose.
Hades was forced to let go of queen Hippolyta as the spell hit and he was sent falling back into the underworld. With Hades gone Wonder Woman began to pull herself and her mother to safety, however that last spell had drained Alucard of all his strength and he fell towards the portal unable to hold on any longer.
"NO!" Wonder Woman cried as Alucard was pulled in overhead. She wanted to reach up and grab him but the princess knew if she did her mother would be sucked in. Wonder Woman watched helplessly as Alucard fell into the underworld.
As Alucard fell his thoughts drifted back to Castlevaina, he had no clue what would happen to the cursed Castle if he went to the underworld. Would the caste simply disappear or would it reman? Would the League leave it alone or chance it's curse without protection?
Alucard did not have an answer for the questions that raced through his mind; he prayed that the League would leave the cursed Castle alone. He was drawn out of his thoughts when his sensitive ears heard a faint familiar dark voice below him; Alucard looked for the source but could not see anything but the end of the vortex that once he passed he would be trapped in the underworld forever.
Suddenly the vampire felt himself being hit with a powerful burst of wind that came from within the depths of the portal. It was so strong that it shot Alucard straight out of the vortex, Wonder Woman and her mother were also hit and they flew out of the vortex and the door closed behind them.
They crashed on the ground; the League landed and came over to see if they were alright.
"Is everyone alright," Superman asked worriedly,
"We're fine," Wonder Woman said and helped her mother up.
"Not really," Alucard answered weakly. He struggled to sit up not having any strength left, and he looked back at the door wondering where that sudden wind spell had come from and who could have cast it.
Flash came over and helped Alucard to his feet. The League and the amazon queen left the catacombs and headed back to the surface once there Flash sat a weakened Alucard down, it was clear the vampire was exhausted.
Wonder Woman and Queen Hippolyta looked over the petrified Amazons in sorrow.
"Faust is gone…how will we remove the curse placed on our sisters?" Hippolyta asked sadly.
"I still have this magic do-hicky," Flash said and held up the talisman.
Wonder Woman looked at Flash in shock; she had forgotten that the speedster had taken it.
"Give….Give it to me," Alucard whizzed.
Flash bent down and handed it to Alucard and the vampire looked over it critically.
"Hold it up to the dawns morning light," Alucard advised "that should break the spell,"
"Is this true?" Hippolyta asked hopefully "Will the light from the sun truly restore our sisters?"
Alucard nodded.
"Yes but it must be the first rays of the sun," Alucard answered.
"How can you tell?" Batman asked.
"The sun will rise in less than a minute," Superman claimed, he took the talisman and floated up into the air facing east and held the talisman out to the horizon.
Flash looked back at Alucard.
"So…you can do magic," Flash stated.
"Yes….I am a master of the dark arts…there are very few who can match my skill in it," Alucard claimed.
"You saved us," Wonder Woman said.
Alucard groaned in response, he was in no condition to have a conversation.
"Are you going to be okay?" Flash asked.
"Yes…I just used too much energy…I will return to my castle to heal," Alucard claimed.
"How?" Batman asked.
Alucard didn't respond, he looked over towards the horizon as the sun began to rise. The first light of dawn hit the talisman and it glowed a bright yellow. Beams shot out from it and hit the petrified Amazons; once the light touched them they began to unfreeze and it wasn't long before every amazon on the island was back.
Wonder Woman and her mother smiled in relief as they watched there people look around confused.
"It's a miracle," Hippolyta said "Thank the gods,"
A small smile appeared on Alucards face, he whispered the word to return to Castlevaina; a pillar of black fire surrounded him and the League took a step back in shock. The burning pillar was only there for a moment before it died and Alucard was gone.
Most of Alucards magic is the Romanian word for the effect; this is to pay homage to him being born in Romania, His signature spells Hellfire, Dark Metamorphosis, Tetra Spirt and Soul Steal will be in English.
Dormi - Sleep
Incendiul Arde Această Plantă –Fire Burn these Plants
Masa de Stalagmite - Mass Stalagmite
Crampoane - Spikes