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Alucard paced up and down in his father's private sanctum, normally he would not go in here as it contained the worst secrets; his father had knowledge that should never be known. However he needed the most powerful magical artefact in Castlevaina: The Mirror of Shadows.
The mirror was broken into at least fifty if not more shards and floated in the centre of the room, awaiting its masters command, all Alucard had to do was will it to show something and depending on what he wanted to see the mirror would reform and reveal anything to it's master.
"Damn it…I can't fly, I can't use my enhanced strength or speed," Alucard muttered.
He stooped and held out his hand.
"Mică Flacără," Alucard whispered.
A tiny flame flickered to life in the palm of his hand; Alucard watched it for a few seconds and willed it to get bigger; however the flame remained the same. Alucard clashed is fist and the flame went out.
"And my magic is weak too," Alucard sighed and he started pacing a gain. Remembering the events of Themyscira and what happened afterwards.
It had been several months since Faust had taken over Themyscira and petrified its people, although the man did succeeded in freeing the god of the undead he was ultimately defeated by the Justice League with Alucards help. However in order to send the god back to hell Alucard had been forced to reveal his magical abilities and he had used too much energy.
He had returned to Castlevaina after the Amazons had been freed to regain his power and after sleeping in his coffin for a good eight weeks before waking up only to find he was far weaker than he should be.
During that time the rest of the League had become concerned that Alucard had not contacted them in anyway. Superman went down to check on him but found himself unable to enter Castlevaina. So the League left the vampire to his rest and came back once a week to find the castle still locked tight with no way in.
Wonder Woman had come to see him not long after he had woken up; she was very surprised to find the Castle had opened for her. Alucard explained that he had used up quite a lot of power fighting hades and needed some time to recover. He further explained how the castle became inaccessible by any means while he slept.
Wonder Woman accepted the explanation and gave him a golden wreath that her mother had given out as rewards; she also passed on the queens personal gratitude for his role in stopping Hades and providing the way to break the spell placed on the Amazons.
Alucard did not want nor did he believe that he deserved the praise and the gold wreath but he accepted it anyway, when he asked Wonder Woman if she was going to return to her island or stay with the League Wonder Woman informed him that she had been exiled for bringing men to Themyscira.
After Alucard offered his sympathy's Wonder Woman left and Alucard had begun to test just how much of his vampiric powers he had lost and much to his surprise he could no longer use any of them. At first he thought he just needed more rest in his coffin and they would return in time, however after few months Alucard realised that they were not coming back.
So he headed to his father's private study and used the Mirror of Shadows to find a way to restore his powers. The mirror had showed him what was wrong and the only way to restore his vampiric strength.
But it was just as he feared the reason for his lack of vampiric powers was because he had used too much magic and the only way for him to regain his powers was to feed; Alucard needed fresh blood.
"Damn it….there has to be away to restore my powers," Alucard hissed.
He looked at the mirror again, the shards swirled around in the air, dancing and awaiting Alucards command.
"I know what I need…but I can't...I won't," Alucard said determinedly.
Suddenly Alucard had an idea.
"Wait…that giant snake…that would work," Alucard realised; he turned to the mirror "Show me the giant serpent that was guarding the key to the underworld,"
The mirror shards swirled and reformed forming a mirror and showed the outside of the temple where he, Flash and J'onn had fought the giant snake; only the snake's body was nowhere to be found.
"Gone…of course," Alucard sighed disappointingly
"I suppose it makes sense, Wonder Woman destroyed the key so without the relics its guardians must have been destroyed too," Alucard supposed "Now what?"
Mirror changed shape and revealed a different picture, one of various humans walking down the busy streets of Metropolis.
"I am not feasting on human blood," Alucard growled "show me how to regain my powers without killing humans,"
The mirror broke apart again but the shards did not reform. Alucards hissed knowing that if the Mirror of shadows didn't show what its master wanted than what Alucard desired did not exist.
"What about beast's blood? Pigs, Sheep, Cows and Horses…would that work?" Alucard asked.
Again the mirror did not reform.
"Demons blood then I can get strength from them…surly there must be some demons who made it back to this world," Alucard tired.
The Mirror shards formed and revealed a picture of a man with dark red hair and a white streak through it in an antique shop; he looked like he was going over an old tome.
"I said demon not human," Alucard said annoyed.
The mirror did not change.
Alucard scowled the mirror broke apart again.
"I lived on human food as a child and never drank a drop of blood…perhaps that will work," Alucard said.
The shards didn't react in anyway. It appeared that the mirror was set on Alucard drinking human blood.
Alucard scowled, he was about to respond when he felt someone pass through the barrier separating the ocean from Castlevaina.
"Now what?" Alucard hissed irritably.
The mirror reformed and showed an image of Superman landing just outside the entrance to the castle.
"Great…what dose he want?" Alucard sighed.
Alucard turned from the mirror and walked out as soon as the doors closed the mirror broke apart again.
Superman approached the front doors of Castlevaina, he looked up at the scary castle wearily, it still gave him the creeps. Superman knocked on the door and it opened by itself, he walked inside.
"Alucard…you in here?" Superman called out.
Suddenly Alucard emerged from the dark shadows of the vast entry way, it was as if he was part of darkness himself.
'Still not as scary when Batman dose it,' Superman thought as Alucard approached him.
"Superman, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit," Alucard asked with slight irritation.
"Are you alright…is this a bad time?" Superman asked, noticing the irritation.
"I apologise for my tone, I am dealing with a…personal problem," Alucard answered.
"Oh…anything I can do to help?" Superman asked.
"No, I will work it out. Why have you come?" Alucard asked.
"Well I wanted to let you know that the League has decided on the conditions for you to remain here," Superman said.
"Oh?" Alucard asked interested.
"Yes, you see we are not cold hearted, myself and the others believe that everyone should be given a chance…no matter who they are," Superman started.
"A noble belief," Alucard stated.
"Yes, but when it comes to you…it's hard to see past the fact that you are a vampire and they are traditionally evil," Superman said "so giving you a chance is dangerous,"
"I see….you are correct of course, my kind is evil and you are right to keep me at arms-length," Alucard agreed.
"That being said you did help us and we probably wouldn't have beaten Hades without you and that Flash might have been right," Superman said.
"Flash was right?" Alucard asked with a raised eyebrow "Forgive me but he seems the type to treat everything as a joke,"
"Believe me he is and he is going to be riding that compliment for weeks…even more so since it was Batman who said it," Superman claimed.
"What was he right about?" Alucard asked curiously.
"We don't know you; all we see is the monster from old horror movies and nothing else. But then you helped save the world from darkness and we can't ignore that, we also can't ignore that we promised Aquaman that we would keep an eye on you," Superman said.
"So…the League has decided that we should get to know you a bit better, so you're to join us," Superman said.
"Join you?" Alucard asked in confusion "I thought I was a monster in your eyes why would you want me in your ranks?"
"You are and I'm not saying join us as a member of the justice League…but if we have another crises where magic is involved or if there is something really dire going on then we'd like you to help us," Superman claimed.
"I see…so in return my stay here I am to help you in times of need. Are these are the terms you are setting?" Alucard asked.
"Yes it will take a while but if you prove yourself that you are not a threat then we'll leave you alone, it's the fairest idea we have come up with and Aquaman has agreed to it as well," Superman claimed.
Alucard sighed; he didn't really have a choice.
"I do not know how much help I can be but…I will assist you when I can," Alucard answered "However I do have one condition,"
"Oh what's that?" Superman asked.
"I want access to wherever it is the Justice League uses as their main fortress," Alucard said.
"Main Fortress?" Superman asked, not quite understanding.
"Where you meet or where the League goes to after battle," Alucard confirmed "I do not know what you would call it in this century,"
"Oh…You want access to the Watch Tower. Why?" Superman asked wearily.
"Is that what it's called…I suppose a Tower would offer a good vantage point and be easy to defend," Alucard mused.
Superman blinked, Alucard actually thought he was talking about a literal tower.
"Oh the view is quite the sight," Superman agreed "but you didn't answer my question. Why do you want access to the Watch Tower?"
"I have missed so much in my eternal sleep and I wish to learn about the current world. Plus I require some food," Alucard claimed.
"Food…as in blood?" Superman asked with slight concern.
"No as in actual food, I have already told you that I do not need blood to survive, I can live off human food instead," Alucard claimed "I do not expect to allowed into your tower without someone guarding me of course,"
"Oh…well I suppose it should be aright…J'onn and Diana are living up there now," Superman supposed.
"How often do you need to eat?" Superman asked.
"Not often, I will require something if I over exert myself or after a battle," Alucard claimed.
"I don't see a problem with that and it would give you a chance for the other members to get to know you," Superman said.
"Very well, then we have an agreement. May I request that we go to your tower now?" Alucard asked "I find myself in dire need of sustenance,"
"Sure…the rest of the League is supposed to be gathering later, it would give you a chance to meet Green Lantern and Hawkgirl," Superman agreed.
Watch Tower, Earth's Orbit
Flash was enjoying himself watching online videos on the Watch Towers monitors, he was supposed to be looking out for trouble that would require the Leagues assistance but it had been a quite few months; even the bad guys in Gotham hadn't done much. Flash was not paying much attention when a suddenly a pillar of black fire appeared in the room.
"WHOA!" Flash screamed in pure terror and jumped strait up into the air.
Once the black fire had died away Alucard and Superman stood where the pillar had been. Alucard looked around the Watch tower, it was not what he was expecting; he noticed the big window and walked over to it and looked down at the earth. Superman noticed that Alucard did not produce a reflection in the window.
"Told you the view was good," Superman said as he walked up behind the vampire.
"When you said a Watch Tower I did not expect this," Alucard responded.
"I bet you're surprised to learn that the earth isn't flat," Superman joked.
Alucard turned and looked at Superman in confusion.
"I knew the earth was round, why would you think otherwise?" Alucard asked.
"Oh…I just…well you said you went to sleep in the 1476 and technology was not around back then," Superman said "and neither was modern science,"
"I see, you believe that because I have missed 500yrs that I would be impressed or amazed at your space station," Alucard said.
"Yes…wait…you know what a space station is?" Superman asked in surprise.
"Of course, I have seen far more advanced space stations and places than this," Alucard claimed.
"You have… When?...Where?" Superman asked.
"In my youth," Alucard answered cryptically.
"Right…so…do you want a tour?" Superman asked.
"That would be appreciated, however before we begin I do have one question," Alucard said calmly.
"What's that?" Superman asked.
"Why is Flash hanging off the ceiling?" Alucard asked and pointed upwards.
Superman looked up and saw Flash hanging off a support beam, he was holding onto it for dear life. Considering how high the beam was and that fact that Flash could not fly it was rather impressive that he was up there in the first place.
"Flash what are you doing up there?" Superman asked.
He floated up to the speedster who was hanging off a corner support beam.
"You know Batman will get angry at you if try to skip out on monitor duty again," Superman claimed.
"Shut up…you two just startled me that's all," Flash shot back.
"Sorry about that," Superman apologised "Do you need me to help you back down?"
"If you wouldn't mind," Flash responded.
Once Superman had got Flash down and Alucard had apologised for scaring him, Superman took Alucard and showed him around the watch tower, Alucard asked the odd question but he mainly kept quiet and was content to let Superman show him around. Once the tour was over Superman and Alucard went to the kitchen for some food.
Superman explained that everyone was in charge of their own meals and cleaning up after themselves. However there was some leftover dinner from last night that either J'onn or Diana had made so Superman just heated that up for them.
Alucard ate the food but once he was done he did not feel any stronger nor did he feel his powers return and he mentally sighed.
'Perhaps I should try animal blood after all,' Alucard thought.
After they had finished eating Green Lantern and Hawkgirl returned. Superman introduced Alucard to them and Green Lantern was not thrilled to have a vampire on the watch tower, Hawkgirl was indifferent about it claiming that she could take him if he tired anything.
The rest of the day passed and soon the rest of the League returned to the tower, J'onn and Wonder Woman were pleased to see Alucard again; Batman however was not and scolded Superman for bringing an outsider up to the tower.
Fortunately before an argument between the two could break out Flash raced up to them.
"Guys, some robot is tearing up San Francisco," Flash said urgently.
"We will talk about this later," Batman growled.
"I bet…everyone to the Javelin," Superman ordered.
"What about Count Dracula here?" Green Lantern asked.
"I am not Dracula," Alucard said insulted.
"He comes with us," Batman said and walked past the others.
"What? You expect us to fight with a Vampire?" Green Lantern asked angrily.
"He helped us before and we can't leave him here by himself, if you have a problem with that you can fly yourself back to earth," Batman said seriously.
Green Lantern grumbled and followed the others to the Javelin, though he kept an eye on Alucard. Just before the vampire entered the Javelin Green Lantern grabbed his arm roughly, Alucard stopped and looked at him.
"If you try anything, I will kill you," Green Lantern threatened.
"You can try," Alucard responded.
Green Lantern let go of Alucards arm and boarded the plane, Alucard followed. They arrived in San Francisco about five minutes later and found the robot, the League sprang into action and Alucard also joined the fray however he found his attacks in-effective due to his wakened state. The battle raged on and Alucard decided to stay back and watch as he was currently useless in the fight.
He watched the rest of the League and soon there combined attacks were able to defeat the robot, unfortunately the robot got a few good hits in and knocked Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and J'onn out of the sky. Alucard ran over to them to help them up. At that moment the robot fell from a final punch from Superman and fell towards the downed members of the Justice League.
Flash saw this and raced over, he used his speed to create a tornado, intending to protect his friends by making the robot fall the other way however when the robot hit the speedsters tornado sparks and a surge of energy was absorbed and a massive explosion was triggered.
Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman weren't in the blast radius but had to shield their eyes from the explosion. When the light died down there was nothing but a smoking creator where the League once was.
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman stood overlooking the creator in shock as there was no sign of there friends or the robot.
Mică Flacără – Small Flame