A.N I own Nothing.
This Chapter has Etiragn in it, he is a demon who only speaks in Rhyme and was really difficult to write. I tried to get the start and end of his sentences to rhyme as best as I could.
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The Javelin flew towards the location Batman had specified and when it landed Flash was already there, it was no surprise, he was the fasted man alive after all. When the Javelin landed and they exited the rest of the League was surprised to see that Batman was standing next to a large yellow demonic like creature.
Alucard recognised it immediately, his eyes narrowed.
"Demon," Alucard hissed.
"You…DIE MONSTER!" the creature yelled and charged at Alucard.
The Demon tackled Alucard to the ground and began tearing into Alucards flesh with his claws, Alucard struggled to get the monster off him but the demon refused to budge. Etrigan plunged his clawed hand into Alucards stomach and pulled out his intestines.
Alucard screamed in pain, suddenly Wonder Woman grabbed the Demon by his shoulder and pulled him off the Vampire and tried to restrain him. Unfortunately the Demon was still holding onto Alucards insides and they ripped out of his body.
Alucard weakly crawled away from the demon and Wonder Woman.
"Leave him be monster," Wonder Woman demanded.
"Woman what are you doing? That vampire needs subduing," The Demon demanded.
"No, I won't let you hurt him," Wonder Woman claimed.
The Demon kept struggling, he had no desire to hurt Wonder Woman, he looked over to Alucard and noticed that the vampire was starting to push himself up.
"You must release me, he must die in my fire while he is under the wire," The Demon tried. However Wonder Woman did not release her hold on him.
Alucard struggled to stand as the injuries and the hole in his stomach swiftly healed over. The Demon saw this and growled; he threw Wonder Woman off and charged at the vampire again. This time Alucard was prepared and unsheathed his blade.
As the Demon lashed out Alucard blocked the blows with his sword and delivered his own. Alucard sliced his foe across the arm and the Demon yelled in pain; his injuries left a festering sensation on him.
"Etrigan stop," Batman ordered.
"No, you have a blood sucker in your mitts. I will send him to hells pits," the monster responded.
"We know he's a vampire," Batman claimed.
"Then you know why I have to kill him, I will tear him limb from limb and throw his remains in a bin," the beast known as Etrigan declared and continued to attack Alucard.
"Leave him alone, Alucard hasn't done anything wrong," Wonder Woman tired.
Etrigan glanced over at Wonder Woman and then turned back to Alucard and shot a magical energy blast at his foe. Alucard blocked one but was hit by a second. The blast hit him in the chest, causing him to drop his sword and he was thrown back and landed on the ground several feet away.
Etrigan didn't give the vampire time to recover, he ran over to Alucard and hoisted the vampire up by his throat; Etrigan's claws dug into his neck.
"Release their minds vampire, undo whatever evil you have placed them under," Etrigan demanded
"I have done no such thing, their minds remain their own," Alucard claimed.
"If you think I will believe that, you are as daft as an old bat," Etrigan growled.
Alucards narrowed his eyes at the insult, he eyed his fallen sword and reached out with his mind to call it, however the blade remained where it was, lying on the ground.
'Damn I'm weaker than I thought…I can't even summon my own sword,' Alucard mentally cursed.
"Believe what you will, it will not change the truth," Alucard responded.
"But know you stand no chance against me demon," Alucard declared, hoping that the demon would not notice that he had tried to call his weapon back.
Etrigan roared in rage and slammed Alucard into the ground leaving a massive creator. Alucard coughed and groaned as he felt his back bones shatter from the force of impact.
Etrigan looked down glaring at the vampire.
"You do not belong in the world of man, you belong in hell and I shall implement this ban," the beast claimed.
Fire formed in Etrigan's hands and he let lose a stream of hell fire straight to Alucard and it engulfed him. J'onn stepped back from the flames as the heat was very intense. Etrigan continued to hold the stream of fire however suddenly a hand shot out of the flames and grabbed him by the throat.
Etrigan was forced to release the fire and he felt himself being pulled towards the vampire as Alucard slammed him into the ground; Etrigan stared up into blazing yellow eyes.
"Are you done?" Alucard asked coldly.
Etrigans eyes widened, as he looked at the vampire. There was no sign that he was affected by the magical fire at all.
"I…Impossible….this cannot be true, how do my powers not affect you?" Etrigan asked in shock.
"I told you, you stood no chance against me," Alucard hissed "you do not have the power to kill me,"
He bent down and grabbed Etrigans head, tilting it to the side exposing the demons neck and the vampire beared his fangs and pulled Etrigan closer to him.
"Now shall I rip your throat out?" Alucard whispered in a low and dangerous voice "I am so very hungry,"
Etrigan was in too much shock to resist, he had always fought monsters and other creatures of the night with his hellfire and no one was immune to it, yet here was a vampire who was. It made no sense as fire was one of a vampire's main weaknesses.
"Alucard Stop," Batman said before Alucards fangs touched the demons throat "Etrigan is a friend,"
Alucard looked over his shoulder at Batman for a few seconds and then released Etrigan. The demon took a few steps back watching the vampire carefully. Batman approached Alucard and Etrigan but neither creature of the night made any move to harm the human.
"Etrigan this is Alucard he is a vampire who helps the League out from time to time," Batman introduced.
'Alucard…..that name sounds familiar, but I shall worry about that later. iIf I am to avoid being served as a first plater,' Etrigan thought as he shot a hate filled glare at Alucard. The vampire returned the glare with one of his own before walking over and picking up his dropped sword.
Wonder Woman approached Alucard with Flash.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
"I am unharmed," Alucard responded.
"You had your insides ripped out, how are you fine?" Flash asked.
"I am already healed from the fight. Your concern is appreciated but un-warranted," Alucard responded to Flash.
"How can you heal that quickly? Flash asked.
"My immortality also allows me to heal all wounds almost instantaneously," Alucard claimed "I could have my entire insides shredded, my skin burned beyond recognition and my eyes and tongue plucked out at once… and they would grow back in a matter of seconds,"
"That's impressive," Wonder Woman said impressed "Something like that would kill any normal man,"
"Indeed, but I am not a normal man," Alucard reminded.
Etrigan watched Alucard interact with the rest of the League as the vampire explained that he was not hurt nor did he require any rest or medical attention.
"For somebody who is so distrustfully, you certainly keep poor company," Etrigan said to Batman as he observed Alucard.
"I work on a space station with three aliens, an amazon princess, a Space Marine and the Flash. Poor Compony is an understatement," Batman responded.
"They are at least among the living. You are a fool to let a vampire into your ranks. His fangs in your neck will be your thanks," Etrigan advised.
This peeked Batman's interest.
"You know Alucard?" Batman asked.
Etrigan looked up at Batman.
"It doesn't matter if I have or not, only that you do not let my words rot. He cannot be trusted. It would be better if he was purged from the world and dusted,"
Batman considered Etrigans words; he would be the first to admit that he did not trust Alucard. He knew nothing about him nor could he find anything on the vampire at all. Even from records from hundreds of years ago and he certainly did not believe that Alucard was willing to lock himself away for all eternity for the sake of Mankind like he claimed.
No one was that self-sacrificing noble…expect maybe Superman.
Batman was pulled out of his thoughts when Alucard approached him.
"You should not make friends with demons," Alucard advised, he then turned to Etrigan "they cannot be trusted,"
"And you can?" Etrigan asked "you are not from the world of man,"
"Vampires do not devour human souls," Alucard stated.
"No you only drain humans of their blood until they die and that's if they're lucky," Etrigan said "Tell me Vampire do you like your food plucky?"
Alucard gave a low growl.
"Do not compare me to others of my kind," Alucard warned.
"Why not? After all humans have a saying…the apple doesn't fall far from the tree," Etrigan shot back. He then looked at Batman "I'll give you that advice for free,"
Alucard placed his hand on the hilt of his blade and took a step towards the demon.
"Enough, we have bigger problems," Batman said before the fight could start again.
"Your right, I'll deal with the blood sucker later. When my time is greater," Etrigan said.
"Better men and more powerful creatures than you have tried," Alucard shot back "I will never fall to your kind demon,"
"And I will never let history repeat itself, even if I have to kill you myself," Etrigan declared.
Batman stepped between the two.
"I. Said. Enough," Batman repeated in a no nonsense tone.
"He is a demon, he will turn on you and devour your soul," Alucard urged.
"And you are a vampire, who does not wish to be evicted," Batman said seriously.
Alucard glared at Batman for a few seconds he knew that he had to obey as he could not afford to lose the small amount of trust he had gained with the Justice League.
Since it was clear that Batman was the most respected member of the group and the least trusting Alucard had no desire to give him an excuse to turn the others against him. The fate of mankind depended on his co-operation and obedience.
Alucard let out a sigh, he let go of his swords hilt and relaxed.
"Do as you wish then," Alucard said "But I will not be held responsible for the consequences for trusting a Demon,"
Batman nodded in acceptance and introduced Etrigan to the rest of the group and explained the situation. Etrigan was a demon who was hunting down the sorceress Morgan La fey, who was searching for the Philosopher's Stone.
"The Philosopher's Stone?" Alucard asked with interest.
"You've heard of it?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Yes, it is said to be the ultimate creation…it can give eternal youth and life along with create anything out only the bear martials, and it is the source of immense magical power," Alucard explained.
"It is and its magical powers are beyond compare. Creatures like you can't touch it and the Stone is mine to protect so beware," Etrigan warned.
"Why can't he touch it?" Batman asked.
"Because of its immense power Merlin put a spell on it, so that no creature of the night or anyone born of darkness can touch it. Merlin did not want them to do as they saw fit," Etrigan explained.
"I would very much like to test that," Alucard claimed.
Etrigan growled dangerously at that; he would not let the vampire near the stone if he could help it.
"But doesn't that mean you can't touch it either?" J'onn asked.
"I was not born like this I was cursed. But Le Fay can too and she is the worst," Etrigan said.
"Why is Morgan seeking the stone in the first place?" Batman asked.
"Because with it she can rule the world and place her son on the throne of Camelot. To live under his rule I for one would rather not" Etrigan stated.
"Uh…Camelot…as in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?" Flash asked.
Etrigan nodded in confirmation.
"But…aren't they dead? I mean Camelot existed thousands of years ago, how is Morgan supposed to put her son on a dead kingdoms throne?" Flash asked.
"With the stones power she can reshape this world to her will, her son Mordred will become king," Etrigan claimed "along with many disasters it shall bring,"
"So let's go find her," Wonder Woman declared.
"I can't, she has an item that warns her when I approach. It is her magic broach," Etrigan claimed.
"Perhaps I can find her with telepathy," J'onn offered.
J'onns eyes glowed and he reached out with his mind, he focused on anyone thinking of the Philosopher's Stone and it was not long before he found Morgan Le' Feys mind. However as soon as he started probing it for information he suddenly screamed and collapsed to the ground.
The League ran over to him.
"J'onn, J'onn," Wonder Woman said urgently and tried o bring the martin round.
"He's not waking up," Batman said.
"But his eyes are still glowing," Flash pointed out "Doesn't that mean he's still using his telepathy,"
"Le Fey," Etrigan hissed.
The League looked at Etrigan in surprise.
"You think she is behind this?" Alucard asked
"I know she is, she is in his head taking a peek, warping his mind as we speak," Etrigan stated.
"So how do we bring J'onn back?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Someone had to go into his mind and to see if we can find," Etrigan said.
"To manipulate a mind as strong as J'onn's is no small feat. Are you sure you can break the hold on his mind without damaging it?" Alucard asked.
"I am not letting you into his head, you would leave him brain dead," Etrigan sneered.
"I was merely stating the risks involved," Alucard stated.
"I am well aware of the risks, my presence there shall be brisk," Etrigan said. He bent down and placed a clawed hand on J'onns head, he muttered a spell and the demons eyes glowed red.
The League watched and waited and soon J'onn moaned and his eyes stopped glowing. Etrigan let go of the martins head and stood back up.
"She is no longer in his mind… I fear that the damage has been done and what is yet to come," Etrigan said.
"Let's get him back to the Javelin," Batman said "he can rest there,"
Wonder Woman picked the martin up and the group made their way back to the Leagues plain, once inside Wonder Woman placed J'onn on one of the seats in the plane. She then walked up to Alucard.
"What happens if there not lucky?" Wonder Woman asked.
Alucard looked at her in confusion.
"I do not understand," Alucard responded.
"Etrigan said that if you drank blood the person your drinking from dies if their lucky," Wonder Woman clarified.
Alucard looked at her; he did not want to answer. He then noticed that Batman and Flash were also looking at him, it was likely that they wanted an answer.
"They become thralls…humans who have lost all concept of themselves. There only wish is to serve and be useful to the vampire that bit them," Alucard explained.
"You make them your slaves," Batman stated.
"Yes…most of the times a bite is not even needed. A human can be turned into a thrall by simply being around a vampire," Alucard claimed.
"How?" Flash asked.
"Vampires have a natural charm…It makes us irresistible to humans,"
"But not of the same gender…right?" Flash asked.
"Gender does not matter, women cannot resist a male vampires charm and men will be so envious and want to be like the vampire…they will do anything to please them just so they can be like the vampire themselves. The opposite is true for female vampires,"
"Uh….should we be worried?" Flash asked.
"No, I do not possess that power and even if I did I would not complete the transformation,"
"What do you mean complete the transformation?" Wonder Woman asked.
"If a human is around the vampire long enough…then the effects of the charm fade over time as dose being a thrall and they will eventually return to what they were before and be immune to that vampires charm and resistant others," Alucard claimed "But while under the effects…should a vampire bite the thrall they stay that way forever and there is no way to reverse it,"
"Sometimes thralls are created as a constant source of blood to feed off and sometimes it's done just for amusement…sometimes it's for pleasure as well," Alucard finished "regardless of the reason for a vampire making a thrall it would be kinder to kill the human in the first place as they never live very long once they become enthralled,"
The League stared at him in shock. Alucard could see the horror and fear in their eyes, he turned away and sat down on one of the front seats so he would not have to look at the Leagues expressions.
"Now do you understand?" Etrigan asked Batman "or do you need to witness that firsthand?"
"He hasn't bitten anyone," Flash defended.
"None that you know of," Etrigan snorted.
"What do you mean?" Batman demanded.
"Vampires live for eternity, he probably fed on people in the past," Etrigan claimed "its common knowledge that vampires cannot survive without feeding on human blood so his food source is vast,"
Batman was going to respond but J'onn started to wake up, the League went over to him. J'onn looked at the League and then around the plane.
"It was all an illusion wasn't it," J'onn said.
"What was an illusion?" Flash asked.
J'onn didn't answer for a moment.
"Nothing…never mind," J'onn said and he stood up and walked to the front of the plane.
"He's been tainted, the witch got him as soon as he fainted," Etrigan warned.
"Lay off," Flash shot back.
Batman walked up too J'onn.
"Did you learn anything?" Batman asked.
"Yes, the names of the archaeologist who discovered this castle, there are only two still alive, Morgan believes one on of them has the stone," J'onn said.
"It's a start, what are their names?" Batman asked.
"Henry Moss and Harv Hickman," J'onn stated.
"Wait…the Harv Hickman?" Flash asked "As in the magazine publisher?"
"You know him?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Uh…not personally but I've read some of his work," Flash said and blushed slightly.
Batman looked at him critically and Flash shrunk back under his gaze.
"I…uh…just read it for the articles," Flash tried, though it was clear that Batman did not believe him.
"Do you know where he lives?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Uh…yes…" Flash said awkwardly.
"Good than you and I will start there," Wonder Woman said.
"That's probably not a good idea," Batman claimed, knowing full well what kind of magazine Harv published.
"Why not? If we know where he is than we should get there before La Fey," Wonder Woman stated.
Batman sighed; he knew time was of the essence so he could not really argue with her logic.
"Fine, you and Flash go to Hickman's place while J'onn Alucard and Etrigan will help me look for Henry," Batman said.
Batman then looked at Etrigan.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Batman asked.
"None, I just want this night to be done," Etrigan said.
Alucard chose not to respond to that.
It did not take long for Batman to find out where Henry lived, however when Etrigan and Batman approached to talk to him the old man's heart had a heart attack, thankfully J'onn was not only able to get the man to a hospital in time, but he was also able to read his mind and discovered that he did not have the stone.
Batman knowing that Morgan Le Fey had an equal chance of coming to the wrong place decided to set a trap for the witch. J'onn shifted into an exact replica of Henry and sat in the study while Batman, Etrigan and Alucard watching and waiting outside on the rooftop opposite for her to arrive.
"Etrigan…dose Le Fay seek the other two stones as well?" Alucard asked suddenly in concern.
Etrigan gave Alucard a strange and suspicious look, he should have figured that the vampire would have herd of the other two stones as well. After all they were considered the ultimate treasure for any creature of darkness…vampires especially.
"Do not worry, to find those stones La fey is in no hurry," Etrigan claimed.
Alucard nodded in relief and Batman looked over at his supernatural companies.
"Other two stones….there's more than one?" Batman asked.
"Yes, during the Philosophers Stones creation two more stones of power were made….the Ebony Stone and the Crimson Stone," Alucard explained "They were created by mistake in an attempt to create the Philosophers Stone,"
"So they were prototypes….Are they as powerful as the Philosophers Stone?" Batman asked worriedly.
He did not want to have any more magic stones to search for, considering how much trouble one was and how dangerous it was too.
"That depends on your perspective, the other two stones powerful…and in if used the right way they are just as dangerous. If not more so then the one Le Fay seeks," Alucard claimed.
"These other two stones…What do they do exactly?" Batman asked.
"The Ebony Stone creates eternal night in a within a wide area and the Crimson Stone (1) has the power to steal a vampires power and fuse it with the users own," Alucard explained.
"Can anyone use the Crimson Stone?" Batman asked.
"Yes, if a human were to use it they would gain all the powers of the vampire they stole from…but to obtain those powers the human would become a vampire themselves in the process,"
"What if a vampire was to use it?" Batman asked.
"Then the power they stole would be added to their own…making the vampire even more powerful and dangerous," Alucard claimed.
"Is there a limit to how much power a vampire could steal?"
"No…there is not," Alucard answered.
"What would happen if you were to use it?" Batman asked.
"I….don't know, I am already a vampire so it is possible that I will gain more power," Alucard theorised "But I do not have the Crimson Stone nor another vampire to test it on,"
Batman nodded in agreement.
'It may also be possible that I will lose my human side in the process as well,' Alucard added as an afterthought.
"If that is the case then I agree with Etrigan and doubt La Fey would have any interest in those other two stones, she would have no use for them," Batman claimed.
"She would not," Etrigan agreed "Those two stones disappeared and it is better they be left lost,"
"That is at least something we agree on," Alucard commented.
The three turned their attention back to Henry's house and continued to watch for Le Fay. They were not waiting long because soon Morgan La Fey and her son Mordred appeared in a puff of smoke, J'onn disguised as Henry acted surprised and looked over to them.
"Forgive the intrusion professor but you may have something we want," Morgan said.
"And what would that be exactly?" J'onn asked.
Morgan tilted her head slightly.
"I believe we have met before," she said.
"Have we?" J'onn asked.
"Yes…I never forget a face," Morgan said.
She raised her hand and unleased a magical blast at J'onn forcing him to shift back into his true form. Before she could do anything else the window broke and Etrigan, Batman and Alucard charged in.
"Die witch, you annoying persistent bi…." Etrigan yelled.
"Don't talk just get her," Batman ordered, interrupting the demon
Etrigan summoned his hellfire and blasted it towards the witch. However Morgan blocked it with a magic barrier.
Batman threw a Batarang but it was also blocked, J'onn was about to join in the battle but Morgan looked at him and her eyes glowed for a brief second. J'onn saw his long dead family again and started calling their names to try and reach them.
"J'onn snap out of it," Batman cried noticing what was happing.
However morgana took advantage of the dark night's distraction and sent a spell his way, he was blown back into Etrigan and the two crashed through the wall. Morgan turned to Alucard who was still standing.
"Are you going to try and stop us?" She asked.
"Yes," Alucard said and raised his hand so it was directed at Le Fay and her son "(2)Cușcă Magică de Lumină, Imi Prind Inamicii,"
Morgan and Mordred looked around but nothing happened.
"Mother…was something supposed to happen?" Mordred asked.
"I think he was trying to cast a spell," Morgana said "but he lacks the talent or power to do so,"
Morgan raised her hand and it started glowing with magical energy, a yellow light surrounded Alucard lifting him into the air.
"This is how you use magic," Morgan said and she flung Alucard into the vast bookshelves. Alucard hit the shelves, they fell on top of him and he was buried in a pile of books.
"Well that was educational," Mordred joked.
"Indeed, come what we seek is not here," Morgan stated.
They walked towards the hole in the wall and Morgan cast a spell and the two flew off just as Etrigan and Batman were recovering. Etrigan watched them go and growled; he then looked back into the room to see J'onn was only now starting recovering from Morgan's influence.
Alucard unburied himself and rubbed his head, he let out a disappointed sigh. As he stood up one of the books in the pile caught his eye, he picked it up and read the title.
The Sleeping Solider
"What? What is this?" Alucard thought.
"You, you let her get away," Etrigan yelled in anger "Curse you and Le Fay,"
Alucard looked up, just in time to see Etrigan attack J'onn and grab the martin by the throat.
"You betrayed us, I'll kill you without fuss," Etragan cried in rage.
However before Etrigan could strike again Batman stopped him.
"No...leave him…" Bataman started but did not finish as he collapsed to the ground.
"Batman," J'onn cried out in panic.
Alucard rushed over and looked over the fallen dark knight critically.
"Is…is he…"J'onn started.
"No, but I can smell internal bleeding…here and here," Alucard claimed and he pointed to two spots on Batman's lower torso "he needs treatment right away,"
"Look what you've done, you've hurt one of the people closest to you and now death will come," Etrigan said angrily.
J'onn looked down in shame, he did not mean for anyone to get hurt let alone die.
"This is not the time to blame others," Alucard defended "Batman is not dead yet but he will be unless he gets help,"
"But what about Le fay?" Etrigan asked "we have to go after her before she gets away,"
"J'onn, you take him back to the Watch Tower. Etrigan and I will meet up with Flash and Wonder Woman," Alucard ordered.
J'onn nodded.
"And…can you take this with you?" Alucard said and handed him the book he picked up.
"A book?" J'onn asked.
"Yes…it's important," Alucard claimed.
J'onn didn't understand but he took the book anyway, he picked batman and walked out carrying the only non-powered member of the league. Once he was gone Alucard tuned to look at Etrigan.
"J'onn will need the Javelin to get Batman back to the Watchtower, I assume you have some way of getting us to Flash and Wonder Woman," Alucard stated.
"Yes," Etrigan claimed with slight distaste in his voice. He was no happy at the moment and the fact that he now had only Alucard to help him was not improving his mood.
He turned and chanted a few words, a portal opened in front of them, Etrigan walked through Alucard followed close behind. They emerged in Harvs mansion and there was a giant worm running wild, Wonder Woman was attacking the worm while Flash was trying to get bystanders away from the monster.
Both Alucard and Etrigan a small rectangle stone hanging off her belt. Morgan Le Fey was off to the side watching the fight, she used magic to lift the stone off the Amazons belt and levitate it towards her.
"I believe we have found the stone," Alucard claimed.
"You think?" Etrigan asked and charged at Le Fay breaking her concentration of the spell.
Wonder Woman flew back with the stone still in hand and looked at Etrigan.
"Go, get the stone away from her," Etrigan ordered.
Wonder woman was reluctant to leave but did so anyway. Morgan saw this and hissed.
"She will not get far and you will not save her," Morgan declared and she began chanting.
A large red and black cloud appeared over her head and it swilled around violently, and four giant beasts emerged and stepped out. A large Bull, a giant Spider, a humungous Crow and an enormous Wolf.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me," Flash said as he stared at the giant beasts.
"She has summoned the four great demon beasts. Be on guard or you will be they're feast," Etrigan warned.
"Stop them and retrieve the stone," Morgan commanded.
The four bests obeyed and charged into battle, the Crow took to the sky to seek out Wonder Woman and catch up with her, once it did the giant bird began to claw and bite her. Wonder Woman evaded it as best she could but it still got her in its claws.
The land based beasts however ganged up on the reaming leaguers, the bull charged between them making them separate and then focused on trampling Etrigan. Flash fought the Spier and the big arachnid did not care for the heroes speed, it sprayed some web on the ground and Flash found himself stuck when he ran over it.
"Uh-oh," Flash said as he tried to escape as the spider started to head his way.
The wolf leapt onto Alucard, pinning the vampire down and started to try an eat him, Alucard held the jaws back with his hands; the wolf's foul breath was torture to his enhanced sense of smell. He did his best to hold back the snapping jaws of the wolf but it that was all he could do.
'Damn…I need more power…I need blood,' Alucard thought 'I could feed off these beasts but I haven't fed in so long…I may not be able to control myself,'
A scream brought the vampire out of his thoughts and Alucard glanced around to see that his allies were in trouble. Etrigan was being trampled; Flash was being webbed up into a cocoon buy the spider and Wonder Woman was trapped by the Crows claws and on her way back to Le Fey.
Alucard closed his eyes he knew there was no choice, if nothing was done Le Fey would get the stone and the world would be hers. He opened his eyes again and looked up and the snarling wolf, Alucard let go of the wolfs jaw and rolled to the side just in time to avoid being crushed as the wolf slammed it's jaws into the ground.
While the wolf was mawing the ground he leapt onto the wolf's neck and plunged his fangs into its throat and began to drink. Alucard felt the warm red liquid of life go down his throat, it felt so good and he just wanted to keep dinking.
The wolf howled in pain and tried to shake the vampire off but the more it struggled the weaker it became. After a few seconds the wolf fell over and started to shrivel up and died from blood loss.
Alucard finally released the wolf once he had taken all of its blood and panted heavily, he could feel the power the blood had given him and he liked it; he tuned to look at the other beasts.
His yellow eyes became a blood red and he wanted more.
Flash was struggling to get out of the web cacoon as the large spider approached, it snapped it's pincers and it was clear to Flash that it wanted to eat him.
"Uhh…guys…a little help," Flash called out.
Alucard suddenly appeared and he grabbed the spiders head with one hand and slammed it into the ground with such force that it flipped over and landed on its back on the other sided of Flash. The speedster was about to thank Alucard for his help when the vampire jumped onto the spiders underbelly and began to savagely tear away its hard shell.
Once he had gotten through Alucard planed his fangs into the spiders and began to drink, Flash watched as the spider let out a scream and its legs flailed about before they curled up and it died. Alucard lifted his head and licked the blood off his teeth and from around his lips.
Alucard looked at Flash with blood red eyes and started walking towards him, however a demonic sound caught his attention and he looked over at the giant Bull who was still battling Etrigan. Alucard tuned away from the human in front of him and started heading towards the Bull.
The Bull charged at the Leagues demon ally and using his vampiric speed Alucard appeared in front of Etrigan, he grabbed the bull by its horns. A shockwave was released when Alucard caught the stopped the Bull but neither one of them seemed to be too affected by it. Alucard looked into the Bulls eyes and let out a dangerous hiss.
The Bull pushed against Alucards strength and continued to ty to trample the vampire holding him, Alucard however did not budge. Using his newly recovered strength and the bull's weight against him Alucard threw the bull to the ground. The beast landed on its side and before it could get up again Alucard leapt onto it and plunged his fangs into its; neck draining it of its blood.
While Alucard was feasting on the bulls blood Etrigan ran over and freed Flash, Once Flash was free he looked over to Alucard and was frightened by what he saw.
Once Alucard had finished with the bull he once again turned his eyes to Flash and Etrigan, letting out a feral and hungry hiss. Suddenly Alucards attention was caught by the caw of the large crow. He looked at it and decided the giant bird was a bigger and better meal then the demon and the human in front of him. Alucard bent down and lunched himself into the air he flew straight towards the Crow that had Wonder Woman in its claws.
"He can fly too?" Flash asked in amazement. Alucard had displayed no such power to the League before; all they had seen was his magic and healing abilities.
Alucard flew towards the Crows and came at it from underneath, he punched the birds belly with such force that it buckled over and became stunned; the bird realised Wonder Woman as it was blown away. Wonder woman quickly regained her balance in the air and was about to thank Alucard but the Vampire flew past her and followed the crow.
The Crow regained its balance and charged towards the Alucard head on letting out a demonic squawk. The two headed towards each other at full speed and just before they collided Alucard changed course, he moved slightly to the left and spriled around the birds head and landed on its neck.
He got a firm grip on the feathers and like the other demon beasts he plunged his fangs into its throat. The bird cried out in pain and not only did it fail to shake the vampire off but it also struggled to stay airborne. Soon the crow did not have the strength to remain in the air and it plummeted to the ground crash landing on it's back with a loud thud.
The fall did not seem to bother Alucard at all as he kept drinking until there was nothing left.
Off to the side Morgan Le Fey and her son had watched the whole battle; the old witch was very concerned at what she saw.
"Mother…what is that…that monster?" Mordred asked with fear in his voice.
"A savage creature and not something we should fight," Morgan claimed "Come my son we will not get the stone with that thing around,"
Morgan opened a portal and the two retreated through it. Leaving Flash, Wonder Woman and Etrigan to deal with the crazed vampire.
Alucard finished drinking the demon crow and once he was done he turned his attention back to Etrigan and Flash.
"Uh…why is he looking at us like that?" Flash asked in concern.
"Even though we are few, he wants to drain us of our blood too," Etrigan claimed.
"What?" Flash asked.
Alucard launched himself through the air towards Flash and Etrigan indenting to drink there blood as well, however before he could reach them a golden lasso was roped around him and stopped him in his tracks causing him to land roughly on the ground.
Wonder Woman floated down holding the other end of the rope and swiftly tied the vampire up in it. Alucard snarled angrily as struggled against Wonder Woman's holy lasso but could not break it.
"A…Alucard?" Flash asked.
"I told you not to trust him, you need to hurry up and dust him," Etrigan demanded.
"What happened to him?" Wonder Woman asked "is this Morgan's doing?"
"The witch has done nothing. Let this savage creature with an insatiable hunger for blood be your teacher on a vampire's true nature," Etrigan claimed.
"No…this can't be," Flash said.
"It is, he will never stop drinking blood, do not be dim. You have no choice but to kill him," Etrigan claimed.
"We can't do that," Flash defended.
"Look at him, every time he drinks blood he gets stronger, faster more deadly. He is a monster that must be put down. For the sake of the world put him in the ground," Etrigan said.
"No, he's our friend we have to help him," Wonder Woman claimed.
"You fool; you put us all in danger," Etrigan demanded. "You put everyone's lives at risk with this wager,"
"The Lasso of truth is unbreakable, it will hold him," Wonder Woman assured "Let's take him back to the watch tower and figure something out there,"
(1) In Castlevaina Lament of Innocence a human named Mathis Cronqvist used the Crimson Stone to steal the powers of a powerful vampire named Walter Bernhard; Mathis was turned into a vampire as a result. Leon Belmont(the current Belmont at the time) was close friends with Mathis and was offered to be turned into a vampire as well; Leon refused and vowed to hunt down Mathis as he had used Leon's fiancée as a sacrifice for power.
Leon vowed he, his decedents and anyone bearing the Belmont name would forever hunt Mathis down and kill him. Mathis later changed his name and introducing himself as Dracula; making Leon the first Belmont to stand against Dracula.
These events set the eternal war between the Belmont's and the Dracula.
(2) Cușcă Magică De Lumină, Îmi Prind Inamicii - Magic Cage Of Light, Entrap My Foes