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I marathoned Castlevania Season 2 last night with a group of friends and it was so good. I have lots of new Ideas for the story and a bunch of inspiration. If you get any good Ideas for the story I would love to hear them.
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The next day Alucard arrived on the Watchtower with the blood he took from the demon. He intended to show it to the rest of the League have it tested and state that he now had a steady supply of non-human blood for his own consumption. This way he would not be taking any blood from the League would notice that the blood he did drink was different from the small sample he brought up.
However when he arrived on the Watchtower he found the satellite empty. This was odd as it was only empty if there was an emergency that needed to be dealt with.
Alucard headed to the Monitor room and once there he pressed a few buttons on the console and he found that the league was scattered across the globe but most of the group was in Metropolis. J'onn had shown him how to use the console to find and communicate with the other Justice League members on earth if no one was on the Watchtower.
'Odd…Is there an emergency?' Alucard wondered.
Alucard shut down the monitors and headed to Metropolis via Castlevaina, he arrived in the pillar of black flames not far from the Justice League members. Superman, Hawk Girl, Batman and Wonder Woman were standing in the middle of the street looking up at the sky. In fact Alucard noticed that it seemed like most of the citizens were staring up at the sky in wonder. Alucard looked up and saw what everyone else was looking at; he raised an eyebrow staring at it before approaching the group.
The league sensed someone approaching them and they turned to look in his direction.
"Alucard...what are you doing here?" Superman asked.
None of the League had expected to see the vampire today as today was not one of the days for his visits to the Watchtower and Alucard rarely got involved in Justice League business unless something big happened while he was on the tower.
"I came up to the Watchtower to tell you all something...but it appears you are busy," Alucard responded.
"Metropolises skies are filled with fish and other sea creatures," Hawk Girl answered
Alucard looked back up towards the sky again and saw that the entire sky was filled with various creatures of deep and they were swimming around in the sky like they were in the ocean.
"I see that...I take it this is not a regular occurrence?"
"No it's not," Batman claimed.
"I was under the impression that sea creatures couldn't survive outside of the ocean," Wonder Woman said.
"They can't," Batman agreed.
"I am a bit more concerned about the fact they seem to be ignoring gravity," Hawk Girl stated.
"Could magic is involved?" Superman asked.
"I know no such spell or artefact that would do this," Alucard responded.
He then turned and scanned the area critically with his eyes, searching for any sign of magical presence.
"Nor do I sense any magical presence or energy nearby,"
Suddenly superman's ear piece went off.
"Superman...Huh you sure?...okay let us know if you need any help," Superman said and ended the call.
"What is it?" Batman asked.
"The Venice Canals are filled with thick chocolate pudding," Superman claimed.
"Is anyone hurt?"
"Not yet...a few gondoliers with tourists are stuck but Green Lantern is going to get them back to shore," Superman responded.
"Great how are we going to deal with that?" Hawk Girl groaned.
Fish in the sky was on thing but having an entire city's canals filled with a desert was a whole other problem in itself.
"We could send flash to eat it all," Superman joked.
"Not a bad Idea...his high metabolism would certainly be able to handle it," Wonder Woman agreed.
"Except we would have to deal with him while he is on a sugar high," Batman added "and I would prefer given Venice's historical and cultural importance it remain as it is,"
"May I ask where the rest of the League is?" Alucard spoke up.
"Green Lantern is in Venice, J'onn is over the Atlantic and Flash is in New York," Superman answered "they're all dealing with strange and Bizarre situations,"
"What situations?" Alucard asked.
"Well you know about Venice. Planes are flying upside down and inside out over the Atlantic so J'onn is keeping an eye out for accidents and the Titanic docked in New York this morning so Flash is over there now trying sort that out," Superman explained.
"What is the Titanic?" Alucard asked.
"A famous ship that sank after hitting an Iceberg...it happened about 80yrs ago," Batman said "a lot of people died that night,"
"Are these same people trying to disembark?" Alucard asked.
"We haven't herd yet...but if the ship came in it's a possibility," Batman stated.
"Hmm..." Alucard said thoughtfully. As he tried to think of any dark magic or artefact that would raise a long dead ship with restore all its passengers from its ocean grave.
Superman's ear piece went off again and the Man of Steel listened to what was being said. His eyes went wide.
"J'onn says that Atlantis has just risen from the ocean," Superman informed.
"Great…I bet Arthur is happy about that," Hawk Girl said sarcastically "as if we don't have enough problems,"
"I'll go deal with Aquaman," Wonder Woman volunteered "Maybe he can help with the fish situation,"
"I'll come too," Batman said.
Wonder Woman nodded and she wrapped her arm around Batman's waist.
"My castle is near Atlantis….If you see it let me know right away," Alucard requested.
The other two leaguers nodded in agreement and flew off with Wonder Woman supporting Batman so he would not fall.
"You said your castle was curse right?" Hawk Girl asked. Turning to face Alucard once Batman and Wonder Woman were gone.
"Yes it is why it must remain under the ocean," Alucard claimed.
"If Atlantis just rose how do you know it is still where you left it?" Superman asked.
"I just came from the castle…it should not move unless I will it," Alucard stated.
"Assuming Sypha hasn't suddenly decided to come back to life that is and mess with it again," he added under his breath.
"What was that last part?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Nothing….but if it suddenly changed locations I will move it back right away," Alucard assured "Hopefully before any permanent damage can be done,"
"So...fish in the sky, planes flying upside down, the titanic docking and now Atlantis rises from the sea...what's causing all this?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Don't know..." Superman stated and then his eyes went wide as he remembered something "wait...what day is it?"
"Uh...Thursday," Hawk Girl answered.
"No...Date, what's the date today?" Superman asked urgently.
"24th of June,"
"The 24th...oh no," Superman groaned "Well at least that explains everything,"
"You know the cause of these strange occurrences?" Alucard asked.
"Yeah...and everything else that is happening today,"
"What?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Not a what...a who," Superman sighed "Follow me,"
Superman took off into the sky, Hawk Girl and Alucard glanced at each other before following him, they were carful not to run into any of the flying sea creatures. They landed on the roof of the daily planet. The three had a good view of the city and could see the fish in the sky extended far out to the horizon.
"Why are we up here?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Alright...I know you're behind this," Superman called out.
"Aww you ruin all my fun," a childish voice said "I was hoping you wouldn't figure it out yet,"
Alucard and Hawk Girl looked around for the source of the voice but they didn't see anything.
"Where did that voice come from?" Hawk Girl asked.
Suddenly a small man appeared out of nowhere, he wore a sleeveless orange outfit with purple trimmings, had and white hair on the sides of his bald head and a small purple bowler hat.
"Hiya Big Boy Blue...long time no see," the little man greeted.
"Mr Mxyzptlk…of course you would be behind all the strange things today," Superman sighed.
"Is this a friend of yours?" Hawk Girl asked.
"More like a constant annoyance," Superman huffed.
"Don't be like that; it's not my fault you can't take a joke," Mr Mxyzptlk said "besides you're the one to blame for today not me,"
"How am I to blame for this?" Superman demanded and gestured to the sky "and all the things you've done today?"
"Well since our last outing together was so much fun I could not wait to come back…But when I do find you've made friends with other people," Mr Mxyzptlk said annoyed "after all we've done and been through together…you go out and meet a bunch of new people,"
"I mean do I mean nothing to you?" Mr Mxyzptlk asked in a hurt tone "I thought we had something special,"
"We are not friends," Superman shot back "and you show up every three months cause unnecessary havoc around my city simply for a laugh,"
"See…we had a good thing going on…why would you change that?" Mr Mxyzptlk said "Remember the parade where I turned all the balloons into big bubbles? The kids loved it,"
"Yeah they also trapped people in them and floated them up into space," Superman claimed.
"Ah they were fine, besides how was I to know 3rd dimensioners need air to survive….what about the time with the electric light show?"
"The one that caused all the massive power outage and made all the power stations overload and explode?"
"It was a good fireworks show,"
"Firework shows are not supposed to set fire to half the city nor do they make water catch alight," Superman scolded "and that is before it started raining which set the rest of the city on fire,"
Alucard and Hawk Girl sent worried glances at each other.
"Okay I admit I may have taken it a bit far that time…but it worked out," Mr Mxyzptlk agreed "But what about the time with the giant cake slice monster,"
"What happened to cake monster?" Alucard asked.
"Don't ask," Superman moaned.
"We had so much fun together….but I realise you primitive 3rd dimension beings have different needs then us superior 5th dimensioners…so that's why I forgive you,"
"Gee thanks," Superman said sarcastically "But if you forgive me for making friends then why did you this?"
"Well you see while I am a bit upset my best buddy made other friends it made me realised that the more friends you make the more people there will be around you for me to play with,"
"Oh no…."
"Oh yes….so go on Big Blue make as many friends as you want…I encourage it," Mr Mxyzptlk said wickedly "I'm going to play with them all,"
The imp then looked up at Alucard and Hawk Girl.
"Starting with them,"
Alucard and Hawk Girl got on their guard.
"Wait don't…" Superman tried, but it was too late and the imp snapped his fingers.
Hawk Girls mace instantly dropped and she disappeared. In her place was a baby Hawk chick that with ruffled feathers. It looked around and let off a cute chirp.
"Naaawww…isn't she sweet now?" Mr Mxyzptlk cooed, he then turned and looked at Alcuard.
"Mxyzptlk change her back," Superman demanded.
"Hmmm… nope, now let's take a look at tall dark and scary over here," the imp said and floated up to Alucard.
The vampire instantly attempted to swipe Mxyzptlk with his sword but the being from the 5th dimension did not appear to be fazed or harmed in anyway.
"Oh sorry…I can't be harmed at all in this damson," Mr Mxyzptlk claimed and he snapped his fingers and Alucards sword turned into a sunflower with a long stem.
"What the…." Alucard said in surprise.
The imp floated right up to Alucards face, the vampire leaned back a bit. He looked at superman for help but the man of steel was gently picking up the baby Hawk chick.
"Oh…your different…let's see…you're a child of chaos, something that was not meant to exist…or at least shouldn't exist…I like finding creatures like you,"
Alucards eyes narrowed, he contemplated on using some magic but if the imp could not be harmed then it would be a waste of energy.
"You know making you into something else like baby bird over there would be boring….Oh I know," Mr Mxyzptlk said and snapped his fingers.
Alucard instantly fell to his knees in pain and he felt very weak and exhausted…so exhausted that after a second he collapsed. Superman went over to him to check him for injuries, he used his X-ray vison and discovered that all of the vampires organs were starting to shut down.
"His organs….What did you do?" Superman demanded angrily.
"I removed his other side…he's 100% human now….but looks like he hasn't been keeping a steady diet… better hurry and get him some help Superman or his internals will shut down from lack of…oh everything," the imp laughed.
Superman gritted his teeth, he knew he had to deal with the imp but he also knew that he had to get Alucard some help before he died…for real and this time there would be no vampire side to help him. Superman scooped up Alucard and flew off with baby Hawk Girl in his hand.
Mr Mxyzptlk watched and laughed the entire time.
"Now let's see what else I can do," the imp said and looked over the city "Hmm….to ordered…to straight…Oh I have an idea,"
He snapped his figures and the entirety of Metropolis turned into a distorted and skewed version of M.C Escher's Relativity lithograph.
"Much better," Mr Mxyzptlk nodded "now let's go see this Batman Bat-Mite is always going on about,"
Superman flew as fast as he could towards S.T.A.R Labs, he needed to get the now former vampire help as soon as possible and alert the other members of the Justice League that Mr Mxyzptlk was behind everything and inform them how to get rid of the imp.
It didn't take Superman long to get to the Labs and once he landed he used his super speed to race into the emergency room. As he zoomed passed the reception papers flew off the desk. The Receptionist blinked, she picked up the phone and dialled the only person Superman would be coming to see.
"Professor Hamilton Superman just raced passed. He's on his way to see you," the receptionist said calmly.
Superman got to the ER and placed Alucard on an empty examination table, a tall male man in with glasses and a Lab coat came in almost as soon as he arrived and pushed passed Superman to begin her examination.
It was not that uncommon for the Man of Steel to rush into S.T.A.R Labs or the hospital emergency rooms with someone and put them in an empty bed...in fact the staff tried to keep a few beds empty which some of the nurses and called Superman's beds and they were reserved exulisve for people that Superman brought in...unless the Hospital needed the beds.
However Superman only brought those with powers to S.T.A.R Labs as they were best equipped to deal with Meta Humans.
"What have you brought in this time?" the Professor asked.
"A friend of mine...his organs are shutting down," Superman said worriedly.
"From what? Poison, diseases, injury or an affect from some supervillain?"
"Lack of everything, iron, protein, food, water...I bet his immune system would be in shock too," Superman claimed.
The Professor was quick to bring bags of water, antibiotics, IV's and liquored that contained a most of vitamins along with a few monitors. They hooked Alucard up to them and the doctor also drew some blood.
"Hey…make sure you be careful with that," Superman warned. He did not want anyone turning into a vampire because they were mishandling Alucards blood.
"Don't worry, I have handled plenty of blood samples in my time…I know what I'm doing," Hamilton assured.
Professor Hamilton out the sample away and ordered it to be sent off for analyses and once the blood was sent off for analyses he led Superman into his office to talk to him. Before he went superman placed the Hawk Chick next to Alucard who started to make a nest in his long hair.
" Professor Hamilton...thank you for looking after my friend,"
"It's alright, we expect you to drop in every now and then...but you don't normally bring us cases as extreme as this one," Professor Hamilton said "Your friend would be better off going to the ER than coming here,"
"I know and he's not normally like this...his powers were removed," Superman said.
"His powers?" Professor Hamilton asked interested.
Superman nodded.
"By someone who can warp reality,"
"I see...did your friend happen to have any healing abilities?"
"He had a high speed regeneration power and immortality...it was practically his immune system,"
"Really…Immortality you say?" Professor Hamilton asked in disbelief.
"According to him anyway…it could be that his healing powers are so advanced that it heals any fatal injury before it takes effect," Superman clarified.
"That would explain it. Once his healing powers are gone his body fell into shock...and without the immune system his organs started to shut down," Hamilton theorised.
Superman nodded and looked towards the office wall worriedly.
"Don't worry, we'll take care of him," Professor Hamilton assured "After all we have taken care of you and Super Girl a few times,"
"Yeah...Do you mind if I call the rest of the Justice League here?" Superman asked "I'm sure they will want to know what happened to Alucard,"
"Alucard...is that his name?"
Superman nodded.
"That is an odd name...well I don't mind as long as they don't disrupt the other patients or doctors," Professor Hamilton said "also you will need to fill out the paper work,"
Superman nodded, he called the rest of the Justice League to let them know he was at the hospital and to meet him there ASAP. While he was waiting for the rest of his team Superman filled out the necessary paperwork for Alucard. Before finding a chair and sitting by the vampire's bedside.
Hawk Chick looked up at him with worried eyes and let out a chirp; Superman gave her a sad smile and gently rubbed the back of her head...Hawk chick seemed to like this. The League showed up one at a time, J'onn was the first to arrive, followed by Flash, Green Lantern and finally Batman and Wonder Woman; the last two were accompanied by Aquaman.
Flash and the others nearly burst out laughing at seeing Batman and Wonder Woman as the Dark Knight had a comical moustache and the Amazon Princess had a Beard. Though only the Batman was able to keep a straight face.
"Hi guys, thanks for...Batman why do you have a moustache?" Superman asked.
"This imp just showed up and gave me a Wonder Woman facial hair," Batman said with a straight face.
"Must have been a...hairy situation," Flash joked.
Batman sent him one of his Batglares however it did not have the same effect with the Moustache.
"So what happened to him," Green Lantern asked looking down at Alucard "and where is Hawk Girl?"
"About Hawk Girl...well...she's right here," Superman said and gestured to the baby bird.
The League stared at the chick.
"This is a joke right?" Batman asked.
"No, that's Hawk Girl...although I suppose she's Hawk Chick now," Superman said.
"Are you sure?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Very," Superman said seriously.
"Aww...she's so cute..." Flash cooed "and she's so fluffy and sweet,"
Hawk Chick chirped angrily at the speedster which did not help her case. Flash reached out to pet the babbly bird but Hawk Chick bit his finger.
"Ow," Flash cried out and instantly pulled away from the baby bird.
"Yep it's her alright," Green Lantern joked "But how did she get like that...and why is Alucard in S.T.A.R Labs?"
"More importantly why has my kingdom suddenly risen to the surface?" Aquaman demanded.
Superman explained what had happened, how Mr Mxyzptlk was the one behind the day's events and that he removed Alucards vampire side leaving him human. Superman also explained that Mr Mxyzptlk was a trickster imp who liked to play pranks but his version of pranks were always extreme and dangerous.
"Why did you not just take him to the Watchtower?" J'onn asked.
"No one would be up there, plus Alucard wouldn't survive the trip through space," Superman said "and neither would Hawk Chick,"
"Is there a way to change them back?" Batman asked.
"If we get rid of Mr Mxyzptlk then everything he has done will be undone," Superman explained "and he won't be able to come back for another 90 days,"
"My people are anxious….will Atlantis return to the sea as well?" Aquaman aksed.
Superman nodded.
"So how do we get rid of him?" Flash asked.
"You have to get him to write or say his name backwards," Superman said.
"That doesn't sound too hard," Flash said.
"It's not as easy as you think," a voice said.
Mr Mxyzptlk suddenly appeared in the room and the entire league looked up at him.
"Yesh...this place is a real downer," the imp claimed.
He snapped his fingers and every doctor, professor, lab technetium, lab animal had clown make up on their faces along with bright coloured hair and the walls were painted in with bright neon colours. Though the entire staff kept working and going about their daily routines like normal and they weren't dressed as clowns.
"Much happier," the imp nodded in satisfaction.
"I hate clowns," Batman muttered.
"Mr Mxyzptlk you've gone too far, change Alucard back now," Superman demanded.
"Hmm...nope," the imp said.
"He could die if he stays like this," Superman urged.
"Oh well his loss I suppose," The imp shrugged "Besides you and your new friends will be too busy saving everyone from the disaster to worry about him,"
"What disaster?" Green Lantern asked.
Mr Mxyzptlk snapped his fingers and suddenly a floating T.V appeared with the news on, reporting a large tidal wave heading straight towards Metropiles.
"The one I just caused," Mr Mxyzptlk claimed.
"Is that…tidal wave made out of chocolate milk?" Flash asked confused as he looked at the screen.
"Yep,"
"Right I'm going to make a quick stop at the cafeteria," Flash claimed.
"Why?" Aquaman asked.
"To get a straw," Flash said like it was obvious and he zoomed off.
The rest of the League started to run out of the Lab intending to go deal with the tidal wave, Superman however didn't move. He looked at the TV screen and then at Mr Mxyzptlk.
"Another disaster...really?" Superman asked.
The League stopped and looked back that the man of steel in surprise, they were shocked that he had not rush off to help and stop the tidal wave….even if it was made out of chocolate milk.
"I mean you're supposed to be a prankster...a massive tidal wave is just plain boring," Superman sighed.
"Boring...you think I'm boring!?" Mr Mxyzptlk shouted "How is a tidal wave of chocolate boring!?"
"Well yeah, this is kind of beneath you...I mean the last time you showed up was way more interesting," Superman said "But I suppose even tricksters run out of ideas eventually,"
"Oh yeah and what would you know about having fun boy scout?" Mr Mxyzptlk demanded and poked superman in the chest "Mr I stand for Truth, Justice and the American way,"
"Well...if I had your powers I would...oh I don't know...create a giant Ice Cream monster," Superman said playfully "or have dinosaurs walk down the main street wearing top hats and monicles,"
The imp stared at Superman for a moment.
"Huh...that sounds like fun actually," Mr Mxyzptlk said.
He snapped his fingers and the Justice League suddenly found themselves on top of the daily planet.
"Vola," Mr Mxyzptlk said and gestured to the main street.
Several dinosaurs including a T-rex, a Brontosaurs and Triceratopses were walking down the main street and all of them had top hats and moiclaes along with walking canes and they were chatting about local politics.
"Aqw...there not dancing," Flash whined "it would be funnier if they were dancing,".
"Easy," Mr Mxyzptlk said and he snapped his fingers and the dinosaurs started doing the CanCan.
"Hah how's that for chaos,"
"I don't know...still seems kind of dull," superman said.
"What are you doing?" Batman hissed.
"Just helping a guy out, he Cleary has run out of ideas," Superman shrugged.
"I have not," Mr Mxyzptlk shot back, he was starting to get annoyed.
"Hey you what would also be funny...if everyone had to hop their right leg at night and there left during the day,"
Mr Mxyzptlk was happy to oblige and made it so. Superman continued list off silly things which the imp brought to life. Including swapping all the soft drink flavours around so Coke-a-Cola tasted like Pepsi and Fanta tasted like Sunkist. Making edible flags, forcing all the governments and pollitions to sit down and really look at the world's problems and making them get along.
Mr Mxyzptlk loved every one of Superman's suggestions as each was more fun than the last.
"Ha Ha Ha...that is so funny..." Mr Mxyzptlk laughed "I always thought you were had no sense of humour,"
"Well...I have my moments," Superman claimed with sly yet satisfied smile.
"You sure do...so got any other ideas?"
"Well I have one more...but I don't think you could handle it,"
"What are you talking about?"
"It's just this thing on Krypton...it was used to decorate a whole city in any way the user wanted,"
"Ohh...sounds fun," Mr Mxyzptlk said interested.
"Yeah if used incorrectly it could paint a whole city in poke-a-dots,"
"Okay you had my interest before but now you have my attention. What is it?"
"Nah...it would be out of your league, plus I don't even know what it looks like," Superman claimed "I only know that it existed due to the from the crystal archives in my Fortress of Solitude,"
"Listen Big Blue, I can bend your dimension to my will, I could destroy this whole galaxy and recreate it with a single snap of my fingers. I can create anything, now what is this decorating thing called," Mr Mxyzptlk demanded.
"Okay…I suppose it would be nice to see some Kryptoian technology," Surperman agreed "It's called a Kel-tip-zit-zam," Superman said.
"Alright one Klptzyxm coming...oh I said it again didn't I?" Mr Mxyzptlk realised.
Superman nodded with a smug smile on his face and the imp disappeared in a puff of smoke.
The dinosaurs disappeared, the city went back to normal, Atlantes returned to the bottom of the ocean. Everything Mr Mxyzptlk had done instantly changed back to normal and back at S.T.A.R Labs Alucard's eyes snapped open.
The League looked at superman.
"What just happened?" Batman asked.
"I told you, the only way to stop Mr Mxyzptlk is to get him to say his name backwards," Superman claimed "Once he says Klptzyxm then everything goes back to normal,"
"But you didn't say that…did you?" Flash asked.
"No I said Kel-tip-zit-zam, but if you put it all together and say it fast is sounds like Klptzyxm," Superman claimed.
"So you tricked him into saying his name by saying something sounded similar," Batman said.
"Yep, not my fault he didn't get the pronunciation and spelling right," Superman nodded.
"That's….actually really smart," Batman said.
"Well Mxyzptlk is pretty crafty but really gullible. I figured if I got him to cause enough chaos I could trick him into saying his own name backwards," Superman said.
"Interesting tactic," Wonder Woman said.
"Mxy doesn't pay much attention if he's angry or pulling pranks," Superman explained "I usually rotate between his anger or desire to cause chaos to send him back,"
"This one time I challenged him to a flying race and he turned into a missile to follow me, he didn't realise the manoeuvres I was doing were done specifically to have his sky-write his own name backwards," Superman claimed.
"So if he's gone…is Atlantis back?" Aquaman asked.
"Should be…oh would you mind checking to see it the Titanic is back at the bottom of the artic too when you get back?"
"I'll send some scouts out and get back to you," Aquaman assured.
"So…if everything is back to normal...we should get to the hospital," Green Lantern claimed.
The league nodded and headed back to S.T.A.R Labs where a very confused Hawk Girl was arguing with Professor Hamilton and an equally concerned Alucard who was a bit confused as to where he was and why he was in the Lab to begin with. But he was more curious and keen to look around at modern day science equipment up close.
Once Superman and the rest of the League came over he asked if the professor would give them a few minutes to explain what happened to both Hawk Girl and Alucard. Professor Hamilton agreed and walked into an observation room that was attached to all the main labs. It was behind a safety glass mirror that was soundproof giving the Man of Steel space as he explained everything that happened. Hawk Girl was not impressed that she had been a baby bird; Alucard however seemed very worried about being human.
"Wait...I was human?" Alucard asked in shock "as in I had no vampiric powers?"
"Yeah your vampire side was completely gone. But I got rid of Mxyzptlk, so you should be back to normal now," Superman assured.
"He's got his fangs so it must have worked," Green Lantern pointed out.
However Alucard looked extremely worried, even more so when he was told that Professor Hamilton had taken a blood sample. Batman glanced over in the direction of the observation room; he saw Professor Hamilton pick up the phone. The Professor noticed the Dark Knight looking at him and gave him a friendly smile and a wave before looking away to continue his call. Batman turned his attention back to Alucard.
"I have to go," Alucard said urgently. He uttered the return spell and disappeared in black flames.
"Okay...not the response I was expecting," Superman said.
Later that night Alucard came up to the Watchtower, he handed over the vile of Blood he had collected and Batman took it for testing. Alucard also warned Batman the dangers of the demon blood and how it could cause a number of problems that would lead to a very slow and painful death. He recommended several precautionary steps to be taken to prevent it from affecting the Dark Knight.
While Batman was testing the blood Alucard stared out the window of the monitor room looking over the earth below. Superman flew down to him and landed next to him.
"Hey...are you alright," He asked in concern.
"Yes...I am well," Alucard responded without looking away from the window.
"Batman finished testing the blood you brought up...the results are something else," Superman claimed.
"I hope he was carful...demon blood has negative effects on humans if it gets into their systems," Alucard said.
"Don't worry, he took the necessary precautions," Superman assured "but the sample you gave us was used in the test so there is nothing left,"
"That is fine...I have more blood back at my castle," Alucard claimed.
"Right...hey is your blood like the sample you gave us?"
"No mine is vampire blood...it is a different make up to a demons,"
"Batman expressed some interest in getting a sample of your blood…purely for scientific testing of course and to see how it differs from the demon blood you gave us today," Superman claimed.
"That would not be wise," Alucard responded.
Alucard then turned and looked at Superman.
"By the way…did you contact that Professor who took a sample of my blood?" Alucard asked "encase it too reverted to its vampire state?"
"I did, he said he would personally see it destroyed," Superman assured.
"Good…very good," Alucard said and turned back to face the window.
The two stood there in silence for a while just staring out the window into space.
"Look...about you being human..." Superman finally spoke up "you reacted far differently to the news than I expected,"
"How were you expecting me to react?"
"I don't' know…maybe a bit of panic or something,"
"I was very concerned about losing my vampire side," Alucard claimed.
"That's all?"
"Well…I was a bit disappointed that I did not get to look at some of the equipment your friend had set up,"
"Tell you what, I'll talk to Professor Hamilton and find out when the next open day is…that way he might be able to give you a personal tour,"
"Hmm…I'd like that," Alucard smiled.
"So your concern about losing your powers…what's so bad about being human?" Superman asked.
"Nothing at all….but for me to be human, even for a short time…it is very worrying,"
"I don't understand,"
"It is worrying because for the short time I was human...Castlevaina had no lord," Alucard said gravely.
"Is that bad?"
"Very,"
"Why?"
"I have told you my castle is cursed...you yourself have been inside and felt it's dark powers,"
"Yeah...it's really creepy and off putting," Superman agreed.
"The Lord of Castlevaina controls the darkness within the castle...without a lord the castles dark powers would run unchecked throughout the world," Alucard said.
"Oh...wait...so did it get out of control while you were human?"
"No...fortunately that was not the case," Alucard answered "Nothing seemed out of the ordinary…a few restless shadow but that was all,"
"That's good…right?" Superman asked.
"Yes. It is likely that I got back before anything happened," Alucard claimed.
"Well if everything is alright then I guess there is nothing to worry about," Superman said.
Before Alucard could respond J'onn flew down and interrupted them.
"Superman could there appears to be a robbery in progress in down town Metropolis. The thieves have taken hostages," J'onn said.
"Sorry Alucard, I better deal with this," Superman said "J'onn want to give me a hand,"
The marten nodded and Alucard watched them both fly off and out of the room; once they were gone he looked back down at the earth below with worried eyes.
"Superman I pray you are right...otherwise this world…your world could be in more danger than anyone could possibly imagine," Alucard said "only this time…it would be my fault,"
An empty field somewhere in the USA
It was a rather calm and beautiful night, the sky was clear, the stars were shining brightly and there was a gentle breeze that lightly blew against the grass and weeds. Suddenly a clawed muscled hand burst up from the earth, it patted the ground and braced as it began to pull the body it was attached to up and out of the ground. The earth broke and fell off a very tall and muscular man.
He had short grey hair and a long braded beard that came down to the base of his neck. He had red eyes, fangs sticking out on his bottom teeth and pointed ears…giving him a feral like look. He was wearing red and gold waist belt with a tunic attached that went down to his knees and black and gold boots. He held a massive Warhammer in his other hand that was covered in runes.
The man looked around scanning the area with a critical gaze, listing for the surrounding sounds. He took a deep breath as if to taste the very air itself and let it go. He nodded in satisfaction and then turned the spot his hand had come out.
A second more slender and paler hand had emerged and the big man bent down to help whoever was there out of the ground. A pale woman with crimson red lips and long straight white hair with a notoriously pointy chin climbed out of the earth. She wore a blood-red coloured dress and sporting golden shoulder plates.
"No you and the other three would be buried alive…I am dead already," the woman reminded him.
The third to emerge was an elderly human man. His face was wrinkled that showed his age, he had brown eyes. He wore a purple priests robe with a cape that stopped just above his ankles along with a matching red priests hat with white patterns embodied on to the Stole of his hat and robes.
The last one to emerge was a very young and very handsome man with imp like features, he had purple hair and wore almost nothing bat a very revealing yet tight open fishnet jacket over his chest and black tights on his legs that showed off how slender they were and how tight his ass was.
Unlike the others he had a pair of large demonic bat looking wings on his back. He gave them a quick test flap before using them to hover in the air.
"Ugh finally….you think you would be able to dig faster mutt," the woman insulted.
"If I wasn't so good at digging we would be buried alive," The man pointed out.
"Still...this is centrally a nice change," The muscular man said, looking around once they were all out of the earth.
"On that we can agree. The fires of hell and screams of tormented souls gets so dull after a while," the woman agreed.
"I take offence to that," the balled man spoke up.
"You're lucky you got out at all human," the floating impish creature scoffed.
"Ah...I see you made it out...and there are more of you than I expected," a new voice said.
The group turned and saw Death floating nearby, they all gave him a respectful bow as the reaper floated over.
"Greetings Lord Death," the balled man said.
"Greetings high priest Shaft, it has been a while," Death responded to the man.
He then looked at the three supernatural creatures and one Human.
"Cornell, alpha of the werewolves," Death said and the muscular man nodded.
"Camilla, the vampire queen in all but name," the reaper said. The woman responded with an evil yet confidant smile.
"High Priest Shaft…it is good to see you again," Death greeted the older man and only human "I was surprised when you were banished as you are human and not a creature of the night,"
"I was not banished lord death; I was pulled in by one of the night hoard creatures who was seeking my guidance at the time. He refused to let go and I regretfully got dragged into the pits of hell along with the rest of our…community," The human called Shaft explained.
"I see….I do apologise about that. I am normally very attentive to where souls go," Death apologised sincerely.
"You need not worry Lord Death, I actually enjoyed hell myself…I got a lot of new followers who and plenty of time to show the human inhabitants that there god was nothing compared to our true Lord and Master," Shaft said "even in hell there is so many who need to be saved from the false religion of Christianity (1)…yet still so little time,"
"And Magnus…out of everyone you were not who I expected to escape," Death claimed, turning his attention to the floating young man "Incubus's aren't that clever,"
"No but my spices aims to please," the incubus claimed with a sly smile "I could show just how much we like to please others later…in private if you like,"
"I am afraid that is not possible as I do not have the required parts for such pleasures," Death claimed.
"That's what those skeleton guards said…did you never wonder where all those red skeletons came from?"
"Well that explains a lot…I always thought it was Godbrand," Cornell said.
"You mean the vampire who had a thing for boats and could not keep it in his pants….he's alright. I've had better to be honest," Magnus said casually.
"You slept with him?" Cornell asked.
"I'm an Incubi…a male sex demon," Magnus reminded "there are very few things me, and my kind don't sleep with. Besides there was very few things Godbrand didn't sleep with either,"
"That's true he used to brag about doing it with his female victims before ripping they're throats out," Magnus agreed.
"Well he was a Viking before he was turned," Death pointed out "Some stronger human traits carry over when turned,"
"Too bad his knowledge of sea and water based combat was his only good trait that carried over," Carmilla muttered "he was disappointing in everything else,"
"Lord Death, forgive the sudden change of subject from Godbrands sexual escapades. But I must know how did you escape?" Shaft asked.
"I did not escape, I was never sealed with you or the rest of the army," Death claimed.
"And why is that exactly?" Carmilla asked.
"Because I am the one who locked hell up and prevented your escape," the reaper claimed.
"Why would you do that?" Corneal asked "You have always been loyal and the closest confidant to our lord,"
"Because I was commanded to do so," Death responded.
"Lord Dracula would never issue such and order," Magnus insisted.
"You are correct," Death agreed "It was not Lord Dracula's command but his sons,"
"His...Prince Adrian ordered our banishment?" Shaft asked in surprise.
"Indeed, the command was given just after he killed his father with the aid of a Belmont," Death claimed "truly that was a sad day,"
"Belmonts...I have always hated that clan," Carmilla hissed with clear distain and hatred.
"Well they did declare an eternal hunt for our glorious master," Shaft reminded.
"And hunted your kind for generations," Magnus added.
"They hunted all children of the night for generations," Cornell pointed out.
"Ture…but they seem to focus more on vampires than any other creature of darkness," Magnus reminded.
"That doesn't exactly explain why you locked everyone in hell," Cornell stated "even with Lord Dracula's demise it is unlike you to simply just take orders from another…even if it was the young master,"
"Ture there were other factors at play," Death claimed.
"Like what?" Carmilla asked curiously.
"Prince Adrian is or Lords son and he inherited Castlevaina upon out Lord Dracula's death," Death explained "As unexpected as that was….he was at the time and still is the Lord of the Castle,"
The four stared at Death is shock.
"That…that can't be right…" Shaft started "No human can sit on Castlevaias throne….the Prince is half human,"
"He is also half vampire as well….do try and remember that fact. I believe it is that is his father's side that makes him an expectation,"
"It also makes him an expectation to rules regarding to vampires too," Carmilla added.
"So if it was Prince Adrian who sealed us away…and gave you the order to keep us locked up…is it safe to assume that the moment he inherited Castlevaina you pledged your services to him?" Cornell asked.
"I did, like you said I have always been loyal to Lord Dracula and his family," Death confirmed "The prince was such a cute child,"
"Annoying more like it…honestly who here remembers how hard it was to get him to stay in bed every night?"
Death, Cornell and Maguns nodded. There were many many nights when Dracula would order the inhabitants of the to search the castle from top to bottom because his son did not like to go to bed on time…and hit had only gotten worse once Alucard had learned how to fly and change into a bat.
"I recall it got to the stage where our lord was considering tying a bell on him," Death said.
"He was worse at mealtime," Cornell claimed "I can't tell you how many times I saw the skeletons cleaning up the dining hall. I mean there was not that much food on his plate; how did he mange to cover all the walls in the room with it?"
"And that was only when he and Lady Lisa were in the castle…who knows what the young prince was like at their human cottage," Magnus added.
"From what I saw it was rather messy and unorganised…although both Lord Dracula and Lady Lisa assured me that it was not all due to the young prince…though I must admit I never once believed them," Death added.
"I do not believe I was in our lords service for this…was Prince Adrian really such a handful as a child?" Shaft asked.
"Yes," Carmilla, Cornell, Death and Magnus said at the same time.
"You know now that I think about it…I seem to remember you not being around as much after the Princes first birth year," Magnus thought out loud.
"Well that is not true," Death said.
"No…he's right…you would conveniently disappear on a regular basis… particularly when our Master brought his family to the castle," Carmilla agreed.
"Well I was very busy…being our Lord Dracula's most trusted servant and right hand man," Death said a bit nervously "Souls to reap, things to do…you know,"
"Then why were you not so busy when our masters family was not at the castle?" Magnus asked as he, Carmilla and Cornell gave the reaper suspicious glares.
"Uh…Well…I…uh…I don't have to answer to you lot," Death said defensively.
Carmilla, Cornell and Magnus gave Death annoyed and deadpanned looks.
"Back to the matter of hand, I would like to know if Prince Adrian did banish us all then how did we escape hell?" Shaft asked.
"Good question, if we were all banished and you locked hell up then it would be impossible for us to escape," Magnus agreed.
"Lord Adrian's command was to seal his father's army away in hell forever...however as you all know a Lords command is only in effect while they are in power,"
"Are you saying the young master is dead?" Carmilla asked "The vampire blood in him grants eternal life,"
"No, Lord Adrian was human for about 40 minutes today and as such Castlevaina had no lord,"
"I see…so while our Prince had no claim over Castlevaina his commands held no power,"
"Indeed...it was how you were able escape hell," Death agreed.
"Is he still human now?"
"Lord Adrian has always had human blood in him. But his vampire heritage has returned as has his claim and lordship over Castlevaina…as such his command to keep the armies of darkness locked away has also returned,"
"Are you going to send us back?" Carmilla asked.
"My instructions mentioned nothing about sending anyone back to hell if they should escape," Death shrugged "so no I will not be taking you back,"
"So….do we call the prince Lord Adrian now?" Shaft asked.
"Never, I will not bow before that traitors half-breed brat," Carmilla spat angrily.
"Me either, my one and only master is Lord Dracula," Magnus claimed.
"I too shall serve no other," Cornell agreed.
"I am as loyal to our lord as all of you," Shaft said "I am however envious of you all as you will be able to see our Lords resurrection and serve him again,"
"Unfortunately High priest…that will not happen," Death said regretfully.
"But our Lord Dracula has the power of resurrection…not even The Spectre could keep him down," Cornell claimed.
"Sadly that power came from Castlevaina itself," Death said regretfully "Castlevaina must always have a Lord and the one who sits on the throne of darkness shall forever rule over darkness and all who live in it,"
"In other words not only did Prince Adrian kill our Lord and Master but he usurped his throne too," Magnus said "and any possible chances of resurrection,"
"He did, it is his by right but…none of us could have foreseen Lord's Dracula's death let alone his throne passing to his son upon it," Death agreed "and regretfully by inheriting Castlevaina he has ended the Resurrection Cycle,"
"I was under the impression that Castlevaina would disappear…or be destroyed if Lord Dracula died," Shaft stated.
"We all were…looks like we were mistaken," Magnus said irritably.
"I wish for Lord Dracula's return as well...but while Prince Adrian is Castlevaina Lord Dracula will be unable to return to us by his normal means," Death stated.
"If Prince Adrian is removed from Castlevaina's throne then there would be nothing standing in the way of Lord Dracula's return," Death confirmed.
"Are you saying we should do Prince Adrian what he did to Lord Dracula?" Carmilla asked.
"If we did…our lord would resurrect," Magnus claimed.
"That is not entirely true, as Lord Dracula would need to be the Lord of the Castle. If you were to kill Lord Adrian he like his father would Resurrect in due time,"
"Then it would be pointless to even bother to try. Lord Dracula can't resurrect without the castles power," Cornell huffed.
"Well I would not say that….if he were to come back through other means and retake his throne…that would restart the Resurrection Cycle,"
"Is that possible?" Carmilla asked "To bring Master Dracula back without the aid of the castle?"
"There are a few ways Lord Dracula may return outside of Castlevainas power yes...but they will be very difficult to pull off," Death claimed "and the timing would have to be right in order for them to work,"
"Then let us pursue them all…We will revive our lord, take back Castlevaina and hand him his traitorous son's head on a platter," Cornell declared "Whether it be with or without Castlevaina's power," "
"That is easier said than done...with Castlevaina at his command he would be able to find us easily," Shaft warned "But this is our only way to bring our lord back then so be it,"
"Then it is settled, we shall kill the usurper and restore Castlevaina to its rightful ruler and the only one worthy of it," Shaft declared.
"We would need to be cautious...after all our prince did defeat Dracula and there was no one stronger than him," Carmilla said.
"If he can do it then so can we...we just need to be careful and not alert Prince Adrian to our presence,"
"The problem with Prince Adrian in Castlevaina remains though," Carmilla stated.
"Indeed if it is possible to restore our lord without the aid of the castle then it would take some very powerful and dark magic to do so," Shaft stated "And something like that would be easily detected by the young master…even if he was not sitting on the throne of darkness,"
"It would," Death agreed "Like I said to perform the resurrection outside of Castlevaina would be difficult…hiding it from Lord Adrian will be a challenge in itself,"
The group stood there in silence for a moment trying to think of someway they could restore Dracula without his son finding out about it.
"What…what if he was distracted by something else?" Magnus spoke up after a few minutes.
"Distracted?" Death asked.
"Yes…so distracted he would be blind to our movements," the incubus continued.
"It would have to be a very big distraction….and it would have to be one that did not hinder us in any way," Carmilla claimed.
"Actually...I just had an Idea that will keep the little Prince at bay...in fact we may be able to deal with Prince Adrian, free the rest of Lord Dracula's army and restore him all at once," the incubus said "but I will need a few things,"
"And what would that be?"
"First a small amount of Lady Carmilla's blood...and second...I need you Lord Death to free and bring me one more person from hell,"
"I must also regret I cannot actively help you in this…I have already sworn my services to Lord Adrian," Death said.
"Then why did you suggest that we stage a coup against him?" Cornell demanded.
"I never suggested that you try and remove him. I merely told you the facts, you are the ones that came to that conclusion," Death pointed out.
"Well…you haven't changed much," Carmilla snorted.
"Regardless I cannot disobey Lord Adrian's commands and free the one you desire….however there are certain times of the year where one trapped may escape…with some magical and ritual assistance of course," Death said as he looked at Shaft knowingly.
"If it will bring our master back I am up to the task," Shaft said confidently.
"But I would like to know who might you be thinking of," Death added "who would be able to draw Lord Adrian's full attention so that he is blind to all around him?"
The incubus merely smiled wickedly as he explained his plan.
(1) I mean no offence to anyone who is a Christian. I fully believe that everyone has the right to chose their beliefs and those choices should be respected. It's just that Dracula and just about everyone who worked for him hated God, Jesus and all other religions in general…plus the monsters revered him as a dark god himself.
Again no offence meant in this comment.