A.n I own Nothing
Okay just a heads up...This arc is going to be a long one. It will span 5-6 chapters. Including this one and the previous one that was posted.
Please Review
A vortex opened up in a secluded area and the Justice League along with Alucard fell through and they all landed in a pile.
"Uhh...I think I'm going to be sick," Green Lantern said as he covered his mouth with his hand.
"Yeah time travel is way easier when you have a DeLorean," Flash agreed.
"Should I even ask what that means?" Alucard moaned.
"It would probably be best not too," J'onn advised.
The League picked themselves up and looked around, they were in what looked like an old cafe, though it had clearly seen better days. The tables and chairs were overturned and broken, there were shards of broken cups and glasses and all the fridges and cupboards were broken and off their hinges and as far as they could see there was no sign of any food or supplies left in the cafe. The whole inside was covered in burns and scorch marks and there was a huge gaping hole in the side and all the windows were broken.
Flash zoomed over to the hole and looked outside, while the others got their bearings.
"Great jumping Hera," Flash gasped.
"HEY!" Wonder Woman responded offended.
Flash looked over his shoulder at the group.
"Sorry but there is something you lot need to see," he said.
The rest of the group came over and looked out and they were amazed at what they saw. The looked out onto a battlefield that spanned a destroyed the town, there were soldiers hiding in the rubble and what remained of the houses; this town had not survived the war. One side was wearing green camouflage while the other was wearing black uniforms with a red band on their arms, both were shooting each other. There were a few turrets, vehicles and tanks hanging around too.
"I can't believe it we're actually in the past," Green Lantern claimed.
"Yeah, Aeon really did it. He sent us back to World War Two," Superman agreed.
"This place smells like death," Alucard claimed "the scent of spilled blood is strong here,"
"Are you going to be okay?" Green Lantern asked.
He remembered how Alucard was in the other universe, the one affected by nuclear war.
"Yes...I just do not like the smell," Alucard said "It is not as bad as last time,"
"Superman, I am not familiar with this part of your world's history and I am sure Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl and Alucard are the same," J'onn informed "Perhaps you should inform us which side we will be fighting for,"
"Right...You see those men over there?" Superman said and pointed to some men with dark and pale green uniforms with a military pattern on it.
"They're the Allied forces; they're the ones we want to win. They're made up of five different major counties so their uniforms may appear different," Superman explained "But as long as they don't wear dark or black uniforms with that red band over on their arm then that means they're on our side,"
J'onn, Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl and Alucard nodded in understanding.
"Right so we know who to fight with...where do we begin?" Hawk Girl asked.
Suddenly the German troops parted and a huge red wheel like vehicle with spikes on the base entered the battle field, it had a clear dome on side of the wheel with a driver in it and both sides had a large cannon attached to it. It rolled across the battlefield and crushed the buildings and rubble that it ran over.
"I don't remember that from history class," Flash commented with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Let's go," Superman ordered and flew towards the new war machine.
J'onn, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl and Alucard flew into the sky after Superman; Flash however followed on the ground keeping his speed and pace with the rest of those in the air.
The heroes headed straight towards the Wheel like War Machines and the Allied troops began to flee as the Machine advanced. Superman, Wonder Woman and Hawk Girl all tried to punch there way through but their attacks did not seem to have any effect; it didn't even leave a dent.
"What?" Wonder Woman gasped.
"If that won't work I'll try this," Hawk Girl said.
She charged up her mace and slammed it into the machine but the result was the same and there was no damage.
"That's not possible," Hawk Girl claimed.
Superman used his X-ray vision to examine the machine and he saw a high powered electrical current running through the frame. The only part it didn't seem to run through was the very back.
"It's got an electrical current running through the metal frame, creating a rudimentary kinetic field," Superman claimed.
"You mean our attacks are just being absorbed?" Hawk Girl asked.
"That's right we need to try something else," Superman
"I'll stop it," Alucard said.
He landed not far in front of the machine and placed his hand on the ground.
"Earthen barrier," Alucard said.
A large circler barrier of earth rose up from the ground and surrounded the base of the machine; trapping it. The machine stopped and Alucard smiled. However that smile quickly faded as the earth started to crack and the barrier broke apart as the machine ran over it. Alucard jumped out of the way to avoid being run over. The cannon fired at the allied soldiers who were fleeing.
"Help those troops," Superman ordered.
Flash sped over and slowed down running next to the machine.
"Hey Colonel Clank over here," Flash called out and waved his arms in the air.
The gunner noticed him and aimed the cannon at Flash. Flash sped up and easily avoided the incoming fire and explosions.
"Missed me...Missed me...missed me," Flash taunted as he altered his speed to not only keep the gunners attention but also avoid the cannon fire.
Alucard and Hawk Girl focused on keeping getting the remaining soldiers and the strays to safety, they did not have to worry about the cannon as Flash was doing a good job of distracting the gunner.
Wonder Woman lassoed the cannon with her Lasso of Truth and bent the cannon out of shape. The next time it fired it was blown clean off.
Superman tried blasting the base of the dome with his heat vision to separate it but it didn't work, he flew down in front of the wheel and grabbed it attempting to stop the vehicle; but it was hard due to the momentum and the rotating spikes. Green Lantern joined him creating a giant hand to help push back the machine.
While the War Machine did not stop it did slow down. J'onn came up behind the war machine and phased through its back and flew up into the interior. He looked at all the inner workings until he found the engine and ripped out what looked like a central control board.
The War Machine stopped and began to smoke Green Lantern flew up and blasted the second cannon, destroying it; J'onn phased back out and watched Superman, Hawk Girl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Alucard push it over on its side. Once the machine was down Flash ran over and J'onn and everyone landed; the Allied troops came out of hiding and cheered for the victory before passing the league as they moved up their positions.
Several of the men thanked the heroes, though a lot of eyes were on both Wonder Woman and Hawk Girl...they got several whistles as the troops past. Wonder Woman blushed a bit and Hawk Girl rolled her eyes.
Once most of the troops had gone J'onn showed the circuit board he had pulled out to the rest of the League.
"Look what I found inside," J'onn said and held out the circuit board.
"That's a Transistor. They weren't invented until after the war," Green Lantern claimed.
"Aeon sent us back through time to a certain point; he never said at what stage of the war we would end up in. Savage could have gotten here months before us...possibly even years," Alucard theorised.
"If that's the case then he would have had plenty of time to make and develop technology like this," Green Lantern agreed.
"Right and it doesn't help that both German and Japanese are amazing engineers and excel at developing new technologies," Flash stated.
"Could we figure out what part of the war we're in?" Wonder Woman asked.
"If we can get the date," Superman claimed "after all we have knowledge of what is supposed to happen and when,"
"But that will be useless to us…history has been altered and we only have 48 hours to change it back," Alucard pointed out "The knowledge you possess does not aid us nor tell us what we need to fix,"
"We should start with these futuristic machines. If only the Germans possess them then it would be safe to assume the answer lies in their headquarters," J'onn said.
"The Nazi high command was in Berlin...if I remember my high school history correctly it will be in the parliament building at the centre of the city and under heavy guard," Superman claimed.
Suddenly the ground shook and a dozen more wheel War Machines came out of the tree line.
"Great more of them," Flash sighed.
"Those troops will be slaughtered, we have to evacuate them," Superman claimed looking over at the still fleeing Allies forces.
"I'll fly to Berlin then, it will be easy for me to get the information we seek," J'onn said.
"Hold on, you can't go into enemy territory alone," Wonder Woman claimed.
"Go with him then, we'll handle things here," Superman said "and be careful, we don't want to alter history any more than we have too,"
Superman, Hawk Girl, Flash, Green Lantern and Alucard headed towards the fleeing troops to assist them in any way they could. J'onn and Wonder Woman took to the sky's and flew off away from the battle heading towards Berlin.
It was clear that they were not going to beat the next wave of Wheeled War Machines so the League focused on evacuating the troops and saving who they could. Thankfully one of the men they saved was willing to tell the League about some ships that were at the beach and were going to take the troops to a small Island off the coast to re-group.
Superman began lifting trucks and other large heavy objects to carry large amount of troops to the evacuation ships. Flash ran back and forth between the battle field and the ships with one or two injured soldiers or those that were trapped. It only took the scarlet speedster 4 seconds for a round trip. Three seconds to carry the soldiers and one second to return to the battle field. He had to slow down a bit with the soldiers so they did not suffer any lasting damage to their bodies from the high speeds.
Alucard provided cover for those carrying the injured and helping the soldiers by intercepting cannon fire and distracting the Germans from the fleeing troops.
"They're advancing on ships, we need to get to the beach and defend them," Flash yelled to Superman.
"Right," Superman responded and Flash Zoomed off the grab a fallen soldier. He flew over to Alucard, Hawk Girl and Green Lantern.
"That's all we can do here, those machines are headed for the beaches," Superman said "get who you can out now and head back. We need to protect those ships,"
Alucard, Green Lantern and Hawk Girl nodded and they spilt up. Hawk Girl, helped two injured soldiers and Alucard managed to get four soldiers out who were trapped in a building and surrounded by German troops. He carried the four soldiers into the sky, one on each arm, one on his back and one hung upside down off his front. Hawk Girl had two stragglers and air lifted them to safety.
Superman spied a truck full of soldiers that was trapped on a bridge as it had been blasted out by a war machine. He flew down and picked it up but the war Machine was too close. Green Lantern was nearby; he saw Superman and created a Green energy barrier blocking the incoming war machine.
"Go I'll cover you," Green Lantern said.
Superman lifted the truck from below and flew off with it. Unfortunately for Green Lantern the War Machine shot his barrier and since he was very low on power it broke apart. Green Lantern tried to fly but found that he couldn't so he ran into a nearby ally to avoid the war machine and saw two fallen soldiers, one of them was buried under some rubble and wasn't moving the other solider moaned; indicating he was still alive. Green Lantern grabbed him and swang him over his shoulders before he took off running again. Hawk Girl spotted him; she readjusted the soldiers so she could grab her team mate and flew down towards him.
"Lantern, take my hand," Hawk Girl urged.
"Take him instead," Green Lantern said and handed her the soldier he had saved.
"But what about you?" Hawk Girl asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine, just take off," Green Lantern urged.
Hawk Girl looked at him sadly.
"I'm sorry," she said and flew up into the sky.
No sooner had she taken off did one of the War Machines cannons fire at them, fortunately it missed Green Lantern but he was still blown away by the explosion. He landed hard a few feet away, he picked himself up and looked at his ring, however it sparked a tiny bit of energy before it's bright colour faded and the green from Green Lantern's eyes disappeared as well.
"Dead," Green Lantern said disappointed.
The last attack from that explosion had used the last of the rings energy protecting him and now that the rings power and aura was gone he would be vulnerable to everything this war could throw at him. Green Lantern looked back at the approaching War Machines and quickly hid behind some rubble. He looked into the sky at the direction his friends had flown; the rest of the league was out of sight.
"Guess I'm on my own now," Green Lantern sighed.
The Beach
There were landing boats on the beach and those that could still walk were rushing to get on them, further out to sea a fleet of naval ships could be seen. Flash was already at the beach zipping back and forth from the beach edge and tree line to the boats loading people on and once a boat was full it would head out to sea.
Hawk Girl landed in front of a landing boat and careful let her passengers down, some other soldiers came up and helped her, thanking her for saving them.
Superman was flying landing boats and other trucks filled with soldiers out to the big navy ships further out to sea. To say the captains were shocked to see a man flying and carrying the soldiers would be an understatement. Although suspicious of Superman the captains let him drop the troops off and before they could ask who he was Superman would fly back to bring more to safety.
Flash zoomed up to Hawk Girl just as she was finishing handing off her last passenger.
"Where's GL?" Flash asked.
"His ring went out and I had to leave him," Hawk Girl claimed.
"What...You just left him back there...with no powers or anything to protect himself?" Flash asked angrily "Do you even care what happens to him...DO YOU WANT HIM TO DIE?!"
"Of course I care but..." Hawk Girl tired.
"I'm going back," Flash interrupted and then he ran off the beach and back toward the town.
"Flash wait..." Hawk Girl tried, but Flash was already out of sight.
Alucard landed a moment later and he looked at the trial of dust Flash had left behind.
"Where is Flash going?" Alucard asked as he put down his passengers.
"Green Lanterns ring ran out an I had to leave him behind," Hawk Girl claimed "Flash has gone back to look for him,"
Alucard stared at Hawk Girl and then turned back to look in the direction of the town they had just left.
"I think we have other things to worry about first," Alucard said and pointed at the tree line.
The big Wheeled War Machines had caught up, Hawk Girl and Alucard could see that soldiers were still pouring out and running across the beach; they both knew that those men would be easy targets and the boats would be destroyed the second they got in range.
"I'll hold them off, get Superman back here now," Alucard said and he launched himself in the air.
He flew to the edge of the beach where it met the mainland and hovered in the air. He moved his hands in a circle motion they lit up as a dark blue light appeared in the palms of his hand. Alucard continued the motions and began to trace what looked like some kind of symbol.
(1)"Asigurați-vă că trăiți, opriți pe cei fără carne, fără suflet...Sanctuar!" he cried out once the symbol was complete.
A huge dark blue dome suddenly grew out from the where the symbol was drawn and engulfed the beach and the evacuation boats along, it ended about half way out to the navy fleet. The dome had black crevices and cracks coming out from the base but stooped about a quarter of the way up; the lower back of the dome had a massive hole in it so the ships could sail out. The soldiers looked up at it in awe. The War Machines didn't slow down and they rammed into the dome but they could not get through.
Hawk Girl looked at the barrier and flew out to sea, she expected to be hindered by it but she flew straight through without any trouble. Superman was already on his way back and the two met up not far from the shore.
"Superman those Wheel things are back," Hawk Girl claimed.
"That's not the only problem," Superman claimed and he pointed to the skyline. There was a fleet of German planes heading their way too.
"It's just one thing after another in this war," Hawk Girl complained.
They flew back into the dome and over to Alucard who looked like he was struggling with maintaining his spell, the Wheel War Machines were firing their cannons and pushing against the vampires spell but nothing seemed to be getting through. Superman noticed that it did not seem to be affecting the soldiers who were still fleeing to the beach. They flew into the dome and Superman shuddered as he felt all tingly for a moment as he passed through and flew over to the vampire.
"Alucard what is this?" Superman asked.
"The most powerful Shielding Spell I know," Alucard responded "It will stop in-organic matter from passing through...but I can't hold this spell for long,"
"Hold on we'll get these boats out to sea and clear the sky," Superman urged.
Hawk Girl flew down to the captains of the landing crafts and Superman headed outside the dome into the sky to meet the oncoming planes.
"Get these boats out to sea now, we're out of time" Hawk Girl ordered.
The captains did not need to be told twice and even though there were still soldiers on the beach they pulled in the landing ramps and started to leave reverse out to sea. Hawk Girl flew up and met Superman in the sky.
"Alucard can't hold out for long, take them out quickly. No more holding back," Superman ordered.
"I never hold back," Hawk Girl claimed.
The two flew head first into the fleet of planes; Superman flew straight through propellers, wings and tails while Hawk Girl smashed them off. The planes opened fire at them but Superman ignored the bullets completely unaffected by them and Hawk Girls superior flying experience and manoeuvrability gave her the advantage. They continued to take out the planes as fast as they could.
Every now and then Superman would look back at the magic dome and he noticed Alucard struggling more and more with the spell, he could see the vampire sweating and it was clear he would be unable to hold it for much longer. Superman changed tactics and started blasting every plane with his heat vison aiming for a wing or tail; it was faster than flying up and smashing them one at a time.
Hawk Girl also was becoming increasingly aggressive with her assault, but she got too cocky and wound up being chased by several planes that had grouped up at once. Suddenly the planes exploded and five new planes painted dark blue with a gold circle and a black Hawks head painted on the side flew in from above. They flew alongside Hawk Girl and she saw they were all being piloted; one of the pilots gave her a salute before breaking away and shooting down the German planes.
Superman looked at them and then flew over to Hawk Girl.
"Friends of yours?" He asked.
"They are now," Hawk Girl answered as they watched the planes out gun and out maneuver all of the German fighters.
With the help of the new planes and combing their flying skills they were able to shoot down most of them and the rest retreated and flew straight into Superman's heat vison that sliced them clean in half. With sky cleared Superman looked down and most of the landing crafts had passed out of Alucards dome and were safely out to sea; on their way to the navy fleet and out of rage of the War Machines cannons.
Superman flew down in front of the War Machines and glared at the pilots dangerously. Seeing as they now had no back up and their aerial support had just been obliterated they turned around and retreated.
The second they left the dome finally disappeared and the light faded from Alucards hands, he suddenly closed his eyes and fell from the sky. Superman swooped down and caught him just before he hit the ground.
"I got you," Superman said and he lowered the vampire on the beach.
Alucard moaned in response and looked weakly up at the man of steel; he gave him a weak smile.
The soldiers who were left behind on the beach crowded around him.
"Hey is he okay?" one asked in concern.
"I think so. None of are hurt are you?" Superman asked.
"No. Whatever he did it saved us," another answered "What was that dome thingy? And how did it stop those machines?"
"It would take too long to explain. We'll get you out to those ships now," Superman said.
"Take him first, he's so pale he looks like he's on death door," another soldier insisted.
"Actually that's how he always looks," Superman claimed.
The soldiers glanced at each other in confusion at that.
Superman carried Alucard over to one of the Navy ships deck and put him down out of the way, the vampire was still weak and so Superman asked one of the men to watch him. He flew back over to the beach and assisted Hawk Girl in bringing the remaining Soldiers who were left behind back onto the navy ships. By the time they were finished the landing crafts were being brought on board as well. Superman and Hawk Girl walked over to Alucard who was now sitting up with his head resting in his hand, he looked up at them as they approached.
"Hey, you alright?" Superman asked.
"Yes...I am just a bit dizzy...it will pass soon enough," Alucard answered.
"You can get dizzy?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Yes, it is an unfortunate side effect of using too much magic too quickly," Alucard claimed.
"That dome...what was that?" Superman asked.
"A powerful protection spell called Sanctuary," Alucard answered "and as I said before it is the most powerful shielding spell I know...and the most taxing,"
"Taxing...you mean it drains your power more than your other spells?" Superman asked.
Alucard nodded.
"It does...I do not often use it for that reason," Alucard claimed "But it can't be helped...I am not of the right alignment for such a spell,"
"Alignment...what does that mean?" Superman asked.
"It is a rule of Magic...I will explain when we have more time," Alucard answered "here is not the time or place,"
Superman nodded in understating and agreement.
"Will you be okay?" he asked
"I will be fine...though I will need to feed again soon," Alucard said.
"So soon...but you fed just before we left the Watch Tower," Hawk Girl claimed.
"I did but I used up a lot of my power with that spell...If I use much more I will lose my ability to fly and I have no desire to be a burden on this mission,"
"How much power do you have left?" Superman asked.
"Not enough…a bit less than I had when I first woke up. This is before we fought Hades," Alucard responded.
He then looked towards the entrance into the interior of the ship.
"But it appears we have some compony," Alucard stated.
Superman looked over and saw the captain of the ship as well as a few armed soldiers heading there way, he should have expected this. After all it was not every day that flying men and women show up out of sky to save people...at least it was not that way yet. The captain was very suspicious of the three but Superman managed to convince him that they were not a threat and were in fact on their side. The Captain informed them that they were heading to an off shore outpost and let them stay if they agreed to help.
The five blue planes also followed the ships circling around them and keeping an eye out for any German fighters. It took close to six hours before the navy fleet reached the Island and once they landed Superman began to unload boats and troops and flew the most injured ones over to the hospital tents that were set up. Hawk Girl assisted with fortifying the base and carrying supplies.
Alucard however(who was now recovered) made his way over to the medical tents and offered to help the overwhelmed doctors and nurses, he very quickly discovered that they're was not enough medicine to go round and things were made even worse with all the injured Superman was bringing in.
Alucard sought out a pen and paper and began to write the names of various herbs and plants on it. Once Superman had finished bring all the injured troops over Alucard approached him.
"Superman can you get me some these herbs and flowers," Alucard asked and handed the man of steel a list "You should find them in the countryside,"
"Uh...why?" Superman asked.
"There is a lack of medicine, I can make some but I require those listed," Alucard explained.
"You know how to make your own medicine?" Superman asked in surprise.
"I do though my knowledge is from 500yrs ago...but they clearly need all they can get," Alucard said as he looked over his shoulder back at all the injured soldiers.
Superman nodded, he would do anything he could to help and if Alucard could make his own medicine it would save even more lives.
"I'll check the surrounding area first and bring back what I can find before I head back to the main land," Superman said.
Superman launched into the sky again and as he flew off the blue planes landed not far away from the camp. The pilots got out and began to check over their planes for damage. It did not take long for Superman to find all he could in the surrounding island; he brought back what he found before heading off to the main land to search there.
Superman returned an hour later with the herbs in a bag he had found; when he got back he was pleasantly surprised to see that Alucard had already made some medicine up and was using it on the soldiers and treating patents with the overwhelmed doctors and nurses.
Superman landed outside the medical tent and walked over to the vampire who was in the process of getting a bullet out of a soldiers shoulder.
"I got those herbs you wanted," Superman said and held out a small filled bag.
"Thank you…please put it on the back table and hand me that bowl," Alucard said and pointed to a bowl of white paste on the table at the back of the tent. There were five of them in total.
Superman walked over to the table and put the bag down; he then picked up the bowl of paste and gave it a sniff…it smelled like lavender. Superman walked back over to the vampire.
"What's this?" Superman asked and he handed it to the vampire.
"A pain killer," Alucard claimed as he dipped two of his fingers in the paste and applied it to a bullet wound.
Superman watched as the clear pain that soldier was in seemed to fade in a few seconds and after a few minutes the injured man could move his arm regularly without any pain. Though Alucard still bandaged the wound up and advised not to move his arm too much.
While Alucard was bandaging the injured solder Superman looked back over at all the bowls and then at the injured soldiers, he knew medicine would be in short supply. He spoke to one of the nurses and learned that the medicine Alucard had made worked as the soldiers he had treated were not in any kind of pain, some were sleeping peacefully while others were talking about the events of the battle.
Once Alucard was done he walked over to the back table and Superman followed him.
"Where did you learn how to do this?" Superman asked as they walked "Make medicine and treat injuries,"
"My mother taught me," Alucard responded.
"Your mother?"
"Yes, she wanted to be a doctor...not some old hag or witch a real doctor," Alucard claimed.
"I bet that was hard," Superman said.
"It was, but she loved helping people. She made all her own medicine out of herbs grown in our garden. My father and her would spend hours doing research into all the different effects herbs had on what aliments,"
"Did your mother ever treat patients or anyone with her medicines?" Superman asked.
"She did. Our village never suffered much from disease or sickness because of my mother's work," Alucard claimed "If anyone had an aliment they came to my mother for a cure,"
Once they reached the table Alucard put the bowl down; he reached into the bag of herbs and pulled the herbs and began to sort them. Once they were sorted he grabbed several different ones before crushing it into powder with his vampire strength. He placed the herbs in the bowl and added a bit of fresh water and then spat in it.
"Why are you spitting in that?" Superman asked. He was a little taken aback by that particular ingredient. The herbs he could understand but not the spit.
"This paste is for open wounds... a vampire's saliva has not only pain numbing properties but it also seals the wound," Alucard explained.
"It does?" Superman asked sceptically.
"Yes, how else would humans survive when we bite into the veins on their necks?" Alucard asked.
"Huh...I never actually thought about it," Superman admitted. However now that Alucard mentioned it he supposed it made some sense.
"My mother discovered that vampire's salvia could be used in treating open wounds and would use it in her tonics and curatives,"
"So did she get that spit from you?" Superman asked.
"No, my father provided it for her," Alucard claimed "when he was at home,"
Superman was about to ask what that meant but Alucard suddenly looked away as something had caught his attention. He looked over to one of the doctors who was with two nurses and they were struggling to hold a man down to the bed. Alucard noticed that the doctor had a Bone Saw nearby; he narrowed his eyes and walked over.
"Is there a problem here?" Alucard asked as he approached.
The doctor looked at him.
"This soldier's leg that is in a very bad way," The doctor claimed.
Alucard nodded and followed the doctor to a soldier's bed and saw that the man's leg was almost completely purple and one part near the knee was a funky green colour.
"This is a very bad infection," Alucard observed.
"Agreed, if you help hold him down I can remove the leg and..." the doctor said.
"No...his limb is not beyond saving," Alucard argued.
"Are you blind? look at it," The doctor claimed "if we don't act now..."
Alucard however turned away and returned to the table, he took some more herbs and quickly made up some a strange coloured liquid. He then returned to the doctor.
"Soak this in a fresh bandage and wrap it over the wound, if the infection has not begun to receded in 30 minutes than you will need to amputate the limb," Alucard advised.
"But surely we must amputate it now," the doctor claimed.
"The infection has not yet left his leg...there for there is still time to save it," Alucard said "I am sure this man would prefer not to lose his leg,"
"I'm with him, I don't want to lose my leg," The injured Soldier claimed.
"I strongly suggest you adhere to your patient's wishes," Alucard advised.
The doctor was going to argue but Alucard had already turned and walked off. The Doctor sighed, he did not want to give in and he fully believed that he should amputate. But he had to admit the medicines that Alucard had come up with were working; he turned to look at the patient.
"Are you sure you want to try this?" the doctor asked "if it does not work the infection could kill you,"
"Yes, I really really like having two legs," the solider claimed.
The doctor nodded and called for the nurse to bring him some fresh bandages and a clean bowl to soak them in. Alucard came back over to Superman just as Flash zoomed into the camp and he stopped next to Hawk Girl.
"I couldn't find him...I can't believe you just left him there," Flash said angrily.
Anger flashed across Hawk Girls face and she dragged Flash over to the infirmary.
"Look there," She said and pointed to the injured soldiers.
"Yeah so?" Flash asked.
"Look again, there would have been far more casualties if we had stopped to help John," Hawk Girl "I know your worried about him and so am I...but I had to make a choice,"
"Some choice..." Flash said sadly.
Before Hawk Girl could answer Superman came over to them.
"Where's Al?" Flash asked.
"Helping out in the medical tent, turns out that Alucard knows how to make medicine out of all kinds of herbs and flowers," Superman answered.
"And they work?" Flash asked in surprise.
"Yeah they do," Superman claimed "he had me bring him some from the area and the mainland,"
"But wouldn't any medical knowledge he has be from half a millennia ago?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Yeah it would," Flash agreed "I know he's been reading to catch medical books up and all but I didn't think he was up to how medicine was made yet,"
"Fair enough. So Al, was that really the best you could come up with?" Hawk Girl asked.
It was no secret that Flash liked to give nicknames to the various members of the Justice League and had given each member their own name. Whether they liked it or not, most of them didn't have a problem with it and ever since Alucard had been visiting the Watchtower more frequently Flash had been looking for a nickname for him as well.
"Well when I first went down to his castle I called him Dracula but he seemed to get a bit upset at that," Flash explained "There is no way I was going to call him Edward Cullen and apparently someone else has started calling him Twilight which I refuse to do,"
"Really who would call him that?" Hawk Girl asked.
"I don't know, Al said it was some asshole in a trench coat," Flash shrugged.
"Did he ask you about the Twilight references?" Superman asked.
"Yeah I told him it was the name of some really bad vampire literature. After that he then went on to ask about Star Wars and Stephen Spielberg,"
"Oh how did that go?" Superman asked.
"Well let's just say we're going to be having quite a few mandatory movie nights when we get back," Flash said with a grin.
"Awesome I love Star Wars and Spielberg's work," Superman agreed.
"Will Batman be okay with having another movie night?" Hawk Girl asked "He wasn't at the last one and was against having the screening on the Watchtower to begin with,"
"Eh probably not," Flash shrugged "But it's Star Wars,"
As they were talking one of the soldiers came over to the group.
"E...Excuse me...but those pilots who landed earlier would like a word with you and your friends," the soldier said.
Superman nodded. He went back over to Alucard and told him that they were needed elsewhere in the camp and the four headed to a large flat area where the Black Hawks were had landed and we're waiting.
"Thanks for your help with those German fighters," Superman said.
"Don't thank us, we would have shot them down regardless if you had been there or not," the leader said.
"We've never seen an Insignia like yours before, what country are you from?" Hawk Girl asked.
"We're not from any one country," the leader answered.
"André is from France," the leader said and gestured to a man with two small moustaches just under his nose.
Hendirxson's from Holland," the leader continued and gestured to an older wider man with a white bushy Moustache that covered his upper lip.
"Olaf comes from Norway," gesturing to a bigger bulkier man with blond side burns.
"And I'm Black Hawk from Poland," Black Hawk introduced.
"All of those countries are occupied by the Axis powers," Superman stated.
"We Black Hawks bow to no one and we will not stop fighting until our homelands are free once more," Black Hawk claimed.
"Vi va liberty," André said with a thick French accent.
"It's good to see even in these war times people fighting for what's right," Superman said approvingly.
"Well I for don't think you could have chosen a better name or symbol," Hawk Girl claimed "But what was it you wanted to see us for?"
"We need your help in taking out a target of extreme importance," Black Hawk said.
"Your piloting skills are top notch, what could you possibly need our help for?" Flash asked.
"We cannot discuss it here but its success could put the Germans back years and change the outcome of the war," Black Hawk claimed.
The league looked at each other for a second. Perhaps this is what Aeon wanted them to change.
"Alright we're in," Superman said.
"Hold on what about GL, we can't just leave him out there on his own," Flash said.
"We may not have time to find him either," Superman agreed. He was well aware that they only had a limited time before they were pulled back to the future by Aeon.
"We can't just leave him out there…his ring is out. He could die or worse be captured by the Axis powers," Flash claimed.
"I know but…." Superman said.
He wanted to help Black Hawks squad but he also did not want to leave Green Lantern out there alone and as much as he hated to think about it this was World War 2 and people died every second in this war…Green Lantern might already be dead.
"I will go and look for him," Alucard volunteered.
Superman, Flash and Hawk Girl turned and looked at the vampire.
"I don't know, with J'onn and Wonder Woman already gone...we're stretched pretty thin as it is," Superman said.
"Plus this is a war zone, it's not like back home," Flash added "People die here,"
"Exactly why I should go," Alucard responded "sending someone else would be dangerous however the risk of death is non-existent with me,"
"Still..." Superman trailed off, he had to admit sending Alucard to find John was appealing but he was very hesitant to let anyone go out into one of history's bloodiest wars.
Alucard seemed to pick up on this hesitation and turned to Black Hawk.
"I am confident that between you three you can accomplish whatever these men wish of you," Alucard claimed.
"Supes….GL could die out there, especially now with his ring out," Flash claimed "you and I both know how bad this war is,"
Superman sighed and looked at Alucard.
"Are you sure can find him?" he asked.
Alucard nodded.
"I am a creature of darkness, tracking humans is a simple task and second nature to me," Alucard reminded him.
"Okay go…but don't take too long," Superman agreed "we are on a time limit after all,"
Alucard nodded he launched himself into the air and flew off in the direction of the battlefield the League had left a little over an hour ago.
"Your friend is probably dead and you just sent another off to die," Black Hawk said as he and the others watched Alucard fly off.
"Its fine, Al's immortal," Flash claimed.
Blackhawks team looked at each other sceptically.
The Battlefield
When Alucard got back to the battlefield there were no signs of the Germans or their advanced war machines, he landed in the spot where Green Lantern had used the last of his rings power to put up a force field to protect a truck full of men.
"Alright...he was here...got blasted over here," Alucard said as he retraced the heroes steps from his memory.
"He used this alley to escape and then ran...and Hawk Girl swooped down to take the injured man...here," Alucard said and he stopped at the spot where the league had last seen their friend.
Alucard looked around, he could not see John's body around and that meant that Green Lantern had in fact gotten away or he could have been captured by the enemy as well. Alucard bent down and touched the ground, there was still a faint print of where Green Lantern had fell after been shot at a second time and it did not look like the new War Machines had driven through here as there were no piked tracks.
Alucard scooped up some dirt and brought it close to his face, he sniffed it before sniffing the air, he was hoping to pick up Lantern scent and follow it but due to the smell of oil, fuel and gunpowder in the air from the battlefield Alucard found it difficult to focus on one scent.
'I think I am going to need to change tactics,' Alucard thought as he stood up 'I hope I have enough power to do this,'
Alucard turned away from the spot he was standing over and closed his eyes, he took a deep breath and focused on the environment around him, he focused on the sounds, the smells then he started to walk, after a few steps he started run, he still focused on the environment while letting some more animalistic instinct's take over and His body began to change and his fur began to grow out of his skin. Alucard kept his focus and after a few seconds the vampire price was gone and replaced by a large beautiful white wolf.
The wolf trotted back over to where Alucard had been seconds ago and sniffed the spot where Green Lantern had fallen, before sniffing around, the wolfs head lifted and he looked in the direction leading to off to east. Having found the scent to wolf ran off following it.
(1)Asigurați-vă că trăiți, opriți pe cei fără carne, fără suflet...Sanctuar - Safe guard the living, stop those without flesh, without soul...Sanctuary