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A white wolf raced across the country side, it stopped every now and then to sniff around and howl before moving on again. A wolf running across the German countryside was not an unusual sight, given the amount of bodies that could be found in certain areas many of the carnivorous predators that lived in the wild took advantage of the meat that was left lying around. This wolf however was pure white and had yellow eyes that held a deeper intelligence to them. This was no ordinary wolf but one of the two animal the forms of the Vampire Lord Alucard.
Alucard had been trying to catch up with John Stewart, who had been unintentionally left behind during an evacuation of Allied soldiers. Alucard had determined that John had escaped the battlefield and was now trying to find and catch up with the missing member of the Justice League. Alucard approached a stream and stopped running, he looked up and down the stream for a way to cross and found some stones that he could use.
However before crossing the wolf lowered its head and took a drink from the stream. Once it was finished the wolf nimby crossed using the rocks and sniffed around trying to re-pick up on Johns scent and finds it leading up stream. However the wolfs head turned in the opposite direction. It blinks staring off into space for a second and then begins to shift into a man.
Alucard stood up and looked down stream critically.
"I sense an incredible amount of darkness nearby," Alucard said to himself.
Alucard took a few steps in the direction he feel the darkness coming from but stopped and turned to look the way that Johns scent was leading; undecided on whether to investigate the darkness or purse the missing League member.
"Forgive me...but I must look into this," Alucard says after a moment of hesitation.
Alucard launched himself into the air and flew swiftly across the countryside following the dark presence that he sensed. Soon he came across a dark misty barrier, normally humans would not see a barrier like this one and they would pass through it unknowingly. The worst they would feel is a strange tingling sensation at back of their necks, but Alucard is not human and has lived in darkness like this most of his life. He landed in front of it and reached out with his hand and pulled some of the mist, the dark mist swirled in his hand for a moment before it evaporating and faded away.
"This should not be here," Alucard said concerned and he looked up at the barrier.
Alucard stepped through the misty barrier; he has no trouble passing through; after all these types of barriers are designed to keep people in not out. Once he was through he looked around and the inside of the barrier was like the rest of the countryside, except all the plant life was wilting and there was no colour; only dark shadows.
Alucard looked up and he could not see any stars in the sky but the moon was fully illuminating through the dark mist providing minimal light and the area giving the inside of the barrier a very creepy feel.
"Perpetual night...only a high ranking vampire could do this," Alucard muttered.
Alucard placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, he was about to start exploring the inside of the barrier and see if he could find the vampire behind it; however he suddenly felt something strange. Alucards eyes narrowed and he moved to a defensive stance, ready to fight whatever was coming. An unearthly blue aura grew out of the ground and slowly formed into a transparent human.
'A ghost,' Alucard thought as he raised his eyebrow at it.
The ghost was male, he did not look young but was not old either, Alucard guessed his age would be late 40's if not early 50's...too young for a human to die in his mind. Alucard waited for the ghost to react to his presence, his father had often used ghosts as scouts or perimeter guards due to their ability to be invisible and invulnerable to all forms of physical attacks.
This ghost however looked a very surprised and confused to see Alucard standing in front of him, too surprised to move or do anything.
Alucard straightened up keeping an eye on the ghost, it appeared it didn't mean any harm; though Alucard was not going to drop his guard completely. When the ghost did not move or give any indication that it was going to attempt to harm the Vampire; Alucard walked straight through it.
The ghost reacted in surprise; he looked down at himself and then to Alucard...like it was not expecting Alucard to walk through him. Alucard suspected that whoever the man was in life he had died recently and did not know that he was dead.
"I am sorry," Alucard said and then he walked off further into the darkened countryside.
The ghost watched him go still looking surprised and in shock.
"Alucard?" The ghost whispered before it disappeared.
Alucard continued to walk through the area, the ghost had not followed him but the vampire did not have time to dwell on where the lost souls allegiances lie. He knew that a vampire was in the area, while a human versed in the ways of dark magic could also produce the same barrier, but this one was too big and the darkness was too concentrated to have come from a human mage.
Only high ranking vampires and demon lords had the power to set up such a barrier over a wide area, but given how dark the inside and the fact that Alucard did not sense nor smell any demons about that meant Vampire was indeed behind it.
Though Alucard suspected that more than one vampire was within the barrier making the area that much more dangerous. It did not matter how many there were Alucard would make them regret coming back; he would kill them all.
As he walked through the darkened area he kept his senses sharp, ever alert for any sounds of monsters or anything that could be hiding in the dark. Suddenly he stopped and listened, he thought he heard voices. Alucard closed his eyes and focused his enhanced hearing and sure enough he did hear voices...three of them and two sounded very young.
"Someone is still alive in here," Alucard stated.
He changed directions and followed the voices to the source. He was did not have to go very far and soon saw the orange glow a fire in a small clearing.
Alucard wrapped his cape around him and a second later a small white bat now hovered in the air where he once stood. He flew up to a nearby tree and perched on a branch above looking down at the campsite below.
The Campsite had three occupants, a blonde haired boy and a brunet girl clearly in there teen years and the ghost that Alucard had seen earlier. The boy was older than the girl; he had short blonde hair and wore a dark blue shirt with matching pants and a red vest with sliver shoulder pads over the top. He also had a belt filled with small throwing knives and vials of water.
The girl was only a few years younger than the boy, her long brunette hair ended a little past her shoulders. She wore a white lined short sleeved collared top with a red ascot tied around her neck, and a short blue back length cape, a blue and white skirt and long blue stoking that came up to just above her knees. She was also holding an old large book under her arm.
The two teens were sitting in front of the fire facing each other with a very familiar whip between them; the ghost was on the other side of the fire looking through the flames at the whip and the children.
"Man I can't believe we got our ass kicked," the boy groaned.
"It does seem strange that you are unable to kill anything with that whip...perhaps it is not the same one from the legends," the girl claimed.
"But this has to be the Vampire Killer...It's the same whip my dad used and the same one that killed Elizabeth Battley 30yrs ago," the boy defended.
"Perhaps your father passed the wrong one down,"
"No way, my dad give me this on his death bed, he never went anywhere without it and...there's just no way it's the wrong whip," the boy declared.
"Then why is it not working?" The girl asked "your other weapons are more powerful and effective,"
"I don't know, it certainly is not living up to its name or it's legendary powers," the boy scoffed "I mean how can it be called Vampire Killer if it doesn't kill vampires?"
"Your father…didn't he teach you how to use it?" the ghost asked, he had been silent up till now.
The boy shook his head.
"No he didn't, I learnt the basics but after that...it was all swords, knives and other things," the boy sighed "basically anything but this whip,"
The ghost nodded thoughtfully.
"I don't suppose you know how to use it?" The boy asked hopefully.
"Regretfully I never learned how to use a whip...the spear was my weapon of choice and my specialty," the ghost said.
"Great I don't suppose you know of a magic spear that could kill the vampire or is more powerful than this thing?" the boy asked and held up the whip.
The ghost didn't respond. The boy took that as a no and sighed, he lay down and closed his eyes trying to remember anything his father told him about the whip.
"Great so we just stay here forever," the boy moaned "I mean it's not like we can leave this place with that barrier up,"
"You can leave, you just need to kill the vampire who placed it," the ghost claimed.
"And how are we supposed to do that with a legendry weapon that can't kill?" the boy asked.
The ghost looked down in sadness. He knew the boy was right, unless the vampire was destroyed the barrier would never disappear and all those in side would remain trapped inside...even in death.
The group sat there in silence and Alucard continued to watch with great concern. He of course had recognised the Belmont's whip the moment he had seen it. But if what these children were saying was true then the whip had lost it's great power to repel the darkness...something that should not happen.
And these teens did not smell like Belmont's at all, when traveling with Trevor Alucard had smelt tha man's blood whenever he was injured...which happened a lot and he had committed the scent of the hunters blood to memory. He knew that each person's blood smelled different but all family blood had an identifying scent...and neither of these two teens had the Belmont's scent; that left Alucard with four very concerning questions.
Who were these people? How did they get the whip? Why had the Vampire Killer had lost its powers? And what happened to the Belmont's?
Alucard knew that the Belmont line did continue because he had found Trevor's descendants after he woke up...though he had yet to visit them he knew they were alive.
After several minutes the boy opened his eyes and stared directly up at Alucard. Alucard in his bat form immediately took off from the branch, however the boy instantly grabbed the whip and cracked it the direction of the bat.
"Got it," he smirked. The boy knew the whip would not hurt the bat but he hoped it would knock it out of the sky or at the very least disrupt it's flight so they could catch it.
However what happened shocked all three occupants. As soon as the whip hit the bat, it changed from a bat into a man and he crashed into the tree hitting his head.
"Wait...what?" the girl gasped.
"A Vampire?" the boy asked confused.
Alucard rubbed his head from the landing, he stared at the whip in confusion as he had not felt any pain from its strike, all it had done was force him back into his original form...this was vastly different from when he had fought Trevor and the whip had caused him great pain every time it struck him.
"Oh great a vampire...of course a vampire has been spying on us while we're talking about the ultimate killing weapon not working," the boy said.
"You have other weapons...just cut his head off and be done with it," the girl huffed.
"Yeah yeah," the boy said and reached for his sword.
However Alucard was faster and he reached out and grabbed the boy by the throat and forced him to the ground.
"Who are you? How did you get that whip?" Alucard demanded.
"I'm not about to tell you," the boy shot back. The girl raised her hand to the sky.
"FIRE BALL!" the girl cried out
A large ball of flames gathered above her hand and she threw it directly towards Alucard. He let go of the boy and jumped out of the way landing on the other side of the campsite near the ghost as the magic spell continued off into the darkness surrounding the campsite. He glared at the two teens and the ghost next to him merely tilted his head.
"Hey watch it Charlotte," the boy yelled as he patted the small flame out from his red vest and stood up. It had caught fire due to the close proximity of the spell.
"Sorry," the girl now known as Charlotte apologised.
"I'll hold him, you blast him," the boy declared.
The boy cracked his whip and it wrapped around Alucards wrist. Alucard did not feel any pain at all from contact with the Belmont's famed treasure.
Charlotte readied another spell but before she could cast it Alucard raced forward through the flames, with the whip still around his wrist he circled the two teen three times with above average speed. The whip wrapped around them and Alucard stopped and gave it a tug and the two teens found themselves tied up in Belmont's whip. The ghost started to laugh.
"What are you laughing for? Do something," the boy demanded.
"Very well," the ghost responded.
He waved his hand a gust of wind blew, though it was not powerful enough to knock Alucard over, however a sharp twig blew passed the girls cheek giving her a small cut and the wind died down. A familiar scent instantly filled Alucards nose as he stared at the small cut that was bleeding
"That scent...Sypha?" Alucard gasped.
"Not quite...it's been to long Alucard," the ghost said as he approached the vampire with a smile.
The two children looked between the ghost and Alucard; they were very confused at how the ghost knew him. Alucard in turn stared at the ghost and narrowed his eyes..
"How do you know my name?" Alucard demanded.
"Oh right...I suppose you would not recognise me now. I have grown up quite a bit from when we last met," the ghost said "It's me, Eric Lecarde,"
Alucard stared at the ghost with no recognition.
"I am sorry…but I know no one by that name," Alucard claimed.
"You don't remember me?" Eric asked surprised.
Alucard shook his head.
"You gave my father your spear and then gave it to me when I was 5yrs old. You're the one who gave the Morrises the vampire killer for safe keeping. You're the last one to see the Belmonts alive and the only one who knows what's happened to them," Eric explained.
"I have never met anyone of that name, nor did I make any spear and I have not seen any Belmont in the last 500yrs...not since Trevor," Alucard claimed.
He then looked down at the two teens.
"I am more interested in these teens and where they got this whip," Alucard claimed "it belongs to the Belmonts,"
"I see... I can help you with that. This is Jonathan Morris," Eric said gestured to the blonde boy "heir to the Morris clan and the Belmont whip,"
"And the this is Charlotte Aulin," Eric introduced and gestured to the girl "A very powerful and talented magician,"
"Kids this is Alucard, the half human son of Dracula himself "and the Belmonts greatest and eternal ally in the fight against the darkness,"
"Wait...Draculas son?" Charlotte gasped.
"How do you know that?" Alucard hissed. He had gone to great lengths to keep the identity of his father a secret.
"You told my father when you met him and Jonathans grandfather...My father told me who you were after you gave me your spear," Eric claimed.
"Hold on if he's Dracula child...doesn't that make him just as bad if not worse than Dracula himself?" Jonathan asked.
"Never ever compare me to my father," Alucard yelled angrily "I may have his cursed blood in my veins but I am nothing like him,"
"Jonathan, word of advice...don't compare him to Dracula. It's always been a testy subject for him," Eric advised.
"Okay fine...still half human...is that even possible?" Jonathan asked.
"It is, don't ask me how but it is," Eric claimed "as far as anyone knows he's the only one of his kind,"
"Enough, tell me what I seek. Why is the Belmont whip with them and why is it not working?" Alucard demanded.
"If you let these kids go I will explain everything," he ghost promised.
Alucard looked at the ghost and then back at the teen, he had no desire to hurt them so he nodded in agree meant and untied them. Jonathan took the whip back as well. The two teen moved away from the vampire and Alucard sat down with the ghost.
Eric told Alucard everything; from the time he first approached the Morris Clan with an infant Belmont who was the last surviving member of the Belmont line. How he had entrusted both the Vampire Killer and the task of standing against the darkness to Quincey Morris; Jonathans grandfather.
Eric told how Alucard had personally taught both Quincey and Eric's father in how to kill creatures of the night and gifted Eric's father with a spear that the vampire prince had made himself. Alucard then left with the infant Belmont and disappeared. Years later Dracula resurrected and thanks to Alucards teaching they were able to defeat the vampire king.
And how he came back once when Eric was 5 and personally gave him the Alucard Spear. The same spear that Alucard had given his father and been named after the Vampire Prince due to its role in protecting and adding the one wilder of the Belmont's whip.
"My father came back...that is not possible..." Alucard said wordily "He should be unable to resurrect,"
"Well he did and our families beat him," Eric claimed and gestured to himself and Jonathan "Since then we've been raising our children to stand against the forces of Darkness. At least until the Belmonts return,"
"How old was infant Belmont at the time of my father's resurrection?" Alucard asked.
"I think he was a little over two months old when you first approached Quincey...so I would say perhaps 5 maybe 6yrs old," Eric claimed.
"Far too young for vampire slaying," Alucard commented.
Eric Nodded.
"What happened to the baby?" Alucard asked.
"Actually...I was hoping that you might tell me. You were the last one to be seen with him after all," Eric claimed.
"Unfortunately I cannot...I have no memory of the events you speak of," Alucard said sadly "I have been asleep since I parted ways with Trevor Belmont over five centuries ago,"
"Then how are you here now?" Eric asked.
"It is...complicated," Alucard said, he then turned to the children "You have told me who you and theses children are and why the whip is in their possession...but not why its powers are gone,"
"Oh that...the thing is...the whip has not lost its power," Eric said hesitantly "it's still as powerful as it should be,"
"No it's not," Jonathan spoke up. He and Charlotte had been quiet up until now; they were content to listen to Eric recount the family history.
"If it was still powerful then it would have worked against him," Jonathon claimed and pointed to Alucard "and every other creature I've tried to use it against,"
"Jonathan is correct, this whip is one of the few things that can leave permanent harm and kill me, yet I felt no pain from when it struck me," Alucard agreed.
"It's not the whip...it's the user," Eric sighed.
"What...you mean I'm the reason it's doesn't work?" Jonathan asked in surprise.
The ghost nodded.
"How can you say that...Are you saying my dad was not really my dad...that I'm not part of the Morris family?" Jonathan yelled.
"No no nothing like that, you are most deftly Johns son. The whip did not work for your father or grandfather at first either," Eric claimed.
"What do you mean?" Jonathan asked.
Eric did not really want to reveal this but he had no choice.
"To use the whip...one must be a direct decedent from the Belmont line. That is why it is only passed down to the first born male child," Eric claimed "your family and mine...we are not direct decedents of the Belmonts. Ergo the whip doesn't work for you,"
"But that's not true...My ancestor was a Belmont," Jonathan claimed.
"Your ancestor may have had some Belmont blood in them...but according to the family tree they were a distant relive. Thus not a true Belmont,"
"But I thought..." Jonathan said.
"If it makes you feel any better I have no Belmont ancestry. My great great grandmother married someone from your family and that is how the Lecardes have any connection to the Belmonts...you have a closer connection to them I did...perhaps that is why I was not chosen to use the whip," Eric claimed.
"That...dose actually make me feel a bit better," Jonathan admitted.
"Then there is nothing wrong with the whip itself….good…very good," Alucard said in relief.
He then turned to look at Jonathan and Charlotte.
"What are you children doing out here exactly?" Alucard asked "there is a war on,"
"We're…uhh….here to slay a vampire," Jonathan claimed.
"Would this be the same vampire who has erected the barrier?" Alucard asked.
Jonathan nodded.
"I see….is this Vampire close?" Alucard asked.
"Yeah, he's got a concentration camp set up further in," Jonathan agreed.
"There are a lot of prisoners too…my own daughters are being held there," Eric claimed in anger.
"I see….I would like to see this camp," Alucard said.
Jonathan, Charlotte and Eric led Alucard to a hill above a German concentration camp; Alucard narrowed his eyes as he surveyed the camp. It held several rows of buildings that had padlocks on the outside; guards with tails and claws patrolled the area and at the back was a big hanger with lights flashing through the window.
Several armed trucks were parked around the side of the hanger.
"Those buildings are all locked," Alucard stated.
"How can you see that in the dark?" Jonathan asked.
"Vampires have enhanced senses that allow them to track and see anything in the dark," Eric answered "It's why there such good predators,"
"I can here screams….and hisses….the guards are lizard folk," Alucard continued.
"What are lizard folk?" Charlotte asked.
"Giant walking, talking bipedal lizards who are about the size of humans and the strength, agility and healing powers of ten men," Eric supplied "they like to hiss a lot,"
"Charming," Jonathan commented.
"Indeed….they are likely being used as guards for the humans," Alucard stated.
"So…how would one kill a lizard man?" Jonathan asked.
"The Vampire Killer could do it," Charlotte claimed.
Jonathan shot her an annoyed look.
"In absence of the Belmonts whip….Lizard folk are vulnerable to Ice based attacks," Alucard supplied "Since they are naturally cold blooded and rely on an outside source of heat,"
"Cold also stops there regenitive powers and slows them down," Eric added.
"Okay I can handle that…one Ice storm coming up," Charlotte said eagerly and flipped open her spell book.
"Be careful not to hit those buildings, they have people in them," Eric warned.
Charlotte nodded; she raised her hand and began to cast the spell, a Crystal blue circle formed around her feet and with a pure white light at the base. The clouds began to come too gathered and the temperature dropped; and several Ice stalagmites formed and once they did Charlotte willed them to launch towards the camp. The Icicle spears hit one of the Lizard men piercing its flesh. Charlotte aimed her spell and commanded it to unleash a barge of Icicle spears to rain down upon the camp.
After the first few hit their targets Alucard raced forward and ran down the hill at high speeds, he drew his sword and easily jumped the barbed fence of the concentration camp and landed inside the boundary in front of one of the Lizard guards. The guard did not have time to react as Alucard sliced him across the chest with his sword, blood sprayed out of the guards chest and Alucard stared coldly at the Lizard Mans shocked expression before he cut its head off.
With the first one down Alucard raced ahead to the next one.
Jonathan followed Alucards lead, although it took him longer to get down the hill to the camp. He pulled out his Axe and sliced through the wired fence and ran into join the battle. By the time Jonathan had caught up over half the lizard men had been killed.
Jonathan watched in awe as Alucard danced around and through the Lizards men attacks, he avoided there blades and claws with ease slicing through them one after another with a masterful display of skill.
Jonathan didn't think he would be needed as he watched Alucard take down the Lizard guards however the teen suddenly herd heavy footsteps and he ducked behind a nearby building just in time as human germen troops came out and flooded the camp. They pointed their guns at Alucard and began opening fire. The vampire merely glanced there direction and jumped out of the way to avoid the incoming fire.
Jonathan noticed some oil barrels nearby and suddenly got an Idea, he stealthy made his way over to them being careful not to draw the Germans attention while they were focused on the vampire. Once he was next to the tubs he tipped them over so the oil would leak on to the ground. He then mad his way to a few petrol jerry cans and emptied them out into a puddle. Alucard saw what he was doing and used a light wind spell to knock the troops over into the now soaked ground. He then stood still and let the germens pelt him with bullets.
Jonathan gave a wave to Charlotte and Eric appeared next to him.
"Tell Charlotte to aim a small fire spell at the oil," Jonathan whispered.
The ghost nodded and disappeared, a few seconds later a small flame was seen flying through the sky and it landed directly on the oil. the instantly lit up and the Germans who had been so focused on trying to kill the immortal vampire all caught on fire completely unaware that they had been standing in oil and petrol.
The Germans screamed in pain while Alucard just stood there staring at them coldly with uncaring and unsympathetic eyes.
Jonathan walked up to him.
"Well...that was fun," Jonathan claimed.
Alucard did not respond and he reached out his hand and caught one of the last Lizard guards by it's throat. It had tried to jump the vampire while he was watching the human soldier's burn. Alucard however had heard him and was completely prepared; he pulled the lizard close to his face.
"Tel me where your master is," Alucard demanded.
The lizard man's merely hissed in response and Alucard tightened his grip.
"I will not ask again," He warned "Tell me where the Vampire is or I will test the limit of your regitive powers,"
He issss in thatsss hanger," the lizard man gasped out.
"You mean that hanger?" Jonathan asked and pointed to the big hanger at the far end of the camp.
"Yessss. Masssster takesss humansss in there...Humansss no come out alive," the Lizard man claimed "youssss letss me go no?"
"No," Alucard said coldly. he applied more pressure and snapped the lizards man neck before tossing him into the inferno that was in front of him and watched him burn.
Charlotte and Eric came into the camp and she used her magic to put the fire out, so it would not burn the buildings before the four of them headed to the hanger. Alucard kicked the door in breaking it's hinges and they walked in.
Inside the hanger was a crudely put together infirmary, there were surgical tables set up and most had people on it, some had their chests cut open and others were dead. Three Lizard men were feasting on the organs of a young girl.
Charlotte gasped in horror and gagged, holding back the urge to throw up.
Standing over a teenage boy was an old man balled man that looked deathly pale, he was wearing a purple suit with bloodstains over it and his long vampiric claws were fiddling with a kidney. He looked up at the group with red eyes.
"The door was not locked," the old man said.
The group approached and stopped in front of him. Alucard looked down at the boy the other vampire was standing above and his eyes trailed over to the rest of the corpses that were in the hanger.
"Are you the vampire who erected this barrier?" Jonathan asked.
"That would be me," The vampire claimed and his eyes fell on Eric.
"Brauner," Eric hissed.
"You know him?" Alucard asked.
"Yeah, he killed me," Eric answered with hate in his voice.
"Oh, hello again Eric…have you come to take my daughters from me again?" The vampire now known as Bruner asked.
"There not your daughters," Eric shouted back.
"Oh but they are," Brauner claimed "GIRLS COME HERE PLEASE!"
Two girls walked came in through the back door; they looked exactly alike in every way. The first girl was wearing a pink and blue ball gown; she had dark red hair with buns on the side and bangs hanging off them. Like Brauner she was a deathly pale, a sign of her vampire status and had two fangs in her mouth. Her eyes were two different colours, her right eye was sapphire blue and her left eye was blood red.
The second girl wore a pale green top over a cream shirt with a matching short skirt that only barely covered her hips, she wore stockings on her legs, hiking boots and a pale green bonnet with a single red rose on the right side. Her dark red hair was let out and stopped just above her hips. She like her sister had two different coloured eyes, her right eye was a blood red and her left eye was a pale green.
Like Brauner and her sister she too had deathly pale skin and two fangs in her mouth.
"Stella...Lorttea..."Eric gasped.
"See, they are my daughters. After all they have my blood in them," the older vampire smirked.
"You monster...they're vampires," Eric yelled "you turned my children into Vampires,"
"They were never yours to begin with," Brauner shot back.
"Father...we love you father," one of the girls said and gave the vampire a kiss on the cheek.
"See, they are mine...it is such a pleasure to have such devoted and loving daughters...they would make any father proud," Brauner smiled wickedly.
"How dare you…I'll…." Eric started.
"What are you going to do about it ghost?" Brauner snorted "But where are my manners... I have yet to welcome you property,"
Brauner raised his hand the three Lizard men ran towards them but in a single movement Alucard sliced all three heads off at once and the bodies fell to the floor. Brauner watched Alucard critically; something was wrong and did not make sense.
The man in front of him was clearly a vampire; Brauner could see his fangs and the speed and strength he had just seen could only come from a creature of darkness. But he also smelt like a human, Alucard did come in with humans so it would be natural for him to have their scent on him...but the human smell was coming from him and not his cloths.
Alucard glared at the two vampire girls and then glanced at the ghost next to him.
"Eric you claim that those two are your daughters," Alucard said to the ghost.
"Yes… Brauner…he had his own children that were killed in the first Great War," Eric claimed.
"You humans…you stole what was mine with your petty feuds," Brauner hissed.
"So you took my children to replace your own?" Eric yelled in anger.
"I took my children back, and when I sit on the throne of darkness no one ever take them from me again,"
"What?" Alucard asked seriously.
"The throne of Darkness…the mighty power of Castlevaina will be mine and with it I shall create a new world for me and my daughters,"
"Wait…can he actually do that?" Jonathan asked.
"Of course I can, by offering up millions and millions of souls Castlevaina will come to me," Brauner claimed.
"That's your doing here…harvesting the souls of soldiers?" Charlotte asked.
"Indeed…and all the humans who die in this silly war," Brauner answered.
"But why?"
"Why not? honestly souls fascinate me and every immortal needs a hobby to pass the time," Brauner shrugged "Plus this way mortals are useful even in death,"
"You…you started a war…just for that?" Jonathan growled angrily "Just so you could have a nice Castle to live in?"
"I did not start this war…but I will not let it go to waste. If humans want to kill each other for no reason I am quite content to let them," Brauner responded "if I happen to be able to use those deaths to my advantage then so be it,"
"Castlevaina will not come to you…it already has a Lord," Alucard claimed.
"I do not tolerate lies who could possibly claim the castles dark powers for themselves,"
"Me," Alucard answered.
"I am Alucard, the Prince of Darkness, son of the Dragon and Lord of Castlevaina," Alucard declared.
Brauner's eyes widened.
"You...y…your Draculas boy aren't you?" the vampire gasped and took a few steps back "I heard rumours that he had conceived a child with a human…that is you isn't it?"
"I'll take care of Brauner, you three deal with the girls," Alucard said and he raced forward to engage the other vampire, but Brauner teleported away and reappeared above him floating in the air.
"I do not fear you half breed," the vampire sneered.
He opened his arms and conjured several green blobs, Brauner directed them at Alucard and they flew directly at the vampire prince. Alucard nimby dodged them and the blobs eroded the ground where they landed.
Alucard continued to dodge the spell and launched himself in the air straight at Brauner, but found himself unable to fly.
'Damn I've lost my flight again,' Alucard mentally cursed as he landed on the ground. He however ignored his own lack of power and focused on dodging the incoming blobs.
Unfortunately a few drops of the green blobs landed on his arm and is instantly burnt his flesh; Alucard winced in pan bit ignored forcing on the Elder Vampire.
"You should," Alucard responded. He spied one of the some metal beams on the side of the hanger.
Alucard dashed over to them and scaled them as fast as he could and once he had climbed as high as he could go Alucard jumped off the beam and thrust his blade into the Brauner arm "I am the one who slayed Dracula,"
Brauner hissed and teleported to the other side of the hanger and Alucard chased after him.
"Then he was more of a failure than I first thought, if he could not keep his own un-natural child in line how could he be expected to wipe out humanity and rule the night?" Brauner asked.
He conjured some sprits and sent them directly at Alucard but the younger vampire swatted them away with his sword.
"I do not recall seeing you in the castle or my Fathers court," Alucard recalled and he continued to fight off the incoming sprits. Howver he missed a parry and several sprits slammed into him sending him flying back across the hanger.
Alucard grunted in pain as he crashed into one of the metal slabs.
"Not everyone served your father," Bruner claimed as he floated over to Alucard, but still hovering out of his reach "It is true that almost every creature of darkness pledged loyalty to Dracula...but not me. I had no interest in being some second hand servant,"
"Yet you seek his castle," Alucard responded as he stood back up.
"For my own reasons, I have no interest in restoring that poor excuse failure you call father," Brauner claimed.
"Hey grandpa," Jonathan yelled out.
The elder vampire looked down at the two humans and his daughters trapped in a ring of fire curtesy of Charlotte and Jonathan threw a wooden stake at him, Brauner moved out of the away but Alucard ran forward and caught it. He then launched himself into the air and grabbed the elder vampire and threw him to the ground with all his strength.
Bruner slammed into the ground with such force that the whole hanger shook and the cement cracked where the elder vampire landed. Alucard was a bit surprised at this as he did not think he had that much strength left, he certainly hadn't had it last time he'd run out of power.
Brauner stood back up glaring at Alucard as he landed nearby, he then turned to face the humans; an evil smile formed on his face.
"More souls," Brauner smiled wickedly.
Alucards eyes widened as he knew exactly what that meant and he instantly dashed towards Jonathan and Charlotte. Brauner put his hands together and summoned a magical beam of pure darkness and unleashed it at the two humans.
Alucard managed intercepted it and threw himself in front of the human, blocking the beam with the back of his blade.
"You say your nothing like my father, yet your reasons for seeking his castle are the same," Alucard stated as he struggled to hold the beam back.
"We are nothing alike," Brauner said insulted and increased the potency of the dark beam. Alucard began to buckle under the eminence power.
"Humans killed my daughters...they were pure blooded vampires not some weak, pathetic, spawn of a worthless human whore," Bruner shouted.
Anger welled up inside Alucard, he knew he was weak right now as he had spent a lot of his power on the shield spell earlier and what little he had left on his transformations. He also knew fighting this elder vampire who was at full strength was not a good Idea as he was no match for him in strength speed or power at the moment.
He could live with humans and monsters shunning for him for his mixed blood, he could live with being locked away for eternity…but the one thing he would never stand for was anyone insulting his mother.
"Don't...call...my...mother A WORTHELESSS WHORE!" Alucard screamed in pure rage. Instantly the shadows in the area suddenly came alive and filled the whole hanger. Even the dark beam turned on Bruner.
"What…what power is this?" Brauner gasped as he looked around. He had never seen anything like this before.
Suddenly dark shadow spikes that shot out of the celling, walls, ground, surgical tables; anything that had a physical surface stabbed Brauner, impaling him almost every inch of his body.
It was as if the night itself had turned on the elder vampire and. Bruner was too stunned to respond.
"What the hell?" Jonathan gasped.
"What's happing?" Charlotte asked confused.
"I...I...I don't know," Eric answered, he was just as shocked and confused as the others.
They looked at Alucard who was shaking in rage and the dark shadows that had come alive seemed to be swirling around him.
"You are, you and my father both seek to destroy humanity out of anger, spite and events beyond anyone's control," Alucard claimed as he raced forward ignoring the strange phenomenon that was happening around him.
Taking the opportunity he thrust the wooden stake directly into Brauners heart. The elder vampire screamed in pain and his skin began to burn away and his flesh disintegrating.
"And you both die by my hand," Alucard said furiously, as the elder vampire disappeared leaving a pile of black ash behind.
Alucard stared down the pile of ash, daring the elder vampire to come back. Alucard knew that he wouldn't but he was still angry Brauner had said about his mother, he took a few steps back and he looked down at the pile of ash and took a deep breath to calm down. He sheathed his sword and tuned to face Jonathan; he tossed the wooden stake back to him and the young vampire hunter caught it. The darkness that had engulfed the area began to recede and disappear.
Eric, Jonathan and Charlotte looked around and once the darkness was completely gone Eric approached Alucard.
"Thank you…" Eric said.
"Do not thank me yet…I must now slay your Daughters," Alucard said regretfully and turned to look at the still trapped vampire girls. It appeared the living darkness had not put the ring of fire out.
Eric shook his head.
"Wait…Please, I know of a spell that can cure any vampire that has been turned," Eric claimed "I was never able to master it when I was alive but Charlotte here is an exceptional spell caster…perhaps she will be able to cast it,"
"A spell to cure vampirism?" Alucard asked in surprise "dose such a thing exist?"
"It's untested…when I was alive I was a very adept spell caster along with being a talented hunter of course. I often modified various spells to see what effects they could produce,"
"And you found a way to completely eliminate Vampirism?" Alucard asked.
"Yes, using a modified version of the Sanctuary spell,"
"The Sanctuary spell is a shielding spell…not one of healing," Alucard claimed.
"True but it can protect against different things, it all depends upon how you word the spell…I believe if worded correctly it could used as a very potent healing spell. Cabable of complete eradicate anything,"
"I see…you wish to cast it as a healing spell to repel the curse of the vampire…leaving behind a human," Alucard said understanding.
"Exactly after all it was the thanks to that spell that healing magic was created," Eric reminded him "although I never tried using Sanctuary this way before,"
"Hmm….the theory is sound…it may work," Alucard said thoughtfully.
"I know it's untested but I would rather try using an untested spell than watching my own children die," Eric said defensively.
"Very well…I will step outside I do not wish to see this spells effects on me as I am not a turned vampire," Alucard agreed "But know if this fails…your daughters will have to die,"
He walked outside and leaned against the walls of the hanger thinking about what Eric said.
'A healing spell derived from a protection spell to cure vampires…if this works could it be used to cure Lycothops as well as Vampires?' Alucard wondered.
A bright holy light suddenly filled the hanger and Alucard waited thinking on the possibilities of perfecting such a spell and a few seconds later the holy light died down. Alucard looked up and saw the dark misty barrier fade away.
Alucard went back into the Hanger to see Eric trying to hold his children. But it was impossible due his incorporeal state. Alucard leaned against the sided of the entrance keeping his distance from the girls, he had no desire to scare them or appear threatening since they had just been saved from one vampire.
Jonathan came over to him.
"It worked," Jonathan said "They've been cured,"
Alucard nodded, he could tell that the two girls were human again…although they were very confused as to what happened.
"That spell…Charlotte should keep it in mind and perfect it," Alucard advised "A spell like that would be essential in the fight against the darkness,"
Jonathan nodded.
"I'll be sure to tell her…by the way you never said what you were doing out here," Jonathan stated.
"I am looking for a missing member of my group," Alucard answered "we were separated as we were fleeing a recent battle,"
"Oh, want some help finding him?" Jonathan asked.