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As Julius walked through the town he kept his ears open ever alert for the Vampire that was out there...most likely hiding in the darkness. As he rounded a Corner A pillar of black flames appeared from nowhere. Julius quickly haired and peeked out and when the flames died down Juious saw a silver-haired man standing there.
The man looked around and Juiols caught a glimpse of fangs hanging out of his mouth. Julius' eyes widened and he could barely contain his excitement and moved out of sight.
'A vampire...an actual vampire,' Julius thought excitedly 'I knew they were still around,'
Julius peeked out again and took a good look at the vampire.
'I bet he's the one who killed those girls. he does look hungry...hold on...he's got yellow eyes,' Julius noticed 'the family bestiary says all vampires have red eyes,'
Julius peeked out again and noticed the man was walking off.
'Huh...where's he going?' Julius wondered 'well I'm not letting him get away,'
Julius followed Alcuard through the village to the spot that the girl had been found and did his best to stay to the shadows. Whether the vampire knew he was being followed or not Juiols could not tell but since the man had not given any indications that he sensed the young boy Julius assumed that he didn't know.
Julius watched the vampire in awe as he performed a spell and magic that Julius had thought to be long lost to the world, he could have stuck then and there but he was too entranced by the display of magic and when the spell ended the vampire moved on. Again Julius followed him but this time it was to the local sheriffs' office.
Julius watched as the vampire turned into a bat and flew in an open window.
'he turned into a bat...it is a vampire,' Julius mentally squealed.
The young teen ran over to the side of the building and deciding that this would be the perfect place to fight a vampire he climbed up to the window and managed to squeeze through. Julius used his whip to shut the window so the vampire would not escape and then headed further into the sheriffs' office as quietly as he could.
He found the vampire in front of a filing cabinet at the end of the room. The Vampire gave no indication that he was aware of Julius's presence.
'Okay just go in, use the family whip to kill him and take a fang as a trophy to show Grandpa,' Julius thought to himself 'Easy peasy,'
Julius took a deep breath, mentally preparing himself. Feeling confident and came out of hiding, indenting to make a dramatic yet heroic entrance only trip and fall down the stairs.
Alucard had been focusing on he had not bothered with the young man that had been following him all night as he assumed it was a local teen who was curious about the man who had suddenly appeared in Balck fire. He had gone to the spot where the first victim had been found and cast a spell to help Identify the culprit but had no luck.
That meant that the body had been placed there after who or whatever had killed her. Alucard then headed to the sheriffs' office to read a report on the case. He had gotten in easily enough and was in the back office looking over the case file.
"Say your prays vampire for I am...AGHHH!" Julius screamed and he fell down the stairs.
Alucard turned and watched the poor teen who had been following him tumble down the stairs and winced when the boy hit the ground with a yelp. Alucard put the file he was looking at aside and walked over to him.
"Are you harmed?" Alucard asked in concern.
Julius suddenly sprang up. Alucard eyed the teen critically as he thought the teen smelt familiar but quickly brushed that aside.
"Ah-Ha...How do you like my surprise entrance are you surprised?" Julius announced.
Alucard merely raised his eyebrow.
"Now Vampire, prepare yourself to face me in combat," Juiols declared and pulled on his whip.
He did not realise it had gotten tangled up around his feet and he fell over again.
Alucard folded his arms in annoyance and gave the teen a flat and unimpressed look.
"As challenging as that would be….I do not have time for this," Alucard said flatly.
He turned and headed back to where he put the file, intending to finish reading it.
"Hey don't ignore me. I'm here to slay you!" Julius yelled and tried to untangle himself.
Alucard didn't respond, he walked back over to where he had placed the file and picked it up. He then started to head back towards Julius to exit the serifs office. Julius saw the vampire coming back and got into a defensive stance. Ready to strike the moment the Alucard did.
However, Alucard completely ignored Julius and walked right past him.
"Come back and fight me," Julius demanded.
"Go home little boy," Alucard responded.
Julius ran up the stairs and stopped at the top, there was no way he was letting this vampire leave alive.
"I said you're not leaving," Julius shouted and cracked his whip. The whip hit Alucard in the chest.
The second it hit him, Alucard was blown back down the stairs and crashed into the room below; smashing through several desks. Alucard groaned in pain and looked at the teen in surprise, he was not expecting the whip to hurt so much. He narrowed his eyes, there was only one weapon in existence that would affect him like that.
The teen merely staired at Alucard in shock, he then looked down at the whip in his hand.
"Whoa…so this is the power my family's power," he said amazed.
A cocky smile spread over Julius's face. He ran down the stairs and stopped a few feet away from Alucard. Just as Alucard was standing back up, Julius struck his whip again and Alucard was blown further back across the room.
He smashed threw an office window and into smashed into a desk breaking in half. Papers scattered everywhere.
"So ready to fight me now Vampire?" Julius asked.
"That whip…are you a Belmont," Alucard gasped, struggling to recover from the last strike.
"That's right I'm Julius Belmont, heir to the illustrious Belmont clan...and your worst nightmare,"
Alucard pushed himself up and held out one hand to stop Julius; using the other to support himself.
"Wait...I'm not your enemy," Alucard claimed.
"Your a vampire so that makes you an enemy," Julius shot back and cracked the whip again.
Alucard just bearly moved out of the way in time as the whip hit the floor where he had been standing.
"You should have stayed hidden. You're the first vampire to emerge in centuries," Julius said turning to face his foe.
"A man named John Constine would argue otherwise," Alucard responded and he drew his sword.
Alucard really did not want to hurt this teen, especially since he was a Belmont. The fact that he could use the whip to its full potential proved it. Alucard was secretly glad that Jonathan had kept his word to return the Vampire Killer to its rightful owners.
"John Constine…never heard of him," Julius responded "but that doesn't matter, all that matter is you're here now and I'll be the first Belmont to kill a vampire in centuries too,"
Julius cracked his whip again but this time Alucard was ready for him, Alucard angled his sword in front of him and the Vampire Killer wrapped around it. Julius' face fell as a smirk appeared on Alucard's face.
"Uh-oh," Julius said.
Alucard yanked his sword backward, pulling the whip from the teens' grip.
"No, my whip," Julius cried out.
Alucard launched himself at the startled teen, he grabbed Julius and pinned him against a nearby wall with one arm across his chest to hold the teen in place and his blade at the teen's throat. Julius looked into his eyes with fear.
'Grandpa was right... I wasn't ready,' Julius panicked he waited for the vampire to finish him off but instead, he let the teen go.
"Clearly you are an inexperienced Belmont," Alucard said as he removed his blade and arm, letting Julius go. Julius looked up at the vampire in shock and Alucard took a few steps back.
"Wait you're not going to kill me?" Julius asked confused "Why not?"
"I am not your enemy Belmont...nor do I make a habit of killing humans," Alucard responded.
"But you're a vampire,"
"I am," Alucard agreed as he held up his sword. He looked at the Vampire killer in contemplation "But I am also a human,"
This caught Julius by surprise, he had never heard of a vampire referring to themselves as a Human.
"Who are you exactly?" Julius asked carefully.
"My name is Alucard...I fought by your ancestor Trevor Belmont side," Alucard said, he flicked his sword and the Belmonts whip landed in front of Julius "I have never been nor will ever be your enemy,"
"Your not Alucard, Alucard was a golden-haired warrior...Alucard was the sleeping Soldier," Julius yelled angerly "DON'T YOU DARE PRETEND TO BE HIM!"
"But I am him,"
"Prove it,"
"I slept under Waliica for a year after my father…Vlad Dracula Tepas unleashed his demon army almost mankind," Alucard claimed "Your ancestors Sypha Belhads and Trevor Belmont woke me,"
"That…that doesn't prove anything," Julius said, though it was clear the young Belmont was starting to be convinced.
"The sleeping soldier will be woken by a Hunter and a scholar," Alucard quoted.
Julius' eyes widened, only his family knew the true story of the sleeping Solder and the details of who it was. He knew it was Dracula's son and he also knew the only other person alive who would know that would be the sleeping Solder himself.
According to the Belmont records, his family had gone to great lengths to make sure the story of the sleeping soldier was forgotten. Despite the Belmonts best efforts, the story was still around but it had been altered and retold so many times throughout history that the true version was lost to all but the Belmont Family.
Every now and then some academics came up with a new theory on who the sleeping soldier was or whether or not the mythical savior existed or not. But that's all they were; theories and they were always so far from the truth and that's the way the Belmonts preferred it.
But if the vampire in front of him truly was the Sleeping Solider from the legend then he would know not only the true story but also the secret name that the savior had supposedly abandoned.
"The sleeping solder had a name...one other than Alucard. One he chose to abandon when Dracula began his genocide. If you really are him then you'll know that name. Tell me what it is," Juious demanded.
According to the Belmonts archive, Alucard supposedly gave Trevor and Sypha a secret name, his true name. According to the story that had been passed down, this name was given to Julius ancestors as a sign of trust and friendship. Julius had never put much thought into it, but his ancestors had insisted it was important to Identifying the Sleeping Solder should he return as only the true Alucard would know the name.
"My name..." Alucard hesitated for a moment.
He didn't recall ever giving Treavor or Sypha a secret name or discussing any kind of secret way of Idetyfiying him in the future. After all, Alucard had no plans to ever wake up from his exiled slumber at the bottom of the ocean.
'I never gave Trevor or Sypha a secret name,' Alucard thought 'Unless…'
"My name is…was Adrin Tepas," Alucard said softly.
Julius stared at him and stood up.
"Your him...your really him aren't you?" Julius asked "Dracula's son,"
"Yes," Alucard agreed "and the one who slayed Dracula,"
"Um...so...what are you doing out here?" Julius asked.
"There have been several murders of young women over the last week," Alucard answered.
"Oh right them…I read about it in the paper," Julius claimed "I think it's a vampire,"
"Agreed," Alucard said.
"Wait…you agree with me?" Julius gasped.
"Of course, the lack of blood in the remains and the only injury is a vampires bite mark….only a vampire can be the culprit,"
"But there aren't supposed to be any more vampires," Juliuspointed out " apart from you I mean,"
"I did not harm these girls," Alucard responded harshly.
"I'm sorry. That's not what I meant," Julius said apologetically.
"It's alright...I have been accused of this crime several times in the last few days," Alucard claimed.
"Right... let's get looking," Juiols smiled "what have you got so far?"
"Excuse me?" Alucard asked.
"Well if your, not the one who killed them then another vampire did... let's find them," Juills smiled.
"I do not believe that to be wise for you to help me," Alucard said.
"I'm a Belmont, it's my duty to find out whatever is doing this and end them before any more die. Besides, all the stories say you were a great warrior...one who stood against the darkness and even against your own family for the greater good,"
Alucard did not respond.
"You even allied with a man whose sole purpose in life was to kill your kind and you did it to save everyone. I don't believe for one second that your the one who killed these girls," Juious said.
"Well...you certainly have Trevors logic...he wasn't one for believing what everyone believed either," Alucard said.
"Really you think I'm like Trevor?" Julius asked happily.
"Oh no...you smell better than he did," Alucard joked.
What did he smell like?" Julius asked
"Piss and alcohol mostly" Alucard claimed
"Sounds like he smelled like a pub"
"That is not surprising since he spent s considerable amounts of time in them," Alucard said, the vampire then noticed that young Belmont staring up at him with large eyes and a huge smile on his face.
"Is there something wrong?" Alucard asked.
"Yes!... I mean no...I mean...you're actually him! You're the Alucard!" Julius practically squealed
Alucard groaned.
"Well, this has been fun…but I must be on my way" Alucard said
"Okay, where are we going?" Julius asked
"We are not going anywhere, I'm going to continue my hunt down this vampire and you are going home" Alucard snapped, as he tried to get past the teen but Julius jumped in front of him
"Wait! I can go with you," Julius cried out, Alucard looked at him up and down.
"I don't think so," Alucard responded, as he continued to try and leave but yet again Julius stopped him.
"But you have to take me with you," Julius argued.
"I most certainly do not,"
"But I'm a Belmont,"
"I fail to see why that matters,"
"Because you defeated Dracula with a Belmont,"
"I defeated Dracula with a highly skilled and experienced Belmont, and you young man are clearly not experienced in warding off the night,"
"What makes you say that?" Julius asked.
"You fell down two flights of stairs," Alucard said flatly.
"I meant to do that," Julius said quickly.
"And tripped over your family's whip,"
"All part of my genius plan,"
"And what plan is that?"
"Uhhh...to give you a false sense of security," Julius said in an uncertain tone.
"Goodbye," Alucard said. He tried to move past Julius but the teen grabbed on to his arm and wouldn't let go.
"Please take me with you, I have to prove myself," Julius begged "I need to prove myself,"
"Will you just go home already," Alucard snapped "your parents must be worried sick,"
Julius' eyes grew sad before he let go of Alucard's arm and looked at the floor.
"No they won't...they're dead," Julius said sadly.
Alucard's eyes soften a bit before letting out a sigh.
"I am sorry about that but…I still can not take you with me," Alucard said.
"But I can help you,"
Alucard opened his mouth to respond, however, he suddenly snapped it shut and slowly turned around to see a dark figure standing on the stairs in the shadows. Julius followed his gaze and gasped when he saw the dark figure. The figure was mostly covered in shadows so all he could see were white eyes and pointed ears.
"It's him! It's the other vampire!" Julius yelled, pointing at the figure.
"That is no vampire...it's much worse than that" Alucard responded.
Before Julius could ask what could possibly be worse than a vampire the figure shot out his hand launching several small metal balls at the feet of Alucard and Julius; a second later three holes opened on the surface of each ball and with a hiss released a smokey gas into the air.
Julius didn't seem to be affected by it but Alucard fell to his knees. His hand went to his throat and he started gasping for air.
"What is that...Alucard!" Julius yelled when he saw the vampire on the ground gasping for air.
"S...silver...silver dust...in the gas," Alucard gasped.
Before Julius could react the figure threw a metal object towards the ceiling, hitting the fire sprinklers before embedding into the wall. The sprinklers let out a downpour of water; Alucard screamed in agony as the running water hit his skin.
Julius watched in astonishment and fear as the figure stepped out of the shadows, he then walked up to the vampire prince with a pair of silver handcuffs in his hands.
"I thought a vampire would be harder to catch," Batman said before slapped the cuffs on Alucard's wrists.
"Hey, stop...what are you doing?" Julius yelled.
Batman looked a the teen in confusion and then down at Alucard.
"Your next victim I suppose. Did you decide to go for a boy this time to throw us off your trail?" Batman accused.
Alucard let out a low and painful hiss. Batman bent down and punched Alucard him in the face, the vampire's body went limp from the blow, Batman looked at the now unmoving vampire trying to determine if he really was unconices or not.
After about a minute, Alucard did not stir and Batman nodded in satisfaction. Given the fact that the sprinklers were still going and Alcuards flesh was melting away, Batman decided to get him out from the water. Alcuards body still smoked and twitched in pain from the water and Batman could see his flesh was melted down to the bone.
"Stop...leave him alone," Julius cried.
"Go, home kid," Batman ordered "and be grateful I was able to get here in time,"
Batman bent down and picked Alucard up and flung him over his shoulder, he headed to the stairway and began to the second Alucard was on the flight of stairs and out of the water, his eyes snapped open. Using his feet he pushed himself off the Batmans shoulder doing a backflip in the air and landed on the stairwell he then ripped apart the sliver handcuffs with ease.
Batman nearly fell back down the stairs into the previous room but regained his balance.
"What?" Batman gasped "Impossible, the sliver should have weakened you,"
as Alcuards injuries from where the water had hit landed on him quickly healed over.
"Silver has no effect on me," Alucard stated "and running water only affects me while I'm under it,"
"So you were faking being affected by the gas?" Batman asked.
Alucard smirked, he then rushed forward and delivered a swift kick to Batman. The Dark Knight immediately blocked it but the force of the kick was enough to force him back up against the wall.
Batman narrowed his eyes, as Alucard rushed forward and hoisted Batman up with his hand around the human's throat.
"You should never let your guard down around a vampire," Alucard advised in a low tone "All it takes is one mistake…one fatal mistake,"
Batman struggled against the hold but could he could not compare to Alucard's supernatural strength. He pulled out a Batarang and stabbed it into Alucard's arm. However, Alucard merely pulled it out and looked at it thoughtfully.
Alucard whispered something and imbedded the Batarang into the wall next to Batman's head. Alucard then let the dark knight go and took a step back. Batman and Julius were very surprised that Batman was still hanging in the air; despite the fact that Alucard had was no longer holding him.
Batman immediately tired attack the vampire again but found he couldn't move, he tried to speak, to demand what Alucard had done to him but found he could not move his mouth. He couldn't even blink, the only thing he could do was light breathing...Batman was completely at Alucard's mercy.
Alucard, however, turned away and walked up to the stairs and Juilis eagerly ran to catch up with him.
"What did you do?" Julius asked curiously once he caught up.
"I bound his shadow, he is completely immobilised," Alucard explained "He can not move, can not speak...the only thing he can do is breathe,"
Julius stared at Alcaurd in both shock and awe.
"Will he stay like that forever?" Julius asked.
"No, once someone removes the Batarang…. he will be free again," Alucard assured.
Julius nodded.
"So...how did you do that...the shadow binding thing?"
"Shadow Magic, it is a basic and weak form of magic,"
"If it's not very powerful then why use it at all?"
"Mastering Shadow Magic has its uses...everything casts a shadow and if one controls shadows you have greater control of your environment,"
"And your enemies," Julius added.
"Indeed, shadows are always overlooked...not many realise just how useful they are...and how dangers they can be," Alucard finished.
They both exited the sheriffs' office and once outside Alcuad froze. Standing there waiting for him was the Flash and he was holding something in his hand. The two stared at each other for a moment and Flash raised what he was holding, it looked like a high tech handgun.
Alucard got ready, he did not want to fight Flash if he could help it. Flash, however, pulled the trigger and Alucard felt a slight tingle go through his body; though it was strongest on his arm. Once fired Flash lowered the gun and walked up to him.
Alucard gave him a questioning look.
"An EMP burst. It'll stop the tracking device in your arm for 24hrs. After that we can find you again," Flash answered, knowing that the vampire would not know what he had done.
"Why would you..." Alucard started.
"I don't believe you have anything to do with the missing girls," Flash said "But if there really is a vampire out there killing these girls...then your the only one who knows how to find it and stop it,"
"Flash...Thank you," Alucard responded and he walked past the speedster.
The Scarlet Speedster took no note of Juliusbut Flash made no move to stop either of them. He didn't know why there was an 11yr old following Alucard but he really hoped that there was a good reason for it.
"Felicity, the last girl she hasn't turned up yet...try and save her," Flash requested.
"I will," Alucard promised.
He took a few more steps and then stopped, he turned back to look at Flash.
"By the way... I immobilised Batman with magic. Remove the Batarang next to him to free him from the spell," Alucard instructed.
Flash gave a small nod in response and headed into the sheriff office, it wasn't long before he found Batman immobilised in the air with a Batarang next to him sticking out of the wall. He instantly ran down to the office and came back less than a second later with a bright yellow whiteboard maker.
"Don't worry, Alucard told me how to free you. But first..." Flash grinned and flicked the lid of the texture off with his thumb.
After Alucard and Julius left Flash to free Batman the two continued to walk through the village streets, as they walked Julius continued to look up at Alucard with amazement, something the vampire quickly noticed.
"You're staring again," Alucard stated.
"Sorry...it's just...that was the coolest thing I ever saw, you beat the scary bat guy like he was nothing," Julius said with clear admiration in his voice.
"You are mistaken, I did not defeat him. I only slowed him down... and worse yet made him angry" Alucard commented.
"Then you'll just use that shadow thing again," Julius said.
"Doubtful, Batman is not one to fall for the same trick twice…nor am I going to risk his wrath tiring to find out of it will work a second time,"
"But you're a powerful vampire and he's just some mere mortal in a bat suit," Julius claimed, "what could he possibly do to you?"
"There is nothing mere about that particular mortal," Alucard warned. Julius could sense some deeper and underlining meaning behind those words, almost as if Alucard was warning him about something.
The two kept walking and Julius fell into an odd silence.
"Have you run out of things to say?" Alucard asked after a few minutes of silence.
"No...it's just...you're going to send me home aren't you," Julius said sadly.
"I was but…it might be better if you stay," Alucard responded.
"Hang on," Julius said and he ran in front of Alucard stopping them from going any further.
"Ten minutes ago you were telling me to go home because I would be in danger due to my lack of experience. What could have possibly changed your mind?" Julius asked.
"The Justice Leauge…both Flash and Batman have seen you with me," Alucard answered.
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"They believe I am the one responsible for the deaths of four girls," Alucard explained "Undoubtedly they will come after me. Should they find me without you they will suspect I have killed you too,"
"Wait, the Leauge thinks you kidnapped me?" Julius asked "But I'm the one who came after you and you said it yourself. Your our families long lost ally,"
"Given the current circumstances…it would be difficult to prove that to be true,"
"If I stay with you, the League would be concerned for my safety and won't
"Perhaps…though it might make them more eager to find me and deal with me," Alucard pointed out "they are not overly fond of those who take hostages,"
"So I'm a burden either way," Julius sighed.
"No, I cannot and will not deny having the Vampire Killer…Your family's whip on my side will be a great asset. If there is truly another vampire out there, then that whip will be invaluable. Despite your lack of experience… you are the only one who can use it," Alucard explained.
Julius became extremely excited upon hearing that.
"Plus I doubt you took it with proper permission…so I suspect you'll be in a large amount of trouble when you return," Alucard mused "This may be your first and last Vampire hunt for the rest of your most likely very short life,"
And just like that Julius became very afraid.
"Oh, gods….Grandpa is going to kill me," Julius feared.
"And most likely come after me for taking you along," Alucard added "I never thought it would be a Belmont to take my life…I was always so careful,"
"NOOOOO I DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THE BELMONT WHO GOT THE SLEEPING SOLDIER KILLED!" Julius cried out "I CAN'T DISGRACE MY FAMILY LIKE THAT!"
"Well I'll be dammed," a British accent interrupted before Alucard could respond.
Alucard and Julius looked in the direction the voice had come from which was a dark corner of the street, they then saw a flicker of a flame appear. A man wearing a tan trench coat shirt and a loose red tie stepped out of the shadows. The flame was revealed to be coming from his hand, it sat just above his hand as if it had been conjured by magic; the man clenched his fist putting the flame out.
The man walked up to the two and Julius got on guard; the man stopped just in front of them.
"How ya been Twilight?" Constantine asked with a cocky smile.