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Alucard frowned; he was really hoping not to run into this particular person again.
"Last time I checked Constantine you already are damned," Alucard responded.
"Minor detail mate," Constantine said waving off the insult before taking a drag from his cigarette.
"I told you not to call me that," Alucard growled but Constantine remained unfazed.
"A lot of people tell me a lot of things," Constantine shrugged.
"Of that, I have little doubt it…what are you doing here?" Alucard asked. Though he had a feeling he already knew the answer.
"Lots of strange things have been going on, girls turning up in odd places around Europe. You wouldn't be going on late night snack runs now would you?"
"No," Alucard said flatly.
"So you're not out picking up a double cheeseburger with an extra small side of chips?" Constantine asked as he gestured at Julius.
"I don't feed on humans," Alucard growled.
"Why am I the chips?" Julius muttered.
"Keep your fancy cape on, I'm just having a laugh," Constantine said, raising his hands to show he meant no harm. Constantine walked forward until he was standing in front of Alucard and then looked down at the vampires' companion "So if he's not your midnight snack, who is this?"
"This is Julius Belmont," Alucard introduced.
"A Belmont? A real live Belmont in the flesh?" Constantine asked in surprise and stared at Julius' shock. A large grin formed on his face "Well isn't this is my lucky night,"
"You've heard of my family?" Julius asked.
"Of course, anyone who studies magic or concerts with demon has herd of the Belmonts," Constantine claimed "Is it true your family has a weapon that can slay any monster? A weapon so powerful that the gods fear will destroy them with ease,"
"The kill any monster part is true," Julius answered. He pulled out the Vampire Killer to show Constantine. "This is it, though I don't know if it will kill a god,"
The man's face fell, in his eyes, the whip was nothing more than a length of old woven leather.
"Huh…I was expecting something a bit more than an old whip," Constantine said "Oh well,"
He then snatched it straight out of the boy's hands and held it up to examine it.
"Hey, Give that back," Julius yelled. He tried to grab it back but Constantine held it out of his reach.
"Calm down I just want to give it a test run," Constantine assured.
He flicked the whip at Alucard and the vampire caught it before it could lash him. Constantine blinked in confusion. He knew Alucard was a vampire yet somehow the Belmonts kill everything weapon was not working.
Alucard gave him a very disapproving look. Constantine blinked and looked down at Julius.
"Hey kid, I think your ultimate weapon is broken," Constantine said.
"No, it's not, it was working fined just a short while ago…what did you do to it?" Julius demanded.
"Nothing, and if this thing was working then why isn't Twilight here writhing in pain or exploding in righteous fury or something?" Constantine asked.
"It doesn't work unless you are of the Belmont clan," Alucard stated. He yanked the whip out of Constantine's hand and wrapped it up before handing it back to Julius.
"Well that's a disappointment," Constantine sighed "guess there is no point in stealing it then,"
"You were planning on stealing my family's greatest treasure?" Julius asked horrified.
Constantine shrugged, he then realised something "Hey if you're a Belmont, shouldn't you be trying to kill Twilight here?" he asked, "Isn't that your family's thing?"
"Well...I was going to...but then I sort of..." Julius stuttered.
"Failed miserably," Alucard finished for him.
"Yeah...I sort of did that," Julius said nervously.
"Ah. Well don't let it get you down, I'm sure you'll have plenty of other opportunities to kill him," Constantine responded, he then looked at Alucard "So I take it you're looking into these mysteries deaths?"
"Yes…they resemble a vampire attack," Alucard answered "it has me concerned,"
"Well I've been looking into them too and come up with a few leads myself and I think I found a clue," Constantine said.
"Really...what?" Julius asked.
"ALUCARD!" A voice cried out from above before Constantine could answer.
The group looked up and saw Superman, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, J'onn and Green Lantern landed in front of the group.
"Superman...that's Superman," Julius cried out in excitement.
"Not just the big boy in blue, he brought friends as well," Constantine said annoyed.
"Give yourself up Alucard," Superman demanded.
"Bloody hell Twilight, you've got the whole Justice League after you," Constantine exclaimed, "what did you do to piss these blokes off?"
"We know you're the one killing these girls," Superman declared.
"Oh…yeah that would do it,"
"How many times do I have to repeat myself...I am not the one responsible for their deaths," Alucard defended, ignoring Constantine.
"Then why did you run?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Because you would not hear the truth," Alucard shot back.
"You're the one who said there were no more vampires," Green Lantern said "That means it's you who is committing the crimes,"
"Come with us peacefully Alucard, we do not wish to hurt you," J'onn said.
"Yeah right," Constantine snorted.
Julius stepped forward in front of Alucard. The league looked at the boy with concern.
"Leave him alone, he didn't do anything wrong," Julius claimed "It wasn't him,"
"Can you prove that?" Superman demanded.
"Well…no…but…it can't have been him. Alucard would never turn on humanity," Julius declared.
"So girls aren't enough, you're going after young boys too," Green Lantern growled.
"Wait it's not like that," Julius tried.
"I think the negotiations are breaking down," Constantine observed "Twilight, I hope you have a plan to get out of this,"
"I do," Alucard confirmed.
"Does it involve us?" Constantine asked hopefully "Because I don't want to be labeled your accomplice nor am I keen on fighting the whole Justice League…too much effort,"
"You think you can take on all of us together?" Wonder Woman asked "What a sorry little man you are,"
"Lady I will have you know that I am never sorry," Constantine smirked confidently.
"That does not surprise me," Alucard muttered.
"So what's your plan to get out of this?" Constantine asked.
"This," Alucard answered. He grabbed both Julius and Constantine by the backs of their clothes and instantly took off into the air.
"After him," Superman cried and the rest of the League launched themselves towards the sky to follow him.
"Whoa...we're flying...we're actually flying," Julius cried out in excitement.
"Don't enjoy it yet...we've got company," Constantine claimed, he looked back and saw the rest of the League catching up.
"I...uh...don't suppose you could do that shadow trick again," Julius asked worriedly.
"Not in the air," Alucard responded.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this," Constantine said.
He began to chant and golden energy gathered in his hands and formed a large circle around the group. Alucard eyed the magic wearily as it encircled the group, a moment later a ghostly image of the group appeared behind them and flew off in another direction. Alucard looked back at the League and saw that they had changed direction and were following the phantoms.
"Was that an Illusion?" Alucard asked.
"Yep, I've used it to throw unsavory characters off my trail many times," Constantine grinned.
Alucard looked up at the golden circle that still surrounded them. The fact that the magic was still active meant that either this was the source of the illusion or there was some secondary effect.
"The Illusions are gone yet your spell still ensures us," Alucard stated.
"Oh that, truth be told the Illusions are a secondary effect of this spell," Constantine answered.
"What's the first?" Julius asked.
"Invisibility," Constantine answered "as long as this circle is active we're invisible to all senses,"
"So the League is following our phantom clones?" Julius asked.
"Pretty much," Constantine confirmed "But it only lasts a few minutes,"
"That's amazing," Julius cried out in awe.
"Indeed…perhaps I should learn this spell," Alucard agreed.
"I think I have the book it's from at home….somewhere," Constantine claimed "If I can't find it I'm happy to teach it to you…for a price,"
"And what pray tell would that price be?" Alucard asked.
"Don't know, I'll let you know when I think of it," Constantine answered.
Alucard nodded and continued to fly, he had no idea where he was going but he just wanted to get away from the League. Since Flash had disabled the tracking chip in his arm he knew they would have a hard time finding him again.
He watched the golden circle critically, counting down the seconds until it faded. After just over three minutes, the golden circle disappeared, indicating the spell's end.
"Oi land down there," Constantine instructed and pointed to the ground "I've got a safe house here,"
Alucard did what he was told and landed, he let go of both Julius and Constantine. He looked around, Alucard had landed in the middle of nowhere and he did not see the safe house that was mentioned.
"So where is this safe house?" Julius asked not seeing anything.
Constantine snapped his fingers and a huge floating mansion suddenly faded into existence behind him. Constantine smirked and opened the door; he walked inside and held it open for Alucard and Julius to enter. Alucard was hesitant to enter but did so none the less and Constantine closed the door behind them and the house disappeared.
The inside of the House of Mysteries was more like a Manson. The entry area was massive with an open area and a grand staircase leading up to the next floor. There were four doors n the room, two were next to the stars and the other two were on opposite walls leading further into the house. There were two large windows next to the front door with red velvet currents tied back; allowing the inhabitants to see outside. Next to the stairs, there was a small round table with various different papers an envelopes; they were being held down by a pale green glass orb with a misty swirl pattern on it.
Alucard took a moment to look around the House of Mysteries, he could feel its power seeping out of every part of it. it was not as prmnent as Castlevania but the magical power was certainly there
"Gentlemen, welcome to the House of Mystery's," Constantine announced.
"This is…AWESOME!" Julius cried out "First I get to meet Alucard…The Alucard and then the Justice League and now I'm in a magic house, this is the absolute best day ever,"
"That is not how I would describe it," Constantine commented. He then looked at Alucard "The? Hey Twilight, you famous or something?"
Alucard merely shrugged in response "The League will not find us in here?" Alucard asked.
"Nope, the inside is a pocket the actual house is in-between our motel world and the dream world and the only way in is through yours truly," Constantine smirked.
Alucard nodded.
"This place exists between worlds...SO COOL!," Julius squealed in delight. He ran over to a nearby side table. The table had a few envelopes and papers being held in place a pale green orb.
"What's this do?" Julius asked and he reached out to touch the strange artifact.
"Uh...don't touch that," Constantine warned.
"Why not?" Julius asked.
"Because if that is broken it will unleash a plague of flesh-eating locus on the world that can only be stopped once the world is a barren husk and the plague dies out," Constantine responded "Also I don't want your grubby hands on it on my paperweight,"
Julius's face paled and instantly pulled his hand away from the artifact.
"If that's so dangerous, why are you using it as a paperweight?" Julius asked.
"The same reason I use the crystal of Imminent Doom as a bookend in the library," Constantine responded "it's heavy,"
"You use something with Imminent Doom in its name to hold your books?" Alucard asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well…yeah, otherwise it'll just be lying around gathering dust and no world-ending artifact should be doing that,"
"I think that is exactly what it should be doing," Julius argued "Next you'll be telling me that you use an hourglass that controls the flow of time as a mantelpiece clock,"
"Oh no that's in the kitchen," Constantine said casually "and it makes for a surprisingly effective egg timer,"
Julius could not tell if he was joking or not.
"You mentioned you had a lead?" Alucard asked.
"Yeah, follow me," Constantine said.
He led both Julius and Alucard through the house until he reached his office. Inside was a long table covered with newspaper clippings and maps of various parts of Europe; there was also an out of place lava lamp that seemed to change colour.
The walls were lined with maps, scrolls, and bookshelves. There were some artifacts on the shelves but it was mostly old books and tomes. Alucard wondered how many of these were spellbooks. Julius eyed a Lava lamp suspiciously; it was changed colours every ten seconds.
"What kind of artifact is that?" he asked pointing at the lamp.
"That is just a standard everyday lava lamp, picked that up at garage sale for 2 pounds," Constantine claimed "I just enchanted it to change different colours,"
"Oh, so it's not magical then?"
"Apart from the enchantment, I put on it, no,"
"Why do you have it in here?"
"Thought it would look good and it does," Constantine claimed.
"Can we get back to the matter at hand?" Alucard asked impatiently.
"Right, so just before all the killings started several men went missing and were never found," Constantine started.
"Men too...I thought the vampire was only going after girls not young men as well," Julius claimed.
"These were grown men," Constantine said.
He walked over to a table and picked up a newspaper and held it up. Julius and Alucard walked over to get a better look.
"Not long before the men were reported missing, a new brothel opened on the outskirts of Bucharest," Constantine claimed.
"What's strange about that?" Julius asked.
"Nothing...except they don't let women in. It's a male-only club and men who go in don't come out," Constantine claimed "I was going to look into it and then a few days later those girls corpses start showing up,"
"Hmm...they could be connected," Alucard said thoughtfully "though I do not know how,"
"It's worth checking into. My theory is that a vampire is using this brothel as a cover and leaving a few dead girls so the authorities don't have time to look into the missing men," Constantine said "there could be hundreds of dead men in that building,"
"That is….certainly a possibility," Julius agreed "after all there are hundreds of names on the missing persons' list. But corpses attract more attention than just missing people,"
"Exactly, as long as this vampire is careful they are unlikely to ever be caught," Constantine agreed "Too bad for them that I picked up on them already,"
"I am surprised you care," Alucard said.
"I don't actually, what your kind dose behind closed doors is your business," Constantine snorted "and I expect it to remain behind closed doors,"
"Then why were you looking into it?" Julius asked.
"That symbol above the door," Constantine pointed a vague bat symbol on in the newspapers photograph "It's the symbol of Castlevaina...this place has some connection to it and I want to know what,"
"Uh…Castlevania?" Julius nervously sending worried glances to Alucard "Isn't that….isn't' that just a myth?"
"A myth that appears in every single Culture on earth? Yeah no, it's real," Constantine claimed, however, he then looked at Julius suspiciously "and why would you think it's a myth? Don't you Belmonts look into everything that goes bump in the night? If anyone would know if it's real or not I would think it would be your family,"
"Uh…Well…I….Don't…" Julius started nervously.
"Why do you want to know if there is a connection?" Alucard asked, taking the pressure off the young Belmont.
"That castle is said to hold vast dark and long-forgotten secrets. Imagine what I could do with that knowledge and power," Constantine answered with a greedy smile.
Alucard and Julius glanced at each other wearily.
'Why do I get the feeling it is better if Constantine never gets into my castle...or learns my connection to it,' Alucard thought.
"When do we leave for this brothel?" Alucard asked.
"We're already here," Constantine said.
He walked back to the front door and opened it, across from where the house was the brothel seen in the paper. The three exited the house and Constantine made it disappear again.
"All right let's go," Julius said he then tried to head towards the brothel but was suddenly stopped when Alucard grabbed the collar of his shirt.
"Oh no you don't," Alucard said.
"But you said I could help," Julius whined.
"And you can, just not right now,"
"Why not?" Julius asked.
"Because that is a brothel,"
"So?"
"So, I am not taking a ten-year-old into such a place,"
"I'm eleven!" Julius shot back.
"Ohhh better watch yourself Twilight, you got an old grizzled veteran there," Constantine said with a chuckle.
"Do you mind?" Alucard growled while shooting Constantine a dirty warning look.
"Not really, I don't see why we can't bring the Twerp along," Constantine said as he lit up another cigarette.
"See? He said I could...I'M NOT A TWERP!" Julius yelled angrily.
"Sorry, I meant Mr. Twerp," Constantine clarified.
"First off…Constantine is not one I would turn to when a moral decision has to be made," Alucard said, Julius looked up at the magic-user who just shrugged.
"Twilight has a point, I wouldn't trust me either," Constantine said.
"Secondly, out of the two of us, I have much more experience when it comes to sneaking around and am less likely to be caught," Alucard stated.
"But then why does he get to go?" Julius argued back and pointed at Constantine.
"Bait," Alucard responded.
"I could be bait, I'd make great bait," Julius tried.
"Not at your age and definitely not in a place like this," Alucard responded.
"Now if we were fighting possess giant teddy bears in a cursed toy store…" Constantine trailed off.
"There are giant cursed Teddy bears?!" Julius asked in horror.
"You are not helping," Alucard snapped at Constantine "Look just stay out here while Constantine and I investigate"
"But…I want to help," Julius said sadly.
"Sorry Twerp, tell you what when you hit drinking age I'll take you to a little place I know that would put this dump to shame," Constantine said as he and Alucard headed towards the brothel.
"Stupid vampire," Julius mumbled under his breath.
"I heard that!" Alucard shouted over his shoulder causing Julius to shrink back a bit.
The two supernatural investors walked up to the building and entered through its large doors, once inside they found themselves inside a large parlor that was surprisingly empty. The walls were covered in red wallpaper and lights shaped like flowers and a large staircase leading upstairs, but what was lacking were people of any kind.
"Hello! Are there any women of ill repute currently available. I was wondering if I could set up a tab," Constantine called out.
"Could you please take this seriously?" Alucard asked annoyed.
"Where's the fun in that?" Constantine responded. Causing Alucard to roll his eyes.
"Let's just get this over with," Alucard said flatly and he pushed passed Constantine.
"It's called humor Twilight, you might want to check into it sometime," Constantine said, as the two kept walking.
Alucard and Constantine walked through the brothel, they did not find any staff or patrons on the first floor. They walked into the back office and started looking for client details or any kind of records but there were none. It appeared the office was only for show; though Constantine did find a nice bottle of wine and poured himself a glass.
"This is too wired; I know this place has been getting a lot of business. So why is it so quiet and where are all the staff?" Constantine asked.
Alucard didn't respond, he was too busy going through the filing cabinet but there were no files in it. He closed it and looked around the room for hidden he noticed dark marks on the floor in front of the filing cabinet. Alucard went back over and pushed it out of the way and revealed a hidden fridge in the wall.
He opened it up and inside was a single half-filled vile of blood. Alucard reached in and picked it up gently.
"Look at this," Alucard said and held up a vile of blood showing it to Constantine.
"Blood...but whose is it?" Constantine asked.
Alucard took the top off and gave it a sniff; he instantly recalled back in shock and disgust and put the lid on.
"Vampires," Alucard hissed angrily.
"Not yours I take it?" Constantine asked.
Alucard shot him a glare.
"No...This belongs to someone else...A Vampire Lord,"
Constantine coughed and nearly choked on the wine he was drinking.
"I'm sorry did you just say that that blood came from a Vampire lord?" Constantine asked.
Alucard nodded.
"Well shit...what the hell is one of those doing running around. They're rarer than dragons," Constantine claimed.
"I do not know," Alucard said. He was incredibly worried; if there was a Vampire lord around it would cause a lot of trouble.
"Well it's a good thing you brought that Twerp along, I mean if we're facing a Vampire lord we will need that whip," Constantine claimed.
Alucard nodded.
"Rece,"(1) Alucard whispered and the glass vile frosted over.
Alucard put it in his pocket and walked out of the office with Constantine following him. They headed up.
"So you don't happen to smell anything...do you?" Constantine asked.
"I am a vampire, not a bloodhound," Alucard responded.
"Uh...technically you are,"
Alucard rolled his eyes.
"But this whole place reeks of...sex,"
"Well...yeah it's a brothel,"
"Exactly that means there must be someone here otherwise it would not smell as bad as it does," Alucard pointed out.
"Oh...Yeah, that makes some sense I guess...shall we try upstairs?" Constantine asked "that's normally where the...after hours business deals happen,"
They headed upstairs and halfway up they both herd moaning both men stopped and instantly ran up the stairs to a red and gold decorated hallway filled with doors. They burst into the first one and saw a man lying on a huge bed with clothes all over the floor, his hands were in the air and going through motions as if someone was on top of him but in reality, there was no one there.
Alucard went over and carefully examined him, the man didn't respond to the vampires' touch and Alucard noticed that his eyes were glazed over and clouded.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Constantine asked.
"He looks like...he's in some kind of trace," Alucard concluded.
"I'll go check the other rooms," Constantine said and he ran out the door.
Alucard stayed and examined the man more closely, the man was healthy...if not a bit malnourished and he was not tied down to the bed so that meant that he was here of his own will. Alucard noticed a wedding ring on his finger.
"Odd...this man is spoken for...what is he doing here?" Alucard wondered.
Constantine came back a few moments later.
"I checked the other rooms...they've all got men in bed and acting like this...except for one," Constantine said.
"Show me," the vampire demanded.
Alucard stood up and followed Constantine out of the room and into another down the hall. When he entered he saw a very old man who looked around 90yrs old lying still on the bed.
"This man is dead," Alucard claimed. He did not need to examine him as he could smell it and could not hear his heartbeat.
"I gathered...but what's an old geezer like that doing in a place like this?" Constantine asked "I mean the other rooms are filled with younger to middle-aged men,"
"hmmm..." Alucard said thoughtfully.
"What?" Constantine asked.
"Let's see if we can find a basement," Alucard said and he walked out.
The two-headed back downstairs and it did not take them long to find the basement, however it was filled with boxes and barrels of food and drink and unlike the office, these supplies were real along with several large caskets on the back wall. They went through all of the supplies and Constantine discovered one of the large caskets was a fake and led to a secret room
In the secret room, there was a pile of dead bodies; all of them elderly men along with what looked like shafts leading into the room. There was also a desk with files and papers on it along with a large map of Romania with several locations marked in red texture.
"That is...not what I was expecting to see," Constantine said.
"Indeed...we should not linger here," Alucard agreed.
"How do you think they died?" Constantine asked.
"I believe either an Incubus or a succubus owns this establishment," Alucard claimed.
"How do you know they were killed by an incubi?" Constantine asked.
"This is a brothel, who only let young men in...do you know how incubi feed of their victims?" Alucard asked.
"Of course they...oh...I see..." Constantine trailed off realising what had happened to these people and the people upstairs.
"Indeed, those still alive are trapped in the incubus or succubus's illusions...the food we saw is likely so they stay alive as long as possible," Alucard explained.
"Oh great...so not only do we have a potential Vampire Lord but an Incubus or a Succubus as well...perfect," Constantine said.
"We also have to find the one killing these girls," Alucard pointed out.
"Right...that too," Constantine said.
He walked over to the desk and the map and shifted through the paper.
"Hey...these are...these are profiles of the missing girls," Constantine said.
"And a map of Romania," Alucard said as he looked over a map on the wall.
Constantine came over and took a look, the map was marked in 5 different locations and Constantine recognised them as the locations the girl's body's had been found. Alucard also recognised them...but for a different reason as they were places he had traveled to in his youth...though the names had changed.
"This one...no one has been found here yet," Constantine said and pointed to the fifth spot on the map.
"Then that is where our murder will be," Alucard stated "we should leave at once,"
"Or we could go to the pub and have a few pints," Constantine said Alucard gave him a deadpan look
"Come on Twilight the first few rounds are on me...and by me I mean you," Constantine said.
"You do realise there are potentially extremely powerful and dangerous supernatural beings actively hunting humans don't you?" Alucard asked.
"Of course I do, and I can't think of a better reason to get wasted," Constantine reasoned.
"Oh god, it's Trevor all over again," Alucard muttered.
"You say something Twilight?"
"Nothing, we should leave this place," Alucard advised.
"I still like my idea better," Constantine said Alucard glared at him.
"Right, well better get back to the Twerp...so should we do something about these...patrons?" Constantine asked.
"Their only hope is to kill the sex demon who did this to them… they should be freed from their trance once it is dead," Alucard claimed.
"Great so we just have to hunt down a sex demon that may be in League with a Vampire Lord...what could possibly go wrong?" Constantine asked sarcastically.
"You could get eaten," Alucard stated "or worse be caught in the trance too,"
"You really know how to kill the mood Twilight. Though I am not seeing any downside to never-ending sex until I die," Constantine said as they headed towards the exit.
"Technically, it will not be never-ending sex. When the demon is not feeding you will be trapped in an illusion of never-ending pleasure that will give the same hormonal reaction and the impression of…." Alucard explained but stopped when he saw the huge and eager look on Constantine's face "you are still not seeing this as a bad thing are you?"
"Not in the slightest,"
Outside the Brothel,
After the two adults left him in the streets, Julius soon became bored as he sat on the street corner waiting for Alucard and Constantine to return when they emerged from the brothel, Julius quickly ran up to them.
"So what did you find out?" Julius asked.
"It's your lucky day Twerp," Constantine said.
"I'm not a Twerp...and why is it my lucky day?" Julius asked.
"Well turns out we're not just hunting your average run of the mill vampire," Constantine said.
"We're not?" Julius asked.
"Nope we're hunting a Vampire Lord," Constantine said, Julius' eyes widen he had read about his ancestors encounters with such creatures...they didn't always end well.
"V...V...Vampire Lord...really?" Julius asked, clearly nervous and frightened.
"There seems to be an incubus involved as well," Alucard added.
"And you're our best hope of stopping them," Constantine said.
"I am?" Julius asked nervously.
"Yep, the fate of human existence lies..." Constantine said dramatically.
"Do not frighten him," Alucard growled cutting the magician off.
"Well I'm not wrong he has the whip doesn't he?" Constantine asked.
"That's not the point," Alucard said as he walked over to the young Belmont.
"It will be alright Julius…you are not going to do this alone," Alucard assured.
Julius nodded.
"So where are we going to next?" Julius asked.
"We found a map inside the brothel; it had several locations marked on it. They appear to be the same locations where each of the girls were found…except for one," Alucard said.
"So that's where the murderer is," Julius said.
"If by murderer you mean extremely powerful and evil god-like vampire then yes that's exactly the murderer is," Constantine commented "Okay, let's go,"
He snapped his fingers and the House of Mysteries appeared across the street, Constantine walked over to it and opened the door and went inside. Alucard was about to follow but he felt something grab on to the tail end of his coat. Alucard looked back and saw that Julius was holding onto his coat and looked very worried and unsure.
"Um...Alucard...are Vampire Lords really that bad?" Julius
"Yes, they are extremely powerful and dangerous," Alucard claimed.
"Oh..." Julius said wordily.
Alucard could see that the teen was worried and he had every right to be. After all fighting any creature of the night was dangerous but now there was evidence of a Vampire Lord it was far worse.
"But they are less powerful than me and my father," Alucard tried to reassure the young Belmont heir.
"Still...I don't know if I can do it...I'm not Trevor or any of my other great ancestors," Julius said.
"How about I tell you a secret," Alucard said.
"What secret?" Julius asked.
Alucard bent down and leaned closer to the boy's ear.
"Trevor never once defeated a Vampire Lord on his own," Alucard whispered.
"R...Really?"
Alucard nodded.
"But...what about Dracula?"
"Technically that was me...I was the one who dealt the final blow," Alucard pointed out.
"Okay but...what about when he fought you?"
"Well I was not a Vampire Lord at the time and even then I still defeated him," Alucard claimed.
"Really? our family history states that he outmatched you. that the sleeping soldier attacked him in a delirious rage and convinced you to join his side," Julius claimed.
"Trevor never could say nice things about me," Alucard sighed.
"You mean he didn't defeat you?" Julius asked.
"No Julius that is not what happened, I had Trevor at my mercy and my fangs near his throat," Alucard claimed.
Julius looked up at him in horror.
"I was not going to bite him, I merely wanted to see what he would do when faced with a vampires fangs at his throat...needless to say I was not disappointed," Alucard explained.
"Oh...so that means...No Belmont has ever defeated a Vampire Lord before,"
"No and if you deal the fining blow you will be the first," Alucard claimed.
"I bet my grandpa will be really proud of me then," Julius claimed.
"I am sure he will be," Alucard
"oi are you two lovebirds done?" Constantine yelled out from the doorway of the House of Mysteries "We on a time table here,"
"I am beginning to dislike that man," Alucard claimed.
"Me too," Julius agreed.
Alucard and Julius entered the House of Mysteries and it disappeared.
1. Rece - Chill in Romanian