ShadowSpider Evolution: Year 1 The Sinister Hydra

by ShadowSpider17

Peter and Kitty are finally together, they had their first date, now all they have to do is survive the rest of their crazy lives, but that could be hard with the likes of Magneto, Hydra, the rise of mutant hate groups, not to mention a villain working in the shadows. Will Peter and Kitty survive? Let's find out. Part 3 of my ShadowSpider Evolution series. Peter Parker/Kitty Pryde

9. This Is Halloween Part 4

Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel, if I did then Spider-Man would be less of a soap opera and more of a superhero story, Kitty Pryde would have a solo series (Could call it Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat, Shadowcat: The Girl who Walks Through Walls, or Kitty Pryde: The Girl Who Walks Through Walls), Peter Parker and Kitty Pryde would also get together in every universe. They would date, get engaged, get married, and have a family, whether they continue the hero life is up to them.

I would like to thank MAB86 for beta reading this chapter. If any of you like this series then try reading his Spider-Man and Kitty Pryde stories, located on , they are really good. Seriously, I've read them multiple times.

Note: When I refer to werewolves who are transformed but have no hero identity, then I am gonna put were-name. An example, because Jack Russel is retired that means he is no longer Werewolf by Night, so instead I'm gonna refer to him as Were-Jack, Mason in his first form will be Lupin-Mason. When Mason is fully wolfed up so to say then he is Were-Mason. When a werewolf is in their human form, their name has no change, I will call Jack by his name when he is in himan form, I will do the same to Mason and any other werewolf.

Hope you all enjoy the chapter it took me awhile to choose which version is better, and I think I chose the right one. Be sure to leave a review afterwards, till then, Hope You Survive The Experience!

Chapter 9: This Is Halloween Part 4

Outside Volkodlak

The group arrived outside of town and into the forest, "Come on, it's this way," Were-Jack said as he led the group through the forest. As they walked through the forest, it had to be thirty minutes until they stopped near a rock. The group of heroes looked at the rock confused until Were-Jack put his clawed hand on the rock. The rock glowed and then a portion of it moved left making a doorway, that led to a flight of stairs. Were-Jack looked at the group, "Let's move, we can't let people see this." With that Were-Jack started down the stairs followed by Blade and Elsa, Were-Antonio, Were-Jeffery, Were-Marcus, Were-Adrian, Were-Johnathan, Warwolf, Vampire by Night, Lupin-Mason, and Spider-Man and Shadowcat.

Once the ShadowSpider couple were through the doorway, it swiftly closed behind them making Shadowcat yelp in surprise. "You ok," Spider-Man asked looking at Shadowcat.

Shadowcat nodded, "Yeah, I'm good, someone should have warned us about how fast the door shuts though," Shadowcat said, with that she and Spider-Man walk down the stairs.

As the group followed Were-Jack and the pack of werewolves, they noticed that the stairway was illuminated by torches, giving it an eerie glow. It was minutes later when they reached a doorway, Were-Jack then touched the stone door, and it opened for him. Once the door was fully opened, the group went through it, exiting the stairway and entering what looked like a temple. The temple was made of stone, it was lit up by torches, stone statues of werewolves were lined up on both sides, and the ground had carvings on it.

The group took the time to observe their surroundings and Spider-Man, Shadowcat, Lupin-Mason, Warwolf, and Vampire by Night were really impressed. After a moment the group started moving again, and walked down the hall, as they did this Spider-Man and Shadowcat took the time to look at everything.

"So, what is this place," Blade asked Were-Jack as they walked side-by-side.

"This is the temple of the tablet, when the six pieces were separated one of them was brought here to be protected by the werewolves. When it was brought here, this underground temple was created to hold the tablet," Were-Jack explained

"What's with the statues," Vampire by Night asked.

"These statues are of the werewolves that gave their lives to stop the ceremony," Were-Antonio said

"And the carvings," Elsa asked

"The story of the werewolves, from our ancestors the Wolf-Men, to how we came to be. There are also statues of some of the known Wolf-Men, which you will see soon," Were-Jack said as he led the group, the group then took a left turn. The statues then changed to much bigger and feral werewolves, "These are the wolf-men, as you can see one of the differences between us and them is that the wolf-men are bigger and much more feral. There's also that the wolf-men are exactly that wolf-men. They have no human form, unlike the werewolves."

"I didn't know that," Lupin-Mason said intrigued by the information. He can't help but wonder why he has never learned any of this and what else was there to learn of his ancestors.

As Peter and Kitty were looking around their surroundings in amazement, something caught Kitty's attention, and immediately she walked toward it without anyone noticing.

"So, Mr. Russel," Doctor Strange began.

"Please, call me Jack. I never liked being called Mr. Russel, it makes me feel old," Were-Jack said

"You are old," Vampire by Night said getting a playful glare from her father which made her grin.

"I was wondering how you got involved in all this," Dr. Strange asked

"It's not really a huge story, years ago I worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Blade, a couple of years ago I retired and decided to find another place to live. A fresh start, I heard about a town that housed some werewolves, I wanted to get to know some of my own kind. So, I moved here, I had to have been here for two months until one night at a full moon, I decided to go out and roam around. That is when I heard a commotion, I went to investigate it, and found Antonio and his pack fighting some other werewolves. After assessing the situation, I discovered who the good guys were and I jumped in and helped," Were-Jack said

"After helping us defeat the rogue werewolves, we were still weary of Jack, we heard of another werewolf moving to town but knew nothing about him. So, we were distrusting, but as time went on Jack proved to us that he was a trustworthy friend. Even though he is not a member of our pack he is a trustworthy friend, and so we told him about what was down here, and why we guard it. Jack swore that if we needed help then he would help us," Were-Antonio said

"So, that's how you got involved," Vampire by Night said getting a nod from Were-Jack.

The group then entered a room, the room was big, it had four werewolf statues on every corner of the room, the walls had carvings on it, in the middle of the room were ten steps that went up and on the top of those steps was a platform that had a pedestal on it, and resting on the pedestal was a stone tablet.

"Wow," Vampire by Night said

"Incredible," Warwolf said

"What are the carvings on the walls," Lupin-Mason asked

"The carvings in this room, tell the story of the first ceremony and how the werewolves helped stop it," Were-Antonio said

"Amazing," Lupin-Mason said

"Yeah, it certainly is. Don't you think Kitty," Spider-Man asked but he got no response, "Kitty." Spider-Man then turned to his left to check on his girlfriend only to see her gone, "KITTY," he exclaimed. "Uh guys, Kitty's gone," Spider-Man informed

"Gone! What do you mean gone," Elsa exclaimed as she looked at Spider-Man and saw that his was right Shadowcat was gone.

"She must be in one of the rooms," Dr. Strange said, he then looked at the werewolves, "Are there any traps that she could trip?"

"No, we were able to disable them before we entered the temple, so she should be safe," Antonio said

Dr. Strange nodded, he then turned toward Spider-Man, "Spider-Man, go find Shadowcat, and bring her here," Dr. Strange said

"Got it, she couldn't have gotten far," Spider-Man said as he turned to walk out the door.

"I'll come with you," Lupin-Mason said

"Alright, let's go," Spider-Man said, with that the two left the room in search of Shadowcat.

Dr. Strange then looked at the group, "Well then, shall we get the tablet then," he said

With Spider-Man and Mason, they were walking through the temple, "Kitty, Kitty," Spider-Man yelled

"Kitty," Lupin-Mason yelled

"Kitty, where are you," Spider-Man yelled, but still got no response, "Still nothing." Peter can only think of a few reasons why Kitty wouldn't answer him. 1) is that she can't hear him, 2) is that something caught her interest and now she is putting her main focus on it (Normally when she is really focused on something, she enters what she, Peter, Harry, and Gwen call the zone, and you can't hear anything in the zone. They've all been in the zone before), and finally 3) something bad has happened to her which is preventing her from answering. God, Peter hoped it is one of the first two. "KITTY."

As he was walking alongside Spider-Man, Lupin-Mason was doing his very best to try and keep cool. But that was proving to be very difficult because he was walking alongside SPIDER-MAN. As in Sensational, Spectacular, Amazing, the Ultimate Spider-Man. This is New York's main hero that he is walking with, this guy has fought alongside some of the biggest names in the world, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America. There are also rumors about him possibly joining the Avengers. He leads his own team of heroes. Spider-Man, the guy who saved New York just before Apocalypse happened. Lupin-Mason has been trying to figure out what to say to him. but what do you say to a guy like him? He can't think of anything, he tried to do the whole under that mask is just another guy like me. That, however, didn't work, because under that mask is not a guy like Lupin-Mason. Under that mask is a guy who chooses to go out every day and risk his life, all because it is the right thing to do. Spider-Man always made Lupin-Mason think if he could do that. What should he say, 'Come on, say something,' he thought to himself. "So are you and Kitty dating," Lupin-Mason asked

"What," Spider-Man asked surprised by the question.

Immediately Lupin-Mason kicked himself, what was he thinking asking such a personal question like that. It's none of his business whether he and Kitty are together, now Spider-Man will think that he is a nosy bloke or a stalker. Out of all the questions he couldn't have asked him, how he got his powers or what made him choose red and blue for his suit colors. No, he couldn't ask the usual fan questions, he had to try and get into his personal life. He can really be quite the idiot, "Are you and Kitty together? I saw the way that you two were hugging, and Antonio called her your girlfriend. Not to mention you two hadn't left each other's side since we left town, except for now. so, I was just wondering." The damage has already been done.

Spider-Man looked at Lupin-Mason then, "Look Mason, right," he said getting a nod from the werewolf, "Mine and Shadowcat's relationship really isn't any or your business." Spider-Man hates that he sounds like a jerk, he knows that Mason doesn't mean anything by it, but he has to keep his identity a secret, he had to protect his Aunt May.

"Of course, sorry about that," Lupin-Mason said feeling a bit chastised.

Spider-Man noticed this and decided to try and make the werewolf feel better, "No problem, don't worry about it. Shadowcat and I we've been friends for a long time, you wouldn't be the first person who asked us that question," Spider-Man said trying to answer the question without giving much away. "KITTY," Spider-Man called, finally he got an answer.

"Over here," Kitty's voice answered

Spider-Man and Lupin-Mason sped up their walking until they finally saw Shadowcat standing next to a doorway. Once they approached Spider-Man decided to make his displeasure of his girlfriend known, "Kitty what the heck? What's with leaving us like that? Everyone is wondering where you are," Spider-Man said

"Sorry, but I saw the inside of this room and it took my interest. I didn't mean to worry anyone," Shadowcat said

"Yeah, well you did," Spider-Man said crossing his arms.

Immediately Shadowcat walked up to Spider-Man and grabbed his hands and looked up at Spider-Man, "I'm sorry Spidey, I didn't mean to worry you, please forgive me," Kitty said in a cute voice.

"Nope," Spider-Man said

Shadowcat, however was not discouraged, she's known Peter since they were kids. Which means she knows just what buttons of his to press, whether it is to seduce him or to forgive her. With that Shadowcat takes out her secret weapon, the kitten eyes.

Spider-Man immediately noticed, "That's not gonna work this time," Spider-Man said strongly as he stared Shadowcat down. Neither believed him though, they knew that he would cave, but he is gonna put a hell of a fight.

It however isn't much of a fight when Kitty also put on her pouty face, "Pwetty pwease," she said in a cute voice

Spider-Man didn't even last a second, kitten eyes plus pouty face plus cute voice equals a defeated Peter, he sighed, "Fine," he said

Immediately Kitty smiled and she hugged Spider-Man, "Thank you baby," she whispered to him, she then pulled away, "You're a grade A friend."

Peter sighed, "I'm a grade A sucker," he said

"That's women mate, probably the most cunning and manipulative creatures alive," Lupin-Mason said amused at the situation, he can see that there is something between the two. Whether they know it or not he isn't sure.

Shadowcat turned toward Lupin-Mason, "What would your girlfriend say if she heard you say that," Shadowcat asked

"She'd grin at me, flip her hair, and say thank you," Lupin-Mason said

"Oh, well, anyway come check out what's in this room, it's pretty cool," Shadowcat said

"Kitty, we really should get back to the others," Spider-Man said

"Come on, just take a quick look in here. it's really cool," Shadowcat implored, she then headed back in the room.

Spider-Man and Lupin-Mason looked at each other unsure, but they followed Shadowcat in the room. When they were in the room, they saw five statues of werewolves, one in each corner of the room, one in the middle of the room, and just like on the walls there were carvings on the walls. "Whoa," Spider-Man and Lupin-Mason said as they looked around, they both walked up to Shadowcat who was looking at the middle statue.

"What is this place," Lupin-Mason asked

"Not sure, but it's cool though," Shadowcat said as she looked at the statue in front of her. Shadowcat then looked at Lupin-Mason, "He looks a lot scarier than you do."

"Hey, I can be scary. You just haven't seen me when I'm angry, because when I'm angry I really wolf up," Lupin-Mason said

"Right," Shadowcat said as she grinned at Lupin-Mason.

"Who do you think these statues are," Spider-Man asked

"They're of the first pack," a voice said from behind the three making them turn around only to see Were-Johnathan entering the room. "This temple is much more than a resting place for the tablet, this temple holds the history of this land, of the packs that live here. This room shows the story of how a pack of werewolves discovered this town and became its guardians."

"And these statues are of the first pack of werewolves that settled here," Spider-Man asked getting a nod from Were-Johnathan.

"What are you doing here," Shadowcat asked

"I decided to come and retrieve you, so we can get back to the group and leave. The others already have the tablet and are already on their way. Come on, it's time to leave," Were-Johnathan said, he then walked out of the room with Spider-Man, Shadowcat, and Lupin-Mason following. The four then started to walk the way to where the tablet is kept so they could meet up with the group. It didn't take them long to meet up with the group.

"There you are," Dr. Strange who was holding the tablet said

"Yep, here we are," Spider-Man said

"What were you thinking, leaving without saying anything to us," Elsa said as she scowled at Shadowcat who looked down in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I saw one of the rooms, and I got curious," Shadowcat said

"Curiosity killed the cat, in this case the cat could have been Shadowcat," Elsa repremanded

"I didn't mean to worry everyone," Shadowcat said

Before Elsa could respond, Blade interrupted her, "It's ok, just make sure it doesn't happen again. Remember we are on a mission," Blade said

Shadowcat nodded at Blade, "Of course," she said

"Ok then, let's get going," Blade said

"Is Dr. Strange gonna open a portal so we can get to the Sanctorum," Spider-Man asked only to get a headshake from the sorcerer.

"Whatever enchantment is used here that blocks tracking spells also prevents me from opening a portal here. We must leave these grounds so I can transport us," Dr. Strange said

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's get going," Spider-Man said

The group then started walking again, it had to have been ten minutes when they finally saw the passage that led to the stairs. They then walked through the passage and up the stairs, the stone door closing and locking behind them. It was two more minutes when they reached the top of the stairs and exited the mountain. When the last of the group, which was Were-Antonio, was finally outside, the door closed behind him.

"Great, now all we must do is leave the grounds and I can transport us back to the Sanctorum," Dr. Strange said

"Follow me, I'll lead the way," Were-Jack said, he then started walking with the group following him, allowing him to lead them where they need to be. It wasn't long until they were able to get out of the grounds and they could see the town.

"You gotta admit it is a nice-looking town," Spider-Man said

"Totally, I bet there are some nice romantic spots that couples visit," Shadowcat said

"There are," Lupin-Mason confirmed

"If everyone is ready, I'll transport us to the Sanctorum," Dr. Strange said getting ready to transport everyone to his base of operation.

"Wait," Were-Antonio said stopping Dr. Strange, he then sniffed the air, "Someone is here, in the bushes three o'clock."

Dr. Strange nodded, and immediately got a spell ready. Lupin-Mason took a sniff of the air as well and immediately smelled a scent that was very familiar to him. Immediately Lupin-Mason's eyes widened, and he turned toward Dr. Strange, "WAIT!"

But it was too late, "I summon the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak," Dr. Strange casted, just then crimson energy bands were created, Dr. Strange then threw them to the bush.

"AHHH," someone screamed, they then heard someone fall to the ground.

Dr. Strange walked up to the bush and moved it. Once the bush was moved the group saw a woman in her late teens to early twenties, she was an Italian/Mexican descendant, had brown hair, brown eyes, and 5'5 in height, only two inches taller than Kitty much to her annoyance. She's gotten used to being the shortest, but really could they for once run into someone shorter than her. The woman was wearing a black t-shirt with Kung Fu Lightning written on it with white letters, over the shirt was a pink jacket, dark blue jeans, and white shoes. "Well, well, here's our little spy," Dr. Strange said as he recognized the struggling woman.

"Spy? I am not…a spy," the woman said as she struggled only to yelp when she felt the bands tighten.

"I wouldn't struggle to much, the more you struggle the tighter they get," Dr. Strange informed

"Thanks for the heads up," the woman said sarcastically.

Blade stepped up to the woman, "Who are you and what are you doing here," he demanded

"Eh…I'd be…happy to tell…you…if you'd…let me go…," the woman said as she groaned and struggled in the binds only to yelp again when she felt them tighten.

"I told you they'll tighten the more you struggle. You're not one to listen very well are you," Dr. Strange deadpanned, unimpressed with the woman in front of them. He then sensed the woman gathering a familiar energy, "It's no use," Dr. Strange said getting the woman's attention, "Even with your magic you won't break those binds."

The woman and the group all looked surprised, "Magic," Shadowcat repeated getting a nod from Dr. Strange.

"She's a magi, a witch to be specific. The only question is what a witch is doing here," Dr. Strange said

Before more could be said Lupin-Mason interrupted them, "Wait a minute," he said as he pushed his way through the group and was able to get between the group and the woman.

"Mason," the woman said relieved to see the werewolf.

"Hey love," Lupin-Mason greeted.

"I'm so glad to see you. Do you think you could get me out of this," the woman said referring to her bindings.

Lupin-Mason nodded then turned toward the group, "This woman is not a threat, she's my girlfriend," Lupin-Mason said surprising some of the group.

"Girlfriend," Vampire by Night repeated

"Nice, werewolf got game," Warwolf said as he checked out Lupin-Mason's girlfriend.

"Yes, I'm Mason's girlfriend, can someone please release me now," the woman said getting frustrated.

"Doctor," Lupin-Mason asked, Dr. Strange thought for a moment, then he nodded and was about to release the woman, but she stopped him.

"Actually, let me. While I have painful veins release me from these chains," Alex chanted, they waited for a moment, but nothing happened much to Alex's surprise, "What the hell. While I have painful veins release me from these tight chains." Again nothing, "While I have trapped hands, release me from these bands," and nothing, "WHAT THE HELL!"

Doctor Strange sighed, "I told you, your magic won't break those bands, the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak are nearly unbreakable. Only a powerful and experienced mage could ever hope to escape those bindings," Dr. Strange said, he then snapped his fingers and the bands disappeared.

Lupin-Mason immediately went over to Alex and helped her up, "Alex, are you ok," he asked in concern.

"I'm fine Mason," Alex said as she looked at Doctor Strange amazed by what just happened. "I should have been able to break out of those bands on my own, but I couldn't."

"You're a powerful witch, but there is still much that you don't know," Dr. Strange said

"Actually, I'm a wizard not a witch," Alex said making Dr. Strange roll his eyes. He'll obviously have to educate this girl about what a wizard really is later.

"Everyone allow me to introduce my girlfriend…," Lupin-Mason said but was interrupted by Dr. Strange.

"Alex Russo," Dr. Strange said surprising everyone.

"How did you know," Alex asked surprised.

"I know all about you Alex," Dr. Strange said

"Like," Alex asked curiously

"Not here, we don't have time, we must go," Dr. Strange said, he then created a portal, but before anyone stepped inside, they were stopped by Alex.

"Wait a minute, what is going on here? What do you mean by no time? What's this all about," Alex asked

"Alex, listen to me, we don't have time to explain. We need to leave here immediately. Right now, we're all in danger," Lupin-Mason said seriously and with concern.

Seeing the seriousness and concern in Lupin-Masons voice made Alex concerned, "Mason, what's going on," she asked

"To much to explain," Lupin-Mason said

"Mason," Blade said getting the two's attention, "We're leaving."

"Leaving? Mason where are you going," Alex asked

"There's trouble Alex and I offered to help. I need to go with them and help them. If I don't…," Lupin-Mason trailed, unable to say it.

After a moment of silence, Alex spoke, "Then I'm helping you," she said

"No, absolutely not," Lupin-Mason rejected immediately.

"Mason," Alex said but was interrupted

"I said no Alex, this is too dangerous, and I am not gonna risk losing you," Lupin-Mason said

"I've been in danger before, this will be no different," Alex tried to reassure her boyfriend.

"Yes, it will be different. This danger Alex is unlike anything that you have ever been in, and I'm sorry but I can't risk it. I can't risk you," Lupin-Mason said

"It's my life Mason, I choose what to do with it, and you're my boyfriend. If you are in danger, then I want to be there. I'm not helpless Mason, I can take care of myself," Alex said, before Lupin-Mason could retort he was interrupted.

"Bring her along," someone said making the couple turn to see Dr. Strange standing there.

"What," Lupin-Mason asked

"I said bring her along," Dr. Strange said

"You can't be serious," Lupin-Mason said

"I am, another mage would be good for us, besides if what is said about her is true then she'll try to follow anyway. At least this way she won't get in the way," Dr. Strange said getting a face from Alex, obviously she didn't appreciate the comment, Dr. Strange then looked at Alex, "Do you know any combat spells?"

Going back to her normal face, Alex nodded, "I've been studying a few, ever since last year, I'd figure they may come in handy, just in case," Alex said

Dr. Strange nodded, "Good, come on then, we need to go. Everything will be explained once we get to the Sanctorum," Dr. Strange said, he then walked through the portal.

Alex smiled at Lupin-Mason, "Well then, let's go," she said, she then ran toward the portal and entered it. Lupin-Mason sighed, sometimes his girlfriend can be very exhausting. She is lucky that he loves her, Lupin-Mason then walked toward the portal as well and walked right through. The portal then closed.

Transylvania, outside Dracula's Castle

Dracula was outside his castle observing as half his minions were setting everything up. He watched as his minions were drawing a circle with symbols in it on the floor. While that was going on the other half of his minions were setting up for another ceremony for his son and his future bride. Just the thought of the bride made Dracula roll his eyes. He'll never forget when he first met Katerina, she wasn't anything impressive, but his son was smitten of her and even claimed to love her. Dracula let the relationship proceed, but in the end, Dracula needed Janus to focus on matters of the kingdom. He couldn't let a human girl distract him, so he decided that some sabotaging was in order. It wasn't that hard; Dracula could already see that things were strained between the two. As time went by Janus's true nature started to show. All it took was for Katerina to see just who Janus really was, and she would have been gone.

Flashback – In the 1600s

In the throne room Dracula was sitting on his throne waiting for his son. There was a knock on the door, "Enter," Dracula said

The door opened and Janus entered the throne room, "You wanted to see me father," Janus asked with a stoic face.

"Yes Janus, I have a mission for you," Dracula said

"A mission," Janus asked

"Yes, there is a town in the south, near the border, it's called Festung. They've been gathering some kind of army. I want you to go there and take them out," Dracula said

Janus gave an evil smirk, "Does that mean, any means necessary," he asked

Dracula smirked as well, "You enjoy these missions," Dracula stated

"Of course, what is better than the painful and fearful screams of humans," Janus said

"You leave immediately, oh and have fun," Dracula said, he then took a glance at the crack in the doors and saw a shocked and terrified Katerina who quickly backed from the doors and ran down the halls.

End Flashback

After that Dracula could sense the fear and distrust that Katerina had with Janus, she tried to stay loyal to him, tried to deny everything. It was only because she got close to that peasant that she left Janus, she then left the town and Dracula hadn't seen her since. Well until he saw her at that Halloween party, but Dracula wasn't stupid, he wasn't blind unlike Janus. That girl may be Katerina's reincarnation, but she is not Katerina, she was different. Dracula could tell but Janus couldn't, it doesn't really matter though, he told Janus to pick whoever he wants to be his bride and Janus chose. So now Dracula will set everything up for his son and his future bride. First it will be the wedding, then it will be the tablet. The dark union between his son and Katerina's reincarnation will give the spell more strength.

Deciding it was time to check up on his son to see how his progress is Dracula says a spell and then an astral projection of his son appeared in front of him, "Janus," Dracula greeted

"Father," Janus greeted back

"How goes the search for the artifact," Dracula said

"We had run into some complications, but we did find the artifact," Janus said

"Do you have it," Dracula asked

"No, we don't, Blade and the Howling Commandos took it," Janus informed

"WHAT," Dracula raged as he slammed his fist on his castle wall damaging it greatly, "How could you let them take it. Now they have two pieces while we only have four. The tablet must be complete in order for the spell to work."

"I'm very aware of that father, and you don't need to worry because I have a plan," Janus said

"Really? You have a way to get into the Sanctum Sanctorum without being invited and retrieve the two pieces of the tablet," Dracula said

Janus gave Dracula a smirk, "Indeed I do," he said, he then told his father his plan, and that made Dracula smirk as well.

New York City, Sanctum Sanctorum

Once Lupin-Mason stepped through the portal, it closed behind him. Taking a quick look around, Lupin-Mason sees that the room has a carpeted floor, he can see a large window with a clear area below it, there are bookshelves with books lined up, there also seem to be some artifacts as well, some encased in glass cases, there is a table with some books and scrolls on it. He can see cabinets, and chests. To say the least the room was very impressive and maybe a little creepy. This is certainly more different than the wizard lair at the sub-shop. Lupin-Mason then looked and saw Alex who was looking on in wonder.

Alex couldn't believe what she was seeing, she had never seen a wizard lair like this before. Though to be honest, she has never been to any wizard lairs that weren't her family's. She can see so many different objects, she thinks that she may have seen one or two of them in some of the magic books that she'd studied while still in the competition. This lair isn't as family oriented as her family lair is, her family lair, anyone could go in and probably just mistake it for another living area. But this lair is different, it has a serious and creepiness feel to it. But what really has Alex is the strange feeling she has from this place. It overwhelmed her senses, so much that she felt a little dizzy. "Where are we," Alex asked as she walked up to one of the glass cases and saw the Chest of Strength in it. "And what is this," she asked as she placed her hand on the glass case, she would really like to open that chest and see what's inside.

Just then Dr. Strange walked up from behind Alex, "That is something that you will not touch or attempt to open," Dr. Strange said sending Alex a warning glare making her back up from the case and put her hands up in surrender. Alex is a lot of things, a rebel definitely, a troublemaker absolutely, however even she knows who she should and shouldn't test, and the man before her is someone she should not test, especially considering that he can bind her at any possible time, and she would be unable to break free.

"So, where are we," Alex asked as she followed Dr. Strange back to the group.

Once they were with everyone again, Dr. Strange looked at Lupin-Mason and Alex, "You're in New York," Dr. Strange answered surprising the two.

"Seriously," Lupin-Mason asked getting a nod from Dr. Strange

"More specifically, you are in the Sanctum Sanctorum," Dr. Strange said

"THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM! ARE YOU SERIOUS," Alex exclaimed with wide eyes getting a nod from Dr. Strange and a surprise look from Lupin-Mason.

"Alex, you know what the Sanctum Sanctorum is," Lupin-Mason asked surprised, Alex has never been one to study or even learn history. History was always her worst subject (Well pretty much every subject is her worst subject, except art) whether it be mortal or magical, Alex was just never interested in it. So, the fact that she knows what the Sanctum Sanctorum is, is surprising.

In response to Lupin-Mason's question, Alex gave him an incredulous look, "Of course I know what the Sanctum Sanctorum is. It's one of the first lessons that are taught when wizard training begins. The Sanctum Sanctorum is the holding place of some of the most powerful and dangerous magical artifacts that exist, it is placed on top of a magical nexus, not to mention that the Sanctum Sanctorum is where the Sorcerer Supreme himself resides," Alex informed Lupin-Mason, she then gained a thoughtful look, "But if we're in the Sanctum Sanctorum then that could only mean." Alex's eyes then widen in realization, and she looks at Dr. Strange in complete awe, "No way."

Dr. Strange smirked at the awe on Alex's face, "Allow me to introduce everyone. My name is Dr. Steven Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, and these are my companions," Dr. Strange said as he gestured towards the group.

Were-Antonio then steps up, "I'm Antonio, and this is my pack. Jeffery, Marcus, Adrian, and Johnathan," he said gesturing toward his pack members.

"I'm Jack Russel," Were-Jack said

"I'm his daughter Nina Price, and before anyone says anything I will explain that later, my codename is Vampire by Night," Vampire by Night said

"What's up, I'm Warwolf," Warwolf greeted

"I'm Agent Sitwell, second in command," Sitwell introduce himself

Man-Thing then said something which got confused looks from Alex and Lupin-Mason.

"He said, his name is Man-Thing," Sitwell said

"You're a zombie? Cool! You know I met a zombie once; I met a bunch of zombies actually. One of the groups I met was at my school's prom and we had a dance off with them, another zombie that I met, well he bit my former principle and turned him into a zombie," Alex said, that got some worried looks from the group and a terrified look from Shadowcat.

"Don't worry, we turned him back," Lupin-Mason reassured once he saw the looks.

"Anyway, I'm Elsa Bloodstone, monster hunter," Elsa said

"Oh, my brother Justin is a monster hunter, or he was a monster hunter when he was doing his independent studies," Alex said

"I'm Blade, vampire hunter, occasional monster hunter, and leader of this rag tag group," Blade said

'Well, I know who I won't be introducing him too,' Alex thought, making a note to keep Blade away from Juliet. Now that she thinks about it, she might want to keep Elsa away from Juliet too.

The next two people really got Alex's attention as shown by her wide eyes. "Hey, I'm Spider-Man," Spider-Man said waving.

"And I'm…," Shadowcat said but was interrupted by Alex.

"Shadowcat, oh my god. I can't believe you're here; can I just say that you rock," Alex said in an excited tone. 'She's even sexier in person,' Alex thought as she checked Kitty out, that costume does a good job showing off her body.

"Um thanks, Mason told me you were a fan. I guess he wasn't kidding," Shadowcat said

"Well, I'm not sure if you'd call me a fan," Alex tried to play off cool, "Oh who am I kidding I am totally a fan. I just think that it is really cool, how despite you not having the most destructive powers you still go out there and kick ass. I remember when you saved that school bus of children when the earthquake dude nearly trapped them in the ground. That was really cool."

Shadowcat shrugged, "Just doing my job, protecting a world the hates and fears me," Shadowcat said

"Well, not everyone hates or fears you. In fact, you'd be surprised just how many fans that you have," Alex said sending a comforting smile to the younger girl. Shadowcat herself smiled at that.

"My real name is Katherine Anne Pryde, but people call me Kitty," Shadowcat said getting a smile from Alex about actually being introduced to the heroine.

Dr. Strange then steps up, "Well now that everyone is introduced, and if you are really going to help us. It is time you are told of the situation," he said, Dr. Strange then explains the whole story to Alex.

After Dr. Strange tells the story, Alex is quiet for a moment, "So, Dracula is real," Alex asked getting a nod from the group, "Cool," Alex said smiling a bit, getting frowns from everyone, "Not cool," she corrected, straightening her face. "So, Dracula's real, and he plans to bring together this tablet that will make all vampires immune to the sunlight?"

"That's right, and once they cast the spell and the vampires become immune then Dracula will send them all out and will take over the world, the world will be exactly like Transylvania," Blade said

"Transylvania isn't that bad, Mason and I were there once…no, twice with my brother Justin and his fiancé Juliet," Alex said trying to lighten the mood a bit.

"Alex, the part of Transylvania that we were in was one of the few spots that had daylight," Lupin-Mason informed his girlfriend, he remembers being in Transylvania when he was a wolf. How many close calls he had with the vampires that resided there. They may prefer human blood but there are those who aren't as picky and go after animals, and quite a few of them have gone after him. Every situation that he found himself in, he barely escaped. Lupin-Mason would like to know how Juliet escaped Transylvania without dying. He remembers asking once but once he saw the look on her face, he dropped it immediately.

"Transylvania is mostly darkness, centuries ago a spell was cast to block out the sunlight all around Transylvania so that Dracula and his vampires could roam whenever they wanted. However, there are some spots in Transylvania that are protected by magic, those spots are the only spots that have sunlight. I wouldn't be surprised if Dracula's dark magic had overwhelmed the magic that resided in those spots. That spot in Transylvania that you were all in, is probably shrouded in darkness now," Dr. Strange said

"Transylvania is made up of 95% of vampires while the other 5% are humans, if we don't stop Dracula then that will be the world. Every day will be a day of survival, running from vampires, hoping to escape your fate of them feeding on you. Your friends and family will die, some may even become vampires themselves, then you'd be running for them, or even forced to kill them," Blade said

"Ok, ok, I get it. Dracula's the bad guy, and if we don't stop him then we're doomed," Alex said, what Blade is saying is really starting to make her uncomfortable and even…scare her. Vampires feeding on her friends and family or even transforming them into vampires. Her dad, mom, Justin, Max, Harper, and Zeke, losing them whether it being to death or them becoming soulless and ruthless bloodsuckers is a terrible thought to have. "So, what do we do?"

"Dracula has four pieces of the Vampyr tablet while we have two. We need to keep the pieces away from Dracula until after midnight, once midnight passes then the spell won't work and he'll have to wait another year," Dr. Strange said

"But that would only mean that he'd only have to wait a year, and he can do it again. Are you just gonna keep doing this every year," Alex asked

"She's got a point," Spider-Man agreed

"As long as Dracula has the resources, he will most likely try again," Shadowcat agreed as well.

"I agree, that is why we must go to Transylvania and take the Darkhold from him. If we take the Darkhold then Dracula won't have the spell, and he won't be able to do the ceremony anymore," Dr. Strange said

"What if he memorized the spell or wrote it down somewhere else," Vampire by Night said

"Then we'll have to take the chance of destroying the tablet pieces," Dr. Strange said

"What do you mean by chance, and why not just do that now, and save everyone the trouble," Shadowcat said

"Magical artifacts can be unpredictable," Alex answered making everyone turn toward her. "Destroying magical items is a real risk because you never know what the backlash could be when the item is destroyed. Using one type of magic to try and counteract another type can be disastrous in many ways. Its why magical artifacts are stored and not destroyed, the risk is just too great, and it could not only affect the mortal world. It could cause damage to the magical world as well."

"Impressive, that was quite informative," Dr. Strange said making Alex blush a little at the compliment. Getting a compliment from the Sorcerer Supreme is a huge honor.

"Thanks, I did pay attention in some of my classes," Alex said, what she isn't saying is that the class she paid attention in was Justin's class when he was teaching a bunch of delinquents from WizTech. There was a whole section about magical artifacts and Justin made sure that everyone knew it.

"Alex is right about what she said about the artifacts. The risk is just too great, but we may have to risk it," Dr. Strange confirmed

"Alright, so what, we head to Transylvania, storm Dracula's castle, beat up the bad guys, take the tablet pieces and the Darkhold, then lock them away till midnight passes," Spider-Man said

"First we need to secure our piece," Blade said

"I can handle that," Dr. Strange said, the tablet then disappears from his hands.

"Whoa, neat trick," Alex said

"But where did it go," Shadowcat asked

"In a vault that is located in the Sanctorum," Dr. Strange answered

"And just where in the Sanctorum is it," Were-Johnathan asked

"I'm afraid that I cannot answer that, the less people who know its location the better," Dr. Strange said

Were-Johnathan growled at Dr. Strange, "We are the tablet's protectors, I think that we deserve to know where it is being kept," Were-Johnathan said

"I understand that, but the more people who know its location, the more likely that it will be found," Dr. Strange countered

"But the vampires can't get in here without being invited, so there is no reason for you to keep it hidden," Were-Johnathan said

"Johnathan enough," Were-Antonio said interrupting Were-Johnathan, "Dr. Strange is right, the less people who know its location the better, even if the vampires can't enter without being invited. Dracula will try, and in case he succeeds it needs to be hidden." Were-Johnathan growled at that but decided to drop it.

"So, what's next," Vampire by Night asked

"We can't just charge Dracula's castle; Dracula is smart and conniving. He'd expect that from us, he'd inevitably be waiting for us. First, we'll rest, we're gonna need our energy for what is to come. Then Me, Dr. Strange, Sitwell, and Jack will devise a plan. So rest up," Blade said, with that everyone dispersed, Blade and Elsa were together, Were-Jack and Nina were together, Warwolf and Man-Thing went to the werewolf pack to talk, of course the ShadowSpider couple were together wanting to spend some time together after being away from each other and worrying about each other, Alex and Lupin-Mason were together, and Dr. Strange and Sitwell were on their own, both decided to look through some books.

With Blade and Elsa, they were at one of the tables talking, "Hey, you good," Blade asked

Elsa smiled, "Yeah I'm good, took a few good hits from Janus, but I don't think there is any permanent damage," she said

"Thank god for that stone around your neck," Blade said

"Tell me about it," Elsa responded, "So, how did you meet those werewolves?"

"They attacked me and Spider-Man, they smelled me, and because I am half-vampire, I still have a vampire's scent so they attacked thinking that I killed their pack member. There was a fight, one of them was able to injure Spider-Man," Blade informed

"They did," Elsa asked surprised getting a nod from Blade.

"Scratched him across his back," Blade informed

"Kitty certainly won't like that," Elsa said, during the search that she and Kitty did, she was able to get to know the girl, and she found that she liked the girl, she was kind, friendly, and had an innocence to her that was really refreshing. Something that Elsa needed after these couple of months. As she got to know her one of the things that Elsa learned is that when it comes to Spider-Man Kitty is a worrywart.

"Eventually we were able to convince them that we meant no harm, and they helped us come after you," Blade said

"Hm, well I am glad that you are ok," Elsa said

Blade smirked, "Of course I am, it is gonna take a lot more that some werewolves to kill me," he said

Elsa smiled again, "That's for sure," she said as she then interlocked her hand in Blade's and squeezed it, and Blade squeezed back.

With Were-Jack and Nina, they were in their own space and were talking, "So, how has everything been with you Nina, we haven't talked in sometime," Were-Jack said

"Yeah, well I've been busy, Fury has us running everywhere nowadays. Other than that, I guess I'm good, been taking part in Dr. Strange's monster support group meetings. It's supposedly supposed to help us accept that we are monsters and make us less bitter about it. It was Fury's idea," Nina said (for more info watch Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell)

"I didn't even know that you were in S.H.I.E.L.D.," Were-Jack said sending a bit of a glare toward Nina.

"I didn't tell you because I knew that you would try to get me to leave. But I'm not leaving, I have no purpose out there, not as I am. But in S.H.I.E.L.D., I have a purpose, I can do something with my life," Nina said

"Nina, you can live your life, you and Blade are almost the same. You can go out in the sunlight Nina; you can live your life. You can get a job, you can meet someone, have a family. You don't have to risk your life like this," Were-Jack said

Nina snorted, "Yeah right, live my life, get a job, meet someone, have a family, that's not in the cards for me, maybe before I was turned it was a possibility but look at me Jack, I have fangs, blue eyes that darken when I get angry, and pale skin. I am a horror movie come to life. I can't have that life, no one would let me have that life, no one would give me the chance. No matter how good it sounds, I will never have that life," she said

Were-Jack looked at Nina in sadness, "Oh Nina," he said

"Aren't you proud? I'm doing what you have done for years. I've saved so many people as a Howling Commando, I thought that you'd at least be proud of that," Nina said

"I am proud Nina, I am very proud that you have been able to overcome the vampire curse, and you were still able to remain true to yourself. That shows just how strong you truly are," Were-Jack said, he then smiled, "You are just like my sister in so many ways, it's uncanny." Nina smiled at the comparison. "I am proud that you are using your abilities for good, but this isn't the life that I wanted for you. I wanted you to live a safe and peaceful life. I wanted you to live your life without thinking that you had to fight."

"I know, it's too bad that it didn't turn out that way," Nina said sadly

Immediately Were-Jack enveloped Nina in a hug, "It may not happen today, or even tomorrow, but I believe that you will have the life that you want Nina. I love you baby wolf," he said

Nina smiled at being called her old nickname when she was a child, she then hugged back, "I love you too papa wolf," she said calling Were-Jack his own nickname that she had given him years ago.

With Warwolf, Man-Thing, and the pack, they were all talking to each other, Warwolf trying to get to know the other werewolves and even telling them about himself.

"Wait, you don't transform during the full moon, but to Mars," Were-Marcus asked surprised.

Warwolf nodded, "Yep, cool heh," he said grinning.

"Hm, I have heard of werewolves that transform by other means that aren't the full moon, but it is very rare for such werewolves to exist," Were-Antonio said

"Well, I guess I'm just special that way," Warwolf said

Were-Johnathan scoffed and then started to walk away from the group, "I'm going to take a walk," he said

"I'll summon one of my students to go with you, it can be quite troublesome navigating the Sanctum. There's a security spell that changes its layout constantly, only a mage or someone who understands magic can navigate the Sanctorum and not risking being lost forever," Dr. Strange said

"Actually Doctor, because of the number of times that we have left this room, one of your disciples thought that it would be best to undue the spell for now, so that we don't get lost," Sitwell said

Dr. Strange frowned, "Oh, I see, and who undid the spell if I may ask," he said, not liking at all that one of his security measures was deactivated without his say so.

"A student of yours I think, she was slim, had tan skin, black hair, brown eyes, 5'7 in height. I'd say she was in her late teens. She didn't give us a name, just said that it would be better to undue the spell considering there isn't always gonna be someone with us when we need something," Sitwell said

"Hm, that description matches a few people I know, I'll be sure to track her down and talk to her. Till then go-ahead Johnathan, just be sure you don't open any doors. You don't want to end up in another dimension by accident," Dr. Strange said getting a grunt from Were-Johnathan who then walked out of the room.

"Wow, that guy has a bad attitude," Warwolf said

"I should probably go with him, and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid," Were-Adrian said, with that he followed Were-Johnathan out of the room.

With Peter and Kitty, they were over by the large window that showed New York. Peter has his arms around Kitty's waist while she has her arms wrapped around him too. Thankfully she isn't touching his scratch, he knows that he won't be able to hide it from her for long, eventually she will find out about it, and she will turn into a worried girlfriend. She'll lecture him, probably yell at him, call him a few names, then she'll demand he sits down while she bandages it. She'll then go back to being worried and wonder if it is a good idea for him to partake in the mission. She'll most likely try to get him to agree to stay out of it, which will cause him to explain that it isn't as bad as it looks and that he is healing. He'd honestly like to skip all that, or at least put it off until after that mission is over.

"I don't think it is right, that werewolf may be a jerk, but he has a point," Kitty said

"And what's that," Peter asked

"We should know where the tablets are being kept," Kitty said

"Kitty, it's like Dr. Strange said the less people who know, the less chance at it being discovered," Peter said

"Sounds more like that he doesn't trust us to me. If we were to know where the tablets are then if anything were to happen one of us could go to them and either protect them or move them. What if something were to happen to Dr. Strange, then we'd be screwed. We can't protect something when we don't know where it is. I should go and convince him to tell us," Kitty said, but as she goes to move Peter tightens his hold on her.

"No, you won't," Peter rejected

Kitty glared, "Let me go Peter," she said

"No, I won't, you are staying right here with me," Peter said

"I can easily phase out of your grip," Kitty said

"Kitty, do you trust me," Peter asked

"What," Kitty asked surprised by the question.

"Do you trust me," Peter asked

"Why are you asking me that," Kitty asked

"Just answer the question Kitty. Do you trust me," Peter asked

"Of course, I do," Kitty said

"Then trust me when I ask you to trust Strange. Trust me when I say that this is a good course of action. Can you trust me with that," Peter asked

Kitty was silent for a moment contemplating in her head. After another moment of silence Kitty sighed, "Ok, I'll trust you," she said smiling.

"Good," Peter said smiling under his mask, then something else came to his mind, "I know that I asked you this before, but are you ok," Spider-Man asked

"I'm fine Peter, really, the worst thing that I have are a few bruises. Nothing I can't handle," Kitty whispered making sure that no one else can hear them, as far as she knows, the werewolf pack and Alex and Lupin-Mason don't know Peter's identity.

"Thank god, when I got your message, I wasn't sure that I was gonna make it to you in time. That werewolf pack was giving us a hard time," Peter said

"Were they attacking you," Kitty asked getting a nod from Peter.

"Yeah, they were, and believe me they weren't pulling any punches," Peter said

"But why would they? Wait…is it because…," Kitty asked

"Blade, because he is half vampire, he still has the scent of a vampire. They spelt him out and when they found him, they attacked. Thank god for my spider-sense or we probably would have been dead," Peter said

"Yeah, thank god for that," Kitty said as she looked up at Peter or Spider-Man because he is wearing the mask. However, Kitty doesn't want to see Spider-Man, she wants to see Peter Parker, her boyfriend, with that she reaches her hand up to the bottom of his mask and starts to pull it up, but Peter quickly stops her.

"Kitty, not everyone in this room, knows who I am," Peter said

"They won't be able to see your face, and I'm whispering your name, so they won't know that either, as long as you keep facing me or the window then you're fine. I don't want to see Spider-Man, I want to see your face Peter, my boyfriend, the love of my life," Kitty said making Peter sigh, Kitty then proceeds to lift Spider-Man's mask and he not stopping her. Finally, Kitty has taken off Spider-Man's mask and she is greeted with the face of her boyfriend Peter Parker. "I love you."

"I love you too, and I would do anything for you Kitty," Peter said

"Anything," Kitty asked getting a nod from Peter, "Even give up your secret identity," she grinned jokingly.

Peter nodded his head, "Without hesitation, heck I've already done it," he said surprising Kitty.

"What do you mean, you've already done it," Kitty asked

"That werewolf pack, two of the five werewolves know who I am. They've seen my face and know my name," Peter answered

"THEY DO," Kitty yelled getting everyone's attention on them, Kitty seeing the attention that she gained smiled in embarrassment, "Sorry, didn't mean to yell, please enjoy your break everyone." With that everyone got back to their rest except for Alex who took a couple more glances at the two. Kitty then turned back to Peter, "How do they know who you are?"

"Well, I was able to get to one of the pack members and was able to put my foot on his throat, I got their attention and said that if they didn't stop then I'd crush his throat," Peter said which made Kitty's eyes go wide at that, she just can't imagine Peter killing anyone. "Once they stopped, I lifted my foot off the guy's throat, picked him up, carried him over to them, and sat him in front of them. I then explained that vampires did kill their pack member, but it wasn't Blade. I said that Blade was a half-vampire, but he was on our side, we were there to help them. We've been fighting the vampires who killed their pack member, we were there to stop them, and right now the same vampires were attacking the woman that I loved. I begged them to believe me. One of the werewolves, Marcus asked why they should, but the leader Antonio told him to be quiet. Antonio then asked why I wore a mask, and I said it is to protect those that I care about from my enemies. Antonio said that if I take off my mask then they would help us, so I did."

"You took off your mask," Kitty asked surprised getting a nod from Peter.

"Of course, Antonio then asked for my name, and I told him Peter, after that he said that they would help. We then raced off to help you," Peter said

"I can't believe it, you revealed your identity just for me," Kitty asked in awe.

"Of course, I would, I would do anything to keep you safe Kitty, even if means revealing myself. Whether it is to a couple of werewolves or the entire world. I'll do it, because I love you," Peter said as he looked at Kitty with love and care in his eyes, "Nothing is more important to me than you are. Kitty, you are my life."

"Peter," Kitty whispered, her eyes getting glassy, "I really wish that we were alone now, because right now, all I want to do is kiss you."

"That certainly sounds nice," Peter said

"For now, let's settle for a hug," Kitty said, with that she wrapped her arms fully around Peter who wrapped his arms around her. However, as Kitty wrapped her arms around Peter, she felt her hands press onto some skin, but not just some skin but she can feel some marks too. She then feels Peter tense up, immediately Kitty frowns, she then looked up at Peter and glared at him. Kitty then looks at her hand and sees that there is some blood on it, "Blood," she said then she looked at Peter and sent him a glare, "You were injured."

"Um, maybe a little bit," Peter said

"Stay right there," Kitty said, she then walked around and stopped behind Peter, she then looked, and saw the scratch mark on his back, she could see that it was bleeding, not enough to be life threatening though which she supposes is good. Kitty then pressed her hand on the scratch making Peter tense, she then traced the scratch mark. After that Kitty walked around Peter and stopped right in front of him, glaring at him, "You should have told me that you were injured."

Peter sighed, "I didn't want to worry you," he said

"You didn't want to worry me, YOU IDIOT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY ME. YOU'RE INJURED, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT ISN'T TREATED. I HAVE AN IDEA, IT WILL GET INFECTED, OR IT WILL GET WORSE. WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SO RECKLESS. YOU…YOU FUCKING IDIOT," Kitty ranted

"Kitty, Kitty I'm sorry, I didn't want to worry you, really," Peter said

"I'd rather be worried than to see my boyfriend in pain and possibly die. Don't you dare make that kind of decision for me again Peter," Kitty said, as she uses the hand that has Peter's blood on it to point at him. Once she sees the blood Kitty glares at it for about a minute until she is broken out of her focus by Peter.

"It's just some blood Kitty," Peter said as he watched her look at the blood.

"It's not just some blood Peter, it's your blood, and I don't like that," Kitty said, she then looked at where Dr. Strange is. "Dr. Strange, do you have a first aid kit anywhere?"

"Hm of course," Dr. Strange said

"Oh, allow me," Alex said, she then took out her wand from her boot, then she chanted, "To keep Shadowcat from having a fit, bring her a first aid kit, Because Spider-Man is apparently a fool, behind him appear a stool."

Alex's wand lights up, and just then a first aid kit appears in front of Kitty and a stool appears behind Peter, Kitty smiles, she then looked at Alex, "Thanks Alex, oh and you can call me Kitty," she said, just then something occurs to Kitty, "Wait a minute didn't you says that there are no rhymes in spells," Kitty asked Dr. Strange

"I said not everything is like how it is on TV, and those rhymes are offensive to a lot of mages," Dr. Strange answered

Deciding to move on, Kitty looked at Peter, "Sit," she commanded pushing Peter down on the stool. She then starts to take out what she needs.

With Alex and Lupin-Mason, Alex looks at Lupin-Mason excited, "You hear that, she said I can call her Kitty, that means we're becoming friends," Alex said

"Alex, you don't even know her, you haven't had one conversation with her," Lupin-Mason said, he isn't discouraging Alex, but he certainly doesn't want her to assume something that may not be true. Although Kitty does seem like the kind of person who would like to make friends with anyone. Lupin-Mason himself had met her not too long ago and already he feels like her friend.

"Yeah, well she's thinking of becoming my friend, and once we get to talking, we will definitely be friends. I'm gonna be friends with an X-Man," Alex said excited at the thought of she and Kitty being friends.

"You're gonna be friends with your crush," Lupin-Mason stated getting a glare from Alex.

"I do not have a crush on her," Alex denied getting an eye roll and a smirk from Lupin-Mason.

"Sure, and you weren't checking her out when you were talking about what you admire about her," Lupin-Mason said

"I was admiring her outfit," Alex said

"Yes, you were admiring just how sexy she looked in it. I know your faces Alex, and you had your 'I think someone is sexy' face on," Lupin-Mason said

"I do not have a crush on her, I just want to get to know her and be her friend. Nothing else, and once we talk, we will become best friends," Alex said (Look on the Wizards of Waverly Place fandom, the writer himself confirmed that Alex is bisexual, and that he wished that he explored Alex and Stevie's relationship more.)

"Well, you are gonna have to wait because she is focused on something else now," Lupin-Mason said, looking at Kitty, Alex herself turned and looked as well to see Kitty putting some alcohol on a shirtless Spider-Man's wound.

Alex looks on impressed, "Wow, now that is muscular. Kitty is one lucky girl," she said

"Spider-Man said that nothing is going on between them," Mason said

Alex scoffed, "I call bullshit for 500, the chemistry between those two is so obvious, I'm surprised it hasn't become visible," she said, deciding to give the two who she believes are a couple some privacy, Alex looks around some more and finds her eyes landing on Dr. Strange who is looking through a book. Alex still can't believe that she is in the same room as the Sorcerer Supreme himself and that she is gonna help him save the world. Once Justin hears about this, he is gonna be so jealous that Juliet will probably have to lead him out of the room just to make him feel better. She'd rather not think of what Juliet does to make Justin feel better. Every time they come back Justin has a dazed look and Juliet has a satisfied smile. Alex shivers, that is seriously a thought she does not need in her head. Alex gets back to observing Dr. Strange; she's heard a lot about him, she's heard that he can be sarcastic and arrogant, but when it comes to the job, he is serious, smart, cunning, and powerful. He is one of the most well-respected sorcerers in both the wizard world and mortal world, said to be the greatest Sorcerer Supreme that there ever was. He's saved the mortal and magical world countless times. So many wizards, including her brother, had wanted to train under him and become his successor, even her dad told them at one time that he had the same ambition, but Dr. Strange was never looking for an apprentice or a successor. However, that never stopped everyone from dreaming, even Alex herself has wondered what it would be like to train under him and possibly succeed him.

Should she talk to him, ask him questions? There is so much that she would like to ask him. Is it true that he was born a mortal but learned sorcery? How is that possible? How did he get into magic in the first place? Why didn't he compete in a competition like she and her brothers did? Why did he call her a witch? And how is it that he knows her? There are just so many questions that she'd like to ask. Just then Dr. Strange looked up and looked Alex straight in the eyes startling her, she should look away, but she is frozen. Dr. Strange then gestures for Alex to come to him. Feeling nervous Alex takes a shaky breath, "I'll be right back Mason," she told her boyfriend.

Lupin-Mason took a quick glance to where Alex was looking and saw her looking at Dr. Strange who was looking at her. He can tell Alex is nervous and thought of offering to go with her but decided against it, she'll want to go talk to him alone. "Ok, I'll just take a look around," Lupin-Mason said, he then walked away from Alex to look around.

Seeing that Lupin-Mason is gone, Alex takes another breath and walks toward Dr. Strange, once she was there, she stopped right in front of him, "Um, hello Dr. Strange, you wanted to see me," Alex said. Closing his book Dr. Strange looked at Alex making her more nervous, god she hopes that she didn't do anything to piss this guy off. Normally she doesn't care if she pisses off authority, just ask every authority figure that's met her. But this is Dr. Strange. Even she wouldn't dare to piss off the Sorcerer Supreme.

"You seemed to have something on your mind Alex, so I thought that I would let you ask what you want to know," Dr. Strange said surprising Alex.

"Really, you'd let me ask you questions," Alex asked surprised at what is happening.

Dr. Strange nodded, "Yes, I will let you ask; however, I have the right to choose which questions that I will and won't answer," he said

"Um, wow, ok, let me think for a second," Alex said, all her questions practically leaving her head, and just as she gets the chance to ask them. After a moment Alex thought of one, "How do you know me? You said that you know all about me, why," she asked

"I know you Alex because I recognize potential. Your family Alex has produced some of the most powerful witches and wizards of all time. Your great-grandmother, your grandfather, your father, you, and your brother. You have potential Alex, and a lot of it," Dr. Strange said

"Potential, for what though," Alex asked

Dr. Strange smirked, "Sorry, but that is one thing that I will keep to myself," he said getting a frustrated look from Alex.

"Ok, well why did you call me a witch when I'm a wizard," Alex asked

In response Dr. Strange looked at the cover of the book that he had in his hands, "Tell me Alex, do you know what a mage is," Dr. Strange asked.

"A mage? I've heard the term before, but no I don't," Alex answered

Dr. Strange then placed the book that he had in front of Alex who looked down. It said, The History of Mages. Dr. Strange then opened the book to the first page, "A mage, the plural magi which can also be used as singular is a general term for a magic user," Dr. Strange said, he then flipped to another page in the book that said Chapter 1: Classifications, "The Magi all have their own classifications," Dr. Strange then turned to a page which showed the image of a man who was wearing some old robes kneeling inside what seems to be a temple, "The first classification is a sorcerer. A sorcerer is a male magi who must learn magic, they weren't born with magical powers, they must train to prove themselves for their powers. They also have no affinity for light or dark, so they can practice either magic with the same amount of difficulty," Dr. Strange explained, he then turned the page to show anotherimage of a man wearing dark clothing, "The second classification is a warlock, a warlock's natural affinity is black magic, so normally a warlock is a practitioner of black magic, but there have been warlocks who practiced light magic, it's just much harder for them." Dr. Strange once again turned the page to show a man in a robe and pointed hat, "A wizard, their affinity is light magic so they are normally practitioners of light magic. There are wizards who practiced the dark arts but just like a warlock with light magic, a wizard will have a much harder time with black magic. Wizards were once considered wisemen in the magical world, however nowadays wizards are gaining a reputation as tricksters," Dr. Strange once again turned the page, "A sorceress is the female equivalent of a sorcerer." Dr. Strange then turned the page showed a woman with black clothing and a pointed hat, "A witch capable of practicing either light or dark magic with the same amount of difficulty, unlike a wizard or warlock a witch is a neutral mage." Dr. Strange once again turned the page, "There are plenty of differences between all these classifications one is the contracts that they sign."

"Contracts," Alex asked but was ignored by Dr. Strange who continued.

"Another difference is the gender, witches, and sorceresses are women, while warlocks, sorcerers, and wizards are men. There are no female wizards, Alex. These are all the classifications there are for magi, and the only magi who are women, are sorceresses, and witches," Dr. Strange said

"But I don't get it, I've been called a wizard ever since I first got my powers. Everyone calls me a wizard; I am the family wizard. How do you explain that," Alex said

"The wizard world doesn't recognize witches, sorceresses, warlocks, or sorcerers. Ever since Merlin saved them centuries ago and declared them all wizards, that is what they have been calling themselves, whether it be men or women. That, however, is not how things work, every mage has a classification Alex, they are either one or the other. You cannot be a wizard Alex, that is impossible. You're a witch Alex," Dr. Strange said

"A witch," Alex repeated as she sat down on the chair, it is a lot to take in. For years she thought that she was a wizard only to now find out that she had been lied to. For so many years she has been lied to, she wants to say that Dr. Strange is lying to her. But then she looked up and saw how serious he was, there wasn't a hint of a smile on his face or even amusement, if anything she could see a little sympathy. That confirms it, Dr. Strange isn't lying to her, he's telling her the truth. But how is she supposed to react to this? Does this change anything, she isn't sure. "I don't even know what to say."

"No need to say, anything, if you wish to learn more. This book has plenty of information on the subject," Dr. Strange said, tapping the book between them. "I'll leave you alone for a while," Dr. Strange then turned around and walked away leaving Alex alone with her thoughts. So, she's a witch, it isn't the end of the world, right? It certainly feels like the end of her world though. What is she supposed to do with this? Is she acting like a witch? Is there a certain way she should be acting? Are there rules that she should be following? She isn't sure, it's not like there is some kind of manual to this stuff. Well, there might be, all she must do is open the book in front of her. But why does it feel like that once she starts reading then everything will change? This makes Alex hesitant which is strange, because Alex rarely hesitates, she normally just jumps right in without thinking. But this is different, she knows this, Alex then looked at the book, and after a few minutes of contemplating, she decided that she wanted to know more, so she turned the page to the beginning of the book and started reading. Unknown to her, Dr. Strange is watching, and once he sees her open the book and begins reading, he smiles. He then gets back to what he was doing.

Time passed by, and finally resting was over. It was time to set up a plan, with that Blade, Were-Jack, Dr. Strange, and Sitwell got together to set up a plan of attack.

Alex was still reading the book about magi, right now she was reading the second chapter which was based around the warlocks. As she continued to read somebody walked up to her and cleared their throat, getting her attention, "Heh, what," Alex said as she looked around. She saw that Dr. Strange was planning with Blade, Sitwell, and Were-Jack. Alex eyes then landed on the person who cleared their throat and saw that it was Kitty.

"Hi," Kitty said waving at Alex.

"Um, hi," Alex said, surprised that Kitty was in front of her.

"I hope I'm not bothering you, you've been here alone for quite a while, and your boyfriend seems to have stolen Spidey from me," Kitty said, while gesturing toward Spider-Man who is now wearing his mask and shirt talking to Lupin-Mason. "So, I thought hey, while they get to know each other, how about we do the same. That ok with you?"

"Um, um, yeah totally, it's totally ok with me," Alex answered, a smile forming on her face, not believing that this is happening. Getting to know Shadowcat, hell yeah, it's ok with her.

"Good," Kitty said as she sat down on a chair in front of Alex and smiled at her, "Because right now all who I have to talk to is Spidey and Mason who are too deep in conversation to notice me. I swear I will make Spidey pay for that later. A couple of werewolves, however I'd rather not associate myself with the guys who hurt my friend, there's Elsa and Vampire by Night, however I don't feel like talking about the missions that they have been on even though they are pretty interesting. I did listen to a story or two, but there is only so much monster talk that a girl can handle."

Alex smiled, "Well you don't have to worry about me. I have barely run into any monsters. Well, I have seen some monsters, my brother Justin once made his own monster, a Frankenstein girl," she said getting Kitty's attention.

"Really? A Frankenstein girl," Kitty asked getting a nod from Alex, "Why?"

"He made it as a security measure to keep me out of his room," Alex said

"He made a monster just to keep you out of his room," Kitty asked interested.

"I went in his room a lot. Anyway, so the monster, Frankie Stein, caught me, I found out that Justin had used his laptop for her brain, so I was able to trick Frankie in saying control, alt, delete…," Alex said, she then started to tell Kitty the entire story. After she told Kitty the story, Kitty told her own story about how she became a mutant and wound up at Xavier's. The two then started to exchange stories and get to know each other. Alex felt like a strong friendship was being forged between the two of them.

Later

Alex was laughing her butt off at the story that Kitty told her, "Wait, so Nightcrawler actually teleported you two every time he sneezed," she asked getting a nod from Kitty.

"Yep, what was even worse was that he actually teleported us in front of school, and then he teleported us in the school, in front of a class while it was going on. You know that nightmare that you get about being in school in your pajamas well I lived that nightmare, and it is not fun. I swear people still give me a hard time about it. That's not all, he teleported us in the forest, I was teleported in the mud, a shrub, and tree where we fell down and was only thanks to Kurt's teleporting, we didn't break our necks. He teleported us to the mall, the park, the beach. I swear he teleported us everywhere, and when he finally woke up, I beat him with a pillow," Kitty said getting a laugh out of Alex, "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"I'm sorry, it's just so funny, I had no idea that those kinds of things happen to you guys. On television I see you guys fighting these evil mutants and saving the day, all the while you crack some jokes. It's hard to believe that you guys get into embarrassing situations too. It actually makes you seem," Alex said

"Human," Kitty finished making Alex go quiet, "We are human Alex, we may be the next step of humanity, but we are still human. Us gaining powers never changed that. It only changed how people perceive us now," Kitty said

"Well, I can tell you one thing Kitty, there are a lot more people who perceive you in a more positive light than you think," Alex said

"Certainly, doesn't seem like that," Kitty said

"Yeah, I get that, a lot of people focus on the hate and not the support. People always want to talk about the negative instead of the positive. But if you look for it, you will see that you have more supporters than you think," Alex said

"Really," Kitty asked getting a nod from Alex.

"You're talking to one of them, and I have talked to other supporters as well. There are people out there, humans who fight for mutant rights. If you want, I can show you a couple of websites when we get the chance," Alex said

Kitty smiled, "That sounds nice, I'd really appreciate it, and I know I speak for the others at the institute when I say they'd appreciate it as well," Kitty said

"Well, if we survive tonight then I will happily show you the websites," Alex said

"Thanks, until then though I have to go somewhere," Kitty said as she got up from her chair.

"Where are you going," Alex asked

"To the little mutant's room, I drank way too much soda at that Halloween party. Be back soon," Kitty said, she then went up to Dr. Strange and asked him where the bathroom was. After getting the directions Kitty immediately left the room.

Alex then decides to get back to the book that she was reading while she waits for Kitty to come back.

Main floor, in the hall

Kitty is shown to be walking down the hallway, her destination right in front of her, just as she stopped in front of the door and was about to open it…, "What are you doing here," a voice said stopping Kitty in her tracks.

Kitty turned around only to see a blonde haired, brown eyed boy who looked to be in his early teens., Kitty guesses that he is one of the students that Dr. Strange was telling them about earlier tonight. Seeing the boy Kitty smiled, "Sorry, I was looking for the bathroom, but I got lost," she said

"Oh, well that doesn't lead to the bathroom, that leads outside the Sanctum Sanctorum, follow me and I'll show you to the bathroom," the student said turning around.

"Ok, thanks," Kitty said as she followed the boy who was leading her to the bathroom, quickly catching up with him, "I really have to say that I appreciate you showing me where the bathroom is."

"Of course, I'm always happy to…," but to boy was cut off once he felt what felt like some giant electric shock in his brain, almost as if his brain was short circuiting. Immediately the boy collapsed down on the ground unconscious.

It then shows Kitty standing there with her hand to where the boy's head was. Kitty looked down at the boy, "Don't worry kid, all I did was phase my hand through your brain thereby disrupting the electrical flow. It was only for a couple of seconds though, so you won't have any permanent damage. Now if I kept my hand in there longer than a few seconds then you would become a human vegetable. However, I decided to not do that, like I said I really appreciate you showing me to the bathroom. Very gentlemanly of you, but my destination isn't the bathroom," Kitty said, her lips then formed a cruel and evil smile showing off the fangs that she has grown, her eye then become red, the collar of her suit moved a bit and one can finally see a bite mark on her neck, left to her by her master. With that Kitty turned around and walked toward the front door, as she walked, she thought back to how she got to this point.

Flashback – Earlier that night

It had been ten minutes since Mason and Elsa were knocked out, and Shadowcat was left on her own to face these vampires and Janus. So far Shadowcat had been able to take out fifteen vampires thanks to the silver dagger that Elsa gave her. But the vampires just keep coming. One vampire in front of Shadowcat charged her and swiped its claws at her face, but Shadowcat ducked, she then stabbed the dagger in the vampire's chest turning it to dust. Another vampire grabs Shadowcat from behind trapping her arms to her sides trying to restrain her but Shadowcat sends a headbutt their way stunning the vampire and making it loosen its grip enough to where Shadowcat was able to free her arms. Shadowcat then elbows the vampire hard making it release her, she then quickly turns around and kicks the vampire away making it disappear in smoke. After that a vampire tries to tackle Shadowcat, but she is able to dodge and stab the dagger in its back injuring it and making it disappear in smoke.

Three vampires charge Shadowcat on all sides trying to close her in, but once they were close enough Shadowcat phased letting them all run into each other. Shadowcat then steps out of the group and quickly kicks one of the vampires at the side of its head, knocking it down to the ground. Just then the second vampire charges her and thrusts its claw trying to grab her neck but Shadowcat phased she then thrusted the silver dagger where the vampire's heart is supposed to be, and the creature turned to dust. Shadowcat then turned her attention to the third vampire, "Let's see what you got," she said

"If you insist," Janus voice said, just then he blurs in front of Shadowcat taking her by surprise, then faster than the eye could see Janus punches Shadowcat hard in the stomach making her bend over and gag in pain. Janus didn't stop there though, he picked Shadowcat up and looked at her, "I hope you know, that I don't enjoy this." Janus then threw Shadowcat slamming her against the wall making her fall to the ground in a thud. Janus then motions for his minions to pick up Shadowcat.

Shadowcat grimaced as she tried but failed to get up from the ground, that punch he gave her had to have been the hardest punch that she had taken. She has never been in this much pain before, she can't even focus enough to phase. Just then Shadowcat feels her arms being grabbed and her being lifted from the ground into a standing position, her arms being restrained by the vampires.

Janus then walked up to Shadowcat, "Such a beauty does not deserve to be lying on the ground, but up and standing tall showing everyone just why she is their better," Janus said as he brushed his index finger across Shadowcat's face.

Shadowcat jerked away immediately, "Don't touch me," Shadowcat said

"Now, now Katerina, it would be in your best interest not to misbehave," Janus said, his voice getting dangerous at the last part. A warning to Shadowcat, she however is not one who is gonna let a villain scare her.

Shadowcat glares at Janus, "You're never gonna get away with this. Even if you kill me, the others will stop you," Shadowcat said

"Why would I kill you Katerina? I love you, and soon you and I will be together for all eternity," Janus said

"NO! We won't, I don't love you, I'm in love with someone else," Shadowcat said

Janus snarled in response, "Petrus, he won't be a problem for long Katerina," he said

"My name is not Katerina, I have no idea who you are talking about, and I especially don't know a Petrus," Shadowcat said

"DON'T LIE TO ME, NOT WHEN YOU WERE BY HIS SIDE WHEN WE LAST MET. WHEN YOU TWO WERE WITH THE DAYWALKER. HOW YOU STOOD BY HIS SIDE. COMPLETELY IGNORING EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU," Janus raged

Shadowcat quickly realized that the person that Janus was talking about was Peter, but Peter's name wasn't Petrus, and her name wasn't Katerina, "You're crazy," she said

"Maybe I am, but I always get what I want, and I want you Katerina," Janus said

"I'll die before I ever love you," Shadowcat said

"We'll see about that, for in a few minutes you will help me," Janus said he then motioned toward his minions and immediately they forcefully moved Shadowcat's head to the side revealing her neck.

Shadowcat's eyes became wide once it became obvious what was gonna happen to her, she immediately starts to struggle but the vampires have a firm grip on her, and she still can't concentrate because of the pain she is feeling. Just then Janus walked closer to her and stopped in front of her. Shadowcat's heart is racing, fear is gripping her. "Don't," she said

"Don't worry Katerina it will only hurt a moment," Janus said

"Don't, don't do this. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN…," but Shadowcat was interrupted once Janus plunged his head toward her neck and bit it. She can feel his fangs piercing her skin, her eyes widen, and she gives out a silent scream of pain. But it wasn't over, she can feel as Janus bites deeper inside her neck, she can feel her blood leaking out, just then she feels it. Shadowcat feels Janus inserting the enzymes from his fangs and into her bloodstream. Her neck immediately starts to feel like it's burning, it's as if it's on fire, and soon that feeling quickly transfers to her whole body. It had to have been the worst pain that she has ever experienced, and soon she is screaming at the pain that she is feeling, "AAAHHHHHHHHH," she screams. The pain is so terrible she doesn't even notice that Janus had released her, and the vampires let go of her arms dropping her to the ground where she is now quivering and thrashing in pain, her eyes closed trying to block out the pain. But it doesn't work, the burning soon increases making Kitty's eyes snap open as she screams.

"Don't fight it Katerina let the enzymes take hold of you, let them change you," Janus said

Change her? Kitty can feel it, it isn't the burning sensation that she feels, she also feels as if she herself is changing. As if someone has reached inside her and is twisting everything that she is. As if the light she has is being snuffed out and being replaced by darkness. She can feel it, but she needs to fight it, she can't let it win, she can't let herself be taken over like this, but it is just too hard, she isn't strong enough. She's losing herself, losing the person that she is and is being replaced by someone else, by something else. Kitty's thoughts then turned toward her loved ones, her mother and father, Aunt May, the X-Men, Jean, Scott, Rogue, Bobby, and Kurt. The New Mutants, Jubilee, Sam, Roberto, Rahn, Jamie, Ray, and Tabitha. She then thinks of the man who discovered her, Professor Xavier, the woman who was the institutes mother, Ororo, the fun professor, Mr. McCoy, her mentor and her second father, Logan. And finally, Kitty's thoughts goes to the love of her life Peter, they had only been together close to a month and already they are being separated. But whether or not she becomes a vampire one thing will never change about her, 'I love you Peter,' Kitty thought as a tear fell down her face, then everything went dark.

"Rise Katerina," Shadowcat heard Janus's voice and immediately she woke up, Shadowcat then sets up and looked around, and saw that she was still in the alley. Shadowcat then stands up, "How do you feel," Janus asked making Shadowcat look at him.

How does she feel? She feels the pain that she was feeling not long ago disappear. She feels dark, like there is no more light to reveal what she is doing, now she can use the darkness to do whatever she likes, to kill whoever she likes. She no longer feels the good that enveloped her, now she feels nothing but evil, she feels strong, powerful, like there is no one who can stand in her way, not Xavier or his X-Men, not S.H.I.E.L.D., not Magneto or his Acolytes and Brotherhood. There is no one who can stand up to her. So, how does she feel? She feels, "Good," Shadowcat answered

Janus smirked, "I knew that you would like it. If only you would have let me turn you the first time," he said

Shadowcat ignored Janus's comment, no matter what changes the bite gave her, she still thinks that he's crazy, "I feel incredible, like nothing I have felt before," she said

"You are only in the first stages of the transformation," Janus said getting Shadowcat's attention, "Normally it takes longer for a person to transform, but because it is close to Halloween the transformation will be faster. By midnight on Halloween night, you will fully be a vampire, and then you will be even stronger than you are now."

Shadowcat smirked, "Really," she said feeling glee about having more power at her disposal.

"Indeed, you will, and once we make ourselves immune to the sun, nothing can stop us. Not even my father will stop us," Janus said

"Your father? Dracula? What do you plan on doing with him? He is the boss isn't he," Kitty asked raising an eyebrow.

"Not for long," Janus said, he then walked up to Shadowcat and stopped a few inches in front of her, "Tonight everything will change, tonight I will kill my father then I will suck his blood and become the vampire lord, and you Katerina will be my queen."

"Queen? Doesn't that involve me being married," Shadowcat asked, she then saw Janus smirk, "Oh," she said in realization. Shadowcat then gained a cruel smirk, "Queen heh? Ok, let's do this."

"First we need the rest of the tablet pieces," Janus said

Shadowcat nodded, "So, what's the plan," she said

"You will radio your team and tell them that you need help. They will predictably come to rescue you. Those two," Janus said motioning toward Elsa and Mason, "Will be waking up soon, when they wake up you and I will be fighting. They will then try and help you, eventually your team members will join, I will then retreat. You will then gain the last piece with your tablet where you will store it in the Sanctum Sanctorum. When you get the chance, you are to go to the entrance, we will be nearby waiting, you will then invite us in, we will find the pieces and kill anyone who gets in our way. Do you understand the plan?"

"Perfectly," Kitty said

"Then radio your team, and let's begin," Janus said

"Watch just how good of an actress, I really am," Kitty said, she then tapped her earpiece, "This is Shadowcat calling everyone, I need backup now. I'm surrounded by vampires and Elsa is down. I repeat, Elsa is down, and I am surrounded by vampires. Come quickly," she said in an urgent tone, Kitty then cup off communication and looked at Janus, "Easy." Kitty and Janus then notice Elsa moving around a bit showing signs of waking up. Kitty then looked at Janus and smirked showing off her growing fangs. This was gonna be fun.

End Flashback

Once Kitty got to the door, she opened the door to show no one there, but then trails of mist came, she also thinks she sees a few bats which is weird. The trails of mist and bats then landed just outside and formed into vampires, some in their beast form, and others just in what looks to be their regular forms, it's weird because some of them have normal skin tone, and here she thought all vampires were pale. Janus himself formed right in front of Kitty, the only thing separating them is the doorway. "Welcome my love, please come in," Kitty said as she steps aside and allows Janus to walk inside his vampires following.

"Well done, Katerina, you performed your role perfectly," Janus said

"Thank you, Janus, I live to serve. Now shall we get the tablets, and we can be on our way," Kitty said

Janus smirked, "Of course, but what do you say we spread a little mayhem along the way," he said, Janus then faced forward, "GO MY MINIONS, GO FIND THE TABLET, AND KILL ANYONE WHO GETS IN THE WAY," Janus said, with that the vampires all charged through the Sanctorum trashing the place and attacking and killing anyone who got in their way. Janus then turned toward Kitty, "Shall we Katerina?"

Kitty smirked in response, "But of course," she said, Kitty and Janus walked further in the Sanctorum side-by side passing the blonde boy who is pounced on by three vampires. As Kitty watched the vampires feed on the helpless boy all she could do was smile in satisfaction.

Third floor, Strange's Lair

Blade, Dr. Strange, Sitwell, and Werewolf by Night were at one of the tables coming up with a plan while the others were doing their own activities. Spider-Man, Mason, and Alex were talking, Alex having decided to give the The History of Mages book a break. Elsa, Nina, and Warwolf were together talking, Marcus and Johnathan had come back and were now with their pack talking about everything that had been going on, and Man-Thing was weirdly browsing the bookshelves.

"It's still crazy on what has been going on," Alex said

"Unexpected, I get that, before this all happened me and Shadowcat were at a Halloween party. This was supposed to be my night off," Spider-Man said

"A Halloween party," Alex repeated a mischievous smile appearing on her face, "As in you two were on a date?"

"I get that you would think that, but me and Kitty are only friends," Spider-Man said

"Yeah right," Alex said, not believing that for a minute, "Like I would believe that, there is so something going on between you two. Come on, you two are together, right? You must be together."

"I'm sorry, but we are not together," Spider-Man said

"Alex," Lupin-Mason warned

"Is it because we don't know your identity? Are you two dating outside the mask," Alex asked

"Alex, stop, that is none of our business," Lupin-Mason said

"I'm just asking Mason, I mean I have been shipping Shadowcat and Nightcrawler for a long time, but ever since I've seen you two together, I'm jumping on the ShadowSpider band wagon now," Alex said

"ShadowSpider," Spider-Man asked getting a nod from Alex.

"It's Shadowcat plus Spider-Man, ShadowSpider. Cool name right," Alex asked

"Well, it's creative," Spider-Man said, he'll be sure to let Kitty know that they have a new couple name.

Just as the conversation was gonna continue everyone hears crashes and screams of terror, coming from outside the room, "What's going on" Dr. Strange said

Just then the doors slam open and in comes one of Dr. Strange's disciple, blood on her face, "Dr. Strange, they're here," the disciple said

"Who is here," Dr. Strange asked a feeling of foreboding settling in his and everyone else's stomachs.

"The vampires, they're he…," the disciple said but was cut off when a clawed hand was thrusted right through her chest. The young disciple dies on her feet. The hand then pulls back, and the disciple falls to the ground dead. Everyone looked on in shock at what had just happened, but no one was in more shock than Alex who had her eyes on the dead body before her. The disciple was nothing but a kid, a living, breathing kid, and now seconds later, just like that with one thrust to the chest, the kid is dead, like she wasn't even alive ten seconds ago. Alex then heard a familiar laugh; she looked up and to her surprise she saw a familiar face.

"Alucard," Alex exclaimed in surprise.

"Hello Alex," Alucard greeted with a smile that she had never seen on his face before. This smile it was a cruel smile, "Fancy seeing you here."

"What did you…what did you just do," Alex asked her voice still in disbelief.

"Something I'd been waiting to do," Alucard said, just then vampires flood in the room surrounding the group, "KILL THEM ALL!"

With that the vampires attacked the group of heroes and Alucard attacked a still frozen Alex. Two people however weren't frozen, and soon made Alucard realize that it is not a good idea to ignore them, because just when he was close enough, both Spider-Man and Lupin-Mason jumped in front of Alex and double punched him out of the room. "Stay the hell away from my girlfriend," Lupin-Mason snarled as he wolfed all the way up and became Were-Mason. And just like that the fight commenced.

Two vampires charged at Elsa, one vampire thrusted its claws at her, but she ducked, Warwolf then came in and thrusted his own claws in the vampire's chest making it disappear. "Thanks," Elsa thanked.

"No problem," Warwolf said

Elsa then looked to her left and saw Vampire by Night fighting one of the vampires, quickly Elsa drew her shot gun and pointed it at the two, "VN duck," Elsa warned

Hearing the warning Vampire by Night ducked just as Elsa pulled the trigger, the silver bullet then flew and hit the vampire in the chest turning it into dust. Vampire by Night then turned looked at Elsa, "Remind me not to piss you off," Vampire by Night said getting a smirk from Elsa, no more could be said though because they were attacked by five more vampires.

The werewolf pack were fighting a group of vampires together, each of them letting off the anger that they hold toward the bloodsuckers for killing their pack member. Were-Antonio slashed both sets of claws at two vampires throwing them into some bookcases making them fall on the vampires and the vampires disappear in mist, another vampire this one out of his beast form tries to attack but Were-Antonio catches the vampire by its wrist, he then grabbed his other wrist trapping him. Were-Antonio then looked the vampire in the eyes and then bit his head off and threw it somewhere. Were-Antonio then throws the body at another charging vampire.

Were-Jeffery jumps on two vampires and slashes their necks making them disappear in smoke. Were-Marcus punches one vampire in the face then stabs his claws in his chest making it disappear, another vampire tries to pounce on him, but Were-Marcus catches the vampire and slams him to the ground. Were-Adrian picks up one vampire and throws it at two others, he then charges the three jumps in the air and lands on both vampires' heads crushing them. Were-Adrian then thrusted his claw in the third vampire's face making it disappear. Were-Johnathan slashes one beast-vampire in the chest while he uses his other claw to punch another vampire making it slam against a wall. A third vampire tries to attack but Were-Johnathan slashes its throat and rips its head off.

Man-Thing turned his hand into a mace and bashed two vampires in their heads with it. A third vampire charges and slashed Man-Thing, but he immediately regenerates and then punches the vampire away.

A vampire tries to tackle Sitwell, but the zombie is able to roll away, he then draws his pistol and shoots the vampire straight in the heart turning it to dust. "Where did these vampires come from. How did they get in," he asked, another vampire thrusts its claws at Sitwell, but the zombie dodged with a speed that no one thought a zombie could possess, he then punched the vampire, pointed his gun, and fired the bullet making the vampire turn to dust.

Were-Jack punches a vampire away from him, he then runs, jumps in the air, and kicks another vampire down. "That's a good question," Were-Jack said as he then slashes another vampire across the face and punches it away, "Vampires can only come in a residence when they are invited," Were-Jack said

Blade who has his swords drawn cuts a vampire's head off, "So, who invited the vampires inside the Sanctorum," he asked as he cut down three other vampires.

Dr. Strange who summoned a fireball and threw it at a vampire incinerating it had a thought, 'It couldn't be could it," Dr. Strange thought, he isn't sure, but he has a few suspects, he then made an energy whip and whipped it at two charging vampires making them disappear. Quickly Dr. Strange looks around and sees that Shadowcat, Were-Johnatha, and Were-Adrian aren't with them, 'The timing is too coincidental."

Spider-Man punches one vampire in the face knocking him five feet, another vampire charges at him, but the friendly neighborhood hero jumped over the bloodsucker, he then turned around and shot his electro-webs at its head. The webs activate and the vampire is electrified, the vampire then falls to the ground and disappears in mist. Before Spider-Man can celebrate, he is tackled by another vampire, "I…will…feed," the vampire said and then tried to bite him, but Spider-Man moved his head.

"You…will…not," Spider-Man said as he then headbutted the vampire, smashing its nose making it scream in pain as it instinctively got up, Spider-Man then took this chance to uppercut the vampire off him. He then jumped back to his feet and just as he was attacked by more vampires, Peter couldn't help but wonder what happened to Kitty, and hoped that she was ok.

With Were-Mason, he was having a much harder time facing the vampires, due to him also having to protect Alex who had not moved from her spot and still had her eyes on the dead body in the room. One vampire charges Alex and goes to impale her chest but Were-Mason was there in a brown blur, he pounced on the vampire and stabbed his claws in its chest making it disappear. Just then a vampire comes charging at Were-Mason and tries to slash the werewolf's neck, but Were-Mason was able to dodge the slash and punched the vampire twice in the face and then slashed the vampire across the stomach wounding it, he then slashed up its chest making it disappear. Just then Were-Mason sees movement and watches as a vampire goes after his girlfriend. Seeing another one of these bloodsuckers try and harm the woman he loves Were-Mason snarled, he then charges at the vampire at fast speeds. Just as the vampire was gonna slash Alex's throat Were-Mason was there and grabbed the claw, he then swung his own set of claws, slashed the vampire's neck deeply, then he gave the vampire a hard punch knocking its head off.

Seeing that he is opponent free for a moment, Were-Mason turns around and faces Alex, "Alex, Alex," Were-Mason said, but he didn't get a response from her. She was shocked, and in a daze, Were-Mason could tell that much, and he didn't blame her. Seeing someone die for the first time whether you know them or not is a hard thing to process. This however is not a place and time she can do this; he then grabbed Alex's arms and shook her "Alex snap out of it." Before he could say more, a vampire with arms turned to bat wings came flying at Were-Mason and tackled him, slamming him in one of the glass cases, making him and the case fall.

Dr. Strange zaps another vampire away with his magic he then looks around to see everyone fighting vampires, "That's enough," he yelled, he then flew up in the air, "Get out of my study," Dr. Strange said, he then cast a spell which threw all the vampires out of the lair.

"Everyone out, now," Blade commanded, with that everyone left the room and into the large hallway. Once they got to the hallway, they could see some of the students who were in the Sanctorum trying to fight off the vampires. Some students were succeeding while others were failing, and the consequence of that failure was either being fed on or being turned. The group looked around in angst at the violent and gory scene before them. Just then they all heard a laugh, in response the vampires all stopped and cleared the way, a trail of mist then flew by and transformed into Janus who looked at the group with a smirk of triumph.

"Hello, Howling Commandos, Katerina, Petrus," Janus greeted

"Janus," Blade growled

"How did you get in here? Vampires can only enter a residence by invitation only," Were-Jack said

"I have an idea," Dr. Strange said getting everyone's attention, "Tell me something Janus, did you hypnotize her or bite her?" All he got was a smirk from Janus.

"Dr. Strange, what are you talking about," Spider-Man asked

Dr. Strange glanced at Spider-Man and feels sympathy for the boy. He's seen how much Peter loves Kitty and how much she loved him. Finding out what has happened to his girlfriend will eat him up inside, and Dr. Strange worries about how this will truly affect him. He hopes that he's wrong, more than anything he does, for Peter's sake. But he knows that he isn't, the timing was just too coincidental. Dr. Strange then looks ahead, "Why don't you show yourself Ms. Pryde," Dr. Strange said getting gasps from the group.

"Well, you're just no fun are you doctor," Shadowcat's voice said, just then she phased through a group of vampires showing herself to them, "And here I was gonna make a dramatic entrance. Oh well, from that shocked looks on your faces, it was dramatic enough."

"Kitty," Spider-Man said in disbelief, not believing what he is seeing.

"Hey baby," Kitty greeted with a cruel smirk.

"Kitty, what's going on? What are you doing," Spider-Man asked her.

"What's it looks like I'm switching sides. It is so much more fun being on the bad side," Shadowcat said

"She was bitten," Blade stated

"Oh, Kitty," Elsa said feeling guilty at seeing the sweet girl, and the differences that she has now. She was in the early stages of vampirism. She could see that with her eyes turning red, and her fangs that had already grown. Thankfully those were the only changes in her, but still seeing this, seeing her was hard. This was her fault.

"You make it sound like being bitten is a bad thing. I have never felt so good in my entire life," Kitty said

"Kitty snap out of it, this isn't you," Spider-Man begged

"It is now Peter," Shadowcat said

"KILL THEM," Janus ordered, then all the vampires once again attacked the Sanctum's residence.

As two vampires charged Blade he beheaded in one swift move, he then ran to three other vampires who were attacking some young students. Blade jumped in the air and slashed down on one vampire cutting it in half, he then noticed the second vampire charge him and try to thrust its claws in him, Blade however dodged it, he then cut off the claw with his sword making the vampire scream in pain. Blade then smashed its head on his knee making it disappear, then with quick precision Blade takes out a stake and throws it at the third vampire hitting it in the heart making it turn to dust.

Dr. Strange's hands are enflamed by purple energy, and just when the first vampire attacks, Dr. Strange quickly dodges it and blasts the vampire, turning him to smoke. Two more vampires charge Dr. Strange but he flies up in the air to dodge, "I summon the Crimson Chains of Cyttorack," Dr. Strange cast, just then crimson chains appear in Dr. Strange's hands. He then whips both chains at the vampires turning them to smoke. Once Dr. Strange lowers himself back to the ground, he is attacked by three more vampires.

Elsa takes out her two shotguns and shoots three charging vampires turned them to dust, a closer vampire charges her and attempts to grab her, but Elsa ducked and moved behind it, she then took out a silver dagger and stabbed it in the back making it turn to dust. Just then a blue blur came toward her and tackled her to the ground. Looking to see what vampire attacked her, Elsa sees that it was Kitty who had tackled her.

"Hey Elsa," Kitty greeted with a smirk that just didn't look right on her face.

"Kitty," Elsa said

"That's my name," Kitty said, she then tried to punch Elsa's head and crush it, but Elsa moved her head in time.

"You have to snap out of this kid, this isn't you," Elsa said looking at the red eyes that Kitty now has.

"It is now," Kitty said as she goes for another attack but Elsa headbutted the girl stunning her. Elsa then wrapped her legs around Kitty's neck and threw her off.

"I'm sorry kid," Elsa said

Kitty then got up as if nothing happened, "Heh, that was interesting," she said as she looked at Elsa. "What do you say we try again." Kitty then charged Elsa, and Elsa got ready to defend.

Spider-Man punched two vampires away, he then looked at saw Kitty and Elsa fighting, "KITTY," Spider-Man exclaimed, and was about to move toward her, but then his spider-sense went off and he was unable to dodge being tackled to the wall by a flying Janus who had bat wings on his back.

"Hello Petrus," Janus greeted smirking at Spider-Man.

"Hello Dracula reject," Spider-Man quipped as he double kicked Janus in the chest making him slide back ten feet, "What did you do to Kitty!?"

"I showed her a better way of living," Janus said with that he and Spider-Man charged each other, Spider-Man threw a punch, but Janus caught it and threw his own punch sending Spider-Man and crashing against the wall. "I killed you once Petrus," Janus said as he walked toward Spider-Man, he then took off flying at high speeds, "AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN!"

"I don't think so," Spider-Man said as he shot a web at Janus's face blinding him, slowing him down enough for Spider-Man to dodge, and making Janus crash into the wall as well. Janus got up from the ground, grabbed the webbing and pulled it off his face. Once it was off, Janus is then punched by Spider-Man, the wall crawler then punches Janus in the stomach, after that Spider-Man goes for another punch but Janus dodges it. Janus then gave Spider-Man a punch in the stomach making the hero gasp in pain, the vampire prince then punched Spider-Man hard in the face sending him flying ten feet. The web swinger got up and stared Janus down. The two then charged each other.

Were-Jack and Vampire by Night were together, three vampires charged them, but the two were ready for them. One vampire tries to swipe its claws at Vampire by Night, but she dodges, she then punches the vampire in the stomach making it bend over in pain, Vampire by Night then sidekicks the vampire in the face making it disappear in mist. A second vampire tries to slash Were-Jack throat, but the werewolf caught the claws, he then uses his own claws to slash the vampire's throat and punch it away. The third vampire goes for an attack and tries to use its speed to slash Were-Jack's face, however the werewolf was also fast and was able to dodge it. Were-Jack then grabbed the vampire by the neck, "I'd like you to meet my daughter," he said, he then punched the vampire toward Vampire by Night who ran her hand through its chest.

"Name's Nina," Vampire by Night said, the vampire then disappeared in mist.

Were-Antonio slashes two vampires away making them disappear, Were-Johnathan takes one by the neck and throws it against a wall, Were-Jeffery stabs one with his claws, Were-Marcus, and Were-Adrian pounces on two vampires and tears them with their claws. More vampires then heard toward the werewolf pack, all five werewolves growling.

Were-Mason was charging toward four vampires who were targeting two younger students. Before the four could do anything, Were-Mason made it just in time, he first slashed the face of the first vampire who tried to slash him back but Were-Mason was able to dodge. In his 300 years, this isn't his first fight with vampires. Were-Mason then uppercut it in the air making it disappear in mist. Were-Mason then moves to the second vampire and kicks it away. The third vampire moved in and slashed at him, Were-Mason tried to dodge but he was still injured from the fight he had in Germany so he was much slower and couldn't fully avoid the attack. That gained him a slash on his hip, making him growl in pain. The fourth vampire then moved in and tried to thrust its claws through his back but Were-Mason's superior hearing picked up the movement, and he was just able to dodge in time. Were-Mason then grabbed the vampire's neck and slammed it down on the ground. Unexpectedly the vampire didn't turn to mist like it usually would, that's when Were-Mason knew that this one was stronger than the usual lackeys, so Were-Mason decided to thrust his claws at its face, but the vampire caught the claws with its hands, now there was a test of strength. "Not this time werewolf," the vampire said in a deep voice, just then Were-Mason was kicked in the side making him release the vampire and sending him away five feet.

Were-Mason got up to see that the third vampire was the one who kicked him off the fourth which was strange, beast-vampires aren't known to help each other. The third vampire helps the fourth vampire up, "Are you alright dear," the third vampire asked

"Never better," the fourth vampire said

Were-Mason got up as well, he then sniffed the air, it had been centuries since he has smelt those scents, but he knows them quite well, "What are you two doing here," Were-Mason demanded

"So, you recognize us. Can never fool the nose of a werewolf," the third vampire said, he then smirked at the fourth who smirked right back. They then changed their forms, the third vampire becoming Alucard, and the fourth vampire becoming Cydney.

"Hello Mason, it's been a long time hasn't it," Cydney said

"Why are you here," Were-Mason demanded, ignoring the question.

"Why do you think? We're sick of living in the shadows, so when Dracula approached us and told us his plan, and said that if we pledge our loyalty to him then we can be part of it. A life without the fear of bursting into flames, to feed whenever we want whoever we want. How could we refuse," Alucard said

"And Juliet knows nothing about this," Were-Mason said getting a snort from Cydney.

"Of course not, if she did then she would have tried to stop it. She would have tried to protect this world along with that fiancé of her's," Cydney said in disgust

"It's the vampires time now werewolf. You, your wizard girlfriend, humans, EVERYBODY'S time is up," Alucard said, with that he and Cydney hissed at Were-Mason who roared a loud roar. The three then attacked each other.

Meanwhile, in Dr. Strange's lair

Alex was still in the lair; she hadn't moved an inch from where she was. She never thought too, the only thing that she could think, is that child's death. It just kept replaying in her mind countless times. It was shocking, terrifying, horrifying, and it was something that she had never witnessed before or had never thought of. What surprises her more is who the killer was, Alucard. How could he have done that, and without a hint of remorse? Alex still couldn't believe that he did that, she had never seen such glee, remorselessness, and ruthlessness from anybody before. And that came from someone she knew; someone who was practically gonna be her family. She knew that vampires could be cold, calculating, and ruthless, her dad had always warned her of them in the past. But then she met Juliet, then she found out Alucard and Cydney were vampires. They were always kind to the customers and were a bit goofy. But now, seeing what she had seen, was that all just some cover up? Was that all just an act? How could Juliet come from people like them?

A familiar roar broke Alex from her thoughts, "Mason," she said as she looked toward the door. Alex walked toward the doors and opened them.

Hallway

Once she opened the doors, Alex looked and bared witnessed to a battlefield. Everywhere she looked there was a battle, she saw magi of all ages facing vampires, some vampires were defeated while some magi were the ones who lost, and the consequences were either death, being fed on, or being transformed. Seeing this made Alex sick to her stomach. She could see the others trying to take out as many vampires as possible, Blade was slicing and dicing vampires, Sitwell was shooting vampires turning them to dust, she saw Dr. Strange casting spells or throwing magical energy at some vampires, she saw Warwolf and Man-Thing taking out vampires, Vampire by Night and Were-Jack were together taking out vampires, she saw the werewolf pack tearing vampires apart, she could see Spider-Man fighting a vampire but while he was landing hits the vampire was landing more. She then saw Elsa fighting…Kitty? Why was Elsa fighting Kitty? What is going on? Before she could think more about it, Alex heard her boyfriend's roar again, except this one seemed to be one filled with pain. "MASON," Alex yelled, she then followed where she heard the roar. Once Alex was there, she saw Were-Mason fighting Alucard and Cydney. The two vampires were double teaming Mason.

Were-Mason was breathing hard Alucard and Cydney were giving him a hard time. Despite running a sandwich shop, the two don't seem to have lost their strength. Just then Alucard and Cydney charge Were-Mason at fast speeds, to someone like Alex they were a blur, but Were-Mason was a werewolf with enhanced senses, and he can see the two coming at him. Using his own enhanced speed Were-Mason was able to block Cydney's swipe, he then kicked the woman in the stomach making her stagger back. Were-Mason was just able to catch movement in the corner of his eye, he ducked and was just able to avoid having his throat slit by Alucard's claws. Were-Mason swiped his own claws up, but Alucard stepped back dodging them, that's when Cydney came in and scratched Were-Mason across his face making him roar in pain.

"MASON," Alex yelled

The vampire couple weren't done though, Alucard then scratched Were-Mason across his chest and then gave him a hard kick sending Were-Mason to the ground. Before Were-Mason could get back up Alucard stomped on his chest making him growl in pain. "Now you see Mason, this is where you werewolves are meant to be. Dead at our feet, and your girlfriend, our food," Alucard said as he raises his clawed hand to kill Were-Mason, he then thrusts it down.

"NO," Alex exclaimed as she got her wand out, and pointed it at Alucard, a stream of purple energy then came out of it and hit Alucard throwing him away from Were-Mason.

"Alucard," Cydney exclaimed as she ran toward her husband, "Are you ok?"

Alucard groaned in pain, "I'm fine. What happened," he asked

"Take a look," Cydney said gesturing forward.

"Mason," Alex said as she ran toward Were-Mason and kneeled next to him.

"Alex," Were-Mason grunted out

"Are you ok," Alex asked in concern.

"Alex, you have to get out of here," Were-Mason said as he looked to see Cydney helping Alucard up, they both look ready to move in and attack.

"STAY BACK," Alex said pointing her wand toward the two vampires.

"Really Alex, you think that is gonna stop us," Alucard said

"Don't make me do it. Please Alucard, don't make me hurt you. I don't want to," Alex said her hand shaking.

"Ah, but I want to hurt you," Alucard said

"But your daughter is marrying my brother, we're gonna become a family, and family sticks together," Alex said her voice shaking.

Cydney laughed, "Family, the only thing that kept us from feeding on you was our daughter and your father. Our daughter, who loved your brother and didn't want anything bad to happen to him or his family. And your father, very knowledgeable about vampire weaknesses, knowing how to repel us yet allow Juliet to be near. If it weren't for them, we would have fed on you years ago. Witch's blood has always been tasty especially when they come from a wizard," Cydney said revealing her fangs.

Alex didn't have time to process everything that she was just told, her father and Juliet had been protecting her and her family. When did this start? She doesn't know, she'll think about this later if there is a later for her.

"Time to die," Alucard said as he and Cydney transformed into their beast forms, Alucard is 6'8, dark gray skin, a broader build, red eyes, he has sharp claws on both his hands and feet, and his fangs are more visible. Cydney was shorter than Alucard at 5'6, she was leaner, had red eyes, sharp claws on both her hands and feet, and her fangs were more visible. There is also a much more savage look on their faces which makes them both terrifying. Alex looked on, horrified at what she had just witnessed. Just then the two vampires charge her and Were-Mason.

Panicking Alex casts the first spell that appears in her head, "To keep us away from trouble, FORM AROUND US A DEFENSE BUDDLE," she casted, and just as the two vampires appeared in front of Alex giving her a better look at their terrifying forms, Alucard thrusts his claws at Alex's face, but just as it was gonna hit a purple energy field appeared in front of Alex absorbing the blow. The two vampires look on in surprise while Alex sighed in relief, "Thank god."

"Don't go celebrating yet love," Mason said getting Alex's attention, she notices that he has transformed into his human form, his injuries as plain as day to her, "These two bloodsuckers are very stubborn." To prove what Mason said Alucard punches Alex's forcefield making it tremble and Alex grimace. Cydney then joined in attacking the bubble adding more pressure on, and that is how they will stay, two vampires attacking a defense bubble that is protecting a woman and her werewolf boyfriend.

And this is how the entire battle played out with the heroes and magi versus the vampires, however instead of the old good winning against evil, this time evil was winning the fight.

Were-Marcus slashed off a vampire's head making the body fall on the floor, he then stabbed his claws in another vampire's chest making it disappear in mist. Too busy in the midst of battle Were-Marcus didn't notice a vampire behind him until it jumped on his back surprising him. The vampire didn't waste any time, it bit Were-Marcus's neck making the werewolf scream in pain, the vampire then started feeding. Were-Marcus tried to shake off the vampire, that just gave the other vampires an opening, another jumped on Were-Marcus's back and bit the other side of the werewolf's neck, and it started feeding as well. Having two vampires feed off him, Were-Marcus was getting weaker, but he still tried to fight. Another then jumps on Were-Marcus and another, and another all biting into him, all feeding on him. Were-Marcus gave off a roar until he fell to the ground too weak to stand.

"MARCUS," Were-Johnathan yelled as he watched his pack member fall to the ground, the vampires feeding on him. Were-Marcus continued to struggle but finally the struggling stopped, and Were-Johnathan saw as Were-Marcus clawed hand and arm covered in brown fur receded and became human. The vampires then got off Marcus and covering the body are tons of bite marks. "NOOOO," Were-Johnathan yelled, he then roared and went to attack the group who killed his friend.

Blade slashed one vampire across the chest, another vampire swipes at him but he dodges and cuts its head off. Two more then attack him, but he dodges the attacks, he then stabs them both in the chest making them turn to dust, four vampires then attack, Blade defends but then two vampires join the fray.

Sitwell wasn't doing too well, he had lost his arm somewhere during the battle and was now fighting with one hand, which was very difficult when you are facing a bunch of vampires. Sitwell punched one vampire away, another tried to tackle him, but he dodged and kicked another vampire. He had long lost his gun when he lost his arm. Just then two other vampires attack and Sitwell was forced to retreat.

Man-Thing was surrounded by vampires all attacking him, the Howling Commando trying his best to fight but was tiring out.

The vampires were able to separate Were-Jack and Vampire by Night, the two were now fighting on their own and they as well were starting to be overwhelmed with the vampires who just kept attacking. Were-Jack tore a vampire's head off when he was jumped from behind by another vampire, Were-Jack was able to throw this vampire off his back though. But more vampires piled in and started to jump on Were-Jack making the werewolf roar which Vampire by Night heard.

"JACK," Vampire by Night yelled, she then punched a vampire away from her and immediately sped to Were-Jack's location, "GET AWAY FROM MY FATHER," Vampire by Night then slashed two vampires making them disappear, she then threw another one away. This gave Were-Jack a chance to throw two vampires off him and stab one in the throat, making it disappear. After that Vampire by Night helped Were-Jack up, "Dad, are you ok," she asked concerned.

"Yeah," Were-Jack said as he panted, just then vampires started to close in on them.

Shadowcat and Elsa were in a hand-to-hand combat fight both trying to get the upper hand on each other. It is a hard fight for both, both women are enhanced, Elsa enhanced with the power of the Bloodstone around her neck, and Kitty who is not only enhanced due to her vampire transformation she is going through but also her mutant powers. Elsa has ten years of experience on her side plus training with some of the best trainers out there, and Kitty who has three years of experience plus training with Logan who is the best at what he does but what he does isn't very nice, and he's been teaching her those not nice things.

Elsa throws a punch at Shadowcat, but the mutant girl dodges it and sends a roundhouse kick her way, but Elsa ducks and tries to sweep kick Shadowcat, but she jumped over it. Elsa tried to move in fast before Shadowcat can retaliate and tried to uppercut her stomach, but right when it connects Elsa's fist went straight through. Elsa's eyes widened while Shadowcat smirked, she then kicked Elsa straight in the face sending her to the ground. Shadowcat then runs to Elsa and tries to crush her throat with her foot, but the monster hunter rolls out of the way saving her life. Elsa quickly gets up and glared at Shadowcat. She glared at her eyes which are turning redder by the second, she glares at the fangs, she glares at the cruel and vicious smile and the glee in her eyes. This is not the girl who she met earlier tonight, this is not the sweet, bubbly, innocent, friendly yet determined girl who she talked to and fought beside earlier tonight. No, this girl is a twisted version of that girl, and Elsa can't help but feel guilty at letting this happen to her. The Shadowcat that she got to know never would enjoy a fight to the death, not like this Shadowcat. This Shadowcat is enjoying every second of it. Elsa will admit though that she really is a tough opponent, especially with that phasing ability of hers. She's barely got any hits it while Kitty had gotten plenty in, the hits that Elsa has thrown she's made sure were hard ones.

Shadowcat smirked, this was amazing, the way she is fighting. She's never fought this way before. Too bad the rest of the X-Men aren't here to see this; she'd love to use these abilities on them, show them who the strongest of them is. Using the increased speed that she is gaining, Shadowcat charges Elsa, she then back fists her which Elsa goes to block, however much to her surprise the backfist phases through her arm and head. Taking advantage of that surprise Shadowcat turned her body full circle and roundhouse kicked Elsa across the cheek sending the monster hunter to the ground. Smirking again at getting the upper hand Shadowcat moves it.

Spider-Man and Janus were still fighting it out with Spider-Man throwing a punch which Janus dodged, the vampire tried to slash Spider-Man's throat, but he ducked and uppercut Janus making him stagger. Spider-Man then tried to shoot a web, but unexpectedly Janus caught it and surprised Spider-Man by pulling it thereby pulling him towards him. Once close enough Janus gives Spider-Man a haymaker sending him to the ground. Janus then tried to stomp him head but Spider-Man rolls away dodging it. Once the web head gets up, he charges Janus and sends another punch which Janus dodged, the vampire then got under Spider-Man's guard and gave him a hard punch to the stomach making him bend in pain. Janus then uppercuts Spider-Man under the chin, and then punches him across the face making him fall to the ground. As he does this Janus is smirking the entire time, making Petrus suffer after everything that he has done, Janus is enjoying it.

Spider-Man slowly gets up from the ground, right now everything hurts, that scratch that he got has been acting up since the fight began and has been slowing him down during the fight. Though if he were honest even in full health Spider-Man isn't sure that he could beat this guy one-on-one. Times like this make him wish he wasn't Spider-Man anymore, makes him wish that stupid spider never bit him, makes him wish he didn't regain his powers three months ago. If that didn't happen then maybe they wouldn't be here right now. In a fight for their lives, and the woman he loves transforming into a vampire.

"Give up Petrus, make it easy, and let me kill you," Janus said still smirking

"Listen pal, I don't know who you think I am, but my name is not Petrus, it's Spider-Man," Spider-Man said

"You have his soul, you are Petrus, I will kill you just as I did before. For coming in between, me and my KATERINA," Janus said, shouting the last part angrily.

"I don't care about some grudge that you have with some guy. Just release Kitty, NOW," Spider-Man demanded

Janus smirked, "That will never happen, not while I finally have her," he said, just then Janus notices two vampires approach them.

"We have the tablets," one of the vampires growled out.

"WHAT," Blade exclaimed

"NO," Dr. Strange said

"NO, the tablets," Spider-Man turning to look at the vampires, that was a mistake on his part because Janus sped toward him and swing his claw down Spider-Man's back making Spider-Man scream in agony. Janus smiled at the painful scream.

"SPIDER-MAN," Blade exclaimed

Meanwhile, Shadowcat kicked Elsa hard in the stomach she then moved in grabbing Elsa's neck, slamming her to the wall, she then phased her hand in Elsa's chest and grabbed her heart, "I wouldn't move if I were you. Not unless you want something bad to happen," Shadowcat said

Seeing that there is nothing that she can do, Elsa decides to talk to Kitty and try to reach her humanity, "Kitty you don't want to do this," Elsa said

"Don't I," Kitty said smirking

"This isn't you Kitty, I know that I only met you tonight but from what you have shown me, you are a sweet and kind person. You are caring, compassionate, friendly, and innocent. This is not you; this is the bite changing you. But you can fight it Kitty, you just have to remember, remember your humanity," Elsa said

"Being human is lame. Why would I want to be human when as a vampire I have all this power," Shadowcat said

"But what about Peter? You love him, don't you? What about him? Do you think that he'll be happy in this new world or are you just gonna let him die," Elsa said

"I wouldn't worry about Peter if I were you. You have other concerns, like me crushing your heart with my bear hands," Kitty said as she starts to squeeze Elsa's heart making the woman scream in pain as she felt the pressure being added. Kitty is being especially cruel by doing it slowly. With every squeeze Elsa's screams get louder and that just makes Kitty happier. Kitty's fun, however, is interrupted when she hears a familiar scream of pain. Eyes widening, Kitty releases Elsa's heart and pulled her hand out of her making Elsa fall to the ground, "Peter," Kitty said as she looked around only to see Janus have Spider-Man pinned to the ground.

Some distance away, Spider-Man is on his back on the ground pinned with Janus's clawed hand around his neck squeezing. The webbed hero is trying to fight, but the pain in his back is excruciating. Add that to the vampire strength squeezing his neck and the hero is at the vampire prince's mercy which is exactly what Janus has wanted for so long. "This is it Petrus, this is the moment where you die. But before I kill you, I want to look you in the face, not that mask that you seem so proud of," Janus said as he grabbed Spider-Man's mask and tore it off his head revealing the face of Peter Parker. "Much better, not so powerful now are you Petrus. Now you are just the same pathetic peasant that Katerina and I met centuries ago. You gonna cry for me Petrus, cry and beg for mercy," Janus said giving Peter a wild and psychotic smile.

Peter, however, showed no fear to Janus, his eyes stay determined, "I don't care what happens to me, just release Kitty. Please release her," Peter begged

Janus smirked, "Tonight I will wed her, and she will be mine forever," he said making Peter's eyes widen.

"NO," Peter exclaimed but before Peter could do anything Janus punches Peter is the chest breaking two ribs and making Peter scream in pain.

"Now you die," Janus said, with that he raised his claws up in the air and then thrusts them downward heading toward Peter's heart.

"WAIT," a voice said, and two hands caught Janus's hand just inches away from piercing Peter's chest. Janus looked up to see who stopped him and saw Shadowcat kneeling next to them.

"Katerina, what are you doing," Janus asked his beloved.

"Stopping you from making a huge mistake. Janus you can't kill him," Kitty said

"What do you mean I can't," Janus said narrowing his eyes at Kitty.

"Just look at him," Kitty said gesturing toward a panting Peter, whose face was bruised all over with blood running down both his nose and lip, "He's tired, beaten, broken, he's pathetic. Killing him would be a mercy, earlier tonight he promised me that everything was gonna be ok and he'd make sure we make it through this. Now look where we are, he on the ground at your mercy with me standing beside you transforming into a vampire, tonight we're gonna get married," Kitty then took Janus's face in her hands and kissed him on the lips with him returning it. Once the kiss ends Kitty whispers, "And I'm gonna be your queen," Kitty then glances at Peter and sees the hurt in his eyes. "Let him live with this failure, let him live knowing that he failed to protect me. Let him live knowing that by midnight tonight I will not only be a vampire but your wife. That will kill him."

"You are cold and ruthless Katerina," Janus said, he then smirked, "I like it, I should have turned you centuries ago." With that Janus picked up Peter and threw him away to the ground five feet. "Time to go my love."

"Of course," Kitty said

"Everyone, we have what we came for. WE'RE LEAVING NOW," Janus said with that Janus turned to mist and flew away, soon he was followed by the other vampires.

With Alex and Mason, Alex still had the defense bubble up around she and Mason trying to protect them from Alucard and Cydney who just kept banging on it. With every attack Alex grimaces, the vampires are strong and both she and the bubble are weakening. A couple more hits and the bubble will fail, and she and Mason are dead. Two more hits and the bubble blinked which the couple noticed they both smirked and finally with one last punch from them both, Alex's defense bubble is destroyed, and Alex screams as well when she is flung away due to the force of it. Before Alex could do anything else though, Cydney comes running up and stomps on Alex's hand that is holding her wand breaking both her wand and hand making Alex cry out in pain.

"ALEX," Mason exclaimed trying to get to his girlfriend, but he can't, he is in too much pain he can't even transform.

"This is the end for you Alex, I'll admit when we first decided to feed on you, I wanted Harper, but now looking at you, just how powerful you have gotten, I'm sure your blood will taste exquisite," Cydney said showing her fangs.

"Please Cydney don't do this. What about Juliet? What will she say," Alex said

Cydney laughed cruelly, "It doesn't matter what she says, this is bigger than she is, and if she gets in the way, then we're willing to sacrifice her," she said, Cydney then looked at Alucard, "Are you ready honey?"

"Of course, it has been a long time since I've had a werewolf," Alucard said

With that both Alucard and Cydney opened their mouths showing their fangs and then headed to both Mason and Alex's necks. Alex herself is filled with dread and fear, she can't believe that this is it. This is how she is gonna die. She never thought much of death before, but she always thought that if she did die it would be of natural causes not on another crazy adventure. Why do these things always happen to them? Why not someone else? She doesn't want to die, she wants to live, but now she's gonna die, and there is nothing she can do about it.

Just then, right when Cydney and Alucard were gonna bite Alex and Mason's necks, the two are interrupted by Janus who is summoning them. Growling, the two looked at each other than at their would-be victims. They wanted to ignore the command and continue what they are doing but they know better than to disobey a vampire as powerful as Janus.

"Another time," Alucard said as he got up.

"When this is all over, I'm coming for you Alex," Cydney said as she got off Alex too, with that the two transformed into bats and flew away.

"Alex," Mason said as he crawled to Alex.

"Mason," Alex said as she let herself be enveloped by Mason's arms.

Finally, as the hall was nearly empty just a few vampires and Kitty remained, the last vampires leaving just leaving Kitty who gets ready to leave. "KITTY," Peter said stopping her to look at him, "Please don't go," Peter begged

Kitty then walked over to Peter and crouched down to look at him her red eyes looking in his blue, "Don't worry Peter, everything will turn out as it was meant to be, till then," she said, Kitty then kissed Peter's cheek, she then stood up and phases through the floor, and speeds out of the Sanctum, leaving the Howling Commandos and Peter defeated.

End Chapter

Question for everyone: Does anyone have any ideas for a battle suit for Alex? You know something for her to fight in that isn't regular clothes, because I was thinking the suit that she wore for the wizard competition or using one of the Power Rangers Mystic Force uniforms.

Needed info: Alex is two years older than Peter and Kitty which makes her 20 in this story. When she was 17 Peter and Kitty were 15 and were both just getting in the hero business. Alex was 18 when mutants were discovered, and it had been a year since the Alex vs Alex movie had happened. However even though Alex is older and saved the world before them, Peter and Kitty still have more experience than her due to the hero life being their life, which means they are more knowledgeable when it comes to saving the day. And even though Kitty is younger than Alex, Alex is a fan of hers and does have a crush on Kitty. I am not changing Alex's sexuality, check the Wiki, it says that Alex is bisexual. The writer actually said that he wished that he was able to explore Alex and Stevie's relationship more.

So, what does everyone think, be sure to leave a review. Till next time, That's All True Believers!

X-Men Evolution References:

To see Kitty's introduction watch X-Men Evolution season 1: episode 2 - X-Impulse

To see Kurt and Kitty teleporting in their pajamas, watch X-Men Evolution season 4: episode 4 - Sins of the Son

Wizards of Waverly Place References:

To see the dance off watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 2: episode 29 - Wizards and Vampires vs. Zombies

To see Alex deal with the Frankenstein girl watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 3: episode 1 - Franken Girl

To see Justin become a monster hunter watch Wizards of Waverly Please season 3: episode 3 - Monster Hunter

To see Justin, Juliet, Alex, and Mason in Transylvania watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 3: episode 9 - Wizards vs. Werewolves Part 1 of 2

To see Justin, Juliet, Alex, and Mason in Transylvania watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 3: episode 10 - Wizards vs. Werewolves Part 2 of 2

To see Stevie and Alex meet watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 3: episode 11 - Detention Election

To see Justin start teaching watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 4: episode 2 - Alex Gives Up

To see Alex join Justin's class watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 4: episode 5 - Three Maxes and a Little Lady

To see Laritate become a zombie watch Wizards of Waverly Place season 4: episode 23 - Get Along, Little Zombie