New plans...

Meanwhile… In the halls of Castle Dracula.

“ABSOLUTE FUCKING FILTH!” Dinah Lance screamed out after pushing the great doors wide open and charging her way inside the castle, scrubbing at her bare arms and neck with a silk cloth, frantically cleaning her alabaster skin as if she were covered in mud. In her mind’s eye that was all she could see. After her experience at the Fortress of Solitude and realising the dangers of being exposed to Kryptonians, Black Canary wanted to get as far away as she could from Superman and anyone related to him. Learning much to her horror that Kryptonian wolves had addictive properties to their fluids, and if that was true, what did it mean to have sex with the man of steel? The idea that she may have slightly been exposed to him in some way made her feel unclean. “To think I even TOUCHED him and even let him inside of me, if I still had the capacity to wretch, I would!”

Tossing the silk cloth away as if it were filthy, Dinah paced back and forth in the grand hall, her arms crossed under her bust as her silk mink draped under her arms flowed behind her like a cloak or gown. Deep in thought and utterly frustrated, the vampiress fumed over the cancellation of her fun, and her plans.

“I could have had Superman wrapped around my pinky finger, a big dumb brute poised to take out ANY threat I saw fit, even… Him” Dinah hissed, turning her attention down the corridors of the castle where she knew Dracula and Selina rested. The idea that she still saw him as a threat only made Dinah fume and rage in the vast empty hall. Looking out the grand doors of the castle, Dinah’s eyes narrowed as she regained her smile, staring out into the shores of Themyscira. Tapping her pursed lip in thought with one of her fingers, Dinah’s smile became sultrier as she decided to exit the castle and head towards one of the boats docks at the castle entrance. Making her way to the beaches of the island home of the Amazons, Dinah casually made her way up the beach to the cobblestone steps of the island city. Late at night, Themyscira was lit only with torches and the occasional guards keeping watch over the horizon and its streets.

Most of the guards who she passed by gave the pale skinned woman a look of distrust, but nothing compared to what they gave Dracula or any of the other men who dared come to their home. Smiling back at the two Amazonian guards passing her by, Dinah casually made her way deeper into the city, getting her bearings. She avoided the temples, there was a presence there she found distaste in, almost like being near holy ground.

Continuing her way through the dark streets at night, she stopped when she felt something sharp point at her back. “Halt, vampire bitch!” She heard a voice behind her. Looking over her shoulder with a smirk and her red eyes glowing, she found the general of the Amazonian armies; Artemis with an entourage of her guards aiming their spears at her. A murderous look in their eyes even when Dinah raised her hands over her head and slowly turned to face them. “What are you doing here concubine? That undead male isn’t here to protect you.”

Tilting her head in amusement, Dinah tapped her finger against the spear tip and gently pushed it back. “Oh? Didn’t you hear? He freed me. He got BORED of his siren and tossed me aside when I would not embrace my former husband… The brute that he was.” She purred, letting her voice carry over the guards keeping an eye on her, the look in their eyes softening as they were carried by words. Seeing the effect her words were having on them, Dinah leaned in close enough to whisper to the red-haired amazon.

“Actually… I feel HORRIBLE for being one of his playthings for so many years, used, abused, and toyed with for so long… Do you have somewhere, someplace where I can feel clean again? To wash myself of his touch forever?”

Looking to each other, the amazon warriors nodded and lowered their weapons. “So… You have broken free of that fiend’s shackles? Good for you, welcome to Themyscira sister.”

“Why thank you.” Dinah bowed slightly, keeping her red eyes on the guards, and measuring the effect she was having on them. “Now… As for that bath.”

“There is a pool of rejuvenation we Amazons use, it refreshes and revitalises those who bath in its waters.”

“REALLY… Take me there please, I can’t stand being this filthy any longer.” She pleaded, offering her hand for them to guide her through the city. The trek did not take long as Dinah was guided to a public bath in the city where she found dozens of Amazons bathing in the glowing blue waters. Several were jovial as they splashed each other or basked in its warm waters and let the energies it gave off sooth and heal them.

“The waters heal those who enter it, a gift from the gods who granted us this island.”

Smirking at the group of Amazons and the guards who led her here undressing to join their sisters, Dinah shook her head in disbelief. This was too easy. Undressing and joining the group in the waters, the woman’s pale skin practically glowed in the moonlight, garnering the attention of everyone there who observed the woman submerge herself in the waters and sighed, leaning her head back to feel the warmth of the water over her skin. Seeing that she now had an audience of curious bathers, Dinah began the first step of her new plans.

“So… These waters rejuvenate you, is that what you said?”

“Yes.” Answered Artemis, sitting close and enjoying the warm of the waters at the edge of the bathing pool. “I have seen these waters heal wounds, reverse aging and even remove scars.”

“Is that so…” Looking at the palm of her hand, Dinah flicked the finger of her other hand until her finger nail grew to a sharp point and quickly cut her palm, making the Amazons gasp at the act before she submerged her hand in the waters, letting her blood mix and disperse into the pool. With some concentration, she rapidly healed her hand and pulled it out for all to see, finding not even a scar on the inside of her hand. “Amazing.” Seeing the content smiles from the other Amazons, some swam closer to greet the white skinned woman, many never having seen someone so pale or so different.

“Where do you hail from sister? Our Princess leaves us so uninformed of the Patriarch lands abroad.” Asked one Amazon with her hair tied back.

For a time, Dinah explained to them all her life as a hero, and how it paled in comparison to when she was bitten and turned into a vampire. Playing on their egos and prejudices, she spun a tale that she had conquered her abusive husband and broke free from her bonds of Dracula. Listening in on her every world they were oblivious to the red mist smoking up from the waters, making their eyes go red as her will seeped into their minds.

“I’m afraid I cannot stay for too long ladies, the sun will be up soon, and I find it… Uncomfortable to be in the sunlight, as you can see by my tan.” Black Canary joked and received some laughter from some of the women present. Sitting up from the pool and getting dressed, Dinah looked back at them all from the corner of her eye, seeing the red mist remained like a fog in the bath.

“Shall we see you again Mistress?” Asked one of the Amazons, her red eyes staring up at Dinah with a transfixed look of adoration.

“Oh you will indeed, but in the meantime… Offer the bath to your friends and sisters, there’s nothing better than these rejuvenating waters to make you feel so alive, am I right?”

“Yes…” The amazons said all at once, her hold over them complete.

“Good!” Stepping out of the public bath and drying out her hair, Dinah made her way back to the shores to return to the castle. Smiling to herself as her new plans took root. “A poisoned well to swell the ranks of MY new armies. I wonder how long I have to wait?”