Intelligence Gathering

It was 2:23 am as Vlad Dracula sat in the apartment of Justin Drake with his Queen by his side, examining his bride candidates from the photographs his “scout,” Katzenberg took. Among the X-Men were several women, 1 with long, red hair, a petite woman with long brown hair, a woman with purple hair, and a woman with chocolate brown skin and long white hair.

Susan smiled cruelly and looked to her master adoringly, “Tell me, my Love, what will you do now?”

“Patience my dear,” Vlad told his Queen, “Patience.”

“You may have to separate Pryde from Logan,” commented Raven as she came in through the door.

Dracula knew she was right, “That will be in due time.”

Raven cocked her head and walked until she was next to their Master, her eyes were staring upon a woman with oddly colored hair.

“Elizabeth Braddock,” observed the blue-skinned concubine, “I believe that’s her name.”

This got Dracula’s attention, “Raven, tell me more about this…Psylocke.”

“Very well, Master, her true name is Elizabeth Braddock,” relied Raven, “Her twin brother, Brian is a founding member of England’s team Excalibur along with Kitty Pryde and my son, Kurt.”

Yes, Betsy Braddock and Kitty Pryde would make fine brides, and would be useful for a permanent conquest of Storm. Part of him was kicking himself for not seeking these women out before but now he needed to plan. Now the so the Avengers, thanks to his observations in World War II, he knew the skill of Captain America and since the man done battle with 1 of his kind which he had unfortunately created himself; Baron Blood if he remembered correctly.

“Tell me about Jenn, my Queen,” ordered Dracula as his eyes laid upon the picture of beautiful, curvaceous woman with green skin sunbathing in a bikini.

Susan told him everything about her, from her day job to family and origin of her abilities.

“Yes, she will make a fine bride,” he thought aloud.

Raven and Susan smiled at the thought of gaining a new “sister.”

“Now the others, the blonde,” Dracula pointed, “What is her name?”

“Carol Danvers,” answered Queen Susan, “or to most, Ms. Marvel.”

It was then that Sue continued to explain her as well while running her fingers through his black hair.

“And this one,” pointing to the auburn-haired woman in scarlet.

“That 1 is Wanda Maximoff,” replied Raven, “She is the daughter of an old acquaintance, a self-proclaimed master of magnetism. I believe her clothes earn her the moniker, the Scarlet Witch?”

“Witch?” questioned Vlad, this 1 was interesting.

“Yes, she is a mutant witch who supposedly wields chaos magic,” explained Raven, “I believe she was mentored by Agatha Harkness.”

“Agatha?” Sue raised an eyebrow at the name, “Really?”

Dracula growled, this witch he encountered plenty of times, several times in Europe and he heard she was there during the Salem Witch trials he had started through Tituba. Agatha’s image was seen through Susan’s memories along with Jenn’s. If he were to attain Wanda as his bride, he would have to find suitable prey for her before Agatha would find her.

“Now, 1 of you tell me about this 1,” insisted Dracula as gazed upon desirable woman with a man in a yellow suit.

“She, is known as The Wasp,” Susan informed him, “Her name is Janet Pym, nee van Dyne.”

Vlad’s eyes narrowed, “I’ve heard the name van Dyne before, but where?”

“She is a fashion designer,” informed the nosferatu Queen, “and I believe her father was an inventor, Vernon…I think.”

“A yes, Vernon van Dyne,” he remembered the man who once tried to get him to fund his research.

He only smiled now that he had ample brides to choose from, he just needed to plan out each attempt, knowledge is power after all. Then he remembered the beautiful red-head he had come across twice during his courtship of his Queen, Mary Jane Watson-Parker. Yes, this beauty had awakened Vlad’s desire she was definitely a prize. And since she appeared to be very familiar with his Queen, who else was there to get information from?

He then turned his head to face Sue, “My Queen, tell all you know about a red-haired temptress named Mary Jane Watson-Parker and her husband…Peter.”

Susan Malice, Queen of the Undead could only smile at her master’s request and told him all she knew about her and her husband, Spider-Man.