Relocation of Dracula

It was 34 minutes past midnight when a large bat flew through the dark sky toward the apartment where his concubine awaited him; as he soared, Vlad contemplated his next move. Just as he passed some windows, he spotted a few lit ones. Out of curiosity, the bat then veered towards them. The moment he neared it, the ex-Voivode shifted back into his “human” form and held onto the ledge in order to observe the residence. What met his eyes was the luscious body of a beautiful redhead dressed in a pink bra and panties. She was currently pacing up and down as if she was waiting but was running out of patience. Dracula could see this beauty run her fingers through her long hair and rest her vibrant green eyes on the phone as if expecting a call. Vlad then recognized her as the red-haired woman from before and found himself feeling desire for her.

“What was your name, my beauty?” undead king wondered aloud, then he added when he realized his next goal, “I’ll find out soon my lovely, and you will join Susan and I for eternity.”

He then released his hold on the ledge and let himself fall; as he fell, he changed into a bat and took off towards a lower floor to meet Raven. Vlad found an open window with mesh screen, then converted to mist to slip in; he then summoned Raven to the floor he had entered. Once Raven had found her master, they traveled to the roof via elevator then stairs.

He looked down at his next target from her sky light and smiled, “Soon my lovely, very soon.”

Raven followed his gaze, “I believe that’s MJ Parker, Master.”

“Hm, yes…Emjay,” the male vampyr mused, “I must find out more about her…but not now.”

He then turned his attention to the sky then changed to bat form and took off with Raven in tow. The 2 bats flew until they spotted a prostitute on the corner on which they feasted until she was exsanguinated in which they left her corpse. After which they returned to Dracula’s lair to prepare for their move to the Vampyr King’s new Castle Dracula.

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It was a partly sunny day on the island of Manhattan as 3 residents of the Baxter Building were gathered on floor 27, a few floors below their headquarters. There were 2 males and 1 female; most of them dressed in mostly blue. An attractive blonde woman, a blonde man, and a large, bulky male whose skin looked to be made of orange stone. They were moving wooden boxes and furniture into the 2 apartments that were across from each other.

“Hey, Suzie!” bellowed the bulky, orange mutate, “In here?”

“Yes, Ben,” Sue responded with a sigh, then looked to see the time was 1:00 pm.

Susan had already moved the crates in, 1 of which carried her Dark Master within his coffin; her invisible barriers allowed for careful lifting and setting down. And the Invisible Woman was now watching her foolish younger brother try to help her husband’s best friend move the furniture into the apartments. Key word being try, there was a reason the blonde mother only trusted herself for her suitor.

“What about this, Sue?” called Johnny as he held a chair.

“Over there,” pointed Susan.

“Alright, Ben,” called Sue, “go get those 2 boxes…but you had better be careful. They say “fragile” for a reason.”

“Okay, okay, Suzie,” sighed Ben, “sheesh.”

“Jeez, who died and made her queen?” asked Johnny, not knowing just how close he was coming to the truth.

“Quiet, Matchstick! Let’s just get this done,” Ben told his teammate, “Ya don’t wanna make Suzie any madder, do ya?”

Johnny just shook his head, grumbled, and continued to help move the new tenants in their new abodes; the strangest thing that did not make quite sense to him was the lack of beds. He shrugged; this was odd but not criminal, so he decided to just drop it. Once all the moving had been done, they returned to their living quarters.

“Hey, Sue,” Johnny said as they were going up through the elevator, “You haven’t seen Franklin yet.”

“I know,” she sighed, “this week has been hectic.”

“Hey, Brick Man, do you know what Brains is building in the lab?” Johnny asked Ben, “I mean hasn’t come out for 2 days.”

“How am I supposed to know what Stretch is doin’ in there?” answered The Thing.

“I dunno,” Johnny said, “just figured he might’a said something to you.”

“Well, he didn’t, 'kay?” Ben finished.

“ENOUGH!” snapped Susan in annoyance, their bickering was only going to hold everything up, “Your entire conversation is pointless; neither of you know and even if you did. Would you even understand it?”

The two men were silent and continued on their way up. None the wiser on what…or better who they brought into their building. Susan just smiled now she had a direct path to her beloved.