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Shelly Drumm ([info]blackmagicwoman) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-07-18 20:32:00


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Entry tags:gregory price, inactive - karen lynch, inactive - matt walker, inactive - michelle clarke, inactive - shelly drumm, plot-"baptism of shadows", team - midnight sons

It isn't a party until someone bleeds.
Portals, teleportation spells and ways are useful but when it comes to getting down to a suspicious club in the darker neighborhoods of Chicago, SUV was more efficient.  It would also trigger fewer magical sensors so if Vitae was tuned to such things, arriving by car would give them a few moments advantage over the shadowy figures suspected to be murderers for Dracula.

Shelly couldn't help but think of Charlie Manson as she turned the last corner and parked her SUV in the darkness down the street from the club.  A maniacal leader, brainwashed followers carrying out horrific deeds for master. 

"Okay.  Yeah.  This place gives me the creeps.  Let's go see if we can get in.  The website said it was a private club, right?  Most of those are pretty strict.  There's this place, The Mercury in Seattle...definitely not stranger friendly.  Grab your equipment folks."

Shelly herself took a deep breath and said a few quick prayers to the loa before getting out of the car and heading up to the door.  There was a guard there, pale and creepy looking as all of the rest of the cultists they'd encountered had been but instead of stopping them, the man smiled darkly and opened the door without a word.  In fact no words were exchanged at all, just that creepy smile.

Shelly's blood ran cold.  This...wasn't good.



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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-08-01 11:14 pm UTC (link)
Matt does a little mental math and realizes that Dracula just skipped him, like he wasn't even there.

He's about to bring that up when the other vampires bring out Shelly. Matt's expression hardens and he speaks up.

"Release the woman, Vampire!" Matt yells, the runes of his staff glowing with red-orange fire.

"Unlike before, I won't be asking a third time." Matt says darkly.

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-08-02 01:43 am UTC (link)
Greg snarled and slowly took a few steps toward the center of the room and the circle of vampires. His blood was still up from taking out the vampires just moments ago and he would love to rip into some more.

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[info]bite_me
2010-08-02 01:48 am UTC (link)
Pretender? Well, that certainly clinched it. Whatever she was, she was not a vampire. She just did most of the same things. ...Now she was more confused.

Michelle tensed, ready to strike the second she saw an opening.

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[info]small_but_tough
2010-08-02 01:55 am UTC (link)
Last person that called her a pitiful human ended up in the hospital for three weeks. But that was a very different situation from this one, Mayan crazy and she had been working with Spidergirl.

But see didn’t waver and kept the gun steady aimed straight at his heart.

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[info]nextgen_baddie
2010-08-02 02:08 am UTC (link)
Dracula was not impressed. "You would threaten me, boy?" he snarled in Matt's direction. "That was tried before. It failed then and it would fail again."

He snapped his fingers and several of the vampires stepped forward. These were larger, stronger. Fighters, not the rabble from before. "Kill any of them you wish, except for the boy."

He turned his attention back to the heroes. "You will excuse me. I would humble you myself... but these things do require time. I am sure you understand."

He turned from them as the vampires swarmed to attack and focused his attention entirely on Shelly. "And now, my dear, you have a part to play. I am honoring you, you know. You shall usher in my greatest victory."

He bent down, fangs gleaming, to bite.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-08-02 02:13 am UTC (link)
Oh gods no...no...

Shelly had always had a secret fear of dying at the fangs of a vampire and in spite of her usually tough exterior the terror started to show on her face. A tear rolled down her cheek as she closed her eyes. She hoped Dante would take care of her father, and that this would be less painful than she anticipated as she attempted to make peace with the loa and the spirits.

The fangs as they broke her skin hurt like no other pain she'd ever endured. Excruciating agony ripped her body as though someone had set her on fire and despite the gag she screamed. She could feel him draining her, his bite was that powerful and even just seconds after his fangs broke skin she felt her knees weaken.

And then, suddenly, she screamed again as something from within her exploded, a crazy jolt of energy and power tearing through her body and out of her...and right into Matt.

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-08-02 02:27 am UTC (link)
The magic shooting out of Shelly and into Matt was enough to trigger Greg's demonic blood. All thought processes stopped and for a moment the werewolf was as still as some grotesque statue. Then a shudder passed over him and he moved. He grabbed one vampire and ripped its head off and he had the next one in his claws before the first one hit the floor.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-08-02 02:30 am UTC (link)
Matt calls out as Dracula bites Shelly. This was his fault. He'd come in here like Billy Bad-Ass and now Shelly, Lynch, Michelle and Greg could die for his arrogance.

No. Not like this.

The sudden jolt of energy that enters him lasts for less than a minute, but Matt suddenly knows magic that he was never taught, spells that he knows have only the blackest of intentions and endings. When the jolt of energy fades, Matt's eyes glow a faint, sinister blue.

"Michelle, Karen...get out of dodge /right now/." Matt says, vanishing.

The moment after he does so, Shelly vanishes as well, and reappears on the other side of the room, away from the chaos. Matt vanishes again...

and reappears before Dracula.

"It ends here, Vampire Lord." Matt says, right before he unleashes a blast of force to try to slam Dracula through the nearest wall.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-08-02 02:34 am UTC (link)
Bleeding from the large wound in her neck, Shelly collapses into a heap on the floor, gasping for air.

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[info]nextgen_baddie
2010-08-02 03:08 am UTC (link)
Dracula snarls, shifting to mist in an instant, letting the blast pass through him. "Really, Janus?" he asked as he reformed. "We've contested before, you and I. You failed then and you shall fail now."

He struck with amazing speed, a backhanded slap at Matt's head.

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-08-02 03:10 am UTC (link)
All thought processes had stopped. Greg was acting on instinct and it was telling him to rip apart anything moving that got in his way. He grabbed another vampire and ripped its throat out with his sharp teeth.

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[info]bite_me
2010-08-02 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Michelle fought her way past the nearest vampire, claws shredding his stomach as she cleared a path towards Shelly. "We've got to get her out of here," she told Karen.

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[info]small_but_tough
2010-08-03 12:30 am UTC (link)
Lynch started laying down some cover fire. She was going for heart shots with the wooden bullets and making sure not to hit any of her allies. Screw retreating she was sick and tired of running.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-08-03 01:06 am UTC (link)
The backhand slap catches Matt by surprise, and he hits a nearby wall hard. His duster protects him from the worst of it, he's standing again immediately.

"FUEGO!" Matt yells, launching a lance of flame at Dracula.

The anger and such keeps his mind off the fact that Dracula knows his True Name. How could he possibly know that? Only a wizard's parents could know his True Name.

It does a father's heart good to see his son returned to him at last...

No. It wasn't possible. Ian would tell him something like that.

Matthew, there are things you have yet to know, things that I've been preparing you for...

Matt's anger clouds his magic now, and the lance of fire becomes an river of flame.

"DIE!" he yells at Dracula.

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[info]nextgen_baddie
2010-08-03 01:35 am UTC (link)
The fire burned and even Dracula, one of the eldest vampires to walk the Earth, one of the most powerful, still felt pain. Great pain. Few beings had humbled him so. Stephen Strange. The Silver Surfer. ...and Janus.

He forced himself to walk through the flames, transformed into a monstrous bat creature as he did, the flames burning the fur and filling the air with a foul stench. He lashed out with his claws.

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[info]bite_me
2010-08-03 01:37 am UTC (link)
Trusting Karen to watch her back, Michelle scooped up Shelly.

She spared just a second to look back, then quickly looked away. It was horrible. All horrible.

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-08-03 01:42 am UTC (link)
Greg ripped apart vampire after vampire. Their fangs did no damage to him, but his fangs and claws easily shredded their flesh. The black magic being thrown across the room only increased his frenzy. Blood spurted in great founts.

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[info]blackmagicwoman
2010-08-03 01:55 am UTC (link)
Shelly groaned, and looked towards Matt.

"We gotta get out of here...fire..."

The building had started to ignite along the walls.

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[info]small_but_tough
2010-08-03 02:24 am UTC (link)
Lynch kept shooting as she made her way over towards Michelle to help her with Shelly.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-08-03 02:57 am UTC (link)
Matt's shield came up between him and Dracula, turning aside the vampire's claws. Between the vampire before him and the werewolf behind him, Matt knew he was in for a bad night if he got caught between them.

"Lynch, Michelle! Get Shelly to the car and get her to a hospital. Don't worry about me and Greg!" Matt yells.

Matt chucks a bit of spell fire at Greg next.

"Hey, I got a big nasty vamp over here for you to chew on! Come on!" Matt says, not certain if Greg is even still home.

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[info]fullmoonfever
2010-08-03 03:05 am UTC (link)
The casting of the spell helped to put the werewolf into more of a frenzy. The fire hit him and while it didn't hurt him, it got his attention. He snarled viciously and bounded over to attack. He had been going for Matt, but then the big bad caught his attention. Werewolves and vampires were bitter enemies. He launched himself at Dracula.

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[info]nextgen_baddie
2010-08-03 03:17 am UTC (link)
The flames hurt him and his loyal followers were quite dead. Even in his pained and hurting state, Dracula retained his agility, sidestepping Greg's hurling form.

"There will be a reckoning for this, boy," he snarled at Matt. "You have Dracula's word on that."

The flames were rising now, the building a total loss. He flapped his wings, hard, smashing through the ceiling and into the night.

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[info]bite_me
2010-08-03 04:06 am UTC (link)
Michelle, meanwhile, had gotten Shelly out and to the car. Leaving Greg and Matt behind didn't feel right... but there was no way any of them could have handled that shit.

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[info]small_but_tough
2010-08-04 12:32 am UTC (link)
While she wants to go back inside and help out Lynch stays outside. She covers the doors for any escaping unfriendlies.

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[info]this_fire_burns
2010-08-04 01:23 am UTC (link)
Count on a vampire to run before the fighting gets good.

Count on a werewolf to go ballistic on anything that moves, friend or foe.

Count on a wizard to set a building on fire in order to clear it out.

Count on Matt Walker to get himself in a situation that somehow includes all three.

Matt looks at Greg and begins quickly weaving a protective spell of the non-black magic variety around himself.

"Nice wolfie..." Matt says soothingly to the raging beast before him.

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(no subject) - [info]blackmagicwoman, 2010-08-04 01:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fullmoonfever, 2010-08-04 02:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]this_fire_burns, 2010-08-04 02:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fullmoonfever, 2010-08-04 02:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]this_fire_burns, 2010-08-04 03:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bite_me, 2010-08-04 03:22 am UTC

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