It was a dark night in Prontera. The only light around was the shining of the full moon in the sky and the glowing cross on the front of the church. In the quiet of the night we turn to the Prontera inn. The inn is a place where people from guilds are able to have a place to stay if they do not have one. Let us see who is up there. As we go up stairs there are four rooms each room hold three people. As it turns out a few friends of ours from the Infinity guild have taken residence here for the night. Let us see what is going on.
Inside the room in the first bed we see Ashley. She is a High Priest within the Infinity guild. She is a very active and independent girl, who is not afraid to speak her mind. She is also the sister of Cheddar Jack, or CJ as his is normally called, an Assassin Cross who as mastered the art of critical points within Infinity. She is widely known as either Ash or AJ. Along with her in the room is Ivy Cross. She is also a High Priest in the Infinity guild. She is very nice to everyone she meets, and everyone likes her back. Every once in a while though she lets out her evil side, which usually ends up with people doing what she asks. People usually refer to her as Ivy.
The time on the clock in the room reads 11:59am. *Beep Beep* as it changes to midnight, Ivy sits up quickly, breathing heavy, and looks around. She has a confused look on her face and her face is flushed. “W-was that real?” Ivy asked to herself as she gets out of bed. “I need some fresh air.” As she walks out the door she sees Ashley sleeping soundly in the other bed. “B-but I could have sworn she was just saved by…and I was just…*sigh* I defiantly need some fresh air.” As Ivy went down stairs, the lady at the front desk noticed her and gave her a smile and a friendly wave. Ivy noticed and gave her a nice wave back. She thought to herself “This seems somewhat familiar.”
Outside in the cool night air Ivy takes a deep breath, stretches, looks up at the moon and says “Ah that air is nice, and the moon looks so pretty tonight.”
“Isn’t it? said a familiar voice.
“Who’s there?” Ivy said with a fright. As she turned around she saw a figure sitting in the darkness with its back leaning against the wall of the inn.
“Wanna sit down?” the voice said in a calm tone. Ivy started to walk to the person. When she got close, her worried looked turned into a big smile. The person sitting against the inn was Cheddar Jack.
“Oh, fewwww, CJ it just you, I thought you were some kind of creeper” said Ivy with a look of relief on her face.
“Hahaha sorry for that I just couldn’t sleep tonight so I came out here for some fresh air and ended up looking at the moon” replied CJ. “It’s beautiful isn’t it?”
“Yea it is” Ivy said as she sat down next to CJ. “Did you do anything for Halloween today?”
“Na, Halloween isn’t really my holiday” CJ stated with smirks on his face.
“WHAT?!?” Ivy replied with a shocked look on her face. “How can you not like Halloween?! It’s like my favorite holiday! Look I still have my costume.” Ivy then reached down into her pocket and pulled out an odd head band. “It’s called a Neko Mimi.” The head band she put on was a mixture of a maid’s band and cat ears. “Isn’t it adorable darlin?” Ivy asked with a cute expression on her face.
“It looks good on you hun” CJ replied. “Maybe next year maybe you can find me a costume and we can go hang out that day.”
“Alright” Ivy said “Sounds like a plan.” At that moment they both ended up looking back up at the moon then back at each other. They stared at each other for a few seconds and then laughed and smiled.
A few minutes later CJ’s guild chat phone beeped. “Hello? Hey anyone there?” a voice said from the phone.
“*sigh*, its Iri” CJ said as he picked up the phone. “Hey Iri, CJ here. Need something?”
“CJ? Hey got a minute. We just got a last minute request for a quest, you up for it?” Iridescence said
“What kind of request?” CJ asked. Iridescence replied,
“It might be a tough one but the reward is just amazing. We have to kill the king of the undead…Dracula.” Ivy gasped in horror when she heard this.
“D-dracula?” she said with a fright “H-e is one of the toughest monsters in the world, why would you want to try and kill him? Trust me I am kind of an expert on undead monsters and when it comes to the king of them, it’s definitely not an easy kill, especially if CJ is alone.”
“Yes, I know this Ivy that’s why I am going to send some back up. Ralis and GB are heading your way now.”
Now for all of you who don’t know Ralis and GB, whose full name is GB Wassail, are the masters of king type monsters also known as MvP’s. Ralis is a shield reflecting Royal Guard who is an expert at taking damage from strong monsters and sending it back double. GB is a Geneticist who is a professional at taking out high defense MvP’s. When both of them are together there are very few that can stand up to them.
“So Ralis and GB huh? This should get interesting” CJ said with a smirk on his face while closing his phone.
“You sure you want to go through with this hun?” Ivy asked with concern “Dracula is no joke; one bite and you become one of his minions.”
“Yea, I’ll be fine, you have nothing to worry about” CJ stated. “If something goes wrong we’ll back off and head out, alright?”
“*sigh*…you know I worry about your sometimes CJ. You head off to all these dangerous places and sometimes I get a horrible that you won’t come back.” Ivy said staring down at the ground. “I m-mean, can’t you skip this one. I have this bad feel-,” just then Ivy felt a hand on the side of her head. It was CJ; he gently grabbed it and put her ear on his chest.
“Hear that?” he said “That’s my heart beating. Whenever you hear it you will know that I am really here.” Ivy began to listen and she could hear a small *thump* *thump* in his chest. When she realized what was going on, her face became bright red and she got a little angry. She shoved CJ away slightly, her face still red and said
“W-what did you do that for?!?”
CJ laughed and said “I don’t know but it was funny, hahaha.”
“You’re such a jerk you know that CJ, you really are!” Ivy said now more angry than embarrassed. At that point she stood up and started to walk back inside the inn.
“Aw come on I was kidding don’t get mad at me” CJ said, still with a smile on his face. Just then Ivy stopped at the door; she began to take the necklace off from around her neck. “Here” she stated “Take this, it should bring you luck on your trip.” As she finished taking the necklace off she threw it to CJ and he caught it with a puzzled look on his face. Then she entered the inn and went back to bed.
CJ still outside looked at the necklace in his hands. It was a silver beaded necklace, with a cross on the end of it. “A rosary huh?” he said with a smirk “That girl is always thinking of my safety, I should thank her one day.”
About an hour later, CJ was still sitting outside the inn, when two figures approached in the darkness. “Took you guys long enough to get here” CJ said. The two figures got clearer as they got closer. It was Ralis and GB.
“Well I would have been here sooner if the griffin rancher wasn’t already sleeping” Ralis said in a frustrated tone.
“What about you GB, what took you so long” CJ said knowing the answer he will get. “Well, you know you can just kiss my (_*_)” GB replied.
“Ha, alright alright enough with the formalities are we going to head out or no?” CJ said while standing up and putting on the necklace that Ivy gave him.
“We could just use some support, Ralis and I already got the supplies for everyone one” GB said while handing CJ a supply bag with everything he needs. CJ then read off what he saw in the bag
“Aright let’s see some awakening potions, a few poison bottles, and what is this? Cool, some condensed white potions.” After that he threw on the supply bag and said “So all we need is support now right? How about Ash she is upstairs at the inn.”
“Wont she be pissed that you are waking her up? Why not just ask Ivy? She already heard the entire conversation” asked Ralis.
“Na” CJ replied “Not if I tell Ash what’s going on, she will be happy to join us. I also don’t think Ivy is willing to go, to be honest I think she is a little mad at me at the moment haha.”
After the short laugh CJ entered the inn. He walked up to the lady at the desk and asked “What room is Ashley from the Infinity Guild staying in?” The lady replied
“She and Ivy Cross are up in room three.”
“Oh great…**sigh**” CJ said “Oh well, thanks for the info.” Following that conversation CJ walked up the stairs to the second floor. When he got there he began to mumble to himself, “Room one….two…three here it is.” CJ then gently knocked on the door *Knock* *Knock*…..No answer. He knocks on the door again *Knock* *Knock*…..No answer. “*Sigh* I didn’t want to do this, but oh well.” CJ then went into his pocket and pulled out a small lock picking kit. He pulled out two small tools and gently inserted them into the lock. *Click* the first part done. “Come on, nice and easy” CJ said with a bead of sweat on his face. *Click* he got it. “Alright, now to try and not wake up Ivy, I doubt she will be happy with me if I wake her up. Maybe I should cloak in just in case.” CJ then put his right hand up by his face, closed his hand and poof he was gone, completely invisible to the naked eye. He made sure he walked slowly into the room. When he walked in he could see Ivy in the bed across from the door. He walked farther in and saw a bed to his left. That is when he saw Ashley in it. He walked up to her and whispered into her ear “Ash…pssst Ash.” By doing this Ashley opened her eyes slowly with a somewhat confused look. “Ash it’s your brother…shhhh just be quiet and follow me to the door.” CJ then walked to the door, still invisible. Following him half asleep is Ashley. When she gets outside CJ says “Ash I know you want to sleep but we need you for a quest.” Ashley looks around confused because she does not see him. “I am right in front of you sis.” As he said that she gathered up some magic and said with a yawn
“Ruwach.” Just then a blue flame went around Ashley and as she took a step forward she uncloaked CJ. She then stood in his face eyes half closed.
“Ash we real-,” at that moment Ashley slapped him across the face. “W-what w-was that for!!?” CJ asked with an angry look.
“You woke me up stupid! You know how late it is!” Ashley said now fully awake. “Alright alright I deserved that somewhat, but look me Ralis and GB need your help. We got a late quest with a huge reward to go hunt down Dracula and we could use a priest just in case something goes wrong” CJ pleaded.
“Dracula?! Oh you guys are definitely going to need my help.” Ash emphatically stated. “Let me just get my things and ill meet you outside”
As Ashley went back inside the room to get her things, CJ went back outside to tell Ralis and GB that Ashley was going to join them. When CJ got outside, he saw Ralis and GB sitting in front waiting.
“So what did she say?” Ralis asked.
“She said she would gladly come. But I want to warn you guys now. If anything happens down there you will protect her. She is my sister and if anything were to happen to her I would never forgive myself” CJ pleaded. GB replied,
“Sure CJ, you have my word that nothing bad will happen to her.” Ralis nodded his head in approval.
“Good, I am glad we are on the same page then” CJ stated “Alright when Ash comes out we will head out to Geffen Tower. One question though…how are we getting there?”
“Oh that’s been already taken care of” said GB “I have an Acolyte friend who can give us a warp there. He told me to just meet him on the west side of Prontera.” As GB finished talking, the door of the inn opened and Ashley walked outside with her supply bag in hand.
“You jerks ready to go?” she said. CJ, Ralis, and GB all stared at each other in confusion and then looked back at her. “Yea jerks, for waking a girl up in the middle of the night. Oh well let’s just go and finish this so I can go back to bed.” After the tongue thrashing by Ashley the group all laughed and headed to the west side of Prontera to go meet the Acolyte.
As they were walking to West Prontera, Ashley looked at CJ and noticed a chain around his neck tucked under his armor. “Hey CJ, can I ask you something?” she asked in a polite tone. “What is it sis?” he replied.
“Well I know you don’t usually wear jewelry, but where did you get that necklace?” Ashley said with a puzzled look.
“Oh this well before Ralis and GB got here; Ivy and I were sitting outside the inn looking at the moon. When she heard about the quest over the Guild Chat she said she really didn’t want to join us and gave me her necklace for good luck.” CJ replied. Ashley giggled a little and said “So what I am hearing is that she is your girlfriend now right?”
“WAIT WAIT HOLD ON A SEC?!?” CJ yelled in embarrassment. “How did you get from her giving me a necklace for protection, to her being my girlfriend!!?” Ashley giggled again and said,
“You said luck not protection. So which is it? haha.” CJ still embarrassed said,
“Just drop it alright Ash, just stop I don’t want to talk about it.” Ashley then looked back at Ralis and GB, who were laughing as well.
“Hey you guys quit laughing too, it’s not funny!” CJ yelled.
“Psshh you can’t tell me what to do” GB said smugly “You can kiss my (_*_).”
After ten more minutes of laughing and walking the group finally reached the west side of Prontera. There they met a small Acolyte named Tom.
“Hey Tom” GB said with a smile “You have the warp ready for us?”
“All set boss” Tom said “And next time try to wait until morning if you need a warp.” After Tom said that he gathered up some magic and threw down a warp portal to the town of Geffen.
“Alright people, lets head out” Ralis said pointing at the warp, and at that moment everyone jumped in.
The warp ended up sending the group right in front of Geffen Tower.
“Man this building is friggen tall” Ralis said “I pass by it all the time and it never gets boring to see.”
“Yes, yes the building is tall, we get it can we finish up so I can get back to sleep” Ashley replied with a yawn. So the group went inside the tower. Inside was a well decorated hallway. There were chandeliers hanging, a fancy rug going from the entrance to the stairs, and pillars everywhere.
“Wow this place is really nice looking, why would Dracula be in a place like this?” asked CJ. “Well if you know your history this place was built on top of an ancient manor, which was created by Van Helsing. It is said that Van Helsing kept the body of the defeated Voivode Dracula, or as he was commonly known as Count Dracula. Apparently his hatred of Helsing was so great that he came back from the brink of death centuries later in the form of a vampire. When he arose this building was keeping him from causing havoc around the world.” Ralis replied. Then Ashley asked
“So then why do we have to defeat him if he is just stuck down there?” Ralis replied “Well what you guys don’t know is that the person who asked us to go on this quest believes that Dracula is beginning to gather the monsters down there to create an army. Apparently his real desire is to unlock the prison of Doppelganger to increase the strength of his army tenfold.” The group looked at each other, knowing that they have to stop Dracula from creating this army, so they all headed down into the depth of the building. As they headed lower and lower they noticed that the normal inhabitants that are on the first basement level seemed to be cowering in fear of the dark aura coming from the stairs going down into the basements second floor.
“We can’t hesitate when we get down there, if we do it could be the end of us. If you are not up to the task you can stay here” GB said with serious face. Everyone looked at each other with the same expression, one that was ready for anything. After everyone was ready they headed down the stairs into the dark aura.
As they got to the bottom of the stair case they found a Jakk and a Nightmare waiting for them. Right when the group walked into the open they two monsters noticed them and came right at the party.
“*Sigh*, Ralis you ready?” CJ asked “I’ll take the Jakk you take the Nightmare.” “Alright, no problem CJ” Ralis replied “GB stay here and protect AJ we can handle these guys easy.” GB nodded in approval.
“I am not a weak little girl you know! I can take care of myself!” Ashley said with a huff. At that moment Ralis and CJ stepped up and confronted the two monsters. Ralis was the first to charge. He and the Nightmare ran right at each other. While they were charging Ralis pulled out his shield. The Nightmare leaped into the air, trying to land on Ralis. Ralis pulled his shield over his head and parried the leaping Nightmare. Before the Nightmare was able to turn around for another attack Ralis took his shield and said “Shield Press.” He then slammed the shield on the back of the head of the Nightmare, stunning it. Seeing its friend hurt the Jakk tried to interfere with the battle. Before he could even move, a blur passed by. Just then CJ was in between Ralis and the Jakk with his katars drown and with some pumpkin flesh on them. When he stood up he wagged his finger at the Jakk and said
“No, interfearing in others battles.” Just then the Jakk’s cane fell apart causing the Jakk to fall over and hit his head on the ground. When it did the head fell apart. It looked like something so thinly cut the head in half before the head touched the ground. Ashley and GB who were watching the battle looked back at CJ, who was wiping off pumpkin flesh off his katar. He looked back and said “What? Pumpkin matter stains my blades, but his head was his only critical point so I had to.” Just as CJ finished talking we heard Ralis scream,
“Cannon Spear!!” When he yelled this, he thrust his spear through the side of the Nightmare so forcefully that on the other end it created a giant wind current that traveled for a mile. When the wind died down the Nightmare disappeared into thin air.
“Go a little over bored there Ralis” CJ said with a laugh.
“Well, at least I finished my opponent quickly and with some mercy. You friggen tortured that Jakk” Ralis stated with a smile. CJ replied,
“Hey hey, he was trying to interfere in your battle. I can’t stand cheaters. Plus like I said his head was his critical spot. With a head that big it’s like he was telling me “Hey hit here.”” “Alright, boys you‘re both pretty, can we just get a move on?” Ashley said with frustration and kept on walking forward with GB. CJ and Ralis looked at each other, shrugged and caught up with GB and Ashley
The group then began to move south through the dark graveyard like basement. As the group proceeded south they ran into a small forest area.
“Keep your guard up everyone” CJ said. Just when he said that six Ghouls came out of the ground in front of the group. Their bodies decomposing, flesh hanging, and the stench was almost unbearable. On top of that two Jakks joined them in confronting the group. Seeing the odds against them CJ and Ralis Stepped forward again, but this time was stopped by GB.
“You guys had the fun last time. This time it is my turn” GB said with authority. “AJ back me up.” Ashley then stood next to GB. He got close to her and whispered something to her. When he was done Ashley nodded in acknowledgment. GB took five steps forward and gathered up a small amount of magic just then the Ghouls and the Jakks started to approach him. They were within 5 feet of him when he said “Demonic Fire” and threw down a special bottle grenade. A giant flame arose around him burning everything. He leaped back out of the fire, while the ghouls were left to burn to a crisp, but as he landed the Jakks leaped through the fire. It seems that they were unaffected by the fire. They went straight for GB when a holy light started to surround both of them. Just before they touched GB they just disappeared into nothingness.
“Cut it a little close there AJ?” GB said with a drop of sweat running down the side of his face.
“Meh you knew I had them” Ashley said with confidence. It seemed what GB whispered to Ashley earlier was a plan. GB being the great monster hunter that he is knew that Jakks are not affected by fire. So the leap back was so that they would not catch him in the fire, setting up Ashley to beat them down with Holy Light when they came out.
“You guys had me a little worried there for a second” CJ said with a sigh of relief. “Um…don’t get to comfortable…look behind us” Ralis said with a worried look on his face. Everyone seemed to turn around at once. It was Ghouls, lots of them this time.
“Oh well, it looks like all four of us have to get in on the fun this time around” said CJ. “No we don’t actually” stated GB. “This gives me the perfect opportunity to test my new skill.”
“Well it better work quickly because here they come” Ashley said with a worried look on her face.
“Each of you hide behind a tree back there and hang on tight” GB stated. “Also just so you know there is a four second delay.” Everyone but GB ran back and braced themselves behind a tree. GB reached into his supply bag and pulled out a mushroom.
“A mushroom is going to save us…seriously?!” Ralis said sarcastically.
“For Fucks Sake, just shut up and watch” GB said in anger. He shook the mushroom a little and got two spores. Then he put the mushroom back in the supply bag and waited for a few seconds. Then he blew the spores towards the Ghouls and sprinted back for cover. As he ran he counted “4…3…2…1.” When he said the number one a giant explosion occurred, leaving burnt flesh and bone in its wake. Ralis, CJ, and Ashley just stood there with their mouths open, just in complete and utter shock. GB walked by them and said “You guys going to stand there looking like idiots or are we going to find Dracula?” They then proceeded to follow him. After a minute of walking CJ asked,
“What the hell was that back there?”
“Oh you mean the spores?” GB asked “They were what you would call Explosive Spores. They come from a very special mushroom. I figured it would come in handy.” Everyone nodded in approval.
Just as they finished their conversation they ended up coming upon a tall stone arc. If you were to peer through the arc you would be able to see large buildings in the background. The group walked under the arc and into the plaza like area. This part of the basement was much different than the previous area. There were three huge buildings and a few gazebos around this part.
“Wait” said Ashley “This looks familiar.”
“It should” Ralis stated “This is the famous Helsing Manor that was holding Dracula down here for centur-,” before Ralis could finish CJ cried out
“GAH!” something was lifting him into the air grabbing him from the neck.
“Who dares defile my land and destroy my minions?!” a mysterious voice said. Everyone gasped at the same time.
“I-it must be Dracula” Ralis yelled.
“Brother!” Ashley screamed in horror. CJ was still gasping for air as Dracula’s hand kept squeezing tighter and tighter.
“We gotta do something, but we can’t aim at him well enough. If we attack now we are sure to hit CJ as well.” GB stated in a panic. Just then Ashley ran up under CJ and yelled “Ruwach!” The Ruwach aura spun around Ashley revealing Dracula. He was a tall foreboding creature, with a black almost 16th century looking cloths on and his legs were missing while his feet were aflame. Everyone was in shock when they saw him.
“Fools!” he yelled “Let this be a lesson for interfering in my plans!” He began to squeeze harder on CJ’s throat. As he was about to finish CJ off Ashley activated her Holy Light and focused it on Dracula’s chest. The force was able to throw Dracula back into the building behind him and CJ towards the group.
“CJ are you alright? Speak to me!” Ashley yelled. She turned to look at Dracula who was trying to get up. She began to heal CJ’s neck. When Dracula saw this he flew quickly over to her and tried to attack Ashley. He yelled “Priestess you must go first!” As Dracula’s hand came down with force, Ralis rushed in and blocked it with his shield. Even with his amazing shield prowess the force of the strike forced Ralis into the ground a bit. Dracula back a way a little and then a small spark started around him. He looked around in confusion and then he got electrocuted hard. When it was over he was still standing and very angry. He bellowed,
“What is the meaning of this?” Ralis smirked and said
“That is my Shield Reflect skill. Any damage I might take gets redirected back at you double.” Dracula looked at Ralis in anger. He gathered up some magic and said,
“Silence Attack!” Just then a small cloud came up to Ralis and covered his mouth. This prevented Ralis from using anymore skills for a short period of time. Before Ralis could figure out what to do. Dracula casted another spell “Agility Up” he said. Just then he disappeared. “Where did he go?” GB yelled “Did he turn invisible again?”
“No” Dracula’s voice echoed “I am moving at speed no mortal can possibly keep up with. Now then let me go back to taking out that priestess.” Without the party knowing Dracula sped towards Ashley. Just before he got to her something stopped his hand.
“What is the meaning of this” Dracula yelled “No mere mortal could keep up with my speed.” It was CJ. He used his katar to block Dracula’s strike.
“Big Brother! Your ok!” Ashley yelled with happiness. CJ looked back with an expression that said thank you. He then turned his attention to Dracula.
“So you like hitting people when they can’t see you, don’t you?” CJ asked “Well let’s see what you can do against my speed.” Turning back to Ashley, CJ asked “Ash, I need an agi up as well to keep up with guy.” Ashley looked at him and smiled. She put her hands together, concentrated, and cast it on CJ. “Alright now that I am agi’ed up let’s see what you got” CJ said. Dracula then pulled out a small dagger and laughed. At that moment they both sprinted at each other at amazing speeds. They kept trading blows with one another, each one being blocked by the other. All this while moving around the entire manor area without anyone able to actually see much.
“Holy crap” GB said “I’ve seen CJ move fast but this is ridiculous. I can barely keep up at all.” The echoes continued of the battle that was going on. You can hear strike upon strike. Steel hitting steel, it was an amazing fight to witness. Just then you hear echo all around
“Yea, I still need some help here.” It was CJ. “I can’t find any critical points on this old bastard and if I try a skill and miss I am done for. So feel free to step in at any time guys.” The three other party members just looked at each other. Ashley was still a little shocked, Ralis was still silenced, and GB could not keep up. That is when GB said,
“I can try a new skill that I have been saving but it will take some time to set up.” “Alright,” CJ replied “just hurry u-...gah.” The sound of steel cutting through flesh echoed in the basement. GB quickly went into his cart that he had following him and hit a button. The cart then began to transform. Wheels appeared on the bottom. A giant barrel extended out the front and the back extended out. The entire cart transformed into a cannon.
“Alright” GB said “I’m set up here, but you gotta hold him so I can fire this thing.” “Easier said than done” CJ yelled “Just give me a second.” As the speed battle continued CJ was trying to think of a plan to get Dracula held down. He still could not find any critical points to attack to slow him down or stop him. Then something hit him. He thought that maybe finding a critical point in the manor could be weak enough to hold Dracula’s dagger stopping him in his tracks. He looked around, when all of a sudden he found a small weak point in the bottom corner of the first manor. CJ sped the battle up another notch and said “Hey, betcha can’t catch me you old fart” At that moment he sped off to the first mansion. Dracula pursued quickly behind and lunged at CJ. CJ then quickly side stepped him and his dagger got stuck in the foundation of the building.
“You bastard,” Dracula yelled “I’ll get you for that.” CJ replied,
“No I don’t think you will” and jumped backwards. Dracula confused for a moment tried to get his dagger unstuck. He then heard something and looked around, then it became clear what was going on. GB got the cannon ready. He said,
“Cannon loaded. System online and at 100%. Ready? Aim? FIRE!!” Just then a cannon ball sped right at Dracula. It was coming so fast the he could not get out of the way in time. When the cannonball hit him, a giant explosion occurred and took out half of the manor with it. Everyone looked at it in such amazement.
“Holy crap GB, what the fuck was that?” CJ asked in shock.
“It’s called Cart Cannon.” GB replied “I upgraded my cart just three days ago.”
“Well that should defiantly have finished Dracula off” Ashley said. Ralis nodded his head in agreement since he was still silenced. CJ then said,
“Well that was an exciting night, lets head ho-,” before CJ could finish and evil aura came up. Everyone looked over and it was coming out of the destroyed manor. Before anyone could say a word, dark auras swept the area knocking everyone back. It was Dracula’s Hell’s Judgment. Dracula was then standing on top of CJ. He grabbed him by the shoulder and lifted him up.
“This one is strong” he said with a smile “He will make an excellent addition to my army of darkness.” Everyone looked up in shock as Dracula, with fangs out bit CJ on the neck. “AHHHHHHHHH” screamed CJ in horrible pain.
“CJ, NOOOOOO!!!!” everyone yelled. With some of his last parts of sanity left CJ yelled “Run get out of here! Butterfly wing back to Prontera. Tell everyone what happened. You gotta stop him at any co-,” he then passed out because of the pain. Ashley in complete and utter shock grabbed her head and began to cry,
“This can’t be happening, he can’t be…no…No…NOOO!” Ralis now un-silenced said, “We gotta go! NOW!. GB ran over to Ashley and shook her.
“AJ we gotta leave or we’ll be next come on get up!” She then stood up still not willing to look at her fallen brother and used a butterfly wing. GB was the next to follow her. Ralis before using the butterfly wing looked one more time over at CJ who was getting up now. Ralis though there was still a sliver of hope, but then he noticed that he wasn’t the same. CJ’s face was pale. His neck covered in blood. Fangs growing from his mouth. He has become a vampire. He hissed at Ralis and drew his blades. Before he left Ralis screamed “We will save you CJ…I promise you that!” and then he teleported out of there.
We see our fallen heroes, warping into Prontera on the west side of town. When they got there, it was already morning. The sun was just rising, birds were chirping, and the town was bustling. All in all it seemed everyone was unaware of the horror that happened to our heroes this past night. Ashley was still crying and upset about what happened just moments ago. She still could not believe what just transpired.
“This can’t be happening” she said with a quiver in her voice “This has to be a dream…it can’t be real.”
“AJ, you gotta keep it together” Ralis said.
“Why?! My brother is dead. Why do I need to keep it together?!” AJ replied.
“That’s just it,” Ralis answered “He isn’t dead. Right before I left that place he stood up. He was turned into a vampire by Dracula.”
“HOW IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!!!” Ashley shouted in rage. Ralis, now with his hand on her shoulder said “Since he is not dead and is just a vampire there is a chance we could save him. But we will have to head back there. The only way I know of to save him is to slay Dracula. To do that though, we will need more help. Ashley then looked up at Ralis, tears still in her eyes. He was smiling at her, and that gave her a feeling of warmth and hope that they could save her fallen brother. While Ralis was consoling Ashley, GB was on his Guild Chat phone. He dialed a few buttons and said,
“Attention Infinity, anyone who can please meet by the Guild Spot ASAP. We have an emergency and we need as many people as possible.” When he finished his announcement, Ralis was helping Ashley off the ground. He looked over at GB and nodded his head saying to him something along the lines that they were ready to head over. The three of them walked over to the Infinity guild spot in town and waited there for a few min. The first one to show up was Masaru riding his wolf. Masaru is a Ranger. Known for his excellent accuracy, as well as his dangerous traps that can disable a monster or just as easily blow it to smithereens. Most people know him simply as Mas. The next person to show up was Ivy, who looked like she had just woken up. Following her was Altron TK. He is a Shadow Chaser known for his skill not only with a dagger, but with a bow as well. He is also very skilled in copying other skills for his use. He is usually referred to as TK. When he got there TK said
“Hey I think it’s just going to be us, if I remember correctly Iri needed most of the others who were available for another job so I don’t know where they are.” Then Masaru chimed in
“So what is going on? Why did you ask us here?” Ivy looking around asked,
“Where is CJ? Wasn’t he with you? Is he being lazy again and fall asleep?” The expression on the faces of GB, Ralis, and Ashley said it all.
“WHAT HAPPENED?!” yelled Ivy in horror “TELL ME!” Then GB and Ralis ran down the nights events. Masaru, TK, and Ivy were all in shock by the end of the recap. Masaru jumped off his wolf and hit the ground. TK fell to the ground and tried to catch his breath. Ivy with an angry look on her face walked up to GB and Ralis, and slapped the both of them in the face. She yelled,
“Why didn’t you save him?! And for that matter why did you even go on this dangerous mission. I told Iri this was too tough.” She went to slap them again and Masaru grabbed her wrist and shook his head. She was upset, everyone understood this. They all were. TK then stood up and asked,
“So is there anything we can do to save him?” Ivy replied,
“Yes there is but it will not be easy. To save CJ we have to finish this quest and defeat Dracula. This is our best shot at saving him, but we have to work fast because even if we do save him there is a chance that his sanity might already be gone.”
“Alright people we leave in fifteen minutes, get yourselves ready and we will meet in West Prontera and get warped to Geffen.” GB said. Everyone then split up. GB and Ashley went to West Prontera since they already had their supplies. TK went over to the East Prontera Kafra Lady to access his storage and grab his supplies and Masaru and Ivy both went to the South Kafra Lady to do the same. Ralis headed over to the Prontera rancher to get his Griffin.
Fifteen minutes passed. We see GB, Ashley, and the Acolyte Tom over by West Prontera. “Are they going to be here soon?” asked Tom. Just then Masaru and Ivy got there riding on Masaru’s Wolf. Also TK came sprinting in from the East Side.
“Where is Ralis?” Masaru asked. Everyone looked around, when suddenly a screech was heard in the air. It was Ralis flying down to them from the sky on his Griffin. As he landed he said
“This time I will be prepared to go one on one with Dracula’s speed.”
“So what do we do about CJ? TK asked.
“What I think we will have to do is keep him busy, while Ralis, Me, and Ashley take down Dracula” said GB.
“Ivy you keep TK and Mas backed up. TK I think it would be a good idea if you copied Mas’ Ice Trap, just in case CJ becomes a handful you guys can try to lure him and trap him.” TK nodded and looked at Masaru.
“Alright TK here is how you do an ice trap” he said. Masaru began to fiddle with a trap and added an Ice Heart to the trap, turning it into an ice trap. “Understand?” Masaru asked. TK acknowledged that he understood, and Masaru replied while handing him materials,
“Here take these traps and a couple Ice Hearts.”
“Alright now that we are ready let’s head out” Ralis said. As he said that Tom charged up some magic and threw down a warp to Geffen.
The new group ended up right in front of Geffen Tower once again. They all walked in the front door and down the staircase inside back down into the basement. The first basement floor was still quiet because the monsters on that floor were more scared than ever now that Dracula added to his ranks. The aura coming from the second basement floor felt stronger than when the party came down earlier.
“Alright before we head down this is how we are going to move through the area. TK and Mas are going to lead the way shooting down anything in their path.” Ralis said. “Mas you have your wolf on the defense just in case something comes up close he can defend you guys. TK make sure you have a dagger ready to switch just in case you need to defend yourself or others” GB continued.
“AJ and Ivy you two will be in the middle so you have easy access to support the party and keep us safe. I will be in the back defending the rear, while Ralis will be up above us to look for Dracula and CJ, as well as any dangers that are approaching.” Everyone seemed to understand and got into formation. They then began to go down the stairs into the deadly second basement floor.
The party, once they were on the second basement floor, they got into formation. Ralis took to the sky and played scout for the group. He looked around and gave GB a sign that meant that it was safe to progress. The group made their way south. As they were walking they noticed the battle scars of when Ralis, GB, Ashley, and CJ were there earlier.
“Man you guys had some kind of party here didn’t you.” Masaru said. They passed by the area where GB set the giant fire and blew up the army of Ghouls. Just then a hand came up from the ground and grabbed TK’s leg.
“Crap!” he yelled “Get the hell off me you friggen bastard.” He put his bow on his back and pulled out the dagger attached to his leg. He spun it in his hand and grabbed it with a backhand grip and stabbed the arm. It didn’t let go of his leg so, this time he cut the thing off entirely. That is when ten ghouls came up out of the ground.
“Ten Ghouls incoming!” Ralis yelled from the sky. TK backstepped from where the Ghoul grabbed his leg put the dagger away and drew his bow. While he took out the bow, Masaru was already locked and loaded. They both then let loose arrow after arrow and with pinpoint accuracy hitting each one right between the eyes and finished the fight in seconds. After all of the zombies were done TK went down on one knee. Where the Ghoul grabbed was all bruised. The grip was strong enough to cause his leg to swell. Ivy walked up to him and began to heal his leg. She said,
“This may take a while to heal. Even with my healing it still won’t be 100% right away” “Just get it to a point where I can run without much discomfort” TK said. Ivy did all she could do for the leg. TK moved around a bit to test it out. He had most of the movement back but he could not move at his normal speed.
“Alright, with TK’s leg like this we need to come up with a plan if we face CJ, because with his eye for critical points he will aim right for his leg if he is given the chance” Ashley said. Then Masaru got an idea. He whispered his idea to TK and a smile began to grow on his face. “Dude that is one hell of a plan” TK said.
“Isn’t it? This will defiantly give us an advantage at least for a few seconds” Masaru replied.
“Ok, ok now that we are all ready lets head to the manors and get our friend back” Ralis said while flying above the party. The party then kept walking south until they saw the stone arc again and inside the building was still smoking and in ruins from the battle they had not so long ago.
The party walked in, and when they got to the center of the mansions Ashley yelled “Dracula! You bastard give me back my brother!!” Just then, like rising out of a grave, Dracula flew from within the ruined mansion. He saw the group and said,
“Oh? You want him back? Well let us see what he thinks.” He looked back and continued, “Why don’t you come out and say hello to your old friends.” Suddenly some rubble moved. Walking through the smoke came out a transformed CJ. He stared at the group with a blank expression.
“Well,” Dracula said “it looks like your friends here want to take you back. What do you think? Should we add them to our army?” CJ turned to Dracula and said
“YYesss Masssterrr.” Then they both looked at the party and leaped at them. Ralis with his Griffin assisting him flew and stopped Dracula, who in an instance drew his dagger and blocked Ralis’s attack. Ralis then yelled,
“Remember the plan, keep them separate!” Everyone split off Ralis, GB, and Ashley stayed with Dracula and TK, Masaru, and Ivy would handle CJ. CJ ran around them at increased speed. While he was running around you can slightly hear him say,
“Critical point found.” TK realizing this and said to Masaru
“Alright time for test this plan of yours.” Suddenly CJ lunged at TK’s injured leg. TK could not move out of the way quickly enough, when all of a sudden Masaru’s wolf leaped in and bit CJ’s katar stopping it right before it hit TK’s leg.
“Nice” Masaru yelled.
“Way to go wolf” TK replied. CJ was struggling to take his katar back. With his enhanced strength the wolf could not hold him there for much longer.
“Alright TK let’s do this quickly before he gets free” Masaru said. Both Masaru and TK ran up next to CJ, who noticed them coming and tried to swing his other katar to keep them away. TK and Masaru easily dodged this and both placed ice traps on both sides of CJ. Then Masaru screamed,
“NOW!” When he said that both Masaru and TK shot arrows at the traps while at the last minute Masaru’s wolf let go of the katar, making CJ fall backwards. Right before he hit the ground the arrows activated the traps and CJ became incased in a block of ice.
“Yes!” TK yelled “It worked.”
“Hey don’t get to excited” Ivy said “We still have Dracula to deal with. While saying that she was trying to cast Holy Light and hit Dracula while he was trading blows with Ralis in mid-air. Ashley was doing the same thing. Bright lights were everywhere all just missing Dracula as he was not only dodging Ralis’s attacks but the Holy Lights as well.
“Is that all you have?” Dracula laughed. As he was laughing two arrows flew by him. “Not even in the slightest” TK and Masaru said simultaneously.
“Even with all your attacks, you humans are like insects to me!” Dracula bellowed.
“Well how about this?” GB yelled as he used a plant bottle on the ground and pulled up a Madragora. When he pulled it up the Madragora shrieked causing Dracula to lose focus and he ended up taking a Holy Light in the face. This threw him back into one of the other manors and made a small hole in the wall.
“Alright!” everyone yelled.
Then a rumble occurred.
“Is that an earthquake?” Ashley asked.
“FOOOLLSS!!! Do you honestly think something like that would finish me off?!” Dracula yelled “Behold my true power!” Just then Dracula flew high into the air, his body glowing.
“What the hell is he doing? GB asked. Ivy replied,
“I have no idea, I’ve never heard of anything like this.” Suddenly hundreds of Familiars surrounded Dracula.
“Behold my true army!” Dracula laughed.
“We can’t take them all on” TK said.
“We should get out of here and come back with more people” Ralis yelled. Just then a dark aura came and surrounded Dracula.
“Oh crap he is going to do Hell’s Judgment again” GB yelled. The aura then hit everyone in the party and knocked them back once again.
“Now that you are all done for, how about I play a game with you. Which priestess is more important to you!” Dracula sent his army of Familiars to go attack Ashley and he himself started to fly towards Ivy.
“Crap, none of use are strong enough to take on either by themselves! We gotta chose one” GB yelled
“We can’t we have to try and save both” Ralis replied. All of a sudden everyone heard a familiar in their head.
“Listen up everyone, the only reason I can do this is because I am part vampire at the moment” it was CJ “All of you need to focus on Dracula. He is the center of all of this. Trust me!” Everyone looked at each other and went straight for Dracula.
“Haha fools!! Your friend is doomed now!!” yelled Dracula. Just then a bright aura appeared behind them. It was the Rosary around CJ’s neck that Ivy had given him. It freed him from the ice. With his enhanced speed it almost looked like he was flying towards Ashley. While he sprinted you can hear an echo saying “Sonic Blow!” In an instant all the familiars were dead on the ground.
“Now go, take him out!” he yelled. Everyone aimed everything they had in Dracula’s direction. With all the damage he took Dracula fell to the ground in front of the broken manor. He then stood up using the wall to help brace himself. Suddenly two arrows pierced his arms and stuck them to the wall. Dracula screamed in pain,
“What are these magical arrows!”
“They are silver arrows, they hold holy property” Masaru replied as he shot two more into his legs to hold him in place. Ashley still only focused on CJ began to cry,
“B-brother y-our alive!” CJ replied,
“Technically, not yet I still am vampire at the moment, but Ivy’s Rosary gave me back my sanity, but I don’t know how long it will last so I need you to do me a favor.”
“Anything” Ashley said with tears of happiness still in her eyes. “I need you to endow my katar with some holy property” CJ said.
“B-but won’t that hurt you or worse with the way you are now? Ashley asked. CJ said, “Yes, but this is the best shot we have to defeat Dracula. I’ll be fine, just trust me”
Ashley then reached into her supply bag and took out a vile of holy water. She then put her hands around it and prayed, while she was doing this CJ, went into his bag and pulled out a poison bottle. He poured the poison onto his katars, doing this increased their lethality. When he finished that, Ashley was done with her prayer and dropped the water on each of his katars stacking it with the poison. When she did this CJ yelled in pain and everyone looked in his direction,
“Big Brother!” Ashley yelled.
“I-I am o-ok…N-nothing t-to it.” CJ replied. Still in pain he leaned over and kissed Ashley on the head and whispered,
“Thank you.” He disappeared in an instant, sprinting at Dracula still pinned “Move!” he yelled. Everyone got out of his way. CJ looking straight at Dracula yelled, “Critical point found…I finally found one you BASTARD!” In an instant he stabbed Dracula once in the neck and the other in the heart. He then backstepped away leaving his katars pierced into Dracula. Everyone noticed his hands were smoking. “Hey! Quit looking at me and finish him off.” Everyone nodded and turned their attention to Dracula. GB pulled out an acid bomb from his bag. Ralis, now off his Griffin, drew his spear. TK and Masaru drew their bows, while Ivy grabbed CJ and pulled him out of the line of fire. “ATTACK!” CJ yelled and everyone let loose their strongest attacks.
“NO!! I CAN’T BE DEFEATED BY THE LIKES OF YOUUUU!” Dracula cried. When the smoke cleared there was nothing but ash left where Dracula was pinned down. Everyone then turned to CJ to check up on him. They all noticed that his skin was turning back to normal, the fangs were disappearing, and over all he was back to normal.
“Are you ok” Ivy asked “Are you back to normal?” CJ stayed silent. He then grabbed the back of her head and placed it on his chest and asked,
“What do you think?” Ivy listened and heard a faint *thump* *thump* of his heart. She looked up and said,
“CJ your ok! But your hands” looking down at CJ’s other hand that was still burnt.
“Let me heal them for you!” she said.
“Sure, but there is something I have to do first” CJ replied. He placed his hands on the side of her head leaned in and gave her a kiss. Ivy could feel her head spinning as she reciprocated her feelings as well. When….
The time on the clock reads 11:59am. *Beep Beep* as it changes to midnight, Ivy sits up quickly, breathing heavy, and looks around. She has a confused look on her face and her face is flushed. “W-was that real?” Ivy asked to herself as she gets out of bed. “I need some fresh air.” As she walks out the door she sees Ashley sleeping soundly in the other bed. “B-but I could have sworn she was just saved by…and I was just…*sigh* I defiantly need some fresh air.” As Ivy went down stairs, the lady at the front desk noticed her and gave her a smile and a friendly wave. Ivy noticed and gave her a nice wave back. She thought to herself “This seems somewhat familiar.”
Outside in the cool night air Ivy takes a deep breath, stretches, looks up at the moon and says “Ah that air is nice, and the moon looks so pretty tonight.”
“Isn’t it? said a familiar voice.
“Who’s there?” Ivy said with a fright. As she turned around she saw a figure sitting in the darkness with its back leaning against the wall of the inn.
“Wanna sit down?” the voice said in a calm tone. Ivy started to walk to the person. When she got close, her worried looked turned into a big smile. The person sitting against the inn was CJ.
“Oh, fewwww, CJ it just you, I thought you were some kind of creeper” said Ivy with a look of relief on her face.
“Hahaha sorry for that I just couldn’t sleep tonight so I came out here for some fresh air and ended up looking at the moon” replied CJ. “It’s beautiful isn’t it?”
“Yea it is” Ivy said as she sat down next to CJ. She noticed CJ looking down at something in his hand.
“What do you have there CJ?” she asked.
“I’m not sure, when I woke up it was around my neck” he replied “Here you want it? I don’t need it.” He handed her the necklace. It was a Rosary. Ivy looked at it with surprise and then a smile appeared on her face. She handed the Rosary back to CJ and said,
“You keep it, maybe it will keep you safe one day.” CJ took it and laughed. He replied “Alright, I will.” So he put the Rosary around his neck and asked with a smile, “How do I look?” Ivy replied,
“You look great CJ, you look great.” With a smile on her face she leaned over and placed her head on CJ’s shoulder, and looked up at the moon. CJ somewhat confused by this, placed his arm around her and grabbed her shoulder and looked at the moon as well.
“Life is good, don’t you think hun?” Ivy asked. CJ replied,
“Yes it is Ivy, Yes it is.”
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