Twilight: Red Rain

Hostage Crisis

Charlie's POV: I was going to investigate a disturbance at Forks Memorial Hospital. It seemed like a simple case of breaking, but since the criminals were robbing the Blood Bank, it was pretty obvious to me what was happening here. When I arrived, I saw that the place was dark and surprisingly empty, except for Carlisle, who was working late. Together, we went up to the floor housing the Blood Bank...FLOOR 13. When we arrived at the Blood Bank, it was at first completely dark, until the lights suddenly turned on. I heard a voice directly in front of me saying "Ah, Charles, Carlisle, fancy meeting you here" Standing in front of us, casually, with his arms folded, was Dracula, on his left was Arnold, his right-hand man, on his right, Count Orlok, or, as modern humans know him, Nosferatu. I said "I should have known" before I drew my gun and said, "Alright, you guys know the drill, put your hands in the air, and Arnie, drop the switchblade." "Oh," said Dracula "It won't be that easy" Then, Dracula turned into a giant bat creature, and the battle had begun. It was a fierce battle, but soon, things surprisingly came to a head. I was trying to hide from Dracula, when Arnold knocked me into a shelf, which shattered multiple glass vials of blood, and the blood then rained down, causing Dracula to immediately smell my location, and the next thing I knew, he had flown to my location. I tried to move my arm, but then cut it on a piece of glass, the instant Drac saw the blood dripping from the wound, his red eyes lit up, and a grin came to his face, then, he grabbed my hand, and licked the blood from my wound, before pausing, and saying "this one's blood tastes...savory. We shall take him back to the hideout" then, he scooped me up, and flew away with me

Bella's POV: Charlie hadn't come back for hours, and I was worried sick, then, Carlisle came in with a look of regret on his face and said "Bella, your father, he's gone" At These words, I began to cry until Carlisle said "no, he was...captured" so, Edward, not willing to take 'Give Up' for an answer, told Carlisle "get Mina, Jacob, and Loba, we're going after him" Alice, who was nearby, decided to tag along, and I just couldn't say no to that, so, with our full party of five assembled, we headed off on our rescue mission

Charlie's POV: I wasn't doing so hot. Dracula had taken me back to his new castle, and I was strung to the ceiling of his throne room by the ankles and wrists, on a device resembling a medieval torture rack, and was positioned right next to the throne itself with my shirt, socks, and shoes off. Just as I came to and realized where I was, Dracula himself walked into the room, instead of the black armor that I was by now used to, he was dressed in a red-and-black priest's robe, but he still had his cape on, and was holding a chalice in his hand, then, he sat on his throne, and Lucy entered from the other side, sitting on hers'. After this, Drac said "This one will do to satiate our hunger...for now" Then, one of the guards took out a small knife, and cut my neck, then, the blood poured into the chalice, as well as another one, and so, the vampire couple began to drink, as they were, Dracula soon heard some wolves howling in the distance, and said "Ah, listen to them Charles, the Children of the Night. What music they make!" I then said, "You call that music?" Drac then backed himself up with "Humans are SO thick-headed these days. Ah, it may take some convincing, but soon, you may make a suitable replacement for Renfield" I then tried to relieve the tension, by saying "So, what does that involve me having to do? Clean your cape?" "It's dry-cleaning only," said Lucy, before taking a hit off a cigarette and clarifying "You will have to bring the count victims and carry out any other commands he may have for you". Then, Dracula said, "Since your daughter is madly in love with a heretic, I believe you serving me may take some time for her to adjust to" Then, I said "Well, she does like your chocolate cereal, so, there's that" Drac then told me "Do not insult me with the joke humans have turned me into" at that word, a guard made my pain even worse by burning my back with a branding iron. Then I said "Well, cereal aside, she also loved you on Sesame Street when she was a preschooler, so, there's that" "SILENCE!" said Dracula then, another guard gagged my mouth as the guard with the iron resumed that form of torture, and Dracula said "Humans, so naive. This is why they must live beneath us PAOLE! BROWN!" he said to Arnold and Mercy "guard the human, ensure he does not escape. We must go and see after some new followers we will accept" and then Drac and Lucy left, leaving Arnold and Mercy to guard me

Bella's POV (again): We soon arrived at Drac's pad, and when we broke into the throne room, we were immediately surrounded by eight guards who looked like the Witch-Hunters from the Crucible movie (those weird background dudes with the helmets) and were soon ordered by Mercy to "SIEZE THEM!!!!!!!!!" (as villains do) and so, the guards drew spears, and a fight began Edward, during this fight, was holding his own against the guards, and helping Mina (not that she needed it) I, on the other hand, was putting all of my Martial Arts classes from Phoenix to good use, pummelling every guard I saw. But then, Arnold decided to get involved, or rather, he got Orlok involved, and at this, I remarked "Hey, isn't this guy on SpongeBob, too?" and Mina said "he is, but only because some German film students made a silent movie about him, and the SpongeBob people loved it" "seems reasonable" I said "anyways," said Edward "are we gonna kick his ass, or what?" and I said, "oh, it's on like DONKEY KONG!" and so, we began kicking Count Orlok's ass, and soon, we rescued Charlie and got him home, but when we did, suddenly, Alice's eyes glazed over, and Edward said, "SHE'S SEEING SOMETHING!" and so, me, Edward, and Charlie touched her, and this is what we saw:

In the courtyard of Dracula's hideout, Dracula was up on a big stage, to address his followers, flnking him were Lucy, Arnold, Mercy Orlok, Ruthven, and three scantily clad Vampire women. Then, Dracula spoke, this is the speech he gave: "Friends, Vampires, Acolytes, lend me your ears. Tomorrow, we embark on a battle that will change the course of our conquest of humanity. You will all do a brave thing following me into this battle. Some of you might not make it back. Today, we will CRUSH! The heretic Cullens beneath our feet. And finally finish the Dhampir who has held back our crusade for so many centuries. TODAY! We shall end the oppressive tyranny of humankind! TODAY! Shall forever be remembered as the day that I, Dracula, the Lord of the Undead, ENDED the age of Men, and began the AGE OF VAMPIRES! (cue the crowd cheering). Thank you, thank you. But, the Cullens and Mina shall not be the only thing we are to overcome if we wish to end the tyranny of man. No, we must also overcome the obstacle that is the WOLVES! Yes, those lower creatures, are unworthy of the enlightenment which our race possesses. And above all, the Volturi, those who so cruelly USURPED control of our race, only to COWER from humans. But, NO MORE! Once we have ended the oppression of humanity, and restored our race to its former glory, we shall BRING DOWN! The Volturi usurpers, and damn the wolves to eternal thralldom. NOW! Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I too shall be reborn. Reborn as the SUPREME RULER! Of all beings on Earth! Now, I shall no longer be seen as a criminal to the Volturi, or a joke to humans! NO! I am DRACULA! LORD OF THE UNDEAD! BUT! When we have finally reforged the world, I shall not simply be Lord of the Undead, I shall also be DRACULA! VAMPIRE KING! RULER OF THE EARTH!" At the last word, a banner was unfurled behind Dracula, and on that red banner was emblazoned Dracula's insignia, an Ouroboros forming an infinity sign. Then, multiple guards raised smaller banners bearing the same symbol, as the crowd below roared, chanting "HAIL DRACULA!"

After that, we knew it was now or never. As Charlie put it "If we don't do this now, then the world is gonna be ruled by Dracula, and that probably won't look pretty" So, we began to assemble our forces. Carlisle went to the Volturi for help, and Aro, being the power-loving vampire he is, decided to lead a force of vampires into battle with us. Jacob was able to rally the wolves to come together and help us as well. Heck, Charlie even got a SWAT team to come help us, and with a sizeable army beside us, we were ready to take Dracula down