Chapters Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
1 year later.
The people of the world were unfamiliar with those who dwell in the shadows; creatures that hunt during the night, the ones that feed on human flesh. There are things that go bump in the night, and this is the story of the one…who bumps…back.
Three years ago, a world famous scientist; by the name of Daniel Sandy, was on his way to achieving the greatest medical achievement since the cure for small pox. You see, during one of his experiments, there was a terrible explosion; so bad that the whole lab was destroyed. Dr Sandy barely survived, but his left arm was too damaged, they had to amputate it.
This began his obsession with the way lizards could lose an arm or a tail, and then grow a new one later; he figured he could use lizard DNA so people could regenerate lost limbs and survive in habitats only reptiles can; he had found a way to transfer those abilities to humans.
However, on the night of his first test run, something went horribly wrong.
He had mixed the chemicals, and his formula was ready to be test. Dr Sandy felt something rub against his leg, seeing it was his cat, he picked the feline up with his right hand and placed her on the table.
“You are about to witness a discovery that will that might even frighten Nightmare Moon herself.” The good doctor then turned to the mirror he kept in his lab. “You’re a good man, Sandy. A good doctor, born rich, wanted for nothing; and now, on the verge a discovery that will astound the world.”
“If this experiment works, the lizard DNA will become a part of me, and my left arm will grow back. If I fail, then I will die.” He then looks at his cat. “And only your eyes will be able to see what happens.”
He prays a little before drinking, “Please Celestia, make it work.” He drank the whole thing in one jug. Once he had finished, he felt nothing; until a burning feeling in his left shoulder. He cried out a little as the burning increased, almost like something was pushing out of what was left of his arm; suddenly, he passed out.
When the doctor awoke form his slumber, he looked at himself in the mirror to see the results. It hand worked.
He placed his left hand on the mirror, his arm had completely grown back; he was so happy, until the burning feeling came back.
He looked at his new hand, his nails were growing; and scales were forming on his arm. It was too late to stop it, he was changing. When the change was complete, this new creature looked at himself in the mirror; it smiled with his mouth full of sharp teeth.
“Very nice.” It muttered. All that was left of Dr Sandy’s clothes was the pair of ripped trousers this new creature was wearing. “Time for some fun.”
And over the three years, the people of Cloudsdale were mysteriously disappearing; only to have their bodies show up a few days later. The bodies covered in bite marks and scratches, some even missing an arm or a leg.
Someone had to stop this thing.
In the great city of Las Pegasus, a man wandered down the street; this man was looking for someone, a murderer. When the man kept his pace going, he turned to see the wanted poster on the wall.
The walked up to the poster and pried it of the brick wall, “Spiderman. Wanted dead or alive; and the reward is two thousand bids.” He threw the poster on the ground, and then muttered, “Oh, come on.”
The man adjusted his mask before saying, “If they’re going to put a price on my head, they could at least make it a good one.” A scream from the distance suddenly caught is attention, followed by a maniacal laugh. “Duty calls.”
Spiderman wandered down the street, to find the source of the scream; only to find he was too late.
Spiderman walked past the gambling house to get to the location, and past an old church; one that had been abandoned for years. When he found the body, it wasn’t a pretty sitting; the woman laid in the streets, dead; her eyes were wide open, leading Spiderman to believe this woman was scared to death.
However, the clue lying next to he was more than enough evidence to tie this murder to its culprit. “A half-burned cigar. The mouth ends covered in saliva, reptile saliva.” When he turned back towards the abandoned church, he noticed a green figure crawling up the wall and in through the roof.
“Sandy.” The spider stated.
Spiderman climbed to the top of the church, and into where the monks used to ring the bell; the room was covered in dust, cobwebs and old furniture. The perfect place for a monster to hide; he walked across the room, past the bell that hung from the ceiling.
Just the he past the bell, he stopped, placing his hands on the two revolvers he had in her pockets.
The spider took one more step, then….
“Rah!”
Dr Sandy hanged from the ceiling, cigar in his mouth as he roared at the spider; but Spiderman didn’t even flinch.
“Evening.” Spiderman greeted as he tipped his hat to the monster.
As the creature hanged from the rafters, he smoked his cigar while saying, “You’re a big one, you’ll hard to digest.”
“I’d hate to be such an issue.”
The lizard man then spun around and dropped from the ceiling, he stood tall and terrifying in front of Spiderman; like before, Spiderman didn’t seem to be scared.
“I missed you in Cloudsdale.” The spider said.
Dr Sandy suddenly started climbing around him, using the rafters to pull himself up. “No you bloody did not.” He then showed him the bullet wound Spidey gave him when Lizard escaped, but Spiderman managed to hit him once before he got away. “You got me good.”
Spiderman then started explaining, “Dr Sandy, you wanted by the Knights of the Holy Order…”
Sandy cut him off, “It’s Mr Lizard, now.”
Spidey continued, “You’re the murderer of twelve me, six woman…”
Lizard cut him off again, “Four children, three dogs; and that rather nasty time I devoured a flock of birds.” He stopped climbing on the rafters and hung from one in front of the spider. “So, you’re the great, Spiderman.”
“And you’re a deranged psycho path.”
Lizard smoked one last time, he blew the smoke in Spidey’s face and said, “We all have a little problem.” He then snuffed out the cigar on his tongue before swallowing it whole. The monster reptile burped as the spider kept talking.
“My superiors would like me to take you alive, so they can exorcist your better half.” He looked the monster right in the eye. “They don’t see you as a monster, just a failed lab experiment.”
Lizard then leaped behind Spiderman, snatching his hat, “I bet they bloody would.” He said as he put on Spiderman’s hat.
“But personally, I’d rather just kill you and call it a day.” The hunter turned to the Lizard. “Let’s make it your decision, shall we?”
“Hmm, do let’s.”
Lizard suddenly punched Spiderman into the wall, Spidey managed to get a few shots off from his revolvers, but missed the Lizard; the monster laughed as he ran into the shadows.
Spiderman got and turned the hallway Mr Lizard had run down; he then saw the reptile man swinging on the rafters, coming back at him. So the hunter pulled out two buzz saws, he squeezed the handle to get them spinning.
“Here I come.” Lizard laughed; Spidey was ready. “Ready or not.”
Spiderman slipped to the side and sliced Lizard’s stomach, giving him a large scar; the injury put the monster of and banged his head on the bell. Covering his ears as the bell rang, he cried, “The bells! The bells!”
The hunter was put off, until he saw the Lizard was faking it; it pulled the bell from the ceiling and slapped it onto of Spiderman, trapping him inside. Mr Lizard laughed as he walked round to the side of the bell, he put Spidey’s hat on and said, “Idiot, bell rings aren’t my weakness. That’s the other guy you’re thinking of.”
He stopped laughing when he heard saw blades cutting through wood; he lifted up the bell to investigate. There was a hole in the floor, he assumed Spiderman cut through the wood and escaped; he was wrong.
Mr Lizard felt something land on his shoulders, he looked up to see Spiderman standing on him; the hunter used his blades and sliced into Lizard’s arm. The monster dropped the bell when he saw his left arm fall off; Spiderman rolled out of the bell and watched the Lizard sulk.
The Lizard looked down at the arm he just lost, it twitched a little before turning back into a human arm. “No, no, no.”
Spidey put his hat back on and muttered, “I’ll bet that’s upsetting.”
Mr Lizard turned to the hunter and growled, “Do you know how it took to grow that arm back?!” he growled again and charged towards the human; grabbed him and threw him up through a wooden hatch and then jumped after him, they both were now on the roof.
“Ah, Las Pegasus.” The Lizard said as he admired the city around him. He grabbed the spider and started pulling him towards the edge of the roof. “I think you’ll find the view over here, rather spectacular.” He laughed as the two of them stood on the ledge.
He lifted Spiderman up to eye level, “It’s been a pleasure knowing you, goodbye.” Then throws him off the roof; the hunter plummeted to the street below.
Spidey had one chance, he pulled a grappling gun from his pocket and fire it at Mr Lizard. The creature didn’t see this coming, the hook shot right through is stomach, snapped open then pulled him forward a little.
Spiderman swung to the streets, fine and unharmed; he looks up at the Lizard, who looks worried. “You like that? I call it my web-shooter.” Spiderman shouted up to him.
Lizard looks at the grapple hook in his stomach, then looks back down at the spider; “No, nonononononono.” He whimpers.
Spidey smirks before yanking the cord down, pulling Lizard to the side of the building; but the monster’s tail pulled him back up, he then grabbed the wire and laughed.
Spiderman looked up, worried.
“My turn!” Lizard shouted.
Mr Lizard pulled the wire as he ran across the roof, Spiderman was pulled back up the wall; what Lizard didn’t see was the other edge of the roof, but it was too late.
He tripped and fell off the other side, crashing through the lower roof; he held onto the wire and swung through the church. When the cord snapped, Mr Lizard smashed through a stain glass window; meanwhile, Spiderman had landed back on the roof.
The hunter turned to see the Lizard falling to the streets, but as he fell, he changed; the Lizard meta-morphed back into Dr Sandy as he fell. Until…
“Ah!”
Spiderman looked away when Dr Sandy hit the ground, he muttered, “May this man rest in peace.” And drew a cross on himself.
The police and the people all gathered around the body of the late Dr Daniel Sandy, one officer checked his pulse, nothing. Another Officer looked up at the top of the church and saw Spiderman standing on top of the bell tower.
“Spiderman! You murderer!” he cried.
With his work done, Spiderman found and mounted his horse, riding back to his base of operation; a church in Canterlot.
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
Canterlot was a long ride away, Spiderman had to cross much land to return ‘home’; but when he arrived, his welcome wasn’t that warm.
The hunter walked inside a large church, the home place of the followers of Celestia; the most secrete place on Earth. Spiderman walked towards the place where people would come to confess their sins and beg forgiveness, hoping to meet with his ‘boss’.
He stepped inside the small compartment and closed the door behind him; he removed his hat and mask before speaking, “Bless me Father, for I have si…”
He was cut off with, “Sinned, yes; your very good at that.”
The Arch Bishop revealed himself, and he wasn’t happy with what happened in Las Pegasus; “You shattered a stain glass window, Adam.”
“I was being dragged around, it was Mr Lizard who did the shattering.” Adam explained.
“A secrete glass window, over six hundred years old.” The bishop then sighed. “You do well to get the job done, but your methods attract too much attention. You have made a name for yourself, Adam; or should I say, Spiderman?”
Adam groaned because he was being yelled at, “You think I like being the most wanted man in the land, Sunburst? Why don’t you and the order do something about?”
Bishop Sunburst came closer to him and whispered, “Because we do not exist.”
“Well then neither do I.”
Just as Spiderman was about to walk away, Sunburst flipped a switch, shutting an iron gate; trapping Adam in the compartment. “When we found you crawling up the steps of this church, half dead; it was clear to all of us, you had been sent to do Celestia’s work.”
“Why can’t she do it herself?”
“The goddess works in mysterious ways.” The bishop flipped another switch which opened a secret door behind him, and another leading to the compartment Adam was in. “You already lost your memory as pension for past sins; if you wish to recover it, you should follow her will.”
The two of them walked down to a secret base of operation underneath the church, where they continued the discussion.
“We are the last line of defence against evil, protecting those from a threat they do not even know is there.” The room they were in was filled with; blacksmiths, engineers and people crafting devises and weapons used to fight the darkness. “We defeat the creatures that man has written off as silly legends.”
“By creatures, you mean monsters.” Adam sighed at the thought of the things he’s done, and why the people have branded him a murderer. “Look, I’m the one standing there when they die, when they become the men they once were; and ever since, the people have been demanding my head.”
Bishop Sunburst placed his hand on his friend’s shoulder, “All I can do is offer you this small piece of advice.” Adam was listening, “Don’t get caught.” Spiderman smirked at his comment, then listened to what else he had to say.
“And now, we need you to go to the east; the land known as Tramplevania. A land terrorised by all sorts of the nightmare-ish creatures; all of them coordinated and controlled by a certain, Count Morbius.”
“Morbius?”
Sunburst chuckled a little, “Yes, you’ve never faced one like this before.”
Sunburst had turned on a projector, showing images of Tramplevania and Count Morbius. “Our story begins four hundred years ago; with a Tramplevanian knight named, Alcester Vladimir. He vowed on these holy grounds, his family would never rest, nor enter heaven, until the vanquished Morbius from their land. They have not succeeded, and they are running out of family.”
Adam listened to the full story, before making a conclusion.
Sunburst continued, “His descendent, Night Light, King of the Gypsies; he disappeared almost twelve months ago. His son, Prince Shining Armour and his daughter, Princess Twilight Sparkle; if the two of them are killed before Morbius is vanquished, nine generations will never enter the gates of Equestria.”
“We owe them so much, they gave their lives to keep Morbius and his minions at bay for so long.” Sunburst then turned to a man who had brought him a stroll, the man bowed when he gave it to the bishop, then continued with his work. “Alcester left this here four hundred years ago.”
Adam and Sunburst laid the scroll out on the table, when it was unravelled, Sunburst read it out. “The Latin inscription tells us, ‘In the name of Celestia, open this door.’ And there’s an insignia.”
When Adam was shown the picture, he took his glove off to reveal the ring he was wearing. The insignia was identical to the one on his ring; Sunburst stated, “I believe in Tramplevania, you may find the answers you are looking for.
Spiderman knew his mission, but he needed to get a few things first; he knew just the guy to get them from. He took the scroll and wandered into the crowd of craftsmen and workers, looking for one guy in particular.
“Faster please; faster, faster, faster.” The man on the device pedalled as fast as he could, until…
A wire came loose and electrocuted him with fifty volts of electricity; when he fell of the device, the one telling him to go faster said, “Okay getting there.”
A man on the floor was able to mutter, “Spike, you idiot.”
The engineer turned away from that man and saw his friend coming to greet him, Adam wandered down the stairs looking for his go to guy.
“Ah, there you are.” He greeted. “So, did you bring Mr Lizard back, or did you kill him?” Adam said nothing, then Spike sighed. “You killed him didn’t you; when they ask you to bring someone back, they don’t mean as a corpse.”
Adam grunted as the two of them made their way to Spike’s work bench, “Alright, you’re in a mood.” But they stopped when Adam started admiring the swords, Spike commented, “Oh any idiot can make a sword.”
“Hey.” Said the blacksmith, when he heard the comment.
“Sorry, Bicep.”
“Come along, Spike.” Adam said as he pushed his friend along.
Spike already knew what Spiderman was going up against next, so he already had some things for the hunter to take with him. “Here, take this.” Spike said, handing his friend a bag; then he started giving him things to fight these creatures.
“Rings of garlic, holy water.” He pulled something else out of the drawer, pushed a button on its side, a pike blade shot out. “Silver stake. Sun Pendent…”
Spike however gasped when he heard the sound of a new weapon being test fired behind him; one that could shoot bullets rapidly.
“Why can’t I have one of those?” Adam asked.
Spike looked him and sighed, “You’ve never gone after vampires before, have you?”
Adam chuckled, “Vampires, Warlocks, Goblins; their all the same.”
“No they are not, a vampire is nothing like a goblin; my granny could kill a goblin and she was half blind.”
“You’ve never been out in the field, how’d you know about vampires?” Adam asked.
“I read.” Spike then brought Adam over to something good, “Behold, liquid thermite.” He took a dropped of the substance and flicked it on the ground; causing an explosion. It knocked everything and made everyone gasp.
“Sorry, sorry, sorry.” Spike apologised; he turned back to Spiderman, “The air around here is thick.”
Adam got tired of him just messing, so he wandered towards something else; Spike saw what he was eyeing and explained, “This is my latest invention; its gas propelled, cable of catapulting arrows at mile radius. Simply pull the trigger and hold on.”
“What’s that?”
Adam grabbed a small grenade like device, filled with some kind of yellow liquid. Spike objected to him playing with, “That I’ve been working on for twelve years.” Spike tried to snatch it but Adam was messing with him.
When Spike finally grabbed it, Adam asked, “What’s it for?”
“I don’t know.” Spike replied.
“Twelve years and you don’t know what it does?”
Spike placed it in a box and held it in his hand, “I didn’t say that, I said I didn’t know what it’s for. What it does is generate a light wave capable of matching the density of the sun.”
“How would that be useful?”
“I don’t know; you could blind your enemy for a few minutes, you could light up a dark cave while looking for a target. Use your imagination.”
Adam took the box and placed it in his bag, “I don’t need to, I’m going to use yours, that’s why you’re coming with me.”
“Holy hell, I am.”
Adam was shocked, then said, “You cursed? Begging your pardon sir, but you’re a monk, you shouldn’t curse at all.”
Spike felt a little cocky and replied, , “Well actually, I’m just a friar; I can curse all I want.” He then smiled and said, “Damn it.”
Adam swung the bag over his shoulder, then explained, “The order has ordered that you keep me alive, I’ll to do the same for you. For as long as possible.” The hunter then wandered towards the exit.
Spike tried to protest, “But I’m not a field guy.” He chased after his friend. “Adam, I don’t want to go to Tramplevania.”
Tramplevania, home to Prince Shining Armour and his little sister; today was the day the captured and killed the monster that terrorised their forests. The Were-Wolf; one of Morbius’ loyal minions.
To trap this beast, the prince volunteered to be the bait.
Deep within the centre of the woods, Shining Armour waited for the beast, his hands tied above his head; tied to a beam of wood lodged into the dirt ground. He waited and waited, Morbius’ Were-Wolfs had been trained to smell the blood of the prince’s family.
Shining Armour heard a twig snap in the distance and turned his attention to that direction; he stared into the heart of the bushes in front of him.
“Come on. Morbius unleashed you for a reason.”
Suddenly, for the shadows, a wolf monster pounced out of the bushes and leaped towards Shining Armour. The prince moved quickly, using the ropes the tied him to the post to pull himself to the top; he balanced on the bean until he jumped up and grabbed a rope disguised as a vine.
Someone hiding behind the trees pulled a lever to pull the rope the prince held onto up; until something got caught in the pully-system. The Were-Wolf tried to climb up the post and bite of his legs.
“Pull me up; up!” Shiny’ shouted.
The man pulled cried, “It’s stuck; you’re stuck.”
However, leaping out from behind the trees and drawing her sword, the princess wanted to help her brother. But one man tried to stop her.
“No, Twilight; it’ll kill you.” He said.
She wacked his hand away and stated, “That’s my brother up there.”
Twilight Sparkle charged at the Were-Wolf, attempting to stab it in the back; until the original plan was pull into action.
The monster stepped closer to the wooden post, and it fell into the trap; a steel cage was lifted out of the ground with the beast inside. Shining pulled out a gun and tried to shoot it, but the top of the cage closed; he was knocked off the rope and lost his gun, luckily he landed on a tree branch.
The men the prince and princess had brought with them began shooting their muskets at the cage, hoping one shot will kill the thing inside.
As they were shooting, no one heard the prince shout, “My gun, find my gun!”
Twilight pushed past the men and said, “Find Shiny’s gun, it has the silver bullets.”
Just before Twilight could find the gun, one man accidently shot at the ropes, dropping the cage; it just missed the princess when it hit the ground, but the Were-Wolf was let out.
“Run!” Twilight cried.
The men started running away, but the monster started chasing Twilight.
Shining Armour jumped down from the tree, found his gun and ran after his sister.
Twilight was chased all the way to the cliffs, which led down to the river; she turned and saw the Were-Wolf about to get her.
Just before the monster get her; Shining Armour sprung out of nowhere, pushed his sister out of the way and shot a silver bullet into the chest of the beast. The Were-Wolf might have been shot, but it pushed the prince and itself of the cliff and into the river.
Shiny screamed as them plummeted to the water, Twilight looked over the cliff but it was too late; her brother was gone.
She stood up and looked to the skies, “Shiny. Celestia help us.”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
Sailing across the seas, Spiderman and Spike were on their way; when the boat landed, they still had a long way to go. They mounted horses to ride the rest of the way, crossing mountains and forests; just to reach Tramplevania.
When their journey ended, they had arrived in a village just beyond the woods; their horses marched through the town, the people wouldn’t stop staring at the new arrivals.
The two of them mounted the tied their horses to a stable fence, and began their walk through town; only to be followed by the crowd forming behind them.
“What do you remember?” Spike asked, to kill the silence.
“Not now, Spike.” Adam replied.
But the friar wanted to know, “Come on, you must remember something.”
Spiderman sighed before answering with, “I remember fighting the romans.”
“But that was centuries ago.”
“You asked.”
The two of them didn’t need to look behind them to know they were being followed, almost the whole village was following them to the town centre.
“Why are we even here? Why’s it so important to kill this Morbius anyway?” Spike asked, Adam detected complaining in his tone.
“Because he’s the son of the Devil.” The hunter replied.
“I mean, besides that.”
“Because anything bitten by him or created by him, will also die.”
“I mean, besides that.”
The two of them were suddenly approached by the town’s undertaker, Zephyr Breeze; in a happy voice, he said, “Welcome, to Tramplevania.” Spike saw in his hand, there was a measuring tool.
Spiderman sighed, he then dropped his bag of weapons and turned to the crowd; only to hear boot steps coming from behind him.
“You, turn around.” A woman’s voice ordered.
Adam turned to see princess Twilight standing on the wall on the town’s well, her hands on her hips; looking rather serious. She noticed she couldn’t see who he was because of the leather mask he was wearing.
“Why are you wearing that mask? Let me see your face.”
“Why?” Adam replied.
“Because we don’t trust strangers.”
“Strangers don’t last long here.” Zephyr Breeze stated. He was measuring Spike with his tool. “Five foot seven…” he muttered.
The crowd was getting restless in the situation, until Twilight said, “Gentlemen, you will now be disarmed.” Some members of the crowd moved forward.
However, Adam gripped the revolvers in his pockets, “You can try.”
The men then back into the crowd; Twilight grunted and said, “You refuse to obey our laws?”
“The laws of men mean very little to me, ‘princess’.” Spiderman stated.
Twilight had lost her patience with these two, “Fine, kill them.”
The crowd liked that order, especially Zephyr’; but they stayed where they were when Adam stated, “I’m here to help you.”
“I don’t need your help.” Twilight replied.
Adam suddenly noticed something behind her, “Really?” Spiderman pulled out his crossbow and aimed it a Twilight; she moved out of the way to reveal that three female vampires were flying towards the town, screaming for blood.
These creatures were flying around, in the forms of giant, white, half human, half bat creatures. The only colourful thing about them was their hair; one’s hair was orange and yellow, another’s was pink and green, and the final one’s was blue and dark blue.
Spiderman opened fire on the on the vampires, causing them to scatter in the air; Twilight looked up to see the creature, she then shouted, “Everybody inside!” the town’s people scatter to try and get inside. Helping the children and the less fast people first, get to safety first.
The vampires were taking damage from Adam’s rapid fire weapon, but they seemed to just be ignoring it. Spiderman tried to shoot out their wings, the arrow were cutting through them like paper; but the vampires weren’t even bothered.
One of them knocked Twilight onto Adam, knocking them both to the ground, making Adam lose his hat; Twilight was then carried off by another, Spidey dropped his weapon and chased after them. He leaped up and grabbed Twilight by her legs, making the vampire drop them.
The two of them landed on the ground in an awkward position, with Twilight on top of Adam. The hunter flipped them both over so he was on top, “Stay here.” He ordered.
But Twilight flipped them over again, now she was on top again, “You stay here, they’re trying to kill me.” She got up and ran away, only to then run in the other direction when she saw one of the vampires throw a man in the wall.
Adam ran for his weapon, but the vampires had noticed him, they didn’t know this man. The vampire with orange hair gave and order to another, “Aria, kill the stranger.”
“Love to.” The one with pink hair replied.
Adam picked up his crossbow and began shooting at the vampires, left and right he fired at them; until his weapon stopped working. “Spike! Spike, it’s not working.”
Spike pulled a second ammo pack out of his bag, “Try aiming at their hearts.” He said as he threw it to Adam. The hunter caught it and started loading it into the crossbow, the vampires were still causing destruction.
Spiderman had loaded his weapon, he then noticed the vampires chasing after Twilight; he pulled the trigger and held on, catapulting the arrows at the flying monsters. Twilight ducked behind some crates, but one man was snatched by the vampires and lifted into the air; it was too late to save him when the vampire bit into his neck.
Suddenly, the sun light came through the clouds, the vampires were gone.
Spidey looked around, there was nothing; no wings, no fangs, no nothing. Twilight stood up from her hiding spot, she saw the vampires had gone too; “The sun.” she said. Vampires hate the sunlight, so they’ve hidden themselves.
However, Twilight and Adam heard a noise from the well; the gasped and turned to the well, both of them approaching it, slowly. Twilight picked up a sickle she found, they both looked down into the well; it was too dark to see anything.
The clouds moved across the sky, covering the sun again; with the sun gone, Spike muttered, “Uh, Spiderman…”
The vampire with blue hair shot out of the well like a bullet out of a gun; one of them picked up Twilight with its feet. She looked down at her prey and laughed, “Do you like to fly?!” she screeched.
Adam couldn’t get a clear shot at the vampire, so he ran after them; however, Twilight had a knife and cut the vampire’s foot. Twilight was dropped, but caught by the vampire with orange hair.
Spiderman now had a clear shot, he aimed the weapon and pulled the trigger; the arrow shot her right through the leg. She screamed in pain and dropped Twilight on to the roof of a building. Twilight slid off the roof and onto a tree, banging her head on the tree trunk; she then fell and hit her leg on a branch, but still managed to stick the landing. The princess grunted when felt the pain in her head, but shook it off and ran for it.
Adam ran as one of the vampires chased him, he turned to her at the last minute a fired the arrows at her; she tried to fly away but ended up crashing into building.
Meanwhile, Twilight hid in someone’s house; she locked the door and hoped the creatures couldn’t get her. However, when she turned around, she was confronted by one of the vampires.
It was hanging upside down, it said, “Hello Twilight.” It crawled along the ceiling then leaped to the floor, morphing into its human form.
Twilight replied, “Nice to see you to, Sonata.”
Back outside however, Adam was waiting for the vampire he was facing; he aimed his weapon at the building she crashed into and waited for her to strike.
She suddenly crashed through the wall again and pounced at Spiderman, causing him to fall to the ground; the vampire flew around the air and then land on a balcony, she morphed to human form, she actually looked rather beautiful.
Twilight on the other hand was having a bit of a problem, she was face to face with a monster just waiting for the chance to strike. “Did I do something to you in a past life, to make you hate me, Sonata?”
“Don’t play coy with me, princess.” Sonata replied. “I can hear your heartbeat.”
“I hope you have a heart, cause one day, I’m going to drive a stake through it.” Twilight stated, until the vampire knocked her out the window and into the street; but once again, she stuck the landing.
Aria walked up and down the balcony, swaying her hips, like she was trying to seduce Adam. Meanwhile, Spike was digging through the bag to find something that could help; “This should do the trick.” He said.
He ran towards Adam and held a bottle in the air, “Holy water!” as he threw it to Adam. However, the orange haired vampire caught it and threw it into the well.
“Stop your teasing, Aria; and finish him!” the vampire cried.
Adam looked at his crossbow, then back at the girl on the balcony; she stated, “Too bad, so sad.”
“The church!” Adam heard Spike shout; Spidey saw the bowl of holy water outside the church’s gate. Spiderman turned back to Aria, she smiled as her fangs grew from her teeth.
When he thought he saw an opening, the hunter ran for his weapon; Aria jumped off the balcony, morphed back into her half bat form and knocked Adam into a hay stack before he could get the weapon.
The vampire continued grabbing him and throwing him all over the place; into wagons, into walls, and into more hay stacks.
When the beat down was finished, she flew away and laugh; then turned back to finish him off. When Adam looked up, he saw his crossbow right in front of him; when Aria saw he had his weapon back, she screeched.
Meanwhile, inside another house; Twilight was finding a place to hide, until she got a shock. Sonata was in the house, sitting next to a body, with blood leaking from his neck; she poured it into a glass and said, “Thirty years old, perfectly aged.” She stroked his neck.
Twilight turned the way but stop when she saw the orange haired vampire in human form; “Hello Twilight, my dear.” The vampire said. Twilight tried to run the other way, but Sonata stood in front of her, taking a sip of the blood in the glass. The two vampires cornered her in the room, “The last of the Vladimir’s.” the orange haired vampire stated.
Outside, Adam grabbed his weapon and ran for the church; he heard Spike shout, “Here she comes.”
Twilight tried to punch one of the vampires, but the orange haired grabbed her wrist, “I can feel flesh blood flowing through your veins.” She stated.
Sonata threw the glass of blood away and stated, “I want first bite, Adagio.” But her fellow vampire hissed and revealed her fangs, making Sonata hiss as well.
Speaking of which, Aria was hissing as she flew towards the hunter who was so close to the fountain of holy water. Adam had got there just in time, he dipped his crossbow into the water, then aimed it at the vampire behind him.
Just before the other two vampires were about to bite into Twilight’s neck; Adam open fired on Aria, blasting her with holy water dowsed arrows. She was sent crashing into the wall of the church’s bell tower; the holy water burning her skin like acid.
Somehow, the other vampires could sense their ‘sister’ had been defeated; they morphed back into the half bat forms and roared like monsters before flying through the roof and leaving.
In the distance, Adam could hear Adagio moan, “Aria.”
Spiderman looked back up at the vampire that was close to death, her wings were burning away as she morphed back into her human form; after that, she screamed as she melted away, into nothing but bones.
Adam drew a cross on himself and muttered, “May she rest in peace.”
The hunter sat on the steps of the church, Spike had found his friend’s hat and gave it to him; once Adam had his hat back, the crowd came out and began calling out to him.
“He killed a bride.”
“He killed Aria Blaze!”
“He killed a vampire.”
Spike asked the people, “But isn’t that a good thing?”
Zephyr Breeze stood on the well’s wall and stated, “Vampires only kill what they need to survive; like two people a month. Now, they will kill for revenge.” The entire town’s people nodded and muttered, agreeing with Zephyr. “So what name, my good man, do I carve on your grave stone?” the undertaker asked Adam.
“His name is Spiderman.” Twilight said as she emerged from the crowd. The town’s people were worried, some have heard that name.
Adam stood up and said to Twilight, “Next time, stay close; your no good to me dead.”
Twilight smirked and replied, “I’ll give you this, Spiderman; you’ve got courage.” She turned to the crowd, “He’s the first one to kill a vampire in over a hundred years.” She turned back to him, “I’d say that’s earned him a drink.”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
Deep within a castle far away from anything, the prince of darkness was walking up from his rest; the lid of his coffin opened and he was frozen solid. The ice surrounding his body was starting to melt, and he hovered out of the coffin as the remaining ice shattered off him.
“Aria!” Morbius moaned, sensing one of his brides was no longer with him.
Sonata and Adagio, Morbius’ two remaining brides hanged from the ceiling, watching their master.
“Why can’t they just leave us alone.” He asked, he began walking up the wall to join his brides. “We never kill more than our need to survive. Did I not stress, how important it was, to finish of the Vladimir bloodline?”
“We lost Aria.” Adagio said as she sobbed.
“There, there, my darlings, I shall find another bride.” Morbius stated.
“What?” Adagio replied.
Sonata had tears in her eyes as she asked, “Do we mean so little to you?”
Adagio asked, “Have you, no heart.”
Morbius explained, “No, I have no heart; I feel no love.” He then flew back down to the floor, “No fear…”
“No joy…”
“No sorrow…”
He sighed before continuing, “I am, hollow; and I will live, forever.”
The brides felt compassion for their master, Adagio muttered, “Oh my lord, it is not so bad.”
Morbius laughed before turning his attention to the minions that had arrived to receive orders from their master.
His minions were little goblin like creatures, clever little things, but definitely not the most friendly of beasts. The live only to serve count Morbius, and anyone he puts in charge of them.
“I am at war with the world.” The Count stated. “We’ve come to close to let anyone stop us; I must find out who our new visitor is.” A sudden roar from behind him turned his attention, he watched the shadow of the creature chained to his wall, behind a curtain. “We will not fail this time.”
“No, the lost experiment was a failure.” Adagio stated as she and Sonata flew to the ground.
The blue haired bride muttered, “Please, say you will not try again.”
“My heart could not bear the sorrow, if we fail again.” Adagio explained.
Suddenly, Morbius roared like a wild animal, scaring his brides into hiding behind two stone pillars. When he calmed down, he said to them, “Come, do not fear me; everyone else fears me.” The two of them sighed in relieve as the nuzzled against their master. “No my brides.”
Behind the curtain, someone was jabbing the creature with a large electric volt emitter. Morbius called to the one responsible, “Hobgoblin.”
“Yes master.” The goblin replied as he came from behind the curtain.
“Why do you torment that thing so much?”
Hobgoblin thought about an answer, all he came out with was, “It’s what I do.”
Morbius reminded him of some advice he gave him a while back, “Remember Hobby, do onto others…”
“Before they do onto me.” The goblin finished. “Master.”
Morbius was pleased, “Good, now go.” he turned to the goblins looked down at them, “All of you, to Doctor Octopus’ castle.”
As the vampires hovered away, Sonata could be heard muttering, “Yes, yes; we will try again.”
Twilight lived in the castle on the edge of the town, she had brought Spiderman and Spike into her home, to find out who they were and what they wanted.
The princess brought them into the armoury, and began asking them things like, "How did you get here?"
"We came by sea." Spike replied.
"The sea?"
"Yes."
The two of them were talking, until Adam interrupted and asked, "Where do I find Morbius?"
Twilight replied, "He used to live in this very castle, no one knows where he lives now." She showed them a map on the wall of the armoury, "My father would stare at that map for hours trying to find Morbius' lair, but never could." he pulled a sword down from the wrack and asked, "So, that's why you've come?"
"I can help you." Adam replied.
Twilight chuckled a little before saying, "You say that a lot, no one can help me now."
"I can try."
"You can die trying, most of my family has." she placed a small knife on her belt. "I can handle this myself, Spiderman."
Adam chuckled a little before saying, "Yeah, so I noticed."
As Twilight pulled another sword down, she held it in her hand and stated, "The vampires attacked in day-light, they never do that; I was unprepared, it won't happen again." she moved closer to Adam, they were face to face.
"Okay, so why did they attack in day-light?" Adam asked.
"Clearly, they wanted to catch me off guard, they'll do anything to finish of my family; they're almost desperate."
Adam stated, "But that's just it, why now?"
Twilight went back to arming herself, she muttered, "You ask a lot of questions."
Adam heard her and replied, "Normally, I ask only two, 'what are we dealing with?' and 'how do I kill it?'."
As the princess worked, "My father spent most of her life looking for answers, working not stop in the tower, had very little time for his children."
Spiderman then turned to Spike, "Spike, the tower, start there." the friar nodded before going to do his research on the vampires.
As Spike walked away, Adam turned back to Twilight and explained, "The only way to save your family is to stay alive until Morbius is killed."
He stopped what she was doing and sighed, "And who will kill him if not me? Who will show courage if not me? You?" she asked.
"You go out there on your own, you'll be out numbered and out matched. And you can't see in the dark. I the morning, we will hunt him," Twilight picked up and turned back to Adam, nearly hitting him with the mace, but we caught it just in time. "But we'll do it together."
Twilight lowered the mace, she looked him in the yes; even though they were blocked by the lenses in his mask. "Why am I intrusting my life to you, I don't even know who you are? I just told my life story and all I know is your fake name."
Adam replied, "Sometimes it's easier to talk to a man with no face."
"They say people who wear masks are people who try to hind something." she then reaches for his hat and takes it off; she holds it in her hand and then reaches for his mask with the other. "I'll ask you again, let me see your face."
For some reason, Adam let the princess take off his mask; when she saw his face, her reaction wasn't that great.
Adam joked, "What? Were you expecting burns and scars, or maybe six eyes and drooling poison?"
“Do you have a real name?”
Spiderman replied, “Adam, Adam Van Helsing.”
"Some say you're a murderer, others say you're a holy man, which is it?"
Adam smiled and replied, "It's a bit of both."
Twilight chuckled before giving him his mask and hat, "I promised you a drink, the bar is down the hall, help yourself." she then began to walk away. "As for me, I'm going to finish what my family started."
Adam followed and said to her, “I’m sorry you have to bare this burden. And I’m sorry about your Father and brother.”
“I will see them again; we Tramplevanians don’t believe in ‘never see them again’. There is life after death, and that’s where my family is waiting.”
Suddenly, Adam grabbed her and pressed against the wall; she tried to fight back, but he sprayed her with some kind of knock out spray. He picked her up, bridle style and took her to a bedroom and left her there.
Once he knew she was safe, he muttered, “Does the goddess allow me to have that drink now?”
Later that night, when Twilight woke up, she found herself in a bed; she was mad, “Spiderman.” She stated.
She got up and grabbed a flaming torch from the wall, she wandered through the castle, looking for the man who knocked her out. She made her way back to the armoury to find him.
“Spiderman?” she asked. “Adam? Where are you?”
Outside, the moon was high in the sky; shining it’s lunar light through the windows of the castle. It was Twilight’s only other source of light, apart from her torch.
Little did she know, she was being watched by something; something, not human, was lurking along the walls. Twilight felt like something was not right; perhaps the vampires had come for her while she slept. She picked up a revolver gun that was on a nearby tabled; thank Celestia it was loaded.
The creature crawled down a wall to come closer to its prey, it had both eyes on the princess it was stalking.
Twilight could hear the sound of something, like a snarling beast’s breathing; she looked up at the rafters, trying to find it.
Suddenly, it crawled down a pillar and growled at Twilight; she saw the monster, it was another Were-Wolf, so she shot at it and ran. As she ran, the moon outside was being covered by the clouds.
She ran and hid behind another pillar, she looked around to see if it followed her, but it seemed all clear. However, there was someone there; just not someone she would expect.
She turned the other way, only to come face to face with…..
“Shiny.”
It was her brother, he was alive; however, his clothes were all torn and he looked really sweaty. But all Twilight cared about was that he was here, she caress his face and said, “Oh my goddess, your alive.”
Shining Armour grasped the hand on his face, he was happy to see his sister; until he snapped out of it, “No, Twilight listen, I only have a moment.”
She tried to explain, “But there’s a Were…”
Her brother cut her off, what he had to say was important, “I know Morbius’ secret, he has a…”
Before he could finish, he suddenly felt a pain in his side; he moved away from Twilight to keep her save. It took some thinking for the princess to figure out what was wrong with him, but she didn’t want to believe it.
“No, no, please not him.” She prayed as tears fell from her eyes.
Shining Armour growled and pulled his torn shirt off, he backed up against a wall, and some began to climb up it. When he looked out the window, the moon was revealed form behind the clouds, its light shined through the window.
He turned back to his sister and said, “Run, Twilight. Ru…”
The change started, his skin began to peel away and was replaced with fur, and his face grew out to that of a wolf. When the change was complete, a black furred Were-Wolf stared and growled at Twilight.
“Twilight?!”
Adam came running into the room with his revolver, he saw the Were-Wolf and shot at it; but the wolf leaped out the window and ran down to the village.
Spiderman walked over to Twilight, she was in shock; “Twilight, are you alright?” Adam asked.
Spike came running into the room after he heard the commotion; he sniffed a little before asking, “Why does it smell like wet dog in here?”
“Were-Wolf.” Adam replied.
Spike then stated, “Right, you’ll be needing silver bullets.” He said as he through those very things to Adam.
“Well done.” Adam stated.
Twilight however, came out of her shock; she realized that Spiderman was going down there to hunt her brother.
Spiderman wandered through the streets, looking for the Were-Wolf; he kept calm and readied his gun, which was now loaded with silver bullets. He walked past the undertaker’s place which was next to the grave yard.
Adam took cover behind and empty coffin, well, he thought it was empty.
“Nice night.”
Adam then pointed his gun at the one in the coffin, it was Zephyr Breeze; the undertaker stated, “This size is a bit tight for me.” he then stepped out and measured its size compared to Adam. “But for you, it’s a perfect fit. What a coincidence.”
Zephyr went over to a hole in the ground and began digging, “I see the wolf man hasn’t killed you yet.”
“Don’t worry, he’s getting to it. You don’t seem too threatened by him; why is that, if I may ask?”
“I’m no threat to him, I’m just the one who cleans up after him,” Zephyr shoveled a load of dirt to the side. “If you get my meaning.”
“Isn’t it a bit late to be digging graves?”
“Oh, it’s never too late to dig graves; you’ll never know when you’ll need a fresh one.” When Adam wasn’t looking, Zephyr Breeze attempted to killed him with the shovel; but before Adam was done in, a sixth sense warned him.
Spiderman grabbed the shovel and stopped it; he then pointed his loaded gun at Zephyr. The undertaker had to think of something quick, to save his life.
“Oh sorry,” he muttered. “It’s just, my nature.”
Suddenly, Adam’s sixth sense came began and he jumped out of the way; however, the incoming threat did get one target.
Zephyr Breeze screamed as the Were-Wolf pounced at him; he tumbled into the grave he had just dug, not breathing.
Adam turned to aim his gun at the monster, but before he could shoot the beast, Twilight came out of nowhere and pushed him down; giving her brother an opportunity to run.
When Adam saw the Were-Wolf had escaped, he turned to the one who helped it; he grabbed her by the neck and pushed up against the wall. “Why?!” he growled.
“You’re choking me.”
“Give me a reason not to.” Adam replied.
Twilight said, “I can’t, if people knew…”
He suddenly let her go, “He’s not your brother anymore Twilight.”
The princess heard that, she never told him, “You knew?”
“Yes.”
“Before or after I stopped you from shooting him?”
“Before.”
She then shoves him away, “And still you try to kill him?!”
“He’s a Were-Wolf, he’s gonna kill people.”
“He can’t help it, it’s not his fault!” she cried.
“I know, but he’ll do it anyway.” Adam replied.
Twilight then explained a rumor she heard, “Listen, they say Morbius has a cure; if there’s a single chance, I’m going after it.”
Adam stated, “I need to find Morbius….”
“And I need to find my brother, he gave his life for me, he’s the only family I have left.”
Adam let her go, he thought about it for a minute; at least she had a family, one to remember. Adam has no memory of his life; all he remembers is five years ago, he joined the Knights of the Holy Order, and has been helping them vanquish evil ever since.
He knew what it was like to lose something dearest to him, so he wasn’t going to let it happen to someone else.
“Alright, we’ll look for your brother.”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
At the Castle of Doctor Octopus, the goblins had already started fixing the machines; they had to get this right, or it could all go wrong. Hobgoblin was wandering around the lab equipment, making sure the goblin minions were doing their jobs right.
Standing on the platforms above the lab, Morbius was looking over the progress. He shouted down to his henchman and said, “Hobgoblin, how long till we are fully operational?”
The goblin man replied, “Soon, master. Soon.” He then kicked over a goblin that was messing with the wires. “It is difficult without the good doctor, but we will have it ready when he arrives.”
“Good, very good.” The vampire stated.
Just outside the castle, two horses were riding towards the entrance; they were chasing after the Were-Wolf that escaped the village.
Twilight and Adam dismounted their horses at looked at the structure they saw the beast run towards. Twilight stated, “I know this castle.”
“Really?” Adam replied.
“Yes, but I don’t understand it. The man who lived here was killed a year ago.”
“And it was just after that, your father went missing.” Adam then noticed a way they could get in. “There, that small door, we should be able to get inside.” He pointed towards the little door and they both ran for it.
Back inside the lab, the Were-Wolf leaped through the skylight and landed in the lab; as he was turning back to his human form, Morbius went to greet him.
“Were-Wolfs, so hard get a good one these days.” Morbius explained. “You made short work of the one I sent to kill you and your sister; but still, out with the old and in with the new.”
Shining Armour stood up, still only wearing a pair of tatted shorts; he saw the vampire and went to attack him.
Morbius slapped him away before he could get a hit in, “I see you went to see your sister.”
Shining’ stated, “Leave her out of this Count, she doesn’t know your secret.”
The two of them began to wander through the lab, walking over to a table a couple of goblins were working at.
“Well then, my hairy friend; let me be the first to say, welcome to the winning side.” Morbius stated, then bowed to be funny.
But Shining Armour wasn’t going to turn against his sister that quickly, “I would rather die than help you.”
“Oh don’t be boring, everyone who says that dies.” Morbius then looked at the clock. “Besides, by the twelve stroke of midnight, tonight; you will have no choice, but to obey me.”
The goblins then threw something off the table, Shining’ looked at the object. All Morbius could say was, “Look familiar?”
It was a corpse, of a man; Shining Armour noticed the necklace around the corpse’s neck; it was the exact necklace Shining’ and Twilight gave to their….
“Father…?” Shining’ muttered. He then roared, “No!”
However, before he could attack Morbius; the vampire pushed his finger under Shining Armour’s chin, almost like it was choking him.
“He proved useless, but I think, with Were-Wolf venom; this time, they may have a chance.”
The goblins then grabbed the former prince and began strapping him to the table the corpse was on. Before they got him down, Shining stated, “I may have failed to kill you Count, but my sister will not.”
The goblin strapped him down, one other began hoisting it up through the skylight, too the roof of the castle. While he was being hoisted up, Morbius began to pretend ballroom dance with someone.
Spiderman and Twilight were wandering through the halls of the abandoned castle, no one had been here for months; the walls were cracking, the cobwebs were as big as curtains and the surrounding furniture was moldy & rotting away.
As they kept walking, Adam noticed something in a room just a head of them.
But before they got there, “So tell me why you do this; hunt monsters I mean? You must have a reason.” Twilight asked.
Adam thought about his answer before saying, “I don’t remember much from my past; the las thing I do remember is crawling up the steps of the Church of Canterlot. The Bishop found me and gave me a purpose; to vanquish those who would serve Nightmare Moon.”
When they both finally reached the room, Adam found what had caught his eye. It was a pod of some sort, hanging from the ceiling; hanging from a green vine. When they came more inside this room, they saw there were more of them, many more.
“What are these things?” Adam asked.
Twilight replied, “I heard stories as a child, the pods apparently contain Morbius’ children.” She then thought about what it meant. “Morbius and his brides are technically dead; so it should make sense, children aren’t born dead.”
Adam stated, “He must be trying to bring them to life.”
The two of them had to push past the pods, with led them into an even larger room; “Morbius and his brides’ only kill one or two people a month for survival, if he brings all these things to life.” There were hundreds more of these pods, enough for an army.
Back inside the main laboratory, the goblins were ready to start.
“Let’s start this party with a bang!” Hobgoblin cried, there was then a small explosion behind him, making him chuckle.
Lightning began to strike the roof of the castle, the lightning conductors sent bolts of electricity to Shining Armour; he was shocked with hundreds of volts. If he were still all human, this would surely kill him. The Were-Wolf curse filled the energy with supernatural power, maybe enough to achieve Morbius’ goal.
Hobgoblin grabbed a switch and yanked it down, a pulse of energy surged through the castle; wires carried the current to the room filled with the pods.
Each pod had a wire connected to it, the energy zapped the pods with a charge of electricity; they began to beat like human hearts. The things inside them were coming to life.
Spiderman and Twilight saw the surge coming, the moved away from the pods to avoid being zapped; when the energy died down, Adam moved closer to one of the pods.
Adam removed one of his gloves and attempted to touch the slimy pod, “What are you doing?” Twilight asked and stopped him from touching it.
“I’m going to see what we’re up against.”
When Spiderman touched it, he felt a jolt of energy; he moved back and so did Twilight, he bumped into another pod, which shocked her a little.
Once Adam was sure the energy was gone, he dug his fingers into the pod and began ripping it open. When the top layer came off, Adam threw it away as the mucus started leaking out. He continued to pull chunks of slime off and throw them to the side; what Twilight didn’t notice, was the pod behind her was slightly cracking open. A small hand like this was reaching out to her, and she didn’t even know it.
Once it was clear, Spiderman could see what was in the pod; “So this is what you get when vampires mate.” He stated. Adam moved his hand closer to the thing inside, but it screamed at him.
The hand trying to grab Twilight grasped her shoulder, until she felt it and swatted it away.
Another bolt of energy surged through the castle when Hobgoblin pulled the switch again, this time, the energy was a lot stronger. Once the pods were struck by the power, they were ready; they popped open like bubbles and hundreds of flying bat creatures were free to fly around.
Morbius and his two brides were standing on a balcony, overseeing the room filled with their new-born children. One of them even flew to its parents Adagio held out her hand and the child hovered over it.
When it flew away, the two brides hugged their master; it had worked. Morbius then stated, “The need to feed. Teach them how.” He then threw his brides off the balcony. “Teach them!”
The two vampires screamed as they fell to the ground, until they morphed into their half bat forms and flew with the children. The vampires and the children crashed the windows and flew towards the village.
Morbius shouted, “And beg Nightmare Moon!...” he whispered, “That this time, they stay alive.”
Adam and Twilight came out of their hiding places; there were still three or four of the vampire children floating around the room. “This is where I come in.” Adam pulled out his revolvers and began shooting the bat creatures; Twilight did try to stop him.
Spiderman shot them out of the sky, the exploded into slime once they were shot; so not immortal like their parents. One of them, was killed right before its father’s eyes; which really got him mad.
“Now I have your attention.” Adam stated to the vampire leader.
Morbius growled before leaping off the balcony and transforming into his monster bat form, Adam ran for it; Twilight ran up the stairs, she had to save her brother.
As Morbius flew around the room, he knocked sparking machinery to the ground, trying toi drop things on top of Spiderman.
Meanwhile, back in the village, in Twilight’s castle; Spike was reading in the library. He was pulled away from his book when he heard a lot of flapping noises, they coming closer.
He put the book down and turned to the window; he couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the swarm of bat creatures, led by two vampires, flying towards the town.
One of the bat creatures even bashed into the window, the glass was strong enough to keep it out however; but Spike did jump in shock when he saw it.
“Oh, that’s not good.” He then ran for the door. “Must…warn…somebody.”
The vampires ordered their children to attack the villages; the bat swarm the town, each one biting and eating their way through their selected villager. Some of the men got a few shots in, but not even an army of men could stop this kind of threat.
Adagio grabbed one of the men that was shooting her children, she lifted him in the air before throwing him into a group of her little ones. They began eating him a live; so she cried, “Feed, my darlings! Feed!”
Back at the castle, Morbius reverted back to his ‘man’ form; he wander among the shatter parts of the castle he had knocked to the ground.
He muttered, “It’s funny, usually when I approach, when I listen to my prey’s heart beat; it’s so fast. I can almost dance, to the beat.” He clapped his hands, mimicking the sound of a fast heartbeat. He then the slowed down the clapping whilst he listened, “But yours, it’s so slow, so calm. Do you not fear me?”
Suddenly, Adam dropped from the ceiling, with the silver stake in his hand. “Does this answer your question?” he then stabbed the stake into Morbius’ chest, where his heart’s supposed to be. Spiderman spoke, “May he rest in peace.” While drawing a cross on himself.
On the roof of the castle, Twilight was trying to find her brother; she found him strapped to a table, but he was being guarded by goblins. One of the three little creatures noticed her and roared like a goblin, and then all three of them charged towards her.
She kicked one of them into another, before picking up the third one and dropping him threw the skylight; he fell down into the lab and landed in a vat of strange liquid.
Hobgoblin heard the splash, he went over to see what remained of his worker. When he saw the fall had killed the little creature, he turned to the others.
“Keep working, we must not lose the master’s power.”
Morbius pulled the stake form his chest, it didn’t even bother him. “Is this your, silver stake, Adam?”
He continued, “How long has it been? Three, four hundred years, since we last spoke.” Adam was confused as to how this ‘man’ knew his name, nut he wasn’t going to ask, in case he didn’t like the answer.
It didn’t take long for Morbius to figure it out, “You don’t remember, do you?” Morbius moved closer to Adam, who didn’t seem afraid. “Would you like me to refresh your memory a bit, Adam?”
Suddenly, Spiderman pulled a sun medallion and held it in front of Morbius; the vampire grabbed the relic and it caught fire. Adam let go of it and watched as it melted in Morbius’ hand.
“Perhaps, that is a discussion for another time.”
Adam stepped back as Morbius removed the cloak from his back, “Allow me to re-introduce myself. I am, Count Michael Morbius, born 1422, murdered 1462.”
On the roof of the castle, once the Goblins were out of the way, Twilight ran over to her brother and began unstrapping him.
When Shining Armour became conscious again, he saw what his sister was doing and he protested. “Twilight, no. Don’t unstrap me, don’t.” Once his arm was free, he tried to stop her.
Twilight explained, “Listen Shiny, it’s alright, I’m taking you home.”
The full moon was out, the curse began to take effect on Twilight’s brother. She moved away as her brother started to change form, when she saw him, she screamed.
Adam heard the scream and used it to lead him to Twilight; he ran away from Morbius, who just let him go, and used the web-shooter to climb up to the roof.
Twilight ran to the edge, where she realised she had nowhere to go.
When Shining Armour had fully changed into his Were-Wolf form, Twilight figure she was done for. The beast pounce at her, and she covered her eyes; killed by her own brother.
When suddenly, Spiderman leaped onto the roof and punch the wolf away; the creature hadn’t gotten all its strength yet, so it was easy to punch away.
Adam grabbed a hold of Twilight, she hugged her arms around him, “Hold on.” The hunter said.
“Where am I going to go?” she said rhetorically.
Spiderman used his web-shooter to create a zip-line; he hooked himself onto it and they both slid down to the forest. They zipped over the river beside the castle; Shining Armour jumped after them, but missed them. He fell straight down into the river, he was lucky he survived.
Back in the village, the children were still on a rampage.
Spike was running through the chaos, trying to avoid being carried off by these flying rats. Suddenly, he noticed a woman in peril; a woman was being attacked by one of the bat creatures.
It was trying to carry her off, but she grasped the top of a lamppost, holding on for dear life.
Spike knew how to help her, he picked up a bucket and threw it at the bat; the thing was knocked away, and the woman fell. Spike moved quickly and caught her before she hit the ground.
Just when they thought they were safe, the same bat creature flew straight them; they both screamed in fear, until…
The little vampire started going crazy; shaking, trying to claw its eyes out, and swelling up. Until, it popped into a puddle of slime; the same was happening to the rest of them, just exploding into mucus.
When Adagio and Sonata saw what was happening, they cried in agony. They watched as their children died right before their eyes; with nothing left, they flew back to their master.
When the carnage had stopped, Spike put the woman down; she asked him, “What happened?”
Spike replied, “They just died.”
The woman turned to the friar and kissed him on the cheek, he was surprised, and happy. She was pretty, her blonde hair, cute freckles and the cowgirl hat on her head. “How can I ever repay you?”
Spike had an idea, he whispered it in her ear.
She gasped and said, “But you can’t do that, you’re a monk.”
“Well, actually; I’m just a friar.”
The cowgirl blushed before smiling, she accepted his offer.
Back at the castle, Hobgoblin joined his master on the roof. “Forgive me, master; the beast’s power was not strong enough.”
The Were-Wolf growled as he shook the water off himself, Morbius was hugging onto his brides as they mourned the loss of their children.
Morbius stated, “It seems, Doctor Octopus took the key to life, with him, to his grave.” He then turned to his new Were-Wolf minion, “Find those two, and kill them both.”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
"A silver stake? A sun medallion?"
As Twilight and Adam were walking towards the old destroyed windmill, it was raining like made; the perfect weather for the way they were feeling at the moment. Twilight was giving out to Adam about his ways of attempted to kill Morbius.
"You think we haven't tried this stuff before? We've shot him, stabbed him, clubbed him." Adam was beginning to not bother to listen. "Sprayed him with holy water, staked him through the heart and still he lives."
Twilight shoved him when she saw him not listening. "Do you understand? No one knows how to kill Morbius, no one."
"Well, I could have used that information a little earlier." Spiderman replied.
She sighed before calming down, Twilight was letting her anger get the better of her. She turns away from her partner and stares off into the distance; "I'm sorry, you were right, he's not my brother anymore."
Adam knew she was referring to the monster that her brother had now become; especially now that he was fully under Morbius' control. To calm the moment, Adam pulled out something he nicked from her bar at her castle.
"Here, apple cider, supposed to clear the mind." Adam said, offering her the bottle. She took the bottle and took a sip, she groan when she swallowed.
"What's with the taste?" she asked him.
Spiderman pulled a smaller flask from his jacket, "Dragon's blood, tastes like pure gold but kills instantly if you drink it on its own."
"I thought you were holy, you should only be allowed to drink communion wine?"
Adam chuckled before taking the bottle back from Twilight, "I sin alot when I kill these creatures, so the church allows me to drink what I want, as long as I beg forgiveness." After he took his mask off and took a drink from the bottle, he drew a cross on himself.
The two of them took it in turns drinking from the bottle, and Adam was asking for forgiveness after every swallow. And then he realised that Twilight was getting soaked; he took his hat off and put it on his her head.
"I started off not liking you." Twilight stated. "But I think I'm starting to like y..."
She was cut off when the floor gave out, they both fell below the ground into a hidden cavern.
The next morning, back at the castle, someone was getting over the events of last night.
Spike was mumbling in his sleep, "Hmm....Mhmm...Vampires." he then sat up in a panic, but then realised he was safe. Spike sat up against the bed post, not realising he wasn't alone.
The friar turned to his left, and saw the woman lying asleep in the bed; the quilt covering her naked body. Spike lowered his head down to her and kissed the side of her head; without waking her up, he whispered, "Thank you."
Spike sat back up again and reached to the floor to grab his trousers, he slipped them on and wandered across the room to get some water.
With a good feeling, he sipped his water and leaned against a torch mounted on the wall.
Suddenly, the torch shifted out of place and Spike nearly fell over. He dropped his water and watched a section of the wall spun around. It revealed a portrait of two knights about to fight; on the side of the portrait, there were parts of a Latin text. Spike mumbled the words.
"The two warriors will battle to the death, both taking the forms of the their inner creature. One will prey on the weak, and one will fight for the good; one will grow fur when the sun goes down and become a wolf. The other will strike the light in the world, as his body takes to flight."
All of a sudden, the portrait started moving, the two knights began to battle. Spike watched the two warriors fight, until the one of the right threw his weapons down and changed into a Were-Wolf; the other grew wings and became monstrous bat creature. The two beasts attacked each other.
The sudden change of events caused Spike to stumble away in fear; he tripped and fell back onto the bed, causing both him and he lady friend to get wrapped in the sheets and fall off the other side.
The woman gasped as if she was being pounced on.
Twilight was the first to regain consciousness, she looked around the cave that her and her acquaintance had fallen into.
“Adam, where are you?” she asked.
Spiderman got up as well and replied, “Over here.” Adam found his mask on the ground next to him. However, something caught his ear, the sound of something moving around the room.
“Twilight, don’t move. There’s something down here.” Adam placed his hand on one of his revolvers.
“What is it?” Twilight asked as she moved closer to Spiderman.
“My guess, this thing has been living down here for some time. He’s about the same height as me; he weighs about three hundred pounds. He is between twenty to twenty five years old.” Adam then turned to face Twilight. “And he has blue skin.”
“How do you know he has blue skin?” Twilight asked.
“Because he’s standing right behind you. Move!”
Adam lunged at the figure standing behind Twilight Sparkle, she moved out of the way and watched the two of them wrestle on the ground. When the figure managed to over throw Adam, he threw the spider man to the wall of the cave; but Spidey did manage to pull the hood off the figure.
Twilight looked at the face of this ‘man’ , it was him.
“Oh my goddess, the Electro monster.” She stated.
The creature marched over to her and cried, “Monster, who’s the monster here?!” he grabs her by her shirt and holds her up against the wall. “I do nothing to you, and you & all your kind, all wish me dead.”
Suddenly, Adam runs up to Electro and his him on the shoulder with a small log. He drops Twilight and turns to the spider; Electro raises his arms and releases a blast of electricity at Adam. The blast wasn’t that powerful, but it knock Adam into the small pool of water in the corner of the cave.
Electro turns back to Twilight; he walks towards her, like he’s ready to attack, until the princess stops him.
“What do you want?” Twilight quickly says, thinking it’ll save her life.
Electro stops in his tracks and replies, “To exist.”
Twilight suddenly felt pity for this creature, it didn’t seem like a monster; she remember from the story that this thing was a human being. A lonely person who had died on the streets of Tramplevania; he didn’t ask to be like this.
Suddenly, Electro groaned in pain; Adam shot him in the back with knock-out blow darts. The creature fell to its knees and crawled towards the side of the cave.
He then turned to the two humans and stated, “If you value your lives, and the lives of your fellow man; you will kill me.”
Twilight took one of Adam revolvers from his pocket and pointed it at Electro; before she could fire, Adam stopped. “Wait, why?” he asked the creature.
“I am the key to my creator’s machine, the Key to Life. I am what Morbius seeks, the key to bringing his children to life.”
Adam then stated, “He already brought them to life last night.”
Electro chuckled and explained, “They were merely tests, and they died as they did the last time he tried. We must not let the others awaken.”
“Wait, there are more of those things?”
“Thousands more.” Electro was about to pass out. “Do what needs to be done.”
When the creature had passed out, Adam and Twilight thought about what they had to do. Twilight then pointed the gun at Electro, but Adam once again stopped her.
“You heard what he said.” She stated.
Spiderman replied, “Look, my life, my job; is to vanquish evil. This thing; man whatever it is, evil may have created, evil may have left its mark on it. However, evil does not rule it, so I cannot kill him.”
Twilight thought for a sec, “I can.”
Adam again stopped her, “Not while I’m here.”
The two of them suddenly heard a growl, they looked over and saw Shining Armour, in his Were-Wolf form. Twilight shot a few bullets in his direction, but none of them hit him and he leaped away.
“They’ve seen him; now they will come for him. And neither you or I will be able to stop them.” Twilight stated.
Adam replied, “If I can get him to Canterlot, we can protect him there.”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
Later that day, Adam and Twilight had taken Electro with them, back to the castle in the village. The saddled up some horses and hooked them to the carriage; ready to take this band of heroes to Canterlot.
Whilst back at the castle, Spike informed Spiderman of his encounter with the painting that came to life.
The friar and the holy man walked out to the carriage together, “..and then the painting came alive and the two creatures attacked each other.”
“Really?”
“Yes, what does it mean?”
Adam replied, “I don’t know.” Spike was going to be riding in the carriage with their ‘guest’; so Adam stated, “Now, whatever you do Spike, don’t stare at him.”
The second Spidey opened the door and revealed Electro to the easily frightened man, the creature was tied in chains and struggling to get free; Spike was already terrified. “I’m staring at him.” He closed the door again and backed away. “Is that a man?”
“Well, it used to be.” Adam replied. The hunter opened the door again and pushed Spike in, now he was sitting face to face with Electro.
The creature yelled, “You fool! Now they will come for me; you incompetent piece of…” the door closed before Adam could hear the rest.
Twilight walked outside and stated, “Nothing is faster than Tramplevanian horses, not even a Were-Wolf. Anything else, you’re on your own.” She then climbed up onto the driver’s seat of the carriage.
Adam just smirked before applying his mask.
Their journey had begun; they travelled back across the snowy and rocky landscapes Adam and Spike crossed to get here in the first place. As they journeyed, they kept their guard up; it may day time, but that hasn’t stopped the vampires before.
Spiderman sat in the driver’s seat of the carriage, he whipped the horses to go faster.
About three hours into their journey, they had entered a forest; it was one Adam didn’t recognise, they didn’t come this way to get to Tramplevania.
Whilst riding in the carriage, Spike was doing his best not to keep staring at the electrical creature sitting across from him. At one point, Elector leaned over to Spike and demanded to be set free.
"Let me go!" he growled.
Spike replied, "Where are you going to go? I don't know if you've looked in the mirror lately, but you can't just go out in a crowd."
That comment made Electro mad, small, non-harmful sparks began flying off his body; Spike just sat there, fearing for his life.
Spiderman sat in the driver seat of his carriage, as he felt the wind blow on his mask, he could hear something in the distance. The sounds of flapping wings were getting closer, so Adam equipped the crossbow weapon.
He looked to the skies, the noise sounded close now; until suddenly, something flew over Adam and sent him hurdling onto one of the horses.
He looked up and saw the two Vampire brides flying around the sky; he turned back to the road and got a big shock.
The bridge was out, there was no chance the horses could jump it whilst dragging a carriage. However, the horses didn't stop; they ran faster towards the gorge. Adam closed his eyes and the horses took the leap of faith, they jumped across the gorge and tried to land on the other side.
Luckily, they made, Adam held on and made it with them; the carriage wasn't so lucky; it hit the edge of the cliff and the cables snap. The horses and Spiderman off, but the carriage begins to plummet to the bottom to the gorge.
The two vampire brides watched the carriage fall, Adagio flew down after it; she cried, "We must not let the creature be destroyed!"
They both flew down to the carriage, Adagio managed to latch onto it with her claws; Sonata, however, couldn't keep up with it.
"Save him, save the monster!" she said before gravity pulled her back up.
Adagio crawled along and pride the door off, when she looked inside, the carriage was empty. Not completely empty; the vampire notice the small bunch of sharp wooden stick tied together.
"Stakes!" she cried, before flying away.
However, when the carriage his the rocky ground, it exploded; the stakes were launched all around. Three or four of them were stabbed into Adagio body.
"No." she muttered before falling back into the fire and her corpse burning to ash in the blaze.
While Adam rode one of the horses, he noticed by now, the vampires had fallen for his little trick. He looked over to the other trail, and saw their second carriage; Twilight was in the driver's seat and Spike opened the door to see what was happening, him and Electro were fine.
Spiderman rode the horse along his trail until the two paths met, Adam leaped off his horse and landed next to Twilight in the driver's seat. Adam removed his hat and mask; it was smooth sailing from here.
Suddenly, their attention was drawn to the front of them, the were-wolf was charging towards them; the beast leaped over the carriage, knocking Twilight and Adam off the seat and making them fall to either side of the moving vehicle. Before they could hit the ground, they each grabbed onto the handles of the carriage doors; they held on for dear life.
While the were-wolf was chasing them from behind now, the carriage had found its way to a cliff road; on their left side was a two thousand foot drop.
Spike looked out his left window and saw Twilight hanging on, he opened the door and asked her, "What're you doing out here?"
"Spike." she replied.
"Right, right." he then tried to help her back onto the driver's seat.
On the other side of the carriage, Adam's door handle was starting to break, the bolts holding it on began to snap. Spiderman was in more peril than he thought, both his legs were on either side of a back wheel; if the handle snaps off, the wheel will either tear him in two or crush him.
Adam banged on the door of the carriage, shouting, "Hello! Spike, hello!"
Electro could hear him banging, it caught Spike's attention as well; the creature turned to the friar and said, "I can help."
Spike asked, "And you won't kill me?"
"Only if you don't hurry." he replied and yanked on his chains.
Adam was seconds away from a terrible fate, the handle finally snapped; however, Electro opened the door and caught him, he then lifted him onto the driver's seat. Twilight pulled herself up, now they both had control of the carriage again.
As the cliff road ended and they were back on solid ground, they had completely forgot that they had a were-wolf chasing them. The beast leaped onto the roof of the carriage, so Adam had to do something about it; he picked up the lantern and threw it at the monster.
The lantern smashed into fragments of glass, and the whole top of the carriage caught fire; the flames weren’t enough to scare the monster away, it just made it angry.
The were-wolf clawed at the carriage, ripping a whole in the roof; the fire began leaking into the carriage. Electro screamed and crawled to the floor of the vehicle, he wanted the flames to go away.
You see, Electro was terrified of fire, it reminded him of that the night he was chased to the windmill and the night he lost the man who created him. He thought the flames were trying to get him, and now, they’re coming back for him now.
Our heroes had no choice, they had to abandon the carriage; Twilight turned to Adam and shouted, “Jump!”
Twilight cut the cord, the horses ran off; everyone jumped of the carriage and rolled onto the ground.
What everyone didn’t know, Adam’s revolvers were loaded; as he jumped, he spun around and pulled the trigger. All that was heard after that was a growl and the crash.
When Twilight came around, she began looking for her friends; but what she found wasn’t what she expected.
The princess stumbled upon someone lying against a rock in the forest, she saw it was her own brother; she sat down next to him, both worried and happy to see him human again.
Shining Armour turned his head and saw his sister sitting next to him; he muttered, “Twilight, thank Celestia you’re alright.”
She replied, “Come on, Shiny; I’m taking you home.”
“I’m afraid that is impossible.” He moved his arm of his chest, Twilight gasped when she saw the two bullet wounds. “I’m off to see our family, may Celestia have mercy on my soul.” After those words, the prince’s eyes fluttered closed.
“No.” she mumbled, tears fell from her eyes; her brother was truly gone this time. Her mourning was interrupted when she heard footsteps coming towards her, she got up and walked over to them.
She found Spiderman, walking off the injury he sustained after the crash; he noticed Twilight walking towards him.
She muttered, “You killed him.” She shoved him against a tree and the said louder, “You killed him!”
Adam replied with a groan, “Now you know why they call me ‘murderer’.”
Twilight was about to give out to him again, but then she noticed another injury that sustained from the recent event. Spiderman moved his jacket out of the way, revealing a large wound on Adam’s chest.
“Oh my goddess, you’ve been bitten.” Twilight says.
When Spiderman took the shot at Shining Armour, the beast came crashing down onto Adam; unfortunately, his teeth managed to sink into Spiderman, passing the curse onto him.
Twilight went to look for the others while Adam leaned against to the tree; she didn’t find the others, but she found someone.
Hiding behind a tree, Sonata stepped out from her hiding space and punched Twilight in the face; knocking her clean out. The vampire converted to her bat-like form and carried Twilight off.
Spiderman heard the cackling, so he ran towards its origin; but when he got there, all he saw was Sonata flying away with Twilight.
“Spiderman?”
Adam turned around to see Spike and Electro running to the scene, they all watched Twilight be carried away.
Electro turned to Adam and asked, “What now?”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
The three remaining members of the group managed to make it to a town that was at the other end of the forest; they figured it was the best place to start looking for Twilight and the vampire.
Electro hid himself from the people with his hood; the last thing they wanted was to cause panic.
Spiderman, Spike and Electro walked under a bridge road, when they were stopped by someone; the last of Morbius’ brides flew from the rooftops and landed in front of their path.
She sneered her teeth at them, the stated, “That was a naughty trick you pulled, bug.” Her mood suddenly changed, she was in a happy mood. “My master is willing to make a trade; the monster..” Adam and Sonata looked at Electro
“For the princess.”
Adam couldn’t just hand Electro over to Morbius, but he couldn’t leave Twilight in the clutches of that maniac. The hunter then had a plan.
“Somewhere open, in public; somewhere your master will expose his… his other side.” Adam explained.
Luckily, Sonata knew just the place for this meeting, “Tomorrow night, it is Nightmare Night; here in this town, there is a wonderful masquerade ball.” After those words, the vampires flew up to the roofs again; no wings, like a ghost she flew upwards.
Before they could continue walking, Spiderman stumbled; Spike caught him before he hit the ground.
“Are you alright?” the friar asked.
Adam replied, “Yeah, yeah, I’m fine.”
Electro then noticed something under Adam’s coat, he growled and pushed the hunter away; “He has been bitten, bitten by a were-wolf. Now you will become that what you have hunted for so long.”
Spiderman pulled out his blow-dart weapon, “I’m sorry.” He said to Electro.
“Do what you must.” The monster replied.
Adam aimed his weapon at the creature, and blew.
The dropped Electro off in a crypt, they hid him in a grave; the ball was tonight, they needed to get Twilight back without worrying about Electro getting caught.
“Well, they won’t find him in here.”
Spiderman and Spike wander out of the crypt, already wearing their costumes for the ball tonight.
Spike questioned their actions, “I’m sure this is some sort of sin.”
“Don’t worry, Celestia will forgive us. We need to save Twilight.” Adam replied as he locked the crypt’s doors.
While Adam tried to lift a stone cross-grave, Spike looked up at the jester hat Spiderman made him wear. “You don’t think the hat’s a bit much, do you?”
“Spike, help me.”
The friar turned around and helped Adam lift the grave stone onto the door, for extra blockage. Spike then asked, “How many commandments can we break in one day?”
The two of them left the crypt and headed for the exit; Spike explained the changes of were-wolfs, “According to the books, you won’t turn into a were-wolf until your first full moon; that’s two nights from now.” Adam picked up his hat and mask he left on a headstone, Spike grabbed his eye mask and continued, “Even then, you’ll still be able to fight Morbius’ control over you until the twelve stroke of midnight.”
“Sounds like I have nothing to worry about.” Adam stated.
Spike replied, “Oh my goddess, you should be terrified. Well, will still have forty-eight hours to find a solution.” Spike then looked back at the crypt they just hid Electro in. “Are you sure he can’t get out of there?”
“Not without some help from the dead.”
However, what those two didn’t realise; one of the stone coffins that was positioned next to the crypt, the lid was beginning to slide open. All over the graveyard, tombs were opening, graves were being dug up from under the earth & one mischievous goblin wandered into the cemetery.
“Get up, get up; we must serve our master. Bring him the monster.” Hobgoblin ordered.
The ghoulish people groaned and marched towards the crypt; Spiderman shouldn’t have left Electro alone.
Nightmare Night had come at last, the servants opened the doors to the grand hall and invited the guests to join the festivities. The entertainment had been splashed out on; some waiters on stilts and others on unicycles, one man was playing the violin while balancing on a large rubber ball.
Above the crowd, acrobats were performing air stunts and swinging on circus swings; the people had even hired fire breathers.
On the stage, a woman was singing to the tune of the violins, her voice echoed through the grand hall.
The crowd was made up of hundreds of dancers, all of them concealing their identity with and eye-mask; amongst the crowd, two dancers were see as the highlight of the party.
In the centre of the room, these two people were dancing together; they danced until the man pulled his partner into his arms. The man removed his masking, revealing the prince of darkness himself; he then reached to remove the woman’s mask, hidden behind it was Twilight.
Morbius moved his lips closer to hers, she did not resist, as if she was in some kind of trance. As the vampire kissed the princess, she suddenly snapped out of it; she tried to push him away, but her body was still under his control.
When the kiss ended, Morbius dipped his dance partner; “How does it feel to be a puppet of my strings?” he then brought her back up to continue.
Twilight replied, “I won’t let you trade me count.”
“I have no intention of trading you; and if I know Spiderman, which I do, he’s not planning on making a trade either.” Morbius dipped Twilight again, like he was toying with her. “Neither of us as ever settled for half.”
Above the great hall, were balconies; on one of them was Adam and Spike. They looked down at the dancers and tried to find Twilight. “Ah, there they are.” Spike pointed out.
“I’m looking for a new bride, and I’ve never been picky.” The vampire stated.
Morbius stepped behind Twilight, his lips brushing against her neck; she muttered, “You make my skin crawl.”
He replied, “That is not all, I could do, with your skin.”
While Spike was watching them, Adam looked at the acrobats performing above the dancers; he said to Spike, “Spike, I need you to do something for me.”
“I’m not going to like this am I?”
Morbius and Twilight copied the dancing that all the others were doing, while they danced, they passed a mirror.
“Don’t we make a lovely couple?” the vampire asked. With all the dancers behind them, Twilight looked at the mirror; there she saw she was the only one in view.
“Oh my goddess.” She muttered.
Morbius was trying to convince Twilight to become like him, become his new bride; and if she didn’t agree, he had other ways of convincing her. What the two of them didn’t know, one of Twilight’s saviours was hiding amongst the crowd; waiting for the signal.
As one of the acrobats swung towards the edge of the room, he was punched off his rope and someone else took his place.
Spike was hiding in the crowd, he was standing behind one of the fire breathers, on that was getting ready to blow.
“One small moment of pain, and we can be together forever.” Morbius stated.
Twilight had her hand on his chest, she felt nothing; “You have no heartbeat.” She muttered.
Morbius dipped Twilight for the last time, he moved his hand up her body; she looked up to his face, his mouth opened to reveal he had filled it with his fangs. Spiderman let go of the swing and grabbed hold of the other; the fire breather drank the liquid, Spike was ready.
Just before Morbius could bite into her neck, Adam used his buzz saw to cut the tightrope and swing on it; Spike pushed the fire breather forward and he breathed his fire on Morbius’ back, he growled as he was set ablaze. Morbius grabbed the fire breather and threw him across the room; meanwhile, Adam scooped up Twilight and swung her to the balcony above the dance floor.
Once she was safe, Adam tried to snapped her out of the trance; “Twilight, Twilight; wake up.”
She realised where she was, she began taking all the jewellery off; it wasn’t her taste at all.
“Adam…”
Spiderman turned to the edge of the balcony, he heard someone call his name. “Adam… Adam, oh Adam.” Morbius was calling him, he had left his burning cloak on the floor behind him.
The vampire lord looks up at Adam and says, “Welcome to my summer palace.”
Suddenly, a voice came from behind Morbius; “Found him.” The voice said.
The voice of a child could be heard next, a little girl was standing on another balcony; she was shouting and pointing, “Master, master; look master, look.”
Hobgoblin wandered into the roof, followed by what looked like zombified people; no emotion on their face, no sign of humanity left in them. They were carrying something on their shoulders; or rather someone.
“We have him, master; we have him.” The goblin said.
Adam looked at what it was, he didn’t like what he saw; Electro was chained to a medical stretcher, being carried by the ghouls.
Electro cried, “Oh, you cursed undead, I shall have my revenge! Though I walk through the valley of shadows and death, I shall fear no evil! You are nothing but dead bones, and damned souls that will burn in the flames, of hell!”
Once he was finished, the ghouls followed Hobgoblin and carried him away.
Morbius turned back to Adam and said, “And now that everything is, as it should be.” He turned to the crowd, who had remained quiet throughout this whole event. “Ladies and Gentlemen, I give to you….” He raised his arms and pointed at Adam, “Spiderman!”
The party guests removed their eye masks and revealed their fangs, each and every one of these people were vampires; under the command of Count Morbius. The vampire dropped masks and ran towards the door, they had been given the honour to catch Spiderman and destroy him.”
“Time to go.” Adam said. But Twilight didn’t move, she broke a mace off one of the statues; she wanted to fight her way out. Spiderman wasn’t going to have any of that; he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her away. “That means now.” He said.
The two of them ran through a door, they used a large candle stick to block the door; the vampires were right behind them.
Suddenly, Spike walked into the room through the side door; in his hand was the small grenade device he’d been creating.
Spike said to them, “Now I know what it’s for. Now I know what it’s for.” He then saw the two of them run towards him, he asked, “Where’re we going?”
“Through that window.” The two of them replied in unison.
The Friar turned around and saw a stained glass window, Twilight and Adam grabbed Spike by the arms and pushed him through it; the three of them fell from the palace and into the river that flowed beside it.
The vampires managed to break down the door; but what they didn’t know, Spike had dropped the grenade before he was pushed, he also pulled the pin.
Before any of the these undead creatures could escape the wrath of the device, the grenade released the might of the sun; every vampire in the castle was burned to bones and ash. Some remains of the unholy creatures fell into the river, only to be found by the group of heroes.
Adam swam over to Spike and said to him, “Spike, you’re genius.” The friar panted from the lack of breath, but was thankful for the compliment.
However, they’re victory was cut short when a boat sailed past them; on the boat was Electro, tied to the sail post with Hobgoblin and his little goblin minions.
Hobgoblin looked at the humans in the river and began taunting him, “Say goodbye to your friends.” Electro said nothing. As they sailed through a gate, a metal barred gate dropped down and stopped Adam from reaching his friend.
Spiderman began shouting at the boat, giving Electro a promise, “I promise you, I’ll find you and set you free. I swear to Celestia.”
As the boat headed out towards a larger ship, Adam could see two giant bats flying towards the boat as well.
“I promise to set him free.” Adam repeated.
“No you can’t”
Adam turned to Spike who had swam over to him, the friar explained, “I spoke with Canterlot early; even if you somehow manage to kill Morbius, the church orders you to destroy Electro as well.”
“He isn’t evil.” Spiderman stated.
Spike continued, “Yes but they say he’s inhuman; they want you to kill him so he can’t be used to harm humanity.”
“And what about me; did you tell them what I am to become? Did they tell to kill me?!” Spiderman began acting like a savage, he was getting more and more angry; he grabbed Spike by the collar and held him against the bars. “What are you going to do? Shoot me with a silver bullet or let a silver stake enter my heart?!”
With Adam’s hand around his neck, Spike managed to say, “No I left you out.”
Spiderman dropped Spike and then growled like an animal; after that, the feeling of anger just went away. Adam looked at Spike, he apologised for nearly killing him; “I’m sorry…” he realised what this meant. “It’s starting.”
The next morning, the three of them made it back to the village; they figure the best place to look for Electro and Morbius was Doc Ock’s lab. It is where they would conduct the experiment.
However, when they entered the main lab, they were in for a let-down.
The lab was empty, all the equipment was gone; nothing was left. Twilight stepped forward and said, “They must have taken all the equipment to Morbius’ lair.”
Adam then said, “Wherever that is.” Spiderman was running out of options; using his new found strength, he picked up a broken machine part and threw it across the room.
Spike approached him and explained, “It’s alright, we still have until sunset to find him, and Electro.”
“Twilight then interjected, “The sun sets in two hours, we’ve been looking for him for more than four hundred years.”
The friar then replied, “Yes, well; I wasn’t around for those four hundred years, was I?”
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
“Alright Spike, what have you learned?”
Adam, Twilight and Spike had all returned to Twilight’s castle, Spike led them all up into the tower where he had done most of his research; he believed he’d found the answers they’d been looking for.
The friar began the story with, “Well, it turns out that Count Morbius was actually the son of Alcester Vladimir; the son of your ancestor.”
“Everybody knows that; what else?” Twilight replied.
“Alright, moving on.” Spike then said, “According to my research, it all started when Morbius was murdered.”
Spiderman then asked, “Do you know who murdered him?”
“Well, it only refers to them as the ‘left hand of Celestia’. And in 1462, when Morbius died, he made a deal with Nightmare Moon.” Spike explained as he showed them the papers.
Adam took one of the papers and looked at it with Twilight, “And he was given a new life.” Adam said.
“But the only way he could sustain that life was by drinking the blood of others.” Twilight finished.
Spike looked back at them and asked, “Excuse me, are going to let me tell the story?” Adam dropped the paper a paid attention, as did Twilight. “Your ancestor, Twilight; seeing what he had brought into this world, he went to Canterlot to seek forgiveness. That’s when the bargain was made; he was to kill Morbius in return for eternal salvation for his entire family, right down the line, all the way to you.” Spike said, showed a document of Twilight’s family tree.
“But he couldn’t do it.” Twilight said. “Even as Morbius was, my ancestor couldn’t kill his own son.”
Spike then showed them both a book with a picture of a castle in it, “So, he banished him, to an icy fortress; sending him through a door, to which there was no return.”
Twilight then replied, “And then Nightmare Moon gave him wings.”
Spiderman asked, “Alright, so where is this door?” Both Adam and Twilight turned to Spike, however, he had no answer.
“I don’t know.” But then he remembered the final piece of the puzzle. “But when your ancestor couldn’t kill his son, he left clues; so that future generations might do it for him.” Spike pulled a torch-mount down and a piece of the wall spun around, revealing the picture of the two knights Spike had discovered.
Suddenly, Twilight thought aloud, “That must have been what my father was looking for in here; clues to the door’s location.”
“Door, door, door.” Adam muttered; but then it came to him. “Of course.”
Spiderman then marched out of the room with an idea, Twilight and Spike followed him; he led them straight to the armoury, where the large map had been mounted on the wall.
“You said your father spent hours staring at this painting, trying to find Morbius’ lair; I think you were right, quite literally.” Adam then gestured to the painting. “I think, this is the door. He just didn’t know how to open it.”
Spike noticed something, “Look, a Latin inscription; maybe it works, like that painting in the tower.” The friar began muttering the words written beside the map.
“No, if this were a door, my father would have opened it long ago.” Twilight explained.
When Spike got to the bottom of the inscription, he stopped. “I can’t finish the words, there’s a piece missing.”
It was all coming together now, because Adam remembered something he was given before he came to this land; from his jacket, he pulled out the scroll given to him by Bishop Sunburst. “Your father didn’t have this.” He said, showing her the final piece of the inscription.
Twilight asked, “Where did you get that.”
Adam didn’t answer, he just handed the piece to Spike and said, “Spike, finish it.”
The friar took the piece from the hunter and put it in its place; he then whispered the final piece of the words in hopes that something would happen. But when nothing did happen, Adam remembered what those words translated into; so he said aloud, “In the name of Celestia, open this door.”
What happened next, shocked all three of them; the painting began to disappear, like the fabric map was burning away. Behind the map, was a large mirror.
“A mirror?” Adam questioned.
Twilight responded with, “Morbius has no reflection in the mirror.”
Spike then said, “Maybe to Morbius, it’s not a mirror at all.”
The group was desperate to find the vampire’s lair, so Spiderman took the first step; he walked towards the mirror and reached out his hand. Adam was surprised when he saw his hand pass through the mirror, as if the glass wasn’t there.
He smiled from what he felt from the other side, “Its cold.” He pulled his hand back through and looked at it, his gloves had snowflakes stuck to it. “And it’s snowing.” Spiderman quickly grabbed his mask and a torch from the wall and said to his friends, “See you on the other side.”
Taking the leap of faith, Adam put his mask over his face and walked right through the mirror, and through the door.
Adam walked out of the glass and into the cold, snow was falling all around him; and before him was the mighty structure they’d been looking for. A large black castle, mounted on a tall snowy mountain; with two black towers that nearly touched the clouds.
Suddenly, the monster hunter could hear something; he turned back to the door and could vaguely see someone coming through the glass.
A hand emerged from the glass, only on this side, it looked more like ice; Adam grasped the hand and pulled the person through, revealing Twilight. She looked up at the castle and muttered the name of this place, “Castle Morbius.”
The two of them made their way towards the castle; not noticing the third person coming through the door. Spike emerged from the ice, with his eyes closed; when he opened them, the first thing he saw was two skeletons hanging from a rotting tree.
He panicked and turned around, attempting to go back through the door; but all he did was bang his head on the ice. Seeing there was no way back, he picked himself up and ran after Spiderman and Twilight.
But when they had to stop, because the large gate was blocking their path, they had to think of a new way to get in. Suddenly, Adam felt a pain in his chest, the were-wolf curse attacking him again; but this time, he decided to use it to his advantage. He held onto Spike and Twilight and jumped into the air; he managed to make it to an open window they could get through, once they were up there, he jumped back down to the ground.
They were both scared and amazed at what they saw, Morbius’ entire main hall was the size of Twilight’s entire village; and hanging from the ceiling and the walls, there they were.
Hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of those slimy birth pods; each one containing a monstrous child of Morbius. While the groups attention was on the pods, they started to hear a voice coming from across the room; Adam looked over and saw the person talking.
Hobgoblin was carrying wires and machine parts to where he was going; all while muttering, “Oh yeah, Hobgoblin do this, Hobgoblin do that. I need a break.” The goblin then turned and saw the group of humans looking at him. “How did you find us, it’s not possible.”
The creep tried to run away, but Spiderman pulled out one of his buzz-saws and threw it across the room; in caught the goblin by his jacket and stopped him in his tracks. The hunter grabbed him by his collar; Hobgoblin begged, “Please, please don’t kill me.”
“Why not?” Adam replied.
While the goblin was trying to think of an answer, the humans heard a moan from somewhere; Spike noticed a window with metal bars on it, they all looked through and saw their friend, Electro.
He was frozen up to his neck in a block of ice, the block was wrapped in chains and was being hoisted upwards; he couldn’t even use his electricity to melt the ice.
Spiderman knew he could do something, so he use his were-wolf strength to try and pry the bars out of the way. Electro saw them, he was grateful that they had come to save him, but they also needed saving; so he told them what he knew.
“There is a cure; a cure to remove the curse of the were-wolf.” Electro explained. Adam stopped what he was doing, and listened to this. “Go. Find the cure. Save yourself.” Before Spiderman could continue with the bars, Electro was now out of view.
Adam had to think for a minute, “A cure?”
“You heard what he said, let’s go.” Twilight said eagerly.
“Wait, why does Morbius have a cure?”
The princess replied, “I don’t care.”
Spiderman then turned back to Hobgoblin and demanded to know, “Why?!” While Hobgoblin mumbled the answer, Spike had already figured it out.
“Because the only thing that can kill him is a Were-wolf; the painting, that’s what it meant.” Spike explained.
Twilight then replied, “But Morbius has been using Were-wolfs to do his bidding for centuries.”
Spike then told her, “Yes, but if one ever had the will to turn against him; he’d need a cure to remove the curse and make him human before it bit him.”
Adam pried the goblin off the wall, he ordered, “You’re going to take these two and lead them to the antidote.”
“No I’m not.” Hobgoblin replied. He suddenly saw Adam growl and snarl like a wolf; he then said, “Yes I am. It’s in the tower, the west tower.”
The hunter then asked, “And the other tower.”
Hobgoblin replied, “That’s where we reassembled the laboratory.”
Spike then walked over to his friend and said, “Okay, here’s the plan; when the clock strikes twelve, you’ll turn into a Were-wolf and will be able to fight Morbius. We just need to find the cure and get it into you before the twelfth stroke.”
“And if I’m not human before the final stroke.” Adam pulled out his silver stake. “You know what you have to do.”
The friar replied, “I don’t know if I can.”
“You must.”
Spike grabbed Hobgoblin by the arm and dragged him away, Twilight was about to follow them, but she needed to speak to Adam. “I don’t like this plan.”
“It’ll be fine, I know what I’m doing; just try not to be late.” Spiderman replied. Twilight nodded at his statement; but before she could walk away, Adam grabbed her arm and pulled her back. “Don’t be late.”
To Adam’s surprise, Twilight lifted up the bottom part of Adam’s mask; once his mouth was exposed, she planted her lips on his. As the two of them kissed, they both seemed to like it; it lasted a good thirty seconds before the princess pulled away and ran after Spike and Hobgoblin.
Adam smiled before he pulled his mask back down; he then ran in the other direction to find Electro and stop Morbius.
Meanwhile, within the east tower, the goblins were working hard to get the laboratory up and running. Just as they were doing that, their master enters the room, only to be greeted by moaning and shouting coming from across the room.
“You monsters will burn in hell!” Electro cried.
Morbius walked over to the electric monster being strapped to the table; the vampire demanded to know, “What are you complaining about? This is why you were made; to prove that a goddess is not the only one who can create life.” Electro tried to turn his head away from his captor. Morbius continued, “And now, you must give that life, to my children.”
As the vampire stepped away, the goblins began hoisting Electro up to the skylight; the lightning was already starting, just the weather that they needed.
Hobgoblin led the friar and the princess to the chamber where Morbius kept the were-wolf cure; and at last, they had found it.
“There it is.” Sitting in the centre of the room, on a podium, contained within a glass chamber; was a large gold syringe filled with a red liquid.
The goblin-man stepped forward, “Let me get it for you.”
But Twilight put her hand out in front of him and stated, “I’ll go first.” The princess entered the room, stepping closer and closer to the cure. Spike stepped forward slightly; he was now standing in front of Hobgoblin, allowing him to put his plan into action.
Without warning, Hobgoblin pushed Spike forward into the room; he then pulled a lever that was disguised as a torch. The two of them were now trapped in the room, held there by a stone bar gate that dropped down when Hobgoblin pulled the lever. Twilight helped Spike up, but it was only so they could listen to Hobgoblin taught them as he ran away.
“Ha, I’m smarter. You tried to get Hobgoblin, Hobgoblin get you.”
And then he was out of view, probably going to warn his master about the intruders; although, since they were here, they might as well take the cure. They both turned their attention to the syringe in the glass.
“Go on, grab it.” Twilight said.
Spike replied, “Huh, you go on and grab it. If there’s one thing I’ve learnt, never stick you hand into a mysterious material.”
Suddenly, pouncing down from the ceiling; Sonata was seen. Growling with her fangs exposed, and causing the two human people to back away; the vampire bride asked them, “Did I scare you?” But they both just shook their heads; Sonata then said, “Then maybe I need to try a little harder.”
Twilight knew what she had to do; she pushed the glass container over, it smashed onto the floor and released the frozen acid that was contained inside it. The splash was big, it splashed some acid onto Sonata’s face; temporarily distracting her.
“Mysterious material, what did I tell you.” Spike stated.
The gold syringe rolled across the floor; Twilight gestured Spike to grab it. He picked up the hot syringe, holding it with his sleeves; while Twilight picked up a large piece of the container, a piece that was still holding some acid, and she threw it onto the stone bars.
As the bars melted away, Twilight said to Spike, “Come on, we’ve got to get the antidote to Adam.” Spike ran through the hole the acid made; Twilight was about to follow him when she was grabbed by something.
She turned to see Sonata, with half her face burnt off. “You can’t go until I say you can go.”
“Keep running Spike.” The princess shouted to him.
Sonata’s regenerative powers were healing her damaged looks, “And I say you can go when you’re dead.” She then through her enemy across the room.
Twilight grabbed a lit torch from the wall and was going to use it as a weapon; but Sonata blew the flame out like it was a candle. The vampire smiled before spinning around rapidly, she created a sort of wind that blew out the flames of the rest of the torches; making the room pitch black.
There was a flash of light from the lightning, and Sonata was gone; but Twilight knew she was still here. She held the unlit torch like a weapon, prepared for when the monster of a woman would strike.
Spike ran outside, arriving at the bridge that connected to two towers; he began running across it, until lightning struck in front of him. The shock knocked him to the ground, but he quickly recovered from the little scare.
However, he wasn’t out of trouble. Behind him, he could here footsteps; the friar turned to see the fateful servant of Morbius coming right at him. Hobgoblin was running towards Spike, holding his large electrocution device, the one he used for taming were-wolfs.
Once he got close enough, Hobgoblin stabbed at Spike with the large taser; but the friar dodged the attacked and watched it hit the stone behind him. Knowing it wouldn’t be a good idea to get hit by that thing, Spike quickly ran for his life.
Hobgoblin yelled and then ran after him.
Meanwhile, while his friends were procuring the antidote; Spiderman had arrived at the reassembled laboratory, he looked around and saw the room filled with machine parts and working goblins.
After hearing a moan come from above, he looked up; there he saw Electro, in perfect view of the lightning that was ready to strike him.
Adam had now fully embraced the wolf part of him, he used the agility to jump up to the balconies above him. He ran down them let a runway, only to be stopped by a goblin blocking his path. The hunter picked up the little guy by his jacket, the little creature took off his goblin face mask, revealing a hideous face underneath.
Spiderman threw the goblin out the window next to them; the thing smashed through the glass and fell to his demise. With that out of the way, Adam channelled all his were-wolf strength to jump up to the roof.
Once he was up there, he ran to Electro’s side; when the electrical man saw Adam here, he shouted, “What are you doing? You must find the cure!”
“My friends are doing it for me.” Spiderman replied.
Electro just said back, “Friends…?..”
The hunter said to him, “Yes, you want one?” Adam tried to unstrap him, but the rubber straps had been locked in place by bolts and screws that were stabbed into Electro’s skin. “I can’t unscrew the bolts. This is gonna hurt.” He saw that the only way to get him free was rip the straps off him.
“I have been through my fair share of pain.” Electro replied.
“It lets us know you’re alive.” Adam replied.
Adam used his wolf strength to rip the straps off, Electro let out a large scream in pain. Just as that happened, a bolt of lightning hit him; super charging the electricity in his body. With him fully charged, he released a large surge of energy, a pulse of power went down through the tower to the chamber containing the vampire pods; when they were all electrified, the began to beat like hearts.
“Give me life!” Morbius shouted, standing in the middle of the lab and had just witness the bolt of energy. “One more bolt, and my young will live.” As he said that, he looked up and saw Spiderman trying to free Electro.
This monster hunter had got in his way for the last time; Morbius’ body began to morph into a giant man-bat form. The creature flapped his wings and flew up to the roof of the tower.
Adam had almost finished freeing Electro, “You’re almost out my friend.” He stated. But then he heard something from the distance; Adam turned to see the giant bat flying towards him. The bat-creature raised his punch and punched Adam away from Electro.
Spiderman fell through the sky light and began crashing down against each machine before finally hitting the floor; if it wasn’t for the were-wolf cure, he never would have survived.
Electro noticed he could move away from the table, he was free; except for his ankle, still stuck with a chain around it. Before he could pry himself free, another bolt of lightning struck his body; knocking him back onto the table and send another surge of energy through the tower.
That had done it, the vampire pods exploded open; the little bat monsters inside them had been given life, and this time they would stay alive for as long as their father did.
The energy from that last bolt broke the chain and sent Electro flying over the side of the roof; he tried to hold on but he couldn’t grip anything. He eventually slid off the roof and began to fall; luckily, he was able to grab a chain that was dangling from above.
He held on tight and began swinging on the chain; as got lower, he noticed something on the bridge below him.
Still running for his life, Spike kept dodging the electrical weapon Hobgoblin was using to zap him.
Electro let go of one chain and grabbed another, he lifted him legs and shouted to Spike, “Duck!!” The friar looked up and saw the creature swinging right for him; Spike did as instructed and ducked, allowing Electro to deliver a powerful kick to Hobgoblin’s chest, knocking him off the bridge.
The chain the electric creature was holding onto got stuck on one of the torches on the bridge, but Electro looked down and watched Hobgoblin fall to his death.
“Master!!!!” the goblin yelled as he disappeared beneath the clouds.
Spike got up and looked over the side of the bridge, he saw Electro was struggling to keep his grip on the chain, “Help me!” the creature cried.
“But you’re supposed to die.” Spike explained.
“I want to live.” Electro replied.
This went against everything Spike believed and stood for, but he couldn’t deny there was good ing this creature, and killing it would be a sin on its own. “Alright, I’ll swing you loose.” Spike pushed the torch over, which released the chain, Electro swung on the chain again.
The momentum from the swing sent Electro flying into the tower where Twilight still was.
Twilight Sparkle was standing in the dark, she could hear Sonata giggling in the shadows; the princess was still holding the unlit torch, hoping it would give her enough protection.
However, Twilight didn’t see this one coming; Sonata appeared behind her and grabbed her neck. The princess dropped the torch as the vampire morphed into her bat form and lifted her off the ground.
Sonata stated, “Twilight, I will enjoy it, as I looked down at your dead body. How do you think daddy and brother will feel when they see you failed them?” Sonata opened her jaw and revealed her fangs; her tongue slid out of her mouth and she licked the side of Twilight’s face.
Suddenly, Electro crashed through the window; tackling Sonata to the ground, forcing her to release Twilight. When she recovered from the vampire’s grasp, she watched as Sonata was trying to get her, but Electro had grabbed her by the ankle and thrown her into the wall.
The electrical monster turned to Twilight and shouted, “Go! Go and help Spiderman.” Twilight remained where she was, breathing heavily. “Now!” Electro shouted.
All Twilight could mutter was, “Thank you.”
Electro looked at her with innocent eyes; no one had ever thanked him in his life. He turned back to the vampire; she was getting back up, so Electro released a power blast of electricity from his hands at her.
Twilight turned to the open window and grabbed the chain Electro had use to get in here; she looked down at the bridge and saw Spike still running across it.
As he was running, a bolt of lightning struck the bridge, creating a large hole it in; blocking Spike’s path. The friar muttered to himself, “Oh my goddess.” He turned back to the tower behind him, he could see Twilight standing at the window. “Twilight, I need a little help!” he shouted to her.
The princess looked back at the two monsters fighting, Electro couldn’t keep Sonata distracted for much longer. She heard Spike shouting again, “Hurry!”
Without a second thought, Twilight jumped from the window and began swinging on the chain; she waited until she was close enough before shouting, “Throw it to me, Spike!” The friar got ready and with all his might, threw the were-wolf cure to Twilight; she reached out with her hand and grabbed it just in time.
“Yes!” Spike cheered when he saw she’d got it; Spike then proceeded to make his way around the hole in the bridge the lightning had made.
Unfortunately, the celebrated too early; Sonata had escaped Electro and was chasing Twilight threw the air. The vampire tackled her out of the air, forcing her to crash onto a balcony; Sonata landed beside her and morphed back to her human form.
With her fangs exposed, the vampire bride stated, “Sweet Twilight, your blood will give me great beauty. What do you think of that?”
Spike had made to where Twilight was, and he still had the silver stake; just before Sonata could finish off Twilight, he threw her the stake. Twilight caught the stake, unsheathed it and stabbed it through Sonata’s heart.
The vampire moaned in pain as this happened; all Twilight could say was, “My advice; if you’re going to kill someone, kill them. Don’t just stand there talking about it.” She then pushed the stake in further.
This was it, Sonata was done for; Twilight watched her skin began to bubble into a slimy substance, before she eventually exploded into nothing. The stake was flung from what was left of her and was stabbed into the wall beside Spike, just missing his head.
Spiderman wandered out from under the debris of the lab, he watched as some goblins who had been set on fire ran out of the door to find a way to put themselves out. As he was wandering out of the wreckage, Adam pulled his mask off to catch his breath.
While he was recovering from the fall, the giant bat creature landed behind him; Adam turned to see the bat revert to a human form. Morbius stepped forward towards the hunter and explained, “You are too late, Adam; my children, they live.”
“And the only way to kill them, is to kill you.” Spiderman replied.
Morbius replied, “Correct.”
Adam stood there, taking his jacket off; he didn’t want it to get ripped apart. He stated, “Well the, I guess I better get to it.” He turned his head and looked at the clock, and at that moment, came the first stroke of midnight. “One.”
It started, the change was upon him; Adam skin was beginning to peel away and he tore through the rest of his clothes. He began to grow in height as his snout grew longer; black fur replaced his skin, and strangely, white fur grew on his chest, in the shape of a spider-emblem.
Morbius looked upon Adam, the change was complete; this were-wolf had no pupils in his eyes, the white as ghosts.
“Yes, I could smell the were-wolf venom in your blood.” Morbius thought for a second. “’Venom’, maybe that’s what I’ll call you when I have you under my control.”
The were-wolf simply growled at him, Morbius reverted back to his giant bat form; they were both ready to battle each other to the death.
Both creatures growled once more before Adam pounced at the vampire and tackled him to the ground; they began punching each other and scratching each other with their claws. If Morbius would try to fly away, Adam would grab his wing and pull him back; but the vampire would bite his arm and force him to let go.
The vampire picked the were-wolf up and carried him around the room; while they kept fighting, they would crash into different parts of the room, causing sparks and explosions from the machines scattered around.
When they landed, Morbius changed to human form again so he could talk; the vampire stated, “We don’t have to fight, we could be friends, partners…..” Adam got up and charged forward. “Brothers in arms…” Morbius turned back to bat form and they began fighting again.
The fight took them up to one of the catwalks above the lab, Adam managed to get his hand around Morbius’ throat; however, this was just as he was turn human again. He looked over at the window and saw the moon was being covered by a cloud.
But he still had the wolf power, he jumped off the catwalk, back to the floor. Morbius reverted form again and decided to tell his foe the truth.
“Did I mention, that it was you; who murdered me.” Morbius explained. Adam was confused as to what he was hearing; the hunter blinked and the vampire appeared in front of him. “Don’t fight me, Adam; I can give you back your memories.”
The vampire then held up his right hand, Adam saw that the fourth finger was missing, “And in return, you could give me back my ring.” Spiderman looked down at the ring on his finger. Morbius said, “It must be such a burden, such a curse, to be the left hand of Celestia. Would you like to know who you really are?”
All Adam said in response was, “Some things are better left forgotten.” He then groaned in pain, the moon was exposed again; Spiderman changed back into a were-wolf and pounced at Morbius, the vampire turned to his bat-creature form, but it was too late to do anything.
The were-wolf opened his jaw and bit a chunk out of Morbius’ neck; the bat-creature began coughing up black blood as his skin began to wither away. His final words were, “No….No….” All that remained was his bones, soaked in his black blood.
Down in the entrance chamber, all of Morbius’ children exploded into slime; after their father died, they died.
Twilight ran into the room, she watched as Morbius’ bones fell to the floor, Adam had done it; the were-wolf turned to the princess, she was about to give him the cure when the beast ran towards her and tackled her onto a sofa-bed by the window.
That’s when Spike entered the room, he saw his friend in were-wolf form; Spike pulled out the silver stake and was ready to do what Adam told him to do. Before he went through with this horrid deed, he muttered, “Celestia, forgive me.” Spike charged forward and attempted to stab Spiderman with the stake.
But Adam’s sixth sense was still working, he sensed the danger and stopped Spike by grabbed his arm; the were-wolf growled and roared, all Spike could do was scream.
When suddenly, Spiderman felt a small pain him his stomach; he looked down and saw the gold syringe stabbed into him, it was empty. Adam pulled the syringe out of himself and looked down at the one he had attacked.
Twilight was lying on the sofa-bed; not moving, not blinking…. not breathing.
Spike dropped the stake and looked at the princess, in a devastated tone, he muttered, “She’s dead.”
The were-wolf picked her up in his and looked down at her, he then howled at the moon, just as he was changing back to a human; the howl was replaced with “Oooooh!” Adam cried as he caressed the face of the princess.
Adam really cared for Twilight, maybe even loved her.
By the evening of the next day, Adam had brought Twilight’s body to a cliff by the sea; she said she always wanted to see the sea, now she was here. As Spike was reading a pray from his bible, Adam held a torch in his hand, ready to cremate his beloved princess.
Just off the shore, rowing away from the land, Electro was sitting in a little boat; he looked up at his friends on the cliff, he watched Adam place the torch on the pyre before he continued rowing. He had finally been given the freedom he desired, now he was sailing away to who knows where.
As Adam watched the flames, he couldn’t help but feel something strange; his sixth sense was telling him something. He turned away from the flames and looked up to the clouds, there he saw something.
Twilight’s spirit was standing on the clouds, she was looking down at Adam, smiling. Adam saw she was surrounded by her family; her brother, her father, her mother. Even her ancestor, Alcester Vladimir was there.
Just before the spirits disappeared, Spiderman could hear Twilight mutter, “Thank you.” He then watched as the entered the gates of Equestria; the heavenly kingdom all being wish to go to after they pass.
Once the clouds had returned to normal, Adam smiled at the job well done; he reapplied his mask and his signature hat. Spike finished saying his pray before closing his bible; the two of them left the pyre and returned to their horses.
As the two of them road off into the sunset, Adam turned to his friend and asked, “So, where to now?”
Spike replied with, “Well, I got a message from Canterlot this morning; there’s something happening in Manehattan.”
“I’d say that’s worth checking out.” Adam then ordered his horse to go faster, a monster hunters job was never done.
Author's Note
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May the magic be with you all.
Noir Spiderman: A Van Helsing Story.
Four hundred years ago; their live a brave knight, Sir Alcester Vladimir the bravest warrior of Celestia in the lands. He fought against the forces of darkness in the name of the Sun Goddess, Princess Celestia; she watched over those who did not sin and kept their lives pure.
But this knight’s family was not as pure as he was; his son, Michael Morbius, was accused of conspiring with Nightmare Moon. The evil Goddess of the night, and keeping of the sinner souls.
Alcester refused to believe his blood line had become corrupt, but that didn’t stop the people from taking action.
During the night, while Morbius slept; one of the other warriors of Celestia broke into his house, and murdered him. Stabbed him to death in his sleep and was hailed as a hero; but he died a few weeks later.
Sir Alcester went to the Temple of the Sun and begged Celestia to let his son through the gates to heaven; but she could not, his son….wasn’t dead.
Three days after Morbius' murder, three women had been kidnapped and presumed dead; because blood had been found at the scenes of disappearances. One night, someone broke into Alcester’s house; when the knight went to investigate. And when he found the intruder, he gasped and dropped his sword.
When the knight saw his son, he couldn’t kill him; however, something had changed about his son. His skin was as white as a ghost, his eyes glowed red like rubies and his teeth looked as sharp as pikes. As was said, Alcester couldn’t kill his own son; even if he was a monster now.
When Sir Alcester went back to the temple, he fell to his knees to seek forgiveness; that’s when the bargain was made.
The year is 1875, in the forgotten town of Tramplevania; within a castle of pure darkness, a horrible monster is about to be brought to life.
Three years ago, a former slave was living on the streets of this quiet little town, day after day her was beaten for begging, kicked for trying to help people & chased away from food stands. This was no live for a boy at the age of seventeen, until one day; he was found in the streets, dead.
A scientist who was chased away from the city was living in a castle outside of town; he found the dead boy and took pity on him. The scientist tried to use his research to try and save this boy, but it was too late; he was already gone.
That’s when he took a bold step; the doctor was approached by a strange man, saying he knew away to bring the poor boy back to life. The stranger gave the doctor money to buy lab equipment and a new lab assistant to complete the experiment; he told the doctor, “No matter what it takes, the boy must live.”
The night the experiment was about to commence, the town’s folk heard about the miracle of science that was about to be done; however, the church was against this, messing with life and death. So Bishop Starswirl, and the undertaker, Zephyr Breeze; led the town’s folk to the castle, to stop this crime against nature.
While researching for a way to bring this poor boy back to the land of the living, Dr Fidler had created four electronic arms; all of them attached to a harness he wears on his back. These smart arms controlled by his brain through neural link; the power of his mind allows him to use these to enter a path no human arm can enter.
They could also extend, the had incredible strength and were equipped with small concealed blades and knifes for self-defence.
When the project began, the stranger stated, “Now run your experiments, like a good Doctor Octopus.”
To which the doctor would reply, “Please Count, that name is so childish.” And so, after six months of working in his lab, it was time to see if all that work had payed of.
Doctor Otto Fiddler was turning on all his machines, his assistant open the hatch in the roof to let the lightning rod get through; the doctor turned his attention back to the body on the tables, he had strapped him down for insurance.
The table the boy was strapped to was being dangled from the ceiling by chains, dangling over a glass vat of electric eels; and connected to all sorts of machines, cables leading to the roof where the lightning would strike. Doc was planning to bring this boy back, but he was going to come back better; he was going to be a true creation.
And, at last, it was time.
The force of nature let loose on the castle, a lightning storm was hitting the land hard; Doc was ready to bring his creation to life. A bolt of lightning struck the rod, sending a jolt of electricity to the corpse. Otto watched the body be filled with electricity; once the body had been given a good jolt, Doc gave the order to his assistant.
"Hobgoblin, drop him in the vat." Dr Fidler ordered as his mechanical arms lifted him in the air.
The goblin man pulled the lever and the table spit in half, dropping the electrified body into the vat of eels. The electric creatures started chewing on the corpse, he started to glow blue; as if his body was becoming one with the electricity.
Doc's joy was interrupted when he heard the mob getting closer to his castle; but he gasped in shock when he heard a roar from behind him. For safe reasons, Hobgoblin closed the lid of the vat, to keep whatever it was from getting out. Otto approached the vat, and smiled when he saw through the glass.
"It's alive, it's alive; IT'S ALIVE!!!" he cheered. The boy had come back to life, only now he was floating in the water; the eels had all died of some course, but the boy looked like he was made out of pure energy. "It worked. Hobgoblin, can you believe it?"
However, Hobgoblin was hiding; the creature in the glass vat wasn't human anymore. Along with this new creation, the town's people were trying to break down the door to the castle; Otto had to escape. He was ready to escape with his creation, until he got an unexpected visitor.
The doctor started clearing all his research away, but when he turned around he screamed; until he saw who this figure was.
“Oh Count, it’s just you.” He sighed in relief. The Count had come to collect the experiment; for uses no one knows of. Doc explained, “They’ve come for me, they think what I’m doing is wrong. But they won’t get me, I’ll take the boy somewhere he can live freely.”
As Otto placed things in his trunk, the Count was gone; until the trunk was slammed shut and the Count jump scared him. “Do you not remember our agreement? I gave you this laboratory so you could prove one thing. Do you remember what that thing was?”
“You said it was to prove a god was not the only one who could create life.” Otto answered.
The Count suddenly appeared behind him, saying, “And now, your creation must be handed over to me. To be used for my purpose.” Otto moved away from this creature, not understanding his words.
In a brave tone, he asked, “What purpose?”
The people of Tramplevania swung their battering ram again, trying their hardest to break down the door. Why they did this, the Bishop was chanting a holy pray.
“May Celestia forgive us. May Celestia forgive us. May Celestia forgive us.” He chanted. While the people tried to break down the door, he would repeat that pray so that the goddess Celestia would not punish them for what they were about to do.
Zephyr Breeze began yelling orders to the people, “Break it down! Destroy the monster! Hurry up, hit it again!”
Meanwhile, inside; Dr Fidler had learned the purpose that the Count wanted the creation for. Something pure evil.
“Good Goddess, I’d kill myself before I’d let him be used for such evil.” Otto stated. He was backing away from the Count, the doctor was actually scared now.
“Go right ahead, Otto; I don’t actually need you anymore.” The Count then turned to the tank, and the being inside. “I just need him.” The two of them looked at the boy floating in the tank, his body glowing like magic.
“And… what is to become of me?” Otto asked.
The Count replied with, “Well, doctor, like I said.” He turned to Otto and began walking towards him. “I don’t need you anymore.”
As the creature of the night began to back Otto into a corner, the doctor called out to his loyal assistant. “Hobgoblin, help me!”
But the goblin didn’t come; he stayed up on the walk ways and stated, “You were always so kind to me Dr Fidler, so kind. But he pays me.” The goblin then heard the mob outside, he feared for his life so he ran.
Just as the Count closed in on the doctor, Ock used one of his mechanical arms and it dispensed a small pike. “Get back!” he said, aiming the sharp pike at the Count’s chest. However, the Count simply smiled and chuckled.
“You can’t kill me, Otto.” He said. The Count then impaled himself with the pike, before saying, “I’m already dead.” These were Otto’s final moments, the Count opened his mouth and revealed his teeth were yellow and were as sharp as needles.
He pulled the pike out of him and grabbed the doctor by his lab coat, opening his mouth wider, Otto screamed as the monster into his neck.
The boy swimming in the tank pressed his hand against the glass, he watched his beloved creator be murdered. This filled the boy with rage, more rage than a normal person would feel; but this was no normal person.
When the Count had finished his ‘meal’, he went over to the tank to collect his specimen. But when he looked through the glass, the creature was gone. The Count looked at the tank, he saw the cable that was floating in the water; and he was fully aware of what this thing could do.
The Count heard sparking noises coming from behind him, he turned to see electrical sparks coming from the machines; the current forming a body. The electrical creature stood on the ground when his body was complete; he was able to travel through electrical devices.
The creature channelled the electricity inside him, and threw a powerful lightning bolt at the Count; flinging him into the lit fire place.
The boy ran over to the one who created him, his hand generated electricity to cut the mechanical arms off; to make it easier for him to be carried. He took his ‘father’ out the same way Hobgoblin went.
Hobgoblin opened the back door and started running away; but he turned back when he saw the electrical monster escape the same way, carrying his former master. The goblin ran back to them but just missed them, they were heading for the old windmill.
Feeling bad for what he did, Hobgoblin cried, “Doctor Octopus!”
Unfortunately, the town’s people heard him yell; Zephyr Breeze looked over and saw the boy carrying the doctor away. He shouted, “There, it’s heading for the windmill!” the people stopped breaking down the door and ran after it.
Hobgoblin heard the crowd coming and ran into the forest.
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, the Count emerged from the burning fire place. He adjusted his hair as his skin started to regenerate around his scorched bones.
“Well, that was rude.” He muttered.
When he saw there was no one in the lab, he assumed the creature hand escaped; the only thing to do was to find it and begin his plan. “My brides, come to me. The monster has been born.”
Using his powers from hell, his body began to transform into that of a monster bat; ready to take flight.
When the electric boy reached the windmill, he opened the door and hid inside. However, the mob had followed him; they surrounded the mill with their pitch forks and torches. Zephyr Breeze shouted an order to the people, “Burn it! Burn it down!”
The mob threw their torches at the windmill; it caught fire in a second.
The boy reached the top of the mill and looked over the banister, he could see the mob burn the mill. “Stop!” he cried. The people stopped yelling to listen to what he had to say; the boy yelled, “Why!” which made a lady pass out.
Bishop Starswirl came to the front of the crowd, he said, “You are a spawn of the shadow, you are a creature of evil; I brand you with this name. I name you…. Electro!!” he cried.
The mob was about to continue to throw their torches, until they heard a roar from behind them. They turned and looked back at the castle, a shadowy creature sprung from the roof of the castle and it flew towards the windmill; it was followed by three other flying creatures.
A woman in the mob muttered, “Vampires.” This made the crowd scatter, running for their lives. But the creature on the roof of the windmill didn’t move; he stood there and watched the vampires come closer.
He looked down at the man he holding in his arms, he muttered, “Father.” Then he yelled as the floor gave in and he fell into the fire. The windmill collapsed from the fire, and anyone inside was presumed destroyed.
The Count and three women landed in front of the fire, the women wailed as they saw Electro fall into the fiery abyss. However, the Count simply muttered, “Okay, minor set back.”
