Vlad had been in a bad mood for a long while now. Ever since the Lich King was finally destroyed, his soul warped back into a normal spirit once inside his grandon's body to be precise. Sure, Vlad had been thrilled to be free of the Lich King's shackles, and Natasha had even given him back his status as a greater lord within the Undead Realm...
But she wanted nothing more to do with him.
Sure, he still met with her, and he was called to do stuff for her from time-to-time, but the relationship they had went 'poof' like a vampire in sunlight. Whatever they had for romance was now deader than he was. "And that means I do not get to become King of the Vampires..." Vlad hissed to himself.
Vlad sneered as he continued to just make his way through the tower, with no particular destination in mind. Instead he kept his mind on his relationship to Natasha, and how it had fallen so far, it now further than six feet deep. "And it's all thanks to Ranma!" Vlad thought in hate. Natasha developed a crush on that pigtailed aura mage that was the Lich King's grandson. Hell, she kept his larger-than-life portrait in her bed-chambers for crying out loud. He had seen it the few times he snuck into Natasha's room to see i he could find the time to have a private conversation with her.
Vlad stopped in his tracks as he heard a female voice scream ou from behind a closed door he was standing in front of. "Aaaargh!!! We can't go on like this! If they order me to clean the skeletons' toilets one more time, I'll go crazy! What is the bitch queen's problem, anyway? We're not the only ones who have collaborated with the Lich King, right?"
Vlad narrowed his eyes. "That sounded like Maharet," Vlad thought as he pressed his ear to the door to listen-in. He then smirked in self satisfaction. "And she called my Natasha 'queen bitch'. Heh. I am SO going to get her in trouble for that," Vlad thought as he chuckled at th aspec of being a tattle-tail.
It was then that Vlad heard what he was sure was Phillipa's voice. "I suspect this has to do with Ranma Diggers."
Vlad's hair stood on end as he heard that damnable name! "Ranma Saotome... Why does my Natasha have such an unrealistic infatuation with him. He's only human, not a powerful vampire lord who was worthy to be by Natasha's side as her King."
It was then Vlad heard Maharet speak once more. "Huh? Why is that?" Vlad frowned. He knew why.
Vlad heard Phillipa explain herself again. "Well, I think our queen has the hots for the him. I had to clean her bedroom last week, did you know she's got the only remaining portrait of the Lich King... In his grandson's body, that is..."
Vlad was doing his hardest to hold back the reigns of his anger. Oh, he so wanted ot personally bite that Ranma Diggers's head off! He didn't even hear Maharet ask, "So what?"
Calming down enough, Vlad was able to catch what Phliipa had said. "All traces of the Lich king's reign were erased when Natasha assumed the throne again. She was very thorough, believe me. So why keep that one? I also heard she's keeping tabs on him, a sensor ghost told me there's a crystal ball dedicated to scry on him regularly."
Vlad's eyes widened further. He KNEW of the portrait, that was a given, "But she has a scrying glass devoted to spying on him!?" Vlad thought in shock. He was angered to hear this. "Is she that head over heels for him, that she'd ignore a prime specinmen of vampire like myself for some lowly human!?"
However, Vlad was then surprised to hear Dark Weaver speak. She had been so quiet, that he didn't think she had been in the room. Vlad heard the Spider-vampire ask, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Vladimir blinked. What were they thinking? "Oh, please say they're going ot take Ranma for themselves to make Natasha jealous," Vlad hoped.
Vlad's hopes were dashed as he heard Phillipa say, "If we could get our hands on him somehow..." vWhich Maharet continued with, "And gave him to Natasha as a gift..."
"I am sure her majesty would be VERY grateful. She could even restore our status as vampire nobles, couldn't she?" ended Dark Weaver. Vlad groaned. If these thee bouht Ranma to Natasha, Vlad could kiss his spot as the King of the Vampires goodbye the poor Quen of the Vampires would have to settle for some wretched human, who couldn't truly appreciate her.
However, before Vlad could do anything else, he heard Maharet say, "Hey, good plan! But how are we going to pull that one off? Our powers have been sealed and we're under constant surveillance from the queen's suck-ups. It's not as if we could leave and go to the Earth plane just like that!" which was answered by Phillipa with, "I know. Let's just think about it for now. An occasion will surely present itself sooner or later..."
Vlad smirked at hearing this. A thought came to him on how to get rid o Ranma, and not have any blame placed upon himself. He's use these three as scapegoats. He'd pretend he wanted to help the three get back into Natasha's good graces. Then, when Ranma was in the three vampiresses possession, he'd make sure Ranma got killed. Then, he'd report to Natasha that those three harlots killed her beloved Ranma as to get revenge against her for demoting them. Then, while Natasha pined over the fate of the pigtailed boy, Vlad would be there to comfort her and worm his way back into Natasha's heart!
So thinking, Vlad placed his hand on the door's handle and opened the door, surprising the three female vampires. "Ladies, do I have a deal for you!"
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