Count Dracula is in
the Transylvanian Alps pursued by Rachel van Helsing and Frank Drake in a
helicopter, firing wooden bullets at him. The Count finds the winds are too
strong for him to fly as a bat so he tries ducking among the crags and hiding
in the snow. He comes across the remnants of a recent campfire and locates a
man in a nearby cave; the man is dead from exposure and Dracula tries drinking
his blood but finds it foul. Dracula also discovers that the cave is full of
treasure, likely hidden by the Turks centuries ago, but no good to him now; he
passes out from hunger….
In the copter, Frank
asks Rachel why she is so determined to kill Dracula; she explains that Dracula
killed her grandfather, the famous Professor van Helsing, then returned years
later to kill her parents. She was nine years old that night and her life was
saved only by the sudden arrival of Quincy Harker who chased the vampire off.
Quincy raised her as a daughter, training her to be the ultimate vampire
hunter….
Northern Ireland:
Having passed all of the tests, vampire Lucas Brand is finally introduced to
his new master, Doctor Sun—who is revealed to be a disembodied brain hooked up
to machines….
Back in the Alps,
Dracula awakens to find himself in a cave, a prisoner of Professor Morgo,
servant of Doctor Sun. The Count is restrained by garlic infused chains; Morgo
reveals to Dracula who his betrayer was: Clifton Graves. His body a mass of
scars, Cliff explains that he was critically injured in the boat explosion at
the end of issue #10 but Sun’s men, hunting for Dracula, found him and put him
back together. Cliff taunts Dracula with a vial of blood but he breaks free and
kills Morgo, drinking his blood. As he wrestles with Cliff, Frank and Rachel
arrive; while Franks shoots the guards, Rachel aims her crossbow at Dracula—who
swiftly pushes Cliff in the way, letting him take the fatal bolt. Then a
curtain swings aside and an immobility beam captures Dracula, Frank, and
Rachel. They are now all prisoners of Doctor Sun….