Quincy Harker waits
at home waiting for Dracula to arrive to learn why he will soon die; then
Dracula calls to say he is on the way….
In India, Taj Nital
bars the doorway against a frightened mob until they overpower him and stake
his vampiric son Adri….
In Brazil, Frank Drake
has been put in charge of the workers at Danny Summers’ mine—and then he
discovers they are zuvembies, the walking dead. Summers calls his employer to
tell him Frank is dead….
[At this point we
learn that Dracula was behind Taj’s call to India, Frank’s job in Brazil, and
what happened to Rachel van Helsing, to be revealed at the end of this very
issue.] Dracula arrives at Harker’s home and is invited in by his host; he
demands to know how Harker knows that Dracula is losing his powers and who told
him. Harker unleashes his dog Saint on his foe and Dracula’s hands burn on the
silver crosses studding the dog’s collar. Dracula pursues Quincy through his
house, which has been converted into a death trap for vampires: a pool table that
forms a cross, wooden darts, cloves of garlic raining from the ceiling, but he
catches up with his enemy in the master control room. Quincy loses his
sunglasses which protect his light-sensitive eyes (the result of multiple
fangings). There is a struggle, the lights go out, and several arrows are fired
at Dracula, one of which pierces his heart. As the villain lies dying, Quincy
pronounces his doom—but Dracula tells him to call Rachel van Helsing. He does
and finds Rachel imprisoned in her home by a pair of female vampires, telling
him that if Dracula dies, Rachel will too….