Daculun Star,.
"Kacha!"
After crushing the broken stones beneath her feet, Antonia Aguilar stared at the spaceship in front of her.
The avant-garde design of the spacecraft was completely alien to her. Living her entire life on the planet Daculun, she had never encountered anything so astonishing.
The barren landscape stretched endlessly, blanketed in yellow sand. Two suns blazed overhead, scorching the ground and suffocating all living things under their relentless heat.
All the blood rivers of Daculun had long since dried up.
Countless members of her tribe had perished, and those who survived barely clung to life. Antonia had witnessed the despair-filled deaths of countless kin. Her unyielding will to survive drove her to seek any means to cling to life.
Now, the mysterious flying fortress before her offered a glimmer of hope.
Despite her dwindling powers, she could still manage to fly.
"Let's hope I still have enough strength for this," she murmured.
Wings sprouted from her back as she took to the air, heading toward the fortress.
The Daculun family possessed the gift of invisibility. Although her weakened state meant she couldn't sustain it for long, she used her ability to infiltrate the ship.
The interior of the "Sky Fortress" was unlike anything she had ever seen.
A strange, almost oppressive atmosphere filled the high-tech spaceship.
Initially, she assumed she would encounter other beings inside, but after cautiously navigating the halls for several minutes, she saw no signs of life.
That was until she discovered the bodies lying in transparent chambers in one of the rooms.
Several corpses were housed in the chambers, their chests grotesquely ruptured, blood splattered across the glass.
The gruesome sight was unsettling, but hunger left Antonia with little choice. She extended her tongue, licking the blood off the glass.
To her surprise, the act revitalized her, pulling her back from the brink of death.
With her energy partially restored, Antonia began to investigate the ship's interior further, searching for answers.
In the room containing various animal and plant specimens, she noticed shattered glass—evidence that some of the specimens had escaped.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, she grew increasingly wary. It dawned on her that other creatures might be lurking aboard the ship—beings capable of hiding their presence entirely.
The ship rumbled as it powered up.
Caught off guard, Antonia felt the vessel rise into the air, leaving her home planet behind and charting a course toward a distant planet called "Earth."
Antonia tried to stop the ship but lacked the knowledge to do so. She was forced to accompany it on its journey, heading toward an unknown world.
Worse still, she knew that predators were aboard the ship. These creatures were born hunters, silent and relentless.
If she didn't kill them first, she would surely meet the same fate as those whose chests had been torn open.
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In the Present
"Is that your origin story, Miss Vampire Princess?"
The journalist asked Antonia, who was seated on a luxurious sofa in her castle's living room.
Although Antonia usually avoided media attention, she had reluctantly agreed to this interview at her butler's insistence.
The reasoning?
According to Collins, the butler, it was necessary to solidify her reputation before some opportunist could claim her fame.
While internally conflicted, Antonia ultimately agreed.
"Yes," she replied, "I come from a world where blood is as common as wine and terrifying beasts roam freely."
The journalist nodded eagerly. "A vampire from another world—what a fantastic hook! But what about the spaceship that brought you here? Did you manage to deal with the monsters onboard?"
"Of course," Antonia replied nonchalantly while sipping her coffee. "If I hadn't, I wouldn't be here to share my story. I eliminated every creature on that ship. Not a single one escaped to Earth."
"And the ship itself? Was it of Earthly origin? Where did it land?"
Antonia shook her head. "The ship was destroyed entirely. Perhaps it, like me, came from another world."
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Elsewhere
Kraven the Hunter threw a newspaper onto the floor in frustration.
"This woman has stolen all the attention!" he growled.
The paper had been filled with headlines about Antonia Aguilar, the so-called "Vampire Queen," overshadowing Kraven's own televised hunt.
His agent, wearing sleek sunglasses, shrugged. "Sex and violence are primal motivators. You're the violence, but she's the sex appeal—and she has the advantage there."
Kraven scowled, his irritation unrelenting. "Then I'll hunt her. If she claims to be a vampire, she's fair game!"
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Meanwhile, Peter Parker sat at home, deeply engrossed in the same newspaper.
The article about Antonia Aguilar caught his attention, especially her account of the spaceship and the grotesque chest wounds.
It reminded Peter of the alien embryo in his own chest. Could it be connected?
With a determined look, he resolved to track her down.
If the ship still existed, it might hold answers—and potentially, a cure.
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