Krakens and Dragons and Renfield and Isis

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looked at the photograph of the strange and gargantuantly huge creature on the desk before him.

"And this..." Putin paused, "this thing was spotted by one of our submarines going through the Baltic Sea?".

"Yes, Mr. Prime Minister," his aide replied.

"It reminds me very much of drawings and paintings I've seen of that famous creature from mythology the Kraken," Putin said.

"Indeed, Mr. Prime Minister," his aide nodded.



* * *

The Israeli plane poured water on the huge forest fire burning out of control near Israel's Mount Carmel.

As the plane veered to the right, the pilot noticed something moving on the ground.

He flew in to take a closer look.

There to his astonishment looked to be creature that resembled pictures he had seen of medieval dragons.

He suddenly noticed the dragon opening up its huge mouth.

And as it did so...

... it breathed fire.

Adding to the already heavily burning fire in the forest near Mount Carmel.


* * *

"So," Amadeus Emanon dipped one of the prawns into the dish of hot salsa sauce, "I was thinking about your speech to the British House of Commons/House of Lords Select Committee on Defense and Intelligence the other day. How long do you think it will be before Super Soldiers are created through the use of genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology?".

"I believe it's already starting to happen," Renfield said while hacking into various computer systems throughout the world.


* * *

The creature in the hotel room noticed the figure on the bed.

It approached...

... and as it was about to make its lunge...

... the figure on the bed drew out a pistol from under the blanket and fired a silver bullet.

The creature whimpered.

And then died.

And then the wolf turned into a man.

A man wearing an old Nazi SS uniform.

"So," a woman in a red dress flew in through the window, "I didn't think a Nazi werewolf stood a chance against the great Dracul Van Helsing. So I didn't intervene to stop him."

"How are things going, my fair Isis?" Dracul Van Helsing asked the strikingly beautiful Egyptian vampiress.

"I need something from my brother and brother-in-law Set," Isis answered, "and I was wondering if you could get it for me."

To be continued.