"Nikolai, reports are confirmed, Asia is yours." Sebastian says hanging up the phone. 

Nikolai starts smiling, "This is good news. How is Europe coming?" Africa had fallen later the same day stage three had launched.

"Northern Europe is secured. Central Europe was ours within an hour declaring stage three to begin. United Kingdom and France are giving us the most trouble. They should fall no later than tomorrow." Ivan reports getting off his call.

"South America and Central America?"

"Ours, the governments all but giving themselves to us." Ivan sneers. He'd never had much use for what he considered lesser continents.

"Enough, father."

"Australia is yours," Sebastian says in the ensuing quiet.

"That leaves just North America." Natalia states from the doorway.

"Mexico fell almost immediately. The US President heeded his intelligence officers and managed to escape. The rest of congress and the cabinet didn't manage to escape.

"Canada's Prime Minister is more or less in the same boat."

"Nikolai!" Sebastian looks at his phone and answers it.

"What is it?" Nikolai demands.

Sebastian hands him his phone, "It's the President."

Nikolai takes the phone. There is absolute silence in the room other than those on the phones. "I will only accept a full surrender. Prisoners that surrender will be treated with mercy, if they are forced to give up arms then their outcome isn't so bright."

Nikolai listens then with anger, "You will set up a press conference where you will in front of the world show your surrender to me. Tomorrow at noon or there will be no mercy to the prisoners." There is no doubt that Nikolai means what he says. Then he hangs up the phone.

"Nikolai, the Canadian Prime Minister," Ivan hands his phone to Nikolai.

"As I told the US President, prisoners that surrender will be treated with mercy. Those forced to surrender, not so much. Get with the US President. He is arranging his surrender in front of cameras tomorrow. Don't back out, you won't like what happens to your people should that happen." Nikolai hangs up and there is a wicked smile flitting across his face.

"North America will be on it's knees tomorrow. Europe will fall shortly after that." Nikolai says and there is a deep and dark joy emanating from him.

"I want Samantha with me tonight, Sebastian."

"Yes, my king." Sebastian smiles as his father's dream is just days away from becoming a reality.

"Yesterday the last of the human governments surrendered unconditionally to me. It is now time to introduce the world to your new ruler." Nikolai smirks as he faces the large crowd gathered in front of his home. The cameras are on, the media has been going mad trying to find out just who is behind the overthrow of all the world's governments in a nearly bloodless coup.

"My name is Nikolai Smirnov and I am a vampire." At his words mocking laughter comes from the audience of reporters. Nikolai lets the mockery free reign for some time. Then with a gesture from him vampires go randomly through the audience and choose a victim. He has them brought before the cameras.

"As I said, I am a vampire, the king of the vampire's. I know that there is little belief in vampires. That is a belief we have fostered for the last few centuries. It wasn't in our best interest to have the world believe in us as more than myth and ghost stories.

"When I was human, vampires were a reality. It was how my father and then myself were turned. Since then we have actively fostered the disbelief. But now, the time for hiding and disbelief is over." Nikolai has his vampires bite their victim's necks. 

He had given them instructions before the news conference that it would be up to them whether they drain their chosen victim or not, but he'd rather keep the casualties down. He believes that most will survive their encounter.

"Before yesterday I was king only of the vampire people. As of yesterday I became king of the world. This is my lovely wife Natalia and she is your new queen. This is my lovely daughter, Helen and she is your princess." It had been decided that for now at least that is how Helen would be introduced.

"I have some things to say. All civil wars will end effective immediately. All genocides must be okayed through me before they can continue. Seriously I and the other vampire's don't give a fuck about your religions. It doesn't affect the flavor or taste of your blood so it is unimportant. You will be free to believe in whatever religion you want. I won't be stopping or forcing anyone. I will stop others from forcing their religion on anyone else. You are all free to believe or not to your hearts content, but you WILL NOT point a gun or other weapon and tell someone else what to believe or kill them. If they don't believe the same as you who the fuck cares?

"Drugs, those do affect the taste of the blood and we will finish what the human governments tried half hearted to do, there will be zero tolerance for drug use. Those in medical need I will address this issue later.

"Those found to make, distribute or use drugs will be dealt with. There will be no second chances. There will be no trial. There will be no jail time. There will be death. There is no place in this society for those whose blood is unclean. 

"We realize that there are people who are sick and need drugs or at least medicine to survive. There are vampire's that can heal. Not temporary but permanent healing. There will be an end to cancer. Aids. Diabetes. Heart Disease. There are very few illnesses that aren't able to be fixed by vampire healing.

"There will be clinics run by vampires that are willing to give out this healing. There is a price to pay of course. The price will depend upon the illness.

"For most the price will be dear. Children so healed will be taken and raised by us. Adults will be taken as pets, our food when we need it. So these clinics are not to be treated lightly and only come if you are serious in your desire to be healed.

"As for minor illnesses, over the counter drugs will still be permitted. Those are the only drugs that will be allowed to be manufactured.

"As for weapons, I realize that this people were brought up on the right to bear arms, that right has been revoked. All weapons manufacturing will be shut down effective immediately. All weapons will be confiscated and destroyed. Those that don't follow this rule willingly will be forced to follow it.

"Guns are merely tools, one of many that kill. Vampires kill. We are built, designed to kill. Before you even have the chance to fire you will be dead.

"We know that people are in love with their favorite comfort foods, but make sure that those comfort foods are nutritious or you will no longer be eating them. I have thought about banning them completely, but every one needs at least one guilty pleasure. I will allow snack foods to continue being manufactured as long as health continues increasing. If it doesn't then the unhealthy foods will be removed.

"I won't implement forced excersizing. Lazy humans means easy meals. If my vampires get bored they might capture and train humans to games. The choice is yours on that.

"There will be local representatives for the populace to contact. Only under strict guidelines will I or my family be seen.

"For all other questions I will be holding a press conference once a month and will answer the most desired questions."

Nikolai goes to leave and Natalia stops him and whispers in his ear. He shakes his head but as he listens to her he finally nods.

"My lovely wife thinks that I should share a bit more about myself. She also thinks that some of the misapprehensions about vampires should be given.

"I was born in a poor Russian village more than a thousand years ago. I witnessed firsthand the black death sweep over two continents. I witnessed my human child die by it.

"Witnessed vampires walk, turned the day before my wedding.

"I have met Vlad. He was a brilliant tactician, but not a vampire. He knew of us and used us to defeat his enemies.

"As we age we become stronger. My father and I are the oldest and strongest vampires alive. I personally have destroyed more vampires than I care to think about. 

"There are various types of abilities as your media has said. But as you can tell sunlight doesn't affect us. We can and will eat human food, but we need blood." Nikolai gives a twisted smile.

"I will not tell you how to kill us, but depriving us of blood will not do it. It just angers us.

"We are not allergic to garlic. Nor does silver give us a problem. That's a werewolf thing, except werewolves don't exist. Faeries and the wee folk left millennia ago. Vampires and witches, and warlocks are the only magical, mythical creatures that exist at least here on earth.

"The witches and warlocks are mine as well," Nikolai motions and Zarin goes next to him.

"This is the king of the witching people, Zarin. He's been around nearly damn near as long as I have."

Nikolai looks sternly out at the now silent crowd. "I have destroyed all my enemies. A few weeks ago, vampires like all creatures had their enemy. They tried to destroy my mate. Now there are only remnants of hunters left. My vampires are actively hunting any that aren't already dead or brought into the seethes as pets.

"You can thank them. I probably wouldn't have activated my plan if they hadn't declared war by attacking my, human at the time, wife. My father had kept me from implementing the plan for over a century. You should be praying to whatever god you believe in that I was able to turn her successfully or this wouldn't have been so bloodless." Nikolai releases his control and his overwhelming presence makes those humans fall to their knees.

"There will be no more questions answered." Nikolai offers his arm to Natalia and his other to Helen and leaves the podium. He leaves behind a pandemonium of questions and bewilderment. He doesn't look back as he enters the palatial mansion. He smiles as the doors shut silently shutting out the noise. His dream has been achieved.