A Second ChanceDark_Seraphim410Chapter One

The dark of night is settling down the lands of England as its oldest resident sits in his tall chair, a king posing for a portrait. His body is still but he is staring straight ahead to the far wall. His stare is blank as his mind becomes filled with troubling memories and thoughts. He closes his reddish-amber eyes and sees her image underneath. She smiles back at him as she walks towards the building that he last saw her in. Then an explosion sounds and fire appears within his mind, forcing him to open his eyes and once again he looks into the darkness. He raises his hand to his chest to feel the emotional pain under his skin as a bloody tear runs down his cheek.

"Alucard…"

A soft whisper enters his vampire ears and he looks through the dark to find a form of her. She stands there wearing her usual outfit of a dark brown business suit. Her blond long hair rests comfortably against her body and hides her only eye. Her glasses reflect what little light creeps into the room. She walks to him and his mouth drops over the shock of the moment. This moment had played in his mind many times when he slept years ago but the moment had become too great for him, so he stopped sleeping all together. Still to this day, he makes a wish with each night fall that she would return to him.

He tries to speak but she places her gloved index finger over his lips to silences him. She lowers herself to his lips and lays a gentle kiss. She traces his cheek with the back of her hand as she brushes her nose against his. He closes his eyes as he enjoys the moment. She brings herself on top of him and sits on him. She places her hand on the back of his neck and pulls him to her lips. He welcomes her lips against his but he quietly questions the moment.

In fear of the dream ending but wanting to satisfy his curiosity, he opens his eyes to see her and what he sees is surprising. The hair that covered her eye moves with each kiss and he sees what should be bright blue eye but are red. He grabs her roughly at her arms and pushes her off. As the woman flies through the air, her form changes from his beloved to his loyal servant. She lands her feet and straightens herself up. He stands and the atmosphere of the room changes with his mood of rage as his fists shake.

"How dare you, Seras?"

Alucard walks slowly to Seras and towers her as his eyes glow brighter with anger.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? What is your purpose here? To embarrass me? Answer me, Police Girl!"

"Police Girl? You haven't called me that in years."

"This is not the time to be a smartass!"

Alucard moves even closer to her to the point that only inches separate them.

"Now what the hell are you doing?"

Seras looks away from Alucard but he takes his hands and pushes her to face him.

"Answer me!"

"I was trying to help you! I was trying to help you out of this slump you have been for the last fifty years since her death."

"By providing me with a lie? By splitting into the face of Integra's memory as you took her form?"

His voice becomes a roar with each word. The roar echoes through the mansion and Seras turns her head away from his anger.

"I was just trying to help. I know what you do here. You replay that day in your head."

Seras' words strikes his heart like a knife forcing him to turn away.

"I have so much power but…"

Alucard looks down to his open hands and clenches them tight. He turns his back to his servant.

"…And I couldn't save her. I wonder what I could have done. I should have done something."

He turns away from her once more and walks to the wall next to him. He extends his arm and rests his hand on the wall. He hangs his head down as the emotion floods him.

"You have the power to be anywhere you please. It does not gain you the power to see fate. The explosion was not your fault and the authorities determined that it was an attack of terrorism. Her death had nothing to do with vampirism or you."

Seras places her hand on his shoulder as she steps towards him. Without a look towards her, he pushes her hand away and walks to his chair but does not sit. He instead stares at it.

"I realize what bothers you most. You both never realized the love between you two."

Seras changes her form to appear as Integra. Alucard turns to her and looks down to the image of his former master and beloved.

"Let me help you with that sorrow. Take me and take the lie. Allow yourself to be happy."

"A lie is still a lie. The truth of the matter is that Integra is dead and I have just her memory to live on. Get out!"

His voice is similar to a beast from a movie, he points to the door. Seras returns to her form and walks to the door.

"Living happily with a lie is better than living miserable with the truth."

"The truth means more to me than anything else. The truth is that I am willingly to use you for sex but not as a substitute for Integra. You could never be her."

As she had done to him before, Alucard has returned the favor. He chooses his words carefully so they will inflict the most damage. Seras seems to swallow the hurt and nods.

"Then I was mistaken for what I have done."

Seras walks away from the room and down the hall of the lower level.

"What the hell was that?"

Pip appears in front of Seras' mind's eye.

"Not now. Please, not now."

"No! We're talking about this now. What the hell was that with you and Alucard?"

Seras stops and forms Pip with the shadows of the hall.

"I know. That was stupid of me but what can I say? I am a blond. I am just so tired of seeing him like this. I just wanted to help."

"If you want to help, next time bring him a victim to terrorize for a few hours not offer yourself to him... Especially not in the form of Integra. What the hell were you thinking?"

"Enough, Pip. I know the pain he's in."

"No… You don't. You lost your parent many years ago. You never lost the love of your life… You never lost me."

Seras gives Pip a rude look.

"Yes because I couldn't find anyone better to spend the rest of my life with."

"That's not my point but we will talk about that later. Anyway, back to Alucard. He lost the woman he fought for. He lost the woman he changed for. That is something I don't think anyone would understand that."

Seras hangs her head.

"I know. I… I screwed up… I just hope…"

Seras' head shoots up as she hears a sudden noise in the upper levels.

"Master?! I think…"

"I know. Someone is here."

Alucard stands in front of the untouched desk of Integra as a woman in a black suit sits in her chair with her feet resting up. Her dark brown hair lies on her shoulder and her hands are lock together. She looks up at Alucard with a wide sinister smile.

"I'm coming to you, Master."

"Don't bother."

"Why?"

As she runs to the door of the hall, Seras is stop in her track by an energy border. The energy travels down her body causing pain in its wake. She collapses to her knees and holds her chest.

"That's why."

The smile on the mystery woman's face is widen with the prospect of Seras' discomfort.

"Seras is nothing compared to you."

She continues with her smile and places her elbows on the dusty desk. She rests her head in her hands.

"Get out of that chair and off of that desk."

"I'm sorry. Is this bothering you?"

The woman stands up and walks around the desk dragging her fingers on its surface. She stops at the corner of the desk and places her hands in her pockets.

"No accent. You're American. Only Americans could be so rude."

"O, you don't know how rude I can be."

She pulls her hands out of her pockets and hold in them small sticks. The sticks then extend to form two curve blades with empty small tubes before the handles.