Life continued on after that fateful night. It shouldn't have though; to one man the world seemed to freeze in place. This life as they called it seemed to eat at what was left of Alucard's heart. Making him more of a cold-hearted killer then ever before. He tried time and time again to go down to the dungeons to see Rachel. Although he didn't want to see her lying they're seeing a younger version of him. But every time the guards standing over her area always turned him away. He wasn't about to kill innocent men to get past Integra's orders. Every day seemed to be so much longer then before. He couldn't bring himself to even enjoy the kills after time began to grow from months to years anymore. To him the fun was no longer there he couldn't distract his mind any longer with the blood and thrill. He needed her to walk and talk again.

On one precarious night up top the mansion on the roof Alucard sat gazing up at the moon. He had often been found doing this after a while. Feeling the seclusion comforting and calming. After all these years he had finally found a place that calmed him down. Well miracles weren't new to the world he though sarcastically. He spent most of his time gazing up at the sky or at the bustling streets of London. He didn't have anything better to do then stare away his life he reflected cynically. Whatever life he had that was. It'd been four years so far since he had brought Rachel's body down to the dungeons. He wanted to see her badly see her smile and laugh like before. Shaking his head he sighed thinking to himself I've gotten soft in my old age.

"Course you have Alucard who wouldn't in your position?" Seras stated laughing at him as she came up on the rooftop, "Were all glad for it though."

"Your glad that Rachel was sent to a sleep state?" Alucard muttered, "Tell me Seras wasn't it you who wouldn't come out of her room for what seemed like an eternity?"

"Well it was hard on all of us Alucard." Seras stated kicking him in the shins, "So shut up!"

Laughing Alucard looked over at Seras seeing her dressed head to toe in black. She'd changed from when he had first met her. She wasn't a servant to him anymore she was her own master. No longer the little police girl who had first come to this mansion, she was now Seras Victoria. What would she do when Rachel did wake? It would be strange for Rachel to see Seras like this. He knew she wouldn't revert back to the way she was she was happy with her strong self now. No doubting no fears at all. Confident and tough now she couldn't change back to the way before.

"But it was good Alucard." Seras whispered softly, "Even though we miss her so much its good now. When she awakes she'll learn everything and be a whole person with a family. I swear when she does awake Alucard I'll protect her with my life."

"I know you will Seras." Alucard stated sighing, "Your more her older sister then anything."

"But I couldn't protect her that night though Alucard." Seras stated shaking her head tears welling in her eyes, "If only I hadn't let her out of my sight I would've been able to keep her the innocent Rachel we all know."

"Its not your fault its not anyone's fault." Alucard stated, "Stop replaying the scenario in your head and concentrate on what we'll have to tell her when we see her awake and moving again."

"That's what haunts you isn't it?" Seras asked softly.

"Every damn day Seras. I miss her I won't lie to you about it." Alucard whispered softly, "But with every fibre of my being I want to tell her everything Seras."

Seras smiled and nodded her head turned to leave looking over her shoulder she stated, "She'll come back and she'll forgive us I know it. We miss her Alucard, she brought life to us dead ones."

With that Seras left her old Master alone, left once again with his thoughts. He couldn't help but look over at the grounds smiling he remembered all the times that Seras and Rachel had played hide and seek. Of course Rachel couldn't hide for very long she never could keep still to safe her life. It was strange that he felt such a connection to her, daughter or not. It made no sense to him to feel so parental to her. He had spent more then half her life pretending to be nothing to her and now he wanted nothing more then to go back and change that. No matter how old he was he still made the same mistakes that all parents did.

When she awoke she wouldn't be happy at all she'd want her revenge on those who had imprisoned her to this household forever. But Rachel was a quiet girl naturally she wasn't strong to stand up for herself. How would she react to all of this? After awhile she would try and fight and escape to only learn the hurt and pain that causes. She wouldn't be a normal vampire. Her mother being human and him being a vampire she'd be in the middle. She wouldn't be accepted by vampires and she's be scorned by humans. Forever an outsider he thought sullenly.

She would be able to go out in the daylight theoretically that is anyways. Every time to his knowledge that a vampire had a child with a human it had always ended horribly wrong. He didn't want that to happen to Rachel. They always turned out normal enough children. Nothing out of the unusual except the blood lust he thought. Rachel would fight that he'd have to wait for her to be so weak before she would actually drink blood. As stubborn as Seras at first he thought. She'd have the strengths of a vampire and none of their weakness all but silver. She would still hurt herself if she came into direct contact with silver. She'd still have the human emotions to make the process harder all the more unable to desert her humanity.

"Maybe she'll be different." Alucard muttered to out loud, "Maybe just maybe she won't lose her mind."

Down in the dungeons far from Alucard and anything remotely living. Lying perfectly still fast asleep lay Rachel. Though asleep she still could think. All that came to her mind as she lay there was what was happening to her? She sometimes saw vivid images of killing and people that she didn't know blood everywhere. She saw so much blood and all she wanted was blood. She couldn't get the images to stop. All she knew was that she wanted to wake up. She wanted to run around and walk around again. Feel the sunlight on her skin see the clear blue sky above her.

She sensed people outside the small dungeon she could sense there pulse. Their breathing she could hear their conversations. Everything didn't make any sense to her now. How did she all of a sudden have such good hearing for one?

Finally in the eternity that she'd been down here the door opened. She could feel the artificial light fall on her. As fake as it was for some reason it felt comforting to have something touch her skin at all. She couldn't see who it was couldn't move couldn't do anything. All she could do was sit there the chains hanging uselessly from the wall beside her.

"I know you can hear me." The person stated the voice female, "I'm going to wake you finally. You've been asleep for too long its time to see what shall happen to him."

Though Rachel couldn't see it she knew that the woman cut her hand and splashed on Rachel's face. It was involuntary she just started to lick at the blood bringing her limbs strength. The couple of drops of blood that she licked up coursed through her blood stream. Her eyes snapped open her crystal blue eyes a flare with injustice. She felt an intense anger to whoever awoke her. She wanted to be alive and awake and yet she didn't. How that made any sense she didn't know. She just knew what she felt which was her anger her sorrow her feelings overwhelming her all at once. She sprung to her feet her arms and legs working she pinned whoever the woman was to the wall. She could smell her fear her blood her anxiety.

As quickly as she had pinned her she ran. She ran up the steps away from the dungeon that at one point at brought her such calm and security now seemed so desolate and forbidding. She ran past places that at one point had seemed familiar now seemed foreign and strange what had happened to this mansion? She stood in the hallway the staircase that she had helped her uncle polish so many times. Her breathing was becoming irregular she felt dizzy and overwhelmed.

"Rachel!" a familiar woman's voice shouted from the railing at the top floor.

Rachel turned around and saw what she thought was Seras and couldn't believe it to be the same woman. Dressed from head to toe in black. She looked like a dominatrix woman in total control of every aspect of her life. It scared Rachel greatly. She knew it was Seras cause of her bright red orange looking hair. She wore a black tank shirt with a black jacket with red flashing from inside it. With a black skirt that came to just above her knees that swayed as she ran down the stairs. She wore knee high boots that almost looked like heels dangerous enough to pierce a man's heart to kill. This wasn't the Seras that Rachel knew anymore. This was someone entirely different.

"Oh my goodness it is you Rachel!" Seras ran down the stairs, "Rachel we've missed you so much since you went to sleep."

Rachel watched the strange woman run towards her. She backed away from her scared and unsure of her, "Seras?" Rachel questioned backing away still from her.

"Yes its me Rachel its Seras." Seras pleaded with her, "I won't harm you I swear I won't."

"Your so different I don't even know who you are anymore." Rachel stated confused and lost she continued backing away till she hit someone.

Rounding she saw a much older Walter then before. He smiled softly at her going to embrace her she ran from him. She ran from both of them. She ran out of the mansion. Racing towards the gate she ran down the streets of London. These streets that at one point she'd known like the back of her hand were so unfamiliar now and foreign. She couldn't find herself anywhere familiar everything was different. She found a park where she finally collapsed too exhausted from awaking, from everything that happened to her. This strange world that scared her she thought as her eyes closed and she drifted off.

A figure dressed in his blood red from head to toe came across her laying on the ground her pale complexion vivid against the green gross. Dressed in what he had been dressed in so long ago made her black hair blend with her attire as well as bring her pale skin out. Her eyes fluttered open crystal blue, as they were when she had been put to sleep.

"Alucard." She whispered softly her voice strained and weak.

"You shouldn't have been woken up Rachel." Alucard stated shaking his head, "This isn't right. Who woke you?"

"I don't know." She spoke softly her head rolling to the side as she fell asleep to weak and frail to even continue their conversation.

"Damn it!" Alucard shouted picking her up he brought her back to the mansion.

He carried her home what home she had left. Or more like it the permanent home that would keep her there forever. Seras was wrong Rachel wouldn't be able to ever forgive any of them. As he walked he involuntarily held on tighter to Rachel then he intended. Why was this happening? Rachel shouldn't have awoken for another couple of years at least. This wasn't possible she should still be asleep. He had always dreamed of the day that she would awake and he could tell her everything. Yet now he could barely stand the fact that he would have to now. He didn't think it would be this hard to have to raise a daughter. If Integra was here and not in Rome he thought bitterly to help him then everything would be fine but no she had to go to bring a peace between the Vatican and Hellsing. Tell her that everything that she had believed in was a lie that they had all made her believe in order to keep her from this way of life.

"Yeah like it helped any." He whispered as he shook his head, "All the pain we put you through and yet still you ended up just like one of us."

Entering the house he brought Rachel's sleeping body down to the living quarters in the basement. Seeing Seras standing outside his room her head downcast it almost looked as though she was glaring at her feet. She was still holding herself responsible. She wouldn't stop sulking after this.

"Seras what are you doing?" Alucard stated groaning as he rolled his eyes.

"Is she alright?" Seras stated racing forward at the sight of Rachel, "I didn't mean to scare her Alucard I'm serious."

"Seras I know that." Alucard snapped as he opened the door, "We'll talk about this later I have more pressing matters as you can see."

"Right of course call for me when she's awake and ready to see people." Seras stated fading into the wall.

As mature and grown up as Seras was she was still much a young vampire still. Looking down at the girl in his arms he thought of how young she still was. He couldn't believe it after everything he had done to get rid of one child vampire he was once again with another. Would the teaching never end?

Lying down in his coffin he sighed, "God this is going to be harder then before."

Rachel dreamt of the times she had spent with her uncle Walter and Seras playing cards, well learning to play poker mainly. She had been horrible at it. Always smiling so much when she had a good hand. Everyone always had said that it was cause she had such a pure heart she couldn't lie to anyone. Even though she had hated the game she always had so much fun laughing and joking with them.

Turning over her head hit the wood of the coffin that Alucard had placed her, "Ouch!"

Rubbing her forehead she opened her eyes. Seeing a dark wood she jumped back only to hit her head again. Jumping up she was startled beyond anything she jumped out of the coffin.

"What's going on?" Rachel stated standing she fell to her knees her strength not completely back yet, "My head hurts so much what is going on? Why am I so weak?"

"Cause you haven't fed on anything for the past four years Rachel." Alucard stated from the corner of the room, "Hi there stranger remember me?"

"Alucard of course I remember you." Rachel stated confused by his speech, "What are you talking about four years? What's going on? I don't understand any of this at all."

"Rachel you've been asleep for four years in the dungeon." Alucard stated bringing a chair over for her to sit down in, "It's a long story and before any of that I think we should let you regain some of your strength before anything."

"Alucard what's wrong with me?" Rachel whispered softly tears welling up in her eyes.

Locking eyes with her Alucard handed her some food real human food. He couldn't bring himself to tell her anymore so he left her sitting in the chair. Walking down the hallway he stopped a couple doors away from the room. He turned to the wall punching it he cursed as he walked on. There was really no point in punching the wall but he had to relieve some of his anger. He walked up stairs where he met up with Seras and Walter in the study to discuss there newly appointed young vampire to there world. This was far different then having Seras. For one Seras was a grown woman Rachel was still much a child. Well not a child more of a teenager he thought. That wasn't any better he thought in despair.

"How is she?" Seras asked eagerly.

"She's fine for the time being Seras or about as much as she ever is." Alucard muttered sitting down in the chair next to her, "The next step is what and how to tell her."

"We have to tread slowly with her. I think the first step it to tell her that she's something different from vampires." Walter began as he poured tea for himself, "She's not a vampire that's to be emphasised with great care."

"We all know that Walter." Seras stated rolling her eyes, "We all agreed not to tell her the whole truth till we know her mental state is. After all were all hoping that she'd be different from the others."

"What do you think Alucard so far?" Walter asked taking a seat with the others, "After all your about the only person in this room who's spent more time with her then anything."

"I want to believe that she'll be different but a part of me has a sinking feeling that it won't." Alucard stated looking out the window.

"She won't be!" Seras shouted jumping to her feet, "I know it! Rachel is different from all the others that we've ever encountered."

"We'll see Seras." Alucard muttered.

"He's right Seras there's no way for us to tell whether she'll be like the others before her or not." Walter stated sighing, "I don't want to admit that I'll be able to stomach the thought of us having to kill little Rachel. She's grown on all of us even the men before she fell asleep they all loved her. Innocence and her playful youth."

"Now what will everyone think with her being different now?" Seras stated standing by the door her hand on the doorknob, "How will they react?"

"There's no difference in her personality just her attributes." Alucard stated looking over his shoulder at Seras, "Go to her but tread carefully around her Seras she's not the same and neither are you."

Seras nodded her head and left the room in a hurry. She couldn't stand the conversation anymore and Alucard could sense it. She might be rid of him being her Master but in some ways he was still a mentor to her still. No matter what though she knew he was right about everything he said. There was no way for them to tell if Rachel was different from all the others. Since Rachel had been set down in the dungeons four years ago Seras had learned of different types of vampires and different kinds of monsters that stalked the night. She'd fought everything and anything in the past four years. The activity of every monster known to her and Alucard had increased since Rachel's sleep had begun.

Seras walked down towards Alucard's room. She'd been there many times before on countless training sessions so she paid no attention to any thing around her as she entered the door. Prepared for anything she wasn't prepared to see Rachel laying in the coffin her eyes closed with a single clear tear falling from her closed eyes. She felt her heart wrench as she tried to come with terms with this crying little girl. She'd seen many people cry but no one as innocent as this child before her.

"Rachel wake up." Seras whispered her voice uneven she was afraid it might break.

Rachel turned over she opened her eyes those crystal blue eyes as clear as when Seras had held her as a baby. It took a moment for Rachel to recognize who it was and her face immediately broke out in a grin. She jumped out of the coffin to hug Seras. She softly cried into Seras shoulder holding onto the grown vampire like a drowning woman holds onto a flotation device. She was scared and so young Seras thought as she held onto her.

Pulling back Rachel gave a weak smile wiping at her eyes stated, "I'm sorry I just I've missed you. I dreamt about you while I was down there."

"You dreamt?" Seras asked softly.

"I dreamt of everyone and everything." Rachel said smiling, "I thought about everything and wondered what was going on but I trust that you'll all explain it to me right?"

"Yes in due time." Seras said avoiding those innocent eyes, "Rachel how much do you remember about that day when the ghouls attacked and you ran off away from me?"

"I ran away from you!" Rachel exclaimed, "I don't remember any of that. I remember Lord Integra's children making fun of me that day. Otherwise I really don't remember a thing Seras."

"Lets go for a walk you've been asleep for so long you won't remember everything about this place now." Seras stated going towards the door, "It'll give you a chance to exercise your strength as well."

"What if I collapse again like when I first came out of the coffin?" Rachel stated embarrassed and nervous.

"Then I will help you as I always will." Seras whispered softly smiling.

Rachel followed Seras around the building somewhat listening to Seras tell her where this and that was. She didn't really care at the moment she just wanted to find out what was going on. But she knew these people around her more then anything. They were here family and she knew the only reason they weren't telling her anything was for her own safety. She'd be patient and wait for them to tell her. She knew they would just not today or maybe the next just not till she was stronger she thought. Would she ever be strong enough though? She knew she was a weak little girl she had no backbone and no real will to stand up for anything even her own pride. But she felt something in her telling her that strongly that the little girl from before was gone.

When the two were outside resting on a bench Rachel turned and asking Seras, "Why did you change so much while I was asleep?"

"I had to Rachel." Seras murmured hanging her head down as though in shame.

"But why? It just doesn't make sense why you would change this much to me." Rachel stated appalled by the prospect that Seras was no longer the same, "You just seem like someone entirely different to me. As though the Seras I knew a long time ago is gone."

"She's still there Rachel just covered up to protect herself." An old males voice stated from behind them.

Rachel snapped to turn around and saw Walter standing there. A little older and grayer then she remembered her. But that smile that she had come to adore was still there alive and well. She noticed that he still wore the same old butlers suit that she swore he had at least a dozen of them in a closet somewhere. She ran laughing to hug him.

"Oh Rachel I've missed you to." Walter stated soothingly as he stroked her hair to calm her, "Look at you I must say you've grown lots since I last saw you. Now I'll really have to fend off all those boys who'll be lining up around the corner to get to you."

"Uncle you said you were only joking about that you wouldn't really hurt anyone your too gentle." Rachel stated wiping at her eyes again for what seemed for the hundredth time today, "I know you wouldn't."

"Well let's get you inside and have some tea and possibly a little cake." Walter stated laughing at her.

"But I want to see the guys. Where are they?" Rachel said smiling, "They'll be surprised to see me."

"There will be time after you've regained some more of your strength." Seras whispered gently smiling.

"Alright then tea it is." Rachel stated laughing as she followed Walter into the mansion leaving Seras on the bench to think.

Seras turned back to the grounds her eyes looking off far away to see the hurt that Rachel would be after she learned that most of the guys she knew were dead. Not only had those ghouls that had invaded the mansion that day killed them, plus she had killed some of them in her blood lust.

"She'll be fine Seras." Alucard whispered into her mind.

"Somehow I'm not believing that all so much." Seras muttered.

Kilyn Bloodstone:

Hello everyone thanks to those who left me reviews! I hadn't expected that many people would like this story so for you guys I posted another chapter. But I'm not so sure I think I made this chapter jump too much around. I'm sorry!