"YOU LOST SERAS!?" Alucard bellowed as he took Pip from the scruff of his shirt in one swift movement.
"Ughh..." Pip could have easily passed for one of the ghouls that Alucard annihilated every day. "Mister Alucard, please don't yell..." His head was spinning and he could feel the little amount of food he had eaten the night before, rising up his throat.
Pip had returned a few minutes ago to the small house where they were hiding from the authorities, he had wanted so badly to sleep but Alucard had been awake and wanted to know where his fledgling was ... obviously Pip hadn't know what to answer him; from a moment to another Seras had been gone, Pip had asked the waiter and had been told that the girl had left the place holding hands with a mysterious looking man...
Obviously Pip had omitted that information from Alucard, he would never imagined that Seras was that kind of girl, but hey, who was he to judge? Also, he liked the girl and didn't want her to be punished by her master because of his fault... Which at the moment looked utterly furious.
"I'm not her nanny... "Pip frowned sending a disapproving look at Alucard, as if to say 'you're the master, you should take care of her, not me.'
Alucard narrowed his eyes and growled, releasing Pip who landed on his butt with a groan of pain.
Where the hell his stupid fledgling was!? ... Alucard didn't want to accept it, but he was concerned about the welfare of the girl ... after all, she was from his blood, and although he denied it, he liked the company of Seras from time to time.
It was very early in the morning and he really hated the sun, but he also wanted to go and find the rebel Draculina... where was she? ... What if millennium had caught her? Alucard growled as he landed a punch against the nearest wall. Sun or not he had to go and search for her…. Or at least find out what happened to her!
Pip was about to reach his bed when he suddenly was grabbed by the arm and pulled out of the room by Alucard.
"Nooo!" Pip stretched his free arm towards the bed while pretending to cry dramatically.
"Shut up mercenary! This is your fault and you're going to help me to find the police girl! "Alucard took his guns from the table, his hat and glasses and headed for the door, still dragging Pip behind him.
But big was his surprise when he opened the door and found a much disheveled and half asleep Seras, who had a hand outstretched trying to find the door knob.
"Eh?" Pip poked his head from behind Alucard, watching as the police girl stumbled towards the doorway and walked past the two, ignoring them completely.
Alucard looked at Pip, both with wide eyes and totally surprised.
"Those this means that I can go to sleep now? Yes? Ok! Good day! "Before Alucard could say anything, Pip had disappeared behind the door.
"What the hell? ..." Alucard closed the door and slowly walked towards his coffin, still surprised by the strange appearance of Seras and how she had completely ignored Pip and him.
He decided to drop the subject -for now- and go back to sleep, the girl seemed fine, just a little tired, perhaps at night she would be more awake and then she could answer him where she had been all night and part of the morning.
Alucard went into his coffin and closed his eyes, waiting for sleep to come...
Until the front door flew into a thousand pieces and familiar maniacal laughter was heard everywhere.
Alucard was not in a good mood, that idiot of Anderson had broken in the middle of the day and he had been unable to sleep since then; and on top of that the police girl was acting weird she seemed lost in thought and no matter what he said to make her feel uncomfortable she didn't react in any way, besides, her mental barriers somehow had strengthened...
When they finally reached the room were the queen and the 12 members of the round table where; Alucard tried to not show his bad mood, they were already home and this would be a short meeting to give his report and then he could finally have his well-deserved nap .
Seras on the other hand, couldn't stop thinking about the previous night.
She had spent the whole trip awake and thinking about everything that had happened between the handsome German and her; sighing his name and longing to see him again... which made her feel quite stupid, surely she hadn't mean anything more than a one-night stand for him...
But that wasn't the only thing that had kept her awake.
Although she had been on bloodlust, she remembered perfectly those yellow eyes and the white fur... so silky and soft...
Seras was no fool, and after everything she had lived the last few months, she knew that she had slept with someone -or something- that was no human. A werewolf perhaps? It seemed very feasible... she would have to ask her master about this...
Seras came out of her musings when she saw a little blond boy standing not very far from her. The boy looked at her with curiosity... and something else in his eyes...
"Hello!" The boy smiled so sweetly that Seras couldn't help but return the greeting.
"H- hello?" Seras replied after a while, but the boy just grinned maliciously.
Alucard looked at her with a raised eyebrow but she just shrugged.
The first thing Seras did when she reached her room was to fall completely rendered inside her coffin.
She was so tired, both physically and mentally. She never thought that this work would be so demanding... declarations of war? Nazi vampires? It was too much to process... oh and don't forget about –she suspected- the werewolf.
Seras sighed, she was tired but she really needed a bath.
She stood up and turned around, just to hit her face against someone's chest.
Seras looked up and found Alucard, smirking as he usually did. Seras took a step back, feeling that her personal space was being invaded.
"M- Master" Seras gulped. "W- What are you doing here?... I thought you wanted to sleep."
Alucard smiled even more maliciously, enjoying the obvious nervousness coming from Seras.
"Why so nervous police girl?" Alucard chuckled slightly as he sat down in one of Seras' chairs.
"N-no I'm not nervous! ...It's just that I was a little surprised... "Seras sat shyly in her coffin.
Alucard looked at her with a serious expression for a while, making her feel even more uncomfortable, until he rose from his place and spoke.
"Where were you all night Seras?" She immediately tensed, remembering what she had done, but quickly hiding the memories, putting them behind a strong mental barrier.
"W- With you, of course ..." Seras tried to feign ignorance.
Alucard's eyes narrowed, looking at her with obvious irritation.
"Don't try to play dumb with me girl, you know perfectly well what I mean!" Alucard hissed in a low voice.
Seras grimaced, sitting straight, and trying to find the right words... She couldn't lie, but neither tell the truth.
After a while of looking around her room and playing nervously with the edge of her shirt, Seras sighed and in a resigned tone replied.
"...The truth is that I don't remember..." Seras tried to look really affected; her eyes shone with unshed tears and her lower lip trembled, that always worked in the orphanage... well, just for a while, until they realized it was all an act.
Alucard looked blankly at her for a long moment; Seras started to believe that he hadn't fell…
"You have a drinking problem police girl, keep this from happening again." With that, Alucard turned around and left the room through a wall.
Seras sighed relieved, the truth is she could not imagine the reaction of Alucard if he ever were to know what she had done that night in Brazil. Would he mock? Would he get mad? No! Why would he be angry? It's not like he cared about that, right? ...anyway, it would be very humiliating for her...
Seras really wanted to sleep, but she still needed to take that bath.
She was about to close the bathroom door when her bedroom door flew open.
In the blink of an eye Seras was with her Harkonnen in hand and ready to shoot the intruder.
Both Pip and Seras let out a shriek of surprise.
'How the hell did that!?' Seras thought surprised.
'She's going to shoot me!' The Captain screamed mentally.
"Pip! What are you doing here?" Seras left her gun on the floor and walked towards the door, where Pip was.
"Ma chérie! For a moment I thought you were going to shoot me!" Pip said, still looking nervous.
"Well, you shouldn't enter without knocking first..." Seras looked suspiciously at Pip. From the little time they had known each other, Seras knew how much of a pervert Pip could be.
He just laughed sheepishly, while rubbing the back of his neck.
"W-well, I just came to give you this." Pip raised his other hand, showing a small plastic bag containing blood.
Upon seeing the blood bag, Seras grimaced in disgust and pouted. She sighed deeply and took the bag from Pip, sitting at the table and looking at the bag with hatred.
"If someone asked me, it seems that you do not like to drink blood..." Pip commented as he took a seat beside her.
"You know I don't like! Don't be silly!" Seras almost yelled. Pip just laughed, thinking in how cute Seras looked angry. "By the way, where is Walter? Did he sent you? "Seras asked curiously.
"Oh yeah, well he asked me to. They are too busy up there looking for information about Millennium and that stuff..." Pip remarked casually as he chewed the stub of his cigar and leaned backwards with the rear legs of the chair. "By the way..." Pip smiled mischievously.
"What?" Seras asked, having no idea why Pip looked at her like that.
"You know, on that night in Brazil..." Pip wriggled his eyebrows suggestively.
Immediately, Seras blushed.
"Shut Pip!" Seras frantically looked around her room, waiting for Alucard to suddenly appear. "That night nothing happened!" Seras whispered hurriedly.
"Yes! Of course! Nothing!" Pip said sarcastically. "There are witnesses Seras! They saw you!" Pip accusingly pointed Seras with his index finger.
"If you say anything I'll kill you!" Seras smacked his hand aside, now it was her who was pointing menacingly.
"There, there." Pip raised both hands in surrender. "I said nothing when Alucard asked me back in Brazil, and I'm not saying anything here." The Captain reassure to Seras.
Seras sighed in relief and smiled broadly.
"T-thanks Pip... you're a good friend." Her cheeks burned with a tint of red.
"Yes, but you owe me." Pip ruffled her hair and rose from his seat. "Well it is almost morning, so I guess you have to sleep. See ya!" Seras dismissed him with a small ' bye ' and the captain left the room.
'I better take that bath tomorrow...' Seras thought as she yawned, settling into her coffin and almost immediately falling asleep, completely unaware of the presence of Alucard.
Alucard was sitting on his throne, in one hand holding his usual glass of blood, the other stroked his chin thoughtfully.
He had heard the whole conversation between the mercenary and the police girl, he was quite intrigued and wanted to know what was so embarrassing that she couldn't even said it aloud. Did something happen between her and the mercenary? ... He didn't liked the idea, but it was a possibility.
What had the police girl done that embarrassed her so much? What was she hiding?
Alucard grinned from ear to ear; to find out her shameful secret would be very entertaining. For a moment he contemplated the idea of getting into her head and just see the memories, but that wasn't fun at all, no, he would make Seras to confess him everything herself...
"Captain!" Schrödinger purred maliciously. "I have seen her! The beautiful Fraulein! ...Although a little small, just a little taller than me by inches..." Schrödinger put his index finger on his lower lip and looked pensively to the side.
"... And she smelled a little veird ..." Hans -who had been reading a book and seemed oblivious to the boy- looked up, his expression as cold as ever. The blond boy smiled with false innocence.
"She smelled like blood, volf blood..." The boy excitedly whispered these words, as if telling about how many gifts he had received for Christmas.
Hans' eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly, he tensed his jaw and his eyes shone with a strange emotion.
Schrödinger noticed the change of demeanor and took a step backwards, even though he couldn't die, that didn't mean it didn't hurt every time someone hurt him; also, he didn't expect such reaction from the captain.
"Do not Vorry! I von't say anything!" He waved his hands around, while shaking his head.
The captain looked at him for a few more seconds, as if to say 'You better'. He then let out a small groan and returned to his book.
But his reading was interrupted again when Rip van winkle called his name.
"Herr Major wants to see you." The girl cheerfully intoned then leaved the room.
The Major was seated in an elegant mahogany table, happily eating a huge plate full of meat; a glass of wine at his left. Standing behind him was the Dok.
A few minutes passed before the Major decided to talk.
"How long since the Captain joined us, Dok?" The man smirked as he cut a piece of steak.
"75 years Mein Major." The Dok replied obediently.
"75 years ago..." The Major literally chewed in the words. "You remember our agreement, don't you Captain?"
Hans nodded stiffly, having no idea why the Major was bringing that subject now.
"75 ago I promised something in return for your obedience, right?" Before Hans could answer, the Major spoke again. "Have you ever doubted me? Do you think that I vill not fulfill my part?"
The captain shook his head.
"Good!" The blond man laughed merrily. "Please Captain, remember that you are a valuable member for us, the one true verevolf in the face of the earth, and it is our honor to have you vithin our ranks. Is it not Dok?"
"Ja, mein Führer." The lanky scientific affirmed.
"Our other members came to us, they searched for us and ve received them. But not you! Ve vere the ones to search for you, our dear Captain." The captain was still and motionless as a statue. A thing that bothered and pleased the Major at the same time.
"Therefore ve are here today to entrust you on a mission that I'm sure it vill benefit the both of us." The Dok got the now empty plate away from the table and instead placed a yellow folder. The Mayor opened it and smiled wider, closed it and continued with his speech.
"A few days ago a thought came to me." The Major paused for a moment and took the glass of wine, stirring it gently from side to side. "Humans today don't know of the pleasures the var can offer... "He commented in a low voice, his eyes were distant, lost in past memories.
"The pleasure of seeing the streets filled with blood, the pleasure of smelling gunpowder and see the sky painted in crimson by the flames in which the city is wrapped, the smell of burning flesh, the smell of death. Hear the cries of pain and agony in each corner, the adrenaline running through ones veins every time you see the enemy valk by, the power to hold a veapon in your hands and shoot it against anyone who opposes you." He looked directly into Hans' eyes, his yellow eyes burning with excitement. "And vhy should I stop with London if I can have the whole world? Vhy settle for one last battle if I can have thousands of them every day for the rest of my life? This thought filled me vith excitement and motivation….. But then the doubt came to me. Vhat if my army is not strong enough? After all, they have been preparing to fight for one last battle against the greatest monster in the history of humanity, but not against humanity itself..." His smile grew back, like a child about to open a gift. "But then, as if by fate, as if by divine command! I saw her!"
Hans began to get a bad feeling of all of this…
"This is vhere you enter mein dear Captain Günsche." The Major's smile was inhumanely big. "You vill personally take care of the capture and transportation to this facilities of the fraulein Seras Victoria!" The Major laughed maniacally, taking a sick pleasure on the captain's expression.
For a moment, Hans lost control of his actions and the surprise showed on his face, his eyes were wide and his gaze was one of total disbelief. But as it came it went, and in second his face was a mask of indifference all over again.
After being dismissed from the room -but not before being reminded that his mission was to be carried out within 3 months- Hans made his way to his room, not knowing what to think about all this. Perhaps the Major had learned of his little adventure with Seras? Maybe this was a punishment?... or a reward?
He halted in mid stride. Reward? The Major had said that it would benefit them both...
He was definitely surprised by the sudden change of plans that his superior had decided to take at this stage of his so precious 'war' ... although, that was the least of his worries.
They planned to do something with Seras. Something that he was sure, neither of them would like.
And because you people asked, here's a second chapter!
I have something planned but it isn't very solid,so if anyone has any ideas don't be shy and write them down on a review. i'm happy because i finally get to write Schrodinger (i love him) he'll be an important character in this fic. Also, i intend on making this a short but cute fic; but nothing is set in stone of course :)