Lying in her bed she tried to understand what Alucard had said. It couldn't be true, how could he be her father? It didn't make sense to her at all. Besides that even if he was her father why hadn't he told her a long time ago? Why had he stood by her side saying nothing to her? No gentle words of consolidation, of humour, or of love. It was always cold and short words. He didn't care about her at all he didn't care she knew it but she didn't want to believe it. She really didn't have anything that was close to family. A family didn't lie or pretend to be gone. A family was there to catch you when you fall and was always there to help pick you up. She didn't have that her family was torn and forgotten. It was normal for someone to want a family right? She thought of all the times where she would actually meet her parents where they were happy to see her arms open wide to welcome her to stay. But those were just dreams and nothing of importance. She wanted them to be so much more then just dreams. She wanted them in reality.

"What is a family?" Rachel whispered out loud her voice cracking with pain and sorrow.

Clutching at her tiger plush she sat up her blanket falling around her. She gazed around her room seeing pictures of sceneries and famous places that she wanted to see with family and friends. Tears brimming her eyes she thought about how she couldn't go and see them. She was stuck here just like her father. She didn't want to be here, she wanted to see the world. She needed to see the world even if it killed her she had to see the world. Of all the things in this world she had treasured that so much. The fact that when she was grown up if she was strong enough she could go on her own with or without a family.

She wiped at her tears taking a deep breath she released her tiger and got out of her bed with grace. Going to her mirror she looked at herself disgusted by her looks. Wetting her washcloth she wiped at her face and hands. Sighing she went to her closet seeing all her old clothes she sighed. While she'd been asleep she'd grown she couldn't very well fit into any of these old clothes now. She searched her clothes till she found a large skirt that four years ago couldn't fit her she was thankful now she hadn't thrown it away. Slipping it on she went over to the mirror and saw that it fit her nicely now. Nodding her head she slipped a white tank on and put a black button over shirt over her tank.

"Well it seems that I'll have to go shopping later." Rachel sighed softly as she left her room she closed her door, "Wonderful maybe Seras could go with me."

"Your Rachel aren't you?" a mans voice sounded behind her.

Screaming a little she turned around and was face to face with a young man looking about her age. Her back to the door she looked him over seeing that he had red eyes just like her father and Seras she reflected. He had short-cropped brown hair some of it was pushed up to look like a mini Mohawk. He was surprisingly quite handsome. She couldn't help but stare at him unsure of what to say. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a black leather jacket and blue jeans. He actually looked very handsome when she thought blushing a little.

"Well they didn't tell me that you were a screamer!" he stated slapping his leg and laughing at his joke.

She backed farther into the door as handsome as this stranger was she was still a little weary of him, "Forgive my asking but who are you?"

"Oh my apologies Rachel." He said taking a slight bow, "I am Louis a pleasure to meet you. Alucard asked me to come and check on you."

"My father?" Rachel asked softly.

"Yes your father I suppose is what you would call him. Though all the years I've known him I just can't wrap that one around my head." Louis stated scratching his head, "But guess that's what he is now to you anyways."

"Yes well I'm still trying to understand it myself Louis." Rachel said her voice soft and a little sorrow lining her words, "But how do you know him?"

"Well lets get you something to eat come on I'll tell you on the way." Louis said wrapping an arm around her waist he brought her to walking, "Now lets see I met your father a very long time ago but he was quite vicious then. Almost ripped my head off when he first saw me."

"He never really seemed that mean to me. But then again he's not really mean to the help of the house." Rachel snapped pushing Louis away from her, "Now if you don' t mind I'm going to go out I have to go and buy some new clothes seeing how during that sleep of four years I grew!"

"Hey hey now come on take it easy!" Louis grabbed her wrist, "You can't go out there without anyone else! Especially you London has changed since you were last walking around and moving about."

"What are you talking about? Of course I can go out." Rachel stated trying to pull away from him, "Damn it let me go right now!"

"Stubborn as your own father." Louis muttered he pushed her to the wall pinning her there. Locking eyes with her he stated, "Times aren't the same as before. Vampires are roaming all over and every other sort of supernatural creature you can think of. If they're everywhere legally roaming around don't you think that slayers would be out waiting for easy targets like yourself?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Rachel snapped struggling to get loose from him only his grip on her was like iron. He was incredibly stronger then anyone she knew, "That has nothing to do with me I'm nothing but a normal girl. Now let me go you insane man!"

"Think about it Rachel." Louis sighed rolling his eyes as his grip tightened on her coming closer to her, "Your father I've known him for centuries what do you think that makes him, myself, and you?"

"I'm normal." Rachel whispered softly she shook her head, "I'm not like you or my father!"

"You killed that night four years ago just as we kill to keep the streets safe in London today." Louis snapped pushing closer to her glaring down at her, "Whether you like it or not Rachel your one of us!"

Heartbroken she wanted to cry but she wouldn't she couldn't let herself cry in front of this man. Though at first she thought he was a kind handsome man she hardened herself. If he wanted to remind her how she'd killed that night he didn't even realize how much it hurt her to be reminded of that. She had nightmares of it all last night. Glaring at him that's when she noticed how close he was to her. She was able to feel the breath on her face she saw every red flick of age in his eyes. He'd seen much more hardship then her. But he was still too close to her for comfort. She turned away from him hiding her blush.

"Don't you dare turn from your own kind!" Louis grabbed her chin turning her back to him, "I've had many people turn from me but they've all been human your one of us."

"No I'm not!" Rachel whispered softly, "I'm different from you. I have to be don't I?"

"You only wish you were Rachel." Louis snapped tightening his grip on her wrist, "Its not going to happen sweetheart this is the real world and you are what you are."

"Louis please step away from me." Rachel asked him delicately afraid he might get mad at her again, "You're hurting my wrists please let me go."

"Rachel just remembers you are like me and Alucard and Seras." Louis stated releasing her wrists but still awfully close to her still.

"I won't forget it Louis." Rachel stated blushing she looked away from him, "Now if you don't mind Louis your still extremely close to me its not proper."

"Well for me it doesn't matter much does it Rachel?" Louis laughed again that wholehearted laugh from before that brought Rachel to smile slightly although to continue to blush, "You like it you know you do."

"Yes well Louis if you'd like to keep your two best friends in tact you'll step away from my daughter." Alucard's familiar voice sounded from behind him, "Right this moment!"

"Come on Alucard just having some fun with your little girl." Louis stated grinning wickedly at Rachel, "She is quite the beautiful young lady here. All grown up in front of your eyes why were getting along so well that we might chose to elope together."

"What?" Alucard shouted he grabbed Louis by his jacket flinging him across the room.

"Louis!" Rachel screamed running to see if he was all right, "Are you alright?"

"Ahhh come on Alucard you so knew I was joking did you really have to do that?" Louis stated glaring playfully at Alucard, "I wouldn't do a thing to a little innocent girl like her. Less you begged that is Rachel."

"Oh my god you're the hugest pervert I've ever met." Rachel hissed at him.

"Rachel get away from that scum!" Alucard snapped startling Rachel to look fearfully at him, "No I'm not mad at you Rachel just him!"

"Of course." She whispered getting to her feet, "I thought you two were friends though."

"Well we are but it's a mutual hate friendship sort of thing." Louis stated laughing as he came up beside Alucard wrapping his arm around him like they were good buddies, "He loves me though he hates me at the same time cause I'm so annoying. But I'm a good annoyance isn't that right Alucard dear?"

"Louis remove the arm before I do." Alucard stated glaring at him.

"I don't get it at all." Rachel muttered shaking her head smiling a little, "Guys don't make any sense to me."

"Us girls aren't supposed to understand men after all they are so simple that it makes no sense to us complex girls." Seras stated laughing as she came out of the study room, "Oh Rachel its good to see you about and walking. I was beginning to get worried."

"I'm fine Seras I think so anyways. I was just real tired for some strange reason." Rachel muttered rolling her eyes, "Which makes no sense seeing how I was asleep for four years why should I be so tired?"

"You haven't been using your muscles as much with your sleeping you've been in the same position for so long." Seras stated wrapping an arm around her shoulder brought her into the study. Looking over her shoulder at the guys, "If you two are done with being all lovey dovey over they're going to come and talk with us two girls?"

"Shut up Seras!" Alucard stated storming into the room sitting down away from the two girls, "Louis gets your annoying ass in here before I kick it."

"Alright Alucard I'm here. Now what Seras may I ask are we going to talk about?" Louis asked sitting down by the girls, "A possibility of a double date, as long as I get Rachel."

"I swear Louis keep it up and that lovely little head is going to be ripped off!" Alucard snapped glaring at him.

Rachel looked over at Alucard and then over at Louis wondering how the two were friends. They were polar opposites. Where Louis was so kind and laughing Alucard was so cold and indifferent. How was it that they were friends? It just didn't make sense even if they didn't have a love hate relationship. She wondered softly to herself if she would ever have a friend that she hated so much that she'd love them at the same time. She could only wish.

"Rachel we need to talk about what Alucard told you yesterday." Seras stated softly laying a hand on hers, "Alucard get over here now."

Alucard came over and sat down across from Rachel by Louis he stated, "Rachel I wasn't lying to you for the first time in my life."

"Then you really are my father?" Rachel questioned delicately, "It's the truth?"

"Yes Rachel it is I promise it is." Alucard whispered softly turning his head from her.

"Why did you hide it from me?" Rachel asked tears brimming at her eyes she wiped them away quickly, "I just don't understand how you would all want to put me in such pain. Do you realize how much I prayed for my family to come and save me."

"It wasn't that we didn't love you enough to tell you the truth Rachel." Seras whispered.

"Then why?" Rachel exclaimed standing up anger now getting to her, "I hate this. All my life I listened to everyone scorn me and mock me! Call me crazy but if you loved me then you wouldn't have let me go through this all by myself."

"Rachel we were hoping that when you would turn 18 that you'd get accepted to a college and graduate with a wonderful career in mind." Seras stated grabbing Rachel's hands tears coming from her eyes. Not clear and salty like Rachel's were but red not just any red blood red, "That and you would never have to return here ever again!"

"But that didn't happen did it?" Rachel stated backing away from Seras and Alucard fearful of them. She'd never seen this side of Seras ever before, "I'm stuck here aren't I?"

"Unfortunately you are but it's not that bad Rachel." Seras whispered laughing a little, "You get used to it."

"What am I?" Rachel asked, "Tell me now. Is what Louis said about me the truth?"

"Louis!" Seras snapped smacking him over the head, "What do you think you were doing telling her?"

"It just sort of slipped Seras not on purpose." Louis stated rubbing his head, "I just got over heated and accidentally told her a little thing."

"He said that I'm like you Seras and you Alucard." Rachel stated backing away from them all, "Please just tell me."

"You are nothing like us!" Alucard shouted glaring at Louis, "And you will never be like any of us if I have a say in it."

"Alucard calm down everything will be fine just explained it to her and without the shouting would be nice." Seras stated laying a hand on his shoulder, "It will do no good for you to start to beat Louis's head in even though I think it'd be a good idea."

"Oh what love between us all here?" Louis stated rolling his eyes he came over to Rachel grabbing her hand he brought her over to the couch. Sitting down beside her, "Look Rachel when I said you were like us there are a little different things between us."

"How so?" Rachel asked shaking a little she gripped on to his hand, "I'm either like you or I'm not I just don't get it. Any of this!"

Rachel couldn't take it she broke down crying she fell into Louis's arms crying into his shoulder. She wasn't strong like her father…her father she couldn't believe it. She had a father now and she was actually terrified of him. She felt Louis wrap and arm around her.

Whispering in her ear Louis said, "Rachel you are strong enough for this I swear I'll be there with you every step of the way."

Rachel looked up at him seeing once again that gorgeous man that she'd bumped into it in the hallway. She was scared and couldn't take any of this at the moment. She needed the comfort from him even if she was afraid of him at the same time. What more could possible go wrong with her right now?

"Rachel listen to me I didn't plan to have a child at all." Alucard stated, "It was sort of unplanned that shocked everyone around us."

"So I was an accident?" Rachel asked looking up from Louis's arms.

"No it's not that!" Alucard quickly stated, "No not at all Rachel!"

"Wow I think that's the quickest Alucard has ever quickly taken back what he's said." Louis stated laughing as he gave Rachel a playful hug, "But what he's trying to say is that though as surprising as it was that your mother was pregnant with you. It was a life altering change for all of us."

"All of us? You weren't even around." Rachel said looking up at him.

"Yes I was every time you thought someone was following you that was me." Louis stated smiling a little "Didn't mean to give you the scares back then."

"You all seemed to have answered everything else except two questions." Rachel whispered softly.

"What's that?" Louis asked looking down at her with a small smile.

"What I've become and who my mother is?" Rachel questioned a single crystal clear tear falling from her blue eyes.

"Oh sweetie its not that bad calm down." Louis whispered wiping away her tears, "Were just not so sure exactly what to call you my dear. Unfortunately every offspring that came from a vampire and a human has complications."

"Vampire?" Rachel stated she pushed away from Louis looking over at Alucard, "Is that true?"

"Yes Rachel I'm a vampire and your mother was a human." Alucard replied softly, "I had hoped that you wouldn't be like any of the others. Some of us actually profoundly believe with all our hearts that you'll be completely different." Taking a glance over at Seras a small smile playing on his lips.

"So I'm half a vampire half a human. This is all confusing." Rachel shook her head opening her eyes she looked up locking eyes with Alucard, "Who is my mother then?"

"Your mother is on her way back as we speak." Seras whispered softly, "Its complicated Rachel."

"The only person I know who would be coming back is-" Rachel stunned and a loss of words looked at them all perplexed.

Her eyes at last falling on Alucard he nodded his head. Hearing a car door slam and the front door opening. Seras walked out to the hallway. Rachel heard some talking but had no care to really pay attention to it at all. She was stunned. Her family had been beside her the whole time and they'd let her live on with this lie. This painful hurtful lie that tore her heart open.

The door to the room opened revealing Seras and Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing. Her mother. Integra's blue eyes locked on Rachel her mouth wide opened. She was as surprised to see Rachel alive and moving, as Rachel was to hear that her mother was right in front of her. Shaking her head back and forth she couldn't register this with anything at the moment. Getting up she backed away from everyone in the room. Breathing heavily she felt faint and scared and trapped. She had to get air she had to get away from here.

"Rachel calm down." Integra whispered softly, "There's no need to get scared."

"No I can't do this not now…"Rachel shook her head she ran to the window trying to open it trying to get away. Breaking down she fell to the ground crying her eyes out in frustration, "I can't I'm not strong enough."

Alucard and Integra moved to go to her Louis stopped them both with a look. Gently he came up beside Rachel. Laying delicately his hand on her back she jumped for the second time into his arms. He lifted her effortlessly into his arms. Looking at Alucard he shook his head. The two understood perfectly what Louis had in mind.

She'd been patient and oh so sweet and innocent during the whole time that it had never occurred to her that her family was always beside her. But even with all the lies she had still had a great family all along. She just didn't know how to come to terms with the fact that more them half her life…no her entire life was a lie. Louis brought her down to her room. Her crying settled into a silent whimper and murmuring that made no sense to him at all. He laid her on her bed covering her up with her blanket he brushed her long hair out of her face.

"Hey there's that sexy beautiful girl!" Louis exclaimed smiling at her.

"How could you all lie to me?" Rachel asked softly grabbing onto his hand. She found comfort in keeping close to him.

"Rachel its not that they wanted to lie to you it was that it was a way to protect you from those that would use you against your mother and father." Louis whispered kneeling down by her bed.

"So lying to me was a way to protect themselves?" Rachel asked exasperated by the entire day.

"No not at all Rachel you have it all wrong." Louis muttered shaking his head, "It's a different situation."

"Oh really how so?" Rachel asked lying on her side getting a better view of him, "Louis as I see it they lied cause they didn't want to take the responsibility of a child."

"No Rachel do you realize that you're the eldest child of Integra's?" Louis stated smiling as he brushed her hair away from her eyes.

"What does that mean?" Rachel asked sighing as she rolled her eyes.

"It means that you are the heir to the Hellsing family organization." Louis stated laughing a little, "Means that when Integra dies you inherit the manor and the entire organization."

"But I don't want it Louis I want to be left alone and be-" Rachel whispered.

"Say normal and I might have to rip every little strand of hair from your head!" Louis stated he got up and making her move over a little sat on the bed, "Remember normal isn't exactly normal. Everyone thinks they want normal when really they want different, and you my dear are not normal which is perfect."

"Perfect?" Rachel stated rolling her eyes, "Yeah about as perfect as the government is."

"Oh a little sassy there." Louis stated tickling her a little, "Better be careful of what you say."

"Hey stop it!" Rachel protested glaring at Louis, "Come on stop it!"

"Really and what are you going to do about it?" Louis stated laughing a little, "I doubt you could really stop me!"

Sitting up she pushed at him still protesting. Fighting the two of them continued to wrestle. Falling out of the bed Louis fell on top of her pinning her to the ground. The two of them didn't realize till they were laughing breathless and having her pinned, inches away from each other's faces so close to actually kiss.

"Ummm I don't think my father would be happy if he saw us this way." Rachel whispered softly, "This is a little embarrassing."

"Yeah I understand Rachel." Louis replied softly biting on his lip a little, "I'm going to get going now Rachel. Get some rest relax and I'll come and get you later for some food."

"Louis you have to get of me." Rachel stated smiling a little.

"Yeah of course." Louis got off her helping Rachel to her feet he blushed a little, "Talk to you later."

"Of course Louis." Rachel replied softly smiling still.

He nodded leaving the room in a hurry he smiled as he closed the door. She laughed a little as she fell onto her bed. Sighing she couldn't believe how close she'd come to being so close. She was startled and yet she wanted him back here. She was in the middle of trying to figure everything out and yet here she was starting to think of some guy that she barely knew.

"Jesus how did all this end up so complicated?" Rachel sighed rolling over on her bed.


"How strange that little Alucard should have a child and not tell us?" a woman's cruel voice snapped.

"My dear he will tell us when the time is right." A cold mans voice replied, "I trust that he will come around to show us this lovely young lady to us as well as his wife."

"He better have a wife or he won't live to see the next new year!" the woman snapped.

"Minerva I said stop it." He stated calm and collected his voice cruel but yet yielding, "The letter has been sent he will come and bring Rachel and Integra. Louis will make it known to Alucard how he has to be here."

"If you say so Master." Minerva stated rolling her eyes.


Kilyn Bloodstone:

Hey people miss me much? LOL I know I've been taking so long to post a new chapter but I've been so busy with actually studying and working.

But I hope all of you enjoy this chapter and thanks for revewing! -