Chapter Three

Sands of TIme

Alucard would Stand up rather Quickly as a Gentleman walks in with his two top BodyGuards. "Sir, It is an Hon…" Before he could finish, The male would Interrupt him. "Can it, Im not here for a social Call, In fact what in the hell happened Last night?" Alucard would look at him with a confused Look. "Sir? What do you mean?" While in the back of his mind he knew exactly what happened. "I am referring to the break-in, God Dammit my sword is missing." Alucard would fight with himself to keep his composure as he needed the Sword of all Swords. FOr a flash, A moment Alucard would think back to his own ArchAngel Sword, As he kept his focus he would reach for the intercom Button. "Cassandra can you please get head of Security up here in my Office as of Yesterday?" A voice would return back over the Intercom. "Yes Sir Right away Sir"

He would turn back to the Male. " I did not know about a break in that occurred, But i will get to the bottom of it, that is a Promise Sir." The Male would Scoff loudly and look at him as his eyes would flash momentarily to a blood red color then they changed back to a bright blue as he Turned and left. Alucard would sit down as the two Bodyguards followed the Male. He then would seem to jump back into his thoughts as he remembered seeing his Father back in rome pass out never to awake from his coma. Alucard remembers walking into his father's chambers as he stood there a great weight on his undead heart. For Alucard Knew what love was, and what compassion was as his father raised him, He taught him these values. As Alucard would sit down next to his father what seemed like blood red tears slowly streamed down over his cheeks. "Father you were the best in raising me up to know what i must know in order to survive. I promise to never Disrespect your house name as i continue forever through life." He would stand and walk towards the exit of his father's chambers and stop and turn around to take one last look. He then would disappear from roam as he left that night never to return…..

Alucard would remember as he booked passage on a ship heading out to sea, the Captain taking his Gold and then stating that if he was questioned he would be considered a stowaway. Alucard lived off the rats in the hold of the ship but was never caught. One day he decided to brave going up on deck as it had been two weeks according to his count that he has not been up top. As he walked the deck he came upon the Captain and nodded as the captain nodded back. "So Captain what is our destination?" The Captain would chuckle and turn to him." Where we are headed is the land of Hell" Then the captain turned and walked away. Alucard would not understand the irony of those words till they reached the port of Egypt. The Heat was Unbearable as he left the ship and made his way through egypt to the markets. He would stop on a particular stall that was selling magical potions or so the man claimed.

As he would look over the items that he had on sale he would notice the merchant watching him closely almost as if he was studying him. alucard would look up a smirk on his lips."Can i help you with something?" The egyptian would step forward as he would slowly speak" How is it your kind walks through the daylight without so much as burning up?" he would ask slowly and almost in a whisper. Alucard would look at him now that his curiosity peaked. "My kind? What do you mean my kind?" Alucard was hoping his vampire side was not showing through. The man would chuckle."You cannot hide your Roman heritage" Alucard would start laughing as he was relieved his major secret was not blown. " I am Alucard, and you might be?" The man would nod almost in a bow fashion as he spoke. " I am Gabriel, It is an honor Alucard." They would spend the rest of the blistering day at the stall talking and then at Gabriel's home talking most of the night away as Alucard listened about Egypt and all the wonders of it. Both good and Bad. Gabriel told him about a man that claimed to do miracles in the name of their God named Moses and how he beseeched the pharaoh to let his people go. As Alucard noticed the sun rising he would nod and excuse himself as he played off that he needed sleep. Gabrial would offer him the spare room. Alucard accepted and disappeared into the room.

Alucard and Gabriel became friends over the years to come. Gabriel would teach him Potions and Poisons as their friendship grew closer, to the point they were brothers. they would often explore the desert as well, until one day they were walking, Gabriel leading the way and he would all of a sudden disappear, swallowed by the desert. Alucard ran up and saw why, a hole in the ground that wasn't very deep but almost seemed like an entrance to something more. "Are you ok?" His voice would echo as he called down to his friend. "I am ok, But you want to see what i have found." A voice responds back. Alucard would jump down the hole with almost cat like reflexes as he lands at the bottom of the hole. Looking to his left he would see a sconce with an unlit torch. to his right was a doorway with two stone heavy doors with writing in egyptian on them.

Gabriel grabbed the unlit torch and lit it after dousing it with one of his potions as they would read the inscriptions on the door. -Warning to those who enter. The dead lie here-. Alucard would push one of those doors as he found it relatively easy to he would look behind it as he entered. "Impressive" he would mutter as he looked at the pulley system that was attached. Alucard could see in the dark as he had almost perfect vision as if he was walking through the place and it was daylight. As he slowly walked forward he was amazed as gabriel found to what looked like a trough in the side of the walls. He would place the head of the torch in the liquid that was in it and watch it light up the hallway for what seemed miles and miles of hallway.

Both Alucard and gabriel would start to explore each room one after another till they came upon a huge room that seemed to have no end. full of books their curiosity got the best of them as they started reading book after book staying down there for what seemed like months upon months. Alucard learned more about potions and death magic. how to embalm a dead person and bury them, and everything he could learn. He noticed that names were posted above each section of books as he would read strategies on how to win a battle and learn about new weapons and new creatures and about faraway lands. He realized for each person buried in this huge tomb there possessions were buried down here as well. He came upon one name that seemed to to stick out for the last name was a Morphious. These shelves were shaped to hold rolled up scrolls. He started looking through them and studying them as he noticed they were maps of a land that was an island that no one seems to know where it was or is to this day. it seemed only This person knew. he went to the actual bookshelves and found only one book on it and it was the man's journal. he began to read it learning about a land of the dark. where it stayed dark at all times. there was written of beings that were like him but could not walk around in the daylight. Alucard was somewhat excited at the hope that there were more like him.

he brought the maps and the journal to another room where gabriel was and decided to be honest with him about what he was. He set them on the stone table in front of him and sat down as he cleared his throat and began to speak. "Gabriel there is something i must tell you." Alucard would say as he looked him in the eyes. A smirk would appear on gabriel's lips as he slowly nods. "I know you're a vampire. I have known for quite a while. But i find it amazing you can walk in the sunlight." Alucard chuckles and shakes his head as he looks back up. "I figured you would figure it out. I was born a vampire not bitten like most." they discussed it more detail and gabriel had asked him to turn him as alucard asked for time to think on it. They headed out and back home after they marked it on the map where the entrance was.

(nineteen years later) Alucard heard a commotion outside as he got up and left his bedroom heading to the front door. Gabriel would already be there noticing the crowd as they yelled that they wanted alucard's head. gabriel would enter and shut and bolt the front door as he turned to him and shook his head."They want you dead, they figured out who and what you are. we need to flee" Alucard would nod as he ran up gathered his belongings up packing lightly as he heard them trying to ram the front door off its hinges. he ran down to the secret back door as gabriel stood there and would open it as they both disappeared into the night and into the desert. they went to the location marked on the map but they knew the way as they had feared this day or night would come, so they stocked it up with enough provisions to hide out for a while till things cooled down.

(3 months later) They emerged from the hidden and buried tomb as they decided undercover of nightfall to head east to the closest city and get passage on a ship. they traveled for what seemed like days as they finally saw the coastal city they were trying to reach. as they entered the city they went to the nearest inn and rented a room as alucard went to the docks to pay for passage on one of the ships for both him and gabriel. when alucard returned he would let gabriel know that in two night they would be would be sitting at the window out of sight from the street as he watch two mysterious cloaked beings move through the alleyway and disappear into the night. Alucard would jump down out of the window and head into the direction that these figures disappeared into. he would catch up to them but keep his distance as watched them leave the city. he then returns back to the inn and back to the room as he recants what he saw to gabriel. They both agreed not to wander the streets at night and take turns keeping watch from their room.

As the second night approached they had no further sighting of these two mysterious beings till they reached the docks. they would see them boarding the second ship that would be following the ship that they were on. They would board as one of the crew would show them to a room down below that they could stay in on their voyage to where the captain did not say.

Alucard would feed off of rats down below as he stayed hidden and gabriel would eat food provided on a tray left by their door. one day or night they couldn't tell but it felt like the ship was just moving on its own. they both had a sense or dreaded feeling that something wasn't right. and gabriel even noticed that the usual tray of food was not left for a couple nights now. So they both went out and up top to find that all of the crew was missing and that the ship was moving on its own. They were stranded on a ship that had no crew and they were lost at sea. Alucard and Gabriel didn't even see the other ship that was supposed to follow them to wherever their destination was. as they looked across the waters they couldn't really see anything as it was very foggy. so they headed to the captain's chambers as they were thrown off their feet as the ship rammed something hard. They ran up top and would run to the front of the ship looking over to only see snow and ice covered land.

They left the ship and headed east still as they would come upon a small village in the morning hours. they would walk up to the first person they saw asking them where they were. The person told them greenland. the land of Ice and Giant Tales…..

Alucard would hear a knock at his office door as it pulled him from his thoughts and would look up"Enter" The Man he had asked for before who was the head of security had arrived and as he entered and shut the door behind him and stood at attention like he was a soldier. Alucard smiled on seeing this and would look up."Good job on grabbing the sword i needed. Where did you store it?" The man would nod and Speak." Sir i placed it where you told me to. in the C.E.O. Office." Good job" Alucard would say as he would quickly grab the man and snap his neck throwing him through the window and then watching him fall 40 floors before hitting the pavement below. After all he was just one of Alucards humans that had his mark with the hope of being turned. He turned around hit his intercom button and would sound agitated as he spoke. "Cassandra call 911 for he had jumped out my window." You hear a calm and steady voice almost as if it had some amusement behind it."Yes Sir right away" Alucard would stand there as he smirked and thought what other loose ends must he tie up…..