"How could this be? There is no such record…no record! Not in the books, not in the computers, not even in the damn legends! It's unheard of!"

There where furious stamps of boot to wood. The smell of cigar hung thick in the air.

"We don't know sir. I mean…both are neither living nor dead," An intake of breath "Reproduction is out of the case,"

"But yet you find a seven month old fetus in her stomach!" A low growl. "And its only been how long!"

A low sigh.

"About five weeks Sir,"

Lucio paced fervently back and forth through his office, occasionally glancing at his mother's portrait. The young Noel Dorenz watched her leader with passed-down green eyes. She idly wondered if her grandfather had to deal with this nonsense with Sir Integral. She highly doubted it.

"Preposterous!" He whispered "This should not happen!"

"If I may ask…why do you dread this so?" Noel asked with little enthusiasm. Her question fell on deaf ears when he turned to her with his red eyes. "It will be the birth of a newly powerful vampire,"

"She is to have an abortion,"

Noel knitted her brows together in utter shock. Without control, she smacked the Hellsing master. "Say what now?"

Lucio's face began to redden as a bloody line appeared. Noel braced herself for the blow, but he merely screamed on.

"That vampire will not have his way! His seed will not live on!"

"Sir Hellsing, what has gotten into you?"

"That whore…she'll pay too…and he took my wife and child…now I'm taking his!"

"Have you gone mad! Your dealing with the child of Alu-" She was cut off with a powerful blow from Lucio. Noel fell to the floor and her lip began to bleed. Lucio took a deep breath and said:

"Begin with the procedures at dawn. The whore will be weak enough,"

"Two fifty-three…two fifty-four…two fifty-five…."

Seras wore a small smile as she silently counted her unborn child's heartbeat within her womb. At the same time below her, Alucard, in his sleep, could hear the heartbeat as well. The child within her was the only connection they had to each other. He could see as his bride cradled her swollen belly in deep affection. The child she was fighting to keep live was growing ever so fast, and she loved every moment of it. Seras constantly hoped the child would be born with normal eyes, no blood red like her and Alucard. Seeing an infant with such eyes would be errie…but she'd love it no matter what…

Looking to the wall, she could see deep glowing red eyes gaze protectively on her.

'My Master…'

Running. Her legs screamed for rest, but she couldn't. Her hands where outstretched before her, her glasses had fallen off a while ago, but her confidence in finding her way was strong. Padding down the stairs, she huffed as her mind passed horrid images of Seras's child being ripped from her womb. The crying infant…the laughing master…She must do something!
Feeling the slightest bump, memories were brought back to her as she felt her child kick. Nadia had felt her daughter kick, and was so proud. "I think it wants to play soccer…" Alucard could see the fog in her eyes- the glow not as strong. She's getting close…

The doors opened, pouring in fresh light. But it was soon covered as someone stepped in the door. Her glowing eyes turned to its source…

"Hello o'l mum,"

Noel's eyes searched two hallways. Which way was it? Damn it! She couldn't remember!

"Shit, shit!" she whispered. As soon as she said it, a thin spider's web seemed to out glow the rest, leading down the left corridor. Taking a closer look, she saw that it wasn't spider silk at all, but wire.

"I hung it there to remind me of where I'm going. This old mind can't keep up sometimes, so I leave a little reminder here and there…"

Noel smiled as she bolted down the hall, silently thanking her grandfather.

Red eyes on the wall glared silently as Lucio made his way to the cell gate. He coughed a bit as a distinct smell of rotting flesh filled his nostrils. He belched as he saw Nadia's corps resting on the ground, the baby girl put back into her womb. Seras couldn't bear to see her body on the walls anymore…

"I see you gave the o'l girl a proper send off," he coughed again. "Wish she wore another perfume for the trip though," Seras spat at his feet, glaring at him with full loathing.

"What? It's the truth isn't it?" he laughed. "Now, how's the belly?"

"There!"

Noel came to a shuffling halt as she came to a pair of massive doors written in various languages. Now the problem was, how to open it? Grandfather never told her…

"Sir Alucard!" Noel whispered firmly. She tried opening the doors, but it was useless. "Alucard! She's in trouble! Your kin is in danger!"

Her hands where turning red as she pounded on the door. It suddenly gave way, and she darted in.

"Jesus!-" she stifled a scream as the horrid corpse of Alucard lay on the floor. There was no time to gawk- she already had the blood needed to waken him. She looked to her hand where she smacked Lucio- there was a smear of fresh blood- Hellsing's blood. It was caking on her hand and quickly smeared the remains of moisture on Alucards 'mouth'. She cringed as there was a sickening poping noise as his head fell to his shoulder. Nothing.

"Did I forget something!" she spoke in a panic. Then, there was a menacing whisper…

'tastes like fine wine tanted with dirt…'

I return nearly a YEAR later...for shame indeed...but I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

-Lucia M. D'Ascanio