Chapter 9
Changes
He had said it himself, that one day she would need to shoot him. Her red eyes glared at his black coffin as she stepped closer to it and lifted the lid.
Alucard felt the sharp pain of the silver bullet in his chest, he grabbed her wrist, bruising it and shoved his hand through her middle, not noticing who was assaulting him.
Illiana hacked as blood spilled past her lips and dripped to the floor. She broke free from his hold and grinned so sadistically that it challenged even Alucard's. She licked the blood from her lips and put the gun to his head, "Run."
Seras and Pip came into the room, "Illiana! Stop!"
The nosferatu glared at the woman as his head morphed back, "Get out."
"But master!"
Illiana turned the revolver on Seras, her red eyes holding a hunger that distorted her pretty face. The shot from the tiny revolver was like that of a bark from a great dog. Pip managed to snatch the blond out of the way and close the door that was still shattered from the night before.
The gun was turned back to Alucard and he accepted the shots, coming closer and grabbing the woman by her upper arms. She dropped to a full split on the floor and rolled between his legs, emptying the gun into his back.
Upon hearing the click of the empty gun, Alucard turned and faced her.
Illiana didn't move, she simply stared at him and dared him with her gaze to make a move. He stalked to her and her eyes flashed violet, when he got close enough she slapped him hard across the face, only once.
His gaze narrowed and she moved to slap him again but her wrist was caught and he spun her so fast she couldn't speak, and she tried to before his arm caught her around the neck.
The woman bit down into his arm, his painful memories and passionate feeling flooded into her mind and she harshly released him.
Alucard was confused as the bite mark started to smoke, something about her bite stung, hurt.
Illiana pushed past the other nosferatu in the house and walked into the front yard. Her breathing got heavy and a sharp pain in her side made her feel like the world was spinning.
"Illiana!"
She felt his anger, but it wasn't directed at her. Alucard glared at the man who held his angel, his master, in his arms. The Jackal was revealed from what seemed to be nowhere, and the white-haired man chuckled.
"You wish you could shoot me."
The gun boomed like thunder but nothing happened, "You know, if you had really shot me, this human woman here would be severely hurt."
"You disgusting piece of shit! What did you do?!"
Seras gasped as she finally made it outside, noticing Illiana in the arms of the mysterious man, and the color on her skin, and the glint of violet in her half opened eyes, "She's…"
The man raised his brows, "Human my dear? Yes, she is."
Illiana opened her eyes, "Alu…card."
The man hoisted her higher up in his arms and smiled down at her face, "Don't worry, he can't hurt you…my angel."
A fire blazed behind Alucard's eyes and he was before the man in an instant, rearing back to lash out. But the man only chuckled as the invisible wall between him and the No Life King kept him safe.
He looked back down at Illiana who was still unaware of the situation, "C'mon my dear. I'm tired of being entertained by this dog."
"Let her go!" Alucard's screams turned to barks of horror as he shifted into Baskerville, the hellhound that Illiana had lovingly named Prince. He tore off after the black truck after the imaginary wall was long gone. But even still, something kept him from getting close.
"Master! Master wait!"
Seras and Pip rematerialized next to the nosferatu. Pip sniffed the air, "It smells like magic."
The king didn't speak, but instead watched with his superior sight as the truck continued to ride away with his past and future in the arms of some unknown enemy.
"Police girl."
"Yes master?"
If he was human it would have killed him to say it, "The sun is coming up. We must go back to sleep."
"But master! That man just took Illiana!"
His eyes flashed dangerously and he grabbed the front of her shirt, "There is nothing we can do Seras!" he held her for a second longer before dropping her to the ground.
As Alucard lay back in his coffin he rethought what he told his former fledgling. There was something he could do. He had lost Mina in the past, he was not going to loose her as Illiana in the future.
"She doesn't need to be involved…"
"She was made for me!"
"Mina…"
"You are an angel in a world of demons."
She woke up fast, disorienting herself and causing her stomach to crawl up into her throat.
Illiana tried to take in her surroundings. The room was vast and expensively decorated, crème walls with gold inlay and leather furniture with fur throw blankets.
The bed she was sitting in was four-poster and crème also with gold stitched pillows and silk sheets.
"Illiana, darling, are you awake?"
The man that sat at the foot of the bed was extremely handsome. He almost didn't seem real. His hair was stark white and waist length, his silver eyes watched her with so much love that she didn't feel the fear she should have felt.
"Illiana…" the woman repeated, "That's my name right? Where am I?"
He brushed her dark chocolate hair behind her hair, "Yes sweet heart, that is your beautiful name."
She nodded and lent into his touch as he brushed her face. "And this place?"
"Our home darling."
Illiana reached out to touch him back, "Our…"
He kissed her forehead, not wanting to rush, "Yes, ours."
The woman got comfortable on the bed, getting closer to the man on the bed with her, "What's your name?"
"Rick." He said as he stood with her hand in his, "You like to dance right Illiana?"
She smiled, holding onto his arm as he led her out of the room into the hall, "Yes…Rick." She smiled as she said his name, trying it out and liking how it sounded, "I've danced since I was a little girl."
Rick walked her into the vast room with wood floors and mirrors all along the walls.
The man chuckled as he grabbed her hand and put an arm around her waist, "Speechless dear?"
She nodded and he smiled genuinely at her in the mirror, lightly kissing her cheek, "It's all for you my angel."
Something sparked in Illiana's mind. It was a tall man with black hair and white skin, and red eyes peering at her with a mischievous love and hunger. "Alucard."
Rick almost growled as he grabbed her face and kissed her hard and passionately on the lips. He would drain every ounce of that vampire from her, and then he would kill him.
