So, it's been a couple months since I've updated... Not since April.. Wow, about five months. I've been really lax.. I should work on that. Anyways, I've written this in the last three or four days during the downtime from the move my family and I just made. We just got internet back today, I finished this a few minutes ago and I really hope you like it. I'm pretty sure that this is the longest chapter I've written for this fanfic. This chapter does kind of jump around and seem a little odd, for lack of better word, but I really hope you like it.
There is an anonymous reviewer who has labeled themselves Your name, who has sent in three reviews that have made me smile and giggle, because you're totally right. I love your reviews. And trust me, I'm getting to the whole making it easier to sympathize with her, or I'm attempting to. And the cats and dogs, a friend of mine had a large space of land and a cat that wasn't fixed; that cat led to almost one hundred overall and they weren't real bad about begging and with my experience with trained dogs, they don't beg too much either. But you're right, a sea of animals staring at you as you eat, kinda creepy. :D I do have a sort of plan for that, I'll have to see if I go through with it or not. And I really, really hope that I can keep you guessing, because if there's one thing that annoys me, it's being too predictable!
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So, without any more ramblings, here's chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything pertaining to the original storyline, just Nhira and whatever little twists and turns I see fit to throw in.
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Hellsing Chapter 10
The next morning, Nhira woke up to a pounding on her door and grumbled as she wiped the sleep from her eyes and stumbled out of bed. Upon opening the door, she found herself faced with Pip and stared at him sleepily, waiting for him to inform her as to why he was there. Unfortunately, he just stared at her. She raised an eyebrow and leaned against the door as she ran a hand through her hair.
"What?" Nhira finally asked, having decided that the man before her was incompetent when it came to dealing with woman.
"Huh?" He mumbled, finally brought out of his staring stupor and looking up at her face.
"You're banging on my bedroom door, at whatever hour in the morning it is, and have yet to inform me as to the reason why. Instead, you're standing here in front of me as though you've never seen a woman when she's first woken up." Nhira said sleepily, rubbing her left eye as it started to itch.
"You do realize zat you 'ave been cleaned of zee grease zat was all over you, do you not? And zat you are wearing, what appears to be, one of Alucard's shirts?" Pip asked her curiously.
Nhira shrugged, not letting Pip see how much that information bothered her. "Actually, I didn't. What does it matter to you?"
"Jus' raises a few questions."
Nhira raised her eyebrow again. "Oh really?"
"Jus' saying how eet looks for you." He said with a shrug.
"Well, you came up here for something, and it wasn't to imply that I'm some sort of tramp that sleeps with a vampire. So what was it?" She asked, close to losing her temper at the man's implications.
"I did not mean to offend you." He told her, trying to placate her. "Training starts in ten minutes."
"Alright." And with that, Nhira closed her door.
Training was difficult, annoying, and slightly painful. Nhira was fairly irritable by the time her training session with the Wild Geese was over. They had assumed that she wouldn't be able to keep up with them, and to begin with, she hadn't been. When she finally got into the pattern they had, she was able to keep up with them, but just barely. Her body was sore, her muscles were screaming at her, and walking hurt. Thinking about it, Nhira realized that she probably should have built her way up to the level that the mercenaries were at and then shown them up, but she'd let her pride get the best of her and she was paying for it now.
It was only mid-afternoon and Nhira just wanted to sleep, but she knew that wasn't possible. She still had to go to the shooting range the property had and work with Alucard. Oh fun. She just hoped that if she missed her target, she'd hit Alucard instead of injuring herself. For now, though, she was going to soak in the tub and hope that she didn't fall asleep while she did.
After feeding her cats and dogs, filling the tub with bubbles and gardenia scented oil, lighting candles, grabbing clothes to wear after she got out, and turning her boom box on with one of her Avenged Sevenfold cds in, she was finally sinking her tired body into the steaming water. Reclining in the water, Nhira let herself sink into a relaxed state and when Alucard phased into the bathroom unannounced, she didn't even bother getting pissed or embarrassed.
"What do you want, Vlad?" She asked, her eyes closed, fingers idly playing with bubbles. "Shooting practice isn't until six thirty and it's only," She paused, languidly opening her eyes to look at the time on her boom box. "Five-thirty."
For a few moments, Alucard just stared at her, as if trying to figure something out. "Arthur was your half-uncle." He finally stated.
Nhira's eyes, which had slid closed during Alucard's silence, snapped open and stared at him as her tight muscles tensed up even more, curious and apprehensive about what his reaction was going to be. "Yes."
"Relax Little Hellsing." Alucard purred, watching her as he lounged against the wall. "I should have known."
"Should have known?" Nhira asked, forcing her body to relax in the still hot water.
"Your ancestor, the one who made me the way I am now, he liked to gloat during the sessions of torture, we'll call it. He was always gloating about some thing in specific, but was still vague about it. I now know exactly what it was he was taunting me about." Alucard explained. His glasses hid his eyes, but Nhira was sure that his eyes held a tormented sadness. "He desecrated my beautiful Mina."
Nhira frowned softly as she heard the torment in his normally carefully controlled voice. "She doesn't want you to be upset over that."
Alucard's head turned towards her and she was sure his gaze was piercing and if she'd have been able to see them, she'd have shivered. "She doesn't want me to be upset over that? Doesn't? Don't you mean wouldn't, Little Hellsing?" He questioned curiously. "Is there something you're not telling me, Little One?"
Nhira bit her lip, worrying it between her teeth as she thought about how and what to tell him. She heard Mina telling her that he would accept her even after she told him, but that wasn't what was worrying Nhira. She opened her mouth to explain, but shut it again when the words escaped her. Sighing softly, she sunk deeper into the tub so that the bubbles reached her neck rather than her upper chest. "There's a reason I didn't say anything about it before."
"About what?"
"Mina."
"What about her?" He was almost growling now.
"I can hear her." Nhira paused. "Well, it's not just that, like, she's in my head. I talk with her sometimes." She crossed her arms as she continued. "She gives fair insight on how to deal with you… though, she hasn't had any sort of contact with you since you became Alucard. So, any advice she night have may be of no use to me."
Alucard was suddenly right next to her, crouching outside the bathtub. "So this is what you were hiding from me that morning."
Nhira nodded, "She thought you wouldn't think of me as my own person if you knew."
Alucard grinned, causing Nhira to shiver in the slowly cooling water. "You may look similar to my Mina, sometimes act similar to her, but you are definitely different than my Mina."
"Good of you to notice." Nhira mumbled sarcastically with a groan of pain as her sore muscles twitched. "Ow."
"Last night, you conversed with her, Mina."
"Yes, I was."
"About what?"
"About thanking you."
Alucard chuckled and Nhira rolled her eyes. Alucard shifted, sitting down now, leaning against the tub, one leg stretched out while the other was bent and he rested his arm across it. Nhira reached her hand up absentmindedly and played with Alucard's hair as she softly sang along with her cd. They sat there in a companionable silence for a while; Nhira's bubbles were slowly dispersing, the water was cooling, and her skin had begun to wrinkle.
"Tell me about her?" Nhira spoke softly, watching Alucard intently. He'd begun purring as she played with his hair, which had practically engulfed her hand, and his eyes had closed. Right at this moment, he reminded her of a cat; a large, deadly cat, but still a cat.
"You've met her, surely you know about her." Alucard spoke softly through his purring.
"True, but the way I know and perceive her is different from the way you know and perceive her."
Alucard turned his head lethargically towards her and stared at her through the lenses of his glasses. Nhira smiled and giggled softly, causing him to raise an eyebrow as she carefully slid his glasses off his face.
"I saw the first time Mina met you," Nhira said by way of an explanation as she examined his glasses. "Have you always worn such ostentatiously grandiose eyewear?"
Alucard stared at her curiously. "You're oddly relaxed Little Hellsing."
"Mmm," Nhira shrugged as she slid Alucard's glasses onto her face. "I must be too tired to care at this point. And the bath was very nice and relaxing with the bath oil." She paused listlessly. "I should get out though. The water is turning cold."
Alucard smirked, "What has caused you to be so delirious and disoriented my Little Hellsing?"
"I don't know!" Nhira cried giddily as she shot into an upright position, her eyes wide behind Alucard's glasses with a childlike happiness in her sudden burst of energy. "I don't think there's anything that I ate or drank that could have had anything in it."
Alucard stared at her calculatingly before scooping her out of the tub and wrapping her in a towel and a robe. Once he had accomplished that, he phased into Integra's office, receiving a raised eyebrow from the woman he was forced to call Master.
"Something is wrong with her." Alucard informed Integra as he held the giddy young woman in his arms.
"Wrong with her? What do you mean something is wrong with her?" Integra queried in annoyance as she set her pen down on top of unfinished paperwork.
"One moment she was seemingly tired and now she seems overly excited and frivolous, Master." Alucard explained as Nhira sat in his arms kicking her legs like a child and playing with his glasses.
"Perhaps this is how she is when she overexerts herself." Integra pointed out.
"Whether that is the case or not, it would be counterproductive to continue training of any sort today."
"Well, since you're so worried about her, Servant, you can take care of her." Integra told him. "And, you get to inform her that our presence has been requested at the Queen's Summer Solstice Gala. She'll need a gown and know how to dance and carry herself properly."
"She's a Hellsing, Master," Alucard purred. "Things like that are second nature." And with that, he phased out with Nhira, who was oblivious to the conversation, back to her room. "What to do with you, my Little Hellsing."
Nhira looked up at him, her head tilted slightly in a curious manner. "You know," She started seriously. "I kinda like it when you call me that. It gives me a sense of belonging that I've never felt before. But just so you know, if I ever say I hate it, it's not true, no matter how adamant I try to be about it." She gave him a big, childish smile. "Okay?"
Alucard chuckled, "Alright Little One."
Nhira grinned before squirming out of Alucard's arms and disappearing into her closet. When she bounded out of her closet ten minutes later, she was dressed in a pair of black skinny jeans and Alucard's shirt, through which said vampire could see her black cotton and lace bra. Nhira settled onto her bed and turned her television and DVD player on. As the DVD, The Dark Knight, started playing, she grinned and bounced gently in place on her bed. Alucard watched her, how her eyes lit up whenever the Joker's character was onscreen or explosions happened. She actually giggled during the explosions, which he found amusing. Three quarters of the way through the movie though, she started dozing and no matter how hard she tried to keep her eyes open, she just couldn't.
The next morning, Nhira woke with a headache and groaned at the knocking on her door. Forcing her tired muscles to move, she got out of bed and made her way over to the door. She was greeted by the sight of Pip once again and was suddenly pissed. Nhira lunged at him and wrestled him to the ground and forced her arm against his throat, cutting off his air supply as she knelt on his forearms. "What. The. Fuck. Was put in my drink yesterday at the end of training?"
Pip choked as he tried to get an answer out and Nhira let off enough pressure for him to talk. "I know nothing of what you are talking about."
Nhira glared. "Bullshit. Yesterday after practice, I had a water, you called me back to talk to me and I set my water down, none of the other soldiers here will mess with me because I was having a really bad day and nearly castrated one among their ranks, so, what the hell did your men put in my water?"
"I do not know." Pip insisted.
Nhira stared at him for a few more moments before pushing herself up off of him. "I'm going to be late to training." She informed him before retreating to her room and slamming the door closed. She paced her room for a few minutes, grabbing the aforementioned bottle of water that was still half full on her dresser. As she continued pacing, she examined the bottle, noting that there was no discoloration to the water or the plastic it was contained in. She twisted the cap off and sniffed it, no scent, or if there was, she couldn't smell it. As Nhira twisted the cap back on, she was so lost in her thoughts as she paced that she smacked right into something.
"Something wrong Little Hellsing?" Alucard purred as he looked down at Nhira where she stood, having gained her balance.
"Unless you count being drugged something wrong, then no, not at all." Nhira muttered sarcastically. "Is there some reason you're here?"
Alucard chuckled as he watched her getting more annoyed and angry by the second.
Nhira glared up at him. "What, Dracula?"
"I think I like you drugged up better." He taunted.
Nhira's glare deepened and she snarled at him. "If you're just going to be an asshole, go the hell away." She turned away from Alucard and resumed her pacing as she returned to examining the bottle of water. "Besides, how do you know I'm not still drugged up, jerk." She mumbled, mostly to herself, but Alucard heard her nonetheless. "Whatever it freaking was it messed with my moods. Like severe PMS, that blows."
Alucard chuckled again as he observed Nhira.
"Is there any particular reason that you're still here?" Nhira hissed, turning on her heel to glare at Alucard again. "I mean, you just pop in whenever you fucking feel like it, total invasion of privacy, and half the time, you don't bother to tell the purpose of your surprise visits."
Alucard smirked as he lifted his right hand to show Nhira the plastic bag he was holding. "Breakfast. And to inform you of some training changes."
"I'm being bribed, aren't I?" Nhira asked as she raised an eyebrow. "Why am I being bribed?"
"Your presence was requested by the Queen at her Summer Solstice Gala." Alucard informed her as he set the bag on the table, pulling the food from it. "Attendance is mandatory."
"Great." Nhira grumbled, slowly making her way over to the table.
"My Master has decreed that I am to make sure you're up to Hellsing standards." Alucard said as he lounged back in one of the two chairs.
"Oh, really?" Nhira asked as she set the bottle down on the table and began poking around the containers of food. She opened one and was pleasantly surprised to find sushi and other such food. "Mmm, delicious."
"Quite." Alucard purred as he stared at her hungrily.
Nhira inched her way away from the vampire and plopped into the vacant chair before eating a piece of the deep fried sushi. She made a noise of delight, which gained a smirk from Alucard. "Mmm, this is so amazingly delicious."
"Direct from Tokyo." Alucard informed her, watching her for her reaction.
He wasn't disappointed. Nhira's eyes nearly shot out of her head with how wide her eyes became. She finished her mouthful of food before she spoke. "Why am I being bribed with authentic treats?"
"For the training you're going to have to go through to become a proper Hellsing." Alucard purred.
"I'm going to hate this, aren't I?"
"Most likely."
"You're going to enjoy tormenting me with this."
"Most definitely."
"Sadistic bastard."
"Mmm, one of my favorite nicknames."
Nhira just rolled her eyes and started eating in earnest. She ignored Alucard for the most part as she ate.
"How well do you dance Little Hellsing?" Alucard finally asked.
"Depends on the dance." Nhira replied with a shrug. "I mean, I learned a variation of a waltz for a quinceañera, I tried doing Tango- that didn't go over so well, uhm, I took some belly dancing classes, those were fun."
"It seems I have my work cut out for me." Alucard mused as he watched Nhira eat. "You will need a gown."
Nhira seemed to pout, finishing the food in her mouth before grumbling, "This is why I hate balls and shit." She leaned back in her chair and sighed. "We're talking, full length, fifty billion layer ball gown, aren't we."
Alucard chuckled. "Quite possibly. Unless you have something that would be considered appropriate."
"There are a few dresses I have in mind that I'd be willing to wear," Nhira paused to think about it. "They'd have to be custom made, because I forget if I have the sites bookmarked anymore or if I just have the pictures saved on my hard drive."
"When you've finished, we'll begin with dancing." Alucard informed Nhira.
Nhira grumbled as she continued eating, but didn't try to dissuade the vampire that was watching her eat. That itself was unnerving. Trying to dissuade him from what he had planned, that would probably cause him to find worse ways to torment her. She'd really like to avoid that.
"Whatever you say, Dracula." Nhira muttered. "Mmm, if you're just gonna sit there, could you be useful and feed my pets." Nhira watched as Alucard never moved his gaze from her as the shadows he commanded poured food into each of the animals bowls. "That's so cool." She muttered, only to stiffen when she felt one of the shadows touch her, but couldn't find her voice to say anything against it.
An hour later, Nhira found herself in a ballroom, in a pair of heels she often used for dancing, dancing to various songs of various tempos with Alucard.
"Relax my Little Hellsing," He purred in Nhira's ear as they twirled gracefully around the room.
"I am relaxed." Nhira insisted.
Alucard tilted Nhira's head up, forcing her to look him in the eye. "You are not relaxed, you need to relax."
Nhira groaned and pulled away from Alucard and began pacing, wringing her hands as she did so, her hair whipping as she turned sharply. "I just have this bad feeling."
"So ignore it."
Nhira stopped pacing and faced Alucard. "Do you ignore your instincts?" She asked, quickly adding, "Because you want to?" Alucard raise an eyebrow in amusement and Nhira crossed her arms. "Exactly. I don't ignore these bad feelings. I usually dread them until what's causing these feelings comes to pass. The last time I had this bad feeling, my hometown was besieged by fucking…ghouls and their vampire creator! So, no, I won't ignore it."
Two weeks passed and the Gala was a week away. Nhira's dress was being custom made and she was still being taught etiquette and working on dances with Alucard. She was becoming more used to his presence, but she still flipped out when he showed up unannounced and did anything he could to scare her, only now, she'd snap and yell insulting things at him. In response, Nhira found her faced with a grin and a look of feral hunger in his eyes. She also found herself faced with feelings she wasn't sure she wanted towards the vampire. And Nhira was positive Alucard knew about them.
This morning when she'd woken up, Nhira's bad feeling had increased and she had come close to hyperventilating. After she had calmed down, Nhira found herself decked out in her belly dancing outfit with all of it's jingling accessories. She padded barefoot to the ballroom she and Alucard danced in and put in a mixed cd that she turned on as she stretched. For three hours, Nhira danced around the room, her skirt swirling around her, her accessories clanging and jingling, before Alucard made an appearance. Nhira made eye contact with him, well, as well as she could with his glasses covering his eyes, before she closed her eyes and let the music wash over her as she danced. Just as she was about to perform one of her favorite moves, also a very difficult one, Walter walked into the room and Nhira opened her eyes to look at the older man as she came to a stop.
"There are two people here claiming to know you, Miss Nhira," Walter informed her after she had stopped the music.
Nhira tilted her head to the side curiously. As far as she knew, everyone who knew her well enough to remember her had had their memories erased. "Uhm, I was under the impression that no one knew about me anymore." She said, looking from Walter to Alucard, who seemed to be following her every movement. "Did they give you their names."
"The young ladies did not give me their names, insisting that you would verify that you know them." Walter informed her regretfully.
Nhira tensed as her eyes narrowed. "I do believe I know exactly who they are. Would you inform them that I will be their momentarily?"
"Of course, Miss Nhira."
"Thank you, Walter." She called as he left the room. As soon as the door closed, Nhira growled, her hands clenching and unclenching in anger as she thought of the only two people it could be waiting for her. "UGH! Fuck, fuck, fuck!" She hissed, pressing her hands against her temples harshly. Turning towards Alucard suddenly, she took a moment to formulate what she wanted to say. "I need your help, but you're not going to be an asshole about this, you're not going to lord this over me, you're not going to take anything I say or do too seriously. Okay?"
"I have to say, My Little Hellsing, I'm intrigued. If it will let me learn what this is all about, then my help you have." Alucard said with a mock bow.
Nhira narrowed her eyes at him, but sighed and looked at the ground. "Do you have something other than that suit to wear? And if so, how fast can you change and be back here?"
Alucard chuckled, sending unwanted, but delightful shivers down Nhira's spine. He disappeared before her eyes and she hoped she knew what she was getting into. When Alucard reappeared, he was in a pair of black leather pants that led down to brown calf height boots, and a poet shirt that showed off a fair amount of his pale skin. His hair was pulled back into a ponytail and his glasses had been left off. Nhira was pretty sure she was drooling. She noticed that he still had his gun, only it was holstered behind him rather than at his side and in his arms, was a cloak of some kind.
"I so hope I can pull this off," Nhira muttered as she started towards the door. When they reached the stairs, Nhira slid an arm around Alucard's waist underneath the cloak that he'd adorned as they had left the ballroom.
'Do I get to be let in on what's going to happen, Little One?' Alucard's voice sounded through her mind.
'Revenge.' She whispered back mentally as she looked at him from the corner of her eye. He was curious, she knew he was, and ever so slowly, she pulled her shields down a little. Just enough for her to show him what had transpired to have hurt her so. 'Just follow my lead.' She told him as she put her shields back up and started down the stairs.
The two found Walter standing with Integra a few feet away from two young women near the front doors. All four people turned to look at Nhira and Alucard as they approached. To their credit, Walter and Integra seemed unphased, as though Nhira and Alucard were always joined at the hip, the two women on the other hand looked quite surprised.
"Jennifer, Courtney." Nhira greeted tonelessly, looking from the short haired, masculine physiqued woman to the long haired, slightly plump woman.
"Hello Ra," The long haired woman, Courtney, greeted while the other woman, Jennifer, just stared at Nhira lustfully.
"What are you doing here?" Nhira asked.
"We got back from our trip and found half of the town had been massacred and no one seemed to recall anyone by the name of Nhira Varens ever having existed. Naturally, we were worried." Courtney explained.
"Naturally," Nhira bit out with a sarcastic bitterness. "As you can see, I'm fine. Safe and sound. You can leave."
"We can't be sure you haven't developed Stockholm Syndrome." Jennifer spoke up, causing Nhira to glare at her and the short haired woman turned her gaze to Alucard and then Integra; leering at the latter more so.
"I'm quite sure I've not developed Stockholm Syndrome." Nhira bit out in annoyance. "I'm having a nice visit with my cousin," She nodded towards Integra. "I'm learning about our family."
"And who's he?" Jennifer asked jealously, staring at Alucard.
"You won't believe me." Nhira told her nonchalantly. "But this is Vlad Tempes, known to most as Dracula."
"Bullshit." Jennifer countered.
"Told you that you wouldn't believe me."
"If you've got this under control, I've got paperwork to get back to and people to oversee." Integra cut in, gaining everyone's attention.
"Of course, I'll take care of this, don't worry." Nhira reassured.
"Walter," Integra called as she walked away, Walter following after her.
Nhira glared at Jennifer as the masculine woman stared after her cousin. She pulled away from Alucard and walked up to Jennifer and shoved her. "Don't even fucking think about it." She hissed.
"Too late." The slightly shorter woman taunted.
"Jenni, don't taunt her." Courtney scolded. "We want her to come back with us, doing that will only make her resent us."
"I already resent you." Nhira pointed out, glaring at the two women.
"We've apologized for that over and over, when will you let it go?" Jennifer grumbled sullenly.
"You cheated on me!" Nhira snapped angrily. "You cheated and continued to tell me I was the only one you wanted to be with. You cheated and lied. And not with a stranger, no, you made it ten times worse by cheating on me with your best friend!" Nhira spun away from the two angrily and stalked towards Alucard.
"Were you dancing for him?" Jennifer asked suddenly, jealousy even more prominent.
"She was indeed," Alucard told her, wrapping an arm around Nhira when she was close enough. "She's a very beautiful dancer. Of course, we were interrupted by your arrival."
Jennifer's face turned red as she glared. "You never danced for me, or around any of us!"
"From what she's told me, I'd have to say that you're unworthy to see her dance." Alucard purred, causing Nhira to smile against his chest where her face was buried.
"Actually, that's not entirely true," Nhira spoke as she pulled away enough to stand pressed against Alucard's side. "I danced in front of Delilah, Danielle, and Marcus. I needed their opinion."
"Why didn't you ask me and Court?" Jennifer asked unhappily.
"Because you just like to watch belly dancing to get aroused, Courtney just wants your attention, so she'd say anything that she would think I would have wanted to hear so that you'd be happy. I needed people who would see the art behind it. Vlad can see the art behind it, tell me what he honestly thinks, and find it arousing, unlike you and your single track mind." Nhira told her scathingly. "But, that's not why I was dancing for him."
"Then why were you?" Courtney asked curiously.
Nhira's eyes flashed, "Because, you both broke me and he's putting me back together again. It's sort of like a thank you gift."
"And it's such a beautiful gift," Alucard purred, leaning down to press a kiss to the corner of Nhira's mouth. Nhira beamed and returned the soft kiss, nuzzling Alucard's cheek before turning her attention back to Jennifer and Courtney.
"I think it's best if you just left." Nhira told them. "I'm quite happy with my cousin and my boyfriend."
"We need you to come back with us." Courtney cut in before Jennifer could say anything.
"Why?" Nhira countered.
"Because you're all she talks about, she wants you back." Courtney replied.
"Sounds like a personal problem to me." Nhira snapped, clenching Alucard's shirt in her fist behind his back.
"But I love you!" Jennifer exclaimed desperately.
"No, you don't." Nhira stated coolly. "You never did."
"Yes I do!"
Nhira growled a grabbed Alucard's gun and pointed it at the two. "Leave now," She hissed. "From this point on, I don't exist, understand?"
"I'm not leaving." Jennifer insisted. "You won't shoot me."
Nhira shrugged. "Maybe you're right, but if I give it back to Vlad, I'm sure he would have no problem doing so."
"Prove it that you like him, that you're here of your own free will and I'll leave." Jennifer told Nhira, crossing her arms over her chest.
Nhira lowered the gun and raised an eyebrow. "And just how the hell am I supposed to prove it. You won't take my word for it."
"Kiss him."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me."
"Fine, and then you'll leave."
"And then I'll leave."
"And take Courtney with you."
"Yes."
"Fine."
Nhira turned back to Alucard, who was watching her with veiled hunger, and handed the gun back to him. She watched as he holstered it before stepping closer to him. Nhira ran her hands up Alucard's shirt, scraping her nails across his pale skin, wrapping her arms around his neck as she pushed herself up towards his face. Alucard leaned down, meeting her halfway, pressing his lips against hers gently. Nhira stiffened for a second before she found herself melting into Alucard's embrace as he swept his tongue across her bottom lip. She made a noise of delight as she opened her mouth to allow the vampire to slide his tongue into her mouth. Alucard was in Heaven as he kissed Nhira, plundering her mouth with his tongue, mapping out every crevice of it. She tasted so sweet and he couldn't get enough of it. Alucard growled appreciatively as Nhira timidly slid her tongue along his and pulled her closer to him. As Nhira's confidence with the kiss grew, so did her need for air, causing her to pull away with a whimper. Nhira smiled sweetly at Alucard before resting her head on his chest, glancing at Jennifer and Courtney from the corner of her eye.
"Goodbye now." She murmured, nuzzling Alucard's chest as they phased out of the room. When they became solidified again, Nhira wrenched herself away from Alucard and grabbed her head and began screaming in pain. It took ten minutes for the pain to subside and for those ten minutes, Nhira has not stopped screaming. "Mina…" She said hoarsely, clutching at her head tightly. "Mina.." Nhira looked up at Alucard helplessly, tears streaming down her face. "She's gone… I can't hear her."
"What do you mean she's gone?" Alucard asked as he knelt down in front of her.
"She's gone! Not there!" Nhira cried, wrapping her arms around herself as she began rocking. "She did it… I know she did it… Take me back." She murmured.
"What?"
"Take me back to them." Nhira said softly. "I have to get her back! I need to go to my room first."
"Alright my Little Hellsing." Alucard said softly, but Nhira could see the rage in his eyes as he gently wrapped her in his arms and phased them to her room. He watched as she threw her closet doors open and emerged a few minutes later with daggers holstered to her forearms and a sword in one hand. Alucard raised an eyebrow as she walked up to him and anchored herself to his shirt.
"I'm not perfect with it, but it'll get my point across." She mumbled before Alucard phased them into the foyer where Jennifer and Courtney were still standing. The latter looking rather accomplished and smug. "I'm only going to ask once; what did you do?" Nhira asked, turning to face the two.
"There was an unidentifiable presence in your mind and I got rid of it." Courtney replied, as though she'd just done Nhira a favor.
"Do you know what you've done?" Nhira hissed angrily.
"I removed their influence from your mind." Courtney replied haughtily.
"NO!" Nhira screamed. "You just hurt me! You took something special from me! I want her back!"
"It's gone, I can't bring it back."
"Her! Not it!" Nhira hissed, looking at the ground. "I want her back and I want her back now."
"I can't bring her back." Courtney repeated. "I'd like to make it up to you though."
"You can die." Nhira stated emotionlessly as she unsheathed her sword, dropping the sheath on the floor before grasping the sword in both hands and raising her head. Nhira could feel Alucard watching her as she slid into a steady stance and raised the sword. When she swung the sword a gust of wind blew the doors open and knocked Jennifer and Courtney down.
As Nhira moved in a flurry of flashing lights from the metal of the sword, Jennifer and Courtney were thrown through the air out the doors, landing harshly on the ground. The commotion gathered the attention of the soldiers, who had all stopped their training to watch as Nhira strode out the doors with the sword in one hand. As Jennifer and Courtney pulled themselves to their feet, Nhira swung the sword over her head and then down in a diagonal movement as she advanced on the two women. The two were thrown back again and had cuts all over their arms and face. Before Nhira could swing again, her sword flew out of her hand and landed a few meters away. Hissing in rage, Nhira ran at the two and pounced on Courtney, totally ignoring Jennifer as she drew her daggers from their holsters.
"What was so important about the unknown in your mind?" Courtney asked, carefully remaining still as Nhira held her daggers criss-crossing over the pinned girl's throat.
"You want to know why she was important?" Nhira growled digging her daggers into the soft flesh. "She was my ancestor, you know, the one my mother's side of the family never wanted to tell me about. The one I look like. She was telling me about my family history. I've found out so many things that you wouldn't even begin to know about and there was so much more she had to tell me, but you fucked that up for me!" Nhira growled again. "I don't know if you thought that this was going to make me want to go back to the States, that I would be 'grateful' to you for 'freeing me', but you're wrong. I want nothing to do with you. Nothing at all. I want you to fucking forget about my existence, I don't know you anymore, got it? You have no idea who I am, is that understood?"
Courtney didn't say anything as she stared up at Nhira.
"If it isn't clear, I can just kill you right here, right now and the only people that would know would never, ever say anything about it." Nhira snarled, pressing the daggers even harder against the other girl's neck, drawing more blood.
"I got it, I got it." Courtney whispered.
"Good, take your bitch with you." Nhira growled as she pulled her daggers away and stood up. As she turned to Alucard, she saw one of the Wild Geese holding Jennifer back as she tried to get to Nhira. Just because she could, Nhira punched Jennifer in the face and successfully broke her nose. "Have a nice trip." She said sarcastically before walking up to Alucard, who took her hand in his and licked the blood from her knuckles.
Pulling Nhira to him, Alucard summoned her sword to him with his shadows and the two of them phased away once again. They reappeared in Alucard's room and Nhira let herself collapse in the chair he had summoned for her weeks before. She let Alucard take her daggers from her before she curled up, pulling her knees up to her chest, sitting sideways in her chair. Alucard watched her from his own chair and was slightly surprised when she spoke.
"If they go missing or mysteriously die, I have no problem with that," She mumbled before lifting her eyes to look at him, her eyes mirroring the sadness in his. "I just know nothing about it."
Alucard smirked, "Of course my Little Hellsing." He stared at her for a few minutes before speaking. "The one girl, she was powerful."
"Yeah… Courtney is a powerful Wiccan, I hadn't realized her powers had grown so much." Nhira mumbled. "I mean, in high school, the three of us and a few other friends study Wicca, some of us because we actually found it interesting, some just because they were humoring us believers." Nhira paused, remembering the day all of them had become believers. "In the end, we were the ones laughing. None of us really expected us to actually have any sort of actual power, but Courtney did, along with me and another friend. He was a great friend, the only one that really stuck by me after everything happened. I don't use my power very often because I have very little control over it. For a while, I thought I was a freak, that I wasn't supposed to be around normal people because of my oddity. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've had my power under control and just now was one of them. I don't practice because I'm afraid that I'll kill someone on accident, so compared to Courtney, I'm unstable. Completely volatile." She whispered, staring unfocusedly at Alucard. Alucard chuckled, causing her to focus on him curiously. "What?"
"Volatile is fun." He told her with a grin.
"Only you," Nhira muttered, but there was a tiny smile on her face.
"Of course," Alucard purred as he stood, only to kneel in front of her curled form. He raised a hand and brushed his knuckles against her cheek and frown as she flinched. "Oh, my Little Hellsing," She heard him whisper against her cheek.
"You know, your mood swings really confuse me." She mumbled as she found herself drifting off, drained emotionally and physically.
Alucard chuckled again, "Mmm, I could say the same for you Little One."
Nhira just stuck her tongue out at him tiredly as her eyes slid closed. Her eyes shot open and she squeaked in surprise when she felt Alucard catch her tongue between his teeth gently. She heard and felt him chuckle as he pulled away, scraping his fangs against her tongue as he did.
"Unless you're prepared to use it, you should keep your tongue in your mouth my Little Hellsing." He purred before tracing Nhira's neck with his nose.
Nhira made a nondescript grumble as she let her head fall on Alucard's shoulder. "Never noticed before how nice you smell."
Alucard chuckled again, "Sleep Little One. I'll be back soon." And with that, he made sure she was stable in her chair before disappearing.
"Damn vampire." Nhira mumbled, looking down at her belly dancing outfit and then looking around the room for Alucard's armoire. She stood and padded over to said armoire and cautiously opened it before grabbing one of his shirts and closing the armoire again. Nhira returned to the table and removed all of her jingling accessories, arm sleeves, and choker before pulling Alucard's shirt on and removing the bikini top and quickly buttoning the shirt. When she'd accomplished that, she carefully pulled off her skirt, leaving her in just Alucard's shirt and her purple lace thong. Grumbling to herself, Nhira stumbled into Alucard's bed and burrowed her way under the duvet and yawned. At this rate, she'd be nocturnal in no time.
When Alucard returned to his room hours later, his good mood increased when he found Nhira sleeping in his bed. He had been quite delighted by the screams of fright and downright terror the two women had let out during his torture. Oh, how sweet that had been, it was really too bad they hadn't lasted very long, but it had been fun for him while it had lasted. And now, the beautiful woman he looked forward to claiming was asleep in his bed. Alucard couldn't remember the last time he'd truly felt so elated by something not having to do with hurting someone.
Grinning to himself, Alucard changed into a pair of loose fitting, silk pajama pants. Usually, he would sleep nude, but Alucard decided he didn't want to give his Little Human a heart attack when she woke up. He slid into bed and watched with slight awe as Nhira seemed to automatically turn towards him and snuggle up to him. Wrapping the fragile human in his arms, Alucard pulled her close, reveling in the warmth of her body pressed against his as he buried his nose in Nhira's neck and inhaled deeply. So sweet she smelled. Sweet and like him. He liked that, he liked that a lot. Alucard decided that he'd make sure a few of his shirts made a home in her room.
With a long, slow lick to the beautifully pale neck Alucard longed to sink his fangs in for another taste of that sweet virgin blood, he let himself relax into sleep while he reveled in the feeling of Nhira resting against his bare chest.