God. Yes, there has been a delay. My internet went done. Thank you reviewers who as still interested in this story.
Lillith Snape
Danielle
Tonnerre
StatusQuo
CharityTheWhiteRaven
Gale Frost
nlightnd
Lord Makura
Order 12: Questions
Katherine awoke late at night. She had intended to sleep through the night but it was almost impossible for a vampire to sleep with the sun down. She gave a sigh and went upstairs. The help was gone for the night it seemed; Walter and Integra had gone to bed. She yawned widely, heading to the freezer that held all the medical blood. She popped the lid and pulled one of the packs from the freezer. She bit into into and drained it in seconds. She tossed the empty one aside and reached for another. It too was gone in seconds. One after the other, they vanished as though they were just drops of liquid.
Katherine growled after the fifth package had been emptied. Behind her sounded a chuckle. She whirled immediately, her eyes wild and calmed slightly at the sight of Alucard.
"I told you to drink your blood," he said teasingly.
She glared at him.
"Can you feel that? Your insatiable hunger. The medical blood just won't do it for you."
She grinned at him, took a step towards him. "You'd like me to be just like you, wouldn't you?" She looked up at him and shook her head. "I don't need telling twice." She turned away and headed to get her jacket.
"Where are you going?" he asked with a laugh in his voice.
"Out," she replied simply and left.
She stalked the night, the anger beginning to grow again. She hadn't felt the Rage since she was a child. It felt good to have it back. She had paused in her blood drinking, just to see how Seras managed it. It wasn't much fun. She tossed all humanity to the wind and hunted for a victim.
She found him, loitering outside a bar, a cigarette dangling from his lips. She walked up to him and after minutes of conversation, had him pressed up against the side of the bar. Her lips trailed a path from his mouth to his neck where she immediately sank her fangs. He stiffened for a moment then went limp as she had to hold him up. Her pupils dilated as she felt the sweet blood run down her throat. She had to stop...but she couldn't...
His heartbeat began to quicken to an alarming rate but still Katherine could not release him. His body jerked as the last breath left him and Kat pulled her away from his neck. "Damn it," she swore under her breath as she checked his pulse. She tilted her head back and laid him out. She closed his eyes and rose to her feet, wiping her mouth as she moved. "Just my luck." She sighed softly, looked around then vanished to reappear at the mansion.
The sun was going to be up soon and she wasn't going to school. Might as well get a good day's sleep.
She yawned widely, stumbling to her room to collapse into the coffin. Just before she shut the lid she heard Alucard laughing somewhere.
Did you get enough?
Yes Father, she answered automatically without feeling.
She rolled her eyes and slammed the coffin lid down.
-
Katherine awoke about three hours later to the ringing of her phone. She cursed, throwing the lid up and reaching blindly for the phone somewhere on the floor. "Hey," she answered sleepily, her eyes still closed.
"Kat?" the voice on the other line asked.
"Who else would be answering my phone?" she asked angrily.
"You're sure not a morning person."
"What do you want?" she asked, beginning to lose her temper.
"Need me to pick you up for school?"
"Not going today, Dame."
There was a pause then, "You've missed a lot of school."
"Excuse me, I hadn't realized you'd been appointed the new junior truant officer. I'll be there after school. Later." She hung up without waiting for a response.
The one of the other line was Damien, eternally cynical, endlessly sarcastic, her long standing best friend. And apparently concerned with her attendance record. She couldn't be bothered. Instead, she fell back to the coffin and pulled the covers over her head.
She woke up hours later at around three o'clock and struggled from her coffin. She walked into the shower, nearly asleep as the water drops pelted her. She was in an odd sense of peace as she leaned against the shower wall. She exited soon, got dressed and walked to the school.
The sky was mercifully cloudy and she looked up at it with a dreamy expression. A heavy feeding like last night's would induce a state of calm until that undeniable hunger came back.
Katherine arrived at the school at almost the exact time of dismissal. She stood by Damien's parked Harley motorcycle and waited, examining her nails, disinterestedly. After a few moments, she looked up at his approach.
He was tall and lanky but muscular with dark brown hair falling into his eyes. He had a boyishly handsome face that always looked rather devious to Katherine. He was dressed in blue jeans, a red t-shirt and red Converse sneakers.
"Hey gorgeous," he said in greeting.
She yawned a bit. "What's up?"
He paused, looked at her. "You look very...content. What've you been up to Kitty Kat?"
She rolled her eyes at the annoying nickname. "I've been sleeping; what do you think?"
"In the middle of the day?"
"Duh. I work nights. Demon exterminators keep late hours." She caught, out of the corner of her eyes, kids giving her dirty looks, those that had never really liked her for whatever reason. "Can we get out of here?" she asked with a tiny sigh, not wanting another fight put on her record. He stared at her for another moment, slightly irritating her. "What's with you, Dame? I'm not a damn laboratory specimen." She brushed him aside and wheeled the motorcycle from its place. "Come on already."
He shook his head, as though clearing a spell or something and took the front of the bike. "Right." He mounted it and kicked the engine into gear. "Get on." She climbed onto the back of his motorcycle and wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned her head into his back. He gunned it and they left the front of the school, in the midst of burning rubber.
Katherine rested easily as they rode off, her long dark hair streaming behind her.
They rode to a secluded park far from the school. Katherine hopped off and walked to sit on a bench shaded by trees. Damien followed after putting the kickstand into place and removing his helmet.
"If your job keeps you up all night, why don't you quit?" he asked after sitting beside her.
She smiled privately. It was so like him to worry about her. "I can't quit," she said simply. "It's not as easy as that. Besides, I like the night life." She closed her eyes and tilted her head back. "Stop worrying so much."
He fell into typical thoughtful silence as Katherine smiled to herself. How easy it would be to just tell him about her vampirism but logical Damien would most likely not believe her. She licked a fang anxiously.
Normally, her friends would come here and hang out after school but today the park was all for her and Damien. How very befitting.
"What happened in school today?" she asked for the sake of conversation.
"Hm? Oh, Sam got in a fight and got suspended."
She rolled her eyes. "Again?" He gave a small laugh. "Yeah again. That famous Irish temper of hers." Katherine scoffed. "Her dad's going to kill her." She stretched her arms above her head, looking at the sky, absentmindedly.
"What about your father?"
She looked at him. "What about my father?" Her eyes narrowed a little. "You are getting really curious lately."
"I have a right to be," he shot back.
She covered her laugh. "Curiosity can kill you," she said simply and stood up, fed up with his questions. "I'm going home."
"Kat," he said, protesting.
"You should learn to mind your own business," she said with surprising vindictiveness to his stunned face. "You'll live longer that way," she added and began walking off. He made no attempt to stop her.
What a buzz kill Damien could be! She was still content from her last feeding and he had to go and mess it up with his incessant questions.
She walked on heading towards the mansion, her anger slowly beginning to rise. She only recognized it as her Rage taking over before it was too late to do anything about it. Her options were to seek out Alucard or go another massacre. She opted for battling her father.
She found him not in his room but on the Hellsing grounds, idly watching the soldiers undergo their training. He turned at the feeling of her energy and grinned at the sight of her, panting and pissed. "You really have no control," he said with a smile and a shake of his head. She raced for him then, all heed of danger ignored.
She was considerably faster and stronger than their last training session and still Alucard bested her. After every defeated move, she grew more and more angry, the whites of her eyes pulsing red before she could see nothing at all. She could still hear Alucard and his annoying laughter, furthering her fury.
She paused in her attack for a moment. Another's presence was sensed, lurking in her vicinity. Spying on her? Yes. She growled in anger and turned away from Alucard at the moment to this new person. He had hidden behind a tree, watched her. Now, she whipped her leg up and struck the tree down with an almighty crashing noise. She could barely recognize him, staring up at her in awe and fear.
"Katherine..."
Damien.
She flexed her fingers, licked her lips, preparing for a strike...
Goddamn my bloody writer's block. A thousand pardons, I know this chapter isn't up to my usual standards but I was really pressed for time and ideas. It seems I've been putting more effort into the Dracula Chronicles which isn't as popular as this one. Again, I apologize. Flames will be tolerated. In the meantime, pitch ideas and leave reviews. Thank you all.
