A/N: Where oh where is my beta?
Oh right, that skank is out 'having a life with her family'. Loser.
But I have kick-ass carbonated cream soda candy. From Jones soda, no less. Awesome. Ummm…I dunno. Chappie 27 (its one less cause I never counted that first musical interlude as a chapter…) hasn't been betaed yet, and there have been no reviews, I don't know how people reacted to it. So I can't really yammer about it. Maybe that's a good thing.
Also…I got little to no feedback on the other story idea so…I just don't know…meehhhh…
I noticed something today. Hellsing has made all other vampire movies (except the Twilight movie perhaps) completely unsatisfying. These other vampires, they are such pussies. They hiss too much, and you can kill 'em by just randomly shooting them. To quote Josh, 'Hellsing universe vampires make all other vampires crap their pants.' Well said, Josh. True dat.
I woke with a start. I'm not exactly sure as to why, but it may have had something to do with the fact that I couldn't move. Something was holding me down.
I struggled and looked around, trying to see what my bonds were. I saw them, but I didn't know initially if they were good or bad.
Alucard's cold arm was wrapped around me, holding me still and close to him. I thought at first that he was out to hurt me, and panicked.
About then I noticed that his eyes were closed. I stopped fighting and relaxed. Once I did, his grip loosened and I snuggled into his side. As long as he was asleep, he couldn't get mad or annoyed with me, right?
I had no idea what time it was. I tried to figure out when I fell asleep, and I guess it was about 12:30 or so. But that still didn't help with my current time dilemma.
I looked up at Alucard's face, and he cracked one glowing scarlet eye and smirked. My heart raced for a second, and both of his eyes opened, accompanied with a low chuckle.
"Good morning." He murmured.
"How do you even know that's it's morning?"
"After 500 years your internal clock gets pretty well adjusted." He yawned and moved the back of his hand to cover his mouth, but not before I saw the long and razor-sharp fangs that framed it.
I gasped in horror and froze; succumbing to a bit of a flashback. His arm was wrapped around me, I was pressed against him, and those fangs that could very easily rip me apart right now were sickeningly close to my throat.
Alucard looked down at me, raising one eyebrow questioningly. He realized what had happened an instant after that.
His arms slipped away from my trembling form. I sat up quickly, reminding myself that I wasn't being attacked or pursued by a homicidal vampire. He stayed where he was, understanding (or reading my mind to find out) what I was trying to do. I calmed down after a few moments and laid back down, curling into his side and breathing in his oddly comforting scent.
"Sorry. I kinda freaked out there…" I whispered breathlessly into his suit.
"You don't have to apologize, my dear. It's understandable."
"Was that whole dream-thing real?" I asked after I had restored my pulse to a somewhat reasonable rate. Damn, I hope that doesn't happen too often.
"Of course it was."
"So…that's the only way to fix my neck…?"
"I merely suggested it, noting that no other attempt has helped so far. I'm not fully confident if it will work, but I'm fairly certain it will. Considering the fact that your wound hasn't proved life-threatening as long as the bandages stay on, you don't have to agree to anything. Think about it for as long as you want, I will not rush you for a decision."
"I'll do that…think about it I mean. Anyway, if your internal clock is so well adjusted, what time is it?" I inquired, sitting up and looking around for a clock, despite the fact I just asked him what time it was.
"Mmm, about seven. Now, I'm going back to sleep. It's far too early." He turned onto his side. "Make your mind up if you're staying here or getting up. I don't mind either way, but I'm staying on your bed, sorry to disappoint you. The thought of taking a trip down another three floors to my coffin isn't too appealing."
I thought about it for a few seconds, then decided that I was still a little groggy from sleep. "I'll stay here."
He looked over his shoulder at me and smirked. "Are you staying there, or are you going to come over here?" He said, rolling over and extending his arms outward.
I hoped (probably in vain) that he couldn't see the heat that no doubt showed up in red on my face.
Rather than speak to answer, I lied down and moved into his arms, which promptly wrapped around me. Alucard chuckled. "Be careful, Pura; I could get used to this." He murmured, inhaling.
I wondered to myself why I had to be careful. But before I had been wondering for too long, I had drifted off to sleep in the arms of a vampire.
A/N: Dammit that is an awesome place to end! But I wont, cause that's would be way too hella short. So I'll shove in a meaningless author's note to make myself feel better about not being able to end there. But seriously, that's a great place to break it off, don't you think?
No POV change is taking place, mind you. We still be hangin' with Pura, she's pretty rad, huh? Marie, I just stole ya word, SKANK-HO! I really should stop this.
B/N: Pura is just about the shittiest OC ever, Jen. She's like Skanky McSkankerton from Skankville.
I'm going to say this aloud as she screws up in Tetris. We got out her NES today, and much to our surprise it was still working. Then we made cookies.
But seriously, we've been playing NES for hours. About 7. She already put 'Tetris' in for Integra.
A/N2: I'm only screwing up Tetris because you won't SHUT THE HELL UP! And I said I almost put 'Tetris' instead of 'Integra'. Whorey McWhorerton from Whoreville.
I woke a few hours later, feeling much better. I immediately knew whose arms I was trapped in this time, and didn't freak out. I was, however, stuck with the predicament of finding a way out of Alucard's unbreakable though sleepy grasp. This problem was made more difficult considering that my bed was pushed against the wall. On the same side I was currently trapped against, too.
I twisted around, trying not to wake him.
"Neh…" he muttered, still sleeping. His grip tightened on me unhelpfully.
"Come on, you crazy effing vampire, let me go!" I whispered as I struggled slightly, not really believing that he would hear me.
And he didn't. His eyes remained closed and the trademark smirk didn't appear on his face, as it would have if he was messing with me.
I poked him hard in the side.
Nothing.
Was this part of the reason why I had to be careful that he was talking about earlier?
"Ugh!" I grumbled. "You sleep like a freakin' rock." I tried to kick him in the shin. "And you should really stop it!" I growled though gritted teeth. His shins were too far away. I couldn't move anyway; the blankets were all twisted around my legs, which sucked.
I sighed angrily and gave up.
"Damn it…"
Once I let myself go limp, his grip loosened slightly. Upon trying to sneak out of his arms, he immediately tightened his hold.
"Oh you are a bastard." I snarled in my best snarling voice. I could try one more thing before I was forced to sit and wait until Alucard decided to get up. "You asked for this…"
I was able to move enough to get my face near his shoulder. He smelled nice…I almost felt bad for what I was gonna do. But he wouldn't let me the hell go.
I bit him. However backwards it was, I bit his arm.
"Hnn…" Alucard grumbled. I think I saw his nose twitch. I leaned away and exhaled sharply in annoyance. Nothing was freaking working! Then his eyes opened slowly and pierced me with burning crimson intenseness. My heart slammed; he was mad. "Is there a reason you've woken me up again, girl?"
I couldn't remember. "Uhh…" I stammered, the blood running cold in my veins.
"Well?" He growled.
I was too scared to form a reply. Alucard sat up slowly, looming over me. I felt the coldness of his shadows wrap around me, and I couldn't help but be reminded of that thing from the Stephen King story 'The Raft'. I shivered, thinking that any time the black formless darkness would sink into me like acid and dissolve my skin.
I whimpered, struggling against him uselessly.
He leaned down, grinning cruelly, until he was inches from my face.
"Pura…?"
I turned my face to the side and closed my eyes tightly. A choked squeak was all I could manage.
I felt him move further, and shivered against his cold breath when his mouth was at my ear.
"This is for trying to reverse roles." He whispered with a chuckle.
My eyes snapped open.
"YOU ARE THE BIGGEST JACKASS EVER!" I shrieked at him, enraged.
He leaned away, laughing. The shadows melted off and I sat up.
"That was NOT funny at all!"
"Oh, I'm aware. It wasn't funny, it was revenge. The fact that you're hilarious when you get angry like that is just an added bonus."
I glared at him and turned away. He was still chuckling when I picked the lamp on my bedside table up. I turned quickly and whipped the lamp as hard as I could at his face. He caught it impossibly fast with one hand. That ass! If it didn't hit him I'd at least like to have seen it shatter! He ran one finger around the lampshade, and then set it down agonizingly slowly on the other bedside table. It came down with a slight clang of metal on wood, and he patted it twice. All this to infuriate me, that jerk.
I screamed wordlessly in anger and kicked his side. I doubt that I hit him hard enough to really knock him off the bed, but he fell anyway, probably just to make me feel a little better. He landed on his back on my floor. I tore the blankets off the bed and threw them on top of him so I didn't have to look at him. I stormed out still in my pajamas, but I could still hear his laughing.
"AGH!" I growled to the empty hallway.
Or, I thought it was empty. Walter strolled out from around the corner and right into my warpath. He stopped where he was; almost at the other end of the hall. Apparently he knew to heed the rage of a sixteen year old girl in pajamas.
"What's the matter, Pura?"
"Alucard is an asshole!" I forgot that no one other than Alucard knew I could speak again.
"Well that is pretty much what he does…wait, what? Alucard?"
Oh right. Everyone also thought that I would still rather wash my face vigorously with porcupines than be within shouting distance of him.
A voice spoke from behind me. A low and silky voice. A voice that pissed me off at this point in time.
"Good morning, Walter. It is odd, but Pura seems to have warmed up to me."
I looked over my shoulder. "Well not anymore, asshole." I snapped.
He chuckled, which made me even angrier. I took my iPod out of the pocket included for some reason on pajama pants. I spun around and whipped it at him; he of course caught it inches from his face without flinching. Bastard.
"My, my. Your iPod, Pura? You really are enraged, aren't you?"
I turned quickly away from him, crossing my arms. Which made him laugh again. Through all of this, Walter stood, watching dumbfounded. And with pretty good reason.
Alucard decided to acknowledge Walter again. "I suppose now I'm going to have to let Integra in on Pura's recovery…" he muttered as he poked the buttons on my iPod.
"What are you doing?!" I yelped. No one messes with my settings. Especially if I'm angry with that person.
"You just threw it. You obviously don't want it, so now it's mine." He stated.
I grabbed for it, and he jerked it away. It would be way easier to get it back if he wasn't so freaking tall. I was jumping, pawing for the iPod. And not even getting close to it. He turned and began walking down the hallway, scrolling through my playlists.
"Walter, if you would, let Integra know I'll be coming around later. Don't tell her Pura's up and about though, that's a surprise."
"Of course…" Walter replied. I started to chase after Alucard, and out of the corner of my eye I saw Walter walking away and shaking his head confusedly.
I caught up with Alucard (he was only walking, but I had to jog), to find he was grinning at my little music player that was now probably terrified out of its mind.
"What's this song called? 'Vampires Will Never Hurt You'?" He cackled at the song title. Poor insulted song title.
"Give it back damn you! Get out of my playlists and stop stealing my things!" I jumped again for it and missed. "You're like a crow with shiny objects or something!" That was a statement he found funny. "GAH!" I growled and lunged at him.
He caught me midair by the back of my shirt and held me at arm's length. This means I was being held three or more feet off the ground and unable to reach him or my iPod.
I squirmed in his hold, but to no avail.
"You're quite a vicious little thing."
"I'LL FREAKING STRANGLE YOU!" I yelled, clawing at him. I don't care what time it was, he was driving me insane and I'm not going to keep quiet about it.
"Go ahead and try. Go on, wrap your hands around my neck, it won't get you anywhere. I don't need to breathe." Damn it! Another tactic made useless by freaky vampire powers.
Fine. I'm done. I don't want to play anymore. Stop the ride, I wanna get off. I let myself go limp.
"Giving up? That's not much like you."
I ignored him. I noticed my shirt, from the way he was holding me, was riding up annoyingly.
"Well nothing I can do will make you stop…" I unsuccessfully tried to get my shirt back to its normal position. The problem was, the cloth was tighter where I was being dangled by it, and right now it was around my chest, which didn't feel too great at all.
He laughed. "That's true."
He may have continued from that point, but I didn't hear it. The tight circle of cloth had ridden up to the point that it was around my neck. A rope holding the weight of a person had been wrapped around my ripped up throat, applying pressure all around my neck.
I inhaled sharply and painfully as my head jerked up. I saw Alucard, who looked surprised; apparently he hadn't realized I would be attacked by my own clothing either. Blinding pain shot from my neck through my entire body; it seemed like I could even feel it in my teeth. A howl of agony caught in my throat as I was dropped, then quickly caught around my waist before I hit the ground.
I must have blacked out, because I opened my eyes to find that I was lying in Alucard's lap; he was sitting cross-legged on the floor, looking down at me with a worried expression. My neck throbbed with agony, giving me a headache. Because I need something else to be in pain.
Why had I been mad...? Oh, right.
"Now give me back my iPod…" I nearly whispered; it was the loudest I could manage.
"You are a bizarre creature." He chuckled quietly as he reached into his coat to bring out the little black square I adore. "I do suppose you've earned it after that."
I sat up and accepted the iPod he held out. As I tried to repair the damage done to my settings (said damage was extensive and difficult to fix, seeing as how he had changed the language), I wondered if Integra would be angry with me for not keeping her up to date with my recovery.
I decided to voice my concerns.
"Is Integra gonna be mad at me for not telling her that I felt better?"
"I highly doubt it. You seem to think everyone is still out to get you, Pura. They only want to see you get well, Integra, especially. My dear, she thinks you despise her, you know."
"What? I don't though…"
"No, you don't. But you've been avoiding everyone and doing it so silently, making it near impossible for humans to track you down in this mansion. Integra could have enlisted my help of course, but she knew your reaction to me coming to retrieve you would be…unfortunate. So the two of you barely met up, and she made the logical assumption that you were terrified of her too."
Well now I felt bad. I didn't want Integra thinking I was a bitch. Hell, I thought she was awesome; she stopped Alucard from killing me. I had never pinned down the reason behind it, which led me to believe that she expected something of me and just put the attack on pause, but I didn't know what it was. I was afraid if she found out I didn't do too much to help the whole organization thing going on here, she would tell Alucard to resume tearing me to pieces. But still, I was grateful.
"Does your neck still hurt…?" he asked quietly.
"I think I'm alright…" the pain had gone down to a dull throb, which I could deal with.
"Ah, good." He said and grinned.
Before I could throw him a questioning glance, he had picked up me without warning and slung me over his shoulder. I responded with a yelp, as would be expected in such an unexpected occurrence.
"Why must you do these things?!" I twisted in his grip: I could walk fine, dammit.
He chuckled. "Because I can."
He was right. But I wasn't about to admit that.
"Really? Cause I thought it was due to the fact that you're insane."
Alucard laughed. "Need I remind you that you are in my grasp and completely defenseless? Or should I employ further tactics to convince you that being a smart-ass will bring you trouble?"
I stopped wiggling around. I didn't wanna know what his 'tactics' would be. Alucard chuckled darkly at my reaction.
"Err…where are we going?"
"To Integra's office. She will be annoyed if we keep her waiting, though at me rather than you."
"Oh. Well can you put me down please?"
"No."
His sense of humor is infuriating.
We soon reached the office, and he finally set me down.
"By the way, are you still angry with me?" He asked with a slight smirk.
"That depends…will you never scare me like that again?" I had thought he was about to kill me…I thought I was going to feel that terrible pain of his fangs ripping into my neck again.
He must have picked up on my inner fear, for his tone grew a bit more serious. "Alright. I won't do that again. I guess that doesn't help to defend the fact that I won't hurt you. Now, come on." He placed his palm on my back, leading me along, being careful not to graze the slow-healing gash he inflicted.
He walked through the door, making me flinch. Integra sat at her desk, writing something. Her eyes flicked up to look at the two of us, and I nearly jumped.
She looked up, surprised at the sight of me next to Alucard while conscious. But she regained her sophisticated air in an instant.
"Good afternoon, Alucard, Pura."
Alucard bowed.
"Hello, Sir." I said quietly.
"It's good to hear that you can speak again, Pura. And you've recovered well; that's excellent. The fact that you are still in you pajamas would mean your Americanized teenage mentality is back, I suppose?"
Damn it! Alucard chuckled at her observation of my unsuitable clothing choice. It was his fault, anyway. If he hadn't dragged me here, I could have gotten some regular clothes.
"Now…to the more obvious change…" she looked up at Alucard. "Vampire, did you hypnotize this girl?"
"No, she has done this of her own will, however perplexing that will may be."
Integra looked back to me. "It seems Alucard was correct in maintaining that you are a strange little creature."
Strange or stupid…?
"I can see your neck is still injured. Have your wings healed?"
"My wings? Oh right, they're ok, I think. My back is all messed up still so it still hurts to move them…er- Sir." I'm not used to the whole sir thing…I forget to add it…plus it's unusual being able to mention my wings. For obvious reasons I really can't yammer on about the damn wings jutting from my back in normal conversation.
"In two months there will be a council meeting where I will need to introduce you. Unfortunately, regardless of whether your back is mended, you will have to demonstrate your wings."
Well that sucks. "Yes, sir."
"Don't get overexcited about this; nothing much will happen. These meetings are actually quite dull. You will, for the most part, just stand on the side while they talk."
A sense of humor? It sounded odd paired with that refined British accent and her otherwise threatening manner.
"Well then, was there anything else?" she asked the tall vampire standing next to me.
"Not at all." Alucard said.
She switched her gaze to me.
I shook my head.
Alucard bowed and led me out after Integra had dismissed us. As if I needed leading out; he was just being an ass.
We walked down the halls, I was planning to head to my room for a shower and a change of clothes, but I guess I was going to go wherever Alucard wanted me to go.
"I'm going back to sleep, Pura." He stated and disappeared. His exits always had to be dramatic, didn't they? He could never just walk out.
But still, that worked fine. I was actually able to get a shower and get dressed as I planned! Wow!
Rather than ignore it for a while and then freak out later, I decided to deliberate about Alucard's method of fixing the gaping friggin' hole in my neck.
All day I was completely out of it, incapable of making an effort to avoid everyone. They must have thought I was being a bitch or something.
It was like 6:30 and I was lying on a couch somewhere, staring at the ceiling. Alucard's face appeared where the ceiling should have been, making me yelp and fall off the couch. The thump of my landing was accompanied by his smug laughter.
He partially redeemed himself by helping me up.
"Well Pura, what do you plan on doing today?"
I was scared, but I should probably tell him now.
"Alucard?"
"Yes?"
I took a breath to calm myself. I had reached a decision. Damn.
"I'll do it."
He knew immediately what I was talking about and grinned.
"Perfect."
A/N: there's, so much to report!
Firstly: yeah, I just re-read The Raft, and it creeped me out pretty well. But I read it, and I was all like "THAT IS SO ALUCARD SHADOWS!" Basically it's this big oil-slick black monster that floats on the surface of the water and eats people. It's pretty scary…has anyone else read that or am I just making obscure references? Anyway it's a pretty kick-ass story…cept this one part always makes me feel a little sick…I won't spoil it for you if you decide to read it, but those who have will probably know what I'm talkin' about.
Secondly: yes, Pura listens to MCR. Whatever, it's good music; I don't care what you have to say. Though I doubt anyone gives a fuck about the musical tastes of Pura. Am I correct? Yes, yes I am.
Thirdly: NO MORE SCHOOL! SUMMER IS HERE, BITCHES! This summer will not match up to last year's, which has been named 'The Summer of Hellsing', but it'll still be damn awesome. This also means I can stay up late and write to my heart's content. Though I need a fan in my room or something. It gets damn hot here. Ew.
Fourthly: I GOT MY OLD NINTENDO WORKING! It's an NES, and I have all the Mario games. And a buncha others that kick ass. Oh Marie said that, didn't she? Oh well, her words don't matter.
I'll probably work Nintendo in as a frivolous chapter, so be forewarned.
Saturday sci-fi report? Yes! ALIEN MOVIES! They are so funny…
First of all, if a space-shuttle fell from orbit to the earth, would it not burn up during reentry if it was falling apart and wasn't being piloted at all? I mean, it wasn't even hot.
Also, if there are military personnel everywhere looking for this ship, would someone notice more shit falling from the sky? A freaking meteorite fell and smashed into a building, destroying it, yet everyone ignored it. Or notice the astronaut/aliens crawling out of the water, violently killing three janitors, stealing a car and riding off through the docks?
Anyways…
Everyone says I'm good at writing Alucard. It seems that ability is paralleled by my inability to write Integra. That is why I wish to avoid it so.
Is this a cliffhanger? I don't know if this is a cliffhanger. All I know is that next chappie is going to be witness to Pura getting all freaked. Obviously. Maybe someone will get drunk! Maybe someone will get hurt! Maybe someone will kick over a large display of animal crackers! Tune in next week to find oooouuuuut! And the flashback was a one-time thing. Prolly. I like that way of saying 'probably'. Have you noticed?
DAMN, SON! This chapter is long! This is the longest chapter ever, yo. That's pretty cool, huh? Does that make you people happy?! 4,443 unbetaed words?! Ten pages?! Is that enough?! AGGHHH!
Wow, look at the infomercials! It's 3 am! I love it!
B/N: What if these were real pandas?
Umm...Jen's making me work on my 15th birthday. Bitchy McBitcherton from Bitchville.
