*Alucard is speaking here, for those who care about the changing POV's. *
I heard the child push from the wall and run, her mother did as well, but by the time she had gotten up and walked to the door, Mina was already outside, running from this place. Integra watched as she ran from the mansion, into the grounds outside. The sun had just set, when she looked at me.
"You, you're taking my child from me."
I stood there, listening to her, waiting for her to blame the rest of the problems she was having on me, but she didn't. Instead she staggered away, hiding herself in a corner.
"She is your daughter and yet there you are, hiding in a corner trying to make everything go away, it doesn't work like that master, never did and it never will. Hiding from your problems or throwing them on the most convenient outlook doesn't work too well when you are a leader."
"Stop it Alucard, just stop it, I don't need to hear this from you."
She was crying as though she had stumbled and fallen. I don't understand humans, Integra was getting older but she was still acting as though she were Mina's age, trying to escape her problems by dropping them off to someone else. Rather than fight with her, I went after her daughter.
Mina, she had made it pretty far before she collapsed in the grass of the courtyard. I found her quite by accident, she was sobbing into the fresh grass. Coming from behind, she jumped a little as I touched her.
"Get away from me!"
Humans confuse me and her family more than any other. As she said this she coughed onto the ground, sick for whatever reason. I brushed her hair out of her face and she looked at me, saddened.
"I-I must look like a fool."
"Shh..You're mother wants you."
"I don't want to go back there.she didn't want me so why should I?"
"You misunderstood little one, come on."
I picked her up effortlessly and carried her back to the mansion. Stopping before we reached the steps I looked at her, she had pushed her head against my shoulder, grabbing at my coat again.
"Alucard?"
"Master?"
"Why are you so cold, and why did you call me master?"
"The cold issue will be explained later by your mother, and though you are not yet my master, you will be soon. Get used to the title."
She laid her head back down against me, loosening her grip as she fell asleep. I took her back to her room, laying her on the four-poster bed, and left her. Integra was in the office, still curled in a fetal position, sobbing. I grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet.
"Silence master, your daughter is in her bed, asleep, not thanks to your maternal instinct. Perhaps you were not ready for a child yourself, but if you think I'm acting childish, look at yourself."
I dropped her arm and allowed her to crumple to the ground, without even looking at her I returned to the darkness to wait for one or the other of them to regain their senses.
I heard the child push from the wall and run, her mother did as well, but by the time she had gotten up and walked to the door, Mina was already outside, running from this place. Integra watched as she ran from the mansion, into the grounds outside. The sun had just set, when she looked at me.
"You, you're taking my child from me."
I stood there, listening to her, waiting for her to blame the rest of the problems she was having on me, but she didn't. Instead she staggered away, hiding herself in a corner.
"She is your daughter and yet there you are, hiding in a corner trying to make everything go away, it doesn't work like that master, never did and it never will. Hiding from your problems or throwing them on the most convenient outlook doesn't work too well when you are a leader."
"Stop it Alucard, just stop it, I don't need to hear this from you."
She was crying as though she had stumbled and fallen. I don't understand humans, Integra was getting older but she was still acting as though she were Mina's age, trying to escape her problems by dropping them off to someone else. Rather than fight with her, I went after her daughter.
Mina, she had made it pretty far before she collapsed in the grass of the courtyard. I found her quite by accident, she was sobbing into the fresh grass. Coming from behind, she jumped a little as I touched her.
"Get away from me!"
Humans confuse me and her family more than any other. As she said this she coughed onto the ground, sick for whatever reason. I brushed her hair out of her face and she looked at me, saddened.
"I-I must look like a fool."
"Shh..You're mother wants you."
"I don't want to go back there.she didn't want me so why should I?"
"You misunderstood little one, come on."
I picked her up effortlessly and carried her back to the mansion. Stopping before we reached the steps I looked at her, she had pushed her head against my shoulder, grabbing at my coat again.
"Alucard?"
"Master?"
"Why are you so cold, and why did you call me master?"
"The cold issue will be explained later by your mother, and though you are not yet my master, you will be soon. Get used to the title."
She laid her head back down against me, loosening her grip as she fell asleep. I took her back to her room, laying her on the four-poster bed, and left her. Integra was in the office, still curled in a fetal position, sobbing. I grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet.
"Silence master, your daughter is in her bed, asleep, not thanks to your maternal instinct. Perhaps you were not ready for a child yourself, but if you think I'm acting childish, look at yourself."
I dropped her arm and allowed her to crumple to the ground, without even looking at her I returned to the darkness to wait for one or the other of them to regain their senses.