Chapter 22
Alucard looked at her, putting the book under his left arm, and started to walk down the descending hallway. Soon it opened up to a large room with shadowy corners, the fire following him like a puppy dog.
"Seras..." He said in a low baritone, motioning her towards a chair that was nearby. "...My old hide away from the Hellsing family."
Seras walked up to the rickety looking chair in the corner, her footsteps scraping the floor, making a slight echo during each footstep. She sat down as her master watched her, his red eyes widening as he remembered his old days.
He grinned evilly, walking over to her and bent the upper-half of his body down as if to touch her, but instead he leaned over behind the chair, reaching behind and grabbing something near the slit by the corner. Her eyes watched as he pulled out a bottle with dust on it, the peeling label reading "Blood Type AB, 1674."
"Hmmm...A good year for blood…" He laughed. "A natural disaster in Japan...mwahahaha..."
"Suugoi..."
Alucard's eyes went from the bottle to Seras, pulling out next glasses that were just as ancient, for them both. The little fire went to the right of Seras where there was a small wooden table that looked as if it were being eaten away. He plopped down in the front of Seras, laying the book on the table behind him.
"Would you like a drink...?" He offered a cup. "Hmmm...?"
Her eyes darkened, and she grinned. "Sure, why the hell not."
His face twisted into a smirk as he handed her the cup, and took a little sip out of his own. "Hmmm..." He looked around, his head swiveling. "...Exactly how I remember it...and to think, I thought nothing could find me here...mwahahaha..."
Seras took a good-sized sip, emptying half of her cup. "What found you Master? ...Or who?" She eyed him as his eyes met hers. He recalled on his past, which was so long ago.
"Damn Hellsing...mwahahaha...I had hid here for centuries...alone...and with this." His eyes roamed across the rediscovered diary and the ancient blood.
She rolled her eyes and joked around, holding her cup. "Sounds like you had fun..." She took another sip, then brought it away from her mouth. Alucard took another swig, his eyes concentrating a little more on her as he looked over the rim.
"Hehehe...it was...I learned more of myself here..." He looked at the diary for a second before looking back over at Seras. "And that accounts for what I would have been...when I was alive..."
Finishing her cup, her brought it away from her face and looked down into it, seeming to look like she was thinking, not really saying much. As she stared down into her cup, he moved closer to her, his eyes boring into her.
"It's hard to understand...I know...I was not always like this..." He looked as if in some sort of daze, remembering memories long lost. He brought up a lazy hand and took his hat off, placing it on the table.
She kept staring into her cup, talking lowly. "I guess no matter how long you're alive, you really don't forget anything, do you..."