Chapter 24
Alucard noticed the moon's quickened descent.
"Yet, Seras..." He spoke silently, flying with his arm hooked around her comfortably, and with his other hand, he pointed out the moon. He glared back to her, watching her face, seeing if she noticed...that they may not make it...
Seras, indeed, noticed the descent as the horrid light of the ascending sun was quickly replacing it. "We'd better hurry up, then..."
"Hmmm..." He brought his other remaining arm around Seras' waist, his hand still holding the book and her at the same time. He brought her underneath him again, and his coat took a life of it's down as it wrapped around them both to conceal them.
Alucard could still see through the coat, and for Seras, there was a convenient little hole at the bottom where Seras' head could poke out.
"Hang on...mwahahaha..." He flew at a super speed, trying to beat the sunrise.
Seras' head poked out of the hole and looked around, the wind whipping her in the face, causing her to squint her eyes. Afterwards she withdrew her head back inside the black coat, so she could just look out like a window. She stayed quiet inside, just watching the scenery fly by at an extremely fast pace.
She also saw the darkness slowly fade away into light of dawn.
Alucard continued to fly faster and faster, gaining speed and catching up to the castle...but it all seemed hopeless, that they would be inevitably late. They were so close, and yet, so far away at the same time.
The sun was visible on the horizon.
He dove down, quickly at top speeds, gripping Seras and his book tighter. He dove faster and faster, he pelted himself straight into the castle wall, melting through it as the sun had risen completely. However, Seras went through with him as he was holding onto her. His feet landed on the floor shakily.
Seras' eyes were wide as plates throughout the entire trip, as she just waited for them to crash into something and wipe out completely. But she didn't and she saw, through the hole, a familiar setting.
"Naaaa..." She slowly blinked, her hands resting on his arms that held her.
As the coat unraveled itself back to normal, and Seras is put down on the familiar grounds of the castle, in Alucard's room. He slunk back, dropping his hat on the table and plotted himself on the floor, his hair all untidy and most of it hiding the right half of his face. He looked up at Seras.
"Hmm...How foolish of me...you alright, Seras...?"
She looked down and checked her feet, clarifying that she was on solid ground again. "I'm fine...just not used to flying that quick, or rather, flying much at all." She ran her fingers through her hair quickly, tidying up the loose strands that stuck out here and there. He grinned at the good news, dropping his head to look at his legs, and his glasses seemed to slip down to the tip of his nose. He moved his right hand from his side to take them off all the way, knocking his bangs out of his face so he could see better.
"Seras...that was way too close..." His face appeared much redder than it should as he looked up at Seras.
"But we're okay now anyway, master," She eyed his unusually red face, raising an eyebrow, making a
strange looking face. As Alucard looked at her, his face ached, and he winced a bit at the sudden jolt of pain.
He slowly gets up from the ground, or at least he tries to, but he ended up falling over backwards to where he was. Seras not only heard but also felt her master fall to the ground dully, and jumped back in surprise and on reflex. She walked over quickly as he began to speak.
"Mwahahaha...true, we're okay..." He stared at his legs, speaking with a sound of amusement of his own utter stupidity.
"I don't think I will be getting up anytime soon...hehehehe..."
"Na...master??" Seras sounded a little more confused and bewildered than flabbergasted. He met her eyes, feeling awkwardly stupid. Even at his age, he made a bad mistake.
His eyes glowed a brilliant red with thankfulness and concern at the same time. "My legs got the brunt of the blow...I won't be able to walk until tomorrow...mwahahaha..." He sounded sarcastic. "I can't even hover at the moment." Seras stared down at him, wondering what to do.
He noticed her confusion, as it was written in big, bold letters across her forehead. "Do not worry about me, Seras...I'll be alright..." He extended his long arms out in front of him, and dragged himself to his coffin-shaped bed.
Seras took a few small steps backwards just watching, still not quite knowing what to do, and stayed just in case he needed some help. Anyone would realize that he definitely needed some help, as he just barely made it to the side of the coffin. He stopped, not being able to get the angle right to clamber up, and he stared dumbly at the floor.
"I am too old for this...hmmm..."