Hey after some careful Internet search I realized LSR-7 reads Rochan's work too. She is one of my favorite authors. Forces of Nature and Heart of a Wolf are great. I also love Blackhat. She does Trigun fan fiction and Hellsing. Most of it is NC17 but its still great. Lazarus is a great original character and so is Shiori. Well those are some recommendations by the way. Oh and to LSR-7 thanks for the reviews and the site. I've been there before but it was very thoughtful of you.

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The room was spinning and the floorboards had to be coming up under Ceres Victoria's feet. Didn't they? After all, she told herself, what she was seeing just couldn't be. No this was clearly one of Alucard's twisted mind games. All she needed to do was close her eyes and concentrate and she could overpower him. Yet, every time Ceres opened her eyes she still saw a young boy standing next to Alucard.

"What are you doing Ceres," Alucard eyed her in a no nonsense fashion.

She looked at Alucard for a moment then collected herself. "Nothing Master I was just -who." Ceres stopped herself before she asked about who the boy was. Instead she straightened herself and mentally prepared for an interesting night.

Fortunately for Ceres Winston was as interested in her as she was in him. "Who is this," he questioned Alucard.

"This is my -pupil. She will be coming with us."

"So she is a vampire too then."

"Yes," Alucard said simply.

The two walked out next to each other as Ceres dragged behind. She surveyed Winston curiously as the three vampires or rather vampiric creatures left the Hellsing home. A million questions ran through her head over and over again. She hoped her Master had been tuning out her thoughts for he would have surely been annoyed otherwise.

When the party of three stood at the Hellsing gate Alucard finally spoke to his slightly clueless allies for the evening. He ignored Ceres altogether and spoke to Winston. "I am going to teach you how to travel as fog. It is very important that you learn to control you powers if you ever hope to have a somewhat natural existence."

Winston scoffed a little at Alucard's statement but when he saw the seriousness in Alucard's eyes he felt intimidated and frightened. "What do I need to do?"

"I'm afraid it's very simple and that's the problem itself. Human emotions have a way of complicating everything. If you think too much about it all endeavors will be fruitless but it's not so easy to not think about something. Isn't that right Ceres?"

Ceres looked at her Master and pouted slightly like any scolded child replying, "Yes Master."

"Well you must separate yourself from your body. A vampire is a most unnatural creature because we bend the laws of nature to our own purposes. Yet, we are still subject to nature. Like everything else we die with the right actions and to some degree we are not so different from humans."

"Try closing your eyes and think about floating. That's what I do." Ceres offered her advice trying to be helpful but Alucard was of course not very pleased.

Winston stood there with his eyes closed trying not think of anything, which only made him think about everything. He felt silly and ridiculous which was only making matters worse. After about two minutes of standing still with his eyes closed he opened them and turned to Alucard frustrated. "This is silly and there is no way I will ever be able to just evaporate into fog."

Alucard breathed in deeply. "It is not silly and we will not be leaving until you do turn into fog unless you'd prefer to travel as a pool and blood and other bodily fluids which I can turn you into myself quite easily."

Winston reeled back slightly at Alucard's threats but he choose to take them rather in jest. This would be among his first mistakes in dealing with Alucard. "Where are we going anyway," he asked.

"An old medical center on Hendon Way. There were reports of increased freak activity there."

"And how am I going to find my there," Winston questioned sarcastically.

In no mood to deal with a cynical impertinent child Alucard picked up his right arm and sprucely cuffed Winston with the backside of his right hand. His gloved hand kept the sound of the smack to a minimal level but the force of Alucard's arm knocked Winston backward several steps.

Winston tried to gain composure as he tried desperately not to fall backwards. However, the cuff made him bite down hard on the side of his cheek, drawing blood from the corner of his mouth. Once again Winston tasted the sweet hot liquid causing him to lose some control over his emotions. His quite blue eyes glazed over into enraged anger. He felt ashamed, frustrated and confused.

Alucard's eyes did not leave Winston from the moment he had struck him. "I don't have time for childish attitudes or games. This is very serious and you will regard the things I tell you with a serious mind-set. Do you understand?"

Somewhere in Winston's mind he knew he had to submit to Alucard's demands but his fragile ego would not let him do so. "No! Why the hell should I listen to you? Both you and Integral dance around my existence denying that I'm your son. I doubt this lackey of yours," he pointed to Ceres, "has any clue who I am. And you act like you have the right to dictate what I'm supposed to do at all times. I don't want to learn how to control my powers from you."

"Are you quite finished," Alucard asked.

"Yes," Winston replied.

"Good," said Alucard as he again brought up his arm this time bringing the full force of his fist right into Winston's jaw.

This time Winston was quite overpowered and he fell backwards his head hitting the concrete pavement with a loud crack. Alucard stood over him looking down at him coolly. In truth he found it rather hard not to smile a little bit. It was the second time Winston had shown some proof that he was Integral's son. His Master would never have allowed him to tell her what to do and Winston wasn't very different. However, Winston was not his Master or even his future Master, so Alucard would do with him as Alucard pleased.

"Get up," Alucard said non-empathetically.

Winston stood up quietly afraid of what Alucard might do if he did not comply. Blood oozed out of the left corner of his forehead where his skull had hit the concrete. He coughed slightly and more of the red fluid came out of his mouth and nose running down his jaw.

"Try again."

Ceres stood there watching her Master speak to the young boy who had just claimed to be his child. She was in utter shock. The boy's likeness to Alucard had disturbed her but his comments had unhinged all she believed in. He had said he was Integral's child as well and that would have made him the baby born in Ireland. All this made some sense but how Integral had ever allowed herself to have Alucard's child was beyond belief.

Surely not Ceres told herself. Sir Hellsing hated Alucard; yet, Integral seemed to hate her child as well. Ceres could remember how anxious Integral was before the child had been born. Ceres had asked Integral a mouth or so before she was due if it was exciting having a child. Instead of smiling Integral's eyes had iced over. She placed a hand on her swollen stomach and frowned. "It is what it is. I guess." That was all she had said about the matter.

There had been other times Ceres had watched Integral quietly as well. Integral seemed to grow more and more bitter as the child grew within her. In the latter months when Integral was far to heavy to move around with ease she would never stop complaining. Of course it was true her bloated feet and aching back were the result of her bulbous belly but most mothers didn't blame their child. Every time Integral looked at her expanded girth she would rant about how, "This damned baby is making my life hell." It had all just seemed strange to Ceres but now it was starting to make sense. However, she wasn't even sure if it was possible for Alucard to have a child.

As Ceres' mind grappled with one question after another Winston continued to try to disperse into fog. Alucard watched them both fully aware of the thoughts they each contained.

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Wow two in two days not bad for me