Chapter 7
By the next night, Alucard was still on the move in dog form. The night was dark and misty as the clouds swarmed the moon, trying to hide it more, but failing in the attempt. He looked up every few hours or so to check on the moon, wind directions, and see if there were any chances of someone taking the high route. He knew that he would have to take the ground, because if she was on foot, then there was no way he would see her from the air.
The trees rushed by him on both sides, and he started panting like a dog in heat, with his tongue hanging out from his side. Hmm…something doesn't seem right. He stopped for a minuet, not that he needed to catch his breath, but something about the wind changing directions seemed to bother him. He pawed the ground, and starting sniffing around, seeing if he could pick up anything. His nose could detect something there, but he needed more time to figure it out.
The smell told him to be cautious, so he followed the path treading lightly. His eyes focusing on the trees around him, with two on the ground, as he had six, and all were of a deep red color. Huh…he noticed a stir in one of the trees, but before he could do anything, he was pounced on by a group of what seemed to be neither human nor animals, but some kind of man bat.
The one in the tree directly above Alucard came down on him hard and fast, as Alucard tried to roll to the side, but he was a bit slower in reflexes as a dog. Alucard yelped a little as the first man-bat came on him, pinning him to the ground, while a dozen more surrounded him on all sides. The man-bat tried to smash him into the ground, but all he could manage was a pin, like a head lock, as Alucard was struggling; kicking with his feet, biting with his jaws, and pawing at whatever he could find.
One of them, which Alucard assumed was the leader- a taller one of mean stature, a color slightly darker black than the others, and all the way in the back- spoke. "Ah, what's the matter?" He said sarcastically, "A mange mutt giving you a problem."
The one on top of Alucard spoke. "No sir! It is just that, I do not think he is just a mutt, look at his eyes, all six of them." At this Alucard spun his eyes around widely and tried to foam at the mouth. Hmm…these bunch of vampire want-a-bes, can't even tell a real vampire from a dog. Ah, what is our new generation coming too, mwh ha ha…
The leader moved closer, right to the side. "Hm, look at that!" Obviously pointing at the slight foam in the mouth, which took a lot for Alucard to do, and making it sound like the discovery of a century. "See, it is only a mad dog. Six eyes, ha ha ha, it's just misfortunate."
Another close by took arms at this, standing a good four feet, with quite pointy ears, spoke out in a husky voice, "But, sir, look. No normal dog has six eyes, nor is there one strong enough to struggle with one of us." He walked closer to the dog, going right in front of him, while Alucard stopped moving as he loved being the use of the arguments, and awaited anxiously for the right moment to do something evil to them. The man-bat walked in front of Alucard, and with a great strength held up Alucard's head in his left hand and wrenched open the dog's jaw with his right. "Now you see, his canine teeth are way to big even for a dog, and too white, unless he brushes every darn minuet. Now that is unnatural." …hehe he…I want to bite him…if he puts his hand any farther, I will be happy to, Alucard thought.
The captain walked over and bent down to take a look too, scratching his head a little. "Hm, I've never seen anything like it before. This is one of those things that we will have to report to the lord."
The one on top of Alucard now spoke out, "But, but….no one knows where he went off too. I mean, his base is still the castle, but he keeps moving. Lord Lucien…."
At the mention of this name, the captain pounced on him, knocking him off Alucard and holding him by the back of the neck. "What have I told you, Lanook? NEVER EVER SAY THE NAME OF THE EMPLOYER…NEVER!" The captain shouted angrily, baring his teeth as he growled.
Alucard, no longer pinned to the ground, got up and looking from one to the other in an amused way. Hmm…fools, rule number one, never leave your enemy unguarded no matter how small…mwh ha ha…Grinning evily and widely in the Alucard style with bared teeth. Time to play catch the doggie…hehehe…
With that, Alucard walked right next to the captain, who was still holding on to Lanook by the neck, and now attempting to throw him to the ground. The captain spat on the floor, on Lanook, and then saw the dog standing there, wiggling his tail, which Alucard did in a joking manor.
"And what be you looking at, dog?" Said the captain, furiously, and was going to kick the dog, but Alucard moved out of the way and barked, as dogs do. The dozen or so bat-men just laughed at this, the captain being out done by a dog, it had a ring of irony.
"Grr…damn mutt!" The captain spat, as he went around trying to kick the dog, but Alucard was much quicker, even when he was just having fun. Jokingly, Alucard ran up to the captain, ducking to avoid a swift kick, and then grabbing a hold of his leg, sinking his teeth in darkly. The captain jumped back, knocking Alucard off, and screaming a vile stream of curses for all to hear. By this point, his followers were on the floor laughing hysterically, falling over each other and everything.
Alucard watched too, with that same amused little grin on his face. His eyes tracked the sets of men, the captain being foremost in front of him, but the others seemed to be still surrounding him. He doubted whether they would cause trouble as they kind of were disabled with laughter. He barked loudly, pawed the ground, and, as if to make it seem even funnier, he started to chase his own tail. He finished off with a scratch of the ear, and a seat on the ground, tail still wavering.
Mwh ha ha…this is too much fun. It will be even funnier when I run right through their legs, and escape without their realizing it. Oh, how stupid even the slightly "advanced" vampires are becoming. Whatever happened to the good old days when so called evil actually did anything at all? Mwh ha ha…huh? He turned his head around as he heard something in the forest nearby, and was sure that it was not one of the troops as it tread even lighter than they did.