Chapter 9:
Then, from out of no where, Alucard heard a ruffle above him, as if someone was sitting in a tree, moving about. Alucard stared up, looking for some sign, anything, of someone or something up there. He was sure that none of them noticed it, or else they would have stopped advancing as well. Just as the closest one reached a foot in front of Alucard, something unexpected happened.
From the trees behind him emerged a swarm of bats, screeching at their highest pitch. Even Alucard tried to cover his ears from the high pitched shrills. This seemed to effect the man-bats as well; before long, most, if not all, were sprawling on the floor, trying to get as low to the ground as possible. The bats swarmed around them, darkening the skies as if it was permanent midnight, even though it was closer to dawn. From flight, they nose dived into the man-bats, attacking with their wings and biting on occasions.
For some reason, Alucard noticed that they only attacked the man-bats, not himself. Hmm…now this is an oddity no doubt. He grinned slightly and a bit insanely. Not an unwelcome one at that. Mwh ha ha… The bats continued the on slaughter, a group of them even picked up the captain with their teeth and dropping him on his head. Such a yell came from him; Alucard had to cover his ears again.
It seemed to Alucard that either these were super bats, or that man-bats are afraid of regular bats, as some started to tremble in fear and fall to the ground. Others were waving their arms violently, desperately trying to be rid of them in some way. For one of the man-bats, two bats swooped down on him, lifting him up, and hung him like clothes line on a nearby tree. Alucard watched all this in amusement, at one point, he tried to become black and teleport out, but he would still have had the man-bat on him. He growled low in his throat, hoping that the person who was attacking the man-bats, as he knew that bats did not do this every day for the hell of it, could at least help him get out from underneath this particularly fat one that happened to land on him.
All the same, the bats seemed to have minds of their own, as now they were attacking in a swarm, rounding all of the man-bats in one area. Alucard still heard noise behind him, so he knew that this was not the full extend of the vampire's power. Now the bats seemed to merge together, not into a single shape, but like one dark blanket hovering above. The man-bats were trying to tear them apart by sinking their nails and teeth in where they could, but to no avail; there were too many bats. There was no possible way that the man-bats had anyway of tearing apart the bindings of all those bats, it was like fighting a losing battle.
With this realization, which some of them knew, others were oblivious, and the captain was knocked out already; some tried to run, which was soon stopped either way. The black mass of bats, or now one big sheet of black, wrapped around them on all sides, obstructing Alucard's view. The next he knew was that the man-bats were gone, enough blood on the ground to prove so, and in their place was this black mass in the shape of a ball.
Hmm…now what? I don't feel like being absorbed today. His evil grin came back to him, he was out of present danger, but what could he expect from this new vampire? In some kind of response, this black mass started to implode on itself, or just disappear completely, Alucard was too tired to tell at this point, and the fact that it was almost dawn did not seem to help the situation.
Alucard than heard something behind him, but this time it was something else, not in the same place as that of which the bats came from. He heard a scurry, as if someone was trying to escape, and could only assume that it was one of those man-bats, the last man-bat. Alucard tried again to get up, and bit a good chunk out of the one on top of him, but it did not help much and the blood was not of the good tasting type either.
Alucard heard some more ruffling, but closer by, as if it was almost immediately behind him. He only heard one set of light feet, the kind he was sure that was not a man-bat, and the sound of someone whimpering. It was a sound that Alucard knew all too well from his previous days, a sound that was music to his ears.
The person, whoever it was, threw the whinny man-bat into a tree about a foot from Alucard, and now stood next to him. Alucard caught a glimpse with only two of his eyes, as one pair could not see the vampire, and the other 2 eyes were too intent on seeing the man-bat lying limp. Alucard recognized this one at once as the one who had trapped him not more than two hours ago; he could remember the captain calling him something…Lanook, that was it.
The vampire was at Alucard's side, which he could hardly believe, was female. In appearance of about 30 years of age, she was rather tall, 5'6 feet with long wavy brown hair and hazel nut red eyes. Alucard could sense, even from being a dog, that she had an old mannerism, much like his own. She was wearing a black long dress, puffed out on the ends, giving it a slightly older appearance as it was layered. It had long sleeves that ran along her arms almost form fittingly tight, and wrapped around her thumbs at the end. The front of the dress was high, and wrapped around her neck, making it appear to be more of a shirt with a skirt than an actual dress.
As Alucard looked up at her, his eyes pleading for some help, she already had her left hand under the man-bat and with a swift flick of the wrist, threw him off with ease. Alucard got up quickly, his hair back to normal, and he barked in thanks. He pawed the ground slightly and wagged his tail as he rubbed his head against her leg in appreciation. She seemed not to be paying too much attention, as she thought him merely a dog, one that was pretty strong.
The vampire squinted readily, and with an air of ancient power walked over to Lanook. Alucard trailed her the whole time; she lifted Lanook up with one hand and, with a hard slap, revived him. "Now what have we here?" She asked sarcastically already knowing what he was.
Lanook only spat and replied huskily as more blood dripped from his mouth. "I-I'll never tell you anything."
To this she snickered, her hazel eyes filling with a fire of menace. She continued on sweetly, but with a hint of evil beneath. "As if I wanted you to tell me anything, no, I think not. You were left alive as a messenger to your astute master, or lord, whichever you so choice to call him. Unless you want me to just put you out of your misery?"
To this, Lanook shook his head, as she raised her hand that had slapped him as if to plunge it through his heart. "Good. Now tell your master that we are not finished yet. Wilhemina sends her regards." With this, she dropped him, and he ran like a bat out of hell, a bit shaky at first, but full throttle at the end.
Hmm…Wilhemina, why doesn't this surprise me? It seems I have been away awhile under Hellsing. Alucard mused at the mention of the name, every one knew the stories, but he just did not know that some were truer than others.
Wilhemina motioned to him; she knelt and rubbed the back of his neck, noticing the six eyes. "Ah… a hound of hell, no doubt. That means a strong vampire of the old ways should be around here somewhere." She said sweetly, Alucard could almost barely believe that she was who she claimed, though, it made enough sense.
Alucard's eyes traveled to the sky, and hers followed suit. Wilhemina grinned slightly as she knew the reason and stared back down into his dark red eyes, "Do not worry, I have a little place not so far away. Then, if I may, I would like to know of your master." She got up, with her hands on her knees for support, and started to walk, motioning Alucard with her. Alucard, all the while, was debating when he should reveal himself, as all of a sudden becoming a vampire would definitely be at least a little odd.
Thanks guys for sticking with. ^_^ (Chiri I owe you one, lol) You will see seras soon, hehe, next chapter, no worries. Well, maybe worries for her, ack, you will just have to wait and see…writers can be so evil that way, mwh ha ha…O_o…okay, bad Arucard imitation, I should stick with laughs I can do…SCOOBY-DOO (sound of Scooby laugh throughout house)…okay, don't mind me, I'm just a little strange that way, lol.