Reprieve-Order 3-fish and chips

Seras sat in a booth as a local bar and grill, taking in the smells. Oh God had she missed the simple pleasure of the variety of scents that human food gave off when cooked. She had given her order to the waiter a few moments ago. When she first saw him her first thought was he was cute, instead of thinking him a decent looking food source.

She watched in wonder as she watched the people walk around and not gaze at her eyes, but rather other parts. While she wasn't thrilled at what they were looking at it made her feel, human, and that feeling was heaven to her.

Her food came, fish and chips with a coke. Anyone else would have laughed at her, saying they could think of other things to pick after being on a diet of blood. Seras took in the smell of cooked ground beef and french fried potatoes. The smell made her stomach growl in anticipation of biting into the hamburger. 'police girl...'

Seras froze, sweet glazed over her in a thin layer in a matter of seconds as she instantly recognized the voice. Slowly she looked up, expecting to see a man clad in red among the bar patrons. She didn't see anyone that matched that description. 'its just my mind, for all I know he really can talk to me in my head.'

Shaking the feeling off Seras, for the first time in nearly a year, willing sunk her teeth into warm flesh and drank the juices that flowed from the bite that she left in the hamburger. The flavor, the feeling of chewing, swallowing the mass of flesh came back to her instantly. She bit down and ripped off another hunk of hamburger, and another, and another.

The shadowy figure in the booth across the bar sadly watched the girl. Alucard could have punched himself for being so absent minded and mentally speaking her nick name to her. 'If only she could have drunk blood as willing as she is eating that filth now.'

Getting up he clouded his former fledglings mind so that she wouldn't notice him leave the restaurant. Walking down the street he headed to Seras' loft, he would confront her there. He would make her his again, regardless.

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Alucard fazed threw the door to the loft and looked around. He was surprised by the relative sparse living conditions in the loft. A bed in the corner, a few rugs, and other creature comforts here and there spotted the floor. Walking over to the table Alucard found an old photo in a frame, a man in a police uniform smiling at him while a child not more than ten years old sat on his shoulder. Pulling the picture out the frame Alucard looked on the back of the photo, and read the message.

To my darling daughter Seras, I will always be with you threw the thick and thin. Love daddy. Alucard looked again at the photo of the two, he couldn't understand it. They seemed so happy, father and daughter. Was he really that cold to Seras? No, if he didn't do what he did than she would have been dead again by now.

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Seras was tired, but it was a tired that came from having so much fun experiencing what it meant to be human again. After dinner she went to a club, danced with other people and felt like part of the crowd, dawn was approaching, when she first saw the first rays of light she nearly freaked out. But quickly she reminded herself that the light would welcome her again. She was heading her loft now, she wanted to stop by, drop off the few things she bought at the all night shops and get on the roof to watch the dawn in its full splendor.

As she walked up the stairs she didn't notice the old smell of leather that was coming from behind her door. She was going threw the stack of mail she had failed to get regularly clean out. Inserting the key she walked in, closed the door and dropped everything in her hands at the fight of the man in red grinning at her.

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"Hello police girl" Alucard said, looking at the mortal from of his fledgling. Thoughts of rushing to her, biting down on her neck and forcing her to drink his blood ran threw his mind. How dare she do this to him, he had to restrain himself from doing what he wanted to do.

"What are you doing here, Alucard?" Seras demanded.

"Is that anyway to talk to your master, fledgling?"

"One, I'm not you're fledgling. Two, your not my master." Seras said as she gathered her things and went about putting them away, ignoring the red clad vampire.

"Do you think you can leave that easy? Or that I wouldn't come after you?"

"Yes, to both your questions." Seras returned.

Alucard silently walked up behind her, he looked down at her. She was so defiant, so head strong, and would never run away from anything she understood. These and some others were the reasons he gave her the option to come with her in the first place. Seras turned and was forced to look up at him, she hated how he would always toy with her, he never respected her.

"So what are you going to do next, monster." At that Alucard grabbed her shoulders and held her close. He looked deep into her eyes, to try to read her mind. He was surprised by the blocks she put up. The more he pushed to re open the link the more she resisted. Finally he bared his fangs at her.

"Go ahead, you can drink me dry but I would never drink your blood again, even if you force me to drink ill simply kill myself. I will never be your fledgling again Alucard!"

Alucard looked down at her, he no longer bared his fangs but his mouth remained open. Finally he let her go and backed away. "Seras, why did you leave me?" Alucard stammered.