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Love in the Dark

Ch. 2

Cassandra stared down at her food. Walter had just served dinner to her and her Aunt, they had managed to eat half the meal in silence when Integra broke the silence.

"How old are you?"

"Sixteen, I'll be seventeen in a couple of months."

"I guess we'll need to enroll you into a school."

"Actually, I have my GED."

Integra looked up from her food with a look of amazement. "Impressive, so you were home schooled?"

"Yes."

"Well then, you are free to do what you wish, but you are forbidden to go into the sublevels."

"What's in the sublevels?"

"You don't want to know, and if I catch you down there you will be extremely punished."

"I was just asking, you don't have to get all parental on me!" Cassandra yelled and got up from the table and left the room. She went to the guest room, where she was staying until she turned eighteen. It was ten-o-clock anyway, time for her to go to bed.

Integra stayed and finished her meal.

"Who's that?" Alucard's head dropped down from the ceiling in front of her.

"She is none of your concern, I would ask that you leave her alone for the time being. She hasn't had a good experience with your kind."

"Is she a victim you decided to keep?"

"No, she is my niece, my sister and her husband were drained by a vampire. She was the only one in there family to survive."

"Do you plan on keeping me and the police girl a secret to her?"

"Yes."

"Why, we won't harm her?"

"That's true, but I'm not afraid for her, I'm afraid for you."

"Huh?"

"A rage of a child that has lost her parents is strong, her heart must be seeking vengeance. I smelled blood on her the moment she walked into my office. She's already taken the life of many of your kind."

"Is she a hunter?"

"I don't know, but I think it would be wise for you and Ceres to keep away."

"Is she strong?"

"Alucard, don't be stupid!"

"I won't, trust me. Are you going to try and recruit her? She could be a good asset for you with some proper training."

"Hmm, I never thought of that."

Alucard smirked and vanished into the shadows, he was going to have some fun tonight.

Cassandra lay sleeping in her bed, her hair was spread out on her pillows and her sheets were a mess tangled around her body. She was breaking out into a cold sweat, as she wept.

"Mother…Father…I can't save you… you're dead…Forgive me."

Suddenly she sat straight up, and looked all around her room. She stared in a dark corner; she thought she saw the shape of a man. "Who's there?" She waited, but there was only silence. She lay back down staring at the ceiling. "I know you're there, you can't hide in the shadows forever."

Alucard's eyes widened a bit, he was looking at her from the darkest part of the ceiling, and she was looking right back at him. 'She's good,' he thought. He watched her a while more, and she seemed to be watching him too.

She cursed under her breath and jumped out of bed, she went to her dresser and pulled out a pair of jeans and long sleeve shirt. She put them on. Alucard diverted his eyes; he may be a monster, but he was still a gentleman. She walked back over to bed and grabbed her suitcase out from under it. She opened it and pulled out a long silver gun. Alucard watched her more intensely now. He followed her as she jumped out the window and climbed the fence into the streets of London.

Cassandra knew it was following her, but she didn't mind it so much now. She soon saw a club with a familiar sign.

"Gotcha." She smirked and walked up to the door. The door cracked just a little bit, and she stuck her wrist into it. Soon the door opened all the way and she ducked inside. Alucard looked around, it was just an old warehouse, but he smelled fresh human blood coming from it. He went inside, and looked around. There were hundreds of vampires feasting on humans inside. He looked around and Cassandra sat at the bar; she seemed to be waiting for something. Alucard smirked.

He walked over and sat down next to her and ordered a drink.

"Hi," he said as smooth as possible.

A smile slowly stretched itself across her face. "If you think being pleasant with me is going to get you a bite think again."

"I wasn't trying to get a bite, I'm simply making sure you keep yourself out of trouble." Alucard sipped his drink slowly, enjoying the fresh taste.

"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself." In a split second they both had their guns to each other's heads. They were both smiling. "You're good, for a vampire."

"Likewise, human." Alucard said.

Then they had their backs to each other and began shooting the vampires. Dust was flying everywhere, and Cassandra was laughing. When they had killed all the vampires Alucard felt the warm metal of Cassandra's gun to his head.

"So, you're going to kill me now, after I helped you?"

"Why not, you're just like the rest of them?"

"Do you really think that?"

"Is there any reason to believe otherwise?"

"Just ask your Aunt." And with that Alucard vanished into thin air.

Cassandra tucked her gun away and started to head towards her new home, she had many questions to ask Integra.