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Chapter 4: After the Sunset
The remaining hours of the day passed without any other special events. Ed- after a pretty large breakfast- fell asleep and was snoring loudly after only a short period of time.
Ryoko, whose room was not very far from Ed's, could hear the snores while she was eating her lunch and writing in her diary. She closed the little notebook, eventually, in a small frustration. 'There is just no way that I can concentrate in this noise…' she thought to herself.
A sudden knock on her door snapped her out from her thoughts.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"It's me" she heard a familiar voice that made her smile wider, while her heart started pacing faster. The Blade Child closed her eyes and took a deep breath, calming down. Oh, how much she hated when her feelings broke trough in surprise attacks on her logical thoughts.
"Come in" Ryoko called to the person beyond the door, her voice almost doesn't shake. Almost.
"Yo!" Kousuke called with a wide smile, entering the room and closing the door behind him. "I thought I smelled something tasty…" he added, gazing glumly at her half-finished lunch.
"Knock your self out" Ryoko said, moving a chair next to her, so he could sit. They both shared the food, not talking, until there was only one rise-ball left in the plate.
They both reached their hands towards it.
It created a little embarrassing situation, in which their hands gently touched each other.
"I'm sorry…" said Kousuke, blushing a bit. "You can have it" he added with a smile, and in order to reduce the awkwardness he stood up and came close to the big window in Ryoko's room.
"The sun's going down…" Ryoko mentioned "I wonder if Alucard and Eyes will want to strike Moriac in some way tonight"
"I don't know, but…" Kousuke started, gesturing with his hand, showing her to come closer. When she did so, he pointed with his finger outside the window. "But it seems like Alucard and Katrina are up to something" he said, while they both were looking at two figures, sneaking out against the sunset.
Quietly, they left the bedroom, heading down the stairs to the main entrance. None of them noticed the disappearance of the loud snores.
"Ready?" asked Katrina, while she was checking out Alucard's appearance. The vampire wore his maroon suit and coat, his wide hat laid on his head and his yellow glasses covering his red eyes. A quick movement of his coat discovered to her two metallic sparks. 'Good,' she thought 'he comes armed' bur then again- she had never seen him unarmed.
A very large maniac-like smile answered her question, and she smiled in return. It could have been a very pleasant evening for a hunt, but they were busy.
"Let's go" he said, still smiling creepily.
Both of them left quietly the castle, heading towards the big Iron Gate.
Amon and Robin were standing under a big tree, being almost invisible within the shadow. Robin's eyes followed the sun, as it disappeared behind the high mountains surrounding Alivia. The thin light was gone in only a few seconds, and the young witch blinked several times, adjusting her green ors to the spreading darkness.
"There's Katrina," Amon noticed, gaining Robin's attention "and she comes with a company"
His female partner nodded in understanding and placed small black glasses on the edge of her nose. It they're going to fight, she better be prepared- the glasses will help her focusing on her target, in case she'll have to use her craft against the strange vampire.
"Good evening" the man next to Katrina greeted the two hunters.
Robin didn't even need to look at Amon- she already knew that her cold and cautious partner narrowed his eyes, while his gloved hand was closing o his black heavy gun.
"Good evening," Robin said, trying to reduce the stress. She admired her partner- but sometimes he was unbearably stupid. "I'm Robin Sena, and this is my partner, Amon. How do you do?"
"As I already introduced myself, I'm Katrina, and this is my friend, Alucard"
"I was told that you're here to investigate. Are you?" Alucard asked, examining the couple. He noticed the green glow that came from underneath Amon's black shirt- probably from the Orbo fluid. Then he lowered his had, making his glasses slip to the edge of his nose, so that his red eyes could meet the young woman's. She was a witch- he had no doubt about that fro the very moment he laid a sight on her. God, so maybe they still have a chance.
"Yes, we are. And we understand that the attackers are vampires" Amon answered. It was obvious to him that both Katrina and Alucard are vampires themselves.
"They aren't. Who attacks this region is the same man who attacked the Hellsing organisation in England, Rah institution in Scotland, Box office in the USA and many other, including your STN branch in Japan, the STN-A department. All those are connected to the same system, which, eventually, fights the demonic phenomenon"
"Moriac?" Amon asked in his monotone voice, but it was obvious that he was interested. "How do you know about him?"
"I was… I'm still are… from the Hellsing organisation," Alucard answered in angry voice "and I've sworn to kill him"
"I believe you" said Robin, surprising everyone- including herself. She didn't really know what made her say that, it just that she felt as if the well-hidden pain of the vampire could touch her heart and pierce trough it.
"So you're here to avenge your comrades?" asked Amon.
Alucard nodded, his notorious maniac grin spreading on his face.
"Good. Them it seems that we have the same objective. It will be wiser for us to co-operate" Amon continued, his voice determined, to Robin's amassment. Why did he offer his services so quickly?
Seeing the opportunity, Katrina talked rapidly. "Yo ga ta" she said in Japanese, saying that she was glad. She thanked Rio in her heart, so that the girl taught her some words in Japanese.
"Do you have any plans?" Robin got interested.
"As a matter of fact, we do," answered the vampire lady "and we'll be delighted if you'll join us"
"What did you have in mind?"
"Moriac, as I'm sure you well know, is a sorcerer- and a pretty strong one, damn him. We discovered that we can't harm him with normal weapons or magic- he has some sort of a protective sphere surrounding him, receiving it's power from a black magical stone. We're not quite sure how it works, or how Moriac manipulates it's power, but we discovered how to destroy it." She paused for a moment, biting her lip with her fang. She continued after a short moment "This black stone- which is called The Black Rose- is one of the four power stones. The other three were spread on this planet. Since we can't get the Black Rose- and believe me, we've tried- we have to find the other three power stones and destroy them. Once they are gone, the Black Rose will lose it's power and Moriac will remain magically defenceless"
"And that's when we strike" Alucard added in blood-demanding grin.
"And how exactly we're being involved in all this?" Amon asked.
"In order to destroy each stone, it has to be first released from a magical seal it has been locked in- something that can only be done by a person with a magical blood." Katrina explained "the problem is, that in order to destroy the Black Rose, all three stones must be activated at the same time, which means that three magical-blooded men must be in three different places around the world at the same exact moment. Right now we have only two. So you, my dear, can be the third" she sad to Robin.
"No" Amon declared momentarily, surprising Robin for the second time in the past half of an hour. She probably would have wasted a few good minutes wondering deeply about that- only if she wouldn't have been so annoyed by him- who the hell does he think he is?
"I'll do it," she said, smiling politely to Katrina "where are the stones?"
"One is in Egypt, the other is in the North Coast and the last one is in England"
"Fine, I agree" Robin said again.
"Good," Alucard said "then you can stay in the castle for tonight- it's a long way back to the town" he pointed at the structure behind them.
"Thank you" said Robin, still polite.
"I see that you are busy tonight," mentioned Amon, noticing that Alucard's attention was driven away and that his look gazed at the tree surrounding them. "We will have a longer conversation after you return" he added as he walked forward, followed as usual by Robin.
"Wanna tell me what was that all about?" she asked her partner.
A vary cold look answered her question. Every time that he looked at her like this, she felt as if should start running away really fast. But this time was different- this time she was mad at him. So she didn't answered to his frightening look, but she was determined to find out what made Amon act strangely tonight.
Kousuke and Ryoko were hiding quietly in the shadows of the trees that surrounded the Dark Castle, listening carefully to the dialog between the vampires and the new man and woman. It was very interesting for both of them to discover that the young woman was a witch, and they would have kept listening if the following wouldn't had happened.
A little sound of dry leafs being smashed under the weight of a foot pierced the silence. Both of the Blade Children turned at once, examining carefully every tree and bush in front of them.
Kousuke lifted two fingers up. Ryoko nodded in agreement, moving silently forward, disappearing in the shadows. Her friend watched her progress in a heavy heart- if the sound came from what he thought it came from, there is a definite ganger for both him and Ryoko, and for some reason, the thought of her being hurt made him really angry and worried. But he was a Blade Child; he depressed all these feelings- again- and followed Ryoko, quite as the wind.
And that's when he heard a terrifying female scream.
ME: That's it for this time, folks. As always, I hope you liked the update (because I sure didn't liked that chapter- to boring, in my opinion), and forgive me if something was wrong. In the next chapter finally gonna be some action, and I promise some serious but-kicking :)
And I remind you again- if I have any Japanese mistakes, than blame my hearing translation…-
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