6 hours later....... The sound of a key being shoved into a lock resounded throughout the apartment. "Oh...um lets see here...okay almost got it and..(click) alrighty milord here is your new residence for the time being," The Shaft Follower proclaimed. "Whew!!!!" Alucard whistled. "Father would you be so kind to enlighten me on how in the good hell you managed to get all our personal belongings in this lovely abode before WE EVEN MOVED IN!?" "The Shaft works in very, very mysterious ways...." Dracula murmured back. The Follower smiled. "We figured you did not want the trouble of doing this yourself milord so I took the liberty of getting your things." The trio walked in and took a look around. Marble flooring, tan carpet, a veranda outside accompanied by a hot tub. Rooms for two with King size beds and personal bathrooms. Whirlpool bathtubs and massaging shower heads, the whole 9-yards. Anything you could possibly want those two had. The apartment was 5-star. The shaky little man had even gone through the trouble of hanging a large portrait of Lisa above the Entertainment Center.

"Mommy!" Adrian burst out.

"Do I need to get you a towel son or are you not going to flood the establishment with you tears of sorrow and anger?" the Dark Lord quipped.

"You poor bastard," the half-breed half sobbed, "You truly have lost any ability to show any emotion, you probably don't even remember what the definition of emotion is."

"Silence you tongue Adrian!"

The Shaft Follower pointed at the door and smartly bowed before scurrying out the entrance.

"I will not!"

From out of the shadows a hand rose up and slapped Alucard sending him spinning to where he and gravity got into a disagreement. He landed with a thud.

"OW!!! Oh that is it! The price is wrong BITCH!"

Alucard ran and speared his father to the floor. Vlad could of swore he saw some demented form of pleasure spreading on his child's face. He flipped Alucard over with a shove from his feet and body slammed him on the couch. For his efforts he was rewarded with a broken nose.

"You insolent fuck," Dracula bellowed, "If I break a nose you break a rib!"

The two rolled around pinning each other and punching until a resident below screamed at them to shut up and stop making so much noise.

"You (huff) are out o...(gasp) of control (wheeze) Adrian! You are not six years old anymore so I don't want any moaning or whining about your punishment."

The Dark Lord waved his arms around in a complex pattern. Four energy bindings came and pinned his genetic nuisance down.

"Cheap prick! SPELLS ARE ILLEGAL!"

"All is fair in love in war child of mine." he smiled this ha-ha-I-won-you- lost-dickhead-sinister look. It was nothing short of beautiful. Dracula sat down in a chair and stared at the being chained to the floor.

"I like this..." he stated nonchalantly.

"Only a prick like you....." Alucard started

"It reminds me of good times....."

"You mean the times you weren't dead burning in hell for a hundred years???"

Vlad glared daggers at his son then made another small hand motion.

"OW!! It shocked me!"

"I love this Punishment Spell!" he whispered dreamily. "Adrian if you will be a good boy and show me how to work this thing the Mortals call a 'Television' I will release you."

"Press the 'POWER' button dumbass." Alucard sighed.

"Oh," he said startled as if some wonderful miracle had been discovered, "Then I guess I don't have to release you!"

He pushed the little red button on the remote and the 32 in. Plasma Screen slowly flickered on to FOX News Network. The reporter was pretty but not real cute. She had the formal suede dress and matching Blouse.

"And now for our story of the hour," she began, "In our fellow European country Romania, the National Government has declared the area of Transylvania a restricted area. Why you ask? In a controversial movement, the Romanian Armed Forces have seized the Castle of Count Vlad Tepes."

The camera panned around to a few shots of Castlevania. Armed soldiers were currently ramming down the drawbridge. "HEY!!" the Count shouted, "That's my Castle! Dickheads get away from there! That's not cheap to FIX! Stop it! No not my Skeleton Archer I liked him! FUCKHEADS WANT TO MESS WITH ME!!"

The camera swung back to a view of a Press Room where the President of Romania was speaking on the issue.

"I understand your confusion and wonder at my decision. Yes, I understand that the legend of Count Vlad Tepes Dracula was a myth and only that, but in the last thousand years an underground war has been occurring between the forces of Chaos and the will of Order. If it were not for the Belmont family; a camera panned to a visage of a young man with a red moustache and hair; our dear country would not be standing. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Romania and the world, I present to you Julius Belmont of the Belmont Clan.

A roar of approval came from the crowd.

Dracula was now on his feet jumping and screaming.

"SEE THAT!!!!! THAT SHOULD BE ME!! ME! ME!

The tenant downstairs hollered for him to stop making so much noise!

"Screw you too MORTAL, when I get my Castle back you are the first to be tortured!"

"Shush Father I am also trying to hear this." Alucard pointed out.

He cursed at the TV again before taking a normal position on the couch.

"...and so that is why all of the citizens of the world must band together at this critical moment, so we can eliminate this fiend. I assure you none of us can safely sleep until this is over. Thank You."

Julius Belmont left the stage in another roar of applause.

Vlad, now off his anger high, walked over to where Adrian was magically pinned to the ground. He bent over a delicately stoked the boy's face and kissed him on the forehead.

"Poor Adrian," he tisked, "Even though I am punishing you, isn't you Father merciful and generous?"

"Very.." his son comment dryly.

"After all you did kill me, hmm......let's see one....no maybe two....yeah two times. And here I am kind enough to bring you with me. So what do you do? I know exactly how you treat me. You disrespect me in front of my lowlier servants, break my nose, hurt me!? I am thoroughly displeased with you Adrian. You should understand that. That is also why I am making your punishment harsher.

He grinned this sardonic little smile then moved his hands so that they were pointing to the roof. The spell released the bindings on Alucards hands. But it also hung him upside down, head first.

"Oh....the blood...its rushing to my head...oh my god...oh it hurts! OW HELP ME! PLEASE GET ME OUT OF THIS THING!"

For once Alucard actually had a desperate look on his face and not that cocky arrogant smile.

"Father please, please help me!

Vlad pretended not to notice.

"FATHER HELP ME!"

"Hmmm.....what is this I hear? Desperate cries of help from the same man who said I was a sick bastard prick who deserved to burn in hell. Surely you jest it is not him!"

"PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU!!!"

"But Adrian you look so very cute in that position. Almost like a chandelier....except you don't make light. Wait!!! I know the solution to that!

He hurried off into the kitchen and came back with two candles. Using the his Pyrogenic powers that came with the title of 'Vampire' he lit the two and stuffed them in his son's hands.

"Aw now that is better. At least you are useful hanging there. Lisa would love to see this."

Lisa was Vlads wife and the mother of Alucard. Sadly she died over eight hundred years ago for crimes she did not commit. It was also Vlads reason for committing war with Humans and the Church.

"Mother was at least compassionate unlike you! She would see the end to this right now if she were still alive!"

If she was in the room at that moment none of two knew, but something worked.

"Vlad...Vlad..."

"Who! No it can't be!!!" "Vlad...stop torturing our child. What demon has possessed you my love? What happened to the loving husband I married so many eons ago? Why do you curse and strike the only reminder I left behind for you? I am disappointed... so...very...disappointed."

"Lisa! No don't leave me!" he cried out frantically.

"I will be coming back..........."

The voice inside his head fainted off.

He sat down hard bewildered at the events that just conspired.

"Adrian, I'm sorry.....so sorry!

Vlad delicately released the spell making sure that his son was not hurt, then collapsed into a pool of tears."

"WHAT HAVE I BECOME!? Lisa was right, I am a monster. Everybody realizes it but me! Dear god I am torturing my own flesh and blood! I can not even recognize my own self in the mirror."

Alucard was stunned.

"Alucard," the Count started, "Dear Alucard, please tell me I am not such an evil monster! Does it really take Lisa to help me realize this! Is this all I can be?"

"I.....uh...."

Vlad looked into his son's eyes. There was nothing there to tell him about himself that he didn't already know.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Author's Notes: I figured I'd finally update so no one would come to my house with pitchforks. This is a long chapter (in my opinion) for me. I know it was really OOC and the end got mushy but it is all very integral to the main plot. And I know I butchered Draculas character but sue me so I dont care. Next chap Ill try to make it a little more lighthearted. If you got flames I'll use them to grill me up a rack of ribs. Yum, ribs And the whole thing about hanging upside down. It does hurt. (at least for me) Go try it somewhere for about 30min. Also please tell me if you find these chapters speed through too fast

Yours truly with a pointy pen,

Shadow Alucard