Title: Family Matters
Author: DhampyrX2
Genre: X-over
Series: Impure Souls
Rating: PG-13, just to be safe
Summary: Xander has hidden family. Xander discovers them. Xander's life gets turned upside down in a way that will hopefully help everyone evolve a bit.
Timeframe: After Graduation, but before the College crap starts.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. Don't sue me, I'm poor.
The scene that met the two vampire hunters known as Alucard was one neither would forget. Xander and Seras Victoria were sharing coffee and biscuits at a local late hours cafe', trading stories of their pre vampire lives and just basking in each other's presence.
Wonderful, they're at is again. One would think with all the pheromones, auric imprints, and general pressure around them they would just bed each other and get it over with. If I end up with the tail end of one of the Police Girl's frustration born dreams in my head again I swear I'll lock them both in her coffin together until they get past this stage! Vlad sneered in his head as he watched his great-great grandson and fledgling making googly eyes at each other for half an hour as he melded into the shadows.
Adrian had a slightly different take on the affair. She's an innocent. Moreso than even Alexander. How did she keep such purity in her spirit in the face of being your childe? he asked his father telepathically.
Her will is remarkable. Only Integra has shown greater strength from within since my arrangement with Abraham was forged. That is why she is the only one I have turned. Once she fully accepts her new self she will be even more glorious. the No Life King explained with no small amount of pride in his mental voice.
Xander seems to think she's perfect as is. the dhampir no life prince responded with a mental chuckle. Although your mention of your Master even now raises questions father. Adrian added in a colder tone.
Do not lecture me on such things, Adrian. Your exploits with the dhampiress Rayne in the fifties were hardly secret. Were you betraying your precious Sonja by spending time with /her/? Or with Maria Reinard? Vlad countered in a tone only a father can use with a disobedient son. It was a tone that said 'I'm right, you know it, so drop this before I make you look more foolish.'
I didn't try to destroy the human race in my grief at Sonja's death either, father. I made peace with things. You are too passionate for your own good. Adrian replied.
Sonja also died naturally in bed as an old woman, with you and Trevor at her side. Lisa was STOLEN by traitorous FILTH! I will always love your mother, boy. What is between Integra and I isn't like that. It is...Integra and I. Now let this pass. the vampire retorted in even tones.
Their mental argument was cut short as a sensation assaulted their senses from outside. What is...? Adrian began to inquire.
FREAKS. A few blocks away. Most likely random with how few I feel. Let's eliminate them before the children feel them. Vlad replied as he removed his consciousness from the shadows and resolidified outside and less than a block away from the FREAKS.
Adrian rematerialized right beside him a moment later as he asked, "Xander can sense them, too?"
"Hmm?" Alucard inquired curiously as he took out his Casul and Jackal.
"You said before the kids sense them. That implies that Xander can sense them as well as the girl." Adrian clarified as he unsheathed his family sword his mother had given him.
"Still going for dramatics, I see." the No Life King observed with a derisive snort. "And no, he can't sense them, yet. And the Police Girl has trouble picking up FREAKS. Their imprint is so muddled to begin with it throws her off."
"I prefer stealth to loud noises and screams." Adrian defended as he gripped his sword a little tighter.
"Good point." Alucard observed as he put away his pistols and stalked toward the first freak. A simple thrust put his right hand through the abomination's chest, making it crumble to dust.
"And you scold me for theatrics." Adrian complained as he moved silently toward the next FREAK and decapitated it.
"I'm your father. I have a right to show off." Alucard said with a mad grin as he observed the three dozen ghouls inside the nightclub the FREAKS had stumbled out of. Fortunately, it was early and there had been few patrons there yet to be infected. Alucard's grin grew wider as he began to shrink and transmutate into his hellhound form, before he bounded off into the club and began to tear ghouls apart.
"A hundred years in captivity and now he's in his second childhood. I think I was more comfortable when he was simply the ultimate evil." the dhampir commented to himself as he summoned his wolf familiar to aid his father in trash disposal, before he started to fire off fireballs with a spell to eliminate more ghouls.
From the shadows of a nearby building another figure watched as the Vlad and Adrian Tepes dealt with the ghouls, and with the third and final FREAK that was hiding in the office of the club. All that could be seen of the figure was flowing black hair, and a white glove clutching a purple children's alarm clock.
Seras and Xander were laughing uproariously together as they stumbled back into the Hellsing manor at around 2:30 that morning. They had gone from coffee, to dancing and drinks at a nightclub, where Xander got her to dance freely for the first time since Seras had been a small child. After the club they took a stroll beside the Thames before calling it a night and heading home.
Soon they had made it to the door to Seras' room, and Xander was ready to dutifully drop her off. "Well, here we are." he said with a warm grin. They had avoided alcohol in their drinks for the sake of both Seras' driving, and Xander's reservations of becoming like Tony and Jessica, but they were so high on each others' presence that you couldn't tell.
"So we are. I had a wonderful time tonight, Xander. This was the most fun I've had in as long as I can remember." Seras replied with a bell like laugh and a hug.
"Well, if it gets me more huggage, then I aim to please." Xander responded confidently as he gave her a wink.
Seras giggle like a schoolgirl at his antics. After a pause to catch her unneeded breath, she chewed her lower lip in contemplation of a thought that had been running through her head for these few weeks she had known Xander. "You aim to please, eh?" she asked impishly.
"Ayup." Xander responded with an exaggerated wiggle of his eyebrows.
Any further comment the White Knight could offer was cut short as Seras lunged in for a deep kiss.
Once she pulled away a bit to let him breathe Xander, now a little breathless, had to ask, "Um, not that I'm complaining Vicky, but what?"
"Shhh. I've been wantin' this for weeks now." she whispered as she went in for another kiss. Soon they were lost in the romantic haze that had engulfed them during their first kiss back in the States. After a bit of the aggressive snogging the vampiress had fantasized about for some time now took place, she opened her door, still locked in an embrace with Xander. "I know it's not a utility closet love, but care to come in?" she asked, her voice a mixture of husky and worried that frankly drove her partner wild.
Xander tried with all his might to refuse her offer. He tried to do what he felt was the right thing after the mess his libido had made of things with Cordy, then Willow, then Faith. Really he did. Then Seras started doing that way too cute thing where she chewed on her bottom lip when she was nervous again. Ah hell, I'm not made of stone. he whimpered in his head as he answered her with another deep kiss.
That night a vampire's screams and cries filled the manor in a way that had nothing to do with torture or horrific slaughter.
And Alucard finally got some rest without dealing with his fledgling's issues popping up past his barriers.
"That's odd." Walter said as he looked at Xander's empty and perfectly made bed the next morning. "I know Xander wanted to wake up in time to be ready for Sir Integra's arrival." the retainer said to himself.
"Yes, well, he still needs his rest." Alucard responded smugly from the shadows.
"Then I would expect he would be here asleep, Lord Alucard. Do you happen to know where the lad is?" Walter asked politely.
"Of course I do." Alucard responded in a tone that clearly stated he had no intention of telling Walter anything.
The older British man stifled a sigh at the vampire's behavior. He was in a disturbingly good mood today. Of course, he /had/ reported encountering his estranged son and hunting a few FREAKS together with his last night. Carnage and family time together were sure ways to brighten the No Life King's day. Add to that Sir Integra's release soon and one could not help but see why Alucard's sprits would be unprescendentedly high.
His ruminations were cut short as Alucard said, "The child is fine, Angel of Death, and in good spirits. But if you are concerned, why not ask the Police Girl. Seras has a knack for knowing his whereabouts, after all." the vampire suggested with a grin, as he melted into the wall and out of the room.
"That seems very sensible. Somehow I know that can't be a good thing coming from a too giddy for his own good vampire." Walter responded to the air, as he made his way slowly toward the subterranean level of the manor where Seras and Alucard's rooms resided.
Walter knocked twice without an answer, before he opened the door and peeked inside. He shook his head in consternation at the sight. The top of her full sized, four-poster coffin bed was down, indicating she was still dead to the world asleep, and her clothes were strewn everywhere.
If Walter had made a closer inspection of those discarded clothes on the floor, he night have noticed that here were too many of them, and that a man's undershirt was among them. Of course the fact that more obvious things like pants and a dress shirt had been hurled clean out of sight into the loo didn't help his assessment of the situation.
Walter let out a sigh as he prepared for the usual ritual that come with awakening Seras early for something as he hit the pad control to raise the canopy of the coffin and rouse the young vampire. What he saw was not what he expected to see by any stretch of the imagination, but it did answer all his questions at once.
Xander and Seras were both asleep, totally nude beneath the sheets, with wide grind adorning their slumbering visages.
Most people would have made an exclamation like 'Oh My!', of 'My Word', or even 'Bloody Hell' at such a sight, but Walter was made of sterner stuff. He simply smiled in a fatherly sort of way, hit the button to close the coffin back up, and left the room. At the door, he paused to whisper, "Pleasant Dreams." over his shoulder before exiting completely and closing the door behind him.
"Are you inquiries settled now Angel of Death?" Alucard inquired as he stepped out of the shadows of the basement hallway.
"I would have thought you above so childish of pranks as to set me up to see that, old boy." Walter replied as he adjusted his monocle.
"You know better than to try to predict me, old friend." Alucard replied with his typical mad grin.
"I suppose I do at that." Walter agreed with a small smirk of his own. "But it does raise the question of what to do if they are still asleep when Sir Integra arrives? She will want to see her cousin after the driver brings her back."
Alucard laughed heartily as he replied, "That is simple, Walter. We tell her what I told you. Ask the Police Girl."
"Are you really willing to risk her wrath for something so juvenile as having her catch her cousin and Miss Victoria in a compromising position?" Walter asked even though he knew the answer.
"Little Integra has to learn about the birds and the bees from somewhere eventually, Angel of Death." the vampire replied with a wide grin.
"Your funeral, I suppose." Walter responded with an indifferent shrug.
"Was centuries ago in Transylvania." Alucard joked whimsically as he faded from sight again.
"I don't know whether to warn Integra, warn Xander and Seras, or sit back and watch her shoot you in your jollies from a safe distance." Walter said to the empty space where the vampire had stood moments before. "Ah well. It will sort itself out eventually, I suppose." he added philosophically as he made his way upstairs to tend to any last minute details before Sir Hellsing's return.
END PART 13