Chapter Four:

Just like You

Angel opened the door and looked around. Alucard stood in the doorway, looking at her. " You can come in... it's not like I'm going to stake you or anything." she told him. Alucard slowly walked in, looking at the place. She went to the kitchen and opened a cabinet. Alucard watched as she tiptoed to the top shelf. "Here." she stated, tossing him a blood bag. He looked at her, confusion on his face. "Ryuku is a Vampire if you haven't noticed." she replied. Alucard watched as she walked passed him, her figure dancing about in the likeliness of thinking. " Alright, I guess I have some explaining to do." she finally stated, picking up a chopstick from the table. (it's one of those hair chopsticks... so...) She grabbed her hair and twisted into a bun quickly. Soon, after that, she stuck the hair piece into her bun and turned around. Alucard looked at her with a "Damn right you have some explaining to do." expression. She sat on the couch as Alucard sunk his fangs into the bag of blood. "Shadow is after me for one reason... I hold something that he doesn't want to give up. He tells me that no matter how hard I try I can't escape him. But for the past few years I've been doing that. I guess since I 'teamed' up with Hellsing, he doesn't want to risk it." She looked over at Alucard and noticed that he wasn't really listening. "Enjoying the blood?" she asked. Alucard looked up, his fangs still sunk into the bag. She smiled slightly and walked into the kitchen. " If you wanted another, all you had to do was ask." she stated, reaching for the bag.

After two more bags of blood, Alucard felt like himself again. Angel looked over at him, her eyes wonderng about him. He looked the same, but she knew that he wasn't. "You never told me about your dream." she whispered, thinking back. Alucard looked at her and took off his hat. "Should I tell her? I mean, she wouldn't understand it.. but then again... maybe she would." he thought. He looked in another direction and stated, "It always starts off the same: Me killing some demon and Integra snapping at me. Then, it'll shift and I'm standing before this... breathtaking female Vampire with a crimsom right eye. She tells me that she's there for me and that I'm not completely awoken yet... Then..." Angel reached for his sunglasses and pulled them off. He looked at her and she asked, "then what...?" Alucard looked at her with such secluded want. He really couldn't explain what was going on between them, but whatever it was... it was starting to get the best of them both. "She dies..." Angel could feel the uneasiness in his voice. "So, after she dies... do you wake up?" she asked. Alucard looked in the other direction, nodding a bit. "I just don't get it... this female Vampire is somehow connected to my past...but I don't know how..." he explained. Angel looked over at the opened window. She stood up and Alucard watched her walk over to the window. "I hate to say it, but you may want to head back... it's daybreak." she whispered, holding the curtain. Alucard stood up and walked over to her. He wrapped his arm around her waist, causing her to turn around. "What if I don't want to leave?" she heard. Angel smile slightly and whispered, "Then Integra would probably ban you from blood." Alucard growled as he thought about it. He sighed a bit, went over to the table and grabbed his things. "I guess I'll see you around." he stated. Angel stood there by the window, watching him walk right out the door. "Behave..." she joked slightly. Alucard placed his hat on his head, and showed her a wicked smirk. "Haven't you learned? I don't behave..." he stated.

Seras knocked on the door and saw Integra fast asleep on her desk. "Sir Integra?" she whispered. Integra sat up, mumbling, "I'll make breakfast." Seras held in her laughter and asked, " Have you seen Master Alucard?" Integra took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. "What, is he not in his coffin?" she asked. Seras was about to answer when Alucard walked into the room. "Where you looking for me, Police Girl?" he asked. Seras nodded in silence as Integra placed her glasses back on her face. "Alucard... I have a question for you. Do you ever knock?" Integra asked. Alucard looked at her and countered, " Do you ever sleep?" Integra stood up and yawned. "I'm going to bed. Do keep it down." she stated, glaring at Alucard. Alucard watched as she walked out of her office. "Master, where did you go? I knocked on your door and-"

"I went for a walk earlier. I just happened to get in." he stated, lying a bit. Seras walked behind Alucard as he headed upstairs. "Sir Integra may know what happened to those half Vampires." she stated. Alucard stopped in his tracks and looked at her. "Is that a fact?" he asked.

Angel laid there in bed, looking at the closed window. Since Alucard left at daybreak, she was unable to go to sleep. She sighed, turning over, thinking about him. "So... that's what his dream was about." she thought. She turned back over, facing the window. The door opened and she heard, "I'm going to Hellsing Organization. You wanna come along, Miss Angel?" Ryuku asked. Angel laid there, her mind in a different place. "No... you go on ahead. I have a headache this morning." she lied. Ryuku didn't bother with her. He closed the door and went to the front door. He knew that there was nothing really wrong with her, just the simple fact that she wanted Alucard to remember her.

Alucard walked down the hall and saw Walter. "Alucard, there's someone here to see you." he stated. Alucard raised an eyebrow, knowing that Angel wouldn't just pop up and see him. Not after last night. He walked down the hall to the conference room and saw Ryuku standing by the window. " What brings you here?" he asked. Ryuku turned around and stated, " I know who's responsible for those murders." Alucard looked at him. "He's a Vampire... he goes by the name of Shadow. It was a warning to let Angel know that he had found her." Ryuku stated. Alucard stood there, thinking back to last night. "So that was him." he thought. Alucard placed his gloved hands into his pockets. "So, what do you plan on doing about him." he asked. Ryuku smirked and replied, "I plan on protecting Miss Angel. I'm her protector and nothing more. If Shadow gets her, this world will end." Alucard was just about to say something when suddenly he heard, "Master Alucard!"

Alucard turned around and looked at Seras. " There was an explosion just about a mile from here." she stated. Alucard stared at her, as he realized how far Angel had lived from the park. "Shit..." he thought, running passed Seras.

Angel turned the corner of the hall, her revolver in her hand. "Damn..." she thought. Shadow was in her home, and she didn't like that. She had thrown on a black tube top and red jeans. Her hair hung freely about her face as she tried to think about what to do. She peeped around the corner and saw no one. "Looking for someone?" she heard. She turned her head and Shadow grabbed by the neck. "You are a troublesome young woman. Do you realize that I've killed a number of Vampires and Half Breeds to get to you?" he stated. Angel glared at him. "I told you once before that you were too late." she stated. He slammed her against the wall. "Too late? And I've told you once before you can't do a damn thing!" he snapped. He let her go and she began to chuckle. "What the hell is so funny? The way I see it: you've lost." he told her. She turned her head, looking at him with her right eye. "no..." he thought, looking at her. "Like I said, you're too late. I belong to him and there's nothing you can do about it." She grabbed her revolver and pointed at him, pulling the trigger.

Alucard stopped in his tracks and saw Angel outside the building. He had never seen her this way before. He walked over to her and she looked at him. A black dragon tattoo claimed her left arm, in which he didn't notice before. Also he noticed the cut on her cheek. "Alucard..." she whispered. Her eyes closed as she fell forward. Alucard caught her and picked her up. He looked at her and watched as the cut healed by itself. Then, he hit him... she was a Vampire. He looked up at the building that had smoke coming from the broken window. He had sensed it before. Shadow had tried to attack her yet again...