Well What if
"Master, Oh mistress!"
Alex woke from his dream with a worried little pant as he remembered his children. His final dream had contained dancing children, singing sweetly and playing as they scampered all about the little playground. He thought to himself, The orphanage is fine! Right? I left it in good hands, didn't I? I don't think I check the hands of my temporary replacement that throughly ... They have to be okay! I can't believe I've been gone this long. His thoughts were brought to a close as a noise stirred in the darkest corner of the little chapel. The form of a shadow pushed all other shadows away. It gave a light line of silver tracing the figure, cutting it from the shadows around it. Instinctively, he tossed one of his holy blade at the form. Before he realized he'd done it, there was a blade passing through a fleshy body and impaling itself in the weak wall of the tiny church. The body made no more than a surprised little gasp. He thought quickly, "Wait! That didn't sound vampire-ish . . ." With a concerned and frightened look, he slowly approached the thing with caution . . . Was it dead?
Alarmed, Alucard gasped without control of his mouth nor the words that exploded out of it. "She's my WHAT!" Integral kept herself quite collected while Alucard expressed his extreme distaste for his current predicament. "WHAT!"
"Alucard, just calm down. We'll figure out how to undo this spell. I want you to go and try to find out this new , I mean, temporary master of yours. Do what she tells you."
"Now why should I do something like that, Master?"
"I'm not your Master anymore-" Integral stopped for a moment when she noticed the surprisingly gentle look of shock and disappointment on his flawlessly beautiful vampiric face.
"Alucard, I wouldn't suppose it would be too surprising for me to say that over the years I have grown . . . slightly fond of you and it seems you of me BUT . . ." She took a breath at this word.
"By the way you've been walking --as it seems to be with a bit of a strain– if you do not find this girl soon . . . " Stifling a little ironic giggle, she paused. "Her magick might rip your bones from your flesh and send you rocketing across London and who knows where else like a released rubber band."
"I don't think that's funny." He was right. There was absolutely no humor in his voice. The whole situation put him in ill mood. "And furthermore, that's not possible."
"I don't know for sure and neither do you. So unless you want to risk the elastic effect, put a little damned effort into finding this witch girl."
"But I don't want a prissy little half breed master."
"Get over it, you undead bitch, and stop being a whiney little pussy."
"Aw, but whining is one of the things I do best." He chuckled a little as he dissipated into a smokey residue. He left Sir Integral finally, deciding to attempt to find the witchlet.
Shifting even more effortlessly than usual through the sky, Alucard flew towards the direction he was being pulled in. He found himself surprised at his own delight as he returned to the source of that damned pulling. It wasn't too powerful but it was annoyingly incessant. Soon he recognized where he was actually going. Japan.
While Integral loved having a powerful vampire at her disposal there was a giddy feeling of relief. Alucard, the mischievous monster could be such a handful in himself. But with him preoccupied and predisposed she was left with quiet ... and peaceful ... serenity ... Before Celes bursted into the office. "Where is Master?"
"Celes," Integral started bitterly as she straightened up in her chair. "Don't burst into this room unless you're letting me know you've decided to chug holy water."
"Sir Integral?" The innocent idiocy that flowed forth from her voice begged pitifully to be forgiven. She tilted her head with big questioning eyes focused on Integral.
Integral sighed, exasperated with dealing with indignant children. "He's gone to seek out his new master."
"New Master? I don't understand."
"Of coarse, you don't, girl. But why don't you go look for him. Make sure he doesn't get into trouble." At the last word, she giggled quietly to herself at the improbability of her stopping Alucard's mischief.
"All right, Sir Integral. I will go in search of Master who is in search of his Master!" And pleasing the air with silence, Seras left swiftly.
A sense of where her master could be presiding at the moment told her where to go. And so she followed the streets as best she could for several miles before she realized she was a damn vampire. So with a strong effort she sent to the sky. And whether she knew it or not, she was on her way to Japan. As others were and where others were already at. "I'm coming, Master!"
Somewhere, further on his way, Alucard muttered with angry bitterness and resentment in his voice. He spoke in his silky and thickly seductive voice unto the skies, "I'm coming Master!"