Disclaimer: Kohtaru owns Hellsing. Not me.
A/N: I have only read the first and fourth graphic novels and never seen the anime, So I'm going on what I've read in fan fictions…
Also, there are no pairings in this one, and it might get a bit… gory.
Chapter One
He had always held a soft spot for children. Even if he had been condemned as a monster, he didn't have to act like one.
This was true for even a mad night as it was. The moon was high and full, shining bright despite the all-consuming darkness that surrounded the large house. From inside, he could hear the ghouls moaning about, and screams as the rest were hunted down.
Kicking in the large double doors, as he had expected, was a many number of already rotting undead. Their smell was overpowering. Choking back a gag, Father Alexander Anderson began mowing down the few hundred reanimated corpses.
When he finished with the first room, he moved onward, upstairs. Every footstep made the wood creak threateningly. As if someone had taken the liberty as to wear down the only way up to there hiding spot.
A high-pitched scream pierced the air, as the sound of scrambling ensued down the hall. From one of the last doors out burst a child of about fourteen. Her dark brown hair was whipped about, as if she had been struggling, and her clothes told the same tale. Blood was splattered down the side of her light blue nightshirt, and her arm was bleeding. When she saw Anderson, she hesitated only a moment before continuing to barrel down the hall.
As she passed, Anderson withdrew his bayonets, their sound ringing down through the house. Maniacal laughed followed after the girl, and Anderson took the noise as his cue for mayhem.
As the body of the voice emerged from the room, Anderson gave a chuckle of his own, before lunging in to begin the onslaught.
The vampire was a girl, looking no older than twenty-five, with long silky black hair, which flowed about her shoulders like a sheet of rain, cascading down her back, ending at her butt. Her choice of outfit was all too revealing; it was dark brown and rather see-through. It outlined her bra, which was black, and she wore an extremely short navy blue mini skirt.
Anderson scoffed at her appearance, slightly taken aback at her slutty apparel. It only took that split second to leave an opening to his defences. She took that opportunity in full. Lunging forwards, much like Anderson, she decked him in the face. The resulting shock broke his nose, and let free a river of blood. As he fell to the ground, apparently dead, the draculina took off after the girl.
Enraged, Anderson got back up and flung his bayonets into the vampire's back, piercing her heart, and a few into her skull, effectively killing her. As she dropped to the floor, her blood stained the hardwood floors.
The child, whom had been trying to escape via jumping out the window, paused to see what had happened. She was visibly shocked at the victor.
Anderson approached her and helped her back inside, shutting and locking the window. He led her downstairs and sat her on the couch. At that time she had begun to cry.
"Lass, whit's yer name?" Anderson's heavy accent rung through the room and sitting in the chair opposite the crying girl, he stared at her sobbing, shaking form, looking rather disturbed.
"K-Kali." Her reply was racked with sobs, and even as she spoke she didn't look up from her shaking hands that covered her face.
"Ah see. Ah is Father Anderson. Ah am sorry aboot tonigh'. Is there any place ye can stay?" Anderson spoke in a gentle tone, unsure as to act; he had never had to deal with children over ten before.
Kali shook her head, wiping away her tears, and staring back at the paladin's face, pleading.
"Father Anderson, I… This was the… My parents…" Her face twisted in pain at her memories. Kali really felt like she needed a hug, but she didn't know if Anderson would oblige.
"Ah… Well, Ah guess Ah could boord ye at me place for tonigh'." Anderson stood, offering his hand to help up the shaken girl.
Taking his hand, she pulled herself up, and into an embrace.
As they were about to leave, Anderson remembered that there might be other's still hiding.
"Ah! Lass, do ye know if they're any moor o'ye?" The large man asked before he forgot. Kali shook her head, but Anderson didn't want to take any chances.
"The girl… She said that I was the last… That she killed everyone else…" Kali's eyes welled up again, but she blinked back the tears.
Nodding, Anderson and her continued towards the door, but when they turned the corner, someone stood with their back to them, between the frame that held the two oak doors Anderson had kicked in earlier.
The person didn't have to turn around before Anderson knew who it was.
"Alucard." His voice dripped with venom, as he withdrew his bayonets again, preparing for battle.
When Alucard turned around, he was smiling wickedly, eyes filled with bloodlust. When the No Life King's eyes rested upon Kali, she shivered, and hid behind Anderson, trembling in absolute fear.
"Lass, Ah need ye tae git oot ah this hoose, an' go tae th' end of th' drive way. Understand?" Anderson's voice was hushed, but still sounded deadly.
Nodding, Kali looked to the door, where Alucard still stood, before swinging around to seek out a window or some other sort of exit. All of the windows were barred, except the one she had been trying to get out of earlier, but she hadn't fit through. She looked back at Anderson, and then the door again, but she saw no way out.
Anderson took the hint, and spoke up on her behalf, "Vampire, let t' lass through. Ah don wan' any unnecessary death."
The smile on Alucard's face grew, and his fangs glinted in the moonlight, "Like you let Police Girl go?" He was referring to their first encounter. Anderson had cut off Alucard's head, before going after Seras without mercy.
Swearing under his breath, he glanced down at Kali, "Alucard. Let the lass go," Every word was emphasised.
The grin that plastered itself on Alucard's face seemed to get bigger, as he stepped a few paces from the door, "If she can get by, then she can go," Alucard let out a shrewd giggle, "Better hope she can run."
Anderson's eyes narrowed, "Git," He pushed the girl forward, intending to rush the vampire the second Kali started running.
Kali hesitated, not wanting to move; her legs felt like jelly, and her stomach was threatening to rebel. Taking a deep breath she sprinted her hardest to the door. Anderson followed on her heels.
Alucard had already known that Anderson was going to charge him, so he dodged towards the girl, and caught her by the arm, and pulled Kali with him.
Kali's heart pounded painfully in her chest when the vampire had grabbed her. It took her a few seconds for her to realise what had happened, before she began to try and wiggle out of the bloodsucker's grasp.
He twisted her arm painfully, almost to the point of breaking it, before wrapping his arms around her, holding her twisted arm between them, and taunting Anderson.
Anderson froze, not knowing what to do. Alucard had placed his fangs dangerously close to the girl's neck, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.
"Let her go Vampire." Anderson was starting to feel panic rising in his chest.
Alucard chuckled, amused that the man was starting to lose his cool. Placing his hand on her head, he forced Kali to expose her neck further.
Kali was shaking violently. Never in her life had she been so afraid of anything. Tears squeezed through the eyelids that she had shut so tight that she could feel them burning.
Alucard could feel how afraid the girl was, and was also amused by it. He didn't intend on feeding off her, but if it could drive Anderson to become panicked, he was all too willing to do so. He gently rested his fangs on Kali's neck, drawing blood, but not puncturing her skin. He let this blood slide down her neck and shoulders, before licking at the wound to close it.
Kali let out a whimper of pain as Alucard did so, afraid to move, to open her eyes, to do anything. Her knees would have collapsed if the vampire had not been holding her up.
Anderson cursed louder this time, watching as Kali's blood drew two lines down her body, absorbed at the hem of her nightshirt. He tried to calm himself down before he made his next move. He relaxed his shoulders, and held his arms up in defeat.
"Please Vampire. Whit dae Ah need tae do tae make ye let her go?" Anderson could see no other way out but to ask politely; beg even. He was silently cursing himself, as Alucard eased up on Kali, and smiling maniacally.
He let go of the girl's head, and let her arm out from its hold, but he never let her go. He could feel her trembling, and he could feel her warm tears falling onto the arm he still had around her. He rested his chin on Kali's shoulder, right beside his face.
"Good boy. Now, put away your toys, and come here," Alucard addressed Anderson in a devilish tone, before addressing the girl he had in his arms, "What's your name girl?"
"Kali." Her voice was shaky, and she was trying to pull away from him.
"Ah… Kali, such a wonderful name." Alucard chuckled to himself, as he watched Anderson putting away his bayonets, and taking slow careful steps forwards.
"Ah've done as ye said. Let her go." His voice was low, and it felt like music to the No Life King's ears.
"Oh, but it's so fun to see you squirm." Alucard threw back his head and laughed like a maniac.
"Ye fell beast."
Kali's eyes were wide, and she was pleading silently with them to Anderson. It was painful to watch Alucard mentally torture her.
Alucard raised his head, and released the girl, but only for an instant. Before either had a chance to react, he had grabbed both her arms and pinned her to the ground. His eyes danced, as a wicked idea hit him.
"Let's play a game Anderson. Kali will hide, and if I can't find her within thirty seconds, both can go. If not, then you leave, and she stay's with me." Alucard's grin widened when he saw Anderson's face, and heard Kali's sharp intake of breath. He reached into her mind, and found that she was already thinking of places to hide.
"Fine." Growled Anderson, obviously getting tired of his mind games.
"You heard me. Go!" Alucard let go of the girl, and began counting down from fifty.
As Alucard and Anderson waited, they could hear Kali's footsteps echoing throughout the mansion. Anderson seethed at Alucard, and the vampire just smiled and counted.
"Five.
"Four.
"Three.
"Two.
"One."
Alucard sunk into the ground, grinning like an outright fool.
Kali had found a place to hide in a laundry hamper, and hoped that she wouldn't be found. She didn't want to go with Alucard. She just wanted to go back to her normal life, to being a normal kid.
The vampire had reappeared right in front of Kali's hiding place, still grinning like a fool. While him and Anderson had waited, he tracked the girl with her own mind.
He flung open the laundry hamper's lid, and pulled out the terrified and surprised girl.
"You should learn to keep your mind closed," The smile that he had worn was slowly fading into a smirk. Placing her on her feet, he grabbed her arm and began leading her to the front entrance. Kali began to sob, and her legs finally gave way.
"Please… Let me go!" Kali begged, as Alucard picked her up so he could carry her the rest of the way. Shaking his head, Alucard began to growl softly in his throat, trying to calm her down.
When they returned, not even thirty seconds later, Anderson swore as loud as he could.
"A'right Vampire. Yon win. But before Ah go, Ah want tae know whit yer gong tae do wi' her?" Anderson was really disappointed. He didn't want to let the girl go with him, but he had no choice.
"I don't plan on doing anything." Alucard lazily set the girl down, but kept a firm hand on her arm.
"Bastard. Ye deserve tae be killed ae thosand times!" Anderson spat before turning to leave.
When Anderson had left, Alucard let go of the girls shoulder, and started to leave as well, motioning for Kali to follow.
Kali couldn't stand. She was afraid to follow after, and her legs were completely numb and unreasoning. She wiped at her eyes, but the tears that had been dried returned quicker than she could wipe.
When the vampire stopped to see what was taking her, he became a bit annoyed. Retracing his steps, he grabbed Kali's arm and dragged her to her feet. When it became apparent that she wasn't able to walk, he scooped her up to carry her.
Kali buried her head into Alucard's shoulder, grateful for the darkness that took her mind.