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Chapter 8: Death

Alucard opened the door and it was pitch black inside. Samantha couldn't see a thing. It was also quiet, and she wondered if they had the wrong building. She held the Desert Eagle in front of her. It was heavy and she wasn't used to its size. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Alucard pull out a handgun just as big as hers. The side read, 'Jesus Christ is in Heaven'. She couldn't help but feel powerful beside him...

He was giving her strength and she felt it course through her body. She relaxed a little with the Desert Eagle. She took a deep breath, and felt something odd. Time began to slow down again, and she heard his voice in her head. "Dont get yourself killed..." He said. She didn't know what he meant. She felt as if nothing would go wrong as long as he was here with her.

Suddenly time returned to normal, and she found herself staring down twenty or so ghouls. They were just standing there, waiting for the first move to be made. Samantha took the opportunity and shot two in between their eyes. Of course the bullets traveled through them and hit four more behind them.

It was as if that began a chain reaction and suddenly there was movement all around her. She shot, cleaved and whatever else she could think of doing with a gun. Adrenaline pulsed through her veins and drove her harder. She found herself out of bullets and ghouls were still coming after her. She decided that she could handle it by hand. She chanced a glance at Alucard who was calmly walking through the ghouls shooting everyone of them.

She felt a hand grab her from behind. She turned quickly and snapped his neck. Letting Adrenaline fuel her she had taken care of five of them within seconds. After a few more of them fell she looked around and found no more. There were many little piles of sand and she took a deep breath...Samantha had never felt that kind of adrenaline rush before, and decided she liked it.

Suddenly something fell on Samantha. It was heavy and growling. All she could remember is Alucard telling her not to get herself killed and so she acted. But not before the ghouls tore a huge gash in her back. After the ghoul was finished, she slowly got up and winced as the pain in her back increased ten fold.

She collapsed...she was breathing hard and couldn't control it. The pain traveled through her like a freight train. She closed her eyes tightly, hoping that it would relieve some of the pain...it didn't...Samantha knew that she couldn't stand anymore and blackness began to take her sight...Then as if an angel had come to save her, she felt herself being carried away...Finally the darkness overtook her, and she passed out.

"I told you not to get yourself killed..." Alucard said quietly to the now unconscious Samantha. He had picked her up and was now walking out of the building. He looked around and saw that the car had disappeared. "It must have been stolen..." Alucard told himself. "I need to get her back to the Hellsing house..." He said as he started to hover slightly. He flew away and was back at the Hellsing house within minutes. "What happened, Alucard...?" A cold voice asked from behind him. "She was attacked from above, and has a large gash on her back, Integra..." Alucard answered calmly. "I told you she wasn't ready...Why did you not listen to me?" Integra said wheeling herself over in front of Alucard.

"The girl did fine until one fell on her at the last second...Shes not dead though..." Alucard could tell that Integra was angry. She had specifically told him that he should take Seras Victoria, but he had insisted on seeing her in action. "Alright, Alucard...take her to the infirmary. She will be taken care of there." Integra sighed.

Alucard appeared in the infirmary a second later, and was greeted by the night nurse. "What happened?" The nurse asked him. "She has a gash through her back...can you do something?" He asked her, without taking his eyes off of Samantha. "Well I'll have to take a look to be sure, but I will do my best..." The nurse said directing him to one of the beds. "I'll call the doctor, and have him take a look at her..." With that, the nurse left and left Alucard alone with Samantha...

He watched her breath deeply, and found himself mesmerized with the sound. "Who are you?" He asked her silently...knowing that she could not answer him. He did not know why he was feeling so protective over her. All he knew was that he did not want to be apart from her. He was drawn to her, and after so many years of being a vampire and not having ties to the human world, he didn't want to be alone anymore.

He had learned a long time ago, that if he had gotten close to anyone, that they would only die, and he would be left...yet again.