Chapter 6: Love: Lycanthrope and Nosferatu
That night, as dawn was approaching, Alucard lay in his coffin, which was hidden in the abandoned dorm, with Integral and Seras, both of whom were pestering him to no end.
"Master, are you sure it was a good idea to rope those kids into this?" Seras asked him.
"It doesn't matter, because it was a bad idea." Integra said in a worn out voice. "Ouch," she said when Alucard accidentally (yeah, right) elbowed her, trying to get into a more comfortable position. The coffin they shared was big enough that if it was just two people lying in it, they would have been comfortable, but not three people. It could have been alright though, if Alucard didn't pester the girls every time they tried to go to sleep. It didn't help that Seras and Integra had moved up close to him to try to annoy him into agreeing with them.
Alucard sighed. They were never going to let up. "Listen, those kids have gone through a lot already, I have faith in them, you should to." There was something else Integra wanted to say though, he could feel it in the back of his mind. "What is it?" He asked, knowing she knew what he meant.
"Its my... cousin," she said. Alucard knew who she was talking about: Alexis was a distant relative of hers. Unfortunately, Alexis had inherited the curse of their ancestor, the legendary hunter Gabriel Van Helsing: lycanthropy. Alexis was a werewolf.
Alucard smiled "I don't think Jaden cares about his bride's species." Then, he broke out into a laugh as the girls began to blush enough to make a tomato envious.
Jaden and the others had also been secretly transferred to the no-longer-abandoned dorm. That night he was sitting on his bed with the radio on and Alexis next to him. They both wanted to speak, but neither one could. The radio was playing some country song.
Well you those times you feel like there's a sign there on your back,
Says "I don't mind if you kick me, seems like everybody has."
Things go from bad to worse, you think they can't get worse then that,
and then they do.
Jaden loved country, and rock, and jazz, and even gospel; they gave him the feeling of being alive. He looked over at Alexis, she was the one person who had sympathized with him in his new "condition", and now he knew she was the one who really needed sympathy.
You step off the straight-and-narrow and don't know where you are,
Use the needle of your compass to sow up your broken heart.
You ask directions from a genie in a bottle of champagne,
and she lies to you.
That's when you learn the truth.
She wasn't some kind of wild animal, just a sweet girl who had every right to cry, perhaps she had as a child. But, as long as he had known her, she was always so strong and caring, no wonder he loved her.
He blushed a little at the though, causing her to blush too, but neither of them turned away. Alucard had given him a little lesson on "Vampires 101", including what vampires called "brides". Vampires can only have one "queen": someone whom said vampire is actually married to. However a vampire can have as many brides as desired. On a side note, the terms "bride" and "queen" are only generic ones, they don't really refer to the genders of them or the vampire they are "married" to. To make someone your bride is an act called the "blood marriage." In it, you and your bride exchange at least a small amount of blood, and then, well, use your imagination." Jaden didn't need much imagination to figure it out, and start blushing, (I'm making the people do this a lot aren't I?) which, of course, made Alucard through back his head and laugh.
If you're goin' through Hell, keep on goin'.
Don't slow down; if you're scared, don't show it.
You just might get out before the Devil even knows you're there.
Jaden stared at her a little while longer, then he said the one thing that had been on his mind for days know. "I love you, Alexis." Then, he kissed her, and made a decision based on the strongest feeling he had ever had.
I've been deep down in that darkness, up and down to my last match.
Felt a hundred different demons breathing fire down my back.
And I know that if I stumble, I'll fall right into the trap that they've wove.
But the good news is there's angels everywhere out on the street,
holding out a hand to pick you up on your feet.
The ones that you've been dragging for so long you've gone and burned your knees.
Yeah, you might as well be free; guess what I'm saying.
Jaden looked his bride in the eyes. "The song was right, you know."
"Hm?"
" We've been through Hell, but we kept on going, facing the fire, not slowing down, until we found our angels and got out."
If you're goin' through Hell, keep on goin'.
Don't slow down; if you're scared, don't show it.
You just might get out before the Devil even knows you're there.
Yeah, if you're goin' through Hell, keep on goin'.
Face that fire; walk right through it.
You just might get out before the Devil even knows you're there.
If you're goin' through Hell, keep on goin'.
Don't slow down; if you're scared, don't show it.
You just might get out before the Devil even knows you're there.
Yeah, if you're goin' through Hell, keep on goin'.
Face that fire; walk right through it.
You just might get out before the Devil even knows you're there.