Hurt
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

Alucard - Mangaverse

Even before the prison, Alucard always had walls surrounding him. At the moment they were plain and solid, but every day they were dark and cold.
It protected him from what little remained of his humanity. It protected him from enemies. Actually, it did more to protect him from himself. Even monsters thrive on monsters; Alucard was no exception.
So he stood there, staring at the physical walls surrounding him, dark humor sure to tell him that they were symbolic of his feelings. Always trapped... always chained... what was freedom? Who knew? He wasn't even allowed to sacrifice that freedom by his own will - it was just taken from him.
These thoughts always made him feel dire, so red eyes fading milky wide swam upwards into the pathetic glow of a lamp above him, studying it's electric twitch as he heard the scream of new life born upstairs.
...Waiting was all he could do.