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Chapter Six

As Alucard pulled open the passenger side door and gently began to coax her out into the night, Seras Victoria's mind was just beginning to fill with all sorts of questions. However, as the full reality of the cold hit her, her brain did that thing it used to do when she ate ice-cream too fast. Yes… far too much numbness to think…

" Police Girl, if you want to feel your face anytime soon, you may want to move faster than this." She shook her head as though just waking up and instantly the cold began to invade her senses again. Her already cold body soon demanded warmth, and of course, the closest thing to warmth was her Master, who was walking a few feet next do her, guiding her towards the house.

Without thinking, Seras reached out and clung to Alucard, pulling herself close and up to his left side, closing her eyes against the cold, biting wind. Alucard, on the other hand, was quite a bit shocked. Raising his eyebrow, he stared down at the young vampire clutching at his shirt and chuckled.

"Cold, Police Girl?"

Through her shivering, Seras managed out a " Y-y-y-y-yes…. M-master…" Alucard looked up and towards his house. Unfortunately, it was still a ways off, and sure, he could use his vampiric powers to teleport then there, but (while he loathed to admit it) he was more than tired, and needed food. He frowned then. If Seras didn't get heat soon, she was probably going to turn to a Seras-Popsicle. For some reason, that mental picture suddenly came to mind.

He grinned then, a lopsided, strange, Alucard-brand grin. Well, only one thing to do then. Boy, he was really starting to like this trip.

Earlier, when he had dropped off the luggage in the house, Alucard had changed his clothing back to what he usually wore. His long coat and much more casual pants were far more suited to this weather than that suit… Besides, the suit was uncomfortable…

Anyhow, still grinning, the great Nosferatu opened up his coat and enveloped the still shivering Seras.

Seras looked up towards his face then, her head cocked to the side in a questioning gesture. Again, Alucard's head was filled with the mental picture of Seras… this time as a dog, bringing another chuckle out of him.

"You're cold, correct?" She nodded. "Well, I'm helping you to maintain what warmth you have." The young vampire flushed a bright pink (damn, he was starting to love how she looked when she was embarrassed), and smiled a sheepish grin up at him.

For the next few minutes the two walked at a fairly steady pace towards his house. After Seras began to gain a bit of feeling back in her face, she decided to ask something that had been bothering her since they had arrived.

" Uh… Master… Why did you choose to live here in Pennsylvania? Wouldn't you have wanted to, well… live in Transylvania or maybe Romania instead?" For a moment, Alucard pondered how best to answer this. It wasn't until they were at the front door that he decided to answer.

" Well, Police Girl, that is an interesting question… You see, many years ago, I ran into a bit of trouble. At that point in time, I was living in various places doing various… things…" Seras squinted her eyes at him, knowing that it was most likely disgusting and horrible things, like eating people and… things to do with women… For some reason, thinking of her Master with other women gave her an odd feeling of jealousy. However, she pushed that aside to listen to the rest of what he was saying.

" In any case, at one point I found myself needing to go into hiding. Of course, I had decided that I had to get out of Germany, for that was where I was living at that time, and make my way to the States, hoping to lose my pursuers at some point during my journey." At this point in Alucard's story, he glanced down at her, and found that not only was she no longer shaking, but he had her full and complete attention. He chuckled inwardly and reached out to open the door.

Even when the door was open and the two had made their ways into the house and out of the cold, Seras continued to cling to him. And he didn't necessarily mind.

" Of course, I did make it to the States. However, it had taken a bit more out of me than I had previously thought. Much to your disbelief, I have not always been this powerful, and simply making my way out of Europe was hard enough. And while I had managed to lose most of the men who followed me, there was still one man, clinging desperately to the need to kill me."

Seras' eyes were as wide as saucers. The story wasn't all that intense, and she understood that perhaps her reaction was a bit… overdramatic, but the simple fact was, her Master was telling her something about himself. This was a once in a lifetime chance and there was no way that she was about to screw it up by ignoring one syllable of his story.

" Like any vampire out there, I had heard the stories. 'Vampires dwell in dark, evil places…' usually named as Transylvania, or Romania. Now do not be mistaken, I did in fact come to live in those places during my life. However, since I couldn't go to Florida, I chose to make my home here, in Pennsylvania. In a way, it was a bit of a mistake…" Alucard trailed off then, lost now in his own thoughts.

He hardly noticed when Seras disengaged herself from his grip and turned her attention over towards the immense structure of the house.

Mind you, Alucard hadn't been in this particular house for over forty years, so of course, there were spiders and cobwebs galore. Each sighting of them brought a shiver to Seras, who had a deathly fear of spiders. She stepped forward towards the staircase, and upon reaching it, wiped the dust off of the beginning of the banister and simply stroked the wood for a few moments. It had been such a long time since Seras had been in a home, such a long time.

" Police Girl, I can show you to your room if you would like to get some sleep, or you can stand there caressing the banister all day. It's your choice…" Hearing her Master's voice so close made Seras jump, twisting herself to face him.

And for a moment, neither moved. If Seras hadn't been dead, she was fairly sure that her heart would have been pumping ten times as loud as usual, and for that she was thankful. There was less than a foot of room between the two, and the nearness of him made Seras' knees wobbly. What on Earth is wrong with me? This is Master! I shouldn't feel so strange around him…

The elder vampire brought his face within inches of her own and met her blood red eyes. What was he doing! Was he going to… to kiss her! As he grinned, Seras found herself beginning to float, and then, darkness.

Seras had fainted.

For a moment, Alucard was stunned. He had actually made the Police Girl faint. In some strange way, he was actually proud of himself. In a single fluid movement, he bent down and picked her up, cradling her in his arms much like the first night they had met…

" It was such a beautiful night then, wouldn't you agree Police Girl?" This time he chuckled aloud as he smoothly glided up the stairs and into what would be her room.

And throughout all of this, Alucard never noticed the pair of equally red eyes glaring out at him from the topmost corner of the ceiling. Filled with malice and a deep hatred, they continued to trace his steps until he had gone out of sight. No, now that Sir Alucard was back, there would be no 'out of sight' moments for him. Now that 'Sir' Alucard had returned, hey would have his revenge… Oh my yes, he would certainly have his revenge on that bastard…

The shapeless form disappeared into the walls then. He would have his revenge. All he needed to do, was wait…

At Hellsing Manor!

Standing at Sir Integra's side, the faithful retainer Walter was literally having to grit his teeth. Just as he had been serving Sir Integra's tea, out of nowhere came Pip, bouncing along as though he had not a care in the world. In fact, it had seemed as though he had been about to say something to Sir Integra until he had noticed that Walter was standing right there.

" Ah, Zir Integra, and Walter! Walter, 'ow waz your trip with ze Polize Girl, and ze Alucard?"

" It was fine…" He was surprised at his own curt voice. Apparently so was Sir Integra, who shot him a sidelong glance but chose to ignore it instead. Sure, Walter was supposed to have left a few moments ago, but he couldn't help but want to stay… He had to find out what those two were planning!

WHAT IF THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED BEHIND HIS BACK!

" Walter, are you alright?"

" Erm… yes… Sir Integra…"

" You don't look so well… I think, perhaps, you should go and rest for a bit." Bowing, Walter had no choice but to leave. As he closed to door behind him, he could already hear that horrible French… person… speaking.

And despite how much he would have LOVED to eavesdrop, he still knew his etiquette, and refused to stoop to such a low level as to eavesdrop.

But damn was that a hard thing to do.

" Perhaps she is correct… I think I need a drink…" And with that, the Hellsing retainer made his way to the kitchens, planning on making the strongest drink he knew off… and already plotting out all different ways that he could get that information out of the two, because he would rather die than see them married.

Consequences be damned!

A/N: I hope that this answered some of the questions about Pennsylvania. When I first started this, the whole name thing never even crossed my mind until people started to ask about it! I think it's funny, really. In any case, I think that I'm going to switch, having the funnier things happen to Walter at Hellsing, and bringing the Alucard and Seras part of the story into a darker genre. Always wanted to do that. In any case, I hope that this chapter was a bit more satisfactory. In the next chapter, Seras gets lost, and Walter starts to lose his mind! Please R&R! Much love from this end! -.-