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Stillborn

Ch. 4

Alucard sat on the roof in silence. The wind brushing gently across his face, and the dried remains of his tears were clearly visible, but no one was around to see them. Alucard was glad for that. It was the first time and last time he would allow himself to cry.

"Why…" he asked up at the moon.

He could sense his master below him pacing back and forth while Walter explained to her that what she did was for the best. Alucard was only interested in what she did, but no one would utter a word about it.

Alucard laid back and began to count the stars. He had nothing better to do since there hasn't been a mission in months. Eventually his mind got bored with counting, and his thoughts began to drift toward Cassandra.

He remembered the first time he saw her. He remembered how cold she was on the outside, and how fragile she was inside. She had a fire in her that allowed him to experience the heat he hadn't been able to in centuries.

He closed his eyes and cringed.

Suddenly he felt a presence behind him. It was a vampire, but it was different then the freaks had fought in the past. She was an original like him. He opened his eyes and looked up. There was a young woman vampire leaning over him.

Her long black tresses cascaded to one side and she had a slight smirk on her thin lips. Her face was flawless, with narrow eyes and a triangular nose. She straitened up to her full height to allow Alucard the ability to sit up.

"So… After all of these years you now spend your past times on the roof tops of old mansions?" She spoke as she gazed up at the moon.

Alucard sat up and cocked his head to look back at her. "Who exactly are you?"

Her head suddenly turned down so she could face him, "you honestly don't remember?" One of her eyebrows shot upward in disbelief.

Alucard's eyes narrowed and he tried to remember. Suddenly there were flashes of darkness, and red. A castle was standing in the epicenter of chaos with him standing on its balcony. He looked out over a small city and lightning licked hungrily at it. By his side was the woman. Shawnacy.

"Shawnacy…" His voice spoke without his permission.

She smiled, "very good my Lord." She took a step back and gracefully bowed.

Alucard rose to his feet and faced her. "What is it you want, my adviser?" Memories of his time as king of the dark realm flooded his mind. Shawnacy was his adviser at the time of his reign. The great storm of destruction that wiped out most of his kind, and then the birth of humans were among those memories.

"I have been searching for you for many centuries, and this is how you greet me?" she waited for a response, but none came. "I've been seeking you for the sole reason to rebuild our kingdom."

"Why? What's the point?" Alucard's voice came back without a care.

Shawnacy gasped, "the point?"

Alucard turned his up toward the moon. "During our reign the clouds never left. Never was I able to see the moon, never was I able to count the stars that shine by it's side." He wanted to add 'never was I able to love…' but he held his tongue.

"That may be true, but with the way these humans are going it's only going to be another repeat. They are polluting the air faster then we ever did." She spat back in the defense of her purpose.

"True," was all Alucard said in response. "Tell me what's on your mind."

Shawnacy smiled, "my Lord! The blood of our rebirth is at hand." She let the words sink in and then continued, "us vampires have all been made, born from biting and drinking, right?"

"Yes," Alucard seemed to show a little interest.

"My Lord, somehow a vampire is birthing one. A vampire is being born instead of made. This child of darkness will have the purest blood ever seen before! In order to regain our kingdom this child must never grow to old like you and I. You must kill the child and drink it's blood."

Alucard appeared shocked, "drink the blood of another vampire?"

"I know how it sound, my Lord. Trust me, this is the only way!"

Alucard looked away once more, "I never agreed to anything yet… Leave me now." He motioned her away with one of his hands.

Shawnacy took another bow, "my Lord." She faded away into the darkness.

Alucard's eyes narrowed in confusion. He did want his kingdom back, but this time he wanted Cassandra at his side. Not Shawnacy. However, if he did regain his thrown what would he do with Integra? He was supposed to be hers and her family for the rest of eternity.

To the humans of London a mighty earthquake shook the ground beneath their feats, but to the vampires lurking in the shadows, a mighty king was crying out in frustration.

(A/N: What did you think? Please R R!)