Chapter 18

Alucard watched as Seras woke up.

'So now she knew the truth.' He thought. She was in a daze…still in her wolf form she wobbled as if she had lost her balance. She looked up to him her features soft and warm. Before she passed out totally and fell of the beam. Alucard jumped for her and appeared below her on the floor. During her fall she had transformed back into her vampire form. Her loose body fell toward him. He caught her in his arms, her body light; similar to the day he first changed her. He would always remember that day. But she was different now, her long blonde hair hung to the floor, her black trench coat hung loosely around her. Seras opened her eyes, her crimson eyes shone…no his eyes. They were exactly like his, plain evidence of their bon. Seras smiled. A true smile, no cockiness in it. Alucard returned the smile. Had she decided to stay with him? But she mouthed something…Alucard had to concentrate to hear what she said.

"I'm sorry…" She spoke, just before ploughing her hand straight through him! Her arm coming out his back, blood covered both him and her. He dropped her, as if a burn. Her hand slided out of him. His wound healed almost immediately, but that wasn't what bothered him. She had attacked him! Now she knew the truth…

Alucard stepped back, Seras was dropped on the floor. Blood covered her right arm, his blood. Her true vampire instincts kicked in, after pushing herself up of the floor she could smell the blood on her hand. She couldn't stop herself, the blood was far more intoxicating then a human's. She licked her glove, the sweet blood filled her mouth.

"I'm sorry my master…" She emphasised master. " But like you once were, I am bound to serve human masters." Her hair covered half of her face. But she gave a sadistic grin and her eyes widened in bloodlust. But Alucard merely laughed.

"So I suppose this battle has been between me and my past then has it?" He raised his arms ready once again. "Fine…I will destroy the last remnant of my past and I shall free you to be mine…"

Elena ran up the stairs to her office two at a time. She unhooked her emergency communicator from the inside of her jacket.

"Walter! Come to my office immediately!" Elena thought back to the images that appeared when she looked into Integra's eyes. Alucard was a vampire even more powerful then Seras. She had not thought it possible, how could any vampire stand up to her? She had thought she was the most powerful, but it wasn't true. Elena had assumed…but she was wrong. As she ran into her office, Walter was waiting for her.

"Yes?" He asked. He was sat on the chair opposite hers. A walking stick lent on the arm of the chair. She didn't mind him, he was her friend.

"I have seen…I know how we can stop this!" Walter looked up at her, interest shown on his features.

"What?" Elena shook her head.

"Trust me, Seras is on her way. With a guest…" Walter looked puzzled.

"What about Anderson?" Elena showed the papers to him.

"He no longer matters…this guest is the cause of all this! I have a binding spell here that can stop all this!" Walter got up of his chair.

"Are you alright? Are you ill? I'll take you down to the infirmary…" Walter moved closer to her and reached for her arm. But she shied away and franticly ran toward the door.

Seras charged for him, neither had any guns. This was a hand to hand fight. If you could call it that…But as she neared him the room suddenly disappeared. The wooden floor in a blink of an eye changed from wood to grass, the walls disappeared. To be replaced by the open space of the outdoors. Woozy from the sudden transition Seras fell to the grassy floor.

"Where are we!" She yelled. Alucard didn't reply, but smiled from under his hat. Seras glanced around…they were on the front lawn of the Hellsing building! "Why!" Seras yelled back. But Alucard never lost his grin. He merely turned toward the door. Sure enough Elena ran out of the door. Shock registered on her face. Seras quickly picked herself of the floor. "Don't you dare….." Seras spat. But just as Elena had ran out she was soon joined by the figure of another. You could almost hear Alucard hiss at her, Seras recognized who she was. Rebecca had joined Integra on the stairs to the Hellsing house. But Seras still had a job to do…she ran at her former master. He hardly gave her a glance as she pushed him to the floor. Alucard as swiftly as ever plunced his arm straight through her, just as he had done so to kill so many of their kind. Seras gave a slight cry but bit her lip as the pain flooded her. He had pieced her heart, blood splattered from her mouth to her mouth.

"Seras!" She heard Elena cry, but Seras fell to the floor. Alucard merely stood up and straightened his jacket.

"Now, Elena I believe our meeting is long overdue…" Seras watched as he spoke. Those glasses giving away nothing of his eyes.

"But…you can't be Alucard…you can't be the vampire that served this family for generations…" Elena spoke. Alucard chuckled.

"So I see you finally found out about me. It's about time." He took a step toward her. Rebecca was about to say something but Alucard stopped in his tracks. Cuts appeared on his face.

"Don't take another step…" That was Walter's voice! Seras twisted on the floor so she could see. Yes, he was there. He stood a little behind Alucard, his strings trapping Alucard from going any further. Alucard's glasses were cut and they slipped of his face, to show his eyes to the world. Seras tried to get up, tried to help. But something had paralysed her. Suddenly Alucard ran toward him and swiped at his head, yet the strings held still and Walter stared in confusion…until lines started to appear on his face, blood dribbled down. Then his arms fell loose as his head slid of and hit the ground.

"Walter!" Both Seras and Elena screamed. His body hit the ground like some holy pillar that could not stand any longer. The strings that held Alucard fell to the ground.

"You are no angel of death…pathetic…" Alucard turned back to Elena. She was pale, white as a sheet as if she was going to be sick. In fact so did Rebecca. But his death somehow gave her new strength…Seras turned herself into the black liquid that she controlled. She was enraged, pure hatred flowed through her. He was her friend, perhaps not totally, but he was close to her. Alucard glanced at her, as if she was no threat. But Seras once again commanded to the liquid into a form. Unlike before she did not remake her own body, but shifted the extra power into something so far from human, even far from what is recognizable as a vampire.

Elena couldn't believe he was gone…he had stayed as her protection; the other soldiers were at the coast…there was no one here. She gripped the papers in her hand. There was no forgiveness for what he had done…she would not bind him, she would make sure he was destroyed. He would not leave the Hellsing grounds today. The image of Walter falling to the ground headless plagued her mind, but she gritted her teeth, the papers rustled as they were slightly crushed in her fist.

"Elena?" Rebecca said softly, as if to a child. But what was going on now made her look back, Seras had dissolved and disappeared. In her place rose some kind of demon… The liquid lurched and bubbled as it encased a giant creature…yet it struggled to form, Elena felt heavy as if there was pressure on her very heart. But suddenly she felt something break…then that presence of Seras in the back of her mind disappeared! Elena knew what had happened…she too had broken her seals. As soon as the seals were broken the liquid barrier broke and fell down to the floor. Puddles littered the floor. But Elena fell to the floor in shock…where Seras had once lay stood a great shadow Dragon! The shadow dragon was beyond control, she was in a blind rage! The huge lizard-like body covered in black liquid and scales, horns protruding from her head and tail. Huge claws on her hands and feet, wings unfurled. The only thing that remained of Seras was her crimson eyes. Yet they were red and bloodshot, she would not recognise anything or anyone. The monster known as Alucard looked almost human next to the great dragon. But Alucard couldn't concentrate on Elena any more, he had to see to this new threat.

"Seras!" He yelled. "Don't lose control!" Did he still care about her? But why? But it was too late. Alucard whipped out two pistols, Elena recognised them immediately, they were Seras' guns. He must have stolen them from her. He shot at the great dragon's head. But there was no effect! Elena didn't know now who should win, but she had to admit she wanted the thing to tear Alucard apart! The dragon cried a great ear-spitting roar and dove for Alucard. Alucard dropped his guns and had to stop the great jaw from chomping down on him.

Alucard was surprised by the level of power she possessed, but she had no control. He admitted to himself, partly because of him, but she shouldn't be like this. After all, it wasn't like he killed Walter, was it? The dragon's breath blasted him in the face, sending his hat clean off his head. Alucard dug his heels in; he had wanted her to be free. But what was this thing? The ground started to give under the strain, so Alucard dug out all of his power and summoned his familiars. His clothes changed to that of a knight, armour covered him, his hair shortened and facial hair grew. His strength returned! With armoured gloves he pushed the dragon back, the dragon's jaw started to crack and strain. But she couldn't hold it, Alucard pushed the giant dragon's head to the floor. The ground rumbled with the powers at work here. The dragon's head was at a side, her eyes locked with his. Alucard pulled out his sword and shield, dragons once existed in the world, it was not as impossible to kill them, as people believe. He quickly side glanced at Elena and the unknown woman…who was she? But he had no time for that, as the dragon picked itself up and opened its jaw. Alucard knew what was coming next. He held his shield up just in time to feel the great blast of heat and fire. The sides started to melt with the heat, but Alucard was no normal knight and this was no normal dragon.

((AN: Right, this seems about right to stop. I heard that Alucard can change into a knight so I played around with the whole knight and dragon thing. I hope you like it. Next update tomorrow!))