sakandliluver: Here's another chap for you to be excited about! I attempt to write humor and I'm relieved when you reply letting me know I achieved what I wanted! Alucard is a freak's worst nightmare! But us girls can't help but love him... haha.. :)
demmie: Xander's gonna get it, Xander's gonna get it (singsong childish manner) hehehe...Alucard is definitely passed pissed! You wanted another chap that's wonderful and brilliant.. here's my attempt. As for the sleep, I won't get enough til I'm six feet under. hehehe :)
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DaysOfTheNight: Yes...again. I'm the queen of evil cliffies, I guess. :) Wow! You're hanging off a really high cliff by your pinkie? Well, I could be nice and get you down... thinking hard...we'll just have to see. I was so happy you thought that chap 6 was "pure awesomeness". Here's your update!
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LordMakura: What would you do with a full blown berserker Alucard? I know if I was gonna do it, how and what he'd look like. You might just get your wish...
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My Blood, Tears and Humanity
Chapter 7: Solitaire and Second Chances
Alucard rushed Xander; plowing into him as fast as he could fly. The older vampire had more of an edge over the freak. Alucard knew what all he was capable of magically and physically. Right now he was more concerned over Seras's injuries. Her collarbone, sticking up completely through her broken skin.
Xander jumped, flipping over Alucard's head. Acting quickly, the freak wrapped his foot around Alucard's ankle trying to trip him. With Alucard's fall, the current king of the vampires twisted in mid air to prepare for Xander's next strike.
Xander jerked out an object from his belt hanging around his waist. Evilly grinning, "I'm going to bury you, Alucard! I will have Seras one way or another. You're the only thing standing in my way." Silver glinted off the object in the moonlight.
Seras gasped. 'It's a silver knife! What could that do to my master?' Seras was truly afraid. There's no telling what silver will do to Alucard. Thinking to herself, 'I've never even seen him get hurt by silver. Wait, I take that back. That damned priest had blessed silver blades! He'd stabbed Alucard numerous times and every time, my master regenerated with no harm done.' Watching the two of them fight, she was on edge. Who would win? Her master should...he had so much age on Xander. But then again, Xander wasn't your typical, average ,everyday freak either.
Now the two vampires were on their feet. They'd drawn their guns. Aiming carefully, they both fired at the other. Precious minutes ticked by, surely they'll regenerate faster than this. Feeling a sick sort of fascination, Seras watched as the blood flowed back into it's respective bodies.
Alucard rose first. Throwing a hit towards the handsome freak, Alucard's blow connected to Xander's cheek. While he was down, the head hunter from Hellsing stood over him. "Farewell, damned vampire trash!" Beginning to quote the infamous Hellsing motto, Alucard started speaking. He was interrupted with a kick to the stomach.
Getting back up, the two vampires flew at each other. Hate flaming in their eyes, fury feeding their strength. Both fighting for something bigger than they pretended to be; an ideal is what fed them. Seras was the prize for this fight. So precious. She didn't realize the power of her worth. Her master fought for love. Xander fought for the chance of procreation with a beautiful vampire.
Seras cringed as Xander landed a few stabs in her master's body. Not once did he ever cry out. He never would. Alucard isn't the type to let an enemy hear cries of pain...especially if they're his.
Fog rolled in concealing her master and his nemesis. Anxiety crashed down on her when she couldn't see either man. Hearing blows and insults exchanged, it was only natural for their swearing to reach her very sensitive ears also. Not able to tell who was hitting whom and who was winning, grated on her nerves. Biting her lip, Seras almost laughed at the scene that presented itself.
Alucard had leaped out of the fog in hell hound form. Held securely in his mouth was Xander's leg...still attached to it's owner. Alucard was dragging the lower class vampire around by his leg, blood dripping everywhere. Pulling out another wicked looking blade, he went to stab at his captor.
The blond draculina screamed in horror. "No! Alucard watch out!" Jumping up, she ran to her master's side. Everything seemed to be playing forward in very slow motion.
Xander swung the blade at the vicious hound. Instead of making contact with his foe, the long knife sank into Seras's shoulder. Luckily, it hit above her heart and didn't hit her heart itself. Shock widened the enemy vampire's eyes. Holding her, he had to know why she'd interfered. "Seras, why? Why didn't you stay out of this?"
Coughing up blood, Seras's breathing was becoming more shallow every second. "C-Couldn't let...you kill him. He may be," coughing spasms shook her slender frame, "my master, but...I-I ...love...him!" Her voice growing faint. A slight sound on the wind is what she'd become if she didn't receive healing and soon.
Her confession pissed him off. Why Alucard and never him. Alucard didn't deserve Seras or her love. "Alucard...give up now! This is your only warning. You refuse and Seras dies. She's already dying. Don't you want to help her?"
Watching from inside his hell hound form, Alucard felt overwhelming grief and anger take him over. Lifting his head, he released a howl worthy of the form he took. Breaking the form, he returned to his human form. Eyes, fiery red, glowing brighter than all the stars combined. Growling, he stated menacingly, "You're going to find out why I was called the Impaler once upon a time!" Thrusting his hands forward at a terrifying speed, they broke through skin and bone, protruding out Xander's back.
Alucard had gone into full berserker mode. Nothing could stop him now. This son of a bitch would pay! Seras, suffering and in pain, sent him over the last edge. Relieving Xander of his knife, Alucard used it to stab him in the stomach. Backing up, Alucard summoned dozens of knives to match and sent them flying swiftly into Xander's battered body. Watching, Alucard remembered the feelings of sadism creep into his mind. Relishing them, he observed the body seeing Xander twitch and jerk. Eventually, everything stopped. His enemy now quiet. Silenced forever.
Disappearing, the ancient No Life King reappeared by his fledgling's side. Her light fading so fast...he couldn't let her go. Alucard was struck hard by the realization that he needed someone so badly. The lonely years that had spanned behind him, he refused to let them affect his future. Speaking softly to her, the distressed Alucard tried to bring Seras back into consciousness. "Seras? Seras, you need to wake up. I need you to awaken, Seras, please."
Silence. Seras felt trapped in a dark and silent body. Water hit her cheeks. 'What's happening?' Struggling to speak to him, her voice had become her enemy. He's crying. Alucard's worried over me. Screaming inside, Seras yelled,"Alucard, master, I'm ok. I'm fine. I'm here. Can't you hear me?" Silence.
Alucard tore the leather top away from his skin. One fingernail lengthened to make a deep cut in his white, flawless chest. "Drink from me, Seras. Drink to regain your life. You will also be free. Free of me and the bastard who haunts you. Take what I offer to you freely, Seras." Cradling her to him, Alucard allowed the blood to coat his fingers. Slipping them easily, but gently, into her small mouth, he awaited the moment of truth.
He'd closed his eyes. Jerking them open again, when he felt a slight tug on his fingers. Seras was sucking all the liquid necessary for her survival from his hand. Deep inside, the No Life King felt such relief. A great weight had lifted from his shoulders with her revival. He'd believed that he was doomed and cursed forever to walk alone in this world. Once again, Seras had proved him wrong.
Opening her eyes, the first thing to grace her sight, a very worried Alucard. A shirtless Alucard! A blush crept up her cheeks infusing her face with an angelic glow. Sweetly she smiled. It was her way of telling him she was going to be fine. Softly she spoke. Weakness laying claim to her voice and body. "Alucard. I knew you'd come through for me. There's so much I need to say but I'm so exhausted."
Alucard's seductive voice answered back. "I know, Seras. Soon you can rest." Glancing at his foe's body, he wondered why it hadn't disintegrated or exploded. Those were the usual reactions for freaks that were killed. No longer pausing to consider it, he lifted Seras gently.
Her soft moans of pain reverberated throughout his entire being. Fury flared inside his blood. Fighting the urge to keep mangling Xander's body, he turned from the sight. Now wasn't the time for petty situations such as these. Clearing his thoughts, he faded from sight with Seras snuggled tight against him.
When the vampiric couple disappeared, Xander's body started shaking and twitching more violently. A wicked gleam flashed in his eyes. Standing upright again, he called out, "The next time we meet dog of Hellsing, you won't be so lucky! I will have Seras! And I'll have your death too!" Stalking off to find shelter, the badly hurt vampire needed a place to sleep and heal. Coming across a warehouse with an underground basement area. From the smell and looks of it, the place was previously used as an illegal drug making factory. Oh, well, beggars can't be choosers. Digging up several layers of dirt, he lay down, falling into the deep sleep forced upon his kind; all vampire kind. Xander's body so worn out, he didn't bother to close the soil back over him. His last thoughts were of the revenge he planned to exact on the Hellsing hunter after he rested and completely healed.
Meanwhile at Hellsing Manor, their head hunter returned with his precious fledgling. Both were covered in blood, freaking out the entire staff present in the foyer. Walter was the first to respond.
"Alucard, I suggest taking her to the infirmary. I'll go retrieve several packs of blood for her." Turning on his heel, Walter hurried to the special pantry they'd installed just for the vampires. It also had been considered a safety precaution for the soldier's sake. Didn't want them getting into the wrong refrigerator and grabbing hold of the wrong food. Walter chuckled a little at that last thought. It reminded him of the time that the vampire played a rather nasty trick on some new recruits. The results were hilarious but the bodily products left behind weren't.
Taking six blood packs from the refrigerated unit, the older retainer hurried to the infirmary. Seras's life hung precariously in the balance. Entering the underground medical facility, shock spread on his face. Laying on the gurney, so still and pale, Seras appeared, for the lack of a better word, dead. "How's her condition?"
The doctor crossed his arms. Speaking grimly, "She's touch and go right now. Her body's been the recipient of multiple stab wounds, broken collarbone and arms, head trauma, and contusions covering eighty percent of her body." Gesturing in Alucard's direction, "If he hadn't shared his blood with her, she'd never have made it at all. His blood was enough to keep her hanging on until they came here."
Walter handed over one of the blood packs to the physician. "We're going to have to warm these just a little. We don't need to pour ice cold blood into her already shocked system." Laying the packs in an incubator, the doctor continued, "It could cause Seras to converge totally in shock and finish the job the stupid ex hunter started on her."
Fifteen minutes passed. The doctor placed one of the bags of red nourishment on Seras's IV stand. Attaching it with a needle, they held their breaths as the liquid dripped slowly down the tubing into her arm. One, two more bags down, her coloring warming slightly. Her eyelashes fluttered.
Alucard smiled. His fledgling possessed so much more strength than any of them could imagine. His pride in her ran deep. She would make a strong No Life Queen when it was time. He sat down on the bed, holding her hand. There was no shame in this for him. Alucard cared nothing for all the people watching. Even Integra had enough instinct and manners to stand back for a private moment.
"Alucard." Her face so relieved with the sight of him. Reaching up, she lightly caressed his face. "You're really here! I thought you'd left me. With Xander...those things he did..I felt so alone." Tears slipped out of her red tinted eyes, causing Alucard's heart to constrict at her pain. "Not being able to sense you or feel you...it was hell!" Sobbing uncontrollably, Seras closed her eyes. The young vampire hated for her master to see her this way. Her emotions made her weak. Alucard hated weakness. He hated weak vampires. Now he would hate her for all of the above.
Scooting closer to Seras, he encircled her with his thin, well muscled arms. Using his right hand, he smoothed her hair. Comforting her as someone would a child. "Shh. Calm yourself, Seras. Those things done to you, these memories, will fade and become a distant bad dream. As your being alone, I'd never leave you alone. Never!" Fiercely enforcing his words, he spoke with such heated passion. "Seras, you need to sleep now. Sleep and recover."
When her master mentioned sleep, her eyes slowly drifted shut. His voice still carried to her even though it sounded so far away. She was so tired that she couldn't think. Sleep was the command issued to her by Alucard. Not having the power or will to resist, Seras sank under his hypnotic persuasion.
A hand touched Alucard's shoulder. "Integra. What's going on?"
Frowning, she told him, "I need you present in my office. We've got a lot to talk about! Seras will be well cared for down here. I promise. You have information on her abductor and I want to hear it. Let's go." Jerking her blond head in the direction of her study, Integra wouldn't let this go until all was out in the open.
Before she could react, Alucard took Integra's hand and stepped into the void. Appearing in her office, the Hellsing heiress cursed her vampire servant. "Damn you, Alucard! Haven't you ever heard of stairs?"
Smirking her fired back, "It was faster. Just think of it being more time efficient." He had to admit that he had her there.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, where'd you find them?" Down to business. That's just like Integra...never takes time for the pleasures in life.
"Outside of a group of warehouses by the waterfront. She'd escaped from him and they were fighting out in the open when I arrived. He inflicted some serious damage to her. But I more than paid him back." Alucard's tone switched from playful to dark and serious.
Integra held her breath. This next bit of news wouldn't be taken well at all! "Hate to piss in your Wheaties, junior, but we've got a problem."
Raising an eyebrow at Integra's little insult, "So I've heard. What the hell's the problem?" Impatient, he crossed his arms and blew out his frustration. "I detest waiting, Integra. Out with it."
Integra, already angry at Seras's treatment, rubbed her temples. "Xander's still alive."
A/N: Gonna end it there for now. Hope you liked it, at least a little. Read/review...let me know what you think. L8r:)