Blood sweeter than Wine

Chapter 18

I kept watching Anderson fight the things that used to be called Alucard's men and I was baffled "You think we will last much longer."

"That is what he was created for." Integra replied

It was until there were only ten left that Anderson looked at Alucard and with one swift swipe he destroyed them "Well now you stand at the end of the run, in front of my eyes, Your arms look as if they may fall off."

I rolled my eyes at the pun making note of one of Andersons Arms already about half taken out "Of course I expected nothing less from the Iscariots Alexander Anderson."

From his Coat Anderson removed a small box It was hard to make out from where Integra, Serus and I were standing but I made out the words "Section 13 Matthew."

"What is that?" I asked

"I don't know but I don't think I am going to like the answer to that question."

Anderson gripped the bottom of the thing and it started to break, Alucard's smirk suddenly disappeared off of his face when he saw that a large Nail was in front of him I gasped "The nail? The shroud one of Rome's missing Artifacts." I said silently

"Aren't you the quick one." Anderson stated glancing at me

"The Lingering scent of a Miracle. Elena's Nail." Alucard said

"Indeed." Anderson flung it up and held it at his chest Alucard tried to stop him "Don't do it Anderson! You really want to transform your soul into a monster for God? Spare me the same typical bullshit! The monsters that Deny god and Acknowledges God…They are one in the same. If you were to do that do you know what it would mean? Do you honestly think that you are ready to die and become immortal just to stop me? You and I our conflict has been pushed to the edge. To be a monster like me and give up your humanity it shows your weakness in spades, it means you couldn't make it as a man so you stoop to being a monster."

I had never heard anything like that before, coming from Alucard it was some sort of rare that I could not even begin to describe, It was his way of telling the truth and that was what I really saw in him, he didn't want to be a monster I saw that now, Integra looked as if she saw that in him "Camellia."

"Yes?"

"Before you go and fight your battle I want you to do one more thing for me…for Alucard."

"Yes Integra?"

"Stay close to Alucard in case he needs you and I am thinking that he will."

"Okay."

I snuck around the back of the battle ground and hit myself behind Alucard bending down on rubble I watched as Anderson looked at Alucard "If it means protecting my church and stopping the monsters…if I have to become one myself then so be it."

In one swift movement I watched as he stabbed himself with the nail, I covered my mouth, Andersons body was starting to be wrapped in a type of vine, like a disease that couldn't be stopped, "You Unforgivable fool!" Alucard said aiming his gun and taking shot however Anderson came down with a kind of blade and sliced off Alucard's hand then taking off his head. The headless man took aim with his other gun and fired a shot taking off Andersons head "Great they are going to be doing this for eternity now." I said

At the same time both stood up and there head and missing pieces regenerated Anderson turned into nothing but thorns on his head the priests of Iscariot were getting panicked "My god what has he done." I whispered.

At the same time Alucard and Anderson both fired their weapons Alucard was aiming somewhere that I couldn't figure out where, but something told me he was aiming for the nail in Andersons Heart, Anderson dodged the bullet and leaped, Alucard aimed his gun in the air however Anderson dropped knife into Alucard's eye and he dropped Anderson grabbed Alucard with the vines and thorns that he had. Alucard's face when blank. I looked at his eye and said "Alucard what are you seeing?"

My vision of the present went blank and the past showed itself, A young boy behind dragged by his hair to a room where he is thrown and forced to do his prayers, I hear the boys thoughts and he reaches for a cross "I will never beg for mercy."

The memory was turned to a battle a man on a black horse and he orders an attack "Fight everyone of you, for god Fight, he does not bestow mercy upon those who ask for mercy he does not provide hope for those who ask for hope, It is simply a prayer. Though they are just trying to appeal to their god. They are free to die…Fight all of you fight along with your prayers hopefully all of your efforts are enough to bring God down from his thrown."

I looked at the king that I was in love with "Alucard."

He looked down at me "What are you doing here?"

"I don't know I was just kind of absorbed in this vision of yours."

"You're not going to like this next one."

"Why what is it?"

"My execution."

The vision went through again and it was a sight like no other men laying on the ground arrows through their heads, decapitated piles and men on stakes and a man in a wooden version of handcuffs, his shirt was removed and only his pants remained his raven black hair was oily he hadn't washed like he used to, his eyes were dim, they had been brown in this vision he was dragged down the street "Everyone has died by your hand, for a sake that you have believed in…for your god." The king was picked up by his hair and put in a chopping block, Alucard's eyes shifted to the blood that was dripping and he reached for it taking a long lick before the axe came down on his neck, the cross around his neck shattered. The last memory that I saw was what made me cry the most, a man riding a horse down the streets of London, I caught sight of a little girl in a bright blue dress her brown hair was braided she was four, her mother was in the bakery and she saw the man on the horse, the man on the horse handed her a lily "You are to turn into a beautiful woman, my flower."

The man looked at the girl's mother and smiled and his thought was this "I am glad that you are truly happy Mina, even though I can never have you, Your daughter is a perfect image of you, I know that I will love her even more that what I have loved you."

The memory left me as soon as it was in front of me, "Master Master!"

I opened my eyes and saw Serus had bolted over to him and was protecting him as the thorns were trying to absorb them bother "Stay back Camellia, I will take care of him." I heard in my head

"Your voice sounds fine police girl, no need to be loud." Alucard said to her and I ran over and pulled her back, the UV knife I had to cut through the vines. "I would have been satisfied if you did beat me Anderson, but because of that day, that twilight wasteland 523 years ago, you cannot defeat me."

Vines shattered and Andersons Knife was nothing more but a ruined weapon and Alucard was starting to form again away from the vines "The ones who destroy monsters have always been human to die any other way would be unthinkable."

Alucard charged at Anderson and sliced his hand through the heart and dragged his heart down his body so he held it in his hand "Serus go back and protect Integra." I ordered

Alucard held Andersons heart in his hand and in one bite he ate his heart. "You are me! Your no different from myself…All of this is no different than how I became this way."

I looked at his face and saw that his head was in his hands, and tears of blood were streaming down his face, the first time in all my years that I have known him Alucard was crying.

I ran over to him and touched his shoulder "Alucard."

I wrapped his arms around me, I didn't see his face he just gripped me tightly but I felt the tears ran into my hair and down my face, his tears, tears of blood it dyed my hair in streaks of red "You are not a monster, you are a man that had lost his way." I whispered "I love you because of that."

"Creatures don't cry, what were you chasing." I heard behind me, I looked away from Alucard's chest and down on the ground to look at Anderson…or what was left of him "You became a monster so you wouldn't have to cry right?"

Alucard let go of me and looked down at him and with some sort of Respect Alucard listened to Andersons last wishes "Laugh with pride and Arrogance like you always do…I am going but you will forever live, How much longer would you want to continue this miserable existence."

I walked over and Picked up Alucard's sword, I looked at Integra and she nodded to me, I reached over and stabbed the sword into the ground.

"Everyone must not cry, and remember your prayers before bed. Amen."

With the respect Alucard smiled "Amen."

And I bowed my head "Amen."

"AMEN!" We all heard

The familiar voice came down and the image of a man was coming toward us gliding in the air, I dodged out of the way and in front of Integra Alucard not to far in front of me, the image of small wires wrapped around him I covered my mouth in the change that this man had taken, Wires wrapped around the building and cut them in half, everyone looked at the man. Integra dropped her cigar the priests of Section thirteen were in shock, Serus dropped to her knees, even Alucard was shocked. The man lit up a cigarette and looked at us, and the words came out of my lips "Oh my God…It's Walter.