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~~ Whoa, double update!~~

Alucard's essence flew through the orange-tinted night, diving through his Master's bedroom wall. Wide eyes scanned carefully, guns drawn. He relaxed only slightly, sensing only himself and his Master's out cold lover nearby. He sighed, holstering Casull and studying his Master's lover more closely. His head cocked slightly, spotting the Russian proverb of her lower back. Khleb Za Khleb, Krov' Za Krov. He smirked, finding much humor in the irony. A Russian proverb on a German girl? One befitting this situation, nonetheless. He laughed, how deplorable!

Blood for blood, bread for bread, indeed. Alucard stepped around the out cold girl, still unsure of how to avoid this catastrophe, but yet feeling better, his anger burying itself beneath the folds of his mind, deciding instead to lie in wait for the opportune moment. His eyebrows furrowed, glancing a piece of paper near her still body. Gingerly, he picked up the thin piece of paper.

Rejoice, for freedom shalt soon come to thee, O Great One. The cruel Hellsing line, soon, shalt see its demise. Come; find your faithful servants at our place of rest near the edge of society before three moons deaths. Kane shalt be your guide.

Alucard starred at the small, insolent piece of paper. Kane must have been the messenger at the massacred house. He cursed himself and his rotten luck, he had three days to find her. And his only clue was that it was at the end of town. Not just that, but he needed to figure out how to explain for Yonna and Luca's absences. He knew that these modern day authorities would ask questions about Yonna's delay to call them. Hardest perhaps, would be having no one notice Luca's sudden absence.

The annoyed undead king picked up the German girl, heading back to her bloody dwelling, a plan quickly formulating in his mind.

~~Somewhere, on the Edge of Society~~

Pitch black. Luca blinked several more times, hoping desperately she hadn't gone blind. Her brows furrowed, realizing she couldn't move her arms, or her legs.

What had happened? Luca thought back, remembering. It had been no more than ten minutes after Alucard had left. She had been comforting Yonna, when she heard something. What had she heard? Cursing her splitting headache, she thought. Footsteps. Then, she had turned around, looking for the source. And then… what? Blackness. Someone had knocked her out. Now, she was here. Great.

Whatever this was, it was bad. She adjusted from her almost-kneeling position, lifting her chin from her chest to glance around. A thin crack of dull light caught her attention. It had to be from the underneath of a door. She wiggled her toes inside her shoes, feeling the cold metal against the inside of her knees through her slacks. Maybe she could get up?

Luca braced herself, pushing herself off from the inside of her splayed legs to her knees and shins. She bit her lip, her sore muscles screaming at her in protest. Feeling the floor sway beneath her, Luca froze.

What in hells name kind of floor swayed when you moved? Luca stopped, thinking. What swayed under weight shifts?

Anything suspended. Of course. But what could she be in that would sway when she moved? Footsteps distracted Luca from her train of thought. She squinted as blinding light hit her eyes when a figure opened the door she had spotted earlier. More light was added as a dim, electric chandelier was turned on. Her eyes adjusted to see a half naked, platinum blonde examine her, a large, white dolphin tattooed on his pale chest.

He smirked, "The Devil's awoken." Devil? Her? Things just decided to go from not so great, to really bad.

Oh joy. He closed the door, leaving the dim light on, gone as quickly as he had come.

Luca glanced around her newly illuminated surroundings. It was… completely bare, not even a window. Realizing she was suspended off the floor, Luca studied her cage.

It was… a giant birdcage. She blinked, reconfirming her conclusion several times. Where in the world could one even get a giant birdcage?

The confused teen looked down at herself, examining her restraints. A heavy, metal collar was around her neck, attached to the top of the inside of the cage by a thick chain. Twisting around, she could see some large amount of buckles restrained her arms behind her, and shackles confined her ankles.

Great. She wasn't getting out of this one. Vaguely, she hoped Alucard would do something about this. And then there was the explanation of why she was missing for… however many days it would take to find and… rescue her. Luca frowned, not liking the idea of being a damsel in distress.

Sighing, she thought. Would he do anything? If he didn't, and she died, how would he benefit?

He'd be set free. Right? Or maybe wrong. Luca bit her lip. She didn't know. Her gut told her that would be a bit too simple. She was sure her ancestor's could think a bit more deeply than that. A simple death couldn't free him from servitude, if that was the case, after her ancestor, Van Hellsing, had died, Alucard would have been set free. So it went through bloodlines.

Yes, that's what her grandmother had said. Bloodlines, bloodlines. So, if she died, ownership of Alucard would transfer to… her father? Or would it transfer back to Integra?

Luca shook her head, deciding to go down a path that lead to her survival. So, assuming he was going to try and save her…

~~Totally off Topic~~

D00d! Obama was elected president! Our first black president! Whooo! And stuff. Well, anyway, before I further anger McCain supporters, I'm going to change topic! (By the way, did you know the spell check considers McCain a word, but not Obama? Strange, no?)

So, yeah, double update! Have you figured out who the evil villain is? Well, neither have I. Okay, well, that's not true. I figured it out maybe… a week ago or so. Okay, well, actually, I had been toying with the idea of having – Wait a minute! Oh no you don't, you shan't figure out who it is until next post! Anyway, I'd been toying with the idea for a while, and only decided to go with it just recently.

Comment with who you think it will be!

By the way, am I the only one super excited that Hellsing nine came out?