Chaper 2, I hope the wait has not been too long and I hope I have answered all the questions you gave me through your reviews!

Pairing: Alucard/Seras
POV Characters: none, General pov
Genres: Horror/Romance/Alternate universe
Rating: T+ (Possible sexual references, hey, you know me!)

Chapter 2: The awakening

Seras lifted her arm to stare at the red liquid that was dripping down along the weary limb. Never had she imagined to die in such a way, lying in a pool of her own blood gazing at the back of a stranger who came out of nowhere in a heroic yet futile attempt to save her. A long spear in one hand as he looked at the retreating forms of the wolves that had crippled her. She wanted to reach out to the man, hoping he would keep her alive, but the rational side of her mind knew she was too far gone. The man was shaking, and she realized he was chuckling.

"Alucard. Are you okay sir?" Only when she heard how creaky her voice was she knew how dry her throat had become. The chuckling continued and slowly it began to sound like something between a growl and a purr. "Don't you worry young one, I feel just great." She gasped as she heard the malice in the now beast-like voice. "You should worry about yourself Paladin!" He spoke with glee as he stepped around to face her, bright red orbs boring into her eyes. 'A vampire!' she thought to herself.

"Now girl, that sweet virgin blood of yours will be quite a delicacy, scream all you want, girl! It will make this so much more enjoyable for me." He told her as he draped himself over her, both hands on her neck holding her in a strangle hold. Gathering all her might she tried to lift her sword, to no avail, all her strength had left her body. As so, she did all she could do in her position, she yelled for help, as useless as it was in that desolate place.

"Girl! Wake up." Seras eyes snapped open to stare into those of the man before her, his hands still on her shoulders. Once again she tried to scream only to have his large gloved hand cover her mouth. "Why so loud, girl? Your voice sounds fine regardless." Only then she noticed she was lying on a large king sized bed, not in a puddle of her own blood, and that the man's eyes were brown, not the red they were moments ago. The only thing that was red were the smooth satin covers of the bed she was occupying ans the several banners decorating the walls of the room it stood in.

Looking around more she took notice of how large and majestic the room was. Multiple oaken closets were placed against the Copper-rose colored walls, A large desk complete with a large mahogany chair and a quill in an golden ink jar stood against the far left wall, the wall to her right had a large wall mirror hanging next to a tall dresser. As soon as her eyes took in the sight of herself and her Savior in the mirror she sighed in relief, 'He has a reflection... Not a vampire then' She told herself finally calming down and remembering how she had screamed in his face when she woke up.

"Oh! I'm sorry sir! I think I had a nightmare, and when I woke up I must have mistook you for the monster in my dream, I am sorry, I did not mean to be so rude." The man merely looked at her "How is your wound?" He asked, ignoring her apologies. At first she felt offended for being ignored, but soon she indeed wondered why it was she did not feel any pain. As she got up to examine her wound she gasped. With the exception of a bandage around her middle she was completely naked.

"Oh no.. Please.. Tell me you didn't.." The man smirked confirming her fears "See you naked? Why yes I did, and I did so enjoy what I saw." Seras glared the man, Her wound, and shock from waking in a strange room completely forgotten, how dare this pervert look at her body like that? As a knight of the protestant order she had sworn chastity, and no man was ever to see her body unclothed.

"You haven't answered my question tho. How is your wound?" He inquired, dodging the subject, not that she did mind, she wanted to forget what had occurred here and get out as soon as she could. "I don't know, I don't feel it any more." She answered as she got up, covering her body with the bed's red sheets as she walked towards the large wall mirror. What she saw as she tore off the strangely clean bandage made her eyes grow wide as dinner plates.

"Its... gone. Not even a scratch..How is that possible?" She looked back at the man and upon seeing his perverted grin she figured that while examining her wound she had revealed more of her skin to him than she had intended. Swearing inwardly she turned her attention to him and said her goodbye."Thank you for your help and your kindness sir, but seeing as I am able to walk I should be going now, I don't want to abuse your hospitality and I have to find the rest of my party." Looking around in annoyance she saw the clothes and armor she had worn the day before and was surprised to find them all cleaned and dried. She turned her head to her host, silently waiting for him to leave her alone so she could get dressed. He however did not look like he was planning to give in to her silent request, letting out an angry huff she instead chose to leave and find a more private place for herself to do so.

"What of your horse?" He asked, making her stop and return her gaze to the man in wonder "Romulus? Is he here?" The man turned away and tried to sound upset, a very satisfied expression on his face. "Yes, it came in just a moment after you, I'm afraid it is in no condition to travel." He had to resist chuckling and forced himself to look saddened as he turned back to the young woman.

"I know that horse means a lot to you girl. Why don't you stay in my castle until it is healed? You know, your group may eventually come looking for you here." Seras did not know what to do with this new information, sure this man was kind and reliable, he saved her after all.. but he was a worse pervert than the captain, and that was saying a lot! Besides something was odd about him, maybe she could politely turn him down.

"Turning down an invitation is a grave insult here in Wallachia." Alucard reminded her, it was almost as if he had somehow read her mind, but knowing her upbringing did not allow insulting anyone in any way she had no other choice than to accept his invite. He was right, it gave Romulus the chance to recover and at one point Lady Integra would definitely come look for her here. She sighed deep and hoped this decision would not turn out bad.

"Thank you lord Alucard, I can't refuse an offer like yours." She made a graceful bow before adding. "And where are my manners? I haven't even properly introduced myself, My name is Seras Victoria, Second in command of Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing's order of protestant knights, I'm honored to meet you, Lord Alucard. If there's any way I can repay you for your kindness, please tell me." Alucard made a small bow in return before turning around to walk away, leaving the young girl behind, feeling as if she had just made a pact with the devil.

Slowly the young knight made her way down the long dark corridors, their dark stone walls strongly contrasted with the brightly colored room she had occupied moments earlier, the only source of ligt seemed to be coming from the burning torches which seemed to have been placed randomly on the walls. Her armor rattled with her steps as she moved. She hoped to encounter people that could tell her how to get to the stables so she could see how Romulus was doing, however every time someone noticed her they would back away and round a corner. Only to be completely without a trace once she got there herself. "Why is everyone in this place trying to avoid me?!" She all but yelled out in frustration. Tensing as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She would have reached for her sword did the touch not go accompanied with a soft feminine voice muttering a soft "Ouch that hurt indeed." before the owner withdrew her hand.

"I think I can answer that question, for as far as I'm allowed to" The voice spoke, referring to Seras' frustrated cry. Seras turned to see a (In comparison to her) tall, tanned girl with long blond hair, smiling at her while apparently wiggling her hand as if she suffered pain. Upon noticing Seras was staring at her she smiled wryly and muttered something that sounded like "Sorry.. Static shock." Seras had to giggle at this before asking for the girl to continue. The girl seemed to think for a moment at how to elaborate what she wanted to say without giving her lord's secrets away. "Well, the first thing is, it has been quite a while since there have been guests here, most of us want to know what sort of meat we got on the table first, so to speak." Seras shivered at the thought of someone comparing her to food.

"Don't worry! The other reason is because he told us that no one is to approach you without his permission. In other words, me or one of the maids!" She exclaimed cheerfully before motioning for Seras to follow. "You were looking for the stables weren't you, Lady Seras? Come on! I'll show the way!" Seras, having forgotten all her earlier discomfort knowing this girl would lead her to her horse quickly ran after the cheerful blonde. Dashing through the seemingly endless corridors, past red banners with golden dragons pictured on them and large armors holding various sorts of weaponry ranging from short swords to exotic weapons the likes of which she had never seen before she finally came to a halt in front of a large thick door. Seras watched as the girl grabbed a heavy brass door knuckle and slammed it against the gate's massive surface.

No sooner had the knock sounded or the doors opened, seemingly of their own accord, deciding she had seen weirder things, and that she wanted to see her horse she followed her companion into the castle garden, once she was outside Seras could hear Romulus' familiar whinny. The mere sound of it instantly lifting Seras' spirits, locating the source of the sound she found it in a small wooden hut, with a smile she kneeled down near her horse to inspect it's wounds and she was glad to see they were not too serious.

"Kim." The tanned blond suddenly spoke. Drawing Seras' attention "My name is Kim." Seras smiled and got up, patting Romulus' head as she did so. Pleasure to meet you Kim, I'm Seras, Seras Victoria!" Seras reached her hand out to Kim who hesitantly took hold of it, upon discovering that this time the static jolt did not occur she visibly relaxed and shook Seras' hand, afterward the two girls chatted some about random subjects like the weather, laughing about each-others jokes and enjoying each-others company. Not knowing they were being watched from one of the castle's basement windows..

"Believe me, Young paladin you will get more than enough chance to repay me." Alucard chuckled to himself. His eyes momentarily glowing a bright vermilion. "Tonight will be a marvelous night."


The plot unfolds, I'm sorry for the people who hoped for Alucard to be human. Now, what is Alucard planning to do to Seras? And who is "Kim"? (Kim was the female reporter that got killed by Alucard in the animé series for her involvement in the spreading of news about FREAKs and vampires.)

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