Lady Draculea: Wow! I was pretty close to being in trouble til I finished this story, huh? I fully believe that you would've nailed me to my chair too until it was done! I didn't realize chapter 9 was that suspenseful! woot! Go me:) You have my permission for the twins to visit you anytime you want! As long as you return them in the same condition you receive them! ;) And yes, Seras and Alucard belong together like all the things you listed in the review! It's ok about the not reviewing last chap... things happen sometimes... and I'm glad you loved the Evanescence songs because, besides Hinder and AFI, they're my favorite group! Since you're mad for an update...here it is girl! Enjoy:)
dragonlance: Yep, Alucard's taking action and there will be plenty more! And sorry it took so long to update despite the prodding. I haven't got to update much except on the weekends. Sorry! Can you forgive me:)
Lady-Azura: Yay..."great chapter"... I'm so happy. I love to throw in references in almost all my stories, especially to see if people can catch them. And I've always loved Greek Mythology! All of the stories regarding all the various gods and goddesses and offspring created by them...I love to read and read again! Hope you enjoy this chapter as well:)
capitanhans: You're right...those bastards! ;) I love the way you word your reviews! I love it..."enthralling"...love that word! And the brothers have no idea what's truly happening, but they'll find out and hopefully it won't be too late!! Here's your next chapter and I hope it "enthralls" you tremendously! ;)
Demmie: It was sad that Seras was taken, but it works for the purpose of the story.. and no, she sux at keeping herself out of trouble. Of course, with men, they think that's all we're good for anyway! ;) We have to keep them on their toes somehow:) Also, I wanted some bonding time between Seras, Taylor and Finn; I thought it would be great if Alucard could come to accept their differences, and the brothers likewise, while actually trying to get acquainted with each other. Btw, you're welcome for the hugs and the Integra bitching. Glad you found it funny:)
aska19: Told ya I was evil! I didn't really want to leave the last chapter like that...but I thought it'd make a decent cliffy and I had to go to bed so I could get up the next morning! Anyway, we'll see regarding Alucard finding Seras and if he does find her, will she be human or vampire? You're correct...it would suck! You and Demmie are really good for me regarding the way I've written Integra in this story...she loves it too, especially the bitching parts! I tried to come up with something at least slightly original for when Alucard gets angry and you compliment me on that originality! On the question of Seras's cousins...this chap will reveal whether they're still freaks or if they've become something greater and more powerful! Glad you thought it was a kick ass chapter and you rock, too: )
KittyHelsing: It's ok about the time it took to review. I completely understand. I'm just thrilled you took the time! Thank you! Clapping my hands cause you loved the chap Yay!!! I told you I was addicted to writing cliffy's! It's sad but true! I'm honored by your words saying that I have an amazing ability to hold your interest in an amazing plot line!! I'm touched, really I am! I don't know if you realize what a highly paid compliment you've given to me! I'd be nothing without you and the rest of my readers! So thanx again:)
Ludifer: I am an evil person. I'll probably do several more chapters to this story:) Also, I guess you'll just have to stay tuned to see if Seras gets turned or not, and if she does, will Alucard be the one to turn her or will the deed be handled by Eres or Aidan? ;) Now, I'm really being evil, aren't I? ;)
Disclaimer: See chapter 1. No use in repeating this pain-in-the butt:) I threw in my poem called Spent so I hope you guys like it and no borrowing without permission. :) I also threw in references to the Illiad, Homer and certain characters in Greek stories, which I shameless borrowed for my plot. No ill or harm intended to them so please don't sue if you hate what I've done.
Hear Me
Chapter 10: Ancient Enemies
Helpless and weary, alone in the darkness, Seras weakly raised her head to gain her bearings. Due to the blackness and the steady drip of water in the background it was hard to discern where she was being held. Crimson eyes blinked slowly straining to see anyone, to see anything.
Trying to move, she painfully discovered that she was bolted down with silver bars across her wrists and ankles. She was laying down, immobile on the slab of concrete at her back. She felt the pain and humiliation she'd been subjected two by Aidan and Eres. The worst humiliation, though, had not occurred yet. Seras wasn't going to hold her breath on that one. Her thoughts immediately went to that of her Alucard. He'd save her if no one else. He alone could succeed. Depression sank into her the more she pondered on him. She missed him. It was that simple. Dark laughter interrupted her thoughts and caused her to jump what little her silver bars would allow.
"So, the lady's finally awake! Brother, it's time to play." Aidan appeared from the shadows. There was a small light illuminating a small area surrounding Seras. Running his hand up her leg, he felt her wince. Her fear gave him joy. He enjoyed it so much more when they were afraid.
Slowly dragging his hand up her body, he stopped at her stomach. "Such pale, delicate skin. Flawless. Perfect." He ripped the bottom buttons from her white shirt. They popped completely off; flying out into the darkness and landing on the floor with a metallic sound. She jumped as he destroyed the bottom of her shirt. So sure that he was going to strike her that she winced and prepared for the blow.
Eres watched his brother as he began his torture of their acquisition. What Aidan said was true. Seras was perfect. She was flawless. Her skin a work of art with it's smooth paleness. No scars in sight. Eres felt his fangs itching. He wanted to take a little bite and experience all that the blond temptress had to offer. The way she was strapped down across the slab, she appeared like a maiden ready to be sacrificed to the Greek gods and goddesses that he and Aidan had been raised believing in with all their souls.
Whimpering, Seras tried to move away from Aidan's advances, but there was nowhere to go. She had no choice but to endure. At least until Alucard or someone could rescue her. Quickly inhaling a breath as she felt a fingernail slice into her lower abdomen, Seras bit down hard on her lip to keep herself from crying out and giving them pleasure from her pain.
Aidan looked at his brother with blood lust in his eyes. "Let's have a little sip. Why keep ourselves from tasting her? I can smell her virgin blood and it excites me." Leaning down, Aidan slowly lapped up the blood with his tongue. He ran his tongue languidly from one end of the cut to the other. The vicious vampire smiled as he felt her body tremble.
Seras couldn't repress the shudder that shook her entire body. It was unbelievable and unfathomable that this would be the end of the line for her. Both frightened and angry, Seras was inwardly furious at the hands roaming her form and the tongue on her stomach disgusted her beyond all imagination. Her mental thoughts were shifted without warning. Where she'd bitten her lip earlier was now being softly licked and kissed by Eres. It was almost as he was being careful; treating her like fragile glass.
Taking a slight break from his ministration, Eres stared into her wide blue eyes. His mind took over from there. He began talking to her. Wanting to calm her, but in a way he didn't because adrenaline laced blood had a special taste to it, sweet on the tongue, however not as sweet as taking a virgin and turning her.
Seras looked directly into Eres's eyes. She compared it to looking in the eyes of a deadly snake. One that was beautiful. One that says, "Look but don't touch!" and it screamed it from every nerve ending in her being. Despair wanted to swallow her whole only she wouldn't let it. She wouldn't let these bastards take everything from her. Swallowing hard, she heard Eres in her head.
Flashing her a sexually infused smile, his eyes spoke of bedroom secrets that only he knew and wanted to share. "Seras. It's alright. You're alright. Calm down and surrender your will to mine. You'll experience nothing but pleasure, I promise you. Now let go and give yourself to me."
Fighting against his will, she thrashed and concentrated on anything other than his voice. In her mind, she saw the light. She saw Alucard. And she saw her beloved cousins. There. 'Focus, Seras. Come on!' Telling herself to concentrate all her attention on those she loved, she would hopefully avoid his mind control. Somehow.
Facing the night alone,
Tossed headfirst into the gathering storm,
Nightmares calling my name,
Yet you're not home.
Aidan's mouth had moved up to continue his torture above her waist. His eyes narrowed in malicious delight as Seras's whimpers reached his ears. Tilting his head up, he said to Eres, "Brother, let's take her now. I can wait no longer."
Eres replied, "No. Not yet, Aidan. We require someone special to be here for her turning and awakening. Seras, we're going to teach you what pleasure's all about."
Fury sparking in her eyes, she spit at both of them and coldly hissed, "You dumb asses! You keep talking about virgins and such, but I've got a big surprise for you!" Laughing in their faces, she continued, "I'm not a virgin anymore. So the joke's on you, you,psycho bastards! And for your information, I belong with Alucard, not either of you. We've already been together so the both of you are two damn late!" Feeling she had the last laugh, Seras let loose. Her giggles built to a hysterical pitch. She thought the whole virgin situation was funny as hell.
Aidan's eyes blazed red. "Alucard! We should've known." Staring at Eres, he contemptuously spoke their enemy's name. "Is there nowhere we could've gone that our old nemesis wouldn't find us? But then again, we wanted to find him and make him suffer for his past sins."
Grabbing the blond's chin, he forced her face closed to his without touching. "He has many sins to answer for kitten. Too bad you won't enjoy his pain as we will. Or will you? Either way we have great plans in store for you, Seras."
Fear opened her eyes even larger than before. Then came the taunting whispers in her mind. They were calling her name and telling the numerous tortures in store for her. Closing her eyes, tears welling behind them and threatening to spill, she fought them back down. She couldn't give in to them. She wouldn't give in to them. Attempting to think quietly below their mental radar, Seras spoke Alucard's name in her head. She recounted the times they'd spent together. The memories of her being held in his strong arms warmed her significantly.
Maybe her head, or her ears, were fooling with her because she could've sworn she heard Alucard whisper back to her.
New fears are born,
Fighting against the flame,
Burning all time away,
Down to the darkened wick,
Extinguishing it's light when spent.
Both Eres and Aidan struck simultaneously at her delicate, slender neck. The brothers pierced her, one on each side, sucking gently and forcing her to become weak, in mind, body and spirit.
Seras gave up on the not crying. Hot tears spilled down her face and falling to the cold slab. Mentally, she was sicked at her body's reaction to her being bitten by the brothers. How could she be turned on when they disgusted her? Was there some kind of morbid fascination linked to this?
Night fades to welcomed day,
My darkness inside making me sick,
Within the flame bent,
The clock steadily ticks.
Slowly, dizziness and a hazy fog fell over her covering everything, enveloping all within. Seras thought to herself, 'It has to be getting close to daylight now! I can't take too much more!' The sensory overload being pushed onto her body was too much. She was so close to giving in, but at the same time, she didn't want to appear weak to anyone, much less Alucard and her enemies.
Counting the creeping hours,
And I'm back where I started,
Time wasted and useless spent,
And I'm back where I began.
An idea popped into the petite girl's head. Nervously, she breathed in and out, hoping this would work. Smiling, she asked Eres, "Who are you guys, really? How old are you? Oh, and by the way, what's your history? Where do you come from and such?" Seras forced herself to appear curious. Whatever she could glean from them might actually help Alucard and the entire rescue party whenever they arrived.
Sitting on the slab beside her hip, Eres had mistrust all over his face. "Why would I want to tell you? It's not important. It's the past and we're in the future. What's done is done and over." Crossing his arms, he passed a meaningful glare to his brother who just nodded once.
Swiftly thinking, Seras replied, "If I'm going to be part of the gang, regardless if I want to or not, I need to learn about the both of you. Don't you think? The less I'm in the dark, the more I might could help later."
"If it means that much to you then I'll retell the past."
Bobbing her head vigorously up and down, she was truly curious now. There was no pretending now.
"Eres, while you tell her our little story, " Aidan raised his index and middle fingers on both hands forming the quotation sign for being quoted, "I'm going to get our dinner. So I'll be back shortly." His brother's head nodded in approval and Aidan vanished from sight.
"Now, where were we?" Eres reached out and used his hand to smooth away the hair which had fallen into Seras's face. Pushing it back out of her eyes, he tucked the light colored strands behind her small ears. "Yes, I know! I will tell you, briefly, how Aidan and I came to exist as the vampires we are today!"
His eyes glazed over as he recalled the buried memories that he and Aidan both had tried to forget. Most people believed that your past helped to shape the person you've become in the present, but Eres never believed it at all. "My brother and I lived in Greece. We existed around the time Homer wrote The Iliad and the Grecian gods and goddesses were worshiped supreme. We fought in wars, hell, we even started some. How do you think the city of Troy fell? We helped by seducing Helen, even though it was reputed she was deeply in love with Paris. My brother and I helped Achilles as he stormed the gates with several men shut tight inside a huge, children's toy that my brother invented."
Eres's eyes grew sad. "However at that time we were still mortal, but that night changed everything forever." He continued to gently glide his fingertips over her smooth, pale skin as if trying to soothe her fears and still her mental protests. "What we didn't know is that Paris had a demon on his side. As he and Helen made their escape, he turned to us and cursed our names! He cursed our very lives! He pointed towards us and yelled, "nosophoros", which in modern terms was a Nosferatu or vampire as you call them today."
Seras felt an uneasy feeling building in the pit of her stomach. She was afraid. Fearful she would hear something she wasn't ready for but had to hear it anyway, the young girl steeled her resolved to hear him out for the rest of the story. Wanting to speak, she decided it best not to say a word less she interrupt the momentum of the story. And this story she had to know. For herself, For Alucard, Integra, Walter and her cousins she had to know.
"A tall hooded figure cloaked in black appeared from nowhere. We tried to run, but he was too fast. Aidan and I fought him, but to no avail. We failed and we paid the consequences dearly. We traded blow after blow and the creature swiftly ended our torture. He bit me, on my neck, so fast that I didn't see it coming. His speed was unlike anything I've ever seen. Soon I became dizzy and the darkness began to descend. I lay on the brink between life and death and he fed me his blood. According to him, he did this to keep us alive and to avenge ourselves on those who'd tried to stamp us out of this life. He did the same thing to my brother and thus our night lives were born."
"We quickly learned how to accept and use our new powers. Our master's, the vampire who had turned us, was named, Phaelos. He taught us everything we know. Unfortunately, he was cruel as well. If we happened to come across a female to our liking, he would rape them and suck them dry. He did this with so many more atrocities that I can't even name them all. But don't get me wrong, I can be nice, but I have more capricious tendencies buried, and you have no clue as to the many sins I've committed. But Alucard's sins are far worse, including the hunting of his own kind. I won't stand for it any longer!"
His eyes, shining cruelly, he harshly whispered, "Now as to our plans, Seras, we're going to have our way with you and turn you into our queen. You'll bear our children and forget about your other supernatural lover. He will mean nothing to you after we're done!" Almost directing this as an afterthought, he threw out, "And we're going to kill Alucard. But we're going to have fun with him first! We'll have fun with you both!" Dark laughter spilled loudly from his lips. He leaned forward, kissing her lips and without warning, he nipped her lip just to get one more taste.
Her blood so sweet. So fiery, so full of life and all the things he felt like he missed with his premature "death". Eres stood up, his blond hair swinging from the movement ever so gently. "I must take my leave now, Seras, but I'll return. So don't go anywhere, darlin'!" Eres winked at her.
Angrily, she strained against the chains. "I can't fucking move so where am I supposed to go, jackass!? You and your brother really need to work on your twenty-first century humor because the two of you are depressively, maddeningly lacking darlin'!" Smirking at him, she felt great inside at the score she made off those remarks. She honestly didn't think she'd pay for it though.
Seras felt his hand fly across her face so hard that her head rolled to the other side. Muttering to herself, she said, "Damn, that's gonna leave a mark." Giving him the best go to hell look that she possessed, Seras told him, "Thanks for the lesson, mom."
"Seras, I'll only tell you this one time. Watch your tone and your words with us. If it's required we'll literally beat some sense into you. So be careful who you're playing with little girl!" With that warning given, he walked into the darkness. It's waning protection enveloped his body and Eres was gone from her sight.
Seras slowly picked up her head from the stone slab she was laying on and man, was she uncomfortable. Blue eyes carefully viewing what surroundings she could see, she noticed she was in some kind of ruined building that had windows. Obviously, that's why Eres left. Pale light was filtering through the windows creating an eery, but beautiful effect.
She jumped when she heard a pair of identical female screams echoing throughout the building and within her head. The screams subsided just as quickly as they'd begun. Fear struck her heart and that's when she knew she was really in trouble. Opening her mouth, she let out a loud, anguished scream that surpassed the ones she just heard. After her screaming echo died down, with all her might, she gathered another scream and called out to Alucard; praying that he heard her even if they were far apart.
Integra sat back in her chair thinking hard. Taylor, Finn and Alucard had told her everything they knew on the vampires who'd abducted Seras. Integra glanced at Alucard and the heiress saw a strange expression cross his face. "Alucard? What's wrong?"
Intense concentration took him away from the infirmary room for a moment. Shaking his head to clear away the extra thoughts in his head he said, "I could've sworn, for a minute, that I heard Seras! She was screaming and crying out to me. I heard her and then nothing."
Her sudden silence worried him. He was worried about what Aidan and Eres would do to her. Poor Seras had become caught up in an ancient war between old enemies and he fervently hoped she wouldn't become a casualty.
Staring at his master, he stated, "Integra, tonight, I'd like to take Taylor and Finn out to hunt. The sooner we get out there and searching for Seras, they better for all involved." Personally, he didn't give a shit whether the pale blond gave her blessing or not, he was going after Seras regardless and damn the consequences.
Giving her typical eat shit smirk, Integra said, "I thought you might say that, so request is granted. And Alucard, I hope you know what you're getting these guys into because I still don't know enough about Eres and Aidan to make me comfortable. I need more information. I don't care what it takes to get it all done! Just do it!"
Standing up, Integra exited the room leaving the three male vampires to talk amongst theirselves.
Alucard looked first at Taylor and then at Finn. "You two had better be ready tonight. There's no room for weaklings or failures. And I can promise you that I'll be in my psycho mode tonight, so just consider yourself warned." The vampire faded away with his warning given, leaving the brothers alone.
Finn exchanged a look with his brother. "Taylor, that is one weird vampire, you know that?" Not waiting for an answer, Finn lay back down and went to sleep.
Taylor mumbled, "That he is, Finn, that he definitely is." Turning to fluff his pillow back up, the older Adams stared at the ceiling, wondering and worrying about Seras at the same time. He stared at the white ceiling until sleep reached out and grabbed him; forcing him to surrender his conscious surroundings.
A/N: There's chapter ten for all of you desperate for an update and I'm sorry it took so long to get this out. I hope you like and enjoy it! Just leave me your thoughts on what you liked and so forth... see you guys later!