Family Blood
Chapter: 11
The Escape
Time to have some more fun with Seras and Alucard.
Seras was awoken to someone shaking her lightly. She cracked her eyes and looked up to see Integra looming over her. Seras yawned before sitting up and stretching before asking, "What is going on?"
Integra sat back down before the pilot came over the speaker and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen we are making our final approach into Bucharest Airport. We are asking you to fasten your seatbelts as we will be making our decent in a few moments."
Seras nodded as she understood and realized that she had slept for most of the three and a half hour flight. Seras quickly fastened her seatbelt and prepared for the upcoming landing. She looked each of her plane mates over to see what each looked like. She could tell that she was the only one that had slept during the flight and an idea formed in her head as she came upon this fact, 'I have the potential of sneaking out tonight. If I can sneak out and get to the castle without anyone knowing then no one will get hurt.'
Seras did her best to keep the smile from her face knowing that Integra would pick up on the fact that she had something on her mind. Seras looked out the window to see the lighted runway coming up fast. She smirked as she looked up into the mountains. She knew that two days travel through those mountains was her target; the notorious castle Bran. It would take a day and a half by express rail and then she would have to enter the castle as the sun was setting. Seras agreed with the plan and knew she just had to play her cards right to get a leg up on those with her. 'I'll do this my way and no one will stop me,' she thought to herself.
An hour later Seras found herself sharing a room in a hotel with Integra. She looked around the room while trying to figure out how she was going to pull the escape off while Integra was in the shower. 'First, the door has a loud handle. If I turn it then it has the potential of waking Integra. Also, Integra has Walter and Eric posted in a room to watch the front. I have to get out of here without alerting Integra then out of the back door without being spotted,' Seras thought before standing.
She stood and walked over to a small bag. She opened it to be met with a large amount of Romanian currency. She pulled out two large stacks of the money and hid them right under her mattress. Seras went back to the bag and cut one of the bill holders off of a stack of currency. Seras took the paper holder and folded it in half. She then walked over to the door and slowly turned the knob. The knob made a noise here and there but not enough to get Integra's attention. Seras then slipped the paper between the seal and the closing mechanism. She then let the knob slowly turn back before it contacted the paper but did not break the paper. Seras' smiled, 'There now I can open the door without much noise. Police work comes in good every once in a while.'
Seras then sat down on the bed and kicked off her shoes. She placed them next to her bed so she could quickly force her feet back in the shoes while grabbing the cash. Seras then laid down and covered up while turning away from where Integra would enter the room. She pretended to be asleep as she heard the door to the bathroom open up while she thought, 'Just have to fool her into thinking I'm asleep and wait for her to go to bed.'
Integra walked out of the bathroom with her pajamas on while finishing combing her hair. Integra looked over to Seras to see her breathing evenly and looked to be asleep. Integra smiled while thinking, 'I have another day before we become enemies.'
Integra climbed into her bed and turned off the light as she went to sleep.
Seras opened her eyes and rolled over. The clock said it was just about midnight and then she focused on Integra. The young Hellsing was sleeping like a baby but Seras knew better than to automatically start her escape. Seras sat up, acting like she had just awoken for no reason, and stumbled towards the bathroom. Seras shut the door and stood around for the required time it took to use the bathroom before flushing. Seras then re-entered the room and laid back down while keeping her eyes on Integra. After another five minutes the Hellsing heir had not moved to indicate that the bathroom incident had roused her from her sleep. Seras sat up again and quietly forced her feet back in her shoes before reaching under the mattress and pulling the money out. Seras quickly pocketed the money before standing slowly and walking to the door. She placed her fingers next to the seal and pulled on the knob. The door moved forward and Seras caught the bolt before it noisily snapped out. Seras slowly allowed the bolt out before opening the door and slipping out. She left the door cracked so she did not make noise before moving down the hallway as quietly but as quickly as possible. 'Part one complete,' Seras thought as she took the stairs so if it was discovered she was gone before she got the the streets she would not be stuck in a steel box.
Seras landed at the bottom of the stairs and began towards the back of the hotel. She moved through the kitchen and was about to walk out the back door when she heard something in a language she did not understand. Seras turned to be greeted by one of the security guards looking at her with displeasure in his eyes. He moved towards her but stopped five feet from her as his skin seemed to pale. Seras did not know what was going on but then caught her reflection of of a hanging pan. He eyes were glowing red. The guard backed up slightly and screamed, "Strigoi," before running towards the front.
Seras did not waste time as she dashed out of the back door and down an alleyway. She went down two blocks before coming to the main street to see a taxi parked just up the road. Seras ran up to the taxi and tapped on the glass. The driver signaled for her to get in and Seras did not refuse. Seras climbed in the back and said, "To the train station as fast as possible."
The taxi took off down the road heading for the train station.
Integra was awoken from the sound of the door to Walter's room flying open and the sound of a scream. Integra jumped up and looked at the door to notice it was cracked instead of closed. It was at this moment that her eyes fully adjusted and she noticed that Seras was not in her bed. Integra ran to the door and flung it open to be met with Eric coming out of the room as Walter was already down the hall. Integra shouted, "What is going on?"
Eric ran along side Integra and said, "There was a scream from below...something like Stogi."
Integra's eyes widened as she said, "Strigoi...it means vampire in Romanian. This isn't good Seras is missing and now there is a vampire."
Eric's eyes widened as he asked, "What do you mean Seras is missing?"
"She wasn't in the room...Alucard might have gotten her. I was a fool to think that she was okay this close to the castle," Integra replied as she took the stairs two at a time.
Once all three got down stairs they found a frightened security guard and the manager of the hotel trying to calm him. Integra walked up and asked, "What is he saying?"
The manager looked and said, "He said he found a small blonde haired woman in the kitchen. When he was about to grab her, her eyes glowed red and he claims she was a vampire."
Integra's eyes widened before thinking, 'She can't be.'
All three ran out to the street and flagged a taxi. The three piled in and Integra shouted, "To the train station as quickly as possible.
Seras boarded the express sleeper train she had booked herself on. She sat in the general seating area and looked out the window. She was ready to bolt and find another way to get to Brasov if she needed to. Seras was sure that the guard's scream woke off enough people to get certain people's attention. As Seras watched for an signs of the three people that would be pursuing her she heard in the back of her mind, 'Quite the crafty escape artist you are police girl.'
Seras smirked a bit before replying in her mind, 'It has to be this way.'
The announcement was made that the train was leaving and all the doors were closed. The train began to moved before Seras caught sight of what she was worried about. There was Integra, still in her pajamas, running towards the train. The Hellsing heiress ran along side the train and looked up to come eye to eye with Seras. Seras could tell that Integra was trying to get the train stopped but it was too late. Integra looked at her through the window and Seras bowed her head before getting up and walking towards the sleeper car. 'It has to be this way.'
Integra had tried to stop the train but it was not going to work. She had seen the look in Seras' eyes. She knew what she was doing and it was not because of some kind of possession. 'I see...you've completely turned against us...against your honor,' Integra thought as she stopped at the end of the platform.
Integra caught her breath as Walter and Eric caught up before Eric asked, "Where is Seras? Is she okay?"
"She's turned against us. This whole thing was of her own will," Integra replied without looking up.
"It can't be," Erica replied but was cut off by Integra shouting, "Don't even think it!"
Integra continued as she looked at Eric and said, "Anyone is corruptible. We just didn't see it in her."
Integra walked pass the two men before saying, "We must get our things from the hotel and get on the next train to Brasov. Hopefully, we won't be too late.
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