Family Blood
Chapter: 13
Returning Home
Time to get back to my Hellsing fics.
Integra had made it back outside the castle to find Walter waiting. She smiled at the old butler before saying, "At least your okay."
"I'm guessing that we failed to stop his rebirth," Walter asked as he moved towards Integra.
"You would be right old one," came Alucard's voice from behind Integra.
Integra spun to see Alucard walking out with Seras passed out in his arms. The young blonde unconsciously clung to the vampire as he walked towards the courtyard. Her collar had been pulled back and two fang marks were present on Seras' skin. The wound in her shoulder had healed completely though the hole in the shirt was still present. "What have you done to her," Integra asked as she pulled her pistol on Alucard, "Monster if you have turned her..."
Alucard smirked before replying with a condescending tone, "Of course not. I can only turn my master into a vampire if she allows me. Just because a vampire bites a mortal does not mean they become vampires...we would run out of good blood in due time if that were true."
Integra lowered her pistol before backing away from the vampire. She looked back towards Walter before asking, "Where is Mr. Manning?"
The butler shrugged before saying, "I don't know. I have looked all over for the young man and I can't find him."
Integra turned and was about to accuse Alucard before the vampire replied, "I left the boy beaten but I had nothing to do with his disappearance."
Alucard continued to walk towards the gates as he continued, "You can look for him if you wish but my master requires rest. We will be in the main hotel."
Integra watched as Alucard continued towards the gates before asking, "Why are you telling us this?"
Alucard stopped before saying, "My young master would be angry if I left you behind. She is of a purer spirit than I...I wouldn't want to see the woman that shot me again," before continuing off into the night.
Alucard sat in the best suite in the town. He had convinced the owner that Seras had already paid for her night's stay in the room. He now sat in a padded chair next to Seras who he had tucked into the covers on the large four poster bed. Alucard watched as Seras breathed in and out slowly in her sleep. She seemed at peace in her dreams now that he was not haunting them. 'Interesting to see for once,' he thought as he brushed Seras' bangs away from her eyes.
Seras sighed as she stirred slightly in her sleep. As Alucard continued to watch over his new master, there came a knock at the door. Alucard looked at the door before he motioned with his right hand. The door latch turned and opened to reveal a rather exhausted Integra about to knock on the door for a second time. The young Hellsing took the opening as an invitation to come in and walked into the room followed by Walter before the old butler closed the door behind them. Integra made her way to the other side of the bed before sitting down and glaring at Alucard. Integra and Alucard locked eyes in a staring contest for a good five minutes before the vampire chuckled and said, "We have a long way to go if you are going to act like this. Instead of moping you should just respect the decision that Seras has made."
Integra continued to look at the vampire before saying, "I will not respect the decision until I hear it was truly her's to make. For all I know you've been controlling her ever since we got to this country."
Alucard scoffed at Integra's proposal before replying, "And, if I had that kind of power over her do you think I would have spent all this time speaking my case to her. Hell, if I could've done that then I would have just slept until the bunch of you arrived."
Integra glared at the vampire before saying, "That still doesn't prove that she chose this fate."
Alucard smirked before saying, "Well, then I guess that you'll just have to sit around until she wakes up. Or you can continue your search for the boy."
Integra turned her gaze at the mention of the missing Eric Manning. The bodyguard had all but disappeared and Integra had no explanation as to what happened. 'If he ran away then why did he wait until now...Seras said he had a run in with Alucard before,' Integra though before she was brought back to Seras by a long yawn.
Both Integra and Alucard watched as the young Victoria stretched and slowly began to awaken from her sleep. Her bright blue eyes fluttered open as she was greeted with with Alucard to one side and Integra to the other. It was as Seras' eyes went back and forth from the two that both parties seemed to remember that they did not like each other and went back to their staring contest. Seras rolled her eyes before sitting up and saying, "Would you two stop acting like kids."
Alucard smirked as he leaned back in the chair and replied, "Whatever you want."
"Seras," Integra called from the other side of the bed, "Tell me...did you release Alucard willingly or did he make you do it?
Seras looked at Integra and saw the confusion in the Hellsing heir's eyes. Seras sighed before closing her eyes and saying, "I know what you want to hear but I can't say it. I was of sound mind when I released Alucard."
Integra looked at Seras as the feeling of failure washed over her. Integra took off her glasses before rubbing her eyes. She sighed before saying, "So the line of Victoria's have finally failed...Alucard is free."
Seras looked at Integra before saying, "You might feel that way but I have not failed. I chose to take Alucard as a servant and it is my responsibility to keep him in check. I have not failed...not until I loose control."
Integra looked at Seras before saying, "But, that risk is too great. You shouldn't shoulder this weight."
Seras looked away before saying, "We should start back home...there is nothing left for us here."
Five days later the group was on the Victoria family plane waiting to take off. Integra and Walter were in the front compartment at the table. They looked at each other but did not speak as the tension was heavy on the plane. Seras was not present on the couch like last time but she had locked herself in the back of the plane where there was a bed. All the window covers had been pulled down and the two doors that lead to the back bed compartment were closed. Inside the room sat Seras and her new servant. Alucard lounged back against the wall with his arms wrapped around Seras. Seras leaned against Alucard in the blackness of the room. She sighed before saying, "I have a feeling that it will take a while before Integra will get over this."
Alucard chuckled next to Seras' ear before saying, "I still don't see why you want her approval so much. You have a servant now and the power to do as you wish."
Seras looked at Alucard before saying, "I didn't do this for power. I did this for another reason."
"And, what was that," Alucard smiled as he whispered in Seras' ear.
Seras blushed before saying, "Well...I guess it was a bit of a selfish reason."
"Not always a bad thing," Alucard smirked before laughing slightly.
He sat in a dark room as he waited. After a few more moments a man in a uniform walked in and sat down. The solider smiled before asking, "Did you get the samples?"
Eric Manning smiled as he produced a capsule filled with a dark red blood. He handed it over to the solider saying, "I believe this is what you wanted."
The solider smiled before saying, "Good, Mister Manning. Now we can begin our work."
The solider got up and began to walk out of the room. Eric stood up and said, "Just remember my reward."
As Eric left the room the solider smiled evilly and said, "Don't worry Mister Manning we remember. We remember very well."
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