A Promise Written In Blood 3
Three Years Later
Alucard sighed as he watched the moon bleed crimson just like the night Seras died. To normal people a bloody moon was a sign of bad things to come, that or a warning that a lot of blood had been shed that night. A small boy stood next to the silent vampire. He was on the window seat staring out over the darkened yard. His hands were pressed against the pane. The small boy looked just as annoyed as Alucard did. He didn't want to be here but his Master insisted that he be present at this birth. He wondered what was so damned special that he wanted him to be there. His crimson cat eyes glittered with some hidden emotion before he turned his attention back to the window. The new retainer of the Hellsing Clan was leaning against the wall watching them. This man was a far cry from what Walter had been. Some days he'd even say he missed the conversation with the Angel of Death.
"I don't want a sibling," the small boy growled.
Alucard looked back down at the boy passively. His Master was waiting on his daughter to come into the world. The sound of a baby's cry broke the silence of the room. A mental call of his name had him melting into the shadows and appearing in a corner of the room watching his Master hold his brand new child. Something inside of him twisted softly seeing his Master cradle the small life in his arms. Inwardly he shook the thoughts away; it wouldn't due to have those thoughts. His wife was unconscious, and he was sure it was for the best since the woman reacted negatively to his presence. His head shot up hearing his Master speak;
"Seras," the man murmured. "Her name shall be Seras Victoria Hellsing. What do you think Alucard?"
He turned to see Alucard's tense form in the corner. The vampire's hands were clenched at his sides and his hat shadowed his eyes. His head came up slowly and his crimson cat eyes glittered with anger simmering below the surface. "I can understand if you're upset by this Alucard."
"It's your child Master do as you see fit," he snapped out.
The man smiled at the vampire though he dipped his head so Alucard didn't see it. His reaction was to be expected, but he was sure if things went well this little girl would wrap the vampire around her little fingers without meaning to. There was a request passed down through the Hellsing line about their female children. Though since Integra there hadn't been any daughters born to the clan. If a daughter was to be born on the night of a blood moon she was to be given the name Seras Victoria in honor of Alucard's precious fledgling. The man watched Alucard as the years passed since he'd woken the No Life King up. Alucard seemed more diminished from the creature he'd heard stories about. He hoped that one day Alucard would find a reason to become the man he used to be. An idea came to him then, maybe his idea would bring back the old Alucard.
"Can you do me a favor Alucard?"
"You know I will Master."
"As a friend Alucard," he protested. "My son has big dreams for himself concerning this family."
He didn't want to think his son would sink so low as to hurt his sister, but he would take the precautions necessary just in case. Considering the track record of family members in this family for attacking their own because they couldn't take control of the family. "I want you to protect Seras for me at all costs even if it's against her own brother."
"As my Master wishes."
He knew that maybe this was what his great great grandmother was talking about when she wished for Alucard to be happy, as someone like him could be. Alucard had shown great protective instincts towards his fledgling. He needed someone to lean on and he had the feeling that his daughter would be that one person to bring the proverbial light back into his dark heart. Alucard needed someone to protect and this would be his mission.
"Great Grandmother wanted you to be happy in the end Alucard."
Alucard bit back a growl as he vanished into the shadows. He smiled softly at his new daughter and cooed at her.
"You'll be his salvation Seras, you'll see. You'll be the one that brings light back into his dark heart."
She blinked sleepily and yawned. Maybe there was a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel.
Two years later
The leader of the Hellsing family rushed through the corridors of his family home. Ghouls were all over the place. Every time he shot one down two more took its place. He was running out of ammunition. His daughter was missing and there was a sinking feeling that she was in trouble. His son was a quivering mess underneath his desk in his office.
"Alucard?!" he called frantically through their link and aloud.
The vampire appeared at his Master's side. "Seras is missing Alucard! You have to find her."
Alucard gave curt nod before pulling out his guns and started destroying the Ghouls as he walked down the halls following the scent of the girl. It hurt less to do as he promised if he never called the girl by the name she'd been given. He called her the girl in his mind.
"Alucard now!"
The slight tilt of his glasses showing his crimson gaze was his only answer before he vanished. A fake vampire stood before him holding the white haired child in his arms. Her big blue eyes were quivering with tears. He knew she was afraid and it stirred something deep within his withered heart. Some internal instinct to protect was clawing at his insides. The hound was baying for the blood of this insolent creature that thought he could measure up to a true child of the night.
"Give me the child," came his soft command that reverberated through the hallway.
"How disgusting you work for humans to destroy your own kind."
"You act as if I care what you think."
The freak licked Seras's neck making the girl squirm and whimper softly.
"Then you won't mind if I snap the girl's neck."
This was just like before. Anger and determination rushed through him. He wouldn't fail this time. Alucard moved before the fake vampire could blink. He had the baby in his arms before the other vampire turned into dust. The girl looked up at him with a big smile despite her watery gaze.
"Alucard," she giggled happily even though it was a mesh of his name.
The vampire looked down at her in confusion. Her small arms came around his neck in a hug. "Alucard," she chirped happily.
A huge yawn escaped her as she snuggled against his shoulder. Her small hands fisted in his jacket and hair. He couldn't find it in himself to be annoyed by this. Her soft breathes washed over his ear and neck stirring his dark hair. She drifted to sleep so easily in his arms. Despite the destruction going on around him he felt at ease holding this baby in his arms. A soft whisper of 'Master' made him tense and look around, but he shook it off as nothing knowing she was gone. The bloody moon light touched the girl's hair giving it a familiar coloring of his long lost fledgling. Closing his eyes he tried to get his emotions in check, even though no human would ever know of his turmoil. Running feet brought his gaze up, reaction hand Jackal in his hand ready to fight, but seeing his Master he brought the gun down.
"Thank god," his master sighed.
He ran up to him. Alucard watched a frown cross his features at the scene before him. "She normally doesn't take to strangers well. Though you've been keeping an eye on her, her entire life."
He tried to take the girl from Alucard but she clung to him tightly and whimpered. A thought occurred to him just then, maybe, just maybe his daughter was the reincarnation of Alucard's Seras after all. She was certainly attached to the Vampire King already. Alucard gently unwound her arms from around his neck causing the girl to whimper. Alucard straightened his jacket and vanished into the shadows to find the other freak responsible for almost harming Seras. It didn't take him long to scent the bastard out. He was leaning against a wall as if he was waiting for him.
"You protect humans so fiercely Alucard."
His eyes narrowed at where this was going. "Especially this Family of humans. I wonder why that is. They enslave you and yet you protect them so viciously."
Before the vampire could even blink Alucard drew Casull and put a bullet between the vampire's eyes. He melted into ash.
"I don't answer to trash like you."
Straightening his jacket and hat he finished his sweep of the manor to make sure that no other ghouls or freaks were present. Putting the gun back in his coat he turned heel and returned to his room to sleep away the coming sunrise.