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Chapter 2: Explanations

"P-professor, what happened to me?"

Ash looked at Professor Oak, whose face was a hard-to- draw mixture of sadness and astonishment. Then he looked at the woman, still smiling, but with an air of seriousness.

Again he looked at the cup of blood, he had enjoyed it, but why did he enjoy it?

It was there that he remembered being shot three times last night. Even as a kid, he knew how serious those injuries were, and that he shouldn't be sitting up and talking if he was that hurt. Nervously he looked at his chest, and nearly got a heart attack. There were no wounds; his chest was as smooth as if it had not been shot at all.

"Professor, m-my wounds, n-nobody heals up that fast, just w-what is going on?"

"Ash, it will be hard to explain, so much has happened in just one night," replied the Professor.

"I want to know!" shouted Ash, his voice suddenly rising. "I want to know what happened, why she is here, where mom is, and why do I suddenly like the taste of blood?"

Oak started to open his mouth, but Seras spoke, "Ash, last night, a vampire killed your mom, and attacked you."

Ash was stunned. No, no way. He looked around, desperately trying to find his mother. Then, for the first time, he noticed a lump of cloth on top of the table. Dreading what he would find there, he got off the sofa, and headed for the table.

"Ash, you shouldn't be walking, you are too injured," said Oak

"No, it is okay Professor, Ash's body has healed up quite quickly, the only thing broken now are his emotions." said Seras.

Ash reached the table, and, hoping against hope that he was wrong, lifted the covers. Tears ran down his cheeks as he looked at his mother, Delia Ketchum, lay on the table, unmistakably dead. He cried for a long time, as if by crying, everything would be back to normal, that the next moment, Delia would appear, saying, in the same sweet voice "I'm home sweetie". But he knew it would never happen, his mother was dead, and now he was alone.

When Ash had stopped crying and is starting to calm down. Seras thought it would be the time to tell the boy the other thing that happened the other night.

"Ash, we still haven't told you everything, do you want to know now, or would you prefer if you hear it some other time?" asked the vampire.

Ash looked at her with blank eyes, the eyes of a soldier who has seen too much, and cannot forget.

"Um, you still haven't told me who you are." said Ash.

"Oh my, so silly of me, my name is Seras Victoria, the one who saved you from last night."

"M-miss Seras, why did you save me?"

"I work for the Hellsing Organization, a group of vampire hunters whose mission is to hunt down and kill supernatural creatures who are causing trouble, the one from last night was a vampire."

"So that means the one that attacked me was a vampire?" asked Ash.

"Yes child, and that same vampire also killed your mother."

Ash looked at her, but this time she noticed something different. There was a fire burning in his eyes, a passion that undoubtedly came from what she said.

"Did you kill the vampire?" asked Ash, his tone the tone of a person in search of revenge.

Seras paused, here was a child, not more than nine years old, who has just had his mother killed, and himself turned into a vampire unknowingly, and is now seeking vengeance.

"Yes, I did. I shot him in the head with my gun," said Seras, pointing to the gun lying on the floor.

Ash nodded, not the least bit surprised at what she said. Then he asked.

"Um, about my wounds, how come they healed up so fast, I cut myself when I was playing with a knife a while ago, and it took a few days to heal."

Professor Oak was flabbergasted; Ash was playing with a knife, this kid does not know how dangerous it was. But it made Seras smile once more. We may have a perfect soldier here, this kid's not afraid of anything.

"Ash, do you remember being shot at last night?" asked Seras.

Ash nodded.

Before he passed out, he remembered being shot at by a man whose face would make the Boogeyman faint from terror, and then he remembered him talking about being disappointed because he's the only one in the house, and also how he killed a woman, his mother.

"Well Ash, after the monster killed your mother, he proceeded to try and kill you. If I am correct, he shot you at the heart, lung and stomach areas." said Seras. Ash only stared at her.

"Anyway, after I killed the vampire, I found you lying on the floor, half-dead and fighting a losing battle to stay alive. And then and there I decided to let you live. I bit you, and turned you into a vampire."

At that point, Seras expected Ash to snap, to attack her, to say that he should have died last night, that at least he would be with his mother. None of that happened.

Ash simply bowed his head, and said nothing.

Professor Oak was worried, he also expected Ash to become angry, but here he was, doing nothing. It was a long time before anyone said anything. The first to break the silence was Ash.

"I guess it would be for the best, she would want me to live anyway, I just have to make the best of it." Ash said at last.

Seras was surprised, Ash just found out that he was a vampire, let alone one who got turned without his knowledge, and he was fine with it. This kid is amazing, he suffered so much, lost too many precious things, and yet he looks at the best of every situation and does what he can to adapt, I envy him.

"Now Ash, since you are now an orphan, where would you like to stay?" asked Seras.

Ash again bowed down, deep in thought. Then he looked up with a smile, "can I stay with Professor Oak? That way I can play with Gary and help in the Lab." said Ash, eyes a perfect imitation of a puppy.

"Of course Ash, if you want, we could start packing now," said Oak.

The mood was becoming lighter, until Seras spoke.

"Alright, while you two pack, I'll call my superior, I'll have to let her know of Hellsing's newest vampire. I also have to take Ash to Hellsing manor first; she needs to see him in person."

Ash's face fell; he really wants to play with Gary, even if he is a vampire now.

"Do I really have to? Can it wait later?" asked Ash.

"Sorry Ash, but Sir Integra must see you as soon as possible, only then will she know what to do with you. It will also give you some training on how to kill vampires." said Seras.

This time Ash was caught off guard. He was going to have to kill vampires?

"I-I'm going to have to k-kill vampires?"

"Sadly Ash, yes; since you have been made a vampire by a member of the Hellsing organization, you will need work for Hellsing, don't worry, you only need to kill bad vampires, those that kill other people."

Ash was silent. He was going to have to kill another creature. Look on the bright side; you only have to kill bad vampires, and I get to visit a cool mansion.

Once everybody finished packing Ash's belongings, Professor Oak spoke."I'm going to have to call the funeral service to give a proper burial to Delia, and I have to call the Child Welfare and Development Office to get the proper adoption papers."

Everybody nodded. As they were preparing to leave, Ash stopped at the doorway, just short of facing sunlight

"What's wrong Ash?" asked Seras

"Um, if I'm a vampire now, that means I can't go out in the Sun." said the new vampire.

Seras chuckled. "Oh, you don't have to worry about that, the one that bit me, Alucard, is a very powerful vampire, going out into the sun only weakens him slightly. I too walk about into the sun, and so can you, though it weakens us more than Master Alucard."

Ash was relieved, when first hearing that he was a vampire, he thought that from now on he can only go outside at night. But when he heard Seras say that going out into the sun only weakens him, he immediately thought of all the fun he and Gary will have, after he comes back from the Hellsing manor.

Seras then brought him out of his musing.

"Ash, we leave tomorrow night, that way you can have time to set up you room, play with Gary, and for us to leave without any hitches, is that alright?"

"Okay! I guess you want to travel in the night because you're a vampire." said Ash

"You catch on quickly kid, well if that's settled, let's just wait for Professor Oak and then we'll leave for his house." said Seras as they went out the door.

Author's note:

Not much action in this chapter, but that's because this is just the part where Ash found out he was a vampire. Don't worry, in the next chapters we are going to see a lot of bloodshed, and some broken skulls.

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