The Second Glass
Chapter Eight
Authors Note: Alright this is my first Hellsing FanFic and I got the idea while watching Hellsing (duh). The story as a whole will remain RATED M FOR LEMON, for (definitely several) chapters.
Also I do not own Hellsing or any part of it.
Again i just want to thank everyone for the great reviews and comments i have been getting so far. Trust me, it is greatly appreciated.
Enjoy!
As the phone comes to rest in its cradle with a decisive click Integra sighs and sits back in her chair. Her eyes find the shadowed figure standing before her desk and she meets blood red eyes unflinching.
"Why did you insist that I tell her that you are not here?" She asks softly. The figure does not move, not even blink before he responds.
"She is too reliant on me." Alucard states. Integra nods, waving her hand through the air.
"What do you expect? She has been by your side since the day you made her." Alucard nods, glasses flashing in the moonlight that streams in through the windows behind Integra.
"And therein lies the problem. Seras Victoria needs to cement her place in this world and detach herself from my shadow. I will not always be there to save her should the need arise. She needs to prove herself to the world and not rely on my name."
"So you intent to cut communication with her completely?" Integra points out. Alucard shifts, barely discernable movement in the near darkness of the room.
"No." Integra waits for more description but when she does not get it her gaze sharpens.
"I know your history, Alucard. After I first awoke you I learned all I could about you. Of the few that you have made in your past, you have never taken such measures as the ones you have taken with Seras. Why?"
"They were practice." Integra raises a brow.
"Practice?"
"Indeed. None of the others I made had the true ability to walk the night as Seras does. A true vampire is born human with the night in their blood. They not only desire the night, they live the night even while walking mortal during the day. Only when they are made vampire is their true nature, their true calling on this earth unleashed. Only they can live the way a true vampire or draculina is meant to live. Seras carries the night in her heart, I could sense it the moment I saw her. There was no doubt in my mind." Integra studies Alucard as his glowing eyes remain focused on her, daring her to ask the question.
"Doubt in your mind about what?" She asks. He smirks.
"That Seras Victoria will be the one, is the only one capable and worthy, of standing at my side for eternity."
The silence stretches on, heavy in the massive office before Integra suddenly swivels her chair around to face the windows.
"You knew of my plans, Alucard." She says softly. "You knew that one day I would ask you to turn me. I have saved myself for that end because that is my wish." Integra hesitates. "You never intended to turn me, did you Alucard?"
"No." Anger suddenly bubbles up over the hurt and the cigar in her hand snaps. Integra spins the chair around again, her palms slapping the desktop as she stops.
"Why did you not declare this before?" She snaps. Alucard regards her calmly.
"Your father asked me not to." His words douse her anger instantly and Integra's eyes widen as he continues. "Your father thought that one day that might come up, that you would ask such a thing of me and he asked me to deny you."
"Why?" Integra whispers.
"You are Hellsing." He states. "You carry the blood and will of the Hellsing organization in your heart. Your obligation is to carry out the duties of the Hellsing organization. That includes bearing an heir to pass it on to. The world is in desperate need of us, and without us would fall into utter chaos and disarray. The Hellsing organization must survive." Alucard states. "Those were his exact words as he told me to tell you." Integra stares up at him, her blue eyes wide as he slowly bows to her, raven hair slipping over one shoulder as he holds his hat to his chest.
"And with that, Sir Integra, I shall leave you to your tea." He says softly before disappearing.
Walter knocks on the office door, two rapid taps before pushing the door open.
"Sir Integra, I have brought you your…Sir Integra?"
Seras has to give him credit, he does not hesitate to follow her as Seras leaps from the third story roof. He lands only a second behind her, stumbling only slightly before trailing Seras toward the woods. The twins stop talking as they see Daniel following Seras toward the woods and she looks back at him.
"Let me show you a few things about what it means to be a true vampire." She murmurs before meeting the gazes of the twins. Alex immediately looks away but Amanda holds her gaze and Seras winks, nodding toward the beckoning branches before leaping into a tree. Daniel remains on the ground, staring up at her in surprise.
Tag, your it. She mouths to him before disappearing into the trees.
She hears Daniel begin his pursuit and smiles. She lets her true nature take over, leaping from branch to branch silently as she heads deeper, into the heart of the woods. The branches beneath her feet grow thicker as they enter the older forest.
Seras pauses on a limp, easily wide enough to accommodate her feet, and listens. Not too far behind her she hears a soft thump than a muttered curse and can't help but smile.
Watch out for the tree limbs Daniel. They kind of hurt when you run into them. She sends to him teasingly. She hears him growl in frustration and waits for him to catch up to her. As he lands on the branch beside her he scowls.
"That wasn't very funny." He snaps. Seras gives him a wry look.
"Of course it was and you know it." His expression relaxes and he chuckles.
"All right fine." Seras holds up a hand, silencing him and nodding back in the direction they had come. Daniel listens too than smiles as he hears the soft conversation going on behind them, the soft sounds of feet landing on branches. Seras smiles wider.
"It sounds like the twins, Matt, and Samuel are following us." Seras murmurs. Daniel nods.
"What are we going to do about it?" Seras meets his gaze and his eyes widen as her blue gaze starts to darken, shining red in the night.
"We're playing tag aren't we?" She whispers before launching herself off the branch to intercept the group, Daniel right behind her.
Samuel is the first to sense her, grabbing Amanda's arm and stopping her from leaping to the next branch. Alex stops so abruptly on the branch below them that he nearly falls off. Matt makes a more graceful landing, swiftly putting his back to the tree trunk and scanning the woods. None of the group move as they all search the woods around them. Amanda begins to tremble as she searches the woods to no avail, searching for the source of the presence that suddenly blazes in their mind. It moves stealthily just beyond their sight, circling the group slowly.
"Samuel? What is that?" Amanda whispers. He merely shakes his head, his grip tightening and pushing Amanda against the tree trunk as branches near them suddenly move.
Everyone relaxes when Daniel emerges from the leaves, stepping onto the branch that Matt rests on.
"Daniel what the hell is going on? What are you doing out here with her?" Samuel snaps. Daniel scowls up at him in warning before turning to the group.
"She wants to test us, to see where our abilities lie and how much we know. What we are going to do is a game of tag. All of us will take turns going out into the woods. It's a game of tag. Don't get caught as long as you can. I will go first and when I return, she will let us know who's next." The group nods than visibly tenses as Seras appears behind Daniel. A light touch on the shoulder is all the warning he gets before Seras is suddenly gone.
Daniel turns away from the group, only then letting himself smile before following after her.
Twenty minutes later Daniel is crouching on a branch, low and against the tree trunk as he watches Seras. She stands only fifteen feet away, an easy leap for him and is leaning back against the tree trunk casually, focused intently on her hands. Daniel shifts to the side slightly, unable to see what she is doing until she turns toward him slightly and he has to fight not to laugh.
Seras hums a tune as she balances the bottle on the back of her hand, her other hand slowly dragging the miniature brush across her fingernail.
She's painting her fingernails. Daniel murmurs in his mind before turning and silently vaulting to the next branch. He works his way away from Seras than around, approaching her tree from behind. He makes it to her tree without detection and lays his hands on the bark, closing his eyes and focusing his mind.
His mind connects to the tree easily, his body vaporizing with a though as he steps into the tree.
He hesitates on the other side, just beneath the bark and gathers his wits before springing from the tree, arms extended to catch Seras in a tackle.
As he materializes outside the tree he stumbles, barely catching himself before he falls from the branch. He looks around, bewildered, before something brushes against his back. He spins, backing up hastily as Seras chuckles behind him.
"Very good Daniel. You can quite close."
"What gave me away?" He asks, watching as Seras blows on her freshly painted nails.
"You hesitated."
The night progresses toward dawn rapidly, the sky starting to lighten as Amanda makes her way hesitantly through the branches. She is the last of the group, the rest all waiting for her return. As hard as she might Amanda can't help but shiver as she heads alone through the woods, constantly scanning the trees. She had heard the others talking among themselves about their game in the woods and how Seras had captured them all.
A branch snaps near her and Amanda jumps, spinning around to see Seras standing against the tree trunk of the same branch she stands on now, watching Amanda.
Amanda backs up, one step than another in fear as Seras doesn't speak, watching. Something in her gaze stops her though and Amanda waits.
"Why are you so scared Amanda?" Seras asks softly, not moving. She can see the terror in the other draculina's form, her wide eyes and paler than usual skin. Amanda shakes her head, looking around her.
"I was abducted, my brother and I, by a vampire. He took us out into the woods and told us to run. He chased us down, calling it a hunt and laughing about it the whole time. He caught Alex first and drained him right in front of me, then turned on me." Seras frowns.
"I thought Daniel was your maker?" Amanda nods.
"The vampire left us for dead. He didn't turn us, just drained us. If Daniel hadn't come along and gave us his blood, we would have died. The other vampire drained us, but Daniel changed us. He saved us."
"What happened to the other vampire?"
"Daniel hunted him down the next night and killed him. He used a rope from a nearby church and tied the vampire to a tree and left him there until dawn." Seras nods, approaching Amanda slowly.
"I am sorry Amanda. I didn't know or else I wouldn't asked you to do this." Amanda shivers as Seras touches her, Seras wrapping her arms around the woman in a hug. "Let's go back."
"Thanks. I'm so hungry." Seras releases her and steps back.
Daniel, take the rest of the group back. We're done. I'll make sure Amanda gets back. She feels his acceptance and follows the group with her senses as they head back toward the mansion before taking Amanda's hand.
"Come, let's get you what you need."
It doesn't take them long to find him, the scent drawing Seras unerringly to him. Amanda's eyes widen as she takes in the stag grazing peacefully in the thicket below them. She glances at Seras fearfully.
"I don't want to kill him." Amanda mouths. Seras shakes her head and motions her to stay before leaping down.
The stag's head comes up abruptly, meeting Seras's gaze. Neither move for a long moment than slowly the stag starts to weave on his feet. As Sears approaches the stag's head dips down, the deer slowly lowering himself to the ground. Once settled Seras motions to Amanda.
"I put him to sleep Amanda, he's fine. Come on down." Amanda leaps down, approaching hesitantly.
"I thought you didn't want us feeding from anything living." Amanda asks. Seras nods.
"For now no, but I do intend to take everyone out separately and teaching them how to take blood from the living properly, without killing. Now come, let me show you how it's done."
Thanks for being so patient everyone, i know this update is long in coming. Between work, family, and finals it's been a crazy two weeks! Hoep you enjoyed the update and since it is now break, i do plan on updating more often, i promise! lol, just stay with me!