Sanctuary to the Lost and Damned

Ch 9: Parasite?


Two months later...

Alucard lied on the thin blanket on floor of his room. His frustration was increasing; Both before and after the trip to Romania he had heard a beating heart, but was never able to find the source.(1)

His behaviors were disturbing him. He had, since returning, been stealing food from the kitchens. He could not explain, even to himself why. He was just hungry. He had not had that sort of hunger since he was human. He wondered if he might be hitting a stage in his immortal existence in which he became able to eat again. He did not believe that such a thing was possible, unless he were more than undead. He wondered if he might be slowly coming back to life. 'What other reason would I need human food?' He wondered.

His cancerous growth in his belly, had also grown larger. He used his powers of illusion to hide the mass in his midsection from Abraham for fear that the man would so mercilessly slice him open again for study. His mind started to debate whether he could just slice himself open and remove it himself. His energy seemed to be coming back to him but he was still tired so much more often than he was usually. He closed his eyes hoping to find sleep.

His eyes shot open when he felt something move. Alucard jumped up and started to look for the insect that was crawling on him before realizing to his horror, where the movement was coming from. It was coming from inside his abdomen.

Alucard's mind panicked. What could be in his his abdomen that would be doing this? A parasite? 'Yes', he thought only a parasite could be responsible for this. But where would a parasite have come from. The vampire suggested to himself that it could have been introduced by Abraham to see the effects that it would have.

'Hold on,' his mind told him. That did not fit. The Doctor would have been monitoring him closely, he had only said a few words to the vampire in more than five months. Besides if the doctor was conducting an experiment, he probably not sent Alucard on a mission to a far off country. No not after telling the mayor that he was sending the best he had; He would only make him look bad to send Alucard knowing that the vampire was already weak. There was simply no benefits for the man to reap.

Alucard concluded that the parasite that was draining him, must have come into his body by accident.

'The pig's blood.' He thought. Throughout the centuries the pigs have been regarded as good carriers of many parasites. He reasoned that he could have very easily have ingested some eggs which had began to the take root in his body. That would explained a lot, such as why switching to cattle's blood did nothing to help him.

Something in the back of his mind started to feel that his current hypotheses was incorrect. That something reminded him that the humans had been eating the pork from which he had always gotten his blood from and no one had gotten sick as he had, well expect from a woman named Abigale. That was different he told himself; She was pregnant.

It was true that the woman had been vomiting, headaches, cravings, and exhausted, but the woman was pregnant and such things were to be expected. If she had not wanted to feel these thing then she should not have had sex with here husband. He on the other hand had no choice with the blood. He needed it.

Alucard's body went stiff as a realization hit him. He had sex with Abraham a little over 5 months ago.

The older woman words struck in his mind. 'It won't be long till she's showing.'

Alucard put his hand to his abdomen. His eyes became very large and his face became very fearful.

"It can't be."


Alucard knowing that this was a medical issue, deciding to consult some books in Abraham's library. He did not want to rely on the wolds of a woman, who might just be citing an old wife's notion.

Anyone would have thought that it was Ironic, that despite being a supernatural creature, Alucard, which most people had dismissed as belonging to the realm of the superstitious and the idiotic, had wanted something scientific. Perhaps it was the amount of time that he had been held in captivity by a scientist, but it was most likely the result of his desperation to be wrong.


Alucard opened the medical book, and turned to Pregnancy. He immediately ran his eyes to the section on signs and symptoms.

Signs:

Missed Period

Morning Sickness

Implantation Bleeding

Swollen or Tender Breasts

Fatigue

Odor Sensitivity

Frequent Urination

Constipation

Headaches

Bloating

Metallic Taste present in mouth

Elevated basal body temperature

Many of these symptoms did not apply to him. After reading over the list again paying attention to the ones which did, he still could not believe what he was reading.

'This was not possible' his rational mind would tell him. But the small whisper in the back of his mind kept whispering to him things which seem to invalidate this hope.

'I'm a male vampire.'

'But you were in a female form when you had sex.' It reminded him.

The vampire's mind started running through the oddities of the last five months. Eating food, excess sleeping, the vomiting, the expansion of his abdomen, the heartbeat which he could never find, and the movement which he recently became aware of.

The vampire's legs gave way bringing his quickly to the floor of his master's library. His hands holding his face. Bloody tears fell from the vampire's eyes as he understood that he was facing the very real prospect that he was pregnant.


END of Ch 9


AN:

- Before anyone asks why Alucard did not hear the heart beat during the trip. Well He did. He just thought that it was coming from one of the soldiers nearby.

-Also as to why it took so long for him to recognize the true problem...He is a guy, how would you expect him to to get to that conclusion.

Preview of the next chapter: Wolf-girl

The woman then looked towards Alucard's abdomen. "You are expecting soon, If they find out about it, I will be forced to capture you. A containment cell is no place to raise a child. "


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