Okay, so I finally got an idea for killing Maxwell. He shall die horribly and painfully, but I can't turn him into a vampire because that would require Soarece or Seras to bite him. Blech. So I'm going for something better! Isn't Jackal adorable? I know right! (If you're reading this on a phone or an iPad/pod it won't show the picture, so go on the computer if you really want to see him.) He does take after his dad a lot, but who cares? He's got a tail and kitty ears, he's gotten a lot from Zara. Let's do this!
Zara's POV:
I staggered back over to my bed, thunking down on it face first. Jackal had woken up again, and he was hungry. Why does he have to be a vampire kid? Although I prefer that to him drinking milk, blood loss along with being up half the night is not helping my health. I had fed him numerous times in the past weeks, and my neck was covered in tiny bites. I managed to drift off to sleep, but was awakened several hours later by a cold nose buried in my shoulder. I opened one eye irritably to see Jackal curled up close to me, whimpering and shaking. My expression immediately softened. "Hey buddy, what's wrong?" I said, hugging him and pulling him close.
He nuzzled into the shoulder he had bitten several hours before, mumbling "I had a bad dream." He sounded terrified. "Shhhh, I'm here, and me and daddy will make sure nobody hurts you." I said, rocking him back and forth. He looked up at me, and my breath caught, seeing the look of pure and absolute trust in his eyes. "But you were the ones being hurt." He said, tears welling up in his eyes. I half smiled. "Daddy will take a lot to get hurt, and mommy doesn't pull her punches either." I said, petting his hair and scratching around his ears. He half-purred, leaning close to me. He sniffled, seeming to calm down. I felt something stir in me, and fought it down, but it wasn't working. "Who was hurting us?" I said, before locking my jaws tight again.
Curiosity killed the cat may be a stupid saying, but we are curious as heck. I mentally cursed myself. He looked up at me again. "People with dogs and guns and bright lights and they were throwing you in cages full of dust bunnies!" he wailed, burying his face in my shoulder again. Unseen by him, I rolled my eyes. "Listen, dust bunnies can't hurt me or your daddy. Daddy can actually turn into a dog, so he'd have scared the other ones away, and he's a much better shot than everybody else, and light can't hurt anyone." I said soothingly, pulling him away from me. He looked up at me in wonder. "Really?" he said in awe.
I nodded. "Really. Now go to sleep."Somehow, Alucard's genes made themselves noticeable and he went to sleep in my bed, not his own. Damn loopholes. I sighed and curled around him as much as the human anatomy can allow for, and closed my eyes. Thankfully, sleep claimed me and I drifted off immediately, not dreaming of Iscariot or Millennium, or crazy people with guns and dogs who fed you to dust bunnies.
Jackal's POV:
I sniffed mommy's hair as she slept, a peaceful expression on her face. Her scent washed over me, lemons and herbs and above all, comfort. I snuggled into the curve of her body, heaving a contented sigh. I loved everything about my mommy. Her scent, the way she moved. Her raspy-crunchy voice that somehow still carried a hint of melody. Her pretty purple eyes, slitted like mine. The way she and daddy seemed to tease each other. I loved daddy too, but not as much as her. I more admired him.
He was so tall, when I climbed up to his shoulders it felt like I could see the world. The way he always seemed so sure of himself, and how he spoke. How my hair was just like his, and how his gigantic red coat moved as he walked, all impressive and dramatic. How cool it was that he carried two enormous guns, and one was named after me! Even cooler was that he had red eyes just like mine, only with less pointy pupils. His teeth were much sharper than mine, which was another point on the coolness scale. All in all, he radiated awesome the way mommy radiated comfort.
Of course, they weren't the only ones in my family. Uncle Techno was cool, but not as cool as daddy. He taught me some stuff I could do to the maids, and I was pretty funny to watch them screech and flail when we got them wet. Auntie Soarece was pretty nice, but she always tried to make me wear some strangely-perfumy clothes and junk, so I avoided her a lot. Maniac was so awesome, she almost beat Techno. Almost. If she let me blow up some stuff on occasion, she would rank right up there with daddy. Auger was okay, she read some nice books to me, but would always try to get me to read super big ones, some of them bigger than me.
The others from the Halloween Squad were nice, but they always looked at me weird. Mommy said that was because I looked so much like my daddy, and I shouldn't worry. Captain Pip was a little nervous around me too, but I didn't blame him for that. When I first met him, mommy hadn't told me about the no climbing on people rule yet, and I wanted to meet him, so I yanked on his braid to climb up and sit on his shoulder. Apparently I yanked too hard, and he screamed. I still climbed up, and eventually he said through clenched teeth. "I thought I saw ze resemblance to Monsieur Alucard. Please get off enfant." Mommy came running and told me right then about the no climbing people rule.
Cousin Seras was okay, and she always gave me some sweet crunchy things, which she called candy. I asked mommy why she was my cousin, and she said daddy was the one to turn her into a vampire, so she was a bit like a relative to me. Sir Integra was really scary, but she always smiled a little at me, so I guess she was okay too. I drifted off to sleep, thankfully with no nightmares this time. When I woke up next morning, mommy wasn't in the bed with me.
Zara's POV:
Oog. I slid my way down the stairs, and I literally mean slid. I leaned on the rail and let gravity yank me down the stairs. At the bottom I stumbled, but trudged on towards the kitchen. When I sat down at the counter with another gravity induced thump, a tray with a bowl of oatmeal, with some fruit and a glass of milk was shoved under my nose. "Gehwagaheck?" I slurred, looking up. Alucard's concerned face stared back at me. He gently touched my face with a hand. "You look exhausted." He rumbled, and a corner of my mouth twitched in what might have turned out as a smirk if I hadn't been so tired. "I feel exhausted." He, being fully rested and awake, did manage to smirk. "And so I have made you breakfast." He said, gesturing to the plate in front of me.
"That is what couples do for each other, don't they kitten?" he said, sliding into the chair next to mine and wrapping an arm around my shoulder. I glared at him, edging away. "First, we aren't a couple. Second, I thought I agreed you would never call me that again." The food grew to be too tempting, and I started eating. He chuckled, rubbing my shoulder and leaning close to me. I would've retaliated, but that took more energy than I had to spare for the moment, so I just ignored him and started eating. That is, until I had eaten all of the oatmeal and most of the fruit, and his tongue grazed my ear. I turned to him in annoyance. "Cut it out." I growled, munching on a pear.
He grinned. "Why? I'm allowed to snuggle with my mate, am I not?" I glared at him even more, and he would have melted on the spot if he wasn't a vampire. "Snuggling means hugs, not licks. And I'm not your mate." He pouted. "Why not? You have born my child, and we both care for each other. Mates." I rolled my eyes. "Mate implies other things, and I'm still way too young for that stuff. Just leave me alone and let me sleep." My eyes started closing, and I accidentally fell back on his shoulder. "And move so I can fall on the floor." He chuckled. "But then you'll get hurt." I nodded. "And then I'll be able to sleep on a vertical surface."
He turned me around, so if I opened my eyes I would be face to face with them. "Look at me." He said commandingly. I opened one eye. "Why?" I slurred. He grinned. "Both of them." I irritably opened both my eyes, staring into his bright red ones. Suddenly energy shot through me, and I jolted upright. "WHOA! How did you do that?" he grinned wider. "Vampires have their ways." I stretched, feeling like I could run forever. "It works, whatever it is." Suddenly he leaned close to me, almost touching his lips to mine. His moment was interrupted by Jackal. "Mommy! Daddy! I've been looking all over for you!"
He cursed under his breath, be he was so close to me I could hear him clearly. I whacked him over the head. "None of that language in front of my son now Mr." He rolled his eyes. "Our son." I admit, the whole parent thing was actually easier than I thought. Maybe it was just Alucard. Jackal looked up at me with that heart melting look of begging, and I resolutely tried to remain firm. "Can we go to the party? Please? Sir Integra said you had to come, but I wanna come too!" I looked at Alucard for help, be he seemed content to have me in his lap and play with my hair. "Umm… what party?" I asked him, trying to get some help. He didn't look up from my hair. "A meeting. Social, and we have to go for the usual reasons, not because we were actually invited."
I looked back down at Jackal, who was still giving me the Bambi eyes. I cursed myself for being weak. "Fine, if Integra says you can." I said grudgingly, forcing the words out from clenched teeth. His eyes lit up and he scampered off, no doubt looking for Integra. Alucard twisted me around, looking curious. "Why can't I do that?" he said in frustration. I grinned at him. "It only works if you're really small, and have an air of "What, me?" about you, which you definitely do not have." He sighed. "True, but it seems so useful. And it works on you." I stuck my tongue out at him. "Fall in a hole and get buried. You'd never pull it off."
He grinned, and pulled me closer. "You sure about that?" he asked in the way he did when he was really trying to pull of his lady-killer voice. I tried to nod affirmatively. "You're much too…you." He shrugged. "Why don't you want to let him go? I would have thought you would want to keep him at your side at all times." I shuddered. "Iscariot is going to have some people there. You and I can take care of ourselves, but even though he's your kid, he's still only a few months old." There was a moment of silence as he took that in, and I was suddenly dumped off his lap.
"JACKAL YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT PARTY, DO YOU HEAR ME!?" He roared, striding off down the hall after him. I grinned as I got to my feet, nursing a few new bruises. Well, mark this day on a monument. Alucard is going berserker protective dad on us. Then my smile fell. Sure, I didn't want Jackal to go either. On the other hand, it would be a good learning experience for him. Other people, semi-normal people, almost never came in contact with us, especially him. With a little bad luck, we'll have a huge family feud thing in the Pazúry family about if he goes or not. Still, we got Alucard outvoted.
Imagine that, if you will. Alucard being all smothery over his kid. The WEIRDNESS of it all, right? Please, please, pretty/ugly (if the physical appearance of the please will help) please with bribery on top review for me? I want to have at least a semi-equal count for the sequel than I have with my first one. (Which was 55 reviews, and I'm very proud of that) So try to do at least 40, please? Only *counts in the air* six more, that's not too much to ask, is it? *Gives Bambi eyes* Please? Well, if you have been reviewing and my computer or the network is just being really, REALLY slow, ignore this. For all I know you're already in the forties, and my computer just doesn't register it yet. Review, Request, Rcomment. Auf Wedersien!
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