I'd like to thank everyone for being super patient with all the changing, grammer/spelling and other general issues. As I've said before it's my first fic ever, and I can't say I haven't had issues. I think I'm slowly improving and I've learnt a lot from other people and myself. So again, thanks heaps to everyone for reading.
random guest: hope the general fuckery in this chapter between Victoria and Alucard suffices
curroption: yeah i see where your coming from and i agree completely. there will be much more action before I potentially pair Victoria up, right now the story is focusing on her just beginning to fit into the organisation, but the next few chapters is when the action will start and the main plot will begin.
thanks for reading, please review
"What the fuck" Victoria groaned at being awoken,
A blonde woman was leaning only inches from her face, her sky blue eyes locked with Victoria's tired ones, "oh thank god your alright" Seras beamed.
"Seras what are you doing in here?" Victoria asked tiredly, slowly sitting up and propping herself on the pillows.
"Mas-" she stopped herself awkwardly, "Alucard said that you might have a con-" she stopped again, unsure of the word, "cuncoshion?"
The artist snickered, "concussion?" She supplied
"Ah yes that" she smiled embarrassed, "well apparently you can't fall asleep after one, or you'll die!" She said frantically.
"I didn't hit my head" Victoria said morosely, "I'm okay Seras" she reassured, however the woman didn't looked convinced. The artist grabbed her by the shoulders firmly making eye contact, "I'm okay, please stop worrying, I'm not your problem" she said firmly before letting go. Seras was silent and Victoria spoke up in a kinder tone, "alright?" She said softly
The blonde looked up from the floor, "alright" she muttered. She soon changed her attitude to an even more awkward one, "Victoria...are we are friends?" She asked staring at her feet. Seras had never had many or close friends, ever since leaving the orphanage to join the police force she'd been on her own.
Victoria hummed, unsure of her answer, "well I'd like to be" she replied thoughtfully, "it seems like I'm going to be here for longer than I thought with this painting" she sighed.
Seras couldn't hide the grin on her face, "oh that's fantastic!" She said ecstatically,
Victoria raised an eyebrow at her and Seras shook her head nervously, "uh not the part about you bring stuck here" she clarified, "that we're friends, it'd be great to have one around here" she rambled.
Victoria knowingly nodded her head, after all there didn't seem to be many 'friendly' people around here. She looked at the clock and her eyeballs almost jumped out of her skull, she only had 15 minutes to haul her damaged ass to the drawing room. She flung the cover off her body and jumped out of bed, flinging several pencils and pens in all directions and startling the poor fledgling.
"Seras I have to run to the drawing room soon, but before I go" she said huffing while stuffing things into a bag, "I'm going to a party at a club later, Sir Integra er recommended that I take someone, you wanna go?" She asked,
The blondes eyes lit up, it'd be ages since she'd been out, "I'd love to!" She squeaked,
Victoria growled while trying to stuff a particularly large book into her already full bag, "great I finish at 6:30, so I'll meet you at the front door" she said huffing, still focused on the activity at hand.
"Yeah see you then" Seras said excitedly
Victoria turned to the blonde, "now, get out I need to change" she smiled sweetly.
XxX
After Seras left she was able to quickly change, throw on makeup and rush out the door with five minutes to spare. While striding down a hall she was focused on her phone trying to view her university schedule, 'shit I have a lecture on Wednesday' she groaned internally. As she was flicking through her emails and walking, the woman came into contact with something hard, "ow fuck" she groaned rubbing her nose,
"Quite the mouth you have there" the man said smartly.
Looking up Victoria groaned, "ugh you again red?"
"Me again, and my names Alucard" he replied.
"I know" she said cooly, "I call you red because I literally go red with rage whenever your around" she growled.
'Why is she so hostile' he thought, however thinking back to his previous actions it was somewhat understandable, 'could be Katja aswell' he concluded.
"Victoria" he begun smoothly, "do you need assistance" he asked genuinely,
The artist snorted and hoisted her bag up further on her shoulder, "hell no, I know what I'm doing" she growled. The vampire chuckled quietly, she sure had Katja's personality.
The woman walked past him and continued down a hall, before she realized it was the wrong hall, sighing she turned back and walked past Alucard again as he begun laughing.
"Not a word red!" She called, still going in the wrong direction. Walking further down the hall to a dead end she screeched. 'Shit I'm going to be late' she panicked.
Walking defeated towards to vampire she stood embarrassed infront of him, "I need directions" she mumbled,
Alucard laughed, "thought you knew what you were doing" he said dryly.
Victoria clicked her tongue impatiently, he was the only person she'd seen since she'd woken up, apart from Seras, meaning he was the only one who could help her. The woman grunted "sorry, I need help please" she mumbled.
Alucard looked down at her with amusement, "what was that?" He asked,
"Sorry, need help" the artist said slightly louder.
The vampire smirked evilly, "my hearing isn't so good" he drawled
"sorry... I. Need. Help.!" She growled loudly through gritted teeth, fists clenched at her side.
He chuckled lowly,finding her amusing, much like a child having a fit he concluded. He saw her dark hair in disarray from stomping around the manor, and considered trying to fix it, but he felt like he was pushing it as it was.
"Follow me" he motioned, she then picked up her bag and hurried after him.
XxX
It wasn't long until they arrived at the correct room, Victoria cracked open the door peeking inside. 'Oh yeah, I'm alone now, why the hell was I rushing? god I'm stupid' she thought walking into the large room. The artist stood infront of the painting analysing her progress,
"Looks good" Alucard muttered
Victoria almost jumped out of her skin, she turned to meet his gaze, "what are you still doing here!" She hissed.
Alucard tisked, "after I go out of my way to help you, this is how you treat me" he said mocking hurt,
She almost felt bad for her attitude, for all she knew the things that happened weren't caused by him at all. "what do you want?" she asked tiredly,
"Unfortunately I am unable to return to sleep" he said dryly. This was due to the fact every time he closed his eyes he had nightmares of Katjas death, therefore he was currently avoiding it as much as possible. "I'm observing" he grunted.
"Oh are you now" Victoria mumbled, turning back to her painting trying to hide the red that appeared on her cheeks. 'No one ever wants to watch me paint' she thought. "Your probably planning to ruin it aren't you" she addressed him.
"Why would I ruin something so lovely?" He said sincerely,
The woman's face redded further, still facing the painting she was very thankful he couldn't see. 'Im such a bitch, why's he being so nice' she thought.
Alucard tried to pry into her mind to see what she was thinking, but was hit with a barrier, concentrating he tried to get anything he could, but could only scrape the first layer. All he could receive was her contemplating why he was being nice, 'I can only read her current thoughts, no emotions or motives' he thought impatiently.
Victoria felt her anger slowly diminish, and without it she would become impossibly shy, 'I'm going to fucking embarrass myself' she thought bitterly.
XxX
Alucard had sat himself down on a chair behind Victoria and she'd been painting for only a half hour when he became bored and decided to ask questions,
"How old are you" he asked
Victoria hesitated, "erm why do you want to know" she said quietly, her back still turned to him.
Alucard crossed his legs into a more comfortable position, "curious" he grunted.
"I'll be twenty one in February" she murmured, still painting.
"mhm" he said acknowledging her answer,
It wasn't long before the vampire asked another question, however this was more genuine curiosity, "Whats the liquid you mix with the paint" he asked.
Victoria once again jumped at his voice, 'he's so quiet I can't even tell he's here'. Her nervous demeanor had returned, "erm, hold on" she lifted the jar to her nose and inhaled, "medium number 2 or 3" she concluded.
Alucard snickered quietly, "why did you smell it" he asked
The artist hesitated, "erm, it's how I tell them all apart" she said quietly while pointing to several large jars filled with a variety of liquids.
The vampire laughed loudly, seeming to find it genuinely funny. Victoria felt her temper return and she placed down the brush she had been using, whipping around she faced him. "You laughing at me jackass?" She growled.
Alucard ceased laughing 'she's feisty isn't she' he thought admiringly, unaware of Victoria's pet hatred of being laughed at. "maybe I am" he said snidely.
Victoria stood infront of him staring down at his face, but unable to make eye contact due to him wearing glasses, she was there for several seconds unsure as what she should do next. 'I can't fight him' she concluded 'he'll murder me' she thought, when the woman suddenly remembered Alex's words. 'Make it look like an accident' she remembered, grinning evilly she turned away from him and went back to her painting, humming happily the grin never leaving her face as she thought of all the possibilities.
Alucard raised an eyebrow obviously confused, "your revenge was to glare at me?" he asked,
Victoria tisked, "no I just don't like petty fighting".
He remained skeptical but he wouldn't lie saying he was disappointed, he still couldn't read her true intentions. Choosing to remain silent he continued to watch her paint, however now she seemed cheerier 'must be over it, she'll realize she needs me' he thought arrogantly.
XxX
Almost four hours later and the vampire was still present, although he hadn't uttered a word since before. He could start to see signs of fatigue in the woman as her movements became more slow and labored, and after a few more hours she looked at the time and begun cleaning up. After Victoria folded up the reference picture and washed her brushes, she was struck with an idea for revenge, and although she wasn't angry anymore he couldn't be allowed to get away with it. Eyeing a nasty three day old mixture in a jar consisting of paint, water, turpentine, tea and several cigar buts, she quickly compiled a plan. Looking down she saw that one of her boots had come undone and there was a stray lace, 'perfect' she thought.
"Hey red, come help me with something real quick" she said sweetly,
Alucard snapped out of his daydreaming state , 'she's finally come around then' he thought enthusiastically, striding over to where she stood he awaited further instruction.
Victoria was trying as hard as she could to not laugh, holding the open jar in one hand she turned around "hey can you hold th-", but she didn't finish her sentence as her foot was caught under the lace lurching her whole body forward, throwing the contents of the jar onto Alucard. It seemed like time completely stopped, Alucard opened his mouth in surprise and stood there still not processing what happened,
Victoria had a smile slowly creeping across her face, "whoops I tripped" she whispered pointing to her shoelace.
He moved his arm and swiped some of the substance off of his white shirt, "that's your payback" he growled still surveying the ruined clothing,
"Payback?~" Victoria sung "oh no it was an accident" she smirked walking out of the room before he his anger reached it's climax and he could respond.
The door shut soon after and the vampire was left standing alone in the room, the liquid still dripping off his clothing and forming a puddle on the floor. He bared his fangs in anger and growled, "well played but I always win", 'seems Katja wants to play, too bad Victoria gets the punishment' he thought evilly.
XxX
The artist stood infront of her mirror, trying to shove a silver earring through one of the many piercing holes she had on her ear. "ow shit" she hissed when the earring finally broke through the other side, however not without bleeding, "ah it'll be fine" she shrugged wiping off a majority of the liquid. Rushing to her suitcase she was thankful when she remembered to pack a dress just in case, pulling on the fabric over her underwear and zipping it up she was surprised it still fitted. The woman padded over to her bed where she pulled on a her high heeled boots over her thigh high stockings, finally before leaving she grabbed her purse and phone. She walked to her and Sera's meeting spot and found she wasn't there, as convenience would have it Walter walked past in a hurry, "oh Walter" the woman addressed him, "have you seen Seras? we were supposed to go out tonight" she asked.
The butler whipped around his face tense and his body more ridged than usual, "no I haven't, try Sir Integra's office" he said hurriedly before rushing off,
"alright thanks" she called out to him as he rushed away, 'weird' she thought. The artist begun walking towards Integra's office, however it was much easier to find due to the yelling emitting from it, walking closer she could make out some of the words.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME AS SOON AS YOU KNEW" a woman's voice yelled, walking closer she could make it out as Integra's, 'this is familiar' she thought. Standing outside of the door Victoria waited until she finished, otherwise she might just be the object of her wrath. She heard a mans voice, Alucard, however she couldn't make out what it said as he always spoke quietly, whatever he said though upset Integra further. The Hellsing leader begun yelling again, "SHE'S A LIABILITY, WHAT IF OUR ENEMIES GOT AHOL-" she stopped mid sentence and there was silence, "WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" she spat, changing her tone she called out to Victoria, "Victoria I know your out there, come inside" she said tiredly.
"ah shit" she groaned, expecting to be yelled at for eves dropping, slowly and nervously opening the door she padded inside, "sorry Sir, I was looking for-" she begun apologizing but cut herself off when she found the woman. "Seras!" she called to the blonde woman again staring at the floor, her head snapped up and she smiled nervously, "where wer-"
Victoria stopped when she was interrupted by a "ahem", Integra was glaring at her.
She shut up immediately and turned to face the knight, "sorry Sir" she apologized,
Integra cleared her throat again, "right, well, i'm aware your going out tonight" she remarked looking at Victoria up and down, making her wish she wore more. "Seras has explained to me you chose her to go yes?" she asked.
"Erm, that's correct Sir" Victoria said playing with her dress nervously,
Integra rubbed her forehead trying to relieve the building headache her vampire gave her, "well Alucard is going" she said bitterly, knowing she was giving into his wishes.
The artist became defensive immediately, "what!? why? he's just going to ruin everything" she huffed "and why can't Seras go?"
"I never said Seras isn't going she still is, Alucard is just going aswell" she explained, "and he's going because I said so and it'll get him out of my hair" she growled. While that was a partial reason, after she'd ordered the vampire to tell her what was going on between Victoria and him, and he'd explained the very high possibility of her being a centuries old powerful vampire reincarnate, and how said vampire could awaken and easily kill hundreds. This was obviously bad for them, as if someone like the Vatican or another organization was to get ahold of her and change her, it would be disastrous for Hellsing, therefore his orders tonight were to see for sure if she really was this 'Katja' or not.
Victoria groaned loudly and showed obvious displeasure at Sir Integras orders, "fine" she groaned.
"fantastic" she said sarcastically, "cars outfront, just give the directions and pickup time" Integra explained absently, "be back by one and don't bring back any extra guests" she said firmly.
Victoria blushed heavily, "wasn't planning to Sir",
the blonde nodded, "good, now get out of my office, all of you" she commanded.