ah sorry everyone for the week late update, I was seriously ill for like 4-5 days and was unable to even look at a screen for longer than a few minutes without getting a headache, so that was fun.
thanks for reading, please review!
The trio walked outside to where the car promised to be and Victoria had gave the driver the address, he informed her that it that it would be atleast an hour long drive. Groaning she went to climb into the back of the car and hoped to sit next to Seras, however nothing ever worked in her favor. Alucard sat in the middle seat and took up most of the space in the car,
"Move over" the artist commanded,
Alucard looked at the woman to see her glaring at him intently, "why?"
'He's going to ruin the entire night' she thought. "so I can sit next to Seras idiot" she huffed
Clearly she was very upset at him coming with them, 'its Integra's orders' Alucard reasoned. However the vampire wasn't going to roll over so easily, "make me move" he challenged,
Victoria tisked, "I don't have time for this we're already going to be late" she whined climbing into the car. Pulling the seatbelt across her body she pushed his awkwardly positioned knee away from hers, 'seems even he's too tall for this car' she thought. "Sorry Seras, maybe on the way back?" She offered, the blonde nodded silently in agreement, disappointed she would have to sit next to her master the whole ride.
A majority of the car ride was filled with silence and Victoria complaining in annoyance whenever Alucards body came near hers. He made little to no effort in controlling where his body went especially especially when the car turned a corner and he smashed the woman's face into the window, not bothering to hide his smirk each time.
XxX
After an hour long excruciatingly boring car ride they all arrived at the club, climbing out of the car they all stretched their aching limbs. Looking up at the red neon sign it read 'crimson fairy', "yeah this is the place" Victoria said aloud. She then turned and addressed Alucard,
"Your not wearing that are you?" She asked,
He looked down at his clothing not understanding what was wrong, "I was, yes" he replied confused.
"I understand your on duty or whatever, but Seras put effort into her appearance, you can too" she dead panned, "this is a pretty high end club believe it or not".
Alucard inclined his head and took off his large crimson hat and coat, putting them in the car and leaving him in his white shirt, slacks and boots. 'she has a point, I can't stand out' he mused. "Better?" The vampire asked.
Victoria turned from her conversation with Seras and inspected his attire, "well it's better, but you should really take off the glasses and gloves" she murmured, "you look like a servant or something".
Alucard chuckled bitterly at the irony, "I'd rather not" he said sternly,
The woman shrugged "suit yourself",
After giving the driver a pickup time of twelve he drove off, leaving the trio on their own.
XxX
Walking into the club they were met with the smell of alcohol, perfume and sweat, of course the scent was much more pungent for the vampires and they both scrunched their faces in disgust. The booming music which filled the club was also increased drastically due to their enhanced hearing.
Seeing Seras's face Victoria frowned, "oh don't worry about it, you'll get used to it" she shouted over the music, grabbing the blonde's hand softly she tugged it lightly, "you have to come meet Alex, you'll love her" she yelled.
"and you'll...oh hold on a sec" Victoria let go of Seras and turned back to see the vampire standing in the entrance, she walked over and pulled him to the side, "red, your in peoples way" she shouted pointing to the influx of people coming into the club. Looking down at her blankly she let go awkwardly, 'He looks annoyed' she thought, the woman begun to walk off when she felt a pang of guilt. Sighing she called to Seras, "be right back", the fledgling nodded patiently.
Walking back to the vampire she noticed he was observing the people dancing, the artist got his attention by poking him in the arm. Alucard snapped out of his trance and was about to growl when he saw who it was, "what?" He asked impatiently.
Victoria sighed, "you don't seem to know what your doing, have you been to a nightclub before?" She shouted,
"You don't need to shout I can hear you fine, and of course I have" he replied. However every nightclub he'd been too had been infested with vampires he had to exterminate, it was never a social event, In truth he had no idea what to do.
"Alright.." she said hesitently, "well the bars over there" pointing in the direction, "and the dance floors through there, and there's like a seating area for eating and shit over there" she said pointing to where each feature was.
Alucard nodded, taking in the information, Victoria nodded back and almost smiled. She lightly punched his arm in a joking matter, "have fun" she laughed walking off.
The vampires watched her and Seras's forms disappear into the sea of people and found himself almost missing her company, awkwardly walking over to the seating area he sat down waiting for the night to pass.
XxX
Victoria had a light grip on Seras's arm and was pulling her through the crowd of people to get to the bar. After much shoving and many lewd comments directed at Seras, they had stumbled onto the bar and found a couple free seats.
Victoria huffed and sat down, "two long islands" she called to the bartender, nodding he slid the two drinks down the bar,
Seras shook her head vigorously and put up her hands defensively, "oh no I can't drink that" she said awkwardly,
Victoria turned from downing her own, "what? Why? Don't you drink alcohol or something?" She asked innocently.
The blonde scratched her cheek nervously, "erm well yes and no it's just.." She struggled to find a good excuse,
the artist finished her drink while listening to her carefully, "Seras if you don't want it, it's okay" she said sweetly, smiling softly.
This made Seras feel incredibly guilty, "it's just one drink..." she trailed, 'I've seen master drink wine before, it should be alright' she mused. The fledgling took a small hesitant sip and was surprised when it tasted good, "it's really good" she beamed.
Victoria nodding agreeingly, "yeah you should try their specialty later" she yelled over the music which had suddenly increased it's volume.
Seras flinched at her voice, "you don't need to yell I can hear you fine" she yelled back,
She huffed, "you too? Everyone seems to have way better hearing than me" Victoria complained, "must be all the club music" she laughed.
XxX
After Seras had finished the remainder of her drink the two women went in search of Alex,
"What does she look like?" Seras asked while looking over the crowd of people,
Victoria laughed, "she's hard to miss, got blue hair and she's probably yelling at someone".
The blonde nodded and continued searching, however it wasn't long before she spotted her, "Victoria she's over by the bathroom" she called to the dark haired woman.
Victoria nodded and motioned for Seras to follow her, the two soon reached Alex however she was too busy typing on her phone to notice.
"Alex" Victoria addressed her,
Still not looking up from her phone the woman grunted, "I'm on break mate"
just then Victoria felt her phone buzz, a text from Alex asking where she was, "You idiot" she laughed,
Alex snapped her phone shut, "tha' 'ell did ye s-" she stopped herself with a squeal and embraced the artist in a tight hug "can't believe I was about ta' beat ya up"
"Sure sure, we both know I'd win" Victoria laughed. "You said there was a party?" She asked,
"Erm well yeah and nah. I knew ye'd come if I said that" Alex said guiltily, and was met with a glare. "Well it's real busy ta'night so it's practically the same",
Victoria punched her in the arm and both begun yelling at each other playfully.
Seras watching the two woman converse couldn't lie saying she was jealous, 'they seem really close' she thought,
"Alex this is Seras, Seras this is Alex" Victoria introduced snapping Seras out of her thoughts,
The woman walked up to Seras and shook her hand roughly, "nice ta' meet ya" she beamed, "Vicky told me ya work at 'er clients place" she piped.
"Erm yeah that's right" the fledgling replied shyly, avoiding the stares from the two woman,
Alex nodded softly, noticing her nervousness, "oi, come on, don't be all shy 'n stuff, let's go get a drink, on me" she announced.
The trio of woman walked back to the bar where after 'gentle' persuasion Alex was able to 'convince' a man to give up his seat for Seras. The bluenette ordered two shots each of vodka for Seras, Victoria and herself. Immediately Alex and Victoria downed theirs simultaneously giggling uncontrollably. Victoria who sat in the middle of the three began conversation with Alex on her new waitressing job,
"Aye tha' pays good, and the hours. Plus I don't get groped as much" Alex laughed loudly, downing another shot.
"Alex shouldn't you be working" Victoria scolded, "look at how busy it is",
"It's just because it's a holiday tommora'" she huffed, "and hold on a sec, watch this". Moments later a man wearing a simaliar uniform walked past, Alex tugged at his sleeve and his attention snapped to her.
"Oh Alex, I didn't see you there" he blushed,
"Aye jake, I need yeata' do me a favour" she said quietly,
Jake perked up blushing furiously, "of course what do you need" he said softly
"I'd like ta' have a good time with my girls tonight, would ya' be a dear 'nd cover my shift fer' me?" She asked in a sultry tone, playing with a lock of his dirty blonde hair.
"Yes of course!" He replied enthusiastically, "maybe we could hang out later?" He asked,
Alex turned away from him "yeah maybe. Table six needs their drinks by tha' way" she commented.
"Oh yes, I'll see you later?" Jake asked hopefully,
"Yeah yeah maybe" Alex replied. Jake nodded and ran off to complete his and now Alex's duties.
As soon as he was out of sight Alex begun laughing hysterically, "I've got 'em wrapped around my little finger",
Victoria hummed thoughtfully, "he seems to like you a lot, are you sure you want to lead him on like that?"
"Well I only use him when I need 'em" the bluenette snickered,
"Hmm well ok" the artist complied, "just be carefull alright" she said seriously.
Alex dismissed her worries, "yeah everything will be fine".
XxX
Quite a few drinks later and Seras begun to notice symptoms of drunkenness in both Victoria and Alex, frankly he was surprised they were still upright with all the alcohol they'd had. Infront of the blonde were several little shot glasses, however she could feel no effects and simply had them for the taste and the sentimentality. The fledgling was now enjoying herself much more now as Victoria's focus was on her, Alex was in a heavy debate with the bartender over weather or not pandas were actually bears.
"Seras", she murmured, "what do you do? Like in Hellsing",
the blonde, hesitated not sure on how much she could say, "uh we deal with criminals and bad guys I guess"
"Like police?" Victoria asked lifting her head from her arms,
Seras giggled, "yeah sure".
Victoria nodded understandingly, "hey Seras?"
"Hey Victoria" she replied, "whats wrong?"
Victoria mumbled something inaudible, "nothing, I was just wondering something" her tone changed to something more serious.
Concerned the blonde moved closer, "what is it?" she asked softly,
The artist placed her head on her arms and stared at the bar, "whats Alucard like to you? And everyone else I guess"
Seras frowned, "that's an odd question" she murmured
"I know, but he's always an asshole to me, I'm one back too I guess. I'm just not used to people not liking me I guess" she confessed.
"Oh Victoria" she said softly. "Don't take it personally, from what I've seen his much meaner to me, and his meant to be my teacher" she complained,
"Really? what did he do?" She murmured
She hesitated thinking of an example not dependent on her being a vampire, "well one time he kept me awake for two whole days trying to get me to learn something, would wake me up whenever I fell asleep" she laughed nervously.
Seras was alarmed when Victoria suddenly stood up outraged, "that jackass, how dare he, I'll kick his ass" she hissed.
the fledgling grabbed her arm gently and pulled her back down onto the seat, "no you won't, he'll kill you" she dead panned. "It's alright I ended up learning it in the end"
Victoria stared at her sternly, "that's no way to learn, learning a skill takes time as well as effort, you can put in all the energy and effort you can, but without time and practice you won't learn a thing" the woman explained.
The fledgling carefully listened to everything she said and nodded in agreement, she had a point, Seras never thought being a vampire was a skill, and there is no way to learn a skill overnight. "I understand what your saying, but mas-" she stopped herself again, 'I really have to break this habit' she thought. "I mean Alucard, will never listen to me, I'm beneath him" she said lowly poking at the ice in her glass absently.
Victoria listened to her intently, "tell ya what, I'll talk to him" she hummed, taking a more serious tone she reassured her, "Seras you are not beneath anyone, and people who think that you are don't deserve your respect because they won't give you theirs".
"Your so smart Victoria" the blonde whined,
Victoria laughed softly, "nah I just speak from experience, and i'm a wise drunk", shes a violent one" she snickered pointing to Alex who had now put the bartender in a headlock. "And about mutual respect, I know what it's like to have someone treat you like shit" she said sadly, looking off into the distance blankly before downing another drink.
This piped Seras's interest, "what happ-", she was cut off when Alex's loud voice addressed them both,
"Come on ladies, let's dance, 'sss been agggeesss" she laughed while pulling the two off the stools. She was laughing uncontrollably and had a red tint on her cheeks, pulling the two to the dance floor the trio of woman were packed in a crowed of sweaty, drunken people.
XxX
The booming club music mixed with several drinks, gave a new life to the woman, they were dancing with two rather attractive men and were smiling and having fun, meanwhile Seras was awkwardly shuffling around trying not to lose the two in the sea of people,
"Seras darlin', whats wrong" Alex called to her,
The fledgling shuffled her feet nervously, tugging at her dark blue dress suddenly feeling very exposed, trying to hide herself from the public. "I erm, can't dance" she called back nervously.
Both Alex and Victoria snickered, "bullshit, everyone can dance if they want to" they said in unison. Both woman pulled Seras into their circle and begun instructing her, it wasn't long before she was off and moving by herself.
"Our little girls all grown up" Victoria cackled wiping away an imaginary tear,
The two went back to dancing and greedily accepted the complementary drinks circling around.
XxX
Glancing at her phone Victoria couldn't read the time, Seras and Victoria were sitting out the front of the club while Alex emptied the contents of her stomach in the ally.
"Hey Seras, read this please" Victoria handed her the phone before staggering over to the bluenette,
"I told ya you 'ad too much, you suck at 'olding your drink" the artist said worryingly, Alex heaved and there was a splattering sound,
"Worth it" she panted,
Victoria tisked "Your 'angover won't make you think that, I'll call mark" pulling out Alex phone from her purse she dialed the number when she heard the waitress protest,
"Nooooo, 'es gonna yell at me" she whined.
Victoria waited for him to pick up, "and so he should" she growled,
Seras had finally figured out how to turn on the phone, "it's eleven forty five" she called.
"Thanks Seras" she called, "marks already on his way" she murmured closing the phone,
The women waited on the sidewalk outside the club, leaning against the wall with their heeled shoes beside them. Fortunately it wasn't long before the familiar silver car pulled up,
"Hey Vicky, got my girlfriend?" He called jokingly from the window,
"Get your own she's mine" the woman called back, "she's already spewed like twice so ya should be good now" she informed walking the woman to the car and helping her lay down on the back seat, placing her shoes and purse beside her, the artist said her goodbyes and watched the car drive away.
"We should go get red, the car will be here annnyy minute now~" the woman sung walking inside.
XxX
Re-entering the crowded club the two women made their way over to the seating area, looking around for the familiar red coat Victoria couldn't see him anywhere.
"Hey he's over here" Seras called while pointing to a group of women,
Victoria glanced at the group and was unsure whether Seras was joking or not, walking over to the group she pushed her way through the group of woman, many of them hissing and and telling her to 'wait her turn'. It was only when she reached the center of the small crowd the artist finally understood the fuss, Alucard sat cross legged at the table, his head resting on his hand and a irritated look on his face. A woman sat uncomfortably close beside him and was painfully, obviously flirting, it seems these woman were all desperately trying to score a date with him.
Victoria shook her head and sighed, "he's not worth it ladies, trust me"
One woman with a hot pink dress and blonde hair whipped around, standing face to face with Victoria and chewing gum obnoxiously loud. "Who are you his girlfriend?" She hissed.
"Hell no, I have some self respect" she said rolling her eyes, 'ah shit I always do this when I drink' her inner monologue reminded.
"The fuck did you say hoe?!" The woman screeched throwing her drink on Victoria's dress,
Trying to calm herself down, she quietly chanted "Don't fight, don't fight, don't fight..."
"That's right bitch. Back off" the blonde smirked and there was a round of giggling thought the crowd.
'Be the bigger person' she reminded. Breathing deeply Victoria tried to walk away, "Nah fuck that" she growled. Whipping around she punched the woman in the nose, not as hard as she usually would and not enough to break it, but enough to take her down.
Squealing the woman fell to the ground and her friends came to comfort her, crying the woman got up and scrambled away and out of sight.
Seras stood frozen, unsure of what to do, 'ugh why didn't I stop her!?' She mentally cursed.
Victoria cursed and wiped her knuckles on her dress, 'I always go for the face' she thought absently. "Move" she growled, the remaining crowd of woman parted immediately, all deathly silent, she then strode to the table where Alucard sat both calmly and highly amused. Despite being so intoxicated she knew how to throw a punch.
"We're leaving" she commanded, the vampire raised an eyebrow confused by her actions, but obeyed none of the less.
On the way out Victoria grabbed a drink of a platter and downed it immediately,
"Hey miss you have to pay fo-" a waiter called
"Put it on Jakes tab" she growled.
XxX
The trio clambered into the car and left the scene immediately, this time Alucard sat on the far end and Victoria sat in the middle. Inspecting her alcohol soaked dress in the car Victoria sighed, Alucard noticed her discomfort and begun opening and searching through compartments.
"Why did you hit her?" Seras asked, the tone of her voice somewhat upset,
"I really liked this dress" Victoria mumbled, "'nd I'm prone ta' fighting when I drink I guess".
"Well you didn't have to hit her that hard!" The fledgling scolded,
"I didn't! I held back!" Victoria yelled. Lowering her head in shame she was disappointed in herself for not controlling her temper, "please don't tell Integra, I'm not always like this, I swear" she murmured avoiding eye contact.
Meanwhile Alucard had found what he was searching for, he opened and handed Victoria a packet of tissues, "thanks red" she mumbled trying to dry her dress.
The vampire inclined his head and relaxed in his seat, trying to recover from the night. This was not how he thought this event would go, most of his night was spent shooing away woman and declining date requests. What little he saw of Victoria she was either arguing or drinking, 'classy' he thought. However one of the main conditions of this night was to find out for sure if she was actually Katja or not, and although he regret going, he had to uphold his end of the deal.
XxX
Stumbling through the door the trio were exhausted, none as much as Victoria who could barely keep herself up as a result of the alcohol and tiredness. They were only a few feet in the door when Seras rushed down the hall, a hand clamped over her mouth, a few seconds later a splattering sound was heard and Walters sigh could be heard from their position.
Victoria tisked, "can't drink that much without gettin' sick"
"Stupid girl" Alucard growled.
The artist whipped around and glared at him, "why are ya so mean to her huh? Your supposed to be her teacher or somethin' apparently, you need patience to be a teacher! And from what I've heard you've had none, she's trying red, give her a chance" she scolded.
The vampire was taken aback, "well she's not learning fast enough" he decided.
Victoria twitched, "It takes time to learn shit, I dunno what she's trying to learn but your methods are stressing her out, she's not like you dude. Be patient and she'll learn easier without pressure" she quietly yelled, trying not to wake the whole house.
"Fine I'll give your method a try" he compromised, tired of talking about this subject,
"Good" Victoria beamed. "Now, help me find my room" she yawned tugging on his sleeve.
Alucard sighed and motioned for her to follow, however he chose the longest way, trying to prolong their time together. They discussed many things and the vampire found himself somewhat keen to continue their conversation in the future, however the chances of Victoria being willing to talk to him while not this drunk and tired were low.
When the two finally reached her room Victoria thanked him and shut the door behind her. the vampire had to make a last ditch effort to gather evidence, pushing open the door he invited himself inside.
"Oi, whattya think ya doin'!?" Victoria quietly shouted, while rolling on the floor attempting to pull off a boot.
Alucard chuckled at how clumsy she'd become, walking over he lifted her onto the bed and propping her against the headboard.
Yawning Victoria whispered something incomprehensible and looked at the man questionably, "what are you doing? I'm really tired" she mumbled,
"That's obvious" he said, sitting down on the side of the bed he begun unlacing the long boots, "it was painful watching you flailing on the floor".
"My body feels tired and stupid" she muttered,
Not looking up from the task the vampire replied, "you shouldn't have drunk so much and yoou seemed able to talk fine before",
"it takes effort" she trailed off, closing her eyes.
Alucard inclined his head but had no idea what she meant, he was then finally able to pull of the boot, "you lace these too tight" he muttered starting on the next one.
The artist shrugged and rubbed her eyes, he glanced at her and decided this was the last opportunity he'd have. "Seras told me you fainted the other day" he said calmly,
"Pfft wouldn't call it fainting" Victoria mumbled.
Alucard ignored her comment and continued, "what happened?",
"I dunno, I had like this day dream or something, and it made my head hurt, and I passed out I guess" she summarized,
He knew he was getting closer to the answer and he had to remain composed, "what was the dream?"
"Just saw a woman, she was crying, her tears were as red as her eyes, she was European" she replied in a trance like state.
The vampires eyes widened, "Katja" he whispered, "what else" he demanded,
"That's it" she whispered.
Alucard nodded and removed the last shoe, tossing it beside the other one. He already knew this information from Seras, but hearing it from the source reassured what he already suspected. Getting up to move he felt a tug on his shirts fabric,
"Your going?" Victoria whined her cheeks reddening further
"Your weren't keen on me being here in the first place" he reminded.
"Right" she whispered. Letting go of the vampires shirt awkwardly she slid under the covers and pulled them upto her nose. "Sorry for being mean all time time" the woman apologized, "I can't always help it".
He turned from walking to the door and faced her, he found it weird seeing her being so calm and genuine. Walking back to the bed he sat down on the edge once more, he stared at her curiously trying to figure out what she was doing.
Victoria was now aware of his stare and buried herself further underneath the covers until only her eyes were visible. Alucard reached out, slowing when he saw her shrinking back, he gently pulled the cover off her face. He took off his glasses, and for the first times she could see his eyes, "Your eyes, they're red" she whispered.
"Your tired, go to sleep" he commanded, walking out of the room and shutting the door behind him. Even in deep thought he felt conflicted, 'Ill have Katja, I don't need her'.