sorry if the grammars bad in this one or there are spelling mistakes, but the website I usually use for this was down for some reason ugh
anyway, hope you enjoy a life in the day of Victoria Stein ;)
Seras slowly lifted the glass to her lips and tilted it forward slightly, however as soon as the liquid came close to her lips she quickly pulled it away and slammed it down on the table. "I can't...I can't" she repeated sadly.
"No, no, no. That time was better, your getting better!" Victoria encouraged offering her the glass again,
"I can't" Seras repeated shaking her head and pushing the glass away,
"Why? Is it the look? The taste? The smell?" Victoria supplied, "what is it about blood you hate?"
"I don't it's...everything" Seras sighed eyeing the crimson liquid,
"Hmm ok.. well what was your favorite drink when you were human?" Victoria asked.
"Well... It was probably energy drink" she noted,
"You needing energy drinks? I can't imagine that" the artist snickered, "anyway I have an Idea.." She trailed off before shuffling through her suitcase and pulling out a four pack of cans. Climbing back on the bed she cracked the can and chugged most of the contents in under a minute, swirling the rest of the can she heard the remaining liquid swish around. Grabbing the glass of blood she carefully poured it into the can and shook the contents together before handing it to the vampire.
"What psychology technique is this?" Seras asked staring at the can unsurely,
Victoria shrugged, "I dunno, I flunked out" she laughed, "but I do this when I have to take liquid medicines I hate". Nodding softy the fledgling lifted the can to her lips and took a small sip, her face twisted to a disgruntled expression and she licked her lips. "How was it?" Victoria asked eagerly,
"Way better, but the idea still bothers me.." Seras replied softly.
"But it tastes better?" She asked,
"Hmm... Yeah, I suppose I might be able to drink it now, thank you" the fledgling replied swishing the contents of the can thoughtfully.
"Anytime, glad I could help" Victoria smiled, "if you need anymore let me know ok?"
Seras nodded softly and took another sip from the can, before either women could get a word out Victoria's pager went off loudly. Looking at the summons she saw it was to the medical ward, "shit" she cursed, "I have to go, feel free to stay here and finish your drink" the artist offered before dashing out the door.
XxX
Bursting through the door she looked around the room frantically, eventually seeing several of the geese crowded around a bed. "What happened?" She asked frantically pulling on latex gloves, her question was accompanied by a round of laughter and the man in the bed had a sheepish look. Giving the men a questioning look Victoria walked over to see a small pool of blood forming around the mans left foot and seeping through his boot, "how?.." She trailed off before unlacing the shoe.
"He shot himself in the foot" Kane replied simply,
holding back laughter Victoria finally saw the clean hole going through the mans foot, "oh ...literally" she replied amused.
"Please don't tell Integra" he begged gritting his teeth in pain while she pulled the thick sock off,
"Well your going to be off your feet for a few weeks, so you'll have to explain to her why" Victoria chided, "as for everyone else, out" she commanded.
"we want to see him cry!" Pip protested while the geese proceeded to burst into a fit of laughter,
"Well if you don't get out I'll make you cry" Victoria threatened holding up a scalpel.
Pip eyed the tool worriedly and groaned, "you 'erd her boys,
"Come on she's a woman what can she do?" One of the men protested.
The leader tisked and shook his head, "don't be stupid, women can do more than you think" he advised rendering the men awkwardly silent. "Now let's go finish zhat game" he remarked cheerfully leading them out the door and too the barracks.
"Uh your not going to use that on me are you?" The man asked nervously,
Staring at the knife she threw it onto the counter, "nah probably not" she shrugged. "Anyway, why did you shoot yourself?" She asked examining the wound,
"Ah...well...I was at the range and as I was pulling the gun out from the holster, it turned out the safety was off..." He trailed off gruffly.
"I see.." She snorted, "well it seems it's passed through so I just have to stitch it up" she said cheerfully retrieving the supplies from the cupboard.
"Uh.. Is that like.. Necessary?" He paled eyeing the needle,
"Don't tell me your scared of needles? You'll be getting general anesthetic" she muttered drawing the liquid from the vial into the needle.
"Nah actually I'll be fine, thanks though" he blurted attempting to climb off the bed,
"It'll be pretty hard to hide it from Integra if your trailing blood all over the house" Victoria replied pointing to the now bleeding wound unamused. Groaning the man reluctantly climbed onto the bed and motioned for her to continue while he stared at the needle worriedly.
"It's worse if you look" she reminded, "try to take your mind off it",
"Uh alright, uhh so how long have you been working here?" He asked frantically looking at the ceiling,
"Your going to feel a pinch and a burning" she informed, "and about as long as you, although I was originally hired to do a portrait".
"Wait what!? Are you qualified?!" He panicked,
Frowning she pulled the needle out and threw it into the bin, "of course! I was in the military medical corps" she replied insulted.
"ok, ok, sorry" he apologized anxiously, "what happened to the other medic? There were two I heard?"
"He died in the attack" she replied casually, "they lost everyone but nine people",
"Holy shit" he muttered, "but that won't happen to us right?"
"Hmm probably not" Victoria replied thoughtfully while cleaning the wound, "it was most likely a one off thing",
"God I hope so" he sighed before glancing down to see the needle piercing his flesh, "oh god I'm gonna spew" he paled.
"I told you not to look!" Victoria barked, "don't throw up or I will too" she threatened, "relax".
Taking in several deep breaths he managed to calm down, "alright, alright. I'm better now" he replied, "my names Heath by the way, your Victoria?"
She nodded and snickered, "yeah im the one that took your money",
"Pip talks about you a lot, and Seras, he doesn't shut up about Seras" Heath recalled bitterly.
This caught the medics interest and she smirked, "oh really? What does he say about her?"
"Ugh anything and everything, he'll find any excuse" the mercenary huffed, "he's obsessed",
"That's cute" she replied half heartily, 'I have to tell her' she noted. "And we are done" she remarked cheerfully tying the last stitch.
"What that's it?" Heath replied in disbelief,
"Yep, just need to bandage it" Victoria replied wrapping the appendage in a thick cotton bandage with padding. "You'll need this changed every two days, and try not to get it wet" she instructed, "oh and you'll need crutches for a week at least" she noted running to the closet to retrieve them.
"Thanks" he replied sincerely,
Handing him the crutches and painkillers she smiled, "no problem, page me if you need anything".
"I will thanks" he replied awkwardly, "well I'll see ya around",
"You too" she replied cleaning up the mess and shortly after hearing the door click shut.
XxX
Collapsing onto her bed she felt her whole body ache, 'why do I feel so weak' she thought irritably, raising her tired arm to the nightstand she pulled her phone upto her face and saw several messages on the screen. 'Crap I forget to tell Alex I moved' she cursed. Putting on her glasses she opened the message she felt a pang of guilt,
Alex: were r u? I went to ur apartment today and someone else lives there now?
Alex: ur landlord yelled at me to
Alex: r u ignoring me ;(
Alex *:(
Alex: did I do something wrong?
Victoria frowned and sighed, it had been just over a day since she last checked her phone, completely wrapped up in her new life. Trying to find the right words to explain everything she replied,
Victoria: of course not! You've done nothing wrong, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you I moved, it happened so quickly
Victoria: I'm a live in maid now, my last client hired me
She felt bad for lying but Integra made it very clear no one could know about her new job and identity, 'its better for Alex if she doesn't know anyway, I don't want her worrying' she thought sadly.
Victoria: I feel really bad, I wasn't ignoring you, live just been super busy
Alex:... R u lying
Victoria: not I'm 100% legit, I'm really sorry I didn't tell you earlier :(
Alex: I don't believe you
Victoria: why would I lie?
Alex: idk maybe u hate me now..
Victoria: we've been best friends since high school, and we still are now, I understand if your upset, but I promise I'm not lying. I legitimately forget to mention it, it happened so fast,
Alex: :/ I dont know how u just forget to tell someone that, ur too busy with Seras aren't u
Victoria: no! You'll always be my BEST friend, it's just lonely here
Alex: hmm... Ok, I have work tonight n tomorow but do u wanna meet 2 talk about it ?
Victoria: yeah I'd love too! Text me the details later?
Alex: ye, ttyl
Victoria: bye
Sighing she threw her phone onto the bedside table and buried her head into her hands, feeling even more guilty than before, 'she probably thinks I've forgotten about her' she thought dimly.
"Quite the dilemma" a voice beside her commented,
"Holy shit!" Victoria shrieked jumping away from the man, "Alucard!" She growled. "When did you get there?! How much did you read?!" She asked anxiously,
"Enough to know that you play favorites" he said amused.
"Oh and like you don't" Victoria huffed,
"Of course I do" he replied softly playing with a strand of the woman's long dark hair, she made a puzzled expression not knowing what he meant but she didn't care enough to ask.
"Please don't tell Seras, she's still my friend... But I've know Alex for years and-" she explained frantically,
"No need to explain" he cut her off, "its common to value old relationships over new ones" he commented idly.
Still puzzled by his comments she moved the subject, "why are you here?"
"I came to check on you" he replied shortly, as if he felt she was asking a question with an obvious answer.
"Well I'm fine, so you can leave" Victoria huffed,
Alucard frowned "Your lying" he said irritably, "don't lie to me".
The woman looked into his red eyes with her tired ones, "listen red, I'm too tired to do this right now, so if you could just kindly leave, that would be fantastic",
"No" he replied simply.
"Then I'll leave" she sighed standing up from the bed before being pulled back down, "oh my god just tell me what you want to and go" she hissed,
"There is nothing in particular I want to say" Alucard confessed.
"Then what? Are you just here to chat?" Victoria barked sarcastically,
Alucard nodded softly "Yes",
"Then talk to Seras?" She questioned.
"I'd rather talk to you" he replied stiffly "you said in your messages your were lonely",
"those were private!" she barked feeling her face burn.
"you shouldn't keep secrets" the vampire remarked slyly,
Victoria sighed and ran a hand through her hair "If we talk will you leave?"
"most likely" Alucard replied,
"Well I have questions so I guess we both get something then" she muttered. "First of all, who's Abraham Hellsing? And what did he do? Also who's Dracula, I've heard that before somewhere" she listed off.
"Abraham Hellsing was a vampire hunter during the eighteen-hundreds, and is Integra's relative" Alucard explained patiently, "Dracula is one of the many names I went by, Hellsing captured me to which I remain imprisoned today" he huffed bitterly.
"I read in a journal in the library that he starved you.." She trailed off,
"Does that bother you?" He asked gruffly,
"Well..yeah! Of course, it's inhumane and cruel" she exclaimed angrily. "Why didn't you escape?"
"I was weak, and he would surely track me down, starving is not the worst thing he did.." The vampire recalled absently, "enough of that" he commanded, "what else?"
Sensing she had touched a nerve she wanted to change the subject despite how badly she wanted to know more. "Ah well in the journal, it said that the vampire and human kind of, fight to control the body... But they can occasionally live in harmony, is that true?"
"I've heard of it, but never seen it" he replied thoughtfully, "it seems unlikely to happen in your case".
"Oh" she replied meekly, "I was hoping I wouldn't end up like the man in the journal.." She trailed off,
"You won't" Alucard replied simply half laying on the bed his head against the board,
"Oi who said you could do that?!" She barked,
The vampire ignored her outburst and patted the spot beside him "Come here, it's more comfortable".
"...Any other day I wouldn't, but my backs sore" she huffed lying on the bed with her head and neck resting against the headboard in a similar fashion.
"Excuses" the vampire tisked,
"I will push you off" she threatened.
"I don't think you will" he challenged,
Victoria sighed and looked at her socked feet embarrassed, "any other day red, any other day..."
"I'm sure" he laughed softly before picking up the phone laying beside her, "your one is much nicer than mine" he complained turning it on.
"Let's see it" Victoria demanded shuffling closer, the vampire pulled out the item from one of his many pockets and placed it in her outstretched hand. Looking at the item she flipped it open and begun laughing uncontrollably, "oh my god it's so small!" She giggled comparing it to her own.
"Haven't heard that before" Alucard scowled,
Ignoring his comment she continued laughing "And so old! Sir Integra really skimmed the bottom of the barrel with this one!" She snickered, "this is a disposable phone, for drug dealers".
"Disposable?" He asked,
"Yeah it's meant to be hard to track, so drug dealers use them" she explained turning it on. "Oh my god and you still have the default screensaver!" She howled with laughter.
"Well change it!" He growled,
"To what?" She snickered, "oh wait I've got it" she decided, "you'll get it back in a couple hours" she said slyly.
"Why should I trust you?" He smirked,
"No it'll be funny" she protested, "just trust me okay?"
Alucard nodded softly, "fine"
"Good" she smiled placing the item in her pocket. Meanwhile the vampire was staring at her screen curiously, "what is it?" She asked leaning over to see what he was looking at. "Oh that's my dog" she replied softly,
"He's your screensaver?" He asked curiously.
"he died awhile ago, I haven't been able to have another dog since, I really miss him..." She confessed, "At least I get to see him everyday..." She mumbled.
"You like dogs?" Alucard asked,
"Love them" she replied, Alucard nodded softly an idea coming to mind how he could win her favor. Victoria gently took the phone from his hand and put it back onto the charger before removing her glasses and placing them on the nightstand.
"I wasn't aware you needed glasses" he commented,
"yeah well my eyes aren't good with small detail, it takes the strain off I guess" she shrugged, "its one of the many medical problems I inherited".
"like what?" Alucard asked,
"well lets see, I have the beginnings of arthritis, several vitamin deficiencies, shitty eyesight oh and there's the possibility of me getting dementia, so that's fun" she listed off bitterly.
"sounds like growing old would be a pain" he remarked suggestively,
"yeah I know, its times like this I consi-" Victoria cut herself and shook her head softly.
"what?" the vampire pressed,
"no never mind" she dismissed.
"tell me" he demanded,
"nah" she replied simply, sensing he would get no where continuing this argument he scowled and sunk further into the large pillows. Several minutes of silence later and Victoria yawned, "I'm going to take a nap, out please" she asked crawling under the sheets.
Frowning he refused to move, "why?"
"Because it creepy watching people sleep" she replied obviously,
"Not always" Alucard remarked shortly.
"Don't you have something better to do?" Victoria yawned, pulling the covers up around her "a coffin that lacks a vampire perhaps?"
"It's the evening, I will be awake until six" he explained,
"Oh my god" Victoria groaned rolling over and retrieved the remote from the bed side table before turning it on and throwing it into his lap, "I'm way to tired to argue, just watch tv or something". Alucard grunted a reply before settling down into the pillows and flicking through the channels, several minutes later he sensed Victoria fall into a deep sleep.
XxX
Alucard's eyes were glued to the screen before he heard the shuffling beside him, looking over he saw Victoria stir, and several minutes later she became fully awake letting out a small shriek and falling out of bed. After several seconds on the floor recovering her breath she stood up and clutched her chest tightly, "sorry I'm not used the guy being there when I wake up" she panted. However she was met with a cold stare and frowned, "joking red, joking",
"How did you sleep?" He asked his eyes traveling around her disheveled form. Laughing she attempted to tame her wild hair, "for the first time in ages...fantastic actually" she replied cheerfully, "no nightmares or anything".
"That is good to hear" he replied simply before climbing off the bed, "I've been summoned" he complained, "I will see you later" he stated before pulling his coat, hat and shoes back on and walking out of the room. He was met with Walter in the hallway who gave the vampire a unusual look,
"You were in there for awhile" he remarked surprisingly.
"the better rest was hers" Alucard complained,
Walters eyes widened, "...what did you do" He trailed off suspiciously.
"So quick to come to conclusions" Alucard said slyly, Walter was about to protest when the door behind them opened.
"Oh hey red" she yawned, "Walter glad your here, I'm eating dinner tonight" she announced, however after several seconds of awkward silence she frowned, "what?" She demanded. Looking in the mirror on the adjacent wall she blushed, "thought I fixed that" she muttered attempting to flatten her wild hair. The butler meanwhile gave cold glances to the vampire who was grinning eerily, "better?" The woman asked the two men,
"I preferred it before" Alucard purred. Causing Walter to frown and became increasingly more uncomfortable,
"I will go prepare dinner, how would you like your beef?" He asked the woman.
"hmmm...Rare as you can possibly make it thanks" she requested, the butler nodded and quickly rushed off eager to leave the situation.
XxX
Victoria placed the fork back on her plate gently and licked her bloody lips, "that was amazing!" She sighed happily. Standing up from the small table she was eager to find Seras and see how she went with the earlier drink, figuring she would defiantly be awake by now, the artist headed towards the basement where she knew her room to be. Carefully walking down the dark stone staircase she could barely see her hand infront of her face, that was untill she reached the dimly lit hallway."Seras!" Victoria called, "Seras where are you?" She muttered walking around the basement, looking at her phones clock she frowned, "maybe she went back to bed". In the dim light she saw something walk towards her and she struggled to make out what it was until it was mere feet away, a large dog with a medium length black coat. "A dog!" The squeaked happily sitting on the floor infront of the animal petting it happily, "where did you come from huh?" She cooed scratching the animals ear. In response it made a unusual purring noise and licked her hand, causing her to giggle and pet the animals head. "Integra never told me she had a dog.." She trailed off thoughtfully, however before she could consider it too long, the dog licked her cheek and wagged it's tail happily. Victoria smiled genuinely for the first time in ages and was content with sitting on the floor and playing with the animal for several minutes before she remembered her purpose, "have you seen Seras?" She asked the dog hopefully. It huffed and stopped wagging it's tail, "no?" She supplied, "alright... I'll give up for now, she's probably out anyway" Victoria sighed. Standing up she brushed off her clothes and looked down at the dog, "a basements no place for a dog" she muttered, "come on boy!" She sung encouraging the dog to follow. In response it let out soft bark and eagerly followed the woman up the stairs, looking down at the dog she immediately went back down to continuously pat and scratch the animal, "your so cute!" She squeaked. After several more continuous minutes of the woman coddling the animal she yawned and stood up tiredly, "where's your bed?" She asked the dog, to which he stared at her blankly. "Bed?" She repeated, again the animal remained motionless, sighing she let a mischievous smile creep onto her face. "Integra won't care if you sleep on my bed will she?" Victoria wondered aloud before checking the hallways for anyone, "want to come with me?" She whispered. The dog wagged it's tail and followed close behind her, after several minutes the pair reached her room and while she got changed the dog made itself comfortable on her bed. Climbing into bed she flicked the tv on while simoustainously petting the dog beside her, an hour later and her eyes drew heavy and she turned it off. Climbing under the sheets she noticed the dog attempting to lift the sheets with it's snout, laughing she lifted up the fabric enabling the dog to crawl underneath them. "Goodnight" she yawned before turning off the light, blanketing the room in pitch darkness.
XxX
Alucard awoke and carefully removed Victoria's arm that was loosely lain across his form, and he glanced over his shoulder to see Victoria's still sleeping form beside him, yawning he carefully climbed out of the bed pulled the sheets back over her cold body. Looking out the large window he saw the sun peaking over the hills, a sight he was unfamiliar to seeing. The vampire was surprised to say the least when she invited him to sleep with her, 'however it wasn't actually me' he thought frowning, thinking that if he wasn't in the form the outcome would've be different. Looking over once more he saw Victoria laying on her side, her arm outstretched where he laid earlier. Knowing she would be asleep for several more hours at least he contemplated on whether he could get away with returning to the bed, but eventually decided against it, knowing the consequences of being caught were worse than the reward. Sighing he quietly walked out of the cold room and shut the door behind him, returning to his lonely room in the dungeon. Hours later and Victoria begun to stir, the first thing she noticed was the absence of the dog, frowning she thought little of it prepared for the day.
XxX
Walking down the hall Victoria spotted Seras lugging several large cases, "Seras!" She called gaining the woman's attention.
"Oh uh hey Victoria!" She called back attempting to balance the stack of cases on one another, rushing over the artist offered her help and was handed several cases.
"Aren't you supposed to be like super strong?" Victoria joked at feeling the light weight of the cases,
"Ah yeah, but they are just awkward to carry I guess" she laughed. Nodding Victoria followed Seras down several halls until they reached the desired room where the pair dumped the cases onto the table.
"I was looking for you last night" Victoria recalled, "where were you?"
"Oh Integra had me patrolling with some of the geese last night" she paled,
Suddenly a wide eery grin split Victoria's face, "speaking of the geese... I know who likes you~!" She taunted childishly.
Immediately Seras face turned a dark red, "who?" She asked quietly,
"I'm not telling~" the artist sung.
"Oh come on Victoria" she sighed, "just tell me, please?" The fledgling begged,
"Hmmm nah, maybe later, I have to talk to him first" she explained snickering, "see if he's right for you".
Seras sighed in defeat "alright but will you after that?"
"hmmm, maybe~" she sung,
"you better" she threatened, "and your in a really good mood today" the blonde observed.
"I slept amazingly last night, which was a nice change" she shrugged, "oh, and there was this dog.." she recalled, "oh! the dog! have you seen a dog around here? like black coat, about this big" she described gesturing its height with her hands.
"dog? there's no dog here" she replied thoughtfully, "unless.. oh no"
Victoria frowned, "oh no? oh no what?"
"well master can do this thing, where he well... kinda... shape-shifts into a...dog" she explained reluctantly,
"oh my god!" Victoria screeched, "how dare he?!" she growled, "so embarrassing" she huffed.
"embarrassing? we've all been tricked by it before, please don't get too mad at him" Seras reasoned,
"oh my god I let him sleep in my bed!" she huffed angrily ignoring the blondes comment.
The fledgling's face reddened and she frowned, "oh uh, well he's in his room, so maybe talk to him?"
"oh you bet I will" she huffed, "but before that I gotta do something, come'ere" she muttered pulling out the vampires phone from her pocket.
XxX
Knocking on the large metal door she waited several seconds for a reply, but heard none, scowling she pushed open the door and from the weak light provided she saw the vampire sitting in the chair boredly.
"come to visit me dear?" he called condescendingly,
"you wish" Victoria snorted, "I came to yell at you".
"Its nice to see you have hobbies" Alucard sighed,
"you embarrassed me! I called you cute! I let you sleep in my bed!" she listed off angrily.
"you invited me in there" he reminded,
"because I thought you were a dog!" she growled.
Alucard's face split into a toothy grin "convincing wasn't I?"
"well ya fooled me!" Victoria huffed, "why would you trick me that way red?" she sighed hurt in her voice,
"I was intending for it to be a nice gesture, Im not sure why you're upset" he commented genuinely confused.
"because I don't like being tricked! And it was embarrassing!" the artist yelled, but felt the anger she once had leave her system, "wait.. was this because I said I missed my dog?"
Sighing the vampire stood up from his throne and calmly walked over to the confused woman, "yes" he replied simply,
"so you did something nice, without being ordered?" Victoria asked.
"indeed, it was of my own intent. However it seems it didn't have the effect I was planning" he muttered,
she frowned and felt guilty for getting upset at the man for something he did to cheer her up, "no...I just..don't like being tricked" she sighed, "it was nice, I had fun".
"your upset" he noted,
"well yeah, because I thought it was a mean trick you were playing, but I know that it wasn't now, so im sorry I guess.." she trailed off feeling her cheeks redden again,
"likewise" Alucard replied.
"just let me know next time okay?" Victoria sighed,
he smirked and laughed softly, "next time?"
"yeah well, like I said it was nice.." she trailed off feeling her whole face turn red and was thankful that the darkness hid the blush.
"i'll be sure to give you notice" he stated,
she avoided eye contact and nodded awkwardly before reaching into her pocket and pulling out the vampire's phone, "this is yours" she stated handing him the device.
observing the object in his hand he frowned, "it looks the same",
"open it dingus" she laughed. Alucard looked at her skeptically before opening the device, the digital screen illuminating the area around them. "well what do you think?" she asked hopefully. The background consisted of and image of Seras and Victoria standing next to each other while the blonde stuck out her tongue and Victoria held her middle finger up to the camera playfully,
"you've captured your personality well" he remarked amused.
"glad you like it" Victoria beamed,
The vampire smirked "never said I liked it"
the woman shook her head and snickered "ah but I know you do" she replied. "Anyway i'll see ya around red" she called walking out dungeon room carelessly and slamming the door behind her. leaving the man to wonder if she was actually still upset or not, looking the screensaver a final time he laughed softly before placing the item back into his pocket, noting that he should extra care not to break his phone this time.