Firstly, i'd like to apologize for being trash and taking so long to update, with the 'holiday season' going on i've been given tons of extra shifts at work and therefore not had a lot of time to write, so thank you for being patient :V
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The vampiress sat on the edge of the windowsill letting her leg hang off the edge freely, the cool air washing over her body in a refreshing manor. The sun was just rising and she watched on dreamily as the light slowly washed over the buildings below, "You know, it was rather kind of Integra to let me out" she noted casually.
"She only wanted Katja in there not you" Alucard replied shortly,
A smile pulled at the woman's lips, "of course, a wise choice".
"Indeed. You appear to be surprisingly well considering what happened" he remarked suddenly,
She gave him a puzzled expression before a soft smile pulled at her lips, "Hm, yes well I should hope so"
Climbing down from the window she collapsed onto her own large bed, "ah I've missed this bed!" She sighed.
Alucard nodded shortly in reply before quickly shutting the curtains as the suns light begun to penetrate the room, "is that all?"
"Are you asking if I've missed you?" She snickered sitting up slowly, "of course I have!" The woman replied. "Very, very, very much".
"Really...how much" The vampire asked slyly,
"Enough to forgive you" she deadpanned,
Alucard's grin faded and was replaced with a confused stare ,"Forgive me of what exactly?"
She quickly snapped her mouth shut and cursed mentally, "uh for... Um..." She trailed off searching for a memory. "Stealing my blood pouches!" She quipped, "very rude of you dear" she teased.
The vampires nodded slowly in understanding, but his face remained stern, "I'm sure they will be replaced".
"Uh yes I suppose" she laughed nervously in reply, now fiddling with her hair anxiously. "we should drop this subject, the sun has risen and I am tired, let us retire".
"You go ahead, I have something to attend to first" he replied absently,
The vampiress hummed in reply climbing under the sheets and retiring in their comfort. Closing her eyes she still felt the blank stare of Alucard upon on, cursing her mess up she mulled over her options.
XxX
Seras sat hunched in her chair, staring into the depths of her hot chocolate. The cafe atmosphere was as quiet and calm as always, making her feel out of place with her muddled chaotic thoughts.
"Somezing on your mind?" Pip quipped continuing to dump sugar into his coffee,
After hesitation Seras looked up from her drink and stared at the man tiredly. "Well.. yes..can you keep a secret?" She whispered,
"Of course! What iz it?" He grinned eagerly leaning across the table.
The fledgling scowled and pushed her drink to the side, "it's about Victoria".
Pips grin fell and he sighed, "oh, yeah? what about 'er?" He replied flatly,
The blonde ignored his disappointment and leant back in her chair, "well... To be honest... I don't think it's her, she's so...different".
Pip burst out in a fit of laughter, "what do you mean not 'er?!" He snorted,
"I mean.." Seras begun sternly, "her behaviors are way too... out of character".
"Well she could have brain damage" the mercenary snickered, "I mean it's pos-",
"Can you be serious for one minute!" Seras barked standing from her seat suddenly. "She's my best friend and I'm worried about her! You might not like her but I do!"
He stopped laughing immediately and snapped his mouth shut sinking back into his chair in shame. Meanwhile the rest of the cafe had their puzzled stares fixed on the couple and the chatter and clicking of plates usual of the scene fell silent,
"Sorry...go on" he replied meekly eyeing the other customers in embarrassment.
Seras nodded shortly and sat down hurriedly, "thank you" she huffed. "As I was saying... She's acting weird... I don't think it's her" she admitted.
"Surely Alucard would have noticed" Pip scoffed, "he was pretty excited when she woke up, do you want to be za one to tell 'em?"
"That's the thing" Seras cut in, "I suppose he's so caught up in the excitement he hasn't taken the time to check it's actually her!"
Pip nodded solemnly, "well I suppose it's hard for zhem to have a conversation, always... "
"Yes yes I know" Seras chirped feeling her face flush.
"Seems everywhere you go in the mansion zey are zhere!" Pip sighed, "always...".
"Uh yes...but that's something else.. Victoria told me she didn't like him that way" the blonde replied quickly. "And she certainly wouldn't act that way in public".
"Well people change, she's been through a lot, maybe zhis is just her now?"
Seras frowned and pulled the drink back in front of her, feeling alone in her suspicions she didn't want to talk about it anymore. "Yeah, okay... Forget I brought it up" she sighed.
"Alright" Pip replied casually, "now, what movie did you want to see?"
Seras shrugged a replied and looked at her image in the drink once again, even it reflected her blank stare and concerned expression. 'I'll prove it to everyone' she promised, 'that's not my friend...'
XxX
Integra continuously flicked through the book in front of her, frowning deeply she quickly snapped in shut and threw it into the growing pile beside her. "Hopeless" she sighed, "not another scrap of information anywhere".
Seras shuffled awkwardly and waited for the woman to pay attention to her, "uh, Sir?" She begun timidly,
"Yes, what is it" Integra sighed discarding another book, "I'm very busy right now".
"Yes... yes I know of course" the fledgling paled, "but it's important, and I wanted to talk to you about it..now please".
Sighing loudly the woman looked up from the papers infront of her and glared at the girl, "Seras" she begun lowly, "we are on the verge of a war with hybrid vampire Nazi's, I have a freshly made ancient vampire reincarnate running about, a severe lack of information on said vampire, and now, you bothering me".
Seras felt her cheeks flush heavily and hung her head in shame, "sorry Sir, I'll come back later".
"Fine" Integra snapped burying herself in the books and paperwork once again. Seras then silently left the room, making sure to shut the door quietly and avoid her wrath again.
"Is she still as irritable?" Walter asked calmly,
Jumping at his voice the blonde spun around on her heels and was relieved to see the butler. "Yes, she's very upset, I think all this work is getting to her" she confessed.
"Ah I see, I suppose now is not the time to bring in her dinner" the butler sighed gesturing to the cart beside him,
Seras nodded shortly, "well, as long as your not busy then, can I talk to you about something?"
Walter smiled kindly and motioned to the nearby sitting room, "of course Seras".
Relieved someone would finally listen to her she walked hurriedly in the room and sat down eagerly, "well it's about Victoria" she begun in a hurried low whisper.
The butler crossed his legs and nodded knowingly, "yes, there is an issue I agree",
"Ah finally someone agrees with me!" She chirped.
"Well how could I not?" He asked, "I've caught her in...awkward situations several times".
Seras's grin fell and she frowned, "no! This isn't about her and Alucard's relationship!" She huffed.
"Her and Alucard?" He begun unsurely, "no I was sure it was one of the geese..."
The fledglings eyes widened and she gasped in surprise, she now knew that this women defiantly wasn't Victoria. "Walter...that's not Victoria, she wouldn't..." she whispered,
"Preposterous, I saw her painting just the other day. She seemed back to her cheerful old self" he smiled, "to be truthful, I am glad she is back, Katja is rather...unpleasant".
Ignoring his comment she let herself frown deeply, "no..it's defiantly not her...why does no one believe me?"
Walter gave a slow nod and placed a comforting hand on the woman's shoulder, "listen Seras, you've grown very close to Victoria, and now, that she's in a relationship she's less available, it's possible you're just upset because you feel as if she has been stolen from you".
"I-I what?" Seras gaped, "n-no! That's not it! Your not listening!"
"No, I have been" Walter muttered, "and I can see that your obviously upset that you don't have her all to yourself, and that is okay Seras, it is normal for your age" he reassured.
Seras wanted to scream, 'why will no one listen! Is this some joke to everyone!' She thought. Sensing that she would get no where with the butler she sighed in defeat, "yes, you're right".
He nodded in reply and stood up slowly, "I'm glad I could help, I would also recommend you talk to her" he advised.
'Finally, some good advice' she noted. "Yeah, I'll do that, thanks" she sighed.
"Anytime" he smiled kindly before leaving to continue with dinner.
Meanwhile the fledgling buried her head in her hands and let out a short frustrated huff, 'this is ridiculous' she thought angrily, 'I have to do this myself then'.
XxX
She felt her eyes flicker open just as the sun was beginning to set and the sky had been dyed a beautiful mixture of pinks, purples and oranges. A small smile pulled at her lips as eyed the sky in awe, but it didn't last long before a scowl appeared on her face. The man beside her shifted in sleep and tightened his grip on her torso, grunting in annoyance she pulled his arm off hurriedly, finding herself to be irritated with his increasing clingyness.
Pulling a shirt on over her head she eagerly climbed out of bed and pulled open the curtains to fully expose the sunset.
Alucard cracked open an eye and stared at the window with disdain "Close it" he growled tiredly.
Frowning she reluctantly snapped shut the curtains and sat on the edge of the bed, "you are no fun, you know that? Never allowed me to do anything".
the vampire grunted and allowed himself to sit up, "no fun hmm? never allow you to do anything?" He replied slyly,
The vampiress continued to stare out the window watching the sky progressively darken, "I'm just saying you have changed I su-", stopping she felt something soft and heavy land on her thigh. quickly turning to look at the face of a black dog with crimson eyes.
Wagging it's tail lazily expecting a pleased reaction from the woman, his face fell when she let out a shriek and quickly scrambled away from the beast. "G-get away from me!" She growled.
The dog snarled briefly and quickly reverted to human form, "You now have a hatred of dogs?" He asked irritably.
Realizing her mistake it felt as if thee world had frozen and her heart skipped a beat. 'i've made too many mistakes, i'm getting too comfortable' she noted. Quickly plastering a false smile on her face, she laughed, "I was joking! don't you get it?" She asked panic lacing her voice, "you just surprised me!".
The vampires face fell to it's normal stoic expression and he eyed her suspiciously, "no, I do not.. get it".
"ah just feeling a little bit tired, I will go get some fresh air" she squeaked quickly pulling on her robe and throwing the blanket away from her side of the bed. "I'm going out" she piped quickly escaping the situation.
XxX
Slamming the door behind her the woman made no attempt to be quiet, no caring for his tendency to sleep in. Walking down the corridor she hurriedly walked past the various rooms until Seras called for her,
"Victoria! Victoria can I talk to you please?" Seras sighed looking at the women with a pleading expression.
The vampiress clicked her teeth together in annoyance not bothering to hasten her pace, "not now sarah! I am not in the mood for you!" She barked.
Seras felt another pang in her chest and immediately stopped following the woman, instead choosing to let her disappear down the hall, feeling tears cloud her eyes she let out a shuttering exhale. "Its Seras" she whispered, "Seras".
XxX
Finally reaching her destination the woman flung open the balcony doors and collapsed onto the chair beside the small table. Burying her head in her hands she could feel the pressure that had been persisting over the past few days becoming unbearable, the barrier between the two personalities blurring. Grinding her teeth together she let out a shuttering sob and hastily tried to wipe away the steady trail of red tears. Feeling her mind fade slowly into unconsciousness she slumped over onto the table and let her vision fade to black.
Upon opening her eyes, the vampiress was met with the cold stare of Victoria, hurriedly sitting up in the wooden chair she attempted to return the stare, but turned away in shame.
"Whats wrong Katja?" Victoria asked coldly,
"Oh Victoria" Katja huffed, "what do you want?"
"You've suppressed me for awhile, but I've been able to see everything you've been doing" she hissed, "and you've been very very bad".
"It is just a bit of fun" Katja reasoned, "we, nor anyone else got hurt",
"But that's where you're wrong, you almost bit Walter, you've been cheating on Alucard and that solider, and neglecting Seras. You are doing a bad job of playing me" she spat digging her nails into the chair.
"Amusing how no one can tell the difference" Katja grinned, "not even Alucard is any the wiser".
"because he wants the physical form, I'm sure he could care less about the mind" Victoria barked, "and honestly, the two of you, you must find another hobby, it's disgusting".
Katja frowned and sunk into the chair, "well, he seemed much more content when he thought you had returned-"
"Katja that was a cruel trick, you shouldn't play with someone's emotions that way, especially to get him to love you again" Victoria replied sternly, "besides, he would have found out eventually, what where you hoping for? That he would accept you anyway?.
"He would have forgotten about you by then" She snorted, "but yes, it was rather cruel I suppose, but I did get my, what do you say? Ah karma! he is far too clingy, I never get a moment alone".
Victoria nodded slowly, "well we shared memories, you should've foreseen this",
"Yes, well I didn't expect it to this degree, I do not want him now" she confessed, "I've had my fun, I wish to rest for awhile" she admitted.
"Hmm real life too tough for you? Giving up already?" She taunted, "I thought you would never give up".
"You have only just regained the power to awaken yourself Victoria, I will return, but for now, I think I will leave you to clean up my mess" she grinned.
"You truly are a cruel woman" Victoria noted, "but as long as I get my revenge, I don't care" she admitted.
"Hm I thought so" Katja replied shortly looking around the room to see it now consisted of many filled easels and sketches covering the wall. The decaying chairs replaced with wooden outdoor chairs along with a crude milk crate table.
"My old art room" Victoria announced, "your room is from your castle, the...sitting room" she recalled.
"Yes, it was where I spent a majority of my days" she sighed, "you saw?"
"We shared all major memories" Victoria reminded, "your life has been very interesting".
"I should hope so" Katja scoffed, "but enough of this, someone is approaching, hurry up and switch with me".
Victoria nodded shortly before walking over to the woman, "now I have to fix your fuck ups" she growled, "thank me later".
XxX
"Miss Victoria?" Walters voice called worryingly, after no response from the unconscious woman he quickly rushed to her side, "Victoria are you alright?" He asked again gently shaking her. Still after no response his worried expression turned to panicked one, "hold on I'll fetch Alucard" he quipped rushing off.
From within the dark depths of her mind the woman could hear the distant calling of the man, finally finding the connection to reality she forced open her eyes and took a large unnecessary gulp of air. Not yet having enough strength to lift her head off the table, she was just able to make out the man rushing away. Victoria attempted to lift her arm but found her whole body to be weak from fatigue, 'whats happening?' She thought in panic.
'I must apologize, it seemed me being in your body for so long has caused some...fatigue' Katja sighed, 'just, how do you say? Walk it off?'
Groaning Victoria gathered all her strength and was slowly able to sit upright, observing her surroundings she barely remembered Katja bringing them here. "Go away" she hissed through clenched teeth,
'Fine' Katja snorted, 'but soon you'll be begging for me back'. After that the static and woman's voice in her mind silenced, causing another breath of relief.
Blinking slowly she ran her tongue over the sharp canines, "no more food, being awake during the day, alcohol, or normal life... Or Alex" she muttered listing off the changes. At the thought of her friend her chest tightened significantly, "it'll be worth it" she reassured, remembering her promise for revenge. Caught up in her gloomy thoughts she jumped at Walter and Alucard racing through the door,
"I thought you said she was unconscious Walter" Alucard asked irratibly, "I was in the middle of something".
"No no no she was!" He defended eyeing the woman with curiosity, to which she gave a blank stare. "Weren't you?" He asked,
Victoria shrugged meekly, "I..don't know? Maybe"
Alucard raised a brow at her raspy voice, "your voice.." He trailed off examining her,
She attempted to clear her throat but found it sore and parched, "she faked it pretty good huh, even swapped the accent" she replied cynically, "you couldn't even remember how it sounded, her attempt was awful".
Both men widened their eyes at the realization that they had been tricked, Walter who was the first to speak let the words tumble from his mouth freely, "she tricked us? Katja was pretending to be you? This whole time?" He asked is disbelief,
"Yes" she hissed, "I apologise I couldn't stop her, she has done some awful things".
"How can we be sure we aren't being tricked again" Alucard spoke up coldly, staring at her with what resembled anger.
"Im a bit angry you couldn't tell Alucard, it seemed what she had told me was true" Victoria hissed, "why was everyone so easily tricked?! Did none of you bother to try and know me?"
Walter looked down in shame but offered no excuse, meanwhile Alucard continued to have a stern expression on his face, presumably still unconvinced. However at Victoria's words it shame crossed into his expression.
"God I wished I had died on the dirty club floor next to Alex, if this is how I'm treated and thought of around here" she sniffed letting the tears that clouded her eyes cascade down her cheeks.
"Oh Victoria you don't mean that" Walter offered softly, "I near saw much of her, much less interacted with her".
"Don't try to save yourself" the vampiress barked, "it was three weeks, three whole fucking weeks and you guys had no clue...Did you all think so low of me that you didn't question her actions?" Slowly and shakily standing from the table. Leaning heavily on the banister for support she made her way to the mansion, "if anyone plans on trying to make amends with me right now, fucking don't, I'm not in the mood!" She hissed slowly making her way to her room.
Walter and Alucard stood in stunned silence, Walter thought to ask the vampire about the situation but he could practically hear his teeth grinding and decided against it.
"How dare she..." Alucard snarled,
Walter frowned "Who Victoria? Be kind to her Alucard she's been through a-"
"No" he cut off the butler, "Katja, how dare she" he spat, "still attempting to trick me".
Walter opened his mouth to argue with the vampire, or to comfort him, but decided against his words and snapped it shut. What could be even said in this situation, there were no comforting words as far as he was concerned.
XxX
Victoria dived onto the plush bed and buried her head into the pillow, let going out a long satisfying scream, something she hadn't done since she was a teenager. However after her dry throat forced out the scream, dry heavy sobs escaped from her chest, while tears spilled from her eyes and moistened the pillow.
"I hate you Katja! I fucking hate you!" She screamed into the pillow, "you've ruined my life!"
To her surprise Katja remained silent, although it ended up making the woman feel more alone since it was her that had pushed all her friends away.
After several minutes of heavy sobbing she rolled over and was shocked when she saw her tears a dark red stain on the pillow, "I'm a monster" she sobbed. Before burying her face into the clean pillow beside her, only to find out that it retained Alucard's scent, 'what have we done' she thought wiping her eyes lazily. Inhaling the scent she could now pick up every different component, although gunpowder, dirt and pine stood out the most, she could remember Katja's memories of their time together and guilt weighed down her mind.
While her head remained buried in the soft cotton of the pillows, she didn't notice Alucard enter the room, until the bed dipped beside her. Choosing to remain motionless she hoped they would think her asleep and leave her alone, however the vampire chose to gently shake her awake.
Victoria offered a growl and rolled away from him, "go away" she sniffed,
"I don't believe you Katja" he explained lowly, "bring Victoria back now". She didn't miss the slight anger in his tone and thought it rather unfair he was angry with her, when it was he she was infuriated by.
"She's resting, it's just me" she spat, "now go away",
"No, bring her out" he demanded.
"It's me you idiot" She barked suddenly sitting up, "I can see everything she does and did, I'm sorry she hurt you but you've hurt me too".
"How?" He snarled glaring at hers,"you have tricked me for sympathy once, what's not to say you'll do it again?!"
Victoria tried to meet his stare but couldn't bare to look at his crimson eyes, they bought up too many bad memories for her liking, instead she chose to look at her balled up hands shyly. "I couldn't stop her...she used my body...we had a deal but..I screamed at her, tried to make her stop. She tricked me, she promised to be responsible".
Alucard noted her avoiding gaze and sneered, under the impression she couldn't look him in the eyes after what had happened. "You're lying, Katja stop this immediately"
Victoria dug her nails into her palm and felt the tears cloud her eyes once again, "Alucard it's me, I swear, I, everything that we did...it was her... I-I don't feel that way" she stammered quickly wiping her eyes.
"Lies" he hissed now standing over her threateningly, "Katja...bring out Victoria or I will hurt you",
The artist quickly scrambled away from him and glanced at his face which was distorted with anger, "I'm sorry, but it wasn't me" she protested, "please, leave me alone".
"Not untill I talk to her!" He barked suddenly grabbing the woman's wrist and yanking her to her feet, however he overestimated her weight and the woman fell to the floor.
The vampire let out a frustrated huff before pulling her to her feet by her other wrist roughly,
Victoria let out a started gasp before struggling against his grip, "please let me go!" She squeaked. "This isn't you, please stop!" She cried desperately trying to pull away,
"No!" He snarled pulling the woman closer while increasing the grip and forcing her to look at him. Victoria avoided his harsh glare as much as possible and continuously raked her nails down his arms trying to break free. "Look at me whore!" He snarled grabbing the woman's jaw and roughly turning her head to face him. However her once red eyes were now their usual dark colour with a thin ring of crimson on the outside, they were filled with betrayal and red tears streamed down her cheeks, while her lip trembled in fear.
Alucard examined her eyes with confusion before quickly releasing her from his grip, his mouth parted in shock while Victoria quickly brought her wrist to her chest, feeling the bones inside heal. "Victoria..I'm-" he begun in an apologetic tone,
"GO!" She hissed, "don't come near me again!" She hiccuped scrambling away from the man. "I hate you!"
Alucard felt a painful throb in his chest, and looked at the terrified woman in horror, "I'm sorry" he frowned. Walking towards the woman slowly, as if approaching a startled animal, however she took several steps back for his every step forward.
"GO AWAY!" She snarled, "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Victoria, I didn't mean to, I thought you were Katja.." He explained in a soft but hurt tone,
The woman looked down at her arm which remained painful and bruised, "you've never hurt me before now..."
Ignoring her comment he continued to inch his way forward offering apologies and comforting sincerities, however as soon as Victoria's back hit the wall behind her, her dark eyes grew wide and she desperately looked around for an exit.
Alucard saw her eye the door and swiftly moved to block her path, "let me talk" he begged,
As the space between them closed Victoria's senses searched for any escape, paralyzed in fear she heard Walter striding down the hall outside. As soon as Alucard placed his gloved hand on her arm she let out a scream, "WALTER! WALTER HELP!"
Shortly after the door burst open and the butler rushed into the room, "Victoria what is it?!"
"Get him away from me!" She begged pushing against the vampire with her good arm, "make him leave!"
Walter looked at Alucard in confusion who merely sighed and backed away from the woman, "it's fine I'll go" he replied in a gravelly tone.
As soon as the vampire left Victoria ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her, the butler could hear the soft sobs of the woman outside.
"Whats wrong Victoria?" He asked softly knocking on the door,
"I-I don't want to talk about it yet" she wept, "just please keep him away".
The butler frowned but accepted the request regardless, "I will do my best",
"Thank you" she sniffed.
XxX
Seras took a deep breath and knocked lightly on the door, a pile of letters under her arm and a blood pouch in the other. She didn't know why Integra assigned her this task, but all she knew was Victoria was back and forbade Alucard from coming near her.
After three more successive knocks and door slowly opened to reveal Victoria laying on her bed reading a book in the darkness.
"Hi Victoria, I'm glad you're back" Seras confessed walking over to the woman,
"Seras" she begun in an apologetic tone, "im sorry she ignored you and was so mean".
the blonde smiled, "thank you, but it wasn't you, it's her I hate",
"Walter tells me that you were the only person who suspected Katja was pretending to be me" Victoria recalled. "You were right, thank you Seras, you were the only one who noticed".
"Well it was obvious" she blurted out before biting her tounge, realising that it was a sensitive subject. "Ah..um...anyway we had your mail address changed" she explained dumping the letters beside her.
"Thanks" she smiled putting down the book and sifting through the letters, opening each and looking at the contents boredly.
After a heavy silence Seras cleared her throat and looked at the wound on the woman's wrist, "did...master do that to you?" She asked softly.
Looking up from a letter she nodded slowly, "Yesterday when I properly awoke he didn't believe it was actually me, he thought hurting me would get 'Katja' to confess" she explained cooly.
The fledgling let her mouth hang open but struggled to find the right words, "oh Victoria I'm sorry, he's a jerk sometimes".
Ripping open another letter violently she snorted, "ha sometimes? He's a psychopath".
Seras ignored her comment and instead chose to change the subject, "so what'd you get?"
"Mostly bills and junk mail" she explained boredly flicking through the envelopes, "oh my exam results!" She exclaimed quickly tearing open the paper and pulling open the letter.
"And?" Seras asked excitedly,
"Sixty eight percent" she frowned.
Seeing her scowl Seras let out a sigh, "oh well that's still a good score" she mumbled,
"No it's shit" Victoria protested throwing the paper aside, "fucking Alucard distracted me every time I studied" she cursed.
"Oh..uh" she mumbled, "well it's okay because you work here anyway" she reminded the woman cheerfully.
"I think Integra may need a new medic" Victoria sighed,
"Why? Don't you like it anymore?" Seras cried, "you were so good!"
"Thank you, but there is an issue..." she trailed off, "I don't think she will let me be around wounded bloody soldiers anymore".
"Wait wh-" the blonde cut herself off, "oh, because you're a vampire now" she sighed.
"Mhmm, so I'm not sure where I sit here" she admitted, "I should ask her about it".
"We can go later if you want" Seras offered before picking up a peach colored envelope that had fallen onto the floor, "oh you missed one" she remarked handing her the letter.
Victoria tore open the letter and quickly scanned the contents, "it's from Alex's parents" she muttered.
"Oh" is all Seras could say, "uh, what is it?"
"I missed the funeral because of the coma, but they invited me to bury the ashes" Victoria mumbled, "it's tomorrow".
"Are you going?" Seras asked softly,
"Of course" the artist let out a shuttering sigh, "can you come with me please?"
Seras gave her a kind reassuring smile, "of course".
XxX
After several hours of chatting with the blonde Victoria remembered the blood pouch beside her, quickly tearing the top off she sipped the contents lazily. Seras who was in the middle of recalling her date with Pip, froze and suddenly looked away awkwardly,
"oh shit i'm sorry" Victoria cursed quickly finishing the contents and throwing the empty bag aside, "it probably makes you uncomfortable huh".
"a little" Seras confessed, "it's stupid I know its just...I don't know.."
"no no, it's okay" Victoria quickly supplied, "I understand".
Seras nodded gratefully and smiled, "thank you, i'm getting better but... i'm not at that level yet I suppose. How do you do it?"
"ah well the taste isn't all the bad, plus if you chug it quickly and don't think about it much, it just tastes like you licked a coin or something" she shrugged letting out a small laugh.
"well, it's something to try," Seras replied, "oh that reminds me, there has been an incident".
"hm? what kind? is it to do with the upcoming War I know nothing about?" she asked cynically, "because I figure now I may be a large part of it".
the blonde gave a hesitant nod, "yes, we think you might be. But recently the vampire know as Rip Van Winkle has commandeered a large warship, she has also filled it with freak vampires" she explained anxiously.
"hm remind me to ask Integra about where I sit with the war" the artist noted, "and she is confined to the ship yes? I recall someone telling me Vampires can't cross oceans without a plane or boat".
"well yes, that's true, but Sir Integra is planning on sending Master out to take out everyone aboard, but along with the issue of the their firepower, he will be stuck until the boat docks" Seras explained,
"pfft sounds fine with me" Victoria snorted before seeing Sera's worried expression, "oh sorry... but surely there's a way, a jet or something?"
Seras perked up immediately and nodded enthusiastically "huh, that might work, i'll talk to her about it",
"well anyway, when is he scheduled to leave?" she asked casually,
"it happened late yesterday, so as soon as possible I suppose, Integra is in the meeting now so once they find a way to get him there he will leave" Seras replied.
Victoria frowned at the realization that she truly had no idea what was happening, "ah I see, how long will he be gone?"
"a few days I think he said" the fledgling recalled, "but It depends on how long the ship ride takes".
The woman frowned and found herself filled with concern for the man, not that she was willing to show it, "do you think he could be killed?"
"I can't say for sure, but he has survived some really terrible things" Seras sighed, "are you worried about him?"
"no, defiantly not" Victoria lied, "you're right, he'll be fine".