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Alucard's POV:
I phased back to my room, deep scowl seated on my face. Integra's order just now had to be the hardest one to stomach in all my years as her servant, if only because of its sheer stupid futility. I wasn't INFLUENCING her; I was just talking to her, finding out about my future master. That wasn't influencing, that was being curious. Besides, Flora had been coming to me. It wasn't fair.
Flora's POV:
I sneezed, my eyes watering. I had FINALLY shaken off my chill, but I still had a bit of a cold. I was sipping some tea Walter had made for me, sitting at the computer and listening to Vocaloid. Alucard hadn't shown up all day today and yesterday, and I was kinda worried. I shook my head rapidly. I needed some sunshine and fresh air to clear the cobwebs from my head. I changed into some outdoor clothes and scampered out, heading for my oak tree. I draped myself across the huge branch at the top, panting a little from my lack of practice. I felt better though, sleepily blinking my eyes and yawning. The mercenaries were shooting at things in their target field, but the gun sounds were muted by the time they got all the way up here. I shimmed along the branch and picked some acorns, edging back to my spot and waiting.
I snoozed a little in the sun, but was still on guard enough to hear someone walking down the path. I perked up, seeing Seras. I grinned, picking up an acorn. I tossed it just behind her, and she jumped and spun, confirming my theory that vampires had superior reflexes and hearing. My giggles were cut off by a huge explosion from her giant cannon she carried on her shoulder, and I fell down a few branches, finally ending up upside-down from a particularly exposed branch. "That was awesome!" I shouted, waving my hands in the air and giggling as the smell of burned leaves wafted towards me. She looked up. "Oh I'm so sorry! Did I knock you out of the tree?!" She squealed, covering her mouth with her hands. "Well, since my knees are currently protesting this position and I haven't hit terra firma, I'd say you're in the clear." I said, swinging myself back and forth experimentally. "I'll go get help!" she shouted, dashing away. "Hey wait! I like this!" I called after her, but she was already out of range. I sighed, stretching out my hands and picking some acorns to throw at her when she came back.
Alucard's POV:
I was dozing in my coffin when Police Girl burst in, waving her arms. "Flora's stuck in a tree!" she wailed, looking panicked. I sighed, phasing out. "You couldn't get her down yourself?" I asked her tartly, putting my glasses on. "Well, I kinda forgot about being a vampire and went to get help." she said sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head. I shook my head sadly, phasing to the tree she specified. She skidded to a halt a few meters away, still not getting the placing right. "Oh hell no!" a voice shouted, and something small and hard hit the brim of my hat. I looked up to see a very angry and upside-down Flora, aiming another acorn at me. "Let's be reasonable." I said smoothly, and it hit my chest. "I'm not coming down and that's that! Sera fired off one of the coolest explosions I've ever seen, no way am I going to take the blame for it." I raised an eyebrow. "Explosion?" I chuckled, smirking at Police Girl. "I pulled the acorn bit on her and she freaked. Since adults mostly associate "cool" with "extreme property damage", I'm not coming down. This position is fun anyway. I can see bright blue spots!" she cackled, and I sighed.
"You might fall." She stopped cackling and threw another acorn, this time at Police Girl. "I already did, and since I'm still in the tree, haha to you." She said, the acorn hitting Police Girl in the nose. "Please? You really might fall." Police Girl said, rubbing her nose. "I'll make sure I fall on one of you two. Problem solved." Flora retorted, folding her arms and sticking her tongue out at us. I sighed. "Get down here before I MAKE you." I growled and she blinked, a smirk emerging on her face. "Fine." she said, casually letting her legs relax and plummeting to the ground. I caught her inches from a gruesome death, scowling. "See? I'm fine." she said, dusting herself off. "Not when I'm done with you." I snarled, my heart thudding in my chest. "Bring it Vampy." she challenged, taking on a defensive posture in my arms. Police Girl giggled, and I realized I was still holding Flora. I dropped her, letting her scuffle around on the ground before standing up, scowling. "Jerk." she spat, facing off with me. "Reckless teen." I shot back.
"Creepy bloodsucker."
"Hopeless fool."
"Anger management trainee."
"Mental illness victim."
"Mental illness FILE."
"What?"
"They got a whole bin of "Alucard" mental illnesses, all wrapped up in government security."
"Why thank you."
"Grrrr... couch potato."
"This is coming from a teenager?"
"I actually do stuff. You just kill ad eat, kill and eat, and sleep all day too I suppose."
"Whereas you throw plant matter at adults doing their jobs?"
"Since when did you work for a living?"
"True enough. I meant the mercenaries."
"Oh...they were having a break though."
"They weren't supposed to."
"They were anyway. Somebody's going to be in trouble with Sir Integra..."
"And that someone is YOU."
"I am not! Tree hanging is a perfectly legal activity."
"I mean blowing up a large portion of the grounds."
"That was Seras, not me!"
"Who's going to say differently?" I purred, mentally ordering Police Girl to not tell Integra the truth. She whined, but nodded, and I turned to run back to the mansion. Flora gaped at me. "You aren't going to tell on me!" she yelped, outraged. I grinned at her. "Are you going to stop me?" I challenged her, sprinting away and commanding Police Girl to go back inside. Flora snarled and raced after me, and I was careful to stay out of her range, but just close enough to taunt her. "I wonder what your punishment will be?" I teased her, and she hissed in anger, and jumped me. I decided to let her hit me, rolling over on top of me as we fell down a steep hill. "Well?" I asked her. "Here you are, a human, against the strongest vampire in the known world. You can't kill me, not even with blessed sliver, let alone your bare hands." I said smugly, and she hissed at me.
"But I can make you very ugly." she growled, raking my face with her nails. I smirked at her, feeling nothing more than a slight sting of pain from her extra sharp nails. "Slapping people is a spoiled rich girl's response." I taunted her, and she shrieked, clawing at me with all the ferocity of an angry cat. Her nails actually drew a trickle of blood here and there, and one almost missed strike tore my shirt slightly. "Are you done yet?" I yawned, closing my eyes as she stopped for a second, gasping. She hissed at me, eyes darting around my body, trying to find a sensitive spot. I smirked and pinched her side, and she yelped, flinching away. "No fair!" she shouted, looking hurt, tears welling up in her eyes. She rubbed her side, and I frowned. "Is that some sort of pressure point for you?" I asked her, confused. "No..." she sniffed. "You just pinch REALLY hard." I rubbed her side gently. "I am sorry for causing you pain master." I apologized, and she snorted. "You say that AFTER you gave me a conniption? What a hypocrite." she said loftily, and poked me hard. I smirked at her, shrugging.
Flora's POV:
I poked him, and he shrugged, smirking. I suddenly realized that I had torn open his collar slightly, showing me part of his bare sculpted chest. I blushed slightly and looked away, trying to ignore the sort of activity my teenage mind started thinking, and he sat up. "What on earth is wrong with you now?" he growled, and I frantically tried to think of something. "Uh, wouldn't it be kinda embarrassing if someone came along right now?" I said quickly, blushing harder. "We are in a rather compromising position." he said frankly, looking at how I was sprawled on him, and flicking a quick glance at his open collar. I gulped, sitting up further and trying to get off. "I want to see that." he said musingly, yanking me back down. "I don't!" I yelped, writhing like a snake. "I am stronger than you, so you might as well hold still." he said casually, and I growled, but got his point.
He grinned in triumph and yanked my head down, pressing it to the skin of his bare chest. I almost hurt myself trying to get away, but he was still able to hold me down. "Do you WANT to cause a scene!?" I yelped, going limp. He chuckled, and I bounced up and down, since my head was still pressed to his chest. "I would find it enjoyable." he purred, still laughing. "Well, I would not. Don't you have a tiny, little itty bitty hint of decency, somewhere really deep down, that is telling you to let me go at all?" I asked, not thinking it likely. "Well, I know something deep down is talking to me." he said suggestively, and I turned red. "Get. Off. Me. NOW!" I snarled, and he sighed and suddenly vanished, causing me to fall to the forest floor with a thump. "I wanna kill him so bad right now..." I muttered to the ground, propping myself up on my elbows.
Alucard's POV:
I bit my blood pack open, draining it savagely and trying to forget the feeling of her warm head pillowed against my bare chest. I hadn't really wanted to cause a scene, just aggravate her a little bit. Integra had taken to firing a silver bullet at my forehead anytime I tried to annoy her in that particular fashion, so it was interesting to push someone else's buttons in that manner. Flora hadn't reacted as violently as I hoped, perhaps trying to claw me again, but had just attempted to get off, blushing. No, this time the reactions had been all mine. I had teasingly pushed her head down to the exposed part of my chest, but was unprepared for how nice it felt. She had struggled of course, and I absently held her down as I savored the intriguing sensation, before quickly remembering that she was a human and relaxed my hold. Now I was cursed with a lingering sense of curiosity and a tingling right where she touched me. I smirked, hearing Integra's call and answering, hoping for a nice mission with blood and gore to keep my mind away from a certain young girl. My grin of anticipation faded when I saw Flora sitting nervously in the seat across from Integra.
"It has occurred to me that Flora has had mostly positive experiences with vamperic creatures. She needs to learn how dangerous your kind can be. Take her on the mission tonight and for god's sake make sure she doesn't get herself killed." Integra said, removing the cigar from her mouth. I growled and yanked her out. "Do you have a preferred weapon?" I asked her as I pulled her to the armory. "Yeah, because I have such a vast experience of firearms." she snorted. "Can I just have a knife or something?" she asked as I opened the cabinets with rifles and long-arms. I looked her over. She definitely lacked the experience or skills to shoot any of the guns Hellsing had. I tossed a long knife at her, and she caught it reflexively, looking startled. She drew it from its sheath, jabbing it at the ground and swinging it slightly. "I think I can handle this one..." she said gingerly, sheathing it again and attempting to put it on her belt. I growled. "This is a dagger, not a puny little butter knife." I snapped, yanking it from her and unlooping her belt, putting the knife on it.
"Put it just behind your hip, you should be able to draw it quickly enough from there if you're facing a ghoul. If it's a vampire scream for help and hope I get there before you're too torn up." I said briskly, cinching her belt tight and standing up. She rolled her eyes. "For all you know I'll stab him before you get there." she said tartly, and I snorted. "Sure you will. And I like to write poetry." She giggled and rolled her eyes. "Sheath and unsheathe as fast as you can. Practice it on the way there." I told her, phasing her to the car. "Head or heart shots will drop a ghoul, but it needs to be precise. Stay in the back." I said, suddenly feeling the urge to tell her as much as I could. "Ghouls move slowly, but they are very strong. Stay out of their hands and you should be fine. Think of them as zombies. Oh, some have guns, but they usually don't fire unless you're attacking them or the vampires order them to." She blinked, her lips moving as she tried to absorb the information. "Okay." she said in a small voice. We were in the mansion just in front of the garage doors, and she inched toward me and hugged me tightly. "Thanks." she muttered into my shirt front before darting out the door, leaving me to stare after her, stunned.