The Seldom Seen
AN: I freely admit this isn't my best, but I wanted to post this before bed. This is an attempted "group shot" sorta deal. I can't do Pip's accent, so he gets none.
Despite it being the day after, I still got three updates within one day of being awake still. XD
I'm better at violence.
06: Cool Down Time
Seras flopped down on the long couch in the main drawing room of the Hellsing Estate, a large opaque cup with a curly straw held in one hand, the other reaching for the remote to the flat screen tv taking up the wall. "At least there's some normal things to do in this place!" The girl exclaimed with relief as she turned the telly on to mindlessly channel surf.
The past week alone had been rather rough, what with her own 'growing pains' and rather embarrassing encounters with the Geese. Lordy! The young fledgling was extremely grateful that her negligent feeding habits impaired her ability to blush.
Glancing down at her cup with a rather queasy expression at the thought of feeding, the blonde turned her gaze intently back to the 'boob tube' as one of the orphanage workers called it.
A body dropped down beside her, and a familiar voice spoke casually, "So, what are we watching?" Pip asked, an open bag of crisps in his hands.
Guess that's what I get for taking over the big screen. Seras thought grumpily.
"Dunno yet." She answered with forced nonchalance.
The redhead made a grab for the remote and she jerked it away instinctively, covering the reflexive move by sticking her tongue out childishly, "Nu-uh, I got here first."
The Frenchman put on his most charming smile as he laughed good naturedly. "Alright, alright, I can take a hint."
The next channel proved to be some sort of horror movie, as the first sound they heard was a blood curdling scream. Ouch, that was loud!
Another body appeared to her right and her Master's voice crooned in her ear, "So, what are we watching, Police Girl?"
Resisting the urge to shriek, Seras flinched a little and turned to face Alucard with a raised brow, "A horror movie I guess." After a pause she grinned cheekily, "Sir."
"Mmm." Alucard hummed in agreement, making a great show of getting comfortable and throwing a look at Pip as the human opened his mouth to say something. The mercenary wisely rethought his words and turned to Seras, "I thoguth the point was to take a break from blood and screaming, Mignonette. Shall we watch something else?" He wheedled, green eye gleaming.
"Oh, but I quite like this movie." Alucard interrupted, fangs bared and free hand settling warningly across the back of his Childe's neck. "If you find it unsatisfactory, human, perhaps you should find your entertainment elsewhere?" He phrased it in so polite, and off hand a manner, that Pip would appear churlish to continue his manipulation attempts on the girl.
Seras shivered and leaned forward in an attempt to escape her Master's touch without drawing undue attention. "You know what I miss?" The girl asked suddenly, in an attempt to ease the growing tension in what was supposed to be her down time, "Popcorn."
Alucard chuckled and yanked the Police Girl back into the cushions of the soda, keeping the girl uncomfortably close and away from the Frenchman. "Such childish desires." He mocked, settling back comfortably to watch the girl begin hacking at her own arm to escape the trap, and laughed.
"What is that god awful noi-…Oh." Integra demanded as she entered the room, only to break off mid accusation upon seeing Alucard and the gory movie on screen, "It would figure you were the cause of this, Alucard." With a sigh, the Hellsing heir strode over to the couch and leaned upon the back with an odd look on her face, "Can a normal human actually chop through their arm like that without a bone saw?" She asked curiously.
"Oh, you'd be surprised what a fear of death can motivate you towards, my Master." Alucard purred, still holding Seras to his side with a sickeningly gleeful expression on his handsome face.
"Quite… Regardless it is too loud. Half the house can hear the sound track to this movie." Integra deadpanned, her words prompting Seras to turn the volume down. How had she not noticed how loud it was?
Walter entered shortly after with an unopened letter on a tray, and stopped, staring at the gory scene with an arched brow. "I knew he'd discover these movies eventually…" The man muttered to himself, thankful that Alucard's chambers were sound proofed against the inevitable onslaught of him wanting the others and the ensuing laughter at the rather ridiculous methods of death.
Seras attempted to pull away once more, and winced as his fingers dug deeply into her shoulder, "Master…"
He ignored her and even had the gall to take her cup and drink from her straw with a wicked mocking look in his eyes. Damnit.
Forcing herself to ignore her surroundings and focus solely on the massive flat screen, Seras very very very slowly relaxed.
This wasn't so bad.
Just another atypical day in Hellsing for the fledgling and her mercurial master.
Yanking her cup back from her Master, she wipes the end of the straw off and slurps her blood up through the many twists and turns while watching the movie with him, and Pip, and the lingering presences of Sir Integra and Walter.