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Eternal Hearts Book Five: Blood of Our Blood	By : alucardsangel1973 Category: Hellsing > General Views: 9432 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 15

It was close to dawn. The
hardest part of the evening was finally out of the way. Nurses
helped get Seras cleaned up while maids changed the bedding.
Alucard stood watch over baby Mariah. He looked down into the
crib at the cooing baby. With sunrise coming, she was getting
sleepy. He sat down on the bed beside the crib and placed his
hand against his daughter's cheek. Instinctively she wrapped her
tiny fingers around one of his long, slender ones. He watched as
she kicked her tiny legs and feet up in the air. His eyes gazed
with absolute wonderment at this little being he and Seras had
created.

"Our daughter..." he
said to himself.

"Master Alucard, Miss
Victoria is ready now." One nurse said politely.

Alucard turned from Mariah and
went to get Seras. The other nurses did their best to help her
stand as she got changed into a clean gown. Alucard approached
and took Seras into his arms. Dismissing the nurses, he carried
Seras back to bed and gently lay her down upon it. He could see
in her expression she was exhausted. He sat down beside her after
covering her up.

"Seras," he said.

"Alucard, I'm so tired. I
can't hardly keep my eyes open." She replied wearily.

"Rest. You've done enough
now. Sleep my Seras. And when you awake, Mariah and I will be
waiting for you." Alucard said.

"Mariah, is she all
right?" Seras asked.

"She's falling into
slumber. Now get some rest. I can imagine she's going to be
ravenous when night falls." Alucard answered.

"And Sir Integra?"

"She and her son are both
doing well."

"When will she need
me?"

"Shhhhh. You can worry
about that later. You've been through a very rough night, and
your body needs sleep. Rest now and regain your strength."

With that Seras closed her
eyes and let herself fall into the daytime trance. Alucard gazed
upon her as her eyes closed. He placed a gentle kiss upon her
lips and got up from the bed. He walked over to the bassinette
where their daughter now slept. He carefully picked it up and
carried it over to the bed. He placed it gently next to Seras and
then drew the curtains around the bed. All light flickered and
died, and the room was completely dark. The door was closed with
a sign explicitly instructing that the new parents not be
disturbed.

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As morning came, Kenneth stood
watching Henry in the nursery wing of the infermery. A nurse came
in and removed him from the special enclosure he'd spent the rest
of the night in. She and the doctor tested the child's reflexes
and alertness. Kenneth observed anxiously wanting to make sure
nothing was wrong with his son. Getting a positive responce, the
nurse wrapped Henry in a blanket after putting him in his little
sleeper walked toward Kenneth.

"We're going to take
Henry to Sir Integra now for his first feeding." She said.

Kenneth accompanied the nurse
to Integra's recovery room. She was a bit groggy but awake. She
looked to see the nurse coming toward her. "Henry, is he all
right?" She asked.

"He is just fine Sir
Hellsing. I will instruct you upon how to hold him while you're
nursing him."

"Very well." Integra
said and opened her gown.

"Um, perhaps I should go
outside." Kenneth said.

"There's no need for you
to go outside. I'm not going to be completely naked. And besides
it's not like you haven't seen my breasts before." Integra
replied as she unbuttoned her gown. The nurse gave Henry to his
mother and helped her position him for his first feeding. The
infant greedily latched onto one nipple and began suckling.

"He seems to be quite
hungry." Kenneth observed.

"Yes it would appear
so." Integra said.

"Has there been any word
on how Seras is doing?" Kenneth asked.

"Alucard informed me
their daughter came through the birth well. I didn't ask what
they've named her yet. Seras is very weak, but he said she will
be all right. I would assume the three of them are sleeping since
it's morning. Most likely they will remain in those quarters for
a little while until the nursery is finished. There are a few
touches left to be made to it." Integra answered.

"He has your eyes."
Kenneth said looking down at Henry's face.

Integra said nothing. She
looked down at the infant contently nursing. "Henry Wingates
Ascott Hellsing." She said. "You're going to have a
long road ahead of you."

"Right now he's just an
infant." Kenneth replied.

"He is the next
generation of the Hellsing family." Integra said firmly.
"And he will be Alucard's new master when he grows up. And
when that time comes he must be strong and have no fear. If he is
to master Alucard as I have, he must know to give respect and
command it as well."

"Yes, when the time
comes. At the moment there is no need for him to worry about such
things." Kenneth responded.

"I...suppose you're
right." Integra sighed.

A few moments passed and Henry
had taken his fill. She put the infant carefully across her
shoulder and patted his back until he burped. She rested him back
against her bosom once he was done. She watched as he squirmed
impatiently in his blanket wriggling his arms about.

"You are going to be a
handsome chap when you're all grown up." Kenneth commented
looking down on his son.

"Why don't you take him
for a while? I'm feeling very groggy. I need to rest."
Integra said.

"Of course." Kenneth
replied as he took Henry. "I think he's starting to feel a
bit tired himself. He probably needs a good nap." Kenneth
observed.

"Perhaps the three of us
could use a rest. The doctor and nurses will watch over Henry for
the time being." Integra said.

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Soon after the sun went down,
the three vampires of Hellsing began to awaken. The loud cries of
their daughter Mariah woke Alucard from his slumber. He looked
down into the crib seeing the baby utterly screaming in protest
of her hunger. He reached over nudging Seras to wake her. She
groggily opened her eyes hearing her daughter demanding to be
fed. At that moment there came a knock at the door.

"It's Megan. I've come to
show Seras how to feed Mariah."

There was a click as the lock
was undone and the door slowly opened. Megan walked in as the
room was bathed in the glow of soft light bulbs. The drapes
around the bed suddenly drew back as of their own accord. She
walked toward Seras and Alucard.

"She must be very hungry
after such a long nap." She said.

"Yes. She is very
hungry." Seras replied looking down at her daughter.

"Alucard, take Mariah out
of her bed and hold her while I help Seras get ready." She
instructed.

"Seras, you'll need to
pull your gown from your chest so you can feed her."

Seras pulled her gown from her
shoulders and down enough to expose one breast. She noticed a mix
of clear, bloody fluid beginning to seep from the nipple. Alucard
gave Mariah to Seras who nestled her against her breast. She
guided her nipple into Mariah's mouth. The infant immediately
clamped down on the bud and started sucking greedily. Seras gazed
lovingly upon her child.

"She's so
beautiful." She said softly.

"Of course she is. She is
our daughter." Alucard replied.

"It's so hard to believe
she's here, and she's ours." Seras said looking over at
Alucard.

"I would never have
imagined that after five hundred years another generation of my
line would be in this world. Before she came along, I was the
last of my family."

"You both have been given
a very precious gift." Megan said. "I'll leave the two
of you to bond with your daughter now."

Alucard watched Seras holding
Mariah as the infant contined to nurse. "Seras, there is
something I want to ask you." He said.

"What is it,
Alucard?" Seras asked.

"When I turned you, in a
sense that is the night we married. And while I do not regret
turning you, I do regret that it didn't happen the way I'd
hoped." Alucard answered. "Do you remember how we
talked about this the night of Integra's engagement?"

"Yes. You told me about
how you wish we could have had a wedding ceremony before you
turned me." Seras answered.

"Well, I know I've long
since turned you. But I still wish that we could have had the
wedding." Alucard replied.

"Alucard, are
you...asking me to marry you?" Seras asked.

"I suppose I am. I know
it may sound foolish..."

"No, it doesn't sound
foolish to me. Deep down, I wish my turning could have gone
differently too. I guess every girl dreams of having a
wedding." Seras replied.

"Let's do it then. Once
you're feeling up to it that is." Alucard said.

"The only thing is, how
would we go about having a ceremony. I don't think a conventional
wedding will work for us." Seras stated.

"I don't plan on it being
a conventional wedding ceremony." Alucard replied.

"What exactly are we
planning on then?" Seras asked.

"Given the circumstances,
it should be something private with only those closest to us in
attendance." Alucard answered.

"That is understandable,
but who would preside the service? Somehow I can't see you
standing before a priest." Seras said.

"No, but I think there is
someone else who could do it for us." Alucard replied.

"And that would be?"

"Megan Le Fay. She was
there with us when our daughter was born. Why shouldn't she be
the one to hold the ceremony. She is an unconventional person
after all, and we are most certainly an unconventional
couple."

"Could she do that sort
of thing for us?"

"Why don't we ask her
tomorrow night? I'm sure she'd be more than happy to do it for
us."

Seras looked down at Mariah
who had just finished feeding. She carefully removed her nipple
from the infant's mouth and pulled the top of her gown back up.
Then she placed her daughter over her shoulder and patted her
back gently. After a moment a small burp was emitted from the
child.

"I guess even baby
vampires have to be burped." She mused softly.

Both she and Alucard gazed at
baby Mariah. She contently cooed now that her hunger had been
satisfied. Alucard reached out and stroked her soft hair. She
extended one of her arms wrapping her tiny fingers around one of
his much larger ones.

"She has a firm grip for
such small hands." He said with a soft chuckle.

As he spoke, Mariah yawned
widely. "I think she's sleepy." Seras replied.

"Well, seeing as she is
only an infant there's not much she'd want to do after feeding.
For now she will most likely want to sleep. As she grows she'll
most likely settle into the normal routine of sleeping during the
day and being awake at night. Of course, until then our sleep
routine is going to be a bit upheaved. There may be times when
one of us will have to be awake during the day until she learns
to sleep when we do." Alucard said.

"Well, nobody said
parenting was going to be easy. I can just imagine how many
sleepless nights Sir Integra is going to have now that she is a
mother as well." Seras added.

"Yes. While she's used to
late nights, she can be very disagreeable if she's deprived of
what little sleep she does get. I don't know who's going to be
losing more of it, her or Kenneth." Alucard pondered.

"Speaking of sleep, I
think I need to rest a little myself. I have a feeling Mariah's
not going to be out of it for very long. The night is still young
you know." Seras replied.

"It would be a good idea
for you to feed first. You need to keep yourself nurished for
Mariah's next feeding. I'll get you a few rations." Alucard
said.

"All right." Seras
agreed.

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Kenneth stood beside Henry's
crip. He took a deep breath letting out a sigh of relief now that
his son had finally quieted down for the moment. He'd made
several unsucessful attempts to leave his son sleeping. Usually
he'd wait til his father was right at the door and begin
screaming once again. Of course since Integra was recovering from
a c-section, Kenneth was the one who went to check upon his son.
He moved as slowly and quietly as humanly possible. It seemed to
take ages for him to make it a few feet from the crib to the door
and even longer for him to open it. Finally he made it out of the
nursery and carefully closed the door.

Kenneth walked back to
Integra's room and sat down in a chair beside her bed. "Is
he asleep?" She asked.

"Yes, finally. I thought
it was mission impossible to get out of the room without waking
him up again." Kenneth said with a sigh.

"Get used to it.
Sleepless nights are a routine thing in Hellsing. Now that we
have a son those nights are going to get even more restless than
before." Integra stated plainly.

"I was afraid you'd say
that."

to be continued...
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Eternal Hearts Book Five: Blood of Our Blood