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Midnight Roses	By : FlameWolf666 Category: Hellsing > Het - Male/Female Views: 7370 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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WARNING!!: Blood loss due to wrist injuries (not self inflicted)
Author's Note: A whole lotta blood this chapter. Myep. Also same sex marriage was legalized by the Supreme Court! Whooo!
Chapter Eleven: Forcing Fate's Hand
The first thing Max became aware of was the fact that she was suspended from a metal cross, her wrists outstretched at her sides. The next thing she became aware of was the fact her wrists were very sore as well as bound by tight, metal shackles. She also became aware of the fact that there was a copious amount of warm fluid flowing from her wrists and she felt light headed and woozy. Fear began to fill her as she struggled weakly against the metal cuffs holding her to the steel cross. “Ah, you're awake my pretty one,” came a familiar, loathsome, gravelly whisper; making Maxine's heart drop to the pit of her stomach.
“Where the hell am I?! What did you do to me?!” the soldier hissed, not liking how weak and wispy her voice sounded. It felt like she was losing a lot of blood and the fact made her skin prickle with fear. She was afraid to even look at her wrists, having a suspicion of what she would see.
“We're home my little fledgling. As for what I did to you, I merely took measures to make you more compliant,” Radu murmured, his voice a mere raspy whisper as he grinned up at her. His sunset eyes flicked to the buckets under each wrist, drawing her reluctant gaze.
Nausea immediately filled the warrior at the sight of her blood sloshing in the metal containers. There appeared to be one under each of her wrists, catching the blood that fairly poured from slashes in the appendages. Closing her eyes and fighting against her urge to vomit, Maxine let out a low growl of anger. Despite the fear that fairly flooded her system, the soldier was extremely pissed off at what the abomination below her had done to her. He was draining her blood in an effort to make her weak so she wouldn't put up as much of a fight. “You're a sick son of a bitch and I promise you, I'll make you wish for death before I kill myself if you turn me. Nothing short of total confinement will keep me from ending myself,” she hissed, her vision beginning to gray around the edges as Radu circled her with a smile on his ghoulish face.
“It won't matter soon my pretty one. Soon you'll be too weak to even lift your head,” the hybrid hissed, his wispy voice turning into a horrible facsimile of a chuckle. Max only snarled at him in response, weakly tugging at the shackles holding her to the cross.
All of a sudden the entire room went pitch black as a low, demonic sounding snarl reverberated through the very air around them. A red glow vaguely in the shape of a person stood before them, evil power pouring off it in waves. Then it was rushing forward inhumanly fast, slamming into Radu and enveloping him in the inky blackness. Maxine could only watch the unusual events, more and more of her strength slipping away as time seemed to crawl on. Then, as if through water and from very far away, she became aware of familiar voices calling her name in panic.
Alucard and Radu clashed in the limbo between, both their visages turned into something monstrous and demonic as they both tore at each other viciously. Blood and limbs went flying into the darkness, only to be replaced seconds later as the battle continued. A frightening snarl was fixed on Alucard's pale face as he plunged his entire arm through the hybrid's stomach. Black blood spewed out of Radu's mouth in a torrent as he grinned at his assailant. Then, in a move too fast for a human to see, he tore off half of the crimson clad demon's face in one swipe of his claws. Alucard only snarled harshly in response, his face healing in seconds as he pulled his arm free to resume his onslaught.
While the two creatures fought to the death in the nether, Integra, Walter, Seras and a large chunk of the Hellsing army were searching the pitch black room for Maxine. Seras occasionally let out frightened whimpers as her master's rage poured through the bond they shared, her blue eyes trying to peer through the wall of darkness. “There she is!” she called, an all too familiar scent reaching her sensitive nose, “And she's bleeding, a lot.” Then the blonde was running forward, worry clear on her pale face.
“Shit,” Integra hissed, rushing forward after Seras; Walter hot on her heels. The rest of the army spread throughout the room, their weapons drawn and ready.
Max raised her head weakly to look up as the sound of footsteps got closer. Her blurred vision could barely make out dim shapes in the darkness but she had a pretty good idea of who it was. “Sir Integra?” she asked, her voice gruff and weak from blood loss.
“Max, do you know where the mechanics that are suspending the cross are? We need to get you down, now!” a familiar female voice returned, full of authority as well as concern.
“Sorry, I didn't have the time to really take the tour around the place,” the weakened, woozy soldier quipped, humor in her voice despite the dire situation. Integra swore in response, going pale as she saw the pouring cuts in the suspended woman's wrists.
“Walter,” the heiress hissed out, a command lingering in her tone. Without a word, the old warrior stepped forward and examined the shackles with a critical eye.
“It's no use Sir Integra, my wires can't cut through this metal,” he replied apologetically, concern in his eyes as he looked up at the fading female. Seras also looked up at her, a thoughtful look on her pale face.
“I'm not strong enough to break the chains holding the cross up and I can't float like master,” she murmured, avoiding the heiress' panicked look. If they didn't get Max down and to medical attention soon, she would surely die. If that happened, there was no telling just what Alucard would do.
Alucard had managed to rip one of Radu's arms off when an odd ripple went through his consciousness. He could feel a female life force slowly fading away as well as the fear of two humans and his Childe. All of a sudden the dam inside his mind broke and his vision went white as memories flooded his mind. Memories of just who Maxine used to be and how at peace he had felt around her. Memories of their life together and how she had changed him for the better. Memories of just how it shattered his heart when she died.
With a loud roar of rage, the now black eyed vampire surged toward Radu; his very aura exploding with demonic power. The hybrid met his charge and the two creatures clashed together, neither giving ground as their claws tore into each other. Demonic creatures burst from their shadowy bodies to clash in a flurry of teeth and claws. Alucard's black eyes glowered down at the abomination he was locked in combat with, a low growl ripping from his chest.
Claws ripping from his white, leather gloves, the enraged nosferatu tore off half of Radu's skull-like face. Radu only chuckled gruffly before plunging his own arm through Alucard's chest. Alucard hissed in pain, black blood dribbling from his lips before a cruel, insane smile appeared on his pale face. Then he reached back, his black claws poised and flexing before the red clad arm shot forward and took off the abomination's head.
Integra's eyes were flicking around the pitch black room for any sign of her 'dog'. The only one who had any chance of getting Max down so they could treat her wounds was Alucard. Then, all of a sudden, something came rolling across the floor and stopped at her boots. The heiress looked down to see the hybrid's head smirking up at her. Making a noise of disgust, the femme merely kicked the offending limb away. The head skittered across the stone floor, stopping at Alucard's boot tips. Radu only chuckled in response, the sound barely there due to the lack of a body. “You think this will kill me? Nothing can,” the head wheezed out, the sparkling eyes beginning to grow dim.
Alucard sneered down at the dying limb before stomping down on it with his boot. Black blood and brain matter exploded from the head in a puddle beneath his boot, making a sick squelching noise when he began to walk forward. Integra, Seras and Walter watched him warily but his attention was solely on the barely conscious Maxine. “Alucard…,” Integra began, her eyes flicking to the soldiers who stood at the ready. The nosferatu only ignored her, his ebony eyes swirling with blue as he looked up at the female who was suspended from the metal cross.
His shadows swirled around him as he began to rise in the air, hovering in front of her still bleeding right wrist. Max barely stirred, weakly tilting her head to look at the nosferatu beside her. “Al-u-card,” she gasped out, her voice faint and weak before she simply lost consciousness from blood loss. Making a strange sound in his throat, the crimson clad demon leaned forward to lave the pouring wound with his unnaturally long tongue. After a few swipes the wound closed and disappeared, allowing Alucard to move to her other wrist and do the same. Once she was out of danger of bleeding out, the all too quiet vampire simply tore off the shackles holding her to the cross and caught her limp body in his arms.
As Alucard slowly lowered them to the ground Integra and Walter rushed forward to take Max from him, earning a vicious snarl as his hold on her tightened. “Easy Alucard. We just want to get her some medical attention,” Walter soothed, holding his hands up in a gesture of surrender. Integra did the same, not liking how feral the vampire looked. It almost looked as if his memories had returned in full. Her suspicions were confirmed when the King of Shadows only let out a low growl in response before kneeling and setting the unconscious Max on the stone floor.
The slightly shaking nosferatu cupped the soldier's all too pale face gently as he leaned down to nuzzle her neck. “Her pulse is very weak,” he hissed out, almost seeming to talk to himself as he pulled back to glance down at the unconscious female. Then he was raising his wrist to his mouth, letting out a low, growling hiss as he bit into the white flesh. “Alucard, don't!” Integra protested, beginning to move towards the creature to stop him. The demon only whipped his head around to face her, his still ebony eyes glaring at her angrily. Then, ignoring everyone around him, Alucard lowered his wrist to Max's closed mouth and allowed a couple drops of his blood to fall on her closed lips.
“It won't be enough to change her,” he bit out harshly, his gloved fingertips gingerly forcing the liquid into her mouth. Already a bit of color returned to the woman's cheeks and her breathing evened out, much to the relief of the three people watching the scene quietly.
“Let us take her now Alucard. She needs to get back to Hellsing so we can treat her properly,” Integra offered in a quiet, soothing voice. Alucard's shark-like eyes only narrowed as he picked Maxine up in his arms.
“No, I will see to her care personally,” he snarled, the black in his eyes receding a bit to allow crimson to begin to glow from his irises as he stared down his master. The memories of her death were still too fresh in his mind for his comfort and this made him extremely reluctant to be parted from her. A fact that made Vlad nearly crow with delight from the cage in his mind. Against his will, he had been forced to recognize just how much this woman had meant to him in the past and what she would continue to mean to him for his long unlife.
“Master, she'll need a blood transfusion as well as a check to see if he infected her,” Seras tried to reason, keeping her distance out of fear of her sire.
“She hasn't been infected by that abomination, I can smell it. As for a blood transfusion, I will see to that myself,” he bit out, the black in his eyes receding entirely to reveal his crimson irises as he glared at the group of three moving toward him and Maxine.
Integra glared faintly before heaving a weary sigh. “I apologize for this Alucard but you leave me little choice,” she whispered, her voice full of regret as she began to mutter something under her breath.
What was left of the spell on Alucard's gloves caused the runes to glow faintly as red tinted white arcs of electricity began to shoot from the broken seals. The demon let out a low, enraged, guttural snarl as he slowly bent to set Maxine back down. His entire body began to shake as he fought against the remnants of the spells that bound him. “Do not do this Integra,” he half pleaded, half ordered, rage and betrayal clear in his glowing, crimson orbs as the heiress continued to mutter under her breath.
“You may visit her after she is stabilized but as of now you are to return to the manor and await our return,” the silver haired femme ordered, sorrow and regret slightly tinging her commanding voice. Alucard let out a low snarl in response, the runes glowing more brightly as Integra began to strengthen and repair them with her muttered words as she clutched her cross to her chest. Then the creature of shadows simply wasn't there anymore, the binding spells on his gloves forcing him to comply with his mistress' orders.
Once the vampire was gone, Integra was running forward and scooping Max up in her strong, tan clad arms. Then she was running, Walter and Seras close on her heels. The unconscious woman in her arms now seemed as if she was merely asleep, not on death's door. The small amount of blood Alucard had given her had done wonders but the heiress still felt the need to get her back to the manor as soon as possible. The sooner the soldier was seen by the doctors the better she would feel.
A dull, muffled, female sounding voice seemed to be arguing with a male voice underwater. Moaning softly and licking her dry, cracked lips, Maxine forced her lead weighted eyes to open slightly. Her vision was so blurred all she could see was dim moving colors. “She has been taken care of and she is stable. You will keep your word to me little Hellsing,” came a demonic, enraged sounding voice that sounded like the very choirs of hell.
“I intend to but you need to wait until she's awake enough to consent to your presence! While you may remember your past with her, she does not,” bit out a commanding, irritated female voice.
“Sir Integra?” Max croaked out, her voice gruff and weak.
“Max? How are you feeling?” came a female reply from much closer. Max looked up to see blurry silver and tan splotches standing by her bed and smiled weakly.
“Thirsty,” she rasped, barely able to raise her voice above a whisper. As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Integra was helping her to sit up as a glass of water was pushed to her cracked lips.
“Maxine,” came a male voice that was filled with concern as she took a sip of the icy water.
“Alucard?” she rasped, blinking her eyes in a futile effort to clear her blurred vision. A low, purr-like rumble was her only response as the blurs took on a more human shape.
“Max, Alucard has regained his memories due to what the hybrid did to you. Do you know what this means?” Integra asked from beside her, looking warily towards the door where the vampire was standing.
“Maxine, permit me to enter. I have much I need to tell you,” came the vampire's voice, holding a slightly pleading tone.
Max's head began to spin from the confusion of the past few seconds, not to mention Alucard's sharp turn of attitude towards her. Yet, despite the fear and confusion filling her, a part of her was reaching out for Alucard and calling out to him in a heartbroken voice. “Please, I won't hurt you,” Alucard husked out, desperation beginning to edge into his voice. This caused even Integra to look at him with shock, unused to hearing the mighty creature so close to outright begging. Max just closed her eyes tightly for a few moments before opening them again in an effort to clear her vision more and succeeding for the most part.
Her emerald eyes went right to Alucard, locking with his now sunset colored eyes. The vampire only looked back at her, worry clear on his pale face. Just seeing that look on his face caused her heart to lurch in her chest and she heaved a sigh before looking at Integra. The heiress only smiled reassuringly down at her before saying, “It's okay Max, he may be a beast but he always keeps his word.” The weakened soldier only nodded in response before looking back at Alucard assessingly.
“You may enter freely and of your own will,” she finally conceded, nearly jumping out of her skin as the nosferatu appeared right beside her; shoving Integra out of the way. Before she could even move to sit up, the creature was bending down to sniff at her; as if assessing her health for himself.
“Don't jostle her too much Alucard and be mindful of the I.V. in her left arm,” the platinum haired femme advised before simply turning and leaving the two of them alone. Alucard, ignoring Integra entirely, was gently sitting her up and hugging her loosely; much to Maxine's surprise and shock.
As the door clicked shut, Alucard released her to sit on the bed beside her. “Are you well?” he asked, his burning eyes locked with hers as he waited for her answer.
“You should already know the answer to that, you were just sniffing me to assess my health,” Max reminded, doing her best to try to relax around the powerful demon. If Integra was right and he had remembered his past, he would probably be feeling a lot differently about her right now.
“Just humor me,” he pleaded, reaching down to grasp her right hand in his own leather covered ones. Max only rolled her eyes before leaning back against the headboard.
“I'm fine, just a bit weak,” she answered, staring down at the red sheets covering her to avoid his intense gaze. Her words seemed to draw a sigh of relief from the vampire beside her before she was enveloped in another loose hug. Then he was nuzzling her neck affectionately, his hands roaming up and down her back as he inhaled her scent.
“I thought I'd lost you again,” he whispered against her pale skin, beginning to shake slightly as his hold on her tightened a bit. Max could only freeze in place, unsure of what to do with the vampire's sudden affection.
“Forgive me for this,” he sighed, pulling back to capture her lips in a chaste kiss; one of his gloved hands coming up to caress her cheek.
The female went stiff in response, her emerald eyes going wide as his cold lips tenderly brushed against hers for the span of a few seconds. Then, to her combined relief and disappointment, the nosferatu pulled back to rub his nose along hers gently. “I have waited lifetimes for you and very nearly forgot you due to the mistakes of one of your past lives. Because of my own stubbornness, I nearly let you slip away again. As much as I hate to admit it, my past self was right,” he murmured, his orangeish red eyes growing warm as he stared down at her.
“What was he right about?” Max asked before she could stop herself. Her heart was beating in her throat and a faint tingling started to form within her core, causing her to feel even more confused and a bit apprehensive.
“We'll never know peace until we are together,” the nosferatu replied softly, his gaze growing slightly worried. His words caused an odd reaction in Max, causing her to go stiff as her emerald eyes went blank.
“Lord Vlad, is it truly you,” came a female voice that sounded like Maxine's but was slightly more sweet. The voice caused Alucard to jolt in place, as if shocked by electricity.
“Elizabeta,” he whispered, his voice growing deeper and more accented as his past self began to merge with him. Already his arms ached to hold the female and his lips thirsted to take hers in a more passionate embrace but he managed to hold himself back. Maxine was utterly unaware of just what was going on right now, it would be wrong to take advantage of the situation.
“My Lord! It's been so long since I have felt your presence, since you have been by my side,” the shade of the past gasped out, using Maxine's body to hug the vampire in shaky arms.
“My love, my treasure. It has been decades, maybe even centuries since you've last returned to me. I have unknowingly awaited this day since Abraham 'destroyed' me,” he sighed, wrapping his own arms around her and burrowing his nose in her hair.
“Please forgive me for what happened. I didn't know he was following me! I never meant for him to… to…,” she whimpered, bursting into ragged sobs as she buried her face in his chest and clung to him like he was a lifeline.
“Shh, shh. I know that now, I think I've always known it,” the demon soothed, gently petting her ebony hair as she continued to cry into his red leather trench-coat.
“Seeing you die was the hardest thing I ever had to do and knowing it was my fault only made it worse,” she replied in a tearful voice, pulling back to look up at him with her regret filled, emerald eyes.
“I didn't truly die, more went into a state of hibernation. It's over now my treasure, please don't cry anymore,” he replied, leaning down to tenderly lick her tears from her cheeks. 'Elizabeta' only sighed contently in response, leaning into the contact with a happy smile.
“You must let your current body's resident forward now. She has not yet remembered and I doubt she would appreciate our current closeness,” the vampire rumbled, his sunset eyes holding regret as he pulled back to cup her soft cheek.
“It's been so long Lord Vlad, so long asleep in the back of her mind and with you so close. It was maddening. Please let me stay just a moment longer,” the shade pleaded, more tears rolling down her white cheeks as she gripped the lapels of his jacket tightly. The creature of darkness only purred soothingly in response, tipping her chin up for a chaste kiss. Then he broke the kiss to rest his forehead against hers.
“It'll only be a little while longer my love. For now sleep,” Alucard commanded gently, waving his gloved right hand over her eyes in a circular motion. As the appendage passed over her eyes, they closed slowly and her breathing evened out as if asleep.
Maxine came to with a very concerned vampire leaning over her. “Um, hi. Would you mind backing off a bit?” she requested feeling a bit off balance from the blank spot in her memory. Had a past life of hers just taken over to talk to Alucard? To her relief, the nosferatu gave her some space but didn't move from his spot on her bed.
“As Integra told you, I have regained all of my memories of my past which is both good and bad. I can remember how much I loved you among other things that are best left in the past,” Alucard sighed, his orangish red eyes fixed on her. Deep inside, he knew he should be downright livid about being forced to remember his past and this human's part in it but he just felt too complete to be angry. For the first time since he had started his long servitude under Hellsing he felt at peace, almost as if just being around the female was what he had been searching for all along.
“So what does that mean?” Max asked, wariness edging into her voice. She couldn't help but wonder what the vampire and her past self had done in her absence. Yet some small part of her knew it had been nothing inappropriate. Despite Alucard being a monster he seemed to have some sort of honor and that made her feel slightly better.
Alucard only heaved a deep sigh before hanging his head slightly, his black bangs hiding his burning eyes from her gaze. It was then the soldier noticed he was missing his hat and not just his goggles, a state she hadn't seen him in often “I don't know yet as you haven't remembered anything but your past as Michelle. For right now I would like to stay in your room to keep an eye on you until you've both regained your strength and your cycle is over,” he replied, his baritone voice caressing her body in odd ways.
Maxine could only stare at him, a slightly astonished look on her pale face. Her past self had to have meant a lot to the vampire for his attitude towards her to change so severely. Just earlier today she would have never thought Alucard would ever want to be anywhere near her by choice. Now it seemed like he felt very protective of her and it only added to her confusion. Yet, despite her confusion and fear, some part of her desperately wanted the creature to stay. Heaving a sigh as she leaned her head back against the headboard, the soldier met Alucard's sunset eyes steadily. “Alright but no funny business,” the female finally conceded, watching the vampire closely.
Alucard only smiled slightly, leaning much too close for Maxine's comfort. Her heart beat in her chest as he reached forward and cupped her cheek, his bare skin brushing against hers and drawing a gasp of surprise from the soldier. Jolting back from his touch, the black haired female stared at the vampire's now bare hands with a look of horror. Before she could even open her mouth to say anything, Alucard placed his fingertips on her lips to silent her. “Shhhh, sleep now Maxine,” he murmured, his voice soft and holding a tender edge. As the words came out of his mouth, the soldier felt her eyelids growing heavy.
“Fucking vampires,” she sighed as she laid down in the bed and allowed herself to slip into a deep, dreamless sleep.
Alucard watched the human as she slept, a half irritated, half content look on his porcelain face. Some part of him was still irritated about his rapid change of feelings toward the female but for the most part he just felt content to be in her presence. Even as he watched her sleep, his affection for her only continued to strengthen. Replacing his gloves, the vampire got to his feet to stand guard at her door. Turning to watch the soldier sleep, the nosferatu made a silent vow to help Maxine remember her own past.
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