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Midnight Roses	By : FlameWolf666 Category: Hellsing > Het - Male/Female Views: 7370 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do NOT own anyone or anything from the anime/manga Hellsing. This is not for profit and just for fun! Please don't sue!

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Author's Note: To AnaClara: Thank you so much for your flattering words. A review like that really makes my day. Any author likes to hear they have improved someone's life. (Also him being a vampire allows me to get away with a lot. :3)

Chapter Twenty-Seven: New Crisis
It seemed like time was crawling as Max paced the small chamber, Raoul watching her placidly as he stood in the middle of the room. “It's been so long. What if something went wrong?” the distraught warrior hissed as she moved, her hands clasped behind her back.
“I am sure Integra would have evacuated you first if she thought Alucard had lost. You forget who Tepes is. Because of Hellsing's experiments, he is almost indestructible,” the blonde assured calmly, his sunset gaze locked on her. If she made any sudden moves for the door, he would restrain her. As much as he would hate doing it, he simply couldn't risk his former ward hurting herself. Not only would Alucard have his head, quite literally, but he would never be able to forgive himself.
A sudden burst of dark power from further down the hall caused both of them to freeze before they looked at the steel door. Whatever it was, it was powerful and heading right for them. Before she even knew what was happening, her adopted father was standing in front of her; his face half transformed as he prepared himself to fend off an enemy. When the door opened to reveal Alucard, the noble turned servant immediately back off; only pausing for a second. Something just seemed… off about the more powerful male. Something he couldn't quite put his finger on.
Ignoring the subservient vampire, the crimson clad demon strode forward to clasp Maxine's half bare upper arms in gloved hands. His goggles hidden eyes roamed over her body to check for injury before he was pulling her into a rough hug. “Maxine,” he rasped in a shaky tone, something about his voice setting off warning bells in her head. Something about his embrace also felt off, almost as if it wasn't him that was holding her. Just his mere touch made her skin crawl, a fact that greatly disconcerted her. Even back when he had hated her she hadn't felt repulsed by his mere touch or presence.
Pulling back in confusion, the soldier saw an oddly impatient look on the demon's handsome features. “You're not Alucard,” came out of her mouth before she even realized it, sounding more true than what she saw before her. Whoever this was, it wasn't the man she had given part of her very soul to. In an instant, she was tossed backward roughly as Raoul came to stand between the doppelganger and her.
“What are you doing? Are you betraying me for him?” came a deadly hiss from the thing masking itself as her beloved.
“You are not Vlad!” the pissed, confused soldier snarled, her emerald eyes fixed on the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing.
“What the fuck did you do with him?!” she screamed, fear spiking within her for her soulmate. The thing that wore his skin only chuckled darkly, his shadows flaring to engulf him. Raoul crouched into a ready position, his features elongating into a monstrous jaw studded with crooked teeth. Red eyes began to appear all over his blackening skin as his shoulder length hair came loose of its binding and began to lengthen.
As the shadows around the intruder receded, Max flinched back from horror and unwanted happiness from Michelle. There, where a copy of Alucard had once stood, was Radu. “Hello my pretty one,” the abomination rasped, only laughing when Raoul charged at him. As he charged, the ancient vampire morphed into a shadowy, demonic looking creature. Just as he was about to hit the smiling hybrid, he was simply swatted away by a tendril of shadow that shot through the floor.
“One such as you could not hope to stand against me. Not even Tepes is able to dispatch me, what makes you think a child like you could defeat me,” the thing snarled, amusement in his voice as he prowled toward the semi-frozen soldier.
Despite the fact that some part of her was overjoyed that he was alive against her will, Maxine was determined not to make whatever this creature had planned easy. “I'm not your pretty one! I never fucking was! You turned me against my will in a past life! Beyond the forced connection of Sire and Childe from my past, I feel nothing but hatred for you,” she spat, raising the gun she still held and aiming at his head. Then she was pulling the trigger, only to have a wall of shadow shoot up to absorb the projectile.
“I do not have patience for your tantrums. Come, we must flee before Tepes realizes just what I did,” the dhampire whispered just as his shadows rose up around her. Just as they were about to engulf her, the horrific being was suddenly knocked back by the dark blur of Raoul.
“You will have my life before you take her again,” the dark being that was her father snarled, tearing off one of Radu's arms with a sickening ripping noise. Black blood flew up from the severed limb like a fountain as the sin against God and nature chuckled in dark amusement.
“As you wish you puling whelp,” the monster rasped before his arm reformed in a split second, plunging straight through Raoul's chest.
A strange screaming noise filled the room as the blonde's eyes widened and his body slumped. His form immediately shifted back to a more human form as blood spewed from his open mouth. Realizing the noises were coming from her and not caring one bit, Max raised her semi-auto and began to fire a spray of shots at the aggressor. Each bullet was merely swatted away like a fly while the horrifying monster holding her caretaker simply tore off his head. “No!” the distraught female screamed, slipping to her knees as she watched Radu simply tear apart the man who had cared for her for most of her life.
Alucard froze midway through swiping off his opponent's face, a slightly confused look on his half formed face. Shadows spewed like liquid ink out of the left side of his face, turning that side of his mouth into a monstrous grin. The rest of his body was a mass of nebulous darkness that was littered with eyes, teeth and half formed faces of hellish creatures and all of them had frozen at the same time as he did. Something was wrong. He could feel a huge amount of grief and fear pouring through the Between. Grief and fear that belonged to Maxine.
In a blink, the towering nosferatu was back in the courtyard of Hellsing, his shadows occasionally obscuring his features as his powers flared. Integra, Walter, Seras, Pip and the rest of Hellsing, who had been waiting for his return from the Between, all jumped when they took in the sight of him. None of them had seen him this unleashed since the fight with Incognito and all had hoped to never see it again. “Where is she,” came a chorus of voices that sounded ripped from Hell itself as a myriad of red eyes turned to glare at the huge crowd of people. Behind him, the false Radu appeared to fling himself at the leather clad monster.
The brief attack was ended with a swift firing of his Casull, the blessed hollow point blowing off the duplicate's head in a spray of gore. It took a lot of dark power to form such a being but he had no time to ponder how the hybrid managed such a feat. Right now he felt a pounding need to get to Maxine and his patience was wearing terribly thin with the frightened silence of the mortals before him. “Where is she?!” he snarled in his chorus of voices, heads of demon hounds sprouting from his incorporeal body to snarl and snap their jaws.
“Raoul took her to your chambers I imagine,” Walter offered in a quiet, oddly calm voice, his blue eyes betraying the true amount of terror he felt. In all his years, he had never seen the mighty creature so close to utterly snapping, so close to just throwing away comradeship and killing them all.
Before the words even finished leaving the butler's lips, Alucard was gone; off to confront whatever was putting his beloved in danger. “Sh-should I go help him?” came a timid voice, making everyone turn to stare at a worried looking Seras Victoria. Integra, who had been looking pretty concerned herself, immediately put on her professional mask as she turned her cerulean gaze to the entrance of the manor. Her jaw tensed as she seemed to come to a conclusion she didn't like at all.
“No Ms. Victoria. With Alucard in the state he's in, he's more likely to attack both friend and foe. It is best we let him handle this on his own and offer help when he asks for it,” the flaxen haired heiress gritted out before pulling a cigarillo out of her coat pocket and lighting it. The former police officer beside her didn't look like she liked the decision any better but didn't look about to fight it.
The scene Alucard came across as he broke down his own door made his dead blood boil with rage. Raoul had been cruelly ripped to pieces, the bits scattered about as the blood drained slowly from them. The vampire's head was still alive, watching helplessly as Radu reached for a sobbing Maxine with his shadows. The distraught warrior was firing shot after shot, her gun eventually running out with all of the projectiles getting blocked by the tendrils of darkness the abomination wielded. Before he was even aware of what he was doing, the former Lord was charging into the room and straight into the hybrid.
Surprise briefly registered on Vladislas' skull-like face before his unnaturally long fingers came up to rake at his attacker's face. Long claws slid through Alucard's eyes like hot knives through butter, drawing a frightful howl of pain from the No-Life King. Despite being blinded, the former warrior pressed his charge; tackling the shorter dhampire. Before Max could even move to come to his aid, the pair disappeared into the limbo only they could traverse. Swearing colorfully as her heart shattered, the soldier slowly slid to her knees as she took in the scattered remains of her adopted father. With how much blood was already lost and the fact that he lacked whatever Hellsing had done to Alucard, it was certain he was going to die. “Do… not despair my little one,” came a breathless, weak whisper, drawing her attention to Raoul's severed head.
Seeing the detached limb alive and looking at her seemed to almost snap something in her brain, causing hysterical giggles to leave her lips. Surely this was Hell and all of this was punishment for some crime she had committed. That was the only way to explain why she was talking to the dying head of someone who had meant the world to her. There was no loving God in the universe that would allow this to happen in reality, there simply couldn't be. It was either that or she had finally gone mad from all the stress she had been under. “Please Max, calm yourself,” came a breathless plea, making her suddenly aware of the fact she was saying the word 'no' over and over.
“This can't be fucking happening. You can't still be talking while you're a severed head! You just can't! You can't be aware!” howled the overwrought woman, hunching into a small ball like an overwhelmed child and covering her ears.
“I am in no pain my darling. Please, don't be afraid of me in my final moments. I have so much I want to tell you, so much I didn't say nearly enough,” the detached head begged, drawing a sob from the shaking female.
Her body was moving without her even noticing, her arms scooping up the bleeding appendage that smiled so lovingly at her. Just feeling his hot blood flowing down her cool arms was slowly chipping away at what little sanity she had left and she was unsure if she could continue holding him. The knowledge that she couldn't stand the thought of holding a man she had considered her father as he died filled her with horrendous guilt. More and more tears flowed down her cheeks as her distress grew, drawing a small noise from the fading nosferatu. “Shh, shhh. Do not cry for me my darling. Soon I will be at peace and with my beloved. You must try to be happy for me,” Raoul's head murmured, his voice fading as his life began to wane.
Her throat was clogged from the sheer amount of sorrow trying to escape, and the sobbing female could only nod as she desperately tried to smile for her caretaker. This man had been her whole world for so long, he had raised her from a child; had been her first love. Just thinking about losing him a second time was far too much, Hell the first time had nearly been too much. “How am I supposed to go on without you?” she whispered in a tearful voice as she lifted the severed appendage to rest his forehead on hers.
“Tepes will take good care of you Max. I have taught you well and you are a grown woman now. I know you loved me greatly but I am relieved to be dying. I can finally be with my intended again, I can finally rest,” his fading voice whispered, a light brush touching her cheeks briefly.
“I love you Max, always remember that,” the head sighed, breathing its last while his adopted daughter wept.
Her pain hit him like a sharp punch and it took everything within the vampire not to rush back to his beloved's side. He had to finish this now or this hybrid would never leave them in peace. Releasing an unholy sounding snarl, the dark creature gathered himself into his original form; his blue eyes glaring at his amorphous enemy. *“Nu voi permite să vină pentru ea din nou Vladislas,” he rumbled as he pulled both Jackal and Casull. Normally in cases that he deemed worthy, he would eschew the use of his guns for hand to hand; preferring the feeling of actually grappling with a powerful enemy. Right now though, all he wanted was to end this quickly so he could get back to Maxine.
“You haven't been able to kill me so far. What makes you think you will succeed now?” the thing rasped before fairly vomiting up laughter. Vlad only narrowed his blazing eyes before firing his twin guns as his shadowy opponent. The hybrid's head exploded into shadow before his form simply disappeared, the rasping vocalization still ringing in Alucard's ears.
Max felt as if her heart was trying to collapse into itself as she laid her head on the ash that was left of her former father. Tears streaked down her pale cheeks, causing the dusty remains to smear on her skin. Yet she found herself incapable of caring about anything beyond the roaring, pain filled void in her chest. The only time she had any life was when she felt a pair of hands lifting her from the dusty remains of the once nosferatu. Her black clad limbs scrambled for the pile of ash as she released an animalistic sound of grief. “Maxine, he is gone,” came a stern but worried rumble by her ear, drawing her out of her swirling pool of sorrow with a snap.
“Vlad,” she gasped out in a tear clogged voice, whipping around to burrow her wet face in the black cotton of his vest. His crimson leather covered arms came up to wrap around her tightly as his mustache brushed her forehead. A bit startled at the sudden facial hair, Max looked up to see the old visage of Vladimir giving her a look full of sympathy and deep concern.
“He would not want you carrying on like this,” the ancient male whispered, his bare, clawed thumbs brushing her cheeks as he used his powers to remove the remains from her face. The warrior only closed her eyes, her hands coming up to clasp the lapels of his leather jacket.
“I know, but he was literally everything I had in the world. My family, my friends, everything. Could you even begin to understand what it was like having to watch the person I loved die a second time,” she whispered, her voice gruff from her distraught screaming.
Alucard only scooped her body into strong arms, using his powers to gather Raoul's remains and place them in a black urn formed out of his darkness. Then he was sitting on his bed, gently licking Maxine's tears as he sent a telepathic message to his mistress. 'The abomination has been silenced… for now. He has survived his head being removed before and escaped before I could properly dispose of him. Unfortunately, the hybrid used a body double to distract me while he went after Maxine. Raoul gave his life to protect her,' he informed rather clinically as he focused all his energy on calming his intended.
Thankfully his mere presence helped her calm within moments and her ragged sobs had eventually tapered off to quiet sighs. “He's really gone,” she whispered in a wavery voice, sounding utterly destroyed as she nestled into the nosferatu's chest.
“I am afraid so. Once we turn to dust, there is no true way for us to resurrect,” the powerful creature whispered, his voice soft and gentle as he pet her midnight hair in a soothing manner. Max only gave a small nod as she sniffled.
“It hurts so much, a lot more than the first time. I don't know if I have the strength to handle this,” the overwhelmed woman whispered, her entire body shaking from stress as she pressed as close to him as she possibly could.
The transformed demon only made comforting noises, his hands pulsing slightly as he sensed Integra, Walter and Seras approaching. Just that small bit of knowledge made the protectiveness within him flare and he released an absolutely frightening sound, causing the distraught warrior in his arms to flinch slightly. Giving her a reassuring glance, the nearly feral vampire turned to glare at his door as he sent out a clear warning. 'Stay away. Neither of us are injured and Maxine is doing well under my care. If you value your lives, you will come no closer,' hissed his voice, sounding like a choir of the damned. Only Max remained unaware of what he had said, the male holding her deeming her under enough stress as it was.
Thankfully that was enough to stop their approach, their retreat making him relax significantly. Refocusing his sky blue gaze back on the human in his arms, Alucard placed another loving kiss on her clammy forehead. “You have not eaten,” he whispered in a concerned tone, resting his head against hers as his callused thumbs brushed away her fresh tears.
“I'm not very hungry right now,” she whispered, her voice sounding like no more than a breath of air. If the nosferatu didn't have enhanced hearing, he doubted he would have been able to make her out at all.
“You must eat. You have not been caring for yourself lately,” he urged, his voice heavily accented as his cerulean eyes bored into her.
“I couldn't possibly eat anything right now,” the broken female whispered, a lock of her ebony hair coming loose to hang in her far too pale face. Just looking at her, the ancient monster could tell she felt nauseous and felt his worry for her spiked severely.
In a flash he was laying her down and waving a finely boned hand over her eyes. “Close your eyes,” he whispered, the words just barely a command. Feeling her eyes shut without her telling them to, Max could only roll her emerald eyes in semi-irritation.
“Fucking vampires,” she sighed, feeling her body relax despite herself. Alucard only chuckled warmly, pressing a cold palm to her heated forehead.
Then the appendage left her, followed by a familiar low, hissing noise that made want flare in her loins. This was proceeded by the thick smell of blood as she found something hot and wet pressed to her lips. Unable to open her eyes and thankful for that fact, Maxine opened her mouth to accept what she knew was Alucard's blood. The substance tasted unpleasantly coppery but filled her body with a feeling of energy and well-being. There was also a faint feeling of lust filling her from the sheer amount of power flooding her body due to the fluid.
Soon he was pulling away with a low, dual sounding groan; followed by a gentle press of cold lips to her forehead. “Rest my love. You have been through much in so little time,” his accented voice rumbled as he laid beside her and pulled her into his arms. Burrowing into the rough material of his vest, Max yawned despite herself. She could feel his power urging her to sleep and she gave a small smile. “Goddammit,” she groused playfully, leaning up to place a kiss on his chin. Then she curled into his chest and allowed herself to drift off, the sound of his chuckles following her into oblivion.
*Translation: 'I will not allow you to come for her again Vladislas.'
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