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Eternal Hearts: Book Three-Twisted Shadows	By : alucardsangel1973 Category: Hellsing > General Views: 10544 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 3
- 4
- 5
Ok, this chapter's kind of layed back but the action will pick up in chapter five. Also, Zoey makes her entrance. And just for a good laugh, a little Alucard/Integra humor thrown in.

Chapter 4

Seras looked out at the patrons enjoying
themselves in the club. She tried her hardest to sense if there
was a vampire among them. She could sense nothing except human
activity, and scent human blood. She tried again to catch the
scent of any other vampire other than Alucard. Her efforts again
were fruitless. She rubbed her head in frustration.
Alucard placed a gloved finger under her chin tilting her head
up toward his. "You try too hard Seras. If there are
vampires here beside us they have found a way to hide their
conditions. We may not be able to sense it, but I believe there
are other undead in this club besides us. And I think they are
closer to us than anyone else realizes." Alucard said
casting a suspicious glance at Demir and Aiesha.
"Tell me, do you think it's the owners?" Seras
asked.
"It's best not to discuss it here. If they are what we
think they are then they can hear our every word. They can also
read our thoughts if we open our minds. For now it is best to act
as if nothing is amiss." Alucard answered.
"But they'll know what we are." Seras said.
"Yes. But they don't seem too worried at the moment. For
now it's best we speak nor think anything more of our suspicions.
We will just enjoy the surroundings until we are summoned."
As Alucard finished his sentence he looked up and saw someone
coming toward their booth. It was the young woman in the blue
velvet dress. She timidly approached the couple having no idea
they were anything but human. "Seras...Seras Victoria? Is
that you?" She asked shyly.
"Zoey?" Seras asked recognizing the voice of the
young woman calling her name.
"You know this girl?" Alucard questioned.
"Yes. We were school mates for many years, and we both
entered MI-5 together." Seras answered.
"Seras and I were the best of friends. Though she
certainly didn't tell me she was in any type of
relationship." Zoey replied.
"Oh, Zoey this is...um..."
"I am her husband, Alucard." He said calmly.
"Husband? Wow, I never imagined you would get married
when you were accepted into MI-5. Then again I'd never imagined
you were into the goth scene either. Those contacts are
amazing." Zoey replied feeling a tad suprised.
"Well, um..." Seras stuttered.
"Have you heard about the two people who disappeared from
the club a few nights back?" Zoey asked.
"Yes...actually..." Seras began again but was
suddenly cut off.
"What happened to them?" Alucard asked.
"They were a pair of newcomers to the club. I think the
woman couldn't handle her drink. For that matter I think she and
her boyfriend both got rather tipsy. The owners helped them out
of the club through the backdoor. I guess they didn't want two
intoxicated people making a scene." Zoey exlpained.
Alucard's eyes widened at hearing this news. He looked
intently at Zoey through his sunglasses. He didn't like doing
this in public because it could alert humans to what he really
was. But no one was really paying attention to the couple and the
young woman now in their company.
Zoey's eyes suddenly glazed over and her expression became
blank. Seras looked at her mentor with a slight sense of panic.
"What do you think you're..." She whispered before
Alucard cut her off.
"Stay calm. I know what I'm doing." He said as he
stood up.
"And if you're not careful so will everyone else."
Seras whispered in an irritated tone.
"They suspect nothing other than two people are taking a
friend home because she's had a little too much to drink."
Alucard replied in a calm but hushed voice.
Seras rolled her eyes and put her arm around Zoey's shoulder
so she would appear to be steadying the young woman. Alucard,
Seras and Zoey stepped out of the booth. The site of them leaving
attracted Demir and Aiesha's attention. They started making their
way toward the trio.
"Is there something wrong?" Demir asked.
"Oh, my wife has met up with an old friend of hers.
Unfortunately I think the poor girl has had a little too much to
drink so we are taking her home so she can sleep it off."
Alucard answered smoothly.
"Is there anything we can do for her?" Aiesha asked
trying to mask her unease.
"No thank you. Seras and I will see the girl home."
Alucard replied.
"Of course. I do hope the lovely young lady will be all
right. Pity there are not more concerned citizens such as
yourselves looking after a young lady's welfare." Demir said
in a suave tone.
Alucard looked at Demir trying not to glare. He could feel
something was not right about the club owner and his companion,
but without proof, more importantly his master's command, he
could do nothing.
"Yes. If you will excuse us we must take the young miss
home before she passes out. It would be quite undiginfied to have
that happen now wouldn't it?" Alucard asked in a voice that
though mannerly, dripped with hidden venom.
Demir could sense the vampire's growing distaste for him and
his companion. "Of course. That would be unfortunate
wouldn't it. You never know who would be sick enough to take
advantage of such a lovely creature in her impaired state."
Demir answered. His tone had a hint of sarcasm to it. One that
Alucard could detect very easily.
"Yes. Good night to you and your companion." Alucard
said as he and Seras helped Zoey out of the club. They led her to
her car and got in. Of course since Zoey was under Alucard's mind
control, and everyone believed her drunk, she couldn't drive.
Seras fortunately had learned so she got behind the wheel and
started the vehicle up.
Demir's eyes narrowed as he watched the couple and their guest
drive away. Aiesha looked sharply at her companion. "Why
did you let them leave? You heard the girl. She saw us 'escort'
the man and woman out of the club! What if she knows more than
she's telling!"
"Calm down will you? I doubt the girl knows anything
other than seeing us take our prey from the club. If she knows
more, then we will make sure she doesn't live long enough to
exploit her knowledge. We must not make a scene in front of the
patrons or else the entire city will be alarmed. I doubt the
human keeper who controls Dracula will want press either. A human
keeping a vampire as a servant will want as much information
supressed as we will. We may yet be able to use this to our
advantage. Now quit becoming hysterical before you alarm the
other guests." Demir ordered with a sharp glare toward
Aiesha.

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Integra sat at her desk enjoying a cigarillo and
a cup of hot tea when she felt the connection of her servant
being activated.

"Master..."

"Alucard, what is it? Have you and Seras
learned something vital to the case?" Integra asked.

"In a manner of speaking. We found a
witness. Or rather a witness found us." Alucard
answered.

"What do you mean found you?" Integra
inquired sharply.

"It appears that an old friend of Seras
found us at the club. She says she saw the two victims were
escorted out of the club the night they dissapeared." Alucard
answered.

"Is she with you now?" Integra
asked again.

"As a matter of fact she is." Alucard
replied.

"Escort her out of the club. I'll send
an agent to pick her up and interview her." Integra
said.

"That won't be necessary master. We've
left the club so we'll be bringing her to you." Alucard
answered.

"You WHAT? Have you any idea the
suspicion you could have aroused? Alucard, for the love of God
tell me that she does NOT know what you and Seras are!" Integra
snapped.

"Actually she doesn't know what planet
she's on at the moment master. I've taken control of her will.
She could be running around naked right now and she wouldn't
care." Alucard answered smirking on the outside. That
won him a stern glare from Seras.

"Oh shut up! Both of you return to
Hellsing at once and bring the girl with you! You had better pray
no one suspects anything about any of this!" Integra
barked.

"Relax my master. Everyone thinks Seras
and I are escorting a friend of hers home because she's drunk.
Honestly, you wouldn't be so wound tight if you'd just get laid
every once and a while."

"GET BACK HERE!" Integra's
words echoed in Alucard's mind.

He shook his head for a moment and looked at
Seras who was shooting him a rather irritated look.
"What?" He asked casually.

"Running around naked and she wouldn't care?
This happens to be a very good friend of mine you're talking
about." She said sharply.

"I was only making a point." Alucard
said fluttering his eyes innocently.

"Right." Seras sighed rolling her eyes.

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Integra sat drumming her fingers irritatedly
against her desk waiting for Alucard and Seras to appear with
their...witness. She took a sharp drag off her cigarillo to try
and calm her nerves. Walter waited at the front of the mansion
when he saw an unfamiliar car pull up. He quickly but calmly went
down the stairs seeing Seras and Alucard emerge with Zoey in his
arms.

"Alucard, please tell me you didn't. Sir
Integra is in foul enough a mood as it is." Walter said.

"Don't worry Walter. This girl is a witness
not my dinner." Alucard said as he walked past the aged
retainer carrying Zoey with him and Seras at his side. The three
vanished while Walter made his way back to Integra's office
shaking his head. He was pretty sure she was not going to be
happy when he greeted her.

Alucard, Seras and an unconcious Zoey all
appeared in the Hellsing leader's office. She sat behind her desk
glaring daggers at Alucard. It wasn't her policy nor her wish to
have outsiders brought into the Hellsing mansion. But seeing as
her vampiric servant had once again succeeded in putting her in a
delicate situation, for the moment she had no choice but to have
the girl brought there.

"Walter..." She said trying to keep her
voice down.

"Yes Sir Integra." Walter answered
knowing that at any moment there was going to be quite a scene
made.

"Take Captain Victoria's friend and have a
room prepared for her." Integra ordered. She gripped a pen
tightly in her fist. Then her eyes turned to Seras. The young
vampire swallowed nervously.

"Captain Victoria, may I ask how you and
Alucard got the girl here without raising suspicion?" She
asked trying not to openly gritt her teeth.

"We used her car sir. I drove so as not to
arouse suspicion." Seras answered trying to not to appear
too uneasy.

"Well, it is good to see that one of you has
some sense. Now if you will excuse me I would like to have a few
words with Alucard...alone. You are dismissed Captain."
Integra said grinding the tip of the pin into the desk.

"It would be a good idea for you to go
see to your friend Seras. I have a feeling it's about to get
rather loud in here." Alucard told Seras mentally.

"Well what are you waiting for?
Dismissed!" Integra barked. Seras quickly saluted and got
herself out of Integra's office as quickly as possible.

She flagged down Walter who had Zoey in his arms.
"I want to make sure she'll be ok. I'm afraid Alucard may be
in a lot of trouble for doing this. I hope Sir Integra won't be
too hard on him." Seras said with a nervous gulp.

"Don't worry Miss Victoria. Alucard can
handle himself. This certainly isn't the first time he and Sir
Integra have had words, and it probably won't be the last. It's
just as well you caught up with me. You can help me get your
friend here settled in for the night." Walter said.

Seras followed him as he took Zoey to a guest
room and set her down on the bed. "I'll go get her one of my
nightshirts." She said.

"Very good. I'll leave her to your care now
Miss Victoria." Walter replied as he bowed and left the
room. Seras hurried to her chamber and got a blue cotton
nightshirt and went back to Zoey's room through a portal. She set
the garment down and shook Zoey lightly trying to wake her up.
The young woman's eyes fluttered open as she wearily sat up.

"Seras?" She asked rubbing her head.

"I'm here Zoey." Seras answered.

"What happened? I was talking to you and
then the next thing I know I have this strange feeling in my head
and..." Zoey stopped looking around. She suddenly realized
she was no longer in the club. "Where am I?" She asked.

"Um, well...it's kind of hard to
explain." Seras stuttered.

"Seras, shouldn't you be taking those
contacts out now? It's not sanitary to leave them in for too
long." Zoey said.

"Zoey, I don't know how to tell you this
but..." Seras stammered trying to find the right way to tell
her friend the truth about what she and Alucard were.

Before she could say another word she looked
behind her and saw Integra standing behind her breathing hard.
Her cheeks were flushed and her nostrils flared from her sharp
breaths. Seras pondered for a moment whether or not she should
open her mouth.

"Sir, Zoey...um..." Seras started
cautiously.

"You might as well tell her the truth since
she's already here. I'll figure out how to deal with this
situation later." Integra growled.

"Seras, what's going on?" Zoey asked
feeling thoroughly confused.

"Zoey, these aren't contacts in my
eyes." Seras began and then opened her mouth wide. She
displayed her canines for a moment then closed her mouth again.
"And those aren't prostetic fangs. I'm a vampire...a real
vampire."

"Seras, are you stoned?" Zoey asked not
knowing what to believe.

"No, she's not." Integra replied
firmly.

"Zoey, I am a vampire. So is the man who you
saw me with. That's why you suddenly felt strange and have no
memory of what happened to you. He hypnotized you and took
control of your mind." Seras explained.

"Oh God..." Zoey gasped.

"It's all right. He had a good reason for
doing what he did. You told us that you saw the man and woman who
disappeared from the club being taken away. Alucard thought
perhaps you might know something more but didn't want you to talk
about it at the club." Seras replied.

"I'm not dreaming am I?" Zoey asked
with a glazed look on her face.

"No. I'm afraid you're not. Have you been
approached by MI-5 or any of the authorities about this
matter?" Integra asked.

"No. I wasn't at the club for a night or two
after the two people disappeared. It was only this evening that I
met up with Seras and...what was his name again?"

"Alucard." Integra and Seras answered
in unison.

"I want you to tell me everything you can
about the night the parties in question vanished from the club.
And I need you to be as specific with me as possible. This has
turned from a missing person's case to a murder case."
Integra insisted.

"Sir, I don't mean to be rude, but Zoey's
still coming off of Alucard's mind control. I don't know that
she'll be able to think too clearly right now. Wouldn't it be
better to let her get some rest and then she can tell you what
she knows in the morning?" Seras suggested. She braced
herself for a rather boisterious reply. But suprisingly Integra
kept her cool.

"Very well. You can finish getting your
friend settled in so she can get a decent night's rest. I will
not be requiring anything more of you for this evening Captain
Victoria." Integra said firmly and left the room.

"Seras, I can't believe all of this is
happening. You're a vampire?"

"Yes Zoey. It's true. It's a long story.
I'll tell you after you've had a decent nights sleep. I've got a
feeling you may be with us for a few days until this case is
solved." Seras answered.

"I...I just don't know what to
believe..." Zoey said with disbelief.

"It will be all right Zoey. You'll be safe
here. Just trust me when I tell you it would have been dangerous
for you to stay at the club after telling Alucard and I what you
know. Try to get some rest now. Sir Integra will need you to tell
her everything you can about what happened that night at the
club." Seras replied.

"All right." Zoey said and tried to get
herself settled in for the night. Seras walked out of the room
and opened a portal back to her chamber.

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Alucard sat in his chamber rubbing his head. His
ears were still ringing from the verbal bashing his master had
just given him. He brushed the tirade off as he sat in his throne
like chair. He'd resumed his typical Hellsing attire and clean
shaven appearence. He heard footsteps heading toward his domain.
The calm deliberate steps told him it was Walter. He entered
Alucard's chamber with a fresh blood pack in a pail of ice.

"I thought you might be needing this after
your meeting with Sir Integra." He said politely.

"Yes. Integra let me have it in spades this
time. It's fortunate I am so powerful. Otherwise I'd be deaf for
the next week." Alucard replied.

"Did Seras get her friend settled in?"
He asked.

"Yes. I think I saw Sir Integra question the
girl briefly." Walter answered.

"Wonderful." Alucard said sinking into
his chair slightly.

"I took a fresh supply to Miss Victoria just
in case she needed it as well. I think I saw her enter her
chamber as I walked in." Walter replied.

"Hello? Am I interrupting?" Asked Seras
as she stood in the doorway.

"No Miss Victoria. I was just about to leave
to attend to my other duties. Good evening to both of you."
Walter said as he left Alucard's chamber.

Seras walked up to Alucard while he sat in his
chair. She plucked the bloodpack from its resting place and
handed it to the elder vampire. She stood between is parted legs
brushing a stray black lock from his face.

"Are you all right?" She asked softly.

"My ears are still ringing slightly, but
other than that I'm fine. Master and I have had spats worse than
this one in the past. Don't worry about me. I've learned to brush
off her little outbursts off. Is your friend all right?"
Alucard asked.

"Zoey, yah, she's all right. Confused as
hell, but she's all right. Sir Integra wanted to interrogate her
but I asked her to leave off on that til morning." Seras
answered.

"You've gotten brave. Was Integra in a more
agreeable mood when you asked this of her?" Alucard
questioned.

"Well, she didn't yell at me. She said she'd
talk to Zoey in the morning." Seras said.

"I thought it better to bring her here where
she could be guarded. I don't trust Demir and Aiesha. Demir is
not who he says he is. The more I play the image of his face in
my mind, the more I recognize him for what he is...or rather what
he was." Alucard replied.

"Who was he?" Seras asked.

"He was close to the Sultan. He also oversaw
much of the torture I was put through when I was the sultan's
prisoner. I didn't realize it then until a memory of those years
was awakened. . His real name is Celik. In Turkish it means
steel. And if there were any word that could describe him, it
would be that one. I do not dare imagine how he was raised to
bare witness to the horrors he saw and not flinch even the
tiniest inch." Alucard explained, his expression becoming
serious.

"Every day and night I could hear his voice
either barking orders at the guards or screaming directly at me.
He looked a bit different than he does now. His mustache was
longer and he had a beard. Seeing him that first night at the
club was like seeing a ghost. He must be undead. That is the only
way he could be here now. But that I can't sense it in him nor
see it on him disturbs me. He and Aiesha have found a way to mask
their conditions." He continued.

"Alucard, you said Zoey would be safer here
than at the club. Do you think those two would have..."

"Yes. No doubt they now know that Zoey is a
witness. They certainly would not allow any...loose ends. She is
safer here." Alucard replied cryptically.

"Zoey knew you were in MI-5." He said.

"Yes. We went into it together after we
finished school. Her parents wanted her to be involved in the law
like her older sister. She tried but it didn't quite work out for
her the way it did with me. She was never really interested in
it. She was only trying to make her parents happy." Seras
replied.

"And what did Zoey really want to do?"
Alucard asked.

"She always wanted to be an artist and have
her work showcased in museums in Europe and America. Her work is
really wonderful. But her parents were always on her about it.
They said it was unrealistic and she needed a career that could
provide her with purpose, not to mention a large bank account.
But it never made her happy. They weren't pleased when she quit
MI-5 and took a lesser paying job as a secretary for some
company. Her father came down very hard on her for it. I...I
don't guess they've spoken in quite a while." Seras
answered.

"She seems to have faired well."
Alucard mused.

"I guess. She does a good job of keeping
things that bother her hidden. She hid the fact that she'd quit
MI-5 for several weeks before she told her parents. I don't
remember much about the day she left other than she said her
parents were going to be very upset with her and she needed to be
on her own for a while before she told them. I didn't see her
after that. Tonight is the first time I've seen her in quite a
while." Seras replied.

"I guess I should have warned our young
guest that she's going to wake up with quite a headache in the
morning." Alucard said.

"Oh don't worry about her. She's had
hangovers that would have incapacitated most men." Seras
commented.

"Well then, she shouldn't have a problem
then."

"I still don't understand how two vampires
could have enough power to hide their conditions. If they've
learned how to do it, then what's to stop others from doing the
same." Seras said.

"They're not going to be around long enough
to exploit the knowledge if I have anything to say about
it." Alucard replied.

to be continued...
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