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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!

Chapter List
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Author's Note: Yet more edits for this chapter. Surprisingly, none of the interludes needed edits.

Chapter Two: 'Training' Begins
A harsh gasp left the lips of the vampire as he shot up in his lush coffin bed, tears rolling down his porcelain cheeks. His sunset eyes stared straight ahead blindly, glowing faintly in the darkness. Maxine, who had been awoken by the sudden commotion, laid in her bed and stared at the distraught vampire. She felt an odd urge to go over to him and comfort him but she somehow thought that it would be less than appreciated.
Some of the candles had gone out in the room, leaving only the light from the vampire's eyes to make out where he was. Then the glow turned to her and she quickly closed her eyes. Mama had raised no fools as the saying went. She knew that if the nosferatu knew she had seen him vulnerable, it wouldn't end well for her.
Alucard's dimly glowing eyes narrowed, a displeased hiss leaving him as he got to his feet. Donning his huge, red fedora and orange goggles, the towering creature of the night stalked over to the female's bed. Her attempt at fooling him was neither appreciated or unnoticed as he heard the fact she was awake via her heartbeat. “Get. Up,” he snarled in a harsh voice, enunciating each word carefully. His white leather gloved hands were clenched in tight fists by his sides as he glared down at her.
Reluctantly, Max opened her emerald eyes to look at the seething monster. “Get some of your clothes and get out. I don't want to be near you any more than necessary,” he hissed harshly, yanking her to her feet before releasing her hand as if burned. The nosferatu made a pained noise as he backed away from the black haired female, a white gloved hand going to his forehead. At first she made to go near him until she was stopped in her tracks by a harsh snarl. “Get away from me!” he hissed, his shadows flaring behind him.
His powerful aura caused all the candles in to room to simply snuff out, leaving them both in total darkness. The only points of light she could see was the eerie red glow from the vampire's eyes. Instead of the all out panic he had expected, Maxine simply started to feel around blindly for the door. “Well then, I can see you want to be alone so I'll just leave you to it,” she responded neutrally, moving around the dark room with her arms outstretched.
A sudden loud creak made the female jump slightly as she looked blindly around for the source of the sound. A small sliver of light came through the now open door and she calmly made her way to it. “I, um, hope you have a nice day,” Max replied with a small smile and a wave to the vampire before she left, closing the door behind her. Just because the creature hated her, it didn't mean she had to be mean back. Rolling her emerald eyes at enigmatic vampires, the black haired female tucked her clothes under her arm and walked up the stairs leading from Alucard's chambers.
As she reached the normal underground, she ran into a young blonde woman dressed in a blue uniform. The woman had short, spiky hair and wore tan gloves on her hands. She looked at Maxine with a mixture of surprise and confusion in her blue eyes. “Uh, hi? Who are you? Why were you down with my master?” she asked, her voice tinged in a light British accent.
“My name is Maxine Stone. I'm a new recruit for the Hellsing organization. As for why I was down with 'your master', well he seems uncomfortable around me. Integra wants to find out why as well as have him train me at the same time. Are you his Childe?” she asked, looking the other woman over.
Despite the fact that her eyes weren't red there was something otherworldly about the blue clad woman. Every muscle in her body almost seemed to scream with an untapped power but said power was easily concealed by her deceptive innocence. “I, er, yes. My name is Seras Victoria. How did you know about...?” the draculina answered, looking over the other woman curiously. The young vampiress only saw another woman, one who seemed utterly unfazed by vampires. What was it about this soldier that made Alucard uncomfortable?”
Maxine's emerald eyes turned sad, her shoulders slumping. “I have some experience with vampires,” she whispered quietly, not meeting Seras' gaze.
“Ah, I see. Do you need a place to change?” Seras offered cheerfully, not wanting to pry into the other woman's privacy.
“I would appreciate that actually! Maybe I can even ask you a few questions about...,” Maxine trailed off, gesturing to the huge, steel door that currently had wisps of shadow puffing out from under it.
“Ugh, you can try but I don't know that much about him. The best person to ask would be Sir Integra but even she doesn't know everything about my master,” the ex-police girl replied with a sigh, leading the way down a long hall to a door at the end of the hall.
Seras opened the wooden door to reveal a very sparsely furnished room. There was a four poster coffin bed, a small, wooden table and a single dresser. A door in the right stone wall led to a small, modest bathroom. “You can go change in my bathroom,” the blonde offered, a small blush of embarrassment coloring her cheeks. To tell the truth, she was bit ashamed of just how bare her room was.
Maxine nodded gratefully, scampering into the bathroom to change. Once she had changed, she left the bathroom and smiled at the draculina who sat on the edge of her bed. “Have a good rest Seras! May I come visit later tonight?” the camo wearing female asked, an eager sparkle in her eyes.
“Huh? Yeah, sure. If master doesn't keep you late with your 'training',” Seras replied with a bitter grin, kicking off her boots. She had a good feeling that her sire was going to make this woman's day hell.
“I highly doubt that. He can't stand to be around me and when he touches me he reacts rather oddly,” Max murmured as she opened the wooden door leading out to the hall.
“How does he react?” the blonde asked, laying back on the soft mattress of her bed. Even though she was exhausted, Seras was curious to hear how her usually in control master acted around this fairly normal woman.
“Well, he pulls away as if I hurt him somehow. He also seems to get extremely angry as well,” Max replied, tilting her head in curiosity, “Why do you ask?”
“Oh, no reason,” Seras purred with a small grin. She might be able to use this the next time her master was being, well, an ass.
Blinking in confusion, Max simply waved before leaving and closing the door behind her. She turned around to run smack into Walter. “Gah! H-hi Mr. Dornez,” the black haired female stammered out, clutching a fist in her camo jacket. Her heart raced under her hand, trying its best to migrate to her throat.
“Ah, there you are Ms. Stone. When I asked Alucard where you were he was less than helpful,” the old butler replied, bowing and smiling at her gently.
“Well he kinda chased me from his room and I met Seras. She let me change in her room,” Max replied, trying not to roll her eyes at the butler's stubborn insistence on propriety.
“I dare say I have never heard of Alucard being so disconcerted by a human. Most of the time he pays the soldiers no mind, other than to scare them on occasion. Come, Sir Integra wants to speak with you,” Walter whispered, his pleasant British accent making her feel very calm and safe.
He led her unerringly upstairs, to the main floor of the house. As they passed by a group of soldiers on their way up another set of stairs, the riot suit wearing men let out cat calls and wolf whistles at the sight of Maxine in her rather form fitting camo suit. Walter sneered at the disgraceful antics of his fellows, flashing his wires at them briefly as they passed. The sight of the slight shimmer promptly shut the offenders up. “What was that?” Maxine asked, staring at Walter's seemingly empty, gloved hands with amazement.
“Just an old trick left over from my fighting days,” he replied, his smooth, accented voice nearly caressing her.
As soon as the pair left the soldiers behind, they began talking about Maxine's assets. They even went so far as to mimic her shape in the air with their hands, leers on their lips as they discussed what they would do to her. Shadows began to form behind one of them as he discussed, in detail, what he would do with her mouth; making lewd gestures with his hips to emphasize his point. The soldier across from him went very pale, his eyes widening behind his goggles.
The shadows formed long tentacles as glowing red eyes formed in the inky blackness. “What Sean? You look as if you've seen a ghost?” the pervert groused, turning to be confronted with the snarling face of one of Alucard's demon dogs.
“What was that you were saying?” came a deadly, silky purr from the thing's fanged mouth, drool dripping from its jowls.
Maxine was lead into Integra's huge study, left to face the imposing woman alone as Walter left and shut the door. “Good morning Max,” Integra greeted, placing a cigarillo in her mouth and lighting the end. Aromatic smoke immediately rose from the tightly rolled tube as she took a slow drag.
“Good morning Sir Integra,” Max replied with a bow. Her shoulder length, black hair was tied back in a ponytail and brushed her neck with the movement.
“At ease soldier,” Integra replied, sounding tired as she got to her feet. The platinum haired woman came around from behind her desk, leaning against the front of it as she looked Maxine up and down.
“How much experience do you have with battle,” Integra asked, taking another slow drag of the cigarillo. The smoke smelled vaguely of cloves and floated underneath Max's nose, giving her the horrible urge to sneeze.
“Four years of both close combat and ranged fighting. I've never seen a war but I have served on covert teams before,” Maxine replied steadily, keeping her eyes locked with Integra's.
“Mmmhmm. And how much experience do you have with fighting vampires?” the commanding female asked, her glasses flashing in the light and obscuring her eyes for a split second.
Maxine froze a bit at that question, a flash of guilt and pain going through her eyes before it was replaced by a soul-crushing sadness. “I... have a lot of experience,” she replied, leaving out the part that she also knew a few secrets about vampires. Those secrets had been told to her a lifetime ago, under the strictest confidence. Even though it had been many years, it didn't feel right to disclose such things.
“Well, you'll be instructed in the habits of vampires by Alucard. Your lessons start today. Go meet Alucard in the training dojo,” Integra responded dismissively, waving her cigarillo at the confused soldier.
“But Sir, I can assure you, I know plenty about vampires,” Maxine protested, a little afraid to see the creature so soon after their altercation this morning.
“Are you prepared to prove your knowledge?” Integra hissed, her blue eyes narrowing as she pushed off the mahogany desk.
“I, its a really personal story,” she replied awkwardly, shifted uncomfortably as she avoided Integra's eyes.
“Until you are ready to tell me just how much you know, you will spend every waking hour with Alucard. I cannot simply just take your word that you know what you're doing. Now go, I doubt he'll be happy that you've lollygagged here,” the platinum haired woman growled, moving back behind her desk. The female commander sat in her high backed chair and turned the back of it toward Maxine, a clear dismissal.
Reluctantly, Maxine backed out of the room; only to back into Walter. “Do you enjoy knocking into me?” he asked, amusement thick in his voice.
“Oh, I'm so sorry Mr. Dornez,” Max gasped, giving a bow with her face flaming from embarrassment.
“Walter, Ms. Stone. And that is quite alright my dear, no harm done. Now lets get you down to the dojo,” the butler suggested with a gentle smile, turning his vested back and walking to the right down the hall.
With a sigh, Max fell into stride beside the pony-tailed man who seemed to almost have a perpetual smile on his face. It was almost as if life itself amused him to no end. “Well if I'm going to call you Walter, can you at least call me Max? It seems its going to be my nickname around here,” the female soldier asked with a teasing smile.
“I'm afraid it wouldn't be proper of me to address you as anything other than Ms. Stone. Here we are my dear, do let me know if you need anything else,” he purred out with a small bow, his light accent doing odd things to her body.
Maxine looked at the door with apprehension, not really wanting to be trapped in close quarters with an angry vampire who seemed to hate her. “Go ahead Ms. Stone. I can assure you that no harm will come to you. Hellsing has its dog well trained,” Walter assured, opening the door for her. Dark, thick shadows immediately came pouring out, forming into long, ichor dripping tendrils on the carpeted floor.
“Oh, do stop showing off Alucard. You know what Sir Integra will do to you if you stain her carpets again,” the old warrior sighed, rolling his blue eyes in minor annoyance.
To Maxine's amazement, the tendrils immediately withdrew and the lights came back on inside the dojo, revealing a very irritated looking Alucard. His wide brim, red fedora was hiding his stormy expression but she could tell by his posture that he was pissed. “Just get in here,” Alucard hissed in a stiff voice, his white gloved hands curled into fists.
“Oh, Alucard, if you attack my soldiers again, I will deal with your punishment myself,” Walter stated in a pleasant manner, his glasses shining in the light and hiding his eyes briefly.
“Their behavior was inexcusable, so I took their punishment into my own hands. No permanent damage was done,” Alucard hissed harshly, his shadows flaring briefly behind him as he leaned against a wall with bokkens against it.
“They are my men and it is my job to punish them. You overstepped your bounds, dog of Hellsing,” Walter snarled, his grin disappearing for a deep frown.
Alucard's head shot up, the light in the room reflecting off the orange lens of his goggles as he tore them from his face. His eyes had turned from their normal sunset color to a deep crimson and a snarl fixed itself to his lips. All of his teeth had changed to sharp fangs and his aura changed to one of dominance and power. Understanding flashed briefly in Walter's eyes as he pursed his lips slightly before he simply bowed and left. This was a very interesting development and Integra would need to know of it immediately.
Maxine, who had watched the exchange with some confusion, slowly made her way into the room. The way Alucard was acting, it was almost as if he had attacked the soldiers that had whistled at her to protect her honor. Fighting the urge to laugh at the ridiculous notion, Max merely passed off what happened as something else entirely. 'Maybe it was some sort of odd power struggle,' she mused to herself as she closed the distance between herself and the still fuming monster.
The door closed and locked behind her, making the soldier jump slightly as discomfort slowly filled her. Now she was locked in a room, alone, with a very powerful vampire who actively seemed to shun her presence. “I have been 'asked' to educate you in the behavior and ways of vampires. We are to spend all day together and all night combat training,” Alucard growled in a displeased voice, pulling himself off the wall and drawing himself to his full, rather impressive height.
“Look, you won't have to teach me anything. I know a lot more about vampires than most people,” the female whispered, looking down at the tops of her black boots so she wouldn't have to feel the hate radiating from his crimson eyes anymore.
The vampire snorted derisively, prowling around her in a tight circle. “What could a little girl like you possibly know about vampires?” he hissed angrily, stopping in front of her.
“I know that you don't necessarily have to be a virgin to be turned,” she answered, meeting his eyes unwaveringly. Despite how intimidating the creature was, she knew she couldn't feel any fear around him. If he smelled fear on her in his current state, things would probably get really dangerous really quickly.
“How do you know that? Only other vampires know that secret,” he hissed harshly, his eyes narrowing. Rage wound its way into his aura as the lights in the room dimmed slightly.
“I... I... I lived with a vampire for a while,” she answered quietly, pain lancing into her heart as old memories surfaced.
“Have you told any of what he told you to Integra?” Alucard snarled dangerously, his shadows slithering around her but not touching her.
“Of course not! I would never abuse his trust like that!” Maxine snapped, her emerald eyes sparking with anger as she locked gazes with the vampire in front of her. Silence stretched between them as the two glared daggers at each-other, neither backing down.
“Who was he?” Alucard hissed in a dangerous voice. For some reason the thought of her living with another vampire and having such a close relationship enraged him. All he wanted to do was slay the vampire with his bare hands but he didn't know why. The emotions inside him confused him and only further increased his rage at the woman in front of him. What was it about her that made him feel things after centuries of blessed blankness?
“He was... a very dear friend,” she replied softly, tears beginning to brim in her emerald eyes. Suddenly her arms were gripped in cold leather gloves as a very pissed vampire began to sniff her lightly. Realization of what he was doing filled her and she yanked herself away from him as rage and hurt began to fill her.
“How dare you. I mean how dare you! Trying to see if I'm a fucking virgin?! You, of all vampires, have no right to assess my virginity! If you haven't forgotten, you can't even stand to be around me! Why are you acting as if I'm your perspective mate?!” Maxine roared, her hands curled into tight fists as she glared at the red clad vampire.
Alucard's crimson eyes flashed with rage as most of the light-bulbs in the ceiling simultaneously exploded and the rest went out. “You dare speak to the 'No-life King' as if he is your lower?! You dare suggest such as I would want such as you?!” he roared, the walls shaking slightly from his powers flaring.
“Don't act as if I'm in the wrong Alucard. I know a lot about vampire behavior, in both battle and at home. I know what you were doing, even if you aren't willing to admit it. If you hate me, then hate me! But don't fucking play games with me!” the soldier hissed, not backing down.
Alucard glared heatedly at the female in front of him before withdrawing his shadows. As much as he hated to admit it, she was right. Some, deep part of him wanted this mortal as a mate and it confused him. “I don't hate you,” he finally growled, the lights that didn't explode coming back on as his powers receded.
“You have a funny way of showing it,” Maxine quipped. With a sigh, she moved toward the still fuming vampire; stopping a couple feet from him.
“How about we start over? Since we're going to be forced to spend hours together, we might as well make friends,” she offered, extending her hand as a proverbial olive branch.
Alucard glared down at the offered appendage before briefly clasping it with a gloved hand. Even the brief contact caused memories to flood his mind, causing him to yank his hand away quickly with a pained hiss. Memories of a woman that looked hauntingly like Maxine slammed into him, as if he was really seeing them. The woman looked at him with a deep love and he felt a deep, wrenching pain within his dead heart.
Clutching his head, the nosferatu backed away from the female. Memories of the woman calling his name with aching tenderness, memories of a hand on a domed stomach, memories of blood and death and an aching pain. With a pained snarl, the nosferatu forced the memories away as two blood tears slipped down his cheeks. Whatever his mind was trying to make him remember, he was sure he didn't want to remember it. “Alucard?” came a timid, female voice, finally driving the last of the memories away.
“I don't care what Integra says, we're done for the day,” he snapped tersely, before simply disappearing with a swirl of shadows.
Maxine stared at the spot where the vampire had stood just a few seconds ago, a mixture of confusion and frustration on her face. Alucard's behavior was enigmatic and confusing at best, leaving her with a throbbing headache. Deciding to work off some of her frustration, and a bit afraid to leave the dojo before the appointed time, the black haired soldier grabbed a bokken and began to practice some of her fencing skills. She was unaware of the fact that Alucard still watched from the within the walls.
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