How Time Flies By

Seras awoke just at the start of sundown. She was about to sit up when she realized there was a small weight around her stomach, and a light snore emitting from behind her. She laid perfectly still, not wanting to wake him up, enjoying the feeling of affection from the normally cold beast.

She didn’t have to stay still very long. She soon heard him take a deep breath and stir awake. “What time is it?” he asked in a morning rasp.

“Just after sundown, so says my internal clock.”

“Ah good. We should get going then. I’d like to return home by morning.”

“Can it wait, just a few more minutes?”

“Something wrong?”

“No, I’m just enjoying myself.” She snuggled back into him.

The action of kindness made a pulse fill his body. “Well haven’t you developed some galls?”

She shrugged. “There’s no need to be concerned about things like being meek. You only live so long, even as a vampire. Why not just enjoy it and live how you like, instead of being afraid of what someone thinks of you?”

“So you did learn that little lesson. Good. I was tired of your meek self. I like this bold side you’ve developed.”

In a flash she flipped over and pinned him on his back, sitting astride his waist and holding his wrists down over his head. “I was meek because you terrified the shit out of me, or do you forget? I was always afraid I’d disappointed you, always striving to please you. I was never able to do so.”

“You were always too scared to do what I wanted fully, or do you forget that?” He spun her argument right back on her, though thoroughly enjoying the position they were in. “Do you not remember the night in Rio de Janeiro, when I asked you to follow me as far into the darkness as you could? I meant for you to shoot down the offending humans with me, but you held on to your humanity.”

“I eventually followed, didn’t I? I helped you fight that damned card freak.”

“By shooting a few shells at him, and distracting him. And before that, you had questioned me for killing the humans who tried to kill us. They were about to find you, what else was I supposed to do?”

This made her loosen her hold. “You were… worried?”

“Yes I was worried. I would’ve been a fool to not have been. I knew you would not be able to protect yourself at that time. And for you to question me when I saved your ass, that made me yell at you that time.”

“I didn’t understand then. I didn’t understand to survive, you must kill, even the innocent. It took many years for it to sink in.”

A few moments of silence passed between them, before Alucard broke it with a deep throaty laugh.

“What’s so funny?”

“If it hadn’t have been for Millennium, we wouldn’t even be in this situation at all.”

Seras frowned. “They caused millions of deaths. How did they make this happen?”

“Zorin caused you to take Pip’s blood, unlocking your powers in full. That was all I was waiting for in you. The only thing I wish we could have avoided was my disappearance. I would have been able to do what I wanted much much sooner.”

“I doubt that,” Seras muttered, moving to get up.

“Don’t.”

“Don’t what?” she snapped at him. “Don’t doubt that you’d want me if I just drank human blood? I can have all the doubts in the world on that. It was only because you left I realized I was being a pansy in my unlife. If you had stayed, I would’ve continued to want to win you over. Shrödinger did us both a favor in what he did. I was able to grow on my own and spread my wings. If you had stayed, I would have never opened them in the first place. You cannot deny this.”

“What I meant was don’t move, but no, I cannot deny that. You never thought of yourself first, and that was always your downfall. I saw your potential, or I wouldn’t have turned you in the first place. True I had wanted to be there for you when your powers unlocked, but yes, I probably would have just hindered you.”

“What?”

“Yeah, I’m agreeing with you. Amazing, is it not?”

“Given the circumstances, recently this is becoming increasingly more a new style for you.”

“Just as you surprising me is becoming a style for you. To think, I would’ve kept you dull and boring instead of being randomly pinned to the ground.”

“You could get up if you wanted,” she scoffed.

“Yes but who says I want to?”

A wicked smile appeared on her face. “Close your eyes.” He did what he was told and she relished in the fact he did something she said. “And keep them closed no matter what.”

“Or?”

She dug her nails in his wrists, enough to draw droplets of blood. He sucked in an unneeded breath. “Just do something I ask for once.” Once satisfied that he was listening to her request, she slid down his body and raked her nails down his clothed sides as she went. He twitched and groaned, encouraging her to move on. She stopped at the bulge in his pants, grasping it with a soft hand and making him buck and grit his teeth together. He kept his eyes closed though.

“You have grown galls,” he muttered.

She squeezed a bit harder. “You don’t know the half of it.” She may be a virgin, but she was especially good at this. “So you wanted to see this ‘come in the pants’ talent, right?”

“Mm, but I thought you did that without touching them.”

“Joys of human seduction. You, it would not work like that on, but the end effect would be the same.” She slowly pulled down the zipper, causing him to grow painfully hard.

A low growl started in the back of his throat.

Taking this as a sign she was doing well, she removed him from his confines and ran a hand down the smooth skin covering the blood-filled muscle.

“You weren’t kidding…” he groaned. “I wish I could see what you were doing though.”

“All good things come to those who wait. Now the tip of the iceberg…” Though she had been painfully slow getting to where she was now, she took no time encircling him with her mouth, twirling her tongue around and twisting her hand as she moved it up and down. Within no time, he threw his head back and let the growl that had been building up in his throat out, and from the sudden salty taste, she knew she had accomplished her goal.

“You have… no idea how that… Where did you…”

“Thirty years is a long time,” she said with a smile. “You can open your eyes, by the way.”

He did and she winked at him. “You little minx.”

“Great way to start the night I bet.”

“Hand me a blood pouch and I’ll be much better.”

She got off and looked through her bag, tossing two over to him. “Another to be on the safe side.”

Alucard stuffed himself back into his pants and popped the top off the first pouch, relishing in the coppery tang of the thick liquid.

“So what kind of beast do you think our target is? The village looked as if it had been quiet for a bit before our arrival. Meaning it must have left to hibernate before sunrise. It’s more of a night owl than us.”

“Nice observation, but it will not do much good.” He finished the first pouch and tore into the second. “The attacks have only been on males, during the night. Wives and mothers have woke to find husbands and sons dead in their beds.”

“Succubi,” Seras concluded, biting at her thumbnail.

“Or just a single Succubus.”

“But what would it be doing all the way out here?”

“Seclusion and less suspicion. But most likely she did not expect Hellsing to catch wind of this.”

“Or maybe that’s what she wanted,” Seras suggested. “Do you know when the attacks started?”

“Two days ago is what I gathered from Integra as I waited for you.”

“It’s possible she caught wind of your return already and wants to test your strength.”

Alucard snorted. “If that’s the case, I’ll shoot her in the head and remind the creatures of the night the No-Life King still reigns supreme.”

“Thing is we have no motive.” She chewed on the nail again.

“And we won’t if we stay here any longer. We need all the time we can to exterminate this pest.

“Agreed.” She stood and dusted off her clothes and straightening them.

“Though I must say, the first interruption in our plans was quite pleasant.”

Seras gave a coy smile. “Behave and I may consider doing it again.”

“Me? Behave? If that’s the case, it won’t happen again for awhile.” He stood all the same and drew his guns. “Let’s get going.”

She nodded. “Right.”