Veil of Night - Namelesshero and Kyux

[namelesshero]

Head priest Albin was in a deep conversation over the phone line, but when Anne entered his quarter he managed to excuse himself and directed his concentration back to her. "Sorry for that. We've been a bit busy at the moment. Anyway, welcome back to Vegas, Sarah Anne Nova. I believe that the journey was a pleasant one? Please, have a seat," he motioned for Anne to take the seat in front of his table.

"That's just a joke, actually. I've heard it from Van Helsing. It's tough...your boy, that is. I don't know much about children, but I can say as much that those monsters are a bad influence to your child," he let out a deep sigh. "I know that you aren't among us anymore, but be sure that you will always be one of us, as we are your brothers and sisters. You don't need to worry about your living here. We'll take care of you and William's expenses until things calmed down."

He stopped a bit when he mentioned William's name. Showing inquisitive eyes, he spoke in a lower voice. "...it's about William, actually. Your boy...Van Helsing didn't want to say anything else. But is it true that his father had died? Anne, you didn't tell us about his father. Who is it actually? Is it...is it actually Alexander?" he chuckled a bit. His last question was a joke, of course.

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Joseph couldn't put the boy away from his mind. He seemed a bit...off, as if tired of everything. Smiling, he patted William's back gently. "Now now, don't be too sad. Your mother will be back soon. Let's wait for her and be a good boy, okay?" he stood up and walked a bit farther. When he lifted his hands up, the pigeons started to gather even though he had no food to give. "Hahaha...look at them. Come here, I'll introduce you to my friends," he waved for William to join him. He didn't know if this could cheer the boy, but he hoped so.

[Kyux]

Anne looked at the head Priest as he spoke, wondering if Hellsing said everything to him. And by everything she was thinking about everything. But, from the words of the older man it seemed that he had left her the hardest part to tell. She pursed her lips and frowned lightly, glancing at the man. She felt ashamed, as if she betrayed her friends.. No, her Family. "Williams father is... Well, no it's not Alexander, never." She said and shook her head a bit as she rubbed her temples a bit."His father is a vampire Head Priest." She said swiftly, hoping he won't change his mind about letting them stay there.

"Eight years ago a man saved me after I was trapped under the ruins of a certain house we hunted at. The others were sure I died but he.. He saved me, this vampire saved me. And then we were together for about a year, we... We got engaged and I.." She frowned feeling a stab in her heart for what she was saying.Really, how could she be so stupid back then? Sure, she was young, but still."Then he ran away, he faked his death so it would seem as if Alexander killed him, and thats why I left, I felt so hurt and I.. Well, lately we've found out that Williams father is no other than ... King Simon." She said and took a deep breathe."And he wants to take away my child Father... He wants him to be a part of his covenant, but I can't let this happen." She spoke as she looked at him, hoping he will forgive her for such a stupid thing that she's done.

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William looked at the older man that tried to cheer up him blankly really. He didn't care for much now, he just wanted Aria back, he wanted them to be back at his home, with Aria and his mother, thats all he wanted. He hated traveling around like that and running away and hiding. Though, when the piegoens flew it did bring a soft smile to his face he looked at the man and huffed."Sir, do you know what happens to humans that are half vampires?" He asked the man as he started to get a little worried.

[namelesshero]

The head priest's face didn't change much, but one could tell from his suddenly stern pose that the fact was too much for him. For five minutes or so after Anne finished, he didn't say a word at all. Suddenly he broke the uncomfortable silence with a sigh. "I...forgive me. This is just...this is just too much for me. THE Sarah Anne Nova, to have an affair with a Vampire, and none other than the King himself...God, Anne, why?" he stood up rather abruptly, diverting his gaze to the window. The sun shone brightly and the birds danced gracefully outside, oblivious of the stormy news she'd brought to him.

"...there's nothing we can help about it," he finally turned back to her, his face retained back its kind light. "I'm a servant of God above all else, but God knows that love is something we can't comprehend so easily. If the child is indeed coming from your love, that is all that's mattered. Please don't worry about it. I won't do anything about him. However, it might be best not to tell anyone else about this. Does Alexander know about this?"

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The question thrown him aback. A half-vampire? For a kid of his age to know something like that...he knew that he couldn't underestimate the legendary Hunter's son. "Are you talking about Dhampire, my child? It's a rarity, you know. Vampires and humans usually don't have kids. And even if they had one, most case would end up as the kid being human. However, if indeed there's a half-vampire amongst them...I don't know. Perhaps I'd consider them enemy as well," he cast a sad glance toward the sky.

[Kyux]

Anne frowned when he said he couldn't help. Though, she became rather defensive when he noted it was an affair. She spoke up a bit more sternly."I loved him, and I thought he loved me to this wasn't an afair Head Priest it's just.." She frowned lightly and then sat down on one of the chairs sighing a bit. She didn't know what to do, and was seriously thinking about leaving William for the church to handle.. He'd be better off without her.. However, what if they find out about what he was? they would kill him,and she couldn't let this happen.

"Alexander was the only one who knew about it in the first place." She said and fiddeled with her fingers before looking at the man."P-please, I need help, some advice, anything... My boy is only six and he's been through so much already I don't know what to do. How will he grow up? I don't want him to be a hunter, this life is too difficult and I don't wish this life to my enemies, let alone to my own son. I.." Her voice became a bit shaky once more. She frowned as she held tightly to her jeans, not daring to look at the mans face."Please, I'm begging you.. Help me.." She simply didn't know how much longer she can handle this all. She knew it was her own fault, first with Josh, and now with Aria, but it didn't change the fact it hurt like hell.

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William frowned a bit as he looked at the man."But why? What.. What if the Dhampires' mom and dad loved each other but then something bad happened.. Why does the Dhampire has to.. be an enemy? After all he or she are half human." William insisted as he glanced at the man.. Will everyone see him like that? an enemy?

[namelesshero]

"Now, now, don't be sad..." the head priest tapped Anne's shoulder lightly. His tone carried a fatherly figure, trying to make Anne feel as safe as possible. This was a delicate situation, and he couldn't imagine a single woman to handle it all alone. No. The Church would help her. His son was a bit difficult, though...but perhaps he could manage as long as no one knew about it. "I'll do what I can. For now, don't tell this to anyone else. The fact that your son is the son of the King, that is..."

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Joseph hugged the boy, not answering to his question. It was a hard question for a kid...even for him, the answer wasn't easy to get. He knew that pain so well. "A kid couldn't choose where he was born, William...that is a curse which was given to him. But it could also be a gift. Half human...I personally believe that whoever he is, no matter his race, I could befriend him. I know the pain of being half human..."

The light around them started to get brighter, the pigeons starting to crowd around them. More and more came from the sky, seemingly determined to drown them within a sea of white. Joseph then looked at William eyes to eyes. His smile was still the same, but there was something different in them.

"Because, you see...I am, too."

The light burst out, and the two was no longer there.

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It all happened in an instant. From within the head priest's body, where was supposed to be his gut, came out a stern hand. It burst out through "head priest Albin" flesh, but no blood came out from it. As there was no sign of pain on his face. There was only a look of realization upon the one now standing behind him. That person proceeded to kick him as hard as physics allowed, throwing him to the wall until it cracked from the impact.

There was now stood the King of Blood, Simon Draconia. Josh. His eyes were bright red with anger, and although the sun pierced his body unforgivingly, the emotion surpassed his pain. "You fool! What have you done? Where's William?" He raised his voice to Anne, a look of disbelief on his eyes. Another person's laugh took his attention back. The head priest, who was supposed to be fatally wounded by human standard, had stood back from the attack. His body still had the gaping hole opened by Josh earlier, but he didn't mind it at all.

"Your son is with us now, Blood King. Your lineage will end here."

"Grr!" with a single leap, Josh landed a punch on Albin's face...if only he was still there. His entire body turned into white feather, swirling around the room before exiting alongside the wind through opened windows. "Cursed Angels! Damnit!" he roared with rage. The room itself was now changed, as the illusionist was no more. There was never a Church; it was a desolate building with nobody else inside. The only source of light came from the broken window, its rays a solitude from the darkness.

[Kyux]

Anne suddenly felt a familiar presence, but before she could react, the man in front of her was brutally wounded, though... there was no blood how.. How could this be? And then, the next moment, he was no longer there. Behind him stood Josh.. No, Simon, the king of all vampires. Anne immidietly stiffened up from her seat and grabbed to her gun that was tucked in her belt the entire time. There was no way she'd walk around without any weaponry. She shot out towards Simon, however he was no longer there, the fight between the two man was almost too far for a humans' eye to follow, though as Josh questioned about his son's whereabouts Anne pricked her eyebrows. Wasn't William with Father Joseph? However, if he was there, then how could Josh miss him... Where did they take him?!

As if it wasn't enough, suddenly everything around her started disappearing, as the church that once was there simply vanished, and only her and Josh stood there, on an empty plain place. She glared at the man, she had no idea the two were angels how.. How did they.. "Damn it!" she groaned, feeling stupid again, again she followed her emotions and let herself and her son down. She glared up at Josh and decided to try and take this opportunity to attack, loading up her gun she aimed right towards his heart and made one shot, that actually manage to go through, the man was weaker during sunlight, and perhaps, that was the exact advantage she needed."It's all because of you!" She groaned as she yelled at the vampire she once loved, walking closer to him as she Swipped her fist to his face."Everything.. Everything that's happening is because of you! If you wouldn't have saved me that night none of this would happen! Nothing!" she groaned as she glared at the man.

[namelesshero]

He didn't expect her to shoot him so sudden. No, he did expect it unconsciously, but still his mind refused to believe it. Josh quickly stepped away from sunlight, hiding in the darker corner of the room. The bullet could kill him easily if he was under the sun directly. Perhaps it was due to the shot before, but he couldn't manage to dodge Anne's punch. Or it could be that he felt certain guilt within his heart which prevented him from doing so...

"Oh, is that so, Anne? So you prefer me leaving you to DIE there? Huh?" he roared back at her, angry for...he didn't know. Anne's gun was still aimed at him, but he couldn't care less. At that moment, they were nothing but man and woman. Outside the prying eyes of his subordinates, outside the watchful observation of the Hunters...there were only them.

Josh couldn't help it anymore. The Vampire King shed all pretense, showing Anne the old Josh she once had loved. He hugged her instantly, gun be damned. Her protests were no concern of his. All he wanted was her in his arms.

[Kyux]

Once the man came to wrap his arms around her, Anne's heart sunk down. She shuddered lightly, this was.. This was unreal. She didn't feel his touch for seven years, and there he was, the old Josh, holding to her, hugging her like he used to, as if nothing happened. At first she tried to struggle out of his grip, she couldn't let her emotions overpower her again, but he was too strong, he was always physiclly stronger than her. Finally she simply gave in to him.

"Josh stop it.. Please I'm begging you.. Stop this madness.. For the sake of William." She pleaded him as she raised her hands to grab onto the mans shirt tightly. She needed that hug so badly, and when it came from him, she simply let all of her walls down, knowing it was probablly the worst thing to do."Please, come back to what you were.. I.. I'll forgive you.. I.. We'll raise William together, and he will grow up and go to school and then to college just please.. Stop this all madness, I simply can't take it anymore." she huffed, not believing she crumbled down in his arms.

[namelesshero]

Her suggestion was an alluring temptation. A sweet relief on the life of death and deception. However, he knew far too well that it was a dream. It was unreal. "You'll just be running away, Anne. That is not how we should clear things," he gently pulled away from her, fighting the urge to keep her close to him. "William is my son. The Heir of my blood. As such, his fate will be drenched in blood. We can never escape from this...you can never escape from this. Such is his fate. Such is...my fate," on his last sentence he didn't dare to look on Anne's eyes. He hid something from her, something which he could never say. Such was the fate of the Vampire King.

"I'll take William with me. He would be safer with his people. It's time for him to understand his position. I don't expect you to understand, but I won't wait until you do," he declared rather sternly. His was a steel-like conviction, clearly coming from months of contemplation. "I'll find him now. The Angels shouldn't be too far..."

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Black flame. Fire as hot as the pit of hell itself. Fire as sharp as blades, threatening to cut apart those bruised by its unforgiving edges. Such things jolted through the window sill, missing Josh's face by mere hair's breath. A black figure jumped inside, delivering a strong kick toward the Vampire King. He barely able to block it with his arms, but the impact sent him back a few steps nonetheless. Black flame was still swirling around the character, his void, jet-black eyes a solid contrast to Josh's bright red. The Demon Dimitri locked his eyes on the King, showing no fear whatsoever. Perhaps it was because of the sunlight, or because Josh didn't show his serious side. But one couldn't shake the feeling that this particular man could stand his ground equally with the Vampire King anytime, anywhere.

"Who are you? You reek of Van Helsing's smell...no...there's something else more dominant about you...a Demon?" a sweat trickled down on Josh's cheek. Fear? He didn't fear mere Angels and Demons. They could be strong in their realm, but in this plane they're as weak as humans. But he couldn't shook this feeling away...

From Dimitri's left hand jolted long, thin black flame extending to the wall. It was ridiculously sharp, as one could hear a faint cracking sound coming from the instantly-broken concrete. Then he kicked Anne's feet without warning, shoving her down to kneeling position. Josh was enraged by his sudden act, but a few more seconds he suddenly realized what the Demon was trying to do.

"F..."

When Josh started his flight, Dimitri proceeded to spin around, his black flame followed his hand through the entire four sides of the room. Josh escaped the room into the darker corridor just in time when the walls gave up and crumbled down. Anne was in the middle of the chaos, but Dimitri used his black flame to corrode any pieces about to fall to her. All in all, when everything was said and done, the room was wide open with no ceiling to cover its top, sunlight piercing through their eyes. Josh had gone. His intention was to find William first.

"...Van Helsing told me to keep watch on you..." the Demon finally spoke, his voice ice-cold with nothingness.

[Kyux]

Anne shook her head as Josh said that William is supposed to be with him."D-Don't be a fool Josh!" She groaned as she tried to leave her grip on him. "You can't just come after seven years and take him away! He is my son too!" She became slightly angrier as he kept on speaking, however, it seemed as the man wasn't listening, and wasn't going to listen. She huffed when the sudden black flame rushed so close to Josh... It was a familiar power.. Was this.. Once she turned over and saw the man, she knew she was right. Dimitri. Did Hellsing send him? Probably, the man wouldn't come and help her from his free will.

As she was shoved down she gasped and nearly fell over, however, after she saw the demons movements she figured why he did that, Though,after a few moments, Josh was gone. In reality, this fight only lasted about five or even less minutes, but for her it seemed like forever. Once Josh was gone, she knew she had to follow him. If he'd fine William before her she wouldn't see her son at all anymore.

"Alexander..." She mumbeled when the demon said he was the one to send him as protection. He knew she will.. He knew she wasn't strong enough, the sad thing was that she still didn't know it."Dimitri. Thank you, but we must follow him, William was kidnapped by the angels, and if Josh will get there before me I will never see him again.. Please, do you know where he ran to?" she asked and frowned a bit glancing at him. She was more than eager to go and find her son.