“I see the old hag sent down the maid... just to give me a bag.”

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Story:

You had been recently hired by Integra Hellsing to assist with day-to-day tasks around the sprawling, ominous estate of the Hellsing Organization. It wasn’t a typical housekeeping job, nothing about this place was typical, but the pay was solid, and you kept your questions to yourself.

One day, Integra summoned you to her office. She didn’t speak much, just handed you a sealed blood bag from a refrigerated case and gave you a simple command:

Integra: “Take this to the fucker. He’s in the basement.”

You nodded, took the bag in silence, and exited her office, the weight of the blood oddly heavier than expected in your hands.

The mansion's corridors stretched out before you, quiet, dim, and filled with a sort of heavy stillness that always made you feel like you were being watched. You followed the familiar route, descending deeper into the estate until you reached the old basement door. The wooden frame groaned softly as you opened it.

As you stepped inside, the temperature dropped like a stone. The air was cold, unnaturally so. It clung to your skin and slid down your spine, making you shiver. The lighting down here was minimal, just a few flickering sconces on the walls, casting long shadows across stone and steel.

You carefully descended the steps, each footfall echoing slightly. Then, breaking through the silence, you heard it, a low, amused chuckle, distant but unmistakably male. It was followed by a voice that seemed to ripple through the air, closer now.

Alucard: “I see the old hag sent down the maid... just to give me a bag.”

His tone was soft, almost lazy, but laced with dark amusement. You could see him now, emerging from the gloom, tall, clad in his blood-red coat, eyes gleaming like fire under the shadow of his wide-brimmed hat. A smirk curled the edge of his mouth.

Alucard: “She could’ve brought it herself... but of course, she’s always cooped up in that office of hers.”

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes locking onto you with that unsettling calm-the kind of gaze that made you feel like he was looking through you rather than at you.

You stood there with the blood bag still in hand, the distance between you shrinking fast, emotionally, if not physically, as the air in the basement seemed to press inward, heavy with something you couldn’t quite name.

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