A/N: Firstly, I am not trying to shit all over anyone's religion or beliefs. I'm not religious myself, but that doesn't mean that I am actually trying to disrespect anyone's beliefs, this is just a story. That being said, I have never actually read the book that the anime is loosely based off. This is also fanfiction, so of course things are going to be made up along the way. I'm sorry for going back and forth between "him" and "it". I do not hate on anyone's religion. Personally I am not religious and I do not agree with some of the things said in most religions, but I do respect those who believe in their religion's rules, as long as they do not harm anyone or try and force their beliefs on another. That being said, Alucard's past, that the anime/manga gives, plus the religious disputes that happened in Vlad the Impaler's life, I am making him hostile towards any and all religion, ranging from Christians to Buddhists.

- Disclaimer: If I owned the manga/show, would I be writing this? The correct answer is no.

- Rated: M

- Warnings: Gore. Language. Sexual Situations (Never sex, I do not write porn.). Mentions of Rape and Attempted Rape. Abuse. Child Abuse. Mentions to Child Abuse. Death. Horror. Mental Torture. Insanity. Mind Games. Self-Harm. Attempted Self-Harm. Suicide. Attempted Suicide. Murder. Depression. Anxiety. Homosexuality.Religion and Religion Bashing (I do not hate on anyone's religion. Personally I am not religious and I do not agree with some of the things said in most religions, but I do respect those who believe in their religion's rules, as long as they do not harm anyone or try and force their beliefs on another. That being said, Alucard's past, that the anime/manga gives, plus the religious disputes that happened in Vlad the Impaler's life, I am making him hostile towards any and all religions.).

- Written: 5/28/16 - 6/29/16

- Edited: 9/10/16: Now I am sure that I missed some things, but I did fix a lot of my mistakes as well.

- Chapter 1: The Offer

* "Speaking"
* Thoughts
* Dreaming
* "Dream Speaking"
* Memories

* "Memory Speaking"

Abraham sighed as he watched the vampire from behind the thick silver and steel door that opened the the small cell the beast was being kept in. A small opening in the top of the door, really not worth being called a window, was the only way to view the creature. He couldn't bring himself to understand anything about it. The way it acted before its capture, was completely different than how he acted now. He expected the beast to yell, scream and hiss at him or anyone that got near it. Instead it just stayed lying on the floor of it's cell, with it's arms tied behind it at an angle that had dislocated the monsters shoulders. It hadn't even tried to escape after its first failed attempt. It's hair had long since turned white and thin as the vampire starved. He could tell just how thin the monster had gotten and was confused as to how it's clothes didn't look the least bit baggy on it.

Any attempt to get it to speak were ignored. He couldn't even get it to speak by hurting it. Holy water, silver, sunlight and many other things hadn't caused it to so much as flinch. He thought that he heard it speak one day, about a month ago. Whatever it has said though, wasn't anything he could understand as he was sure it was speaking in Romanian. He knew it could speak English and several other languages, as it had spoken to them in English before and from what he could gather from Mina, it knew at least four other languages fluently and could identify many others without having to hardly think about it. The thought of what it had done to Mina instantly angered him again and he couldn't help but scowl at the beast. The poor woman had come back with them, but she was slowly starting to lose herself to the thing that it had made her into.

There was no known cure and their only hope to save the woman, was to get Dracula to speak to them. To at least tell them if there was a cure or not, so that if there wasn't they could end her life while she still had some of her humanity. Hopefully, if it came to that, she wouldn't be sent to Hell for what that monster had done to her. If they couldn't figure this out soon, she would eventually give into the blood lust and she would be forever lost. They'd already lost Lucy and Quincy, and he didn't want to be forced to end the life of another friend.

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard something from Dracula's cell. When his eyes focused on the beast again, he nearly jumped back in surprise. It was now standing, hunched slightly as the chain that held it's arms to the floor wasn't all that long. It's eyes, even now dull with starvation and the abuse that they'd inflicted on it, held amusement. Once he saw the look in it's eyes, he was able to determine the noise he'd heard. The monster was chuckling at him. His face hardened into a scowl again as he realized it was mocking him.

"What are you laughing at, Monster." He asked, hiding the anger in his voice. It would only serve to amuse the monster more if it realize how angry he was at it for simply chuckling at him.

"What god do you pray to?" It suddenly asked, tilting it's head slightly causing it's hair to fall over it's shoulder and revealing his right eye. "From the cross you carry... I would say Catholic." He gave a small laugh. "Does it anger you?" He then asked as he watched his captor. "That your god does not answer your prayers?"

"What makes you think He doesn't?" Abraham asked as he crossed his arms. He didn't want to give into the monsters taunting, but if he could get it to speak, he might get the answers he needs to save Mina or end her life before she loses herself.

Dracula smiled at this. "Why else would you be watching me?" He then asked, tilting his head to the other side hiding his right eye and showing his left. "Human curiosity does not last this long without further exploration." He stated as he rolled his shoulders, grinning at the popping sounds they made as they tried to get back into place. "I've been at your mercy for two months and you have done nothing other than try and get me to speak." He said and then grinned again. "I can feel her. Feel her growing blood lust. We still have a connected, Van Helsing. I am surprised she has yet to lose control. I know what she feels, what she wishes for..."

Abraham's eyes showed slight confused as the best trailed off. His voice changed towards the end of that sentence... It was slight, but he was sure that he heard sadness in it. Why would a monster like this show even a glimpse of sadness for the woman? If anything it should show joy.

"It is how I know that she prays constantly." Instead of sadness in his voice when he began again, it was disgust. "She prays to a god who doesn't give a damn about her, who doesn't give a damn about anything on this world." He said as he forced himself, against his bindings, to stand at his full height. Abraham almost winced at the sound of the monsters elbows and wrists popping out of place to allow this movement. "She may not beginning to lose faith... but I can see it in you, Van Helsing." He purred. "You're beginning to lose the faith that she refuses to give up."

"I have not lost my faith." Abraham said with a shake of his head. "Even if we are not able to save her from you, God will judge her as He sees fit. The same He will do to you when you finally die for good." The hysterical laughing the beast gave at that response, causing Abraham to take half a step back.

"There is nothing that God could do to me, that would phase me." It said as he looked at Abraham, it's eyes burning brightly once more. "Anything he could do wouldn't be anything like the things I've seen, done and been through..." It laughed again.

Abraham was silent as he thought. "You speak of when you were human." He stated. The monster grinned at him again, telling him he was correct. "There is not pain on Earth, that would equal to the punishment that God will inflict on you."

"You think so?" It asked with a purr in his voice. "You don't get it, do you Van Helsing?" It asked slowly. "What you see before you, this-" It stopped and laughed. "This thing that I am, is the very core of human nature."

"You're wrong." Abraham insisted as he shook his head, glaring at the beast.

"Am I?" It asked as it fell silent for a few moments. Abraham was about to speak when it opened it's mouth again. "The very core of human nature, is domination. The desire to prove who is powerful, who is wrong, who worships the correct god." It spat the last word. "War is a perfect example of those three things. You kill each other without thought, without reason. You follow your leaders blindly, accepting what they say as truth, instead of finding the truth yourself." It said with a small, almost hidden smile. "Do not dare claim that you are superior to me." It said as it shook its head slowly. "I see things in humans that you do not. I see your cruelty, your desire to be dominant, to prove without a doubt that you are correct. Humans and vampires are hardly any different in the way we act. I see all of this because of what I am."

"How so?" Abraham then asked with a small sigh.

"If you don't see it, with everything that I have said, then I cannot help you to understand it." It laughed. "It is in your nature and mine, to seek power and control. However," It said, it's voice losing it's taunting tone. "It has been many years since I actually desired power and control like I had when I was human. In a way, this self inflicted curse both saved me and damned me at the same time." He said with a small, quiet laugh.

Though he refused to show it, the way this beast spoke and the things it said, confused him. While it seemed to absolutely hate God, it also seemed sad in a way. Abraham shook the thoughts from his mind. Vampire were masters at manipulation to get what they want and it was likely that the monster was trying to get something out of him. He supposed that he should just get to the point of coming here. "Is there a way to release Mina?" He finally asked.

It barked out another laugh. "Is that all you want of me?" The vampire glanced at him. "You already know how." It answered.

Killing it was the only way that he knew how. He wanted to research it, to find out what works best of monsters as strong as it. "There has to be more than one way." Abraham said with a sigh. He didn't want his friends to have died for no reason. While killing the beast would insure that they didn't die for no reason, it would also be a waste to simply toss it aside.

The vampire hummed slightly. "Why should I give you that information?" It asked. "What more have I to lose if I don't and you choose to kill me to save her? I have already accepted what will happen to me in death. There is nothing that you can threaten me with, nothing you can put me through that I haven't already experienced that would make me speak."

He absolutely hated himself for admitting that the vampire was probably correct. It had been alive for over four-hundred years and in that time it had likely been through more than most could handle. There was no way for him to know of it was lying or not. He closed his eyes for a moment and took a breath before speaking. "What do you want in return?" He then asked. The others would kill him for making a deal with this demon, but they were running out of time and options.

"There is nothing you could offer me that I would want." He answered and shook his head.

"Nothing?" Abraham said with surprise in his voice. Was the vampire serious? It wanted nothing from him? Not even it's freedom?

"No." He said as he shook his head. "You've taken everything from me. Most of the vampires you killed, had been with me for centuries. Do you not realize how long it takes to for most vampires to gain control over their hunger and feelings of rage? You've taken my children from me, my Brides, my home, my people, and my freedom. Even if I were to require my freedom in exchange for giving Mina back her humanity, what would I have to go back to?"

Abraham considered this for a moment. The monster was correct after all. But couldn't it just create and train more vampires if that was the case? Why wouldn't it? "Wouldn't you just create more?" He asked.

"Are you hard of hearing?" It asked with slight annoyance. "The youngest of my children, I had turned when she was fifteen. She had been with me for nearly a hundred years and had only just grasped the basics of transformation. I have had several hundred children over the years and had to go through teaching them to be respectable vampires. What makes you think I want to go through all of that again?" He asked with boredom now in his voice. "Along with the several hundred I had success in teaching, there were at least that many I had to kill myself. It took me most of my life to build up what I had and honestly it is not worth doing again."

Abraham was silent for a moment. There it was again, that sadness in the monster's voice. "Why tell me all of this?" He finally asked.

"I became bored." It answered simply, a slight shrug came along with that even with the dislocated joints. "It is not as if anything that I am telling you would do anything to help you with much of anything, as my bloodline and myself are not like any other vampires. Besides, the confused look in your eyes amuses me."

"There's more to it than that." Abraham stated as he crossed his arms again.

Dracula's eyes opened wide and he gave a mocking sound. "Ah, so the human isn't as slow as I thought." He said with a smile. "I have met few in my long life that came close to a challenge. While I have been bested in battle before, when I was human, there have only been a few times where I was at the mercy of the one who bested me. For that I respect you to a point. A human capable of defeating a monster such as I is impressive."

"What was the first time you were at the mercy of the one who bested you?" Abraham asked, almost smirking when Dracula lost his arrogant smile. "It was when you were a human child, wasn't it?" He then asked.

"And if it were?" The vampire asked, it's face expressionless.

"You obviously respect those with power, especially the power to beat you. What makes your human experiences different?" Abraham asked.

"Now, Van Helsing, if I were to tell you everything about me, we'd be here for weeks. Mina doesn't have that kind of time, does she?" He said with a slight chuckle.

Abraham's jaw clenched when he brought her up. He was deflecting the question, but at the same time he was correct. Mina was running out of time and sitting here talking to the vampire about things that don't matter at the moment, wasn't helping her. "Can you release her or not?" He asked.

Dracula was silent for several moments. "In theory." It finally answered. "I have never actually done it before. Once a fledgling gives into the hunger, there is nothing I can do for them... She, however, has yet to give in."

"I'm guessing that you won't do it for free though. If there is nothing you want from me, then we have a problem." Abraham said with a sigh as he watched the vampire. "Why did you pick her?" He asked suddenly. "I do not mean to say she is unattractive, but vampires that I have hunted before, regardless of gender, have been shown to be extremely sexual creatures. I saw the three you took as Brides. What reason would you want her for?"

"Do not compare me to the filth you have hunted before." Dracula hissed. "I do not share their lack of control when it comes to that. My Brides were not there for pleasure. They were there for company." It said in another hiss. "They were the most loyal out of the rest. I did not see them as equals, so they were considered my Brides instead of my Countess'."

"Then why?" He asked again. "Why ruin a young woman's life?"

It was silent for a few moments, the expression on It's face was blank, but at the same time almost guilty. "My reasons are my own." It spat. "There is no guarantee that I can reverse the turn... If you allow me," It said with a small, quiet sigh. "If you allow me, I will try."

"For nothing?" Abraham asked, shocked at what he beast had just offered. A slight nod was all he got in response. "Why? What could you possibly gain from this?"

"Nothing." He answered as he looked back at Abraham, the man's eyes hard as he tried to find any reason the vampire would have to do this without anything in return.

"You care for her, don't you?" He asked after a few minutes of thought. He couldn't think of anything that the monster might gain from this, but he also didn't know the creature's mind. It could very well be a trap, but he couldn't see where the trap would be. It was too weak to put up much of a fight and it was the middle of the day, so escape was out of the picture.

"You truly know nothing about my kind." It said with a small smile. "You see us as nothing but monsters for you to hunt and kill. Even the animals you eat have emotions that you cannot see. What makes a vampire any different?"

So the answer to his question was yes. While it might not directly answer the questions, the answers were clear for anyone who could think. "What do I have that tells me you won't attack?" He then asked.

"Nothing." It said with a small smirk. "I have no intention of attacking. However... Don't for one second forget what I am." He said with a sick smile. "I will respect that you were able to beat me. I will not respect even that, if you treat me as though I am harmless."

Abraham almost shuddered at the tone and the look in the monster's eyes and he turned to go and speak with the rest about this new development.

"No!" Jonathan nearly yelled after Abraham explained everything that had happened down in the basement where the creatures cell was kept. "How can you trust anything that, that thing has to say?!"

"We don't have a lot of options here." Abraham pointed out. "Even if we kill it, there is a chance that Mina won't return to human. She has yet to drink blood, but we know so little about the type of monster that he is. He is the strongest vampire I have ever come across and has already shown to be very different from ones we are familiar with. I do not mean to be foul when I say this, but you and Mina have been married for several years and if she were still a virgin through all that time, I would honestly be surprised." At Jonathan's expression he was correct. "She didn't become a ghoul and from the little we know, the only non-virgins to become vampires, had chosen to drink human blood. The blood she drank after being bitten, was vampire blood from an ancient vampire. She should be a ghoul, but she's not. It's a gamble at best, but it is the best that I can do with the limited knowledge we have on his abilities."

"As much as I hate to admit it, he's right." Arthur said as he looked at Jonathan. "We haven't seen anything like Dracula before. For all we know, killing him would kill her as well."

"Are you really willing to risk it?!" Jonathan yelled as he looked at the other man.

"Jonathan." John said as he stood in front of their friend. "We realize that no one here can really understand what you are thinking and feeling now. But we all knew the risks when he started hunting Dracula. Mina knew them as well and she has been fighting that demon inside of her since. In the end, it is Mina who we should be speaking to about this." He said as he looked at the other two men. "She is the only one who should be allowed to make this choice."

"He's right." Arthur said as he looked at Abraham. "If it were not for Mina, we would have never been able to fully catch the beast in the first place. The Romani protecting him would have killed us if it weren't for her. She," He gave a sigh. "aside from Lucy and Quincy, has given up the most to stop him. She is still mostly in her right mind and we do not have the right to make a choice like this for her."

Jonathan looked back at him. "I'm her husband. I have a right to be apart of that choice!"

"You don't." Arthur said and shook his head. "The choice will be felt by everyone here, but who are we to decide for her?" He asked as he walked up to the man. "You married one of the strongest women I have ever met. She has shown time and again that she can care for herself. We are doing her no favors by taking that human right from her now."

"Then it's settled." Abraham spoke, causing the three men to look at him. "When night comes, we will go to Mina and ask her what she wishes to do." He said with a sigh as he leaned against his desk, his arms crossed as he thought. There were many ways for this to turn out badly, but everything came down to if Mina thought it was worth it. He glanced out the window. The sun should set in a few hours. Hopefully soon after that, Mina will have made a choice to either trust the Count or to just trust in God and give up her life early.

Sneak Peek for Ch 2:

"So he is manipulating us." Abraham said with a small sigh as he ran his right hand through his hair.

"Yes, he is... But I think that given the circumstances, that I will be content if he can give her, her humanity back." John said, his eyes sad yet hopeful. "That is, if she agrees to it."

Abraham grit his teeth and stared at his friend for a moment. "Are you prepared for what we will have to do to her if she isn't?" He asked.

John was silent, the he shook his head slowly. "We never will be." He said with a sad smile.

A/N: I have yet to decide if I will continue this. I just recently got back into Hellsing after several years of forgetting it even existed. If I do make this into a full story, it will be updated slowly. I have a main story that I am trying to focus on and I just couldn't focus on writing chapters for it with this in my head. I know there are errors. I always find at least 3 each time I go back and re-read my stories. I will eventually fix most of them. This is the first story I have done for Hellsing and I'm not really sure if I like how it turned out.

So a month later I have decided to upload this. I'm still not sure how well I like this, but if I don't upload it now I will probably never upload it. I've begun writing the next chapter for this, but I haven't decided if I will upload that. If I do, then I will be making this into a longer story.