Spirit Jumper

Choices

Artemis walked deeper and deeper into the forest, tears had started falling from her eyes and Alucard's voice appeared in her head "Crying won't help you get back home any faster" Artemis ignores his voice "get out of my head!" she screams and starts walking faster not seeing a rock she trips and falls on to her knees and her tears worsen as Artemis hugs herself as she starts to sob and suddenly Alucard is next to her as he picks her up "come on child time to come back" he holds Artemis bridle style and Artemis lays her head against his chest "thanks, I guess I shouldn't go off alone again" Alucard smiles "It would be best but it is your choice if you wonder off again or not" Artemis sighs as she whispers softly "hey Alucard...I know I probably seem like a stubborn child but thanks for coming and getting me" Artemis looks up at him and as she blinks she thinks she sees him smile "Just rest for now, Sir Integra has decided she will not send you on anymore missions until your better trained and she as switch your fighting lessons over to me" Artemis stares up at the night sky "Lovely night out, you must love nights like this right?" Alucard doesn't reply and as they draw closer to the Hellsing mansion Artemis starts to fall asleep in Alucard's arms. Later that night Artemis dreams of being back home in her world then her dream changes and she's in space standing on nothing but in front of her there are hundreds of planets placed in a circle around her and her eyes widen as she mutters to herself "I have to save all of these worlds!?" Artemis wakes up in her bed in the Hellsing mansion with wide eyes gasping for air and she puts her hand on her chest as she starts to breath normally again as she thinks to herself "I can't save all of those worlds" Artemis shakes her head as a knock on the door is heard and Walters voice is heard along with the knock "Morning Miss Brooks, are you awake?" Artemis stretches quickly and grabs a hair tie from the nightstand next to her bed and she puts her hair up into a low hanging ponytail "Yes Walter I'm awake come in." Walter walks in carrying a silver tray and Artemis blinks slightly surprised "uh, Walter what's that?" Artemis points towards the tray as Walter walks over to the bed "Breakfast what else would it be?" Artemis stifles a laugh as she slides out of bed wearing a tank top and PJ shorts and she looks down at what she's wearing then gives a long sigh "oh...Alucard's going to get an ear full tonight" Walter chuckles "It was not Alucard that dressed you Miss Brooks it was Sir Integra that did" Artemis stares at him wordless as she looks away "then never mind" she shivers and sits back down on the bed and looks away from Walter and mutter to herself "I still don't understand yet" Walter looks at her "Is there a problem Miss Brooks?" Artemis sighs and shakes her head "No, leave me I need some time to think" Walter nods and turns and walks away and leave the room and Artemis looks at the silver tray with food on it and she leans forward and picks up the lid as her eyes widen as the smell of food flood her nostrils and her stomach growls and Artemis realizes how hungry she really is she picks up the fork next to the plate as she takes a bite of food then sets the food down and she pulls out her cell phone out of her jeans the were on the floor and checks the time "hmm, 9:30 Integra's sleep pattern follows that of Alucard's so she is not awake yet" her cell phone beeps a few times "18 texts!?" she sees that the texts are from her friends back home in her world and there's 3 texts from her mom "I'm going be in deep shit when I get back, mom's going to kill me" Artemis pulls picks up the crystal bladed knife and drops her cell phone on the floor and stabs it with the knife a few dozen times " Now no one can contact me from the outer world" Artemis finishes the food and sets the tray on her night stand and she lays back down on the bed and curls up "Guess I'm going to have to change my sleep patterns as well" Artemis closes her eyes and falls asleep again. Later just a little after dusk Artemis wakes up and Alucard is standing in the corner "Sleep well?" Artemis grabs her knife and throws it at him "GET OUT!" she grabs a few more knifes off the bed and throws them at him but Alucard easily dodges them and he just smiles "bad temper I see, calm I just want to tell you something, Sir Integra wants you to stay here tonight" Artemis glares at him "couldn't you have told me later? And how long have you been watching me?" Alucard chuckles "A few hours" Artemis throws her shoe at him "you damn creeper vampire! Get out" Alucard disappears and Artemis gets dressed and walks out of her room "ah, Artemis come over here" Artemis looks behind her cause Sir Integra walks towards her smiling and Artemis stops and waits for her to catch up "good thing I caught you, I want you" Artemis looks at her "Alucard already told me, you don't have to tell me again" Artemis walks away "Artemis, wait a second, let me explain" Artemis turns and faces her "I know you don't want me to come cause I'm a inexperience child, if I go I know I'm just going to end up getting hurt or worse" Artemis walks away "if you don't mind I'm going to do some training for a few nights, I promise when I come back you won't have to worry about me getting into trouble" Artemis walks down the stairs and Integra looks at her "Be back every night alright" Artemis looks back at her with a small smile "alright, I will" Artemis walks out the door and leaves.

Artemis walks through the dark woods following the tracks of wolves in the mud stopping every few minutes to check the area around her when the brush behind her moves a little and she turns around and pulls out her knife out and faces the person that walks out of the brush and Artemis's eyes widen as she realizes that the person is a vampire "ah, looks like I found myself a meal" Artemis takes out her other knife and holds one in each hand "don't come any closer" the vampire takes a step closer to Artemis she narrows her eyes "if you want to live, leave now" the vampire takes another step forward and he is suddenly in front of her and she slashes at the vampires chest "oh food with fight, I like that" the vampire laughs and flits around her and hits her in back of the head with his elbow Artemis falls to her hands and knees and the vampire picks her up by the back of her shirt and she looks at him and she tries to reach for her knifes but the vampire throws her against a tree and Artemis screams when she hits the tree and she struggles onto her feet and the vampire walks over to her and he picks her up by her throat then pins her to the trees and Artemis whispers " I'm sorry I can't keep my promise, Alucard if you can hear me…I'm sorry" the vampire growls and he bites the side of her neck and Artemis screams in pain and after the vampire drops her to the ground he breaks her neck but Artemis somehow lives even though her neck is broken after a few hours Artemis hears voices and she tries to call for help but she can't raise her voice above a whisper but somehow Alucard hears her and he runs into the clearing were she is "over here, I found her" Sir Integra along with Walter run into the clearing and Walter looks at her wounds and he looks back up at Integra and he shakes his head "her spine along with her neck is broken she's not going to live long" Alucard walks over and bends down next to her and he whispers into her ear "the pain could go away Artemis" Artemis whimpers at him and she whispers "you would like that wouldn't you?" she smiles at him "if I say yes, you're going to owe me Alucard but you're a bit late" she turns her head so he can see the bite marks from the other vampire and Integra looks at her "Are you sure you want to do that Artemis?" Artemis nods and she looks at Alucard "yes I'm sure" Integra and Walter walk away talking in hush voices and Alucard leans down and bites Artemis neck right as she closes her eyes afterwards he picks her up and gives a little yelp of pain then looks at him "can you be more gentle?" he picks her up and Walter brings a blanket over and puts it on her and Alucard grumbles "you need rest, you've gone through a lot tonight" Artemis closes her eyes as Alucard takes her back to the mansion and he walks down to where his coffin is and she looks at him "where are you doing to sleep?" Alucard smiles "I'm going to be out all night, plus you need to sleep more than I do" Artemis wait for Alucard to leave then she walks slowly into the corner and she falls asleep in the corner and Walter walks in later and see her "Miss Brooks?" Artemis opens her eyes "enough of that shit Walter, just call me Artemis like everyone else" Walter nods "alright then, but May I ask why are you in the corner?" Artemis stands up and glares at him "I don't feel comfortable sleeping in Alucard's coffin, and I'm" she looks away then mutters "I'm a little claustrophobic, I'm probable the only vampire that's scared of small spaces" she looks away "I'm going to find a quiet spot to sleep" she past him then out of the room and down the hall to find a quiet and dark spot to sleep and later when Alucard gets back he walks down were he thinks he left Artemis but she's not there and he walks back out of the room and finds Walter "Where is she?" Walter looks at him "oh Artemis? She didn't like where you left her and she couldn't sleep there..." Walter stops "I've said too much" he walks away leaving Alucard without an answer to were Artemis is. So Alucard goes wondering through the mansion and the last place he checks is her room and Artemis is curled up under a ton of blankets sound Asleep and Alucard flips the light on and Artemis opens her eyes and only her red eyes are visible "go away Alucard" Alucard looks at her "what are you doing in here?" Artemis sits up a looks at him "I couldn't sleep were you left me "Alucard starts to laugh and Artemis glares at him then she climbs out of her bed" what Walter told you?" Alucard stops laughing but he's still smiling "he didn't tell me that that you were scared of small spaces" Artemis throws a knife at him "SHUT UP! IT'S NOT MY FAULT!" Artemis grabs another one of her knifes and walks up to Alucard "if you stop laughing, I will sleep in a coffin" she looks up at him then Alucard nods and walks away "come on, it's time for work" Artemis pops her neck stretching as she follows Alucard out "about time, I was starting to get bored" Artemis follows Alucard out of the room and she stops and runs back into the room then comes back out with her leather coat on and her knives "alright lets go" Artemis follows Alucard upstairs to Sir Integra's office. "Are you ready for tonight's job?" Alucard nods and takes the file Sir Integra hands him. "Alright Artemis lets go" Artemis follows Alucard out of the room.