The gun didn't track away from Pluto's head, but he doubted that firing it would do him much good.
"You helped them seal me away," Alucard noted. "And now you say you had me released only short decades later."
"You are different from most No-Life Kings and Queens, Alucard," Pluto said. "Most of your kind sit back out of view and quietly have blood delivered to them as you while away the years. You, on the other hand..."
"I get bored," Alucard said, smiling broadly.
"Exactly," Pluto agreed. "And then you cause trouble. Useful trouble when properly directed."
Alucard's grin broadened and he cocked his head to the side in amusement. If he could unseal some of his limiters, he might have a fun fight coming, but that would require Integra's permission, and she didn't know his situation at the moment.
"What do you have to do with this?" Alucard asked cautiously, Pluto was easily among the most dangerous creatures he'd ever met.
"Loose ends...Alucard," Pluto said, smirking at the name. "Loose ends from a host of old plots."
"Are you here to tie those ends off then?" Alucard asked, cocking back the hammer on his gun.
"Observe, mostly," Pluto said. "You have no threat from me Alucard."
"I still serve your purpose, you mean," Alucard corrected. "Does your young princess know about this?"
"We both have our Mistresses, Alucard," Pluto said. "And neither needs to be aware of everything we do to protect them."
"On that we agree," Alucard said harshly. "Though both our Masters have a way of worming that out from us, don't they?"
"Perhaps," Pluto began slowly, "that is why we serve them."
"Is there a point to this meeting?" Alucard asked.
"You may have some visitors soon," Pluto said. "Some comrades of mine, loose cannons."
"Little girls wanting to play with the big boys," Alucard muttered dangerously.
"Little girls that need to grow to join the big girls," Pluto countered. "I'd appreciate it if you avoided maiming or killing them now."
"Why would I do that?" Alucard asked. "It would steal a wonderful fight down the line."
"Quite," Pluto said. "One of these days, I suppose we'll have to engage in something along those lines ourselves."
"When we're no longer necessary, I suppose," Alucard chuckled like a growl.
Pluto's answer was a silent smile.
*****
Rei stared up at the ceiling, too exhausted to sleep as Hotaru slept peacefully nearby. She somehow suspected that the girl had started running her ragged deliberately at some point. There was just something about that little satisfied smile that made her think that she'd been had somehow.
After blowing a good amount of money on candy and DVD rentals, of course.
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