Chapter 1

A fight.

The door to the office slammed loudly.

She could hear his footsteps rushing away on the other side of the door.

"Just let him go. Stupid servant! I HATE him, I HATE him!"

Integra Hellsing was sitting in her chair, behind her desk.

She was shocked. And still angry with him. Alucard was not allowed to shout and especially not THAT loud. But he never actually shouted that loud, and Integra had never seen him that angry.

Integra could not really remember what Alucard had said. He had told her about his past. Then she must have touched a nerve, because then he said something about that vampires does have a heart and they do have feelings. Then they started arguing and shouting.

She had almost tears in her eyes. She hated to argue with Alucard. One of the reasons was that he always won.

"Why is he so damn smart?!"

She had yelled that she hated him, but she knew it was not true, and so did Alucard. But still, it just made him angrier and made him shout even louder.

He had yelled that he would go to his room and she could come if she was done hating him.

She won the fight. But she did not want to. There was no reason.

"This is my own decision. And my decision is that he can think what he wants. My work is more important than a stubborn, insane and cruel vampire. I do not need feelings. If I can lead an organisation without feelings, I will!"

She knew none of these words were true, but she was so angry that she would not hesitate to strangle him if she could.

She sat down in her chair and leaned back. She did not want to hurt Alucard, but was it possible? Integra knew that Seres DID have feelings, but the thought about Alucard having feelings chilled down her spine. What about all those things she had said to him in her past? Had she hurt him then? She knew he was a specialist in hiding emotions, but was it possible for him to even show them?

"I will not apologize to him. If he yells at me, I have no reason for apologizing!" she thought.

"I just need to calm down. If I don't, I can't remember what he said. WHY THE HELL DO I NEVER I LISTEN WHEN HE SAYS SOMTHING IMPORTANT?!"

"Come on. Think Integra!"

She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples to recall what he had said. It was hard. She had ignored him when he started talking like he feared for his life. Or did he fear about what would happen AFTER him, instead?

"OH yes!" it came out of her while she slapped her palm at her forehead.

He had seemed tired. Alucard had mentioned that he was not sure that it would be a good idea for him to go on the next mission. It was something about his age and death date that made him more vulnerable and weak tonight. What could it be? Would he be weak enough to get sick, faint or even…DIE?

"No no no, he is simply too strong to be able to die. On the other hand I had a deal with Maxwell that he would not send Paladin Anderson to try to rampage my vampires, AGAIN." she said while she raised a finger.

He had done it before. Seres were deadly injured and even Alucard had problems in defeating Anderson. That day he was stronger than ever. Or just desperate.

That was the reason for the deal. Also, Anderson was not even allowed in protestant territory. The Hellsing organisation had done nothing wrong, but Integra knew that when Anderson saw Alucard he got mad and Alucard couldn't say he didn't feel the same.

"I damn hope I can trust the Vatican. Iscariot. And not less, Enrico Maxwell."

If she could not, she knew she would make Maxwell regret it.

And just to make it worse, Walter had gone on a short holiday. Luckily, he would come home in the evening. Hopefully in time, if something should happen.

"No they are vampires, they can take care of themselves." she said out loud.

Integra started on her paperwork. It was deadly boring but she had to do it. She still didn't feel good by letting Alucard leave, as the last thing he heard from her, before he would go to bed, was a terrible fight between them. She did not feel sorry for him, but she felt guilty for something she didn't really know.

Suddenly she heard a very loud scream.

Then the door opened with a loud bang.

It was Seres.

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