[Note: Please do not send my and reviews about my grammer. I know I'm not amasing, but for some funny reason schools in England don't teach it. So I know I'm not amazing at it but its not like I'm not trying, if it irritates you then either grit your teeth or stop reading. There are worse stories on this site. sorry, I just hate having the bruise poked. I'm an art student, what do you want from me?

Please enjoy. I started reading the manga and watching the first animated series about six months ago. please tell me what you think.


"Come on, come on," urged Victoria as she crouched down holding out her hand, a warm smile on her lips. "You know we're not going to hurt you, come on, there you go…" She was practically purring as the nervous figure of a young girl slipped into her arms, shivering and constantly looking around, afraid.

"See," she whispered softly, standing up slowly with her new burden. "We're not those others, we want to help you get strong again, better, set you free." She was murmuring constantly, soothing words of comfort while walking out the building where the carnage had taken place.

"Picked up a pet, policewoman?" Alacard's smooth voice oozed out of the darkness before he appeared himself, matching her pace and reloading his gun at the same time. Victoria looked up at him and then down at the curled up figure, "she was in what looked like a cage, she was scared stiff." She heard her master laugh quietly to himself, "I wouldn't have found her if her heart hadn't been beating so loudly."

"You've done well, but you can't bring home every non-human you find." He said before disappearing into the darkness again, Victoria hadn't registered the last part, too happy that her ex-master had told her she had done well.

Looking down at the curled up burden in her arms again she made it back to the van, grabbing a blanket and soothing the cries that came from the figure when she put it down. "Shh… shh.. it's okay, I'm just putting a blanket around you, to make you warmer, see? There, now your all safe again, with me." As she spoke the figure relaxed again, starting to doze in her arms while the rest of the men piled in, tired and wanting to go home.

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"You did what?" The words were never shouted at her, they were delivered in a crisp tone of voice and with clear meaning -most the time- but there were moments she wished when Ms Hellsing would just shout at her.

"I found a girl, in a cage and brought her home." Standing to attention and looking slightly to the left and above Ms Hellsing's head, she hoped she would be able to hold it together long enough to ask her question.

"And what do you intend to do with her now? Why bring her back here?" Now the words were snapped out in a mixture of tiredness and irritation. 'Don't flinch, don't flinch' Seres murmured in her mind before she opened her mouth to answer.

"It seemed she was… experimented on, I want to find out how. Her body is covered in scars and such. Seeing as how it was a building were new FREAK chips were being made, while she still appears to be human, I think it un-wise to leave her to the normal authorities." She paused, seeing that Ms Hellsing was interested she carried on, "they would miss handle her and maybe with just some therapy and the feeling of safety we might be able to find out why she was in there. She may have just been used as a first meal, her blood drained with a needle maybe?"

Ms Hellsing stared at her blankly, her face as emotionless as ever thought the mild undercurrent of 'pissed-off' always seemed to be closer to the surface. 'She's defiantly thinking it over,' thought Seres as she remained to attention as Alacard walked into the room.

"Still talking about the new pet?" He asked smiling before leaning against the wall he had just come through. Ms Hellsing spared him only a glance before turning her hard gaze back on the young woman in front of her, who was starting to get worried about where the new 'pet' as he had called it, was and who was with her.

"Would you like to see her Ms Hellsing? Before you make you decision that is." Asked Seres nervously in the silence of the room, she thought she'd faltered or been rude with the way the blond woman stared at her still, before Ms Hellsing stood up suddenly stubbing out her cigar and nodding to her. "Take me to her then, I assume you know where she is now Alacard?" Seres took the lead as they started out the room and down the corridor.

The girl had been placed in her own chamber for now, sleeping deeply and still wrapped in the same blanket when Sera had put her in there but opening the door she couldn't see her anywhere. "Where is she?" Snapped Ms Hellsing, making Seres flinch without realising.

Looking around the room, she spotted the tail end of the blanket she had given the girl dangling ever so slightly from the top of her coffin cover. "She's still in the room, I can hear her heart beat, but she's on top," she said in a low voice as she moved into the room with slow deliberate movements feeling unfamiliar eyes watching her.

Moving a chair over to the side of the bed, slowly still showing her movements to the watching girl, standing on it and looking up in the gap between bed and ceiling. Expecting some sort of attack she relaxed when a pair of scared eyes locked onto hers, "there we go, I've found you again!" She said happily, smiling warmly at the girl again. "Come on, we have to see you now, so we can make sure your healthy, see what needs healing…" she held out her hand again and heard the girl moving closer into the light from the dull area on top of the coffin. Pulling her into her arms, Seres stepped down off the step and turned to face Ms Hellsing while placing the girl on her feet, the blanket still on her small shoulders while showing she was wearing only a pair of dirty old shorts. She only came up to Seres shoulder and she wasn't all that tall to begin with, pulling medium height at best.

Ms Hellsing stepped forward as the child looked up at her defiance ringing in her stance and glare, the young vampire's hand still on her shoulder just in case, she held eye contact with Ms Hellsing without a single flinch. 'She does better than the council for staring matches with Master,' murmured Alacard to the young vampire as she watched from the doorway, smiling as manically as ever.

'I was hoping…' She relied quietly, leaving the sentence off as their eyes met and he nodded.

"She has spirit," said Ms Hellsing suddenly, smiling slightly as she looked at the small child. "And potential from what I can see here," leaning down, her face at the same level, "what is your name child?"

The girl eyed her, understanding in her eyes but as she opened her mouth nothing came out except a sigh. The entire room stood shocked at the occurrence before Alacard burst out laughing, holding on to the doorframe; the small girl forgot her fear of the old Vampire for a second and started glaring at him instead.

Ms Hellsing stood back, rubbing her forehead and looked at Seres again, "well she obviously can't speak it seems. Wither it's though mental trauma or she was never taught we can't be sure. But she seems to understand us as she's stopped trying to glare at Alacard," she paused again as the girl eyed her, listening with an intelligent look in her eye. "She may also have information about the FREAKS we could use. How old are you child?"

The girl shrugged at her, holding up ten fingers then one more before shrugging again.

"I think she might have been ten or eleven when she last knew, but is not sure anymore." Said Seres hesitantly making the girl nod in agreement, "so you do understand what we say, just can't speak very well?"

The girl nodded again hesitantly, before looking at her feet.

"So you know that we mean you no harm?" Asked Ms Hellsing a cigar had appeared in her fingers again and she was puffing away at it slowly. The girl eyed her again before nodding slowly, "and you know we hunt and kill FREAKS?"

Nodding again, the girl opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out before she looked at the floor frustrated. "Did you ever know how to speak? Or were you just taught to understand?" Asked Ms Hellsing brutally, "I don't want any petty attention seeking from you child."

There was another momentary staring match before she shook her head and turned to Seres, holding onto her arm as if to shield herself from Ms Hellsing, all the while glaring at her. Seres watched in shock, stuttering at Ms Hellsing before the taller woman answered her, "she can stay. She is your responsibility and seeing as your Alacard's responsibility," she turned to the smirking vampire "that means you have this pair to look after. Any trouble is your punishment."

Leaving the room without a backwards glance Seres and Alacard looked at each other before looking down at the small girl who was starting to fidget. "I'll train her, you keep her clothed and fed. She will be in combat as a sniper," said Alacard moving up to the pair.

"A killer?!" Gasped Seres shocked as the girl moved forwards and matched Alacard's curious stare, lifting a hand to remove his glasses, tilting her head to the side as she looked into his eyes. "I refuse! She couldn't- I- She-"

She was cut off as the girl looked up at her, nodding as if to confirm that she could and would.

"She has not led the soft life you did policewoman, she had no parents. She will work with us, it is her wish." He said before moving to the door, "I'll find Walter for you." Then he was gone.

Seres stared at the space where he had been; evidentially she had missed something between her master and the girl, looking down when she felt something tugging at her arm again she saw the girl fidgeting more. "What's wrong?"

Dancing on the spot, the girl started looking around desperately. Needless to say, they made it to the bathroom on time; waiting outside the room she began to wonder about the girls history. How had the girl gotten herself into that place? Was it an accident? Random event? What was she doing there?

A tugging at her arm alerted her to the girls return. "You feel better now girl? Hmm… I can't keep calling you girl." Chatted Seres as the girl clung to her arm as they walked down the corridor, "what were you called? I know you can't tell me, so I guess we could think of a name you like. I wander how frustrating it is to not be able to speak?" She paused as she looked down at the girl, "but then again, I know what it's like to speak and not be heard. I feel like that every now and then with Alacard, there are things I don't understand but cannot ask because I don't know how. So we're both in the same boat kinda." She chuckled as the girl looked up at her, face blank but her eyes shining with happiness.