He had been particularly irritable as of late. He rarely left his room, and only left to go on a hunt. He snapped at and criticized his young fledgeling whenever he got the chance. And he was always feeding. Alucard's behavior was very odd indeed. Integra had definitely taken notice of it. Seras Victoria had been pondering his well being as she rounded the last corner to her quarters only to be stopped dead in her tracks the very person she had been contemplating. She was reduced to a gibbering mess at the sheer aura he gave off. He was a mess. His hair was unkempt and his already dark eyes had even darker circles growing around them.

"Police girl," He drawled lazily. She immediately stiffened at his inflection.

"Y-yes master?" She carefully inquired.

He sighed inwardly out of fatigue, "Heh, it's nothing." He walked past her with the swagger of an old dog, obviously depressed. The young vampire was left a tad bit dumbfounded at the state of her much admired master. She thought to herself the possible reasons why he could be in such a mood. It was very very serious indeed. She would have to speak with Sir Integra about the situation. She continued cautiously onward to her own quarters for a nice nap in her coffin.

Alucard had been summoned by his Master Integra and was loitering around the dungeon area. Not that he was loitering to avoid his dear master's call, but because something truly awful had been nagging at the back of his mind and it had finally resurfaced. Inwardly grinning at the idea that he must be making Master Integra impatient, he disappeared into the shadows only to reappear in the office of Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, his one and only Master.

"You took quite a while to appear to me, Alucard," The smoke of her newly lit cigar wafted throughout the room, carrying a distinct scent of cinnamon and burning paper.

Alucard knelt at her standing form, "I apologize, my Master," He grinned.

"You have been acting quite out of the usual," She quickly got to the point. Alucard tried to hold back a snicker at her usual fearless tactlessness. She always hated it when people didn't just get to the point.

"I believe you are already aware of the reasoning behind my demeanor," He stated blankly, not wanting to give her all his cards.

She couldn't help but smirk. She did indeed know why, and it tickled her so to know that the most powerful vampire in history would be as perturbed as he was now because of such a trivial matter.

"Yes, I do indeed know why," She paused to cut a new cigar, "But I didn't ask why now did I?" She was almost near laughing, which was a very rare and amusing sight.

Hmph, so the little girl thinks she knows what a serious matter this is. Alucard thought bitterly to himself, obviously irritated with his master's advances. 


"Alright, then I will get straight to the point with you," Alucard's interest was piqued. Well, as piqued as they could be with his current mindset.

"Who are you going to choose? I will warn you now, I will not have a dozen half-dressed vampire harlots running around, wreaking havoc in my establishment," She was going on more of a rant now, Alucard was very amused by her sudden seriousness. She had been quite serious after learning that her entire organization could depend on whether her number one force in destroying ghouls and the like could find a mate. A mate for God sake. She had learned just a couple years after her father had passed away that immortal vampires such as Alucard must locate and equal from which the vampire will be able to sustain more power. One must find a mate every couple hundred or so years. And if one does not locate a permanent mate, then their life will slowly drain, vampiric powers decrease so much that they eventually leave all together and the vampire reduced to no more than dust.

"I have no intention of siring another as time consuming as the Police Girl, Master," Alucard laughed.

"Oh? Well, could you please enlighten me then," Integra smirked cruelly at her servant as she formulated her next reply.

"We wouldn't want such a travesty as last time to happen," She spoke sarcastically. She waited for him to finish.

"..Mina." He spoke softly, immediately trying to forget the whole situation regarding his past.

"Anyway," Noticing the effect her words had on him, she quickly returned to the problem at hand, " who did you have in mind this time around Alucard?"

Whenever he thought of the qualities he wanted in a mate he always thought of someone strong, someone who would follow him but also have a mind of their own. He wanted someone curious, someone beautiful, well at least that is what he wanted back then, when he chose the tomboy. He supposed he still wanted those qualities. Not that they were that important, he really just wanted them to be able to hold his interest for the rest of time. But how refreshing it would be to have someone as stunningly beautiful as the girl Mina Harker. It was a pity that his attempts at courting her had failed miserably, with the absolute worst repercussions. In all of his pondering only one had come to mind frequently. One person who was stunning, strong, and not to mention a very curious soul indeed.

"I have decided," as if it was a stroke of genius he spoke with confidence," I will take the priest. He is to be mine."

Integra nearly fell over when she heard how determined he sounded.

"Y-You can't do that Alucard! He's a Catholic Priest for God Sake!" She was between fury and embarrassment.

"I don't mind," he countered.

"But does he?"

"He will come to me."

"Not to mention, he's an Iscariot! He's our enemy!" She yelled back at him, blushing.

"I will make him quit," He put simply, as if he had the entire world in the palm of his hand.

"Oh dear God, I give up with you! Fine, you may have the priest, but let me warn you Alucard." She became stern immediately. His ears perked at the words to come.

"Do not let this get too out of hand. I don't want the organization's downfall to be because you just had to have your perfect mate." Alucard grinned deviously.

"Of course master," He spoke gleefully was he disappeared out of the room. He had to start his plans to get his dear Judas Priest to come to him.