Prolouge: Angels.
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London, Hellsing headquarters, 2345 hours day 1
The guards out side of the hellsing mansion stood with their MP5's at ease. They were both more than ready to call it a day. It was nearly time for the shifts to switch for the night guards. One yawned and blinked sleepily.
"Christ if we don't get releaved soon I might just fall over."
At that moment he did fall over with a spray of blood from his forehead! His comerade lifted his MP5 and turning on his radio. "Gate house to command! Paulson just droped dead! We may be under..." He never got to finish his statement as a round slammed into his skull and he fell down dead.
Out of the shadow's emerge three dozen figures dressed in black combat Fatiuges, in their hands were MP5's, Uzi's, Skorpions, M7 caseless Smg's, and Dragonov sniper rifles. They formed up around the gate while one of them packed a charge of c4 on the front gate. Then they drew back as the soldier planted the detonater.
As the soldier ran to a safe distance another punched down on the detonator. The gate exploded in a ball of fire! Then they charged in side joined by another dozen soldiers, some of whom had RPG's.
Out of the front gate came a squad of ten Hellsing members carrying MP5's, P90's, M16's, and M4A1's. They came to a halt on the doorsteps and opened fire on the attacker's! The soldier's returned fire even as several of their members fell dead.
"Ma'me! We're under attack at the front entrance!" A Hellsing officer barked into his raido as one of the men standing next to him took a sniper round to the skull and fell back dead.
"How many are there? Who are we fighting?" Integra demanded.
"Roughly around fifty, I don't know who they are but they're well trained and armed!" He replied.
"Incoming!" Shouted one of the men standing beside him who dove for cover back inside the mansion. The officer looked up to see an RPG come flying straight at him. There was no time to avoid. No time to scream.
The rpg struck the stairs at his feet and catapuleted him and six others into the air. Only two had managed to escape by hiding in the entrance to the mansion. The two of them tried to bring the large wooden doors to closing position. But before they could even start another rpg blew the door to shattered wood!
The two of them coward in the door way as a dozen fresh hellsing members came running down the main stair case. The two of them ran to join their comrades but as they did one fell dead from about forty rounds to the back as the attackers charged inside.
The hellsing's formed up at the stairs foot and opened fire while the attackers returned fire from the main entrance. RPG's shot towards the hellsing's but the were aware of the enemies heavy weapons. Slowly however the hellsings began to drop and a squad of the attacker's broke off from the main group and ran for the entrance to the sublevels. Two or three fell dead from gun fire but the rest made it through.
"Cronwell initative is in effect." Came an icy voice that made the the attackers shiver with sudden fear. "Releasing control art restriction's three, two, one. Approval of situation A confirmed. Maintain limited release until the targets have been silenced."
Suddenly to the eyes of the soldier's who were attacking hellsing giant red eyes emerged from the walls joined together with dark shadows. Then out of them shot the heads of ravaning dogs! They snatched at screaming men, ripping their arms clean off!
Out of the shadows emerged a man with black hair and red eyes. He wore a red victorian style jacket and a large red fedora. Over his eyes were a pair of yellow tinted sun glasses.
"You weaklings have a lot of nerve attacking this house." He said walking down the stairs.
Then all of the soldiers opened fire on him! High calibur rounds ripped him to shreds of flesh, blood, a ruined clothes. When they stopped to reload they suddenly heard the insane laughter again!
To their horror the blood began to gather together. The bits of flesh and cloth vanished into specks of red dust.
"You really shouldn't have done that." A female voice said.
The soldier's looked up to see a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes standing at the top of the stairs among the Hellsing warriors. She was wearing an orange-tan uniform with the hellsing patch over her right breast. But what caught their attention the most was the massive gun she was carrying! It was to massive to be used by any normal human.
"My master never does like it when people blow him to peices." She continued.
The soldiers were about to shot her when the blood suddenly began to retake shape until it had formed fully into the man they had just gunned down. He grinned sadistically at them revealing extremly sharp canines.
"NOW YOU ALL DIE!!" He proclaimed pulling out a silver colored pistol! He opened fire with expert accuracy each shot blowing the head clean off the soldier it was aimed at! The soldier's attempted to return fire once he stopped shoting to reload but then the hellsing's resumed their attack with gusto. Half a dozen attackers fell and three hellsings before the man in red resumed firing.
Then through the door came a huge bear of a man with a massive angelic wing shaped sheild and a gold and silver sword. His dark skin and french style mustach seemed to clash horribly but his almost white robes really caught the eye. The large calf covering sections were bedecked with a large image of a red bladed sword with a golden hilt and pommel. The same symbol was on the center of his sheild and in the center of his robes.
"So Hellsing's vet Vampire decided to show it's vace." The man said in a thick French accent.
"And who might you be?" The Vampire replied.
"Oh my mistake, I forgot the introductions Vampire Alucard." He said making a breif bow. "My name
is Francios Du Ponte." He rose from his bow.
"And I am here, to do a job but it seems I get a chance to fight the legendary Vampire Alucard." He said raising his sword.
Then before anyone could stop him he charged Alucard and rammed his sword clean through Alucard's chest! The vampire stumbled back but before he could counter Du Ponte yanked his blade out jumped back and brought up his sheild!
Alucard raised his pistol and opened fire on Duponte but the sheild held against the silver cased 13mm bullets. The woman fired her massive cannon and a huge round slammed into Du Ponte's sheild and flung him back halfway across the room! To everyones shocking the sheild had held against the shot and Du Ponte walked forwards undisturbed.
"My sheild is a composite blend of carbon reinforced Titanium A vattle plate, the same type of material used on military vessels. You'd need a little more than a 30mm depleted Uranimum slug to pentrate this peice of perfection." Du Ponte gloated bringing out his sword again.
Alucard charged Duponte swinging his right fist at Duponte. Duponte brought up his sheild and blocked the attack but was knocked back by the force.
Alucard raised his pistol, ready to resume the battle when there suddenly came seven iridecently white blades that stabbed right into him! He was slammed against the stair case pinned and Du Ponte turned around glaring at the man now entering to mansion.
"YOU! I TOLD YOU CAN HANDLE THIS!" Du Ponte spat at the asain man with a bowl hair cut, exactly similar robes, and carrying a pair of mini Uzi's. Strapped to his back were several large metal javelins and at his side was a sheathed broad bladed saber. Around his neck was a necklace with a large red star.
"You were getting ahead of your self Du Ponte. His lordship said we were only to engage and disable the Hellsing vampires if nesscary." He said coldly.
Suddenly a depleted Uranium round came flying at him! Fast as a blink he whiped out his saber and sliced the round clean in half sending the two peices flying into the floorboards. The woman ejected the spent shell casing and began to load in a fresh one.
Then before she could do anything the asain man sent a stream of five glowing white blades flying into her arms and legs! With a cry of pain she was pinned to the staircase. He glared at her impassivly.
"Miserable vampire. Creatures of the darkness cannot stop my blades of pure and holy light." He said.
At that moment about half of the raiders that had gone into the sub levels came out with a breifcase. One of them turned around to fire his MP5 only to fall dead from a head shot.
"About time." Du Ponte growled and he turned to leave. The asain man followed him as the escorted the men with the breifcase out side as the rest of the unit opened fire in retreat, heading for the exit. The hellsing's opened fire and a half dozen of the attackers fell. Three more soon joined the slain as five blood stained men in tan uniforms, holding a mix of M-16's, AK-47's, and G3's rushed up from the sub levels. Two more hellsings fell and four of the attackers before the raiders escaped onto the grounds.
Those who had escaped suddenly came under attack from Sniper's in the windows! Several of the attackers turned and opened fire with RGP's but the houses walls held.
Then down form the sky came for old covenant spirit class dropships. The tuning fork shaped aircraft lowered down to the ground firing their rear mounted plasma cannons. The raiders rushed aboard the air craft. Du Ponte threw one last look through the doors to the mansion at the still impailed Vampires before with a grunt he boarded the dropship.
Several hellsing's ran out with rpg's and fired them at the dropships but the rounds either missed or did little against the heavy armor. Three were cut down by the plasma fire from the dropships turrets before they turned and fled off into the night. The enemy had escaped.
London, Hellsing headquarters, 0435 hours day 2
"This wasn't a battle! This was a disaster!" Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing shouted at her two vampire subordinates. Alucard's face was stoney while Seras stared at the floor, face down cast. Integra mashed her cigar into the ash tray on her desk.
"Not only did they kill sixteen of our best men! They also hacked our mainframe! There is very sensitive information in there." She growled before slumping back in her desk chair.
"What would you have us do my master?" Alucard asked.
"We need to find these people and make them pay." Integra replied standing up from her desk as Walter the butler came in carrying several folders.
"Are these the ones?" She asked. The Walter nodded and handed her the folders.
"Yes they are Sir Integra." Walter replied bowing.
Integra sat back down a laid them all on the desk and spread them across it, six files in all. Alucard raised in eyebrow.
"And what are those?" He asked curious.
"These," Integra said opening the first one. "Are the files the attackers stole. You may not know but to ensure protection against vampire attacks Hellsing has acess to the personal records of every human being on, or off this planet."
"Oh really?" Alucard said raising an eyebrow. Seras stared in open mouthed shock.
"But thats over six Billion!" She said incredulous.
"Yes," Integra replied. She frowned opening up the next file and frowning again. The same thing happened for the next four files. Then she set the last one down with a muttered curse, removed the attached photo's and placed them on top of the folder to whom they belonged to. Alucard and Seras frowned.
The first one on the right was a young woman with dark brown hair and eyes, orenital ancestory suggested by the face. The next was a young man most likely barely 15. He had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. The same was for the next who was almost exactly a like only he looked two years younger. The fourth was a young woman that had dark brown hair and blue eyes, an odd combination to say the least. Then the fifth had dark brown, almost black, hair; dark brown eyes and lightly tanned skin. The sixth and final picture, as well as the third girl had lighter brown hair and blue green eyes.
Integra pointed to pictures two and three.
"These two are confrimed to be brothers but that is the only connection between any of the six of them that is visible." Integra said.
Alucard frowned.
"Almost at random."
"Yes, another problem we have is that five of the six have utterly dropped off the grid." Integra said placing all but the fifth photo in it's folder. "This one is the only one of them that walks openly and he hasn't been queit. Andrew, alias Ranger24: Age estimated at late sixteen, Place of birth: America."
Alucard picked up the file and read it through. Then he smirked.
"My master we have some one who knows this one." Alucard said flipping open folder to show a few lines of script. One name of those that assocated with the subject caught Integra's eye.
"The Shadow Syndicate?" She whispered looking up.
Alucard nodded. "A part time Hellsing member. He's the subjects laison for his mercenary jobs."
Integra nodded. "Contact The Shadow Syndicate immedatly. Tell him to secure the Subject and bring him here. I want know who these people are, what they want, and why they attacked us."
"And then?" Alucard asked a hungery look in his eyes.
Integra pulled out another Cigar and light it up.
"You already know your usual marching orders soldier. Search and destroy." She said.
Alucard swept his fedora off his head grinning wickedly.
"It would be my pleasure, my master."
Ranger24: Thats the prolouge, next time the ass kicking begins! Read and review.