The electricity faltered and extinguished. Integra looked up from her desk at the place where the light should have shone down. She frowned as blue spots leapt in front of her eyes. She rubbed them behind her glasses and stood, hands flat on the desk. There were men running about outside. She could hear them. Her men. Finally, Walter entered.

"Miss, the lightning storm had caused a power outage," he explained to his master.

"Are you sure? It's not a tactic?" Integra checked with Walter.

"Positive. It's simply a power outage. I shall take some men myself to check the grounds. I will leave Alucard here to watch over you," he smiled and left the room. Integra sat back down and rifled through her desk. She found a pair of wax candles and she lit them carefully with her lighter. They illuminated her papers enough that she could continue working.

"Ah, the Hellsing Director never stops, does she?" Alucard had become from a dark place in the wall. He smirked at her, his white teeth illuminated by the candles. Integra gave him a smirk.

"Work needs to be done," she said and continued what she was doing. Alucard sat on her desk.

"What can I do to allow my master to enjoy this darkness as I do?" He questioned her carefully. Looking at her over his shoulder he smirked.

"Darkness is useless, Alucard. There is nothing to be done in the darkness. Why do you think they call it the dark ages?" she asked him not looking up from her paperwork. Alucard reached forward and extinguished a candle with his fingers. Integral wrinkled her brow and looked up as the second one went out, leaving her in darkness once again.

"Alucard, enough of your pranks," she ordered and felt a cold shadow next to her. She turned and looked at him, looming over her in darkness.

"There are plenty of things to be done in the dark," he told her and smiled again. He leaned forward and pressed his master up against her desk.

"Alucard!" She wiggled and he very gently placed a kiss on her cheek. She stood dumbfounded as he lingered, even when the lights had come back on.