"Another world?" Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing questioned Alucard. "Besides Heaven and Hell? Are you sure?"

Alucard was standing in Integra's spacious office. Integra sat in a throne of her own, and in front of her was a desk that was so large that it could have been mistaken for a solid wooden wall. The light of a full moon shined through about ten 20 foot windows, all with long red curtains, on the wall behind her, illuminating the black and white tiled floor with a bluish silver tint that was bright enough to be sunlight.

"For all I know, It could be either Heaven or hell." Alucard's mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth moved under the shadow of his blood red, oversized hat. "I only know one thing for certain. A Vampire by the name of Remilia Scarlet hides there, and claims to be my daughter."

Integra's eyebrow raised. "Daughter?" She smiled. "How laughable, but what proof do you have?"

Alucard raised his white gloved hand and reached into his massive red trench coat. A yellow envelope, bearing the Hellsing's red and yellow shield insignia, was then pulled out and tossed onto Integra's desk.

When Integra opened it, she discovered the letter and several, very old pieces of paper.

"The SDM case files... And a letter addressed to you?" Integra said after she was done reading them. 'Walter? Please explain why this letter was not brought to me first."

An old man wearing a blue vest and white, long sleeved shirt stepped out from a shadow one of the red curtains was casting. His black hair was tied back in a ponytail, and a monocle sat on his wrinkly nose.

"My deepest apologies sir… But I delivered no such letter." Explained Walter.

"Yes. I believe someone with a large amount of power is giving us a tip." Confirmed Alucard. "The mere fact that they could impersonate Walter and fool me speaks volumes."

"Someone has dared to trespass in this house, built on blood and honor..." Integra muttered. Then, she turned to Walter. "Put everyone on high alert. Whoever it was may still be around."

"Yes sir." Walter said with a small, respectful bow.

Integra turned back to Alucard. "Let me guess. You suspect the reason my forefathers were never able to find the Scarlet Devil Mansion was that it was moved to this other world. Now, you want to find the Vampire responsible for this, and end her life for pretending to be your daughter."

Alucard nodded, his devilish smile and orange sunglasses shining. "Astute as ever my lady."

"Then here are your orders." Integra sat up and met Alucard's demonic gaze without the slightest hint of fear. "With your silver gun, paint the vampire's mansion crimson. With your iron gun, paint Remilia scarlet. After you have done so, bring me her head, and report on your findings of this other world."

Alucard's smile grew wider. "With extreme pleasure." He then turned, his trench coat swishing.

"Oh, and Alucard." Integra said while taking out a cigar from a box on her desk.

"Yes master?" Alucard asked.

"Try not to kill any other non-vampiric residents unless you have to." Walter kindly lit Integra's cigar for her. "Well… if there are any."

Alucard hesitated. Then started to walk out of the room. "Of course."


Sakuya Izayoi stared at the two massive, black, iron doors she was about to enter. Both doors were intricately designed to show an impaled coffin on a pile of skulls. The handles were as big as her forearm and took the shape of a bone.

She glanced behind her. The floor was covered in a thick layer of blood and bodies. The bodies were of Sakuya's former friends and family. All of them had their faces censored by zombification and death.

Next, she looked to the side and found a mirror that showed Sakuya her current state. Her simple, black dress was torn, and her brown hair was a crazed mess. She was also soaked head to toe in blood. She was exhausted to. Dark lines could be seen under her grey eyes, and she was slumping over a bit. She then turned back to the doors and took a deep breath.

"Ok." Sakuya said with a hoarse voice. "This is it."

She grabbed the door handles firmly and flung the heavy doors open.

"Dracula! Your reign of terror will end by my blades!" Sakuya screamed at the top of her lungs. Then she stopped.

Dracula was smiling.

Beneath the shadow of his dark, long, messy hair, and his set of orange, glowing, satanic eye's, Dracula was smiling.

The way his lips mercilessly curved up. The way his two fangs stuck out, but looked right at home. The way his razor sharp teeth, of which had killed thousands, glistened a pure perfect white.

This was unlike any vampiric smile Sakuya had seen before.

The rest of Dracula carried through with his smile. He wore segmented, metal armor that covered him from his neck down. A large, golden hilted sword was strapped to his side. He also had an oversized cape that was red on the inside and black on the outside. It seemed to flow unrealistically in an imaginary breeze.

For some reason, Sakuya could not see anything else besides Dracula. The rest of the room was pitch black.

"So you've finally come to stand before me." Dracula said with a thick Romanian accent. "Well done, Vampire hunter."

Sakuya thrusted her arm out and three small, silver throwing knives appeared between her knuckles. "Screw you and your games! When I'm done here, YOU will be the one on a pike!"

Dracula drew his sword. "Then come. Stab my heart! Cut off my head! I want to see your knives covered In my blood!"

"Go to hell monster!" Sakuya screamed as she threw her knives.

And then Sakuya woke up.

She was still In the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her hair was still white, and she was still the head maid.

Sakuya shook her head and crammed that distant memory to the back of her mind. She had more pressing concerns. It was Remilia's 500th birthday in 3 day's. Since 500 was a big number, the mistress was pulling out everything she had to celebrate. The cake alone would take 2 days, even with her abilities.

She got out of her bed and got dressed into her blue french-maids clothes, braided her hair to hang down on both sides of her head, and kept the braids together with two green ribbons. She glanced out of the red tinted window in her room. The sun was starting to set and the birds were settling down to sleep in the Youkai forest.

Meiling, the SDM's gatekeeper, was not at her post. Sakuya was wondering if she would have to go find her when she spotted Meiling watering the garden. The gatekeeper had a tendency to nap during her shift, and Sakuya was glad that this was not one of those occasions.

She was about to turn away, when she thought she caught a glimpse of a figure dressed in red standing at the treeline outside the mansion. When Sakuya looked again, however, It was gone. She shrugged and exited her room. it was time to go to work.


A couple hours later…

The Scarlet Devil Mansion was bathed in the light of yet another full moon. The english manor, despite it being night, was very busy. Lights were on in what few windows the mansion had, and occasionally the sound of shouting or an occasional explosion.

"Wow." Meiling said to herself as another explosion was heard. "I can only imagine what Remilia is putting the staff through. Glad I'm not there."

Meiling was wearing a traditional, green, chinese dress with a green vest. Her green beret sat ontop of her head, which was covered In long, smooth, red hair that was braided on both sides. Probably the only article of clothing that wasn't green was the white blouse she wore under her vest.

Instead of helping with the party, Meiling was doing what she always did. Stand in front of a gate for hours on end. It was sometimes tedious work, which offered little to no excitement at times. She took pleasure in conversing with passersby's, however, and an occasional nap to keep her sane.

She looked up at the mansions clock tower and checked the time. 11:27. Very late. Unfortunately, with the party coming up, she was required to guard 24/7. No naps, and no lengthy conversation.

"So, you're the gatekeeper, Meiling." Said a low, sinister male voice.

Meiling turned in surprise to see a huge man with a red hat, trench coat, and orange sunglasses standing there. He hadn't been there a couple seconds ago.

"Yes." Meiling said cautiously. "And you are?"

The man in red smiled. "Alucard. I have to say, seeing a Chinese woman guarding an English manor is not what I expected Remilia to have in store for me. Does she really need you to guard the gate instead of fledgling of some sort?"

Meiling looked insulted. "I'm better than any fledgling. Whatever those are. Anyways, what are you doing here so late at night?"

Alucard smirked. "I am here on official business from the Hellsing organization."

"Hellsing organization?" Meiling pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "Nope. Never heard of it. Besides, it's Remilia's birthday soon. She isn't seeing anyone."

"She doesn't have a choice in the matter." Alucard smiled.

Meiling, finally sensing that Alucard intended to trespass, tensed up. "I don't think you understand. No one is allowed in. That's the rule, and I'm here to enforce it. If you think you can get past me you are sorely mistaken, for even the strongest of Youkai cannot best the great Hong Meiling!"

Alucard reached inside his coat and pulled out a massive silver handgun with a 10 inch barrel. "This is the Casull. It fire's .454 Casull rounds, with steel bullet's made from a Manchester Cathedral cross.."

"Um. What?" Meiling looked confused, as she had no idea what a gun was.

Alucard slowly brought the Casull to point as Meiling's head. "If you're as powerful as you say, then dodge this."

Sleeping birds were awoken and flew up in fright as a single shot rang out. For a moment it seemed that time had slowed down. Meiling had not dodged the bullet and was currently flying backwards from the impact. The Casull's slide had slid back and a cartridge had shot out of the side. Everything resumed, however, as Meiling quickly corrected herself in the air and landed on her feet. There was a small bruise in the center of her forehead where the bullet had hit. Alucard's smile grew wider.

"You're going to have to do better than that Alucard!" Meiling shouted as she charged him.

Alucard fired off a couple more shots, but now Meiling knew what to expect and was able to dodge them. The shots landed harmlessly in the ground behind her, and kicked up a bit of dust.

Meiling used her left hand to knock the heavy weapon from Alucard's hands, then put her strength into a punch to his abdomen. She was surprised when her fist went straight threw him. It was like punching a paper bag, except when you popped it, blood went everywhere.

Despite being maimed, Alucard was still smiling. He brought up one of his gloved hands and attempted to punch Meiling in the face. His blow was countered as Meiling grabbed his arm and chucked him over her shoulder into the brick wall that marked the border of the SDM. Alucard slid down it, leaving a large bloodstain.

"Are you… Sure you don't want to quit?" Meiling said with concern.

Alucard's only response was to get up and start to laugh.

Meiling sighed. "Very well. Have it your way."

She charged him again. This time she was holding back a bit so she didn't inflict any more mortal wounds, but Alucard wasn't. Meiling discovered this when she went for a punch to the face. Instead of hitting her target, Alucard moved with inhuman speed and grabbed her face. Before she could react, she found herself being thrown through the big, metal gate that she had, not very tirelessly, protected for years.

Meiling tumbled along the wide, clean, stone walkway that lead to the true entrance to the mansion. She slid to a stop at the steps leading up to a set of nice, dark, wood doors. When Meiling looked up, she saw Alucard casually stepping through the hole he had made in the gate.

"Common. At this rate I'm just going to walk in." Alucard taunted.

"Ha!" Meiling flipped up onto her feet, shifted her beret back into place, and took a fighting stance. "As if i'd ever let that happen. No more holding back!" She slammed her fist into her palm. As she did this, her hands were engulfed in rainbow colored flames.

"Finally. I was starting to think you were just a peice of shit." Alucard said with interest.

"Not a very good sport are you?" Meiling said with a smile. "I'm going to enjoy this."

"As am I." Countered Alucard, who stopped in the middle of the walkway and reloaded the Casull, the empty clip falling to the ground with a metallic clang.

Meiling thrust her hand forward and released a small, fast moving ball of rainbow colored energy. Alucard sidestepped it and attempted to fill his opponent with bullet holes. Meiling jumped up and backflipped onto the front of the mansion, and leaped off the wall. While in the air, she swung her arm in an arc, sending multiple sharp crystals of various colors at Alucard.

Alucard took a hit in the shoulder from a green crystal, but kept firing his gun as Meiling came down on him. She landed just past his gun, grabbed his arm, and slammed her elbow into it almost breaking Alucard's arm in two. Meiling then delivered several quick, powerful punches to his face and midsection before cresent kicking him to the ground. Alucard's sunglasses and a couple of his teeth scattered along the walkway, and his hat flew up into the air.

She stopped to taunt him on his terrible aim, but before Meiling could do so, Alucard grabbed her ankle and slammed her into the ground. The stone cracked under the force of Alucard's might. He then picked Meiling up again and threw her into the side of the building.

Alucard stood back up. Now that his hat was gone, Meiling could clearly see his pale skinned, bruised, and bloodied face. His long black hair flowed gently as a breeze wafted by. The hole in his chest was still oozing blood at an alarming rate. Despite all of that, however, Alucard's glowing orange eyes showed he was feeling alive, and he was still wearing his trademark grin. "I've seen enough. Now it's my turn."

Meiling was astonished when Alucard's blood seemed to crawl back into his body and skin grew from his wounds, covering them. His clothing and teeth were replaced in a similar fashion. It was as if she had never hit him to begin with. She didn't have time to stare, however, as Alucard disappeared in a puff of smoke, and then reappeared right next to her.

Out of instinct, Meiling struck out with her fist, but Alucard effortlessly caught it in the palm of his hand. As soon as her fist touched him, Meiling felt a spiritual imbalance, as if her soul were being slowly drained of all life.

She tried to pull her hand away from Alucard's grasp, but he was clutching it with the strength of ten Youkai.

"Honestly now, it's been centuries since i've battled with a Youkai. They aren't very common anymore. Where they always this weak?" Alucard was staring calmly at the moon, which, for some reason, took up almost the entire sky.

Meiling tried punching him with her free hand. Her fist slammed into Alucard's chest creating a vivid thump. He didn't even flinch.

"I guess I was a lot weaker back then. Well. I suppose that's not true…" Alucard contemplated with himself.

Meiling had had enough. She kicked out with full force. A mach-cone of rainbow energy temporarily formed around her leg before it hit Alucard in the abdomen. The force of the kick created an explosion of color, sound, and air. Her opponent treated her attack just like someone would react to the wind changing slightly, and allowed the kick to connect. The force of the kick traveled through his body and out the other end, continuing past him to ruffle some tree's in the background.

"Regardless. The fact that Remilia counts on you to keep people out can only mean one of two things. She's an idiot, or she enjoys it when someone attacks her. I sure hope it is the second of the two, because idiots can be boring."

"Even if I am not able to defeat you, the mistress will tear you limb from limb!" Meiling boasted with utmost certainty.

Alucard turned his head towards her. He was disturbingly calm with a hint of amusement. "Oh? Really? That's it?"

"That's it?" Meiling repeated in confusion.

"Not very observant are you. Allow me to demonstrate." Alucard reached up with his free hand, grabbed his hair, and ripped his own head off. Blood poured like a mini waterfall from where it had been separated from his neck..

"W-What the…" Meiling was in shock. She became even more shocked when Alucard's mouth, despite being detached from his body, kept moving.

"You see this? This is what happens when I am ripped limb from limb." Alucard dropped his own head on the ground, and then stomped on it. His head splattered like a squashed tomato, staining his boots red. Meiling could only stare in horror as black tendrils grew out of Alucard's neck and took the form of his head. The tendrils, after wiggling around a bit, faded into pale skin as Alucard's head reappeared. He was grinning wickedly, enjoying the expression Meiling was making.

After a few moments of staring, Meiling gathered enough strength to talk. "W-What are you?"

Alucard's grin was downgraded to a smile as he closed his eye's and reached into his coat. "Still haven't caught on? It seems my reputation in this world is almost non-existent." He pulled out another gun. It was of similar design to the Casull, but was black, and looked much more threatening.

"Um. Please do enlighten me?" Meiling shyly suggested while glancing suspiciously at the gun.

"According to Remilia…" Alucard nonchalantly pointed the black gun at Meiling's chest. "...I'm her father."

Meiling's eye's widened. "What?"

"As for you? Well, your abilities are amusing." Alucard chuckled to himself a bit. "Rainbows. Who would have thought? Perhaps you bleed glitter to."

"Ehhh… Well if your Remilia's father… Perhaps you could let me go and I'll escort you in? How does that sound?" Meiling suggested in an effort to get away.

Alucard stared into Meiling's eye's for what seemed like an eternity. Then he shrugged. "Well. Only one way to find out."

Alucard pulled the trigger.

Blood splattered across the wall of the Scarlet Devil Mansion and the lawn as Meiling's chest was blown apart. Her green vest turned red, and her beret fell from her head. As the light faded from Meiling's eye's, she stumbled backwards, as if not believing that she was actually dying. Then, after a few moments of resisting, she slumped to the ground and took her final nap.

Solemnly, Alucard walked back to the walkway and picked up his hat and sunglasses. Once they were both back on his head, he turned towards the doors leading into the SDM.

He knew that he was only just beginning.