Disclaimer: I don't own Hellsing or Vassalord and I really have no clue where I'm going with this but Alucard and Johnny demand I write and who am I to say no?
The aging butler walked over to the foot of the coffin and studied Rayflo for a moment. The elder vampire was silent at the moment but Chris knew it wouldn't last long. He needed to decide what to do and quick. His Master had to be conscious to control his thirst. "You said Hellsing; as in Van Hellsing?" The cyborg asked.
Walter nodded, "yes, Sir Hellsing is a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing but she can explain all that to you should you accept her offer." Chris walked over to his Master who breathing was starting to quicken again.
"Your master is able to help his healing?" Chris asked after some thought.
"Yes, and you won't have to worry about the authorities discovering who was behind the blood bank thefts," Walter affirmed.
Charlie nodded after a moment, "alright, but if I believe my master is in danger, I will leave and no one will be able to stop me," Chris threatened.
Walter nodded, "of course." He pulled out a cellphone and called for the van waiting nearby. Chris put the lid on his Master's coffin and chained it tight so his master couldn't get out and go on a bloody rampage. Soldiers of Hellsing came in after Chris and Walter left to destroy the evidence.
They arrived at the manor and Chris couldn't help but stop and stare a moment; he had seen his Master's mansion several times of course but his home mimicked older mansions, this was one. After snapping from his stupor, he followed Walter inside, ready to defend his injured master with his life. Walter led him into a windowless basement and into one of the many cells. "We have prepared two rooms down here for you and Mr. Rayflo," the butler explained, "this is Mr. Rayflo's room and yours is right beside this one. Should you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Chris set the coffin down with a thump and a chorus of swears erupted from inside followed by the lid rattling. "I see he is awake. I will return with some refreshments," the aging butler left to get Johnny's breakfast and Chris unchained the coffin.
As soon as the chains were off, the lid flew open and Johnny sat up, "did you have to drop me, Cherry?" Rayflo stopped his whining long enough to realize he wasn't where he last remembered being and also had no recollection of getting into his coffin. "Where are we?" He asked.
"Hellsing Manor," Chris explained, "I accepted their offer to bring you here to heal after getting back to the hotel."
Johnny sat there and gave Chris a blank stare. He had no memory of anything after having his legs blown off. Remembering the fight, the vampire looked down to see his gauze wrapped legs attached to him. "How did we get to the hotel? There's no way I walked there," Rayflo asked and moved to leave the coffin but was stopped by Chris who was holding him tightly.
"I carried you after you were unconscious," he answered from his spot buried in his Master's shoulder. He still kept his hunger in check because Johnny was still too weak. "I'm sorry, Master. I wanted this trip to help heal your injuries, not make them worse," the cyborg held on tighter and began to shake a little.
Johnny raised his right arm and weakly held Chris, "there's no way you could have predicted this, Chris."
The cyborg wasn't letting up, "when you're better, Master, let's just go home." Rayflo didn't get a chance to respond because of a knock at the cell door. Chris reluctantly let his Master go to answer it.
Walter walked in with a cart that held three buckets of ice with a bag of blood in each. It was easy to see that it took Rayflo everything he had to ignore the blood and watch Walter suspiciously. "Who are you?" He demanded. Chris was about to scold his Master but Walter stopped him, he knew that injured vampires were incredibly suspicious of anyone they didn't know and Walter had no doubt that injured or not, if Charles wasn't here, he would be immobile in some way counting his lucky stars he wasn't dead.
"Ah yes," the butler stopped and turned to Rayflo, "my name is Walter C. Dornez. I am the butler for the Hellsing family."
"He helped bring you here, Master so stop being rude," Chris scolded him as though he were scolding a child; so Johnny folded his arms across his chest and pouted like one. But with his suspicions laid to rest, he turned his attention to the buckets and nothing Charlie did could catch his attention. In the end, both men had to wait for Johnny to finish his meal before they could talk to him.
"See as how your meal is done, Sir Hellsing would like to speak with the both of you," Walter informed.
"But Master's legs," Chris started to argue but was interrupted.
"It's rude to keep the Master of the House waiting," Rayflo informed and shakily got to his feet. His legs and back were healed enough to let him stand but that was it; he took one step and fell to the floor. The cyborg hunter ended up slinging his Master's good arm over his shoulder and supporting almost all his weight as they walked. Considering their pace, they still made good time.
Walter knocked on the door to Integra's office and announced the two guests, "Sir Integra, I have brought Mr. Chrishunds and Mr. Rayflo to see you." Johnny tensed as he felt the powerful vampiric aura of last night's enemy and began to summon his strength to carry Chris and himself to safety.
"Come in," Integra answered through the door, "Alucard, sit down!" Walter let out a low, irritated sigh and opened the door. Inside, Integra sat behind her desk with Alucard to her desk's diagonal right and Seras beside him; both were sitting in leather chairs with Alucard trying to look intimidating. Chris would have dropped his Master to attack the vampire that injured him but Integra began scolding Alucard. A vampire that powerful is letting a human scold him? The cyborg hunter was stunned and was reluctant to walk over but the tension in Johnny left and he began walking forward and Chris was forced to walk as well. Rayflo plopped into of the empty chairs with a muffled thump and landed in a comfortable, slouched position, Chris took the seat beside him and Walter stood behind Integra. "Firstly, I would like to apologize for the trouble my servant cause," Integra began.
"Servant?" Johnny repeated and looked over at Alucard in surprise. The Nosferatu said nothing but his grin was no present. After a second, Johnny pieced together Alucard's story and turned to face Integra.
"What he did was not my orders and to make it up, you both are allowed to treat this manor as your home until you leave," the Hellsing woman continued after Johnny turned his attention back to her, "also, the theft that happened during the day are being treated as though they never happened." The end statement caught Seras' attention, a vampire aside from Master outside during the day? The fledgling vampire decided that despite her first encounter with the two guests, she had to confront them on that.
"Um," Seras started, gathering her courage, "if you're a vampire, how can you be in the sun?"
"I don't drink any blood but Master's," Chris replied but could see her confusion grow.
"I don't drink any blood!" She stood up from excitement, "why can you?"
"Sit down, Police Girl," Alucard ordered and his fledgling sat back down and sulked.
"I would like to know the reason as well, Alucard," Integra stated. If there was a way vampires could function in sunlight, she needed to know. They didn't need Hellsing to be caught off guard again. To her and everyone else's surprise, the Nosferatu was silent. Charlie look over at his Master who normally would have something to say; but the elder vampire was uncharacteristically quiet as well. It was easy to see that both vampires were hiding something. "Alucard," Sir Hellsing warned and the Nosferatu disappeared though the floor before she could continue, "get back here, you git." Reluctantly, the No Life King returned and pouted in his chair. Johnny laughed at Alucard's pout and the fact he was forced by a human to do something he didn't want to do. Alucard glared at Johnny but the other vampire didn't stop until Chris threw a garlic clove at him
"Ack!" Rayflo let out a yell of surprise and began coughing and threw the clove to the floor. In all his struggling, one of the legs on the chair gave out and sent Rayflo sprawling into the floor. This time, it was Alucard's turn to laugh. The cyborg vampire stood up and helped the injured vampire into his chir while Walter left to get Chris a new one.
Once everyone was settled, Integra turned to her vampire servant, "explain how a vampire can walk in the sun."
Alucard sulked but answered anyway, "fledgling vampire can't walk in the sun no matter whose blood they drink." The Nosferatu partially explained.
"But, Master! Why can he but no me?" Seras asked.
"You fool, he is not a fledgling vampire like yourself," Alucard reprimanded.
"Explain in complete detail, Alucard. Leave anything out and I'll shoot you," Integra ordered/threatened.
The Nosferatu humphed and continued, "there are different types of vampires that exist; or, at least, there were. After centuries of being hunted, only two types of vampires remain." The vampire stopped and Integra pulled out her gun. Eyeing the gun, Alucard let out an irritated sigh, "the two types are extremely similar in terms of weaknesses and strengths. But the differences are because the state the human was in when they made the deal."
"What deal? I didn't make a deal," Seras questioned.
"I made you. The deal I'm speaking of is the deal a human vampires with a demon. True No Life Kings are not bitten by another vampire," Alucard growled, getting irritated that he had to explain at all, "the power differences come from whether a human is alive or dead when they make the deal."
"What differences are there?" Integra asked. Alucard stared at her for a moment and turned to Johnny who just shrugged. Neither knew the answer to that question. This time, it was Integra's turn to sigh. There was no point in trying to get more information out of the vampire; you can't get blood from stone. Everyone was dismissed to do whatever they wanted. The Leader of Hellsing had accomplished her goal of the conversation; to meet and apologize to the two tourists that Alucard had attacked. The fact she had to swallow her pride at all made her secretly furious. She would have to remember to get back at him later.
Johnny and Chris headed outside of the manor to enjoy what was left of the night; well, Johnny did anyways. Chris only came along because his master couldn't walk completely on his own yet. The injury to his back had healed to the point it had been at before they arrived in England. It was his legs now that lacked the ability to support his weight. "Is it true?" Chris asked after a moment of silence. They had picked a spot to watch the soldiers train and eventually watch Alucard harass the soldiers and then watch Integra yell at Alucard from her office window.
"Is what true?" Johnny asked and stretched out on the grass.
"Everything Alucard said," Chris expanded.
Rayflo shrugged, "that's the theory anyway. Vampires don't really pay attention to what other vampires that they don't know do." The cyborg nodded, he knew well that vampires rarely paid attention to the current events in the area they lived in, let alone what was happened to a vampire they didn't know half a world away. Charlie could easily remember the reaction his Master had the first time he had seen a TV. Televisions had been around for years but Rayflo paid so little attention to things that didn't concern him that he only discovered they existed a few years before plasma TVs came out for sale.
Another thought occurred to him, "what made you happy when we entered the office?" Charles remembered the smile his Master had on his face.
"Hm?" Rayflo suddenly realized what Chris was talking about, "this is why you're Cherry. Spell Alucard backwards."
Chris glared at the sound of his nickname but did as told and then glared at his Master because of his poor excuse for a joke. "That isn't funny, Master. Dracula is a made up character," he scolded.
Rayflo shrugged lazily and look at his vassal, "like vampires are made up." Charlie though for a second; vampires were considered figments of people's overactive imaginations, whose to sat that Dracula isn't real?
"Alright, assuming his is Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote that Abraham Van Helsing killed him. How is he here?" Chris asked.
"Guess Bram Stoker lied. That or Abraham lied and said he did," Rayflo replied, "it's not impossible to bind a vampire to a human bloodline. Damn near impossible but still probable." The master vampire fished his pack of cigarettes from his pocket at lit one up.
"Why would he bind him instead of kill him?" Chris was just getting more and more confused.
"You already know how hard it is to kill an old vampire. Imagine how much harder it would be a true vampire," Rayflo explained. Chris remembered how hard it was to stake Marie and reduce her to ash. He also remembered that his master had been reduced to ash as well but was here right now and it was just a fluke he was here at all. Suddenly he could see the logic the dead Helsing had in binding the vampire Dracula. True vampires were impossible for one person to kill but binding was slightly possible. "Besides, only a master vampire can kill another master vampire," Johnny concluded.
"So he could kill you?" Chris asked, horrified.
Rayflo nodded, "just as easily as I could kill him." That made the vampire mercenary feel slightly better and was somewhat comforted by the fact that Alucard's master would not allow him to kill his master.
The two vampire guests eventually headed back inside and Rayflo read one of the many novels the manor had while Chris walked around the manor and committed every nook and cranny to memory. Walter found Chris and instructed him to meet with Integra again.
Charlie retried his master and returned to Integra's office. "I'll make this quick," Integra started but didn't look up from her paperwork, "you both will be going on tonight's mission."
"Don't trust us, huh?" Johnny asked with a smile on his face.
"Just you actually," Sir Hellsing answered and Rayflo made a mock sad face for a moment. "You both are dismissed," Integra ordered at the two left.
"How can she think you're capable of killing a rogue vampire or could attack her while Alucard is gone?" Chris was beyond angry at the woman who showed so little trust in his master.
"I'm a vampire, Cherry. Not everyone takes a vampire at their work," Rayflo shrugged. Chris was speechless at his Master's nonchalance over what had happened. "Besides, I doubt I will be doing any hunting anyways. We'll be more than likely kept in the truck," Johnny predicted.
"We've arrived," the driver informed and everyone began to pile out; the ride had given Johnny's legs time enough to heal to at least be able to support his own weight. He still needed help walking though. Instructions were given to everyone over the ear pieces the soldiers had. None of the vampires had one since they could hear the orders fine from everyone else's. Alucard and Seras left to hunt the vampire and the soldiers took positions to take out the ghouls, leaving Chris and Rayflo by the truck with nothing to do but wait.
There were two separate buildings that Seras and Alucard had to investigate. "Go through that far one, Police Girl," Alucard ordered and his fledgling left to walk through the somewhat smaller building. Neither she nor Alucard thought the vampire would be this far out so her mission was pretty much target practice.
The entire buildings were infested with ghouls and the soldiers kept the undead slaves from spreading outside and out of striking range. Alucard was growing quickly bored with the "cannon fodder" and wished he could tear the building apart to find the damned blood sucker already. Unfortunately, Integra had forbidden that so he was forced to go room by room while wasting perfectly good bullets on ghouls. Because of the sheer amount of ghouls, no one noticed the extra player that had joined the game.
Alexander Anderson had been told of vampire activity near England's border and decided this would be an excellent opportunity for revenge while getting rid of the vampire responsible for all this in the first place. The regenerator sealed Alucard in the building he was in from the outside and headed to where Seras was. The Paladin decided he would "warm up" with Seras first and save the best for last.
The Nosferatu felt a sudden drain on his powers and immediately headed to a window and saw the bible page stuck to it with a blessed bayonet. Alucard let out an enraged howl.
Johnny and Chris looked over at the building Alucard was in when he yelled out like that. "Master?" Charlie look over at his Master for an answer.
"Hm," Rayflo thought, "better look, just in case if it's something that can piss him off, these hunters won't be much help."
Seras heard her Master's howl and immediately headed for an exit and was pushed back when she found the door. The Draculina recognized the bible pages on the door and barely suppressed a shriek. She could hear the heavy fall of boots on the rotting floor and knew they didn't belong to her Master. Unable to contain herself, she let out an ear piercing shriek.
Johnny and Chris had just reached where Alucard was trapped when Seras screeched, "you stay here, Chris. I'll go and check up on Seras," Johnny ordered. The cyborg nodded and ran to one of the windows while Rayflo flew off and saw the bible page. He reached to grab the paper but was zapped by the barrier. A holy barrier? Charlie wondered I'll have to find the weakest one first to break it. He looked at all the pages pinned to the walls by bayonets and sighed easier said than done.
There were no more ghouls in the decrepit old building and Anderson's footfalls echoed in the empty halls. "Ae will find ye, Draculina," Anderson called through the halls as he tried to find where the little fledgling had hidden herself. The Paladin had to admit, she had found a good spot but knew it was only a matter of time.
Johnny reformed into himself and examined the barrier. Hm, made to keep things in but not so good at keeping them out he thought and turned into a swarm of bats and flew in through a broken window. Looks like I'm not getting out until the source is gone or until Cherry comes to break the barrier. The elder vampire reformed and looked around the room he had entered. He heard Seras scream again and ran off towards the sound, ignoring his injuries.
Anderson had found Seras as she was skulking by to find a new hiding place since he had found her old one. She had managed to dodge his bayonets but got cornered at the end of a hall. "Nowhere to run," Anderson smirked and raised a bayonet wielding arm.
"Oh no you don't!" Johnny called and wrapped his whip around the Priest's torso and pulled. The Sword Dancer went flying head first into a wall. "Cherry's gonna kill me," he groaned and walked over to Seras, "are you alright?" The Draculina let out a horrified scream that forced Rayflo to turn around just in time to see the Priest pull himself out of the wall. "Shit."
Chris had found the weakest and pulled it from its holding; the barrier immediately disappeared and Alucard walked out through a wall. "Damn that Judas Priest!" The Nosferatu hissed. Suddenly it occurred to Charlie why this barrier seemed familiar.
"Master!" He yelled out and took off to where his was heading with Alucard already ahead of him. The No Life King was force to stop when he felt another barrier and wait for Chris to catch up so the cyborg could get rid of this one too and he could kill the Judas Priest. Charlie caught up and began frantically look for the weak spot again.
Johnny had yanked Seras out of the way of a bayonet and managed to freeze Anderson's legs. He had been aiming for all of him but the barrier was restricting his powers. Both vampires had found a new hiding spot to try and think of a way to stall for time while Chris broke the barrier. "How did you get in?" Seras whispered cautiously.
"You're asking that now?" Rayflo whispered and blushed but thankfully said nothing more. Unfortunately, it was all Anderson needed. A bayonet flew at them and Johnny's injured legs weren't fast enough to get out of the way. The elder vampire glanced at the sword and pulled it out with more ease than Alucard ever did. The Paladin was stunned but it didn't last long. The Judas Priest had recovered from his shock and was once more on the offensive.
Seras had her back pressed tightly against the useless door, completely terrified. Johnny glared at the Paladin with disgust. Cherry doesn't toy with his victims he thought. "This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, in Him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live the truth," Anderson recited as he walked closer to the trapped vampires, the tips of his bayonets dragging on the ground for effect, "but if we do walk in the light, as He in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin." Anderson raised a bayonet to strike when Chris began to pull off the bible pages to get the door useable for the trapped vampires inside and the pissed vampire outside. The Paladin stopped and turned his attention away from the vampires long enough for Johnny to tackle the Priest to the floor.
Chris could see the fight from a window and shout out, "master!" Before he could stop himself.
Anderson was about to look out the window when Rayflo quickly distracted him. "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us," blood began to drip from Johnny's mouth and Chris pick up the pace, "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive out sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." The Paladin was dumbstruck, he knew the vampire had not been mocking him or God. Anderson had no time to answer as the door flew open. Sera bolted out and Johnny pushed himself off of Anderson but could do nothing more. Charlie ran in and picked up his injured Master. Anderson was forced to wait because Alucard was both guns out and the soldiers were on their way and he recognized Chris as a catholic vampire hunter. "Why do ye aid a vampire?" Was the first question, "they are all monsters."
Charlie had reached the door and shook his head, "not all vampires are monsters; just as not all humans are good. It's a choice that is made." They cyborg carrier his Master out and towards the truck; no longer in a fighting mood, Anderson used his bible pages to get away.
"Ye hae noe seen the last of me," he sneered and disappeared in a flurry of paper.
The four vampires were back at the manor in Integra's office once more, explaining just what had happened during the mission. Her curtains were tightly closed seeing as how the sun had already risen, but anything that had to do with Anderson couldn't wait until nightfall. "So Anderson trapped you in one building and hunted the Police Girl in the other and you just happened to be able to get in?" Sir Hellsing turned toward Rayflo for the last bit of her statement. The normally chatty vampire was quiet but not because he was at a loss for words but because he was asleep.
Chris shook his master and he roused enough for Integra to repeat the question and give an answer, "the barrier wasn't designed to keep things out," Johnny yawned, "it was mean to keep things in,"
"That doesn't explain how you could enter but Alucard could not," Integra sighed; she had no choice but to be patient with the tired vampire. Seras was already lights out.
Rayflo yawned again and shrugged, "one of the differences between us, I guess. I'm able to exploit that loophole but he can't." The vampire yawned a third time and snuggled into his seat to get comfortable.
"Ma'am, perhaps it is best to leave to leave those questions for tomorrow night. The only two who are awake enough to answer are the only two who had not fought Father Anderson," Walter suggested, "Miss Victoria is already asleep and Mr. Rayflo isn't far behind her."
"Perhaps you're right, Walter," Integra agreed, "very well, we'll continue this tomorrow night." Alucard kicked Seras awake and shuffled down the hall. Chris helped his master to his feet and both walked down the dark hall.
Chris helped his master into his coffin and adjusted him like would sometimes do at the apartment. "Mmph," Johnny shifted a bit and opened his eyes a little to look at Chris, "reminds me of when you were kid, Chris. Remember?"
The cyborg nodded, "I remember."
A thought occurred to the master vampire's sleep addled brain, "you haven't eaten yet. You must be starving."
Charlie suddenly felt his hunger he had forgotten rise to the surface, he could feel his fangs elongate, and he began salivating, "you not well."
Rayflo shrugged, "don't want you biting the staff." The vampire hunter couldn't take it anymore and climbed into the coffin with his master and bit down on his neck.
After much thinking, I have decided to make Johnny Italian. I don't know if it will ever make it into the fic but just in case it every does. I'm still looking for a beta reader and a better freaking title
