Disclaimer: I, in no way, shape, or form own Hellsing. However, all the other characters ARE mine, so there!!!

Seras Victoria let out a long sigh as she entered the "New" Hellsing Mansion. It wasn't really new, it was almost as old as she was. It was built after the Hellsing Organization was betrayed and Integral became a vampire. Unlike the first mansion, this one was mostly underground, for the obvious reasons. She ignored the stares she got from the maids and the new butler, Jeeves. Seras made her way down to the lowest level, where her room was located. She really didn't want to spend the rest of the night in her room, even though it was a big improvement from her first room at the mansion. She opened her door and dropped her things next to her dresser. She took advantage of her personal bathroom and took a long, hot shower. Later, Seras changed into her normal daywear and made her way back to the city.

Over the years, she had amassed a small fortune and bought a small apartment in the middle of the city. It wasn't fancy, but it was in a good neighborhood. With the destination in mind, Seras walked through the almost deserted streets. She wasn't afraid of being mugged, and she confidently navigated her way through narrow alleyways. She was minutes from reaching her apartment when she heard a commotion in one of the narrow alleys. Giving a small sigh of annoyance, Seras went to go investigate. But she was shocked by the scene before her.

A tall boy with sandy brown hair who could be no older than 17, was taking on three men who were obviously thugs. The odd thing about it was he was kicking the shit out of them. Seras breathed in his scent and quickly realized that he was a fledgling vampire and not one of the fake vampires. Her observation was confirmed when she caught sight of his eyes. Like hers, they were a deep red. She blended into the shadows so that she could watch without distracting them. She waited patiently as he fought off the three men. In the next moment, the boy buried his fangs into the closest thug's neck. This caused the other two thugs to flee in terror. Seras knew it was time to intervene. Using her super speed, she ripped the boy off of the thug. The thug fell limply to the ground. Seras ignored him for the time being and centered her attention on the boy.

"As a servant of the Secret Hellsing Order, I am forced to destroy you. And seeing as you just drank from a human, I have no choice in the matter." Seras said in a slightly bored and deadpan tone.

"So your one of the Hellsing vampires, that's funny, because you don't look like you could kill a fly, let alone me. I'd like to see you try!" The boy snarled at her.

One moment, Seras was there, in the next moment she saw gone. She reappeared inches from the boy and lifted him up by his neck. "I'm 121 year old. Do you think you could put up even a token fight against me?" Seras started to squeeze his neck, making it impossible for him to breath. Using her other hand, she pulled out her hand gun, complete with silver bullets, and pointed it at his head.

"In the name of God, impure souls of the living dead shall be banished into eternal damnation." She tightened her grip on the gun. After all these years, it was still hard for her to kill. She made the mistake of looking into his eyes. They were the eyes of a scared boy. Taking a deep breath to steady her nerves, she said, "Amen."

"Wait!" cried a small voice from the shadows.

Caught off guard, Seras lowered her gun and loosened her grip on the boy's thought.

"Please don't hurt him! He was only protecting me." Out of the darkness of the dumpster emerged a small girl….. only, she wasn't a child, but a teenager. She looked 14 but was probably older. Under dark hair bleached blonde at the top, a pair of bright, sad red eyes marked her as a vampire. Seras dropped the boy and he landed on the ground on his knees. He coughed a couple times and clutched at his throat, but wasn't too injured. Giving a groan of frustration, Seras punched the wall (brick, no less) with her bare hand. The bricks she had punches cricked under the force of her blow. She bent her head so that her eyes were covered by her hair.

"This doesn't change anything, only that I must kill two instead of one," Seras said in a low voice. The girl gave a small sob but remained standing. "And yet it changes everything. sigh Come on, let's get you both cleaned up." She turned around and started down the alley.

"W…what?" the girl said blankly.

"Well, are you coming or not? I can still kill you if you'd prefer." Seras said over her shoulder.

"Coming!" she girl yelled while hastily pulling the boy to his feet. He stumbled a few times but quickly got his bearings. They both followed wearily behind Seras, but she didn't seem to notice. In fact, she seemed oblivious to their presence. In fact it was quite the opposite. She noticed the slightest movement they made, even though her back was to them (one of her many vampiric powers was the all seeing eye). Because of her brisk pace, they got to her apartment in no time flat. She took out her keys, unlocked the door, and ushered them inside.

As she rushed them through the apartment towards the kitchen, she absentmindedly turned on lamps using her mind. None too gently she shoved them both into chares, went over to the refrigerator, and pulled out three bags of blood. She handed one to each of them then drank down her own, trying not to taste it. Seeing her drink hers, the two children greedily gulped theirs down until the bags were dry.

"So, what are your names?" Seras asked casually.

The boy remained silent but the young girl piped up, "I'm Iris and this is Jake."

"When were you turned and who turned you?"

At this the boy roused himself and said defiantly, "Why should we tell you!?! You're going to kill us anyway."

Pinning him with a hard stare, Seras replied, "I don't want to kill you so I need reasons not to do so."

"I…. I was turned about a year ago. He….he kidnapped me and turned me against my will." Iris said in a whisper. It was obviously painful for her to remember so Seras didn't ask for details.

"Who's 'he'?"

"My master. His name is….." Iris tried to say his name but nothing would come out.

'Hmmmm... So the master made sure his creation couldn't betray him even is she wanted to… interesting…' Seras then turned her attention to the boy. "And you?"

Looking defeated, he said, "I was turned by the same guy she was about 3 years ago. I was running away from my foster family when one of his minions tricked me into seeing our master. Instead of killing me, he had one of his female concubines turn me so that I could do his 'dirty work.' Iris and I escaped together five weeks ago."

"Are you the only ones?"

Grudgingly, the boy said, "No."

"Then why aren't you with them?" Seras knew that newly made vampires usually hunted in packs for safety. These two's behavior was totally out of the norm.

Iris and Jake looked at each other then Iris said sheepishly, "I was trying to find my family but I was jumped by those thugs. Jake had been following me and he came to my rescue when he heard me scream."

"You know your not allowed to go out alone Iris! What were you thinking?" Jake bit out, obviously trying not to yell.

"I can take care of myself!" Iris said stubbornly.

"No you can't!"

"Yes I can!"

"No you can't!"

"ENOUGH!" Seras shouted, effectively silencing them both. Feeling a headache coming on, she started to rub her temples. "Do you really want to find your family?"

"More than anything!" Iris said immediately.

"Then we'll go find them. But to warn you, they will most likely react to what you have become with fear and hate."

"Not my family, they will love me no matter what."

"We'll see."

"What about me?" This came from Jake, with what looked like a pout.

"You can either come with us or stay here. If you stay here you won't be able to leave, even if you try." He quickly got up and went to the door.

"What are you two waiting for? Let's get going," he said as he rushed outside. Seras winked at Iris which caused her to giggle helplessly. Still giggling, Iris followed him outside with Seas right behind her.

"So, where do your parents live anyway?" Seras asked when Iris got control of her giggling.

"Umm…. On the other side of the city."

"It'll take us all night to get there if we walk. Then you wouldn't be able to see them until tomorrow night. It would be much faster if we fly."

Hearing what she said, Jake replied sarcastically, "Well, unless you can sprout wings and carry us, that isn't going to happen."

Lifting her eyebrow in silent amusement, Seras said nothing. Slowly, she started to melt until she was nothing but a red puddle on the ground. Iris gave a little shriek and ran behind Jake, who looked scared stiff. Then he gave a little cry as the puddle started to move and become a shape. In only moments a huge owl with two large red eyes stood before them. It was a bazaar looking owl, pitch black with gold designs all over.

"Well, get on." The owl (aka Seras) said. When neither of them moved, she hooted with laughter and said, "Don't be afraid, I won't eat you."

Iris was the first one to snap out of her fear. "Wow, not even our master could do that!" Seras filed that snippet of information for later and didn't say anything. Iris quickly went over to her and got onto her back.

"I wasn't afraid," Jake said shakily as he too climbed on. Seras hooted again with mirth and launched herself into the air.

In what seemed like only minutes, they made it to the other side of the city. Seras landed on the sidewalk next to Iris's house. Both Jake and Iris quickly dismounted and Seras wasted no time in changing back into her normal form.

"Do you want us to stay outside?" Seras asked.

"I'd feel better if you came with me."

"Then we'll come." All three of them walked up to the front door. She handed both of them dark glasses (to hide their eyes) and they put them on wordlessly. Seeing Iris hesitate, Seras quickly knocked on the door for her. From inside, all three of them could hear a dog bark, causing a man and a woman to rush to the door.

"Quigley only barks like that when it's me," Iris explained to both of them.

"You named your dog Quigley?" Seras asked with amusement. Before she could answer, Iris's parents jerked open the door.

"Iris!!!" her mother cried and threw her arms around her daughter.

"Where have you been young lady!?!" her father practically shouts.

"Not now, Steve," Iris's mother says, her arms still wrapped around her daughter.

"Mom, dad, these are my friends, Seras and Jake. They helped me get here. Seras, Jake, this is my mom and dad, Steve and Kathryn Wellington."

Immediately her mother said, "Please, come in! Would you all like something to eat?"

"No, thank you," they all chorused. Looking slightly confused, Iris's mother led them all inside. At a first glance the house looked clean, but as Seras looked closer, she could see that nothing had been dusted in weeks and the floor looked a little dirty. She glanced at Mrs. Wellington's face and saw the dark smudges underneath her eyes. 'Mrs. Wellington probably hasn't hade a good nights sleep since her daughter disappeared,' Seras thought to herself.

From upstairs Seras heard stomping. Moments later a boy that looked almost identical to Iris stormed down the stairs, rushed at Iris, and swung her around in circles. "IRIS!"

"Alex! Put me down!" Iris squealed between giggles.

"Not a chance! I won't have my sister disappear again!" Alex stopped and sobered a bit. "Iris, what happened? Where were you?"

"It's kind of a long story." Iris said quietly.

"Well you better start soon," Seras said, silently thinking, 'We don't have a lot of time.'

As if hearing her thoughts, Iris said, "Let's go into the living room. I'll tell everyone there." Moments later, Iris, her mom, dad, and brother were sitting comfortably on a large couch. Seras and Jake decided to stand.

Iris wasted no time in starting, "You see, I was kidnapped by my….. an evil man. He took me to where he lives and kept me in chains. I wasn't the only one chained either. The girl and I became friends in a way. Later, my…. the evil man released us from our chains and said we could walk around freely as long as we stayed inside. That same night, the girl I had met tried to escape. She was caught, but I never saw her again. I too wanted to escape, but I realized that I would need help. I almost lost hope but about three months ago I met Jake, who hated our…. capturer just as much as I do. I told him I wanted to escape from… the evil man and he not only said he would help me, but he would come with me. Somehow we managed to escape and we joined up with a bunch of people about our age."

"But why didn't you come straight here?" Her father asked.

"Well, you see……." Iris faltered.

"Iris, we have to leave soon." Jake reminded her.

"Leave!?! No way is she leaving!" Alex growled.

"Why can't I stay here, Jake?" Iris asked with a pained look.

"They won't understand!"

"Understand what?" It was Mrs. Wellington who asked this.

"Well, of course they will understand, they're my parents!"

"What will you do when the sun comes out?"

"What does that have to do with anything?" asked a confused Mr. Wellington.

"Quiet, everyone!" Seras barked and got instant silence. In a kinder voice, Seras said to Iris, "Perhaps it would be easier to tell them what you are now." Iris was silent. "Would you like me to tell them then?" At this Iris hesitantly nodded. Turning to her parents, Seras said, "Mr. and Mrs. Wellington, your daughter is a vampire."

There was complete silence, then Mr. and Mrs. Wellington started to laugh. "That's a good one, you guys. For a second there I thought you weren't joking," Her mother said. But seeing your serious expression, she continued, "Oh come off it, there's no such thing as vampires!"

"I beg to differ, Mrs. Wellington. Iris, Jake, take off your glasses and show them your eyes." Seras watched as The Wellington's faces paled at the sight of Iris and Jake's red dark red eyes.

"There… there must be a logical explanation," Mrs. Wellington stammered.

"Those are just contacts!" Mr. Wellington said unbelievingly.

Lifting a brow, Seras took off her own glasses. Her eyes, unlike the other two, were as bright as newly spilled blood and seemed to glow with power. She allowed her fangs to lengthen to deadly points and graced them with a smile, showing off her sharp pearly whites. Alex recoiled from his sister and slowly snuck out of the room while Iris's parents just sat there, stunned.

"Is… is there a way to change her back? Perhaps if we took her to a doctor…."

"No!" Seras yelled. "If you do that you will NEVER see her again!"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is exactly what I said. If you take her to a doctor they will call the government and the government will take her to a lab, weather she wants to go or not. At the lab they will perform experiments on her, trying to see what can kill a vampire. When they decided they have no use for her anymore, they will kill her. But I can safely assume that she would welcome death by then."

"How do you know this?"

"Because that's what happened to me, only with a slight twist. They tried to make me into a weapon they could control. I don't really remember what they did to me; I can only remember the pain, and wishing I would die. I was only able to escape because of my master."

At this Jake cut in, "Wait a minute! You still have a master!?! I thought you were a true Nosferatu!"

Seras looked at him, then to the floor, but all had seen the sorrow and hurt in her eyes. "No, I am not." In the distance, Seras could hear sirens that were getting closer every second. Eyes narrowed, Seras asked, "Iris, where's your brother?"

Iris, now noticing that her brother is no longer there, said, "I have no idea. Perhaps he's upstairs."

"Well, I'll just go see then." And with that, Seras levitated through the ceiling. She could hear Mr. and Mrs. Wellington gasp but paid no mind; she had grown use to that sort of thing. She could hear Alex in the next room, but what she heard made her freeze.

"Yes officer, I'll try to stay on as long as possible..…… yes, they're holding my family hostage…... please hurry, I don't know how long it will be until they realize I'm gone………"

Seras quickly fazed into the next room, snatched the phone away, and hastily cut the connection. "What do you think your doing!?! Do you realize what you've done!?!"

"I'm protecting my family!"

"You've just sentenced your sister to death!"

"She's not my sister, she's a monster!"

Seras just glared at him for a moment, then used her vampiric powers to warp his mind, making it impossible for him to remember what she and Jake looked like. Melting through the floor, she yelled to Iris and Jake, "We have to leave, NOW!"

"Why!?!" Iris, her mom and dad asked, rising to their feet.

"Your traitor of a brother just called the cops. Can't you hear the sirens?" Jake and Iris listened, then paled.

"He… he wouldn't!" Iris said weakly.

"Oh yes he would! In his book, you are officially a monster. Now, come on! We have to go!"

Iris turned to her parents, intent on hugging them. Instead of welcoming her into their arms, they moved back, obviously afraid of their daughter. This was the last straw for Iris. She started to cry. "Mom, dad, I'm still me!"

Ignoring her last comment, Mr. Wellington said to Seras, "Go out the back. We'll stall them." Looking down at his wife, he took her into the protection of his arms. "We'll act like this never happened, but I don't want any of you to come back, ever."

"But mom…"

"Listen to your father, Iris."

"I warned you, Iris, that they would act this way. But that's neither here nor there. Common, we're going." Seras dragged them out to the back yard and transformed back into an owl. The police were seconds away as Seras launched herself into the air with Jake and Iris in tow. Iris took one last glance at her house and saw her parents gazing out the window at them. As they flew over the city, trying to beat the sun, red tears of pain fell from Iris's eyes.