Chapter 2
In the back room of the bar
Integra was getting tired of finding a compromise with the ex-governor-vampire. This is where Alucard comes in handy. With two shots the vampire is vanquished.
"Well, master, wasn't that much easier than talking?" Alucard smirked, "He was of some importance as mortal but no use wasting our time on that kind of vampire trash. It is our day off after all. Let's go somewhere that's more fun!"
"…your definition of fun is not what people usually expect," Integra shot back, "besides I still have an appointment with Rosette of the Magdalene Order." They approach the door. "So today was supposed to be my day off," Integra thought.
"Surely you hadn't forgotten, Master," Alucard smiled with a grin after reading her thoughts. Quickly changing the subject before his master could reply, "I heard that Sister Rosette also has a little red-eyed friend following her around. Wonder how strong he is," Alucard chuckled.
"There will be no fighting," Integra snapped. "She will be escorted by Number VII, Janus Hazard of CHRONOS and I have no need or time to deal with angry Elders of CHRONOS.
They entered the car where Walter was waiting.
"Your appointment with Rosette will be at Northpoint Café," Walter informed. "Are you sure you want to go on with this Sir? Today was supposed to be your break."
To herself, "Did everyone remember except me?"
Meanwhile
I'm so hungry…I forgot to bring the kind of currency they use here on earth…" Vash whined, "I would do anything for a donut right now…" Vash's eyes get blurry but in the mist of his hunger, he sees something. "it can't be, it has to be some kind of oasis…" He thinks, "but… it's worth a try…" With that Vash runs at full speed towards the vision, four perfectly shaped chocolate donuts just sitting there as if waiting for something.
"So how are we supposed to find him? We basically have no information about his appearance…" Eve wondered out loud.
"I don't know," Train replied, "look for something out of the ordinary I guess…"
"like that weird man running towards you?" Eve asked.
"what ma…" before he could finish the word 'man' train was tackled to the ground with a strange man chewing on his jacket. Surprised and very disgusted, (I'm sure any normal person would be disgusted if a stranger randomly tackled you and started chewing on your shirt) Train immediately stood up (that is, his hair also) and pushed the weird man aside ready to fight him. Being unsuccessful, the man just got right back to chewing Train's clothes.
With an imagination such as Eve's…picture of Train as a mother breast feeding the odd person as a baby… Eve shudders as Train is still trying to remove the weirdo from his jacket.
The clock strikes twelve, it is now ten o'clock and Rinslet finally arrives. Better yet, she has arrived with a box of donuts. Frozen by the interesting sight of having a man attempting to eat Train, Rinslet was awoken by a very pissed Train grabbing the box donuts out of her hand and throwing it.
"Finally!" Train panted, "Not something I would call delightful to start out the morning…"
Rinslet's mind finally registered, "Uhhh… guys, did you know who that was? That could have been Vash the Stampede! I found some info on him about his appearance"
Train's emotions change 180 degrees, as if he was a small child waiting for the arrival of his Christmas gifts, "Well, well, what does he look like??" Train eagerly asked.
Though quite excited herself, Eve tried her best to retain her composure, "Where did you find that?"
Pointy nosed and arrogant as ever, "Hehe, I have my sources! Anyways, he is often seen with a red trench coat on, probably quite hungry by now…"
"But we already had all that information…" Train said disappointedly.
A bit annoyed, "Yes, let me finish! Ahem as I was saying, the new information I got said that he is 'extremely intelligent but looks can be deceiving'."
"Are these sources reliable?" Eve wondered
"She said she was from the planet he's from! I think her name was…Meryl? Or something?" Rinslet assured.
"Wait! Hungry! Donuts!" Train and Eve immediately started running in the direction the donuts flew.
"But," before Rinslet could finish, "…Hey wait!!"
Northpoint Café
Integra, Walter and Alucard walk into the café and are seated at a table of six waiting for the other three to arrive.
"Stupid Chrno! I told you it was a left off of Limerick!" Rosette yelled.
"But the map says…"Chrno squeaked.
From the back seat, "Hey cutie, how about letting me drive," Janus said hugging her and the seat.
"No, you perv!" Rosette shrieks landing a nice slap across Janus's face.
"I think you just took out our guide," Chrno stated waving his hand in front of the world famous, now unconscious assassin, Hazard.
Anger building, "Shut up Chrno, I'm driving!" Rosette fumed quickly making a sharp turn into the Northpoint Café parking lot. "There," she said calming down, "I told you I could get us here fine. Hey perv! Get up we're here."
Suddenly opening his eyes, "That was a nice nap," he said rubbing his sore cheek.
Hazard escorts them in just as Integra was thinking about leaving.
"Ah! Sorry about the delay! We kinda got a bit lost!" Rosette apologized, "So sorry!!"
Eyeing all three of them, "Heh heh, they look like a younger copy of us!" Alucard laughed only to be followed by an awkward silence of the other five staring at him. (But he was right! A girl, obviously the leader, with blond hair blue eyes and a gun, a more mature guy with not exactly short hair with wire as a weapon, and another guy with dark long hair, red eyes and red coat.)
"Amusing," Integra said sarcastically, "anyhow, there is a sudden increase of demon sightings around this area. I thank you for coming to assist us. However I never expected the Order to send me a little girl such as yourself…"
"Demon hunting huh?" Hazard jokingly mused, "so there was a monster under my bed."
Ignoring the stupid comment, "an oaf of an assassin like him and a premature demon," Integra said straightforwardly, "Excuse my rudeness…"
"Heh heh, Master, no need for such language. These three aren't what they look like. I must admit they are more than able to defeat an army of ghouls. Am I right, Chrno the hornless demon?" Alucard laughed.
Turning serious, "So the legendary vampire lives…" Chrno says, "I'm guessing you're also under a contract?"
Where Ed left off
"What now?" Faye asked.
"I guess start asking around or something," Spike answered as he over hears a conversation.
"Wow did you see them? They were so cute. They looked like copies of each other!" the two girls squirmed, "Hmm… I liked the guy with the glasses in the red trench coat," said one of the girls.
"Mmm… He was cute but I liked the guy in the suit better!" The other excitedly said, "he was less intense and more…"
She was cut off my Faye. "Hey! Where did you see him? The guy in the red?" she interrogated.
"He's our cousin that was supposed to show us around but we lost him on the way so…" Spike lied making the girls feel more comfortable answering.
"Oh… We saw him at Northpoint Café. All you have to do is walk to that stoplight and make a right," the first girl said pointing towards the light.
"Thanks!"
"We don't need Sister Rosette suddenly dying while on duty so for this mission, if Chrno needs to be released, he will feed off Alucard's power," Integra said.
"But how?" Rosette and Chrno said in unison.
"Chrno is under a contract with me and none other for the time being," Rosette reminded, "and besides didn't you say that Alucard is a vampire? Vampire as in dead or actually undead? Meaning no soul, a No Life King? Chrno uses up the soul, so how would it work if…"
"Heh heh heh! You're so young," Alucard chuckled, "Like you said, I am a vampire. My life cycle revolves around a whole different set of rules. It is very different from humans and demons. (But still why do you want to use my life energy!)"
"Sir Integra and I have done some research on how the watch works," says Walter, "we are still not completely sure how it functions but I have an idea and can use an interference device to channel Alucard's powers instead of yours. However with the information we have, the interferer can only be used for a little less than a week so I suggest you guys get started," Walter informed, "and Sir, your day off can be postponed to next week if that's ok with you."
"Then we shouldn't waste so much time!" Alucard said gruffly with a hint of excitement.
As the paranormal hunter group got ready to leave, Spike and Faye caught sight of their new prey, following them from far away after putting a tracker on the Hellsing car.
"You humans never cease to amuse me," Alucard chuckled, "Seems we're being followed."
"Heh, it seems so," Integra agreed. She immediately took out her cell and called Walter. "Walter? Change of plans. We're being followed."
"Sir, you've noticed too?" Walter answered. "We're at the manor already."
"Very good," Integra praised, "do not wait for us, just get Chrno ready. I have a bad feeling about those following us."
With that the interferer was placed onto Rosette's watch channeling power from Alucard to Chrno.
Meanwhile
"I trust you'll take care of this?" Integra orders.
Alucard gets out of the car to confront the team of hunters. Spike and Faye were gets out of their vehicle (a car they rented) to confront their prey.
"What is it you want?" Alucard answers in his trades mark hat, glasses and coat."Ah… you've noticed," Spike stated, "Well, I guess it is expected of someone as dangerous as you, Vash the Stampede."
The three pull out their guns at approximately the same time. Alucard having the .454 Cassul at Faye and 13mm Jackal at Spike.
"Mmmm. A black and silver gun!" Faye lustfully smiles, "You fit the description perfectly. We'll be eating well tonight!"
"Heh. Tsk tsk tsk you haven't even caught me and you're already talking about a reward. I like women like you! They taste the best, " Alucard laughs, "But, you see, I don't think it would be possible. For starters, I don't have a bounty on my head. And secondly, my name isn't Vash the Stampede," Alucard chuckles at the demon coming up from behind, "Hey Chrno! How does it feel to be at full power without a price?"
"There's another one?" Spike asks rhetorically.
"Hey Cutie!" Faye winks, "so there's two of you!" turning to Chrno, "But you're missing the glasses and guns."
Throwing another one of her fits, Rosette grabs her gun and aims it from afar, "If you're looking for bounties, you're at the wrong place! I'm Rosette Christopher of the Magdalene Order. And this is my assistant Chrno. (Not that Vash or what's his name!)"
"Enough of this non-sense," Integra finally said getting out of the car quite annoyed, "bounty hunters should have no business here hunting a dead man and a third kind." She turns to Alucard signaling for him to put Cassul and Jackal away and leaves.
Thinking it would be a bit fun to scare these "ignorant humans" a bit, Alucard telepathically channels Integra's thoughts to Chrno to fly to the manor as he disappears sinking into the ground leaving Spike and Faye a bit confused at what just happened.
"Talk about a dramatic exit!" Spike says to Faye.
"Sir Integra, are you sure that exit was appropriate?" Walter asks, "I don't think we should have risked exposure again.
"Heh heh," she chuckles, "I don't think those two look like the type that would believe that Alucard and Chrno are beings of the paranormal."
Disclaimer:
-None of these characters are mine they belong to themselves and their creators. The Black Cat crew belongs to Kentaro Yabuki, the Hellsing gang belongs to Kohta Hirano, the Chrono Crusade duo belongs to Daisuke Moriyama, the Trigun posse belongs to Mr. Nightow and the Cowboy Bebop group is the property of Yutaka Nanten/ HajimeYatate/ Shinichiro Watanabe and Sunrise!
-Also, I try to keep their personalities as true to the manga as possible, as do relationships. None there none here, apparent there apparent here, sexual orientation there sexual orientation here. End of story.
