Woohoo, chapter 3. Special thanks to Keith B. Real for reviewing. He's the only person who did, of course.

Oh well, on with the show.

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Integra leaned back in her chair and surveyed the soldier standing in front of her desk. He was standing at attention, saluting her and waiting to begin the interview. "Please be seated," she gestured to the chair next to him. He quickly did so without a sound. Integra opened up his file again and looked through it. "So... you're name is... H?" Integra raised an eyebrow at the name.

"Yes, Sir Hellsing," the man replied. "H."

"Interesting. So, what makes you think you are qualified for the main branch of Hellsing?" she thumbed through the pages, waiting for a reply.

"I understand you are short on manpower, and I always wanted to visit England," he said in an upbeat tone. Integra wondered if that was a serious answer.

"Right. It says here that you specialize in anti-ghoul operations. Care to elaborate?" she questioned.

"I kill ghouls, and I do a good job. That's all there is to it," he shrugged.

"Anything else?" she leaned forward, resting her elbows on the desk.

"As in monsters? Oh... uh, well I've killed a few vampires," he pointed at the file. "My kill record is on page seven." Integra shifted the pages until she found it.

"I see that you have gathered quite the record. 217 ghouls, it says. That is far more than any other Hellsing soldier, except for a few of my more special operatives," she explained. In the hallway outside, Alucard smirked as he listened in on the conversation. "So what is your opinion on vampires in general?"

"Vampires in general? Well, for the most part, they are evil and need to be destroyed," he stated. "But there are some exceptions."

"Exceptions?" Integra raised an eyebrow. As did Alucard.

"Yes, Sir. Haven't you ever met a... well, I suppose 'tame' couldn't really fit the situation, but..." he replied.

"I believe I understand. You've met one of these 'tame' vampires?" Integra had a feeling he would respond well to meeting Alucard.

"No, Sir. But I have heard about them," he leaned back into his chair.

"Hm. Well, moving on. What weapons do you specialize in?" she asked him. He sighed and leaned his head back.

"Shotguns, pistols, sniper rifles, grenades, crossbows..." he counted on his fingers. "If it shoots, I can use it."

"No knives?" Integra realized that a knife-wielding trooper wouldn't make a good comrade for Seras.

"Not really..." he mused. "I don't really like knives. I'm skilled with them, but I tend to use more unconventional melee weapons."

"Such as?" she wondered what else anybody would use.

"I killed 23 ghouls with a fire axe once," was his reply.

"Oh. Well, that answers my question. Also, I presume you are a member of the Christian faith?" Integra pointed at a small silver cross hanging from around H's neck.

"Oh, yes. Baptist, to be exact," he replied with his normal cheerful tone.

"Excellent. Well, I suppose everything is in order. You meet our standards, and you seem to be capable of upholding your duties. I'm pleased to welcome you to the Royal Order of Hellsing Knights," Integra reached out and shook his hand.

"Thank you. But one thing is bothering me," he suddenly dropped his tone to a whisper.

"What would that be?" Integra asked, lowering her tone to match his.

"I have no idea where anything is. Do you think Walter could show me around?" he asked.

"Of course," she had been worried he would ask about something involving Alucard at first.

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'The new recruit seems promising,' Alucard spoke mentally to Seras as he quickly made his way to the basement.

'Oh really? What is he like?' she replied while in the process of taking her Halconnon apart.

'He's Catholic, and he fights with knives,' Alucard lied. He heard a scream come from upstairs. 'No, not really.'

'MASTER! Do not joke like that!' Seras mentally yelled at him. She still had a case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorderbecause of Father Anderson. Alucard's torture didn't help her.

'He's a normal human. He is skilled in fighting ghouls, and his name is H,' he explained.

'H?' she hadn't expected a name like that. In fact, that wasn't even much of a name, in her opinion.

"Yes, and I think Master plans to pair us all up together.' Alucard scowled. He prefered to work alone. Seras as a partner was no a problem. But a human as a comrade would be trouble. Sticking a feeble mortal with Hellsing's two biggest danger-magnets would be asking for bad things to happen. 'Oh, he's on the move. Time to get to work!'

'Master, what are you going to do to him?' Seras wondered.

'Introduce myself. That is all...' Alucard assured her.

'Just don't scare him away before I can meet him,' she pleaded.

'I won't make any promises,' Alucard said as he headed off to cause trouble.

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3 chapters down, many more to go. Hopefully more people will be polite and review. Suggestions for this story would also be appreciated.