AN: Okay, this one should be funnier.

Seras was running from Integra again. It was horrible, the knight simply wouldn't give up. And the draculina couldn't rest in any one area for very long. Seras absently wondered just how Integra was able to track her all over the mansion. Maybe the knight was following the trail of pheromones, or perhaps she just had some weird kind of vampire hunting sense.

Seras rounded three corners, double backed through a hallway she'd just come out off, ran into the first room, climbed into the ventilation shaft, crawled through four different sections, then dropped down into the round table conference room. There Seras stopped to catch her breath again. Really, this isn't fair. I mean, I know I'm only 'half vampire', but Integra's all human. Shouldn't she get winded before I do? Oh, there has got to be someway out of this. I mean, besides letting Master ravish me. If... If I could just have some time to think. But, alas, Seras was not that lucky.

Integra threw open the conference room door and entered. At least she was panting too. Integra stopped for a moment and then, in between pants, said, "Really, Seras, (pant) why are you making this so difficult? (pant) Sure, the chase was fun at first, (pant) but I'm getting tired. You keep this up, (pant) and you're going to wear me out before the real fun even starts. (pant)"

"Sir, (pant) I don't want to have any... 'fun'. I've been up (pant) almost all day, and I (pant) just want to go to sleep. (pant) Can't you, please, (pant) just stop chasing me?"

"Tell you what, we're both tired. Why don't we go to my room (pant) and sleep for a little while?"

Despite Integra's words and nearly exhausted appearance, the glint in her eyes told Seras that sleep was the last thing on the knight's mind. "Uh, I don't really think that's such a good idea. (pant) I'd rather sleep in my coffin."

"A bit kinky, but alright. You go ahead. (pant) I'll be along in a few minutes."

"I meant alone!" Seras shouted before panting again.

"Oh, fine! (pant) We both need a little break. Go to your stupid coffin, and rest for a couple of hours."

"You... you won't come after me?"

Integra stared at Seras with a look the knight usually reserved for when she was scolding Alucard. "Are, you questioning my word!" Integra manged to growl without being interrupted by her panting.

"Ah... N-no, Sir. Never." Seras replied nervously.

"Good, then get going."

"Y-ye-yes Sir." And with that Seras put her back flush against the wall and gave Integra as wide a birth as possible. As the vampire shimmied past the knight, Integra just sighed and shook her head.

However, despite the vampire's words she did not head for her coffin. She was nobody's fool and didn't believe for one minute that she'd be safe in her room. So, instead of going to sleep in her coffin, Seras decided to try a bed in one of the mansion's numerous guest quarters. It was a good idea. There was only one problem. On her way to the guest wing, Seras passed through the mansion's den; and thanks to her rotten luck, nearly all the Wild Geese were in the room watching a sporting event on the fifty inch TV.

Seras's eyes bugged out, and she stopped dead in her tracks as every man in the room turned to look at her. "Oh come on," The vampire said to no one in particular. "This... this is beyond cruel!" Seras turned and attempted to leave before her pheromones drove all the men crazy, but, alas, it was already too late. The Geese, no longer at all concerned with what team was winning, descended upon the fledgling like a pack of starving dogs on a piece of meat.

Meanwhile, Integra had already caught her second wind and was on her way down to the fledgling's cell. The knight moved as quietly as she could through the mansion's sub-level and tiptoed as she entered the draculina's room.

Integra silently stalked up to the vampire's coffin. Integra could hear breathing from within the coffin. Silly, silly Seras. You should've known better. Integra raised the lid and shouted, "Surprise!" And then the knight got one of her own. For it was not Seras lying in the coffin, but a French Mercenary; and he was completely nude, save for his eye patch and various medical wrappings. Integra shrieked and jumped back, covering her eyes with her hand.

Pip screamed, reached for the covers and pulled them over his naked form. "What, the... You're not Mignonette!"

"No shit, Sherlock. What, the bloody Hell are you doing in Seras's coffin?!"

Pip's look changed from one of shock to one of embarrassment. "I... Well, I got pretty banged up trying to help her earlier. I just thought she might be willing to... Wait a minute! What are you doing in my Mignonette's room?!"

"Your Mignonette? Seras is mine! And if you try to get in my way, so help me, I'll..."

"Yours? What do you mean yours? You've never shown any interest in her, at least, not that kind of interest. I've been chasing after her since we met! Besides, won't Alucard be upset if you start sleeping with his fledgling?"

"I think you're forgetting just who the Master is. Seras is mine, and no one is going to stop me from having her." Integra stared threateningly at Pip and growled, "No one."

Pip pulled the covers free from where they were tucked under the coffin's mattress and wrapped them around his body. "Yeah, well we'll just see about that." Having formed his makeshift toga, Pip got out of the coffin/bed and ran out the door. "Mignonette!"

Integra ran out too. She had no intension of letting the French man beat her to the prize; but as soon as the English knight exited the vampire's room, she heard her servant call to her. "Having fun, Master?"

Integra turned to look at Alucard who was leaning in his doorway. "Don't you even think about going after her." Integra growled.

Alucard smirked. "Wouldn't dream of it, Master. In time, you'll all chase her to me."

Integra smiled coyly. "We'll see. We'll see." And then the knight took off again.

(Well, I hope you all got a kick out of the forth chapter. Please review and let me know what you thought. Thanks.

PS. Thanks to Silent-Screams84 for the idea of having Seras run into a whole gaggle of Wild Geese.

Have a good day, and God bless.

Metropolis Kid.)