A/N: Act 4 was much too long in the end. While not fully even finished [as I had hoped to be] I broke it where I felt it would not leave so much of a cliffhanger. I'm sorry this took so long to post but I was truly hoping to not have to break Act 4 into two parts but the Story Gods were not with me on this. The second part will be up soon [most likely next week around this time]. In the meantime, something to look forward too [or not] Pip Bernadotte will also be making his grand appearance! So hopefully I do him justice.

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-Hellsing - Something Old, Something New: Act 4-

Himiko body felt like it was on fire, not that she ever knew what it was like to be on fire, but she had an idea due to the sunlight.

'Don't forget the acid, Parva soror'

'Burebista...' her heart sank even as her hunger and need began to grow. Her eyes focus on the young boy, it would be so easy for her to tear into him, to feed on him. 'Felin could handle it...' but she wouldn't. There was no way to be sure what he would do to her if his blood was poison to Vlad.

'Not just Vlad, Parva soror.' Burebista voice held a warning within it. One that made it clear she shouldn't be fed upon Schrödinger. 'Go to him, Himiko. Go to him.'

'Why do you only talk to me like this?' It wasn't as if her kind could take the souls of another and yet, she supposed this is how it was meant to be between the three of them. Connected to the level of the soul. Yet, it wasn't enough, he never responded to her questions. 'I can't... '

'You must!' The low growl that echoed throughout her mind only made her head sway. Her eyes turned towards the boy once more debating if she should risk it before the pressure on her skull increased. She hissed in pain before trying to push him away once more. Her heart was racing, it was ready to bite into anything and if she couldn't keep control over her mind than her demon would take over.

"Foolish Felin, you can't..." she didn't finish as she held her head screaming in pain.

"Hey. Himiko. Himiko" Schrödinger voice echoed with worry as he stared at her. "Calm down. It's alright."

She pushed the growl that echoed within her mind towards the child, it wasn't as if she disliked the boy but she had always been more of a dog person than a cat person. Besides, what would this child understand the mind of a pack? Cats were in general, loners. Perfect companions really for vampires who tended to stick to themselves, and she truly wasn't much different in that either, though she did have her childe, and in the past, there had been moments with others of her blood and of Vlad's blood. Her eyes widen, 'Yes... Vlad's blood. Besides Burebista's pack, there is another...' Though in truth Vlad had other living childer, she personally was fond of his youngest, mainly because she was so different from the rest. 'Seras, child come to me. My Guardians...' she felt the pain echoing throughout her body causing her to grab hold of her chest her nails biting into her flesh as if that alone would ease the pain she was feeling. 'They are screaming, come to me Seras.' Steadying herself carefully, she had to move to them, had to get to them.

"Himiko... wait" her eyes turned towards the boy who held her wrist her eyes narrowing. Schrödinger shifted on his feet, his eyes darting around carefully for a moment, "You can't." He closed his eyes tightly as if expecting some sort of torment to happen and she simply stared at him before rolling her eyes slightly.

"You are nothing more than a child." She hissed "and my Wolves are in pain." She tried to yank her hand free only to find that the boy had some strength to his grip, not that she should be very surprised by this. Even when she had been living she had been raised to be meek and frail, strength was not something allowed to her, she was to keep her head bowed, her eyes lowered, never make a sound, to never speak unless spoken too. She had been an object, a pretty little object expected to deal with a man who took nothing but the greatest pleasure out of her pain and to scream, only made it worse. "Release me child" she hissed under not even caring that the young man eyes widen slightly. Again she knew that most just saw her as emotionless being, again she had shut her own emotions down long ago. It didn't mean she was without them. Just that she tended to refuse to allow them to control her.

"I can't do that, He wouldn't be pleased." Though it didn't sound like Schrödinger cared all that much if Vlad was unhappy with it. Only that it would cause him problems and like any cat, he didn't like problems being directed at him, he liked to cause them. His ears twitched slightly as he looked at her, before crying out as long nails came down like mini little swords across his arm, cutting right through the bones. It wasn't so much the pain that had caused him to cry out it was the shock of the action.

Himiko stared at his hand still grasping ahold of her wrist before yanking it off, every part of her was screaming to eat the flesh but the warning that had gone off in her head made it clear that it would be unwise so instead she handed it back to him as if he would know what to do with his limb before turning around. Pushing down the pain like only one of her kind could do she made her way back towards the exit when a large white wolf stood in front of the doorway, a deep sigh pulled out of her. There was no way she could fight this Wolf, add into the fact that this one had the ability to heal himself. The most she could do was painfully cross her arms in front of her chest and glare at him. He simply stared back at her before looking back behind him slightly. The cries of her Wolves once again echoed in her mind and she gasped in pain as she held her head fighting the urge to sink to the floor, the moment she showed any real weakness and she knew that Lup, would truly not let her take one more step forward and she wasn't sure she had the energy to waste on making a portal at the moment. 'If only I could turn to mist like him.'

Schrödinger appeared behind her, she snarled in anger and pain as his arms wrapped around her waist, he opened his mouth before shutting it making a clear click before frowning, "Captain..." Himiko and The Captain both seemed surprised by this but he frowned only deepen "She can't be allowed out there... I'll be in trouble." The large white wolf tilted his head as he released a deep breath against the back of her neck making her extremely uncomfortable with the closeness, she allowed her Wolves, her Guardians such closeness and her family yet even they knew to limit it and none of them would be clinging to her when she was so badly burnt. "Mr. Vampire," he said with a hiss of his own and she again tried to yank herself away from the boy.

'Iyo, come to me my child' it was possible that with her connection to her Wolves, the damage to her body, she was not reaching out far enough to get Seras to her side and that made her feel sick inside. Unlike Iyo and herself, Seras was physically stronger being a Nosferatu, add in that her sire was Vlad and that she herself had helped raise the young vampiress should assure her survival for many years to come. If she could not get the one to her side, then the other would need to aid her, to help keep a certain cat off of her, she would have to personally deal with the man in front of her.

'Mother. What is wrong?' Relief washed over her as she took a deep breath trying to steady herself as she once again tried to push down the overwhelming desire to throw up. She was a Queen and a Queen didn't just bow down and give up, nor did they show weakness. Only strength even when they had very little left.

Silver eyes flashed pitch black as she focuses on both contact informing Iyo but the two keeping her trapped at the moment. "My Varcolac are being..." the thought that anything would dare to feast upon them, set an inner rage to echo throughout her mind, "they are being eaten." Her eyes widen understanding at once, she had killed them though, did that mean that woman. It was possible she summoned more, she snarled at the thought before reaching out to contact the two she had told to run, only not being able to feel them. Her eyes widen slightly. "No... no... that's not right." She tried to step around the Captain but the large white wolf blocked her path and she snarled at him. His own soundless snarl seemed to somehow echo around her being but did not stop her movement as dagger light nails grew. "Your blood is mine, no matter what that creature did. Move or be cut down." She really didn't have the strength to do it but she would attempt if need be, she didn't desire to summon the blue flames that were her birthright but she may have no choice in the matter, it would not do to make herself weaken but her wolves were becoming unnatural creatures she was sure of it now. The Lycan wasn't meant to become ghouls, they were better than that. Not only better than that but they were biologically different than werewolves who could only shift into uncontrolled beasts during the full moon or perhaps in some cases the new moon. The Varcolac were of the Lycan race that meant that they had access at all time to their other halves.

'Mother... Seras is on her way.' She felt the distress in the young vampiress mental voice, 'She will help, please don't go to them.'

Himiko mind began to relax, so she had been able to send the telepathic message out to Seras but she had not been able to pick it up. It told her just how bad off she was and Himiko closed her eyes allowing her body to relax, shifting on her feet. The problem was waiting, 'Seras, fly to me, you should come to no resistance. The wards are down.' What ones exactly she wasn't sure but she needed to get a handled on everything, her own health would have to wait and as soon as everyone around her understood that the better. In the meantime, she would wait. 'Iyo, update me on the wards.' Her eyes narrowed as more screams echoed in her mind making it hard for her to focus, she had no choice but to seal them from her mind at least for a moment, even if it shattered her heart to do so.

Seras stared off in the distance, she had paused in her step the moment she had heard Himiko's voice in her mind. It was rare that the woman contacted her, rarer still for her to have such a plea in her voice, a demand. Seras mentally shuddered, knowing very well that had Himiko been her sire there would have been no way for her to resist her call. Even without that bond, she felt drawn to her, even if she wasn't sure about the relationship between Himiko and her Sire. 'Himiko?' She called out back to her, hoping she would have more to go on but finding nothing at all.

It wasn't as if all vampires had the abilities to communicate telepathically with anyone they weren't directly related too or bonded too. At least that's what she had been told by Iyo. Himiko was special, different according to the child vampire. Being Himiko's childe had allowed for her to have that sort of bond as well, 'Powerful sires who give enough of their venom to their fledglings upon turning them can, in theory, create powerful fledglings. In this, we are blessed and cursed.' She could almost see the blue eyes but she never said anything more ever again on the topic.

Seras frowned softly as nothing more came through from the woman, "Miss Victoria?" Her eyes widen slightly looking at Walter, she had known that he had stopped when she had done so in the halls. Halls that looked far better than the ones upstairs, though even she knew it would have been quicker and faster to user her abilities to simply link and appear elsewhere in the home. She was far to set in her ways of keeping herself seeming more human than vampire. Something her Sire would have been far from amused by. "Is everything alright Miss Victoria?"

"I don't think so... I think something is very wrong. Himiko is calling to me." She didn't miss the frown on his features as she held her hands to her chest, almost as if she was praying, once again trying to reach out towards the elder vampiress. When she could not connect she frowned, 'Am I not strong enough?' She mentally shook her head, 'No that can't be right, we've done this better... but then again, she wasn't...' she focusing on Iyo instead, Seras gasped as she felt the strong mental barriers slamming down before the voice of Iyo echoed into her mind.

'I do not have time for your questions, Imōto.'

Seras tried to keep the worry out of her mental voice but she knew that she was never good at hiding her emotions, Alucard always told her she thought too loud. 'Himiko, she called for me, but I do not know where she is and she is not answering.' It wasn't that she couldn't search for her but with the sun still out, her powers would be weakened. Add in the fact she didn't know exactly where she would have a large area to search.

'Wait a moment, Imōto, mother calls for me now.' Seras felt like she was being held on hold and her eyes darted towards Walter who simply stood with his hands behind back, waiting. Giving a faint smile she tried to reassure the male but she knew very well he didn't believe her at all. Looking down at her feet she waiting for Iyo to once again speak in her mind, thankful that Walter was not prying for any answers yet. 'Seras, it seems that the Varcolac are being harmed. Alitos burn within the sun. Can you help us?'

Seras blinked several times, as she chewed on her bottom lip. From her knowledge which was limited, almost hidden really when it came to the Alitos and Varcolac as if to keep them hidden. She figured that was just because she didn't really ever ask. In her own mind, it didn't matter, the Alitos seemed almost to her to be a cross between the Nosferatu and the Varcolac. Yet according to Himiko, never would tell her, she simply would look at her before turning back down to whatever she reading. Lifting her eyes to look up at Walter, "What can harm the Varcolac enough to make Himiko scared?"

Walter stared at her for a long moment before slowly looking down, "I cannot say Miss Victoria, but whatever it is, it can't be good."

Seras closed her eyes tightly as she balled her hands into fists, "Then we have no choice Walter, we must go to her, we must do whatever is possible to help her." Opening her eyes all sign of worry washed away, a smirk across her features, "Let us do a bit of learning, it should surely please Himiko."

Walter a slight smile as he bowed at the waist, "As you command, My Master." Standing at his full height he shifted his monocle, "Might I recommend the flamethrower instead?"

Seras' eyes widen slightly, "You want to set them on fire?" They normally used blessed silver, though Seras had learned that wasn't needlessly what was needed.

"A blessed fire should be more than enough to handle any unholy creature that enters our path." He smiled warmly towards her, "It may not kill them but it should weaken them greatly."

"Unless they are like Himiko." Seras mentally shook her head, how did Integra handle such matters. Not only was Integra able to juggle the cons and pros, but so apparently was her Sire, Walter, Iyo, and Himiko. Though in fairness her Sire just tended to just let them tear into him until he was a bloody mess. Sighing heavily she gave a small nod of her head, "We take the flamethrower, but I will also be taking the Harkonnen II"

Seras' eyes glazed over as she heard Himiko's voice once more echoing in her mind. 'Flight?' She frowned slightly, "How hard will it be to fly with the Harkonnen II?" she muttered more to herself.

Walter flexed his fingers, "It will be near impossible I'm afraid. however, I shall bring the Harkonnen II." Seras looked at him for a moment before giving a small nod of her head.

"Very well, I suppose it will have to be left behind." Not that she was very comfortable with that but it wasn't as if she needed it, she just wanted something with more power if she had to keep the enemy at a distance. "I will bring some blessed silver throwing knives."

Walter gave a small bow of his waist, "Very good Miss."

The elderly woman in her late 70s watched as Himiko threw her overly burnt arms in the air, she knew that this action had to hurt her. "Mother." She hissed under her breath. Himiko turned her black eyes causing the elderly woman to pause in her steps for a moment, a moment of fear and pain crossing her features before she lowered her head slightly in submission.

"I will not wait much longer." Himiko's eyes turned away from her and she caught Schrödinger's eyes on her. The elderly woman smiled showing a mouthful of fangs before snapping at him. Schrödinger's ears twitched slightly as he smiled.

"Seras is on her way, please just wait a little longer." The elderly woman said moving towards the much smaller vampiress taking her hands carefully into her own, the height difference causing the elderly woman to look down on her. Examing the burns on the younger looking vampiress she closed blue eyes. Upon opening them they were as black as the woman standing in front of her. "Why haven't you, heal her yet?" she snarled towards the large white wolf as Himiko's pulled her hands free from her grasp.

"You know this amount of damage will not be healed by such a simple action." The elderly woman lowered her head as if she had just been yelled at, even as a burnt hand reached up and touched the woman's upper arm. "This is nothing compared to what that man did." Himiko dropped her hand before the elderly woman could touch her hand in return.

"Alucard wants you to come to Hellsing, to his side." Schrödinger stated simply as both women snarled slightly.

"That child still trying to order her around as if she was one of his little whores." The elderly woman said with a hiss. Schrödinger's eyes narrowed slightly as his ears twitched. Himiko seemed to not notice the insult and the young boy found this interesting.

"Who exactly are you?" He asked and the elderly woman snarled at him as if she was about to sink fangs into him before looking away as Himiko stepped around her and was moving towards the exit only for the large white wolf to given a wordless snarl in warning.

"I am not going to leave," she said placing her hands in front of her pushing down the pain. She knew that they were in pain but right now she hadn't opened her mind to them again. The Captain watched her carefully before tilted his head slightly before stepping to the side just enough to allow her to peak outside but not so much more. Himiko reached up taken a fistful of his fur as she took a deep breath. Closing her eyes reaching out for them once more. "They are in so much pain... I..." she closed her eyes placing a hand to her mouth, once more closing the link between them.

"You need to eat something. No one would even know who you are." Himiko didn't bother to look at the elderly woman as she stared off into the distance. "Please..."

"Enough, she is here." Her eyes darted towards Schrödinger before she cut into her own burnt flesh, not much blood flowed from the wound. Stepping towards the boy she placed several fine pointed symbols upon the boy's forehead. "Alucard, hear me, I bind you away from this child's mind, unable to see or hear anything dealing with the one known as Seras Victoria until I give command otherwise." Schrödinger wrinkled his nose before looking at her his ears twitching.

Schrödinger tilted his head as he seemed to be hearing something from elsewhere, "He's not amused."

The elderly woman rolled her eyes, "He never is. Yet he has always been awful at using his brides to spy."

Schrödinger stared at her. His ears laying flat against his head, blending into his hair. "I'm not one of his brides."

"You might as well be." Stated the elderly woman as her eyes ran over Himiko's burnt body once more, so little blood had caused the elderly woman face to etch in pain. "You should have had me do that. You are in no shape to be..." Himiko looked towards the woman for a moment before looking away, "I'm just worried..." she whispered softly lowering her head in submission. The room began to shimmer in red and black energy, circling around them all before taken the shape of Seras, the vampiress holding onto a flamethrower.

Seras mouth hung open in disbelief as she stared at the Vampiric Queen. Her eyes quickly darting around her before frowning, "Where... What... I... Himiko" she said the vampiress name with such a manner of distress as she reached out to touch the side of her face before stopping herself. Pulling her arm back as she made a fist at her side. She looked down for a moment before looking back up at her, "What... what can I do for you?"

Schrödinger watched his mother trying to form words. She was really cute when she was flustered sometimes, even his father seemed to really enjoy making the girl fluster. Though it seemed the big difference between the two was that Himiko wasn't doing so because she found it amusing. Actually, it didn't even seem like she even cared about such actions. Where Alucard, he seemed to get some strange kick out of it. At least, if the things he remembered while being stuck inside that madness was true. Seras voice had been the loudest, 'But why didn't I know about Himiko?'

'Do you really want to know?' Schrödinger eyes stared at the small Asian woman. She was truly tiny and Seras was already a small herself. Part of him wanted to know exactly why he never once saw a glimmer of this woman in his memories. It seemed at least from his time out in the real world, that she cared deeply for the No-Life King.

'Yes...' he wondered if it was wise, more so during this moment but what else was he going to do? Besides, it wasn't as if he couldn't follow exactly what they were saying while listening to the man he connected too.

'Tell me what is going on.'

Schrödinger lifted his eyes upwards to the ceiling, 'Fine, Himiko wants Seras is being sent on a mission. Now are you going to tell me or am I going to have to dig it out of your head?'

Alucard mad laughter echoed around his skull causing him to hold his head as he tried to push the insanity back. 'If you can.'

Schrödinger eyes turned back towards Himiko as she stood in front of Seras, he could see her body was forcing itself to stay upright and the Captain had also seemed to notice this as he shifted to his humanoid form, moving closer to her. A spark of jealously fluttered through his mind, one that he realized wasn't exactly his. While Seras couldn't be seen, it was clear to Schrödinger that Alucard could see the Captain. The difference between the two was that he himself wasn't jealous over the Captain being able to stand at her side, no he was jealous of the fact that the Captain was choosing to do so. They were always so close. Once again the thought of tearing into Himiko crossed his mind as he felt the same urge from Alucard, only directed towards the Captain itself.

'Why are you jealous over one of her Varcolac?' As he suspected he didn't get an answer from Alucard, though he did feel a second of surprise through their link. 'Is she your Queen?' He wasn't sure why he thought to ask that question but all of a sudden he felt the need to do just that. Just as Schrödinger was starting to believe that he wasn't going to reply the male vampire did.

'No and Yes.'

Schrödinger ears laid against his head in annoyance as he focuses on what was going on, it seemed that the Vampiress knew more than she was letting on even with the fact all her barriers were down, her being in such a weakened state. Unlike Alcuard he knew the layout of this place, he knew that just within the Temple's Grounds was a small town. That town housed the Varcolac. Those who were tasked with protecting her and their families.

"It seems that most have boarded themselves up, away from whatever is taking them. I cannot make out what it is that is doing so. Yet there are not many things in this world that can harm the Varcolac. If it was simply hunters perhaps, but the horror that I'm feeling through our bond. It is different."

Seras "You are bonded to them?"

Himiko closed her eyes, "Yes and no. It is more the bond I hold with my Elder Brother that connects me to them. It is part of their oaths, their children, those who haven't given oaths. There is no such connection, at least no different than it is to reach out in an area and touch the minds of any mortals." she paused for a moment looking at her, "I should warn you though Seras, whatever is hunting my Wolves, is able to hide it." Her eyes darted back out towards the open doors, "It could be several things, but whatever it is. I want one brought back alive."

"Mother!" Himiko didn't turn to look at the elderly woman who shouted at her, "We don't have a place. All the wards are down, there is nothing to protect us from them or them from us. To bring them here, would be dangerous. Those books..."

"The rooms have moved to the heart. Once this vein is back up and running, everything will be fine. If it is simply your worry about this location. We can move the creature elsewhere."

"And you can't do it in the state you are in. You need to be somewhere safe, if you die then all of this dies, they all die too." Himiko stared at the elderly woman Seras looked between them both before clearing her throat. Himiko eyes turned back towards Seras, the elderly woman sighed heavily.

"As I said, I want you to bring back a live one. Perhaps even a dead one if possible." Though it was rare for their kind to leave traces unless ash was a thing. "But not at the risk of your life Seras, you may have become a true Nosferatu but you have a long way to go before you become a Queen." Seras flashed her a smile before saluting her.

"Yes Ma'am, I mean Himiko" her eyes darted towards the vampiress who had called Himiko mother, a small frown on her face before her eyes moved towards Himiko "But I think you should seek medical help." She chewed her lower lip, "I think you should go to Hellsing."

"No!" The elderly woman moved forward to pull the burnt vampiress into her embraced but the Captain scooped her up turning her slightly away from the incoming vampire. His eyes narrowing slightly as he stared at the two of them. "She can't! You can't! Mother please!" her eyes turning to Himiko, pleading for her to not go.

"I have no time for this, you both have work to do. You are both dismissed." The vampiress balled her hands into fists shooting a glare towards Seras causing her to take a step back. The elderly woman bared her fangs at Seras who stared at her for a moment before showing her own. Himiko hissed causing both women to look at her before she bared her own fangs upon them both causing both women to take a step back. "Behave children." Seras lowered her eyes, tilting her neck slightly to the side as a sign of submission to the vampire, while the elderly woman simply lowered her head. Casting each other wary glances for a moment before each turning and leaving the ancient vampiress. Himiko took a deep breath and leaned into the Captain's chest. "It is time that I see Vlad. Come Felin, take me to him.