Another chapter written during my Bible class for you all. Can you tell I get bored in there yet?

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"Seras," said Integra one day as she sat down at the table for breakfast. "Tonight at sunset, I want to do something. I've been out of the hospital for eight months and I haven't really left the estate."

"Very well, Sir Integra," said Seras, who was at the table sipping her dinner out of a mug. "What would you like to do?"

Integra thought for a moment. "I want to go to a museum. I don't care which one; I just want to go somewhere that isn't here."

"Alright," said Seras as she stood and put her mug in the sink. "I'll see you at sunset at the car, then."

By the time the sun had set, Integra had changed into something more suitable for an outing than one of her suits. Because it was early fall, she was dressed in a white sweater and black slacks.

Seras was also dressed for an outing. Instead of her Hellsing uniform, she had chosen a gray skirt and a pink button-down shirt. Just as the sun set, she met Integra at the car, her breakfast in hand.

For their outing, Seras had chosen a history museum in London.

Meanwhile, Alucard stood lounging at the museum's front desk, idly chatting with the greeter. He was in his work uniform, a pair of dark gray slacks and a navy blue polo complete with nametag clipped above the museum name stitched onto the breast of his shirt. His hair, which had been fairly long when he had returned to the land of the living, was even longer now. It reached all the way to his lower back.

As he was chatting with the greeter, he failed to notice when two women walked in. At least, he didn't notice until one of them spoke up in a familiar voice.

"Hello," said Seras cheerfully. "We'd like to take a tour of the museum."

At the sound of Seras's voice, Alucard went pale. This was a most unexpected coincidence, that his former fledgling and master would take a trip to his workplace.

"Vlad," said the greeter as she poked the arm of a shocked Alucard, "since you're already here, you might as well be their guide."

"Right," said Alucard, snapping back to reality. "My name is Vlad Harker, and I will be your guide through the museum."

When Integra got a good look at their guide's face, she couldn't help but stare. There was something familiar about him. With a glance at Seras, she could tell that Seras saw the same.

Seras herself was very confused. This man, this tour guide, looked very similar to her master, but she could hear his heart beat. If he had a heart beat, then he couldn't be Alucard.

In any case, the two women were led around the museum, their somewhat skittish guide telling them about the exhibits.

Almost halfway through the tour, a scream echoed through the almost-empty museum. All three of them – Seras, Integra, and Alucard froze in their tracks.

"What was that?" asked Integra, completely lost as to what was going on.

"Something very bad," said Seras as she assessed their position. She was the only one in their group who would be able to take on whatever had entered the museum – and by the smell of it, it was at least two vampires.

They didn't have to wait long before their foes showed themselves. Two vampires, one male and one female; both were sporting a fair amount of blood on their already-grimy clothing. It appeared that they had already fed on whichever poor soul had screamed.

As she emitted a low hiss, Seras's left arm dissolved into shadow matter and she placed herself between the enemy vampires and the two humans.

Alucard tapped her shoulder.

"Yes?" she asked, not turning to him, but keeping her eyes on the two vampires.

Alucard had, between the vampires appearing and Seras's arm dissolving sneaked a look upward to check for any other assailants. He had spotted one more vampire clinging to the rafters of the building and told Seras this.

Seras was unsure of how to handle this on her own and she didn't have time to think of a way before all hell broke loose.

All at once, the two vampires rushed Seras while the third dropped from the ceiling, aiming straight for Alucard and Integra.

Alucard pulled Integra out of the way and, leaving Seras to deal with the vampires, took Integra to someplace he hoped they would be safe.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Integra was very confused and followed Alucard with little protest, even as they ran through a maze of hallways and service doors.

Eventually, they wound up in a supply room, hiding behind a shelf.

"Do you think we'll be safe here?" whispered Integra.

"I don't know," replied Alucard. "I'm hoping."

"By the way, do I know you?" she asked.

"I don't think so," said Alucard hastily as he heard something that sounded a lot like footsteps. "Quiet."

Seconds later, one of the vampires entered – and he was dragging a particularly gruesome sight, a mutilated security guard who left a bloody trail as his body was dragged.

"Come out little Hellsing," purred the vampire as he walked into the supply room. With a grunt, he tossed the body of the guard and it landed with a thud just outside the shelf behind which Alucard and Integra hid. "I want to play."

He waited a few moments and was only met with dead silence. "I know you're here, Hellsing. You've got a little boyfriend, too." Still no reply came. "Come," he snarled, "out." With that, he shoved the first shelf in the row and watched as they came crashing down.

As soon as Alucard heard the shelves crash together, he shoved Integra to the ground. He soon followed, knocked onto all fours by the shelf.

"You alright?" he grunted.

"F-fine," stammered Integra from her place pinned beneath him.

"That's go—" Alucard was cut off as a loud screech sounded from the back of the room, behind the last shelf to fall. He watched as a black cat shot out and streaked across the room, pausing only to sniff at the dead guard and continuing its flight from the room. When it paused to sniff the guard, it loosened the strap that held his gun in its holster and with the cat's paws scrabbling against the gun as it started to run again, the gun spun across the floor and landed just next to Alucard's hand.

On its way out, the cat took a moment to hiss at and bite the vampire, causing the vampire to make an attempt at catching it. Luckily for the cat, it was too quick for even the vampire.

Meanwhile, Alucard managed to close his hand around the barrel of the gun and set it next to Integra. "I can't shoot," he said, gesturing with his head at the shelving unit he was holding up before looking her straight in the eye. "You're going to have to do it. Shoot between the shelves and aim for the heart or the head. I know you can do it."

Integra took the gun. Why did this feel so familiar?