Why is no one reviewing? Seriously it kinda hurts my poor little black heart that no one does. It motivates me to update faster so I don't really see the problem to reviewing.
Maybe ignoring Alucard was a bad idea, because the day after telling him off Ari woke to find her room in complete disarray. Paper littered the floor and creepy little monsters kept popping out of nowhere. Having gone nearly two days without sleep the teen had finally thrown in the towel around three that morning curling up on her bed as far away from the smirking vampire as she could on the king sized mattress. Flipping the light off she had snuggled into her covers before drifting off. Having had enough of the little screeching demons Ari threw back the curtains keeping the sun out, with an agony filled scream they vanished. Deciding to explore more today before presenting Integra with her findings later that night, the female choose to wear her cargo pants, a blood red tank top, and her Hellsing coat. It was the end of September, it was getting colder. Calling Vladimir to her side she set out to find Cole to apologize for Alucard scaring the shit out of him. Exiting the manor she made her way to the garrison nearby waving nervously when some soldiers shoot her skeptical looks, seems that news spread fast within the Organization. Tapping her wolf's head she pointed over towards the woods. Watching as Vladimir trotted off she smiled seeing several people give him a wary glance. Hearing gunshots she turned towards the firing range, spotting a familiar head of dirty blond hair after entering she walked over behind him waiting for the private to finish. Emptying his clip Cole set down his pistol before removing the big yellow headphones he had on. Turning around to get another clip he jumped staring into liquid silver eyes. Looking around he rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey Ari what are you doing here?" Pushing off the wall she sighed.
"I came to say sorry for Alucard's behavior last night. He does take a bit getting use to I'll admit." Blushing she ducked her head. "Would now be a good time to shoot?" Blinking dumbly for a second he shifted his weight before a smile broke out on his face.
"Now's a great time." Moving over to a weapons closet he opened the double doors. "You said a .9 yesterday right?" Peeking over his shoulder she nodded.
"Yea, I had to pick something I could handle if anyone ever broke in. Vlad's a good watch dog but I don't want him to get hurt protecting me. Although now I'd probably just let Red eat um it'd save me a lot of trouble." Grabbing an ammo clip he moved back to the range before cocking an eyebrow at her.
"You mean he's been to your house?" Stopping beside him she shrugged.
"Yep yep, he practically lives there. Even has a special little corner in my fridge, kinda scary cause he watches me do anything." She frowned remembering she needed to talk to Integra. "Remind me later to ask Sir Integra for wards to keep the bloodsucker out of my bathroom, I like the guy but he needs to stop bustin' in while I'm showerin'." Pushing her bangs out of her face where they usually hung over her left eye she produced a clip from one of her many pockets to keep it in place. Stepping back to let her shoot he smirked.
"Do you remember everything or do I need to give you a run through?" Snorting she pushed the bullet cartage in before flipping the safety off. Taking aim she took a breath and held it, firing off all 12 shots. "Holy shit, Ari?" Blinking wide eyes at the target sliding towards her the ten gaped. She had never hit a target with all 12 bullets before. Sitting the gun down she gaped at her hands, there's no way she could have done that. "If you practice you could be one of the best shots in Hellsing." Shaking her head she backed away.
"That wasn't me; it must have something to do with Alucard's blood. Yea that's it, it was the bloodsucker." Hearing the vampire's name Cole looked around nervously.
"He's not going to pop up like he did last night is he?" Tipping her head the teen thought for a moment.
"He shouldn't. We're fighting right now so I don't think he'll want to be around me for a while." Putting the guns and ammo up the private gestured towards the door back outside.
"Would you like to go for a walk? I'm off duty today." Smiling she followed him out the door petting Vladimir a he bounced around the corner, having waited outside after his little excursion. Stuffing her hands in her pockets she glanced around.
"So what do you guys do on your days off?"
"Not much, there's a lounge room and if a bunch of us want to go to town we have to get permission first. Haven't you been here longer than me?" Waiting for him to pull the door open Ari followed him inside the garrison.
"I'm only here full time on the weekend, still in school, ya know?" Walking into a room with several table games like pool and air hockey she grinned. "I could get use to this." Cole waved at a couple other employees motioning her over to introduce them.
Yawning Ari shuffled her feet on her way to Integra's office. Knocking she groaned as Vladimir snarled, Walter just had to be there tonight. Opening the door she waved after switching her laptop and folder to one arm. "Good evening Sir Integra." Snuffing out her cigar the knight returned her greeting. Hearing the wolf growl she tapped his head puling one of his ears. "Shh… Vladimir down." Turning golden eyes on her the dog blinked before laying down beside her. Seeing Alucard leaning against the wall across the room she huffed, greeting Walter as well. Sitting the things down she hocked the laptop up to the projector, tapping a key for it to pop on she opened the files she needed. "Now given my research is correct I have reason to believe that those missing girls are being used as blood slaves at Dark of the Moon." Shifting, not liking being the center of attention she clicked a file bringing all the missing females pictures up their blood types under them. "As you can see all 7 have a different blood type, the only one missing is AB-." Going to the next slide she paused letting the others get a good look at the income chart. "They've doubled their profits since the girls went missing." Pulling up a video of the blond girl from yesterday she stopped it right before she disappeared behind the door which was also a clear facial shoot. Ari shrunk the image moving it to the side before bringing up a picture. "This girl was reported missing 2 hours ago. And I don't need to tell you it's the same person. I watched the tape until 5 minutes ago and she never left the back room." Shutting her laptop the screen went black. Folding her hands in front of her face Integra frowned.
"What do you suggest we do Miss Harker? We have to keep the existence of vampires from the public. This is your case." Crossing her arms Ari sighed.
"I would plant an agent and let them scout around behind the door, but they'd have to be led back there without being hypnotized." Resigning to her fate she looked up locking eyes with the lady knight. "I'll do it. I'm too much of a blood prize to resist; AB- is the rarest blood type out there. What vampire wouldn't want to sink his teeth into a willing plasma bag?" Snarling Alucard jerked away from the wall shadows whirling around his form.
"I will not allow you to do something so foolish, you are mine." Pinching the bridge of her nose Ari sighed, while the Hellsing heir stood up.
"Alucard leave." Growling the vampire fought the command. "Now Alucard!" Baring his fangs the No-Life-King vanished from the room. "That's the first time he's ever fought the bindings." Running a hand through her hair the teen rolled her eyes.
"I'm partially to blame for that, the bloodsucker is already angry with me because I refuse to acknowledge him until he realizes I'm a person not an object." Lighting a cigar Integra inhaled deeply.
"I agree and as long as it doesn't affect either of your work results, condone it. But you must understand my servant is very old, he's from a time where women were owned." Setting her cigar in a nearby ashtray Integra continued. "Now for this plan of yours, do you think you can do it?"
"We won't know until I try. I wish to bring in another Hacker like myself to keep an eye out while I'm undercover. No one else here knows how to use my equipment or my software and I'd feel much better knowing he was keeping an eye on my at least until I go back. Plus if anything goes wrong he can tell Alucard, and the big guy can pop in and save the girls. It's a vampire club surely he won't stick out that much." Pausing to think the women had to admit it did sound like a good idea.
"I shall allow it for this mission but should he prove to be a hindrance his memory will be wiped. Is that clear?" Face hardening Ari nodded.
"Crystal sir." Looking down the teen blushed. "Do you think someone else can take me home tonight?" Smiling slightly Integra felt kind of sorry for the girl.
"Walter escort Artemis home. She can give you directions should you need them." Bowwing the butler grinned.
"This way Miss Harker."
Alright next chapter everyone gets to meet Ryan another OC of mine, I'm thinking the guy might end up with Integra but that depends on how this story progresses. AAAnnnnd I'm also thinking that Alucard may need a change of clothes should he decide to accompany Ari out in public, because let's face it a 6'5'' vampire in all red does kind of stick out. With Artemis being as shy as she is the poor girl might have a heart attack so outfit suggestions are welcome.
