Chapter 7

Meet the family & Questions Answered

"Hey, sleepy American!" Seras said into my ear waking me up. "You have a friend sitting in the lobby." I sat up and rubbed my temples, lighting a cigarette. "How much did I drink last night?" I asked her trying to recover the events of the previous night. "More than enough. Now hurry up before Alucard gets to him first." I remembered seeing victor the night before in Alfred's. "Shit." I said jumping up and throwing on new Urban Digital fatigues that Integra was making us wear. I ran upstairs to find Victor sitting next to Alucard debating the existence of vampires. I was baffled. "Alucard, did you introduce yourself?" I asked the demon. "Yes, and your friend refuses to be scarred of me." He said irritated. "I'm baked as a cake bro, a simple vampire does not scare me." Victor said as Alucard turned and huffed off, obviously insulted by Victor's 'simple' comment.

"So how are you enjoying London?" I asked him sitting down and taking a second to finish waking up. "It's an interesting place." He replied. I couldn't help but smile at how to the point he was. "I missed you, man. So many years in the desert. Getting shot at every day for so many years. I missed home and all the guys at first but eventually I got used to it." I said. "I know, bro. Just glad you came back in one piece." He said solemnly. "And now you're killing vampires and you've got a hot ass girl too? How sick is that?" He asked trying to lighten the mood.

"Oh, I'm hot am I?" Seras came around the corner and sat down in my lap. "He's very honest." I said. "I think all that marijuana has fried the dishonest portions of his tiny cranium." I elbowed him in the rib cage and he chuckled. "Now, no friend of mine is going to visit London and not stay with me. Seras, would you please take my Mexican stoner friend and hunt down Walter and ask him to prepare a room for him? I need to go talk to Alucard." And with that I went to find the mystical figure in his dungeon like room.

"Alucard, may I enter?" I asked knocking on the door, "You may enter, Marine." He replied and I walked in to find him in his throne style chair sipping a mixture of blood and red wine from a glass. "I need to ask you something. Why did you offer to turn me?" I asked. "Because I was thirsty." He replied cheekily. I shook my head, "Alucard, even an undead being like you is easy to read. I know there's more." I said prying for a real answer. He sighed, "Ok, The police girl came to be about a day before that. Said she'd fallen in love with you. I replied that love is a human emotion, and that she is not human. She began to weep silently and being the soft hearted fellow that I am, told her that a vampire can only fall in love with another vampire. Believe it or not I care about her and need her happy to keep her fighting skills up. So long story short. I did it to make her happy. Now leave my chambers." I walked out shocked at how Alucard, an undead vampire from centuries past could still feel for simple human emotions.

I quickly walked upstairs and found Victor settling into his room nicely. "How do you like it?" I asked him. "Better than a Motel 6." He replied jokingly. "Sure is." I chuckled. That's when the Alarm rang out. I grabbed my radio and my 45 off my belt. "Security Report!" I yelled into the radio motioning for Victor to follow me. "Unknown woman at the gates! She's fighting her way in! Six men down all ready!" I replaced my radio on my belt as we reached my room, Seras was already geared up. I handed my .45 to Victor. "Anybody comes through that door that isn't me, Seras, Alucard or any other hellsing stuff. "Two to the chest, and One to the head." He cut me off reciting my old unit's secondary motto. "Seras, let's kill this bitch before lunch, I'm getting hungry." I said leading the way to the Hellsing lobby.