Chapter 7: New Kind of Freaks
Juliann
As I walked towards Integra's office, I could only hope that the scary vampire would keep his word. He was very peculiar for a vampire, who didn't even bother to introduce himself.
Then again, I didn't either.
Reaching the door I was looking for, I knocked on its wood twice before I was told to enter. Opening the door and closing it behind me, I looked up to see Grandpa Harker sitting next to an empty chair to his left.
"I'm glad that you decided to finally join us Juliann. Go on, take a seat." Integra scolded, offering me the empty chair.
"Sorry." I said, taking my seat, refusing to look at Grandpa Harker. Integra raised an eyebrow at this, but said nothing of it.
"I have summoned the both of you to my office to introduce the two of you to my two vampire servants, who; of course, will be protecting you should the enemy try to seek you out either here at my home, or out and about. For the safety of you both, I have given orders to my men to accompany you anywhere beyond a 100ft of the mansion. They should be here in a moment." Integra said, taking the threat to us seriously.
Great, I'll have to deal with that creepy vampire guy I found in the basement. I thought a little nervous. He had an effect on me that made me a bit nervous and curious at the same time. Curiosity that kills the cat…
It was at that moment that the lights in Integra's office flickered, and the room grew really cold, just like it was in that one room in the basement.
Turning around to look at the wall off to the left side of me I spotted him and his creepy smirk. He was still wearing that large red hat and those round orange glasses he had put on a few minutes ago.
"You called me, master…" He said, his smirk growing wider.
"I did, servant. Where is your fledgling, Alucard?" Integra asked him.
Alucard… That is a strange name, yet it seems to fit him. I thought to myself. Not to mention, there was something oddly familiar about it too.
Integra's question was answered when they heard a knock on the door behind us.
"Come in, Seras." Integra said, closing her eyes for a moment in aggravation.
The moment Seras stepped in the door, closed it, and stepped closer, did Grandpa Harker see her face, complexion, and the points of her fangs, and jumped to his feet in outrage.
"Allowing a draculina to roam around your house freely without question now are we Sir Integra. It's an outrage Abraham van Hellsing had never committed. Back in those days, this girl would have been shot dead on sigh-"
"That is quite enough Mr. Harker! As far as I am concerned, things are not like they were a century or two ago."
As they argued back and forth, the whole century or two ago caught my attention.
"Wait a minute. A century or two ago! Grandpa Harker what does Sir Integra mean by that?" I asked, looking up at him.
Instead of looking back at me, Grandpa Harker turned his hate filled gaze at the vampire I had yet to learn the name of, who only smirked wide enough to show off his fangs.
"Thanks to what this bastard did to my wife, I took precautions that allowed me to live about two centuries. I had Mina for a century of that time before I was forced to have her put down." He said with hate bathed in his words.
As that sank in, I felt betrayal and wariness bubbling up inside of me. He had been forced to put Grandma Mina down…
"What?" I asked in confusion.
"A century ago, the blood that vampire over in the corner, gave Mina started taking over her. Unable to understand what was going on, I brought her half way back here, to London, for the current head of the Hellsing family to have a look at. Come to find out, Mina was about to become a natural No Life Queen from the inside out. The only way to stop it was to have the Hellsing Head to kill her." He said, looking back at me with sadness in his eyes, yet there was no regret.
Hearing that could only make me wonder if one of the reason's why Grandpa Harker involved the Hellsing Organization, was to one day have me killed as well…
…
Alucard
For once in many years I wished I was free from these damn seals and orders so I could tear Harker apart. I couldn't believe that Harker and a Hellsing where the ones responsible for ending Mina's link to me though killing her, after all the trouble they went through to take her from me.
Looking back over to the girl, I could see the shock, anger, and betrayal. Apparently that tidbit of information was also kept secret from her as well.
"He was the eldest grandson of Abraham van Hellsing, was he not?" Integra asked him.
"Yes ma'am." Harker said sitting back down.
"I am going to be blunt when telling you this Mr. Harker, but the man whom you were speaking of, was convicted of murder and disowned from the Hellsing line, making my great grandfather, Abraham van Hellsing's youngest grandson Hellsing's heir. It was easy to see that your wife had a strong will to live and that she had a chance to either overcome it, or to let it take over her body, by taking that chance away from her, you and my great – great uncle committed murder." Integra said sternly.
"That is what is wrong with this generation. They have forgotten that vampire blood cannot be trusted." He said, staring straight ahead.
"I've heard enough." The girl who had been mostly silent up until know said, as she stood to her feet and went to and opened the door to go out.
"Sit back down Juliann." Harker ordered her, not even turning around.
Sighing in annoyance, I knew that Juliann was going to be just as obedient as Mina had been. Only sneaking around when she could without getting into trouble.
"Tell me, Grandpa Harker. Was Grandma Mina timid, like you once told me, or was it a lie, and she was just obedient because she married you?" Juliann said, turning around, her hazel eyes a morbid blue, full of beautiful anger.
"Juliann Marie Harker, come back and sit down like a proper young woman. We will discuss your trip down to that rat hole later." He commanded, standing to his feet, a look of major disapproval on his old face. I couldn't help but feel smug. That was the very face I thought I'd see one he had figured it out that Juliann had been in my domain.
"Sorry Grandpa Harker, but I'm not as timid or obedient as Grandma Mina was. So you might as well stop pretending that I don't know that you brought me here to end me if the vampire blood in my system got out of control.
Speaking of control, you might have controlled Grandma Mina's life, but you sure as hell will not control mine!" She shouted, making the walls around my master's study vibrate slightly from the volume when she slammed the door shut, and stormed off.
The look on Harker's face was priceless. His face turned red violet from his anger. It took only a moment though, for his composure to realign itself.
"Sir Integra. You are to order your vampires to stay the hell away from my granddaughter and me. Human guards will suffice." He demanded.
Integra only smiled up at Harker smugly.
"If the people after Juliann are in our jurisdiction like I believe, then my vampires are her best bet of protection. I can have human guards place you under their protection seeing as they are a minimal threat to you. Which would you prefer?" Integra asked him.
Harker sat back down with a heavy sigh. I knew that he knew Integra was right.
"You have me there Sir Integra. However, I still don't want those damn creatures near me or my kin." Harker said, giving in, knowing it was fight he would never win.
"Alucard, you are dismissed for now. Walter was on his way to the sublevels to give you the new weapon you asked for, as well as a new one for Police Girl." Integra said, turning her head in my direction.
"Yes, Master." I said, bowing low before phasing out of the room. Not only was I getting a new gun for Christmas, but an interesting human to learn about as well.
…Integra
Once my vampire servant was gone, I felt my shoulders relax slightly. I felt a bit sorry for Juliann. Once Alucard was interested by something, it was like trying to keep a fly off of shit. Not to mention that it seemed that the girl had ventured down to the forbidden sublevels. If the way Seras tried desperately not to look at her was anything to go by, or how Harker realized that one of her questions could only come from one person down there.
"If he unnerves you so, then why not put him back to sleep?" Harker asked, looking at me closely.
"Why I allow Alucard to remain awake and wander around like he does is none of your concern. Now if you are done wasting my time with complaints, I have a bit of news to give to you concerning the men who are after you." I snapped, growing more and more irritated as I pulled out a cigar and lit it.
Upon hearing that, Mr. Harker didn't take long to quite down.
"A few weeks ago, Alucard silenced a vampire who destroyed the civilians of cheddar, of which no one survived. Save for the draculina you saw earlier. The head vampire had this embedded within him…" I said holding up the micro chip Alucard had brought back with him that day.
"Is it a microchip of some sort?" He asked.
"It's a transmitter in the form of a microchip. In a few moments, I am to take this small piece of evidence to a round table conference. From there, my fellow knights and I shall decide our next course of action. If the situation deems serious enough, I might have to place Miss. Juliann under the protection of the very vampire you despise, not only for her protection, but also as bait to catch those after her." I said, watching Harker's face change colors again.
"I cannot allow you to do that! That bastard would only try to take Juliann for himself! The perfect mate for a vampire that powerful is to have one who is born from powerful blood that is equal. If the vampire blood in Juliann is strong enough, he will try!" Harker shouted, getting back to his feet.
Slamming my hands down on my desk, I rose to my feet as well.
"Stand down Mr. Harker. You contacted me for my help, and by God, her majesty, and my country you will let me to act as I need to protect them. If need be, I can have you confined to your room so that you do not do anything stupid and get more people killed!" I said, raising my voice higher, lacing it with as much authority as I could. My ancestors might have been pushed around by this man by his hate, but he would not push me around.
"Fine then, kill us all." Harker said, turning and leaving my study. Gritting my teeth, I snatched up my letter opener and threw it the closed door.
The bloody idiot just didn't understand. Strong vampire blood made vampires, even freak chipped vampires, stronger and a lot harder to kill. Kill us all he says. If I'm not cautious, then listening to him will kill more than just us here in London…
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I can't believe that Grandpa Harker kept all of that from me. Is there really no one I can trust? First it was that blonde man who tried to kill me, now I've got Alucard following me around whenever he's not on a mission killing weaker vampires. Wait a minute, what's that loud noise that sounded like an explosion? See ya in the next chapter and let's find out what's going on around here now…
The Next Chapter: Chapter 8 – Invasion of the Valentine Brothers
