Chapter 7

Heaven's Hell

They reached Kingston at about 2:16 A.M. Inori waited for a clear landing, somewhere where there weren't too many people. None was most preferable. They found an area just outside the area, a back road surrounded by trees, and signaled her down. When she landed, Alucard seemed uneasy. He was still unnerved by the incident that had happened earlier. She walked over to the little group and smiled.

"You all seem nervous. Like we're going to a funeral," she said.

No one said anything. Inori sighed. "Well, I didn't sense anything from above. How about you guys?"

Alucard said, "Nothing at all."

"Same here," Seras said.

"That's strange. Maybe our sources were wrong?" Walter asked.

"No, there's something out there. Even if it's human, it's good, very good. We can't have someone like that running around," Inori said.

"You're right, I'll call Integra and see what she wants us to do." Walter went back to the car to call Integra.

Inori stood silently. Something was wrong. She could feel someone, or something, coming closer. She looked around. Neither vampire seemed to notice. She was about to say something when something moved. There was a howl somewhere in the distance. Alucard pulled out his guns and stood ready. Seras was looking for the source of the movement. Something was moving quickly through the trees, and then stopped. They looked in the direction the sound had come from. There was more movement, only this time from behind.

Walter came up behind them.

"What do you think it is?" Walter whispered.

"I can't sense anything, not even a life force, no aura, nothing," Alucard said through clenched teeth.

Inori scanned the trees. She could feel a presence. It felt so strange, yet familiar at the same time. Alucard and Seras moved towards the trees, Seras just behind her master.

Suddenly, from another angle, a large, silver wolf jumped forth, his gold eyes flashing in the moonlight. Alucard turned to fire but another wolf intercepted, knocking the silver to the ground. The other was a shocking resemblance of Heartbreak. Blue eyes, shinny white coat, one could almost say it was Heartbreak, only both were as big as the car.

The silver wolf got on its feet almost as soon as he hit the ground. Both stared the other down, teeth bared. Alucard looked around for Inori, but she was gone. Then he looked back at the white wolf, which now had its back to them. He touched the wolf's mind with his own and gasped.

The white wolf turned to look at him, giving the other an opening. He lunged at her and snapped at her throat. The white wolf dodged, but just barely. She turned and bit the silver wolf's flank. He yelped and tried to pull away, tearing a large portion of his leg open. The silver wolf stumbled and fell, hitting the ground hard. He began to thrash and tried to get up. Alucard pointed the gun at the wolf's head.

"Give it up," he smirked.

The wolf snarled and tried to bite, but the white wolf knocked the vampire out of the way. The silver wolf's eyes went wide and he stopped struggling. He whimpered and pressed himself against the ground. The white wolf stood over him and growled. There was a long silence between the two wolves then, with a flash of light, the silver wolf's leg mended and he jumped to his feet. He eyed the white wolf cautiously then ran off.

Alucard got up and walked over to the white wolf.

"Master, be careful!" Seras called.

"It's alright, it's Inori," he responded. He looked the wolf in the eyes and smiled. Inori whimpered.

"I don't know how to change back," she said.

"Just remember what you were before," he said, resting his hand on her head.

She closed her eyes and began to glow. Her form began to change and reshape. Then Inori was back to the way she was. She looked over herself and sighed with relief.

"I didn't know I could do that," she said, then looked at Alucard and frowned. "And you should be more careful. Do you have any idea what you were up against?"

Alucard was stunned.

"I'm not sure where he came from, but there are more like him. That was another Angel."

They all stared in disbelief.

"Then why did you let him go?" Alucard demanded.

"I don't kill for fun, you know," Inori said.

They decided not to pursue the topic. Inori was silent as they all got into the car. Alucard had the feeling this was going to be a very long night.

-break-

On a cliff, a few miles away, there was a small group, some wolves, others human. A silver wolf came running into the area. A man walked up to him and frowned when he heard the news. This was good/bad news. The reason they had come had presented itself, now the only problem was getting the target.

"So, Inori has awoken, now we need her back. And if this is true, that a vampire is able to touch her, then we have a problem."

The others looked at him.

"Either he is immune to our magic or…" The man shuddered. He didn't want to think about it. It was unnatural. A vampire and an angel? Not likely. But still… he would believe it when he saw it, until then, the vampire was an obstacle. The Angel smirked. Watch out vampire…here we come.