Enjoy I guess... :) Sorry I haven't updated this in so long.

Chapter 8

A man chuckled. "So if it isn't the great Alucard."

Maria was staring at Alucard from where she was. She was happy Alucard came, but she tried her best to hide her joy. Soon she became confused at the smile on Alucard's lips. He was staring at the man behind her and she could see the excitement radiating off the count in waves. Does he know this man...?

"Father Anderson..." Alucard chuckled. "My...this night has gotten quite interesting."

Maria was very confused. She watched as Alucard pull out both of his guns and aim them at the man behind her. The next thing she knew, Alucard fired his weapons and she heard a thud behind her. Maria thought it was over due to Alucard's grin but she heard the man stand, and she watched as Alucard's grin widen. She could even hear the low chuckle from the elder vampire.

The two men were talking to each other, but Maria was focused on getting the blessed blades out of her. She looked at the two blades in her hands, both hurt like hell. How am I suppose to get this out?! She looked at the handles of the blades with a sigh. Suddenly she felt more pain from one of her hands but she realized Seras pulled it out, while panting from the pain of the blades.

Using her now free hand, Maria pulled the other blade out of her hand. She hissed. "Damn it."

She heard fighting going on behind her and turned slightly to see Alucard fighting a priest. She pulled the other two blades out of her legs so she could stand, and watch the fight fully. She watched as Alucard and the priest fought, trading blows against each other, but neither of them ceased.

Maria wondered what happened the between the two of them to cause such a fight. She was getting ready to jump in the fight but she wasn't sure that she wanted to. In the end, she decided just to watch the fight. Alucard shot Casul at Father Anderson a few times in the chest, and the good priest fell to the ground only to stand back up moments later.

A...a regenerator! Maria's eyes widen as she looked over at Alucard, who was smirking. He's not even worried...

Maria felt someone grab her wrist and she was about to punch the person, but realized it was only Seras. The younger vampire was looking past her at the fight. "...Master will be fine, let's get out of here."

With a sigh, Maria nodded and the two ran off as quickly as they could. It didn't seem right about leaving Alucard to fight the regenerator by himself but the two knew he'd be okay.

The two waited for Alucard quite a while. In almost over an hour, the male vampire came walking up to them, smirking. Maria blinked a bit. Did he win? Is that why he's smirking? She asked her self but otherwise remained quiet. Seras spoke up, "Master?"

Alucard's smirked widen and he turned away. "Come."

Back at the hotel, Pip blinked but narrowed his eyes at the sight of Maria. So they found her... Maria sat on the couch with a sigh and her gaze fell on the French mercenary. She frowned. He still doesn't like me...tch... Maria turned away, leaning back into the couch and closing her eyes. Seras sat on the other side of the couch, awkwardly.

Alucard stood by a wall on once side of the room, still smirking. "Anderson...told me something very interesting."

Seras looked at him. "...what did he say?"

"The artificial vampire Maria mentioned," Alucard removed his orange-tinted glasses. "His name...Karan."

Maria's eyes snapped open and she looked over at Alucard. "...Karan? That's his name?"

Alucard frowned at Maria. "Yes, and..." He pulled out Jackel and aimed it at her, making the others stand up immediately out of surprise. "I knew you were a traitor and it doesn't surprise me that you are allied with that artificial garbage."

"...Yes, I am." Maria looked down but then she smiled, even giggled a bit. "I'm just following orders~"

"His orders you mean?" Alucard's eyes narrowed.

The vampire shook her head. "No...Master's, Arthur Hellsing's."

At the mention of Integra's father, everyone's eyes widen and they stared at Maria. In a blink, Alucard had Maria by the throat and against the wall. "What were those orders?"

"...He told me to join Millennium," She began, her dark eyes staring into Alucard's. "It was after you and Walter came back. Arthur knew you wouldn't agree to letting me go, so we came up with...what you saw that night."

And with that, Maria started to explain what happened once Alucard and Walter returned from their mission in Germany. She explained why Alucard found her inches away from biting Arthur Hellsing. She told them it was Arthur's orders to her to stage the traitorous act so she can go about her other order; join Millennium for information.

Alucard's eyes widen only slightly but then narrowed again. She could be lying for all he knew, but then again...the girl has been truthful with him about serious matters in the past. Though...she did keep the artificial vampires a secret... He thought, only in slight confusion. He usually wasn't this confused. "...You're lying."

"I'm not," She smiled, but the sighed. "If he was still alive...I'd tell you to ask him. I am telling the truth Alucard, I really never wanted to lie to you like that...Master gave me no choice. I wanted to be truthful with you; you have no idea how long I've wanted to tell you the truth about what happened that night."

Things grew silent between the two vampires. Seras and Pip just awkwardly standing in the room, looking back and forth at Maria and Alucard. Maria looked down before walking to a window; the first thought in everyone's mind was that she was going to jump, but she surprised them by not jumping. "I...It took me a while to gain the trust of Millennium, but I finally got it. Master told me to deal with anything that got worse, and that currently, is what I am trying to do. Millennium turned Karan into an artificial vampire, a very powerful one, maybe powerful enough to overpower you Alucard."

Alucard scoffed. "Millennium has never made a vampire powerful enough to overpower me yet."

"They did, but this vampire overpowered them. He turned on them and managed to erase every bit of information of him from their data. Though, he did have a little help, but those were just a few artificial vampires. Their data are lost as well." Maria explained, turning to them. "I was the only natural vampire, and they recruited me to their little...cause. I accepted, I wanted to know of their motives."


Alarms was blaring through the Millennium research wing of the base. Human and artificial vampire guards were running towards the base, passing by dead humans and ash of other vampires. A vampire, with long raven hair tied into a low ponytail and was wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. He growled at the sound of more guards, but then his lips turned into a smirk. The guards would end like the rest. They all aimed their guns at the vampire once they reached him, and a guard spoke. "Artificial vampire, Karan, we order you to stand down now."

Karan smiply laughed and charged for the guards. The guards started shooting, but Karan was too fast and in mere seconds, all of the gaurds were dead. Karan smirked before turning back and making his way down the hall, alarms still blaring. He stopped, narrowing his eyes at a group of four artificial vampires blocking his path. They all seemed calm, not even preparing to attack.

One of them stepped forward, a male wearing a bandage mask, like a mummy. "We're not going to attack, we simply wish to help you."

"Help me? I don't need help from the likes of you." Karan scoffed.

A blonde woman stepped up, staring at him with cold green eyes. "We know where they keep the artificial vampires' data. We can lead you to it, and you can erase data on yourself."

"It would be a smart idea," A small boy with white hair said. "It makes for a better escape."

Karan narrowed his eyes at them, scanning. "What do you want in return? There must be something."

The tallest of the four, most of his body covered by shadows, making his crimson eyes have an eerie glow. "To join you, that is all."

"Hm..." Karan relaxed, standing up straight. "Very well, but you will have to follow every order."

All of them sank to their knees, bowing. "Of course, Master Karan."

He nodded. "All of you, what are your names?"

"Layla." The blonde woman.

The boy looked at him. "Kenyon."

The mummy slowly stood. "Thanatos."

Karan looked at the tallest when he remained silent. "You?"

"I ditched my old name when I became a vampire." The tallest said dully. "So I have none."

"Hm...We'll call you 'Sin' for now," The figure simply nodded.

Karan and the four artificial vampires quickly made their way down the hallway, and soon making it to the room with the main computer. Karan stared at the computer before looking over at the four. "This is it?"

All of them nodded and the woman walked over to the computer. Karan watched with a raised eyebrow as Layla typed something into the computer. After a short while, the girl suddenly grinned. "I've found the data, I'm deleting it all right now Master Karan."

"Good."

Out of no where someone started laughing. "Seems a few artificial vampires have managed their way into the main computer."

All of the vampires turned to see a feminine figure in the doorway, they could all see the smirk in the darkness. Karan stepped forward. "Who are you?"

The woman stepped into the light, tucking long black hair behind her ear, and her black lips a slight smirk. "My name is Maria."

Layla frowned. "You're that vampire who isn't a artificial, an actual vampire."

Maria nodded. "Yes, I am."

"Now what? Are you going to turn us in?" Karan questioned, eyes narrow.

The woman shook her head. "No, I'm not interested in such things. I'm just a bystander."

Karan studied the woman. She's a real vampire...so...who knows how strong she is...Then again she's here, so she must be strong. He paused. Maybe she can be of use...we can try to convince her to join... He looked towards the other four vampires, all of them looked like they didn't trust the real vampire. Maria said nothing to the group, but she looked at each and every one of them, scanning.

The silence was irritating Karan and so he spoke up once more. "You're just a bystander?"

Maria nodded. "Yes, I only joined this place simply to watch."

"...Join us then," This shocked all of the four artificials.

"M-Master Karan, she is a real vampire! She's not an artificial like us and she can betray us easily!" The boy cried out, his eye blue eyes darting back and forth between Karan and Maria.

Karan looked at Kenyon with a very unamused look. "She will be a very useful ally; this is my order, so stand down."

The child backed away and looked down at the floor while Karan turned back to the real vampire. Maria smiled. "My...you want me to join?"

"Yes, I believe you will prove useful,"

Heh... Maria smirked. "I see...I don't know what you are planning to do, but I'll join you're little cause." She paused. "I'm not going to call you "Master" though, Karan."

A low growl formed in this throat. "Fine."


"Took a while for me to gain their trust, all of theirs, but I finally got it." Maria explained. "Karan wishes for pretty much any villain would, rule, wipe out every single human on the planet."

Alucard scoffed. "Typical."

"I know, and he wishes for me to be right by his side as he does." Maria rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms. "I don't like him at all."

Everyone was silent for a while and Seras was simply gazing around when she four a small, faint scar on Maria's neck. "Um...Maria, what is that? On your neck?"

"Hm?" Confused by the young vampire's question, Maria walked over to the mirror and examined her neck. "Oh...I thought this had healed already. This...the tallest of the four vampires, he is a scientist as I found out first hand. He did experiments on me."

"What kind?" Seras asked softly.

The other vampire shrugged. "I don't know, he never told me. Though, after one...my emotions have gotten out of hand. You've seen me like that before; happy, insane, and such...that was after one experiment. Though...that experiment happened years ago. You're lucky I'm not in that mood right now, they seem to shift back and forth between each other."

"Your moods?"

"Yes," She nodded. "Don't be surprised if I start acting strangely."

Everyone nodded. "So for now..."

"We need to take down Karan," Maria said plainly. "Before he decides to attack."

Gahh...to much writing for today, I know I haven't been working on this like I should...but here it is! ^^'