I needed something to do in my free time. This will (eventually) be 100 AxI ficlets themed after whatever song is playing on my iPod while I'm writing, with no duplicates. The story will either be themed after the song, have the song's lyrics interposed in the story, or have the characters quoting the lyrics, or any combination of the three. I am not doing this as a part of an "official" challenge. This is a personal challenge. There will be touches of AU and OOC-ness throughout the ficlets.

That said, I own nothing. No songs, no Hellsing, no nothing.

I listen to too much 3OH!3. Don't question the presence of an iPhone. Now we know where the chibi bat on the awesome plane came from.

Enjoy!


08. "Choke Chain" – 3OH!3

Integra doodled absently in the margins of her papers. While she knew she should be paying more attention to the Round Table meeting going on around her, what was being said wasn't terribly relevant to her and her organization and, to be quite honest, it was just one of those days.

As she finished the ear of the cartoon bat she had been drawing on a budget report, her pocket began to vibrate and sing.

"Purebred, got 'em with a nice coat. Your head, when I get them at the right throat. Big teeth, shock collars on their necks—"

Frantically, Integra grabbed at the iPhone hoping to silence it quickly, at least until she saw who was calling.

"Hello?" she ventured as she answered the call. "What?" Integra practically yelped. "Very well then. I'll be there momentarily."

"Sir Hellsing?" asked one of the Round Table members as she stood.

"I apologize," said Integra as she gathered her things to leave, "But there is a situation in Nottingham that requires my presence."

With that, she walked out the door.

"That is the last time I let Alucard choose his own ringtone," she muttered to herself as she headed to her car.