good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

with this i present you with the next installment of Twist in Fate. it took longer for me to cough this up than i intended but with how things have been this was the earliest i could do and i hope you will be happy with it.

seeing as i am not really supposed to do this( posting this chapter) please forgive me any typos and spelling mistakes. as soon as i get the time i will go over it again and post a cleaned up version of this chapter.

now enjoy this.

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Morning came fast for the residents of Titan Tower in the form of a screaming and shouting Beastboy running through it. "WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!!" screaming the same thing over and over he crashed into OPS and found Robin, Cyborg, Starfire and a very meek looking Blackfire sitting next to her Mistress. "DUUUUUDES!! THIS IS NOT GOOD!! YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS!! BUT YOU HAVE TO!! YOU MUST!!" "BEASTBOY," the three Titans roared in one voice and cut off the rant of the green elf. "Start from the beginning and go slowly," said Robin with a serious face. "Dude! I went to the grave, you know Terra's grave, in that volcano, you know. But! She wasn't there! The place is a mess! Someone stole her! The place was filled with bones and that weird icky goo! And she is gone! We have to find her! We must! We simply must!!"

The four looked at BB as he went on ranting how they had to, they must, it was their duty, yadda yadda. But still they got the essence of what he said and Robin quickly hit the emergency button on his T-Com. The Tower was filled with the howling siren that could wake the dead and give them a headache. The quick pounding of feet and pawns was heard from the main corridor and soon the door opened, revealing a ruffled looking Raven, Jinx, Raziel, Spes, Sentra, Cerberus and a foreign blond. "What the holy damned ass-fucked Nun Whore is going on," cursed Raziel as he glared at the other Titans."TERRA!! SHE IS GONE!! WE HAVE TO FIND HER!! WE SIMPLY MUST!! IT IS OUR SWORN DUTY!!" "Beastboy?"

The foreign blond had broken BB's rant with her soft voice that held an unearthly and dangerous echo. Four Titans and one sister looked more closely at the blond and Robins face turned into a scowl, "Who is she? And why is she wearing one of Raven's outfits?!" And indeed the blond had forced her busty frame into one of Raven's obviously too small leotards. Neither Raven, Jinx or Raziel moved to speak. But for two people it made no difference: Beastboy was staring at the blond with shock etched into his face. His right hand slowly rose towards the blond as his eyes grew wider and wider with each second.

"T-T-Te... Terra...?" His whisper made time freeze for most people in the room. The three other Titans stared at the blond, gaping widely. "No way," breathed Cyborg as his mechanical eye scanned the blond from head to toe, confirming that it as indeed possible that she was Terra. Robin was unable to form any coherent thought for now; this was WAY beyond logic.

Raven observed how Terra slowly walked towards BB, her hands slowly coming up before cupping his cheeks in her palms. The touch made the green boy snap out of it and he quickly crushed the blond vampire into a hug. "TERRA!!" Tears were streaming down his face as he rested his head on her shoulder, with her standing a half foot above his height an easy feat. Terra patted him on the back while one red line dripped from her right eye.

This alerted most of them to the fact that Terra was different somehow. Beastboy easily smelled the blood and looked up at her face in shock. "Terra... what's wrong...?" "You all might want to sit down for this," cut Raziel's voice in before Terra could speak. Within seconds all sat on the couch, Cyborg, Robin, Starfire, Blackfire and Beastboy on one side and Raven, Jinx, Raziel and Terra on the other. Terra and BB were only sitting an arms length from each other.

Raziel took a deep breath before he quickly dropped the bomb, "As all of you can see we, me, Raven and Jinx, managed to bring back Terra 'to life' so to speak but this would be twisting the truth. Bringing her back to un-life would be more precise and the exact truth. Before any of you ask what I mean I give you the dirt directly: Terra is a Vampire." A dead silence settled into the room, a pin drop would have been louder than one of Punk Rocket's attacks. Robin, Cy and BB were looking shocked and frozen in the state, Starfire and Blackfire were unfamiliar with the term.

"You can't be serious," muttered Robin as his body tensed up. "You brought her back as a living dead," hissed Cyborg. Both boys went to move only to stop dead in their tracks. Each of them had sharp steel at one of their body parts. Behind Robin stood Raziel, his sword poised to behead or at least slit the throat of the Boy Wonder within seconds notice. Cyborg had a green glowing scythe blade poised to tear out his power generator and Raven hovered behind him, her hood up and eyes glowing green.

"Think before you act," growled Raziel and Raven in one voice as they pressed their weapons down slightly, forcing Robin and Cyborg to sit back down. Beastboy slowly stood up and walked the few feet towards Terra. The geomancing vampiress stood up as well, not moving towards or away from the changeling. "Terra... is what they say true...?" "Yes, there are only few things that hold more truth."

Silence fell over the room as everyone stared at the two teens. Terra was patiently waiting for something to happen and looking at the green shapeshifter before her.

Beastboy was blankly staring ahead, not moving a single muscle or blinking. Then, very slowly he started to take a few steps backwards before he whispered, "You... you are not... Terra... You only look like her... You are a fake... a ... a ... a monster." And without saying anything else he turned into a green eagle and quickly flew out of the window... his T-Com falling to the ground where he stood.

Cyborg stared at where his friend had been only seconds ago, only now taking his time to think this situation truly through. 'Well... if you think about it... Terra being a Vamp is not that bad... She doesn't seem like the person who would drink us dry in our sleep... And... she is not much different from me when you break it down... she too needs her power from a source outside... only that her power is blood and not energy... But... Beastboy seems not to understand... he only sees the 'monster' in her... not the female he loved... Beastboy... I hope you will come to your senses... and that soon...'

Terra was devastated. Bloody tears were streaming down her cheeks as she sunk to her knees, her arms wrapped around herself and shaking with her tears. The others watched her intently as Raven and Raziel slowly removed their weapons from their hostages. With slow movements Jinx and Raven moved next to Terra before exchanging a short gaze with each other. Both nodded as they took hold of Terra's elbows and helped the girl stand up before sitting her down on the couch and taking a seat next to her and rubbing their hands up and down the girl's back.

Raziel wasn't moving as if he was a statue, watching the scene play before him while he cursed himself for not coming up with a better solution.

Robin was staring at the totally broken teen before him with a cold face but on the inside... he felt pity for her. 'Losing the one male that was her world...'

The two alien sisters were staring at the scene with wide eyes and Star was on the brink of tearing up. Blackfire seemed uncaring though at the same time curious.

Suddenly the large TV screen sprung to life, showing a map with an angrily glowing red point near the docks. A small video window opened in the top right corner of the screen and showed the Chief. "Titans, we have been made aware of a supposed burglary in the area. After dispatching a few officers we have still not heard any results so you are to head there and take care of it. Chief out."

The teens minus Terra were glaring at the screen; this was a feasible bad timing. Slowly Robin rose to his feet and looked around, "We got to take care of this..." Suddenly, as Robin seemed too out of it to act, Starfire uncharacteristically took control of the situation, "We have to protect the city. Terra will come along; Jinx, Sister, you two will protect her while we take care of the bad men. TITANS GO!!" Hearing the keyword, even if not coming from Robin's mouth, set them into motion as Raven wrapped them all in her Souls Self and transported them towards the location.

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When the Titans arrived at the crime scene they were faced with something that made most of the freeze up and stare: they had appeared on a pier that was bathed in... blood. Torn up bodies of dock workers and cops lay scattered around the large metal construct, blood, guts and brain mass swimming in the blood along with severed limps and... what seemed like pieces of flesh ripped away by vicious beasts...

Raziel was the first to react as his face fell and he whispered, "No..." Quickly he started to run down the pier towards the warehouses of the docks, they others all close behind him. The demidemon was sweating as he dreaded the situation he hoped he would not come across but knew was inevitable. He skidded around the corner and stopped dead in his tracks as the rest came up behind him.

The street before him was also dripping with blood, the walls painted in the red liquid and guts. In the middle of the street was a heap of corpses and... things stooped over the dead bodies while... eating them. On of those things turned around and stepped into the light and they saw that the thing wore the uniform of Jump's Police Force. The man looked at them with glassy eyes, slobber running down his mouth and chin while he was groaning and moaning. His arms were held in front of him like a Zombie while it moved closer with slow and sluggish movements.

Suddenly the rest of the things turned around and advanced on them, revealing that they too were Zombies. All of them began to advance on them with slow movements and Raziel took a step backwards. "You got to be fucking shitting me...," muttered the teen as cold sweat started to run down his temples. "What's wrong," asked Robin as he slowly returned to his normal way of acting. "Those... things are called FREAKS, man-made ghouls and in some cases man-made vampires. They can't live up to a true vampire but... they still can do a lot of damage..."

The teens backed away from the advancing group of FREAKS, now all of them worried about them. "How do we stop them," asked Cyborg. "Utterly annihilate them," said Raziel darkly as he summoned his sword with a simple flick of his right wrist. "WHAT," shouted Robin, Cyborg and Starfire in one voice. "Remove their heads or pierce their hearts; that's the only way of stopping them," growled Raziel darkly before he dropped into his battle stance.

Next to him Raven summoned her new Scythe while he moved her hood up with her free hand. Jinx' eyes started to glow as she prepared to take down as many as she could. And lastly Terra... her gaze was a mix of disgust and hunger and her lips drew up in a snarl, baring her fangs.

"You can't just kill them! They are not some kind of monster, they are people! There must be a way to turn them back," shouted Robin with an angry face before he was slammed into the enarest wall by a red force field. "Listen up Birdy and LISTEN WELL! Those things have been mutated with micro chips directly to the brain! I have seen those chips and spoke with a lot of scientists that are experts about this and they said that NOTHING could be done to reverse the effect!" Raziel's eyes were burning with anger. "So make your choice Birdy: live or die?"

He released the other teen and turned back just in time to see a couple of those FREAK ghouls lunge at them. In synch with Raven he quickly swung his sword respectively her scythe at them and from both weapons extended large blades of red and black energy, tearing through the first row of those monsters. But only a few were mortally wounded and turned to dust; most simply lost a limp and that didn't stop them at all.

Jinx quickly followed up with a few hexes to the walls around them which soon crumbled to pieces, smashing several ghouls in the process.

Terra was trying to hold back, keeping the call for blood under wraps. But she was trembling with the want... no, NEED to jump into the middle of it and tear her fangs into those pathetic copies.

The first of the other Titans to react was Cyborg. With a grim face he shifted his left arm into Cannon Mode and let loose a shot into the middle of them, cutting through a few while severing several limps off.

Robin and the two aliens were standing stock still, making no move to join their comrades. Blackfire was waiting for a signal from her mistress and she in turn waited for her Robin to make a move. But the Boy Wonder was simply staring as his friends tried to keep those things at bay, failing due to the sheer number of foes and the inability to take precise hits to the key areas.

Suddenly a scream filled the air and everyone whipped around and a few people's blood ran cold. One of the more clever looking ghouls had managed to sneak up on Jinx and capture her, pinning her arms to her side. "Yooouuuuuu... moooooveeee aaaaand... sheeeeeeeee diiiiiieeeeesssssss...," droned the ghouls as a half rotten hand claimed Jinx' throat in a tight grip.

The Luck Charmer was slightly tearing up at the pressure applied on her throat. Her eyes sought those of Raven and Raziel, pleading for them to do something. She saw how the jaws of both demons tightened and they gripped their weapons tighter until their knuckles turned white.

A dead Silence fell over the street as each Titan that was willing to take action thought about a way to save Jinx. But all their thoughts came to an halt as they heard a metallic 'Click' and the sound of metal sliding against metal. Another 'Click' sounded before light steps could be heard coming down the street... but no one was visible. Then a female and British accented voice rang through the street, "In the name of God impure souls of the living Dead shall be banished into eternal damnation. Amen." "Amen," echoed Raziel in a grave voice as a dark smirk played over his lips.

Then the sounds of a gun being rapidly fired sounded. As in slow motion everyone saw how the ghoul holding Jinx hostage was hit sideways and got his whole body turned into swiss cheese before a bullet hit its head and it exploded in a shower of dust. Silence fell once more of the street as again light steps were heard as well as something metallic hit the pavement. "Raz, Raz, Raz; what shall we do with you? First you leave without notice and then this. I was quite surprised that you asked especially for me."

Finally, as if appearing from thin air a blond female stepped into the street, sliding a new clip into the compact SMG in her right hand. The woman was not short, standing around Starfire's high though surpassing the alien in bust size easily. Her clothes consisted of a blood red tank top, a black leather biker jacket, darkly blue, tight pants, black combat boots and a pair of red shades. The tips of her hair had a red tan to it and a smirk played over her lips as she dropped a large kitbag from her shoulder.

Raziel smirked at the newcomer as he rested his sword on his shoulder. "Sorry about leaving like I did Seras but I had to. And I must thank you for your interference here." The woman now identified as Seras was giggleing slightly as she waved her right hand dismissively, "Nah, don't mention it; it was nothing. I simply can't stand those weak imitations anymore than Master does." Seras reached for the kitbag and pulled a large leather case from it before throwing it towards Raziel with seemingly easiness. "Small present from Walter for you. Has all the old gadgets and gimmicks your old baby had plus a few extras you will like."

Raziel caught the case with seemingly easy and he quickly placed it on his right arm and opened it. With an enormous, feral grin he pulled an item from the case that turned out to be a large revolver. "A Taurus Raging Bull Model 444; and with Walter working on this baby I am sure it is very powerful." "454 Casul rounds, 6 bullets a load, all forged from the Silver Cross of the Hellsing Manor itself." "Seras, my compliments to the old man so far but I think I now should put it to good use."

The two turned towards the group of ghouls that once more started to advance on them and both grinned, baring larger than normal fangs. "For Hellsing," grinned Seras and Raziel continued, "To Hell and Back." Both raised their weapons towards the group while Raziel dropped the leather case and let his sword disappear. "Amen," said both in a single voice as they suddenly moved with tremendous speed.

Raziel quickly charged them head on, his smile bordering insanity as he fired the first round into the group. It went straight through at least seven of them before they burst into dust afterwards. Quickly pulling the trigger a couple of more times he sent the other five bullets into his targets reducing ore of them to dust. While he made a mad dash up a building wall he popped the chamber out to the left and reloaded quickly before bouncing off the wall and emptying more rounds into the quickly dying crowd.

Seras had went for a flank attack, firing a whole clip of her SMG into the group while she ran along the wall, mowing down a good junk of them. Her smirk was little behind her master as she loaded a new clip and did a somersault before landing in the middle of the group in a crouched position. With swift and practiced movements she started to tear through them with bear hands, ripping off heads and piercing chest like paper. Her eyes sparked behind her glasses with pure insanity and glee of murder.

Within very short notice the two had obliterated the opposition, the remaining teens gapping at them with disbelieve, except for Raven and Terra. Raven was mostly impressed with how this Seras handled the situation and also how well she was able to handle Raziel. Terra was fascinated by this new blond, 'This power she is oozing... it's so... intriguing and powerful... who is she?'

The two combatants walked calmly back towards the group, both removing empty shell and clips before reloading their weapons. "Well, they were only pawns but at least amusing; you got more of them stashed somewhere Raz?" "Nope, first time seeing them around here. But I could get used to playing Sandman here; London held not much of a challenge beside Alu and I don't want to mess with him." "Hehehehehe but you needed to learn this the hard way." "Urgh. Don't remind me..."

The other teens watched the two banter with each other before Terra strode up to Seras and eyed her critically. Seras looked at the fellow blond, "What? You look like you want to eat me alive; though that would be not possible." "She's the cause I called you over," said Raziel with a smirk. "Terra, this is Victoria Seras, long ago a fledgling to Alucard of Hellsing." "WHAT?!" Raven's shout broke them from their small conversation and Seras scratched her neck, "Ehehehehe... Maybe we should take this to a place more private?" "Maybe indeed," answered Raziel with a smirk before they all were wrapped in the darkness of Raven.

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i hope you liked this chapter. i know, i know, the fighting scene could have been longer but i barely had the time, though this is not really an excuse. anyway, tell me what you think of this please so i know where to improve.

- Nelo Akuma