I would begin to say I am very sorry this took so long. My life has been quite busy, with my upcoming surgery this Wednesday and the sudden obsession over Iron Man, which has still yet to stop leeching away at my brain. Today I managed to peel away from Iron Man and try to write a bit. I was writing this and suddenly a change in plot occurred, so no this was not originally planned to end this way. Sorry if it is small and has spelling errors but its all I have for now and it will be fixed up later.

No I don't own Hellsing blah blah but I do own Acacia and Clarissa.

Chapter 8

The Black Parade

The snow gently fell across the streets and street lamps of the tiny German village. The orphanage lay relatively quiet, as the children inside got ready for the call for lights out. A little girl, about age 8 by the name of Dendra was slipping on her stockings when she heard the scuffle from down below. Most of her other friends where already snuggled into their beds and asleep so they probably didn't hear the noise. Being a very curious child she wandered down to the staircase and peered between the railings. A beautiful, tall blonde woman with a long fur coat stood over the body of Sister Catherine. She was licking her blond stained hand daintily and cat like. Her crimson eyes flashed as they caught sight of Dendra who cowered at her gaze.

"Hello little one," her voice was warm and syrupy. Slipping on her white satin glove she turned her full attention on the little human. "What a disobedient little girl you are. Aren't you supposed to be tucked into bed?" Dendra couldn't find her voice and only managed a small squeak, which encouraged a silvery laugh from the vampire. The vampiress ascended the stairs all the way keeping her prey frozen in place. "I sure am hungry," She bent over the small girl and whispered. "I'm sure you won't mind being my snack, then again, you were being a bad girl. You deserve punishment,"

"What's the situation in there?" Pip called through the radio to his comrades. He was crouched down, hidden from the front door of the orphanage. Seras was beside him, her nerves getting the better of her. An orphanage, why the fuck would they feed in an orphanage? She had never witnessed children get mauled by vampires before; it was a cruelty she had been saved from until now.

"A lead vampire and I bunch of fucking freaks, there everywhere Captain."

"Seras and I will go in first, the rest of you will take the back entrance and take care of things there."

"Yes sir," The radio crackled off and Pip turned to Seras. A hand stroked her hair for a moment as he tried to find some words of comfort. "Seras, whatever you see in there. Just, know that we are ending their suffering. Its better this way," Seras sniffled and tried to gather her courage.

"I know it's just still hard. Sighs Let's just get in there and help them now before I change my mind."

"That's my girl," he gave her a quick peck on the cheek before dashing around the corner. Seras could hear the door smash and splinter and the machine gun kick into life. The moans of the undead echoed loudly throughout the building. Tightening her grip on her own gun she willed herself to stand. "I have to do this, I'm not a coward. I cannot let Alucard win; I can live on my own and do a pretty damn good job of it. Fuck it here I come you Freaks!" Sprinting she flew into the building but skidded to a sudden halt. The horror of what spread before was so sickening that she couldn't have been able to imagine it. The undead children were massed around the floor, growling and groaning. Sweet and innocent children. The bloody tears spilled from her eyes and her gun clattered to the floor. "My god," She didn't take notice as hordes of the creatures massed around her, ready to tear her to pieces. A boy leaped at her, and she flung him aside. "Stop, please you can't do this. Please stop," she was sobbing heavily and pleading with all her might. She retrieved her gun but she held it weakly in her shaking hands.

"Seras shoot them! God damn it Seras shoot them!" Pip fired at the group below taking the head off a girl. The sound around her seemed to come out muffled and low, the shots above a low rumble. "Son of a bitch," Pip ran into the main hall were all the beds of the children were set. He continued to fire, trying hard to ignore the blood stained cradles and mattresses all around him.

"Oh what a pretty man," a snap resounded and the undead stopped their advance upon the Captain. Pip eyed them and watched as a woman, a blonde tall woman approached from another room. Her fur coat was soaking in blood but her porcelain skin was clean and crisp. "What's your name gorgeous?"

"Why the fuck would I give you my name you vampire bitch," he spit at her and clicked his gun.

"How rude, I was only being polite. Isn't there a vampire with you? She is a terrible excuse for a vampire. Pissing her self over a few undead children, how pathetic."

"The more you speak the more I am really finding it hard to not just take your head off,"

"Well then, if she won't claim you then I will. Bring him to me," With a snap of her fingers the children seemed to shower down upon him. Firing, he ran to the stairs and jumped over the banister. Seras was beating of children but still had not once taken a shot. Heads were flying apart in chunks and Seras didn't stir from her state of shock. "Seras, snap out it," He shook her violently but she still didn't respond. She only continued to mutter to herself, something that was too low for him to catch. "Fuck Seras," he fired off at the group. A blur of movement swirled around Pip and before he realized what it had been it was too late. He had been hit, from his ankles, his knees, his wrists, and his chest. The blood sprayed and he gagged on the blood spilling through his mouth. Crumpling to the ground he coughed violently. "Shit. Fuck." He looked up at the vampire standing over him, he tried to move his arm but he could summon even his fingers to move.

"Now shut the fuck up and stop acting so tough. You're all the same when it comes to being turned, screaming like little ninnies. Now just…" One minute she was there and the next she was smashed into a stone column. It all happening so fast and Pip couldn't follow it, but he knew that his little Seras was finally fighting back. "Damn it, I'm going to fucking bleed out. The bitch cut all the worse places, I have to move."

Seras had tasted his blood; it was instinct to lick her lips if something wet fell on them. The smell of the blood was already getting to her as it was but once she had tasted his blood. She had completely snapped. In her animal instincts she saw a female who was taking her male, and that was not an option. So smashing into the vampiress she chased after the bitch all over the building, from room to room until they got to the roof.

"Sorry love, I would love to keep fighting with you but I have bigger fish to fry. Now you see me, now you don't." Disappearing into a portal she vanished from sight. Seras growled at this inconvenience, she had wanted to tear her apart, listen to her flesh pull away, her bones crack. Dropping through the skylight and landing onto the staircase she proceeded in a quick blur to easily annihilate the undead children. She wanted to get to the one person she had tasted, the person she was craving. "Seras," Pip tried to lift himself up but found himself slipping. Her eyes were fiery orbs, pure hunger. He knew that she wasn't snapping out it anytime soon, she was taking him tonight. As she bent over his neck, he tried desperately to reach for the gun. His fingers twitched but he couldn't quite get a hold of it. As she was biting down into his neck, he smiled and closed his eyes. "If I die I die with Seras straddling me, I guess that is a good way to go." As the world seemed to melt away he felt something hot pouring onto his lips. It tasted sickly sweet, almost like bad liquor but he would have drunk it anyway. He opened his mouth a bit more, wondering if maybe it was a drink from the devil. The devil is throwing a welcome party and here is the wine. More of the drink came pouring in, seething and warm down his throat. Enjoying it he smiled happily. "I didn't know dieing was supposed to be so great." A deep pain ripped through his chest and he gasped aloud. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest and he could feel it reverberating through his body. Suddenly it was slowing, beating hard trying to still continue. "Fuck I jinxed it, I have to learn to keep my mouth shut sometimes," Then the excoriating pain ceased and with that his heart which eerily fell silent.

Acacia was sitting in a nearby chair by Sir Integra's desk when she got the phone call. At first Integra contemplated on just letting the machine getting it but soon she clicked the speaker button.

"What is it?" She pulled out a cigar from her drawer and lighter.

"A call from Captain Vendread's second in command, he says it's urgent." Walter's voice came over the speaker.

"Patch it through," Acacia listened as she continued her needlepoint.

"Sir Integra, my god you have to help us. God help us."

"Calm down soldier, speak slowly and clearly or I am hanging up."

"The Captain has been bitten!" Acacia pricked her finger and popped it in her mouth and intently stared at the little black box. Integra grimaced.

"Your wasting your time, you know that you're just supposed to shoot him, end of story." Integra reached for the button to end the call but she wasn't expecting the next sentence.

"You don't understand, Seras bite him, she turned him Sir Integra."

"My god," there was silence for a moment for both Integra and Acacia to wrap their minds around what had just been spoken. Pip had been turned into a vampire. "Tell me, what is he doing now?"

"Well he is sleeping right now, but when we found him, well you could expect our shock. He wasn't wounded at all and he was just lying among zombie mush, but when we tried to wake him he wouldn't and so that was when we found out he had no pulse. We were afraid he was dead but strange thing was he was talking a bit, like he usually does in his sleep. That's when I noticed the two bite marks on his neck. The only thing we could think of doing was bringing him back to the hotel. We need help Sir Integra,"

"Hold on a moment," Integra light her cigar and took a long drag before looking at Acacia. "What do you think should be done?"

"It is not exactly my decision, but I know that if it was Seras who turned the Captain well then we are in for more trouble if we don't bring him back. Seras is not fit to be a master yet, she cannot teach him anything of value. I know that we don't exactly want another loose fledgling but as stated, Seras won't be helping the situation. I suggest that either Alucard or myself go down there and aid him for a bit. At least teach him the basics, he is a resourceful man I am sure he will figure out the rest."

"I will send you to take care of him."

"Yes Sir, I will get ready immediately." Acacia gathered her needlepoint and exited.

" Listen to me soldier, I am sending Acacia to help you. I am sure you can trust her. If you find that I problem well then I am going to have to just send Alucard."

"Oh no that is okay Sir Integra, Ms. Acacia will do very well. Thank you."

"Where is Seras?"

"Gone Sir, we haven't found her yet."

"I expected that, well carry on soldier."

"Yes Sir Integra," With that the connection died off. Integra didn't understand why this was happening to her. Another vampire?