Enemy 8: Job Hunting
Alucard slept soundly after gorging himself on his favourite treat; Steak cakes (Call it stupid all you want but I bet next time you see steak and or pancakes on sale the idea will cross your mind!) He slept like an innocent child...Albeit probably having homicidal dreams but whatever, still a child.
Seras however was unable to sleep. They were both unemployed. They needed jobs and they needed them quickly before they lost too much money. Even though Alucard had a bank-load of money handed down from Integra it would not last forever and with the recent events it seemed that Hellsing would never again rebuild itself.
That meant the odd couple would need a job to keep the money rolling in. So Seras spent the next few hours scanning classifieds for anything that tickled her fancy. She took out a red marker (cliché?) and circled several of the ads. Then came phone calls, emails and letters to organise interviews. When it was all done she was so tired she wanted to finally drift off, but just as her head slumped down and hit the table the sun rose in the sky.
She cursed and opened an email from a local police station. It appeared she would be scheduled for her interview in two hours...
"Oh [Expletive deleted]"
Alucard snapped awake at the crack of dawn, something that still scared her, even though it had been a regular occurrence ever since the two crossed paths that fateful night in Chedar. Of course it didn't help that she was in the middle of getting changed when he decided to wake up. Alucard stared at her half-naked form for a time that was a little bit too long and then Seras obliged with a scream. She hastily fit herself into her old Hellsing uniform, a blue skirt and matching top with the Hellsing insignia stitched on the shoulder. In her haste she tripped on her own feet and fell back, only exposing herself again.
Alucard cocked his head at her, which was probably the wrong thing to do when the girl is sitting on the floor wearing a skirt. Seras took it the wrong way and lunged at him, hissing like a cat during a territorial dispute. She slapped him hard across the face while screaming obscenities that cannot be named here. Alucard took the abuse without even blinking. When she was done and beginning to fearfully contemplate her master's backlash it was only then that he frowned and stated rather simply, "You appear to be in a hurry."
Seras cursed under her breath, catching the time as she clipped a watch to her wrist. "Of course I am! I have an interview in twenty minutes!"
"Interview?"
"Yes. I'm going up for a job at the local police station. That way I can hopefully keep us both out of trouble with the law as well as keep you in line. It's also a pretty nice pay check at the end of the week so hopefully I land the job. Now when I get back we'll try and find something for you as well so start thinking ok?"
Alucard nodded. "Very well. I wish you luck Police Girl." He put a lot of emphasis on the name and for once it did not annoy her, it made her smile. It was a welcome boost of her confidence and she absent-mindedly kissed him on the cheek before running out the door.
It wasn't until she was halfway down the street when she stopped and felt a burning sensation all across her face, as if her head had been stuck in an oven. She placed her gloved hands on her cheeks and stared up at the clouds. "Did I just..." She couldn't even end that sentence, the words coming to mind so insane she couldn't believe it.
I just kissed him...That was...Nice...
She found herself obsessing over the two second encounter more than she should have because all those practise interview questions she had rehearsed in front of the bathroom mirror suddenly vanished from memory and before she knew it she was standing outside the police station still with the red-coat demon still ever present in her head. She strolled inside, forcing herself to look overly confident. She smiled nervously at all the people watching her, judging her. Some whispered to each other while other just stared.
"Ah, Miss Victoria I presume?" An old man approached her. His British accent was as thick as his moustache which was the colour of steel wool but styled like a broom. He waved her inside his office and allowed her to go in first. He followed close behind and pointed her to a seat opposite from his own lavish office chair. He sat hunched over so that he leaned right across the table, digging both elbows into piles of papers. "So...You want to be a policewoman?"
Say something smart. Be clever. Come on I know you're blonde but be clever!
"Well the technical term is police officer. Denoting individual genders is inappropriate according to the revised rules sir."
The grey-haired wizard smiled. "Well done Miss Victoria. I see you know quite a bit about the police force. You must have been an officer before, am I right?"
"Two years with Division 11 sir." Seras answered.
"D-11? I heard all of them were wiped out on a mission in Cheddar. Supposedly some kind of terrorist attack or something terrible like that."
"I was the only survivor sir."
"My, I must say I am terribly sorry."
"Also, you were mistaken earlier. Terrorists were not involved with the Cheddar incident. It was vampires."
"Vampires? You mean like those blood-sucking ghouls that were supposedly taking over London. I heard enough of those childish fairy tales form those fools in the Hellsing organisation. Ha ha h- huh?" The police chief noted the patch on Seras' arm. "Oh..."
"Vampires are not mystical creatures of legend sir. They are as real as you and your men. In fact..." Seras bared her fangs and snarled. The chief cried out in alarm and pushed his wheelie chair to the far wall away from her.
"Jesus! What the hell-"
"I am a vampire." Seras said matter-of-factly.
"B-but Hellsing was shut down! They said the vampire threat had been eradicated!" The chief cried.
"That is not true. The Monarchy merely wished to overlook the problem rather than make it publicly known. So they crafted lies about the vampire threat being over and that Sir Integra stepped down of her own free will. That is all lies. We were forced out of our jobs for no good reason. Honestly I should be hunting down you humans out of spite but instead I wish to protect and serve my mortal friends."
The chief looked like he was going to have a stroke.
"I assure you sir...It would be wise not to get yourself caught on a vampire's enemy list."
"Y-You're hired! Just please don't kill me!" The chief curled up in the foetal position.
"Of course not sir. You are my superior." Seras smiled and -
Seras woke up. She was lying on the steps outside the police station. She checked the clock on the far wall inside and realised she had missed her interview by an hour and a half. She almost screamed out loud but caught herself just in time, only making a sound like an aggressive sneeze. She smoothed out her uniform, fixed up her hair and straightened her gloves before walking calmly and purposefully towards the front desk.
"Hello, I am here for a job interview. I'm afraid I'm a bit late but I hope the chief is still around to see me."
The police woman typed away at a keyboard and shrugged her shoulders. "He hasn't got anyone seeing him now. You should be fine."
"Oh, thank you." Seras started to walk off when the officer caught her sleeve.
"Oh, I don't mean to be rude but you should probably quieten down next time you sleep outside. It disturbs the pedestrians." Seras' jaw dropped. "Well good luck!" The officer smiled and waved towards the chief's door.
Seras trudged inside and braced herself for the worst...
"I got the job!" Seras skipped through the door, a beaming smile on her face.
Alucard looked up from a hardback copy of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and grinned. "Really?"
"Yes. I am now an official member of the London Police."
"So the interview went well?"
Seras giggled. "Well I fell asleep outside, supposedly moaning and screaming the whole time. I tripped over on the way in and accidentally knocked a pile of papers off of the chief's desk. I also forgot the answer to a few questions and kind of made myself out to be a stupid blonde."
Alucard frowned.
Seras continued her story rather than pay attention to him. "Anyway thank God the chief is desperately lonely and kind of a pervert in a redneck uncle kind of way so I got the job!"
Alucard made an odd face. "Job interviews sound like fun..."
Seras' interview was a disaster, but Alucard is next! How will Alucard fare in finding a job? Don't forget to review!
