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-Chapter 15 My destiny is what?

She awoke in a lumpy bed. It was morning. The small room had few adornments; a small window, a worn wood table by the bed and a cross over the door. 'Where am I?' She sat up.

"Ah, yer awake lass." The tall blond priest walked in carrying a food tray and set it on the table. "Good morn to ya."

"Goo goo…good morning." 'Oh shit, oh shit. It's the paladin. I'm screwed!'

"There is nothing to fear pretty lass. Yee are in God's house."

"Why not a hospital?" She fidgeted.

"Oh lass, you know yee wouldn't be needing a doctor. Yee healed too quickly." She sighed. "What is yer name?" A genuine smile graced his face.

"Anna." she half lied. "Where exactly am I?"

"A small church near Southampton. What were yee doing there last night, Anna?"

"Joyride, on a 'borrowed' bike," she did not feel like lying to him. She'll just leave out the Hellsing parts.

"I see." motioning toward the food. She took a biscuit and bit into it.

She asked "Whats happens to me now?" eying the priest.

"Whatever yee wish, but some answers first. How do yee come to heal so fast?"

"As far as I know I came by it naturally. It was the first time I was injured that badly, though."

"Where are yee living? Yer accent is American."

"With some friends in London."

"And the bike?"

"Belonged to the same friends."

"Religion?"

"Um, are you gonna kick me out if I'm not yours." Annabel smiled weakly.

"Ha ha, no lass, I will not."

"I am not Catholic." She smiled wider and Anderson chuckled.

"How long are yee staying in London?"

"Indefinitely."

"Have a job?"

"Not really."

"Want one?"

"What!" Okay this not something she expected. "Are you gonna make me work off your aid?"

"No Anna, Your regenerative abilities would be perfect for the kind of services my organization provides."

'Whoa, he's asking me to join the Iscariots, to be a vampire slayer. I thought you had to be Catholic to join. This is too weird.' Annabel's mind raced.

"Forgive me, I asked too rashly. I will explain later. Do yee wish to stretch yer legs?" She nodded.

After a change of clothes, Anderson and Annabel took a walk around the church. She only saw two other people here. The place appeared in the middle of nowhere; a small dirt road meandered off in the distance. The bike, she heard, occupied a shed at the side of the church.

Anderson she found was mellow, sweet, and easy to talk to. 'Does he act this way, normally or only with me? I guess not everything I read is true.'

"Why are being so nice? I half expected to kneel in front of an alter to pray for absolution."

He chuckled. "No Anna, I am not like that. Yee seemed to have a very narrow view of catholic practice. Besides, yee are a very special person to me, an angel."

*Scoffs*

"Father Anderson, I think you are mistaken about me. You hardly know me. I am no angel, and my friends certainly don't see me that way."

"But yee are. The tattoo on your back tells me so."

"What! What tattoo? I have no tattoo!"

"Take a look in the mirror in the bathroom. Yee shall see." Annabel went to look.

She rolled up her shirt. *Gasp* It was black. On her upper back was a bird of some sort. Its wings spanned her shoulders, the beak pointing upwards, and two long feathers for a tail.

"Oh my god!" Integra was right. I am some sort of phoenix. She ran back out to Anderson.

"Father Anderson, I need to leave. Where's a phone? I need to talk to Sir….my friends. I'm sure they're worried about me.," informed Annabel.

Anderson grabbed her arms.

"Five miles away, and no yee can't leave. Yee are the Holy Angel of Fire, the key to the destruction of the great heathen vampire Alucard!" Annabel's face drained of color.

"You cannot be serious?" She asked incredulously.

"Bloody serious."

"Why must I stay? You said I could do what I want and I want to leave!"

"Because I did not know yee existed before last night and letting you go may ruin my only chance to finally kill him." He loosened his grip but did not let go. "And… Yee are… the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Absolute shock blanketed her face.

"Oh." She barely voiced.

He walked her to a convenient bench to sit down.

"This is too weird." She spoke to no one in particular.

"Yee see Anna, there resides in this world the impure souls of vampires, demons and ….."

Annabel wasn't listening. She knew all about it already. 'Isn't Anderson suppose to refrain from that train of thought? He's abstinent, right? O'boy. Am I to kill Alucard? I cannot do that. I don't wanna kill him. Me, this holy angel of fire? Hmm, might explain why I can't burn blessed objects.' Father Anderson shook her. He ended his speech evidently.

"Anna?"

"Father Anderson, are you sure I am the one to kill this vampire of yours?"

"Yes, I am sure. I have an obscure text that explains it all."

"I'd like to see It." She implored.

"That is not possible. It's back in my homeland, Scotland."

"In that case, I am inclined to not believe you, Father Anderson. I thought you were nice, but you just want to use me." Anderson slumps on the bench.

"I only want rid the world of the heathen monsters." He looked defeated. Annabel put a hand on his shoulder.

"Father, perhaps you should focus on the evil you can kill, rather than expend your energy on the ones you can't. Focusing on the one allows the others to roam free another day." He patted her hand.

"Wise words, but if yee only knew the Vampire Alucard, yee would understand."

-Chapter 16 Her Request

For the entire day, Anderson tried to convince her of her destiny, while she tried to convince him to show her the location of the nearest town. They talked of other things, but it always went back to those two themes. She helped around the church, cleaning and showing one of the resident priests how to make a favorite muffin recipe of hers.

Ever since coming into this world, she had to be up and about doing something. She never liked to be idle for long which annoyed Alucard to no end. 'God, I am missing him, and it's barely been a day. He's probably basking in my absence right now.' she sighed. Anderson walked in and gingerly sampled one of her cheese muffins. She grunted. 'Just like Pip to sample my food. Men! They are all the same.'

"Ah lass, I did not know you were an angel in the kitchen as well." Anderson complimented.

"Does that mean you will direct me to town then?" Asking for the tenth time.

"No," He stated simply and exited outside.

"Damn," muttering while snapping her fingers.

Later, she went look at the bike's damage. She brought it out into the fading light. It didn't look too bad. Broken headlight, misshapen front wheel, bent frame, missing wheel shield 'thingy'; oh who was she kidding. Integra was gonna kill her! Annabel sighed. She was going to spend a second night here with the priest and she felt a headache coming. She went inside.

After a simple meal the resident priests made, she laid on her bed and just stared at the ceiling for a while. Her mind drifted to thoughts of the elder vampire. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of red, sometimes she thought if she stared too long she would drown in them. And, she loved the way his blacker than black hair moved around his pale face in the breeze. 'I wonder if he even notices if I'm gone' Annabel sighed sadly.

Her eyes widened.

*Gasp!* There it was. She missed it. It was the familiar harmonic tingle at the back of her neck. Alucard was coming!

"Oh no!" 'He's gonna tear the poor Paladin to shreds!' She bolted toward the main room where Anderson knelt at the alter.

"Alexander! You need to hide, protect yourself. He's coming! And, he is not gonna like seeing you!" She literally pulled him to his feet by his grey cloak.

"What is this, Anna?"

"There is something I didn't tell you! My friends in London, they're the….."

*BANG!* The front door shattered into splinters. Alucard's dark form encompassed the opening.

"…Hellsing Organization." She finished.

Anderson pulled out a bayonet with his right hand and wrapped the other a round her waist. Annabel sweat dropped.

"Annabel, what have you done to my motorcycle?" The vampire asked coldly, both guns drawn at his sides.

"That is your bike?" She banged her head on the Paladin's chest. "Fuck, fuck, fuck" under her breath.

"Judas Priest, release the girl immediately. She is mine. I will not hesitate to use you for target practice." Alucard's blood burned at the way the priest held her.

"This woman is under my protection."

"Alexander, you don't nnnn…." Anderson kissed her full on the lips, and then released her to stand behind him. She stood dumbfounded until the clink of blades cleared her head. Looking up she saw Alucard's enlarged pupils burning bright red, his intent set on the priest. The priest would likely survive the attack; she did not want him in physical pain for her mistakes.

"Let's have at it, priest." Both guns took aim.

"Yes lets, Monster."

"STOP!" Annabel jumped in between them. (Probably the worst idea ever!) Her arms outstretched and palms open at the opposing forces.

"Get out of the Way! Spaz." His voice dripped with anger.

"NO! I will not have you senselessly butchering each other! He did not hurt me Alucard!"

"I can tell how much he did not hurt you!" He spat.

"Yes, monster, she is my sweet angel sent from God." He grinned triumphantly.

Annabel screaming in anger and shot a large fireball at both their feet. Anderson fell back on his ass astonished, while Alucard stumbled back a few steps indifferent, the ends of his coat singed.

"MEN! Neither of you own ME! All I ask is not to fight, tonight! Is that too hard to handle? One day of nonviolence. I, will be outside waiting to leave." Her stern face refusing to look at them as she made her way pass Alucard out through the broken door.

Alucard stood motionless his face cocked sideways in thought. 'One day she asks? What is one day when I have hundreds of years?" He holstered his guns. Watching the large priest fall on his ass by the light weight woman, may almost be worth granting her request. He turned to leave.

"Another time vampire." The Paladin stood up from the floor.

"Yes, another time."

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