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NOTE: Italics are for Laila's thoughts
Underlines are for Alucard's thoughts
(Parenthesizes are for the Authors thoughts)

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Integra nodded and said, "Everyone is dismissed back to your normal duties." The men grumbled and left. Some of them took a second glance at Laila and shook their head. This time the comments towards Laila were regarding her sanity than anything else.

Laila sighed, "This is going to be a long night."

Chapter 10:

Chores

Laila sighed when she finished cleaning the extremely large room. It had taken her longer than she thought it would. She looked around proud of her work. She glanced at Alucard who had been watching her the whole time. She was mad at him for not helping her. She had pleaded and begged for a solid ten minutes with no result. He just kept that ridicules smile on his lips and didn't answer her once. She finally gave up and began to clean again cursing in her mind the whole time hoping he was listening.

Alucard smirked as he watched the girl clean. After her incessant begging for him to help her clean he began to learn how to tune her out and instead watched her lips as they formed delicious words. He had long since stopped listening to her mind when she cursed for a solid two minutes about the uselessness of men when it came to chores. He shoved some of the thoughts about her out of his mind, but they returned in full force when she seemed to forget she was wearing a dress. Sometimes giving him a very pleasant view of her nicely formed bottom covered in panties.

Laila put the cleaning supplies in the bucket and started to walk out the door. When she got there she stopped, groaning she turned back to get the bucket and ask Alucard something. Master, She asked in her thoughts. He didn't reply back. Master I need to ask you something, Still no answer. Gees now he decides to block me thoughts from his. Great now I actually have to get his attention. She stood in front of him with her hands on her hips, bucket in one hand, and the other hand clenched in a fist.

"Alucard," For some reason his name seemed very hard to say. "I need to ask you something so will you please listen?" That seemed to get his attention. She dropped her hands taking a deep breath she asked in the politest voice she could manage, "Will you take me to Walter? I don't know where anything in this place is and I don't want to spend anymore time just walking around."

Alucard stood up and held his hand out. "Come," was all he said. Laila took his hand and he pulled her into the familiar embrace she'd come to look forward to. She buried her head in his shirt her eyes already closed against the shadows. When the arms around her fell away she almost protested. With now open eyes she looked around the room they were in. Weapons lined the walls with hardly room to spare. The tables that stood in the room were pushed back to give access to a main long table that had what looked like an assembly line on it.

Laila set down her cleaning bucket. She walked over to the assembly line looking at it in detail. This thing has dust on it. I wonder if it could be broken. Laila resisted the urge to touch the machine and instead preoccupied her mind wondering where Walter was. "Walter. I'm here for my chore list. Come out come out from where ever you are." She shouted out.

"A simple hello would suffice in this situation. There's no need to shout in this place." Walter said coming out from one of the back rooms. He looked at her disapprovingly. Laila for the second time that night found her shoes to be very interesting. "But since you are here," He held out a piece of paper. Laila took the piece of paper and glanced at the list, it didn't seem long but knowing this place it might take her a few hours to get through. "Sir Integra told me to take it easy on you since this is your first day. Therefore this is only half the chores you'll receive. The other half will go with your chores for tomorrow."

Suddenly her shoes ceased to have an interesting effect on her attention span; she looked at Walter with a scowl. "I really have more than this to do? How do you guys expect me to finish this list and fight and develop weapons all in the same night? Do you not want me to have any free time at all?"

Walter looked at her then pulled out a very familiar looking remote. She took a step back and gulped. His voice held a dangerous quality to it, "The first rule was to obey orders with out question. It seems to me as if you had forgotten that essential rule. As I recall you're here under strict conditions and by all rights you shouldn't exist."

Laila glanced at the remote wondering if she could break it before he pressed the button. She didn't have that long to think though as she felt a burning sensation in flame her wrists. She screamed at the sudden touch of silver upon her wrist. She fell to her knees hugging her arms to her chest. Blood tears fell from her eyes as the pain throbbed in her arms. The silver had released its grip on her but the effects were still there. A sob escaped her throat.

She felt a pair of arms wrap around her. They lifted her up and stood her on her feet. She wobbled a little but managed to not fall down. The arms released her and she looked back and saw Alucard scowling down at her. She flinched under his gaze and stepped back from him. The pain in her wrists started to fade. She looked down at them and shuddered at the sight. They were blackened but still recognizable but the blackened part had spread from the bracelets though not by much.

Alucard had watched Walter press the button. The girl's reaction was immediate with her scream. He felt this rage build with in him that anyone should harm this girl. He wanted to shelter her from the pain but when she fell, he knew something was wrong. He went and picked Laila up gently and scowled when he saw her wrists. The girl took one look at him and stepped back away from him. The girl concentrated on her wrists until Walter spoke again.

"Now that you understand we mean business I think it will be wise if you start your chores soon." Walter said his voice level as it was before he threatened her. Laila sniffed and rubbed her eyes disappointed in herself for showing that much emotion to punishment.

"I'll be going now. Thank you for giving me my chore list." She said dully. She curtseyed to him in a respectful manner. She grabbed the cleaning bucket and the list that had fallen to the floor. She walked out the door, hearing Walter say to Alucard. "Alucard, Sir Integra has wanted me to inform you about the situation in…" the door closed behind her and she sighed. I guess that just leaves me doing chores all alone then. She looked at the list. It had directions on how to get to and from the areas she had to go to. The first thing was kitchen duty, so she started to follow the directions to get to the kitchen.

She ran into a pair of Wild Geese members making their rounds on duty. She perked up realizing this was a perfect time to nag them. She walked up to them smiling, sweetly. "Hey boys, I had a question I've been wanting answered for awhile and I was wondering if you could help me out."

The two men looked at her wearily. The remembered her outburst against Captain Bernadette and neither looked happy to see her. Laila continued on as if their reaction were normal. "You see I was wondering where the kitchens were. I've been wondering all around this place and some how I ended up over here. Do you know how to get there?" The two men looked at her then one of them gave her the exact same directions that were on the paper. She pretended to listen, but just looked at her head was generating a lot of random nonsense she could talk to them with. When the guy finished she said "Thank you for the directions. Do you know how to make candy?" She asked.

"Because I do, I love candy how about you?" The men shook their heads and continued walking. She left her stuff in the hallway and followed after them perking up with each sentence. "How can you not like candy? It's the best thing in the world. Well the best next to blood but we're not talking about blood were talking about candy. Did you know licking a lollipop can make you a better kisser; actually eating most hard candies makes you a better kisser. I bet since you two don't like candy you can't kiss well."

She talked really fast like that for five minutes straight and with each passing minute the men scowled more and more. Finally one of them turned and shoved her against the wall. He held her by her throat but she just grinned. "Will you just shut up already girl? We've got enough on our plate to handle without you distracting us from our job."

"I'm a distraction?" She said innocently, that grin still painting her face. She grabbed the man's hand and effortlessly lifted it away from her throat. "Then I've accomplished what I wanted." She stepped away from the man and dusted her outfit off. "Honestly though you guys need to relax and take it easy. At the very least learn to answer my questions. Well until next time boys. I'll see you guys later." She said giggling and ran off back to where she started. It only took her a few second to get back to where she was. She picked up her supplies and bolted down the hallway.

A minute later she arrived in the kitchens. She looked around and groaned. There were dirty dishes piled high in the sink, with the kitchen help piling more by the passing moment. The counters weren't bad but they weren't good either. Most of the other kitchen areas were cleaned or being cleaned since they were just closing the kitchen up as she arrived. One of the cooks pointed to her and signaled for her to come over. She did and he said with an Australian accent, "You're the new girl right? The one who's suppose to help us out?" he was dressed in white chefs shirt, and black pants. He had light brown hair, with hazel eyes. He was tan, well built and tall, with a booming voice to match.

"Yes I'm Laila. What do you need me to do? All it says on my list is Kitchen duty" Laila said to him glancing at the dishes knowing somehow she was going to have to do them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Laila I'm Nick. The end of the day rush is killing us. We're struggling to get everything done before most of these guys retire to bed and the mid-night crew comes. But with everyone replaced, we're all kind of learning the ropes. What I need you to do is wash the dishes and clean off the counters. We'll do the rest. Got it?"

She nodded there was mostly pots and pans in the brew of dishes, which she had always hated to do. It took her two hours before she got through with the dishes; mostly because she had broken some of them and had to clean out the sink every time she did. By that time nearly everyone had been replaced by the mid-night shifts who were cooking hard again. This place is like a restaurant. A small one maybe but I guess this place has to be with the Wild Geese around. She grabbed and rag and cleaned off the counters which were immediately taken over as she cleaned them. After that was done she nodded satisfied and went to go find the guy who had given her the chores to do.

By the time she found Nick he was just about to leave. "I've finished everything you told me too. Can I go now?"

"Of course, next time don't break as many dishes. It's coming out of your pay check you know." He said with a grin that turned into a yawn. "Well I'm heading out now. Don't get into to much trouble."

"I won't. G'night Nick." She said waving to him. She pulled out the list and followed the directions to Integra's office. But before she stepped through the door she felt some one staring at her. She turned and found no one but she could have sworn someone was watching her. She shifted uncomfortably and went into the office.

Integra was in the office reading reports. Her gaze looked up at Laila then fell back down to continue reading. "I want you to clean this office from top to bottom when you're done what ever chores you have left can be done within this next week."

"Thank you Ma'am." Laila said mustering as much as courteous response she ever gave to the woman before.

"And Laila I hoped you learned not to disobey my orders when I give them." Integra said. Laila looked down at her wrist the black rings that had been left from the incident before were nearly gone but it had been a constant reminder while she was doing kitchen duty. "Also I selected the people who will be guarding you. There good men so don't chase them away."

She waved her hand to her right and three men stepped forward.

"'Ello Patches can't say I'm welcome to see you but I guess you're not all that bad. Who are the poor saps with you?" She said when she recognized Pip at the front of the group. The two other men she recognized from running into them earlier. They did not look happy at all.

"Hello little fairy, I guess since you must know. This is Jeff." He said pointing to the man who had held her by the throat. He was taller than Laila almost six feet exactly, had blonde hair with goggles holding back hair from his face, and brown eyes. "And that's Dave." He pointed to the other man was slightly taller than the other man. A red bandana that covered what his hair looked like and his eyes were black. They both wore the same soldier uniforms of khaki shirts and pants and brown boots and grey gloves. The both had various pockets and knives and guns.

"We've met." Laila said in her high cheerful voice. "Although, last time wasn't any fun, they wouldn't talk to me at all. Well since everyone knows everyone again, I think I'm going to get done with my work. You can just kick back and watch or whatever. But I promise not to bother you all that much if you help me out."

The men just scowled and Pip looked from the men to her and back again. He was thoroughly confused but just shrugged. "I think I'll just sit and watch for a while." Pip said, Jeff and David nodded in agreement with Pip.

"Fine then but remembers you brought my wrath upon yourselves" She smiled and began to clean starting with the shelves and gradually working up to sweeping the floor. While Laila cleaned she noticed the men were staring at her. She shifted under their gaze until she gave them a good view of her back but not of anything else.

Where's Master when you need him? She thought wistfully, she frowned inwardly and started to examine why she thought that she needed Alucard by her side. Maybe because he promised to be here, Or maybe he has a magic spell that's making me like him. I mean that kiss he gave me wasn't much of a kiss. But it was still a kiss… Bah I'm confused. He hugs me like he wants me to stay in his arms, but he will hardly say to words to me that aren't orders, at least not since that night when we were alone. Laila sighed and then realized she was almost done with her cleaning. How long have I been thinking about this problem? She wondered but shrugged instead and finished up.

"Sir Integra I'm done with the cleaning. What should I do now?" She asked, for the second time that night she gathered all her cleaning supplies and dumped them into the bucket.

Integra looked up from her reports and blinked in surprise, the office was sparkling clean. "Go to the training area. We'll have you face someone. Oh and choose a weapon before hand. we don't want to waste anytime."

"Who will I be facing? And where is the training area?"

"They will show you where everything is and you'll find out when you get there. This is one of the few times you'll be allowed to fight with out restraint so I expect you to do your best." Integra said pointing to the men when she said "they", then returned to her reports. "You will have an hour to prepare."

She went over to the men who were sitting in a cluster together talking to each other. They turned to look at her. She grinned and said cheerfully. "Hey boys, well it looks like were stuck together. So unless you want me to talk incessantly in your ears all night long I suggest we go to the armory so I can get a weapon."

"And just what makes you think we would be willing to give you a weapon little fairy?" Pip said lighting a cigarette. "Isn't your tongue enough of a weapon? It's sharp enough to do a lot more damage than most weapons would."

"Hah very funny Patches I'm laughing all the way down the aisles now come on I only have an hour." Laila said crossing her arms. "If I have to be random you're going to regret it."

"Oo, Oh so scary. I think I'll run away." Pip replied laughing.

"Fine then, Jeff, Dave cover your ears you don't need to hear this twice." She took a deep breath.

Pip asked, "Wait what you mean twice?" They didn't get a chance to respond before the onslaught of hyperactive words came out of Laila's. They covered their ears with their hands just in time.

"You know a question I've been wanting answered ever since I got here? Why does everyone have to wear a uniform? I mean isn't just another way for the man to conform society, making us un-individualistic? Speaking of being an individual, did you know that 93 of the population craves to be accepted by others? So that means more then nine out of ten people are conformist." She continued to talk at an extremely fast pace until she felt a hand stifle her ramblings that mostly made no sense.

"Okay, okay I get it. You can talk a million miles an hour and long enough to make a man get a headache. As long as you promise not to do that again, we'll take you to where you want. Deal?" Pip said not removing his hand from her mouth until she nodded in agreement.

"Yay!" She said thrusting one fist into the air. "Now let's go. I have about fifty minutes thanks to you guys dilly dallying."

The men sighed and led the way out of the office. Laila followed them closely clasping her hands behind her back. I have a feeling I forgotten something. She thought, looking down at her shoes. Now if only I can remember what I forgotten. She opened her mouth and said, "I have a question?"

"Whatever it is I'm sure it can wait." Pip said as they walked down stairs. They turned right and a couple of doors down they walked into a room filled with weapons. Laila stared then ran into the room giggling. "Wow so many weapons. This is way better organized than the armory at the R.D."

"Wait your from the R.D.?" Pip asked as she looked through all the gun racks disregarding one gun for some reason or other.

"Yep, I joined about four years ago. Why?" She eyed some swords in the back of the room.

"They're Mercenaries like us right. Just fools who would wield guns for money." He said.

"Well sort of but not just anyone will hire us. We're kind of discrete about who chooses us because we're in for long time wars not just little skirmishes that end in like a day. Like right now quite a few higher ups in this country want a change in the system but they can't change," she shook her head at the swords and looked over at a display of knives. She continued on with her explanation, "a system unless they have some one to put down for some reason. So they hire us to cause trouble either they'll join us or make the world think we disappeared. So far are numbers are growing and we've doubled in the last two months in membership. Unfortunately about a tenth of those are obviously spies that think they'll learn something from the way we train people. They're in for a big surprise though."

"And why is that." Pip asked now interested, remembering everything she was telling him so he could relay the information to Integra.

"Oh I can't tell you that, because I'm not sure the operation will go through yet. It's just an Idea but if we manage it the world won't ever be the same." She looked at Pip grinning and holding a knife in her hand. "Now stop fishing for details. I only told you what every member of the R.D. knows but most people won't believe."

Laila sheathed the knife and took several others off the display case. She took a black belt from off the rack and slipped the knives on. Then she buckled the belt on her waist and arranged the knives so she could access them quickly. "Well I'm done, and with time to spare. Now on to the training area," She declared smiling, The guys who just shook their heads.

They walked out and she followed them again. This way is so slow… I like Master; I mean Alucard's way better, Even if it does have creepy shadow things. I wonder when I'll learn to do that too. I bet it'd be faster than walking. She thought all the way through to the training area out side, when they got there she whistled out loud.

An arena was built into the ground. She saw that in the arena walls could be raised up or taken down, as they were being taken down now, to form rooms and hallways that were opened roof, Or just a plain fighting stage.

"Wow this is a nice arena. Kind of like the coliseum in Rome." Laila said impressed.

"Yeah it's nice for training and such things." Pip said. "Well let's go you were the one in such a hurry before."

"Yeah your right I was, but suddenly I don't think I'm going to like who I'm going to fight." Laila said looking into the arena.

"Probably not, well we're going to get seats to watch. Give a good show for all of us won't you." Pip said clasping her on the shoulder with his hand.

She smiled and nodded. "I'll do my best." Pip waved goodbye and the men followed him away.

Laila sighed and Saw Integra in the middle of the new fighting area. She made her way down to the middle.

"You're just on time." Integra said, "Now to meet your opponent." Integra pointed to one side of the arena and a dark figure approached them. Laila gasped when she saw who it was.

To be continued…

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