Silver Lining
Hellsing/House MD Fanfic
Dark Seraphim410
Chapter 11
Integra sat in her office with pen in hand as the sun shined in. She went over her papers and looked to her laptop. Then she heard her door opening and looked up but saw nothing. She got up, walked to the door, and closed it. She turned around to return to her chair when she saw Alucard standing in front of her desk with his back to her.
"What are you doing in here, Alucard?"
Alucard didn't answer her.
"Alucard answer me! Why are you here?"
"My master is a rose. Her crimson pedals create a façade of limitation that hides her true strength. Called by the naïve men of history, the weaker sex, she has shown the strength of men twice her age."
Alucard turned to Integra holding a rose gently with his fingertips. Then he quickly formed a fist around its stem. He let the thrones cut through his glove and into his flesh. His blood flowed through his glove, interlacing with the fabric. The blood then dripped down the rose. He held it onto its side.
"If there were more like her, maybe my evil and the evil of others could have been prevented."
Alucard stretched his arm out and let the rose fall from his hand. Integra ran and caught the rose midway. Alucard dropped to his knees in front of her and lowered her head.
"The rose… The iron maiden… My master, Integra…"
Integra opened her eyes and was staring at the hospital ceiling. She turned to her side and Alucard just waking up from his sleep. He leaned over to her.
"Alucard…"
Integra whispered as she tried to focus on his face. He reached for her glasses on the nightstand and placed them on her face. Walter got up from his chair and looked at her.
"Thank God, you're awake! I'll go alert the doctors."
Before Walter reached the hallway, House walked into the room with papers in his hands.
"You're being poisoned with silver."
Integra turned her head slowly towards House.
"I'm guessing by you," said House as he stood in front of Walter and pointed at him with his right index finger. Integra slowly sat up and breathed in deeply.
"I did no such thing!"
"First you accuse my men of raping me and now it's poisoning. What's next?"
Integra breathed deeply between each word.
"No, I accused Cosplay of rape. The butler, on the other hand, I'm accusing of attempted murder."
House walked to Integra, handed her the paper, and walked to back to Walter.
"We deal with all types of metal in our line of work," said Integra as she looked over the papers.
"Unless you were snorting the silver, simple handing of silver wouldn't explain these levels. Besides, it seems like you all know the dangers of heavy metal which is why you all wear gloves including you, Integra."
"How did you know I…"
"Your hands are a lighter shade than the rest of your body; so are the butler's hands and Cosplay doesn't take his off. You all knew the dangers of the metals. Although what kind of work do you do that requires you to work silver?"
"That's classified," said Integra quickly.
"In any case, the test isn't lying. Someone has been feeding you small dosages of silver over the last six months and then a larger one just a day or so ago. I'm guessing that your butler brought you a breakfast the other day."
"Walter is innocent. He didn't do this," said Integra as she dropped the papers onto her lap.
"How could you be so sure?"
"I hired a new cook six months ago. Walter hasn't prepared my food since."
Integra brought a hand to her chest as it hurt to breathe. Alucard placed his hands on the bed as he leaned closer to her.
"Master?"
"I'm fine, Alucard," said Integra as she raised a hand to him.
"Dr. House, are you sure about this," Integra asked.
"Pretty sure about it! We'll start you on treatment. We won't know what kind of damage the silver has done to that beautiful body of yours but you'll probably still have some joint pain in the future."
Integra nodded with understanding of what was happening.
"Thank you, Doctor."
"Yeah!"
House turned around and walked out the room. Integra lay back onto the bed.
"Silver poisoning… How ironic?!"
Alucard stood up and laughed sinisterly.
"So what are my orders? Should I torture the cook for the reason before his action? Should I drain him dry? Just give me the word, Integra Fairbrook Wingate Hellsing."
"No…"
Alucard was taken aback and looked puzzled.
"What? The cook tried to kill you…"
"And he will be dealt with through the proper authorities. I will not give the order to kill a human even if that human has tried to kill me. Walter, go and find out what were his mentions then have him arrested."
"Yes mum, understood!"
Walter walked out the room as a ray of light reflected on his microfilament razor wires. Alucard sat down on his chair disappointed that he wasn't the one sent to deal with the cook but was hopeful that Integra was going to make a full recover. He turned to her and smiled. She smiled back weakly as nurses came into the room to start the treatment.
