Chapter 12

Hellsing

Dearborn, Michigan

Sir Integra and Seras had decided to stay at the same Hotel as Sam and her children, only they ordered the Executive Suite. At the moment Sir Integra was trying to relax some, she had had a trying last twenty-four hours and right now she desperately needed to smoke, she'd even go for a cheap cigarette at this point. She was wearing her undershirt and pants without gloves or shoes standing outside on the balcony and looking at the city below her. All these people, how little do they realize what danger they could be in, she thought. Suddenly she heard the room's phone ring, Seras answered it and Integra told her, "Put it on speaker." Seras set the phone to speaker and the concierge on the other end said, "Mrs. Samantha Fenton would like to speak with Sir Hellsing." Integra went back into the room and said, "Let her in."

"Very good," the concierge said. Ten minutes later they heard the door knocking and Seras opened the door. "Good afternoon Samantha," Integra said, and took a small vodka bottle from the mini-bar, "Care for a drink?" Sam shook her head and sat down on a couch. "Did we do the right thing?" Sam asked her. Integra took a small swallow from the bottle before answering, "For whom?" "What do you mean 'for whom', there is no 'for whom', it's a yes or no question, did we do the right thing?" Sam loudly responded. "If you mean for Daniel, no, not in the short term. God only knows what those Papist Dogs are doing to him right now. We have no idea what could come of this, we could be cutting his lifespan in half for all we know. And all that entails for you and your children," Integra answered.

"But if this works out, we may be able to save billions of lives. The fact is Sam; that in our line of work there is no pure good or pure evil morality, not as simple as we'd like it to be. We kill monsters, we protect the innocent, but we also slay the victims of those monsters, we kill to keep the monsters secret, we make deals with lesser monsters to destroy worse monsters. In the end the only difference between monsters like us and the monsters we fight is that we fight to protect people, not eat them," Integra told her. "I know that. All too well," Sam said, then took a small bottle of whiskey and drank half of it in one gulp. "And now I'm throwing my children into this Hell we live in. Maybe it was stupidity, maybe it was hope, maybe I was naïve, but I thought that there was some way to protect them from this life," Sam said. "That's why I chose not to have any children. I didn't want them to have to go through what I have had to. I am the last Hellsing to head the Hellsing Organization. When I'm gone, it will go to whoever proves to be worthy," Integra told her and drank some more of her vodka.

"It wasn't easy you know, raising them. After Cameron's powers showed, Danny and I knew that it was inevitable for Morgan and William to show as well, sooner or later. We dreaded that day because we knew that the only way to be safe would be to teach them how to use their powers. And then, they would want to use their powers. I helped whenever I could, to make sure that they knew that they weren't only ghosts, that they were humans, that their powers didn't put them above anyone. I hope I did a good job with that at least," Sam said as she finished her whiskey. Seras at last spoke up, "You've been a great mother to them, Sam. When you and the kids would visit us for training, I only saw them acting like children, not monsters. They care about people, they want to follow in yours and Danny's footsteps and be heroes, real heroes that protect people because it's the right thing to do, not just for fame, or fun, or obligation."

"Thanks Seras," Sam said. "Anytime," Seras told her, "Speaking of the kids, where are they?" "Dani's training them right now, I figured I shouldn't get in the way, I don't think my Ghost Peeler could give them much of a challenge anymore," Sam explained, and then her phone rang, "Hello?" Jazz answered on the other end, "We got the Staff." Sam sighed and said, "Finally some good news." "Where's Danny?" Jazz asked. Sam hesitated before she answered, "He's undergoing an operation. I don't know exactly what they're doing, but they said that if everything works, Danny will be ready to fight Vlad soon, and will be even stronger than ever before." Sam couldn't hide her doubts about that, and Jazz must have picked up on them because Jazz asked, "Sam, what is happening to my brother?" Sam answered Jazz honestly, "I don't know. Sir Integra Hellsing made a deal with these other vampire hunters from the Vatican. They're operating on him now. All I know is what I told you. Jazz, I don't know any more than that."Jazz responded, "Okay. We're coming to you soon," and she hung up. Sam sighed and said, "I need another whiskey."

DP: Dani

50 Miles Outside Dearborn, Michigan

Cameron, Dani, William, and Morgan all floated over a forest, the younger halfas waiting for Dani's signal. "Alright Little Cuz's, show me what you got!" Dani said, and her ghostly aura flared out. Cameron floated close to her younger siblings and quietly told them, "Make some copies, go for her sides and send the copies to her back. I'll take her front." William and Morgan nodded and Cameron charged at Dani. She tried a kick that Dani easily dodged then barely dodged around Dani's ghost ray. William and Morgan went for her sides as their copies went for Dani's back, only for Dani to fly down and the copies and siblings all ran right into each other. "Don't forget that you're not fighting on the ground, the air adds another dimension to the fight," Dani told them. "AUGH! Dad tells me that all the time," Cameron said as she face palmed.

"My turn," Dani said and made twelve copies. "Uh oh," Morgan said as the twelve Dani's flew after the three siblings. "Vlad might have a lot of vampires and zombies with him; don't forget that," the Dani's all said as the siblings struggled to dodge their ghost rays and fire balls. William's electricity glowed all through his body and in the blink of an eye he made one of Dani's copy disappear with a kick that was faster than the eye could follow. "Alright, that's it! Fight dirty, fight hard! Use your unique powers to your advantage!" Dani encouraged them. Cameron clapped her hands together as hard as she could and made the four Dani's around her disappear from the powerful sonic boom she generated. Morgan's face turned blue as she breathed in and froze three copies of Dani, while the last showed she was the original when she made green ghost fire flare around her to counter Morgan's freeze breath.

William blasted electricity at Dani and she blocked it with an ecto-energy shield. Morgan flew at her for a kick and Dani blocked the kick and then blasted her back with a ghost ray. Cameron clapped her hands again but didn't make a sonic boom; she instead made the vibrations of the sound flow into her body, making her vibrate like mad. Dani saw her and said, "Why are you vibrating?" Cameron kept her mouth open and flew straight at her. Dani quickly made another ecto-energy shield and Cameron punched it as hard as she could, and the ecto-energy shield shivered and dissipated! "WOW!" Dani yelled then Cameron landed a kick to her face. Morgan took the opportunity to freeze Dani's head and William slammed fists first into her back.

Dani flew into the forest below and Morgan said, "Ummmm…. I think we overdid it." "Oh God don't tell me we just killed Dad's clone!" Cameron said. Suddenly Morgan's Ghost Sense went off and then an invisible force grabbed her and sent her flying into William. Cameron looked all around her and then was kicked in her back. She spun around and kicked at the air, and hit nothing. Then she was punched in her solar plexus and kneed in her forehead and thrown right into her siblings. Dani then appeared around them and said, "Don't forget, Vlad's the bad guy. He'll do everything he can to win. Cameron, you should have sent out another sonic boom, Morgan, you should have blasted out with your ice energy, same with your electricity William. You guys need to remember that for later. You guys have options, use them."

"Sorry Dani," Cameron, William, and Morgan said. "It's okay, but you need to pay attention. This is serious, lives are on the line. If you aren't careful, people will die," Dani told them, "Let's go again, we got two more hours your Mom said we could train."

DP: Danny

Dearborn, Michigan

Danny had stopped screaming a lifetime ago after his throat could no longer get the air through. His whole body was in pain, he had had God only knew how many chemicals pumped through his veins, some burned, some froze, some made him think he could taste his pain. And the surgeons from Iscariot had implanted a number of things into his body that he didn't know what they did; he could feel as his body fought to absorb whatever it was that was implanted into him. All he knew was pain, and he prayed to whatever Power was in charge for it all just to end. But his veins burned still, and froze, and his body still struggled to adapt and change. At last a pain unlike anything he ever knew exploded from his chest, and the pain stopped.

Danny found himself in a white plain of nothingness. He lifted his hands and saw them. "What happened? Where am I?" Danny asked. He then looked around and saw a dark spot in the white void and flew to it. Then he realized; I'm not in my Ghost Form! Then how am I flying!? Danny nonetheless floated on until he reached the dark spot and realized it was a tunnel. Danny floated down until he was at the floor of the tunnel and continued his journey on foot. He lost track of time for how long he was walking, until at last he saw two lights, one green and one blue up ahead, and started to run to them. He finally reached a fork in the tunnel; and between the two paths, one where the green light emanated from and one where the blue light emanated from, stood a figure dressed in a black cloak and holding a large scythe.

I HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR YOU, DANIEL JAMES FENTON. LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

Danny heard a voice that was like crypt doors slamming down in his ear speak. He looked at the figure and asked, "Are you the Grim Reaper? Where am I?"

I AM INDEED THE ONE SOME CALL THE GRIM REAPER. LONG HAVE I WALKED BESIDE YOU, AND ALL OTHER BEINGS IN WHICH THE FIRE OF LIFE BURNS. THIS PLACE IS WHERE A FEW ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE A CHOICE REGARDING THEIR FUTURE. THIS TUNNEL IS HOW YOUR LOWER MIND CAN INTERPRET THIS PLACE.

"What's with the tunnels?" Danny asked.

TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THE BLUE ONE AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT IT IS. TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THE GREEN ONE AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS TOO. DO NOT WALK INTO THE TUNNELS, OR YOU WILL HAVE TO WALK DOWN IT TO THE END OF WHICHEVER ONE YOU ENTERED.

Danny took a step towards the blue tunnel, and immediately he could feel radiant joy wash over his body like a warm blanket. "Danny," he heard voices say, "Son." "Mom, Dad," Danny whispered. He heard laughter of pure joy throughout the air from uncountable voices. Danny forced himself not to walk into the blue tunnel and walked back in front of the Grim Reaper. His eyes were filled with tears as he realized what he had lost and he asked, "Was that…"

THE PATH TO PARADISE. LONG HAVE YOU WALKED A HARD AND BITTER ROAD IN LIFE. WALK THROUGH THAT TUNNEL AND YOUR PAINS AND SORROWS WILL FINALLY BE LIFTED, FOR ALL TIME.

Danny took a step towards the green tunnel, and suddenly he felt like cold water had been splashed on him. He felt much pain, and heard thousands of screams. But beneath the pain, he felt some small warmth, and quiet fleeting voices laughed. "Danny, please, come back to me," he heard a woman's voice say. Danny stepped away from the green tunnel, and felt relief flood him.

NOW, CHOOSE THE PATH. WILL YOU SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO YOUR RIGHT, BOUGHT WITH THE HIGH PRICE OF YOUR PAIN AND DEDICATION TO SERVING YOUR FELLOW HUMANS? OR WILL YOU RETURN TO THE LONG AND PAINFUL ROAD OF LIFE? ONLY YOU CAN CHOOSE.