Chapter 12

Alucard

Alucard smiled as he sipped his wine. He and Cameron were on their Master's private jet, heading for New Zealand to pick up Danny Phantom. Cameron had no trouble crossing over the bodies of water along the way, her ghost side seemed to be making her immune to one of the more annoying weaknesses of vampires, even though they had to shut the windows to protect her from the sun. Cameron was looking at some pictures that had been sent to Hellsing of her Father in the hospital. He seemed to be recuperating well, aside from being in a coma. "Are you eager, my dear?" the No-Life King asked as he poured a glass for her. Cameron looked at the wine, then took it and had a small swallow. She made a face, betraying how unused she was to wine, but said, "Yes, Master. I can't wait to bring Dad back home. I was…so worried about him, but now I know that we can win this war." Cameron took another sip from her wine and put the glass down.

Alucard had another sip before saying, "How do you think he will react though, if he is confronted by your Mother's double? Will he hesitate like your siblings? Will he have the stomach to do what he must?" Cameron looked at him then, and decided to have more wine before trying to talk, "I…I don't think that he'll hesitate when the fight starts, if they fight." "But what if they do fight," Alucard pressed, "Can he bring himself to finish her?" "He can't see her face," Cameron pointed out, "He won't be fooled by that." "Maybe not," Alucard said, then shapeshifted, and turned into the exact image of Samantha Manson Fenton, as he saw from her clone and pictures he had seen of her. "But if he hears the voice of the woman he loved, can he silence it?" Alucard used the voice of the clone, and Cameron sat still for five minutes with a shocked look on her face.

"Could you?" Alucard continued, "If you managed to defeat her, and saw her broken body lying before you, gasping out for just a few more precious seconds of life, could you extinguish her?" Cameron looked away from him, and remained silent. Alucard returned to his usual form and ordered, "Answer me." "I don't know," Cameron said. "Is that your answer for your Father, or you?" Alucard asked. Cameron drank the whole glass of wine faster than such a precious luxury deserved, then swallowed loudly, "Both." "That is…troubling," Alucard said as he drank more of his wine, "Is your Father really that easily fooled?" "You don't know anything!" Cameron finally yelled at him, "Mom was there with Dad through so much shit, when he was bullied so much I can't think of why his bullies weren't arrested for all their bullshit, when he was first learning to deal with his powers, the fame, the notoriety, the women throwing themselves at him, and she stuck with him through all of it! Her and Tucker kept him sane through it all, that's not something he can just…set aside!"

Alucard nodded, then took off his glasses to look at her directly, "I do know, actually. My wife, Jusztina Szilágyi, she stood by me when I was Voivode of Wallachia, through endless wars against the Turks, and more to keep my throne, fighting enemies from without and within. After I became a vampire, she offered herself to me, but as she was no longer a virgin, I instead told her to leave Wallachia, and take our son, remarry, and live on. That was my last act of charity for hundreds of years. I do know what it is like to lose those you love; however, I cannot be fooled by a fake of her. If the Order of the Fang were to try to use a clone of her against me, I would crush it." Alucard punctuated this by crushing the now empty wineglass. He stood up and got close enough to Cameron to lift her face so she would look at him, "If you want to survive this war, then you must discard your humanity, it is a chain that will hold you back from doing what you must." Cameron swallowed and looked away before saying, "We're not that desperate yet." "If that is what you think, I will allow you to think it, for now," Alucard said, "But when reality is growling in your face, you will realize I am right."

They said nothing more as the plane finally reached New Zealand and touched down. Once they arrived New Zealander Government Agents all approached, and Cameron went back into her coffin. Alucard transformed his clothes into his black suit and waited for them. "Identify," once agent, a tall Aboriginal woman stated. "I am Agent Cardo of the Hellsing Organization, come to retrieve Daniel James Fenton, aka Danny Phantom, and return him to the United States," Alucard stated, using an alias his Master had decided on for him. He handed the woman who seemed to be the leader his identification and she said, "What of your other agent?" "She has orders to remain on the plane to safeguard it," Alucard said as he walked down the steps. The agents all escorted Alucard to a waiting car, it was difficult to distinguish its make and model, and he had never been very interested in automobiles.

They were all tense during the drive, and Alucard struggled to maintain the façade of a stoic government agent. The woman who seemed to be their leader had the greatest amount of fear, but he also sensed that she possessed the courage to overcome that fear if the time came. He had no doubt that if Hellsing had found her she would have become quite an asset for them. After a half-hour drive they finally arrived at the hospital, Daniel was being rolled out, connected to various pieces of medical equipment and strapped to his hospital bed. "The package has been secured," one agent said as Daniel was loaded into a car. "Delivering the package now." Alucard saw Daniel's face, whatever dreams he was having must have been peaceful, because he seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Phantom…Alucard telepathically communicated to the comatose hero, your daughter is here waiting for you. Don't disappoint her.

Alucard waited for him to respond. Fifteen minutes into the drive back to the airport Daniel responded at last, Alucard. You must warn them. They made a clone of Sam…she has ghost and werewolf powers…

We've already confronted the Creature, Alucard responded, We managed to drive it off, but William and Morgan are recuperating inside a hospital in the United States right now. The human race, your nation, and your family need you.

I need…24 more hours, and I'll be back to my full strength…what little I have, Daniel responded. Everyone was on high alert as they traveled, but amazingly, nothing happened. The medical personnel that came with Daniel got him on the plane with as little fuss as possible, and one doctor handed Alucard some papers, "These will be needed for further treatment. Make sure that any doctors he sees gets these." "I will make sure of that," Alucard promised as he got back on the plane. He shut the door and made sure Daniel was properly strapped in before telling the pilot to take off. Cameron got out of her coffin and buckled in as the plane took off. "How is he?" she asked. "His Third Eye is still working well. He informed me that he needs another 24 hours before he is fully recovered," Alucard answered. He opened his mind to Cameron as she opened her Third Eye and telepathically said, Daddy.

Cammie… her Father responded. The clone…don't let it fool you. It is an abomination that wears your Mother's face.

After that, Daniel was silent. Alucard checked the medical equipment and saw that he was just asleep. "Let him rest for now. He told me that he needs 24 more hours before he can rejoin the battle," he told Cameron. "Yes, Master," Cameron said. She gave her Father a kiss on his forehead before taking her seat with Alucard. Cameron kept her eyes on her Father the whole time.

When the plane at last returned to England, Hellsing's troops escorted Alucard, Cameron, and Daniel to Hellsing HQ. As it went Alucard started to have an uneasy feeling. "This has all been too easy," Alucard said. "I know," Cameron agreed. "Something is going to happen very soon," Alucard stated as the Hellsing Mansion came into view. That was when they at last saw it, a green cloud appearing over the horizon. Blue fog escaped Daniel's mouth and Cameron yelled, "Ghosts!" Alucard looked closer with his Third Eye and confirmed it. He immediately reached out to Integra and said, Master! Get Seras outside now! Break out any anti-ghost weapons we have! There is an army of ghosts approaching! "Who has Fenton weaponry!?" Alucard yelled out loud. "No one sir! We didn't expect this!" one Hellsing trooper said. "Damn it!" Alucard yelled as Cameron started activating her Ghost Powers. Alucard quickly transformed into his Level One Release form and tore out of the car he was in.

Alucard focused and made shadowy wings, and flew straight at the ghosts. "Begone! Or suffer the end of your afterlives!" the No-Life King bellowed, his words echoing through the air. None of the ghosts stopped, and Alucard's wings transformed into a dozen shadowy tentacles, lashing out at ghosts left and right as the swarm continued. His body was blasted with lasers, scratched with supernatural claws and blades, and even burned with ghostly fire, yet no matter the damage he continued to fight, his tentacles slashing, impaling, and tearing away at the ghosts. "Master!" Alucard's head was barely existent as it turned with one eye to see Seras approach, one ecto-bazooka in each hand as she shot at ghosts, practically creating a ball of ectoplasmic energy around herself she was firing so fast. Seras made her way to him, making room for him with her guns as Alucard slowly healed. When his mouth was in a state that could communicate he said, "Where is our Master!?"

"She's safe!" Seras replied as she tossed him one of her ecto-bazookas. Seras followed Alucard's example as they formed shadowy tentacles that slashed at all ghosts that got close to them, while their ecto-bazookas blasted away. The ghostly swarm's attention was at last diverted from the Hellsing Mansion, to the two vampires that had injured and destroyed so many ghosts. The ghosts all gave the vampires a wide berth, and started to glow with power. "What are they doing?" Seras asked. Though hundreds of ghosts had fallen, there were still at least four hundred floating around them. Alucard wasn't sure himself about what was happening, he hadn't fought a ghost in centuries, and never so many at once. "Seras, get ready to fly straight up," he told her. Right after he said this, pure white beams of ectoplasmic energy blasted at them from all sides. Alucard and Seras flew straight up, avoiding all of them. But that was where their luck ran out.

Instead of the ghost rays hitting the ghosts across from their sources, the beams coalesced into a solid ball of ectoplasmic energy, and followed the vampires' trail! "Oh come on!" Seras screamed as she and Alucard separated. The ball of ectoplasm split in two and followed them both. Seras and Alucard flew as fast as they could, moving in ways that would be impossible for even the most advanced jets, yet the ectoplasmic balls followed them, and started to gain on them both! Alucard quickly teleported to Seras, and then teleported to Cameron, who just finished transforming into her Ghost Form. "Cammie, we can't defeat this many ghosts!" Seras yelled. Cameron saw the ball of ectoplasmic energy coming, and clapped her hands together hard. The vibrations she sent at it immediately destroyed the ball. The ghosts all screamed when they saw as Cameron flew at them. She grabbed one random ghost and said, "You I'll spare." She then turned to the rest of the ghosts, they were all flying straight at her.

"The rest of you can GO TO HHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!" Cameron's Ghostly Wail was unlike any before. The entire island of England and Scotland was rocked by the sheer power, tidal waves hit the coast of Ireland and the European Continent, the windows of the Hellsing Mansion and nearby London all shattered, Seras and Alucard's ears bled, and every single ghost except the one that she had grabbed was utterly obliterated from the face of the Earth. The disoriented soldiers nearby needed five minutes to regain their footing. Sir Integra staggered out of her once again ruined home and looked up at Cameron. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WAS THAT!?" she yelled, Alucard saw that she wasn't wearing her glasses. "My-" Cameron started but Integra yelled, "YOU BURST MY EARDRUMS! USE TELEPATHY!" Master, Alucard telepathically communicated to her, I do believe that that was Cameron's Ghostly Wail, at full blast.

Unless the situation is even more desperate it was, don't ever use that attack again! At this rate we'll end up causing more damage to England than the enemy! Sir Integra telepathically communicated to her vampires. Cameron nodded, then turned to the ghost that she was still holding. It looked like a purple bat-creature with three eyes. "Do you understand what I'm saying?" Cameron asked the creature. "Y-Yes," the ghost answered. "Why did you come here?" Cameron asked. "Th-the werewolves! They came to us. They told us that with us the world could be ours. All the things in the Human World, the foods, the flowers, everything, no longer would we have to languish in the Ghost Zone!" "How many of you are there?" Cameron asked. The ghost was silent. Cameron's eyes glowed as she showed the ghosts her fang filled mouth. "Answer me! Or I will devour you whole!"

"I don't know! Not many! Most ghosts didn't come with the werewolves! We were to attack here, and in America!" the ghost yelled. "Leave!" Cameron screamed, and the ghost flew off. "We have to get to America now!" "Where!? If I haven't been somewhere I can't take us! I could end up on the other side of the North American Continent!" Alucard demanded. "Just take her there now! We'll worry about the details later! Ghosts have joined the Order of the Fang, we need to get ahead of this!" Sir Integra ordered. Alucard grabbed Cameron, and in an instant they were gone.