Author's Note: I do not own Hellsing, Hellboy or their related stories, characters, etc. I'm rewriting this for the third time, last visited in 2017 or something silly like that.
Leon carefully chose his staging area for his spell, scattering crushed rose quartz in a circle before placing seven small glass orbs along the edge of the circle at an even interval. He then retrieved a piece of chalk from the bag and traced out more concentric circles and lines through the inside of the quartz circle, setting aside the bag and stepping out beyond it. With his illusion gone, he stood barefoot as usual, which bothered many and unnerved others, as he also never appeared dirty from walking as such.
"Aurei, I'm ready to try this." Leon muttered, addressing the turquoise stone in the silver clip at the end of his hair. Aureiahnna, the owl-like pheonix reforming from the gemstone form she rested in and moving to alight on his shoulder.
**It looks as it should. Well done keeper. Are the other orbs in place as well?** Her voice chimed in his head almost sleepily, Leon smiling lightly.
"Yes, they've been warned to back off as well, just in case there's any backlash." Leon then moved to stand at the center of the circle he had drawn, careful not to smudge any of the chalk, and spread his wings as he changed his attire to his altered fencing outfit. Taking in a deep breath, he traced a rune in the air before him, and he could feel as magick began to build in the air around him, seeping into him and directed to the seven orbs in the circle, which connected to their pairs many kilometers away making a much larger circle around the perimeter of London.
The small circle at his feet began to glow the same radioactive green as his eyes, the seven orbs gathering this energy and transferring it to the seven orbs around the city, which also began to glow, and traced matching runic circles around them to the one he stood over. As each synchronized he focused then on the amount of time he wished to reverse, having chosen this particular time and place to focus best, as the attack had occurred at this nearly time, exactly a week ago. Energy gathered and swirled around him, the rose quartz turning to dust to power the spell, the seven orbs almost pulsing with magickal energy in time with his hearts, the one in his chest and the strange smaller heart in his lower right side.
The seven orbs around the city then added another runic circle that was ringed by them, and he released the energy that had gathered happily for him, the very air shimmering and heavy with it. A wave of energy flowed uncaringly over everything around him, ending at the circular barrier of the largest circle, the buildings and damage reversing visibly, returning to how everything had been before the attack.
Big Ben, still standing but had been silent since the attack, rang out as the spell concluded, Leon half collapsing in the now empty square. Aureiahnna flit down to the ground from Leon's shoulder, chirping a concern when he doubled over suddenly, feeling as though stabbed through the gut.
"I'm alright, probably what I was warned of…" Leon hissed, waiting a long moment before the pain slowly subsided, feeling more akin to the dull throbbing ache that would accompany a monthly reproduction cycle for his suppressed female-half. He groaned, hoping that would not come back to haunt him later, Aureiahnna recalling the seven orbs to her, the others in the further locations disappearing suddenly and spooking their temporary guardians.
**Leon? You've done it, the Queen is elated. I can hear Ben from here.** Integra's thoughts in his head through the pendant she wore, something he had given her as an apology that he had made some years before his wings had been taken but only after their reunion gave her. Leon smiled, nodding and carefully gathering up his bag before instead using shadow to get himself closer to the outskirts where he had left her, engaging his illusion after changing back to his normal suit-attire. Though he decided against the illusion of shoes, as he hated the feeling of them, though innately understood why others needed them.
Aureiahnna returned to his silver hair clip when he engaged the illusion, warning him that he needed to rest as his magick reserves were quite low after the spell. He slowly padded up to where the Queen and her guard, with Irons, Walsh, Shelby and Integra waited, laughing and nodding to the guards who had broken ranks to thank him for his work. Sudden silence had all eyes on the Queen, who moved toward and knelt at Leon's feet, Leon straightening up and wide-eyed.
"Leonlocke Hellsing, England is forever in your debt for this wonderful gift. Anything you require, only ask, and we will do everything in our power to accommodate." Queen Marianne announced, everyone around her, Irons and Walsh and even Integra, followed suit. Though Integra had to assist Shelby first, as he was still very wobbly even with the crutches in order to avoid putting too much weight on his healing broken leg, she wore a smirk a mile wide, knowing Leon to be completely flabbergasted.
"I… It was my pleasure, Queen Marianne, and I thank you for your kindness in return. At this moment, all I ask is that Hellsing and its sister organization the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense of the United States continue to operate as they have since their inception, and that I am recognised officially as liaison for the BPRD in lieu of written word from the late Trevor Bruttenholm." Leon responded calmly, though Integra could tell he was very uncomfortable, or was that pain he was hiding?
"Done. I thank you again Leon, I would very much like to see you again, sooner rather than later?" Marianne asked as she rose and straightened up as Leon closed the space between them. He nodded with a smile, pointedly glaring at Irons and Walsh a moment before sharing a last formality with the Queen, and returning to Integra and Shelby as Marianne turned to her other two remaining round table members and began issuing orders for returning people to the city.
"That was marvelous Leon, well done. Your father would be so proud of you two." Shelby remarked, Leon chuckling.
"I know, though my methods would likely garner me an earful." Leon smirked, Integra lightly dusting off her knees as she straightened up, stretching slightly as she felt sore from the sudden kneeling. Leon sighed, turning to glance back at Marianne before Integra could speak. "I don't wish to be in the way here, and I'm rather… Spent, after that spell."
"I thought you might be. You still have enough strength to get us home?" Integra asked, raising a brow lightly as she nodded to Shelby who went off to help with delegating. Leon moved to gently wrap an arm around her and both were whisked away by shadow.